itwillneverbefar

Literally didn't notice it, and I bet most people wouldn't without the notif about it. People get so riled up about AI when it was one small shot that was meaningless in the story, who cares.

Solid first ep. I've never seen Hwang In Youp in anything before so didn't know what to expect but I can def see the appeal now, and I thought he did great portraying some complicated emotions. I love how the director throws in so many "indie film" artsy shots, it creates a cool vibe that aligns with the theme.

Normally I don't like flashbacks but they were smart to draw direct parallels to their current reality to ease the transitions back and forth, and they kept it mostly to that one maybe 10 min section with that montage at the end. It did a good job of establishing the depth and nature of their connection as first loves. I just hope they don't rely on flashbacks past the first couple eps. All we need to see now is how it fell apart back then.

I'm a fan of Hyeri in general and this role seems perfect for her, but she over-acted the "quirky girl with a temper" to the point that it grated at times so hopefully she settles into the role a little better. She played the emotional scenes nicely tho, felt the heartbreak of that last scene esp.

I want it to be like School 2017 where it was all about their friendships with zero romance

Why? Deep platonic male friendships as the main focus is so under represented in media. There’s soooooo much BL content out there tho

There are already so many BL dramas, I love dramas about platonic male friendship cause they’re so rare. I wish there wasn’t any romance even between the men and women tbh

I agree that rating a drama low after a ep just cause it’s not to your liking is unfair. But I disagree with you over-applying it. Poor execution is always a valid reason to rate something low. If at any point the acting, writing, directing, or any other element isn’t executed well enough for me to want to continue then its perfectly fair to give it a low rating, whether that’s the first or last ep.

You are entitled to your opinion but your opinion is wrong.

Its worth taking time to look inward and consider why when there's a disparity between the way two groups of people are treated your answer is "no one deserves help" instead of "everyone deserves help"

He has such good comedic timing though, shame to waste it. He can be so funny, but istg rarely gets to show it in roles these days.

Having issues with substance abuse is NOT a moral failing or criminal, it's a mental health issue. I'm so happy he got whatever help he needed and will be eating up our screens again, he's been my GOAT since I watched Secret Love Affair and Six Flying Dragons in the same year, no one was doing it like YAI when he was active

This is like the anti-Master's Sun where she could only NOT see ghosts when she touched the ML lol. Which I prefer cause if she can't even touch the ML there gonna be noooo skinship

It's so refreshing for a FL to have boundaries with the 2ML for the first time ever in a K drama ISTG. Like no she is not gonna take you back after you abandoned her, yes she will make that very clear even if you refuse to listen, no you cannot just show up and barge into her apartment any time you want, no you can't just throw out marriage suddenly as a last ditch effort and have her believe you again. I kept expecting her to do the classic trope of giving in or not standing up for herself and was sooo pleasantly surprised when she held her ground.

I'm also really wondering what's going on with the ML, like why does he become a complete robot like that at work? Why does he have such tight control over his life? He really does need the carefree energy Ji Yun brings

I loved that so much.

It's not tho... The way the FL handles the 2ML is actually super mature and refreshing. It's more about her finding new love after having been with the 2ML in the past

I've seen women I know do wayyy worse than this, like I've seen them throw huge public fits trying to get a man to choose them over another girl. It's sad, but it's unfortunately true to life. And the writer didn't include this as a good example for women to follow, it's clearly showing a character at their low point and showing people what NOT to be like.

I was thinking about that today too! Even though he's played similar characters on paper, the actual characterization here isn't like what we've seen before from him.

Yeah I feel like there's a weird disconnect where they're clearly attracted to and drawn to eachother and also admire the other in a work sense, and sometimes act like they like each other, but then other times both act like complete strangers and there's no real rhyme or reason to it so it feels jarring, and it felt more pronounced in ep 3 for me.

That was sooo embarrassing. But man, I've never done that, but I've embarrassed myself for men before too so I felt sorry for her. I'm hoping she has a good arc cause she is starting at rock bottom

It's been tooooo long since we've had a music-focused drama. So looking forward to this

Too many people seem to a expect things to be spelled out too much. Shows like this are meant to be thought about and considered and digested, instead of having exposition heavy scenes where they say "so this is why this person did this, and this is why they did this, and this is what actually happened here, and here's how this all wraps up neatly" etc. Esp when one of the main characters is purposely designed to have confusing, unreliable, and vague motivations that don't resolve or are categorized cleanly ever. Like that's the whole point. This story begs you to look a bit deeper and come to your own conclusions.