emilia

Good movie, just kinda overhyped.

I liked this movie, the plot was really touching and beautiful it just was a little disappointing. I usually don't cry at the movies so I didn't expect to cry on this one. And it didn't happen. I don't know about the japanese version, but this one is just not really that sad, because this whole movie is just about life. Something that can happen to everyone. It's quite iluminating to be honest. It teaches you that you should be happy to remember every moment and enjoy it, because not everyone gets to do it. Also it teaches you that no matter how hard you will try some things you just can't change, because in the end Jaewon dies and Saeyoon only remembers him as a character that was in her life.

"Scars don't disappear. But the pain doesn't last forever. If everyone is forgetting you little by little then I'll try to remember you little by little." This line is so beautiful, it made me think of other lines in songs that really fit their story for example "If the moon went dark tonight and if it all ended tomorrow, would I be the one on your mind, your mind, your mind? And if it all ended tomorrow, would you be the one on mine?", "Sometimes I just can't believe, You happened.", "And God knows that I am the girl I am because of you, You know I'll always think of you, I'll love you 'til the end of time" and "You're just a stranger I know everything about."

I've never watched anything with Shin Shi-ah, that's why her acting was a nice surprise. I'm really excited for her next projects. She really reminds me of Jisoo and Wonhee when I was looking at her face.

GOOD POINTS
- I really liked Jimin's character, she was really a good friend.
- The scenes before Jaewon's death were really beautiful, even if the movie was happening in the past year it felt really nostalgic.

BAD POINTS
- I don't really like Choo Young-woo's acting, it feels like he always plays the same character. He's good at playing this nonchalant, emotionally closed character because this is the only emotion he can show. Other actors had to work for him to make his emotions visible.
- I feel really disappointed by the fact that we never got to see Saeyoon's past before Jaewon and also how Jaewon's dad felt right after his wife's and his son's death.

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okay drama

I really liked this drama, especially because it wasn't something I saw before but to be honest after some episodes it started to get boring or even repetitive.
At some point it was just them saying i love you's and then saying goodbye's, and then meeting each other and doing it again. When it comes to plot I also felt like sometimes there was too much like plot things, especially when Rami started to show up in Chanhee's body. I feel like her being only visible to Chanhee and being just a voice in her head was a better option. But the plot twist at the end actually was good and that's why I'm kinda mad that instead of other plot informations/scenes we didn't get the one I was super curious about.
I'm not really a big fan of Hiro, I just thought that him explaining everything doesn't change the fact that he's still really I don't know weird? to me. He was there, so fans could be curious with who Chan-hee ends up with but I never felt any chemistry between them, I shipped him with Nanami.
I actually like the second couple which I was surprised to notice because of how the relationship started, in the end it was quite good.
Overall, a good drama that maybe I would re-watch but sometimes it was too much of everything.
Also, it was my first time watching something with Younjung as she's always a background character in dramas I liked, but when she was a main character it was in dramas I wasn't really fond of for example historical ones. And I must say, she's really a good actress only thing that I had problem with was her crying scene on bed (?), it's just sometimes looked/sounded like she was laughing.

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Overall a quite good drama, worth watching if you don't expect something mind-blowing.

To be honest I didn't really want to watch this drama because of the reviews but i was pleasantly surprised. I really think that some people here are too harsh with their opinions about this drama. Okay, it's not oscar-worthy or something really that I've never heard of it's actually pretty cliché but it wasn't that bad.

The plot was okay, I do think that maybe it had too many threads (?) for only 8 episodes because that way we couldn't focus on the "main dish". For example many scenes that were not needed, the first scene with two guys that he asked about the path. The way they were introduced made them seem (at least to me) like they were tae-yi and doyoon.
The bigger problem for me was chemistry, especially with the second couple. For the first 3 episodes I actually was rooting for Seoheon and Doyoon to geth together, and while for the first couple my thoughts changed and I started seeing some sparks between them, the second couple was something that I really didn't want to focus on. And yeah, the first couple had their bad scnes for example the SA scene. It was really useless and uncomfortable for me, I can understand what the director wanted to show but with only 8 episodes it felt like Seoheon forgiven Tae-yi too quickly. It still made me feel like the second couple was worse, I mean Juha literally bullied Doyoon. It wasn't like with the first couple where the violence could have been explained by the trauma, it was just pure hatred. Both couples had one person struggling with internalized homophobia but only one character seem that way — Tae-yi. We could see that he actually was falling for Seoheon, and then after understanding what's happening in the classroom he panicked but we still knew that he had feelings for the other boy. With the second couple it's much more harder to believe, it felt like Juha just randomly thought "oh i might actually like this boy" or even more like he just wanted someone to like him. I felt like Doyoon was even faster to forgive for something he shouldn't be that quick to brush off. It was like the first couple actually loved each other, while the second couple just wanted to have someone love them or at least Juha seem that way.

Other things I liked :
- the kiss in the ep 8, it was surprising to me to see that they actually kissed as it's not that common in korean bls, they rather stay with the awkward duck kisses or just touching their lips.
- the way we actually could feel the dislike between first couple, it still wasn't long enough but it was the best they could do with 8 episodes that also had to contain the second couple.
- the way they showed korean gay relationships, it's not always rainbows and sunset but also the sad part – homophobia, being scared to show your feelings towards your partner because "how will people react" i don't see it that often in bls, especially korean ones so it was also a nice surprise
- the fact that Seoheon wasn't a pushover, I was really afraid that this will happen but he actually stood up for himself in many situations!

things i didn't like :
- in first episodes it felt like Tae-yi only could see his brother in Seoheon, which was kinda weird?
- the cliché, typical thai bl drama concert in the last episode
- the awkward kisses, i really hope we will see less of them in new dramas.

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One of my favourites.

I really like this drama, it was really easy watch and it didn't make me feel like it's a struggle for me to finish it.

I really liked the idea of fate and going back in time, usually it's not potrayed that well but this time it actually made sense. Also loved how it was showed that when you change one bad thing for a good thing in the past it can change everything, and then because you don't know what will happen you don't know if changing this one thing was a good idea. Maybe leaving it as it was was the better option?
As for the plot, I also was afraid that the crime aspect of this drama would feel like they made it out of nowhere or something but it actually was played well!

I wish that we would see Inhyuk and Taeseong get their happy ending. Yes, we saw that they are happy but it didn't feel full for me at least.

Loved the chemistry between the main couple, on-screen and off-screen they made it well-known that they have love and respect for each other. I really like how it was Sunjae that was first one to fall in love and HARDER. Also, I was happy to see that they are not "afraid" of skinship.

I was scared that Sol's personality will be only this cute, obsessed girl but it was a nice surprised to see that she was actually really mature but still with a little bit of fun.

Wish we would see more of the friendships in this drama, because I really enjoyed the episode when they went looking for Inhyuk. It felt warm.

As for the not so good points of this movie, well..

I think if this drama had only 12 episodes it would be better, it wasn't tiring to watch don't get me wrong – it just started to feel repetitive. They forgot each other, then they loved each other again, they forgot, they loved etc. etc. It def could fit in 12 episodes.

Sometimes I felt like the love between those two felt too obsessive, I understand the deep bond between them but they made it seem like they literally can't live without each other. Especially in the first episode it kinda felt parasocial.

I feel like the director made her disabled without really putting any meaning to it. It felt like one day she was disabled and the next day it was already forgotten, I actually forgot that it was the plot in the first episodes when I reached the episode 7/8. Which is again coming back to my first point – it should be only 12 episodes drama.

But in the end, even with those not so good things it still a really good drama.

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Wow, just wow.

I knew that this drama would be good, because I know how good Park Boyoung's acting is but I didn't know how much I would love this drama.
Everything from characters, from production was so beautiful.
This drama is a good example of how representation matters, in this drama we got a good amount of it. We got representations for different problems like mobbing, bullying, homophobia, motherly love, disabilities and how hard is for you to live with them, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, sexual abuse/domestic abuse and how hard it's for you to escape it or make people believe you. I might be biased because I feel deeply connected to many topics that I mentioned but this drama was something everyone needs to watch. It might be really depressing but at some point it will start to feel healing.

The one thing that we also got many representations for was love. Many kinds of it.
The love between a mother and her child, how a mother would do anything for her children.
The love between siblings, how even if they are fighting or just not talking to each other they still understand each other without any words and how they would do everything for each other.
The one between friends, which wasn't as showed in this drama but was still something needed. Because everyone should have one person that will support them no matter what.
The love between two people that met one day, and since that day they felt like something just felt right, and how this kind of love can show out of nowhere. It's as Hosu's mother said, "Love isn’t about winning or losing. It’s about remaining on the same team until the very end even if you lose. Love is about staying together even if you lose a hundred or a thousand times.".
And the saddest one, the love that just never happened because people made it look like it was wrong, even though it's not confirmed I had to mention it because whole Sangwol's and Miji's best friend story made me cry as a person that is queer.

In the end I feel like everyone should watch it, at this point this drama is just art and nothing less. Many lines that were said in this drama can help someone but my favourite is this one, from Miji's and Mirae's grandma. "Yesterday is over. Tomorrow is yet to come. Today is yet unknown." Our unwritten Seoul, is something that made me cry for the first time while watching a drama, and that's why I don't see myself rating it lower. Park Boyoung's and Park Jinyoung's acting is just made for dramas like this, even if they will make you cry.

*MUSIC IS RATED ONLY 5 BECAUSE I USUALLY DON'T FOCUS ON IT.*

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