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Love Alarm
31 people found this review helpful
by mimo
Nov 30, 2019
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 3.5
Story 2.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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I have a major bone to pick with this drama.

The idea for this drama was eye-catching. An app that tells who who's in love with you if they're in a 10m radius? Sounds kind of sci-fi and would definitely be interesting in a high school setting. I'm a sucker for high school dramas so I thought this would be something new to try. Boy I could NOT have been more wrong...

First of all, the motives for Sunoh's actions were creepy; Jojo should NOT have followed him into an alley, and literally WHAT was up with him going to kiss her IMMEDIATELY after he realized Hyeyeong, his best friend, was in love with her?? Can you have a heart?? I understand you were raised differently and don't know how to act in those kinds of situations but god damn, LAY OFF. Sunoh acted like a baby throwing a tantrum through this whole show, it was downright IRRITATING.

Jojo was only mildly more bearable, but I didn't understand why Sunoh fell in love with her in the first place: there was nothing inherently special about her character because her entire character was based around her trauma; there was no other traits about her that were played up. Imagine only liking someone for their tragic backstory. I know she was like "oh I'm trying to be cheerful despite all that's happened" bitch WHERE you look MISERABLE ALL THE TIME. I became increasingly tired of her towards the end when it's very apparent she could have solved all of her problems just by telling Sunoh and Hyeyoung about the shield. I know there's going to be a season 2, but many of these issues could have already been solved if she had just come clean about her feelings in the first place, saving both her and Sunoh a world of pain.

Hyeyoung... this poor boy was really just trying his best but god damn... grow a backbone PLEASE. You KNOW you have a shitty best friend but you are not obligated to stand by him all the time because you are your own person with your own opinions and feelings. When we finally got that at the end when he was being honest with Jojo, it was like [gordan ramsay meme but it says"finally some good fucking CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT"]. Honest to god, FUCK JEONG SUN OH. It was more than right for him to leave the guy after standing by him even after he went after the girl he clearly loved. The moment he left that robot behind was the only fucking good character development.

Also a moment of silence for Hyeyoung's mom. She ain't dead, we just appreciate her for being a nice and kind mom.

Other than that, the casting was good despite the acting being sub par. Overall, would not give this drama another look. This is eight hours of my life I will not get back, but I guess it was good to see Jojo and Hyeyoung grow towards the end.

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IN-SEOUL
2 people found this review helpful
by mimo
Sep 18, 2019
15 of 15 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
I'm gonna be honest I JUST finished watching this about 5 minutes ago BUT this Playlist x VLive collab was very cute and light-hearted! This is your typical high schooler to college life transition, there was nothing inherently special about it; you can argue that the fangirling aspect was different but we saw that played up in the Reply series. But other than that, nothing really stuck out to me about this drama, but it was still a heartwarming watch nontheless. It was cute and wholesome to see Dami's personality and attitude towards life and her relationships change so much throughout the course of the series! If you're looking for something soft to pass the time with, give this a go! If you're a high school student procrastinating on studying, this drama tells you multiple times to go study so GO STUDY!!

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