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I really had my hopes high for this one...
Love Alarm season really got me hyped up and after waiting for almost 2 years I really was expecting a bit more... I'm not sure if it was because I have set my expectations too high or what but I expected a bit more.First thing first, at the end of S1 we saw the FL running towards the SH and the HK saw them then it ended at that. We didn't even know what happened next? Like hello writers, if you left us with a cliff hanger like that for 2 years I think we do deserve a some kind of closure???
Also, I never really understood why the FL had this urge to always lie. I know she was traumatized by her experience before but it really wasn't explained well why she thinks that people around her would always suffer? From what I saw, she was really being selfish. Her actions towards both the ML and SML were not really justified even at the end. It was really messy.
LASTLY HOW THE HELL DID CDG SURVIVE THAT FREAKING FALL??????? IF YOU LOOK BACK DURING S1, IT LOOKED LIKE HE FELL FROM THE 20TH-30TH FLOOR OF A BUILDING???? HOW THE HECK ARE YOU STILL ALIVE???? AND WHY DID HIS BROTHER ACT LIKE THAT???? I mean I know they had different views on things but was that really that important that you had to turn your back from your brother????
I wish the characters had more depth in them. There were only 3 characters overall whom I saw grew and developed over the epsidoes. Suho, Gul Mi's mom, and Suho's mom. Aside from that, after you know years they all pretty much stayed the same way they did during their highschool years.
Oh well... I guess time to move on to a different drama.
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Reality
I loved it as i thought it was fair enough in the first season they gave time for jojo and sun oh and in the second they gave time to hyehyeon and jojo it is pretty fair and really liked it also many always wish in love triangles the second lead wins the girl and now the second lead got the girls people are sulking i think it was wonderful many those are song kang are disapointed but if we take a step in reality we all believe it was fair enough and i probably think if i was in her shoes i would choose hye yeong as sun oh would remain in her memories as her first love but from starting to the end hye yeong was their for her when she liked sun oh when she broke up with sun oh and whatever it was so i would probable get over my first love and move on and if sun oh was that sad why did he get a new gf he should have done something like hye yeong did so i think it was relatable after it was a drama and the drama is oc=ver so nothing much will pretty happen from sulking.Also one moral from the story I goy was dont believe in machines but believe your own feelings
Its just my own opinion
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Please don’t make this a ship war.
I haven’t written a review in ages but I could not, in good conscience, leave this page without doing so. Not when I feel the score is not reflective of the actual drama’s quality. Instead, it’s been reduced to a ship war which isn’t fair.STORY - The story of the Love Alarm world is innovative and new. We have a world where people don’t use words as a love language; instead they rely on their alarm ringing to convey their feelings. A disastrous idea in my opinion but one that takes off in their world and quickly becomes the norm.
We follow our three main characters - Jo Jo, Sun Oh and Hye Yeong. Each have their own unique backgrounds but in this season, we see Hye Yeong’s dark secret and how he comes to terms with it. We also revisit Jo Jo’s past and see how she makes her peace.
The story of this season relies heavily on the love triangle - following Jo Jo as she tries to get the shield removed so she can show her true feelings (even if she herself doesn’t really know them). We see how that quest wrecks her and her silence impacts the other two.
I genuinely think that this season is on par with the previous season - we continue to explore this world and see the conflicts resolve in a satisfying (maybe not ship wise for some) conclusion.
ACTING - I think all the actors do an excellent job here. Our three leads excel and really make you take their sides (aforementioned ship wars not excluded). I would like to shout out the actress who plays Yuk Jo for how she plays her character. It’s one that can come across as desperate but she handles it with such poise and charisma that she has me rooting for her until the very end.
MUSIC - I loved the music in season one and here it is again and still just as heart wrenching and haunting.
REWATCH VALUE - I think this is a very personal rating and for me, it’s high. I’ve already watched season one four times and I have this season already saved for another rewatch in future. Especially now that I know that my heartache pays off in the end!
OVERALL - Ships aside, I think this is an excellent conclusion to the story. Many will (and have and will continue to) disagree but for me, this is a 9/10.
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A wonderful drama with wonderful actors and a wonderful end.
Okay, so let me start by saying that I'm extremely happy with the ending. Not because I preferred HH but because everyone in the drama got the ending they deserved. Everyone ended their story in this drama in a peaceful way.And now let's talk about HH and Sun-oh. Let me start with clearing that I am on HH side but absolutely not against sun-oh. As we all know HH had a crush on JoJo first and sun-oh knew about it, even tho HH declined it, sun-oh knew that HH was lying. And as we all saw in the first season HH really liked Kim JoJo but had to see his best friend with her every single day without saying anything about it. This literally broke my heart because he is such a calm and nice guy. Now don't get me wrong, I was happy for sun-oh too since he and Jojo seemed happy together.
Now this season started with JoJo and HH being a couple even though she couldn't ring his love alarm when he did. And he never said anything about it since he loved her so much and didn't want to make her uncomfortable. And I could see that she was happy with him and that their relationship was healthy and peaceful.
What made me not feel bad about sun-oh when Jojo "broke-up" with him or kind of cleared up things for him, is that he got mad about the fact that JoJo didn't ring his love alarm and that she wasn't being "honest". And what made me mad about this is that he couldn't accept that she didn't like him and kept yelling at her and saying "you like me!". Yes, I understand that he was confused about the whole story with the shield but still, that was quite weird to me.
To be honest, in the beginning, I thought that the best ending would be if they all split and lived their own lives without each other. But when I started watching this season I could see how lonely and sad HH was, but how happy he was with Jojo and how hard he tried to not ruin their relationship. (Gurl I was CRYING rivers when he went out of prison and Jojo went to hug him and he started crying TT TT )
This review is quite messy, sorry TT. But to kind of summon all this review, I loved this season. I cried, laughed, and got mad while watching these wonderful 6 episodes. And to be honest I will probably end up rewatching this drama like 10 times. ^^
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Everybody loves Sunoh...
... I can tell and I guess the ratings will be lower because of the ending.I trully like Song Kang, who started at the drama "The liar ans his lover" and his acting was already relevant.
I guess people will be frustrated to see how Jojo runs towards HY everytime but let's be fair, the ending was really fine:
- Love is not just a simple feeling or crush, you have to act and choose, that's what Jojo did.
- Everyone grows: JJ by being honest, HY by being more determinate, SN by being more caring, JJ's cousin by being more serious.
- But they can not change that far.... JJ's cousin is still superficial, SN's mother though more caring, stays distant. There is not a great happy ending with reconciliation and hugs, it's more realistic and I like it that way.
- I like the fact that she returns to Jeju island ALONE to overcome her past. She has to accept herself above all. She is the most hurt in this story.
The three lead actors are great, but Song Kang I think, it's the most striking one. I can understand people's frustrations but really, season 2 is nice final.
The flaws in this show:
- Visual effects not really convincing comparing to season 1
- Lacks of explanations, for example, in the webtoon, JJ wrote a letter to HY and explains why she chooses him ( a very beautiful and romantic message), this element is lacking.
- Too much crying and whispers... gosh, all the casting were great, you can give more light moments, they are young!
But really, the whole drama is beautiful so don't be to harsh because you prefers Song Kang.
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Now let's talk about JOJO. Tbh, i dont like her since season 1 because hello, even though you have past, trauma etc you have no right to hurt or PLAY with someone feelings like that. It was selfish of her to do that, she hurts two people because of her selfishness :((
The ending of this season, did justice to sunoh. He deserves the world and he is too good for jojo. I like that they ended the relationship peacefully and she finally give him the answer that he's been looking for. Shout out to Hyukjo and Hyeyoung for being the selfless character especially Hyukjo! Now I know, that if we like someone we can wait for him or her for a vvv long time without wanting something in return. Just being with them is enough even tho it hurts.
The cinematography and production of this drama is *chef kisses*. I love it so much, satisfying to watch. The acting is just 100/10!
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Stop focusing on the love triangle people.Jojo simply followed her heart and not the app.
Y'all are mad that kim jojo dated hye-yeong but never got mad at sun-oh who dated Yuk-jo? The fact the sun-oh was the first one who dated someone else even tho he doesn't really love YJ.He could at least wait like what HY has been doing from the start.Why would you stay to a person who makes you feel so small abt yourself in many ways? Atleast choose someone who accepts you despite knowing every details abt you that you're scared for the world to know but accepts you anyway.HY didn't do anything when SO and JJ was dating back in highschool because he knew that she's happy,but after years he noticed that she is having hard time and became more miserable in the present which triggered him to make a move,to atleast make her happy w/o expecting anything in return.If that's not sincere,then what is?about why she kept pushing away SO,isn't it obvious? HE IS IN A RELATIONSHIP. If it were you,is it alright if you ruin someone's relationship? If it's me then hell no.4 full years have passed and she know that the moment she broke up with him,it's already over. When they met again she felt guilty,that's all.The so called love or like isn't there anymore.And yes she's stuck in the past (abt her fam and SO) and kept blamming herself for everything. Y'all want JJ to consider SO feeling for her but doesn't give a damn to YJ who's doing the same thing for SO.
During S1,idk if it's just me but i felt that SO just want to challenge and tease HY.The fact that he bragged abt the kiss even if he knows that HY was head over heels to JJ. And SO first met and see JJ because he follows HY who's guiding her from afar.like it doesn't feel right for me.It somewhat shows that he liked JJ because HY like her and just fall on the process.
JJ choose HY because it's what her heart wants,she followed her heart even tho everyone's following the app.If that's not sincere,the what is? If that's not what "LOVE" really mean,then what is?
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Love Alarm's Long Awaited Sequel
I'm sorry but I honestly don't understand why people love Sun Oh so much. He's such an entitled prick. Jojo doesn't want to become close with him again, she constantly says no or walks away but does Sun Oh listen? NOPE. He constantly yells stuff at her YOU STILL LOVE ME, YOU LOVE ME. That's honestly not attractive at all and kind of a huge red flag. I know how Jojo suddenly dumped you and broke your heart wasn't fair and a really shitty too but that doesn't give him any right to behave like this.Also, how dare he ask hye yeong how it comes that they aren't close anymore. I'm like bitch you started this by deliberately going after YOUR best friend's crush simply because you wanted to. And the way Sun Oh treats his current girlfriend is simply just horrible. Juk-Yo deserved so much more than she got. I did like him when he was in a relationship with Jojo & he treated her pretty right back then, but I'm honestly so happy that I was team hye yeong since season one.
Also, the stylist of jojo's character truly made her wear hideous things inb the first 2 episodes. The white on white outfits with a colourful jacket weren't the best choices. I truly want to throw away those damn awful white pants.
Song Kang is a great actor BUT OH MY FREAKING GOD I CANNOT STAND LITTLE WHINEYASS SUN OH. He's so freaking annoying, so fucking annoying. The worst person is still jojo's aunt undoubtedly.
CDG... *insert face palm* Did the writers really think we were that stupid? It obviously stands for Cheon Duk-Gu.
I truly wanted Sun Oh to die at one point because he bothered me that much. At one point he even stalked her when she kept walking away from him he still followed her, I'm like bit problematic much eh? And then the stalking didn't even end there.
I also don't understand why people say Jojo is indecisive when she literally always walked away from Sun Oh and never even thought about breaking up with Hye yeong. Honestly Hye yeong is such a precious baby and someone that I would actually love to date.
I gotta say I love Hye yeong and Jojo as a couple a lot more than Sun Oh × Jojo. Maybe I'm a little biased because of my utter dislike towards Song Kang's character or it's simply because Hye yeong is the best boyfriend ever and the better person. We'll probably never find an answer to that, we only know that I'm just 100% one soft bitch for Hye Hyeong.
I don't hate season 2 like some other people do but I do think it's not as good as the first season. I'm also baffled how they were able to make such an interesting concept (like the murders, the murders corresponding with jojo's comic, the anti-love alarm squad, that fake CEO, Duk-Gu faking his own death) into this quite boring 6 episode long final season. I blame it on the fact that the original writers of this show weren't involved with s2 & that 4 new people were hired instead. But it honestly wasn't that bad either.
I'm forever not getting the love that Sun Oh to this day receives; I truly wouldn't want a man like that as my significant other. HYE YEONG FOREVER. I love how my baby suddenly became the first lead instead of the second lead & how Sun oh went from first to second in this series.
Duk Gu was always so precious and cute but omg a new haircut and better clothes truly made him hot.
I kind of like jojo's niece too now. Yeah she's still spoiled but honestly she became kind of really charming.
I love how Jojo matured and became a better person. I liked how there were actually consequences of her hiding the truth constantly. She truly developed into a better person just as her niece did too. We love dem character development.
Okay, I got super emotional when adult and kid jojo met each other. Like damn that symbolism of how she didn't blame herself for her past trauma anymore & how she was able to give it a place. Beautiful.
Hye yeong exciting for her at the finishing line made me fucking emotional.
I don't know if I fully believe in the Yuk jo × sung oh pairing, but I'm really happy that my girl at least got some feelings reciprocated.
I'm happy with the ending & I thought the cinematography of this second season was fabulous but it ultimately didn't live up to what season 1 set up. I still did not think it was as bad as other people say it is. The transition between seasons were a bit chaotic though.
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An actually decent watch
I've binge watched the show from season 1 to season 2 in one go and for me it was clear from the beginning who she would end up with. She felt physically attracted by one (kinda problematic) guy, but on the long run started a family with someone more similar and stable. It's actually realistic. When she disappeared from the potentials I knew it was because she is 100% in love from that point, because she let go of her past and was sure now.I wish they showed the creator more. Maybe they could make a spin-off with the new app for lie detection.
Overall it wasn't as terrible as I've expected because of the ratings. It's nice to see a k-drama where the protagonist changes her love interests over the course of time, instead of the "virgin that marries the first love" cliché. I also like shows that think over the impact of the technology on our lives and it's evolution in history.
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O que mais me marcou
Lindo demais a lição no final, ela ter escolhido pelos próprios sentimentos, e não esperar pelo app. "E então pela primeira vez eu disse à ele que gostava dele" que frase marcante! Jojo decidiu isso, escolheu demonstrar seus sentimentos. Não foi o app q fez espontaneamente, mas sim ela. O escudo bloqueou o app dela de fazer o loveAlarm de quem ela gostava tocar, com a lança ela conseguiu ter essa liberdade de escolher demonstrar ou não seus sentimentos. Ela ter feito porque quis foi tudo, ela queria demonstrar o que sentia ao Hye❤. Ela ter se libertado de seu passado foi o melhor acontecimento. Hye um cara paciente, super compreensivo, se importava em como ela se sentiria, nota 10, Suno se reconciliando aos poucos com sua mãe, e dando oportunidade pra um novo amor foi muito lindo. Me prendeu demais essa história, AMEI👏❤Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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Uma segunda temporada diferente
Senti que essa temporada foi um tanto solta. Primeiro que não mostra o que realmente aconteceu após aquele último episódio da primeira temporada, segundo que senti falta de mostrarem mais o envolvimento dos personagens. O casal tinha um total de 0 química. A segunda temporada foi muito diferente, esperava que fosse um pouco mais adulta porque os personagens já são todos adultos. E sobre aquele cara do mundo ressoante? Achei desnecessário.Sou team Sunoh e apesar do que fizeram nessa temporada, gostei do final que deram a ele. Ele finalmente está ao lado de alguém que gosta muito dele, e ele enfim vai seguir adiante e superar.
Kim jojo foi mais uma vez confusa, mais uma vez ela não entendia os próprios sentimentos e não foi sincera. Poderiam ter trabalhado mais no amadurecimento da Jojo, porém deixaram ela naquela personagem sem graça e chata.
Quanto ao Hyeyeong... Esse personagem mereceu o final que teve. Ele acaba ficando com a garota que ele tanto gostava e finalmente foi correspondido por ela. Gostei de terem mantido a amizade entre ele e o Sunoh.
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Would you like a real Love Alarm app?
I will give my honest opinions about the series having watched and wait for 2 seasons. Quality wise, I believe Season 1 had better cinematographic effects + it felt easier to watch while Season 2 made used of more visual cues & was a more serious tone? Also, it didn't help that it took 2 years for the next Season to be launched and I felt kind of disconnected from the first season already.While watching Season 1, I was Team Hyeyoung, but of course we can deny the chemistry Jojo shared with Sunoh. However, I just wished that they provided more explanations to justify the relationships and actions of the leads. Just some points I would like to point out which I felt awkward:
- so why did Jojo left Sunoh in the first place ? why did she install the shield for him?
- did i miss something, because it's suddenly Gul-mi & aunt were suddenly caring for her?
- so Jojo ended up with Hyeyoung alr since start of S2? How?
- what's Dukgu back story + Brian Cho involvement --> i get some ending cues from this, but was hoping for more explanations
- so Sunoh just suddenly goes for Yukjo now?
Regardless of the loop holes, I believe it was realistic for Jojo to end up with Hyeyoung and here's how I intepreted.
If the notion was right, at the end of S2, Dukgu mentioned that people becoming increasingly reliant on this app that may not actually be true representation of their heart? It is actually evident, since Hyeyoung was the true inspiration of Love Alarm app? He loved Jojo secretly, even before the presence of the app, Probably it mimicked Dukgu's inner feelings of loving, but without a courage to confess, which was why the app was created. In S1, i actually felt awkward for Sunoh & Jojo to fall so quickly for each other, but I won't say it is entirely wrong. It just felt like the relationship blossomed purely because they complete opposites + Sunoh was direct and straightforward and of course ringing her alarm. However, Jojo was self-conscious and insecure of course due to her childhood trauma. She has fear of loving someone, because it also meant sharing insecurities with the other person + possible abandonment. Probably more so it didn't help that Sunoh was of a higher status, which made her wanted to hide herself more and of course doubt herself whether she deserved such feelings. Its also proabbly why she wanted a shield as she didn't want to get hurt. Hyeyoung on the other end, was patient and was willing to wait. He didn't place pressure on Jojo with his feelings. He placed Jojo's feelings & well-being before anyone's and made her realize she is a person worthy of love. He was also the person who taught Jojo what love was and that feelings itself makes one stronger and not vulnerable. Which was also the reason why Jojo had wanted to remove the shield later on.
If you think about it, Jojo had feelings for both people. However, it's probably Hyeyoung who made her want to be a better person. Sunoh on the other hand loved her, but made her more insecure since she was already struggling with her self-issues. Ultimately, it made as it seems that the app itself had made people forgot how to love themselves first, before loving someone else. It was also because of this app that people are having less control of their feelings and volatition. I just felt that maybe all these were not well-portrayed through out season 2, which was why viewers are left confused. It would have been better if more explanations had been made on Jojo's actions/decisions. In all, I am just happy Jojo and Hyeyoung finally found each other with/without the app :)
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