Dear My Name (2019)

A permanent tattoo of your destiny's name in your body? Where do I sign in?

The context of being permanently marked with the name of your destiny is both terrifying and exciting. Terrifying in a sense that you are forever trapped in a tie with a person you supposedly destined to be, what if that person is not who you think it is? what if his a serial killer or someone you would never thought you would end up with. scary but there is still an exciting side to it, knowing that out there someone is waiting for you. Someone perfectly matched for you, to be your partner for the rest of your life.

Story (8/10)

The premise of the story is sooooo good and reading the synopsis, it got me hooked. The premise of the "nameverse", where your destined is permanently etched in your body was good and both Yoo Jae Ha and Jung Ji Woo's character is like the cherry on top. Their story is unique and funny and so was Sae Rom and Sung min's story. It was cute that he thought she was a boy, even I could see that she was a girl but hey, that's what the writer wanted it, not gonna argue (lol)

It wasn't exactly an extravagant drama since it was a web series but sometimes web series has better content than 16-20 episode dramas and this just proves that.

Acting/cast (7/10)

Love the casting for this except for Yoo Jae Ha which was played by B1A4 Gongchan. Don't get me wrong I LOVE B1A4, love me some beautiful target and baby good night but I just wished it was played by a different actor. Personally, I think he was too stiff and robotic (don't hate, its a personal opinion) but hey nobody is perfect in their first times right? aside from that, everybody is great.

Music (8/10)

OSTs are not really my cup of tea and I don't often notice them. BGM's were really cute as expected in romcom kdramas or webseries.

Rewatch Value (7/10)

hhmm.. I can watch it again since i love the idea for the "nameverse" but to be honest? I don't feel like watching again after 3 times. But this is definitely one of those, you have to watch even if just once.

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Short and fun, but...

This was overall a fun watch! I really love these type of AU shows and the premise of this one is super interesting.

Considering the premise though, I wish they had been brave enough to be a little more unconventional than just making it a mistaken-gender drama. The main leads could have gone through the entire falling-in-love and questioning-my-sexuality process without the soulmate AU. And that's why I sort of had second lead syndrome too, because I just felt like it would've been a much cooler plot and it would've made use of the soulmate AU if the character had to "go against their destiny" for real. Also, just as a person I pick longtime friends-to-lovers over everything else 99% of the time.

For this reason I also felt myself more invested in the second ship: two people who were unnamed in a world full of named people. Two people who had to find their own love while everyone else's was written out for them. They honestly had a more bantery relationship and I liked how outspoken Sae Rom was.

Overall though I did like the little life lessons — like Reply 1988 anything about getting off your butt and taking action to not miss your timing really hits home for me.

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