Its not only about love

At first, I jumped on this drama when I saw that there was Park Eun Bin.
Everything she touches, usually, turns into gold.

But then, once I started watching it, I kind of felt a disappointment... Wait, wait... I felt that because, musical dramas are not my cup of tea (despite the dark scenes that made me very emotional). Yes, everyone, I jumped into the drama without seeing the trailer nor reading the synopsys, believe me.

Now, where do I start?

The end of episode 1 had shaken me so much so I said to myself: "You know what? You're gonna watch this damn drama! See where all this goes, hopefully, it'll be ok."

It was more than ok. It was a beautiful drama, filled with intriguing characters and let me tell you, I felt that the "musical" part was very secondary.
Beware that the domestic violence is literally the topic number 1, so this is not advised for people who get triggered by it.
This is not only about love and dreams, its about friendship, family, survival, hardship, insecurities, illness, grief, guilt... There's so much to add. The emotions every character displayed were truly felt.



There were some actors that I knew, since I have been watching dramas for so long (though, I might say that sometimes I have my *dramatic breaks*) and I had never seen Chae Jong Hyup on screen, or at least, I do not remember.
As soon as I saw him, I thought "nah, this is not it..." for the cast members (after episode 2 I went and searched on MDL the details) but I was so intrigued by the Ki-ho kid that I continued on waiting and see which one would be Ki-ho in the future... and oh, I was so wrong! Again!

He was amazing. I could even translate his eyes, damn, his eyes talked! So yes, this drama is worth watching and I loved every second that this guy and Park Eun Bin had on screen together.
I hope they work together again and I want to see more angst (I know we kind of suffered here, but I need something EVEN more serious), because they are able to pull it off.

As for Mok-ha, what an interesting character, might I add. A sunshine! She went through so much in life and was still able to keep her humbleness, her joy, her beauty... The list goes on.
Marvelous work from Eun Bin, per usual. She never fails to amaze me.

I loved the rest of the cast, they were so well chosen. Seo Jung Yeon, this woman deserves indeed her flowers and I am so glad to see her everytime on screen! Lee Seung Joon, he made me hate him so much. This man got immersed in that role and I have seen in him other roles, but this one? I won't forget, at all. Great job.
Cha Hak Yeon got my attention with this role, I look forward to dig in his projects, he was lovely. The biggest bouquet of flowers go mostly to Lee Joong Ok (made me the happiest), Kim Hyo Jin (I felt so empathetic towards her) and Moon Woo Jin, what an incredible work this kid did. He has such a bright future!


I believe the story could have been written a little bit different, I won't lie, I felt that the 15 years on a damn island WERE TOO MUCH... But it all worked out in the end, as I loved to see how dedicated Ki-ho was to find her. That is true friendship and love, everyone. True friendship and love...

I am sad that I did not watch this once it came out, but to be honest, I feel that there is always a certain time and place for us to find gems like this.

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"Panoramic" review and comments about the final

The very first episode had me attached to the screen. I remember this had like 4 episodes, and I saw all of it in one day or two.

The actors are amazing, most of them pretty known and may I add, please don't kill me yall, I had never seen any Lee Jong Suk dramas. But, I did knew he was pretty good! So to watch him in this drama, with those acting skills (he either looked like a maniac or a cute teenage boy and I loved it ~) I was astounded by his performance. I was always in a rush to watch the episodes not just because of the story, but also because of him.

I dare to say that for, at least, 8 episodes I almost added this one drama to my top 10 .
But, like many others, I am very disappointed in the last two episodes and that just affected my evaluation.

The ideal scenario for the latest episodes was to uncover everything even if the bad guys still winning.
Like, "we are winning and we don't give a d*mn if you reveal this or that. We'll still win." There's no problem in bad guys winning, matter of fact, thats what happens in this world. That's reality.
That kind of actions are what maddens people even more, but we still have the little hope of either:

- The good guys gonna do it all clean OR (the best one) the good guys actually turn into (also) bad guys and takes care of business in a dirty way.

Well, it did happen. But it took a lot of time for Chang Ho to realize that. Of course, with Mi Ho's death (wich I was betting on for awhile), it had to happen and he also respected her wishes of being a good 'Big Mouse'... But why did the story turn out to be like this in like... the last 20 mins?

This should've been built better. I don't get the rush, at all. In 16 episodes, everything could've been handled well, even with Mi Ho's death, with the disappearance of Jun Hee, etc., everything was understandable.
It was needed. But not for this kind of ending.



Now for last comments, I am seeing a lot of people wondering about Chang Ho's emotions on Mi Ho's death.
So, here's my theories:

- He either doesn't know how to portray that kind of emotion (talking about the actor himself )

OR

Another theory (and this is what I believe in):
- Chang Ho has suffered a lot this entire time, he was forced to change his mind, his way of doing things, he had even to manage to be able to change his emotions/ reactions... so at the end, he couldn't show what he felt inside.
He was indeed hurting, but he couldn't deliver any more suffering than that.
Plus, he was also accepting that he was happy and he'd do anything for Mi Ho - not to make a scene, to stay calm even though its a tough situation and handle the rest of the things as he should and let her rest in peace believing they have lived a wonderful life together.

I'm betting on this because I remember his crying scene, when Mi Ho visited him at the penitenciary, God d*mn. He was crying like a little baby that felt lost on a beach and got separated by his parents in the middle of the beach lol...

I am quite happy, of course, by seeing that Chang Ho took revenge that way. "Try your own poison, mother******". But this kind of rushed ending has sadden me, because this body of work had everything to be good.
Needless to say that I wanted to see a desperate and malicious Park Chang Ho after her death and then yes, taking revenge on that pig Do Ha.

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