- The colours, the excellent OST and Kim So Hyun’s amazing portrayal are the highlights for me.
- I can see why people say the premise is ‘Black Mirror’- esque. For me personally, I think it captures the darkness of technology in today’s world. People don’t just use apps, they depend on them. So I love how this series asks the question of what happens when we use apps for our romantic relationships.
I can’t think of a better setting than in a high school, and as the story progressed we see the main trio enter their early 20s. It’ll be interesting to see how the next season takes this coming of age theme with the technology in mind.
- The romance rolls pretty quick, but the chemistry of the leads helps to drive it well.
- Beware of some frustrating character decisions, but it helps to elevate the ‘grippy-ness’ of the story.
- This was painfully short, half the amount of the average drama (Netflix is to blame lol). So I have qualms Of it ending in a cliffhanger. However there’s a second season coming (yay thanks Netflix lol). It being short doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad thing. It’s just frustrating, but it’s a good taste for someone wanting to dip into KDrama world. (Although disclaimer, I’d recommend it alongside some great stories that are more of the usual length.)
O V E R A L L : On the surface it looks like another fluffy high school romance, but don’t let that deceive you. The unique technology premise gives the age-old ‘love triangle’ a good shake. Overall an entertaining watch, thankful for the emotional depth of Kim Jojo anchoring this series with gorgeous scenery. We haven’t seen how this story plays out so I’m expecting great fruit to come in the next season.
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(Warning: I'm team Sun oh)I just finished watching this drama like an hour ago. I really wanted to watch this drama as soon as it came out but when I heard that it's a Netflix drama and that it has an open ending.. I was really hesitant. I waited for ages until I saw a fmv on youtube and I was convinced that I had to watch it. No regrets there. I finished it in a day.
The drama is beautifully shot (like most kdrama thb). I love the actors and their acting. Especially, the female lead. I guess I have a sort of secret love for her and her acting. She's just great.
I hope there will be a second season with a good ending and her ending up with Sun oh though. I hate open endings.
Also, I wish there was a better explanation to why Jojo left Sun oh. Like, I understand that Jojo is afraid of him and everyone knowing the truth and being hurt. But there must be another reason. Is it because she doesn't want to hurt Sun oh because she totally did. Or is she just too afraid to speak out her feelings and thoughts? In this case, I just want her to grow a backbone. Afterall, everyone saw her personality grow a little. Being able to speak out to her aunt and to her niece. Now she just has to tell the truth and her feelings to the one she really loves aka Sun oh. I really don't want her to keep Hye yeong close to her when she knows she'll never feel the same for him. She is just leaving him hanging. But he too... He should just let it go. (Actually he was quite creepy when he followed her at the beginning of the drama.)
(Side note) The girlfriend of the male lead is quite pathetic actually. I feel sorry for her. She loves Sun oh dearly but he'll never love her back. Especially, not the same way. And Sun oh.. my dear... Has a pathetic family. Everyone that he loves keeps saying they don't love him. And Jojo dumped him so harshly and suddenly, it's sad.
Thus, I gave the storyline a 7 because of the ending. Oh and because of Hye yeong was being a bit creepy.
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I dont like long reviews so im filling the lines with hearts!
Lots of love????
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I loved the story, and I loved how they put on screen the theme of people not being able to love without telling it to everyone and also not being able to confess it like the old times but only throughout an app!
The first episodes may appear confusing, really confusing, but they get into one thing from the 6 episode!
I devoured this show, and I can't wait to know how it ends since there are two different roads to follow for JoJo!
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Different kind of Kdrama Strong plot
I love this Kdrama because was different, we can see different kind of loves, the young Love and how is passionate and selfish withoute looking who is who, and the adults Love when you find a person who is the right for you and you have the same values, dreams and struggles. If someone don't like how end up things just remember how selfish was Sun Oh, in first episode, when he knew that he best friend love her, was a game for him in the beginning to Challenge Lee Hye. Sun Oh was selfish and not a good friend ,he have to pass a few stages in life and will become more grounded and mature. In the other hand Lee Hye when he finds out about Sun Oh and Kim Jo Jo he stepped back and has the patience to love her and be in his friends side, when the time comes Sun Oh doesn't do the same for him. This Kdrama sends a lot of messages one of them is don't judge someone only about how the way he looks. I know Sun Oh was cute and handsome but Lee Hye has a loveable character and was the right person for Kim Jo Jo. Sorry for my bad English I hope you understand what I mean.Cet avis était-il utile?
Terrible ending, terrible plot
I felt like the plot was written by a child in kindergarten it was just so terrible. Even if I go on and on about how much I hate this drama it wont be enough to portray my feelings. The casting was actually really good and the production team did well. The music was also fitting. The problem was the story itself at a point it felt like different scenario's put together to form a story. There were like a dozen or so plot-holes and some things just happened all of a sudden and made no sense. All I would say is that if you want to watch this I would rather recommend watching love alarm 2 without watching this at all. It's your own choice in the end and maybe you'll like it, for in the end everyone has their own opinions.Cet avis était-il utile?
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I can understand the reason for the low ratings, but...
This is basically a remake of the tv show Black Mirror, the dating-app episode called "Hang the DJ" (season 4 episode 4 on Netflix). While I can understand the reason for the low ratings, I just can't give it a low rating, considering the whole storyline, including the setting.Before I get started with the good, let me tell you the bad:
•The female lead cheated on her first boyfriend, but this is the reason why it doesn't work out with the person she cheated on him with. The male lead knew she had a boyfriend and moved really fast in their relationship; it was more of an infatuation than it was love.
•The female lead allowed her cousin to bully her, but it was because she had childhood trauma. She does heal from the trauma in season 2 episode 6.
•The message in this drama was that "we cannot control our feelings." I hate that message because it allows people to justify their obsession, sexual harassment, and stalker behavior towards another human being. BTW, in season 2 we see what happens in episode 5 when people don't seek help to control their feelings.
Now to the good:
•I love the way that the screenwriter wrote this story, meaning how it is told (from past to present, and present to past)
•I love the fact that this drama was only 9 episodes. Sometimes K & C-dramas have way too many episodes with way too many fillers, and that takes away from the storyline.
•If you watch this drama and understand the setting (high school age kids to young adults), you may like this drama too as it is a realistic feel good romantic drama. Again, when watching this drama, it's showing romance of high school age kids.
Not bad, but not good either:
•The two male leads were friendenemies (not really friends, not really enemies).
•Both the female lead and male lead characters had childhood trauma, specifically fear of abandonment. Thus, the male lead clinged to the female lead, thinking he loved her but really it was more out of fear. The female lead ended the relationship with the male lead, thinking she loved him, but again, it was out of fear. To be fair, most romcoms tend to have a toxic definition and understanding of what love really is. Note: the female lead and male lead were only together for 6 weeks...6 weeks! So, it shouldn't surprise anyone how she was able to move on from the relationship. What I find weird is how someone can still not be over someone 3 years after dating them, and they were only together for 6 weeks while in high school. So I am glad that the female lead moved on after high school. Although, I liked her with the male lead while they were in high school.
CHECK OUT MY REVIEW OF SEASON 2 https://mydramalist.com/profile/TalkingWithYou/reviews/153837
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Song Kang is my only reason to watch this drama.
I just posted a "review" of sorts under Season 2 so it only makes sense that I leave something here too. Not going to say much honestly. The story isn't my kind of thing and none of the characters are actually truly likable in my honest opinion. The only thing I feel for Jojo and Sunho is pity and nothing else. Hyeyeong... it's better I don't say anything about him.Since I watched this in 2024, I don't know what the hype around this show was when it first aired and I'll never know it. But having seen how season 1 is still more popular than season 2, even if I don't like this show I'm going to rewatch it. And because I like season 2 even less than season 1, I'm not going to contribute to it's viewership on Netflix. My only reason to rewatch season 1: 1) Song Kang 2) it's more popular than season 2
Lmao I'm too petty 😂😂
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Waste of time
This k drama is one of the worst kdramas I've ever watched. This show has no proper storyline. Kim soo hyun cries a lot. She cheated on her boyfriend by kissing the ml and acted like a victim. Even, the ml's character is super boring😑.So, a short summary is that don't waste your time on this useless and brainless show
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Fanfic Junk!
Oh dear! How could a full production team, crew and cast members be this damn oblivious to what they're making! The drama was the apotheosis of human failure, an insidious plague upon the landscape of television, a wretched abomination birthed from the depths of creative bankruptcy and soulless commercialism, a festering wound that infects the very essence of storytelling with its repulsive presence. Its premise was a nauseating blend of techno-narcissism and romantic idiocy, an affront to the intelligence of any sentient being unfortunate enough to bear witness to its abomination, a grotesque mutation of what once passed for entertainment. Characters were grotesque caricatures of humanity, mere vessels for the perpetuation of vapid romantic fantasies and insipid melodrama and their interactions were a cacophony of soulless platitudes and contrived emotional manipulation, each scene got progressively worse than the last. The writing was an insult to the very concept of coherent narrative structure, a labyrinth of a garbled mess and mind numbingly banal dialogue that defies comprehension. In fact, this drama wasn't just bad television, it was an abomination of the highest order, a blight upon the collective consciousness of humanity and the very fabric of reality itself that must be expunged from existence with extreme prejudice. Anyone who dares to defend this abhorrent monstrosity deserves nothing less than eternal damnation, condemned to spend eternity in the deepest, darkest depths of cinematic purgatory, tormented by the ceaseless repetition of its insipid drivel until the end of time itself. Anyway, it could've been worse, I guess.Cet avis était-il utile?
Está bueno para pasar el rato
Fue el primer drama que vi en mi vida y eso hizo que me gustara bastante. No es el mejor, pero es muy entretenido y bueno para adentrarse a todo este mundo.Es un drama que puede o gustarte o hacer que lo odies, sobretodo por el interés amoroso que vemos ahí. Jojo ha pasado por mucho y no es fácil entenderla, pero creo que no merece todo el odio que ha llegado a recibir. Me hubiera gustado que profundizaran mucho más en la app y en las consecuencias negativas que estaba causando en la sociedad.
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Trama muito bem elaborada e intrigante
Sei que tem pessoas que tem ranço dessa série, mas eu particularmente gostei e muito.A trama envolta de uma nova rede social e como a sociedade começa a se reestruturar a partir dela, conforme vai crescendo e ganhando importância, é, para dizer o mínimo, fascinante e foi muito bem elaborado.
O romance é o foco da história, o que faz sentido, porque trata-se de um triângulo amoroso e como ele evolui de acordo com esse novo aplicativo de métricas de amor.
Há um claro furo de roteiro na forma como foi elaborada essa nova rede social, o Love Alarm, porque mistura-se o conceito de atração sexual, paixonites e amor sincero. Não sei se foi intencional, mas de qualquer forma é confuso colocar conceitos tão diferentes em um mesmo saco. Isso não dá pra ser ignorado e de fato diminui um pouco a qualidade da história.
Na segunda temporada, a trama ganha ainda mais complexidade devido a uma adaptação de algoritmo e novas funcionalidades e isso influencia diretamente na vida da personagem principal, Kim Jo Jo, que personifica, sem querer, a figura do "bug" do aplicativo. É muito interessante de acompanhar.
Confesso que não gostei de um dos atores principais, o Jung Ga Ram. Mesmo tendo uma boa atuação, ele fica meio ofuscado perto do gigante Song Kang, acho que poderia ser outro gigante, como Ji Chang Wook, Byun Woo Suk ou Nam Joo Hyuk.
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