ManaSura
Best Bromance trio in Kdrama land!!!
To sum this drama up, this is a quick enjoyable watch that will leave you moved and with a big smile on your face most of the time.
With a solid story, strong cast, witty dialog, and awesome characters, what's not to enjoy.
The winning recipe is by far the bromance between the three male leads, it surpasses any I have seen in Kdramas (better than My Mister), it will leave you feeling moved, happy, warm, and strangely jealous at the same time. Who would say no to such a strong long lasting bond between three single middle aged men, friendship that is shown to have endured many lige events, up and downs, with each of them going through their highs and lows, and their two buddies always there to share the laughter and the tears giving the best support and shoulder to each other.
There were many silly and funny things that they pulled on each other (like crashing on their friend's first camping date) but many more moments that showed how they truly cared and genuinely worried about each other, like how whenever they felt even the slightest possibility that one of them was feeling under the weather they would fly to be by his side. It was heartwarming and moving beyond expressions. For me above anything else that part of the story made this drama all the more worth the watch.
I know I might be hated for this, but I lately realized that I am a sucker for dramas with a 12 episode format.
I honestly don't know if in this drama's case it had been by choice or if it was a result of some mid-production decision, and I don't care to know in all honesty, cause what I care about is that I much prefer it over the usual 16~24 episode format, and I am positive that it was the perfect format for this specific drama. Someone might clap back saying "if you realy enjoyed a drama, you would not say that, no, you would be appreciating every second of it and wishing for more", and I would reply to that with "what is your proof to that?! What proves that a favorite drama of mine would have been any less favorable if it had been shorter, also haven't you ever heard of sequels that destroy a series? Too much of a good thing is not always the right way to go about it".
Haven't you ever loved a drama to pieces, while still wishing a certain character or story arch had been cut even a little bit? I have.
There are drama who have a simple main premise, but choose to plant many side characters each with an intricate web of side plots, and while it sometimes turns out with a positive outcome with viewers sometimes even rooting for and more invested in one of the side plots, I find that in most cases the opposite happens with too much filler stories, where in the best case scenario if it doesn't completely put one off or ruin the whole experience, you're still left fast forwarding a lot of scenes on a second watch or even sometimes first watch.
In the case of Divorce Attorney Shin, everything was to the just the right amount, each character was carved in a way that made them interesting, and you sometimes find yourself intrigued by their background story, but you're just shown the perfect amount of back-story enough to flesh out the character and make it relatable without going into too much details that could jeopardize the flow of the main storh. Even for a plot that heavily relies on past events that took place before the story picks up, We don't get too much flashbacks played over character brooding into the distance or getting drunk in the current time. There are details and events that although highly relevant to the plot are only ever hinted upon which is kind of refreshing and something that I appreciate in the directing of a drama or the writing of works of fiction, where the writer leaves a space for the viewer/reader to imagine and build their own version of events based on their own personal interpretatio.
I also really liked how this drama didn't follow in the tracks of other rom-com dramas nowadays, where it almost feels like the writers had a prior wish to become matchmakers or something, with the drama ending with not even one single character not in a romantic relationship with another character, however much it may feel very forced.
For fans of romance dramas, this drama might sound lacking in this sense, but trust me, such slice of life type of dramas that depict everyday characters going about their everyday lives (check my other favorite kdramas like Misaeng or My Mister) can be in some cases even better that the usual romantic and melodramatic stories in making the viewer think and appreciate what it means to be blessed to be surrounded with people who care about you. This drama left me wishing I had such a strong and powerful bonds with my friends, that's how great the main trio's friendship was.
All in all, I highly recommend to all, especially to fellow fans of Cho Seung Woo he was very charismatic and endearing in this one.
With a solid story, strong cast, witty dialog, and awesome characters, what's not to enjoy.
The winning recipe is by far the bromance between the three male leads, it surpasses any I have seen in Kdramas (better than My Mister), it will leave you feeling moved, happy, warm, and strangely jealous at the same time. Who would say no to such a strong long lasting bond between three single middle aged men, friendship that is shown to have endured many lige events, up and downs, with each of them going through their highs and lows, and their two buddies always there to share the laughter and the tears giving the best support and shoulder to each other.
There were many silly and funny things that they pulled on each other (like crashing on their friend's first camping date) but many more moments that showed how they truly cared and genuinely worried about each other, like how whenever they felt even the slightest possibility that one of them was feeling under the weather they would fly to be by his side. It was heartwarming and moving beyond expressions. For me above anything else that part of the story made this drama all the more worth the watch.
I know I might be hated for this, but I lately realized that I am a sucker for dramas with a 12 episode format.
I honestly don't know if in this drama's case it had been by choice or if it was a result of some mid-production decision, and I don't care to know in all honesty, cause what I care about is that I much prefer it over the usual 16~24 episode format, and I am positive that it was the perfect format for this specific drama. Someone might clap back saying "if you realy enjoyed a drama, you would not say that, no, you would be appreciating every second of it and wishing for more", and I would reply to that with "what is your proof to that?! What proves that a favorite drama of mine would have been any less favorable if it had been shorter, also haven't you ever heard of sequels that destroy a series? Too much of a good thing is not always the right way to go about it".
Haven't you ever loved a drama to pieces, while still wishing a certain character or story arch had been cut even a little bit? I have.
There are drama who have a simple main premise, but choose to plant many side characters each with an intricate web of side plots, and while it sometimes turns out with a positive outcome with viewers sometimes even rooting for and more invested in one of the side plots, I find that in most cases the opposite happens with too much filler stories, where in the best case scenario if it doesn't completely put one off or ruin the whole experience, you're still left fast forwarding a lot of scenes on a second watch or even sometimes first watch.
In the case of Divorce Attorney Shin, everything was to the just the right amount, each character was carved in a way that made them interesting, and you sometimes find yourself intrigued by their background story, but you're just shown the perfect amount of back-story enough to flesh out the character and make it relatable without going into too much details that could jeopardize the flow of the main storh. Even for a plot that heavily relies on past events that took place before the story picks up, We don't get too much flashbacks played over character brooding into the distance or getting drunk in the current time. There are details and events that although highly relevant to the plot are only ever hinted upon which is kind of refreshing and something that I appreciate in the directing of a drama or the writing of works of fiction, where the writer leaves a space for the viewer/reader to imagine and build their own version of events based on their own personal interpretatio.
I also really liked how this drama didn't follow in the tracks of other rom-com dramas nowadays, where it almost feels like the writers had a prior wish to become matchmakers or something, with the drama ending with not even one single character not in a romantic relationship with another character, however much it may feel very forced.
For fans of romance dramas, this drama might sound lacking in this sense, but trust me, such slice of life type of dramas that depict everyday characters going about their everyday lives (check my other favorite kdramas like Misaeng or My Mister) can be in some cases even better that the usual romantic and melodramatic stories in making the viewer think and appreciate what it means to be blessed to be surrounded with people who care about you. This drama left me wishing I had such a strong and powerful bonds with my friends, that's how great the main trio's friendship was.
All in all, I highly recommend to all, especially to fellow fans of Cho Seung Woo he was very charismatic and endearing in this one.
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