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Well, I will continue making similar points if there won't be an improvement and I will also talk about it in the review when the drama finishes airing. And this week I clearly showed that it's more than just taking care of the kids that is the problem for me. It's the overall time vortex the characters are living is to make sure ML looks perfect in all areas, even though it makes no logical sense for him to manage all the responsibilities placed on him. It was just more visible with his child care at first. But now that he acts as assistant to every characters, and nanny to FL, and therapist to everyone who has a problem, then also cleaner and cook... I think they need to tone down... The most interesting characters are the ones with flaws, which he lacks.

And here's the question - if someone every episode complimented how good and well paced the romance is, would you tell them to focus on other aspects too, and that their compliments are repetitive?

Yeah... thank for the advice, don't need it 👍🏻

Dramas are not "you either hate them or love them". Some are fine, end up being 6.5-7.5 type of a watch and it's all good. This drama is like that for me. I like some things, I dislike some things.

The same way people can compliment the drama about one and the same thing after every episode, I can criticize it about one and the same thing if I don't see the improvement.

He had one scene with her, and one short conversation through the phone. As I said - family is ONE OF THE MAIN GENRES. Now imagine if the leads had one scene with each out throughout the episode. Do you see the issue here?

For me the case is simple - if the drama is not about the family and it's just a rom-com, don't add family as one of the main genres ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Then I would just not pick it up in the first place and we would not be here. I'm complaining because the product I was buying is different from the description given.

Every rom-com needs a trauma or a serial killer or a stalked as a background drop 🤣

Well, at the same time, this show is not only about his romance with FL. It';s called balance of the plot and this show so far lacks it. As I said, it literally has Family as one of the genres on Korean websites. It should by all means be more of a focus of the drama if it;s named as one of the main genres.

and I'm repeating the same thing every episode, because there is not improvement in that aspect in every new episode ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It does matter to me, because for me him being a loving single father was one (not the only one, but one of for sure) of the reasons I even started this show. The same way people who only care for the romance can ignore all the other aspects and how they are underdeveloped, I can criticize the lack of the development in the area I am interested in. It's that simple.

oh... okay I saw the title screen and was sure that;s it for the ep 🙃

Not them literally making sure we see him working late when everyone left even more with editing 😅
This episode FL interacted more with his daughter than he did 🤡

Okay, but like... I think that's what kind of bothers me - it's a drama that exists without time restrictions. It feels like they have 48 hours in a day. We never know when he starts work, when he ends it, when he sees his child, how much. He is FL's assistant, and nanny, and cook, and cleaner. He is basically an assistant to all the other workers too... and their therapist. But apparently he is also a perfect father... and I'm like... when?

Okay to the episode.

First of all I kind of checked out of the main romance. That said, the dinner scene was still cute as fuck. I just barely feel any chemistry going on.

On the other hand, I like the interactions between second leads and I wish they would make more of these. Kind of was hoping the dinner at ML's house would be a good opportunity 😅

Also crime to end the fucking episode on the literally best scene lol That whole morning and elevator shit was gold. I only have one question... did ML sleep on the floor next to FL? Coz... that would be weird and inappropriate as fuck 🤡

Anyway, now that she know who is his daughter and all that, I hope they will focus a bit more on the "family" part of the show 🙃 I mean it is literally one of the main genres listed on Korean sites 😭😭😭

This was honestly a good short movie to make viewers think about stuff we usually ignore, coz they don't affect us...

nope, I read how it ends and it would piss me off too much lol

Yeah, she was trying to catch the attention, but it was such a bad move since majority of people said they dislike behavior like that 😅

I do feel like I'm watching it more for fun entertainment than the romance 🙃

What this comment tells me is that it;s a good drama, but it's a complete failure of an adaptation and I'm not sure how I feel about it and if I want to watch it now.

The original story (not kdrama, the webtoon) had extremely impactful message avoue the effects of toxic relationships and how it can psychologically affect you long after you "moved on". The ending was one of the best but also saddest things I have read as a woman. Korean version already botched it so bad, but the more I read about japanese one, it seems like the completely threw away original story and message and created just... completely different story 😭

Guys... they had one day together, as in all met each other. I find it way more sus when someone is completely dedicated to one person already (still love Theo tho 🤣), because they all barely know each other.

I have no issue with everyone keeping their opinions open. I do get annoyed when someone tries to find excuses rather than being honest - I want to get to know everyone and then make decisions. Yes, I'm talking about Jeong Su. Him picking 4 girls was not an issue. Him coming up with all the excuses and when he chatted later with Si An I just rolled my eyes so hard 🙃

Lee Si An is still my girl after 2 episodes. I like her a lot. She vibes with everyone and picks up the mood well.
Tae O is a huge surprise, he is winning me over 😅🤡

On the other hand Dong Ho whom I liked the most first impression is giving me off vibes. He talks a lot trying to excuse and rationalize his decisions and changing his mind. When he does not have to. Do you fuck up often that your first instinct is to makes excuses even when the situation does not need it? Or he has some trauma from past relationships, when he had to explain every decision he makes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

it's mandatory to not know anything about the plot to fully appreciate this type of storytelling < this is kind of how I got into majority of dramas 😅 Don;t know if I would be able to not call out all the shitty moves, whatever they are 🤡

There's no good or bad character in the movie < I mean... for most part. The homophobic alcoholic abusive father is rather trash 🙃 Sorry I had to.

and not suspending disbelief. It is fiction. < That's not an excuse that can be used for a drama that has Life as one of he genres. This is not a pure rom-com, but people excuse a lot of ridiculous shit because it has romance as one of the genres. Romance is not the only genre it has. Life genre is supposed to mimic reality the rather well. For example, when I was watching When the Phone Rings I wasn't complaining about all the bullshit unrealistic shit, because the drama did not try to be realistic in the first place. Why add Life as a genre when you are just an office romance?

They sold the show in a specific way. I am making criticisms based on what the show was supposed to be and how the characters were introduced. On namu wiki 가족 (family) is literally one of the genres listed 😅

The norm of working overtime does not fit here because he literally took the job with the promise he will be able to spend more time with the child. The writers wrote it in. If they did not literally make his daughter the reason he was fired from the previous job, and him taking this job, I would have no issue with him spending all these additional hours at work.

I mean, the writers wrote it in - him prioritizing his child over work. They added the fact the child had serious depression because they did not spend enough time together. For them to just throw that all in the trash the moment it's not needed for the plot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Why even making him have a kid? lol There are so many other reasons for him to take time off work.

Maybe it bothers me so much coz I know a bit about child psychology and development and I cannot just ignore the kid in the plot. Whenever there is an evening romantic moment between the leads I keep thinking how he should be with his kid now.


the writers made a big deal out of his situation with his kid in eps 1-2, no one can now blame me for taking it seriously ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Like, is this quality drama or silly rom-com with mediocre writing?

i would have ZERO issue with all these scenes is they did not first make him the father of the year who risked his job for his kid and then took this job ONLY because he was supposed to have more time off with his kid. If they did not make his kid's situation so serious she had clinical depression. Like the therapist even said she will never be fully okay, but she is a lot better now. And now he is back to his workaholic tendencies and makes sure FL has good sleep instead of spending time with his kid. It just leave a bad taste in my mouth tbh. The writers shoot their own foot making the set up for him and the kid's situation this bad in the (literally just happened) past.

yeah you cannot drive even after half of a glass of beer, it does not make you drunk enough you need to sit down and sleep for a minute. However slightly tipsy he might have been, he would be sober by the time he got to the office with that nice walk 🙃