Kate

Honest question, do you have comprehension issues? Your imagination writes the plot that does not happen. The whole point is her being sexually frustrated because she did not have sex for 3 years after break up.

no. it;s a shitty kiss between ML and FL.

Also, I don't think they said in the drama he is a virgin. She is his first love and he still loves her, does not necessarily means he couldn't have hook up with some girls in the past ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Also, you are clearly not watching the episodes. Girl literally has hots for him and blames them on being "sexually frustrated" coz she did not have sex for some time So it's not just him simping over her.

when he went: yeah, I think I am seeing someone now < cute! the way he knelt down and looked at her with puppy tiny smile. I can see some future rom-com potential hahaha

Kim Hye Ji is a queen. She is easily my favorite character right now. She is great. Amazing. Bless her. Wish her all the best!

"-What's for dinner?
-You"
BITCH 🔥

All the romance scenes are so cute. But now imagine this show with an actress that actually has chemistry with her co-stars 🙃

Trash ex should not be this hot. I hate how much I am enjoying Bang Jun Ho's character 🤡😂 like STOP BEING CUTE, TRASH EX BEING CUTE SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!

WAIT HAHAHA HE LEFT HER FOR 3 YEARS COZ PANIC ATTACKS? OMFG I THOUGHT AT LEAST IT WOULD BE LIKE CANCER DYING SCENARIO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT SHITTY KISS 😂😂🤣🤡🙃

So like the ex had a cancer or something right? And he left without explanation coz noble Idiocy 🙂 Like, they did not say it yet, but based on the "I did not tell her where you were coz you asked me" and with how confident he is, and how he "never broke up with her" it's literally typical set up to - I left coz I was dying and I did not want you to suffer with me, so I decided to leave and go back when I get better. I did not for you 🤡

I really like the soundtrack. While these are not exactly song I would listen outside of the drama, they fit the mood and scenes sooo well!

I also fucking LOVE the uncle, he is so extra 😂

Kim Hye Ji is amazing too. She picked up what's up fast, asked the right questions right away so we won't get any bullshit misunderstanding between besties coz of a man. Yes my queen, thank you. Yes, she needs time to process, but her first reaction is not anger. She just needs a little bit of time to think to make the best decision.

They are acting the wide shots. All are beautiful.

I mean... it's still soooooooooooooooooooooo basic, but from the start I knew it will be and it's kind of what made me enjoy it. How this drama just... flows like 4567u486754 other rom-coms, nothing stands out, you know EXACTLY what you will get. Sometimes that's how one can relax 😂

There's no antagonist. < that's something I enjoyed too. They were all just complex human beings facing issues sometimes they had no idea how to tackle...

I think this is best shown through White's internal dialogue about growing up privileged and ahead of others < I actually really like that aspect of the show too. I feel like they did a good job to show him as both port of the problem, but also potential solutions, since no one's circumstances are simply black or white 😉

Off might have been a little overshadowed by Gun's impressive acting < to be honest, I feel like Gun overshadows 90% of co-stars that act with him in dramas 🤣

but it does not take over and feels true to the plot < this. I feel like they did a really good job not making the romance feel like THE plot and THE center of everything that's happening.
Great review, as always ❤

oh i agree that if we put it only in context of the show, Jiang Li is the biggest victim. But if we talk about the amount of suffering based on experience, Wanning did have it worse 🤡

Jiang wife was awful. I don't think they truly showed how bad her actions were.

the synopsis sounds like a synopsis of a special episode that comes between two seasons to make fans happy as they wait for the real deal 🙂

still seated for Haiba Jin's extra charm! < facts 💯 😂

I think that;s also my issue... not even that they did not show them kiss, but it was CLEAR the actors did not kiss... Like, as a viewers we know the characters did not kiss 🙃

that elevator scenes was illegal and a full on circus 😂😂😂

The main trope of this genre is the girl fighting against being used as a pawn by her family or husband. < this is not a trope that is typical of slice of life genre... Mist slice of life shows do not have female characters being used by their families...

girl's reputation is also not a trope specific for slice of life dramas. Maybe you just confusing slice of life with costume dramas. Because using others as pawns, torture, poisoning etc are typical for costume dramas.

What does a parody do, it imitates a genre, work, author, etc. for comedic effect. < I think this is where we disagree, because I do not think these were done for comedic effect. Like... almost no one was laughing about these scenes. So it this was a parody, they did PAINFULLY bad job with it, because it did not land with audience at all.

For me The Double fits a good old telenovela, makjang, soap opera or whatever other name for the overly dramatic, larger-than-life plots one uses to describe the genre.

Personally I do not have issue with them not showing the kiss, but how they did it. I rather they just remove all the "kiss" related scene after the hands/arms shot. It was enough to indicate they kissed, had this subtle nature to it without making the scene look awkward.

And while i understand they did it 1:1 how it was in manga, does not mean it cannot be criticized. What works for a picture, does not have to work in motion, and for me it just didn't. Staying true to the source material is one thing, but not adjusting the source material for completely different media is another.

That said, I still am completely in love with the show and want to rewatch all the eps we had so far (and I most likely will rewatch them on weekend 😭)

Would definitely not call it parody. It took itself too seriously for the parody. I think they just went stylistically with how the shot the show exactly how the cheaper productions are shot - a lot of overexaggeration.

sometimes it's better not to show something at all, than make it look just laughably bad and obviously fake 🥲

Let's start with this no kiss kiss scene, so then we can focus on the positives 🤡 At this point these scenes just piss me off. It would be better to just end the "kiss" part of the scene on the shot of the arms and then move on to the dialogue, rather than this whole circus of funny angles to make it seem like a kiss when it's not 🙂

To the good things - I am still completely in love with the show! I adore all the focus on the communication, voicing your thoughts, feelings and opinions. As Taichi said, he might not be able to understand Kohei full if he talks more, but if he won't talk, he won't understand him at all.

As much as ADORE Taichi and think he is the person we all needs, but most of us does not deserve in their live 🤡 I actually love seeing Kohei's journey a lot - him slowly opening up, him smiling more and more, him taking initiative in communicating with others, forming friendships. It's just so amazing to see the walls he had built slowly come down 😭

All the filters and shaky camera as a drunk viewpoint is so spot on tbh 🤣 At the same time, Kim So Hyun acting drunk? That not great 🤣 That said, 90% of actors are not really that good at acting drunk. Like, she has all the movements spot on, but the speech is way off. Then there are some actors who do great drunk speech, but not the movement...

I really hope the uncle is not shady, coz I like him a lot and his interactions with Hu Yeong are adorable. But from the first two episode it does not seem to have any business politics so I guess he is in fact just going to be fun and adorable uncle! 💕

I do not approve of this new ship of Kim Hye Ji and Gyeong Taek, because I wanted her with Sang Pil 😭
Also it's CRIMINAL how little Sang Pil we've got in episode 2 😭

The date, not-date just makes me want to see Kim So Hyun is historical drama a lot. But more serious one rather than a comedy. Like Bloody Heart type.

Yo... she kind of has good chemistry with the ex 🤡 He is such a trash tho. Left with no word 3 years ago and now showing up like it's not a big issue 🤣🤣🤣 "We never broke up" BITCH HAHAHA Yeah you just yeeted yourself out of her life for 3 years, he is delulu.

I think Kim Hye Ji is going to move on from Hu Yeong ane support whatever initially fake later real relationship between him and Hong Ju. She does not seem like a person who would create any drama in that area. Obviously great friend that is protective over Hong Ju.