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Yes, been there and worked there for a year in my late 20.

This drama sold as "realistic portrayal of young people pursuing love, in a busy, competitive urban environment". and since the trailer came up, many viewer feel the same vibe with BTIMFL, which to these days, one of among few kdrama that "realistically portraying" struggling of young people pursuing career in korea (or anywhere in the world). so, i think it is kind of fair to compare it between those two. and again, non of my post ever talking about kdrama other than BTIMFL and LSITC. Well, I don't know about you, but I think people appreciates BTIMFL because the "realistic" part of it (work sexism, marriage stigma, career frustration) overweight "unrealistic/drama stereotype" part of it (living in the same house).
LSITC eps1 not giving much that "realistic" or "competitive urban" feel to me. especially when two male characters basically working in family business, going a month trip. it's okay, i mean this drama seems to be more focus on love, i get that.
say all you want, but majority of people doesn't acquire yolo lifestyle, much more in competitive environment like asia. especially when most people want to have stable job and family life. if you acquire that kind of lifestyle, good for you, but not many people afford that kind of life.
working hard and saving money while you are young has been proven to be a key to success and prosperity to a lot of people.

I don't see much JCW work, but I have to admit, his acting not believable in eps 1. or maybe because there's not much narrative to build romance between main leads. so i feel that his "fall in love" acting kind of bland. KJW, I don't know. I love her in fight for my way, but here, I wish her character shows more depth. this is a problem with manic pixie dream girl character, sometimes they are just portrayed as this one dimensional girl without so much personality and just there to drive the male character story. still hoping for eps2, with KJW in suit.

from eps1 alone, I don't think it would be. btimfl and romance is a bonus book is top five in my kdrama preference alongside with world within and fight for my way, since all showing the struggle in workplace. but let see for eps2, finger crossed.

you're kind of loss it since I talked about comparison to BIMFL in my first post, not talking about kdrama in general or my perception of other kdrama other than BIMFL. and for me LSINTC still less relatable compare to BIMFL, at least from episode 1. and i stand correctly, cause some viewer also felt that LSINTC is too American. and I also speak from my experience working with Korean. they all second in place from Japan when it comes to work attitude. YOLO is not a normal life style unless you were born rich, not planning to save for future (housing is expensive if you pay by yourself of course), or just hit early 20 when you're still figuring out. general worker still work during summer. how can he just went for a month, well, I think since the ML is rich since he's working in his father company, right ? his character is "kdrama chaebol trope". unfortunately, LSINTC is still much more kdrama typical compare to BIMFL.

and of course if you want me to refer to k movie, well, like what ? most of them showing struggle Korean. not a exactly good back up for your argument. And I didn't talk about Korean sex life, not sure why you brought it up and assumed that I think Korean culture equal to no date culture.

really?well, it's kinda suck though. cause I feel like the story of BTIMFL so much close to home with struggle in thirty with career frustration, workplace sexism, mortgage, and peer pressure from society when it comes to marriage and relationship. and many people seems to love it cause it is relatable. not sure about what korean do on their weekends, but it is quite surprising pool parties become quite normal lifestyle for young korean.

Ikr!! like, in korea, really ? and how everyone just all very happy. they're not even high. it seems like they try so hard to be "cool kids in the par-tay". smh. if the writing is going to be like this for eps 2, I am definitely out.

Not gonna lie, despite my anticipated drama, eps 1 kind of missed big time. I am not yet falling for characters. the FL seems to portray as manic pixie dream girl (overused and hated trope of rom-com). it's not the best and believable story line for me. she must be god damn pretty if ML just fall in love over what ? oh yeah, over a minute of singing in the car and running in the beach with stupid grin in her face (I love kim ji won, but that scene just hard to watch). the game in the bar, and the whole "happy" scene on the party is cringe to the max. I feel like watching some cheap hollywood high school movie. I want to see korean culture work, eps 1 gave too much western vibe (I have doubt korean man in his early 30 and in the most important time in his career choose to go surfing for a month, unless his really really really rich, which another hated "chaebol/rich guy" trope in romcom). anyway, I will give chance on episode 2 where we can back to Seoul and Kim Ji Won no longer a hippie girl. I don't expect this to be another Because This Is My First Life, but I hope it will give some realistic portraying of young people struggle in big city like Seoul as BTIMFL gave.

I quite agree with above Korean drama example, but not so much with J-drama since I found many J-drama are breaking stereotype that it become normal watching J-drama with "unique" plot story. Korean drama of course, still holding on stereotype both plot and characters,except for Korean movies that I found have much more originality.
If I may add, old J-Jdrama like Nobuta wo Produce can be considered as breaking stereotype of current teen J-drama that mostly a lazy adaptation from overused manga plot (I don't know why j-drama for teens has degraded so much these days). And for K-drama, there is this not so popular yet it's basically the first (probably the last korean drama) that brought a close look on everyday story of normal people, The World Within. The World Within was highly unpopular with bad rating eventhough it has star cast like Hyun Bin and Song He Kyo. I don't believe the rating represented the quality of story, but more like South Korean preferences on Makjaeng or Rich man-Poor woman story that dominated K-drama even to these days.
Because This Is My First life, that basically unofficial remake/ripped of from Nigeru Wa Haji Da Ga Yaku Ni Tatsu, also worth watching as drama with not so typical characters in korean drama.
As a side note, I found more and more J-drama are very open on sexual theme these days. I just watched this Kakafukaka drama that eventhough I laugh through out the series, I can't help scratching my head that they would bring story like this into TV. And don't let me start with Kuzu no Honkai (like wth ??!!). well, it's Japan for you , still the most interesting culture the world ever have.

really ? care to give example? actually, I found the platonic love story being told like My Mister told it, is very rarely. I refused to watch My Mister in the beginning (glad, I watched it in the end) cause I though it would be like typical relationship story between older man and young girl that I thought will be icky(even I never finish Goblin). Normally this kind of story either told in mature sexual way (like most korean movie, lolita, lost in translation) or comedy romantic (Goblin, basically all jdrama with "Sensei" as main character), but not quite like My Mister. Beside, most of platonic relationship movie that I watched were use the "love story" as side story. But My Mister still using it as a focus of the story. the way My Mister explores human feeling and their loneliness, create some sort of romantic feeling on its own without so much blatant "I love you" moment between the two main leads. and, no , I haven't found it in many movie or drama before it that I stand that My Mister is purely original.

no they are not. eventhough they like each other, they both decided to go their own way.

no they are not. eventhough they like each other, they both decided to go their own way.

I don't think it's about whether ML change or not change. He just who he is since the beginning. at first it bugged me of how he reacted to their "relationship". but in the end, just as heroine feels, nothing wrong with this guy. instead of showing his feeling like the FL or everyone expecting him to be, he shows his feeling using his own way. it may feel inadequate for everyone, but seeing from his point of view, it's like a big step. people may expect more from his action towards the girl, but it will contradict with his own character.

I enjoyed the drama. Like the honesty of each characters, especially female lead. although, I wanted to see her growth more in career instead just focusing on her love story. Understand that viewers may feel lack of character development for other cast, especially male lead. But the drama itself is not try to change the other 3 characters. The drama based on female lead point of view and how she sees herself by her own judgement/expectation of others. In the end she realized that everyone is unique and have their way of thinking, doesn't mean they have to behave as her expectations. Every characters has their own flaws,yet each of them are truth to themselves. So I think it made her realize that by seeing from others point of view, she can understand them more and herself better. Her final action not only driven by her own perception, but also from her understanding of others personality.

Found this on netflix, then straight to IMDB user review. The review almost 99% bad, like really bad. Yet, still proceeded to watch it since not much thing to do at home.
This is definitely not movie for everyone but somehow i still can enjoyed the show (I gave 8 out of 10).
I mostly laugh at cringe dialogues (that's probably intentional after seeing the whole movie) between the characters, and confused with editing and cinematography. However, even though on the surface the story seems all over the place, the content of the dialogues are kinda good with hidden messages. Like in this very short scene between Tachibana classmates. At first it seems like random discussion between friends, but it was actually a deep conversation of how young girls learn to use their bodies to value themselves (sad but true), and how men can easily just take advantage of it.
The movie also has these face pace dialogues,that not so very common dialogues between normal people but more like some sort of poem of human feelings. The face pace dialogues at the end between the two main roles are probably the best one.

You may annoyed at girl character at the beginning, but she really grow at the end of the movie that she can said stuff like "I can be happy with you, I can be happy without you" and "I can't be yours, since my face, my body, is mine alone" to the guy she likes. Comparing to heroine stereotype, her character definitely like a new breath in Japan drama. Her final choice may not everyone favors, and his character might be alarming at the beginning, but somehow he's the only boy around her that make her value herself more at the end. I personally glad that she chose the boy. his personality might be not the best, but he said things like, "don't say big things just because you are cute. can you say that when you're an old hag? I am the only one who'll still want you even when you're a shitty old hag!". Lol, so much contradictory on that sentences, but let's be honest here, he's nailed it.

My suggestion is try not to watch this as a movie, but more like a play. where every dialogue, acting, or scenes are exaggerated. Pay attention to the dialogues. Don't compare to manga. Many manga readers don't approve the movie cause it has different atmosphere with the manga. I went check the manga after watching the movie. Boy, no wonder why the director needs to change the movie plot. The manga is so lame, the characters not grow at all, and typical Shoujo manga with weak heroine. Movie characters are 10x better. But like I said, the movie definitely may not for everyone. Enjoy.

It's amazing how Japanese version is so bad considering the source material is from japanase manga. I kinda enjoy the taiwanese version and I think it's one of the adaptation that still truth to the book, along with ISWAK and Meteor Garden. Both Vic Zhu and Barbie Hsu nailed the characters and the chemistry between those two was amusing (maybe because they did have relationship outside the show). Anyway, I also wait someone to pick up this gems.the story a little bit dark and if it's not told in right way, it's probably will bored viewers. If they remake it in korea, it would be nice for sure.

This is only for mature audience. The characters are so complex that most of viewer can't even understand the plot between their relationship. This is not kdrama, this is more like indie drama. The rating low because what people expected for kdrama is not here. But I myself found this so damn good, that I rewatched this the second I finished the last episode.

I think he's okay. Not an experience actor, but again he's only been in two works, so what do you expect. "Crazy fan" can be annoying, but, objectively, he's doing okay in this drama. I won't say he can't act at all.

Just come here after saw her concert. I like her music, and would like to hear it live. My expectations was just like any other concert, sometimes the singer get pitchy, false or else, it is okay since it can be so hard to sing straight for 3 hours. But I was so amaze that with iu,it was literally like hearing her recording instead. I was like, damn, it felt like I didn't watch a concert. It more like I sat there, put my headphones, listening to her song in Spotify, while watching her in front of me. I was like thinking hard, tried find something, like "is she lip sync?". But nope, nothing. It's like hearing the auto tone version. Really, money well spent and what a satisfying concert. I chuckle thinking, maybe I won't seeing her other concert if she keep singing like this, what's the different with hearing her in Spotify ?.lol.

The first tennis scene between the father and the women -- they're having sex , the moan is very clear and intentional. The second between the daughter (hopefully no related) with the father, urghh, I don't really want to say this, she's kinda have a forbidden relationship with him. After the match, he said "Don't make that sound like when you play with other" referring some kind of hint of possession. The match between the women and the daughter, is simply the match cause the sound is different now. No moaning from both. The women cares about the daughter, in motherhood way. That's why her hopes is for her to ends "the things with her dad". That's why she slightly stroke her finger on her, while saying she's not going to marry her dad, but she still need to keep her promise to stop whatever she was doing with her dad. I know this may not be popular interpretation, but I can't see it another way.