A Good Day to be a Reviewer

(That title was supposed to be clever and funny though I think I'm probably the only person who will laugh at it hehe)

I just finished watching this one for the second time so obviously it has a high rewatchability rating from me, but that is so because it rates highly in my book in every way--except for the music. The music isn't bad, I just kinda got tired of hearing the same couple of songs over and over again.

They overetended the show, imo, using unnecessary (and needlessly long) recaps on every episode and memory montages in places they weren't really called for--inluding a whole extra 124-minute clip-show episode added on at the end. Plus the Uncles's story was silly and also unnecessary, imo. Other than those things, though, it was great!

Cute, sweet, funny, and heartwarming for the first 3/4ths or so when the Tragic Obstacle to Overcome comes along. After that, it's pretty angsty, but not unwatchably so, and you get a happy ending.

And best of all--Cha Eun Woo knows how to kiss a girl! Wow! XD

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Worth Watching

I watched the Thai version of this show first ("Switch On") without realizing it was a remake of this one. I liked it and reviewed it on this site, but of course wanted to see this original version as soon as I learned of its existence so it was my very next watch. And this one was great! The Thai one, though I liked it, was nonsensical, but this one MADE TOTAL SENSE THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH!! Everything is explained! Such sweet, sweet logic! I missed that so much in the Thai version, lol.

I've always loved the "comic comes to life" or "video game becomes real" trope and this one did not disappoint! Great storyline, believeable plots, good acting, no horrible misunderstanding, happy ending. They did leave a couple things hanging, though, a little bit. And I thought the romance was a bit more intense and compelling in the Thai version, but that doesn't mean this one wasn't good. Overall it was really good and worth watching. I'll probably watch it again in the future.

I'm rating the music a 5.5 simply because I barely noticed it...so it was neither compelling nor irritating. But the soundtrack has never been terribly important to me when watching a show anyway.

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NON-SPOILER REVIEW

Overall, this was an enjoyable watch. Its a bit of a soap opera and gets a bit repetitive and tedious toward the end; they stretched it out further than they needed to. Plus I did not like the very end, but if you ignore the last few minutes of it, it's pretty good. Also, that ending can be interpreted in more than one way, as I have learned from other reviews, which can make it better too. For the most part I found it fun, entertaining, interesting, and in places really cute and/or funny. But don't expect it to make any sense. The technology is hardly explained at all and what little explanation they do give makes no sense at all. (What the hell do radio waves have to do with anything??) And the rules for the game seem to be made up as they go to suit the needs of the storyline as it progresses and are subject to sudden changes without notice or explanation. But if you can suspend logic and just watch it for that which it was primarily made for--a cross-universe romance--you will enjoy it.

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