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Not incredible but not as bad as most people say.

Decent first episode!

Seo Dongjae is such an icon.

I finished it yesterday and I agree, but I enjoyed the friendships for the most part.

I had mixed feelings about the trajectory of the last few episodes. However, I especially enjoyed the friendship between Yi-na and Jin-Myung. A drama that's more for passing the time, much less being memorable on its own.

I think the acting was great in both scenes, but I'm mainly talking about the story. I also thought Ryeoun was the best actor in the drama anyways, Cheong Ah and Yi Chan's felt overshadowed by Eun Yu and Eun Gyeol's relationship for which I found their scenes boring. The CODA representation was well done but for the most part, it just felt like a typical youth drama but was heartwarming overall. Thats what I expected from the beginning and it gave me that, so it was good enough for me to give it an 8/10 when it came to how consistent the writing was. And I don't see that as a bad thing. Plus, it's my opinion at the end of the day.

I also noticed that you still MMH lower than this one despite you thinking it had a somewhat better but still bad ending. Curious as to why.

I come back to this page to read the rather interesting reviews knowing I will never press play. I do it with other dramas as well.

I was thinking between watching this, Be Melodramatic and Search: WWW, which all got something in common. But then I saw how short the episodes were and it shot high up in priority on my watchlist as well as looking at the reviews.

Solid youth drama. Overall good with some pacing flaws, but nothing that was outstanding or atypical to me.

Of course :)

I don't know what it means to be a neutral viewer, but I watched it two years ago not having watched many Korean dramas or knowing about much about them and it's still my favourite drama. It's better to try than anything. I think it's great, but of course, it's not for everyone. It seems you like haven't liked a lot of other popular dramas looking at your watchlist so I can't assure you will like it or will exceed any expectations you have based on what your taste gravitate towards.

I wasn't a fan of the writing overall, but OJS was great.

They aren't. However, the ML of this drama had a better acting performance than KSH in IONTBO, which is an unpopular opinion ... The crying scenes were pretty alright, though, lol. Sang-Tae was my favourite character in the show.

The ML at least had character development, while the FL ... I felt lukewarm about, and Oh Yeon Seo's unconvincing performance didn't help either. Her choices from the beginning of the drama to the end made it harder for me to sympathize with her, and there could have been many more opportunities to develop her character outside of her trauma because that shouldn't just automatically be a reason why I should root for her. The ML also had problems, but he was more well-developed. The pictures of her being abused and it being implied that she was stalked were devastating, yet her character felt so shallow. And the three ladies were rather typical and reminiscent of most K-dramas.

I agree with most of your thoughts, although I gave it a 7.5. It was better than IOTNBO in a vast number of ways.

I can't say it was outstanding or a hidden gem in my eyes (I wrote down my thoughts and elaborated on what could've been better), but it was better than IOTNBO in character writing and development. The score of 8.5 fits, which is rare because most ratings on MDL are extremely inflated.

Yes.

I liked the atmosphere and warm cinematography, but it definitely shouldn't be described as a feel-good show. At times, the dialogue felt like it was trying to be too deep, which made scenes harder to get through, not because they were slow.