BlackWidow
India
Teen romance packaged in office environment
This was a sweet and simple drama focused mainly on romance and the lead's ambition to work. Being a 7 ep drama it was not heavy on the mind though there was no takeaway as such. It perfect to binge when you need a simple romance.The main story was ok and there wasn't much communication between the couple besides work. I wanted to know more about Seung Hyun and why he started late. But they never explored in depth. The one sided crush was a classic kdrama trope and just felt lazy excuse for him being solo. Jong Chan was a workaholic, good at his job and open about his feelings. I liked his character and if I met someone like in real life, I would definitely want to date him.
The drunken scene with the first cheek kiss was heart fluttering but after that there was no more romance as such. The kiss scenes felt obligatory imo.
If you ask me the story there wasn't much for me to say. The office plot was a bit unrealistic but not like get to your nerves.
Overall it was a okay above the par drama as I did enjoy few scenes and helped me lighten up my mood. You can watch and decide if you liked it or not since it has a small runtime.
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there is so much attraction in subtlety
I just want to express how happy I was after finishing this series. For such a short drama it has such a beautiful storyline which can make mainland dramas fail. I was fully invested in the characters, main and side both. My favorite side character being the sister. I like how they gave depth even to the side characters. The story was a straight healing story where two people meet and figure out their emotions together. Both the leads had emotional depth to them. One could argue Da Un seemed more anchored and closed compared to Siwon in the earlier episodes but we get to learn about him slowly and steadily later on. I just loved how confident Siwon was in misunderstanding Da Un, which he took sportingly and used to flirt back haha. The kisses was satisfying for this lady writer and romance was ahh so heart wearming.Heard a Season 2 in progress, hope they don't mess that up. I just love the characters so much that I cant bear it to be spoiled.
I'll keep the review short. If you still haven't, go and watch this beautiful BL drama now!
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Modern attempt to style story telling and laughter ensues
This drama came to me when I wanted something light to watch and that's what i enjoyed the most about it. The story is pretty basic and have been done in dramalands before. What makes it different is the structure of the drama itself, similar to American sitcoms (example- brooklyn nine nine, the office etc ) . Instead of having the story play in a linear motion, it was more like played by scene to scene. Actors came did they what had to do then cut to next scene with new set of events happening parallelly. However the tone of the dramas never stray away from its korean roots with over the top slapstick humour, office romances, subtle commentary on the richer and 9 to 5 job workers sections of the society. The combination of these factors came out real fine. It looked like the production unit has attempted a creative new approach in its story telling and I am all up for that.The drama was rich in characters and the acting was amazing. I personally enjoyed Ma Tan's character a lot, a rich sleazy goofball experiencing the outside world and oh boy his devil's horn hair strand.. HILARIOUS. I laughed a lot at the Kim Jong Kook's jokes references and drama parodies. Kwak Dong Yeon and Go Sung Hee were phenomenal in their acting and you can see they gave their all. Special shoutout to Aziz for breaking stereotypes everytime he mentions 'its a stereotype' hahaha.
All in all, this may not be the most unique or funniest or wittiest show you have ever seen but a refreshing attempt in k drama factory. It could turn out to be a great stress buster for periods where you don't want to watch anything heavy. So enjoy laughing :)
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A well crafted love story always have my heart <3
This is the kind of drama which I want to forget soon so that I can re watch it with the same enjoyment I did the first time.The story feels similar to Pride and Prejudice. Our FL Qian Wei having prejudices against Lu Xun for always been on top even though technically he did nothing wrong. On the other side we have ML Lu Xun who is totally in love with Qian Wei yet his pride never let it show to her directly. I woo at such kind of romances (this noona's heart likes what it likes, no regrets) and thus if you do too then its a totally recommend watch for you.
I love how QW was sassy, smart, cool and witty. I remember a scene in Ep 4 where after she time travelled, where her ex (whom she had met recently on this timeline) apologized to her for lying and she coolly goes "Its okay. I know you are expert at lying" had me rofl. The blatant sarcasm she used against the 2 guys for making her life worse were hilarious.
Lu Xun being the alpha male was good at everything he did and his longing for QW had me ache for them to be together. Like every romance drama have a mandatory drop where the leads breakup for all sorts of nonsense reasons only to get together, this one was different. Because it had LOGIC. I totally got LX point on why he never wanted to be a mere rebound or for her to love him because he did some nice things for her. He wanted her to see him and love him for for the way he is. Hats off to the story for being able to communicate this in a coherent matter to the audiences. I often find this sort of articulation lacking in other dramas.
The swap from the past timeline to current one made sense. I won't spoil it for new watchers, they never took the "physics" approach getting into alternate realities, parallel worlds, 5th dimension etc etc. The reason was simple and satisfactory for me.
Despite me loving the drama so much, it wasn't flawless. The best friend scenes felt average to me compared to the overall show. The ex scenes with the CEO was totally worthless and I skipped it guilt free. The ending few 3-4 episodes were mere filler and totally makjang -ish. You can quit the show when the leads get together around 27-28 episode (i don't remember the exact episode).
Hope you can enjoy it the way I did..!
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Plenty of "curiosity" happening this season
I found S2 giving more depth to the participants than S1. For a dating show, it had more meaningful conversations and audience had the chance to know them better. I liked how they explore the conversations as an individual beyond romantic relationships. Soe expressing how unrequited love felt and choosing to go beyond temptation to chose Yoongjae was a journey in itself. Hanbin stating how he advises everyone on their relationship yet when it comes to his own dating doesn't know what to do was relatable af. The comments section in MDL and YT blooming with so many reactions was so much fun. Eventually the last destination for all the ship would conclude to this is just a show and most of it is scripted anyway :D Every analysis, theories from the viewers, despite knowing its a moo point, were told so excitedly.The ending couples made sense actually. You can see how they fit together. Just off the radar, I loved Da hee's reaction to the participants and she looked beautiful in every outfit. Sejun stole the show for me with his witty replies. While everyone is fighting blood and sweat for girls, the man sunbathing was legit gold. Towards the end I was only interested in his arc and scenes. All them were nice people with qualifications which make them a par above the others and I enjoyed the dynamic between them as friends.
Btw Hanbin looks like Nam Joo Hyuk, doesn't he? Nobody pointed it on the show. He is totally green flag, sadly his plane didn't take off -_-
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