This kind of show could be boring, but they made it really fun!

Each episode i learned something new, and in each of it i almost died of laughing 🤣🤣. Yoo Jaeseok and Lee Kwangsoo (or i should say, Lee Gapsoo (lmao) or Kim Kwangsoo 🤣🤣) are perfect combination for comedic duo, and this time they add Kim Yeonkyeong between them. I really like their dynamic! Kim Yeonkyeong was new (i'd never seen her before) and at first tought she was a serious person, but it turned out she was just as witty as two others 🤣🤣. I like her and i'd like to see her more in variety show with YJS and LKS.

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Noh Hee-kyung cakkanim, terima kasih karena sudah menulis drama ini ?

Judulnya Our Blues, dan setiap ceritanya memang tentang kesedihan para tokohnya, dan memang bikin sedih dan berhasil menyentuh sisi emosional penontonnya.

Meski sedih gitu, cerita-cerita dalam drama ini tuh berakhir manis, sekalipun episode terakhir saat Kang Ok-dong halmeoni meninggal.

Mungkin cakkanim ingin menyampaikan bahwa hidup itu memang begitu: kesedihan dan kebahagiaan datang bergantian, tidak ada kesedihan yang abadi, begitu pula dengan kebahagiaan.

Cerita terakhir tentang Dong-seok dan ibunya adalah yang paling emosional 😭😭😭. Scene kematian yang sunyi, gak ada scene pemkaman tapi bikin penonton nangis sesenggukan.

Pokoknya, kalau suka drama slice of life tontonlah drama ini. Well executed, totally worth your time!

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Andai ya, andai, Sim-deok gak jatuh cinta sama U-jin pasti dia bakal mau aja nikah sama bangsawan kaya raya itu. Bangsawan itu kelihatannya beneran baik dan bersedia menopang hidup Sim-deok beserta keluarganya. Kalau dia mau nyoba deket, pasti lama-lama bisa cinta juga. Inget kan di episode 1, Sim-deok awalnya gak mau ambil risiko ikut tampil dan mau cari aman aja karena dia pengen hidup dengan nyaman. Yaa, semua ini menjadi rumit karena Sim-deok sedang cinta-cintanya sama U-jin, tapi gak bisa bersama, plus masalah finansial yg menghimpit karena dia satu-satunya pencari nafkah di keluarganya.

Kalau U-jin itu, di sini diceritain kalau dia menulis dalam rangka memperjuangkan Joseon. Tapi ya, peran dia tuh gak segede itu sebenarnya, alias kalo dia gak melakukan itu ya gak apa-apa. Ya aku ngerti sih, meski hidup dengan nyaman sejak kecil kalau sepanjang hidup menjalani kehidupan yang ditentukan ayahnya dan gak diberi kesempatan untuk menjalankan apa yg dia sukai memang terasa sesak. Tapi lo ya, yg disuruh ayahnya tuh masuk akal dan ayahnya pun gak jahatin siapa-siapa walau dia keras. Gak ada salahnya kalau ingin hidup dengan aman dan nyaman. Selain itu, istrinya juga baik dan bukan tipe istri yang suka nuntut ini itu. I felt sorry to her.

Huft.

Walau gabisa relate, aku bisa ngerti kenapa mereka lelah. Cinta terlarang, masalah finansial, tuntutan keluarga, hanya punya satu sama lain sebagai sumber semangat, tapi susah juga kalau pengen kabur untuk hidup bersama dan mereka gak bisa juga mengabaikan persoalan keluarga.

Pasti rasanya kaya bertemu jalan buntu. Mau kabur gak bisa, mau bertahan udah gak kuat.

Yaa karena ini kisah nyata, maka dramanya juga dibikin begitu adanya.

Rest in peace, Yun Sim-deok dan Kim U-jin.

Btw, aktingnya Shin Hye-sun keren banget.

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I didn't like the female lead at the first 2 episodes, but she got better by the next episodes. I didn't mad at Imo-nim, though i lil bit upset at her, but i really hated Jung-hee's dad till the end. Her dad treated her and her mom that bad, but being so kind to Imo-nim and Bong-soo. I was glad that Jung-hee was brave to tell her dad about she saw him cheated with Imo-nim.

The story was predictable, but i still enjoyed it a lot, especially the old style production set and the osts. Despite of telling sensitive issue like communism accusation and at some point made you really angry at what the father did, the rest of the story was youthful and nostalgic. Most of the part telling about polygonal (?) love among Jung-hee and other characters.

It was not that easy to live as a woman at that time (especially if you have a father like Jung-hee's), also not easy to fight under dictatorship because you would be accused as communist and your family will be in difficult situation.

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When you think it's over, it's not

I think it is the right tagline for this drama. When you think you got the culprit, it was not the end.

This drama is well written, although it involves story of two different world, the transition is clear and not confusing. What i like from kdrama nowadays is no character appearance being wasted. Everything is connected.

It was predictable at some point, but behind the predictable one is another unpredictable plot. That's why i said, when you think it's over, it is actually not. Like other drama, if you think they got the culprit at episode 9/12, there must be somehing unsolved over there.

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