sasharama

3 episode were enough...

let's me start by saying that I ve nothing against this genre. I watched plenty of coming of age/ love in highschool drama and they are usually cute and light-hearted.

this is no exception, but I just can't bring my self to watch the same stuff without something interesting to latch on.

frankly speaking I'm kind of tired of the "we met in kindergarten for 3 hours and I cannot forget you" trope.

what's so romantic about? I just don't get it.

the ml is probably 17, looking obsessed with a girl he meet eons ago. I get it. your life went downhill and she is probably a nice memory from the past, but his attachment to her right away give me the hick. she is different person now, times passed.

to be honest he creeped me out. If the soundtrack would have been different, he would have looked like a stalker to be honest.

the FL was definitely my favourite part. bubbly, outspoken and a bit stubborn.

her friends looked alright and not as paper thin as other characters in other dramas.

moving on there will probably be cute moments etc but I just didn't find anything to look forward in these 3 episodes.

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THAT PERSON YOU'LL DIE FOR...

I have a very hard time reviewing movies because I'm a "series " girlie.
I like to explore a story, see characters development over time, so movies are a bit ostic to judge.

plot:
a boy and a girl , who met as kid, see each other again once adult. they fall in love but destiny is not always in our hands..or is it?

the plot is very simple and not that deep which means there isn't that much to talk about.

why do these candles work they they do? I don't know.
does it have something to do with his mother? we don't know.

that's what is good and bad about movies... you have to take everything at face value because there is no time to explore anything.

we speed run through their love story which is basically done in 2 minutes. I didn't feel a particular connection to them but overall we can still feel the love they have for each other.

there is no time to get attached to them as people so I just focused on something universal: the pain of losing your loved one.

you enjoy the movie not because of what is happening TO THEM but because of WHAT is happening to them.

you still feel the fear, the urgency , the worry and the pain even though, unlike other reviewers , I didn't end up crying.

I didn't quite like that the FL tried to contact the ml after her wish because that would basically break the pact you made with destiny.

I think it would have added more pathos If she just stopped looking for him.

the ending is happy because it seems that fate is letting them finally rekindle.

the acting was good overall, the tone of the movie felt right.

definitely an easy watch but don't expect nothing devastating.

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cringe, cute but too BORING!

the first episode of this drama is too cringe to be truth. I was so ready to drop it right away but I waited a bit longer and it got WAY better.
unfortunately "better" is not enough to watch 24 episodes.

plot:🗯️ a dumm actor hires a tutor to prepare for a role but ends up catching feelings for his teacher.

the plot is simple and that's totally fine. this is not a complicated drama.
overall it is pretty cute to watch, even TOO cute sometimes...

I can say this is a bad watch but it is painfully slow. fortunately the ml is a great comic relief. I saw that some users found him bad, I couldn't disagree more. I think the comedy is the best part of the drama. the ml, his nephew and the agent are my favourite.

this is basically a rom com but that's my least favourite part due to the FL.

the actress is really sweet but her character is so boring. I couldn't care less about her.

I was more interested in him pursuing her than them actually falling in love.

If your really like sweet stuff with some comical moments this should be right up in your alley. Prepare to be patient though 😅

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DROPPED IT NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE!!!!!!

PLOT:🗯️🗯️
A bubbly girl and a cold guy end up living together. As time goes by they end up developing feelings for each other.

I watched this drama in the past, dropped it and picked it up a second time just to see if anything would change... It didn't.

This drama is cute at the very beginning. I like how they slowly fall in love but after episode 14 everything is so flat and boring. The second time I made it till episode 18 but nothing is really engaging.

When the romance is the main driving force, once the couple is established the drama just dies.

I like me some cute stuff but when "cute scenes" is everything you get I'm out.
I can't stand endless episodes about dating, eating together, hugging etc.

The sub plot in this drama are basically non existing.

The ml is supposed to be a researcher with a fierce competitor in the same project. In the beginning their banter is fine but in the end it gets so repetitive. They say the same stuff over and over.

The other characters are paper thin which means outside the main couple there is no one else to focus your attention on.

The main leads aren't the most interesting people either especially once they get together.
They are frankly annoying. I particularly disliked how the FL treats her bestie. I know that you just got a new boyfriend but your friend is sad, she just need to vent a bit and you treat her like an inconvenience.
You live with with your guy 24/7, is it too hard to spend some "girl time"?

The ml isn't any better. He has no empathy for anyone, is obsessed by his girl and spends his time googling solutions to the most mundane stuff. Annoying.

The actors are fine I like them unfortunately, I don't feel the same way towards their respective characters.

I would recommend this drama only if you really are into couples spending time together without a strong plot behind them.

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SADISTIC ASSHOLE & DELULU MASOSCHIST.

Basic plot:🗯️🗯️
a guy comes out of jail and is about to restart his live. He's on a mission to take revenge against those who wronged hum. We immediately go back to the past and start to see how the events that brought him to jail unfold..

Let's talk about this drama shall we?
I fricking devoured the first 18 episodes.

Initial observations 🗯️🗯️
The start is really strong and intriguing but at episode 19 I had to stop because i was so mad. It took me an entire month to come back and finally finish this thing.

Reason? The 2 main leads were really pissing me off. At the start of the story we obviously meet our ml and fl and they are fine , but in the middle point they become such toxic people I had to pause and take a break.

Main characters 🗯️🗯️
Unfortunately this will be their role during the entire drama. These two are ,frankly speaking ,toxic to each other and other people.

Where they are together the world ceases to exist and they treat everyone like shit. Lao gan, their so called "best friend" is a perfect example.

I know that lu xun is Designed to be a cocky asshole with a "supposed" high moral compass but I couldn't stand him and the "princess" wasn't any better.

She only cares about how the ml feels or if he can help her out. She disregards everyone who ever says anything bad about him.
She is unable of criticisms when it comes to liu xu.

Lu xun knows he is better than anyone around him but keeps humiliating his peers for frankly no good reason.

Lao gao ark gets out of hand at the end but he was kind of justified in his hatred towards Lu xun.

When the main couple is split it doesn't get any better. They are assholes to everyone around them and when they are together they are absolutely toxic to each other.

In the later episodes Lu xun and Zhu Yun are obviously flirting with each other but lu xun, after making a fool of Zhu Yun, gives her the most humiliating speech ever. He says such heinous things about their past love story I personally would have slapped him and left forever.

I know that he supposedly pushing her again to "protect her" ( in a very twisted way) but nothing justifies the amount of mean stuff he says to her in this drama.

Zhun yu is saving his ass left and right and he mistreats her just to avoid giving her any "hope" Romance wise.

At the end of the drama I think he is a narcissist asshole and she is a delusional masochist.

In the 27th episode specifically he lashes on her because of his jeoulosy I was frankly disgusted by what he said.

Is it frustrating to witness all these interactions especially when it comes to Zhu Yu. This guy treats her like shit all the time and she is willing to sacrifice anything and anyone for him.

Later in the drama she is even sorry for "abandoning" Lu xun. What?? You didn't abandon him he literally cut you off of his life. Stop justifying this psycho.

She also has a guy running after her for years and she strings him along never actually putting a stop to his feelings towards her. He is the one to give up.

I think she was just addicted to being the "elected" person of a so called "genius".

Some ridiculous moments🗯️🗯️
Talking about genius, in the drama we see that Lu xun is trying to build his life again and fight against his ex corporation. It was hilarious to see a big tech company fricking out for a 4 member team of a small company. Are u serious? The script really want us to believe the Lu xun is an invincible force. C'mon guys at a certain point it becomes laughable.
A huge corporation with dozen of employees against a single programmer...

Positive:🗯️🗯️
I know I sound crazy but I liked the drama overall. How ? I don't know. It was engaging and the boring parts were mainly b roles which I skipped like crazy. You might hate the characters but still find the drama enjoyable.
The whole battling against one another was decent.

the chemistry between the actors is undeniable. they have a magnetic aura around them.


Music:🗯️🗯️
Pretty good. I even saved same songs.

Would I recommend it? Yes.
Would I re-watch it? Hell no.

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AS CLICHE AS IT GETS....

I cannot say this is a "bad "drama.

this is a well wrapped home work checking all the right boxes but after watching 2 episodes and a half that's enough to understand where we are going.

this is the same story told over and over again without adding any novelty.

I guess that some people might find this cute and keep watching and I'm not saying they shouldn't. I am just here to "warn" others like me that already enjoyed this kind of story elsewhere with better writing and characters.

this drama is literally a blue print for chinese dramas

lover from highschool meet after years✅
accidentally falling into one's arms✅
fake boyfriend needed to show off ✅
bickering second couple✅
office couple✅
quite algid male✅
bubble FL✅

if you like these tropes and don't pay attention to characters or dialogues this might still be enjoyable.

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if you like cute stories this might be 4 u

don't be fooled by me dropping the drama 1 episode from the very end.
the fact is that I can stand fluff to a certain extend and even though I like cuteness I must take it in small doses🤣.



Let's start with the plot:
Young medical student is rumored to be the new girlfriend of the top guy at the school. To disperse these rumors she enters an agreement with said guy to show they are just friends but along the way they catch feeling for each other.
The plot is pretty simple but still enjoyable.

Let me tell that the first 10 ish episode are hilarious. I found myself chuckling multiple times.

The main leads have good chemistry and their acting is so good.

Especially the ml dead pan delivery had me dead.

I appreciate the FL from previous series. Funnily enough everytime I see her on screen she is heartbroken 🤣.

one if the secondary couple (the cousin) kinda feel like a parody of main stream drama couples. They are so stereotypical ridiculous that they become funny.

The main love story is entertaining (for the most part) and sweet but unfortunately they suffer the same terrible fate of other dramas... After they get together the drama is basically over.

the other secondary couples are quite irrelevant to be honest.

In the first half of the drama we witness the struggle of a mediocre student and her indecisiveness when It comes to school of future carrier. I really enjoyed that part because geniuses are rare and we all struggle one way or the other.

Unfortunately when the main couple gets together these struggles feel a bit like a "filler". They are still there but I feel they are more of a plot convenience than a character development.

To be frank the "conflict" in the drama is not enough to justify 24 episodes and some dynamics drag out for too long.
The last 5 episode were boring as hell.

Would I still recommend this drama?
yes, but only if you really like cute stuff.

The first episodes are funny, the middle part is dragged out and the final episode are filled with so much "sweetness" , which is not my cup of tea, but many people would probably enjoy all that fluff.

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strong start, awful middle, ridiculous end!

this drama has definitely a strong start: cute, nostalgic and light-hearted which to me, fades quite quickly.

we meet our FL and her 2 buddies. they navigate love, friendship and academic matters... or do they?

on the surface we should be witnessing a close group of friends who supports each other but that is far from the truth.
the only reason these 3 stick together is because of a shared love interest. the female lead has a supposed "best friend" which these 2 guys treat like a sub human for no good reason.

starting the drama I was rooting for the main guys but after seeing how the treat this port girl I couldn't root for them anymore.

later on this girl becomes cartonishly evil for no reason because they just want to make the main group shine.

the FL should be this caring girl but she absolutely unable to see how her 2 friends treat the "mean girl".
she is totally oblivious. her friend gets injured several times and they don't even ask how she is doing which is basic human decency.

the cherry on top is that the "mean girl" asks the FL is she has any feelings towards the main guy and the FL clearly says "no, he is just a friend to me exactly like you are".
but then , when the ml is throwing a birthday party, FL gets super mad at her friend for giving a present to the ml.
what? like anyone at that party she gave the guy a present, but FL gets mad only at her because she is supposedly making a move on someone she clearly stated she likes (unlike female lead which lies on her feelings).

after that part I couldn't care anymore for the main couple. FL is nice only when it doesn't inconvent her.

after this whole drama, the series transform the "evil girl" into a psycho for no reason except for making the other guy "the good ones". insane.


putting the main protagonist aside, this drama is incapable of creating a group dynamics. these classmates barely talk to one another but we are supposed to believe they ll stick together forever.. why?

the drama focuses excessively on the school theme it becomes pretty boring at the end.

the "romance" aspect is there but not there. we see the main couple clearly getting close to one another but until the last 4 episodes nothing happens between them.
if you are looking for interactions between a couple that is not the drama for you.

reaching the 3/4 mark this drama gets heavy all of a sudden. people get sick, people move abroad, people disappear...I feel they wanted to be dramatic so badly putting all their strength into a heavy storyline which will bring us into a "intense " end.
it didn't work for me.
there is barely any background of the characters discussed for the first 16 episode...

the ending: oh boy what a cliche.
many people approach the "let's meet after x amount of years" plot line but this was just embarrassing.

30 years old girl and you are still thinking about a guy you meet in high school which didn't contact you in 10 years??

how? how is this romantic? and the worst part is that he is being following her lurking in the shadows for years without ever telling her.
I get that is easier to lose contact with your friend who went to Germany, but this guy went to Shanghai..not the Moon.

at the end I feel these people only cared about each other and no one else.

I get that if you are 13 this can look amazing, but over the age of 13 I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.

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good enough if you are looking for something light hearted. if not.. just skip

This drama is a sillier version of "something in the rain".

Plot: a 31 years old single lady is courted by her way younger childhood friend. Will they or won't they?

Strong points:✅

Good acting.

The portrait of "older" women (I use that term loosely) as desirable and beautiful despite a society which constantly pushes for younger and cute girls as peak beauty.

The development of the "mean girl". I really like her ark. She starts as an immature girl with a broken heart and becomes a more mature person.

Weak points❌

The ml lead. I love this actor. I recently saw him in "love and speed" where he played a sad sexy boy. The amount of sex appeal he portrait in that drama is insane🤣🤣 which creates a big contrast with his role in this drama.
His character in this drama is frankly cute at first but extremely annoying from the middle point.
This guy has no life nor personality outside of the fl. Through flashbacks we discover that everything he does, feel, or want was influenced by his childhood sister.

Even music, which is his dream, is basically the result of his "sister " telling him she liked a singer when she was a kid.
He is way to dependent on her and acts like a love puppy.
He signed a contract to come back in town and basically get together with his beloved "sister" and disregards everything this contract involves.
He has no respect for anyone else except her and constantly tries to jeopardize his own carrier.

They get together too soon. She never saw him as a potential lover but after a couple of home cooked meals and some sweet words she is all over him. If you really considered him just a brother I feel the internal struggle should have been a bit more intense.

The parentification here is real. At the beginning of each episodes we get bits of their childhood and it's clear both of their parents just left 2 children basically unattended. These should be "light hearted" scenes but it's quite appaling to watch sometimes.
At episode 27 I started fast forwarding like crazy. These 2 elast episodes are basically fillers.

Conclusions:

This could have been a realistic depiction of a couple who struggles with age gap but at the end it became pretty unrealistic. That's not a critique. It is just a light hearted ROM com good if you are looking for something light hearted without much struggle.


Recommendations:

Recommended if your a looking for a cute , fluffy love story.

If you'd like a more serious version of this trope, I recommend "something in the rain".

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whoever thinks this is good... give me your pot ?

I starter watching this after reading the stellar reviews.
Currently on episode 1... I hope its one of those dramas which get better over time.

So far this a cringe show and a pretty boring one.
The acting is really "soap opera" like and so is the editing.
Sometime is hard to even hear some actor speak.

This first episode doesn't make any sense. A guy falls from such a tall building yet he is alive?
The step bro seemed to have some kind of relationship with the ml but nobody's rushes to the hospital.. not even to save some face?
Your sister just tried to murder your step bro... aren't you in..shock?

On episode 4: still waiting for the "funniest lines" some reviewers have ever heard.
The characters are frankly boring as hell and the acting is either too extreme or lacking in its entirety.

The ml character is so boring and Franky not a great actor.
I don't even know why she is so obsessed with him.
In the real world she didn't know him and only witnessed his assassination's attempt.
In this "fictional" world it would make more sense if she felt some kind of "obligation" to make him happy to repay him of her shortcoming (not going to the police) in the real world.

Cringe, senseless and boring.
I'm dropping it.

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dropped at episode 27

I was excited about this drama. I meet these actor for the first time in "love game in Easter Land" and I was anticipating seeing them in a modern "set".
This drama started really well. I was looking for something light hearted and funny and I wasnt disappointed until about half way through.

The gimmicks between the characters start to get repetitive, and the cliche are numerous.
The 2 main character are basically in their late 20's but they are so childish. Sure, 2 conventionally attractive people never had a crush... Sure sure.
I know this is light-hearted but it's a pretty unrealistic drama.
This unknown girls starts working as an editor and everything goes so smoothly she lands contract after contract.
The "forced roommate" is a well known trope but why is she supposed to live with a stranger even after she gains some money? No pride girl?
Even after the main conflict arises, she basically forgives him after a week. Girl, you said it yourself, he manipulated you, lied to you and after hearing 2 sweet words you are alright back. He basically drags her into his house against her will.

Speaking about the second couple... They had good moments and bad moments. At episode 26 we don't really know what happened in their past. The editor is really annoying and ready to do anything to save her ass at work. I get she is stuck between a rock and a hard place but she always prioritizes her work even after being so obsessed with the same guy she betrayed. I don't know . Should we root for them or not?

The drama starts with more underlying plot lines that basically disappear after episode one. We are introduced too a nepo baby which is supposed to be a rival to main protagonist... It went nowhere.
The Direcror is supposed to be "scheming" to grab power in the publishing company.... He does very little to get anywhere..
And can we please stop creating "tension" by merely making the FL literally fall into the ml arms... It's not romantic, it's poor writing and this drama overuses this trope.
A Xiang..poor girl. The FL best friend has no plot line at all. She is basically a mail man delivering news to the FL.
Episode 27: I am dropping it. It just too boring.

the FL wouldn't basically go anywhere in life without her boyfriend saying her ass.

I would recommend this drama if you are looking for something not too demanding or full of fluff.

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good drama...but a bit disappointed.

sure, im a pretty late to the party😅 but here we are.
i Ve heard a lor of good things abouts this drama for ages but never picked up. finally I decided to watch this incredible drama and..... I am a bit disappointed.
is it a good drama ? yeah. is it extraordinary ad people said? not really.

this show is basically split in two partsv the first one is more light hearted while the second one is where the real juice is.

the first half felt like one of those drama of the early 2000's. I felt like I was watching full house and not a drama from 2016.
it was so goofy and frankly badly put together.
I still don't know why they needed a sort of "reversed harem" to make this thing work.
the first half was so silly I was abouts to drop it.
everyone is in love with this girl for almost no reason and they all live like happy puppies.
we get some drama moments but they are completely ruined by the music choice.
you get people dying, suffering, crying and in the background they play a silly pop song abouts love confessions?
this ruined the pathos in many scenes.

the second half is frankly speaking the best part and the only interesting one.
I wished they just focused on this kind of storytelling. they should have made an historical drama all the way through.
the political intrigues, the love stories overlapping, betrayals etc were really interesting even though they felt a bit repetitive at times (I skipped some scenes I have to admit).

the Performance from the actors is amazing. they all played wonderfully especially in the emotional scenes. I cried at different points and fortunately no silly music was playing in the background.

overall it feels like a disjointed drama made of 2 parts that don't really feel coesive.

the fact the iu was from the future played a small role and the final scenes felt..meh.

is it worth watching? it depends.
can you stomach a boring first half?

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this show is a gem!!!

this show was a blast to watch. I laughed, I cried and enjoyed it till the last episodes. (don't skip the credits in episode 12😌).

our protagonist is Yao, a young ex taekwondo athlet who ends up in trouble. after his injury he has to give up on his passion and ends up making some debt to a local mobster.

to pay his debt, he accept to cater to the mobster's brother who is currently in jail.
he "unlawfully" gets a job as a guard and has to juggle between his duties as a guard and his loyalty to the inmate.

through this journey we get to know the other workers of the jail and the inmates.

the main plot stays the same along the entire series but in every episode we explore more the personal lives of guards and inmates.

through their personal stories we learn to empathies with the guards and the inmates of course.

some of their stories are really touching and we see the person behind the inmate "clothes".

being a comedy drama, we laugh a lot. i don't know why but there is a weird obsession with fecal matter in this show🤣 they poop a lot..like..A LOT.

the length of the episodes and the show it self is really good. you never get bored.

the characters are all interesting and the acting is really good.

the ost is a banger. I usually skip the opening theme after the first episode, but I let play in this drama all the time.

definitely recommend if you are looking for a perfect mix of lighthearted, comedy and deep emotions.

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i really liked it but... there are some issues.

I'm going to talk about some spoilers so read at your own risk.😁

this is a common "secretary/ boss " love story but it has a really important twist..

due to an accident our boss loses the ability to recognize faces and it is forced to keep his secretary around (which he fired in the first episode) to help him out and succeed in his quest to become the next president of the company.

this a simple plot line but it really works!
the characters are lovable in their own way and we see them grow closer as the story progresses.

so.. what is the issue? my issue is that due to the boss illness the secretary takes advantage of him pretending to be an upper class girl who was supposed to meet our ml.
this happens "twice". the first time the audience is willing to forgives the main female lead because we can kinda understand where she is coming from. she grew up struggling and never had something nice to herself. ok fine. misunderstanding are a huge part of Rom coms..

when the real it girl finds out about what our protagonist is doing, she "forces" our secretary to keep up the lie because she herself is benefitting from the whole situation.
I understand her motice to a certain degree but we reach a point where it is uncomfortable to watch what this secretary is doing to her boss.
I felt so bad for him.
this guy is perfect in the surface: good job, about to be president, a rich family, Beauty but in reality this man is freaking lonely as hell.

his stepmother hates him (I don't get why) but forces him to become president (??), his uncle is trying to sabotage him from the inside of the company, he has no friends, his last secretary betrayed him in a vile way and he also cannot see faces anymore. I mean.. what else is coming? is meteor?

meanwhile our secretary is torn by this guild which is only projected to herself at this point. "will he hate me?". she wonders about if he is going to forgive her...
it was infuriating to watch.

he is a better person than me for sure.

moving on we find some issues with the drama itself. some plot lines are abandoned Mid drama.
for example : the bitchy secretary of the studio is coerced by her boss to find out some information from our main secretary... we never see or hear from her after that.

the secretary sister is supposed to be studying abroad even though she is hiding in Korea. for a good chunk of the show our female lead never even mentions her sister..

later on this sister starts bossing around the it girl.. and I cannot say why she accepts this behavior from a literal stranger.

talking about our it girl, honestly, she is my favourite character. very straightforward, confident, has a huge ego but is not pretentious.
unfortunately she falls in love with the ml best friend and let me tell you.. he has the same personality of a toaster. such a bland character... they are also missing chemistry. it was hard to imagine them as a couple.

talking about couples. can we please stop showing 30 something years old behaving like prudes and innocent kids when it comes to kissing, hugging or sex?
I know it's part of the Korean culture but this was too much.

it sounds like I am a hater but I swear i liked the show.😅 its just that after watching it you process the goods and the bads.

talking about the good stuff the plot twist revolving around the file, the president assault and the secret society was pretty well done.
for half of the drama we think something shady and bad is going on but then we find out that these people were "plotting" to defend the innocent and help the poor mistreated employees. I really like that part.

this is getting long so let's cut to the chase.
is it worth it? Yes.
is it funny? yes.
if you are looking for something entertaining give this drama a chance

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as cliche as it can be..

if you watched any Japanese office drama , you already saw this one.

our female protagonist get cheated on by her Shitty boyfriend. she is devastated but her office superior comes around to rescue her and asks her to fake a relationship in order to put at bay his demanding mother and take revenge on the female boyfriend.

pretty classic stuff nothing groundbreaking... even thou they tried to twist the narrative. the superior is not trying to help his subordinate but... drumssssass... he is trying to takes revenge on her because in high school they were friend and she rejected his feelings for her.

this lasted like the blink of an eye. they get together immediately.
the second half of the drama is about the male lead mother trying to separate the two .

why do I watch these kind of dramas you ask? I watch them to practice some Japanese listening but being a short web drama is no excuse to be this cliche or sloppy.

"semantic error" is a short web drama as well but it made so well you cannot end up enjoying it.

this drama here is filled of cliche, no interesting characters, no intriguing dynamics.

don't watch and save you some time.

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