some relationships are so toxic and need so much work, it's better to just end it

Koreans yet again treating the non skinny one as someone obsessed with food, beside the poster of only him with food, ppl can be fat without being hungry all the time
And they can enjoy food without being, pigs…

Which goes back to his romance line with the annoying girl calling him a pig every time she sees him… that’s her nickname for him. Pig… even if she sees him she goes “oh there’s pig”, “I just saw pig”.. and he thinks he’s lucky someone “skinny” like her would be interested in him
lol even beside that I really dislike her, she gives off a condescending cocky attitude

And they’re already using fillers cuz ml and fl are just brooding over the breakup

the start was cute but later it became a dragging plot

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ok I think my short interpretation of this would be a modern 21st century love story that is still stuck in a cliche mold?
their relationship/chemistry feels natural and they dealt with the fan thing as best as they could (the best thing would've been no fan-to-lovers, but oh well)

the families are booorring and unfitting, I do not care for them one bit.

and I don't really care for the male friendship, even the bromance feels flat.. I don't get why or how they are friends, they just feel like 3 people that are in the same space. also the fact that they didn't give the fl any sort of friendship or family is alarming ;/

so the worst point of this is the super duper cliche arc they used for the fl! the drunk pity party that makes the guy fall for her weak "cute" side, the "it's all my fault everyone hates me!", the "I've never dated before becasue I am a sad unworthy person", the fact that she bickers back with everyone and then suddenly becomes docile is just bad writing...
in ep2 she was answering back to every criticism her boss told her as if they were friends and now she's the weak silent victim to the crazy boss who's randomly out to get her ;/
and then the ml is being possessive already? "don't drink with other me becasue you look cute".. you don't own her ;/

the worst sign is when I skip an ep and I don't feel like I missed anything, I didn't realize I didn't watch ep3 until ep4 was over and I was looking for the next ep xD
I personally have a rule, I give dramas 1/4 a chance and if I don't like them I drop

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+ I liked the girls, I mean this could be considered a female centered plot though the evil guys were practically a village
+ the dream vs reality was a cool concept
+ the last ending scene was interesting

- the mystery crime was lacking, ALOT
- the evil guys felt like random people they found on an island, and tbh fey's dad's face gives me nightmares ;D
- lack of romance (though it didn't need it as aya said) but her and cop guy would've been a cute couple
- everyone was either raped or committed suicide ;/

as a mystery genre it felt lacking, and the quality seems like a 2012 production with the cheap filming and aesthetics

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I like it, I thought the 1ml was the food guy and he was soooo bland, but I mean all 6 are somewhat equal but book guy is sooo cute?

Idk if I’m lagging to like a red flag, but the other two are so beige? but they all have their issues

Like police dude saying “i wanna know everything about my future partner” then goes and says cute fl “talks too much about herself”

Tho it’s ironically accurate cuz if ppl stay single that long, there must be some baggage, we’ve become too comfortable alone, dreading a coexistence, yet not wanting to be lonely
The men are all huge red flags, not moving away from the first no? like it takes them five “no” to stop?
Ml went from sweetly saying he’ll wait for any touch for max 3 years, and only touch her finger cuz she asked, to not move when she changed her mind?

And the women all have severe anger issues ? it’s been like a week for all and they already want unlimited devotion?

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double wrist grabs in 2020? how unoriginal

edit: I read some of the spoilers from ep10 and my 1st prediction after ep1 was right, so that means the story was built on 1 plot move and 1000 misunderstandings and miscommunication ;D ie a waste of time ;)

the fl stands up for herself and she even called Dae Oh as a loser so they acknowledge his annoying side, but the wrist grabs drive me crazy especially the double wrist grab at the end ;/

they are not bickering, they are purposely hitting below the belt?. they might now be doing it becasue both are hurt and once the misunderstanding goes away they'll be all lovey dovey, but at the end of the day they chose to say/think those words....

my theory (not a spoiler) is that Dae Oh is the dad, self centered actor liked her too so he never cleared their misunderstandings if not add more fuel to the fire. she saw Dae Oh with another woman and she went to self centered actor ie the rain scene, and teacher dude loved her so much that he wanted to "take responsibility" for her and his mom hated that he was going to raise another man's kid so she bribed/hurt ae jung and told her to leave. I don't know how gangster dude is related, but add the actress and we'll get 10 more eps of misunderstandings and venomous fights ;/

it really can't be any other guy because 1- she was happy to see actor guy, 2- she didn't remember teacher dude 3- she didn't even know gangster guy. and 4- she hated seeing dae oh again. and the grandma did say "he's dead to her" so I mean you won't not remember the person you hate/love

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I might collect pointers of my previous comments and write a better review tomorrow (said 8 months ago)


this filled my days with sparkle when i needed it the most, thank you writernim for not creating another repetitive, i mean, thank you for creating a beautiful experience and remind me of the reason i love kdramas

It’s heartbreaking , I need to continue in a world without anymore watermelon sugar
This was like a healing medicine in my worst times this year, 16 days of a beautiful warm hug

I’m always disappointed in dramas I look forward to but I’m always pleasantly surprised by dramas I’m not looking forward to
Easily num1 drama of 2023 for me and will definitely be in my ult tops along with their characters

I would say the perfectness of it all, is too much
Their sadness and life made them who they were, eungyeol was so empathetic and in tune to people’s emotions cuz of his upbringing
Though yes, he suffered and carried too much burden but he grew into an amazing person

But then again, life sucks so might as well get a beautifully wrapped up drama, and yes I hate sad endings so give me all the rainbow sugar and twinkles of the world in my drama, happy happy happy

I’d like eungyeol to “remember” his new life, I’d also like to see how eunyo’s changed and I’d love to see those 28 years of growth and hard work
And I’d want to see their reunion
Yechan went to the same university, so I’d guess after highscool ended cheongah or even her dad, brought yechan to the same university
All in all, life’s a journey, everyone has their own and everyone has the same “weight”, my life isn’t harder than yours, it’s not a competition. Every hardship has the same equal effect and one must understand how others are going through the same
Burdening oneself with other’s hardships isn’t the answer but not acknowledging them is as bad


I'll add the rest as ep reviews

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Basic and not sweet
It’s about two people that had a trauma about relationships, they found each other and started an overly long awkward relationship

Without the last misunderstanding this could’ve been way shorter
The older brother though I’d love to watch a movie with him

thing was funny about this, she didn’t trust men so she chose a naive guy and he never made a move on a woman so he needed an action taker
Simple and perfectly made for each other
The bro and daughter carried the trauma with them more that they caused the last conflict, but I was disappointed when he hit his brother when he kept saying he didn’t do anything

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tbh I only watched 1ep of pt1 so I don't feel like I missed anything. which does lower it's quality, it did not need to be that long

KJW was great, tbh each "vessel" did an amazing job, I am sad I didn't see LJW's but I don't care really
idk, even if they had a "message", and yes hardships aren't as bad as you think, and no that doesn't mean your feelings of despair and crippling pain aren't real or valid.. I also don't wanna drag religion, patience is a huge deal for us, and the preciousness of the souls..
so, even if you feel pain, we endure , and yes I had depression and the things he went through before he made his decision, so those feelings aren't an exaggeration, but

this whole thing was another "message" wrapped around one big mess of overused gore, and a really complicated hilarious plot..

a psychopath, a rich spoiled brat, a scheme, hunger for money and power, the cgi.. yeah they are elements, but when woven like this, it's an eyeroll..
also, I did enjoy this cuz it had less SIG, dasom did well, but the whole character of SIG's and his acting.. any other person he went in would've been a more fun main lead
also, you can see the lack of depth and base when "death" ends up in a repeated monologue the ml was too dumb to understand.. especially when the moment he entered any of those bodies, they already "died"



non of those lives were his.. he thought he made a big sacrifice with the cop, he did make that life more fulfilling, but it was not his to sacrifice, 1, death already said he can't stop a death, so if the other cop was meant to die, both would've died.. and 2, if it was so easy, why couldn't he save his gf from a weirdly angled car in a really small road..

and thus going back to the point, everyone he went into were dead, he just gained their memories, so his mom didn't survive until age took her.. she was dead and he was punished by living in her memories and the blocked future.. so yeah she was too precious for him to "kill", and those, even if he understood a person is precious, he still did not regret those 2 last murders.. out of the 12, i guess i saw 5, so idk how hard he tried to save anyone else, tho by the cop, i'd say he never tried...


anyway, they ended it with something i hate more than sad endings.. the reset... so what? will jisu still die? will they catch the psycho ceo? would the cop hunt down the bad guys? those things happened cuz ml went into their bodies, so what? he can try his hardest to live a better more grateful life, stay by his mom, but jisu? the murders? the cop, the pyramid of evil?

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the story is very very simple. this was better as a binge, tbh I don't think I'd have given it a chance higher than the 1st four eps and I'd have dropped it if I watched it as it aired, but it was also not as engaging as I'd have hoped. it got better by eps4-6 but as soon as it got it's footing it was so obvious how their "big picture" was going to turn out that I lost interest in the plot.

the side plots were related to the big picture, each case reflected Wol Joo's own situation and concerns but they were somewhat really flat, idk, it was hard to connect to the side stories? though the messages were great and really inspirational, but they just felt too fleeting?

I know, I might be complaining too much so one would wonder why the high rating, but something the review ratings doesn't cover is the characters, their relationships and their depths.
the 3 mains had a really sweet chemistry and I highly enjoyed their bickering and "grudge" fights and I wished they'd have tried to make them a little more active outside the pop up bar, I know that was their home base but I wanted more action (and I don't mean fighting)
and even though their family bond was sweet I kinda wish they weren't related and just found comfort in each other regardless of the destiny makjang move "he's your long lost son/love" ;D

the best part for me was Kang Yeo Rin who's going to join my favorite female characters list, she was refreshing, independent, smart and always made the 1st move ❤ and I loved their chemistry, Kang Bae truly deserves the "sweet male lead" tag though I wish they focused more on them ;)

which makes me wonder, are romances better in non romance dramas because they focus on them less, so the "chase" is longer and there's no space for misunderstandings and inevitable breakups?

HWJ was slightly as overreacting as ever, but since this was a comedy it kinda fit the vibes well and I wish she'd act in another drama with Choi Won Young minus the long lost lovers theme ;D I want a pure secret like makjang


the OSTs were nice enough and I never rewatch stuff

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the movie felt like 4 different movies;
the 1st was the meeting of two teens, the princess and the bad boy who was rough around the edges. this might be where the good girl/bad guy complex came about. they had zero chemistry and she was way too good for him..

the 2nd, was the marriage and loveydoveyness, tbh I thought it was weird how they got married so soon in the movie but they had a lot of built up angst coming their way. they were like a different couple. he got a job and lost his carefree bad boy puberty rebelling phase.

the 3rd part was when they revealed she was sick. and this is when it started to lose points. first of we had the crazy scientist guy who told her everything so bluntly. a professional doctor who personally experienced that should ask for her to bring a family member with them for that kind of earth shattering news ;/
also, forgiveness doesn't cost money.. you should never pay your life savings "to forgive" someone, it should be the opposite if anything... and just becasue she was his mom doesn't mean he needs to put up with her bs ;/

the 4th part started when they added that stupid dramatic scene... a guy who knows his wife has alzheimer sees the door open and she's just standing with a guy so what does he do? go punch the heck out of the guy! why?! the heck?! the guy didn't even do anything, he was confused and didn't react....
like why? why just why.. I was going to give it a 8+ but that was the most ridiculous scene ever. did he think he was going to hurt her? did he think they were cheating? there were no signs, non of that explains why he beat that guy so much ;/
and then the dad goes "we will take her"... what does "through sickness and health mean".. he was willing to stay by her side. just bring in a live in nurse or something but no, she remembered everything and left him while he spent weeks(?) looking for her thinking she might be dead in a ditch ;/

and that binges me to my last point, they were really bad at explaining/showing the passage of time. beside Chul Soo ditching his ragged clothes, they looked the exact same throughout all those phases. how long did this all take? was she always 27 and him, 30ish? becasue his 1st appearance was of someone in his early 20s struggling through life.. and their last appearance was of someone in their 20s losing all of her memories and acting as if she was drunk..

and I hated the ending.. so why did she leave if they reunited and drove towards the sunset? just horrible writing ;/

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I like and respect all of the actors, but the plot was just horrible. in the 1st movie, the main guy's brother is killed and he's framed for it.
here, they took revenge for this guy that "raised" the ml, but so brutally and just to teach him go.... I mean, it is a traditional game, but if you switch it to chess, it'd still be as pointless. sure they played several Saw like Go games, but everything happened just for the sake of the plot.
it's like, if it was a sport like karate or taekwondo, it'd have some action and suspense, beside the whole backstory of the sister felt like a cheap move to add to the "revenge"

Loner had a more solid reason for revenge, his dad was murdered and he got severely hurt by evil guy that raised the ml... but his story was just used as a time filler..
it's funny how a 1 hour 45min movie felt like a 5 hour one.. also this is the type of movies I hate, they add creepy and gore as a way to be edgy but it just looks silly

the acting was great of course, and I never rewatch things

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