Numi

I just finished "Idol I" and your review mirrors my thoughts exactly. Essentially, I expected more, not a masterpiece, not a law-focused drama, not even a perfect thriller, but I expected more than what we have received.

I am on ep 4 and I am struggling to continue. Does the drama keep the same vibe etc or is it changing? Not saying it is a bad drama, just maybe not for me, and I want to know whether I should keep going

I really hope you'll like it😊 I was positively surprised by the drama

Can you send a link? Because the YT videos that I could find do not have good subs.

"War" would also be appropriate. Same as "revenge". And the above tags include "archery", which is also a very important aspect in this drama.

Of this drama? I'd say the genre and tags above are quite accurate. If I had to name genres it would be "military, action, historical" with tags such as "sino-japanese war, slight romance, siblings relationship (not romantic, of course)". It has been some time since I have watched it, so there are probably additional tags that I have missed, but this is what is mainly what is coming to my mind.

Good thing that I dropped it, then. 5 eps of forcing myself through were enough for me

I dropped after 5 eps because I was already forcing myself through those, and the thought of 35 more eps was just daunting.

I tried really hard to like the drama, and while I can see the appeal, I don't understand a rating this high. I guess I expected something else. The FL was the final nail in the coffin - had to drop it.

Ouah, I am struggling so much with the subs on iQIYI🥲

Looool😂

I keep it "on hold" for now, but I do plan to continue and finish the drama. I haven't quite given up on it, and I will keep your words in mind👍🏻

Yeah, I have recently seen a doco about a woman who is in a relationship with an AI Drake, not just a chat but including characters/avatars. She created an avatar for herself as well.
I am 100% convinced that something like this would be implemented within the next years. There is a Korean drama where a mother meets her deceased daughter via VR, and I could see that as a stepping stone to VR Dating

I mean, yes, I just didn't expect it to be this dystopian tbh. I haven't finished the drama yet, so I don't know how they will deal with the whole thing in the end. But so far, I felt really uncomfortable and don't really enjoy the virtual boyfriends etc. I saw someone further down in the comments saying that this would be a dream for every girl. But I find it haunting.

It says rom-com, but I find it quite dystopian

Lol, I've been going through my watchlist and all dramas that I doubted, dropped or wasn't interested in were dropped by you. I will take your comments as a guidance😂

I am almost done with ep 5 and it is not getting better tbh

Same here. I put the drama on hold after ep 6. Reading the comments, it'd be wise to just drop it. They advertised a family drama of raising a nephew together and they cannot even write a FL that seriously takes care of her nephew. They advertised one thing just to release another, which I would not have watched if they advertised it correctly.

I haven't watched last week's eps yet as I want to watch them with the ones being released this week.
But from the eps I have seen (and some clips of eps 7&8), I really don't understand how the writers didn't even try to portray the FL as a good aunt. In the beginning, she was fighting for Woo Ju. Of course she was overwhelmed, everyone would be after losing their sister and brother-in-law and having to take in their nephew. But she seemed to have gotten over the deaths fairly quickly, the only reminiscence is that she feels bad for their last conversation. But then she constantly neglects her nephew. She prioritises her old flame over her nephew. As an aunt to two nephews, I absolutely cannot understand that. If romance happens naturally on the side, alright. But the top priority should be the nephew, his health, his wellbeing and creating a stable environment for him. Her sunbae is not running away. Hell, he is her boss, so telling him to wait until the situation with her nephew is stabilised should be no problem. Also, all of this is happening in such a short time that I am absolutely questioning the FL's sanity and sincerity. She doesn't have to give up love forever, but, again, at such a crucial time her nephew needs to come first. At the moment, I would absolutely deem her unfit to act as a guardian. It is quite frankly disappointing.

I finished the drama and left it at 7/10, but Hiro seriously deserves justice. He ended up being my favourite character.