Nothing in this drama feels concrete. It’s like they tried to stuff too many ideas into one basket and ended up doing justice to none of them. Why would someone take revenge for a man they’ve barely known for a month? The male lead’s sudden love confession was shocking — they didn’t even have enough meaningful moments to reach that point. And taking the story back to the village feels completely unsuitable for this genre. The whole thing is just a mess.
"I get it’s just a drama, but if someone’s diagnosed with a brain tumor, you’d think the first step would be going to the hospital for treatment. The girl wanting to enjoy life before surgery makes sense, but I really don’t get the mom. Why is she busy building a house instead of focusing on her daughter’s treatment? Feels kinda unrealistic, even for a drama."
After watching final episode, I can say they could have easily skipped episode 11. It didn't make any sense, didn't add anything to story. Instead ep 12 should have been ep 11. In final episode they could focus on their romance, friendship and career.
How to ruin a perfect drama in last two episodes? Korean writers are nowadays become master at it. It was beautifully poised for drama. They could have done obvious things, it could have ended well. They messed up big time, with sudden time leap and confusion, even two more episodes would feel less.
Extramarital affairs are now common thing irl. But I have never seen anyone makes excuses like these drama has done for this woman. She had an affair but she still loves her husband 😭. Is that even a thing? In my view affair is an extreme step. It happens when you are completely out of love with current partner. No one goes out saying I love my husband but let me have an affair this week. Many couple stay together even after affair. That's always out of compulsion. That's relationship is broken and can never be repaired. Forget about getting back together after divorce.
6 episode completed, safe to say dong ju the main lead is dragging the show. He is so immature. His actions are without strategy. His threats are hollow. He is just loud. His scenes with main villain look so childish. He is not at all intimidating. He looks so timid in front of main villain.
Apart last two episodes, this was fun watch. Last two episode were actually depressing with overwhelming emotions. Happy ending was expected but they should have better job.
The fact that this is even discussed is that people are not watching the drama as a whole plot but a certain character…
I never complained about story or plot. I complained only about how they promoted drama park bo gum as lead when he is not. He has important character to play but he is not the lead.
Where is park bo gum? They sold drama on his name. And he is nowhere to found. Cheaters. They should have sold it on solely IU's name as she is the main lead. Why do they mislead bo gum fans?
Let's be real for a moment ... So, first of all, great series, terrific writing. So what I say now is not criticism.…
In Korean dramas, male lead characters are typecast and have no variable. They are basically like human robot with certain functions. Most of the time They are cheerleader for female characters. Female characters have more depth and story.
Tbh it had nice plot. Undercover agent going to school in search of a gold. First 4 episodes were quite promising. Going forward I expected smart writing but it went of the track. They should have focused more on him solving gold mystery with sight romance. The way they build up gold mystery with 4 back stories, actually it was nice addition to the story. They should taken lead from there. Rather they completely lost plot midway.
I feel for sang yan. Drama portraits lot about Yifan struggles. It completely ignores Sang yans struggle. Obviously you can't compare what Yifan went through with sangyan. He went through worst possible heart break, blamed himself for years, even waited for her. When she finally came back, he did everything to get back with her. Despite that Yifan left him again without any explanation. Making his fears come true. And after all this, he can't complain because all he can do is to care about Yifan feelings. I hope Yifan understands him the way he did and put some efforts to makes him secure about their relationship.
My sister was sexually assaulted in school. She didn't tell that to anyone for 10 years. She couldn't trust any man after that. She couldn't trust even me (her brother). That's how difficult is to deal with sexual assault. She got job but left that because manager was interested in her. After her marriage ( obviously arrange marriage), thankfully my brother in law noticed her mental condition, took her in confidence, heard her story, took her to psychiatrist. Now she is completely out of mental trauma. She is happily living with her husband and two children. Seeing Yifan, it reminds me of situation my sister was in. I can tell one thing, you can't ran away from fear. I am not blaming Yifan. Neither she should be blamed. But as long as you ran away, that'll only make situation worse. Everyone around you will suffer including you. Sang yan knew she is suffering but he waited for her to tell herself. He could have took her in confidence. She would've definitely opened up to him. I also really hope that she goes back to nanwu herself, not sang yan comes to take her. That would be really positive message that she can face her problem head on.
Sang yan has no character growth. He is still stuck at high school. His whole life story is about wen yifan. I blame writer for not giving his character enough space. There is not space for his side story at all. He has no ambition in his life. Even he works because wen yifan likes it. Why do writers need make male lead character good for nothing pushover Whose life is nothing but to follow female lead. It's very irritating.
He went through worst possible heart break, blamed himself for years, even waited for her. When she finally came back, he did everything to get back with her. Despite that Yifan left him again without any explanation. Making his fears come true. And after all this, he can't complain because all he can do is to care about Yifan feelings. I hope Yifan understands him the way he did and put some efforts to makes him secure about their relationship.