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Must watch if you're short on time, or have short attention span haha
I accidentally came across this series during a drama slump, and then I watched it all in one sitting. That is how it will score on you. I understand why it has such little viewers and ratings/reviews, but it is a collection of short stories - on love, not necessarily romantic love, and that is the best part.Ep. 1 is the most loved I see, it's real, it's ordinary, it's messy, and it just has that charm - not my most loved ep. but definitely a strong start.
Ep. 2 is lazy writing about a lazy first crush. I'd say the ending is for shock-value, we don't get to explore the characters more, not exactly impressive.
Ep. 3 messy, though you might like it if you're into horror x comedy.
Ep. 4 what even was that. Either the symbolism is lost on me, or that is just how bizarre it was supposed to be.
Ep. 5 making a string comeback with this one; it's real, it's painful. It makes me happy that history is not enough to stay together.
Ep. 6 AH THE LOST POTENTIAL !!! the Asian-parent love blooming on death's door ? nope. The concept? Definitely.
Ep. 7 nope. Weird maniac-pixie-dream girl syndrome, odd communication style
Ep. 8 oh the high-school crush blues. Definitely my favourite out of all, though it baited me into thinking it's GL.
Ep. 9 the unnecessary ending with ambiguous emotional-development with lost potential of preserving the love? Not done.
Ep. 10 I literally didn't watch.
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Dream for us all at this point.
Starts off strong with the to-the-point approach to emotional turmoil. Does not beat around confessions, past wounds, backstory and childhood traumas - which saves a lot of confusion and back-and-forth for us all.But it falls off by the second episode in terms of quite literally everything. The acting is childish and immature, the female lead is infantalised by the plot itself; the guy has an odd way to deal with his past and emotions by disappearing for a decade and re-appear believing in immediate forgiveness, comeback AND working together on the singular thing that symbolises their vulnerable relationship, all the while stuck on a past version of the female lead, completely undoing the life the latter has made for herself after the tragedy.
The tropes are juvenile and cliched: the white truck-kun, the staring into the headlights as a car approaches blindly, the tripping and falling into arms, the drunk yelling and waking up unclothed in a strange bed, the deliberate weird situations, the forced humour. It's nearly unbearable to watch.
THE SECOND LEADS THOUGH!!!! Amazing chemistry, tropes and progression. Need more screen time for them.
The cinematography and music though remain top-notch. Hope they pick the pace and resolve this childishness.
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