This honestly could've gone way better than it did

From the first episode, it didn't make me want to pay my full attention to it. I have to multitask with something to finish watching it. I keep putting off watching the episodes and even only finished now. It's good, but it didn't interest me enough to make me want to focus on it. Which is a bit disappointing considering one of my favorite actors is casted and I've been looking forward to it for months. And unless I want to see clips of him, I have no excuse to want to rewatch this.

[SPOILER: Storyline, Character Personality and Development talk]

And talking about the storyline, very specifically about yun jion's character, jo deukchan. Ever since the "deukchan plot twist" happened, it made me rewind back a little in my mind about how his character was written. It really made me think that halfway through, they suddenly changed the storyline that's linked to him. I've always thought he would have something to do with the mystery/crime story of the show, I did think he might have gotten his hands dirty there, but his personality suddenly made a turn. I saw him as a slightly humorist big brother figure for doha, seems to have a bad relationship with his brother, mature and professional whenever it comes to work, and a loving dad and husband. It only showed for the first part of the show. When the main conflict part happened, it seemed like they just threw all of that out of the window (and I personally don't think they did this part well. or maybe it was because I had a "preferred" storyline mapped out already? who knows)

Another problem I have, again, about Jo Deukchan, well, the actor, Yun Jion (well, not HIM. But like, this problem has something to do around him). I accepted that I might have wished for a little bit too much. While I wanted them to explore more about Jo brothers relationship to understand them more, I get it. He's not the first male lead. He's in fact, the second male lead, at least that's how it should be, considering the fact that he was always put third in social media updates, and in the hashtags. But I've been feeling weird when they had 4 main characters under their own character categories in the character profile section on their website. It was all of them except for Jo Deukchan whose character profile is under J Entertainment category. You can argue with me that it's because he's part of J Ent, which is true. But all main characters despite being part of a group, have their own main character profile sections, while he did not. And then, on naver (and even on this site) it was written that his character was a supporting role, which feels wrong and weird, considering he plays a big part in the story along with the other main leads, and again, his name is written the third among the main leads lineup, after the main couple, and before the other set of fl and ml. And yet he's a supporting role? I don't know. It just feels very off.

Leia Mais

I watched this show on going since the very start. I watched it for Park Sunghoon, so I didn't think much of it, but somehow this made it's way into my 10/10 rate list. I had a break from watching any dramas for the past few months until around last month when i picked up this drama along with two others. And out of all that I've watched recently, this really takes the cake. I was abolutely invested in this, I kept thinking about this, I felt every single scene. This drama hurt me, and made me giggle like a high school girl.

The drama I think is pretty realistic in a way, at least to me. The mother-daughter's relationship that had a lot of misunderstandings, the two being stubborn and having their own views, the two keeping things from each other so they won't be hurt. And I think the way the drama is written shows that quite well. In a way that every scene, my emotions were like roller coaster. I would side with a character on one scene, and then a few scenes later, I would understand the other character's perspective too. Of course, other dramas do this too, but I don't know why this is just so perfect for this drama specifically.

Personally, the ending is very different from what I imagined and from what I wanted. I do feel a little disappointed that there weren't as many jinhee-jaewon flashbacks as much as eunmi-jinhong. And it's a bit sad that their relationship only bloomed in the last two episodes, but even then, they're not officially dating and they even barely have any scenes together as a couple in the last episode. But, at the same time I can't really get mad because their slowburn is what made me love jinhee-jaewon so much. Any scene together at some point made me excited and happy for what their next step as colleagues or couple would be. I loved overanalyzing their every move, their stares, their words towards each other. It was the most exciting part whenever I wait for the new episodes each week. And just for that, even if it wasn't what I wanted exactly, I'm happy enough like this.

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Honestly, reading the synopsis I did think I would cry. Since I have a big brother myself, stories about siblings really get to my heart. And though I don't watch movies often, this one is probably the best I've seen. Sure, production wise it didn't really stand out much, but the story, and how they act their part really get to me. Hoya really did well as the little brother and maybe it's cause I'm the youngest sibling too, though our stories are different, I can easily relate to him and how he feels to his brother. As a viewer, I can objectively see everything and see both sides of the brothers' stories, and knowing that Jinho doesn't know everything and was kept in the dark, it really makes me feel so much worse for him. My head hurts I cried too much, seriously.

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I started watching this a few days ago because I wanted to see howon. Before this, I already knew some of the scenes because I saw the clips before. But, I was still pretty surprised, because some of those scenes happened way earlier in the drama than I thought (which would be at the end, or at least nearing the end) Honestly, I don't really watch dramas set in like around the 90s cause I wasn't too interrested. And though yeah, I still agree with that, as I still don't really want to watch the other reply series even after watching 1997, I guess it was written pretty well, and it was pretty interesting to see how it was like back then in that year. And honestly the story was interesting enough for me to continue and I honestly liked that it was less than an hour mostly. Near the end, suddenly it became longer from near an hour to actually an hour, so idk it felt a bit tiring (?) and felt a little bit too draggy (?) but maybe thats just me... idk it was pretty good though for a drama released 11 years ago, I don't usually really want to watch older dramas,,,

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it had SO MUCH potential to become one of my 10/10 dramas...

Started watching this because of Namgoong MIn, and I REALLY looked forward to this so much. It's a law drama, it has comedy, and Namgoong Min is in it. What could go wrong, right? Haha... Yeah of course it just had to go wrong. I mean, overall it's pretty good, BUT.... it might have to do with the fact that they cut off TWO episodes and made this a 12 episode drama instead of 14 episodes... It just felt wrong tbh... They literally showed the supposed big bad of the story in episode 11, had a one year time skip (of course, it was needed to the story ig..) but idk it just felt SO rushed... Tbh even at first I was so confused when ppl said it had 14 episodes, it felt a little short, but okay fine.... But then they cut it to 12.... It really feels like a lot is missing to the story...

Additional complaint, I feel like they really wasted Seo Minhyuk's character. In the animated intro, they showed Cheon Jihun and Seo Minhyuk against each other in the court and I REALLY looked forward to it. Seeing the dynamics of Cheon Jihun and Seo Minhyuk's character, finding that they're actually best friends instead of rivals, it was really underwhelming. I loved Jihun and Minhyuk's friendship and thankful for their little scenes together, but it just felt like something's missing and kinda disappointing.... Idk maybe that's just me...

But overall, it's pretty fun to watch, I had a good laugh and some pretty good tears too. I really wanted this to be added to one of my 10/10 dramas but things happen and it didn't sadly, but it was a nice watch!!

Leia Mais

a very emotional trainwreck that i'm very attached to...

watched this ongoing since the very first episode... not gonna lie, i kept my eye out for updates about this drama and tuned in because ok taecyeon is here, pretty biased so this review might also come out pretty biased.

the things that happened in the start were mostly pretty obvious to me, again, cause i kept my eye out on this drama and saw the trailers, descriptions and everything. the main character aka sungjun getting framed for murder, and i believed he's not since the start, though i concluded if he was really the culprit, it might go in some directions i thought of, which was a "different personality" trope, or just a detective who is very good at hiding his murders. but mostly, i believed that he was just framed and never a murderer. though, the things that followed until the end did shock me and make me an emotional wreck.

mostly the thing that broke me the most was sungjun's dynamic with his family. it really tore my heart how he always felt small and scared like a little boy when he's with his big brother and his family. how his big brother was the golden child and his family obviously adored the big brother and never seemed to care much about sungjun, and when sungjun was framed, they only cared about their reputation. the family was frustrating to me. and i especially never liked how sunghoon always treated sungjun coldly, to the point that he had suspected sungjun of being a murderer instead of taking his side. yet sungjun always looked up to him and always loved his brother, despite sunghoon never giving him any affection at all. could be biased because taecyeon played sungjun, but looking at how i always seemed to side with the misunderstood little siblings in kdramas, i believe its not just because taec played sungjun, but i really loved sungjun as a character and he really had a special place in my heart. following the story til the end, and loving and caring about this character now makes me feel slightly sad and empty. i'm glad it ended on a nice note, yet i don't think im ready to let this drama go because i'm very attached to sungjun.

all of the casts are perfect for their characters, and i could never think of anyone that can replace any of them, they all did very well. some of the storyline was obvious, and some were a shock. i know for one that the new poster shocked everyone despite most people already suspecting the real culprit. the osts were really amazing and fit the drama so well, i especially loved the part two of the ost. i heard the preview of that song in the end of an episode and was so happy because the style of the song really fit to the genre that i love most. overall, this drama is very good. would i rewatch it? maybe. i might come around to rewatch some scenes, especially the ones sungjun is in, but i don't think i will rewatch this anytime soon. not because it's not good, but i'd love to at least forget most of it and rewatch it with a fresher mind. i'm still not ready to rewatch the emotional trainwreck it was yet. i feel like if i rewatch it soon, i might actually lose the feelings i have for this drama, and i don't want to. i wish i could keep holding off my rewatch until i forgot most of the story. i wouldn't like to lose my attachment to this drama and especially sungjun.

Leia Mais

Tbh this is really an interesting and fun watch.. The casts are all amazing, the relations between every single character, the comedy, the whole concept itself is really amazing and i wasn't disappointed bc i actually looked forward to this... Though the cult stuff was kinda unexpected (is it?? i mean i just thought we were talking abt aliens and stuff i didnt think we'd be getting into cults and stuff... maybe its just me??) I mean, it does fit the story, but I'm always kind of bothered and try my best to avoid stories abt cults and stuff (ex: save me) but eh i skip some of the cult scenes anyway... at least the ones that give me really unsettling vibes.... but other than that, i think it's pretty good and worth the watch!!

Leia Mais

upon actually hearing that this was actually horror said by somin and sunghoon on problem child in the house, i became more interested so i tried watching this. a few days or weeks ago i watched the trailer first and it did creep me enough that i want to watch it. now that i've watched it, indeed it is creepy, though when i finished it felt more sad to me than creepy. i kind of predicted how it was gonna end, i mean.. with the trailer i think the ending was pretty obvious (of course, being obvious doesnt make it less good), the shock factor was from the middle to near the ending point, which was pretty interesting, since at those points, it made me doubt about how the ending was gonna go and if it was gonna go as i predicted or not. it wasn't like... the best thing i've ever watched, but it gave me goosebumps and shock moments which is already pretty good. for someone who avoids horror media on a daily basis, i like this quite a lot. and i'm not sure, i might be wrong. but it kinda reminded me of something. i feel like i've read news about something like this that happened for real, but i can't really remember, so i'm currently doubting myself if it was even real or not. but if it was real and maybe this was inspired from that, then thats pretty cool

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Honestly, i started watching this because of the musical. some of my favorite people were casted as some of the main characters in the musical. and though i could only see a few numbers that's available on the internet, I really like those that I've seen, but that wasn't really enough for me to be okay with it and move on, cause I'm curious about the storyline, so I watched this. Idk what i expected, but it exceeded it. Not gonna lie, I expected there to be more wholesome interactions between the three main characters, but that's because of one specific number that I watched. And honestly, it surprised me because the numbers I saw were scattered and didn't know which one happens before or after another.

[SPOILERS PLEASE LOOK AWAY IM LITERALLY NOT MOVING ON FROM THIS PART]

The one number that I first watched and really loved because it's beautiful and sad is titled "Ordinary Country" where the three main characters talked about what they would do if they were reborn. And as I said, I don't know the exact order of the numbers, though I expected it to be in the middle. And that was what I expected from the movie. I thought maybe they're having the talk when they were picking out the fish and all. But it didn't happen. But I wasn't wrong either, it is from that part. But they really cut off that part and put it in the end..... Like..... the audacity to make me cry.... I REALLY tried to hold back my tears when Haerang sacrificed himself, and even when Ryuhwan was hugging Haejin as they both get shot I still tried to hold back my tears.... BUT WHEN HAEJIN STARTED TO ASK WHAT RYUHWAN WANTED TO BE IF HE WAS REBORN.... I LITERALLY JUST BURST OUT CRYING... And now that I know the full storyline, the number hits SO MUCH harder than before......

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Finally got to come around to watch it (and finish it this time as on my first watch i ended up dropping it). Picked it up again because I started liking Gunjoo. And I should really say he's amazing in this, and tbh the best character in the whole drama!! I absolutely love his scenes with Danoh (and Haru too) because they're really the cutest best friends. The typical soft and sweet, heartbroken second lead in his love story, but I really like the way he's written. Maybe especially because the drama is written about the "extras". He's really soft, sweet, and dramatic at times, but also shown as a really good supportive third wheeling best friend. And an unexpected fave character of mine is dried squid.. Tbh back then I dropped this drama early on bc i was bored i think? And other than the whole "team haru vs team kyung" thing going on in stan twt, I don't know much about the drama. And I thought he's gonna be the "villain" but turns out he was just caring and worried that history will repeat itself and I can actually see that he's really grown to like and cherish the self aware kids and that's really precious and adorable.

A few things to complain about... Honestly, the whole concept is of course really interesting and all, but like, there are some (if not, a lot) of things left unanswered. Like, of course them remembering their life in the past comics was nice and all, but how? Sure, Haru had his hand into the mysterious black hole-y thing I guess and he had that scar. But how did dried squid and suhyang remember? I guess they could've read the comic. But Haru and Danoh in the last episode? Did they just look at things that look familiar and bam they remember everything? Idk if it's just me not understanding about that concept... I think I have a lot more questions but for now, I forgot what I was gonna write so anyway....

If I have to add one thing to compliment though, the OSTs are really good and just nice to hear. Probably the next best thing after dohwa and dried squid? I might check out the songs after this to add to my faves.

Leia Mais

it was going so well????

I think that overall, the drama is really good. I don't watch a lot of office dramas, but tbh because it's about more of the office of a creative industry, it was interesting to me as someone wanting to work in the creative industry. I also really just simply liked seeing pretty houses (both exterior and interior) so this drama gives me quite a lot of joy just because of the houses shown. Also, I really adore Gyeom and Chan's friendship a lot. The type to fight a lot but really they care so much for each other and always there for each other and they were just really adorable and nice to see.

Tbh some of the turn off sides like the whole tsundere, rich guy who's mean and cold (of course i know he's actually a pretty nice guy and all but yknow, its still kinda eh to me when he was all mean), and the whole breakup in the near ending episode for conflict and then getting back together. I expected it, but it's still eh. That's kinda fine and all BUT..... ONE PROBLEM i have is with the last episode. I seriously, genuinely don't understand why they decided to suddenly make a problem right at the ending.... Like I would be fine if maybe the BIG problem is at ep 15 and the resolution is at ep 16 but this???? isn't the case at all. Suddenly dumping the whole disappearing dad turns out to be the person who made the bf lost trust in people??? And breaking up over it??? (Which yknow understandable why they broke up BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE TIMING OF IT ALL) like I'm really genuinely confused what the hell happened??? Like I really think that whole dad thing should've been the main conflict and main reason they brok up in the mid episodes instead of gyeom getting broken hearted and getting into an accident and them breaking up bc jasung feels bad for him.... like literally compared to whatever the hell they dumped at ep 16 shouldve been the main thing for their like.. around 3? episodes of breaking up.... idk it really doesnt make sense to me how they dropped such a big thing at the last episode..... honestly kinda ruined the drama a little for me. but yknow, eh. I still think it's good, just not about the last episode...

Leia Mais

It relieved my curiosity at least..

I already know some (maybe very little) details about this drama before I started watching it. Like about the character Sewook (which is played by Yun Jion, which is also the exact reason I really started this drama... phenomenal acting by the way, really wished he would've gotten a little bit more screentime, and wished that things were different for his character) Back when this was still airing, I didn't watch it but only just see people in the kdrama community talk about this. I have heard about the "bad" cgi, and honestly, safe to say my curiosity about the very cgi in question is anwered, and i totally understand the complaints. The animators might've been rushed to do it, or not? Who knows, really... But I think that flaw was a little saved by the plot. I personally really think the plot is good. Of course, throughout I was thinking how it would be if they had written some scenes differently, how it would be if the plot was slightly different to my own personal preference, and I think it could do better, but it was already pretty good. It got me pretty invested for the past three days, and it's worth it. The fact that I'm curious enough to finish the whole thing is enough to be considered good in my book (i guess, there may be some exceptions) but yeah. The ost was pretty good too, I think they fit the drama pretty well.

Leia Mais

Unexpectedly liked it tbh

At first, after watching ep 1 and 2, I wasn't sure if I was gonna continue watching it because, despite it actually being good, for the very obvious controversies and uncomfort i kinda felt on the events in ep 2, I think the next episodes were really good and they wrapped it up well. Usually superstar kind of dramas usually aren't my cup of tea, but since this mostly showed the ones working behind the scenes, I think it's more interesting and fun to watch because of that. And if I can be honest, I'm not as interested with the main couple as much as the others. I especially really liked Kang Yuseong and Park Hoyoung's love story because they're just simply adorable. But overall, it's pretty good. There's a good chance I would want to rewatch it, but probably in clips instead of the full episodes.

Leia Mais

I guess I got fooled by the poster. I knew that this drama would probably have like some action (?) or smth, something dark, or mysterious about it in any way shape or form, but I didn't think that I would be immediately get slapped by it, especially not from a drama with such sweet beautiful poster. Though I do like the mystery, it's pretty interesting AND is what I finished watching it for, it felt rather slow to me? Was the resolution of the main mystery too slow? Or maybe I'm just not used to this kind of pacing? And though I think the main couple (and the side couples too!) are adorable and look like healthy relationships (really nice to see btw), maybe I'm not used to this much screentime of loving couples for such a long time. Idk, it's most likely me who's the problem. But yeah. Tbh in the first few episodes to me the pacing is fine, but in the later episodes it felt much slower and so I kinda sped it up a little and only put it back on normal speed for some scenes. For a first watch, I think it's really good, but I don't think I would rewatch it. At least, not fully, but I will probably just look at the clips and some scenes I like and all. I don't think I have the patience to go through all that again in full

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They really made me look forward to my tomorrows

10/10 might be too much of a praise, but I really think that they deserve it. The topic they brought up about suicide and mental health. The different types of people with different lives and background, no matter who they are, in the end everyone is the same. They're just humans. And I really really appreciate the original webtoon writer, the drama writers, directors, all the staffs, and the actors and actresses for taking on this drama and pulling it off successfully in all aspects. The story of the drama, though based on the webtoon, it still has some if not a lot of differences with the webtoon, and though I've only read the webtoon a little, I think them differing the drama and webtoon is really their best decision., though some people might not like it, I think it's nice to have unexpected and different aspects. The amazing cinematography and cg is done very very well. The OSTs are all so amazing and beautiful. Amongst all the ballads, Red Light is especially my favorite because of how nice it sounds, and the lyrics really fit too. I also really love Yoo Hweseung's solo version of Still Love You. I expected them to have it be the same song as the original one sung by Lee Hongki and Yoo Hweseung, but I actually really like the different instrumental sound. And though I was a bit taken aback because they removed Hweseung's iconic 6 octave high note, I think it goes well with the instrumentals, and honestly more fitting to the drama too.

Every single actors, from the main leads to supporting all really did so well. But for sure, I really have to say this, they hit the jackpot with the 4 main leads. I have never seen Kim Heesun's projects ever so this is my first and I think she really did so amazing. Even just from seeing her have the short pink hair, her charisma is overflowing, and when I got to see her in the drama, she's really cool. For Rowoon, I knew him from SF9 and I did watch Extraordinary You though I haven't finished, but I remember he was mostly silent in his scenes, I think I was still pretty early in the drama but already stopped. But, to see that his character here is WAY different from Haru was interesting and I actually really appreciate his acting so much more now. The youthful, energetic, feeler type of character that is Choi Junwoong really suits him so much. I've seen Lee Soohyuk in Pipeline and he was really cool there (and here too of course) and is it because of his visuals? But he really seems to fit fantasy themed projects. I really think he's much more charismatic here and it's really cool to see. Last but not least Yun Jion, who I've seen in Memorist, and though back in march I only re-discovered him through mbc's instagram when they released his teaser picture as Lim Ryunggu, now it's safe to say he's one of my ults, probably my number one currently. Because of his teasers showing his mullet with his two toned hair, I decided since then that I'm going to tune in to this show, and I really want to thank him for having his iconic look. He really stood out to me and I am so glad I decided to watch Tomorrow even if at first it was just because of his visuals. Cause I ended up loving the drama too much, and ended up being Jion's fan too. As I watched Tomorrow on going, I slipped some of his other filmographies like Be Melodramatic and Breakup Probation to watch in between as I wait for Tomorrow's episodes every week, and I really really admire him. The diversity of his character and how he always pulled it off so well, especially as Ryunggu which is so far my favorite character he played, he's just amazing. So far he's mostly played supporting roles, some main roles slipped in, and I hope after this, he will get more offers to be in the main lead lineup. But main or supporting, I'm sure he will do his best, as he always does.

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