I'd say the first 3-4 episodes were really good, very different in ways from other kdramas out there. And that's probably why it got me hooked.
Despite every character getting their supposed happy ending, the show in it's entirety fails to leave you that happy vibe.
For starters, the core of the show is pretty good, the entire work setup is amazing, emaculate and technically quite precise. The chemistry between leads just takes off from the moment they meet, and both the actors do good job to make the viewer feel that sparking chemistry between the characters. Few other things also are quite good, unlike other kdramas and several other shows, this one emphasizes on how getting married isn't the only way to fulfill your love. I also really loved how either of the main leads wasted no time in confessing their feelings, which we always see in every other kdramas, characters taking number of episodes to finally confess. Also, the usual acts of office romance in other dramas, acting silly in office, they weren't here, which was mature and refreshing, and several other things which you'll start to notice and like if you are avid kdrama fan.
But then again, there are several flaws and letdowns in the show which makes it low rated. It should've been 10 episodes. No way this story needed 16, and yet the writers boched that with sudden last 30 minutes ending. Just wrapping up everything.
Now this point is very personal, but yet I felt like they did the ML really bad in this show, like really really bad. At every point it felt like the writers somehow always make him the bad, loser guy. Probably they thought it was required to show a strong FL, which wasn't necessary.
The other letdowns of the show.
The FL lead has more scenes of discussing important emotional thoughts with her ex, than the guy she loves(ML). FL lead is bothered by ML getting a call from his ex, but throughout the show keeps talking, discussing, having drinks and dinner and drive with her ex. And this is when she caught him cheating when they were about to get married, then calls him a loser, bad guy and @sshole, slaps him in office, but then again ends up sitting down with him again and again. Doesn't make sense, and no they weren't friends, as she always maintains the stance that her ex is an @sshole.
This bothered me the most, the ML's ex cheats on him, just out of the blue breaks up and leaves home, yet not once through the 16 episodes the poor ML receives an apology from her, not even a pretentious one. And the writers never bothered to do so.
You immediately fall in love with the ML character, bright, smart, confident happy guy, with no toxic traits like usual kdrama male leads have, yet the writers completely turnover this personality after 3-4 episodes and now he's usually 'not so cool and calm', is bright, but that confidence isn't visible, you see the glimpses, but not how he started.
The other things that bothers most, their reason for breakup. I didn't get that at all, it starts off by ML getting annoyed by FL repeated involvement with her ex and how she's 'moderatly' interested and invested in their relationship, that's how their misunderstanding and fight starts, but that's forgotten and now the reason is shifted to ML doesn't believe in marriage and FL lead see marriage as the end goal of the relationship, but within a span of episode they cover that up, and FL lead changes her mind and she's okay with marriage not being on the cards and relays this to the ML. And then ML breaks up because he doesn't want his crappy father to be a baggage on the GF? I mean seriously? And FL too breaks up.?!? Made no sense at all, NONE. They were already dealing with his father, she could've simply said that it's not a baggage, like she ultimately did in the 16th episode.
I started the show, and it felt so good. But then it got dull and then really annoying and flawed. The writing also killed the superb chemistry between both leads.
Despite every character getting their supposed happy ending, the show in it's entirety fails to leave you that happy vibe.
For starters, the core of the show is pretty good, the entire work setup is amazing, emaculate and technically quite precise. The chemistry between leads just takes off from the moment they meet, and both the actors do good job to make the viewer feel that sparking chemistry between the characters. Few other things also are quite good, unlike other kdramas and several other shows, this one emphasizes on how getting married isn't the only way to fulfill your love. I also really loved how either of the main leads wasted no time in confessing their feelings, which we always see in every other kdramas, characters taking number of episodes to finally confess. Also, the usual acts of office romance in other dramas, acting silly in office, they weren't here, which was mature and refreshing, and several other things which you'll start to notice and like if you are avid kdrama fan.
But then again, there are several flaws and letdowns in the show which makes it low rated. It should've been 10 episodes. No way this story needed 16, and yet the writers boched that with sudden last 30 minutes ending. Just wrapping up everything.
Now this point is very personal, but yet I felt like they did the ML really bad in this show, like really really bad. At every point it felt like the writers somehow always make him the bad, loser guy. Probably they thought it was required to show a strong FL, which wasn't necessary.
The other letdowns of the show.
The FL lead has more scenes of discussing important emotional thoughts with her ex, than the guy she loves(ML). FL lead is bothered by ML getting a call from his ex, but throughout the show keeps talking, discussing, having drinks and dinner and drive with her ex. And this is when she caught him cheating when they were about to get married, then calls him a loser, bad guy and @sshole, slaps him in office, but then again ends up sitting down with him again and again. Doesn't make sense, and no they weren't friends, as she always maintains the stance that her ex is an @sshole.
This bothered me the most, the ML's ex cheats on him, just out of the blue breaks up and leaves home, yet not once through the 16 episodes the poor ML receives an apology from her, not even a pretentious one. And the writers never bothered to do so.
You immediately fall in love with the ML character, bright, smart, confident happy guy, with no toxic traits like usual kdrama male leads have, yet the writers completely turnover this personality after 3-4 episodes and now he's usually 'not so cool and calm', is bright, but that confidence isn't visible, you see the glimpses, but not how he started.
The other things that bothers most, their reason for breakup. I didn't get that at all, it starts off by ML getting annoyed by FL repeated involvement with her ex and how she's 'moderatly' interested and invested in their relationship, that's how their misunderstanding and fight starts, but that's forgotten and now the reason is shifted to ML doesn't believe in marriage and FL lead see marriage as the end goal of the relationship, but within a span of episode they cover that up, and FL lead changes her mind and she's okay with marriage not being on the cards and relays this to the ML. And then ML breaks up because he doesn't want his crappy father to be a baggage on the GF? I mean seriously? And FL too breaks up.?!? Made no sense at all, NONE. They were already dealing with his father, she could've simply said that it's not a baggage, like she ultimately did in the 16th episode.
I started the show, and it felt so good. But then it got dull and then really annoying and flawed. The writing also killed the superb chemistry between both leads.