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sacrificed the potentials of being one of best youth/romance drama for a cliché love triangle.
it's not just a "2nd lead syndrome". dalmi and jipyeong had the most supportive and loving dynamics. a relationship based on mutual appreciation and being vulnerable to one to another. being there at their worst and celebrating their best: THIS a beautiful, realistic and no-cliché drama. no skinship, no small crushes, just pure love.but apparently this drama was aimed for hopeless romantic teenagers instead of actual YOUTHS?
I somehow enjoy love triangles and - at first - I LOVED startup so much. mix of top tier humor, romantic and bittersweet moments , it reached the point where I was utterly torn between dosan and jipyeong (aka my oddly fav thing in love triangles) then I expected the writer to chose one of these two paths:
1/ flourishing dalmi and dosan relationship along with mutual character development till the very end + dalmi and jipyeong to settle down their past in a healthy mature way + more jipyeong and injae? = fair ending for all leads.
2/ breaking the love triangles stereotype by letting the 2nd lead win.
Jipyeong isnt just a 2nd lead. he was literally the backbone of the story and dodal relationship; this was already a good starter to break the stereotype plus there no written rule that a 1st should always get the girl + making dodal successful business partners who are grateful they met each others thru an accident.
what I did NOT expect:
- building up the most likeable, admirable, selfless and caring 2nd lead (wont say perfect, he did mistakes and owned them which him even MORE adorable) only give him the most disheartening ending ever. only him.
- downgrading dalmi most charismatic, carefree and spiritual personality down to some confused high schooler.
- making dosan, who is respectfully 28 years old, act like toddler without his candy cane and WITHOUT owning up or properly apologize.
the drama had the potentials & lessons for: (that sadly gone waste)
- you will be able to finally receive love back after many sacrifices and selflessness, it will be worth it.
-never revolve your future, self esteem and basically your passion around a person. yes a person could give you a push to start but never dedicate YOUR DREAM to be a person.
- to never sacrifice your spirit and courage for baseless romance. it never worth it.
of course not everyone gonna like a popular drama. popular dramas always get a backflash but this one is PAINFULLY wasted specially with this amazing casts.
this is just a summarized review btw so excuse my poor depth.
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