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Yeah, I agree about her health issues. It's difficult to voice concern without it coming across as criticism. I just hope she can recover her health. I always thought she was incredibly beautiful and had a healthy appearance contrary to some idol actresses who are put on too strict of a diet. It somehow made me feel assured that there are some mature actresses who don't cave into the pressure of insane Korean beauty standards, so personally, I do feel sad about the change, primarily for her well-being. Well, let's wish her the best!

I disagree with her being only in mediocre dramas. My favorite drama of PMY to this date (other than City Hunter but that one is not primarily romance focused) is When the Weather is fine. I recommend anyone to give it a shot, though it definitely is a slow burn and slice of life and may not be everyone's cup of tea. It's poetry in its purest form. While I enjoyed it for the romance, I mainly keep rewatching it because it makes the long and cold winters more bearable and I suddenly find beauty in moments I would have otherwise missed. I also still really love Her Private Life, because I think PMY's character there is quite unusual. It has two sides of a coin: mature romance on one side and adorable fangirling mode on the other. Just my opinion ofc.
I haven't seen love in contract btw and I might not watch it, these comments just caught by eye.

completely agree! I was so stunned by the development in episode 3, all of her attention on him was wayyyyyy too early. She should've looked at him more in a 'caring for an idealistic younger aspiring lawyer' and then very very slowly seen a mature man whom she could rely on. Making them instantly fall for each other ruins the love line. I am considering dropping since everything else seems also somewhat predictable. Did you stick around? Did you like it in the end?

I am honestly so confused, I don't get what this drama is trying to be. I really enjoyed the first episode, but the two main lead's relationship doesn't make sense. She's a strong and independent woman who very clearly draws a line with everyone around, but during their FIRST (official) day of knowing each other, he confesses to her that he likes her and randomly takes her hand and she accepts it even without blinking? I would be like: 'you like me? Excuse me, you don't even know me.' She then proceeds to never question it whenever he crosses the line of very clearly not professor/student relationship, but it's not even like they exchange enough words to understand how she suddenly falls for him. He's so much younger, too! I don't oppose age gaps, but they need to make sense. Usually you don't consider someone who's probably 10+ years younger/older than you and in an entirely different stage in life as a romantic partner, unless you spend a lot of time together and get to know them and just cannot help but develop feelings. And even then there are doubts of 'Can I really like him/her? We are so different, how could this ever work out? Should I still go for it?' All of this is happening WAY too fast, a kiss in episode 3, when they BARELY know each other, it's confusing and makes me somewhat disappointed. I really really love the actors and I like the premise. But the romance seems far fetched without a slow-build.

I enjoyed episode 1 quite a bit but I am at episode 3 now and it's getting a bit boring and repetitive to me. I don't really care much for the episodical format (aka 'let's solve one case and move on to the next). The female lead is still too passive, and somehow I feel like everything is too transparent. Does it pick up on the main plot anytime soon?

HAHAH agreed, the multiple palm blast scenes at that! and then to the lamppost she's like: wow, you're still there, respect, I'll give you that!! . 😂

I honestly love this drama so so so much. It's both, beautifully romantic as well as painfully realistic. I watched it twice within two months and I could rewatch it right away. Something to keep in mind is that it feels like the drama ends at episode 16, episode 17 is more like an extra, it focuses on minor characters. Episode 16 gives us all the closure we needed, really, it's a perfectly balanced ending, with just a little bit of heartache but a smile on our lips.
To everyone doubting the character differences between Eun O and Seon Ah's: I think it's entirely plausible. When you go on a trip or when you're at a point where you want to reinvent yourself, you naturally act in a different manner. You leave your old life behind, your worries, troubles, insecurities. There have been so many times where I went on a long solo-travel and I felt like a different person than when I left home. And then when I returned, I wasn't as free-spirited as during those special encounters and moments, as the worries came flooding in, but I tried to hold on to that momentum of being a better and more confident version of myself. I used to be very timid and shy with little confidence especially in groups. I can really say that traveling by myself helped me tremendously. Now I have no issues starting a conversation with complete strangers, even in foreign countries or business settings. To me, Eon Oh's story feels almost personal, like something that could have happened to me, even though at the same time I want to shake her shoulders and ask if she's freaking kidding me.
I honestly cannot praise this drama enough, I loved the documentary format, the little snippets of flashbacks, the music, the editing, the actors and silly moments. And oh those steamy kisses! Although I don't even want to call them steamy, because it somehow feels wrong. The passionate scenes in the drama aren't meant to be seen as steamy, they just perfectly reflect two people in love, lost in each other and the moment itself. I don't think I've watched a drama that could be more real in that aspect, even the giddiness and nervousness is there. I'll stop gushing now, but really, 9.5/10 from me for this gem!

I see, thank you for your reply. I'll put it on hold for now and maybe pick it up again later. Right now I can only shake my head at how nonsensical this is...

I haven't seen the newest episodes so I cannot speak for that, my reply was merely to your comment of it being cheating when you want to get to know someone, like how he wanted to get to know Yumi even though she was seeing someone else. Well, I guess I guess people are just very different, which is also shown in this drama and makes it very interesting in my opinion. I had a friend who said she and her bf agreed that they could sleep with other people and it would be okay as long as there were no romantic feelings involved, it wouldn't be cheating. I definitely disagree, but I know there are a lot of couples with a similar 'open relationship' status, in hopes it will stop them from actually falling out of love. I've also had friends who were in a committed relationship but seemed they were stuck and drifting apart so they asked a third person, a close friend, to 'spice up' their love life. What a horrible, horrible idea. It ruined their friendship, quite obviously so, the couple broke up not long after. Humans are very strange in how we never seem satisfied. It may look nonsensical in an onlooker's perspective but all I'm saying is that this drama is very realistic.

If everyone were to breakup just because of a moment or two of unhappiness, there'd be no couples left lol
In my opinion, the main 'obligation' of a relationship is to work our your problems. If you cannot seem to make it work, then break up. But the thing is, sometimes you're unsure if you've really fallen out of love, or if you just think you have, because you've become used to each other and the sparks have disappeared. Figuring that out is important, and may involve getting to know other people. It DOESNT mean you should be intimate or harbor romantic feelings. It just means finding out where your heart lies.
Comparing it with Woman Of Dignity is a far stretch I think.
Idk, I'm 30, and I've experienced it myself and seen it with friends, just how difficult it is to know whether a relationship has become no good.

I like realistic and slow romance dramas, and I've enjoyed this so far. The young couple as well as the older ones reuniting. But now at episode 7 I am at a loss of words at how Jisoo is acting. Just because of that clip of them kissing she's letting herself get blackmailed into starting over with her ex-husband whom she obviously despises. Not only goes that against her strong-willed and upright personality so far, it's also ridiculous to think they would be able to build a happy family. This is the worst choice she could make, because of her first love whom she hadn't seen in 20 years, when her son is everything to her. It makes no sense.
Then, to make things worse, she would let her ex-husband dictate her life and friendships and tells her friend of 25 years she won't be able to meet him again just because he confessed and because she cannot be friends once she's remarried?? like wtf? Have some self-respect here!I seriously don't understand what's suddenly happening in a span of minutes in that drama, it went from great to 'unbelievably stupid.' Could I ask you what your take is on this, since you love this drama so much? Is this just a trick of hers or is she serious about it? I am seriously confused.

I am at episode 7 and I want to drop it because older Jisoo's choices are so so wrong. Can I ask you something under spoiler tag?

I have to disagree here. Everyone has the right to seek their own happiness. If your relationship makes you feel unfulfilled, if you know there's something missing, even if you cannot point out the reason, it is understandable that you get interested in other people. It's not cheating wanting to get to know someone, I think that is taking it too far. But of course, the moment your feelings really shift, the moment you feel that you're developing romantic feelings for another person, and the moment you realize you would want to be with them instead of your partner, is when you need to be honest and end the relationship. Of course you can also choose to stay with your partner instead and deny the attraction you feel with that other person, the question is just if it will make you ultimately happy. I think both is possible and human nature, it just depends on the personality.

I put it on hold for a while, so I haven't seen the latest episodes, but I just recalled one scene where he helps her with one of her stories and he says something like 'We get to see the male leads intentions way too late in the story, so it is difficult to understand him'. Maybe the writer is picking up on that thought, it makes things more interesting if we don't really know what he truly feels, because we are left wondering the way Yumi is.

Thank you for your kind words, that's very sweet of you! <3 All the best to you as well!

I haven't seen ep 8 yet after all the bad comments and will put it on hold for now. Even so, I wanted to say how much I can relate to the entire show and how much I love the sequences of 'cells' battling it out within the village. Especially episode 6 and 7 hit so close to home, it's actually a bit painful. I quit my office job 2 years ago to pursue my dream of being an independent designer, and every day I ask myself if it was the right decision, if this is the right path for me, if I can succeed at all when I'm running out of money to pay my bills. I've been asked repeatedly by my old 'company' if I want to come back and work for them, hell, I actually even took on projects with them in the mean time on a freelance basis, and all of this was so on line with the plot of Yumi's Cells that it felt somewhat unreal. It's not like I regret my decision, but deep inside of me, anxiety cell, reason cell and stingy cell are telling me to give up because I have no talent. It's really so so true, the facets of human nature, their struggle in work, life and love and this is why I sincerely hope for this season to end on a good note. We really need some positivity in our lives sometimes...

I just finished episode 8 and I am in love with this drama. I know there'll probably be heartbreak at the end of this, but it doesn't change the fact that the first 8 hours of this gave me a sense of purpose. The title 'Record of Youth' is befitting of this show, that gives us a glimpse into the lives of people at the steps of adulthood. I am just past 30 now, but this drama made me remember so clearly what I felt when I was chasing my dream in my twenties, balancing between recklessness and the fear of failure, hoping for a stable future, yet wanting to be free and not tied down. I can relate to every single of the thematics here, I can feel each character's struggle to make the right choices, to be responsible yet not to give up on our hopes. I understand why this drama is not for everyone, though. It's way too 'real' for some, especially the scenes that involve family who are nearly smothering by way of 'protection'. And then there's the romance, which to me, feels very natural, but some might argue they're lacking chemistry because it's not the typical romcom romance. They support each other without being overbearing, at times they're overly cheesy and sweet (because as Jeong Ha put it, she has 'had to face reality too early on in life'), while sometimes they hide their pain from each other or are out of touch because work and other responsibilities get in the way. Typical romcoms paint our partners as heroes who drop everything at once and answer all our calls and come to rescue whenever we need them, all the while sparks fly around until you can see nothing but them. But that's not reality. No matter how amazing someone makes you feel, there might be times when our significant other cannot be there for us when we most need them. It's okay for us to want them to be there, but it's important to understand that one day they might not be, and to stand on our own two feet and not forget who we are. This is such a lengthy comment, but I truly think this is a gem and I hope the ending won't disappoint, even if it turns out to be sad. So far, it's a 9/10 for me.

I haven't seen the original, so I won't be comparing. I can just say that besides the first episode, I find it extremely boring (and even the first episode was a bit: huh?). The SFL and her mother are just batshit crazy, Kang Jae is kind but a snooze fest and Raphael... well I'm still undecided, but so far he is my favorite character. FL's facial expressions convey nothing to me, although she did gain some bonus points in how she stood up to her father in the latest episode. In any case, I'll put it on hold for a while, cannot seem to get through another ep for now. It's a 6.0 at this moment for me.

Starts with a bang, goes out with a fizzle. The beginning of this drama really was hilarious. Clichéd but with a twist, so somehow done right, it hit the right buttons. But then in the middle it became somewhat ridiculous, and I started to lose interest. In the end I didn't even want to finish it because it had become predictable and boring, the clichés suddenly back to being real instead of witty plot devices (fast forwarded through the last episode, which I never ever do with dramas. Either drop them or give them my full attention.) I give it 7/10, but only for the fab start.