It's an OK show but I didn't love it
Personally, I thought this show was ok.As a big fan of Kim Yoo Jung (the only reason I watched this drama in the first place), I didn't really like it. But overall, with my bias and the sweet moments between the main leads, I'd recommend watching it if you're bored.
I liked the cute moments in this drama and their kiss/dating scenes were probably the cutest scenes I've ever seen in k-drama history. Their chemistry in those moments were the best and you probably wouldn't care much about the age gap if you just focus on those. The puppy love between the two main leads are just too adorable so I'm going to commend them for that. I think it's because of the acting between KYJ and YKS but whatever was the reason, these scenes were the best things that graced this show.
Another great thing about this drama was the humor. I loved the scenes of Oh Sol with her family, especially when they're bickering or teasing each other. It was funny and it really showed how weird they were. The side characters were also very fun and interesting so you shouldn't get bored with the comedy if that's what you're looking for.
I didn't really like the main characters though – by themselves at least. The female lead was really naive (in the idiotic way) to the point where I just rolled my eyes at her antics sometimes. She wasn't that bad for a lead (there's been a lot of naive, idiotic leads before) but they should've at least given her a bit more common sense in the beginning of the drama so she could handle the following events better. It would've made her more likeable (at least to me) and she would still have room for character development. Then there was the male lead who was narcissistic and egotistical in the first parts of the show. He was really stingy in the non-charismatic way so I disliked him more than I did Gil Oh Sol. Was there character development? Yes. I think there was. But it didn't really change the fact that I couldn't root for Gil Oh Sol in the beginning and I couldn't find myself liking Jang Sun Gyeol for her either. They ended up creating good chemistry in the end when he stops being an asshole and she becomes a smarter person overall (as was portrayed in the cute moments) but the with the amount of self-importance he had for himself and her knack for clumsily destroying opportunities, individually, I didn't understand how they grew to like each other in the first place.
I personally didn't like the story as much as well. If it hadn't been for the cuteness of the main leads, I would've dropped this show by the time I got to the middle of it. As a lot of people commented, the story gets a bit draggy in the middle and it just became more boring (at least, to me). Still however, the best Gil Oh Sol and Jang Sun Gyeol moments were in the middle so even thought it gets sort of draggy story wise, the main leads became a bit more likeable in the second half too. That's probably what saved it for me.
The OSTs were sort of good but they're not my favorite. Don't take this to heart though, a lot of people have been complimenting the song choices of this drama. You do you since I'm not exactly into those types of songs in anyway.
All-in-all I'd say that this show is ok and it's not the best but if you're looking for something casual to watch, check it out.
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Really cute for the most part!
Besides a few moments that really bring the show down, most of the time, the moments between the lead couple are so cute and funny! Especially Sun-gyeol. His expressions and interactions were a real delight to watch. My favorite moments were actually between him and Ha-In, and I love how their friendship developed. Also agree with others that the kissing scenes are incredible and cute!Speaking of Ha-In, while I loved his character as a person, there were several times I had a question in my head of just how ethical he was being as a physician. There was one scene where he told O-sol some of Sun-gyeol's family history and roots of his trauma, and I'm not sure that's something he should mention. In any case, I'm happy he didn't turn into a bitter person after he was rejected, and was really looking out for O-sol as an actual friend.
Also, I'm no expert on misophobia, so I don't know how easy it is to cure, but I feel like his condition looked plausible throughout the series. I'm not even sure if "cure" is the right word here, but he looked believably better in the end. Again, kudos to the actor, but he somehow made it look to the naked eye, like normal actions, but since we know his history, there was this uneasiness at times during moments that used to be impossible for him. The fact that he can do all of that now is impressive.
There were some times that felt unnecessarily dramatic (I know, in a drama? Shocking!), but I felt incredibly bad for Sun-gyeol toward the end. Especially the lead up to his accident. I don't care if no one agrees, but O-sol was absolutely partly responsible for that. Not of the accident itself, but the way he was feeling at the time. The one thing he definitely told her was that he felt she was the first person to really empathize with his condition and she didn't make him feel weird about it. Then, in some convoluted dramatic must-break-up scene, she tells him that it was "too much for her" and she was "tired" of him. Like WHY would you say that?! I love slow burns, but I hate terrible break ups just for them to get back together anyway. It was a nice ending, though, but still.
The other characters are great. I love the clean crew so much! Her brother is also fun, and anyone that thought he was mean has probably never had a sibling before. I could tell how much he loves and cares for her.
The soundtrack is also really good! "Cosmos" by Huh Gak is my favorite.
I absolutely recommend watching it at least once. Yeah, there are some moments you might have to get through, but I enjoyed it overall.
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When this series was announced, I was so excited. The lead actor and and actress weren’t my favorite before the drama but I was looking forward to the story nonetheless. I was also skeptical because of the huge age gap between our male lead and female lead. After watching the entire series (with much much frustration) I came out loving the female lead actress and being obsessed with the Male lead actor. What sold this for me was definitely the male lead. At first I didn’t think he could pull the role off but now I’m so glad it was him because he made me feel every single emotion the male lead character felt. He made cry a lot because of how much you could feel his pain, love, angst. I should also applaud the female lead because she is still a teenager and she pulled that role off so well! I didn’t see her age at all and she had really good chemistry with both male actors. I didn’t think I was going to love the leads together so much, they gave me so much feels. I would love to see them again in a different lighter rom com, this one was just too heavy for me. The story could have been better. I really wish they didn’t add all that melodrama stuff, it really ruined the drama for me. Why I’m rating this low is because the couple broke up when they were barely together only for them to get together 2mins before the end of the drama. It was unsatisfactory. At the end of the drama, I didn’t feel satisfied even though the ending was what I wanted. Anyways WATCH FOR THE MALE LEAD AND THE LEAD COUPLE’s CHEMISTRY.
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The story is very simple. There's a self-made CEO who suffers Germaphobes aka clean freak. He's obsessed with sanitation and feel compelled to clean excessively. He even avoids to in touch with another people because of the sanitation reason. And there she is, a woman who's really not into cleaning and stuff. The rest of the drama is as you guessed: the clean freak CEO is falling for the "dirty" woman.
I laughed a lot while watching because the female lead is super funny and I can tell from her face. The male lead is to be honest not my CEO kind of type. But I think it's okay since I finished watching all the episodes.
If you're into simple love story with not much conflicts, this one is for you.
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Plain and Simple
Easy. This drama is pretty high in my list because this is just so FUNNY. The comedy had me rolling and laughing in tears at times. Yes, there were good and bad moments and sometimes I didn’t even know if I was having an emotional breakdown while watching but I have to give an 8/10 because it surely made me laugh and have a good time. Didn’t necessarily like all the characters in this drama for different reasons but I think the story and the trauma behind that story really helped the drama succeedWas this review helpful to you?
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Didn't enjoy the ending.
I loved this drama. Yoon Kyun Sang and Kim Yoo Jung are fantastic. They were out of this world good.I hate that I can't give this show a higher rating than an 8.5. For how much I enjoyed the characters, the couple, everything, it just ruins itself at the end for so much of the last three episodes that it's more like you're being tortured than entertained.
Choices are made based on family pressures and other people's happiness that just feel like suffering to suffer from the FL. Which, okay. But if you're going to have one of the love interests cause the other one such pain and then think the audience should still root for that character to find happiness with them at the end... idk!
The male family members of both families are trash. The show attempts to redeem them at the very end, but it's just not possible. These three characters are portrayed to care only for their own happiness and come off as just vile creatures moving through the story to cause nothing but heartache and pain to the main couple. They just make the couple suffer, until the end when whelp change of heart... proving all the suffering they've put the characters through was unnecessary, even illogical. But what can ya do! Gotta have that easy conflict.
My biggest pet peeve is having characters do awful, awful things and then trying to redeem them right at the end. Such a bad trope imo. So frustrating, and often rushed and unearned. I adored the main couple, and really felt betrayed by what they did to that relationship in the final three episodes.
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Amazing potential but horrible plot at the end
Amazing idea, amazing actors, amazing characters and really funny plot at the beginning.The main problem is that the plot become a little stupid, and the main girl character does so horrible choices that I’ve begun to hate her. I can’t imagine someone who is in love that does the things she did, empathy is almost absent here.
Moreover, there are too many repetitive scenes, with slow motion, that are about 30% of the total amount of time of the drama. What a pity, really!
Also I didn’t like the way psychiatric desease are treated, I think Korea is really behind on this theme…
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Some reviews made me hesitate to watch this drama And I thought it will be trivial but I was wrong
It's about mysophobia (OCD)
For the first time in Psychological drama In my opinion, the disease was treated in a correct way
With psychiatrist
Because it was annoying and illogical a lot when they made the FL heal the ML in this kind of dramas
She should be one of the reasons but not the Dr
Any way it was really good
It talked about many Psychological issues
Like :
*you can hurt people around you and you think you are right and loving them
*Phobia should be treated in a correct way or you can hurt others
*Power of love can heal
*Forgiveness is important and you should know whom you should blame
The drama was comedy romance
I loved cleaning fairies team work so much specially cha in ha
Secretary Kim was so funny and the ML's mother boyfriend also
I hated the grandfather attitude so much ,
he was so cruel ,
although he was good at the end ,
but that doesn't mean he didn't hurt many already
The romance was really good although I saw that there were too many kisses between main leads with no need
I loved the FL's brother story and hoped they could focus on it more
And they didn't say what happened in his college after 2 years
I loved the ML's mother but till the end they didn't say why she left kyun sang to his grandfather and travel abroad
The only thing that annoyed me that I saw the ML didn't fit the role
His face was too childish
I thought he was about 21 I got shocked when I knew his age
His acting was very good but he wasn't suitable for this role
He gave me the feeling he was a graduated school student not a business owner with mysophobia,
Which annoys me but not that much
I hated when the second ML is really good
I was so sad for him
He sacrificed a lot
The timing in this drama wasn't correct
They said days are passed then said one day,
They said the grandfather should die in 3 months but 2 years passed and he was still alive
I didn't see almost any thing wrong in this drama it was really good and light
For the first time they ended each side story in a satisfied way
Really I enjoyed this drama ☺️
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I would recommend stopping at 13 episodes and finishing the story in your mind
I would recommend stopping at 13 episodes and finishing the story in your mindThe last 3 episodes made me drop my overall rating from a strong 8 to 4.5
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Kim You Jung made this show cute and wholesome but somehow they destroyed her character Oh Sol in just a few minutes after episode 13. We knew that something was happening between Oh Sol's family and Sun Gyeol's Grandpa, there were hints everywhere. I thought that there was some bigger secret that maybe drunk Sun Gyeol killed her mother, but no. He was traumatized by his grandpa, he also lost his father because of him (THEY DIDN'T EXPLAIN MORE? HELLO? Just that he made his father leave his mother btw she was a cool character). Grandpa also sent him abroad without hearing what he had in mind because he needed to catch up with the deadlines at the construction site he sped up the process which concluded with the death of Oh Sol's mother. THEN when he gets to know that they're coming closer to each other, he forbids Oh Sol to be with him even if he will confess, if she can do it then he will save her brother's sports career. AND THEN they're hooking up, and angry grandpa goes for big guns and tells his ppl to ban him from matches for one year WTF. I was so frustrated with his character. But it was good, he had 3 months to live, he would die (I was hoping so much for this), and he was just the villain of this story. BUT WHAT HAPPENED. THIS BIATCH (Oh Sol) goes to his boyfriend, and breakups with him. That guy had so much pain in the past and she blames him for the sins of his grandpa. WHERE THE FUCK IS LOGIC. There was more fucked up shit going on, the she realise that she still loves him but because her family also hated him (BUT WHY?) she still doesn't allow him to get back. Afterward, there is a time skip of 2 years, and he cures himself of his mysophobia and starts a new business bla bla bla, he still loves her and is courting her like a simp but she still is like NOPE I still hate your family, like seriously? why?! The director just broke this drama in 3 episodes FOR ME. I don't like this illogical stuff and Oh Sol's way of reacting to the past for which he was not even guilty. And for the worst, Grandpa lives happily cured of cancer (I don't like forgiving that much stuff). Overall drama was cozy and cute with mental health issues in the background. But how they made them resolve these problems was too emotional, like they didn't even think just staying in the pain of the past, was kinda too much for me.
The side characters were good, I want to point out Choi Ha In (Dr. Daniel was a good third wheel in this drama) and Min Joo Yun (her friend, she was very likable). This is my first review that was created to funnel my frustrations :3
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