True to Love (2023)

So mediocre

The rating is 5 because this is just an average drama. Nothing great, nothing to hate.
Could it have been stellar? Yes because many people would appreciate sharing tragedies of their own break up and listening to others' stories as well.

FL : 10 stars
This drama is named after her and she delivers. There are some really idiotic scenes - but it looks like the script writer and director demanded it - and she pulled through them. Her eyes are very expressive and I also liked how she gestures with her hands. Nicely dressed and decent make up.

ML : 8 stars
cute but with little to do. He had a very odd role, not nicely defined. Their chemistry was okay but alas - barely any sizzling scenes. Nothing to make your heart stop and flutter.

3 other love stories / couples: 1 star
These were the most irritating part of the drama. The sister was a pain, shrieking little horror. Annoying love story.
The married friend was good, however their romance was one sided, and just went around in circles.
The ceo with the intern was the worst!! Seriously.....we could have done without that couple....... Just edit them off!

Basically I would not have wasted time on this drama, albeit being a romance junkie.

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OK drama and very boring at times

I've finished this one. I have to say, I wasn't a fan.
I love the FL in touch your heart but here she spent the first 6 episodes crying and obsessed over her ex, who also cheated on her, she caught him by episode 2. Then she spent the next 5 episodes crying over him, got drunk and even went to his house and begged him to take her back.
I understand this is a drama however, I just don't see how she would be fine being with someone who betrayed her trust. Not only that, he didn't even feel bad about it. She's supposed to be a love couch and she knew damn well he's not sorry.
She had to move on.
If they were trying to have a realistic break up, this wasn't the way to do it.
She later on even went out and had dinner with him and he tried to propose to the FL, just to have the woman who. he was cheating with showed up there.
I really had a lot of issues with this show.
At times also, it is very boring and very slow.
There aren't too many good characters.
The FL is great as always and the ML is just OK. I don't think this dude is a great actor. He's not bad either but he's can't really display much range or emotions.
There is a real couple in this show though.
FL best friend. She's married and their relationship is the best part of the show. Because it feels like a real couple. They had their ups and downs through out the show and it felt really genuine.

Also, there's also an inappropriate couple as well. A young intern with the ML best friend( the boss)
I'm surprised he didn't turn the whole thing down when he found him she like him but instead they doubled down. She looks very young like mid 20s and he looks 40 at least.
I didn't care for the relationship since it was very manner but still weird.
One thing I liked about the show is how it opened.
With a guy and girl who bumped into each other. You'd think it was gonna be the main leads right? but no
Just ML with his soon to be ex.
It was a good red herring.
Because these drama, they always have the leads be like they met when they were little or something

He actually first met the FL at a random wedding. Which I liked better.
Will I remember this show tomorrow? Probably not.
I didn't hate anyone and I didn't really like or care anyone either.
I decided to finish it since I started it
Hope the FL picks better projects going forward. I think she shines more when her casts and people around her have good chemistry and charisma

Oh btw, the writers forgot that she got scammed lol she was supposed to get back 48 million won. Around 36k American dollars.
But the writers forgot about this plot ????

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Say the words

Bora Deborah (2023)

Likes
1. I always love enemies to lovers trope. Bora and Suhyeok are so cute together! They have seen each other at their worst times and they liked each other for who they are. It did take a few eps for them to get together so i wished they gave us a proper 16 eps. I can watch them act lovey dovey for two more episodes.
2. I love how they handled break ups so realistically. It was so relatable even though the breakup got extended for around 6 episodes, i understood it coz that's really how it happens in real life. The scene with Bora begging Juwan to take her back plus them talking about garbage felt so raw and real.
3. Got so annoyed with Yuri, trying to play victim when she was the one who was two timing and being insecure. Felt bad for Suhyeok. I know there are guys who really cant express themselves well, but like what Suhyeok said, he could have proposed if he wanted to, he just didnt coz thats wher ehis love ended. Likewise, when Bora told him that he still couldnt put down his petty pride to commit. I was expecting a grander confession but his confession was so Suhyeok and it was perfect. That aegyo scene was too cringey but funny!! (Ps. thought Suhyeok might give the ring to Bora after all but he gave a different one in the end)

Dislikes
I mainly didnt like how the stories of the three other couples ended. Bomi and Jinho are both too young to get married and have a kid. Yujeong should have divorced Jinwoo long ago. Sangjin and Uri are just so mismatched and creepy.

Rating: 8/10

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To each love story an ending of its own

Have you hit a phase of the more mature, less cliché, romance storylines? Are you looking for a variety of couple plotlines and don't mind some second hand embarrassment and cringe that's just as enjoyable? Then this drama is for you!

This drama was hard to completely get into for me, but I loved the little love lessons you would get each episode. The storylines of a range of couples gets picked up near the end, and although its rushed, I don't mind. The plotline development is not necessarily new, but it has its own charm in showing us the downsides and negatives of breakups while also what goes on after.

It's an 8/10 from me moreso about just appeal and personal preferences - to each their own and if you're like me, watch this while doing something else on the side (like crocheting) to avoid getting too embarrassed at times for the leads.

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Didn't like the characters

Yoo In ah's worst show I have seen so far and I really like Yoo In Ah. This is a show about totally self absorbed drama queens who think their lives are hard when they do nothing but dote on themselves. In addition, they are surrounded by spineless men who can't seem to understand anything about marriage, responsibility and leadership.

I had a hard time finishing this show because the characters portrayed were so amazingly shallow. Still the acting was good it was just a really dumb story. I know it was a fictional story but I can't but wonder if some of the portrayed values are the reason people don't have babies in SK anymore.

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Jeez! This show was so mediocre. I love Yoo In Na and she was good here as Bo Ra the relationship coach who might not know much about real relationships after all. However, the writing was just terrible, especially in the latter episodes. The only person I like throughout was Su Hyeok. I get he was a bit obnoxious by not being able to at least once tell Bo Ra! that he loved her; let alone likes her but she knew he did so does a person really have to say it out loud for you to accept and believe it? All of the couples irritaed me in some way or another.

The reason I didn't like Uri and Sang Jin's reversal in the relationship department is that for me it would have made sense for him to grant her what seemed to be her wish of going out with him for that day and then knowing it wouldn't work. Not b/c of the age difference or him being her boss but b/c I didn't buy that he liked her like that.

Bo Mi & Jin Ho were completely obnoxious. Bo Mi and Jin Ho were both too naive and idealistic especially Jin Ho. Bo Mi is so damn awful to Bo Ra that I just can't with her. She lives with Bo Ra and doesn't pay any bills but spoke to her sister in the worst ways. Bo Ra is partially to blame for allowing it though. Bo Ra being upset about her situation or just wanting to talk to her seemed to be beyond her selfish comprehension.

Yu Jung and Jin Hoo eye roll. I jiust felt like he didn't even like his wife and she didn't really like him either.

I will stop watching young adult romcoms for a while. I need adults to behave like adults.

1/1/24

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At the same time fun, sweet, emotional and entertaining !

Wow ! I just fell in love with this drama ! Wonderful actresses and actors playing perfectly a very fun, sweet, emotional and entertaining plot.

It is about love and relationships, about how it can be difficult to be honest and to show yourself without hiding in a love relationship, about how to heal your wounds from a past relationship that didn't end up well, and mostly about how much it is hard to not do exactly the same "mistakes" that leaded you to a sad ending in the last relationship when you begin a new one.

A lot of very fun moments and some heartbreaking ones, I deeply recommend this drama to everyone who likes romantic comedies that touch your heart for its honesty about humans relationships. And OST is great too !! :D

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i usually dont do Reviews, but

This drama was such a pleasant surprise. And the first thing that makes it different from most dramas is that they choose to show all the different forms of (heterosexual only, sadly) couples, it doesnt mind if you agree with them or not. its like "they exist, and are here". for instance, there is a couple with a big age gap that doesnt make me very comfortable, but then i realized "hey, ok, it could be problematic, but the fact is that this kind of couple exists". couples who get back together, couples who break up and move on, couples who are married and the marriage is cold, couples who got divorced and theres no going back... anyway... it was such a beautiful drama about love and self care, i enjoyed it very much. hope who reads it do too.

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Very honest k-drama about love and relationship

To be honest, I didn't expect to see what I saw. I thought it would be a cute rom-com about the dating coach Yeon Bo Ra, who helps couples to solve their love problems, acting as a kind of ultimate truth.

And, as usual, I was mistaken. It's Yeon Bo Ra who is facing problems - she is betrayed by her fiance, and she finds herself in a very awkward, even scandalous, situation and is forced to face the consequences.

Almost from the very beginning, the main characters are divided into pairs, each with its own line, and three very different stories are unfolded before us.

--Lee Soo Hyuk and Yeon Bo Ra--
A middle-aged woman crushed by circumstances is shown very truthfully. No beautiful suffering under the moon, everything is very prosaic and vital: having experienced the collapse of her hopes for an early marriage with his beloved, Bo Ra falls apart into small pieces - he says to himself: "I crumbled." After all, how many of the women, having caught a man cheating, just shake their heads, step over a few years of romance and move on? No, they begin to engage in self-destruction, trying to find the reason for the breakup: was I good enough? Where did I make a mistake? And so on.

Bo Ra, unable to pull herself out of this swamp, begins to get drunk regularly and behaves like millions of abandoned women: one day she comes to the door of her ex-boyfriend to humiliate herself completely and try, putting pressure on pity, to return everything as it was, realizing at the same time that, firstly, as it was, it will no longer be, and, secondly, nothing can be returned.

But after reaching this bottom, Bo Ra finally starts moving up. She gets help from another crumbling soul: Lee Soo Hyuk, vice president of the publishing house that is handling Yeon Bo Ra's new book.

Lee Soo Hyuk is another true story about how people behave in relationships. It seems to you that you love this person, but something keeps preventing you from going further, but over time, under pressure from the "public", you still decide to go and officially notify the state and society that you are sleeping together. And in fact, Soo Hyuk acted very honestly, and didn't get the ring out of the pocket. He listened to himself. Yes, of course, Yoo Ri helped there by announcing the breakup, and so they both avoided the mistake.

And, OMG, I finally saw the 'normal' first kiss! Thank God, they didn’t show us how adult people touch the tips of their lips, and then think about it for a week.

When it becomes useless to deny mutual feelings, difficulties arrive. Bo Ra expects the man she loves to express his feelings through his mouth, but Soo Hyuk is not like that at all. He says "I love you" without pronouncing those three words: "If you need free hugs, call me," "If you're sad late at night, call me," "Don't worry, you'll be fine." And the challenge is to learn how to change things and make your love happen. For Bo Ra, it is to tell Soo Hyuk about what she lacks in their relationship and not wait for it to happen on its own, and for Soo Hyuk, to put her feelings into words if it's important for Bo Ra to hear them.

I really liked Yoo In Na - they didn’t make a silly girl out of her, like, for example, they did in 'Touch Your Heart'. I saw Yoon Hyun Min for the first time; I think he played his part perfectly, convincingly portraying such a 'rusk' when it comes to matters of the heart. By the way (apart from the love theme), the episode where his character points out (politely and respectfully) to the office staff that gossip and bullying is no good, is just brilliant and could serve as an example to many people managers.

---Yang Jin Woo and Lee Yu Jung---
Probably, this story is about that you shouldn't force romance in an old marriage, because marriage is not about that. More precisely, some people after 10 years manage to maintain passion, but, honestly, I haven't met such couples. Gentle romance - yes, 100% understanding each other - of course, but not an all-consuming passion, nope.

It's not always pleasant to look at this couple, because we are here to enjoy a rom-com, but this is probably how we are reminded that sooner or later everyone will end up like this. Or maybe they show what happens when a woman proposes? IDK.

And in general, this marriage did not seem happy to me. 'Table reservation' is disgusting. If you are no longer attracted to each other, either put up with it, or look for new partners. The worst thing that can happen in a marriage is scheduled sex, 'cause 'we have to do it'.

Anyways, I completely agree with the statement that you need to accept your partner as they are. On the other hand, it is very correctly shown that in the family there's not just one responsible (unless, of course, we are talking about treason or assault) - getting along with someone is extremely difficult, you need to be patient and ready for compromise. This is a kind of warning to all those who are going to marry.

---Han Sang Jin - Bang U Ri---
I won’t lie if I was more worrying about Han Sang Jin and Bang U Ri than I was about the main couple. More precisely, I was worried about them not as a couple, but for the fact that Sang Jin didn't do something bad to U Ri.

Sang Jin is shown from a different angle after he meets Bang U Ri. Before that, we see him as an irresponsible womanizer, but U Ri's open heart doesn't allow him to behave like that. Around this moment, Sang Jin probably remembers that in fact he is not a complete asshole, if such a creature as U Ri could fall in love with him.

I am very glad that their story ended this way. Many commentators resent their age difference, but I don't see why that would be an issue. I have a similar example in real life: a couple has a difference of 14 years, happily married (for almost 20 years) and have 2 children.

It seems to me that, thanks to U Ri, Sang Jin was able to look at himself from a different angle and understand that he can - and wants! - to be better.

Surprisingly, some viewers predicted a reunion after episode 12 of Sang Jin and his ex-wife Soo Jin, saying that now they have cleared the air and will try to restore their relationship. I think it could never happen, because they have everything ended a long time ago. Maybe they can say 'Hello' to each other when they meet, or even become good friends, but not more. Seo Soo Jin is an adult, self-sufficient, self-respecting woman. It was her who decided to divorce and unlikely wants to get Sang Jin back.

---Yang Jin Ho and Yeon Bo Mi---
Perhaps this is the most controversial couple. Jin Ho and Bo Mi are swift and spontaneous, and their story is the least believable. I still don’t understand why Bo Mi accepted Jin Ho’s advances - was it because the guy who harassed her in the beginning was too cynical? Although, maybe I have this attitude because I just didn't like June.

Of course, this is some perfect case - both Jin Ho and Bo Mi are scared by the unexpected pregnancy, but they are ready to handle it because they love each other. On the other hand, my deep conviction is that dramas are not only entertaining, but also educational, and if for someone the story of Bo Mi and Jin Ho becomes an example of how to behave in such a situation, it will only be good.

---A fly in the ointment---
The drama creators bring the idea that all women want to get married one way or another, and therefore, sooner or later, every man should prepare 'something small and shiny'. Controversial statement. Yes, most people would like to have someone close, but it doesn't have to be a marriage.

And again, I see a rather strange attitude towards female intelligence: Soo Hyuk throws in a quote from Chekhov, and Bo Ra cannot even pronounce the name of the writer. When they discuss the development of the plot of the new book, Bo Ra sort of quotes Viktor Frankl's book 'Man's Search for Meaning', and then it turns out that she just read it in some women's magazine and has no idea who the author was. At the same time, Soo Hyuk says: 'Oh, I see you read a lot?, which in the context sounds like a mockery and an indication of Bo Ra's stupidity. I don't know, maybe it's just my imagination and the screenwriter introduced it as a bit of satire and non-gender humor, but it still doesn't smell very good. Plus, after the release of the series with a quote from Frankl, the creators had to apologize for the inappropriate context for a book about suffering in fascist concentration camps. What is this? An ignorance or a deliberate demonstration of 'stupid Bo Ra'?

---To watch or not to watch?---
I'd say I definitely recommend to watch the drama, and do not be confused by the poster and description that do not reflect the content at all. All actors and actresses made it at 100%, and in many episodes you will recognize scenes from your own life.

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What you should know about relationships

At first I thought this is just another typical rom-com based on the poster and the synopsis. But one episode in, I got hooked. Why? Because there are so many relatable relationship issues to the extent that I wish I had learnt about these mistakes and advice when I was younger. So, if you are curious about relationships and common mistakes we tend to make when dating, this drama is the dating for dummies guide.

Moreover, there are many original comedic situations and the acting was spot-on. The chemistry between the leads is oozing and their kissing scenes were done properly. What’s more can we ask?

On the other hand, this show still has rooms for improvements. While the characters and relationship development between the leads are quite well-written, the conclusions for the side couples lack depth. It’s such a pity because several side stories started realistic yet their endings were rose-tinted.

That being said, this is a rom-com at its finest. Get ready to burst out laughing in one moment, then feel butterflies in your stomach in the next. And on top of this, you can take away one or more valuable relationship lessons.

Have I mentioned the beautiful OST yet?

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