Chang Hee and Mr. Gu couldn't meet again. And I should be blaming Mi Jung for it. She didn't think it was necessary to inform her siblings about Gu's comeback. Otherwise my poor Chang Hee would have run with his life to meet his dearest hyung.
1. Gi Jung's story wasn't problematic. At first it were just 1 or 2 person thinking so but there seems to be a flood. Not explaining to avoid posting spoilers but all I can say is they weren't at all in a toxic relationship and needed to break up. Being in commitment at 40s without marriage isn't the same as dating during teenage or even 30s.
2. The open ending couldn't be any better. One of the many central tools for slice of life dramas is continuity. By deciding to write the ending sequence in this way, the writer has done the wisest of her job, which most makers of the same genre don't even consider. In such cases, it's always the task for the audience to perceive and make up on theie own, or let it like that. I know it's a personal experience of an individual but I don't think it's necessary to entertain this complaint. However the only problem that will bother me for life is the fact that....
On that note, one of the many peculiarities about slice-of-life genres is that, they constantly emphasize on how our lives are continuous; even when the show ends, the life goes on without a stop. Sad that a large portion of audience fail to understand or even acknowledge that.
Kdramas these days prefer to end dramas on a loose note and you can pretty much draw your own conclusion. But rating dramas lower and discrediting the entire show because of it? It's okay to expect happy and sugarcoated endings but shitting on something when it doesn't go your way? Very irresponsible.
Not just the writer, everyone in the team of makers are at equal fault. Even if there were no original novel, this show actually had to be of 20 episodes or at least 2 more episodes were a must. But for the sake of meeting the standard 16 episode quota, they messed up things a bit. So, for the drama writer, it would have been wise to develope plot in a way that the events from the beginning were a lil faster hence minimizing the rush that we saw in the last episode.
The characters and story were a let down in the finale week and it was as per the expectation from the last week where the writing had started to become shoddy. However, the fact that this was good for the first half and remained decent till 12th episode, I think it'll be not okay to discredit it entirely based on the latest feelings. So my overall assessment says it isn't exactly a bad show and would rate it at 7.0
Oh great then. I am on 8th episode and don't think there's any definite need of romance either. And glad to know that there is none till 14th ep either.
Same. I don't really wish it to have romance but provided that there are already 3 girls eyeing on him there'll be definitely a couple. I won't mind if it's limited to small portion though.
There are very few instances of accurate and meaningful lgbtqia+ representation in Kdramas and that too a trans representation. So happy the drama has done so even when it's only 8 episodes.
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2. The open ending couldn't be any better. One of the many central tools for slice of life dramas is continuity. By deciding to write the ending sequence in this way, the writer has done the wisest of her job, which most makers of the same genre don't even consider. In such cases, it's always the task for the audience to perceive and make up on theie own, or let it like that. I know it's a personal experience of an individual but I don't think it's necessary to entertain this complaint. However the only problem that will bother me for life is the fact that....