Ongoing 14/13
cosmicgirls
2 people found this review helpful
May 9, 2020
14 of 13 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 5.5
Story 3.5
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 5.0
One minute into this drama and you can just tell that the production of this drama isn't good. It was released in 2017, but looked like it could've been from 2009. There were so many things wrong with it, but you couldn't look away. Let's start with the plot or lack thereof. The romance was based off of a one night stand from THREE years ago. I repeat THREE YEARS AGO! I'm genuinely concerned for these characters,, like?? in those three long years neither of them could date because that night affected them that much?? They only known each other for not even two days, and they act like they were married or something.

Another thing this drama was missing was the acting. Literally everyone EXCEPT the two main characters could act. It was so frustrating yet entertaining at the same. They gave two supporting actors the main roles, and it failed miserably. You can't look me in my eye and say that the production of this drama was good, you just can't.. The editing was so bad. It looked like they edited it iMovie or did not edit at all. Sometimes the music would be louder than what the characters were saying.. They found a xylophone sound and could NOT stop using it. Can we talk about the baby for a second? He was literally the cutest thing, but WHY did they have to edit that fake laugh track in?? Also, why was Yumi always falling?? Is she THAT weak? There wasn't an episode where she wasn't falling into someones arms.

The last two episodes were literally just the same flashbacks playing over and over again. And the ending?? Horrible, please redo it. I could've came up with a better ending scene. It was really lacking. Overall, the drama was just too predictable and typical. Despite the poor quality, it gave me many laughs. I had a fun time making fun of the bad acting.

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Asuna Cecil
2 people found this review helpful
Jun 20, 2019
14 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
This drama is comedy and cute. Actors are awesome. Mainly i loved the acting of sung hoon. His acting is super funny. And his acting makes this drama watchable. Plus its really a romantic drama. One can watch this without getting bored. Its not over the top but its good. You surely will enjoy it and laugh a lot and will not be bored, neither regret. Music is also good. I loved the title song.

*why there is 500 words makr. I really hate it. I cant write more than this. I mean i cant give full synopsis. It says to write what u like and what dislike. I dnot know what to writeeeeeee....
Only dislikes about dramas are that they not real and some times over the top in story and acting. But that's why its drama. But in this drama there is nothing like dragging or boaring. Its short and cutr drama.

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ayalikeschicken
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 9, 2021
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 2.5
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

I wish I never watched it

The beginning of kdrama was interesting, touching on themes I've never seen discussed in k-dramas so I was pretty interested. However, it gets worse and seriously the logic of the characters made 0 sense. So much of the conflict would have been solved so easily with simple communication skills. The writing was poor, thus making the entire plot poorly created and then executed. So many characters on the show have not so great acting skill.
They even tried to make a full circle moment in the final episode, but truthfully I didn't care.
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Rita
1 people found this review helpful
Jun 10, 2020
14 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 4.0
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 3.0
Annoying leads. The FL seems to have a permanently dumb, scared look and ML has a permanent smirk but not in a good way. I couldn't find any redeeming features. There are some stories that are slow paced but have nuances and a gentle romance and the leads bring it to life. Here something just went seriously wrong as there was just nothing to make me sit through. To each his/her own, but I really struggled to finish it hoping something would improve but nothing did. I just didn't care and couldn't - despite best efforts.
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BelindaA
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 8, 2022
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 10

Quality Swoon-worthy entertainment

This drama seriously deserves a better rating. I would've binged it in one day, had I not had to get up early the next day. So instead I binged it in two days and it is definitely going to be a comfort drama for me in the future.

Of course it didn't hurt that I already liked both leads before this. Secret was one of my favorite 2nd gen girl groups, so I adore Song Ji Eun. And Sung Hoon I've had a crush on ever since Oh My Venus. But it wasn't just the actors that made this so enjoyable. The story was exactly what I'd been looking for: a cute romance, but not in a boring way, with lots of funny moments and swoon-worthy scenes. Despite basically being "only" a love story with barely any side plots, it always kept me engaged and immediately clicking "next episode". Their chemistry is great, the side characters are very funny and lovable and I also really liked the OST.

The only points of criticism I have, are that the last few episodes had way too many flashbacks and that the intro was always spoiling the episode. I liked the drawings in the intro but couldn't they have chosen scenes from previous episodes instead of the upcoming one? Kind of a strange choice. (Also, this drama had the fakest fake snow I've ever seen and I didn't quite get the ending tbh). But honestly, I loved this a lot and I'm definitely going to rewatch it.

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Ongoing 13/13
misha2pm
1 people found this review helpful
Jul 10, 2017
13 of 13 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 4.5
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 2.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
well first i need to mention i am not a huge romcom fan or romance at all ...
i started it cause of that car kissing scene :)
but for some reason i decided to watch this drama , i kinda enjoy the office romance thingie... the story is catchy at first but just like most romcoms it gets dull and predictable.... this one is wayyyyyyyyyy too predictable but i still enjoyed it for some reasons, it is just something to pass ur time with while waiting for ur fav k-drama to be subbed or a one night watch when u run outta choices :)
overall it was nice.
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Ongoing 13/13
Rule
1 people found this review helpful
Jun 3, 2017
13 of 13 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 6.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
Sweet, fluffy and very draggy and slow. Not much substance there.
I like the leads and enjoyed the first part, then the story got very predictable. So skipped a lot in the last few episodes.
Lots of loose ends, it feels like an incomplete story. The story could have been better written.
Anyway everyone got a happy ending even though it was kind of rushed.
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ashleydevlin
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 8, 2020
14 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Sweetest fluff

A really sweet story with appropriate amount of spice sprinkled in certain places ;) Go ahead and watch it. There is no evil villains, no second leads as both the leads dont need anyone else in there story. Only a gorgeous, golden hearted sweet hero who loves a beautiful, shy and hard working chef. They're made for each other.

Really relaxing drama. There is a bit of warning though that our hero is a serial kisser who just loves to pounce on our cutiepie heroine. So, not appropriate for family dinner time.
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Tayang Hamzah
1 people found this review helpful
May 20, 2021
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 6.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Light And Simple Romance

I always looking for rom-com kdrama and I found this one. Personally I think this drama is quite slow. Maybe it's because it's a romantic drama and you should know already that every scene is romantic also.

I watched until the end because i am the one kind of person who will finish any drama that I had started. The acting are good. I really like the secretary man. He's cute and funny also. Hye-Ri and the mother of female lead are annoying. I think if I met these two person in reality, I will punch them.

Actually, I think the problem is simple. It started with the female lead who is scared to let everybody know that the little boy is her half-brother. For me even if she is embarrassed to have a mother like her, but she should be happy she has a younger brother. She should let people acknowledge her brother. Or at least she can just share with the male lead only.

If she tell him the truth, I think the problem will not be dragged until become worst. Well, anyway, it's drama right? Just follow what the director did. Oh, overall, it's just so-so. And one more thing, I really like the way he kissed her. ?

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Irishchatter
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 13, 2021
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 4.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 3.5
Rewatch Value 2.5
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It is somewhat cute but dry enough…

Yes I’m not gonna lie, Sung Hoon is one hell of a handsome fella as the male lead but I just found the story rather bland. The female lead is always trying to run away from him despite the few times they have “you know what” in the car. I wasn’t that happy with the ending, I really thought they were gonna get married on the spot of her pornstar mother’s wedding. It would’ve been a nice send off. Overall it’s a somewhat nice romantic drama if you like your fast paced romance stuff.

Btw the little boy in this is so adorable <3
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Clarissa
1 people found this review helpful
Jul 27, 2021
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

I was really interested at the beginning but...

I found out about this drama while I was randomly searching for something to watch. I was kinda interested by the plot 'cause it had all the clichés that I really love in a drama: good-looking boss, the cute main girl character and the "teasing each other at the beginning but then falling in love" relationship. I watched the first 10 episodes in 2 days 'cause I was really enjoying it but then, from episode 11, I started to get bored. Basically from episode 11 to episode 14 we see nothing but flashbacks from the previous episodes and the story gets really slow. I was so freaking disappointed 'cause it's not the best drama that you will ever watch in your life, but it had some potential. The actors were really good (I was really impress by the male lead for example) and the show made me even laugh in some points. I recommend watching it, just lower your expectations for the second half of the series and the ending.

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ViewerX
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 18, 2022
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 2.0
Story 2.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Boss from Hell (and not in a funny way)

Maybe I could have gotten into the story, if the core component of it were not the fact that the male lead abuses his position as employer vis a vis the female lead.
Imagine the situation: You are at a new job. As a newbie, you are learning the ropes of what life will be like in this new company. And the first thing that happens, is that your boss tells you that you are bad at your job. Not once, not twice -- but continually. You need the job to live -- so you try harder, but the boss gives you no specific feedback, In fact, the situation escalates -- the boss now tells you that you need to do unreasonable things or you will get fired. This is the kind of boss that goes viral on social media when the story gets out.
Since this is a drama, Munchhausen syndrome kicks in and you fall in love with the boss.
Yep, beautiful story.
Definitely need to stop watching so-called romantic comedies. I am starting to demand a wisp of reality from them.
What was surprisingly bad and annoying was the music in this -- I have grown to expect world-class musical background in kdramas; this was nowhere in sight (or in hearing) in this one. Not that the music was necessarily bad -- it may have worked in a different context, and if it were integrated more into the story.
The actors try, but with this story they cannot succeed.

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