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AEROROR2

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Oh! Boarding House korean drama review
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Oh! Boarding House
4 people found this review helpful
by AEROROR2
Mar 18, 2022
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 7.0

Good enough for a low-budget show

This is good enough for a short drama despite the several loopholes and fast-phasing presented in the show. The main leads are both cute and handsome. They are more good looking during their actual acts in the drama compared to its poster. Seol Won and Cheol Soo are the only reason why I give the show a higher rating.

The thing I am most annoyed at is how the two tenants are insensitive to others and irresponsible to the household chores. Ye Min -the writer, and Jae Woo -the high schooler, were derived to be supposedly funny characters to uplift the story but ended up being dramatically annoying instead. One is anomalously strict for quietness in spite of knowing that he isn’t the boss of the house and should be a little bit tolerable to his housemates. While the other one’s gluttony for food is ridiculous, he has no manners at all, eating every single food he sees. They made the pilot episode bad. Then, Bong Deok additionally became their new boardmates yet he along with the other two mentioned names still left all the living duties such as cleaning, cooking, laundry, and other related tasks to the owner’s son. Yes, Seol Won has the responsibility to make the house clean and organized but he is not a maid or something to be treated by the people residing in their house like that. For such a day of him being drunk, the tenants blame Seol Wan alone for turning the house into a mess.

Some of the scenes have the absence of background music that makes the specific moment a plain one. Nice timing in an audio element is important, it brings support to the effectiveness of delivering a scene. Nevertheless, the OST is great.

On the good side, I love the neat-looking house and the cleanliness in cinematography. Cheol Soo fits the role of a P.E. teacher because of his nice build of muscles in his whole body; the biceps, hands, neck, jawline, etc. Regarding his manly appeal, he can also be fluffy and smoochy. His wink during the last episode was extremely adorable and made him more charming.

The finale was okay. Bong Deok being the second lead has a concrete friend-relationship to Seol Wan as a root cause of his romantic feelings but loses the chance to give his character a more distinct closure. The same with the hetero pair, a side couple who somehow failed to add spice to the story. The one thing I am satisfied with is that for the first time, Jae Woo, the youngest of them, had something good to contribute to the show. The sudden love advice lit the fire of Cheol Soo’s candle of affection to pursue his emotions towards Seol Wan directly -by driving a straightforward love confirmation.

Grateful for the kiss but still wishes for more passionate touching of lips. Good way to end the show through a party attended by all the cast. The sweet ending of the couple sitting on a sofa and holding their hands behind the furniture for it to hide from the rest of the housemates is a good way to end the show.
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