It’s okay

I watched the whole show and all I can say is that if you hate fat people and don’t understand privacy, this is the show for you.

Some parts were cute I suppose, but seeing how such a huge chunk of their relationship was just him directly shaming and mocking her for her weight made me really uncomfortable. The way they put the female actresses in fat suits and even made them speak more childishly while they’re overweight was so weird too. Not to mention, the female lead wasn’t even that overweight? They just put a double chin on her and stuffed her pants and called it a day. I understand the message is to be healthy, and I absolutely agree with that, but in no way does that excuse the mockery of overweight people the way this drama did. No amount of playfulness or jokes or whatever can make it be an acceptable message in something of this level.

Plus, the portrayal of [a certain health syndrome] near the end was soo dramatic for no reason.... it’s one of the most common conditions in women and it’s very manageable. As someone who has it, watching that whole ordeal was laughable and I could not take it as seriously as you were supposed to.

There’s a lot that I’ll tolerate in kdramas for the sake of escapism or whatever but there should definitely be limits, especially considering how insulting so much of this was to a huge part of the audience.

HOWEVER, I really loved the cast. The leads had really good chemistry, and I’ve become a fan of their acting due to this show. If the way the main dilemma of the plot wasn’t handled in the way it was, this would have been one of my favourites.

I’m generally not a fan of Sung Hoon, but I really enjoyed his character in this show, and I hope he plays more roles like this in the future. This is also my first time seeing Henry act, and although I don’t know much about him, his bubbly character was delightful and one of the reasons I may go back to rewatch despite everything.

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I don’t really know what I expected from this show reading the synopsis but whatever it was apparently even that was too high of an expectation, because pretty much nothing delivered. The Stockholm syndrome, the way it’s dealt with, the situations, the conflicts, the way the conflict was resolved... nothing was good. Sung Hoon continues to be stiff and one dimensional in his acting. The characters had absolutely no romantic buildup, and the situation was genuinely uncomfortable to the point where it makes you wonder whether the director/writers even intended for them to have a romance. Kim Ga Eun is cute and the camera work and aesthetics are very pretty. That’s about it.

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