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Ep 10 - plagiarism
From the end of ep 9, there is an awkwardness because our FL is just not ready to start a new relationship. The ML helps her out by brushing aside so she is relieved to continue bing friends with him. The rest of the ep focuses on her work being plagiarized by the customer who was at the bar from ep 9. With the help of the team an mainly the ML, she exonerates herself. We see her recognizing ML’s fondness of her as well.

Everything flows so well and feels very natural, even the awkwardness, reservations, uncertainty of her feelings towards the ML. Yet at the same time, it was interesting and not always predictable how the story unfolds.

Ep 10 synopsis and comments - spoilers below

Very good if you like more realistic dramas.

Here are some of my top modern dramas

Nothing but you - about badminton to tennis player
To the wonder - about adapting to changing culture. Beautiful cinematography
Pegasus - car racing
The hope - overcoming challenges in education
Shards of her - about a woman who suffered trauma. Have tissues ready

More idol drama like with romance:
The Forbidden flower - a dying girl’s last wish in life
Rising with the wind - business startup

Lol… in between can be challenging because we just want the fl to grow up already! And that gold digging bf! But I enjoyed watching it to the end. For the most part, there’s not clear “good” or bad guy, just imperfect people trying to figure out what’s important to them.

Ok - so this is a story of character growth. It starts out with her being a doormat but that’s not her true spirit. The story will continue to unfold and we learn how she became this way. And yes, as a doormat, others will see you as an easy target to take advantage of. So she will have to overcome this. Along the way of growth, she will face challenges, develop true friendships. She will have victories and failures. there will be characters we grow to love and to hate but it’s all part of a wonderfully told story. If you don’t enjoy a person who may take some time to grow, this may frustrate you. It’s not Love Me Kill Me. More like In Between but I like this better so far. Theres some heart warming sweet scenes but not heart fluttering ( well maybe one so far)

No, not as of ep 9. I’ve been enjoying this drama a lot because it feels realistic. Everything feels natural and not forced. characters are developing. Good story telling and good plot and good acting.

Ep 9 - backstory for ML (Shi Ye)
Wonderful pacing and storytelling. Just when we are wondering about that the ML’s past, this episode focuses on Shi Ye. We learn how he was inspired by the FL and that middle school incident which led him to pursuing comedy. We also learn that he has no experience confessing to a girl. Always a cool cucumber except when trying to confess to a girl his feelings! The two of them spending a night at the bar during a rainstorm reveals their interest in each other.

This relationship will most likely take a while to develop imo. She is still learning how to assert herself and just broke up with her bf. Until she’s more confident being her true self, I cannot see this relationship blossoming well.

We also see some changes in Fl’s life, both in career and comedy, and higher ups are taking notice of her talent and work ethics.

Ep 9 synopsis and comments - spoilers below

Ep 9

Agreed. Love all those dramas!

Thanks for sharing. Perhaps is indicates the true status of their relationship. There’s no hope left.

This episode starts out with the bf interested in purchasing balloons from a street vendor. The narrator continues into a detailed explanation on the involved process of making balloons. Plot wise, we see a turning point for our fl she she gets sick and cannot attend an important meeting at work. The true colors and aspirations of her boss is revealed. Her bar friends express their love for her by coming over and “taking” care of her. It’s pretty humorous. There are some heartfelt moments between her and the ml as he cares for her. When she returns to work, she is told that she will need to meet with the chairman and answer his questions from the meeting while she was sick. While researching the answers, she finds a better idea than her original and want to update her plan. Her boss says no because she she’s fearful it wouldn’t be received well. She not interested in success of the project, only approval from the chairman. At the meeting, the fl must decide. Episode ends with her having dinner with her bar friends at her place. Her BF, who thinks she might me still interested in him, comes over with the balloons we see at the beginning. As he tries to reach her by phone, he sees the ML and mistook him to be her new bf. He decides to release the balloons and leave. She comes to the window to see what the ML is looking at, he points to the balloons - ‘a guy released it’, a ‘a confession of love’. Everyone looks at the balloons as it floats away.

I feel like I need to rewatch this ep to understand better the message behind these balloons. May have missed a lot with the translation. However, it’s still another very well done episode. Here’s to hoping her future will be looking up like the rising balloons.

Can I also add that I love the interactions of her bar friends. They are filled with comedy. The scriptwriting so so good.

Ep 8 recap - spoiler below.

The episode starts with a discussion on causes of elevated heart rates as the bf and ml are in a fight. The ml brushes it off as no big deal when everyone else is concerned about his injuries at the bar - it’s just a jealous ex of one of my ex’s. Fl continues to deal with awkward moments and discovers it at the work place as well. She’s facing frustrations at work as Ma tries to undermine the team’s efforts and talent. All the while she’s taking notes of potential comedic material from work to help with her standup comedy. Ep ends with ml’s heart rate, usually always calm, shooting up as he comes to a realization.

Smartly written. Enjoyable story telling. I love how everything feels natural, realistic. Characters aren’t revealing how they feel by saying it out loud but rather by their actions, their facial expressions, they’re interaction with others.

Yes - such a well written, well, acted, well directed drama so far. Glad to switch over to a modern drama from Eastern Fantasy (that was enjoyable too but a different enjoyment).

Ep 7 recap - spoiler below.

Hang in there….

Ep 4/5/6 her bf drags her to his assistant’s wedding and stages a proposal to her in front of the chairman and the entire company. It put her in a tough spot and she musters a weak ’yes’ to save face for him. Later she returns to the hotel room where he’s at and manages to tell him that she wants to break up with him. Over the weekend she enjoys time with her bestie but when she returns to work, everyone is congratulating her. SHe realizes that her confident breakup scene was just in her head and that in fact she had barely spoke the words before vomiting all over him. He’s avoiding her and won’t return her calls but she manages to find him in the garage where he blames her for saying yes and asks her not to say anything until he gets a promotion. Unfortunately, the news is leaked and gossip spreads and he ends up not getting the promotion. She finally manages to confront him and tells him that they need To clear the misunderstandings by speaking publicly about their breakup at a company horror escape room activity. Turns out everyone overhears this.

I appreciate how we see her confidence and frustrations displayed yet she she continues to be a doormat because change does not come instantaneously for anyone, especially this deep engrained one that she’s in. There’s still that part of her that cares too much about others (beyond her responsibility) that she acquiesces to things that a normal person knows is not a good idea/not her responsibly/not under her control. Until she comes to the realization that she cannot save the day and that it’s ok for people to get hurt and learn to take care of themselves, she’ll probably repeat these mistakes.

At work we see her tendency creep back as her co-worker is getting bullied by the unscrupulous team leader. She feels sympathy for her and decides to join the team to help. Oh, dear….

Her bf sees her getting a bike ride from the ML to the bar. He gets jealous, thinking he’s seeing her, and engages in a fist fight after she’s . Fight ends and ML tells him that he d doesn’t date females who have BF. Reality hits the BF because the truth is they are broken up. This ends ep 6.

Ep 5 & 6 - spoiler below