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Nonsense all around

Look, I knew from the premise that this drama was going to be completely unserious and was ready to roll with it but the story was so aggressively stupid and nonsensical I couldn't enjoy it.

Nothing made sense, it was almost impressive how many plot holes they managed to shove in each episode. At some point I started watching most of it at x2 speed.

I felt really bad for the cast and crew who really did a good job to make the drama look good despite the terrible writing. Seo Kangjun's beautiful face and easy charm really carried this drama, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't have wasted my time.

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A Very Mixed Bag

Kim Seonho's performance in particular was subpar, often one-note and flat, though he had a few nice moments with the FL. The acting of the leads makes up a huge part of my enjoyment of romance dramas so I was never as invested as I would have liked.

The writing likewise managed to create some nice moments but mostly it didn't really capitalize on the "interpreter in the middle of dates" reality tv setting. The scenery was very picturesque and clearly a lot of money was thrown in the production but what for?

I was initially skeptical about the inclusion of Do Rami but it turned out alright, even if the writing flip-flopped in quality when it came to that plotline too.

Watchable but also forgettable.

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why?

WTF was that ending. I don't go into romcom to have an unhappy ending where the guy dies just before he was about to reunite with our MC and she spends years not knowing about it and resenting him. The contrived misunderstandings with the bffs stopping them from being together were only bearable if it all led to a happy ending! The genre shift came so completely out of nowhere I was just baffled and ended up checked out. It reeks of the romcom that didn't want to be like the other romcoms and just failed at being anything satisfying. Way to ruin the outstanding performances of your amazing, charismatic, and personable cast!

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