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The Good:-The 1st and the most important thing about this, is the chemistry between the leads. It's so real you can't help for but root for them. They fall for each other slowly but strongly. They laugh ,cry and stand strong with each other. There are scenes that made my heart warm and smile so hard. And there are scenes that put a lump in my throat. But it was so worth it. This feeling stayed for me for about 10 or 11 episodes.
The bad:-
After the 1st half, i was only enjoying the moments where they were together. That was the only good thing in the second half. Everything else, such a drag. They tried to put so many things in to the plot it just took the life out of the drama. I will be honest, i skipped more than a little towards the end even though i don't like to skip. It was ruining the good memory really. Things get to the point where i started wondering too what IS exactly there obstacle. Is it there age gap?or they are like "family"? Or family status problems ? Or something else? It just made me frustrated.
The ending:-
Disappointing for me. I wanted so much for the ending to change my mind. But it didn't. I will not give away much spoiler, but let's just say neither one of them was completely right. Jin ha learned to be independent, then in the end she came back to square one.( when she said her stuck up bf is a good catch. Like what?! Didn't you learn anything by dating that psychopath earlier!)
My last hope was a happy ending and they rushed it too. (I mean seriously?! It was like 5 mins before the end they get together and then what? After all the dragging i made myself go through just to see them happy, we atleast deserved a future look into their lives.) The plot just ruined the most romantic couple for me. They deserved better than this story. It could have been way better.
I gave 7.5 stars to this only because of the 1st half. The 1st 8 episodes is so worth it i am ignoring the rest of the mess. You will know it when you see it. It may make you feel frustrated towards the end, but then you will find yourself recommending it to others and not even give a low rating. I am just happy that i have seen it.
I will probably rewatch the 1st half when i want to feel happy, but not the whole drama.
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the whole plot is in the title
If anyone contemplating to watch this then only try it if you're really interested in the ghost story theme cause there are several little ghost tales in this drama. that's basically most of the drama. And 2 osts that i came across idk if there is more or not. At some parts it tried to be funny but only a few succeeded. the chemistry between the two leads is interesting. it's not over the top , it just works right for them.Jang Na Ra though.. wow i am really impressed with her this time. im so glad she tried something new besides the overly emotional damsel in distress roles. she rocked the scary,intimidating, fashionable but still somehow cute persona. i think she'll managed to look cute even if she plays some evil gangster.
Jung Yong Hwa aka oh in beom , what do i say about him.. this was my 1st drama of him i didn't know him before so it took a little bit of time to familiarise myself with him. the goofy character suited him well and all that pouting just added more numbers. i will definitely look forward to his next work.
The side characters are all really predictable. the funny one , the protective mom one, the bad guy who turns into good etc even the villain was same old old guy with lots of money to buy people .
Till episode 7 or 8 it was interesting enough but after that it got kind of repetitive..? i guess i started to skip every 10s or so just to get to the main point. and let me tell you i'm not the skipping type so there is that. and maybe i have watched enough dramas that's why at some scenes i would just look at them and go "WHY ARE THEY OVERREACTING?"
Lastly it was not that great to my misfortune as i was trying get over a drama slump **big sigh** ,still it was entertaining enough that i was able to finish it. so if you're looking for something casual and not trying to get swept off your feet then GO FOR IT!!
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The story is about Tae Joo and Gang Gook who are childhood friends and also gang gook is Tae Joo's bodyguard. Tae Joo belongs from a wealthy family and gang gook is hired by Tae Joo's dad as his bodyguard to keep him out of trouble . But there is more to their relationship than just friendship. the way it is shown to the viewers how they care for each other is so subtle yet so powerful . You can just feel the tension between them from the way they look at each other. There is nothing too dramatic in the whole series, just pure captivating acting.The story is not stretched at all which works best to binge it. The OSTs play a huge part in making this my fav too;the right song at the right time to enhance the scenes. When i watched it ,it was still airing so the anticipation was a plus. If you are tired of the usual stuff or watched some heavy drama or just bored , believe me it's a breath of fresh air .
So along with beautiful acting, out of the world chemistry between the leads and OSTs that you'll surely repeat till you get sick of them , you also get a PERFECT ENDING with a sweet kiss that works as the icing on the cake.
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I am glad that out of all these good reviews about this drama a few reviews matches what i experienced. I don't know what went wrong with this one but i just didn't feel their chemistry and it felt too predictable after she stopped acting to be a robot. The side characters story wasn't that engaging , i just couldn't care less what they did. The story was stretched in the 2nd half. It started to feel a little dumb after sometime. And it was so predictable. I know everyone finds this cute and fluffy but it just felt like a chore to finish this one. So i wouldn't recommend it if someone likes to watch dramas with good plot and interesting characters. Was this review helpful to you?
