Hotel Del Luna Ep 9-10:-

And so, I am reminded again, about this being a Hong Sisters’ drama. Not that it wasn’t apparent before, but at least I had hope that they would maybe manage to bring it all together passably well. But alas, it was not to be.

These eps focused more on our main leads, which only blew up the issues the progression of their relationship had. It was just less apparent before because of all the ghost mystery solving filling up a majority of the eps. Frankly, the leads feel more like they are still in the process of becoming friends, forget becoming lovers. I could go back to ep 5 or something & not even feel the difference much. It was hilarious how the show did an unintentional self-own with the scene where Man Weol & the hotel employees realize that they don’t know anything about Chan Seong. It was funny for sure, but not in the way that the show wanted it to be. The conversation the leads have at the end of ep 10 was especially bizarre because of how 1) it felt like a conversation straight out of an abusive relationship 2) again, they have had this conversation how many times already? They are basically on two opposite sides of the scale – one wants to murder, the other wants to save, but treat it like a couple thing. Sure. I was just ???? throughout.

The only times I felt anything during these eps was when they showed us Sanchez’s past, & when we see Yeonwoo (my, what a glo up) in the present day. That moment when Yeonwoo & Man Weol look at each other was everything, & I wish the show had focused more on them reconnecting (platonically).

These eps were just plain boring. Moving the hotel was such a stupid development since it didn’t achieve anything at all, except for enabling the writers to fill up one more ep with a semblance of a conflict. Meh. I was watching it because there was nothing else interesting enough for me to watch, but now that I have found Melo Suits Me & there are all these new shows that I want to try, I will drop it . If I do check back in (curiosity killed the cat, as they say) it will be with the FF button pressed firmly, not that I didn’t already do it with these eps.

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    Oh man I am so FREAKING GLAD you said this.
    Their relationship is dysfunctional as heck and super not healthy and I got all the warning bells at the end of 10. So much so I’ll probably come out of my fanwall scream therapy cave and onto the recaps for it.
    And also everything else you said I agree with, so think we shared the exact same braincells whilst watching it.
    Drop it, go, I will suffer for you cos I’m an idiot.

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