Our Blues (2022)

Wholesome indeed

It's just wholesome. They took the storyline, cast and the ost seriously I could tell. First three episodes only to focus on Eunhui and Hansu story, well, it's quiet draggy somehow. If someone telling you the show is boring and stuff. pls hang in there. Believe me you just gotta bear with first three episodes but the rest of it is just beautiful and well written. You won't regret it. It's just how omnibus kind of drama do the things. Although they could have start the drama with more engaging approach. The feeling right after you finished this drama, it's undescribeably wholesome. Yep, best drama so far in mid 2022.

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Emotionally breaks you down and heals you

Our Blues is a unique take at slice of life drama. Following an omnibus format, we get 20 episodes with various arcs belonging to the characters of this island community.

The drama covers taboo topics, estranged relationship between a parent and a child, two friends, toxic relationship between siblings, and building up of a new relationship when you’re impacted by trauma. There are lots of triggers too — depression, suicidal thoughts, bullying (abuse.)

Each actor shines in their segment. The OST perfectly compliments the story and the characters in it. Though every arc ends on a feel good note, it doesn’t feel forced. It’s very well done and makes you genuinely feel hopeful about living.

One of the best things about this drama is the disability rep that we have been given. I hope more dramas takes this as an inspiration and make their stories more diverse!

A beautifully, aching drama which will break you down and patch you back up.

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Ratings of each story

Han-su & Eun-hui - 9.0/10
Good story introduction to what is to come. I personally think this story encapsulated the whole theme of the drama perfectly.

Yeong-Ok & Jeong-Jun ‐ 8.5/10
Poignant with a lot of love. Their love story started slow but in steady pace and I really the way it was shown. Confusion to confession to affection.

Yeong-Ju & Hyeon - 8.0/10
People think they act like brats but that is how teenagers are, they think they know the world before they turn 20. This story really shown the reality of 'some' teenagers

Dong-seok & Seon-a - 7.0/10
Needed more episodes to fully flesh out their story as individuals and couple

In-gwon & Ho-sik - 9.5/10
I didn't know this two grown men would made me cry. Love the bickering

Mi-ran & Eun-hui - 5.0/10
Felt like a filler and feels disconnected somehow

Yeong-ok & Jeong- jun & ... - 10/10
My personal fave, need I say more? go watch it!

Cheun-hui & Eun-gi - 7.5/10
Filler done right

Ok-dong & Dong-seok - 10/10
I cried like a baby, a perfect closer for the whole drama. The characters honesty is so raw, a reflection of people's real emotions

Overall - 8.5/10

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essa dorama faz você ter crise existencial.

é incrível ver cono essa produção é perfeita em tudo. tanto a atuação quanto o desenvolvimento das histórias são incríveis. no começou eu achava que o dorama se bastaria na Eun-hi, mas depois eu vi que não. ao decorer dos episódios você vai acompanhando um pouco da vida dos moradores de Jeju e, vai aprendendo muito com eles. as histórias são cheias de reflexão e sentimentos e muito impressionte acompanha cada uma das histórias. no começo parece entwdiante, mas depois você se apega a todos os personagens e suas histórias.
10/10 pra tudo nessa obra.
as ots são perfeitas principalmente a "with you" do Jimin e aquela da Ning Ning com a Winter.

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Plus que récit choral, suite de duos ou trios...

Je l’ai beaucoup aimé, avec pourtant un bémol sur la fin ! 
Nous sommes sur l’île de Jeju, mais pas dans les sites des décors de sageuks ou de romance de luxe ! Non, nous avons des pêcheurs(et pêcheuses), des marchands de poissons, des commerçants, des gens dans l’ensemble comme vous et moi, mais en Corée, donc ça peut brailler pas mal ! C’est assez méridional comme ambiance.  Le groupe le plus exotiques pour nous est sans doute celui des haenyeo, ces femmes qui gagnent leur vie en pêchant des coquillages en plongeant en apnée, tradition séculaire de Jeju, que l’on retrouve d’ailleurs aussi au Japon ! 


Le début démarre sur les chapeaux de roues avec le retour à Jeju d’un enfant du pays, directeur de l'agence bancaire du village, interprété par Cha Seung Won, qui y retrouve à la fois son premier amour (Lee Jung Eun)et ses amis d’enfance, et cela nous donne une très jolie histoire de tendresse, d’amitié mais sans aucune mièvrerie, car les retrouvailles ne sont pas toujours aussi simples… Puis on passe à une autre histoire, mais certains personnages clés restent pour nous guider : la marchande poisson, le marchand de soupe de boudin, celui de glace, et les haenyeo, dont le groupe et les plongées sous-marines donnent lieu à des séquences géniales ! 

Cependant ce qui fait la qualité du drama en fait aussi son défaut, les histoires personnelles prennent de plus en plus le pas sur le groupe,quand on avance dans le drama,  et j’aurais aimé que le chœur accompagne un peu plus souvent et un peu mieux les solistes, comme dans la très belle séquence  qui fait intervenir une jeune actrice trisomique.
Mais je me suis régalée avec chacune des histoires, celle des deux amies qui règlent enfin un vieux compte, celle de la sœur  handicapée d’une haenyeo qui débarque soudain, celle des deux adolescents amoureux, dont les pères se détestent, bref, chacune d’entre elles m’a plu car elle ouvrait une fenêtre sur la vie coréenne, et tout simplement sur le cœur humain.

Mon bémol, c’est la dernière de ces histoires, la réconciliation difficile entre Lee Byung Hun et sa mère Kim Hye Ja, que j’ai trouvée trop longue, qui m’a laissée avec des questions sans réponse, et surtout qui a rendu le retour final au groupe trop court, trop superficiel. On s’est trop éloigné des autres personnes qui méritaient tout autant notre attention.  D’un autre côté, si je l’avais vu d’une seule traite je n’aurais peut-être pas ressenti ça, mais je pense que 20 épisodes c’est trop, 18 auraient été très bien ! 

La réalisation classique et solide soutient bien l’histoire, et les acteurs sont tous parfaits !! Les scènes de plongées sont superbes, et il y a un juste mélange d'humour, et d'émotion, au moins pendant les 3/4 du drama.

Je ne peux m’empêcher de souligner le vrai retour de Kim Woo Bin, son sourire chaleureux intact et rayonnant ! 

La bande son m’a plu, elle est très agréable, souligne bien les atmosphères, n’est pas envahissante.

Au final c’est un drama tout à fait recommandable, quand on aime les scénarios fondés sur le sociétal, le cœur humain et ses trésors secrets.  

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Realistically written

Sometimes amidst the romcoms and thrillers, you want to watch something closer to the realities of life. Our Blues is one such drama.

Jeju is the perfect setting for this drama. The easy, relaxing, laidback country life suits the stories of the characters living on the island. This drama was wonderfully written, not necessarily perfect, but gives you the warm feeling of home. Each character was given a fair moment to shine and the ensemble didn't fail to impress me with their performance.

I loved the story of Yeong Jun and the actress who portrayed her was such a revelation. She nailed the role for someone so young. Another story I loved was Yeong Hui's, because it showed real challenges a person could face when you have a family member with a disability. Lastly, Lee Byung Hun's story was given a touching closure in the last episode. It reminded me so much of my mama because due to work, I was never that close to her. It was just work, sleep, work, sleep for me. We never really got to have any meaniingful conversation. When she fell ill, I didn't hesitate to leave my job to take care of her. I will forever be grateful to have had the chance to bond with her in the end.

If you want to watch something that is more realistic, a slice of life type of drama, this one is for you

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Good Enough

Korean Drama " Our Blues " is a multi charactered drama set in a small town.

The drama manages to present and complete all stories, giving to each and one of them enough screen time and space to be proper developed, by appointing different episodes to them and without intertwining them together. That didn't overburden the drama with rushed plotlines, nor did it complicate things.

However, some of the stories were not as good as the others, as they were predictable and not as finely paced.

On the other hand, the performances were all great by everyone in the cast, as expected from an all star team.

So, overall, eight out of ten.

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Blue Bliss

'Our Blues' a heart warming & wrenching (on some occasions) is surely one of the best slice-of-life pieces I have watched. It wasn't white washed with sugar, sweet & good moments ONLY. All of the stories in the series had it's down side/troubles/challenges and that was the beauty of the series. Even when few of the stories didn't get it's happy ending from one perspective it did get a happy ending from another perspective. Personally, this drama had everything from romance to heartbreak, from misunderstandings to forgiveness, from letting go to holding on all of it and in the perfect amount nothing felt overwhelmed at any instance of the series.
OSTs of the drama deserve utmost attention By My Side by Taeyeon, Remember Me by Davichi, For Love by 10cm & With you
by Ha Sung-woon and Jimin are some of my favorites. The OSTs in this drama are cherries on the top.
This drama is a benchmark for coming slice-of-life dramas.

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Histórias da Vida!

JÁ vou dar meu 10 no primeiro episódio. Muito tocante e ao mesmo tempo hilário. Fora a fotografia estonteante do litoral, que lugar maravilhoso. O elenco é realmente fora de série o que confere as cenas muita profundidade e ao mesmo tempo leveza.
E mais que uma série comum. Ele é bem detalhado e a maneira como são tratadas questões como aborto, depressão, traição e confiança, perdão... são únicas. Cada episódio é uma "paulada" na emoção é muita entrega e sensibilidade num drama só. É muito difícil prá mim descrever minhas emoções em palavras depois de assistir Our Blues, eu fiz uma terapia em capítulos. Então acho bom preparar a caixinha de lenços para viver com os personagens as descobertas, perdas, encontros, despedidas e principalmente aceitação. É uma celebração a vida!

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I love it!

I love this drama. It is very unique. I like the idea of ​​telling the stories of all the residents of Pureung village on Jeju Island. This drama is very calm, comforting and heartwarming. It shows that everyone has their own problems and ways to deal with them. Not everyone is always honest and some just want to use us for their own benefit.

After watching, it can be concluded that an honest conversation is always one of the most important things to achieve success in various relationships. And I am glad that it has been shown through various issues, relationships and people. This is a very important point.

Our Blues made me cry, laugh and feel many different emotions.

I highly recommend watching it.

I gave it so few points in the "rewatch value" category because personally I rarely go back to watching slice of life dramas again. It's still a 10/10 drama.

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