i honestly can't blame jeonghui for finally bursting. At cheongah bus, she finally found a reason to live thanks to youngrye, she was finally seeing happiness in her life, and even though her friend had the life she always wanted, she was happy for youngrye, and she made sure to protect her.
more than jaepil, jeonghui protected youngrye, she was her actual daddy-long-legs, because she was always behind her, a shadow, watching but protecting with the little that she had.
after jeonghui ran away, her life was back in those shadows. so when a shortcut to a lavish life appeared, she took it, because she wanted to achieve happiness too, she wanted to be like youngrye. she wanted a family too. at first, she stayed because she understood what her adoptive mom was craving, what it meant to have nobody by your side. but slowly, it all started to crumble.
her burst in front of youngrye didnt seem blaming or as if she were pointing fingers. she just wanted to be heard, to be hugged, and listened to by someone she once called a dear friend. when youngrye's life had issues, and even when jaepil's life had issues, there was someone there for them. but when jeonghui was struggling, who was there for her? she had nobody besides the shoulder yeongsik gave her to lean on. she had everybody, but nobody. who can blame her for being so angry at the world?
jeonghui is the kind of person to win miss korea, but give all the prize money to youngrye because she knows how much youngrye wanted to go to college. like how she gave youngrye all the insurance money from her parent's de*th when youngrye's mom was injured. why can't youngrye see that jeonghui just needs someone to pull her out of the quicksand? shes grasping onto the strands of her past because she thinks it'll make her feel whole again, she's still stuck there.
more than anything i'm rooting for their friendship to stay strong, you can tell they both still badly care for each other. if youngrye and jeonghui never met, both of their lives would have been full of tragedy; in a way, they saved each other.
i dont know why back when i was watching it when it was airing, everyone really loved this drama but im glad to see the comments now and a lot of them are reflecting the thoughts i had back then .. it was rlly rlly boring, rlly little chemistry between the leads, and the ending was so unsatisfying
all are stories on first love in the same high school, adding tropes for each ep as i watch, in case anyone is curious: ---- Ep. 1 (My Friend is an Idol): childhood friends to lovers, ML's character is a kpop idol, ML falls first, bickering friends dynamic, FL runs fanpage, FL protects ML ---- Ep. 2 (An Exchange Student's Bucket List): exchange student from japan ML, top student FL, studying together, FL being "tour guide" for ML, shy and reserved FL ---- Ep. 3 (The Guy on Another Level): step-brothers like the same girl, basketball player ML, other male lead is a DJ, FL likes basketball brother, awkward ML (the DJ) ---- Ep. 4 (Your Everything): class clown ML, tall and shy FL, talented writer FL, FL likes someone else, ML helps FL w/ her crush, ML and FL lead together in a school film, ML falls first, tom and jerry dynamic ---- Ep. 5 (My First Love is my Student Teacher): ML likes his teacher, new teaching instructor FL, no actual romance, only one-sided crush ---- Ep. 6 (A Horror Story on a Summer Night): horror elements, bickering tom and jerry dynamic, scaredy cat ML, misunderstanding trope, FL confesses first
damn, this almost became circle (2015) towards the end.
omg i've watched that movie and thought the same!! the last game felt like a combination of cube (1997) and circle, especially with usagi being pregnant
shouldve ended at s2 like the original manga did... but i know the aib: retry manga exists, but isn't the plot of that spinoff manga different from how theyre doing this season?
i hope instead of using the miss korea plot to make the friends hate each other more, it brings them closer. maybe being on tv will put jeonghui in danger, and this time youngrye will protect her, just like jeonghui protected her back then
now i understand why they made yeongrye a hair stylist when we all found it odd because it doesn't seem like a career she would pursue, it's because they wanted to give her some kind of leverage to be involved in miss korea for a proper rivalry with jeonghui... they wanted to pit the best friends against each other since the very beginning.. the drama writer clearly had a bad friend breakup and wants to make all our lives miserable
somebody said this is like start-up all over again, but actually the opposite because in start-up it was obvious suzy's character would end up with NJH because back then nam joohyuk was a much more popular actor than KSH, so I never had doubts for who the endgame would be. but in this drama, it's completely switched, Kim junghyun in my opinion is a much more popular and established actor compared to heo namjun, who is only just starting to gain a fanbase. By that formula, I was confident that kim junghyun might have a big chance of being youngrye's endgame, but alas we have been proven wrong.
the drama quality is like it was filmed in 2016, very nostalgic and cozy, i'm glad i started it in the colder seasons because its so nice to watch curled up in a blanket sipping on a hot cocoa
more than jaepil, jeonghui protected youngrye, she was her actual daddy-long-legs, because she was always behind her, a shadow, watching but protecting with the little that she had.
after jeonghui ran away, her life was back in those shadows. so when a shortcut to a lavish life appeared, she took it, because she wanted to achieve happiness too, she wanted to be like youngrye. she wanted a family too. at first, she stayed because she understood what her adoptive mom was craving, what it meant to have nobody by your side. but slowly, it all started to crumble.
her burst in front of youngrye didnt seem blaming or as if she were pointing fingers. she just wanted to be heard, to be hugged, and listened to by someone she once called a dear friend. when youngrye's life had issues, and even when jaepil's life had issues, there was someone there for them. but when jeonghui was struggling, who was there for her? she had nobody besides the shoulder yeongsik gave her to lean on. she had everybody, but nobody. who can blame her for being so angry at the world?
jeonghui is the kind of person to win miss korea, but give all the prize money to youngrye because she knows how much youngrye wanted to go to college. like how she gave youngrye all the insurance money from her parent's de*th when youngrye's mom was injured. why can't youngrye see that jeonghui just needs someone to pull her out of the quicksand? shes grasping onto the strands of her past because she thinks it'll make her feel whole again, she's still stuck there.
more than anything i'm rooting for their friendship to stay strong, you can tell they both still badly care for each other. if youngrye and jeonghui never met, both of their lives would have been full of tragedy; in a way, they saved each other.
---- Ep. 1 (My Friend is an Idol): childhood friends to lovers, ML's character is a kpop idol, ML falls first, bickering friends dynamic, FL runs fanpage, FL protects ML
---- Ep. 2 (An Exchange Student's Bucket List): exchange student from japan ML, top student FL, studying together, FL being "tour guide" for ML, shy and reserved FL
---- Ep. 3 (The Guy on Another Level): step-brothers like the same girl, basketball player ML, other male lead is a DJ, FL likes basketball brother, awkward ML (the DJ)
---- Ep. 4 (Your Everything): class clown ML, tall and shy FL, talented writer FL, FL likes someone else, ML helps FL w/ her crush, ML and FL lead together in a school film, ML falls first, tom and jerry dynamic
---- Ep. 5 (My First Love is my Student Teacher): ML likes his teacher, new teaching instructor FL, no actual romance, only one-sided crush
---- Ep. 6 (A Horror Story on a Summer Night): horror elements, bickering tom and jerry dynamic, scaredy cat ML, misunderstanding trope, FL confesses first
my favs were definitely ep. 2 and 4