This review may contain spoilers
I have to be really honest about this drama. I started watching in 2019 when it was airing.. But, the plot and the show at al make me feel "bored", so I dropped this. And then I came back in the final 2021 to finish and I can say: It is a really cute, good drama!
Sometimes I felt a little bored and skipped some scenes in the finals episodes. Because I felt they were doing to much and put some unnecessary things to make the scenes bigger, idk how to explican... But It doesn't feel good.
But then, it was really good the couples and the stories.
10/10 to the story, it was amazing seeing inside a comic and knowing about their past "life" and probally the future one.
And It makes me want to know more about their next "life"!
Cinematography was everything, the edit when the main leaders was doing things, when the staged started or when the shadows started was really cute and simple to understand. And It was comfortable in my eyes.
I watched this drama while was really sad, for things that happened with me. But then, they cheered me up and a feel better after watching this.
I can consider this drama like a confort romcom that I would watch again.
But, being honest, I felt like "WHERE'S THE KISSES?", I know, because the main is a idol can be "bad" for his fans see something like that (Ridiculous, ik, but I've seen things like that), but there's moment that NEED a Kiss. A big and beautiful kiss!
After all, I enjoyed and recommend this drama.
Was this review helpful to you?
leaves something to be desired
too many questions left unanswered and left me feeling a bit disatisifed with the ending: whos the writer? what is the whole purpose of the story/book? how is dan oh unaware that saemi bullies juda and nothing is done about it? what about dried squid elf and his love interest?? many more questions to be asked as wellWas this review helpful to you?
– watched 6/24 through 6/29 –
for starters the first episode totally hooked me and my first impression of dan-oh was “oh shes a little quirky cute main character”. the way she thought she would be the main character after finding out she was in a comic book world was so relatable and funny. to start with things i disliked about the drama: the first couple episodes were great! until you start getting annoyed at the love triangles. baek kyung was SOO annoying throughout the show and it was so very obvious who dan-oh should end up with, but had a redemption arc towards the end? i also didn’t like nam-ju’s character at ALL. he did nothing throughout the show and didnt even get to have an ego and realize he was the protagonist of the comic book. ju-da was alright and i was ROOTING for do-hwa, i mean he is the best character out of the A3 and was sad when ju-da ended up choosing nam-ju over him because “nam-ju cant live without me but you can” ?!?! makes no sense and he deserved better ?. also there were many plotholes and questions that should have been answered but it didnt bother me that much. that ending tho ? when ha-ru disappeared it broke my heart but i was happy to see them appear again in the next comic book or “universe” like they did before. now onto things i liked: EUN DA-NO! her character was my fave and kept me entertained always, the way she wanted to change her fate was admirable. the romance btwn the main leads was very cute and made me keep rooting for them until the end. lastly, the friendship trio between dan-oh, ha-ru, and do-hwa was my favorite thing ever ??Was this review helpful to you?
This review may contain spoilers
It is good, but...
I finished Extraordinary You ? is it somehow true that all lead protagonists get annoying? When the story turned to be more about Dan O and Haru, I skipped a lot. Maybe because they got what they asked for? All those heartbreaks was actually meant for them?In the end all I could think of is Lee Do Hwa and Baek Gyeong. Cant believe we've got cuts of the useless classmen in the new book instead of the two.
Lee Do Hwa only wanted an identity that didn't include him walking around with his clique or him playing the violin. Above everyone else, he valued his friends the most. But of course the drama will not like nice guys with sunny dispositions. He's actually my type. So fluffy.
And Baek Gyeong. In the end he realises, and the audience too, that he wasn't harsh. He didn't want to. But he was made that way. What a cruel writer.
Anyway, I was happy when it cut to the main story line. The characters sleeping for a long time, ending in graduation. It's a juxtaposition of the dreaded ending and the relief of having the chance to start all over again.
Would recommend this drama, for sure.
Was this review helpful to you?
This review may contain spoilers
Within the world of a comic
This is a rom-com/drama about Dan Oh and her relationships with other characters of the high school comic that she finds herself a part of. She and a few others become self-aware and are able to realize that they are more than the setup that their writer established for them. In order to change the story to better reflect the self-aware characters' thoughts and wishes, they work together, or sometimes against each other, to make the needed adjustments.The drama had a lot of potential, and, as is, would have been fine with half as many episodes. If it had to be 32 episodes, it would have been better with more story line. Instead, the same few scenes were played over and over as if the viewers needed certain points drilled into their heads. You could almost skip the entire middle of the story and not miss anything. Personally, I didn't mind too much, simply because Rowoon, Lee Tae Ri, and most of the others, are pretty to look at. But I did get tired of seeing the same scenes. Even within the story, Dan Oh was tired of it. And the brooding faces of a bunch of rich, angsty teens got tiresome as well. It was a breath of fresh air when the final episode moved them on to a new (university) comic with the same characters but a whole different vibe. I wouldn't have minded if there had been more university episodes and fewer high school episodes, just to see the cast play more of their new characters.
I did love the premise and the way the comic world was portrayed from the viewpoint of the characters. In between each "stage," it was like a director yelling "cut" and the self-aware characters would retreat from their setups, while the ones who were not self-aware would continue as their characters were written. I did not understand how the characters within the comic had access to a previous comic, but....plot holes within plot holes, I guess.
The OST from this drama is amazing in my opinion. These songs will stick with me longer than the drama will.
Was this review helpful to you?
Was this review helpful to you?
They really try to make male lead somewhat of angelic being. this result of many cringe scene when ever male lead are shown.
there no way man like this gonna exist lol.
But overall pretty good movie if you want to watch not really in my highly recommend one but good enough for kill some times
Was this review helpful to you?
Something New
I really like the story it's a new story as all the kdrams are getting boring now there is something new in this drama.And you will find a moral in the end if you can understand it.Also there are many love stories and all of them ended well.Overall it was tge roller coaster of emotions and i really enjoyed watching it. We need more kdrams like this. Because world need a good massage rather than a cruel endings that we can see now mostly in Kdramas.and the cast we so perfectly choose i like it so much.Was this review helpful to you?
There are loopholes and unanswered questions.
Waiting for HARU to show up was my most intense patient time...lmao.. it took him a while to show up in this drama(not gonna say when but,...) it was worth it. After episode 21...I began to lose interest...but still finished as I need to, to move on haha. I skipped a lot as some were very slow and repetitive and ..yuh/
I was planning to watch this last year due to high-recommendation but my expectation is kinda low for this drama..but I will give it a good 5-6 star as it was a unique story.
Idk what else to say but if you are looking for something slow, but witted and high school romance, I would give this a go.
It was a fun drama and I am happy I finished it with a good life lesson: Enjoy life, be grateful for what you got and move on.
12/27/20 10:02pm
Was this review helpful to you?
Surprising Jewel
It's a drama that I did not expect I would enjoy at first. I don't have high expectations but i enioyed it very much. The story is creative and the characters especially Dan Oh has a 'character' that makes her unforgettable among the numerous dramas I watched. The chemistry with the leading men is great. It was my first time watching the three main leads, the actors for Dan Oh, Haru and Baekyung, and I liked all of them. You will laugh and your heart will flutter. You will also get intrigued. I suggest you watch this if you're deciding :)Was this review helpful to you?
My #1 fav K-Drama fr
This is a fantasy drama that i loved so much. At the start i really didnt like it so what i did was, i skipped to episode 23 and noticed something very important (i don't want to spoil anything) so i went back and waatched it from where i left of. It was such and amazing expirience and a surprising heart warming ending i absolutely loved ♡♡♡♡♡♡This is the K-Drama i always reccomend to everyone and of they tell me they have already watched it i just tell them to rewatch it because of how good it is ♡♡
I hope you find this review helpful and have fun watchign Extraordinary You and dont forget Rowoon is the male lead ♡
Was this review helpful to you?
I like the story basis, everyone knows the second lead is whatever, no one cares about them, this is actually a storyline that’s been really popular lately so I was all for it, but as I watched it more and more (because the second lead in the WEBTOON was trying to be a main lead) it was making me anxious. And I had major second lead syndrome with her “fiancée” and also the best friend in love with the main girl and etc. Everything was all good, in the beginning everything is unraveling and you’re literally into it because you want to know more, like who is who and why everything is happening and all that, but why I wouldn’t say this is a 10/10 show is because it fell short. You’re left with no answer, everything falls short and honestly that’s that. Your curiosity never ends. Also it just made me feel horrible that she was changing the story because even though that’s how it was meant to be, well it’s the whole show, I was like darn it just keep it the same!!! The twist and crooks and crannies and different stories, it was just all a lot really.
The acting was A1, you had a group of pretty decent, kind of new to the industry actors and actresses, they all really did great and I’m excited to see how they’re going to grow more, like they’ve been in things but they could be in more, ya know? They really did shine though. But I hated the complication and story changing because it really kind of killed the romance in a way.
I barely heard anything from the OST and that usually pops to me so I’m kind of disappointed by that.
Anyway, would I rewatch it? I honestly probably wouldn’t unless I was really bored, it was definitely a 1 hit wonder for me and I don’t think I’d find more information going back to watch it.
Was this review helpful to you?
