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This. I was pretty surprised, I assumed SK would be higher than JP cause it seems a little less traditional. They really need to start more positive campaigns that empower women to work and be moms, and push for more equality in the work place. My friend in JP always complains that even though she and her male counterpart at work are at the same level the boss will always only ask her to make tea/coffee for guests. It's may sound tiny but its so discriminatory!!

My fav has to be the three friends. They were so cute everytime they were on screen together and really loved each other so much esp Key's character. I have never seen him act before but he definitely stole the show for me (and I'm not even a Shinee fan)! Also loved all the impersonations in every episode I looked forward to each episode for that. I preferred this to much more than the Let's Eat series.

Bok Joo ❤︎ Joon Hyeong !!! #SWAGcouple

Loved this article, esp these two points; Am I fat/ugly and Am I generally a bad person. Sometimes you watch these forever cheerful never gonna say die female leads and you are like...do people like this exist and if they do....how does one become like them? I love my dramas but there are times where i have had to slap myself back into reality and remember that no one is that one dimensional.
Also the nosebleed one! After kdramas I have come to expect nosebleeds as the most normal part of life even though I have never ever experienced one!

this drama was an amazing insight into the lives of the elderly and how colourful, fun, depressing, agonising and amazing life can be. It really highlights life in an almost realistic manner, where even the big events that you would think might define a character are actually depicted as just part of their journey. You really feel like Wan-ah is all of their daughter with the way her life is interwoven into everyone's life. She is not portrayed as the bight shinny one dimensional main lead but a complicated human being who like all of us has many selfish thoughts but understands deeply what she has to do. I loved all of the older actors, you can tell they are talented in their art but Choong Nam's character was my favourite. She was a straight talking independent yet soft-hearted lady that loves everyone so deeply. In my opinion she was the most admirable character in the series and I loved when she was on screen (esp when she was going to school with her backpack...soo cute).

For me personally the drama also made me realise how perhaps my own mother would have felt through the stories of these ladies and made me appreciate her so so much more.

Definitely watch this drama at some point in your life. It gives you glimpse of what lies in store for us and how to handle life with dignity.

The outfits in this drama were my favourite thing, they were all so pretty! I loved her outfits and she looked so good in them too.

Like everyone else I think she should have ended with Jason and the open ending just confused me.

Didn't care for the main couple, couldn't feel any affection from the female lead towards the male lead. Ha Neul's story line was the only reason to finish off this movie.

WHAT! I didn't know it was his last drama before military...I'm not a huge fan but I will miss him on screen. He's like staple actor every year you expect a new drama from him :(((

Me too! The little girl was my favourite, but I suppose they couldn't show the same actress 3 years on and it wouldn't do justice to have another actress in her place....but still :((((

Agreed although Goblin did everything else better....but the end </3

As other reviewers posted, the first half was better than the second. I'm not sure why they went down the makjang road. There were so many better routes this drama could have taken. I couldn't really feel the chemistry between the leads, their kiss scenes were a little bland. And even though Jeon Ji Hyeon did a good job, her character was better in Love from Another Star. Her character in this drama was a little too weak (despite the physical strength). Also I feel like they conman aspect of Min Ho's character was ignored and not explored enough. I wish they could have made it more interesting through that instead of forgetting about altogether.

It's a fun watch but nothing remarkable, which is unfortunate because the cast was good and the story was really good in the beginning. I like the way everyone was connected to the past and their roles in the present.

Unfortunately you can't help but compare this drama to Goblin as there are a lot of similarities but Goblin did everything better. From the friendships to the romance, to the plot line and the chemistry in Goblin is much stronger between the main leads. Because of that, at least for me, the Legend of Blue Sea couldn't compare and the makjang aspect made me lose interest.

Amen to that!

The ending was a little bittersweet for me, I wish the writer could have wrapped things up better. But as with most fantasy genres, these kind of endings are the best you can hope for.

Through 5+ years of watching dramas and this is the one that gave me an existential crisis. What is life? what is our purpose? what is choice? destiny? Is God cruel or are we the ones who fail to understand his questions?

Raising interesting questions wrapped in a beautiful romance is the perfect way to describe what Goblin was to me. Yes there are cliched parts, wayyyyyyyyy too much product placement (>_<") and at times it was predictable, but the writer built up such a breathtakingly beautiful world. The director and cinematography matched the writers imagination and the ost grows on you rather quickly. And ofcourse, the actors, esp surprised by Kim Go Eun who plays her character so well you end up falling for her almost as much as the main lead. And the bromance....so much bromance, it was half the reason I was watching the show, Gong Woo and Dong Wook have amazing chemistry.

This is definitely a drama I will treasure for a while and miss for a long time now.

Pretty cute and easy to watch, Jung Il Woo carries the entire show though, so you are only really watching it for him not the plot. The best scenes were of him and secretary Heo, it was such a cute relationship much like in Falling for Innocence (with Lee Shi Eon playing the same role).

I'm still having withdrawals from Kim Bok Joo. :( (Dr Kim helped but I still miss #SwagCouple).

it's happy!

It's 2017 and I still can't get over how brilliant and how much of a masterpiece this drama is. Everything from the story to the characters to the cinematography is so unique and executed so breathtakingly that it's deeply etched in my mind till today. Even the OST, I once told my sister the ost represented my life to which replied, Misaeng represents everyone's life. And that is so true. Hands down the best drama I ever watched.

Dramas are always thought to be just something we watch to entertain ourselves and most of the time its true, but there are times when dramas teach us more about life than we anticipated. Dr Kim was one of those dramas. Although the ending pushed its from a 9 to 8.5 for me (with too many things being rushed), the values taught in the drama echoed from beginning to end. I personally really enjoy the dramas where there is a mentor like figure (aka Misaeng and Chief Oh, which I will never get over no matter how many years pass) and this one was done brilliantly as well. There were times it came of as just a littttleee preachy but it reeled that back in quite well. The drama is all about the growth of each characters, even Dr Kim who throughout the drama grows and learns through his own mistakes as well.

It's a drama that reminds us the meaning of a romantic life and then demonstrates how to live one through Dr Kim.

I had the same thought! but then in signal she already was in love so it wouldn't fit...still would have been interesting.