A Hard Watch When You've Read The Webtoon, A Cliche Mess When You've Only Watched The Drama

I don't have much to say when compare to the Webtoon cause they changes almost everything. The Characters are different, they dumb down the male lead, they make the female lead silly beyond belief and the supporting act character feels like stolen from another drama.

For the drama, they added every cliche from other romcom drama, she was pretty, secretary kim, my secret life of secretary is all in here. I almost thought they wrote it to cast Park Seo Joon.
The last part is not as good as the beginning, probably they run out plot, male lead can't act to save the lines.
I probably rate it higher had the male lead can actually act but Ahn Hyeo Seob has been bad, Kim Se Jeong is the lifeline in the this drama.
I think it's right in the middle as a drama. As an adaptation, I rate it minus.

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Forgettable Drama

This drama unfortunately falls into the category of those easily forgotten. It's not a production to showcase Kim So Hyun's talents, not a drama to watch for fantasy genre, not a drama to watch for Hwang Min Hyun, maybe a drama to watch for the secondary character.

Great premise as usual but bad execution. It's the kind of drama that serves better as background noise. The mystery lacks depth and the chemistry between the characters never truly transcends the realm of friendship. The supporting cast tends to be more of a hindrance , being annoying and never changes, often repeating the same actions to the point of irritation.

The only nice people are the main lead and some people in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, the male lead's character comes across as bland, which may be attributed to subpar acting in this instance aka the male lead can't act in this drama.

In sum, this drama is easily forgettable and falls short of expectations. It's a disappointment that is likely to fade from the audience's memory within just a few months.

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Watch with a cup of tea on Saturday, it's slice of life romance drama.

This drama piqued my interest because the promo said about "typical romcom". This sets my expectation on the right level as I don't expect them to have a big life and death plot or epic twist.
The great things of this drama imo is the chemistry. It build up, it breathes and let the couple talk a lot, stealing glances, shows their hesitation, shows their willingness to try, shows their disagreement and then makes them fall in love.
They aren't interested on each other right away but you know they will when you left them on the same work trip

What I appreciate the most is this drama feels like slice of life and full of relatable things despite the fairy tale base for the story.
Chaebol X Best Talent romance is not really happen in real life but as individual, the leads felt real.
You have female lead that works hard and prove that she deserve her spot with natural acting from the female lead.
You also got a very cliche male lead who actually listen to people around him and acted so endearing by the male lead.

I watch and finish the drama for this character and feel like life can be beautiful too and in my personal experience, strangely super relatable.
Perfect after a long hard day for me.
I think what sells it the most is the acting, not just from the main cast but for all of the cast, the supporting cast is dream comes true because they are really good on their own.

This drama has the cons, like the plot can meander to some places to do a side quest, the blatant product placement and the "vacation episode". So yeah if you waiting for the event to happen, it may not be a drama for you but do try, or you can watch the compilation of scenes on youtube to pique your interest.

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The Couple just don't have Chemistry

As a webtoon reader, I just can't fathom how they make this drama go in total opposite of what the webtoon is about.
Chowon character changes but the actress makes it work , but then at the story level, it create so many confusion.
This drama really failed in what they are trying to do, as an independence drama and as an adaptation.

The one things I feel really disappointed is the chemistry, at least they should look like a couple and not like a show window couple. I genuinely can't think that this couple will be together other than because the plot demanded them to. Their character don't match, their acting don't match and their chemistry is barely there.
Wish all of them luck in their next project

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