An extraordinary drama that wasn't extraordinary

First of all, I just wanted to say that the drama was quite nice. The first half definitely hooked me into the drama. I had a lot of questions as I watched these episodes and good thing most of those questions that I had in mind were answered. Secondly, the casts were good. I already watched Lee Jae-wook act in his other drama (particularly When the Weather was Fine) and I totally loved his character in that drama and this drama as well. Based on the poster (which is pretty obvious), Dan Oh and Haru (Kim Hyeyoon and Rowoon's character respectively) ended up together. And there goes my heart for Baek Kyung??, played by Lee Jae-wook. I already knew that Baek Kyung was a second male lead to Haru but I was still rooting for Baek Kyung and Dan Oh? This was my first time to ever like or root for the second male lead with the first female lead, like EVER. So, this meant that Lee Jae wook's acting was superb. He had transitioned very well into such character from being funny and light-hearted in When the Weather was Fine. Rowoon's acting was quite nice. It fitted his character as protective and caring for Dan Oh. As for Haru, Rowoon's character, I guess I would like him if his character showed a lot more (other than having a mindset to always save Dan Oh which started to annoy me on the second half of the drama). Moreover, I cringed at almost everything about Haru. Yeah, his character was all about helping Dan Oh change her fate but that was it. He was so plain to be a main character, really. So PLAIN to the fact that he's like a robot or he didn't have anything else to do with his life. Haru was definitely my biggest and utter disappointment in this drama?. As for Kim Hyeyoon's acting, she's good, quite nice. I never saw her act in a drama before. Also, I haven't watched Sky Castle before (which she was in), so I'm planning to watch it someday. Okay... back to the Kim Hyeyoon. Quite similar to Lee Jae-wook, her transition from being a mean girl in Sky Castle to a bright, cute, and brave character was smooth. She gave justice to her character by her acting skills. Though at some points, her character, Dan Oh, also had an annoying side. Watch the drama and you'll know what I meant by that. I already marked her catchphrase throughout the drama as "Haruya. Haru." which annoyed me, really. Her relationship with Haru was also quite annoying. THEY made me cringe, to be honest. It doesn't mean that someone gave what you want, you'll be in a relationship with them. Lastly, this drama has a lot of plotholes (pretty obvious, let's admit it.)

Overall, this drama was good but was not enough to honor its title as extraordinary. It is an ordinary drama and I quite regretted that I watched this drama that has 30+ episodes. If it wasn't for Kim Hyeyoon and Lee Jae-wook's acting and the supporting casts, I would have labeled this drama as time consuming and definitely not worth it. Still, I recommend you to watch this drama if you don't have anything else to do or if you feel like solving an annoying and tiring case (more like, plotholes). Oh, and be careful of cliches, there are a lot of cringeworthy scenes.??

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