Love Alarm (2019)

I'm conflicted about this one. I did like it and watched it quickly (it does only have 8 episodes) so I was invested, but the concept of the Love Alarm app and how it impacts the characters and their society was what interested me the most (Black Mirror is shaking). I really liked the friendships as well and how it briefly talked about homosexuality and how such an app outed people against their will. But the romance didn't make sense to me. At all.

From Jojo's point of view, it's normal, but as viewers, we know that Sun Oh only knows that Jojo exists because Hye Young likes her. It feels like the only reason he tries to seduce her is because his best friend likes her, he probably wouldn't have noticed her at all otherwise. So, it doesn't make sense to me... and it's also a dick move. The friendship between him and Hye Young is obviously strong, but it looks like Hye Young is the only one actually doing anything for Sun Oh. Everytime Hye Young decides to do something for himself (like twice during the show lol), Sun Oh gets mad. It sometimes felt like the main relationship of the show was between them, to be honest, and it probably would have been better (a love triangle I could get behind, for once). Because, aside from his behaviour, I do not dislike Sun Oh that much. But he's a selfish baby, sometimes.
There's not much to say about Jojo, she's a cliché, but the way her best friend treated her was really disappointing. Her friend could learn from Hye Young.

I have Thoughts about the Love Alarm app but that would include too many spoilers, but I really want to see how it's going to be treated in the next season and if someone is going to do something about it or not.

This being said, I wasn't rooting for Hye Young until the time skip. I mean, he's a sweet boy but it's not like he ever talked to Jojo. I definitely am not rooting for Sun Oh, though, so as much as I'm curious about the Love Alarm app side of the plot, the romance and how it might "evolve" doesn't make me that excited for a second season.

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I honestly don't get why some are rooting for the man-child Sun Oh. He selfishly went after his best friend's long time high school crush, and even after growing up he blamed his best friend for using him while caring for him all these years. WTH??? His character is so annoying, as if the world revolves around him and if anything doesn't go his way or people reject him - it's an immediate betrayal. HY and Jojo doesn't need that negativity in their hard-working life. I'm glad Jojo dumped Sun-Oh, so his ego will deflate a bit. HY is more of a man than he will ever be and deserves the girl so much more. The scenes between them are more fluttering and innocent, while the scenes between her and Sun-Oh are always so dramatic & she always ends up sad. Honestly, who needs that baggage in their life. Him & Gul Mi should be together instead.

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The first season was good. But...

“If you go by what everyone says about this drama, I wouldn't have watched it. Its story is captivating and throughout the narrative, the characters develop in perfect synchrony. The love triangle that exists, made me ask several times who Jo Jo would be with. But my dorameira heart screamed louder, and for sure, I liked the couple Jo Jo and Sun-Oh better.

I would like to add in this analysis that there were indeed moments when I wanted to put Sun-Oh in a pot, because he is so human and a typical character who respects women, in addition to his way of enduring and waiting for Jo Jo's summer love ( this really is cliché!).

In principle, another character that brought a very good analysis was Jo Jo herself, with her game of coldness and fear of giving her heart to Son-Oh.

Another factor that I have to detail is the use of the application for the purpose of finding 'who loves you' (fictional), which is the main mechanism for the story to revolve, but which, in a way, showed its development and despite everything I liked it . Furthermore, it itself provides a warning and raises questions for the public, such as: - every media or digital world -
"how far does your mind go within technology?" or "Are we influenced by all kinds of data/apps?"

Kisses, bye-bye!!

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I heard this show through Instagram and thought it was quite an intriguing drama. the concept was really unique and I loved how the developer of this supposed app ''Joalarm'' wasn't an individual high up in the hierarchy, but rather an ordinary high schooler that developed the app from the comforts of their own home. As I am a sucker for high school romance dramas, I might as well have given this one a watch.

The storyline wasn't something I was very fond of. The falsehood of how the characters acted in certain situations within the series made me frustrated with the drama. I'll start with Kim Jojo. Although I did moderately empathise with her feelings through the series that led her to break up with Sun-Oh on top of her family circumstances, I thought it was an idiotic and quick-witted decision to make before considering other factors like how her partner would feel and the position it would put him in. Jojo didn't outright give a clear explanation as to why she did it and she could have easily spoken to Sun Oh about her situation. He clearly told her to speak to him when she is worried, but she didn't take that chance and now things ended up for Sun-Oh's misinterpretation. I understand maybe it could have been difficult because they haven't dated for that long, but then again we can see she regrets it later on; why doesn't she bother to even fix it or at least talk to him about it within the 4 years time-lapse?
Next, I'll speak about Sun-Oh. When he was first introduced to the drama I knew instantly what kind of a character he would be. And I was not wrong. the drama portrayed him as romantic and cool. But he's immature and selfish, not once did he think about his childhood best friend, he just thought of him and Jojo. Sun-Oh is aware that Hye Young had a crush on Jojo from the very beginning; Hye Young didn't openly admit it, but he did make it clear and semi-obvious, but no, he decides to chase her instead and pulls her into an alleyway to kiss her, show each other's love on Joalarm and boom they're a couple. Another thing that ticked me off about him is that he had the decency to claim that Hye Young was using him and is even saying Hye Young is moving out because of Jojo. like I kinda get he feels betrayed in some way because someone who has been by his side and entrusts his life with is leaving, but seriously, that's what happens in life and to question his decision really shows who is actually the true friend
Hye Young is a sweetheart and is the most loving character from this drama, however, I don't quite understand why he didn't tell his viewpoint on the real reason why he is leaving and actually stand up for himself because like with Jojo, he could have been understood by Sun-Oh if he told the truth. The drama didn't do much justice on his character as he was quite silent in the beginning, but only really got the spotlight when it came to the end. It bugged me throughout the drama that there was barely any interaction between him and Jojo, maybe that was the whole point.
DESPITE my long-winded rant about the storyline as well as the characters, I quite enjoyed this frustratingly good drama. The cute romantic scenes of SuhJo were definitely a highlight, but I also treasure the adorable moments that we got with HyeJo . I loved how they touched upon society perspective and made us viewers aware of the fact that

I thought the cast was amazing, everyone played their roles well and I wouldn't imagine this drama without them. The acting was immaculate for a high-school drama.

The music was really nice and suited the drama amazingly.

Although the story did bug me and there were plot holes throughout the series, I would rewatch the drama again for the moments we had with both male leads and Jojo.

Overall, in my opinion, I think it's an okay drama, definitely a cute one, but a frustrating watch and if you are that type of person that likes to watch a frustrating romance, then I would recommend it. I hope that there is going to be a season 2 soon

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App that can let you know who likes you is much better in knowing how the other person truly feels about you , but the story was a lackluster , Both ML and FL had romantic interest but the relation shown was not memorable , but i really respected female choice of breakup as it was unusual decision that helps her growth in sharing her feeling with backlash of the love app with her drawing and how this had affected the feeling of people who had to block they feelings as no one is there to love them back, but FL lacks reason for breakup which i find absent and confused , Character didnt show why they love other person more than themself , I really liked 2nd ML when he told her Thanks for being alive and not giving up on love even after 4 years

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Bu diziden çok umutluydum. Harika bir konusu vardı ve bunu mahvetmişler. Konu çok iyi ama konunun iyi olduğu kadar karakterler berbattı, tek iyi ve düzgün karakter diyebileceğim kişi Jojo'nun kuzeni. Onun dışında çekim efektleri ve ortamlar çok iyiydi hatta serinin tek iyi yanı görsel bir şölen olmasıydı. İlk defa bir seride lead erkeği destekledim. Bu seriye arkadaşımın önerisiyle başlamıştım ama sinir olmadan bitirmek mümkün değildi. Müzikler hiç akılda kalıcı değildi güzel de değildi.
Bütün olumsuzluklara rağmen izlemenizi öneririm çünkü zaten kısa bir dizi ama sakin kalabileceğinizi söyleyemem.

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This was essentially a typical Korean high school drama but with an element of fantasy brought in by the app Love Alarm.
The characters were not extraordinary. You have your quintessential poor hardworking orphaned heroine with a tragic background. Right now I don’t know who the first or second lead is. The male character who does date the heroine is rich and attractive whose otherwise easy life is made more difficult by a ignorant mother, so I’m going to call him first lead. The second lead is his best friend however he is a kind and thoughtful boy who lacks confidence. I’m totally rooting for the second lead. The way the first male lead betrayed his best friend was truly cruel and I guess I easily forgave him because he was so kind to heroine. The heroine and first male lead definitely gave me the heirs vibes but I suppose the male lead was up to date because he asked for consent before kissing. The heroine ends up breaking up with first male lead as the show progressed. There was answered to why she did that but I hope it’s because she realised how he betrayed his best friend.
Why everyone liked the heroine is quite unclear. She succeeded in having handsome boys to fancy her but yet had no healthy friendships.

Whilst the show clings to cliche, it was interesting and enjoyable to watch.
I finished it all in one day. It’s definitely a guilty pleasure. The music was amazing too. The actors did a good job, although there was nothing special brought in by the writers.
I will half-heartedly recommend this.

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I thought Love Alarm was supposed to be 'one of the greats', for some maybe yes. but I found the show rather filled with plot holes, super unrealistic dialogue and a poor choice of casting. This show has an amazing premise after all and COULD have been an amazing thing to watch, but I believe the delivery on this was poorly executed. Love Alarm is the definition of 'all the gear but no idea'.
Don't get me wrong, it's not all negative, as the 40 minutes of episodes didn't feel like they were dragging at all. I'm just disappointed that the opportunity of a great premise wasn't seized as well as it should have. Plus, what the hell was that ending? Overall, good show but could have been WAY better.

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I can’t rate this high because of the fire in my soul. The main guy? Asshole. The families? Useless. Especially the cousin. The bullies and stuff? Dumb. The idiot friends and drama? Pointless. First things first, I have extreme second lead syndrome even though Ga-Ram is a main character. Kim So-Hyun plays a wonderful character and actress and she does a damn good job at playing someone that has to go through tragedy and her emotion is crazy for someone still so young in this acting game. The biggest spoiler is that there wasn’t necessarily a love triangle or a fight between two friends, it starts by Ga-Ram’s character having a crush on So-Hyun’s and then Song Kang (who is still a rookie) pops up, sees his best friend likes a girl and decides to but in because somehow he’s attracted to her and ends up liking her too. The rich cool guy of course gets the girl because no one wants the nice and caring guy and the girl is clueless and obvious so that’s what makes this cliche. But let’s be real, Song Kang’s character didn’t even deserve her. He is manipulative, a bad friend and basically a piece of shit. Who takes their best friends girl for no reason? He’s selfish and then wanted to call Ga-Ram’s character a bad friend LOL you’re a piece of shit dude. Ga-Ram is too much of a nice guy and just wants love and peace and honestly So-Hyun characters always have to be weak and can’t stand up for themselves so that’s a mess in its own. I’m team Hye-Young all the way tbh. But that’s just me. This show is okay, it’s a fast watch, the acting is decent, like the concept is cool but I’m sick and tired of this cliche, the weak girl has to fall for the lame rich, rude main guy because he’s handsome and “different” which he’s not. I hope they truly do switch it up so the nice guy finally gets the girl but of course that probably won’t happen so would I rewatch this? No. Do I wish for a season 2? Absolutely. But am I excited or anticipate it? No. Because I’ll be disappointed in the end.

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Well, I'll start with how beautiful the cast is and that's it. Lol. I mean I watched the whole drama without getting bored because half of the time I was admiring how beautiful everyone is. I finished 8 episodes in 1 and half day. This drama kept me so excited. I would recommend it to someone who's looking for something like fluffy romance and at the same time dramatic.

Now coming to the story. It's filled with a lot. Especially till the end the story gets very pumped up and I can't wait for next season. There's so much mystery to be revealed and it's something great and different for Korean Dramas as most Korean Dramas end in 1st season. I like how they are brining the concept of seasons. It's a new thing and it makes me interested in Korean Dramas even more.

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(English is not my native language so please be forgiving of spelling mistakes)
When I saw the trailer, I honestly didn't care enough to see it, I mainly looked at it for the cast, but I have to say it was a great decision because from the first chapter you get stuck in the story.
It is a drama with only eight episodes that when you finish it leaves you wanting to see more and waiting for a second season.
All actors are extremely good at making you feel the same as they causing you to get excited about what happens to them during the drama.
The characters all seem very characteristic to me, it is true that initially Kim Jo Jo seems a bit cowardly about the decisions he makes but I also understand that at that time he was very young and was not in the best personal situation, in addition to that we can observe how he regrets the decision he makes.
If I had to describe Hwang Sun Oh, it would be immature, mainly because in moments of drama you really think about how he might put himself in that position with what he did to the friend, besides he seems to be a very loyal person.
Lee Hye Young is the best character in the whole drama, he is such a good and forgiving person that he mainly considers the feelings of the people he wants and takes a step back, I sincerely hope that Kim Jo Jo stays with him.
The characters that I clearly hated were his "family", seriously there are chapters in which you want to break their faces, on top of which they are super brazen. The poor girl kills herself by working to be fucked later, really I was angry at those moments.
In conclusion it is a great drama that you have to see if you like drama and love triangles, I hope there is and QUICK THE SECOND SEASON!

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