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Not Your Traditional K-Drama
This has become one of my favorite K-Dramas! It had comedy, drama, heart, etc. It is not heavy on romance at all (depending on the viewer, this might be good or bad I guess lol).I personally found this K-Drama never boring. I was impressed with how much they fit into each episode. It never felt like they were putting in filler content. I ended up loving just about every character too. And the story was so heartwarming and inspiring. It's definitely one of those dramas that have me questioning my career path yet again lol.
My only complaint is that we don't really find out who the female lead ends up with! I was conflicted the whole time about who I wanted her with and got mixed signals. Finally, at the very end, one of the guys confesses but she says nothing! I had personally thought that though she cared about him, she had never considered that one specifically as a potential love interest honestly even if they did have good chemistry.
So, I would love a second season. It would be interesting to see them explore more into a romantic storyline while continuing to introduce us to new Webtoon artists and continue seeing the growth of the current artists and the PDs! I feel like there's so much potential.
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Wholesome Kdrama
I like this kdrama because of the plot/story. I like how they try their best to solve each problem they encounter. Each episode I learned a lot of stuff that can help me irl. I like how Joon Young opened up and tried his very best to understand why Ma Eum likes the job of being a webtoon PD. It shows how one can really understand things if they put efforts in knowing it. The story progresses fast, for some, but it's easy to understand. It's not messy. They all did a great job!! I will definitely rewatch this for as long as I want!!Was this review helpful to you?
Heartwarming and motivating
If you want to watch a light hearted drama, feeling like you aren't doing well and need motivation i recommend you this. This is not a energy shot steroid but a feel good drama, it may not excite you much but will definitely give comfort. As it is not a rom com but a workplace story their conversation and life lessons, experience is what made me watch this. They will teach you the value and need of humanity among us. The safe environment one need to grow and develop. I love every episode as I've binged till 10 episodes and waited for the next i didn't feel bored or unnecessary twists. The osts are sweet and beautiful. A little love story between leads is good and help one in developing character and change of heart.Was this review helpful to you?
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Watch when bored
Its one of those feel good kdramas tbh. It didn't leave a strong mark on me after I finished and I honestly already forgot what the kdrama was about. It does get interesting at times but this is also one of those kdramas where you just have to have patience to get through. I didn't hate it though! I think the characters are very likeable and I like how romance didn't play a big part but it was still subtly there. If you're bored and just wanna start a kdrama for the sake of it then this is the one! Its not that hard to follow although you kinda forget what the plot is throughout it, and it ends with a sort of an open ending. You don't know if the main character ends up with the main lead or the second lead. I'm glad they left it like this!!Was this review helpful to you?
Static Plot and Characters
The first two episodes are honestly really exciting. It sets the tone of the show and shows a lot of potential for the directions it could take. However, I've watched over half the show by now and nothing has changed. Every episode essentially goes like this: one of their artists has a problem, they try and find a way to fix it, meanwhile evil director guy tries to get the webtoon team kicked out of the company because they're struggling to keep up sales. This fact, by the way, is one of the major issues in this webtoon and, yet, despite reaching episode 8 NO progress whatsoever has been made. I was hoping for a story like Search: WWW where they come up with ways to increase sales and become number one. However, this entire first half of the show was just a major drag and repeated complaining. Also basically all the characters except Ma Eum (female lead) and the annoying coworker are static and boring. They have no character development whatsoever, and the male lead (is he even the male lead at this point?) lacks any personality. Honestly getting ready to drop the show....Was this review helpful to you?
Light-hearted but meaningful and intresting drama.. definitely make your day better.
So I was so excited when I Heard that kim sejeong is coming with this new series.And I'm watching it and have to say that I'm not disappointed..damn..so let's talk about why you should start watching this drama-
1• the --SCRIPT --
Script is very fresh yet so exciting. Every character have their own story. It's a female centred plot but not boring..they show every characters life so beautifully.
Romance plot is amazing.. both Ml and second ML are charming and have amazing chemistry with FL.
Side characters are nicely written.
Webtoon industry is so much more than we think... it's fun to watch how artists and their webtoon department employees face new problems each day but still do their best to make readers happy.
CHARACTERS ---
Om ma eum/FL(kim sejeong's character is just so amazing and it's fun to watch her dealing with everything happening around her.
She is someone who is very warm and bright just like a sun. Her quality is she never gives up and always gives her best . When she make up her mind nobody can stop her. she is so kind and always smile so brightly (just like sejeong herself) but she is very hardworking and strong minded girl.
ML is a handsome a handsome co-worker who is well qualified. He is someone who is not rude and always think before doing anything.. he is sensitive and tbh a very new kind of male lead in kdrama land..godd nowdays male lead's are setting bar so high..why they are so good ..huhh..
Second ML is someone with a special charm . He is a senior who never forget to help FL and always encourage her.. I like his character.. he is an amazing boss. His chemistry with FL is so good..
ACTING:-
Kim sejeong's is an amazing actress.. her past dramas proved that.. she proved herself as a good actress in school 2017, uncanny counter, business proposal etc.
As we all know she is a CHEMISTRY queen.. her chemistry with ML, second ML and everyone in the drama isso good and fun to watch.
Her laugh is addictive and her versatility is no joke.. over-all sejeong didn't disappoint me at all.
Other cast is doing amazing job too..there are so many senior actors too so you can understand how good this drama is.
Final points:-
•Plot is superb.. hooked with 1st episode. And it's getting more and more exciting.
•this drama is light-hearted but writers doing great job showing difficulties of webtoon industry.
•Acting is on point.. nobody is doing over.. and supportive cast is nice too.
• it's fun tow watch' a gold medalist turn into a webtoon producer and doing her job as a newbie and facing daily probelms and solving them.
•comedy is on point..you will definitely don't feel bored at all.
•bg music is nice
Ps:- I'm so excited to watch romantic side of on ma eum...
FINAL WORDS:- DEFINITELY WORTH TRYING.. THIS DRAMA WILL MAKE YOUR FRIDAY & SATURDAY MORE FUN. Belive me ..
:)
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Lost
I wanted to like this series. I loved the lead actress in business proposal. She’s perky and always portrays positivity. But the story is, I’m afraid, going nowhere. The characters arks are not developed enough. We still don’t know anything about the ML and we are already mid way through. He’s indecisive about his life and about what to do. Big deal… I think he could have been a little bit stronger. Not too strong as to geopardise the gender swap comedy scenes which I particularly enjoy. I find him flat without any real personality.The supporting cast is so so as well apart from the annoying coworker who really is doing a great job at getting on my nerves. Even On Ma Eum’s boss is too flat a character.
It could have been a bit more powerful I think.
The webtoon industry is depicted as ruthless and that’s what I found interesting.
I’ll continue to watch but without much conviction …
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Inspirational
I have seen many web series but this web series was one of emotional and filled with inspiration.everyone in life wants to achieve some thing and the one who is weak could become strong and one who is strong could become stronger by watching this Web toon i wish and i also expect season 2 of this series hoping for best to all the crew members of this team .love u guys keep going fighting ....... And this is one of most important series of my life too as this series i would like to be strong and coming back to episode i thought i lead role will end up with Romans but it was cute and simple proposal we expect the answer form the pd om but the series ended without the answer made us little disappointed but i think the direction could think of the season 2 of today's Web toon so we look forward to see the series as soon as possible.i wish good luck to hole crew and success with their future projects love u guys keep fighting .............Was this review helpful to you?
Stand Up For Woman
I really loved this drama. The female lead was strong and not perfect. As humans we make mistake but her heart was to do her best. This is the Korean version of "Sleeper Hit" from Japan, which is also on VIKI. I enjoy this version better because it went a little slower to understand each episode and what was going on. The 2 male leads where very supportive of the female lead and it was great to see that even in a company you can get support and not just challenges from the male side. Romance was not really a thing in this drama. The little we have is dry and not really emotional. I also liked the issues that it brings out about the artist of the comic draw of their experience in life and how they determine and see the world. The actors were great in their performance and I enjoy the story.Was this review helpful to you?
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Almost perfect !
The main plot, for thoses who don't appreciate this drama, is the webtoon team and family : how to face, deal and actually create and published webtoons. The background is rich and subtile, with all the aspect of what we can expect froma a series about creation and artistics thematics. Fortunatly the love story plot didn't slow down to much the main subject.I am fond of dramas wich can make you discover a world, and as an artist, i appreciate a lot the way this production has deal with creation, doubts, dreams and run aways. Specially the "peeve weapon" creator and all his madness in order to save his life by drawing. It's the only weak point for me, dealing with creation and madness means to be helped with a therapist. Most dramas let us believe that you can heal only with accomplished dreams and love but it's not totally true. With deap traumatisms, art will give you the energy to heal but a good therapy is needed to drive the energy of healing to sucess.
I love the redactors role which can help creators and how both imagination and economics aspects have to mix to became a hit. The dialogues are good and profond and the frequent quotes makes me want to read webtoons now :) The cast is well done and the suspense is vivid till the end about who will be the male lead, lmao. It's a dream team and almost the whole heroes team is a little bit to much humanist and kind but it's so good to see that it still exist on earth, in 2022, even in a fiction.
Happy to have watched this and follow the next works of the screenwriter of this drama :)
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Positive Energy
The best thing about this drama is that they don't drag on too much romance (this is what I'm afraid of happening like in the drama "Start Up"). They can stay focused on the main theme that raises the story of the world of weebtoon creators and their scope. And also the ending is well packaged with no rush like most dramas these days.If there was one word or two that could describe this whole drama it would be: "positive energy".
I think it is quite representative of this Drama.
Kim Sejeong proved that she can be a good actress. Even though at the beginning of the drama, the audience was still attached to his character in the previous drama, but I think that was not the case in the next few episodes. Even I think the character On Ma Eum is very suitable to be played by Kim Se Jeong. A character who has a strong personality and determination but looks cheerful and tough. I can't imagine if this character was played by any other actress besides Kim Sejeong.
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I really like the character that Kim Sejeong plays here, a feisty girl who is very motivated and always has positive energy.
I haven't watched the original version/japan original yet, but if you are a manga/webtoon/comic lover and have an interest in becoming a writer in the publishing industry(?), I think it will be very easy to enjoy this.
the conflict is not so forced to complex but very fun and fresh to follow. it's like ASADORE or morning routine morning drama in japan. everything is so natural and not too made up.
this is one of the cool coming of age! I hope the story development in the next episodes will be better.
NOTES : if you expect a lot of romantic scenes that's fine, but I think this drama will be more beautiful, fresh and thick with life when the romantic scenes are not highlighted too much.
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