I knew Jo Bo Ah would be the weak link in TotNT. Reading through the recap comments I see a lot of people agree. LDW and KB are the only reasons I will finish this drama. Maybe not live watch though.
She’s not terrible, it’s just that putting her next to LDW and KB makes the weaknesses obvious. An actress with more experience and gravitas would help make that OTP relationship more interesting and would add some crackle to it. LDW oozes confidence; it’s a pity for him that he’s not playing opposite an actress who is his equal in that department (I don’t know why, but Ha Ji-won comes to mind).
I agree with you. In fact, I like Jia and I don’t thing JBA is doing a bad job, she’s doing fine, but… man… you can’t win against LDW and KB. You can’t steal scenes from them. No way.
I don’t have a problem with closing it every time. What I do have a problem with though is what is the point of showing dramas?? Like it started showing a random episode of The Entertainer. You could watch variety or concerts randomly, but who would watch ep 9 of a random show with no context??
Hahahahahha ME! Guilty of watching random eps of YFAS and Pinocchio. Since i’ve seen both i didn’t mind but i do think they play it by order of episodes – only we don’t know the timing.
I would watch random eps of Pinocchio too! I know it by heart and would love it! but I haven’t encountered it or any other shows except for Entertainer and another show that I didn’t recognize, although I check db multiple times every day. Yeah, not knowing the schedule is very weird.
If We Were a Season: Did she not like the best friend? Did she start liking the new guy and her father’s affair made her realize it? Was she going to Seoul to be with new guy? I need answers. Help!
She was emotionally confused – I think she may have started to realize her feelings for her best friend, but when it coincided with the reveal that her father was having an affair the emotional turmoil and confusion had her back out because she didn’t want the friendship to change. She may have also started liking the new guy, but not because of the affair – because he actually treated her like a girl unlike her best friend. But instead of these emotions playing out, she had her whole world turned upside down when she learned of the affair. It dominated anything else she felt for anyone. Which makes sense. And as a result, all her feelings were tainted, and she couldn’t clearly assess what her feelings were. She probably didn’t want to change any of her other relationships. But it also made her stop and look inward, and stop having to present this perfect student image to the world; she essentially rebelled against both what she was used to and against her feelings.
I don’t think she was going to be with new guy. She was just leaving home and taking a gap year (which was unexpected of a perfect student like her). I think the ending was supposed to show us that she finally finding the balance. By leaving her home she was starting fresh, but by making up with her best friend they reopen the door to re-starting their relationship – in any form. I love that ambiguity, because they could go back to who they were, they could have a romantic relationship, or they could also not go back to being friends, but now the bitterness of their ending is washed away. Whatever it was they have/had can be defined with a clean slate.
Thank you! I thought since it was a special it would have a clear cut ending. I was thrown off by the open ending. I stopped watching the series after the second movie with Jo Bo Ah. Seemed like all of them were going to be like that.
No problem – I love this special and have watched it a few times so I’ve had a lot of time to think about it. I liked the ambiguous ending here because it felt so real but I can see how it would frustrate people.
I just remembered why I don’t frequent Dramabeans as much anymore even though I have the Pandemic Blues. I hate all of these damn pop-ups! Like is there no way to turn off the video player?
I just click the right top of the player and it disappears until I reopen DB. I think you also gave less pop ups if you’re a subscriber. I always had an adblocker installed which also got ride of all my pop ups.
I have several ad blockers and I contributed however, nothing stops the video player from popping up every time I go to a new page nor the BTS face mask pop-up. Ugh
I just cried like a baby because Young Dal and Young Suk finally found each other. This weekender is going on my list w/ Five Children, Father is Strange and Marry Me Now. #OnceAgain
Oh I thought I’m the only one who doesn’t enjoy her behavior.
I know she is going through so much but the harshness and bitterness she shows is just too much! Sometimes words leave more scars than actions and I found many of her words mean. Making family members cry n then leave..
I can’t relate to her because my older sister is so kind and caring even when she is in pain.
Once Again is finally starting to progress! I guess we’re half way through so it’s about time. I really want the sibling connection to be revealed. Hurry up!
I can’t wait for the recap of episode 6 of UF. I’m confused about a small part at the end. Also which sister does the friend like in present day? I’m torn. I think I’ll stay on Neutral Island instead of hopping on a particular ship. I don’t really like Eun Joo but I think she and Chan Hyeok (?) would be good for each other. The yin to her yang. On the other hand I love a good friends to lovers plotline.
I’m firmly on Neutral Island too because I have no idea where this show is going. I thought for sure EJ was the one CH likes but then it seemed like EH. I could go for either pairing.
I’m also confused.
So much. I’ve just written a commentary on other beanie post regarding this.
I love EunHee and ChanHyeok relation as friends, they share magic, but I don’t see them (yet) as a couple.
And there’s this tension between EunJoo and ChanHyeok. Not a bad tension, but just the feeling that they are not saying something… am I the only one who thinks so?
thatstp
December 2, 2020 at 2:45 PM
Watching Weekly Idol for the first time in a while. What 8s going on with Kwang Hee’s face?! I almost didn’t recognize him.
thatstp
November 2, 2020 at 8:09 PM
Am I the only one here watching Homemade Love Story?
blnmom
November 2, 2020 at 9:06 PM
I’m watching! I like it!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
November 3, 2020 at 4:44 AM
I’m watching 🙋🏻♀️
It’s light and fun. I live for Samchon-ImoNim interactions 🤣
thatstp
November 2, 2020 at 7:56 PM
The Spies Who Loved Me, is Joo Hwan the SLM…AGAIN? Also, where is everyone watching this? I wish it was on a legal site.
Kairoskat 💐
November 2, 2020 at 8:19 PM
It’s on IQIYI in my region~
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
November 3, 2020 at 4:45 AM
Nowhere in my part of Europe 😒
thatstp
November 1, 2020 at 7:08 PM
I knew Jo Bo Ah would be the weak link in TotNT. Reading through the recap comments I see a lot of people agree. LDW and KB are the only reasons I will finish this drama. Maybe not live watch though.
OLakes
November 2, 2020 at 1:03 AM
She’s not terrible, it’s just that putting her next to LDW and KB makes the weaknesses obvious. An actress with more experience and gravitas would help make that OTP relationship more interesting and would add some crackle to it. LDW oozes confidence; it’s a pity for him that he’s not playing opposite an actress who is his equal in that department (I don’t know why, but Ha Ji-won comes to mind).
Eazal
November 2, 2020 at 10:38 AM
I agree with you. In fact, I like Jia and I don’t thing JBA is doing a bad job, she’s doing fine, but… man… you can’t win against LDW and KB. You can’t steal scenes from them. No way.
thatstp
November 2, 2020 at 7:10 PM
I will admit this is the first role I can tolerate her in.
thatstp
October 27, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Lee Dong Wook with dark copper hair is mesmerizing.
thatstp
October 27, 2020 at 11:19 AM
@db-staff can we get an option to turn off the video player please?
Midnight
October 27, 2020 at 1:17 PM
I don’t have a problem with closing it every time. What I do have a problem with though is what is the point of showing dramas?? Like it started showing a random episode of The Entertainer. You could watch variety or concerts randomly, but who would watch ep 9 of a random show with no context??
parkchuna ❤️🍉
October 28, 2020 at 3:53 AM
Hahahahahha ME! Guilty of watching random eps of YFAS and Pinocchio. Since i’ve seen both i didn’t mind but i do think they play it by order of episodes – only we don’t know the timing.
Midnight
October 28, 2020 at 7:09 AM
I would watch random eps of Pinocchio too! I know it by heart and would love it! but I haven’t encountered it or any other shows except for Entertainer and another show that I didn’t recognize, although I check db multiple times every day. Yeah, not knowing the schedule is very weird.
Midnight
October 28, 2020 at 7:11 AM
*Weird for people who actually wish to follow a show they haven’t seen before*
parkchuna ❤️🍉
October 28, 2020 at 7:21 AM
I think it’s Birth of a Beauty, i’ve only seen these 4 so far.
earthna
October 27, 2020 at 1:31 PM
It’s not much of a bother on pc but on mobile is a different story.
thatstp
October 23, 2020 at 7:38 AM
🗣MARY STAYED OUT ALL NIGHT IS ON KOCOWA!!! This is NOT a drill!!!
mugyuljoie is preciousss
October 28, 2020 at 2:46 AM
I wish I could like this a thousand times.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
October 28, 2020 at 2:48 AM
It’s on Viki too!!!
thatstp
October 28, 2020 at 9:51 PM
Not for my region 🙁
mugyuljoie is preciousss
October 29, 2020 at 11:30 AM
Sorry ☹️
thatstp
October 6, 2020 at 10:49 PM
If We Were a Season: Did she not like the best friend? Did she start liking the new guy and her father’s affair made her realize it? Was she going to Seoul to be with new guy? I need answers. Help!
Bebe | Nessa❣️
October 7, 2020 at 12:38 AM
What type of answers do you want?? Spoiler-y ones or one that are of assurances??
thatstp
October 8, 2020 at 10:51 AM
Like I was totally lost at the end.
SnarkyJellyfish
October 7, 2020 at 2:10 PM
She was emotionally confused – I think she may have started to realize her feelings for her best friend, but when it coincided with the reveal that her father was having an affair the emotional turmoil and confusion had her back out because she didn’t want the friendship to change. She may have also started liking the new guy, but not because of the affair – because he actually treated her like a girl unlike her best friend. But instead of these emotions playing out, she had her whole world turned upside down when she learned of the affair. It dominated anything else she felt for anyone. Which makes sense. And as a result, all her feelings were tainted, and she couldn’t clearly assess what her feelings were. She probably didn’t want to change any of her other relationships. But it also made her stop and look inward, and stop having to present this perfect student image to the world; she essentially rebelled against both what she was used to and against her feelings.
I don’t think she was going to be with new guy. She was just leaving home and taking a gap year (which was unexpected of a perfect student like her). I think the ending was supposed to show us that she finally finding the balance. By leaving her home she was starting fresh, but by making up with her best friend they reopen the door to re-starting their relationship – in any form. I love that ambiguity, because they could go back to who they were, they could have a romantic relationship, or they could also not go back to being friends, but now the bitterness of their ending is washed away. Whatever it was they have/had can be defined with a clean slate.
thatstp
October 8, 2020 at 11:11 AM
Thank you! I thought since it was a special it would have a clear cut ending. I was thrown off by the open ending. I stopped watching the series after the second movie with Jo Bo Ah. Seemed like all of them were going to be like that.
SnarkyJellyfish
October 8, 2020 at 12:19 PM
No problem – I love this special and have watched it a few times so I’ve had a lot of time to think about it. I liked the ambiguous ending here because it felt so real but I can see how it would frustrate people.
thatstp
October 3, 2020 at 7:53 PM
It finally happened. Five Children is gone from Viki and is exclusively on Kocowa. Bye bye superior subs. 😢😒
mugyuljoie is preciousss
October 3, 2020 at 11:04 PM
☹️
thatstp
September 26, 2020 at 8:03 PM
I just remembered why I don’t frequent Dramabeans as much anymore even though I have the Pandemic Blues. I hate all of these damn pop-ups! Like is there no way to turn off the video player?
Ally
September 27, 2020 at 6:17 AM
I just click the right top of the player and it disappears until I reopen DB. I think you also gave less pop ups if you’re a subscriber. I always had an adblocker installed which also got ride of all my pop ups.
thatstp
September 29, 2020 at 10:32 AM
I have several ad blockers and I contributed however, nothing stops the video player from popping up every time I go to a new page nor the BTS face mask pop-up. Ugh
thatstp
September 24, 2020 at 4:11 PM
The Spy Who Loved Me doesn’t come on until NOVEMBER?!!! Ugh.
thatstp
September 10, 2020 at 9:26 PM
Jo Bo Ah is going to ruin another drama for me. I was really looking forward to LDW too. Guess I’ll give it a try, maybe I can over look here.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
September 11, 2020 at 3:31 PM
I’ve liked her in three dramas.
thatstp
September 17, 2020 at 5:59 PM
I’ve tried to watch her in several dramas as of late but I couldn’t do it.
thatstp
August 17, 2020 at 8:44 PM
I’m still running errands. Lol.
Bebe | Nessa❣️
August 17, 2020 at 9:19 PM
I was running errands for slightly over a year 😅😅😅
Yuyuu, The Drama Queen
August 18, 2020 at 8:30 AM
Tell me about it 😭
It’ll be two full years in december while I’ve been at it
Peridot
August 19, 2020 at 9:11 AM
I believe I already reached the two-year mark.
Peridot
August 19, 2020 at 9:11 AM
Ah, the struggle. I’ve been an Errand Boy for two years. 🙁
thatstp
August 3, 2020 at 8:05 AM
I just cried like a baby because Young Dal and Young Suk finally found each other. This weekender is going on my list w/ Five Children, Father is Strange and Marry Me Now. #OnceAgain
Esther
August 3, 2020 at 2:11 PM
Is this the motivation I needed to continue this drama?
Lol, stopped on ep 40/20 and I just can’t seem to continue.
thatstp
August 3, 2020 at 8:32 PM
Honestly, I skipped more than a few but ended up going back to watch.
thatstp
July 7, 2020 at 10:25 PM
Eun Joo is really unlikable as a sibling. She has very few likeable qualities to me.
marina
July 7, 2020 at 11:30 PM
Oh I thought I’m the only one who doesn’t enjoy her behavior.
I know she is going through so much but the harshness and bitterness she shows is just too much! Sometimes words leave more scars than actions and I found many of her words mean. Making family members cry n then leave..
I can’t relate to her because my older sister is so kind and caring even when she is in pain.
isa: I'm not a serial killer I'm just really passionate about things
July 8, 2020 at 2:02 PM
Oh you are ao not alone. Shes just such a cold, heartless character.
thatstp
July 6, 2020 at 6:33 AM
Once Again is finally starting to progress! I guess we’re half way through so it’s about time. I really want the sibling connection to be revealed. Hurry up!
thatstp
June 28, 2020 at 6:13 AM
I really miss DramaFever. It was so organized compared to Viki and especially Kocowa.
Zora
June 28, 2020 at 9:18 AM
Me too 🥺
thatstp
June 23, 2020 at 5:57 PM
Daaaaaaannngggg! I felt that from Do Hee.
tsutsuloo
June 24, 2020 at 5:53 PM
What a satisfying smack! Might have gotten as may replays as the hugs and forehead kiss.😂
thatstp
June 17, 2020 at 12:22 AM
I can’t wait for the recap of episode 6 of UF. I’m confused about a small part at the end. Also which sister does the friend like in present day? I’m torn. I think I’ll stay on Neutral Island instead of hopping on a particular ship. I don’t really like Eun Joo but I think she and Chan Hyeok (?) would be good for each other. The yin to her yang. On the other hand I love a good friends to lovers plotline.
miss h
June 17, 2020 at 7:50 AM
I’m firmly on Neutral Island too because I have no idea where this show is going. I thought for sure EJ was the one CH likes but then it seemed like EH. I could go for either pairing.
Eazal
June 17, 2020 at 8:48 AM
I’m also confused.
So much. I’ve just written a commentary on other beanie post regarding this.
I love EunHee and ChanHyeok relation as friends, they share magic, but I don’t see them (yet) as a couple.
And there’s this tension between EunJoo and ChanHyeok. Not a bad tension, but just the feeling that they are not saying something… am I the only one who thinks so?
thatstp
June 17, 2020 at 5:47 PM
You are not alone. I think so too. Like maybe Eun Joo 7sed to like him but didn’t do anything because of Eun Hui.
thatstp
June 16, 2020 at 11:30 PM
Eun Joo is mad that her husband told her about herself. It takes 🗑 to know 🗑.