A Good Day to Be a Dog (2023)

Good Enough

Korean Drama '' A Good Day To Be A Dog '' is a cute fantasy romantic comedy.

The drama has an adorable love story with a couple that oozes chemistry and has many romantic moments together.

The melodrama was enjoyable as well, though, towards the ending, it got a bit too much. The past story was boring as well. But, the main one had enough thrilling moments, action, and a nice pace, that balanced the rest.

Finally, the performances were all enjoyable by every actor and actress in the cast. The CGI, on the other hand, were bad.

So, overall, seven out of ten.

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AVERAGE..... DRAMA ??But if like romance stuff u can try it!

This Kdrama is such a beautiful ride ? I read and loved it! While obviously, the series doesn't exactly follow the same storyline, the essentials are here. It is a great mix of cuteness, comedy, romance and mystery. The ensemble cast does a great job of bringing this story to life, the music is exquisite, and the cinematography, colors are so connected to Manhoya.
I started watching this drama for Cha Eun Woo - loved him in Island, True Beauty and more - and he's perfect for the role. He is such a versatile actor, he brings something new and unique to every new role he plays.
She is a nice surprise, JIN Seo Won's role suits her really well.
The chemistry between the leads is great and the cute and awkward romance aspect of the show is, I think, what makes it so fresh and enjoyable.
I recommend this drama to anyone looking for some cute romance, kind characters and laughs. Enjoy the ride!

Note: The only thing I dislike is having to wait so long for each episode to air. If you're like me and can't wait to know the whole story from start to finish, watch all the episodes in full once they've aired. I think it's a perfect show to watch on a weekend when you need a little more pastel color in your life.

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Good but too long and sometimes very boring

The overall story, acting, music are all good but the drama feels to be missing something. Sometimes it becomes too slow and other times it becomes too fast.

The thing that annoys me the most is how the "villain" did not get any repercussions for his stupidity and generations of torture to the FL's family. Is there no higher supernatural being watching over how these other supernaturals are behaving?

It would've been a much better drama if it was short, maybe 5 - 6 hours mini drama or a movie.
It would've been a re-watch worthy drama if it was a wholesome story of two people falling in live and helping each other get over their curse/trauma without including the revenge plot of the supernatural being and the past life connections.

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No questions, just a nice happy ending

This had great concept. Because of a family curse, a woman will turn into a dog at midnight if ever she kisses anyone. At 6am she will return to normal but the transformation will repeat itself every night until she, as a dog, kisses the same person. She will only have 100 days to kiss the same person again or else she will remain as a dog. But what if she kisses someone who's afraid of dogs? What can be done to lift the family curse?

Some are saying that Cha Eun woo can't act but I still think he was an appropriate choice for this drama. His awkwardness somehow felt believable for the ML's character, and boy oh boy can he kiss. I think I can forgive him anything just for his kiss scenes.

Park Gyuyoung as the FL, despite good acting, was somewhat lacking for me. I somehow can't buy into her acting bubbly, maybe because I can't separate her from her Celebrity character yet.

This is my first time to see Ryu Abel who played the FL's sister and she looks so much like the actor Heo Jung Min from Go Back Couple that it was all I can think about whenever she's onscreen.

Yoon Hyun Soo as the FL's student was my favorite character of all. When he was advised the ML and FL on their new relationship was the most hilarious part of the drama for me.

For the music, there was a particular ominous bgm they use too much that it became distracting. Silence would have made ominous scenes more impactful.

Despite many replayed scenes which I think should have been cut to lessen the episodes, I think the drama was able to tell its story from Ep1-13 and used Ep 14 to just wrap everything so nicely that you can't help but feel satisfied, especially with the outro song they have used. I might not rewatch it anytime soon but it will definitely put it on the list of rewatchable dramas.

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One of the best adaptations I've watched!

Whether you're a fan of Lee Hey's Webtoon of the same name or you're looking for a sweet, fantasy rom-com kdrama to watch this drama is for you!
Story: Almost like the webtoon but the writer adds scenes to make it immensely interesting!
Acting: AMAZING! The cast may look like a bunch of pretty faces, but they also portray their characters so well! You'll often find yourself crying and smiling with them...
Music: SO GOOD! There's an ost for every sad and happy moment! Cha Eun Woo's jealousy is an absolutely beautiful song plus the others such as Timing by Minnie and Ain't Nobody by Woody!
Rewatch Value: Definitely would rewatch when in need of some cheering up!

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Better than expected ? and don't see online ☺️ online has lot of hate on everything

First show is decent and had chemistry in rocket ship definitely during the screen time of kissing ?.
Second online new trend to complain all the show by comparing to the 2016 era to be honest yeah it's good and classic but everything can't be same enjoy the show for what it is.
Finally This show does have problem like in story of conctivity of curse impact also on second lead who's had secret hitting from first episode and that takes too long to reveal make it little less impactful as i irritated by that part since i could guess it right from the beginning what could have happened.
Other than its okay but definitely not bad as online says.

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A strange premise but it works

9/10 is my rating. This is a 2023/2024 South Korean Fantasy, Romantic comedy. There are 14 regular episodes with one special episode. Each episode has about 70 minute run time. It is based on a webtoon of the same name.

First I provide a unique synopsis then review

Synopsis

Hae na / Mak soon: (Park Gyunyoung) teaches Korean language to high school students. Teaching is a profession that provides good cover for someone living under a family curse that results in her turning into a dog if she kisses anyone. Teachers work day hours which is a must when you turn into a dog from midnight to 6 AM. The only way ti reverse the curse is for then same person kissed to turn into a dog kisses the person in dog form. Ha nae is sweet and attractive and has had semi serious relationships in the past but they end when she refuses to kiss them. Bo gyeom / San-p sin (Lee Hyun Woo) teaches Korean History at the same school and Hae na has a huge crush on him. She has been looking for an opportunity to express her feelings and winds up kissing him when she gets too drunk at a group gathering. Only it was not her crush, it was his friend and their fellow teacher, Jin Seo won / Soo hyun (Cha Eun Woo) she kissed. And it so happens that Seo won is terrified of dogs due to childhood trauma. Which presents a huge issue because, nit inly does he show no romantic interest in her, she has to get him to kiss her when she us a dog, the very thing he is terrified of. To further complicate things not only does Seo won seemingly have no romantic interest in Hae na, he appears to actively dislike her. All of which results in some very comedic situations as Ha nea tries to trick Seo won into kissing her. She gets help from an unlikely source, Min Ji ah (Kim Yi kyung), Seo won’s nephew, who is also one of her students. ji ah accidentally discovers her curse and since he has a crush on her, is very willing to help her break the curse. As if a dog curse is not enough, things are not as they seem and these “strangers” may have a much deeper past than they, at first, are aware. Did she accidentally kiss the right (fated) guy?

Review

If you read the Webtoon, you will find no major surprises as they did not deviate much from the webtoon. I liked the rendition a lot. They somehow made her changing into a dog a little bit less silly than in the webtoon. One thing I was not a fan of though was the number of flashbacks, there were entirely too many flashbacks and I found that they could’ve cut out at least an episode if they just gotten rid of some flashbacks. You can’t ever go wrong watching Cha Eun Woo though, he’s an awesome actor. The romance was heartwarming, believable and well paced. It has a great blend of fantasy, romance, mystery and suspense. I recommend it and would rewatch if someone had it on.

Spoilers

Many say it drags in the last part. I agree. There was a point, having read the Webtoon, I wondered what they had left to tell. I forgot about the memory being wiped. I am not a fan of the amnesia trope. I was glad it was her that lost her memory and not him. She had already gone through so much in getting him kiss her when she was a dog, I would really have been frustrated if she had to start all over again. I was glad she lost her memories and he had to win her back rather than the other way around,

I don’t know what the special episode was about or why they had it. Knowing that would have helped in determining whether to watch it or not. Since we didn’t know what that special episode was, we started watching some of it then determined it was the same thing just strung all together rather than being broken into episodes. Like one huge, extended, flashback. I don’t know if that’s really what it is because I didn’t watch the entire thing we watched maybe a quarter of it then fast forwarded through some more and got less than halfway and determined it was just more of the same. Since we only watched portions of that special episode, I can’t conclusively say it is nothing new but I can say the part we watched wasn’t worth watching for us .

#ParkGyungYoung

#LeeHyunWoo

#ChaEunWoo

#AGoodDayToBeADog

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IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PUPPY ROMANCE IT'S TOO GOOD

this drama started as very exciting but the last 4 episodes were good but the recaps is actually unnecessary and they showed the scene from past life 2-3 times in different episode and different way which kinda annoyed me but even though they were adult the romance was very puppy love like so adorable no misunderstanding , shy smile & blush part was to die for.. i honestly wanted yul to ended up w someone in his school but sadly they didn't made it like this ,most of time I skip the intro but this intro is kinda my type of things I like.. honestly tvn ruined the story and wasn't able to show the main points but the acting was really good

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wof wof?

I just finished watching the K-drama and let's start with the positives! Well, as you can see, it's a very simple drama aimed at being cute, and in my opinion, it did a good job in that aspect. I can't even count how many times I felt like a lonely single woman watching the romantic scenes ??.
I also laughed a lot at the funny scenes, I found it quite entertaining. Oh, I liked the theater! It was very cute. The actors' performances were also great in my opinion, and finally, the story is quite interesting.
However, let's move on to the negatives now.

1st When the history teacher reunited with his beloved in the present, she was a teenager and in the past (apparently) she was an adult, so I found their reunion strange... I think she should have come back as an adult or not come back, you know? It left a kind of... weird atmosphere.
2nd The CGI of "Cocoa" was bad ? it was noticeable when they switched the real dog for CGI.
3rd The part of the story where the math teacher's rival in adolescence appears was unnecessary. He and his henchman made no difference to me when the real villain already existed.
4th The "romance" of the protagonist's uncle with the teacher was... strange and forced. Besides, the uncle had already died when he was in his dog form, why did he come back to life the next day?
5th There were many repeated scenes (the so-called memories blah blah) they were boring .

Well, there were other things I didn't like much, but overall, I had fun moments watching the drama! It was great to see 2 actors (Cha Eun Woo and Park Gyu Young) that I like acting together, as well as meeting a new actor that interested me (Lee Hyun Woo).

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