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This drama was indeed very fun to watch!
I am a hopeless romantic and absolutely loves rom-com cliches, but this is one of the very few shows that makes me forget about romance. If anyone out there is a little turned off because of the face that there won't be any romantic scenes, STOP. Seriously, the clever storyline and incredible acting will make up for it.
SPOILERS AHEAD!!
I felt the ending was poignant. Sure, LJH's character went through another reset and saved NJH's character. But going by theories of how parallel universes and time travel work in the universe, there are multiple timelines where Shin Ga Hyung remains dead, along with all the other reset participants. And, out of all the other timelines created, only one existed where the main protagonist was alive. It was definitely bittersweet when Ji Hyung Joo went beyond his efforts to revive his partner and create a new timeline, but I can't get the idea out of my head that the characters I've grown so fondly met such tragic fates multiple times in different universes, and there is nothing that could reverse that.
The only negative thing about this drama was that because there were so many plot twists and the storyline was intricately written, it is quite hard to rewatch it because you don't feel that thrill of 'What's going to happen next!?!?' anymore. If only I could forget everything about this drama just so I could watch it again and feel the thrill once more...
***this is not a kdrama, but when I was watching this, it reminded me so much of the film 'Searching'! I totally recommend this movie if you loved this kdrama. The move 'Searching' has an insane amount of mindblowing plot twists to the point I was gripping the edge of my seat throughout the full duration of being in the movie theatre, and I was unable to trust every single character! It was of the few movies that left me going like '...holy shit'. And a bonus to this is that it has Asian representation (main actor is Korean American I think) in a Holywood film, which I absolutely love!!!
I am a hopeless romantic and absolutely loves rom-com cliches, but this is one of the very few shows that makes me forget about romance. If anyone out there is a little turned off because of the face that there won't be any romantic scenes, STOP. Seriously, the clever storyline and incredible acting will make up for it.
SPOILERS AHEAD!!
I felt the ending was poignant. Sure, LJH's character went through another reset and saved NJH's character. But going by theories of how parallel universes and time travel work in the universe, there are multiple timelines where Shin Ga Hyung remains dead, along with all the other reset participants. And, out of all the other timelines created, only one existed where the main protagonist was alive. It was definitely bittersweet when Ji Hyung Joo went beyond his efforts to revive his partner and create a new timeline, but I can't get the idea out of my head that the characters I've grown so fondly met such tragic fates multiple times in different universes, and there is nothing that could reverse that.
The only negative thing about this drama was that because there were so many plot twists and the storyline was intricately written, it is quite hard to rewatch it because you don't feel that thrill of 'What's going to happen next!?!?' anymore. If only I could forget everything about this drama just so I could watch it again and feel the thrill once more...
***this is not a kdrama, but when I was watching this, it reminded me so much of the film 'Searching'! I totally recommend this movie if you loved this kdrama. The move 'Searching' has an insane amount of mindblowing plot twists to the point I was gripping the edge of my seat throughout the full duration of being in the movie theatre, and I was unable to trust every single character! It was of the few movies that left me going like '...holy shit'. And a bonus to this is that it has Asian representation (main actor is Korean American I think) in a Holywood film, which I absolutely love!!!
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