binged the whole show but might regret it later because how to live now. it's pure, raw and so beautifully written and directed. I don't recall any other korean show with this level of realism. It's just life. With its ups and down, the bounds we create, the love we seek, the distance we fall apart. I loved how the story was told, the connections go young make to find his path and navigate into the mysterious universe we live in. it has some deeper meaning but also a very simple portray of what it is being alive. i laughed hard, got emotional and sad, felt happy and at peace at other times.
Thanks to everyone who worked on this. Nam Yoonsu, how to not fall in love with you. What a great cast and amazing performances from the whole team. Hope the rating keeps going up and that it will get the recognition it deserves. I beg for more show like this to come. 💜
Only going through ep 2 but it's so refreshing i love this damn much !! really fun to watch i needed this. now waiting for the tears cuz it can't just be an amusing ride. also nam yoonsu what are you doing to me ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
THE CAST ? they're so amazing in their roles and the chemistry is wild. why am i so involved only after an hour watch? And the song choices !! need them on my playlist real quick i beg
-- Spoilers -- Perfect example of a drama to adress a trope regularly used in dramas and series that is starting to get on my nerves. I named it the unnecessary brother sacrifice.
I need to say i often side with the "bad guy". First, because antagonists or second lead characters are usually the most interesting ones in term of development and psychology. Then, because i relate a lot with their emotional struggles, backstory and complexed feelings. I'll take Rang character as an example. He has everything that i love in a fiction: charisma, sarcasm, deep and difficult feelings and a solid traumatic backstory. He's a character "forced" to be the villain but actually so soft he would cry for an animal or would save anyone too weak to fight for himself . His anger towards human and feelings come from the fact he was wronged and failed by the closest persons he had.
On the contrary, we have tragic lead characters who only exist through unnecessary melodrama. they lack nuances and are quite bland to me. I don't really like romance and every time i kinda root for the other characters and doesn't care much on the main storyline. It's also a reason why i mainly watch thrillers or dramas with no relationships. Still, as fans root for the romance, writers have to make everything to please them.
The role of the bad guy becomes some kind of redemption journey where the final act of service will be his death (or close). I hate that Rang has to sacrifice himself for the main couple to have a happy ending. It doesn't make sense at all and it is in my opinion super cruel. Why bother give him a family , salvation and peace just to make him face death ? I always suffer a lot with those closures because it doesn't serve their evolution, especially when the character starts to live his own life, free from traumatic bounds.
I also find lead characters (not only in this drama) super self centred when it comes to their lovestory. They don't care much about other people life's and feelings. Here, Yeon expected Rang to be his "final weapon" to serve the purpose of his lovestory. I feel like the male lead often uses the love and dependency of the other character for his own sake. (Another example is in my Dearest) And you'll tell me yes but he made mistakes, this way he can repair it.
But i disagree. I think they bare and suffered enough. And i'd rather have a tragic sad ending for the couple than another sacrifice that the lead won't bother to stop. Why no one tries to bring him back ? Why writers consider the story ends once the lovers have reunited? I hate this one side thing so much.
best drama of 2024 and probably my fav kthriller so far. you can feel it's adapted from a novel and i found in this one the great pleasure that nordic thrillers used to give me. masterpiece in storyline, sound, suspense, acting and so one. gonna miss it.
100% agree with you. I wonder, he's 29 with less than 20k followers in IG before (which the moment i start to…
Exactly !! He's just perfect as Tian. He seems to be a theater kid so I guess that's why he is really good with body expression, silence etc... Screen suits him well though so i hope he'll have the longest career !!
there's something special about this show that makes me very emotional. it's so beautifully directed. ben's acting is beyond incredible for someone who "doesn't have much experience in acting" , it wrecks me every time. may it be a stare, a hidden smile, a tear, it's so subtle and inocently portrayed. Ep8 was so healing. The pool scene and the ending will stay with me for long. i think it's on the way to be my all time favorite.
Thanks to everyone who worked on this. Nam Yoonsu, how to not fall in love with you. What a great cast and amazing performances from the whole team. Hope the rating keeps going up and that it will get the recognition it deserves. I beg for more show like this to come. 💜
I need to say i often side with the "bad guy". First, because antagonists or second lead characters are usually the most interesting ones in term of development and psychology. Then, because i relate a lot with their emotional struggles, backstory and complexed feelings. I'll take Rang character as an example. He has everything that i love in a fiction: charisma, sarcasm, deep and difficult feelings and a solid traumatic backstory. He's a character "forced" to be the villain but actually so soft he would cry for an animal or would save anyone too weak to fight for himself . His anger towards human and feelings come from the fact he was wronged and failed by the closest persons he had.
On the contrary, we have tragic lead characters who only exist through unnecessary melodrama. they lack nuances and are quite bland to me. I don't really like romance and every time i kinda root for the other characters and doesn't care much on the main storyline. It's also a reason why i mainly watch thrillers or dramas with no relationships. Still, as fans root for the romance, writers have to make everything to please them.
The role of the bad guy becomes some kind of redemption journey where the final act of service will be his death (or close). I hate that Rang has to sacrifice himself for the main couple to have a happy ending. It doesn't make sense at all and it is in my opinion super cruel. Why bother give him a family , salvation and peace just to make him face death ? I always suffer a lot with those closures because it doesn't serve their evolution, especially when the character starts to live his own life, free from traumatic bounds.
I also find lead characters (not only in this drama) super self centred when it comes to their lovestory. They don't care much about other people life's and feelings. Here, Yeon expected Rang to be his "final weapon" to serve the purpose of his lovestory. I feel like the male lead often uses the love and dependency of the other character for his own sake. (Another example is in my Dearest) And you'll tell me yes but he made mistakes, this way he can repair it.
But i disagree. I think they bare and suffered enough. And i'd rather have a tragic sad ending for the couple than another sacrifice that the lead won't bother to stop. Why no one tries to bring him back ? Why writers consider the story ends once the lovers have reunited? I hate this one side thing so much.
Ep8 was so healing. The pool scene and the ending will stay with me for long. i think it's on the way to be my all time favorite.