most drama review comes with gradient score. just like ombre colour.
There's 9, 9.5, 8, 8.5. One or two extreme 4, 5 is still consider normal.
After all we're human with different thought and liking and background.

For start up, you will not see this gradient. Its either North or South.
There's gang of 1-5 score and 8,5-10. a few 6 and 7 right here and there.

although I use mydramalist as my main reference for wathing dramas,
I conclude based on the reviews that I read.
Its very easy to know, once a person's liking is coffee, there's no way you can
make him like tea.
Same things with yoga. either hate it or love it. maybe.

I honestly think that, giving score below 5 for dramas that. you've finished its kind a odd.
Because, hey, you got through 16 episodes is by choice right! no once is forcing you.

I dropped many dramas too, but I think my time is too precious to spend couple minutes
for hatred message. let alone for allocating 16 episodes for something that "meh" me.

Let me tell you several facts about Start Up:
1. Binge watch. I watch all episodes in 3 days. That is averagely 5 episodes in a day.
I watch it while running on treadmill, and yess it help me to get thru 30 minutes of running and 30 minutes of walking, and im not even an avid runner. I'm overweight and struggle for exercise.
so, itsss exciting!

2. I then continue watching the episodes on my 82" television. Boy, it surely is thread to the eyes.
the picture is so very thoughtful think of.

3. I loveee romance. I'm cancer born June. And it delivers..
All the moments of Dosan and Seo Dal mi ... as Indonesia we will say, "kereeen banget", or "bikin baper"
I'm all feelings for them.

4. If you like the romance, you will be presented with many beautiful things here. Relation between the other cast. The sister, mom, grandma, the brotherhood.

5. Love triangle.... hmmmm.. im not sure. Isnt that love triangle means that at least the girl like a bit of the other guy?
let say...... Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, where bong soon had a heavy crush on gook doo... thats love triangle..
or Arsenal Military Academy, where the female lead like shen junshan throughout one/third of the story?
or Go Back couple... that even send me to second lead syndrome..

but here,
Dalmi never had a real crush on HJP
All the affection, emotions is toward Dosan only.

HJP helps with his own way. But then start up is about Dalmi and Dosan. Its their story.
Other completes it in a perfect way.

Let's not let other opinion stop us from experiencing our future drama.

Dive in, no expectation and you will be hooked.
i'm giving them 10.