melonpanfan
a complex onion of character development
It's intriguing to me how much my feelings have changed about this story in such a short time. On the one hand I feel like they did such an amazing job building out these characters right away, and on the other hand the rate at which you go from wholeheartedly loving these characters to near despising them is unbelievable. Episodes 1 & 2 I fell head over heels in love, episodes 3 & 4 I lost interest, and episodes 5 & 6 sweet feelings started to sour. Finally with episodes 7 & 8 we see all the buried feeling and secrets come to the surface for a somewhat awkward closure.
The story follows the life of Do Hoe, a quiet high school student who lives under his abusive father, a the Grandmaster of a Taekwondo gym. Ju Yeong is the mischievous type, he gets kicked out of his home in Seoul and sent off to the countryside to train under the Grandmaster, and there the relationship between Do Hoe and Ju Yeong begins. Do Hoe already has a complicated relationship with his childhood friend Hyeon Ho, and as the story progresses the three of them fall into a mess of a love rivalry.
Initially these characters and their back stories were so beautifully done, what I loved most was the absolutely masterful subtlety they use to tell their story, it was all of the tiny little details that make up each scene, layers on layers deep, each scene peeled back a new layer of the characters personalities. As the story went on, it lost a bit of its chemistry and vibe, and to be honest I developed some second lead syndrome somewhere in the all the drama. It turned into ML being puppy dog followed by both of them and his wishy washy attitude hurting them all, but at least there's a happy ending?
The actors did great, each of them had a unique role to play in the atmosphere and they did a fantastic job. The production was good, each scene was intentional, and the music and editing were solid as well.
Overall, I don't regret watching, but what started out looking like a 10 barely missed getting dropped, while it wasn't terrible I felt like it really could have been something special and they just missed the mark.
The story follows the life of Do Hoe, a quiet high school student who lives under his abusive father, a the Grandmaster of a Taekwondo gym. Ju Yeong is the mischievous type, he gets kicked out of his home in Seoul and sent off to the countryside to train under the Grandmaster, and there the relationship between Do Hoe and Ju Yeong begins. Do Hoe already has a complicated relationship with his childhood friend Hyeon Ho, and as the story progresses the three of them fall into a mess of a love rivalry.
Initially these characters and their back stories were so beautifully done, what I loved most was the absolutely masterful subtlety they use to tell their story, it was all of the tiny little details that make up each scene, layers on layers deep, each scene peeled back a new layer of the characters personalities. As the story went on, it lost a bit of its chemistry and vibe, and to be honest I developed some second lead syndrome somewhere in the all the drama. It turned into ML being puppy dog followed by both of them and his wishy washy attitude hurting them all, but at least there's a happy ending?
The actors did great, each of them had a unique role to play in the atmosphere and they did a fantastic job. The production was good, each scene was intentional, and the music and editing were solid as well.
Overall, I don't regret watching, but what started out looking like a 10 barely missed getting dropped, while it wasn't terrible I felt like it really could have been something special and they just missed the mark.
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