halloweenpumpkin

fair enough 😊

Yokoyama Yu is the only one with a significant gap, and considering he was an antagonist who purposefully meant to look like he's ordinary with a super ego, he played the part well. A few wrinkles didn't really matter.

I don't consider Takeru Satoh being in his mid-30s old, or that there's a massive age gap when the actors are all in the mid to late 20s to early 30s. In the university flashbacks it seemed to indicate that Wataru might have been a few years above Misa.

Also back to the original comment, which later I realized it was directed to Yokoyama. the female characters weren't fighting over the same guy. Misa simply settled in her first life, thinking that's what she deserved. Where as Reina wanted to sabotage Misa and take what she had.

they're wearing makeup even when they look like they don't. there's an 8 year gap between the leading actors, which is not that massive considering we're talking about mid 20s and 30s. the 2nd male lead is in his 40s, imo wasn't that noticable since his character was a manchild

Takeru Satoh is 37 now, which means when this was filmed he was 34/35... since when is that considered old? you're making it sound like he's 60 paired with a 20 year old lol.

do you wrap your friends into your sweater and caress them? or say that you worship them? coz I don't. romantic intamicy doesn't need to be defined through kissing and sex. this drama explored a different route to romance, which is fine.

this writer explores different aspects of bonding, every drama she wrote had a different expression of love, some physical (another miss oh), and some platonic (my mister). Dong Man and Eun A still had an intimate romantic relationship, the skinship was just not shown because it wasn't important to the story she wanted to tell us. if you want a show by the same writer with a similar vibe that explores a more physical relationship then I suggest another miss oh. it's a bit old now, but still gold.

she didn't need to show us about it. intimacy comes in various forms, it doesn't need to be expressed in a physical way, and for it to be non-physical it doesn't mean the characters need to be ace, abused or impotent lol.

the story focused on other aspects, on them surviving in a space that was shutting them out, they thrived and they helped each other thriving. that was shown, and it was shown in one of the most beautiful and poetic ways. we've seen them go on dates, spend time together and hug. you can use your imagination if you'd like to think their relationship was more physical 🤷🏻‍♀️

the show starts at a point in life where the ML is at one of his lowest moments and at his worst, so that's exactly what we get to see. He calms his social anxiety by yapping, because those around him don't bother to go past that. As the story progresses you get to understand his behaviour better and of the rest of the characters better.

Social anxiety sometimes manifests through yapping instead of introvertedness. DM is a very anxious person and he yaps to fill that void, his friends rarely bothered to understand or empathize with him except for Jun Hwan, so much so that at the beginning he's the only one that gets a sincere DM. The 8 club didn't hate him coz he yapped, but because he exposed their pettiness while they fed on his story telling to write their own scenarios. We also witness a social distinction as he's still struggling financially while the others are comparatively in a more stable situation.

With EunA we see that he's capable of holding a proper normal conversation, he's capable of listening even if he's in an uncomfortable situation himself.

more importantly than being likable, the characters are human, they're flawed, which makes them realistic. They're all struggling in their own way and we see how everyone tries to survive in a small cultural circle.

Not necessarily. An asexual person can have a romantic relationship with someone who isn't. Now it will depend on how they will present asexuality and the relationship dynamics.

I would love to be able to rewatch this again 💚💜

This drama felt like home. It's both timeless and nostalgic, especially considering that despite that it came out 30 years ago, most of us in our mid-20s and early 30s can relate to the ambiguity and uncertainty that the characters experience.

completely. I would have rather had the story focus more on the main characters and FL interactions with her family - those scenes were wholesome.

at least you tried to watch them, I just skipped her scenes 😂. I sometimes wonder how great this show would have been if it didn't have the 2nd lead storyline 😅

Finally I found time to watch this. The ridiculousness is golden, and definitely the best part of the drama, but 18 episodes were too much and dragged the story. Revenge dramas have the habit of starting off really well and then go down the usual route of the coyote chasing the road runner.

Tbf it had potential, if they focused on the story rather than the glitters and sparkles, so I can see why he might have been interested in it. I watched it because of him tbh, I've liked his work since Master's Sun and Reply 1997. Looking forward for See You at Work Tomorrow as well.

Same, that aspect should have been introduced into the story earlier, at least by episode 4, while exploring the office life and the characters overall more.

Something that bothered me personally, but more because I'm in the arts, is that her best friend as an art teacher got a touch too invested into AI lol. But that was another issue, most characters remained very superficial and we didn't get any depth except for the 2 main characters (and barely for the ml).

Fair point, and I enjoyed the 2nd half more because In Guk carried the story from there on, even as a virtual character. Jisoo is not a bad actress but yea, so far she's average and lacks the experience to carry half a show on her own.

In DAYS, Bo Young is as an exceptional actor as In Guk, and can carry a story by herself, even if the plot lacks in more ways than one. We were also properly introduced to both characters from the beginning, even though Saram's context came much later on into the story.

For me the secondary storyline in DAYS dragged the whole plot, while Boyfriend on Demand barely had one because everything was centred on AI.

If they had shifted the focus from AI to the actual real characters (and relied less on cameos), it had potential to be much better.

yes exactly. I didn't mind that there wasn't any family involved, but Gyeong Nam's personality and life could have been explored more. like we had more context builtup with the virtual characters, and I feel that was a bit of a missed opportunity. but overall still fun.

Again, it's very cute and light hearted, which makes it a good show for when you want something fluffy to unwind.

I still think that the virtual dating took too long, especially the arc with Eun Ho (Even tho I love Kang Jun). That being said, I did like the parallelism between Eun Ho and her past relationship and her burnout being exposed which led to her escaping in this virtual reality, (and in turn trying to fix her past relationship through it). But that arc could have been wrapped up by ep 4. In my opinion the juxtapositions and parallelisms between Gyeong Nam and Yeong Il deserved a little bit more exploration (especially her logging off and being present in real life).

I've seen some complaints about Jisoo's acting, and in my opinion she did a pretty good job. Seo In Guk was great as always. Overall still served it's purpose as a fun cute drama, so I'd still say it's an 8/10.

Yes and no. It suggests that she uses virtual dating to run away from reality, but eventually she still finds herself and relationships irl. We're half way through the show and expect to see some more built up between her and real relationships (friendships and otherwise).

Still very cute and serves it's purpose as a light fun show to unwind. And that being said I do like the parallels between her burnout, past relationships and her escape towards virtual reality (maybe it needed it a little bit more balance with the present reality tho - but I'm still on ep5 so we'll see).