Details

  • Last Online: 10 seconds ago
  • Gender: Female
  • Location: well, yes
  • Contribution Points: 30 LV1
  • Roles:
  • Join Date: January 1, 2019
  • Awards Received: Finger Heart Award7 Flower Award33

cheshire

well, yes

cheshire

well, yes
No Gain, No Love korean drama review
Completed
No Gain, No Love
1 people found this review helpful
by cheshire
13 days ago
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 4.0

Alright, I guess?

K-dramas can't cope with 12 episodes these days either, y'all. They should cut it down to 8 once and for all ?‍♀️

Either way, this was entertaining of course. It's worth a watch just for the wacky comedy and maybe the secondary couple bcz of their chemistry. The main couple, on the other hand... It's not that they DON'T have chemistry or anything, their story is where they lost me.

The first half was seriously fun and romantic, but they looked like they were running out of ideas as their story went on. Therefore, what we saw was unnecessary backstories and plot twists being shoved in left and right. It felt like way too much was happening at the same time, and in the end, everything was only slightly brushed along and half-assedly concluded. Had they only focused on the romance and the comedy, this could've been a really good romcom. Unfortunately, the writer (who also wrote 'Her Private Life'-- which suffered from the same repercussions towards the end) seemed to run out of ideas and it was... obvious.

I like Kim Young Dae.... when he's being unserious and funny. The man cannot play a quiter/less animate role for the love of god, I'm sorry. On the other hand, Shin Min Ah was quite nice to watch. I really liked her character for 70% of the drama, and I think she was able to bring that extra oomf to 'Son Hae Young' as well.

The music was whatever. None of the tracks were catchy or distinctive.

In conclusion, even though it was a 12 episode drama (plus the screentime they wasted on Kopiko, Subway, Bananapresso Coffee, BMW), it could've benefited from lesser episodes and lesser dumb plotlines.
Was this review helpful to you?