NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! Kdramas' second season is a sacrilege ! It is NONSENSE! STOP applying western (i.e. American) norms & values to Asia. We all (or at least the vast majority of us here) watch Kdramas exactly because they DO NOT have a second season. Under Netflix's influence they are doing it more and more (Hospital Playlist comes to mind: I watched it and then discovered there was going to be a second season and I was furious for the time I wasted!). PLEASE NO SECOND SEASONS!
Thank you for this review. Just like you, I have learned to be wary of high rated drama because every time I was really disappointed! This one was surprisingly funny in the first episode but very quickly it became draggy and repetitive.. I always read reviews like yours because they show the drama behind the hype!
I wanted to watch this, but I just found out there was going to be a second season. True or false? Isn't this drama a complete story, no cliffhanger ending?
I am currently watching Children of Nobody which is really good. I love a good crime drama: Kairos is one of my favourites and recently I saw Chimera (extraordinary!); Falsify and Crime Puzzle.... all thrilling! Supernatural thrillers I try and then drop (Memorist) and time slip I love (Tunnel, Train) but hate remakes of UK shows (Life On Mars, Less than Evil/Luther...) There are so many and now that OCN is back there will be more good crime thrillers to look forward to! Great article by the way!
I was looking forward to this but the previous comment is making me doubt. FUTS was a disaster of a drama so I hope it is not going to happen here. But I am now expecting and dreading the worst!
Dropping this: 29min into the first episode, the FL jumps like a Spiderman on the ML. I am all for fantasy but isn't this supposed to be your run-of-the-mill romcom?!?
Same here! Thank you for putting into words my experience and offering solutions! Ii was very eager to begin with then 6 months in a drama slump hit together with the neverending pandemic problems and I just dropped the challenge.... I am not doing it this year: it seems too fancy and complicated! I liked the basic edition from last year.
Not cute, interesting, lovely relationship, bratty brother :was he a rude jerk on purpose?!? I did not quite get it since the ending was rushed and unclear! Another gem from Strongberrry.....
Great review: I agree with your unpopular opinion completely! The series peaked at ep. 5 and than took a nosedive down to the bottomless pit from which it never managed to resurface. And ep. 9&10 were just long commercial breaks interrupted by short rugby match scenes... Meh!!!! I never read 10 rated reviews because they are fan reviews not realistic ones! I like to read about what was off in a drama which helps me decide! There are no perfect dramas!
Actually this was not half bad : I wouldn't say it was good but for me, it was an improvement on the disastruous…
...and terrible and unconvincing fighting and hospital scenes! As well as the ending before credits: is this a romance or a bromance? I am still trying to figure it out!
Actually this was not half bad : I wouldn't say it was good but for me, it was an improvement on the disastruous 1st season I just hated!They should have combined the first season's vibe and production with second season story, acting and money invested. No need for the third season then! And this 2nd season would have been spared stilted storytelling, bad editing (just awful: I had to rewatch certain parts in order to understand when, where, why is something happening, reality or dream....)...
Aren't they doing too many? Out of first 100 dramas on the list, only maybe 5 have started airing and the rest are only projects?!? How many will actually be made? BLs used to be rare. Nowdays we are swamped... BTW. you are so well informed! Kudos!
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Kdramas' second season is a sacrilege ! It is NONSENSE! STOP applying western (i.e. American) norms & values to Asia. We all (or at least the vast majority of us here) watch Kdramas exactly because they DO NOT have a second season. Under Netflix's influence they are doing it more and more (Hospital Playlist comes to mind: I watched it and then discovered there was going to be a second season and I was furious for the time I wasted!).
PLEASE NO SECOND SEASONS!
Great article by the way!