analysis on show and characters

This drama made my head hurt lol
Seo Dal Mi- Ah, where do I start. Seo Dal Mi is seen as this person who is hardworking and independent with
everything she does. She is shown to be selfless as well in the show, which is what I loved about her, emphasis on the “loved”. I entirely blame the writers of this show for ruining what could’ve been such a great character. The independent qualities suddenly went out the door once Nam do San and Han Ji Pyeong showed up, the male leads. Honestly, I have nothing more to say about her which is sad since she is the lead of this show :(. I didn’t understand the choices she made within the show, they were irrational and I just genuinely can’t wrap my head around them. There is also no character development whatsoever even though we had a time skip.

Nam Do San- Ugh. Literally my whole opinion on him could be summed up with the word “ugh”. He has to be one of my least favorite characters in the dramas I’ve watched so far, and this is coming from someone who was a firm “dodal” shipper (I honestly think i was just blinded by Nam Joo Hyuk’s visuals lol). Another character I can’t even fully understand, not because they have so much depth to them but because they have little to none at all! He also barely has any character development, but at least there’s some? I don’t know, he was very immature, acted out of anger as well, which somehow would benefit him later? Lol only in the drama world. I wouldn’t go as far as to say he was manipulative but I would say he isn’t a very understanding character, but I guess those traits of him were canon to the show and why Han Ji Pyeong didn’t agree to Do San wanting to become a ceo lol. This is just a very personal opinion but I guess him always crying and acting like a victim could make others deem him as manipulative, I never got that vibe from him but I could see how others have.

Han Ji Pyeong- TRULY AND HONESTLY DESERVED BETTER. DESERVED LEAD IDCIDCIDC. Sure he had the cliche qualities of a main male lead in a kdrama, but those qualities happened to be canon to this kdrama and would only make sense for him to end up with the girl. He’s a CEO, has literal bank, has a backstory with the female lead, how could he not get the girl? I felt like the writers of this show really wanted to switch things up and turn away from your average kdrama,which isn’t a bad idea, but was executed poorly. The plot holes, oh the plot holes surrounding his character were horrendous. WHY WERE THE LETTERS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH BETWEEN JI PYEONG AND DAL MI????? Why was there zero romantic interactions between Ji Pyeong and Dal Mi within the 3 year time skip where Do San was in California? I’m also assuming there were none because the writers lazily wrote the time skip and didn’t explain anything that happened within it. I just don’t understand why Dal mi and Ji Pyeong’s relationship was hardly developed even though he was her first love :/. I’m literally so upset with how the writers went about his character. He was the sweetest, him and Grandma saved this show.

Won In Jae- A character who had so much potential but was sadly created just for the sake of the main character (Seo Dal Mi). With that being said, I don’t have much to say about her sadly, but I surely would’ve enjoyed her character if the writers weren’t so lazy and if this drama was actually thought out well. I still have many questions regarding her, like why did she start disliking her sister so much, maybe an in-depth story about how her home life was with her step-dad and mom, maybe even her step-brother as well! Nothing was even briefly shown within the 3 year time skip on how her and Dal Mi’s relationship was even fixed. Us, the audience, are just left with our imagination. Which is often a good thing within a well written show but it just doesn’t make sense with this situation. The plot holes, my god.

SUMMARY- Probably one of the worst k-dramas I’ve watched (will most likely change in the future lol). With sixteen, over an hour long, episodes it still felt like we were going nowhere. With barely to no development within the characters, that’s exactly what it felt like. I will say there were some enjoyable moments in the show to spark a bit of positivity within this review lol but for the most part, I really didn’t like this show

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