Youth Inspiring KDrama (Fresh and Informative Concept)

A MUST-WATCH KDRAMA

Story:

Main Plot: Start-Up follows the journey of young innovators who want to make it big in Korea Silicon Valley.
*But to expand its target audiences, other than entrepreneurship, it also tackles life, family relation, love, and friendship.

Start-Up has a fresh concept among KDramas. It incorporated business terminologies in layman's term in each episode for the viewers to easily understand. It is an informative type of drama. It does not solely focuses in business aspect, but also dwells on family, love, dreams, growth and friendship. The relatable main characters make the series inspiring which make the audience root for their growth and success.

Cast/Acting:
Seo Dalmi (Bae Suzy): the main female lead of the story. She is shown to be persistent and confident which is usually propelled by her bluffing. Even without business experience, she dared to enter Sandbox in hopes to make her choice, choosing her father, the right choice.

Nam Dosan (Nam Joo Hyuk) : the main male lead of the story. He is shown to be an aloof, odd, awkward, but genius programmer and initially the founder and CEO of SamSan Tech along with his two friends Yeongsan and Chulsan. He has a low self esteem caused by the undue pressure from his parents and childhood trauma. Samsan Tech entered Sandbox to attract investors.

Han Jipyeong (Kim Seon Ho): the 2nd lead. He is seen as successful investor, business minded, but have a cutting knife frankness. He is seen as empathetic to those he has no interest thereof but caring to the people he liked. He became a mentor in Sandbox.

Won Injae (Kang Hanna): 2nd lead. Seo Dalmi's sister who chose to stay with mother who married a rich businessman. She is independent and experienced businesswoman through the privilege given to her by her stepfather. But the betrayal of her stepfather forced her to enter Sandbox to prove that she can be successful without that privilege.

Seo Dalmi and Nam Dosan 's fate intertwined through the letters written by Han Jipyeong 15 years ago. Jipyeong, who was ordered by Seo Dalmi's grandma to be a pretend penpal with Seo Dalmi to help her cope up from losing her sister, used the name of Nam Dosan, who was a math prodigy. After 15 years, Seo Dalmi and Nam Dosan met and together with Yeongsan and Chulsan, and Saha, formed SamSan Tech in Sandbox. They were face with Won Injae's company as competitor.

This is Bae Suzy's all time high of acting prowess in all of her dramas. She brought to life the character of Dalmi wonderfully. Nam Joo Hyuk also delivered a phenomenal acting skills. Both of them can pull off the crying, funny, and romantic scenes really well. They have a great chemistry. All the supporting artists also did justice to the role they played.

MUSIC
10/10. StartUp has 15+ wonderful OSTs. Each has its own distinct flavor which can uplift you or gets you emotional out of nowhere.

STARTUP IS ONE OF THE BEST KDRAMA THIS 2020 AND IT OPENS A NEW GENRE OF KDRAMAS. IT ALSO HAS THE HIGHEST KDRAMA CPI DAILY POINTS ON NETFLIX WITH A RECORD BREAKING 202. AND HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST MENTIONED KDRAMAS DURING ITS AIRTIME.

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KIM SEON HO VISUAL

Honest opinion: Story is drab, cliché, recurring in every episode. Too many loopholes and messy character amplification, story is not well written, its all over the place. Not that promising plot.

Actors are bit stiff or awkward. I would have dropped this at episode 4 but Kim Seon Ho's dimple motivated me to watch a little more this time. But the scenes really suffocating, frustating and boring at times because of the dark setting.

Dropped this because there are fare more better dramas with better plots and cinematpgraphy at that time. This series is not for everybody especially like me who gets bored easily.

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