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It ended cleanly and pretty obviously, but I love it
Two men working together. First they don't get along, and as the story goes they find out more about each other, end up relying on each other and work together. Yup, definitely one of my favorite tropes. Finding out that this drama would be in this trope intrigued me, and seeing Rain and Kim Bum intrigued me even more. I have never seen any of Rain's acting projects, so I was curious, and it turns out I really like his acting (lmao as if I know anything about acting,,,,, (i dont)). While for Kim Bum, I saw him in Tale of The Nine Tailed first (which I haven't finished, but I like his character a lot,,,, well after a few months of putting the drama on hold I actually watched quite a lot of clips of just him in that drama and I liked him a lot) and I also watched Law School which I think he also did really well in. Though I liked him there and that drama, he didn't quite stand out to me as much as he did in this drama, making me see him in a new light.This drama put me in quite a few emotional roller coaster. Every time Youngmin almost disappeared, I got scared, suddenly forgetting that he's the main character (but i mean,,, I guess because there are always main characters that actually really d word that made me pretty terrified). And Seungtak who is a bright character, every time he panics gets scared, or sad, it really made me feel down too. Though I'm not a doctor and I don't plan to be, I can't see ghosts and I really don't want to, and I'm not the grandchild of a rich guy that owns a hospital, I could relate to him a lot. He's young, and though he always comes off as confident and happy, it was all to mask all his greatest fears, and it even turns out he has the softest heart. He just seems like his heart is as innocent as a child, just stuck like that as he grows bigger and taller. And I know that he would, but when he finally, actually faced his fears and improved to become a doctor who can treat his patients well, I felt really proud as if he was my own son when I'm acctually younger than his character.
And well, after they talked about how everyone wouldn't remember their time as a coma ghost when they wake up, I did have a little fear that Youngmin would be the same, waking up not remembering anything. But, going for the ending where Youngmin is different, and he remembers every single moment as a coma ghost when he wakes up is the obvious happy ending, and I'm glad they went with that route (after scaring me and actually making me cry because they made it seem like he didn't remember at first) It put a nice, warm, happy ending after all they went through to work together, invading each others privacies and understand each other, making them fond for each other and have a special bond. It's really nice to see.
For the visual effects I think they did very well too. Sometimes for fantasy genre I get a bit nervous to see the vfx because it can either be so gorgeous, or trash. And I think they did very well and very fitting for the drama. The OST didn't stand out to me as much, except for CNU's Fly Away. It's a very nice and beautiful uplifting song which I think also fits the drama very well. And also, I knew Kim Jaeyong from HALO and watched him in Love With Flaws, and I was a bit surprised seeing him here, but he did really well, and I think the role fits him very well, I always liked his rather cool appearance which really shows here. And also, I didn't know that the actor who played Hoongil is an idol member. I felt like I saw him in another acting project but it turns out this is his debut project. Maybe I just saw someone similar to him, who knows? But for his acting debut, I think his role really suits him, and he did well portraying Hoongil. Is this what they mean when people say "___ has actor vibes"? Cause I really think that saying fits him well. And though he will of course promote with his group, I hope he can also maintain his career as an actor well, and improve so that he can be yet another amazing idol-actor.
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Tbh this is really an interesting and fun watch.. The casts are all amazing, the relations between every single character, the comedy, the whole concept itself is really amazing and i wasn't disappointed bc i actually looked forward to this... Though the cult stuff was kinda unexpected (is it?? i mean i just thought we were talking abt aliens and stuff i didnt think we'd be getting into cults and stuff... maybe its just me??) I mean, it does fit the story, but I'm always kind of bothered and try my best to avoid stories abt cults and stuff (ex: save me) but eh i skip some of the cult scenes anyway... at least the ones that give me really unsettling vibes.... but other than that, i think it's pretty good and worth the watch!! Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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Honestly, reading the synopsis I did think I would cry. Since I have a big brother myself, stories about siblings really get to my heart. And though I don't watch movies often, this one is probably the best I've seen. Sure, production wise it didn't really stand out much, but the story, and how they act their part really get to me. Hoya really did well as the little brother and maybe it's cause I'm the youngest sibling too, though our stories are different, I can easily relate to him and how he feels to his brother. As a viewer, I can objectively see everything and see both sides of the brothers' stories, and knowing that Jinho doesn't know everything and was kept in the dark, it really makes me feel so much worse for him. My head hurts I cried too much, seriously. Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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So, watching Tomorrow really got me interested with Yun Jion (First saw him in Memorist and it's safe to say he's one of my favorite actors now because of Tomorrow and Modern Girl) So, me being me when I'm interested with an actor I'd look at their filmography and note the ones that are easily watchable and available for me. Honestly? There seems to be a lot of interesting projects in his filmography but I decided to watch this first cause it's short and I don't think it would be a project that "ruins" my view of Im Ryunggu (his chara in Tomorrow) and I kinda just barely read the synopsis and just started watching it, and? It's actually a lot better than I thought. Not to the point of "Oh I wish this is a normal drama series instead" because the one hour duration actually fits the story really well and it couldn't have been better in my opinion.First of all, I guess this is my first "drama" where it's in this era in SK, so it was pretty interesting. The whole mood, setting, outfits, everything was set really nicely and beautifully and it's really pleasing to look at. Second, the story. Honestly it went pretty unexpectedly in multiple occasions. When I thought nothing could be more surprising, something surprising would come again. It's a pretty fun drama, and here and there would sprinkle little bit of sadness that follows with happiness until it smacked you with a big heartbreak, ending it happily. For a drama special my heart went through a pretty terrifying rollercoaster. But it was nice. Third, the casts. Everyone really pulled it off so well. (Once I noticed Jin Jihee and Yun Jion's little interaction in Jion's instagram and wondered where they knew each other.. Turns out it was this.) ((Also hoping they'd be cast together again)) Especially it's my first time seeing Jion in a romantic setting. His performance as Nam Woojin is AMAZING. Because I'm biased? Most likely. But it was really nice and exciting for me because it's a side I haven't seen before from him. His calm, polite, and sweet mannerism with subtle mysterious side that makes girls swoon over him. Comparing him with the husband of Gu Shindeuk was like night and day. Also, it is the main topic, the reason of the story, I have to mention Gu Shindeuk and Yeong Yi. Watching Yeong Yi who is always loyal to Shindeuk throughout the drama is painful and it makes me just want to pat her in the back. Not sure if that's a bad thing or not. Technically she's really just doing her job as a handmaid (while considering Shindeuk as her family and friend) meanwhile Shindeuk kinda just took it for granted. Them who I thought would've stuck like glue turned out to not be like that. Shindeuk's new friends hanging out with her and purposefully leaving out Yeong Yi because she's her servant. It was really painful to watch. All of that and more, to finally blow up and became a turning point for Shindeuk to have her development was really nice to see.
Anyway basically it's really good, yall should watch it
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Honestly better than I expected(?)
I started watching this because of Jun. Honestly I didn't really look forward to it, I started watching because I saw that Jun is a band member in the drama, which made me interested because I'm a sucker for bands. I was a bit worried that I would stop in the middle like I did with Imitation (hell, I didn't even get into the middle, I stopped at 2 because his character was annoying). And I almost did it with this drama too. I almost didn't continue it because again, his character is annoying. Like, I know his character is going through a lot. But... his character is so tiring. But you know, there are some soft moments, not gonna lie. But a lot, maybe even too many times he's pretty annoying. But his annoying, "perfectionist" self led to the development at THE VERY END. I liked his ending. It felt really nice to see Taein develop, going back to his roots with his friends to make the music that they like and have an amazing time on stage.Throughout the drama there were quite a lot of complications when they just wanna perform. Taein fainting on the concert, heavy rain that the whole event just stopped. Finally got to perform when they had a home concert, or at rehearsals (and even for a few of them they couldnt do properly because of the conflicts) At the home concert though they were enjoying it and all, Taein still had his heart closed when they had the talk session. Though at the end they didn't exactly have a talk session at their little gig, it was so much nicer to see, and Taein already opened his heart. They all seemed to really, fully enjoy it by then.
But other than that? Well, if I can be completely honest, I never exactly liked characters disguising/faking themselves in genres that aren't like, action, mystery, thriller, etc. because it's pretty frustrating to watch the FL walking on eggshells, sometimes having an oopsie that would've got her caught. I kept wondering when, where, how she would reveal her true identity. But in this case, of course Taein had to find out the hard way, exactly right before she was going to tell him, he found out by himself. And as frustrating as it is, it really went as I expected. Taein who had already softened up by at least 75% lost his temper and became cold once again. But you know what, I'd have to say, I didn't expect the sudden sasaeng plot though. I thought the employee would be like, a spy from the rival company trying to find dirt on the company to bring them down or something. That was kinda... wild. And terrifying I should say.
I feel like I already ranted about the music at the start, but for real, the music is the best part about this drama. I always really like band music, I love all the songs they had for Luna. (Haven't listened to the other songs in the OST album that were sung by other artists, and I probably should listen to them.)
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a very emotional trainwreck that i'm very attached to...
watched this ongoing since the very first episode... not gonna lie, i kept my eye out for updates about this drama and tuned in because ok taecyeon is here, pretty biased so this review might also come out pretty biased.the things that happened in the start were mostly pretty obvious to me, again, cause i kept my eye out on this drama and saw the trailers, descriptions and everything. the main character aka sungjun getting framed for murder, and i believed he's not since the start, though i concluded if he was really the culprit, it might go in some directions i thought of, which was a "different personality" trope, or just a detective who is very good at hiding his murders. but mostly, i believed that he was just framed and never a murderer. though, the things that followed until the end did shock me and make me an emotional wreck.
mostly the thing that broke me the most was sungjun's dynamic with his family. it really tore my heart how he always felt small and scared like a little boy when he's with his big brother and his family. how his big brother was the golden child and his family obviously adored the big brother and never seemed to care much about sungjun, and when sungjun was framed, they only cared about their reputation. the family was frustrating to me. and i especially never liked how sunghoon always treated sungjun coldly, to the point that he had suspected sungjun of being a murderer instead of taking his side. yet sungjun always looked up to him and always loved his brother, despite sunghoon never giving him any affection at all. could be biased because taecyeon played sungjun, but looking at how i always seemed to side with the misunderstood little siblings in kdramas, i believe its not just because taec played sungjun, but i really loved sungjun as a character and he really had a special place in my heart. following the story til the end, and loving and caring about this character now makes me feel slightly sad and empty. i'm glad it ended on a nice note, yet i don't think im ready to let this drama go because i'm very attached to sungjun.
all of the casts are perfect for their characters, and i could never think of anyone that can replace any of them, they all did very well. some of the storyline was obvious, and some were a shock. i know for one that the new poster shocked everyone despite most people already suspecting the real culprit. the osts were really amazing and fit the drama so well, i especially loved the part two of the ost. i heard the preview of that song in the end of an episode and was so happy because the style of the song really fit to the genre that i love most. overall, this drama is very good. would i rewatch it? maybe. i might come around to rewatch some scenes, especially the ones sungjun is in, but i don't think i will rewatch this anytime soon. not because it's not good, but i'd love to at least forget most of it and rewatch it with a fresher mind. i'm still not ready to rewatch the emotional trainwreck it was yet. i feel like if i rewatch it soon, i might actually lose the feelings i have for this drama, and i don't want to. i wish i could keep holding off my rewatch until i forgot most of the story. i wouldn't like to lose my attachment to this drama and especially sungjun.
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it was going so well????
I think that overall, the drama is really good. I don't watch a lot of office dramas, but tbh because it's about more of the office of a creative industry, it was interesting to me as someone wanting to work in the creative industry. I also really just simply liked seeing pretty houses (both exterior and interior) so this drama gives me quite a lot of joy just because of the houses shown. Also, I really adore Gyeom and Chan's friendship a lot. The type to fight a lot but really they care so much for each other and always there for each other and they were just really adorable and nice to see.Tbh some of the turn off sides like the whole tsundere, rich guy who's mean and cold (of course i know he's actually a pretty nice guy and all but yknow, its still kinda eh to me when he was all mean), and the whole breakup in the near ending episode for conflict and then getting back together. I expected it, but it's still eh. That's kinda fine and all BUT..... ONE PROBLEM i have is with the last episode. I seriously, genuinely don't understand why they decided to suddenly make a problem right at the ending.... Like I would be fine if maybe the BIG problem is at ep 15 and the resolution is at ep 16 but this???? isn't the case at all. Suddenly dumping the whole disappearing dad turns out to be the person who made the bf lost trust in people??? And breaking up over it??? (Which yknow understandable why they broke up BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE TIMING OF IT ALL) like I'm really genuinely confused what the hell happened??? Like I really think that whole dad thing should've been the main conflict and main reason they brok up in the mid episodes instead of gyeom getting broken hearted and getting into an accident and them breaking up bc jasung feels bad for him.... like literally compared to whatever the hell they dumped at ep 16 shouldve been the main thing for their like.. around 3? episodes of breaking up.... idk it really doesnt make sense to me how they dropped such a big thing at the last episode..... honestly kinda ruined the drama a little for me. but yknow, eh. I still think it's good, just not about the last episode...
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They really made me look forward to my tomorrows
10/10 might be too much of a praise, but I really think that they deserve it. The topic they brought up about suicide and mental health. The different types of people with different lives and background, no matter who they are, in the end everyone is the same. They're just humans. And I really really appreciate the original webtoon writer, the drama writers, directors, all the staffs, and the actors and actresses for taking on this drama and pulling it off successfully in all aspects. The story of the drama, though based on the webtoon, it still has some if not a lot of differences with the webtoon, and though I've only read the webtoon a little, I think them differing the drama and webtoon is really their best decision., though some people might not like it, I think it's nice to have unexpected and different aspects. The amazing cinematography and cg is done very very well. The OSTs are all so amazing and beautiful. Amongst all the ballads, Red Light is especially my favorite because of how nice it sounds, and the lyrics really fit too. I also really love Yoo Hweseung's solo version of Still Love You. I expected them to have it be the same song as the original one sung by Lee Hongki and Yoo Hweseung, but I actually really like the different instrumental sound. And though I was a bit taken aback because they removed Hweseung's iconic 6 octave high note, I think it goes well with the instrumentals, and honestly more fitting to the drama too.Every single actors, from the main leads to supporting all really did so well. But for sure, I really have to say this, they hit the jackpot with the 4 main leads. I have never seen Kim Heesun's projects ever so this is my first and I think she really did so amazing. Even just from seeing her have the short pink hair, her charisma is overflowing, and when I got to see her in the drama, she's really cool. For Rowoon, I knew him from SF9 and I did watch Extraordinary You though I haven't finished, but I remember he was mostly silent in his scenes, I think I was still pretty early in the drama but already stopped. But, to see that his character here is WAY different from Haru was interesting and I actually really appreciate his acting so much more now. The youthful, energetic, feeler type of character that is Choi Junwoong really suits him so much. I've seen Lee Soohyuk in Pipeline and he was really cool there (and here too of course) and is it because of his visuals? But he really seems to fit fantasy themed projects. I really think he's much more charismatic here and it's really cool to see. Last but not least Yun Jion, who I've seen in Memorist, and though back in march I only re-discovered him through mbc's instagram when they released his teaser picture as Lim Ryunggu, now it's safe to say he's one of my ults, probably my number one currently. Because of his teasers showing his mullet with his two toned hair, I decided since then that I'm going to tune in to this show, and I really want to thank him for having his iconic look. He really stood out to me and I am so glad I decided to watch Tomorrow even if at first it was just because of his visuals. Cause I ended up loving the drama too much, and ended up being Jion's fan too. As I watched Tomorrow on going, I slipped some of his other filmographies like Be Melodramatic and Breakup Probation to watch in between as I wait for Tomorrow's episodes every week, and I really really admire him. The diversity of his character and how he always pulled it off so well, especially as Ryunggu which is so far my favorite character he played, he's just amazing. So far he's mostly played supporting roles, some main roles slipped in, and I hope after this, he will get more offers to be in the main lead lineup. But main or supporting, I'm sure he will do his best, as he always does.
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It's much better than I thought, honestly...
At first, I only watched this because of Junho, and hearing that he has a double role intrigues me because i haven't watched a lot of medias where the actor plays double roles (and more Junho!!) But other than that, I know nothing about the other actors and all and thought that it would be like a love triangle between two Junhos and the girl. The typical story line but you don't know which Junho is gonna end up with the girl. But it's not and even turned out to be much deeper than I thought, and the message hitting close to home made me like it a lot, and I'm sure there are many more people that will also relate to this. It makes me like and appreciate the story a lot more.In their own different ways, I can relate to both Nero and Daewon. As someone who loves art and thinking to turn that love into a career, now currently studying design, I can relate to Nero. I can tell Nero genuinely loves art and wants to paint whatever he wants and likes, but as he studied he learns that he can't just paint what he wants and has to follow the teacher, the curriculum. Honestly watching that as I go through it myself hurts and it feels sadder, it feels like I was looking at myself. While Daewon is different from Nero, I relate to him a lot too. At first he seemed like a happy go lucky guy who doesn't have anyone or anything that can tie him down. But, when he felt happy because he was for once useful, and someone needs him for something, my heart hurts. Both Nero and Daewon just feels like two peas in a pod (the pod being me)
well wow this review is so personal... But yeah... I also really like Junho's song for this movie titled "Nothing But You". It's a really cute, nice, soft song, pretty sure at one time I had that song on repeat because it was so good.
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Unexpectedly liked it tbh
At first, after watching ep 1 and 2, I wasn't sure if I was gonna continue watching it because, despite it actually being good, for the very obvious controversies and uncomfort i kinda felt on the events in ep 2, I think the next episodes were really good and they wrapped it up well. Usually superstar kind of dramas usually aren't my cup of tea, but since this mostly showed the ones working behind the scenes, I think it's more interesting and fun to watch because of that. And if I can be honest, I'm not as interested with the main couple as much as the others. I especially really liked Kang Yuseong and Park Hoyoung's love story because they're just simply adorable. But overall, it's pretty good. There's a good chance I would want to rewatch it, but probably in clips instead of the full episodes.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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I liked it (yes, past tense)
I watched this for Taecyeon. I already knew that he is gonna be the main villain because I saw an article about his role before it got edited. And I'll have to be honest, I really looked forward to it after knowing what the story is about, and seeing that the writer was the one who also wrote Chief Kim (which is one of my favorite dramas) I had high hopes for it, high enough for me to open up naver every morning to check for news about the drama. And honestly? I liked it... at first.The first few episodes were pretty good. I enjoyed the comedic scenes, and the story build up was pretty nice too. The ending of episode 4? I wasn't surprised about the reveal of him being the villain, but I was pretty surprised at the timing. Revealing the big bad in episode 4? Well, I guess... It's not a complaint though, because seeing Taecyeon's duality, playing innocent as Jang Junwoo but showing his true deadly colors as Jang Hanseok was creepy and cool at the same time. I'm not gonna lie, when I watched the drama on going, I kept rewatching the episodes throughout the week, and it was all mostly because of him. At least, that was what I did in the early episodes until the episode where his identity was fully revealed to public. After that, he felt kinda... tamed. Sure, Jang Hanseok was ordering people to do the dirty work for him as he always did. But I felt that was all he did in the later episodes, and it just felt so... boring. And I understand it was probably because of his public image. But at the same time I can't help but think about other villains that still did the killing themselves. Around this time, I don't rewatch, and honestly, my motivation to continue the drama decreased.
Next, the Jang brothers. I absolutely love both of their characters. When I heard Dongyeon is gonna be in Vincenzo and saw that his character's name have the same surname as Taecyeon's character, I couldn't help getting my hopes up for a supervillain duo brothers. And of course that didn't go well as their backstory gets revealed one by one. Though, I still have quite a lot of questions left about them that didn't get unanswered. It was a bit disappointing that there wasn't any more backstory on them, but I understand. This is the same complaint I have with Chief Kim, where I also have a lot of questions about Seo Yul and how his character became like that. But compared to Seo Yul who is still questionable and vague, I think Jang brothers had quite a lot of their story told, at least for a drama that's titled for the main character. Though I guess as a person who's an overthinker and imaginative, I appreciate them leaving some blank spaces for me to fill in with my own story and narrative.
I guess this part is my biggest complaint and question that I will never unerstand no matter how many times anyone tries to justify it. I STILL don't understand how Chayoung is so easy to side with Vincenzo. Like... When I think about it, it just doesn't make sense. Was it because Vincenzo was close to her dad? Because if I try to look into everything else, Junwoo was the only answer. She knew Junwoo longer than she knew Vincenzo. Especially at the part where Cenzo told Chayoung that Junwoo was the main villain, Hanseok. I still don't understand how she just believes him over her loyal friend who worked for her before. Was it because he's a mafia and he can easily get any information on anyone if he wants? I can't understand at all. There really wasn't a scene where Chayoung was questioning it or defend Junwoo. Come to think of it, I felt like she ALWAYS sided with Vincenzo and never for her intern. Was it because Junwoo was still working at Wusang? I don't know, honestly. Thinking of how their relationship developed made my head hurt more. Good for them ig.
Oh, and I also felt like 20 episodes were too much. Since it's from the same writer, I can't help compare it to Chief Kim. For me, Chief Kim felt perfect with 20 episodes, but for Vincenzo which I think the story felt off for me around episode 12, it felt dragged on for so long. Honestly, I think maybe if they had 16 episodes it would be much better, or at least slightly better.
But, through all my complaints and questions, I do have one compliment.... I think the OSTs are very good. Well, the ones with vocals are good, but I honestly prefer the just instrumental ones. They're really cool. But other than that, in conclusion, the OSTs are pretty good, the casts is also pretty good, I think that the story is very good in the first few episodes, up until around episode 12? where it just went.... wrong. I honestly thought it had the potential to be one of my favorite dramas that I would be able to rewatch, but I was wrong. After it ended, I tried to rewatch it at least a few weeks or months later, but I couldn't, I guess after knowing how the story developed and ended, it put me in a bad mood.
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This honestly could've gone way better than it did
From the first episode, it didn't make me want to pay my full attention to it. I have to multitask with something to finish watching it. I keep putting off watching the episodes and even only finished now. It's good, but it didn't interest me enough to make me want to focus on it. Which is a bit disappointing considering one of my favorite actors is casted and I've been looking forward to it for months. And unless I want to see clips of him, I have no excuse to want to rewatch this.[SPOILER: Storyline, Character Personality and Development talk]
And talking about the storyline, very specifically about yun jion's character, jo deukchan. Ever since the "deukchan plot twist" happened, it made me rewind back a little in my mind about how his character was written. It really made me think that halfway through, they suddenly changed the storyline that's linked to him. I've always thought he would have something to do with the mystery/crime story of the show, I did think he might have gotten his hands dirty there, but his personality suddenly made a turn. I saw him as a slightly humorist big brother figure for doha, seems to have a bad relationship with his brother, mature and professional whenever it comes to work, and a loving dad and husband. It only showed for the first part of the show. When the main conflict part happened, it seemed like they just threw all of that out of the window (and I personally don't think they did this part well. or maybe it was because I had a "preferred" storyline mapped out already? who knows)
Another problem I have, again, about Jo Deukchan, well, the actor, Yun Jion (well, not HIM. But like, this problem has something to do around him). I accepted that I might have wished for a little bit too much. While I wanted them to explore more about Jo brothers relationship to understand them more, I get it. He's not the first male lead. He's in fact, the second male lead, at least that's how it should be, considering the fact that he was always put third in social media updates, and in the hashtags. But I've been feeling weird when they had 4 main characters under their own character categories in the character profile section on their website. It was all of them except for Jo Deukchan whose character profile is under J Entertainment category. You can argue with me that it's because he's part of J Ent, which is true. But all main characters despite being part of a group, have their own main character profile sections, while he did not. And then, on naver (and even on this site) it was written that his character was a supporting role, which feels wrong and weird, considering he plays a big part in the story along with the other main leads, and again, his name is written the third among the main leads lineup, after the main couple, and before the other set of fl and ml. And yet he's a supporting role? I don't know. It just feels very off.
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Well, that was wild to say the least...
If I remember correctly, back when this first aired, I started watching this drama, but I didn't, or should I say couldn't get through even the first episode. I'm not sure if another drama interested me more, or if this creeped me out too much because I'm a scaredy cat. Well whatever it is, here I was watching it, now finally finished it because a lot of people in my twitter timeline kept talking about the drama (or should I say, the characters Seo Moonjo and Yoon Jongwoo in particular?) And me being me, even though I was a scaredy cat, I'm also pretty curious. A pretty bad combination of personalities.And honestly, I don't think I have much to say about this. Not as in, this is boring, or this is bad. But as in, I just really don't know how or what to talk about this. I started off finding Jongwoo relatable. He seemed shy and timid. The way his surroundings stressed him out, from his creepy neighbors to his rude workmate. How his girlfriend and his senior treated him, alienated him, didn't bother listening him out. How his mind plays out what would have happened if he doesn't keep his cool and blew up all his feelings. You don't know how glad and happy I was when he had the new neighbor who got along with him, and his old friend from the military who listened to him and even went with him to help out (Though we all know how that ended...)
I finished it only a few minutes ago (or an hour?) as I'm writing this. And therefore, I'm still pretty much processing the ending. I didn't really know how to feel. I feel like I understand, but on the other hand, I feel like I don't understand it yet, as I don't know what to say about it. But.. I feel like if I had just continued watching this when it first aired, it would feel a lot more thrilling, a lot more stressful. I like marathoning series just fine, but watching series on going, as each episode airs every week, it always feels so much nicer, more thrilling, and probably would make me more interested, and more attached. So, that was probably the only little disappointing thing about this and it's not at all their fault that I watched this late. But at least I got to find out what this was about and that's enough.
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The whole concept I think is very cool, I really enjoyed watching the work life of book publishers, the work that each department do, and their struggles as employees but also as different individuals with their own personal matter, and the development of each character is very nice to see. The office environment looks very cute and cool and lowkey made me feel like I wish I was there.I watched the show because of Wi Hajoon, so I think it's pretty obvious and super biased when I say my favorite character is Ji Seojun. Before I watched it I've only seen fanmade edits and pictures, and thought that his character would be nice and sweet, which he is! But I didn't eexpect his character to go a lot deeper than that, but I absolutely love it. I can always enjoy some lowkey mysterious characters, and when his secret was revealed ngl I cried. I do think his story is showed enough for a second lead, but I kinda had wished there was a little bit more to show... Other than him, I unexpectedly actually really like Song Haerin. When she first appeared I thought she would be more on the annoying side, but thankfully she's not, and became my second favorite. She was actually really adorable and sometimes I can relate to her character...
Honestly... adding to that, not just Seojun and Haerin as individual characters, I also really like seeing them as a couple (idk if i can say that bc... they technically haven't? but anyway) I really like their chemistry. From the way they meet, the way they bonded with work, their little problem, their reconciliation... I really loved seeing them and lowkey wished they would have more scenes together, and tbh even wished that they would at least end up dating a few episodes before the drama ends.. I honestly like Seojun and Haerin (both individually and as a "couple") than Eunho and Dani. Though I do think Eunho and Dani are adorable too, I can't help but feel a little bored. To me it's just the usual childhood best friends to lovers trope. When they weren't dating their bickering, Eunho's jealousy, Dani's interactions with Seojun were really enjoyable to watch, but I guess starting around the middle of the drama? When Eunho confessed and Dani kept thinking about it... Ever since that I skipped a little of their moments, and when they date or have romantic scenes I kept skipping for some reason? It just felt... a little boring for me. But that's probably just me... I generally don't really watch romance unless my favorite actor is there... Was it because I was biased? Who knows really...
Other than that, it's pretty good overall. The songs were nice, though sadly weren't really memorable for me, I don't remember any of them...
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(Might be biased but) one of the best dramas I've seen in 2021-early 2022 (or ever?)
I had put this on my watchlist ever since I heard the news that Wi Hajoon is playing in this drama, and reading the synopsis made me excited. A while after that I completely forgot about it until the posters, teasers, and trailers started to come out. I had completely forgot that K was supposed to be Suyeol's alter and didn't bother coming back to rea the synopsis, already too excited looking at the pre-show contents and speculating on my own, of course to have the theories broken down realizing he's Suyeol's alter. But, it was so much better than my theories, and anything that I could think of, so I wasn't complaining (well, maybe I did because there were a lot of confusing scenes with Suyeol and K but I just concluded that it was what's going on in Suyeol's mind and that's fine by me, and tbh I think the scenes are very cool and I guess were overall a pretty cool concept)I really enjoyed watching the whole drama. I kept looking forward to my fridays and saturdays because of the drama. Every time the episode ends, it just left me so curious impatient for the next episode. Thinking about it and making theories about what would happen next, what's the backstory of everything, even just thinking about that made me genuinely excited and happy. Seeing Suyeol and K's bickering, their teamwork, seeing their cool fight scenes, their touching, sad backstory made me go through such a roller coaster. And I loved every single moment of it. Sometimes I would rewatch an episode, maybe watch the scenes memorable to me because I couldn't wait for the next. It's that good, at least to me.
It was my fault for just reading the synopsis but not the genre. I got fooled thinking it has comedy in the genre because of how fun the trailers looked. And of course though a lot of scenes were pretty funny, I didn't expect the drama to be so... much darker, deeper, and sadder. A lot of it was just because of the main characters themselves. Wishing for K to stay with Suyeol to the ending of the drama was impossible, but I still did. After promising that he would leave on the condition that Suyeol would help Huigyeom, I got so sad. A few episodes later when K looked at Suyeol proudly after Suyeol had fought Gyesik made me cry. It was nice to see them be nice and soft, but it made me so sad because I was genuinely scared that K would leave. When he left Suyeol who was stabbed, I panicked, thinking what if it was really his last moment in the drama, completely forgetting the fact that he's the second lead in the drama. Throughout the episode whenever Suyeol thought of K, he didn't cry but I did. When K came back to save him, he didn't cry but I definitely did. And his last goodbye definitely made me cry. No matter how many times I watch that episode, that scene, I can't not cry watching that. It could be because I was biased because of Hajoon that I did, but I can't help but think that it's not because it's Hajoon, it's because of K. Throughout the drama just like Suyeol, I got really attached to K. He was mischievous, righteous, and soft hearted, and he did beat Suyeol up in the first episode (a lot) but, him turning out to be Suyeol's protector alter made sense. I had always felt that, as he always comes out whenever Suyeol needs him. Maybe that was the reason I got so attached to K. And because I got attached to him, now I'm really a big fan of Wi Hajoon. He, (of course along with every cast and staff) did so well for this drama and I really hope they know how many people appreciate this drama. If only tvn has year end award shows, i really feel like they would snatch a couple of categories awards, since thats how good it is.
Last but not least, the OST. there's only 4, and I absolutely enjoyed them all (well, track 4 didnt really stand out to me that much because it was a slow one, but it was still nice to hear, but it's not my cup of tea), and out of the 4, my favorite would have to be BUMP! Hearing the heavy screams in that song genuinely shocked me, but it was also one of the reasons it's my favorite. Well, I don't think I'm a big kdrama fan, as I usually just watch the ones with my favorite actors, and I definitely rarely look up OSTs, a lot of times because I wasn't interested enough. But that song was genuinely amazing. It's definitely one of my favorite genres that I hear a lot from my favorite western bands, so hearing it in a kdrama OST was a little shocking but it made me happy and excited. I wish to hear more OSTs with that type of heavy band sound, surely in an amazing action drama (Would be nice if my favorite actors play in another good action drama like this)
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