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Really a great fast paced drama that makes you second guess you guesses. Although some things were easy to conclude, the drama does decent job of making you think "what if I'm wrong?", so that was the fun part of watching this.

The time travel was handled quite well and there weren't massive plot holes I could find. Like other people said, the FL in this was actually given brains and the ability to be more than just set piece in the background like some of these dramas do. Not as brilliant as FL in Signal but she was written very well!

Don't hesitate to watch this, I can't believe I never heard of it in 2020 and only found it now. Where was I even in 2020?

Yeah I watched those two scenes as well, but it was like such a last minute slapdash tacked on quickly event, it left me feeling empty. Really could have done without the revenge plot and focused on the real culprit behind the whole affair. They could have made that more intriguing. But when you have 30 eps to fill - this is the problem I face watching almost all C-dramas. They inevitably go downhill in the second half because they have too many episodes to fill with pointless subplots that viewers will FF through.

Cdramas could learn from kdramas and jdramas and be ok with cutting down episodes to 20 or 16. They would automatically rise in quality imo.

yeah agreed! I didn't hate her character, I just hate what the scriptwriters did with her. I mean they showed her taking all these actions but they failed at giving the viewers the satisfaction of watching the two of them actually being lovers. Just glimpses here and there, which would have been fine if they didn't build up to it SO MUCH in the first half!

Ikr? I really felt cheated in the second half. C'mon they have this torturous first half and that makes you look forward to the leads together in the second half and it was.....so underwhelming. You also kind of feel bad for Wallace's character like - this is the girl you pined over forever for? The writers did the FL dirty by making her THAT cold (I understand her reasoning and all but still....)

Omg, this was the funniest and fluffiest rom-com I have ever watched. I can't believe I have not heard of it before and that I only found it scrolling through Dilraba's profile by chance. The comedy is so slapstick you would think it would come off as cheap but the script, the acting and production make it work so well. And then the romance is wonderful at the same time.

Hats off the writer! People underestimate how hard it is to write something that is consistently funny through out a movie and this was just so amazingly well written. I was rolling around laughing my head off whilst still getting all the feels in this movie. SO WORTH THE WATCH. It's not dumb at all, it's hilarious and heartfelt at the same time.

"Broccoli and cauliflower....you can't be together" LOL.

Oh thanks for the response. I mean it's endemic in every country but yeah I did check with my friend in jp and she confirmed that most gfs/wives won't consider their men being with a sex worker as cheating.... like.... wth. D: D: D:

"where the characters that cheat aren’t villains, they don’t show remorse, and they even rationalise and justify their infidelity." - this so much. So MANY adultery jdramas portray their characters like this.

Also God the ending- We wait 30 eps of this agonizing love story and we don't even get to see a real reconciliation of the main leads. Just a distance shot of them walking together as a family. WHAT A RIP OFF.

People hating on the FL- yeah I can see it, the writers dragged her character for ages, but I still can understand the hate she had for the ML's dad. He was horrible to her, that pain isn't easily forgotten esp since he never once respected her till the end. Still the writers could have made her love towards the ML stronger in the second half (apart from when she helps him recover).

The revenge plot was so boring, and it would have been much better if the focused on catching the secretary. I mean the WHOLE thing revolved around the fact that grandpa possibly framed her dad, and they rush the discovery in the last 10 mins of the final episode. That's so unsatisfying as a viewer.

As beautifully as this was shot and acted, it fell short in a lot of ways because of the decisions made for the second half of the series.

Vicky was so amazing, and her friendship with Wallace's character is #goals.

First half was great, and the acting was superb. The second half had me ff through everything, it became less about the main couple and about all these subplots I wasn't that interested in. Would have been better if they didn't add the random revenge plot and continued to focus on the main leads through out the series. Also 20 eps would have been enough for this.

It was however really well directed and beautifully acted, Wallace Chung blew me away with his ability to emote sometimes without saying a word. I thought he was ok in previous dramas but this one he reaaalllly stands out. Just wish the drama would have given us more of the main leads in the second half.

Yeah gotta agree with you, lately if you want a jdrama romance I just come across the adultery theme a lot. What's happening in Japan!?

Dropped at ep 4, man I was hoping to like the FL since she seemed to have a bit of backbone but wow, no she's just really immature and seems to have no basic manners? Also the gravity of her situation never seems to sink in to her?

Also the filler scenes, even with the main leads are so boring. I can't imagine watching 20+ eps of this.

But the fact they didn't have to move around wasn't a reason that Happiness wasn't as good as or better than AoUAD. Happiness 'thrill', if you will, came from the race against time to find a cure. Also where Happiness stood out was treating the zombie virus as just that- an illness. There was a lot of weight put on the value of human life which was refreshing in a genre that usually is about the most number of kills.

It was a show that relied heavily on the acting and the cast did really deliver in that show. The zombies in my opinion were far scarier in Happiness, than AoUAD although Kingdom had the best ones so far.

This is exactly how I felt

Yes, cause if you have food and comfortable shelter - it makes no sense to leave. Why would you go running around if you have safety in your home when there are zombies running around?

wtf did I just watch.....

Same feelings - it became really repetitive and set up subplots only to abandon them. It could have been so much better!

I really hated the last 2 episodes, what was the point of the bully that he can have so many lives? Wouldn't a better story line have the girl he assaulted take her revenge eventually? Instead he kills Cheong-san in the most pointless scene of all.

Also the writer kept introducing new characters who were fun and interesting and with what seemed like strong subplots (Detective and gang) and.....then were completely forgotten about? The politican mom never once talked about her daughter, but her character was never presented as completely evil or selfish. Yes she used one situation to her advantage but she also did help the father go, and she never once cared about her own daughter? Don't understand the point of some of these characters.

Also that bullied kid who didn't open the door at the roof top, he was almost as bad as the kids who bullied him. Su-hyoek did try to save them, but he just let them die. It was really so weirdly written.

The series became so repetitive, all they did was keep moving (never looking for food btw!) and just keep meeting new dead ends. It was fun at first to see how they would get out of each situation, but then it became a game of- who is going to get killed off in this episode. And as a viewer you just start to detach from all characters - because who cares?

It's redeeming quality is it's bingeable but after a while it just is all pointless.

Started off great...and then I don't know, it lost all its steam. The plot became really repetitive where it could have had so much potential. The writer seemed to just circle the same scenario in a different setting, with a scratch card of who dies. On the positive- there were three standout actors, Nam-ra , Cheong-san and Su-hyeok. Can definitely see these three landing more leading roles after this.

The last 2 episodes were pretty annoying and I was not impressed with where the story went. I can see that happening in the real world, but all this drama taught was don't have hope, nothing matters in the end. So what's the point of watching this drama? It's so nihilistic and pointless. Kingdom and Happiness definitely did the Zombie apocalypse better.

I LOVE this drama. Yes, its not deep, it doesn't have the complexities of other dramas and it can come off as a very cliched story line that's been done before. There's nothing really new about the story being told here BUT this is the kind of drama that refreshes your heart. It's heartwarming without pretending to be too much, it's about how the story is told rather than the story itself, making the most ordinary beautiful.

The cast were amazing, the art was AMAZING, the OST (esp Christmas Tree by V) was amazing, the production was amazing. It's one of those romcoms that look typical but can really sweep you off your feet (much like the love story in this) and a great reminder of why I fell in love with watching kdramas in the first place.

This drama in summary: it's just like lying under the embrace of a warm sun on cool breezy day.

A lot lacking in this movie. I couldn't really feel the connection between the leads, and although funny (but problematic with the blackface- c'mon asian shows), the whole thing was quite bland. Would probably make more sense as a series as they tried to cover so much.

Overall - interesting premise - bad execution.