Disappointed

What to say about this ending? They romanticized a toxic and abusive relationship. They romanticized that a woman is indeed a repair shop for men. I feel shame and pity for Na-bi because in that conversation where they return their relationship, it is evident how emotionally dependent she is on him. She knew what he was like, what he put her through, and yet she threw herself into his arms again. I am disappointed! Fortunately the secondary couples - Sol and Jiwan, Bit-Na and Kyuhyun, Min Young and Kyung Jun - saved that story.
They could have made Na-bi discover female empowerment. They could have made her realize with Jae-eon that no one deserves to go through an abusive relationship. What about Jae-eon saying he fell in love with her at first sight? This was never a crush because if he really had fallen in love with her, he would have had intentions of getting into a serious relationship with her from the start. And not just after losing her. What starts wrong will never work. Except in Nevertheless, history made people think everything that happened was normal.

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Promising start, but...

Cheer Up had the potential to be THE YOUTH DRAMA, with such wonderful characters, but the script was flawed. They extended the love triangle for unnecessary time, the SML kissed the female lead when she was drunk, the SML had more time with the female lead than the FML had with her, the female lead sometimes paid more attention to the SML than FML, and a momentary breakup of the couple, which was not necessary to have happened.

Is it one of the worst stories? No. But it's not one of the best either. I loved the characters, Theia, HaeWoo and the other couples, but I didn't love the script.

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Disappointing

Well, that drama got lost along the way. The story was driven by revenge and simply put a forced romance making the protagonist lose all power and everything she took more than 10 years planning.

Yoongyeom wasn't directly connected to what her family and she went through, but he was indirectly connected. He kept a bloodstained contract and continued to take advantage of the success of the company that was robbed, he knew that Sora killed someone but pretended not to know, Lael's mother went to protest at LY and he didn't give a damn about her. Also, he assaulted Lael.

Lael choosing to stay with him despite everything was the same as betraying her parents

Eunpyeog was the only character I loved from start to finish and I was glad he was safe and sound.

And about the little girls, they just didn't appear in the last episode and it's not known what happened to them, and they should have ended them since they played an important role in the story.

Apart from these negatives and speaking of the positives, at least everyone paid for what they did. Han Panro, Kim Jungcheol and Kang Yoongyeom died. Sora went crazy and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
But what I liked most of all were the impeccable performances, especially Seo Yeji's. You could see her feelings just by the look and facial expressions on her face. Facial expressions that changed quickly and were impactful. Seo Yeji rocked this role, she always rocks, she's a queen.

Anyway, I think this love plot spoiled the whole story that had enormous potential to be considered one of the best revenge dramas. That said, I don't think it's worth watching.

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My first and favorite (so far) historical drama!

There are no words to explain how much I loved this drama. The story, everyone's acting, the special effects, the settings, everything. Cheon Gi and Ha Ram have been through so much, including similar things like the loss of their parents and blindness, and yet they remained steadfast and strong because they had each other and loved each other.
With each of their sufferings, we suffered together. With each achievement and happiness of them, we vibrated together. And that's what a plot, story and acting on another level is.

Cheon Gi was an amazing woman, resilient and fearless. She has been through so many things since she was just a little girl and it made her stronger and stronger. She faced everything and everyone to take care of the one she loved, even if it put her life at risk.

Ha Ram was the male version of Cheon Gi, but a little more serious and calculating. He also went through a lot since childhood and in the focus of getting revenge on those who did him wrong, he discovered a lot that made him evolve and become an even better man than he already was.

In fact, they made an excellent choice in the actors who played Ha Ram child, Ha Ram adult and Ha Ram's father. All three reminded each other a lot.

Throughout the episodes, what we feared most was that Ha Ram and Cheon Gi would not have a happy ending, after all, it was disgrace after disgrace in their lives. But luckily, everything worked out in their lives. They managed to seal the demon, Ha Ram regained her sight just as Cheon Gi still has her sight (even in the middle of the last episode she was momentarily blinded). Ha Ram found out that, unfortunately, it was the demon through him that killed his father. But on the other hand it took away that desire for revenge he'd carried in his heart for years.

The king's return was a key part for all this to have happened in the best possible way. If he hadn't resurfaced, even more misfortunes would have happened.

Ha Ram and Prince Yul continued that friendship that was beautiful, even though Ha Ram wanted revenge at that time, and even though they liked Cheon Gi. This trio is awesome!

Speaking of Yul, this was a true prince of a nation. He liked him and his attitudes a lot, except when he tried to separate Ha Ram and Cheon Gi.

The performance of the villain prince was awesome too. Many times I found myself wanting to get into the drama and choke him because he was so angry at us.

Despite the regrets, the happy ending came as a golden key to end a story as incredible as this one and which deserved an excellent ending to compensate for so much suffering.

Ha Ram and Cheon Gi married, parents, both with their eyesight intact and with all the happiness and good things in the world, which was something they'd deserved forever. I couldn't have been happier as it was the happy ending I wanted from the bottom of my heart for it to happen! In fact it happened even more than I expected and wanted.

Just that epilogue of the war between the princes that was left as a loose end. Was it a sign of season 2 coming? Since it showed the beginning of the war but not the result of it. If it happens, I'll be looking forward to it!

I missed an "I love you" between the couple in the last episode, but it was irrelevant next to all those happy moments between the two of them.

It was the first historical drama I watched and I couldn't have chosen a better one for such a feat!

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Romantic Sunday

Wonderful story from start to finish. Extremely funny, and that makes you freak out a lot and suffer in the right amount. All characters steal the show, with no exceptions. Their story is beautiful as neighbors who consider themselves family and the individual story of each one is also beautiful. The evolution and maturation of each one of them is very nice to watch.

Now talking about Dusik and his history. He was the one who drew the most attention in all the episodes. He showed what a feeling of guilt can do to a person. Both self-blame and guilt placed by others. And as we suspected from the beginning, nothing that happened was his fault. They were just fatalities that I wasn't and couldn't be in anyone's control. It's good that in the end he and the people involved understood this and forgave each other, taking a burden off his heart and conscience so he could move on without worrying about what happened in the past.

Hyejin and Dusik were a relationship goal couple. A lot of chemistry involved and each one helped the other in the process of maturation and evolution. The plot that they had already met as children, as teenagers and that Hyejin called for help when she saw Dusik on the bridge, made their adult relationship even more special.

And yet the third of the love triangle didn't stay in the friendzone forever. This should be mandatory in all love triangles.

Happy ending is great. But happy ending with marriage is even better!

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The best

This is my favorite life drama of 21 that I've watched so far. In True Beauty, you have all possible emotions. You laugh, you cry, you are angry, you are angry, you are happy, you are apprehensive, you are shocked. Everything.
I love Jukyung's overcoming story with her looks and the standard of beauty imposed by society. I love that Suho loved Jukyung because she is who she is and not what she looks like. This couple's story is completely perfect. Only those who watched know that their story was fate.

The grapefruit couple, more hilarious impossible.

Hee Gyung, an empowered woman who does what she wants and not what they say.

If Yeon, Suho and Seojun: a perfect friendship, of pure companionship that unfortunately ended in tragedy. But it was amazing to see what this friendship with Se Yeon was like before the fatality happened.

Everything was perfect. Only point to be desired was that I thought they could have shown an out-of-date Seojun with a girlfriend with reciprocal feelings.

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One of the best dramas EVER!

What to say about this drama that completely escapes the cliché? I have never seen such a complex story in my life, full of plot twists, minutely interconnected events. And the best thing is that even being a story full of details, they managed to show us all these details in just 16 episodes. Your head fills with theories. It fills with outbreaks because all the time you think one is the culprit, because all the time someone appears who took actions that impact the main story. The entire cast's performances were perfect, but the one that caught my attention the most was Yeo Jin-Goo. His performance was FLAWLESS! We could feel from here all the emotions that the character felt through his performance.
Each episode that ended was a different impact.

In short: a perfect drama, with a perfect story, with a perfect cast and a perfect acting!

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Most say it's bad, but I loved it. It didn't become one of my favs because it didn't have a 100% closed ending. Shippei right as always. And I didn't think Jung was crazy and psychopath. I do think he had a certain problem because he got irritated easily and for anything, and that even though it was a small thing, he felt the need to get revenge and want to pay back. However, in certain situations, I fully agree with Jung to want revenge because I don't see a problem in getting revenge, as long as it's not for insignificant things (as he did many times) but for something that had an absurd impact on his life. (I am scorpio girl. Revenge is a characteristic of my sign). I defend him because I'm someone who loves revenge stories and not because he's a man, standard, handsome, as many say.
About the couple's ending: it was an open but not vague ending. That's because as Jung finally read Seol's email, it means he was finally confident and ready to love her. And we know and we can clearly see that even after 3 years, love for each other still existed. After all, it was a very intense love. Don't say he was crazy, psycho, just because you wanted her with In-ho. It wasn't Jung's fault that he became that way. It was the events since his childhood that made him that way. And thanks to Seol and all the things that happened from their relationship, they served to make Jung realize that he had something wrong and so go after improving for himself and especially for her.
I absolutely loved In-ho too, but he didn't and would never have the possibility of Seol choosing him because Jung was always undoubted for her.
Another secondary couple calling attention as if they were the protagonists too. Bo-ra and Eun-taek were too perfect. A pure, light and funny relationship.
In-ha was just so insufferable. I have nothing to say about her except that she is a freak and that her expressions, speeches and actions as if she were a child, irritated me absurdly. I hated her from start to finish.

I loved this drama and all the lessons, conflicts and revenge. But mostly I loved the two couples and Baek In-ho.

And by the way, a lot reminded me of True Beauty. And True Beauty is one of my favs ever. This also had an influence on me.

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Questo edificio è mio!

The best drama of 2021. Everything was AWESOME! the story, the cast, the acting. I laughed a lot, cried, got angry, shipped the protagonists.
There were only two faults: Hanseo's death - I cried a lot despite the fact that since the beginning when he started to be against his brother, we already imagined that he would end up dying. We already expected but we weren't prepared for this moment.
ChaEnzo's ending: yes, the focus of the drama wasn't romance but I thought they needed more work on what happened to their relationship. Would ChaEnzo date from a distance? Would ChaEnzo each go on with their lives in their respective countries? Would ChaEnzo just be friends with benefits when Chayoung came to visit him in Malta? It was very vague.

Anyway, I want a second season!

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An ending that disappointed me...

DeokSan's story was beautiful, emotional and exciting until episode 16. Why did they make an episode 17? This drama so touched my heart. I thought it would become one of my favorites but the ending spoiled my feelings.

I am extremely disappointed with this ending. San suffered so much in life, did it take so many years to get Deok Im as part of your family, for in the end their son, she and he died? Really? I wasted my time for nothing.

The truth is that I started this drama not knowing that it was inspired by a real story and that story didn't have a happy ending. But I still think: why not give the drama a happy ending when in real life they couldn't have a happy ending? That's why I've been so disappointed

And another detail that disappointed me was that Deok Im died without telling San the love she felt for him.

That final scene was not a happy ending. It was them getting back together after they both died.

It really was a great way to start my 2022: a drama with a tragic, sad and disappointing ending. (This line contains irony)

Although the end of the story didn't please me, I can't help praising everyone's performance, especially Junho and Seyoung, the cinematography, the OSTs. Everything was incredibly wonderful.

*Before they say that the actual story that the drama was inspired by had this ending, that's not to say that they need to do exactly the same thing in the drama.

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Unsurpassed

I don't know if I'll see in my life such a beautiful story but at the same time so dramatic and full of moments of heartache, like this one. I don't know if I will see in my life a movie or series or drama that will make me cry as much as I cried watching CLOY. Just so you have an idea, I cried so much, I got dehydrated and had a urinary tract infection. Really connected events or just coincidence? I don't know but anyway.
And acting from everyone in the cast? Just everything flawless. All managed to convey the emotions of their respective characters through their performances. The lead couple with surreal chemistry. So surreal that they became a couple in real life.
Alberto and Dan were the only ones wronged in this story. I don't even need to say why.

Anyway, no matter how much time passes, nothing and no one will surpass what CLOY is and was for those who have seen it!

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More sadness than happiness but only until episode 11

I was terrified that the story didn't have a happy ending and an endgame, as it didn't have romance as one of the genres, and all dramas I know don't have romance as one of the themes but have a man and a woman as protagonists. , none had an endgame. But luckily everything went more than right.

I only have two things to complain about: as much as you can understand that the other characters who were good also had a happy ending, I missed actually showing where their lives took. And another detail that I missed was showing how their process was able to cure the disease.

Other than that, I loved that Saebom and Yihyun were saved together and happy because that's really what they deserved for having such a beautiful heart.

I'm grateful to everyone involved for giving us an amazing story, but especially to Park Hyung Sik and Han Hyo Joo for playing the role of Yihyun and the role of Saebom - two iconic and landmark characters.

It was more sadness and anger than happiness in 11 episodes. But in the last episode, happiness came as abundant as we've always wanted.

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