Pausa de Verão (2022)

Comfort ♡

"Segundo o dicionário, felicidade é um estado emocional positivo caracterizado por sentimentos como contentamento, alegria e satisfação com a vida. Eu acho que é muito longo. E assim que eu o encurtaria. Felicidade, o estado de não faltar nada."

Amei tanto esse dorama! Me identifiquei muito com personagem principal, amei a "pausa" que ela decidiu fazer na vida dela, pois a forma que ela estava vivendo a esgotava de todos os sentidos. A evolução da protagonista foi linda. Assim também cada personagem me cativou de sua maneira. Até mesmo a trama foi muito bem desenvolvida. Foi simplesmente maravilhoso a conexão que foi se formando entre os personagens, se tornando uma grande família. O casal principal são fofos demais, eles trazem uma paz, um conforto. Siwan sempre fazendo personagens incríveis. A filmografia e a mensagem do drama foi impecável.

Não precisamos de muito na nossa vida, é preciso apreciar as pequenas coisas.

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minha terapia. <3

eu gostei bastante, é confortante e mt legal de assistir, nas horas que tem que ter romance é mt fofo, mas quando eles apelam pra um suspense fica incrível do mesmo jeito, quando descobriram quem matou a irmã do dae bum foi incrível, fiquei mt presa na história e com certeza se fosse uma série de suspense eu assistiria sem pensar. gosto da mensagem que o drama passa, tem várias falas lindas e que me fizeram repensar mts coisas da yeo reum. o final é mt legal, não tem beijo nem nada mas não acho que isso prejudique algo na história, o amor da yeo reum e do dae bum é algo mt puro e lindo de se ver, ele se preocupa com ela e vice versa. o casal secundário também é lindo. é um amor tão fofo e sincero, faria de tudo pra ter um desses. se tivesse a chance de esquecer tudo e ver esse drama novamente com certeza faria. nota 100

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Estaremos nas trincheiras por Summer Strike

Bem, terminei summer strike, fiquei enrolando um tempo pra terminar um episódio, pois não estava pronta, entretanto toda via, encarei de frente e fui assistir o último episódio, confesso que eu já estava suspeitando do velho da imobiliária o filho dele nem passou pela mente, mas o velho eu senti que ele tava escondendo algo, enfim... Muito obrigado yuri por me fazer assistir esse dorama, tive o prazer de experimentar todas emoções da raiva a tristeza em questão de segundos, summer strike foi tão bem desenvolvido no meu ponto de vista, até mesmo os dois protagonista numa forma sútil de se construir uma relação sem forçar enredo encima dos dois, o foco não foi o romance e isso é muito bom, porque já vi melodrama focando nisso disvirtuando do real motivo, sei la eu to me sentindo muito feliz? eu chorei horrores e quando disse que me identifiquei com ambos foi pra valer, digo com tranquilidade de todos os dramas que ja vi esse com certeza ficou no meu top 1.
Eu amei sentir essas emoções do início ao fim e agora estou triste porque simplesmente acabou, com muitos ensinamentos e sobre os valores que nós como seres humanos deveríamos praticar. Enfim...

to muito triste porque acabou, porém feliz por ter essa experiência muito incrível 💖

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"Minha vida é suficiente"

No começo, eu tinha uma ideia muito diferente do drama, achei que ia ser uma coisa "buscar propósito, relaxar" e no começo realmente mostrou ser isso, ele é bem lento, então talvez muitas pessoas podem não ter gostado disso mas eu senti um conforto na maneira que foi contando a história, esse lento não foi enrolação, foi como eu tinha imaginado que o drama ia se desenvolver. Mas daí começou um suspense e sinceramente porque sempre fazem isso com os dramas? Não tem necessidade sério.
Vamos lá:
O primeiro ponto seria a questão da irmã dele, em todo o drama não dava a entender que o pai não tinha matado dela, mostra pra gente que provavelmente era o pai sim, mas com o geun ho surge a hipótese de "quem será que matou ela?" Mas juro que eu sempre sou a desconfiada mas não esperava esse plot todo, depois que se perguntam "quem mais sabia que ele pichava?" Aí me toquei que era o policial... Mas aí já foi drama demais pra mim ...
O segundo ponto seria a Bom, a bixinha sofreu viu? Mesmo que ela tenha encontrado ali a felicidade, mas eu não acho que a avó dela merecia morrer desse jeito, ela era tão adorada, uma querida e outra o amigo dela que pra mim foi muito jogado no meio do drama, sem eira e nem beira, não consegui nem me conectar com o personagem direito na história e o jae hun, um fofo o romance deles mas que ficou morno por causa de tanta confusão e do nada ele voltou? Achei confuso, gostei, mas ficou jogado pra mim. E ainda tem pai, pra onde ele foi dessa vez e de novo? Não fala também, além dos bullying e todo resto também.
Na verdade esse último episódio ficou tudo muito jogado na verdade...
A conversa do dae bum com o pai, nem mostra pra gente, o que eu achei mais triste foi o fato de ele achar que fosse o pai por tantos anos, não tinha nem como resgatar alguma relação, além de a confusa dele com o estudo e aquele professor nojento aproveitador, não dá muitas informações pra gente.
A Jin yeong (acho que é assim o nome dela) mostra muito do laço dela com o saeng e o filho mas ela tá sempre querendo ir pra Seul, achei que o final ia ter um desfecho dos dois pelo menos.
Enfim, tudo que eu falei foram algumas das pontas soltas que eu achei que ficou no drama e que me incomodaram.
Acho que a conexão do Dae bum e da Yeo reum se dá porque os dois estão fugindo de algo e mesmo que não seja perceptível eles criam um laço, gostei de ver o crescimento dos dois, lendo e agradável de assistir mas eu queria mais sabe? Mas também ainda bem que não colocaram seila um beijo do nada no final que ia ser jogado também. Mas o que mais achei legal é o fato de eles terem encontrado o lugar deles em Angok, não só isso como a Yeo reum, fiquei feliz por ela, ter pessoas que se importam e se preocupam com ela, minha parte favorita no drama todo foi a relação dela com a Bom, fiquei feliz como o relacionamento delas cresceu. E uma coisa interessante que ela falou, na vida a gente tá sempre procurando ser feliz, mas a gente não olha pra quando é suficiente, as vezes a gente só precisa do que é suficiente e que nos faz bem. Além de ficar procurando mais e mais que enchem os olhos mas não o coração. Tem momentos que a vida ela precisa ser assim suficiente e boa, e a lição do drama é essa, a simplicidade é o suficiente também pra viver bem.

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Simplesmente Cativante

Simples, leve e nada bobinho com um enredo bem-feito e personagens cativantes, Summer Strike foi uma grata surpresa. Me ganhou logo no primeiro episódio.

O cenário é muito atraente, o clima praiano deixa a história muito agradável. Quem nunca pensou em passar umas férias por tempo indeterminado em local tranquilo como nessa vila?

Foi um deleite assistir a busca da protagonista pelo sentido de sua vida. Quando estamos muito imersos em trabalho e nas coisas cotidianas que nos cercam tendemos a postergar e até mesmo nos esquecer da alegria que as coisas mais simples podem nos trazer. Um momento de pausa para pensar em você mesmo é necessário para todos. Cheio de pequenas alegrias o drama entrega muito mais do que você pode imaginar.

Se estiver cansado e à procura de um drama sem complicações apenas para seu deleite pessoal de sentar e assistir algo bom, esse é o drama certo. Altamente recomendável!

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Going On Strike Against This Thing Called Life

Summer Strike started with messages of self-discovery and how one should take a step back to move forward, but it ended with more than that. To me, recovery from grief and trauma was also one of the main themes of this healing drama.

Through the journey of Lee Yeo Reum, who decided to go on strike from her life by breaking away from the confines of her job and Seoul, this drama is relatable to viewers who are tired of their busy lives. We all, at one point or another, just want to do nothing.

Yeo Reum was an overworked girl in her 20s who had to deal with a series of hardships in her personal and professional lives before making a life-changing decision. Realizing the hopelessness of her mundane life, Yeo Reum decided to stop enduring so fiercely and simply just be.

However, leaving the stressful city life and starting anew in an unfamiliar seaside village, Angok was not as smooth as Yeo Reum hoped. Encountering prejudice and unfriendliness at first, our young female lead had to go through some pretty harrowing experiences before finally finding herself at a comfortable point in her life at the end of the show.

Meeting a shy librarian, An Dae Beom was a pivotal turn in Yeo Reum's journey of self-discovery. Dae Beom's kindness and calm were like an anchor for Yeo Reum, but he was also tortured by his past. With a tragic family history, Dae Beom had his own reasons for saying in Angok. As the relationship between the leads blossomed, the show covered themes of support and comfort.

The romance between these two with scars was a slow-burn one, enjoyable for me because it was so natural. The emotions and the steady, growing attraction built around an interesting storyline were satisfying for me. There was no culminating intimate skinship, but the pace made sense. There was no doubt that there was something solid between the couple at the end.

I enjoyed watching the sisterly love develop between Yeo Reum and Kim Bom, a high school student, and other heartwarming relationships, especially between Kim Bom's grandmother and Yeo Reum. In addition, other characters with their own demons to face and romance between different couples added flavor to the story.

Interestingly, even though the show was touted as an escapist healing drama, there were sinister undertones throughout some episodes. Therefore, I was not surprised as the later episodes featured darker scenes including a murder scene. However, there was no true case to crack because the show gave no opportunity for the viewers to figure anything out. There is no mystery tag for a reason.

Instead, the ensuing tragic events were meant to serve as a further catalyst for Yeo Reum's and Dae Bom's personal healing and growth.

Some viewers criticized Yeo Reum's character as a doormat, being taken advantage of at work and at the end by the villagers in Angok. Similar criticism was made about Dae Beom and how he was easily manipulated by certain people.

I disagree.

To me, both lead characters have a quiet dignity about them. They chose their battles and fought for what mattered. Even during moments when the viewers preferred for them to stand up and fight back, their perceived passivity was relatable and understandable. They were consistent throughout the show, and the little changes the characters made in their lives had a more substantial impact on the story. Good character development does not always mean 180 degree change.

Without a doubt, the entire cast was great. How the characters interacted with each other and dealt with life, in general, reminded me of how the people I know and I would behave in real life. The show did a great job showcasing the layers of human nature, including its selfishness and selflessness.

Acting-wise, I have nothing but praise for the leads. Kim Seol Hyun and Im Is Wan impressed me with their quiet intensity and ability to emote so much with the smallest expressions.

Finally, to top it off, the soundtrack was memorable for me. The way the show wove the songs and background music into the story was fitting and perfectly set the scenes and moods. I especially like "A Strange Day" by JiHyo from TWICE and "Color" by Sunnie. Enclosed below is the link to the OST list.

Overall, I hope more people will give this drama a chance. For me, the beauty of a "slice of life" series like Summer Strike is how well the show depicts the everyday experience, the struggles of daily life and trying to find oneself during the process, and the stark portrayal of human nature's good and bad sides.

OST list on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIZ81nIsbgM

OST list on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QoX21xv9cN6oVHumGfdZM?si=5b7d0c33e7cc400d

* JiHyo (TWICE) - A Strange Day
* The Boyz - Summer Night
* Fromm - A Slow Summer Song
* ENHYPEN (Sung by Heesung, Jay, Jake) – ZERO MOMENT
* Jiyoon (ICHILLIN') – I'll Wait
* Tearliner – We Swim in Dreams (Feat. Bang Jaemin)
* Tearliner – Me, the Protagonist (Feat. Love X Stereo)
* SEOLA (WJSN) - Lover
* Kum Junhyeon - Hello, Stranger
* Sunnie - Color
* Hwang Inhyeock - I Will Remember You
* Low-end Project - I See You Like I See the Sun

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Comfort

First of all, I really do hope more people discover this drama, it's just too good to ignore. The perfect healing and comfort drama. Also it's storyline and how each character was thoughtfully written were beautifully done, especially the development of the female lead and the male lead. I looked forward to every new episodes every week. Towards the end it did get a little sad and dark, but nonetheless it wasn't too rushed and the ending wrapped up nicely. There was truly never a single dull moment. 'Summer Strike' is also not your simple slice of life drama, but a deep meaningful insight of life having the blanket of comfort over it.

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I'm really enjoyed watching this drama.

AFTER I FINISH WATCHING THE DRAMA

Maybe this drama wasn't exactly calm and happy, but it became my next comfort drama nonetheless. The relationship between Dae Beom and Yeo Reum was developing at a perfect pace. It was cute, a little shy at times. They always supported each other, even if it wasn't the easiest thing to do. They are my comfort couple. Also, the friendship between Yeo Reom and Bom was something really cool to see. They could learn from each other.

For this drama, it was very important that Yeo Reum learned to enjoy these little things, even though she did not know what she would like to do in her life. She just started appreciating the here and now. And I love this concept.

This drama is definitely worth watching.

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AFTER WATCHING 2 EPISODES
rating: 9.5/10

I'm enjoying this drama so far. I feel like this title will become my next comfort drama.
A lot of negative things happened to FL in the first episode. Thanks to this, we will be able to see how she completely changes her life. I'm excited to see how FL will do in her new reality and I'm really curious about the librarian's backstory.

After watching the first two episodes, I have very high expectations for this drama. I hope nothing ruins it and after 12 episodes I will be satisfied with it
and be able to increase my rating to 10.

Of course, this drama reminds me of Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha as FL goes to the countryside to change her life after having a hard time in Seoul.

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Tumbling down a rabbit hole of problems

Was it warm and healing as advertised?

Not really, no.

This drama was at its best when it had this just-go-with-the wind vibe. But, for some reason, they decided to throw in a bunch of out-of-nowhere tragedies and drama that eventually took over and left warmth and healing on the backburner.

And while the ML was being sweet and thoughtful the FL was letting herself be walked over by others to an annoying degree. I can take slow growth in a drama, that's fine. But she actually didn't change in that respect. Also, the prominent excusing/dismissal of abuse left a bad taste in my mouth, tainting a lot of my attempts to enjoy Summer Strike.

I don't know, I guess I just expected more; which is funny because I started this drama on a whim.

Do I recommend watching it? If you're looking for more kind MLs, sure. Otherwise, this might be one to skip.

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Great moments, but moments only.

Who likes a healing show about a timid female lead who moves away from the toxic environment to end up in another toxic environment and receive close to no character development? Not me.

Like many other slice of life shows, this one also has little to no plot, which is completely fine. These are not supposed to give you thrills and excitement, they are supposed to be relaxing and warm. When I go into slice of life, I’m getting ready for a little bit of life lessons and characters I want to befriend, ones that make me want to root for them. Did this show deliver any of these? Not really.

Starting from Lee Yeo Reum - doormat, timid, no self love nor self respect. No issue with that. I wanted to go on that self improvement and self discovery journey with her. But damn this girl got on a merry-go-round and ended up in the same circle of self pity. The moment I thought she learned her lessons, she went back to the old ways - ready to blame herself, ready to take a step back, ready to run away. Trying to fix it all in the last episodes is not the way to go.

While An Dae Beom was better and for sure a stronger character, he also got easily manipulated by others, mostly by Ji Young. At some point I started to question myself - am I liking the character or am I just completely biased towards Yim Si Wan and I will just buy anything he sells?

Then we have all the other characters who either: started well and ended annoying, started annoying and miraculously became nice in between scenes, started annoying and ended annoying. There was honestly barely anyone to root for… Which is a true nightmare for a character driven slice of life drama.

To be perfectly honest though, I can deal with annoying characters, but I cannot stand conflicting messages. Yeo Reum tells herself to only think about what she wants and feels and not care for others, but also tells Bom to put her grandma and her family before her own emotions and well being. Protecting an alcoholic and abusive father is fine, but protecting your son with developmental issues makes you the top enemy. I am sorry, but what am I supposed to learn from this show? What is the message? What does the writer want to present and tell me? For me, it all made no sense.

Yes, the ending message was great - appreciate what you have, find happiness in little things, you don’t have to excel in everything, just being happy is enough of a reason to be alive and enjoy the moments. IT’s all great, but why did they fail so badly with all the other issues they talked about?

And I know how some people will scream “realism” as an excuse for some of the topics. Sorry, but you cannot explain some awful takes with it, while also ignoring the complete lack of realism in other aspects. You can’t have both.

Last, but not least plot wise - the “mystery”. When the characters have to explain EVERYTHING to me through the dialogues and flashbacks, it means the writer completely failed to set it up. I should be watching and connecting the dots myself, not get everything served with a narration.

From the acting and production side, it was great. Kim Seol Hyun improved greatly since her debut, and everyone knows Yim Si Wan is one of the best idol turned actors. The teens did an amazing job too, I especially liked a.mond’s performance - cheerful and hyped, but with hints of sadness and tons of loneliness.

Visually, Summer Strike is beautiful, I cannot deny it. They used the environment they were filming in to its full potential. What’s the point though, if the story is not on the same good level of execution? This year we had a holy trinity of dramas with amazing and beautiful moments, but also poorly executed overall plot and character’s development, and laughable villains - Today’s Webtoon, Cheer Up and Summer Strike.

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Terrible script, amazing acting

I’m going to start with the positive. Beautiful OST and amazing casting - because this group of actors, including the younger supporting cast that have heavy chunk of the dialogue were absolutely hands down incredible. This is the saving grace foe this show, the only saving grace.

Of course I’ll give a shout out to the stunning location they set this, and the cute doggy that low key rolls through this drama like a boss.

However, what a gigantic mess this script is. FL starts out a timid doormat of a mess, with everything going wrong for her in her life. I was hoping amidst all of that nonsense this was setting a stage for a great rediscovery of herself and a massive character arc. Half way thru, I’m thinking, nope we are no further forward in that regard. In fact what we got in small town Korea was the most toxic behavior possible. We have enabling of addiction, we have enablers of violence, enabling cover ups of potential murder, we have emotional manipulation of people perceived as weak, and lets why not just for fun pad all of that out with violent bullying (with victim blaming by the resposible adults), drunks up the wahzoo and psychological trauma that has been left untreated. Shoddy police work and lets just say, I hope when people claim Korea os nothing like these dramas, that they are correct. Because that is surely no advertisement for Korea or its people, and I certainly don’t think their cultural issues are going away when that kind of behavior is promoted as acceptable in their media.

This contiues and just when you hope it might have been an annoying one time only deal-you have another and then another toxic scenario. Perhaps the writers delight in all of that stuff. The result was that it overwhelmed the sweet and wholesome slow-burn romance (that will frustrate you if you need more from your romance) and the bonding of the friendships that develop here. It ends satisfactorily-for the most part. But I feel like the ratings are far too high for this considering the content. Hometown Cha Cha Cha did this better, similar feel, but better script. The actors deserved better than that, because they truly pulled out all the stops.

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