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We all have a definition of toxic relationships whether it may be love or friendships, or an images of what a toxic relationship can be

I considered this a toxic story.

When I first saw the trailer, I knew we were gonna be in for a toxic ride.

In the beginning, it was kinda hard to watch because it didn’t really interest me. The thing with melodramas is that they can be really well done or disappointingly boring.

Story-wise, it was decent. I did find it a shame that the guy was a pushing factor in the drama of the friendship and that once again it's romance that is used as a plot tool to separate and cause drama among the two female leads. I rather wish we got more focus on the two women instead of a trio, a good majority of the time

I know sang yeon was the antagonist this whole time, leading to a lot of people hating on her, but I would say that the world isn’t always in black or white but morally gray, and that can also apply to characters and stories.

I’m not saying sangyeon deserves redemption; she rightfully got what she deserved by the end of the series.
I myself relate a lot to sangyeon cause I share that sentiment of loneliness all too well but also the feeling of inferiority.
We could see that she drove herself to the results of her life by the end of the series, a.k.a self-sabotage. I felt a lot of pity for her because all she wanted was to be loved and accepted.

I consider their friendship to be rather mentally abusive. They both had their wrongs during their friendship and college years but ultimately it was sangyeon who choses to end it due to her jealousy and envy. Also, if an ex-friend like her reached out to me like that after what she did, I would be mad!

I myself went through a toxic friendship with someone I considered my best friend of 6 years, so the betrayals that hurt the most are always the people who are close to you.

I think it portrayed it rather realistically on how ugly friendships between humans can be and how emotions like envy, jealousy, etc can be such a driving point to crumble that structure built.

I noticed how, when they met up for the third time in their lives (office), Sangyeon grew out her hair and became more social whilst Eun Jeong sported shorter hair and tomboyish clothes, as if sangyeon was trying to imitate her in a sense? idk if it is intentional or not, but that wig was cheap as hell.

I think 15 episodes were enough to tell and depict the three stages in their lives and how their friendship impacted each other's lives.

To end this off, it was interesting but I would not rewatch it. The acting was done really well and I saw comments about the two leading actress were not being convincing enough as young adults during those college years but I think otherwise cause Kim Go-eun looked so young!

I wish that no one, like Eun Jeong or just people in general, finds themselves in these sorts of friendships that will hurt them deeply cause it is hell!

I hope that people can be more kind and understanding towards one another because sometimes our worst enemies are ourselves and we fail to notice before it’s too late.