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I watched this in the cinemas just recently. My honest thoughts as someone who loves watching wlw films: I enjoyed the plot up till the midpoint. I can't say much without giving spoilers so I will try my best to make this comment vague. The first half of the movie is great! We are introduced to the setting of the movie, the apartment complex, and we get to know the childhood friends Ann and Jane, and their neighbour, Tong. We see them hang out and play badminton regularly. This portion of the film touches on how Jane is struggling with her self identity, and we can tell the different socioeconomic classes of the two girls and their families, despite them living in the same place. We also briefly see Ann's struggles as the eldest daughter. The scenes are generally heartwarming, void of any conflict.

Then we have the pivotal scene which does change up the dynamic of the two girls quite a bit. From this point onward, I felt very confused by the relationships between the 3 characters. At this juncture, the audience were well aware of the main struggles of the 2 FLs. There were many emotional scenes as the two teens try to figure out what they want to do in life but some scenes felt repetitive and it felt like the plot was barely progressing. I will continue more about this in my spoiler comment as it is hard to explain. And more importantly, even from the trailer, we see that Tong is visibly much older than the two girls. The fact that him and Ann were rumored to be dating (again, from the trailer) is wild to me! Why is no one talking about this?! In the end, the key problems brought up early on in the film weren't really addressed and it kind of felt like an open ending & a cliffhanger. Like what user Lilyfrvr said, I wouldn't really describe this film as a romantic one, more of a coming of age story, if that's what you're looking for.

excited for this!

can someone share their thoughts on whether this is as enjoyable as hospital playlist? i really enjoyed that and prison playbook too.

edit: thank you all so much for the fast and insightful replies !! i'll watch the first few episodes after my finals end :)

i was analysing the games with my friends and we tried out some of them together HAHA. we were quite proud when we managed to figure out the coordinates thing for the solo part of the game Decryption.

also, obviously we know from the get-go that Gyumin is really on another level but he really shocked me to the core when I realised he was memorising the numbers grid by grid, ignoring the sequences, basically with no order whatsoever for the Rainbow Sequence game. absolutely crazy omg. and of course, during the maze game as well. i'm now a fan 😂

i would have loved to see jeonghoon play the 2nd game of the finals! i'm absolutely sure it might have been a close match in coming up with formulas between him and junhyeong (the one in dentistry)

a really good season! the participants are very likable and of course very intelligent! i enjoyed the puzzles and games very much. they're definitely more complex than the first season.

if you found this season entertaining then i highly recommend watching the behind the scenes on youtube (coupang play)!! they're all subbed and really fun to listen to the commentary and hear the players explain their thought processes behind their decisions and strategies.

(also, some comments below have spoilers although they aren't marked as spoilers 🙄 so proceed with caution!)

i just finished this one and all i can say is that right from the start i wanted the misogynistic ass steve to shut the fuck up and leave 💀
overall i enjoyed seeing xitsuh, HJH, acau, seongbeom, and of course goat JDM's plays! and people like yurisa, pani, chungju man definitely spiced things up LOL they have their fair share of entertaining moments. i was looking forward to seeing MJ again society game!! she is quite lowkey throughout the season though! and i felt very bad for hyeseon for being in the midst of a lot of alpha males... yikes. and also, gina is just whiny and annoyed me a lot. i felt that in general she didn't value add much to her alliances either.

yes! please google baechu squad, the links are all on their website

i watched with chinese subs

a girl that is pretending to be in high school is actually training to be a kpop idol. she gets pregnant and literally gives birth in school by herself! completely no visible physical changes to her body or whatsoever and it's even more insane that she gets up and starts talking to her classmates right after the birth like there is no way her body would have that much energy... even for a makjang this is too much for me lmao 😂

when people say the plot is seriously very exaggerated they really mean it 💀
very light spoiler alert (from ep 1 only):

i love marriage of convenience tropes but i'm dropping this unfortunately! the ML's acting is so-so i'm ngl and the way his character is treating the FL is toxic. i like watching jdramas but cringey romance plots like these really gotta stop :(

on a completely unrelated note, thank you to this drama for introducing me to ChoQMay, their music is really good. 😌

right?! i feel like a lot of japanese dramas are based on mangas clearly intended as pure fantasy and not something meant to be acted out irl because the relationships usually come across as toxic or just plain weird

sister by choqmay, you're welcome

literally infuriating! and the way their parents defended them by saying she had consensual sex with them because they were all "dating"?!?! i couldnt even believe my ears.

i was glad to see jeongwoo and haseol in university 😭

it's exactly the same, the Hulu episodes are just shorter

there's only 14 episodes. the episodes on Hulu are slightly shorter

oh i meant the actor playing the ML! i first watched him in mr sunshine and i absolutely love that show. it's one of my all time top kdramas. he acted in six flying dragons and misaeng too & i enjoyed both of them also.

don't get me started on the lack of remorse none of the perpetrators have ... begging for ML to write an appeal letter is actually insane. and the most annoying award truly has to go to gutak's lackey. i don't even remember his name but he is seriously so delusional and so insistent on jeongwoo being the killer like please wake up 🤮

i love this drama! i picked it up because i love byun yohan's shows and it's possibly one of the better thrillers i've seen in a while. i feel like the pacing was a bit draggy in the beginning but it picks up after a few eps! the characters are well written and i get really infuriated by their behaviour every episode lmao but i guess that means the actors did very well :) oh and i love the bromance between the 2 MLs HAHA very cute!