I'm Serious About Dating (2023)

Realistic Post Break-Up Journey!

First of all, love the enemies to friends to lovers dynamic. I didn't expect for this drama to absorb me this much, but I was so curious and very excited, seeing how the story was well paced and how good was the chemistry between the two main characters. The aftermath of heartbreak was depicted in a very realistic fashion. It was refreshing to see characters going through their own journeys of surviving a broken heart, taking their time dealing with it and bringing comfort to each other. I liked that the drama introduced different types of relationships: a divorced pair dealing with resentment and misunderstandings, married couple losing their spark, young love brought together by "fate", and of course our main hearbroken couple.I would've loved one more episode to see more of all the characters I've become attached to after they resolved all their conflicts, since the ending wasn't all that satisfying for me.
Overall I enjoyed it very much, rooting for the main couple and other characters in the show. Best kdrama I've watched in a long while, defintely recommending it, if anyone's hesitating to watch it!

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Desternillante y encantadora

Me ha encantado, una historia sobre el amor, sus dificultades y sus sinsabores y sus segundas oportunidades, contada en clave de comedia romántica. Fantástica química entre la pareja principal, y maravillosos secundarios que te atrapan también con sus historias. Yoo In-na está fabulosa como siempre y ofrece un recital interpretativo con momentos que te atrapan el corazón, Yoon Hyun-min está perfecto como editor quisquilloso y aparentemente de carácter distante y frio. Pasa bien pocas veces que las parejas secundarias (aquí hay varias) te atrapen igual que la primera pero en esta serie me han encantado todas. La he encontrado original en su apuesta por mostrar una mujer moderna, que habla sin tapujos de temas muchas veces tabús en otras series coreanas,. Los diálogos ingeniosos, el ritmo rápido que hace que sus 14 capítulos se pasen en un santiamén. La recomiendo para pasar un buen rato!!!!!

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Fiéis ao amor

"ainda assim, não vamos nos arrepender disso. "Como vivemos, mesmo sabendo que vamos morrer um dia, e como compramos flores mesmo sabendo que vão murchar, como ficamos tristes aos dizer adeus, sabendo que vamos nos ver novamente amanhã, como fazemos promessas que não podemos cumprir as vezes, como compramos coisas inúteis, somos verdadeiros ao amar em todos os momentos possíveis do fundo do nosso coração. Somos fiéis ao amor."

Eu tô sensível e chorei não sei porque nesse final. Eu coloquei expectativas bem altas antes de assistir BoRa e no começo foi tudo muito bem mas depois... Eu realmente fiquei feliz com o final, mas eu queria ter visto mais deles como casal sabe? Eles tinham uma química tão linda. O que mais me deixou feliz foi a BoRa ter se encontrado depois do término e como ela deixou o final do livro, fiquei realmente feliz com isso. O su hyeok finalmente libertou o coração dele pro amor, mas demorou tanto ?. Com o discurso do final, entendi que foram diversos tipos de amor, o amor de casados que é aquele que tenta até o fim e vê que pode dar um jeito, o amor de não desistir do que ama pelo Jin ho e a yoo ri, de acreditar nele que pode ser lindo, confortável e pode ser retribuído. E o amor dos dois que se encontraram e se descobriram no decorrer de tudo que aconteceu. Queria ter visto um amadurecimento maior da Bomi, gostei muito da personagem dela e do romance com o jinho mas eles escolherem casar foi o tipo de final que o drama iria dar, mas queria mais. Fiquei feliz com a Yu jeong e o Jin woo, a comunicação voltou pra o relacionamento deles.
Enfim, eu gostei do drama mas poderia ter sido melhor sabe? Achei que enxutaram muito, fizeram um pouquinho de drama demais. Enfim, foi ótimo, gostei de verdade mas não amei apaixonadamente.
Parabéns aos atores (vou ver tudo que o ator de su hyeok fez) e irei apoiar nos próximos projetos!

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What a little happy gem!

I’ve been longing for. Decent romcom for well, a long time! The last 12 months saw a number of good melodramas but not a single good romcom! Let’s face it, we need a room com more than anything when the world is going mad!

The story is light, yet gripping and with the right balance and speed - nothing was overworked and too stretched. They didn’t take the married couple or the office couple, nor the divorced couple too far and too cheesy.

The cast is so good and chemistry between the actors was very good for me offering the right punch of goofy and more serious elements. I’m really impressed by the male lead simply because I know the female lead from Gobling and other dramas and she is really good , but he is new on me as a strong lead. Watch your space, I recon he can deliver much more complex roles!
My only complain would be the role of the office admin - it was a bit too cliche and the character came across too childish to be believable for me.

The first film in a long time which will happily rewatch. More like this one, please!

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Gifted Acting, Finely Crafted Story, Best of 2023

I write my review below (after the “——“) and then decided I needed to add a bit:

I am truly mystified by some of the reviews of this show. I never want to say anything negative about people on the internet, but I just don’t get it. The negativity is amazing. Pointing out how the writers never spoke to women before, that it made all women look stupid??? Both the men and women were flawed - as are real people. Yeah, the characters could be annoying and frustrating, but have we not encountered these types of people in our lives? Have we not made dumb decisions that we look back on and can’t believe we did that? I sure have. This drama is no worse in that regard than countless other KDramas and CDramas which did not garner such reviews. This series just did a better job than almost off of the others with such flawed characters. :-(

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When I read that this series was coming, I was truly excited. Touch Your Heart is my all time favorite KDrama. While everything about that show was great, it was Yoo In-Na's acting - her interpretation of her role - that was genius and made the show truly special. Could she pull it off again?

And I was not disappointed! Once again, she was the true driving force behind a series and elevated it to be as good as it possibly could be. She delivered a master class in acting, IMHO. Her ability to communicate emotions. The uniqueness of her expressions and the inflections of her voice... Amazing. Thanks to the those who cast her as Deborah!

I fee a bit like a broken record, because Kdrama acting is often so good, but I just have to say it. Everyone cast in this series was phenomenal.

Yoon In Na... Well, I've said it. She makes this story shine and we feel for her throughout the arc of the story.

Yoon Hun-Min as the male lead was so good. Dang, watching his character was so frustrating! So obviously he nailed the role and made it believable no matter how unbelievable it could have been.

Hwang Chan-Sung's role as the ex. I hated his guts! His acting sparked the feelings we were meant to feel.

Park So-Jin was sooo good in Sh**ting Stars.** And she was fantastic here. Her portrayal of a women in a listless marriage truly had our sympathy. She is just so darn good the I hope to see here as a lead in series to come. I’ll watch anything that features Ms. Park.

Let's hope we see so much more of Kim Ye-Ji. She is so cute and really did well in what I think is a difficult role - both strong and unsure of herself at the same time.

The story: Once again the Koreans' writing craft is so amazing. This was a tightly woven tapestry of multiple couple's evolving relationships. There was not a dull minute for my wife or I and we could not wait for each new episode. As the story was coming to an end I could not believe we had seen 13 episodes already and we were almost done. No feeling of, "This is starting to drag and I need to fast forward" in this series! I know we won't get it, but Season 2 please!

My one complaint is that at key points, the Male Lead did not communicate and it was just hard to believe. I am sure there are people who are, in a sense, broken like that. But he was given so many chances... Yeah, I know it can happen, I was pretty much that screwed up when I was young. But watching it drove me nuts! Then again, the story had me locked in so the writers obviously know what they are doing. :-)

If you want to read a good review of the story itself, check out ameerahcarol's review. So good it reads like a professional review.

Watch it!

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A series of it's own kind

Bora Deborah has been a great watch throughout...every episode was better then the prior episode. It's not a drama with some extremely heavy story line or complex characters rather it deal with complex emotions of our life. Drama doesn't has any out of tge blue story line..it was something which happen around us. As if we are the characters and a phase of our life has been shown...drama represented every stage of love..falling in love, struggling together, slowly opening to each other , having deep talks with only that special someone and at the end longing for a happy ending.
Main lead two pole apart personalities..their childhood was a very minor detail but it helped us to understand their characters and why they are like this ! Both of them don't want to end up like their parents.
Acc to me every actor did a great job. Yoo inna ruled the show ..her every expression was on point , she practically lived the character! Yoon hyun min gave his all in second half of the show and really delivered beautiful acting and he is also the one to br most benefited by this drama (his inland image and internationalfan base both have improved). Inshort it was a great casting choice! Although i would have loved to see joo sang wook and his ex wife story more.
And bomi was way too lucky..she didn't deserve anything which she has got in life ...? only
character i seriously hated throughout the series.

Overall i liked the series.

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Los consejos

Si al principio está aburrido,y le da vuelta a lo mismo con su ex,como sale al flote tantas verdades en consejos que da de relaciones y ropturas,si que me gustó la historia de los protagonistas y las parejas secundarias,si tiene unos diálogos exagerados y ejemplos como que mal tomados,los besos y las química de los actores me encanta.
La pareja de la amiga me dió mucho risa,y jajaja hablan con tanta verdad.
Ala que verdaderamente odie fue ala ex pareja del protagonistas masculino chica jugabas a dos puntas y cuando pasa eso siempre termina lastimado a alguien.
También el protagonista masculino era bien indensiso,y no lo justifico hay personas a si que le dan vuelta a todo y no sientan sus sentimientos.

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Pule esse...

Com uma história repleta de situações constrangedoras sem nenhuma graça, um roteiro extremamente maçante e totalmente sem noção eu realmente não sei como eu terminei esse K-Drama. A protagonista é enfastiante, exageradamente bobinha e bastante fútil. Seu par não fica muito atrás, é um personagem bem cansativo.

No geral é um drama surpreendentemente ruim! Sem nenhum brilho, os personagens não são interessantes, a história não tem nada que te prenda. Tem um padrão daqueles dramas coreanos dos anos 2000, bem vergonha alheia mesmo. Eu até pensei que esse tipo de drama tinha felizmente acabado... Nossa... mesmo se você estiver sem nada para assistir eu não indicaria esse drama. Péssimo drama!

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