One particular line has struck me in this series. It is when Ji-ho says: "All my twenties I have tried to work to be someone who was needed." This feeling of trying to have a career or life in which you are needed, is what plagues me as a twenty-something person. Like Ji-ho I also do not know if I am going towards my goal or away from it, I don't even have a goal as such right now in my life. But any goal is worth living for, getting married, being your own boss, being in love - all of these are goals good enough. I love how ordinary and real this series is in terms of these things, showing moments of happiness, sorrow and companionship which most of us experience, pointing to the fact that sometimes after a horrible day what you need is only a place to sleep in.
Cons:
We don't get to see when and how the ML falls into love.
The plot is interesting in the first half, but it falters later on.
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A K-Drama that comforts the beginning of my adulting phase
One of the Korean Dramas that serve as my opening to the world of being an adult. Life after school is about facing the real world; the struggles and hardships that one must overcome. I learned a lot from the show and it gives me guidance on the possible barriers I may encounter after my graduation. Although it took me years before I found this gem and binge-watched the show, I guess it’s the perfect time for me since I was preparing for my own path after becoming an adult.Each character holds a specific journey for living their lives to the fullest. But sometimes we realize that the things we dream about when we are young are so difficult to achieve. Most of the time, we don't have any other choice but to let go of our dreams and re-entered the path that will make us survive in our daily life. Reality slapped us so hard, a painful awareness we came across after turning to an adult. Even though we worked so hard and did all our best throughout the journey, it may not still guarantee us to be able to grab the dream we’ve been waiting for so long. This is the sad reality of life.
The scene where Ji-ho was sexually harassed by the assistant director makes my blood boiled up. She has no other place to stay and the pervert takes it for granted. The next scene makes me even angrier when the crew group together at a dinner table and pushes Ji-ho to forget the mistreatment she experienced at that night. During those moments, Ji-ho suffers alone. Having friends and family isn’t always the first option we think about when having some problem. Most of the time, we choose not to bother the people around us because we think that they also have their own lives to process and we find it so hard to ask for help from them. You only have yourself, you comfort your own, endure all the pain by your own, because at the end of the day, we only have our own selves to lean on.
“Not every friend knows everything about each other. No matter how close you are to them, there are sides of you that you don’t want to show. And sometimes, your family feels the farthest of all.”
The show also presented how serious and crucial a wedding is. Se-hee and Ji-ho’s wedding ceremony was the scene that made me cry the most. Her mother's written message to Se-hee as Ji-ho’s husband was so deep and emotional. Weddings are such big events that involve the people around the couple. Witnessing the heartwarming connection of the mother-and-daughter was really a teary scenario. I am so glad that they ended up registering their marriage for real after so many ups and downs. Also, the term “love” is now elaborated in their relationship.
That intimate kiss at the sea was my favorite, it was done in the most excellent way. I love how calm yet fierceful the energy coming from both the couple and the scenery, their exchange of dialogues, and the way they open up their feelings with that super lovely kiss. The beginning of their real romantic feelings.
After all, Ji-ho and Se-hee deserve to be the main couple of the show. The greatest yet hardest obstacle they overcame was entering their “Room 19” that both of them built upon themselves. I love how they add the creative story of the popular book from the story of the show. Humans, no matter of age, have always had a side of them that they didn’t want to open up for others. Living inside their specific Room 19 alone is enough to make them happy and comfortable. A personal secret that someone doesn’t need to know.
Se-hee’s past shocked me because I didn’t think that he suffered from a tremendous heartbreak before that made him unlikely to believe in romance anymore. The closure of Se-hee and the CEO ended up the wound they carried for a long time. Alongside Ji-hoo and CEO’s unexpected bond that didn’t make their past and future contradict their present. They choose not to fight with each other and become not dramatically inclined to the fact that Se-hee can be the cause of their hatred from one another. The kind of closure that is delicate, fresh, and real.
Lee Min Ki and Jung So Min were some of my top favorite actors in the industry because they always delivered the best and perfect kind of emotions needed in the story. Their chemistry speaks so loud and they fill the whole show with so much intimacy and passion.
Soo-ji and Sang-goo’s relationship is a healthy one too. He helped her to choose the path that she wanted for so long. It’s a good thing that after Soo-ji took a risk from building his own business, she succeeded and even changed her mind about marriage. Sang-goo was always a soft-hearted character from the show. From being a friendly CEO to being openly accessible to Soo-ji and her disabled mother.
On the other hand, I now get the hatred that some of the viewers feel about Ho-rang and Won-seok's relationship. The girl is obsessed with being a motherly figure that leads her to indirectly push his boyfriend to propose to her numerous times. The boy doesn’t even think about marriage not until he figures out that it was the desired wish of his girlfriend. Obviously, they’re relationship tends to become toxic from time to time. A couple for 7 years who are in their 30’s who keep fighting over small things then after a while reconcile again. The same kind of process was empathized by her friends at the start of the few episodes. In fact, if they can only be critical enough, their problem can easily be fixed with simple, sincere, and proper communication.
Because This Is My First Life generally teaches the viewers to always choose the best decision that they don't regret about in the future. Marriage, Relationships, Careers, Family, etc. We are living our life for the first time, so we tend to commit mistakes from time to time but the most important thing to do is to live our life seeking for our own happiness. A light drama that allowed me to always be grateful for the things that made me happy and alive. From now on, I am going to “Live like it was my last!”
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cuteee!
Gw surprisingly suka BGT sama ni drama pdhl gw nontonnya ngasal bgt????? Kaya gatau plotnya gimana, terus reviewnya gimana. Nonton ini pure karena mau liat somin 🤣 eh taunya kepincut. Beneran sebagus itu!!!!! Yg suka romance-slice of life, bakal cocok sih sama ini. Dan gatau knp ini tuh somehow relatable sama jaman sekarang??? Kayak???? Pelajaran idupnya juga banyak tentang cita2, perjalanan hidup, sampe hubungan romansa. Menurutku ini cocok sih untuk dihype bareng kaya cloy, rep1988, tapi ternyata ini underrated parah 😢😢😢😢 cowoknya juga!!!! Menurutku agak mirip sama karakter beberapa cowok jaman skrg ((bagian kakunya)) #pengalaman. Back to the topic, ini ostnya jagoan bgt yg can't go - ben! Ternyata gw sering dengerin ostnya bjir tp bru nonton dramanya skrg 🫠 actingnya ok, KOCAKnya dapet asli dah. Aku ketawa mulu di awal2 eps soalnya kelakuannya pada gabisa ditebak 😭 aku di hari pertama nonton ini bisa sampe ke eps 10 apa 11 gitu, trus lanjut lagi di hari berikutnya karena sebagus itu!!! Sinematografi juga ok aja. Paling yg aku kurengin adalah 3 eps akhir sih. Sumpah gw ga nyangka bakal ada konflik di situ anjay soalnya dari awal dibuat haha hihi doang 🥀🥀🥀😩 emg juara bgt sik, endingnya ga nyangka bakal nikah beneran wgwgwgwgwg tp tetep gwe #happyEsta resenha foi útil para você?
light and good series to watch
EXCELLENT. Fun as well as being a real topic that happens to many couples. I loved the quotes from Korean books used throughout the film. Good actors, wonderful landscapes and showing a bit of Korean culture. Watching it carefully gives us a good reflection on life, the wounds caused by human acts and harsh words that have the power to cause enormous wounds in people and to erase them you need not only great love but colleagues truth and ordinary people who come to understand the suffering of others.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
Relaxing
It shows the fears of marriage and how the characters go through life difficultiesI liked how nice and relaxing it was
Min ki , so min , byung eun , esom and ga eun
Such a wonderful acting
I loved all of them
Esp byung eun n esom
Min ki
Ga eun
The girls are so pretty and those 2 ml im so in love with hehehe so nice acting
Min ki has such a strong acting skills every drama i watch i love him even more so proficienal man
And byung eun XD I'll watch his dramas from now on loool <3
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Only for mature and sensible
I watched this drama when I was quite immature and didn't understand the episode but still liked. I rewatched it when I was in college and the lines of the episodes hit you deep like bullets, in a good way. This drama teaches about life and relationships. I highly recommend this drama. If you are not into slice of life this may be quite boring.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
Great watch!
A really good drama about what thirtysomethings go through! Wedding pressure, getting a house, having the best position in your career, etc... The characters are trying their best while dealing with all these problems. Add the parents who sometimes are just complicating things even more.The actors and actresses are fabulous, Lee Min Ki simply is perfect in such a role mocking arranged weddings and other hypocritical society stuff. The female lead is cool and independent not blindly led by love, the CAT is very important too, what a cutie ♥
The secondary characters are very endearing as well. Esom's badass female office worker who's totally open with her sexuality is definitely a favorite! Se-Hee's best friend is such a cool dude, this guy added even more fun to the show while being very classy.
Kim Min Kyu's character was strange and funny at the same time, but can't say more!
Some scenes are just iconic and hilarious like that flip over the bicycle LOL
Honestly, until the end you don't know what's going to happen and thankfully there's a real closure!
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Because this is our first life!
A short disclaimer. I watched this drama about half a year ago, so I do not remember everything that quite well any more.What I do recall nonetheless is that I totally loved it and that it was addictive to watch.
The drama is about Yoon Ji Ho who lives a miserable life. She is a drama-writer and gets used by her boss. She is not allowed to write what she really likes and gets sexually assaulted by her colleagues. Furthermore, her little brother got his girlfriend pregnant, and her parents kick her out of the house, she paid all the bills for. She quickly needs to find a place to stay and rents a room online. Because of her name the owner of the house is not aware that she is a woman and due to their daily schedules they do not see each other for a couple of days. However, when they find out that they are living together with the opposite sex, they are drafting a contract to get married. Nam Se Hee an (Owner?) of a dating-app company needs a wife to receive money from his father, and that is why the marriage comes handily for him, too.
Next to the main characters, we meet their best friends and love interests. Yang Ho Rang's goal is to get married to her boyfriend and have a family. Her boyfriend Shim Won Seok also works at the same company as Nam Se Hee and is unsure about what he desires. Yoon Ji Ho's other friend Woo Soo Ji works in a huge company, in which women are treated awfully, she needs to fight her way to the top.
So, what was so special?
What I absolutely enjoyed is that the drama felt very realistic, and the characters stayed true to themselves. Yoon Ji Ho is rather a silent girl. She is not good at standing up for herself and she gets an amazing character development, but she is never portrayed like not herself. This accounts also to the other characters (but with different traits, though).
Also, the drama talks about couples living together, having sex and many girls talk.
I would compare it to a very good mix of the general Korean standards of a drama but with rather western features, if that makes sense.
Yoon Ji Ho and her girls squad are hilarious, and I enjoyed their interactions. They very much reminded me of my two girls. Also, one in a long term relationship and the other making carrier and me being somewhere in-between and nowhere:D.
Every story was nicely built, and all the relationships developed differently. There were also a lot of twists and turns.
So do not hesitate any more and give it a go. :)
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Evlilik üzerine
(TR) Hikaye çok güzeldi. Konun işleyiş tarzı diğer rom-comlardan farklıydı.Hher bölümde verilen mesajlar ise çok anlamlıydı. Sürekli ekran görüntüsü aldım durdum. 3 farklı ilişki üzerinden evliliği incelemişler ve bunu yaparken de oldukça temiz bir iş çıkarmışlar. O ebeveynlerin davranışlarına kızamadım bile çünkü bir yanım onlara da hak veriyordu. Senaryo güzel yazılmıştı, ara ara anlamadığım yerler vardı tabi ama bunu yaşıma(bu konulardaki bilgisizliğime daha doğrusu) veriyorum. Sadece bazı ara sahneleri çok uzun geldi bana. Ara ara "Hint dizisi mi bu yahu" dediğim oldu. Bunun dışında oldukça güzel ve eğlenceliydi. Evlilikle ilgili bakış açımı gözden geçirmemi ve farklı bakış açılarını da anlamamı sağladı diyebilirim. Sonuç olarak:Gelecekte ,zamanla farklılaşan bakış açımla tekrar izleyeceğimi düşündüğüm, farklı bakış açılarıyla dolu bir diziydi. Yanii tavsiye ederim a dostlar izleyin izlettirinn >o<
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IF YOU HAVE HIGH EXPECTATION OF THIS DRAMA...THE DRAMA WILL STILL EXCEED THEM
Its only been 5 mins since I have re-watched the drama...Yeah it was go good I re watched it, I don't know how to explain my feelings, Its in my TOP 3 dramas for sure....I don;t know if it is weird coming form a guy but this drama has my fav kissing scene!!! I mean the kissing has a actual plot development...It has a meaning to it...K dramas has very memorable romantic scenes but this one takes the win for me...I think I should stop hereAbout the story- I don;t know where to start...Its show is about marriage if I have to simplify it...this show asks questions that I know I have to ask myself when I get married...If 2 people love each other is marriage the last option or is it a beginning!! This Drama also tackles some social topics...I can't name all of them but the show handled them very well...but the strongest part of the drama for me was the overall message I got form the show...I used to think that actions are enough for someone to understand but as I am getting to older and will soon enters my 20's, I understood the meaning of words and telling how I actually feel...This drama has many lines that will fill your heart
The characters grow as we progress with the story ...This is not a type of drama where you can shut your mind and relax...for me this this drama had some value in my life...Hope you like it too...Thank You
And a message for myself if I ever read this review in the future...and anyone who will read It guess...We all know its okay to make mistakes but people expect us to make no mistakes as we get older...Yes we get mature and have some understanding but why the world expects us to feel nothing as we get older...I am not even 20 but I have experienced it...Its okay to cry, make mistakes, be embarrassed...it does not matter if you are 20,30,40 because we all are living for the first time
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A heartfelt drama that starts out as a contractual marriage that blossoms into everything and anything. So sweet and follows several couples navigating the social norms of people in their 30's in Korea. -- Spoilers Below --
Yoon Ji Ho is a single, drama writer who is trying to live out her dream as becoming a lead writer on a show. She has worked and written for several, but hasn't gotten her big start in the scene yet. While working on one of her dramas, she's needing a cheap place to rent but cannot find any within her price range. Eventually, she's set up with someone else who is looking for a roommate to help pay for his apartment. She moves in, not knowing that she is sharing her now apartment with a man, and enjoys the space she now has. They run into each other and start becoming somewhat closer due to their shared liking of several things and her being an easy roommate. This leads to them starting a contractual marriage between the two because of his parents constant pressure due to him being older than 30. It's awkward and new, but new feelings begin to blossom between the two and Ji Ho slowly falls in love with the enigma of a man. Everything is going great, minus Nam Se Hee never speaking his mind or true feelings, but she gets put through the ringer several times. She quits writing because of one of her coworkers attempting to rape her one night while she was staying late. She gets offered a new job with amazing pay, but her boss is Se Hee's ex-girlfriend that took him forever to get over, and last but not least... Se Hee's parents try to bribe her with money to get her to stay home and have his children. They overcome all of this though, officially filing for their marriage and creating a new contract just for them. She ends up following her dream and writes her first big drama: Because This is My First Life.
Nam Se Hee's character is exactly like I said - an enigma. He is quiet, mild-tempered, and keeps to himself. His goal in life is to live peacefully with his home and cat. Se Hee finds it hard to find roommates that fit his exact needs and likes, but settles on Ji Ho after looking at all the pros and cons. They eventually contract marry and begin living together as such. He slowly realizes that he loves her, but finds it hard to truly accept that fact due to his past relationship. Se Hee and Go Jung Min were lovers who had moved in together during college. Jung Min eventually falls pregnant and the two promise to marry and live together as a family. Due to their age and See Hee's overall maturity and selfishness, they lose the baby and Jung Min leaves him. She curses that he'll never love again and doesn't deserve to, and he truly takes this to heart and blames himself. Slowly overtime, he overcomes those feelings and realizes that he does deserve love and that he truly loves Ji Ho. After she leaves him due to his parents giving her money for a baby, he finds himself in the same spot after Jung Min left. He sells his apartment they once shared and moves into her friends place not being able to be in the space him and Ji Ho once shared. They eventually make amends and confess their feelings to one another, officially becoming married and living happily together. He lets her pursue her writing job, just as he promised.
This drama also follows 2 sets of Ji Ho's friends. Ho Rang and Won Seok have been together for 7 years and are school sweethearts. The only problem in their relationship is Ho Rang's constant need for marriage and more. The first conflict is with her wanting a couple's couch that all the newlywed's are buying. Won Seok plans a huge thing with their friend Soo Ji, which Ho Rang see's and believes he's planning a proposal, to buy her the couch she wanted. When she gets home to see the surprise, she's devastated that it's not what she was expecting. This leads to more feelings of pressure on Won Seok and the immense feeling that he is constantly making Ho Rang unhappy. Se Hee tells him that he needs to be more honest with his feelings towards her. The two have a romantic dinner, Won Seok beginning the conversation with that he would love to get married, but doesn't see the difference between love and marriage at the moment. He also adds that he wouldn't want to get married until 5 years later. With this news, Ho Rang is devastated again (I really did not like her character at all) and tells him that she doesn't want to date for 12 years. While at play together after the dinner, her phone goes off when she's in the bathroom, and Won Seok finds that she had downloaded a dating app and was talking to a man on there. This leads to their actual breakup, which begins Ho Rang seeing the guy that she met on the app. The two realize that they are actually meant for and love each other and get back together, eventually marrying and having a baby.
The other friend that was my favorite was Soo Ji. A confident, yet intelligent woman who works amongst men in the corporate world. She navigates the mysogynstic, sexist workplace and never shows that she needs help from anyone. Her and Ma Sang Goo start up a flirt-mance, but she doesn't want to take it to the next level. With time her mind changes and they become more, but she still has a wall up that he cannot get past. While trying to get closer, he believes that she's cheating on him with another man. He races up after her and finds that she truly just lives with and takes care of her disabled mother. He learns that her mother is single and lived working to take care of Soo Ji. The two eventually tell her mom and Soo Ji accepts that she truly loves Sang Goo and doesn't necessarily need him around - but want's him around. I loved their romance so much and the stark difference between their personalities added such good comedic relief between all the heavy storylines that were going on.
A beautiful, well-written story that I could watch over and over.
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