So.......started watching the drama and then turned to read the webtoon. Bad decision. You will be so disappointed how nothing is even taken from the webtoon apart from the names of the character and La Ri Ma's characterization. Everything else is a completely different element. Think of it like it is the alternate universe.

I don't mind webtoon and the web drama not being the same, but they butchered the characterization of everyone so bad that it is hard to get over the show. If I judge it purely as a normal rom-com web drama, it will still get a below-average rating from me. The characterization is not good - forget about development - you don't understand what the characters are supposed to be or what their purpose is. They are trying to do so many angles but only flushing out 10% of the details on every angle.

You don't understand why the leads are gravitating to each other. Zero. Nada. Zip. It would have been nice if they just show the flashback of the leads to make viewers understand why they seem to have that pull to each other. They are trying to do a mystery reveal per episode but it just comes across as confusing and zero context.

The webtoon itself is not perfect, but the characterization and motivation of each character at least were more developed and I can understand why they do certain things or why they act a certain way. Ma Ha of the web drama was just a blank canvas. They showed us this drive to wanting to debut but we don't even know what her motivation is. Why she is doing it. Then she gets swipe up into this weird "can't stay away from the male lead, looking longingly at him" for no reason at all. It's like her thoughts are not express at all. She is just a robot that was told to move and do actions as instructed. The other side characters are okay but just backdrop. Yu-Jin was more front and center than the webtoon but just a a tool without any context to his background and motivation (why did he even auditioned to be a trainee in the first place - in fact, why did any of them did, just because they wanted to?) The male lead was also a mystery. No idea why he does the things he does.

Also, what is with all the sob soulful background music playing whenever they have this looking at each other or missing each other? It's so out of place and just doesn't fit. Or at least I don't think it is pairs well. At all.

So so disappointed. I can see past them not following the webtoon cuz hey, it is the characters I am always invested in. But since they butchered the characters so bad, I definitely rate it low purely looking as a rom-com web drama.