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What Happens When Dong Jin Isn’t in Your Life?
Honestly, the premise itself was already kind of off — like, this idea that people get physically hurt if they fall in love with her? It’s interesting, sure, but the show didn’t really build a logical or believable world around it. The whole “10-minute rule” was kind of silly, and the way they used it felt super inconsistent. Sometimes it felt like they were trying to force drama with rules that didn’t even make sense if you actually thought about them.
The pacing was weird too — it was super slow in the beginning with a lot of repetitive scenes, but then everything suddenly sped up toward the end. Like out of nowhere, Dong Jin’s friend is also cursed? And Minjeong’s friend is her love interest? What?? It felt rushed and not well set up.
I get that the show wanted to focus on emotional isolation and maybe show that Dong Jin was this selfless guy trying to help others, but it still didn’t really land. I didn’t feel the love. When Minjeong confessed in the end, I was just like… okay? Sure, she worried about him, but love? I didn’t buy it.
There were some sweet little moments, and the idea of someone finally seeing and caring for Minjeong is touching, but the romantic payoff didn’t match the emotional build-up. It tried to be deep and emotional, but the lack of proper answers and the weirdly constructed rules just made it feel kind of hollow. Like… how many people are walking around cursed like that? And what happens to people who don’t have a “Dong Jin” to rescue them?
So yeah. It wasn’t all bad, but I get why the reviews are mixed.
The pacing was weird too — it was super slow in the beginning with a lot of repetitive scenes, but then everything suddenly sped up toward the end. Like out of nowhere, Dong Jin’s friend is also cursed? And Minjeong’s friend is her love interest? What?? It felt rushed and not well set up.
I get that the show wanted to focus on emotional isolation and maybe show that Dong Jin was this selfless guy trying to help others, but it still didn’t really land. I didn’t feel the love. When Minjeong confessed in the end, I was just like… okay? Sure, she worried about him, but love? I didn’t buy it.
There were some sweet little moments, and the idea of someone finally seeing and caring for Minjeong is touching, but the romantic payoff didn’t match the emotional build-up. It tried to be deep and emotional, but the lack of proper answers and the weirdly constructed rules just made it feel kind of hollow. Like… how many people are walking around cursed like that? And what happens to people who don’t have a “Dong Jin” to rescue them?
So yeah. It wasn’t all bad, but I get why the reviews are mixed.
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