Understanding Love (2022)

I have a lot of expectation when I started this, on the first few episodes I thought this is one of the drama with slow plot, but then it gets really boring, I skipped lots parts, but I still manage to finish it. I just couldn't understand, it was like a misunderstanding from the beginning till the end.
And the ending tho, after going through lots of things, they are still not together, and they just leave us with them walking together, looking at each other, like telling how much I miss you, I love you, then what Suyeong gonna do, she will accept him now or she will just stay single forever ????

Actually I feel Moon Gayoung doesn't really suit a quiet girl character, like when she smile, I feel somehow of awkward, but other than that, everything is perfect. I love her characters more in True Beauty.

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Very relatable… and yet so draggy!

Everything in this drama is relatable- especially if you’re in your twenties, a working adult trying to survive on your own in this world.

The basic plot of working, trying to climb the corporate ladder to earn more money, get a higher position, buying a house, getting married etc.. it’s all included in this storyline. BUT.. the pace of how it’s unfolding is SO SLOWWWW ;) Could have probably finished the story in just 10 episodes. I’ve been watching the whole thing at 1.5x speed ;):)

There’s the office politics, workplace discrimination, society standings discrimination, family background discrimination, education discrimination.. and the list goes on. It’s really sad if this is all true in Korean culture. One of the side characters broke up with his ex of 4 years, to marry someone of his “social standing” and immediately had an affair w his ex because he just couldn’t get over her. Why marry in the first place?

The chemistry and intensity in the leads relationship is very evident though, and I like it. Very very slow burn, but we get a really good kiss scene at the end of Ep 10 ;) At this point, I’m wondering why don’t they just get together already?? Whatever was stopping them before doesn’t seem that important now. Both leads decided to start relationships with other ppl, but it turns out those were not working out either! It’s interesting because this main relationship is not your typical fall-in-love story, but rather is them cheating on their respective partners (although for me I don’t find it cheating really. )

Let’s see how the story unfolds. I sincerely hope they have a happy ending :)

Update: just completed this. The last 4 episodes were terrible. It was a drag and painful to just complete it. What started off as 7.5 has now dropped to a 6. I wouldn’t recommend this drama. Too complicated and a waste of time

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unsparing love

‚What it is'

It is nonsense
says reason
It is what it is
says love

It is misfortune
says calculation
It is nothing but pain
says fear
It is hopeless
says insight
It is what it is
says love

It is ridiculous
says pride
It is reckless
says prudence
It is impossible
says experience
It is what it is
says love

( Erich Fried )


This poem sums up the essence of the series.
Ha Sang-Su and Ahn Su-Yeong fall in love at work. He a very gentle, cautious and responsible man and she, a woman insecure by traumas in her youth, who is very afraid of disappointment.
His feelings for Su-Yeong are so strong that Sang-Su opens his heart to her and confesses how he feels. However, due to her personal fears, she is so cautious that she rejects him for fear of disappointment. Nevertheless, her behavior signto him what feelings she also harbors. He remains touchingly persistent, yet stubborn and tries to win her over again and again, which unfortunately only reinforces her insecurities.
Despite the clear feelings they both have, she keeps her distance and keeps rejecting him.

The actors bring an incredible intensity to the screen. I felt for both of them and suffered with both of them.

In the end, both find a ruthless honesty with each other and confess their true feelings and realize which of their behaviors have blocked their love. It remains to be seen how it ends.

The soundtrack sensitively emphasizes the depth of feelings such as longing and despair.
This series is really thought-provoking and makes it impressively clear that love needs courage to be able to live it.

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Bad Mess Of A Show

This is just not an interesting show; a potentially great story about rich and poor in Korea got lost in the messy four-way love saga that left me actively resenting the male lead protagonist for how he treated his girlfriend whilst pining for someone else. I would not recommend anyone to watch this as it's just not very good.

Moon Ka-Young is great but she stands alone in her acting. Her peers just aren't very good and their characters lack depth or nuance. Kdramas and their love triangles are tedious. The best kdramas are the ones that don't make this subplot the front and centre of the show.

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WHAT WAS THAT FINALE ?

i was STRESSED, you mean everything happened FOR NOTHING??? Maybe I'll be kinda problematic for this opinion but it's just my perception.

I like sad endings, i rlly love the feeling of nostalgia and the way things change and that's why I'm a huge fan of dramas like 2125 or moon lovers, but this show REALLY stressed tf outta me 😭, it was confusing, had unnecessary plot twists and a bad ending. It's really sad bc it had incredible memorable moments and the chemistry between the main characters was amazing. I think i am even more disappointed bc i was CRYING at that scene where migyeong and sangsu were in the car and they were breaking up, it was incredibly done and i completely loved it. I srsly think that they stole the show and i do not say that the other actors didn't did well it's just that sangsu and migyeong rlly stole my heart. Idk, At first it was kinda boring then it got better and finally it just went worse 😞 i would not rewatch the show

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My heart still aches with pain and turmoil

This drama took me through a journey. The end was not very favourable to me. Lots of disappointment mixed with a feeling of wanting more leaves me in an oppressive state of wanting more. I was so excited through the drama hoping that all the knots and entangled feelings and relationships will smoothen out but this drama leaves me unsatisfied to my very core. It does not do justice to its characters. I do not see any character development. After a progressive start, the storyline just went on to become far more confusing. I wanted the leads to have a moment where they could understand and acknowledge what they were actually feeling and what they wanted for themselves and their love interests where as some of the actions taken by them still remain a mystery.

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Missed opportunity of a nice KDrama

Till chapter 12 all was interesting, then I feel the story is nice explained and have 2 scenes, later on we can believe that not "real" ones, but can be real.
The ending is a shame, last 4 chapters turn in the idea that lovers only think in be platonic.
The story , for me, must end using the 2 initial scenes in chapter 9 and 12. I want this scenes to be real!
And the scenes can be part of the story, we only need to think in a arranged wedding and the, known by all sides, but secret for the public 2413 room love scene between the main actors!
And, because of this she pretend the infidelity...
I want to believe that this ending is really what happened but the director didn't have the courage to film it...

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i dont know

I didn't like it even though the story was different but it wasn't good for me I was able to finish the drama because of the actors' intelligence or because of their love for the work but I was forced to play In my opinion, it should not have been much better if love didn't hurt to raise the name of the drama, understanding love I mean....and what was interesting was the end of the drama But you could have gone forward in the drama . I thought it was very simple In my opinion, the totality of the drama changed my opinion at the beginning of the best but my opinion is that it was an unexpected drama and that made it more excellent

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Late Stage Capitalism Love

It's really hard to trust a Netflix series with inexperienced writers, in this case, it seems this drama is still the writers' only project. The combination usually results in producing flops and slops, and the pattern seems to be consistent with this one as well. It goes without saying, this explains why the dialogue was unbelievably atrocious and mind numbing. The story itself remained in a nonfunctional state throughout its run and mixing it with a half-assed social commentary piece resulted in a certified stinker. Even its creator know that it was a failed attempt so they abandoned the idea after a few episodes. Amidst all of that, somehow, they managed to create 16 episodes. I guess having the characters talking in slow-mo helped, which made it more painful in combination for how the dialogue was.

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