Aestheticoftruth
Who watches Japanese dramas for common sense anyway.
This goes without saying, laughed my heart out at almost everything in this drama. One thing about Japanese dramas is that their lack common sense is actually a gift that keeps rewarding you. The characters are so unpredictable, and you never actually know what it is about these characters that makes you finish the whole show but believe you me before you know it the show is done. Same goes for this series.A yakuza boss and college student, a pretty uncommon pair yet nothing is impossible in jdramas.
Now this is going to be my take on the Good, the Bad and the absolute bonkers part of this 10-episode drama.
The Bad:
Well to be honest, it would be the lack of proper storyline. I mean this in the sense that I wanted more, this storyline had mad potential, if they had decided to properly dive into their relationship as a whole and not just their intimacy, it would have been great. I wanted to see her fitting in to each other's lives like, the story would have been even more compelling. There would have been more depth to their characters. And that was also another bad, these characters were too 2 dimensional, yes there was some conflict within the series, but they don't really give these characters depth. I f they had gave more character to the side characters as well this would literally be a masterpiece because the idea is good, it definitely had the potential to make me watch the best Wattpad adaptation out there, but it fell a bit short to make me feel for the characters.
Now The Good:
As a person who watches Japanese dramas out of pure intrigue, I can say this was pleasantly intriguing. If you someone who is an absolute sucker for skin ship, then this will definitely feel like a reward, and hey it's not perfect but at least you don't have to wait until episode 8 for them to kiss and act like nothing happened in episode 9.
I mean if you just want to watch a series where the couple gets it on the first episode then be my guest. overall, there is not much I can say in this Category.
now the long awaited Bonkers:
As someone who lives for the absolutely bonkers side of jdramas, I can admit that this was my favorite part.
And as they usually do, they stuck to the main themes of a Japanese manga adaptations.
The "I love you " at first site. A common sight to behold in jdramas, but at least this girl did "deeply" think about, though it only lasted for just about an episode.
The other jdrama trademark has to be the nonexplainable chemistry. Viewers are never sure why the leads love each other so much but yet there they were, willing to die for each other, yet they met 3 episodes ago and for all those who are not aware, these episodes are 25 minutes long at best. So, it's safe to say in an hr. they would have passionately slept with each other a couple times.
But I literally live for these weird jdrama troupes because the leads are just as impatient as we are, so they get the job done fast.
There are more crazy things in store for you but please if you not ready to cringe yourself out at little, then I don't recommend.
end note:
This series was funny, weird, and kind of hot but in a very absurd way.
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let me tell you that this is different, it is a breath of fresh air in this genre. Firstly, I loved the attention to detail the cast and the writers paid in this film, the cinematic experience as a whole was good because it had realistic color grading, that honestly did a lot of justice towards the film. Secondly the lighting, this was one of those details that simply carried the emotions of the film, in the manner in which the director maintains the melancholic feel of the movie.
A comment on each lead character:
female lead:
She had an extreme sense of wanting to survive and leave her old life behind, she wanted to escape and there was only one way to succeed. I loved the way she steadfast in her belief to see Beijing. All her actions are driven by her burning desire to escape her life.
Male lead:
The appearance of the female lead sort of gives ml something meaningful and worthwhile to live for, something to care about
and this allows the audience to see to what extent he is willing to go for his newly found sense of belonging.
Now I am by the part that I would say is the groundbreaking factor of this film, the chemistry between the leads, the way in which you felt their emotion and the way in which you understood their love yet neither of them ever said it out loud.
Yes, this is the kind of love I absolutely love.
The best part was the overall theme of protection and survival, they both were similar yet so different. Both abandoned in their own way. Him always being behind her was such a clever idea not just because of the plot but also because of the theme, she found peace knowing he was always behind her, and he found someone he wanted to protect more than himself.
This film showed me that even with no words said we can all feel, I cried so hard throughout this film because of subtle and delicate their love was yet it was just as passionate and strong.
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Because love is realistically anything but perfect.
Before I get lost with what elements of this series were absolutely my favorite let me say that, was this for the books? realistically I would say NO, but was it somewhat enjoyable, yes. Because let's face it in real life we don't run into the arms of the one we love, telling them we love them. We definitely don't want to text first, for the sake that I may seem too interested and We definitely delay the 'Iloveyou' s because by then we have given away our power and broken down our walls.Now let me break it down here and there might be spoilers but
1.) Bora vs Deborah
This was an interesting take because all this was the same person, they were elements that split them apart, one hand a young vulnerable lady who has a strong desire to get married and start a family and on the other hand, a dating coach who just wants to prove her hypothesis about love to be correct, that the success story of love is marriage. This element about her was portrayed in such a beautiful way because this was her inner conflict, she wanted to be vulnerable and express her wishes but the side of her that always wanted to appear complete and in control would not allow it. This was also what caused the delay for her to start her new love too. This is a realistic approach to characters because in kdramas confessing your love is nothing, its expected and there is no hesitation. In real life humans are cowardly and tend to run away the moment they feel something towards someone, this hesitation was a realistic view on love in the real world, people are not single because they are ugly or lack personality but because we are scared to be ridiculed.
2.) Su hyoek's personality
For me he was quite complex to understand because of the character did a lot of back and Forths and to some extent it got tiring. This was also the reason why I had to wait till the end to see them together.
3.) The theme of love
The love in this film is far from perfect, and it has elements of reality in it.
The one thing I loved about it was the portrayal of being disappointed in love and one part is about Bora's break up.
It was not just a mere montage about being sad, but a visual representation of breaking down and someone had said that Bora's reaction to her cheating boyfriend was a bit farfetched and out of character, but I think it was well suited because she had built herself with this image of a successful love life and yes she was not in love with her boyfriend but she was in love with the idea of what they could be together and more so the happy ending she wanted to write. When her boyfriend decides to break up with her and tell her that she was suffocating him, that truly breaks her, her world comes crashing to her feet because she was in charge of the game, not him, if anyone would have been freely leaving it would be her. And suddenly all she knew about love was wrong and the confidence she had as a woman was gone too. Her crying to that extent made sense and this for the first time was not portrayed halfheartedly in this drama. This was the saddest part because unlike fictional characters they just get back up and make a comeback, but she had to really go through it all and found herself again.
Her friend's marriage, the one who is at the final and most celebrated stage of love, yet she questions if she truly enjoys being married and if marriage was necessary at all. Thinking about how her husband's demeanor has changed now that they got married all the while forgetting that she changed too. Her story shows that love change with time but that doesn't mean the love is not there, as you grow older love goes from big gestures of declaring one's love to simple things like covering your partner with a blanket after he fell asleep. Small things are love too.
CEO and his ex-wife
Those at the end of what was meant to be eternal love.
Love is about communication, and all they needed was to talk.
but I fell in love with Uri's character she was a breath of fresh air in this drama because everyone had complicated feelings towards love, but Her's was pure and straightforward she was definitely wonderful to see.
The FATED young couple. junho n bommi
Those at the very beginning of eternal love
One thing he said was he chose to believe it was fate otherwise I wouldn't have had the courage to pursue you. This was also another element, as wonderful as love might seem it scary and whether it be asking a friend to validate our feelings or wanting a sign, we all depend on external validation when it comes to getting courage to pursue love.
4.) LOVE IS ABOUT TIMING
Every couple displayed this. A missed chance is gone forever, and when you think it is too late, it's really too late.
In Closing I was not really rooting for the main couple because they were way too slow in realizing what love was, but I did stick around to see Uri and CEO. This was not particularly my cup of tea, but tea is great once in a while.
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