I appreciate how new episodes begin with a repeat of the last scene from the previous episode (even if it steals valuable seconds), because I was too preoccupied with my second-hand embarrassment to notice, how much Yang Jun Mo's performance worked for me in that goofy lap scene.
From when he horrified asks about the help old friend is requesting to his defeated realization of "things" getting bigger and bigger. His line delivery, facial expressions....I don't know if he just mumbles, has some kind of tiny lisp or it's all part of his innocent personality, but whatever it is, it just added to making the scene extra funny. Yang Jun Mo/Lee Jun is definitely growing on me. He does "innocent & clueless" really well.
And I'm sorry Choi Jun, but your man's senior/friend with the massive crush is very, very cute.
Christ, that was an intense level of handsomeness on my screen! But.......3 years? How? Mashiko Atsuki has a really nice voice, btw. Anyone know the song/band/singer at the end?
her character has no substance i remember being so confused when the show started w her and I was glad it shifted…
Literally my exact thought process. I have such a hard time during her scenes, because she's screaming every line. There's no need for her in the story at this point, and I pray, her character doesn't become more important down the line.
I would not say he is a problem but after 3 episodes yes he is not very endearing. He is just like a fat guy who…
Haha! Be nice! He's so damn pure. And well yeah, as one of those Kdrama characters, who spends a lot of screen time eating, he has a pretty good excuse for stuffing his face. :)
Takeda Kouhei has no business showing up here looking like that and making me crave a season 2 of Old Fashion Cupcake. Also, that "trick" with the taped line across the floor is reminding me of Yuuki in Life: Love on the Line.
3 episodes in and Bong Seok is already a huge problem! I swear if ANYONE hurts this boy, I'll go ballistic first and then drown in my complete misery. Be nice now, show.
I was prepared for another run-of-the-mill contract marriage show, but this is really cute and funny. Seeing the reactions of Takumi, when no one's watching, is a nice spin on the tsundere ML. Fuma is handling the role quite well. He's already made me laugh out loud on mutiple occasions. And yes, the episodes are too short.
Na Jeok-Bong having an existential crisis sitting against his hay bale was a whole mood. It's like this guy just teleported from The Good Bad Mother and got a more clowny hairdo while beaming up. To be clear, this is not a complaint.
I'm surprisingly OK with the personality of Oh Jin Seong, but that Yang Hee Joo woman is making my blood boil every time she hits my screen. Everything about her character is just insufferable. I'm not into the "comedy" revolving around the moms either. Besides these two drawbacks this is a good watch so far. And even though we all saw it coming from the beginning - episode 4 was horrible to get through. I cried so hard. Shoutout to the OST - it's awesome!
...and the person under the blanket. Remember, the firefighters saw someone walking towards them coming from within…
I agree. I was editing my comment while you responded, because I was rewatching the ending again (I haven't watched the s2 hightlights). I think the person under the blanket is a third person. Most likely the person in the ambulance is the partner, but where is Do-Jin then? Is he still unconcious in the building? And the third person under the blanket, is the one we saw walking out of the building? That wouldn't make sense either, since they'd put him in an ambulance, not just have him lying there hurt waiting to die. I also agree, that it will be Do-Jin who'll play a huge part in unfolding, how the new character relates to these fires. I don't know about that autopsy preview and her crying, but I still think, this is mostly a typical bluff. An even bigger fakeout could of course be, that the dream segment is in fact reality, and Do-Jin grabbed a coat and headed straight to the hospital after getting out of the building.
I'm fully aware this is a show about firefighters and cops, but is it too much to ask to have just half an episode…
...and the person under the blanket. Remember, the firefighters saw someone walking towards them coming from within the building after the final explosion. When Ho-Gae and Pil arrive at the scene, they ask about the firefighter in the ambulance, but his name is not stated. Watching the scenes again, it wouldn't make sense for the person under the blanket to be Do-Jin or his partner, since none of the crew members are emotional. They would be wrecks. Ho-Gae's reaction could be relief (I can't recall if he knew Do-Jin was at the scene). I'm thinking, the person under the blanket is a third person, because it's someone they discovered after the person who walked out of the building after the explosion. Otherwise he'd be in an ambulance.The partner had his protective coat on when the explosion happened, the person under the blanket doesn't.
The dream segment at the hospital would make sense, seeing as both Do-Jin and Seol are badly hurt and likely unconcious. It simply would make no sense to kill off a main lead at the beginning of a season. It would impact the entire flow of the remaining episodes. Plus more importantly, the newly introduced character Kang Do Ha, who calls Do-Jin and is sitting in his car at the end of the episode clearly has a close relationship and past with Do-Jin. So an important part of the plot this season would be for his relationship with Do-Jin to unravel if he really is the main bad guy or one of them. If they did kill off Do-Jin it's a ballsy move and it would push Ho-Gae into a new level of recklessness. I still think it's a classic fakeout.
I'm fully aware this is a show about firefighters and cops, but is it too much to ask to have just half an episode to get acclimated, before I'm an emotional wreck. Talk about starting off intense. Man, I've missed these guys!
That ending scene of episode 12 was SO emotional. The way this has been slowly building for most of the show, and now we got the payoff. I love them. Oh, and not to forget Kai. β€οΈ I don't know, what's going on with the sub-8 rating. I'm afraid people are overlooking this solid watch.
Watching this show right after a new episode of Minato Shouji Coin Laundry is very.....well, it's an adjustment, so I won't be doing that next week. And silly me, thinking the break room was intense, and there would an episode to recover, but here we are, and it's getting bigger. And bigger. That will be some "American style" kiss, if our intern ever surfaces from the bottom of clueless lake. I cannot believe he remained seated....
The children are very cute, but I still haven't figured out which one is the director and which one is the intern.
In season 1 it was Jun-Ho wailing on the train tracks in the snow. In season 2 it was Nina on that bridge as the sun was setting. I don't think, I'll ever be able to shake, how much those two scenes tore me apart.
Episode 3 was outstanding from beginning to end. Bae Na Ra commanded every scene he was in.
This was a very satisfying follow-up to the brilliant first season. I'm relieved. The Island/Duty After School part 2 disappointment is still fresh in my mind.
The preview of the finale doesn't bode well for Aloha's acting struggles. That shot on the sidewalk? I'd take him tripping over air and Kazuma being too tired from all his running to catch his man over a take-two of the underpass scene.
The running, the gut punch and the face slap added a layer of unintentional comedy I could've done without. I've already written a lot about Aloha's acting before, but now his limitations are branching out or just making me notice other flaws more. Budget limitations or not, I really wished, they'd paid more attention to some basic technicalities of making a scene engaging.
Sanada is so badly casted it's ludicrous. Dude looks like a twig, anyone could snap by breath alone.
Watching Ren and Ryunosuke, but especially Ren, it feels like these characters and the story overall is much darker and more complex, than what the show portrays. So either they should've gone lighter and focused more on Ren & Kazuma interacting, or they should've fully taken on the darkness. I'd prefer the latter, but then we'd be back at the limitations in production/acting skills.
All of this being said, I STILL really like this show, the tone, these leads and their story, even if the execution is flawed, clumsy, overly dramatic and sometimes comedic. And since I've been rough on Aloha's acting in two long comments now, I have to give the man, he's really good at being hugged. The way his emotional barriers visibly weaken, as he relaxes into these Kazuma hugs gets to me every time.
Oh, that ending made me so emotional. Especially the last 4 minutes were beautiful. When this song by Dasutt started playing. π’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVSuI41d4k
Overall an absorbing, nicely paced and incredibly well-acted show. Kim Tae Ri in particular was impressive. I will miss this trio.
Episode 13 was a mic drop. In every way. To keep mulling over tags and labels at this point is doing yourself and this show a huge disservice. Watch, listen and decide for yourself. But don't bow out, just because your interpretation didn't result in the tag or label, you hoped for. I decided early on, and episode 13 just let me enjoy it. In neon lights. This show is so, so much more than this one relationship, however intensely absorbing it is. I usually avoid Chinese shows, because I cannot deal with the +20 episodes, but we're halfway through, and I'm in so deep, I never want this one to end.
From when he horrified asks about the help old friend is requesting to his defeated realization of "things" getting bigger and bigger. His line delivery, facial expressions....I don't know if he just mumbles, has some kind of tiny lisp or it's all part of his innocent personality, but whatever it is, it just added to making the scene extra funny. Yang Jun Mo/Lee Jun is definitely growing on me. He does "innocent & clueless" really well.
And I'm sorry Choi Jun, but your man's senior/friend with the massive crush is very, very cute.
But.......3 years? How?
Mashiko Atsuki has a really nice voice, btw.
Anyone know the song/band/singer at the end?
I swear if ANYONE hurts this boy, I'll go ballistic first and then drown in my complete misery.
Be nice now, show.
And yes, the episodes are too short.
To be clear, this is not a complaint.
I also agree, that it will be Do-Jin who'll play a huge part in unfolding, how the new character relates to these fires. I don't know about that autopsy preview and her crying, but I still think, this is mostly a typical bluff. An even bigger fakeout could of course be, that the dream segment is in fact reality, and Do-Jin grabbed a coat and headed straight to the hospital after getting out of the building.
The dream segment at the hospital would make sense, seeing as both Do-Jin and Seol are badly hurt and likely unconcious. It simply would make no sense to kill off a main lead at the beginning of a season. It would impact the entire flow of the remaining episodes. Plus more importantly, the newly introduced character Kang Do Ha, who calls Do-Jin and is sitting in his car at the end of the episode clearly has a close relationship and past with Do-Jin. So an important part of the plot this season would be for his relationship with Do-Jin to unravel if he really is the main bad guy or one of them. If they did kill off Do-Jin it's a ballsy move and it would push Ho-Gae into a new level of recklessness. I still think it's a classic fakeout.
Also about Do-Jin....
I don't know, what's going on with the sub-8 rating. I'm afraid people are overlooking this solid watch.
The children are very cute, but I still haven't figured out which one is the director and which one is the intern.
In season 2 it was Nina on that bridge as the sun was setting.
I don't think, I'll ever be able to shake, how much those two scenes tore me apart.
Episode 3 was outstanding from beginning to end. Bae Na Ra commanded every scene he was in.
This was a very satisfying follow-up to the brilliant first season. I'm relieved. The Island/Duty After School part 2 disappointment is still fresh in my mind.
The running, the gut punch and the face slap added a layer of unintentional comedy I could've done without. I've already written a lot about Aloha's acting before, but now his limitations are branching out or just making me notice other flaws more. Budget limitations or not, I really wished, they'd paid more attention to some basic technicalities of making a scene engaging.
Sanada is so badly casted it's ludicrous. Dude looks like a twig, anyone could snap by breath alone.
Watching Ren and Ryunosuke, but especially Ren, it feels like these characters and the story overall is much darker and more complex, than what the show portrays. So either they should've gone lighter and focused more on Ren & Kazuma interacting, or they should've fully taken on the darkness. I'd prefer the latter, but then we'd be back at the limitations in production/acting skills.
All of this being said, I STILL really like this show, the tone, these leads and their story, even if the execution is flawed, clumsy, overly dramatic and sometimes comedic. And since I've been rough on Aloha's acting in two long comments now, I have to give the man, he's really good at being hugged. The way his emotional barriers visibly weaken, as he relaxes into these Kazuma hugs gets to me every time.
In conclusion: less running, more hugs, Kazuma!
When this song by Dasutt started playing. π’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVSuI41d4k
Overall an absorbing, nicely paced and incredibly well-acted show. Kim Tae Ri in particular was impressive. I will miss this trio.
To keep mulling over tags and labels at this point is doing yourself and this show a huge disservice.
Watch, listen and decide for yourself.
But don't bow out, just because your interpretation didn't result in the tag or label, you hoped for.
I decided early on, and episode 13 just let me enjoy it. In neon lights.
This show is so, so much more than this one relationship, however intensely absorbing it is.
I usually avoid Chinese shows, because I cannot deal with the +20 episodes, but we're halfway through, and I'm in so deep, I never want this one to end.