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Good for what it is
8/10 is my rating.This is a 2016 South Korean sports romantic drama with 20,15-19 minute episodes.
First I provide a Unique synopsis then review
Synopsis
Kang Se Ra (Hwang Seun Eon) is a National volleyball player hoping to be picked up to play professional sports. She is considered the volleyball diva and is often asked to promote products as she has achieved some fame as a beautiful woman at the top of her sport. Due to an injury, Sera has hit a slump, but is hiding the extent of the damage for fear it would end her career. Last thing she needed was a scandal, but she winds up having one when overzealous fans chase her into the men’s room, and she assaults who she thinks is a pervert. To keep her name out of the newspapers, her manager swings a deal with the victim’s high school sports team for Sera to temporarily coach. The superstar returning member, Hwang Jae Woong (Song Jae Rim), is just returning from an injury himself and Sera is surprised to see him on the team as she met him previously when they battled over a carnival prize. Turns out Jae Woong is not a minor, he is twenty, so he is more on Sera’s level in terms of age. As Sera gets to know the team more, she realizes coaching the team may not only help them but her as well. Can Sera reignite her career options and find love in this unexpected place?
Review
Good as a short, lighthearted uncomplicated romance. I recommend it to anyone that wants some quick romantic fluff but caution not to expect a lot. I might watch it if it was on but would not seek it out to rewatch it.
Spoilers
The largest problem with it to me was simply how short it was. For the length, they did a good job developing characters and telling the story, but I have to emphasize for the length. There was a lot of potential in this basic premise, and if it went into more depth then some of the intricacies of being a volleyball player either on or with potentiql to go to the national team it would’ve been better. I really wanted to know more about how she got to be known as such an awesome player and see her in a coach role really work on skills with the players or develop strategies. It was very minimal on the technical aspects of volleyball. I’m a fan of the slice of life type shows. I think the nest sport dramas are where I get to learn more about a particular sport and I didn’t come away from this feeling like I had learned very much about volleyball in South Korea. I really wanted to see her shining as a coach. A lot of times. I expected her to either train a player or make an important decision that would impact the outcome of the game. There was the one instance where she changed the lineup, but that was pretty minimal. A lot of the major decisions seem to be made by the male coach amd it did not highlight how her presence increased their skill and led them to wins.
Because she was the coach and several years older than the male lead, it made it feel like the teacher student love trope. I would’ve enjoyed it more if there was never a teacher to student relationship.
Her manager was overbearing and did not have her best interest at heart. It showed her catching onto that a little, but not to the degree that I wish she would’ve. I think some of that was because of the timeframe where women did not speak up for themselves as much as they might now.
In the end, the viewer didn’t really get to see what happened with her career. They showed a little bit that she had healed and went back, but not her fully getting back into her sport and excelling. I wanted to see him do great things too, and then see them doing great things together, I know I asked for a lot, but it’s not reality and I want it to be a really good. Happy story.
I think this is one they could pick up at some point in the future, retell it and develop it a lot better. They could make each episode longer and make the volleyball part of it a lot more exciting and suspenseful. All aspects of it have a lot of potential, it just needs to be longer. A longer format would allow more slow build in the romance, more about volleyball and more suspenseful games.
#ThumpingSpike #HwangSeunEon #SongJaeRim
First I provide a Unique synopsis then review
Synopsis
Kang Se Ra (Hwang Seun Eon) is a National volleyball player hoping to be picked up to play professional sports. She is considered the volleyball diva and is often asked to promote products as she has achieved some fame as a beautiful woman at the top of her sport. Due to an injury, Sera has hit a slump, but is hiding the extent of the damage for fear it would end her career. Last thing she needed was a scandal, but she winds up having one when overzealous fans chase her into the men’s room, and she assaults who she thinks is a pervert. To keep her name out of the newspapers, her manager swings a deal with the victim’s high school sports team for Sera to temporarily coach. The superstar returning member, Hwang Jae Woong (Song Jae Rim), is just returning from an injury himself and Sera is surprised to see him on the team as she met him previously when they battled over a carnival prize. Turns out Jae Woong is not a minor, he is twenty, so he is more on Sera’s level in terms of age. As Sera gets to know the team more, she realizes coaching the team may not only help them but her as well. Can Sera reignite her career options and find love in this unexpected place?
Review
Good as a short, lighthearted uncomplicated romance. I recommend it to anyone that wants some quick romantic fluff but caution not to expect a lot. I might watch it if it was on but would not seek it out to rewatch it.
Spoilers
The largest problem with it to me was simply how short it was. For the length, they did a good job developing characters and telling the story, but I have to emphasize for the length. There was a lot of potential in this basic premise, and if it went into more depth then some of the intricacies of being a volleyball player either on or with potentiql to go to the national team it would’ve been better. I really wanted to know more about how she got to be known as such an awesome player and see her in a coach role really work on skills with the players or develop strategies. It was very minimal on the technical aspects of volleyball. I’m a fan of the slice of life type shows. I think the nest sport dramas are where I get to learn more about a particular sport and I didn’t come away from this feeling like I had learned very much about volleyball in South Korea. I really wanted to see her shining as a coach. A lot of times. I expected her to either train a player or make an important decision that would impact the outcome of the game. There was the one instance where she changed the lineup, but that was pretty minimal. A lot of the major decisions seem to be made by the male coach amd it did not highlight how her presence increased their skill and led them to wins.
Because she was the coach and several years older than the male lead, it made it feel like the teacher student love trope. I would’ve enjoyed it more if there was never a teacher to student relationship.
Her manager was overbearing and did not have her best interest at heart. It showed her catching onto that a little, but not to the degree that I wish she would’ve. I think some of that was because of the timeframe where women did not speak up for themselves as much as they might now.
In the end, the viewer didn’t really get to see what happened with her career. They showed a little bit that she had healed and went back, but not her fully getting back into her sport and excelling. I wanted to see him do great things too, and then see them doing great things together, I know I asked for a lot, but it’s not reality and I want it to be a really good. Happy story.
I think this is one they could pick up at some point in the future, retell it and develop it a lot better. They could make each episode longer and make the volleyball part of it a lot more exciting and suspenseful. All aspects of it have a lot of potential, it just needs to be longer. A longer format would allow more slow build in the romance, more about volleyball and more suspenseful games.
#ThumpingSpike #HwangSeunEon #SongJaeRim
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