Here I am..mere hours away from the final episode of One Spring Night. I think regardless of the ending, this is my favorite family in dramaland and may well be my favorite drama of 2019. I can’t even put in my own words the wonders of this drama.. thank god for recaps and comments!

And to think i had no intention of watching this at all! But Beanies fanposts changed my mind. Somehow i always end up watching (and loving!) shows that i had no plans to see. Does this mean I should always check out shows that don’t initially catch my interest??

P/s: did anyone else get creepy vibes from the quiet bgm of the show? I fully expected a serial-killer or ghost to jump on screen when they used the ‘drip water’ music

#OneSpringNight #takeallmybeans
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    Or just check out shows Beanies recommend. That’s what I do…

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    I’m so glad to know that another Beanie loves this one as much as I do, if not more ~!!! 🙂
    Most Beanies were so tentative–and some, completely put off– because of the not-so-good experiences had with “Pretty Noona…”, which I totally understand. I’m not a hater of “Pretty Noona…”, but I did reach a breaking point and was super frustrated with it T.T
    Just like you, I think this will be THE K-drama family of mine for 2019 as well, unless something comes up in the latter half of the year and tops this, but I doubt it XD

    I feel that intentions to start a show, to follow it, and to finally complete it also takes interest and the feels that one gets from the show, even if it’s from spoilers or from discussions (like here on Dramabeans). In terms of “One Spring Night”, it was definitely interest (because *ahem* Jung Hae In, and also Han Ji Min unnie), but I grew to love it because of the contemplative vibe of the show, the characters, as well as the follow through with the writing of the show in how it dealt with it’s themes and the things that it presented–unlike “Pretty Noona…”, which failed to follow through with ANYTHING that it initially presented itself to be. At the same time, I actually found the plot itself was rather typical: Doubts and concerns over the main relationship (regardless of where these doubts and concerns came from), a super aggressive ex, the arrogant parent, etc.

    Overall, it was the characters–mainly the OTP, and pharmacist Noona– that kept me around, and I’m glad that I stuck to it 🙂

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      I never watched Pretty Noona so i was safe there! As you said, the plot was pretty typical but the way the characters were written felt like they were real people behaving realistically. The main couple fell in love without much drama, Ki-Seok wasn’t straight up evil, even his dad made sense sometimes with his reasoning. Bad behaviours were recognized and even when their friends were being supportive, they gave reminders to be cautious. My favorite is the portrayal of the women in the story and the relationship of the Lee sisters remind me so much of my own sisters. Lee Jae In may come off as the wild child without a care but she’s the one taking care of her sisters and for that she’s a hero in my book! Jeong-In and Ji Ho had a happy ending, but we know theirs is a work in progress, there’s no magic solution and they still have to win over Dad and the society in general.

      I’m super happy i got to watch this in one shot instead of having to wait week after week for the end..haha..

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        Being able to binge it all at once definitely helped ☺️☺️

        You worded it so beautifully: Each character, and most circumstances the characters were in, was written quite realistically, unlike most Kdramas where the characters come off as cartoonish and the circumstances are wrapped and given Thierry Pretty bows TOO nicely, and then I just lose all sense of relativity that I held for the drama before ☹️ Just like in life and reality itself, I’m glad that things were not all wrapped up neatly and tied up nicely with the bow, but that things were, like you said, still made to be to a working progress, and that to me, also exemplifies life itself— many things are and always will be a working progress; I might even go as far to say that many things in life will also go unresolved, but we just have to learn to find ways to cope and to be okay with that 🤷🏻‍♀️

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