To My Star 2 (2022)

ANNOYING START BUT GREAT ENDING

All I ever felt while watching from start to almost end is annoyance, like I don't really get it why Han Ji Woo is that unreasonable in breaking up and running away from Kang Seo Joon, all they ever do is to argue.
But along the way they unfolded the reason one by one of the break up, I realize Korean stories are really goes on something like having a bad and hurtful past and that they are affected hardly by it so it becames hindrance in their decisions in the future just like other Kdramas, but it is still nice.
I liked how the episodes and the momentum of the story is being break down, the way they intended that the recon of the lead are at the last episode made us all want to watch until the end due to the curiosity whats gonna happen next ? Are they gonna be okay? Will they reconcile? Who's gonna choose by Ji Hoon? Is the girl or Still Seo Joon? Somethings like that ! Becuase some Drama I've watched is that they put the recon of the story in the middle that really makes me stop it because the part that I am waiting for has been shown or has happened so nothing to be curious about, no excitement at all--but not here !
The Woo Hyun and Kang Min did really great here, the acting is so nice, and Woo Hyun's acting is really a pro ! You can really see how he gave his best for the role.
I love the Daepyo and the Manager like they are always there for Seo Joon, they also did a great job, also Sung Yoon the woman and the Mother and her child, they arw great !
My favorite part is when Seo Joon And Ji hoon get back together, and how Jo hoon acted like a cry baby for Seo Joon's forgiveness, its very funny and cute! They've got me there !
It has a nice ending, the story was justified for me, it doesn't felt rushed, everything was slowly spoken to every viewers and the kissing scene was really Daebak ! I can say KBL'S have nicer kissing scenes than the KStraightDRAMA's, and all the living loving scenes WHOAA .. I almost die in jealousy.
That's all I can say. JJang ! 👍👍

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The Sequel I Thought I Never Needed

To My Star is a gem since the beginning of it's run last year, and the announcement of a sequel makes me worry about how will it turn out to be as a part of an awesome series. The start of the part 2 makes me curious for what is actually happening with the plot that's too irrelevant as to what I recall from last season's ending. It's a totally different one, I should say. I have a hard time deciding on whether I should continue watching after episode 2 but I yearn on how the story will unfold. And so, deciding to let it end before binge-watching it after is a nice decision I made.

The plot goes well above my expectations episode per episode and I love the fact that it actually tackle simple, somehow insensible decisions that a lot of us made at least once in our lives. Yes, it does happens and a lot of times that simple misunderstanding end up too difficult for everyone around. Remember that characters are too complex just like most of us is. An adorable person who you met might actually be a total weirdo after living together for quite some time. Again, it does happen.

Actors wise, I couldn't agree more that our leads are the best thereof to pull off this series. A round of applause to this loveable BL couple. Kim Kang Min is a talented actor and so does, Son Woo Hyun. They complemented each other's energy and it exudes well on screen. The introduction of new characters are also quite intriguing and adds up flavor to already spiced original characters. Request: Can we have a totally different story for the TB Ent CEO (Jeon Jae Yeong) and his lovely partner (Han Ji Won)? I love the idea of that!

The background music is quite good as well introducing the mood of the series, wasn't worded most of the times but felt deeply. It's like it's preparing you for something very emotional and it does and give you more.

This a sequel I thought I never needed but thank goodness that I have. Well-narrated, well-played, well-embraced.

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This is a must see.

To My Star 2 told a different side of love- love of 2 different personalities. The drama brings about all emotions when we are in a relationship such as bitter, sad. depressed, angry, lonely, sweet, happy, cheerful,... We can easily relate to all emotions, actions of the characters. Like most Korean BL plot in general and To My Star season 1 in particular, it's simple, realistic and beautiful .The story, the acting, the editing is extremely fantastic. Like the way we can see the happy flashbacks intertwined with the harsh present in a smoothly way, or the flashback in the beginning but turn out it is the future and many small details has been included in different scenes of the drama. Never seen such a drama like this. Even the ost is perfect for the drama. The chemistry is wonderful. Best KBL ever.

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Is it really a sequel without some angst?

July 9, 2022

To My Star 2: Our Untold Stories really hit the fking nerves. Like I am not kidding, when I tell you how communication is such an important thing for a relationship to flourish and survive. I know there are major critiques about this sequel but let me just tell you how I genuinely liked it. Obviously, there are flaws within this season that could have been better, but you know what this series has a special place in my heart. With bias that I am heavily and knowingly acknowledging, I just want to say that this is not as bad as what others have said.

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Let me just get started with the biggest critique: miscommunication and how the sequel did not outdo the first season. First of all, yes the miscommunication part was a little dragged out. It was frustrating to see Seojun get hurt by Jiwoo as who on Earth leaves their boyfriend like that. Like hello???? I would have literally beaten the fuck out of Jiwoo, for fucks sake. As for how the sequel didn't do justice, I guess it really just depends on people's standpoint and taste. Personally, I like this season, I find it realistic, as much as I criticize Jiwoo's action, I feel like this happens to a lot of people. And if I am being honest I was like Seojun too, I felt his pain right to the core. The feeling of having everything going well then suddenly it actually is not, just feels like a slap to myself. Not gonna lie, I cried so hard, especially during the point where someone told Seojun that "it is enough" or something like that. And how Seojun tried his best to get back with Jiwoo and he should finally move on. I felt that. I bawled my eyes out because I know the pain and the devasting and detrimental it is to our mental health. It wasn't healthy, but I guess the only good thing about it was Seojun got his "happy" ending which isn't the case for most of us.

On another side note (is this even a review at this point...), I really thought this was going to be a sad ending... Before revealing Jiwoo's side, I was hating him so much to the point where I didn’t even want to see him as the end game. I know what his reasons are now, but I feel like maybe a bittersweet ending would have been better...

Anyhow, this season slaps, like literally ... slaps me to point of crying ... breh

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The best korean BL!

I actually liked this way way better than the first series. The production, acting, drama and everything was boosted by 10 times. I may be one of the few people that actually like this sequel. I understand the problems that they faced and the reasons for the problems. I understand why Ji Woo did all that. I loved the angst, the drama and the acting. This was way better than the first cause we saw more emotions from both Seo joon and Ji woo. I liked every part it of it. This like one of the few series that actually made me cry like a baby. The way when Ji woo begged Seo Joon to hugged just melted me and made my anger towards him disappear. The raw emotions when he was apologizing to Seo Joon for all the things he has done was just breath taking and took me out of this world. I really liked it. The music was also so much better here. I would say this is the best korean bl series for me. Korea could easily dominate the bl market if they wanted to.

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A story about healing so that you can love

The director Hwang Da Seul is a genius for sure. She took what was originally just a fluffy romcom franchise, rams it through a messy breakup plot that does not make much sense in the first instance, and then gives us a story about two people very much in love trying really hard to heal, survive and perhaps even love again.

Saying that the show is angsty does not do it justice. It is not angsty, but it will put your through a lot of pain for sure before giving you what you need.

But at the same time, the creators have given us a show that will have few parallels not only in the BL industry but also the larger queer entertainment, when it comes to unpacking a relationship. The break-up is just a set up here. It is a story about how two people radically different in how they interact with the world, come to terms with the traumas of their past, their insecurities, their needs and wants, and more importantly how strongly they are in love with the other. And more importantly it is a story about how we really need to be able to work on ourselves to be able to love without hurting them or yourself.

Couple of things to note before watching:
1. As a standalone series it is top notch, but there are major gaps if you judge it as part of the franchise. The tone and mood of this season is quite different from what the earlier season offered. There are logically sound plot points that connect the two (if you grab the subtle cues given to us), but overall the two are very different in all but name and the backgrounds of the characters. It is quite likely that you might not enjoy this if you really enjoyed how things were in season 1.
2. Do watch it in one go, now that all the episodes are out. Spend a day to watch it just so you can process all the emotions you go through. For those of us who chose to watch it as the episodes aired, it was just literal torture for over a month. So when you binge it, keep hydrated, keep tissues to wipe your tears as well, and keep remind yourself to not project on to these characters.
3. Adding to the need of doing point number 2, it will also help in understanding the subtle cues that the creators have given. There is a lot to interpret in the series. After rewatching it once again, I realised that there is not a single shot, no character, no sentence spoken, not even a look or a gesture that does not have a purpose. Big or small, but definitely serves the main plot quite a lot.

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Slow but worthwhile

This drama gets better on your 2nd time watching.

During my first watch, throughout ep 1 - 9 i disliked jiwoo's character so much. Even as he explained his reasons in ep 7, i couldn't understand them. It felt selfish of him. His worries could have easily been resolved if he had communicated openly with seojoon in the first place. And i absolutely hated how unnecessarily mean and harsh jiwoo was on seojoon. My heart ached for seojoon, for him still trying to reconcile his relationship with jiwoo despite the constant rejection. I was waiting for a good reason as to why he left, why he's so persistent in not getting back together with seojoon despite the poor guy's begging. And when i found out loneliness and guilt was the reason, it felt small.

However, watching it a 2nd time it dawned on me that not all relationship problems arise from external obstacles, most of the time it manifests internally. And jiwoo's case perfectly showcases how internalizing his fears to avoid problems in their happy relationship would eventually come back and hit him harder. Even the jump cuts between present and flashbacks made me co confused during my 1st watch, but rewatching it made me appreciate the director's skills and foresight. It was beautifully executed and the transitions flowed, showing the drastic contrast between his current life and his life with jiwoo. Same routine yet different feelings and scenes. There were many symbolisms and parallels used by the director in S2 to build up sj and jw's story, it'll hit you harder when you realise it.

Honestly i didn't like season 1 that much, it was definitely one of my top K bls but it didnt struck me as hard. There were many plot holes in season 1 and due to the short running time, they couldnt dive much into the characters and their relationship. I found it rushed as the characters just suddenly fell in love and they didnt show why or how. But season 2 completely changed my view on TMS. It felt complete. You get to learn more about each character and see the development of their relationship. I loved the addition of jiwoo's ex as that was a chapter in jiwoo's life which he needed to close and move on from. It also helped put things into perspective for him since she was in his shoes during their relationship - she constantly felt lonely while jiwoo could not understand why she felt that way. Presently, jiwoo feels lonely while seojoon is blissfully unaware.

To those who say TMS S1 was better and this sequel was a waste, i honestly disagree. I love the route they chose for S2 instead of just showing fluffy domestic moments. It would feel empty like that. S2 chose to showcase that not every story ends with happily ever after, it depends on the couple's efforts to compromise, trust and openly communicate with each other. In many instances you will notice how despite seojoon putting 100% into the relationship, his actions done out of love yet it backfired and in turn caused more internal turmoil for jiwoo. Seojoon is unaware of this because he only sees his side of their relationship. In jiwoo's case, he expected seojoon to know how he feels and what he isnt happy with because he is an actor. Going as far as running away and naming his restaurant "Ti Aspetto" ( Im waiting for you) expecting seojoon to understand the underlying meaning. These are common mistakes we as humans do in real life relationships and its so refreshing to see them being addressed, it feels relatable cause the characters are imperfect.

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A good but frustrating sequel

I want to start off by saying that I LOVED the first season, so it was very hard for this to top the previous one, and unfortunately it did not. Don’t get me wrong it’s still a really good show, but some parts were really confusing to me. It’s not a spoiler that they break up, because the whole season is about that, so I knew it even before I watched it, but it felt kind of unrealistic. If you really think about it, how the breakup was handled, is true to Ji Woo’s personality, but that’s the problem. I hate how he acts, he never speaks his mind and is so frustrating to watch, I’m glad that there was a big character development in the end, but if I were Seo Joon I would have honestly punched him in the face. He has to thank the fact that he’s adorable…
Nonetheless I still really liked how honest and “raw” this season was, it made me feel a lot of different emotions, and it kept me glued to the screen so much, I watched all 10 episodes in a single day. I love this couple and even if this was a little upsetting, the happy ending made me wish for another season just to see them again (even thought their story is finished and honestly another one would be a stretch), I hope we can see them again in other shows!

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Give Jiwoo a hug and apologize to him right now you haters! (Repost)

So, I've seen how people are kind of like trashing on Jiwoo because of what he did to Seojoon. It's understandable, and it's not very nice because, you know - he kind of just went AWOL without telling Seojoon why or what he did (it wasn't Seojoon's fault, anyway).

So, why did Jiwoo leave? In my perspective, I personally felt like he was insecure. He had trauma from his past lover, and obviously, they didn't end well together. Jiwoo had kept it to himself because he didn't want to be Seojoon's burden (with the guy already having busy schedules). Jiwoo's pretty much a pessimist, I think it was shown during the show (but I haven't watched it in a hot second and writing this months after I watched).

Jiwoo's afraid that Seojoon would leave him eventually, like how his ex did. Like he was afraid that Seojoon would finally realize how boring he was (he's not) and leave him, so with this plaguing his mind for a good year was probably tiring. And so he breaks up with Seojoon and ran away because he wanted to protect himself from the larger pain of when Seojoon does end up breaking his heart.

He's just trying to protect himself before it happens even if it won't because he doesn't know the future, he's insecure, he's negative about it, and he just wants to push himself away before it's too late.

So obviously, Seojoon finds him and brings him back and reassures him about it. Like it's fine. Anyway, thanks for reading through my little rant, I just wanna go give him a hug. I will literally be the biggest Jiwoo defender. I don't care.

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one of the best goddamn romances to exist.

to be honest, i still don't think i can quite put a finger on why exactly to my star hits so different, but it really does. there's something about how lovingly the show is shot, about how irreversibly in love jiwoo and seojoon are, and about how soft they are with every word and every touch.
there's something about the fact that when these characters are in pain, you really come to love them enough to cry right alongside with them, and when they're happy, you find yourself kicking your goddamn blankets in happiness and smiling till your cheeks hurt.
at the end of the day, i think the best way to put it is this: to my star is a show that will make you fall into it so effortlessly that you won't even realize how deeply you've fallen into love with these characters and their story until it's too late to back out.
(also, just as a sidenote: i fucking ADORE that film effect they've given this season so freaking much!!! it really brings out a sentimental sorta vibe that matches perfectly with the story and gives it a gorgeous timeless look. the visuals are just taken to the next level this time 'round <3)
tl;dr? GO WATCH THE SHOW OH MY GOD I SWEAR YOU WON'T REGRET IT

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