I would like to title this drama as 'Alcohol Abuse' than calling it Drinking Solo. While food shows can be fun because you see so many varieties of food, it's no fun watching characters get drunk every episode and act annoying. I am not sure if I'm the only one who was bothered by the amounts of excessive drinking in the drama but it was pointless most of the time. But this drama is worth checking out for Key of SHINee. His acting is marvellous here and left quite an impression on me While the story is fun and the academy premise is different, the story never really goes anywhere. The main focus here is humour, excessive drinking and nonsense romantic entanglements. I mean the characters are a load of fun- don't get me wrong but a lot of their actions often don't sit well. The main guy was a funny jerk till he became a borderline abusive jerk. The main female lead started off as shy and funny but soon turned into annoying with no improvement in character nor acting. I liked the casting for most of the part but whoever casted her did a poor job. Her friend was a terrible actress as well but she never failed to make me laugh. There's a guy who does impressions of popular Korean figures and he was quite funny most of the times. There are four students who get a lot of screentime and they were a lot more fun to watch than the main couple of the drama. Ha Suk Jin is funny in the currently airing 1% of Anything and he is good here too. His character being written poorly wasn't his fault and he outperformed the female lead in almost every scene they were in together. I gave Park Ha Sun's acting a lot of chances but she almost became unbearable to watch in the later episodes. This is coming from someone who doesn't get that bothered with bad acting. Of course, the breakout stars were Key and Chaeyeon. Key is hilarious and his satoori was on-point. I also liked Chaeyeon because the character suited her image. Plus she's young so she did well compared to a lot of idols who debut around her age. One thing that bothered me more than the general absence of plot in the drama was the glorification of alcohol abuse. The characters drink to the point it's terrible and not fun to watch. Plus how they were hardly ever hungover was beyond me. I thought Oh Hae Young from 'Again Oh Hae Young' had a drinking problem, but wait till you watch this drama. It wasn't funny because the characters would all act like retards a lot of times in the drama and keep passing out. Disgusting, really. The positives of the drama are friendship and everyday humour which is quite relatable. The premise of students studying hard to nail exams was very realistic. Plus a lot of trivial stuff like boyfriend saying no to marriage, having a mother with Alzheimer's or chasing a girl who never dates are things that normally happen. The realistic side of the drama made it a lot of fun and every episode had laugh-out-loud moments. I disliked the ending and wanted more out of it. I also didn't like the drama turning serious out of nowhere and a lot of decisions by the characters seemed OOC at times. Plus those hospital visits every K-drama has makes me want to tear out my hair! This drama is worth checking out if you can stand an annoying female lead, alcohol glorification and some ridiculous romantic drama. Else it's skippable. Or just watch it for Key and become a SHINee fan if you aren't already (Ep 5 made my life lol).