This is a must watch!!

Hands down one of the best time travel dramas I’ve ever seen.

Please don’t let the 6 star reviews fool you. Those are mostly because they have seen the original and think it’s better, which is valid because usually old is gold. But as someone who hasn’t watched the original, and if you haven’t either, I REALLY recommend this drama.

The first notable thing about this drama is that it feels so intriguing and special. As someone who watches a lot of dramas, I sometimes find myself bored at at least one point in the series or I feel as if I’m forcing myself to continue watching. But with this drama I felt the complete opposite. There was no moment when I was watching where I thought, “ugh can we speed this up already..” or “I just need to get through X amount of episodes before I’m finally done.”

There also wasn’t any scene or scenario in the drama that I felt was unnecessary to the plot (or essentially filler) and they didn’t drag out the story like a lot of dramas tend to do to make it to 16 episodes which I REALLY appreciated (this is only 12 episodes). It all felt very smooth and necessary to move the story along. Every episode made me want to watch the next episode immediately!

As for the story itself, I have to give extreme props to the writers. I honestly thought this was just going to be a romance, but the story had other aspects of mystery, thriller, and mellow feelings. Every time I thought I figured out the plot, I was completely wrong and it took a different turn that I wasn’t expecting. This is story is one that is super confusing at first, but bits and pieces are placed together throughout watching and just fit perfectly together once it ends.

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Another aspect that made this drama so memorable was the acting. The actors they included, Jeon Yeo been and Min Jin Woong, did a phenomenal job at portraying personalities that completely opposed each other such as Min Ju and Jun Hee, and Chanyeong and Chan Hui. As I was watching them portray these characters I kept thinking, “Wow, they should get an award for this.” Because of how much their duality was shown in the series.


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Overall I definitely recommended this drama. It’s one that I will definitely remember and continue to recommend to others. I’m surprised that it wasn’t a bigger hit like Lovely Runner, I felt like I didn’t hear much about it when it came out. Which is a shame because in my opinion this was a lot better than LR and deserves a lot more recognition. But anyways, thanks for taking the time to read my review and I really hope you give this drama a chance!!

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Nice story

This was a nice little movie to pass time. It was very interesting and it kept my attention throughout the whole thing because the way the story plays out left me with questions in which I wanted to keep watching for answer to. I will say it wasn't necessarily something 'life changing' because I have seen similar plots like it , but I did enjoy watching. It isn't SUPER predictable, and that is a big bonus in my opinion. The re-watch value is iffy, personally I don't consider it to be something I'd have the desire to watch again, but overall I do think it's a good movie to watch at least once in your life.

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Very realistic and great story.

FL = Female lead
ML= Male lead

"A Japanese romcom that is realistic?! No way." I know it sounds strange, but I truly think that this movie is very realistic for a romcom. Before some of you start debating me, no I do not think that very single detail of the movie is realistic such as the cafeteria guy running on the walls in the first ten minutes of the movie or any of the classic Japanese effects that add humor to the situation (such as arrows hitting/ rocks falling on the FL when she feels defeated).

HOWEVER, I do think that the actions/emotions of both the FL and the ML are very realistic and I think a lot of people would act the same way in their situations.
Examples (spoilers will occur):
- The way the FL was treating the ML's new gf was expected.
She was jealous and very passive aggressive and when she wasn't getting the reactions she expected out of the ML's gf, she felt shock and was uncertain of 'her roll in the story'. Disclaimer- I'm not saying that the way she treated ML's gf was valid or something I would do, I'm just saying the way she reacted was realistic for an extroverted and jealous teenage girl.
- The manipulation happening between the ML and his gf.
This topic is a very realistic situation in which the MF's gf manipulates him into not leaving her, even though he wants to and isn't truly happy with her. The whole reason why he didn't leave her is because she had him thinking that she was unwell or sick when she really wasn't, and he -believing her- knew he would feel extremely guilty if he left her all alone while she was sick and he was the only person that she relied on. Not only does this manipulation make him unhappy, but it causes him to distance himself from the FL (even though they were close friends their whole life) and that is a very realistic situation that makes the audience empathize with him, especially if they've been in that exact situation themselves.
- The FL trying to move on.
I think a lot of people can relate to trying to move on when they don't want to or aren't 100% ready to. When the FL tries to move on with the 2nd male lead, she finds that she's not able to truly move on even though she tries and can't help but still be in love with the ML. The guilt that she feels when she breaks the news to the 2nd male lead is something that I think a lot of people can empathize with even if they don't fully agree with her decision.

There is more, but I feel like I've already written an essay and might start to be losing some people's attention, lol.

Overall I think that this story is a good watch and I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did based on some reviews I read before hand, which just proves that the only opinion that matters is your own!! Is this story cliché? Yes. But, I truly think you need to watch it for yourself at least once! Thanks for reading!!

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Great drama!!

This drama does an amazing job in grabbing the watcher's attention and KEEPING it. The story centers around a FL (female lead) who can hear lies and a ML (male lead) who is accused of a murder that he says he didn't commit. so the story is basically a "who done it" situation. Although it seems as though it would be easy to detect who actually committed the murder since the FL can detect lies, it isn't that simple, and that's what I really love about it.

Throughout the series I changed my mind about who actually committed the crime more times than I can remember, and I loved that aspect of the drama- the culprit wasn't extremely obvious and predictable.
Unfortunately, I did get spoiled by looking in the comments half way through the series, however I know that if I hadn't gotten spoiled then the reveal of the culprit would have caught me extremely off guard and I would've loved it.

Personally, I think that this drama is worth watching and I would 1000% recommended it to people who love romance and mystery.

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