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Annoying FL + messy writing
It was an average drama. The mind-reading plot had a lot of potential and it was fine in the beginning. Although only then. ML was the best. Very cute and straightforward. Chae Jong Hyeop is really good at doing these light and fun types. He was one of the best to watch. The side characters were good to some extent. However, many things bothered me in this drama.
Starting with the main one: FL is so annoying!!! She acts as if she was a 13yo girl discovering how to talk to a boy. Ok, I get that she's unnexperienced but so am I and you won't see me struggling to connect two words whenever I'm around a cute guy. Her "innocence" is too forced. All of her jumpscares and her perpetual state of confusion is so irritating. Not to mention how all of her problems are solved by third parties cuz she's simply unable to do something for her life. It didn't make sense how she got to be a CEO with THAT personality. Seriously. It's so tiring to watch her just panic over all of ML's advances and any little difficulty.
The picture book story and why they should break up was weak and poorly explained. I didn't understand why they had to break up in the first place. What kind of misfortunes would happen if they were together? How did Min Hana know that her story was the rule? Why did she think that her failed romantic story happened BECAUSE of her power?! So many plot holes. She created a whole fiction in her head and tried to ruin the leads' relationship bc of that. It was so funny how she did all that through Hanaoka cuz the only two people in the world (or so it seems) who had the power of mind-reading never had one. single. conversation. in the whole drama! For real. Hana speaks with ML to convince him to break up, and with Hanaoka for HIM to convince FL of breaking up. But both Hana and Yuri never once talk with each other.
The connection of Yuri's powers with the Ainu legend was interesting but completely undeveloped. Mahiro, Onoda and Iiyama had all the trouble to search a way of making Yuri lose her powers so the leads could be together just for, in the end, she and Tae-oh deciding that it doesn't matter anymore. Was it true? Could Yuri lose her powers if she want to? Well, we'll never know cuz they never tried. Also, I missed some explanation as to why Yuri, and Hana as well, got their powers. What's the meaning of all that? Was there a purpose?
And the way all got resolved in the end was so fast and sloppy. There's a time skip and we go directly from the leads deciding to stay together despite anything to Hanaoka saying that Hana's boyfriend had a heart attack totally unrelated to her powers. That's right. So you're telling me she never knew her boyfriend's cause of death?! And she came all the way from Korea to Japan to try and separate the couple based on THAT?! Unbelievable.
I hated how FL rejected ML before deciding to be with him. Why did she do that? Was it bc she found out Hanaoka likes her? But he never SAID that, she just read his mind, so I don't get why she changed around him. And Hanaoka was obviously trying to get the leads together so it was strange how FL avoided ML in the first place. That didn't last long. Good thing. But their relationship is so frustrating. If ML doesn't advance and do something nothing will happen cuz FL is just an awkward ball of hesitation. Their 3 kisses were awkward as well. They just touch lips and that's it. The last one was better but still bad.
Side characters:
- Second couple (Mahiro and Onoda) were cute but the guy is too dense. How can anyone be that oblivious?! She had to do almost everything.
- Hanaoka was a good character. I thought I was gonna hate him in the beginning, cuz he's had a crush on FL, but he surprised me a lot. He deserved more screentime and a story of his own instead of just being there to solve FL's problems. Funny how she was the CEO but he was the one who actually looked like the decison-maker there.
- The office colleagues were ok. I missed the moment of them finding out that Yuri and Tae-oh are a couple. One of the things that the time jump at the last episode robbed me.
That was it. Like I said: an average drama. It wasn't the worst. I enjoyed the watch. ML is great. SML is good too. However, few things made sense and I felt like slapping the FL at times. Writing is all over the place. Do not recommend.
Starting with the main one: FL is so annoying!!! She acts as if she was a 13yo girl discovering how to talk to a boy. Ok, I get that she's unnexperienced but so am I and you won't see me struggling to connect two words whenever I'm around a cute guy. Her "innocence" is too forced. All of her jumpscares and her perpetual state of confusion is so irritating. Not to mention how all of her problems are solved by third parties cuz she's simply unable to do something for her life. It didn't make sense how she got to be a CEO with THAT personality. Seriously. It's so tiring to watch her just panic over all of ML's advances and any little difficulty.
The picture book story and why they should break up was weak and poorly explained. I didn't understand why they had to break up in the first place. What kind of misfortunes would happen if they were together? How did Min Hana know that her story was the rule? Why did she think that her failed romantic story happened BECAUSE of her power?! So many plot holes. She created a whole fiction in her head and tried to ruin the leads' relationship bc of that. It was so funny how she did all that through Hanaoka cuz the only two people in the world (or so it seems) who had the power of mind-reading never had one. single. conversation. in the whole drama! For real. Hana speaks with ML to convince him to break up, and with Hanaoka for HIM to convince FL of breaking up. But both Hana and Yuri never once talk with each other.
The connection of Yuri's powers with the Ainu legend was interesting but completely undeveloped. Mahiro, Onoda and Iiyama had all the trouble to search a way of making Yuri lose her powers so the leads could be together just for, in the end, she and Tae-oh deciding that it doesn't matter anymore. Was it true? Could Yuri lose her powers if she want to? Well, we'll never know cuz they never tried. Also, I missed some explanation as to why Yuri, and Hana as well, got their powers. What's the meaning of all that? Was there a purpose?
And the way all got resolved in the end was so fast and sloppy. There's a time skip and we go directly from the leads deciding to stay together despite anything to Hanaoka saying that Hana's boyfriend had a heart attack totally unrelated to her powers. That's right. So you're telling me she never knew her boyfriend's cause of death?! And she came all the way from Korea to Japan to try and separate the couple based on THAT?! Unbelievable.
I hated how FL rejected ML before deciding to be with him. Why did she do that? Was it bc she found out Hanaoka likes her? But he never SAID that, she just read his mind, so I don't get why she changed around him. And Hanaoka was obviously trying to get the leads together so it was strange how FL avoided ML in the first place. That didn't last long. Good thing. But their relationship is so frustrating. If ML doesn't advance and do something nothing will happen cuz FL is just an awkward ball of hesitation. Their 3 kisses were awkward as well. They just touch lips and that's it. The last one was better but still bad.
Side characters:
- Second couple (Mahiro and Onoda) were cute but the guy is too dense. How can anyone be that oblivious?! She had to do almost everything.
- Hanaoka was a good character. I thought I was gonna hate him in the beginning, cuz he's had a crush on FL, but he surprised me a lot. He deserved more screentime and a story of his own instead of just being there to solve FL's problems. Funny how she was the CEO but he was the one who actually looked like the decison-maker there.
- The office colleagues were ok. I missed the moment of them finding out that Yuri and Tae-oh are a couple. One of the things that the time jump at the last episode robbed me.
That was it. Like I said: an average drama. It wasn't the worst. I enjoyed the watch. ML is great. SML is good too. However, few things made sense and I felt like slapping the FL at times. Writing is all over the place. Do not recommend.
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