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The Happy Loner korean special review
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The Happy Loner
1 people found this review helpful
by Aria
May 10, 2017
2 of 2 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.0
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 8.0
Story: Despite being a romance, this mini series was more than just a love story; It's about life and is a realistic representation of childhood trauma and how that can affect you in your adulthood. As someone who related a bit to Ji Young, I appreciated that the subject wasn't taken lightly and was actually the main focus of the drama. I don't think I've seen another drama that covered this topic so well like Individualistic Ms Ji. Young. While it wasn't perfect and had a couple of flaws, it was a beautiful story about a girl who underwent so much by herself, and met a guy who changed everything. While he didn't fix her like a lot of romances tend to show, he made her realize how lonely and sad she actually was and that she needed help. Acting/Cast: Ji Young was a very real and relatable character, I think Min Hyo Rin's acting made this even more believable. She struggled a lot in her childhood due to family issues and developed in a way that forced her to isolate herself and become an "individualist". Her development throughout the story was realistic for a 2 hour run time. Gong Myung's character, Byeok Soo was less focused on which I found a bit disappointing. We didn't get much into his past and whether he recovered or not, which I found to be a flaw, but despite that, both of the leads we're similar in a way that made them compatible. They we're both lonely, but had different ways of dealing with it, which is why they worked so well together, even if it was hard sometimes. The only other thing I dislike about this drama besides Breok Soo's character development was Ji Youngs psychiatrist, but maybe that's just me. Music: The music was cute and fit with the scenes, but wasn't anything special. Re-watch Value: Since this drama is only 2 hours, I wouldn't mind watching this again, but I probably won't, I think it's much better to watch once. Overall: This mini series is definitely worth the watch it you either want a cute romance or something with a deeper story line or relatable characters. While it wasn't perfect, it was more than enjoyable to watch and had a good look on trauma development.
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