Love Alarm Season 2 (2021)

Estuve esperando los 6 capítulos a que pasara algo interesante

Le doy un punto al director porque la estética es muy bonita y visualmente es agradable. Pero eso es lo único que puedo resaltar de esta temporada :/

La historia estuvo 0 interesante. Realmente no pasa nada relevante a excepción del drama amoroso que ni estuvo tan bueno por diferentes razones, pero ese punto lo trataré después. Aunque habían, por así decirlo, dos problemas principales (que eran el misterio de si Duk-Gu había muerto o no y el de todo el tema de los dibujos de Jo-Jo y el asesinato) quitando el triangulo amoroso , ninguno fue cautivador porque no los supieron manejar como se debía.

Ambos problemas hubieran hecho que el drama fuera mil veces mejor. Aunque no fui muy fan ni de la primera temporada, yo sí quería saber qué pasaba con Duk-Gu y esa fue una de las principales razones por las que me la vi. Pero dejaron eso en un segundo plano, no le dieron la importancia que merecía, el misterio de saber si estaba vivo o no. Aunque trataron de hacerlo, todo queda opacado por el triangulo amoroso y se queda muy soso y aburrido porque se resuelve bastante fácil. Lo mismo pasa con el tema de los dibujos y el asesinato.

Y no me vengan a decir "es que la cantidad de capítulos no dejaba hacer eso" porque por ejemplo Kingdom, un drama que también tiene 6 capítulos que duran en promedio 50 minutos, supo resaltar todos los problemas y tratarlos como se debían, haciendo que el drama fuera entretenido. Pero no, los directores decidieron darle TODO el enfoque al triangulo amoroso, y ni eso estuvo bien hecho por lo siguiente:

Arruinaron el personaje de Sun-Oh sólo para justificar que Jo-Jo se quedara con Hye-Yeong. Si se dan cuenta, la personalidad de Sun-Oh en la anterior temporada no tiene nada de parecido con la de esta. Le dieron un giro de 180 grados y pasó de ser el chico tierno, a ser el tóxico que maltrata a la protagonista. La verdad eso se me hizo super innecesario, tuvieron BASTANTE tiempo para buscar otra excusa mucho mejor que esa. Cuál era la necesidad de arruinar a Sun-Oh? Se les acabó la creatividad?

Otra cosa que quiero tratar es el tema de Yuk-Jo y Sun-Oh. No tengo nada en contra de la actriz ni del personaje, pero por qué se quedó tanto tiempo con Sun-Oh si claramente este no la quería? Él nunca hizo sonar su Love Alarm y no tiene excusa como Jo-Jo que tenía puesto el escudo. No recuerdo muy bien como era su relación en la primera temporada, pero por lo menos en esta siempre la trató horriblemente hasta que ella explotó. El final de ellos dos me pareció estúpido. "Voy a ir todos los días a tu casa hasta que me gustes"? Como por qué? Por qué te tiene que gustar alguien que claramente no amas? Por qué te esfuerzas en hacerlo si ya estuviste bastante tiempo con ella y en ningún momento hiciste sonar su Love Alarm? Muy tonto todo.

Por último, quiero decir que no entiendo por qué Jo-Jo nunca le comentó el tema del escudo a Hye-Yeong. Sinceramente no había razón para mantenerlo en secreto. Jo-Jo tenía sus sentimientos claros y sabía que, a pesar de no hacer sonar su Love Alarm, ella amaba a Hye-Yeong. Pero Hye-Yeong siempre vivió con ese miedo de no saber si Jo-Jo lo amaba, porque no sabía que había algo que impedía hacer sonar su Love Alarm. No era tan difícil explicarle.

En fin, en principio le iba a dar una menor puntuación, pero aunque no me gustó casi, logró entretenerme a pesar de que tenía las expectativas super bajas.

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It all went downhill

just couldn't understand the fact that jojo has to throw sun-oh out the window after all of that, it's not because of the ending.

Not even in season 1 that they made jojo and hye-hyeong build a good connection, but no, there's no spark at all, not even that uplifting feeling. But still, i would've accepted that Sun-Oh isn't the guy who's gonna end up with jojo in the end if Sun-Oh was actually the one who did wrong, if he cheated or even hurt jojo. BUT NO, he dearly loved jojo, but she left him hanging with no proper answers. Sun-Oh keeps knocking on her everytime. He keeps tearing because of the pain in return. and that pain for almost FIVE YEARS. Now i can channel the anger sun-oh felt when said "Do you know what she did to me?" that is such a valid reaction. Jojo was such a coward even as an adult.

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Wasted many hours of my time!

I was enjoying the first season but the second season doesn't make sense. **Spoiler Alert** It doesn't make sense for a young lady to end a relationship so suddenly with someone who she was in love with. Jo Jo and Sun-Ho clearly loved each other. Jo Jo ended the relationship to prevent Sun-Ho and herself from being hurt.

JoJo said she didn't want to have a relationship ever again with anyone . If she changed her mind surely she would try again with the person who she deeply loved and not try to force herself to love someone else. This has really made me feel low. I love a good romance story but not one which splits up the loving couple who were clearly meant for each other

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Roles vs Characters

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It’s actually good

First I wanna say that I kinda hated first season and that season two saved the show (for me).
During S1 the characters were really annoying, ALL of them; that made for me really boring S1 because I couldn’t stand them.
Jo Jo: By being this kind of introverted girl with emotional problems and ignoring her feelings also she made a lot of stupid choices.
The MLs: They were pretty annoying, BOTH of them that I didn’t root for any and actually hated them. (I wanted Jo Jo to be by herself )

But in S2 they got a lot of development like:
Jo Jo: She managed to overcome her past and grow and be more trusting of her feelings.
The MLs: I didn’t hated them this season so that's something :/ , I’m kidding. Actually they were really like different characters they changed a lot that I kinda like them now lol.

I have to be honest that this wasn’t what I expected for S2 (also waiting 2 years for 6 ep isn’t pretty :/ wish there where more eps) I expected that S2 would follow more the love problems kinda vibe from S1 that it did but at the same time we can see Jo Jo through out the S2 that she is confronting more her feelings and her past and so grow as a better character. So I liked the turn that taked the show. Also have to say that this show doesn't feel like a typical drama, cause in this one I couldn’t tell with who she would be ending up with if she was going to end up with someone at all. As well this drama paints more roughly than others how it really ends the love triangles and an unrequited love and the pain behind them and that’s obviously sad but I appreciate that they did it like that.

So yeah better than S1, IMAO.

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A few bumpy roads, but overall I enjoyed it

It comes as no surprise for many that when the second installment of Love Alarm only having 6 episodes was announced, it made me feel discouraged about how they can wrap this story up in a manner that is appropriate in conjunction with season 1. However, I think the writers did a splendid job wrapping the story up within this short amount of time, with a few bumpy roads along the way. The latter of the series had been unexpectedly impactful for me and I thoroughly found this season to be quite frustrating, but also enjoyable to watch. It is a series that will have you on the edge of your seat, wants to reach out to the other end of your screen and shake the characters to wake them up, get you scratching your head from the characters, and have your stomach flutter a little.

If we go beyond the love story in this drama for a moment, this season we see the development of Kim Jojo’s story from her childhood trauma and how that, in turn, affected her actions and behaviours as a young adult: how our thoughts drive us to want to push away others and spend our lives in solitude in the fear of hurting them, the fears of others becoming knowledgeable about our dark pasts to the point it’ll drive them to leave, and the consequences of running away from your problems and feelings. This season will get you agitated over Jojo’s actions and behaviours throughout this drama, but it will also enable you to empathise and understand more of her as a character which is what I thoroughly enjoyed. The insight into how wealthy families can live and how being born to a father that you have never met was quite insightful and powerful. To summarise, this series had some really deep, meaningful, and beautiful messages for us viewers that go beyond the app Love Alarm and how love cannot be conformed to technology.

The romance was cute and warm at times, but it was not anything extraordinary. I felt as if they rushed the romance at the start by having the two leads officially date, that for me, ruined the momentum of what the series was going for. There was not much closure with the gap between the end of season 1 and the start of season 2 which left me feeling bewildered over the relationship between the two. And there was not much closure for some parts like the sudden change in the relationship between Jojo’s family. What I particularly liked here was the unveiling of Hye Yeong’s story which we did not get to see in the previous installment. To conclude, I found the love-triangle story to be overall compelling as it is slightly different from the atypical love story.

I was quite dubious over the character development that this series was going to have, especially when the cast mentioned that in the trailer, thus I was anticipating something marvelous. It took some time, but I saw a few subtle significant changes with all the characters. It can be argued that all the characters can be deemed as frustrating in their own ways, but I think this drama really gets you to analyse and think deeply beyond what the story tells us about each character’s behaviours. The outcomes for each character were definitely satisfying. I think that this second installment was something that I enjoyed because of the nature of where the characters stood in their lives. As they all develop into adults, i found this to be more comfortable to watch

Overall, some may be disgruntled over the outcomes of this drama, but I believe that this was a brilliant way to end this series. If you are that person that needs closure on any series that you watch, I would highly recommend you watch this to soothe your hearts. Would I recommend you watch this drama overall? To be quite frank. if you were able to skip to season 2 and not watch season 1, then yes. Realistically speaking here, I wouldn't recommend it, despite thinking highly of this season. Albeit saying this, if you are looking for something interesting and unique to watch, then it can be worth giving it a go. It is worth noting that you should watch this - not only for the love triangle - but the depictions of reality this drama holds. The trauma, miscommunications, family dysfunctions, romance, and mental health

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Most of people didn't understood this drama at all

So people don't get how a story is built. Also, don't seem to see the abusive behaviour of Sunoh in the first season.

Those who say that there is no explanation should watch again the series to see the drawings and reaction of Sunoh to them. Also, Sunoh started liking her just as a way to bother her friend.

Photography: Lovely photography, much better than the previous season.

Minor setback: The last scene is never to be found complete, that is just not well done.

I like the development of secundary characters, except Yook Jo who deserves something better than Sunoh. Either way the realism is to be praised and the rich boy didn't achieve what he wanted.

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Bitter sweet

First I want to add a disclaimer. I was team Sun Oh and I was very very disappointed that Jojo went to Hyeyeong. But before I started watching season two, I decided to put my feelings aside and now I will tell you my objective opinion (well okay opinions are never totally objective) about the series.

First of all, I gave the drama in overall a 7. This is because some parts were too fast for me and some parts too slow. It felt like Jojo was suddenly in love with Hyeyeong while she still had lingering feelings for Sun oh (at least it seemed like this). Some parts were too slow for me, like around episode three it felt too slow. While episode six went by very quickly because it contained a lot of information about the story and characters.

Second thing, I really liked the part of the brothers. Gok Doo as the developer of love alarm one and the brother who made love alarm two. And I loved the lesson at the end. Something along the lines of: You shouldn't let people rely on technological innovations and decide for people whom they should and will love. To me it's still a little unclear what happened to Gok Doo in the meantime and it's sad that we'll never know the exact reason why he was in the hospital.

Third thing.. (AND THIS IS MY BIASED OPINION) I feel like.. Sun Oh was a a dream to Jojo like he was the first person to be there for her and the first person to give her heart flutterings. Sun Oh gave her real feelings of being in love. Yet, I feel like she went for Hyeyeong because he was more reliable (in her opinion). Not someone that would make her feel as in love with butterflies in her stomach like with Sun Oh, but someone she can rely on and feel safe with. And.. I don't know how I feel about this. She looks less in love but more relaxed.

Last but not least, I really loved how the story ended for everyone. Everyone has an ending they deserved. The niece, gumi or something, got lowkey dissed by Dok Goo. Dok Goo decided to work on new things again. Sun Oh wants to move on and had sort of closure on why Jojo treated him like shit. Hyeyeong got his love and Jojo let go of her past and realised that she was a victim of her parents and she decided to move on and be happy. The aunt of Jojo decided to look for happiness with her hiking group. All in all, a fairly good ending for everyone.

Honestly, the series is good and the idea is fresh. I was just fixed on team Sun Oh for like two years. If the two seasons were released immediately after each other, then I might've understood why she went for Hyeyeong. But even though I did enjoy season two, it was just disappointing for my ship. Sun Oh went through so much because of Jojo's egoism and her fear. I do understand her actions but I can't lie I'm not disappointed.

I give this season a 7/10 based on the fact that some things are not explained well and some of the slow scenes.

Ps. I did really like the ending scene with the dates on which her alarm went off. (For the people who already watched love alarm season two, you will understand)

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This show is just pointless.

This is such a shame.. the story has such high potential, yet it falls flat on every single front. I was so angry with the first season, yet I kept going hoping it would improve.
It does not. It gets more insufferable as each episode goes on. I haven't watched a drama where I hated every single main character, yet this one has done it flawlessly. None of these characters are likeable in one way or another.
I haven't read the webtoon, but it feels like this show was written with 0 direction and it makes absolutely no sense sometimes. From characters randomly changing their personality, to the utterly ridiculous yet predictable twists, this should be a hard avoid to anybody who isn't a toddler.

This is an embarrassing mess. To see such potential wasted on this utter trash is heartbreaking.

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A second season vastly different from the first but still enjoyable.

Since I wrote a review for the first season, I figured I might as well write one for this season. I didn't rewatch the first season before, mostly because I didn't like it that much, and also because I hadn't really planned to watch this one. This being said, even I can tell that both seasons are very different but I ended up enjoying both as much for very different reasons.

Right from the beginning, you can tell that they wanted to do things differently simply with the fact that they just ignored the cliffhanger from the first season and it goes right in random happy scenes. It's a bit disorienting at first, but once you just accept that it's going to be different, it's fine. Overall, the vibe of the second season was more enjoyable to me, it's more relaxed, less angsty and dramatic. Things happen, obviously, but it doesn't sour everything for no reason. The characters take the time to think about the situations they're in and eventually work towards a solution. In a way, it fits the evolution of the characters, especially Jo Jo and the kind of relationship she's in when the show starts: calm, more mature and building slowly.

However, most of the subplots around the Love Alarm app and how it affects people are pretty much gone here, which is a shame because it was the most interesting part of the first season. Maybe because I've been watching mostly crime shows lately, but I really wanted more from that murderer storyline so it was very underwhelming in the end. Some questions are answered but so... awkwardly, a bit like they forgot to actually develop their ideas until they realized that they only had two episodes left. Since the focus wasn't on that at all anyway, it didn't prevent me from enjoying the drama but it still is disappointing that they didn't fully exploit the concept. The downside of having a lighter season romance wise means that they dropped all the interesting conversations the first season had brought to probably keep the general vibe of the season.

As for the characters, I feel like Gul Mi and Sun Oh (the Sweet Home line?) were the ones with the most interesting development. I like the fact that Gul Mi ended up working on her flaws without becoming a completely different person. As for Sun Oh, I feel like he was stuck in the past while everyone seemed to move on so he felt left behind by the people he loved the most. While he annoyed me a lot in the beginning of the season (and in the first season as well...), he does learn how to be more understanding in general and he finally opens up without being aggressive. His relationship with Hye Yeong was my favorite in the first season so I wish we had more scenes about them and their friendship. I don't have much to say about HY and JJ... but I like that we saw JJ continue to work on her trauma and try to be more honest with her feelings and with others. HY... just isn't the most interesting character. I like him but he was a simple and nice but flawed guy in the first season and that's still how he is. A couple of introverts isn't the most riveting thing to watch but it was cute, at least.

So, overall, I'm giving this a 7/10, just like the first season. In the first season I couldn't stand the romance but I liked the subplots around the app itself or the side characters, in this season I liked the romance side of the story but most subplots were either badly done or just not there.

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Fantastic conclusion

People giving this show a negative review because they want 2 people to end up together are ridiculous. Sun- oh was a completely selfish prick the entire series. He went after Jojo during season one because he thought his supposed best friend liked her.
Hye -yeong was always a better match. They are a lot more compatible in terms of personality and he understands her much more than sun-oh.
She broke up with sun-oh. She didn’t just run out on him. He didn’t deserve her, he was a horrible friend and boyfriend. He kissed her even though he knew she was with hye-yeong.
I loved the ending. I understand why people are upset it was different than season 1. But the setting had to be different because they finished school. 6 episodes seemed short that’s my only complaint.

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*sigh*

I get it now. I am frustrated that none of this made sense until the final episode, but I get it. This story is realistic in that, until you face/heal your own issues, you will mess it up for yourself and others. When it comes to love, don't depend on an app to make those decisions for you.

Sun-oh finally got the closure he deserved. Realistically, you may not be granted closure and must figure out how to move on without it. But this is fiction and I'm glad JoJo "released him." The way he got JoJo was rude as hell in the first place. So, this whole ordeal although cruel, can also be seen as karma. I went back to first episode and JoJo said that she didn't love him. The urge to kiss came first. With that in mind, Sun-oh was working out his mommy issues. He desperately needed someone to love him. He forced his love on her.

JoJo probably went along with it because she needed someone on her side. Similar to how she went along with the relationship with Ik-Shik. She was working out family issues too. If Hye would have made the first move, we wouldn't have a story. Hye, although creepy in his actions, respected her relationship with Ik-Shik. So I could understand why he was holding back. I feel bad about Sun-oh and Hye's friendship but Sun-oh ruined it in the first place. Hye was an excellent friend, and Sun-oh wasn't.

JoJo finally faced her past and let shit go. It could be argued that her aunt and cousin are just as much to blame for how they treated JoJo. They reinforced those negative thoughts in JoJo's head. (We have not seen JoJo train, but she runs a marathon? Not important.)

I'm glad that JoJo's Aunt found happiness. One thing I don't like about Korean dramas is that the adults are rarely held accountable for the pain and messed up things they do to their children. (i.e., Sun-Oh's mom, but she's so miserable why bother)

Gul-mi is still Gul-mi. Her relationship with her mom and JoJo is better but I fear for her future. (If she was a real person)

I will say that this is a win for the second lead. This is not a bad drama. It could have been told differently. As a viewer it was frustrating to watch because even though I knew why characters were behaving a certain way. It just wasn’t clear. I wasn’t sure if it was the story telling or my intuitiveness that relayed the messages. I feel like certain themes and story-lines could have been better explored. There could have been better hints along the way. It didn't end as bad as it started. I feel like it would be better as a re-watch. Or would I just know better?

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