Love Alarm Season 2 (2021)

Love Alarm's Long Awaited Sequel

I'm sorry but I honestly don't understand why people love Sun Oh so much. He's such an entitled prick. Jojo doesn't want to become close with him again, she constantly says no or walks away but does Sun Oh listen? NOPE. He constantly yells stuff at her YOU STILL LOVE ME, YOU LOVE ME. That's honestly not attractive at all and kind of a huge red flag. I know how Jojo suddenly dumped you and broke your heart wasn't fair and a really shitty too but that doesn't give him any right to behave like this.

Also, how dare he ask hye yeong how it comes that they aren't close anymore. I'm like bitch you started this by deliberately going after YOUR best friend's crush simply because you wanted to. And the way Sun Oh treats his current girlfriend is simply just horrible. Juk-Yo deserved so much more than she got. I did like him when he was in a relationship with Jojo & he treated her pretty right back then, but I'm honestly so happy that I was team hye yeong since season one.

Also, the stylist of jojo's character truly made her wear hideous things inb the first 2 episodes. The white on white outfits with a colourful jacket weren't the best choices. I truly want to throw away those damn awful white pants.

Song Kang is a great actor BUT OH MY FREAKING GOD I CANNOT STAND LITTLE WHINEYASS SUN OH. He's so freaking annoying, so fucking annoying. The worst person is still jojo's aunt undoubtedly.

CDG... *insert face palm* Did the writers really think we were that stupid? It obviously stands for Cheon Duk-Gu.

I truly wanted Sun Oh to die at one point because he bothered me that much. At one point he even stalked her when she kept walking away from him he still followed her, I'm like bit problematic much eh? And then the stalking didn't even end there.

I also don't understand why people say Jojo is indecisive when she literally always walked away from Sun Oh and never even thought about breaking up with Hye yeong. Honestly Hye yeong is such a precious baby and someone that I would actually love to date.

I gotta say I love Hye yeong and Jojo as a couple a lot more than Sun Oh × Jojo. Maybe I'm a little biased because of my utter dislike towards Song Kang's character or it's simply because Hye yeong is the best boyfriend ever and the better person. We'll probably never find an answer to that, we only know that I'm just 100% one soft bitch for Hye Hyeong.

I don't hate season 2 like some other people do but I do think it's not as good as the first season. I'm also baffled how they were able to make such an interesting concept (like the murders, the murders corresponding with jojo's comic, the anti-love alarm squad, that fake CEO, Duk-Gu faking his own death) into this quite boring 6 episode long final season. I blame it on the fact that the original writers of this show weren't involved with s2 & that 4 new people were hired instead. But it honestly wasn't that bad either.

I'm forever not getting the love that Sun Oh to this day receives; I truly wouldn't want a man like that as my significant other. HYE YEONG FOREVER. I love how my baby suddenly became the first lead instead of the second lead & how Sun oh went from first to second in this series.

Duk Gu was always so precious and cute but omg a new haircut and better clothes truly made him hot.

I kind of like jojo's niece too now. Yeah she's still spoiled but honestly she became kind of really charming.

I love how Jojo matured and became a better person. I liked how there were actually consequences of her hiding the truth constantly. She truly developed into a better person just as her niece did too. We love dem character development.

Okay, I got super emotional when adult and kid jojo met each other. Like damn that symbolism of how she didn't blame herself for her past trauma anymore & how she was able to give it a place. Beautiful.

Hye yeong exciting for her at the finishing line made me fucking emotional.

I don't know if I fully believe in the Yuk jo × sung oh pairing, but I'm really happy that my girl at least got some feelings reciprocated.

I'm happy with the ending & I thought the cinematography of this second season was fabulous but it ultimately didn't live up to what season 1 set up. I still did not think it was as bad as other people say it is. The transition between seasons were a bit chaotic though.

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A wonderful drama with wonderful actors and a wonderful end.

Okay, so let me start by saying that I'm extremely happy with the ending. Not because I preferred HH but because everyone in the drama got the ending they deserved. Everyone ended their story in this drama in a peaceful way.

And now let's talk about HH and Sun-oh. Let me start with clearing that I am on HH side but absolutely not against sun-oh. As we all know HH had a crush on JoJo first and sun-oh knew about it, even tho HH declined it, sun-oh knew that HH was lying. And as we all saw in the first season HH really liked Kim JoJo but had to see his best friend with her every single day without saying anything about it. This literally broke my heart because he is such a calm and nice guy. Now don't get me wrong, I was happy for sun-oh too since he and Jojo seemed happy together.

Now this season started with JoJo and HH being a couple even though she couldn't ring his love alarm when he did. And he never said anything about it since he loved her so much and didn't want to make her uncomfortable. And I could see that she was happy with him and that their relationship was healthy and peaceful.

What made me not feel bad about sun-oh when Jojo "broke-up" with him or kind of cleared up things for him, is that he got mad about the fact that JoJo didn't ring his love alarm and that she wasn't being "honest". And what made me mad about this is that he couldn't accept that she didn't like him and kept yelling at her and saying "you like me!". Yes, I understand that he was confused about the whole story with the shield but still, that was quite weird to me.

To be honest, in the beginning, I thought that the best ending would be if they all split and lived their own lives without each other. But when I started watching this season I could see how lonely and sad HH was, but how happy he was with Jojo and how hard he tried to not ruin their relationship. (Gurl I was CRYING rivers when he went out of prison and Jojo went to hug him and he started crying TT TT )

This review is quite messy, sorry TT. But to kind of summon all this review, I loved this season. I cried, laughed, and got mad while watching these wonderful 6 episodes. And to be honest I will probably end up rewatching this drama like 10 times. ^^

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Everybody loves Sunoh...

... I can tell and I guess the ratings will be lower because of the ending.
I trully like Song Kang, who started at the drama "The liar ans his lover" and his acting was already relevant.
I guess people will be frustrated to see how Jojo runs towards HY everytime but let's be fair, the ending was really fine:
- Love is not just a simple feeling or crush, you have to act and choose, that's what Jojo did.
- Everyone grows: JJ by being honest, HY by being more determinate, SN by being more caring, JJ's cousin by being more serious.
- But they can not change that far.... JJ's cousin is still superficial, SN's mother though more caring, stays distant. There is not a great happy ending with reconciliation and hugs, it's more realistic and I like it that way.
- I like the fact that she returns to Jeju island ALONE to overcome her past. She has to accept herself above all. She is the most hurt in this story.
The three lead actors are great, but Song Kang I think, it's the most striking one. I can understand people's frustrations but really, season 2 is nice final.
The flaws in this show:
- Visual effects not really convincing comparing to season 1
- Lacks of explanations, for example, in the webtoon, JJ wrote a letter to HY and explains why she chooses him ( a very beautiful and romantic message), this element is lacking.
- Too much crying and whispers... gosh, all the casting were great, you can give more light moments, they are young!
But really, the whole drama is beautiful so don't be to harsh because you prefers Song Kang.

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Worst storyline and character development ever!!!

Where to begin!!! I got past season 1 of this horrid series. This series should have never come on air for any reason whatsoever. This is the first time i have hated an entire cast of a series. Let's begin with the Kim Jojo our FL, a victim with a victim mentality that the writers never thought to grow her character, very flat no development whatsoever,no direction. Every thing about her character irks me nothing intrigues. Then there is Hye young, i mean i knew from the end of the first season that they would make him and JoJo the endgame but the progression to that was just flat. It was as if they just forced to individuals with prior basis together. Their pairing is the worst i have seen in years in drama industry!!! To be very honest i would have preferred her ending up with Sun-oh, together this pairing had more life to them and had the potential of being a stellar couple( forget his jerkish behaviours for a minute) yes i was actually rooting for him. He made moves even if they were borne from childish tendencies and a balance of pain and the need to escape his lack of loving home and where he found happiness. The writers trying to give him a so-called happy ending with yujoo was just downright horrible!!!
I mean come on!!!! This pair is so useless. They just ruined the entire script. I kept trying to get to the end of this horrid eyesore but i just couldn't, i had to stop just before the last episode because i saw no reason to continue watching this disaster!!
Do i recommend this horrid drama to anyone hell no!!! The only reason i even rated it a 5.0 is because of some of the supporting characters like sun oh's mom, gul-mi ( a character that actually developed) and sun-oh's portrayal of a rich broken boy who just wanted to fins happiness.

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personally i know who's jojo gonna endup with before watching season 2 but still i'm heart broken. I like the ending even though jojo did not end up with the guy that i preferred.

Now let's talk about JOJO. Tbh, i dont like her since season 1 because hello, even though you have past, trauma etc you have no right to hurt or PLAY with someone feelings like that. It was selfish of her to do that, she hurts two people because of her selfishness :((

The ending of this season, did justice to sunoh. He deserves the world and he is too good for jojo. I like that they ended the relationship peacefully and she finally give him the answer that he's been looking for. Shout out to Hyukjo and Hyeyoung for being the selfless character especially Hyukjo! Now I know, that if we like someone we can wait for him or her for a vvv long time without wanting something in return. Just being with them is enough even tho it hurts.

The cinematography and production of this drama is *chef kisses*. I love it so much, satisfying to watch. The acting is just 100/10!

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This is a different kdrama

I love this kdrama because was different , we can see different kind of loves , the young Love and how is passionate and selfish without looking who is who ,and the adults Love when you find a person who is the right for you and you have the same values, dreams and struggles. If some one dont likes how end up things in this drama just remember how selfish was Sun Oh, in first episode , when he knew before ever met her that his best friend love her, was a game for him in the begging to challenge him. Sun Oh was selfish and not a good friend, he have to pass a few stages in life to grow up and be more grounded. In the other hand Lee Hye when he finds out about Sun Oh and her he step back and has the patience to love her and be in his friend side, when the time comes Sun Oh doesn't do the same for him. My english is bad i hope to understand what i mean ?

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Unpopular Opinion - I liked it!

Despite the very low overall rating of Love Alarm 2 currently - I personally really enjoyed it, and easily prefer it over the first season of Love Alarm. I like how Love Alarm 2 gives off more mature vibes, which I think was definitely needed in order for the story to progress. I would also like to point out that the OST is surprisingly sublime, meaning I will be listening to it on repeat, starting today!

It wasn't perfect, for example I did find some scenes quite cringe or irrelevant as they didn't really progress the story that much but overall it didn't hinder my positive experience on an overall scale that much.

While I do prefer Love Alarm 2 - I don't think there should be a Love Alarm 3 now. I'm only mentioning this because I feel like a Love Alarm 3 will happen - we shall see if my feeling becomes more than a 'feeling'!

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Hit the snooze button on this Love Alarm!

I did watch this all in one day. So maybe that's why I found the story and Kim JoJo's behavior to be so annoying.

I know that she was a college student, but omg she spent all her time thinking about boys and love alarm. I felt like she was just really stringing along Hye-Young and he definitely deserved someone who could definitely say "I LOVE YOU, HYE-YOUNG and I don't need an app for that!" With her Love Alarm shield enabled it completely crippled her ability to think on her own or feel her own emotions. And the way she would second guess herself when she was around Sun Oh was just horrible, in my opinion. I felt really bad for him!

I felt really bad for both of the guys in this show. I just wanted the two of them to ring each others love alarms and be best friends again and ditch Kim Jojo.

She thought so hard about her love alarm and needing it to ring. And then when she used that sword to ring it, I was even more annoyed. I felt like it was lying. Why not just delete the app entirely from her phone and tell Hye Young she loved him, you know? Why use the app to do it. He is the kind of guy who would appreciate that more than her app ringing. I mean his fascintiaton with retro electronics pointed towards him being more old school, right? Also odd that he loved to repair old things and then he still had to ring Kim Jojo's alarm so many times and was tickled when he found out the app said she would love him. What a strange personality.

I felt super sad for Sun Oh. His character just sulked and wallowed in his heart break. He never smiled. And then at the end, when he showed up at that girlfriends apt and said he would basically hang out and force his love alarm to ring for her was super pathetic in my opinion. I wish his character had a better ending than that.

I think I would have enjoyed this series a lot more if the three main characters deleted the app and remained friends. And that they all felt it was necessary to love themselves first. They were so young and should just live life, travel, enjoy new things and meet new people and follow their passions for themselves and not someone else. Learning to live without having to have a boyfriend or girlfriend is possible and actually healthy!

I did enjoy when Kim Jojo went on her marathon run. The scene where she ran to her childhood self had me in tears. I was like "Yes! Love yourself, girl!" and I knew Hye Young would be there and I wish he would have just said "Hey, let's take a break while you sort through your baggage! You do you! Call me in a few years and we'll see if it was meant to be" .

The part with Duk-Gu was confusing. Was he being kept in a coma while his older brother watched him on a camera? Did he escape from being held hostage? What the heck?! It made no sense.

The only slight growth IMO was her cousin, Gul-Mi. I felt that her character went from being this self-absorbed phony to actually realizing the sacrifices others have made for her. So I liked that she started working in her mother's convenience store and gave her mom a break. And how she wanted her mom to do things like join a hiking group with people her age. And when she shielded Kim Jojo from reporters phone calls. Just small things where it showed she was growing as a person and thinking more about other's feelings than her own.

I felt like Duk-Gu gave her that challenge to get hearts on her own in order for her to realize that her actions affect people's feelings. And treating people with kindness come back to you in a positive way.

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More than I expected and more than welcomed

This was a perfect conclusion to another surprisingly good Netflix Kdrama. The Sci-Fi genre tag got me interested in this drama in the beginning, and then the first season's finale had me invested in what was going to happen next for this alternative universe that was heavily influenced and indebted to an app called Love Alarm.

What I appreciate more than anything is the conclusion and logic making sense until the very end of the show. It was completely rewarding to stick with the show until the end of the second season finale. I'm glad the series is short because it feels like it makes the story better. No excess airtime to waste time and put in red herrings, or smoking guns in the series that takes away from the plot and character's development.

From the outside, the drama seems average. Average cliche stories and character stereotypes with repeated plotlines that we've all seen before. I wasn't expecting much when jumping into it. I just wanted to know how much of an impact will an alternative universe with an invasive but innovative app called Love Alarm will have? The impact was major.

First and foremost, the drama isn't a Romantic Comedy, Coming-Of-Age, or Love Triangle with an emotionally constipated chaebol and the 'nice guy' who is just a friend. This drama is Science Fiction in a way that overshadows the other genres of this drama. It was during the season finale of season one that I first realized that this drama's only important and constant main character is the app: Love Alarm. This drama is about Love Alarm and how it affects society and the individuals that reside within.

There's a time jump in the story and a well-done one at that. It jumps forwards and later reveals important and crucial details that happened in the time jump. The cinematography was perfect, as well as the music and acting from the small cast. These otherwise flat and one-dimensional, trope-like characters were able to showcase deeper and complex emotions and experiences in a considerable amount of time. Worth a standing ovation in my opinion. Everyone has a just end that made sense for their characters' decisions and development. I particularly like the fact that the son and mom of the horrible husband and father politician have a.....mutual understanding and concern for each other despite the trauma and pain they went through in the past together and separately.

There was growth and healing in the drama. A journey of self-identity crisis, self-discovery, and self-love that was missing in a world monitored by an app. The main female, JoJo was able to make peace with herself and heal from her Survivor's Guilt that she carried with her since she was a young girl. A tear-worthy moment at the 2nd season finale in Jeju. It was beautiful and I cried I admit. I think anyone would too after the positive message that was relayed to her by Duk-gu, the founder of the app. I like what he said in the end, that he doesn't regret making the app despite the fact that he didn't directly benefit from it as he hoped. He was glad it worked out for others. However, he realized that too many people were depending too much on an app and not their own instincts and feelings. What I got from that was the idea to always seek out companionship and connection in person as well and not just through algorithms suggested through an app. There's always room for error in science because science is man-made and humans make mistakes. Get to know yourself, love yourself, and trust yourself.

I think the great message that I took away from this drama is related to the Sci-Fi genre of the app Love Alarm making decisions for humans that humans can never be able to calculate through science. Love isn't an exact science, just like any area of science isn't exact. Humans are too complicated and complex to be conveniently computed and researched into data.

I'm always down for Sci-Fi dramas and this was a great but wonderful surprise and I would love to see more of this Netflix! You hear me?!?!? Make it happen!

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Amazing acting from cast, but concept, writing and storytelling was so-so

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

Watched this drama because I loved Kim So Hyun in RWTMR and Song Kang in Navillera. As for this drama, great acting from the entire cast, but I must say the writing and directing were poorly executed, it was all over the place. What a waste of all the actors' talent here because of the bad script.

I found it so difficult to like Jojo's character, she was so immature and selfish, she literally broke SunHo. I get that she's protecting herself and perhaps even Sun Oh from getting hurt, but her actions and bad decisions were far more damaging for both of them and for HY too. She should've at least given Sun Oh a proper explanation for dumping him just like that, he doesn't deserve that kind of treatment from Jojo, no matter how exhausted and overwhelmed she may have been. Although the relationship may have started on a wrong foot, it doesn't change the fact that he was good to her and he loved her dearly. Four years have passed and you would expect that she has matured a bit, but her actions are still very immature. Not once did she even consider that getting into a relationship with HY would destroy the life long friendship those 2 guys shared. She owes Sun Oh the answers he needed, so he too can move on and have the closure he deserves, that is what he has been asking all along so he can understand and not be left in the dark for far too long about what happened to their relationhip, why can't she give that to him? She threw him away like garbage and later hooked up with his bestfriend, who wouldn't feel hurt and betrayed in a situation like that? It was so mean amd unfair of Jojo to deprive Sun Oh the answers he seeks, she also kept leading him on, she could have pushed him away when Sun Oh kissed her, she was giving him mixed signals, confusing Sun Oh even more. I honestly don't buy that there is no love left in her heart for Sun Oh or that she loves HY more than Sun Oh, her eyes and her actions say otherwise.

Why couldn't she be honest with herself (or to anyone) about what she truly feels? While I understand that she was traumatized as a child, that is not an excuse to go on breaking other people's hearts with intent. I couldn't stand how she kept so many secrets, so many lies, she dragged everyone into her misery. Her insecurities and dishonesty have hurt so many people along the process. If only she was true to herself, told the truth to Sun Oh, then it would have freed her. She didn't even give him a fighting chance, my heart broke into a million pieces at that scene from their graduation where she just walked past him and he cried silently, how can she be so cold and heartless? Also at the scene when Sun Oh asked her in the car "What about me?" Why can you not try with me?", that constant loop of Sun Oh's search for answers and Jojo not giving him one was just too painful to watch. It was so unfair and it made me so sad and mad. Their flashback at their last conversation (walking hand in hand in the garden) was so heartbreaking to watch again. Even then, during that talk, things were not cleared up. Sun Oh discovered the answers to his questions only from her drawings, not from Jojo directly. Although I have to give props to whoever chose the background music for that scene, it was perfect, the lyrics of that song "In My Little Mind" were the very words that needed to be said exactly at that moment, these lyrics were so powerful: "Maybe we could be a little bit more honest oh, with me with you, with us. Maybe we could go our ways and let it go... Woo uuh uuh. I know that you have given your all, just stayin' beside me, Woo uuh uuh. And this is all I'm thinking, my thoughts are broken inside my little mind".

I have nothing against HY, he's a great guy, I can accept their endgame as I can see that Jojo probably found HY to be a safe, quiet haven for her. Nevertheless, how can Jojo not be bothered at how tormented Sun Oh was, it took her so long to tie the loose ends, so many tears had to be shed before that chapter can be closed. What she did to Sun Oh just doesn't sit well with me.

I find that both guys do not deserve Jojo at all, they both deserve someone better. Glad that Sun Oh decided to go back to YJ, the girl who has been paiently understanding and waiting for him, YJ is way better compared to Jojo, she was selfless, was even willing to give up on her love just to see Sun Oh happy. Their last scene was what consoled my heart somewhat.

Tbh, I would have been more satisfied with an ending where Jojo dealt and overcame her demons alone and later finding true love without the need of an app to validate her true feelings. It would have been great if she didn't have to choose betwen those two great guys. Kim So Hyun nailed it in the head whe she mentioned in an interview that Jojo's character was so fickle-minded.

What irked me about the story the most is how people allowed an app to dictate their lives and override their emotions. What I also found idiotic was a complete stranger can easily ring another stranger's love alarm, it was shocking how GulMi can get hearts/alarms by dancing wildly in a bar, but Sun Oh, in all of those years of being together with YJ who showered him with love and affection found it impossible to ring her alarm? C'mon.. surely he would have been drawn or attracted to her somehow. Seriously, what does that "love" alarm measure or detect? Seems like PD only did that for dramatic effect but loopholes like these made the concept of the drama look stupid and inconsistent.

At any rate, Kim So Hyun, Jung Ga-ram and Song Kang's amazing portrayal of their roles is what kept me tuned in, their great acting made up for what was lacking in this drama's pacing and storytelling.

Moving on....

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Jojo and hye young was good pair because hye young was loving jojo from 1st but he didn't tell her because jojo have boyfriend. But sun oh loved jojo and he didn't even think about how it would feel for hye young and sun oh only cared about his love because sun ho was knowing that hey young loves jojo to. And most important is for sun oh there was other girl but for hye young only girl was jojo and hye young didn't expect and forced jojo to love him but he always waited and hope for jojo's love and always there for jojo. So I love this love alarm 2 i am very satisfied with season 2.

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Would you like a real Love Alarm app?

I will give my honest opinions about the series having watched and wait for 2 seasons. Quality wise, I believe Season 1 had better cinematographic effects + it felt easier to watch while Season 2 made used of more visual cues & was a more serious tone? Also, it didn't help that it took 2 years for the next Season to be launched and I felt kind of disconnected from the first season already.
While watching Season 1, I was Team Hyeyoung, but of course we can deny the chemistry Jojo shared with Sunoh. However, I just wished that they provided more explanations to justify the relationships and actions of the leads. Just some points I would like to point out which I felt awkward:
- so why did Jojo left Sunoh in the first place ? why did she install the shield for him?
- did i miss something, because it's suddenly Gul-mi & aunt were suddenly caring for her?
- so Jojo ended up with Hyeyoung alr since start of S2? How?
- what's Dukgu back story + Brian Cho involvement --> i get some ending cues from this, but was hoping for more explanations
- so Sunoh just suddenly goes for Yukjo now?

Regardless of the loop holes, I believe it was realistic for Jojo to end up with Hyeyoung and here's how I intepreted.

If the notion was right, at the end of S2, Dukgu mentioned that people becoming increasingly reliant on this app that may not actually be true representation of their heart? It is actually evident, since Hyeyoung was the true inspiration of Love Alarm app? He loved Jojo secretly, even before the presence of the app, Probably it mimicked Dukgu's inner feelings of loving, but without a courage to confess, which was why the app was created. In S1, i actually felt awkward for Sunoh & Jojo to fall so quickly for each other, but I won't say it is entirely wrong. It just felt like the relationship blossomed purely because they complete opposites + Sunoh was direct and straightforward and of course ringing her alarm. However, Jojo was self-conscious and insecure of course due to her childhood trauma. She has fear of loving someone, because it also meant sharing insecurities with the other person + possible abandonment. Probably more so it didn't help that Sunoh was of a higher status, which made her wanted to hide herself more and of course doubt herself whether she deserved such feelings. Its also proabbly why she wanted a shield as she didn't want to get hurt. Hyeyoung on the other end, was patient and was willing to wait. He didn't place pressure on Jojo with his feelings. He placed Jojo's feelings & well-being before anyone's and made her realize she is a person worthy of love. He was also the person who taught Jojo what love was and that feelings itself makes one stronger and not vulnerable. Which was also the reason why Jojo had wanted to remove the shield later on.

If you think about it, Jojo had feelings for both people. However, it's probably Hyeyoung who made her want to be a better person. Sunoh on the other hand loved her, but made her more insecure since she was already struggling with her self-issues. Ultimately, it made as it seems that the app itself had made people forgot how to love themselves first, before loving someone else. It was also because of this app that people are having less control of their feelings and volatition. I just felt that maybe all these were not well-portrayed through out season 2, which was why viewers are left confused. It would have been better if more explanations had been made on Jojo's actions/decisions. In all, I am just happy Jojo and Hyeyoung finally found each other with/without the app :)

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