Clean with Passion for Now (2018)

Last three episodes were waste of time

I watched Chinese version before this drama ,all I can say that the Chinese drama is more improved one .
Love story started after 11 or 12 th episode then tragedy they separated and get vey end of the last episode .
If Chinese version and Korean version mix and new drama launch with the same concept so I guess this story become more and more better.
This story didn't focus on other love story as well as not giving complete ending just in Chinese version.
Only acting was good specially main lead.
Lead actress' character took a lots of time to accept his feeling which make the drama bore especially the hospital scene she was so much in pain to see hime in such condition then to not accept his feeling such overreacting feeling she showed.
I like Chinese version more than this but first few episodes were good then Chinese one .

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The first few chapters are hilarious, the story is okay and I really liked the kissing scenes. The main characters had the best chemistry and it was so enjoyable to watch, they made the cute scenes extra cute.

Jang Seon Gyeol is just the cutest thing ever, I don't know why people don't like his appearance. Those cheeks are soooo cute.

As I said, the story is okay. Lots of cliches, nothing new. I don't even know if the mysophobia thing was portrayed accurately because I'm not familiar with that condition, but it was really interesting to see the daily struggle and the character development. I think that was my favorite part of this drama.
However, the fact that whenever they had a problem they didn't talk to each other annoyed me to death, as the story went on there were lots of unnecessary drama and I just- my God, why is it that difficult to just talk about ~things~ and work things out

The OST was really nice, it did a pretty good job on getting you in the mood.

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I really... really enjoy watching this drama and wait every week for this. The story, just like I said, is predictable. But, I can't help to not skipping this one. The "mother" of this story is just unrealistic, like, what on earth you throw a party to cure your son, you just make it worst.
I love the chemistry between main leads. Both are cute together, especially kyun sang when he was jealous. So hilarious and fluffy. I just love the proportion of the couple here. Kyunsang just like a giant teddy bear when he's near yoo jung (which I love, because who doesn't love teddy bear, huh?)
I already recommend this to anyone who wants to see a light-cheerful-yet predictable drama (and most of them loved it)
If you want to start a light drama with less evil character and predictable plot, just start it and you won't be disappointed, because this drama is so hilarious

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Casting, poorly written characters & heavy handed comedy ruin it

I wanted to like this but here was so much I just didn't like. Last things first; There is a 2 year time skip near the end with an unexplained miracle cure & a complete 180 of the male lead's personality. Then there is a bland ending where the main couple just hug. That's because they've already had an excessive amount of kissing beforehand, some of which created warm fuzzies, ( but they just kept at it & the spark just fizzled out. ) Then there is the matter of the casting. Yoon Kyun Sang was miscast. He is 6'4 and towered above his 5' costar. side views of him look like he is ominously lurking above her like a vulture! He was portraying a character whose medical condition would lend itself towards being on the slim side, but Yoon Kyun Sang is more lumberingly large. next problem I had was with the writing. Yoon Kyun Sang's character was written such that he was buffoonish with over the top comedic expressions & was repelling, not funny. He also spent the entire series being needy, with either a blank face or a hopeful desperate look, both of which were unendearing. Meanwhile, Kim Yoo Jung was perfectly cast & very appealing but was written to be too simple & incapable. It made it hard to be sympathetic to her. Her brother was also written badly & was a very flat unlikeable character. over all I'd say that it was poor writing or directing/interpretation of the character that was at fault. The real problem for this series is that there is a better rendition out there.NO, the real problem is that I watched the Chinese version (Touch Your Heart) before watching this & it was much much better. & randomly : Jasper Liu, the lead in the Chinese version (Touch Your Heart) looks like Song Jeu Rim's twin bother ! Clean with a passion for now was cringy & I couldn't wait to get done with it. Touch your heart I will definitely rewatch

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Incredible cast! Incredible acting! incredible writing!

The characters were very well written. I liked almost every character in the show. The second male lead was also incredible. The cast all did an excellent job. I did not sense bad acting in any form. The story got heavy at the end, yet, even then it was still such a great watch. Additionally, the relationship and its pacing between the ML and FL were believable. The kissing scenes were realistic, and added value to the entire show without seeming too much or too little. Additionally, the ML not being the standard ML style was an additional plus. Even more, i enjoyed his acting in The Rebel, and have had the FL on my radar lately. All in all, i enjoyed the show far more than i thought i will.

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This story is literally a classic example of "when opposites attract". The scenes are ridiculously hilarious and the two main leads delivered their parts well with excellent chemistry between them. Yoon Kyun-sang (main lead) didn't hold back on his expressions and played his character believably. The romantic scenes are also passionate and done well. These characters were endearing in their own way and the supporting cast did an awesome job too. I admire Kim Won-hae's (the dad) flexibility as an actor and also thought he did well in Do Bong-soon. Definitely worth your time!

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Loved this series.

I love this series a lot! It stirred my emotions..made me laugh and cry and get upset and fall in love..I love how the actors played their roles effectively. I love you all!!! Kim yoo jung and kyun yoon sang, you've got chemistry. Love indeed breaks the walls of age, height, status, time and distance. Love cuts across all barriers. Powerful plot! the story is unique and timeless. the musical score touches my heart. every song brings meaning to every scene. I greatly appreciate lessons on the adverse effects of negative early childhood experiences and emphasis on the value of cleanliness. thank you so much. I love the lines of kyun yoon sang on respecting people whose job is cleaning. I really, really love that part. I recommend all parents, teachers and students to watch this drama .every sexond of it is worth the time. To all of you, thank you so much for coming up with this project!!

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Good but not great

This is an easy show to watch without ever hitting the heights of greatness. The lead duo are really good in their roles and deliver genuine performances. Their relationship is suitably sweet and awkward in the same mix. But the show doesn't go deep enough into some of the really promising angles it set up. It also creates needless conflicts that lack tension because the viewer can see the resolution from a mile away. At times it came across as a poor man's I'm Not a Robot and I don't mean this as a slight upon the cast who gave it their everything, but were undermined by some weak writing.

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Where's Cleaning Fairy When You Need Them?

Clean with passion for now.... a drama that suffered many episodes being delayed and a story that had great potential but ultimately fell short. I would like to start off by saying this drama was enjoyable to watch however, its story and makeup isn't anything that the veteran drama watcher hasn't seen before. There was much "controversy" should I say, over Yoon Gyun Sang being cast as the main lead, with him being 12 years older than the female lead and not fitting the stereotypical "Kdrama main lead" look. Despite this Yoon Gyun Sang performed quite well in this drama, and I was left impressed with his performance. Kim Yoo Jung did good as well but, unfortunately what made both their characters fall short is lazy writing.

Story: 5.5
With mysophobia being the main theme of the drama it became almost an annoyance later on into the series. At first, watching Jang Sun Gyeol go through the very basic tasks of day-day life with his condition was interesting and funny at times, it even made me feel sympathy for his character. However, this is a romance drama and I felt like a lot of the romance aspects of the drama like going on dates, hugging, etc. were delayed to long, to the point were when it finally happened I was completely bored and disinterested. The main leads/characters did experience development but, it came out of nowhere with no explanation as to why they changed. This drama near the end also dragged out a sub-story for waaay too long and in all honesty could have been solved in a single episode. The only thing that kept me from dropping this was the bromance between the 3 cleaning employees at Sun Gyeol's company played by Kim Minkyu, Yang Hak Jin, and Cha In Ha.

Acting/Cast: 9.0
Acting was very good, delivered solid performances and made me feel emotions towards the characters despite the story making me want to bang my head against a wall sometimes. I don't think many people experienced sls but, I definitely did. Song Jae Rim did a great job at making the audience feel for him (and he's super cute lol). For the leads, Yoo Jung stole the show with being able to portray a character that had a (too wide) range of emotions.

Music: 8.5
Nice to listen to but nothing that took my breath away.

Rewatch: 3
Personally don't think I'll ever re watch this again and wouldn't particularly recommend it unless you have a lot of time on your hands or just want a typical comedy/romance drama.

Overall: 6.5
Wouldn't say you shouldn't not give this drama a try but, just be prepared to skip some scenes. If you want a drama that's pretty basic and something that can pass the time I'd recommend it but, other than that you're not missing anything.

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A nice romcom drama .... up until the last two and a half episodes!

I have to say, I started watching the drama (mainly because I recently discovered Lee Do Hyun) and I really liked the way it started. However, then from episode 14 (or maybe even 13), it took a turn in the wrong direction.
But let's do this neatly.
First of all, I liked the ML. In my opinion, he is a very good actor who could convey his character's emotions, habits, etc. quite convincingly. Sun Gyeol, his character, is not someone to be envied in this drama. He is a poor soul, suffering from childhood trauma, abuse from his tyrant grandfather, and he mother who was absent most of the time (although I liked her development).
Kim You Jung did a pretty good job as well, although she seems too young for her role. I liked her character at first, Gil O-Sol seemed to be a pretty strong young woman who didn't let failure come in her way. However, in course of this drama O-Sol turned into someone who could not speak one sensible sentence... quite annoying.
Song Jae Rim provides a strong case of second lead syndrome... I loved his character and I wanted him to end up with someone who deserves him so bad... but his "end" is so frustrating. He deserves so much better. I would really like to see him in a main role where he gets the girl.

I loved the side characters! But here is the thing, they had so so so much potential which wasn't used at all! Gil O-Dol aka Lee Do Hyun needs to have more screen time, especially more scenes with Joo Yun, they had so much chemistry and such a sweet story going on. The cleaning fairies are so funny, but also have interesting background stories, so we definitely need to know more about them!


Finally, spoiler alert:
The story develops quite ok, you have some typical k-drama tropes, but then, as I have hinted before, the story takes a dark turn. I really don't understand why they needed to break up Sun Gyeol and O-sol. And why she wasn't able to tell him why.... Sun Gyeol had absolutely not idea what was going on, but everybody left him in the dark! So frustrating and bad storytelling, I have to say. And he was completely innocent and had nothing to do with the whole tragic incident, but was made responsible. I didn't understand his grandfather as well... what exactly did he try to achieve? And why was is so easy for him to be redeemed??? This storyline wasn't believable at all. Additionally, the way Sun Gyeol was treated by O-sol and her father when he came back was sooo annoying. He didn't deserve such a rude treatment at all.

So all in all I cannot really recommend it. I watched this drama mainly because of Lee Do Hyun, I think he is amazing actor, so I don't regret the time I wasted watching, but I think there are way better romcoms out there which have better plots and more interesting characters.

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This drama was a love and hate relationship. The story is absolutely nothing new, but the cast made their very best, I loved the clean team since they were so funny, but among all of them I failed in love with the doctor's character he was superb!
That's the kind of drama to watch when there's nothing else to watch because is simple to follow, funny in many scenes so literally nothing super hard to follow, has a little part of a dark past of characters (like all the rom-com dramas) that luckily didn't turned out to be bpring or that took all the scenes based on this!

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I related to the male lead as i have ocd issues also. He acted perfectly well in representing the psychological illness so well done!

The female lead on the other hand was not exactly enjoyable to watch. At a later point in the show i found her to be kind of irritating.

ALSO did anyone notice THIS? —>> HOW CAN SHE AFFORD TO USE A FULL SET OF 6 FULL SIZED LANEIGE PRODUCTS ON A CLEANER’S SALARY?? (Hello! Her father lost his job and he was practically wearing torn underwear on top of protesting and begging for his job back SO she has to help SUPPORT the family! Buy your dad some good clothes and food woman!) WRONG ADVERT PLACEMENT ALERT YO!

All in, if you’ve exhausted all good netflix series you can watch this. Its not bad. Just don’t expect too much because it’s not Goblin level.

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