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A Rushed Romance !!
Halfway through the drama and I am NOT FEELING IT YET!
No one does enemies-to-lovers better than Shin Hye-sun. She is a certified baddie. I love how she keeps choosing these badass, girl-boss roles, and she's absolutely killing it here too. But I'm still not completely sold on the male lead. He feels a little too soft for an enemies-to-lovers dynamic. That said, maybe I'll change my mind as the story progresses.
I'm currently on episode 6 and if things haven't changed by halfway through the season, I doubt they're going to change much in the second half but I’ll keep watching for my girl Shin Hye Sun.
My biggest issue is the romance. It feels super rushed and underdeveloped. They're clearly aiming for a more mature romance and I get that it’s a no nonsense, get straight into it kinda romance , but even then, it feels way too early for them to be this close. By episode 4, they've already lost a lot of the enemies-to-lovers tension, which is usually the most enjoyable part of the trope. Maybe the pacing is because it's only a 12 episode drama, but it still doesn't feel earned.
My other concern is the procedural aspect of the drama. Every episode introduces a new case, but none of them have been particularly intriguing to me. I was hoping the show would spend more time developing the main characters and their relationship, but instead, so much screen time is devoted to the weekly cases that I still feel like I barely know the leads. Maybe that'll change later, but by episode 5 I feel like I should already have some emotional connection to the characters or the story and right now, I just don't.
Also, I'm wondering what happened to the male lead's goal of getting promoted or transferred? It feels like that motivation has completely faded into the background.
No one does enemies-to-lovers better than Shin Hye-sun. She is a certified baddie. I love how she keeps choosing these badass, girl-boss roles, and she's absolutely killing it here too. But I'm still not completely sold on the male lead. He feels a little too soft for an enemies-to-lovers dynamic. That said, maybe I'll change my mind as the story progresses.
I'm currently on episode 6 and if things haven't changed by halfway through the season, I doubt they're going to change much in the second half but I’ll keep watching for my girl Shin Hye Sun.
My biggest issue is the romance. It feels super rushed and underdeveloped. They're clearly aiming for a more mature romance and I get that it’s a no nonsense, get straight into it kinda romance , but even then, it feels way too early for them to be this close. By episode 4, they've already lost a lot of the enemies-to-lovers tension, which is usually the most enjoyable part of the trope. Maybe the pacing is because it's only a 12 episode drama, but it still doesn't feel earned.
My other concern is the procedural aspect of the drama. Every episode introduces a new case, but none of them have been particularly intriguing to me. I was hoping the show would spend more time developing the main characters and their relationship, but instead, so much screen time is devoted to the weekly cases that I still feel like I barely know the leads. Maybe that'll change later, but by episode 5 I feel like I should already have some emotional connection to the characters or the story and right now, I just don't.
Also, I'm wondering what happened to the male lead's goal of getting promoted or transferred? It feels like that motivation has completely faded into the background.
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