One Spring Night (2019)

Um dos meus dramas favoritos da vida!

Acabei de assistir esse drama maravilhoso pela terceira vez. Recentemente assisti pela primeira vez Something in the rain e depois de toda a frustação que passei assistindo aquele drama, eu precisei voltar para One Spring Night para me sentir em paz. Como escrevi na minha resenha de Something in the Rain, tudo que é um problema lá, em One Spring Night é resolvido.
As temáticas são parecidas, mas One Spring Nigth a execução é superior. São duas gerações em conflito com relação a como entendem o casamento.

One Spring Night conquista o expectador nos primeiros momentos, você sente no clima que uma história boa vai ser contada e você para e presta atenção. Aliás o clima é realmente algo importante para a construção da narrativa. Quando a Jung In fala pro Ji Ho "a primavera me levou até você" faz todo sentido porque é esta a sensação. A cena do primeiro encontro dos dois na farmácia, mesmo assistindo pela terceira vez ainda foi capaz de me dar borboletas na barriga. A química entre os protagonistas é maravilhosa, aliás todo o elenco é ótimo.

Mas desta vez tive uma percepção diferente do Gi Seok. Nas primeiras vezes que assisti achei que ele só queria casar para cumprir um protocolo e estava chateado por ter sido trocado por outro que ele considera inferior. Embora de fato ele tenha se sentindo ofendido por ter sido trocado por alguém que ele considerava socialmente inferior, desta vez me pareceu que ele genuinamente amava a Jung In, então tive um pouco mais de empatia pelo sofrimento dele. Infelizmente o namoro deles estava fadado ao fracasso, pois antes da Jung In conhecer o Ji Ho ela já não estava mais envolvida naquela relação com o Gi Seok. Como disse a amiga dela, "relacionamentos longos chegam ao fim sem você se dar conta", e quando ela começa a sentir todas aquelas emoções diante do Ji Ho, se dá conta de que o relacionamento de quatro anos com o Gi Seok já acabou faz tempo. Ela estava ainda ali pela comodidade. Mas ele ainda tinha sentimentos e por isso foi difícil para ele deixar ir.

Adoro o clima nostálgico do drama. A química entre os protagonistas é adorável e além do romance fofo entre eles o drama ainda trouxe algumas questões sociais interessantes para o debate. Amei muito! Uma ótima trilha sonora também.

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E' una storia d'amore che secondo me è carente in dinamismo . Battute povere si alternano a lunghe pause. Tanto che ho saltato parecchi momenti.
La scenografia, insomma lascia a desiderare. Andirivieni di banali discorsi sul matrimonio sì o matrimonio no .

Quello che è piacevole : sono gradevoli allo sguardo gli attori principali ; lei è graziosa lui presenta una certa attrattiva. Ma con quella scenografia non è che poi che possono esprimere al meglio le loro potenzialità di attori se sono bravi .
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ONE OF THE MOST HEARTWARMING AND IMPACTFUL DRAMAS

I recently started watching realistic and serious romantic dramas which is why I gave it a try, and it is safe to say it was worth my time. I loved almost everything about this drama. There were no unnecessary plot twists, and no unrealistic scenarios. The whole drama focused on character development, and had a really strong message. In short this drama did what 'Something In the Rain' could not do. There were many learning points and issues that this drama shed light on, and it really did those aspects justice and left nothing un-finished. The cinematography, casting, and acting was absolutely captivating, and I really loved the characters as well. All in all I really enjoyed it, and I definitely recommend you give it a try!

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Feelings change

8/10 iis my rating. This is a 2019 South Korean romantic drama with 26, 70 minute, episodes.

After four years with Kwon Gi-seok (Kim Jun-han), Lee Jeong-in (Han Ji-Min) is wondering why her feelings toward her boyfriend have become lukewarm. Still, with family pressuring marriage, that would have been the likely result if a surprise romantic interest did not unexpectedly come into Jeong-in's life. Jeon-in is a librarian and Gi-seol is a banker who has family wealth and would be considered a "catch" by most. One spring night Jeong-in has a drinking party with her close friend and stops by the pharmacy where Yoo Ji-ho (Jung Hae-in) works to get a hangover remedy. What could have been a inconsequential meeting develops into sparks of interest when Jeon-in discovers she forgot her wallet and Ji-ho, immediately attracted to the vivacious Jeong-in, offers to let her pay later. After a series of missed texts, Ji-ho finally revisits the pharmacy to pay back Ji-ho and he expresses interest in her but she firmly tells him she is in a relationship so they can only be friends. Admitting interest in someone is not a frequent or easy thing for Ji-ho as he is a single parent who went through many years after heart break after his girlfriend left him and his son. In South Korea a long term relationship is a form of commitment and with both families in agreement for Jeon-in and Gi-seol to marry, it is taboo to break up, particularly to immediately enter another relationship with none other than a single dad. Single parenthood in South Korea still carries a lot of social stigma and Ji-ho has suffered derogatory comments since his son was born. So, while their situation makes it nearly impossible to be together, they find they actually run in the same social circles and repeat encounters lead to undeniable feelings developing between the two.
Jeon-in finally decides to end her relationship with Gi-seol and follow her heart with Ji-ho. However, not only has Gi-seol, who had been slow to propose marriage, suddenly decided he can't live without her, he also does not want to lose her to Ji-ho who he considers beneath him. With all the obstacles in their way, Ji-ho and Jeong-in have to constantly evaluate if their relationship is worthy and their feelings strong enough for each other to sustain their love for the long term.

*spoiler alert. I liked the overall theme of this which is which was love can conquer just about anything. Jeong-in did not feel the fact that Ji-ho was a single dad to be a detriment to having a relationship with him. It wasn't that she did not realize it made things hard for them, because she did, she just did not personally care that he was a single dad. In fact, as someone that loved kids, she grew to like Ji-ho's young son almost immediately. The ex-boyfriend became extremely obsessed with getting Jeong-in back and it felt irritating at times because it seemed that he was fairly lukewarm about their relationship until he realized he had competition. Jeon-in's dad was very frustrating because he seemed to be more concerned about social status and appearances than the welfare of his daughters. It was very satisfying when Jeon-in stood up to him about not wanting to marry Gi-seol to help advance her father's career, and later when she stood up to him about her right to love Ji-ho. The music in this one was very antnoying. They played the main song loud and so frequently hat it became irritating. I understand the cultural stigma on single parenthood as we like to think in the United States that there is no stigma but, having been a single parent myself for awhile, I can tell you there is. Many people do not want to take on a ready made family and, for the single parent, you have to be very selective about who you would be willing to interact with your children. It did not suprise me that the main character was so accepting of Jeong-in's son as she mentioned she loved children and, since that is the way I feel about children, I understand it. I lreally like children so I know if I were in the position the fact that the person I loved had a child or even children would not deter. It also explored domestic violence and the feelings of shame and denial. It ended and wrapped up well. Recommend for those that like mature themes.

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Kinda frustrating, still an enjoyable watch?

Oh my God.
I tried watching this drama a while back but I couldn't really progress as the pace is really slow so I dropped it after the first two episodes. As a fan of SITR and as a huge fan of Jung Hae In (I just finished watching D.P. 2), I decided to give it another try. And I have to say that this time I really enjoyed the slow pace, the mellow atmosphere of the drama. I even liked the soundtrack, which can become a bit repetitive, and that was one of the biggest problems usually being pointed out about OSN.

But, as I've continued watching, I have to say that I've grown extremely tired of the same dynamics that keep going on since the 6th episode. Gi Seok is a literal parasite and a stalker on top of that, I can't stand him, I hate him with a burning passion. And I can't really tolerate him on the second-last episode STILL trying to marry the FL behind her back, hiding behind his father and his father-in-law's backs, like try and have some dignity man.

So, I'd say that if you are a fan of slow paced stories and of the two leads, you should definitely give this a try, the acting is absolutely on point and I've loved some of the supporting characters.
But the show can get really frustrating at times, so if you are not fond of family drama/love triangles/miserable second leads, you can skip this one.

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Conclusion: cheaters, aka Jeung In, are just unlikable like that

Went into this series right off the back of SITR and mainly for the sake of Hae In. I didn’t have that huge of expectations but this still managed to disappoint.

The story seemed like it was put together last minute and no amount of good acting could save the nonsensical plot, lines and actions of the characters; particularly the female lead.

Jeung In was portrayed as this strong, decisive confident person while in reality she was just self-cantered, self-absorbed, and anything but decisive.
And her inability to communicate properly was the cherry on top. It made any attempts at trying to portray her character as this private, independent kind of person who keeps to themselves fall flat as all she only managed to appear as was defensive and childish.

From her being passive aggressive to her EX instead of just breaking it off completely to her continuing to still meet up with him after each “break up”; being all moody screaming at him one day and inviting him to wine and dine the next, and dear lord don’t get me started on the cheating which for some reason everyone avoided calling it that. Making it seem like her actions were justified and instead shifting the blame to the male lead.

Speaking of which, Ji Hu’s character I did not mind but at times his relationship with his son seemed.. off and yet again I blame it on the bad writing. His feelings for Jeung In were unjustified as she was nothing but rude to him. Was he just desperate? I don’t know. Their whole relationship didn’t make sense; how they jumped from liking one another to being crazily in love, none of it made sense.

As for other characters, her older sister’s inability to just get a divorce and get it over with just annoyed me. I get it societal pressure and what not but, yet again, it must be the poor writing ‘cuz I did not feel none of it. As for the youngest sister, even though a lot of people seemed to like her, I couldn’t. She was imposing and immature and the way she kept on stalking that dude was just creepy.

Each and every episode was basically the same thing. The plot didn’t go nowhere. Characters would meet, converse in lines that, despite the good acting, felt extremely shallow, argue about struggles that were very difficult to relate to when you couldn’t make sense of the plot and that was pretty much it.

And while SITR was not my cup of tea when it comes to k-dramas, it was a well-written show and I overall enjoyed it. The fact that OSN was by the same director was even more disappointing.
Using the same themes and “concepts” like the osts for instance. Has the show been more well-written I wouldn’t have minded it, but as the episodes continued it felt just lazy.

As far as realism goes, they did get one thing right. People who cheat are damn unlikable.

But to give credit where credit is due, and after finishing this drama (skipped forward a lot of it), The female lead acting in silent moments; or when nothing seemed to be happening i.e. having food, lazying around the house was very natural and I honestly was impressed with a lot of these “just hanging around” scenes.

Yet again, the acting was never the problem.

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Boring and repetitive

I think this is the worst kdrama I’ve watched.

Cómo empiezo? Son 16 capítulos en donde se repite lo mismo. Primero la protagonista saliendo con su novio y ambos discutiendo como por 5 capítulos mientras buscaba al protagonista. Luego ella terminando con su novio y él sin aceptar que lo terminaron, como por 10 capítulos. Luego los protagonistas por fin saliendo, pero escondiéndose porque no está bien visto que ellos salgan, como por toda la serie.

En serio qué serie tan aburrida, repetitiva y con falta de comunicación y comprensión. Había leído que los protagonistas se comunicaban y así arreglaban sus problemas, pero yo solo veía cómo hablaban y no llegaban a nadaaaa y seguían desconfiando de ellos mismos.

Me decepcionó mucho que no me gustara y que fuera taaaaaan malo, porque Jung Hae In es uno de mis actores favoritos y odie esta serie.

Sin duda alguna, si tuviera que elegir entre esta y SITR, me quedo con la segunda, porque por lo menos ahí cambiaba un poquito la cosa y no tardaron en aceptar sus sentimientos y dar el siguiente paso.

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I found the premise interesting and the discourse insightful. I didn't realize that such a strong stigma existed against single parents in Korea. I also enjoyed seeing that contention play out within the female lead - what to do in a situation where you will face personal backlash and also negatively impact your family. Those aspects were good, but it was very slow overall.

The second male lead was relentless to the point where it didn't make sense. The female lead was insufferable at the beginning, and despite understanding the turmoil she must've experienced, she was acting unfairly and playing with both leads' feelings. The wishy-washy attitude, which persisted throughout the drama, was underwhelming to watch. The female lead's dad constantly trying to use his daughter to advance his career was infuriating. I'm so tired of the narrative where parents' views are the end all be all (as was also the case in Something in the Rain) for women who are in their 30s (albeit it was substantially toned down in this drama). It's getting old.

I can't give this drama higher than a 7 because there isn't anything special about it. The story isn't that great: it's essentially a mirror of Something in the Rain, except instead of age being a factor along with a dad who remarried, throw in a single dad instead. One Spring Night has a repetitive OST, frequent lack of chemistry between the leads, and uninspiring storytelling during many episodes. I am glad I finished it but I am not too sure I would recommend it to anyone else unless it is for a specific reason.

I may be in the minority, but I much prefer Something in the Rain. While SitR may have been more frustrating, the passion and romance at the beginning made it exciting to watch.

TLDR: an indecisive and frequently selfish female lead who isn't afraid to hurt others' feelings (I did like her character a bit more as the story progressed but not significantly); a second male lead whose actions rarely make sense and an obsession that doesn't seem to be rooted in anything. Watch it if you want to learn more about single parents in Korea (or at the very least how they may be viewed by society and the hardships they face). Don't watch if you want an exciting drama. Although it is thought-provoking at times, I don't think that is redeeming in itself.

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Its all about the small things

The only thing i felt the entire time watching this show is Heart warming and butterflies. This show really opened my eyes alot more about love and the pressure on single parents in korea

This drama is one of the best so far. The plot is well written. The flow and the directing its all perfect. Ok im gonna break down my insights

First the flow and directing. It is not overbearing and draggy it has the element of content. Meaning it gives you enough to understand the situation and the little things between jiho and jeong in is soo precise it is enough to take my breath away. The directing is so good the way the scenes is taken the aesthetic the angles even the entrancthe ost is on point not too much but enough.

Second the characters and their individuals stories. The way the characters are slowly introduced is soo good the flow is wah amazing and kudos to the actors of jiho and jeong in their acting is so on point Jiho's character is a single dad with so much pressure from society he gave up the thought of falling inlove. But here comes a jeong in coming into his sight. Jeong in is a librarian whose in a long term relationship that has lost its spark. The romance between them is soo realistic and raw. And i feel so sad for jiho the way he is soo sincere and innocent. Like you guys be the judge and give me a head ups after you watch it i mean you guys need to get it haha


Third the side characters. The side characters did so well on the upbringing of the drama if you can say they are the main roles becausw without them the drama is incomplete. It feels if you are there present giving third person advice yeah thats how its so realistic. And the turns of events these characters gives us more flavour.

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was good, at first.

i watched 9/16 eps or 18/32 eps of this drama and decided to quit.

I'll divide this drama (the main couple relationship) to 3 phases:

1. attracted/flirting side while also denial stage
2. accepting the feelings stage and in the effort of trying to be together
3. together stage

i dropped this drama on the second stage. i feel like the desperation that i felt strongly from both of them in the first stage slowly started to disappear. but realistically, it should be. bcos at the the first stage, they were falling in love, but at the second stage, they need to face the reality. how to say it to the people related to them. so, while they are still fighting with each other (in a nice way) they also need to face other people which is realistic but i'm particularly not really entertained, or simply bored (being bored while watching drama has always been my biggest thing, but yeah, i feel it when i feel it).

as they need to face more and more people in the second stage, despite them being sweeter bcos at that stage they already confess to each other, but their scenes were lesser in quantity so i can't see them as frequent as i want to, and maybe just maybe their scenes will be more in the 3rd stage but i can't wait that long. after the very entertaining eps 1-4 where i sacrificed my sleep just to watch them flirt and denying their feelings, ep 5&6 were fine, but ep 7&8? kinda snoozefest. i kept looking at the watch bar (or how do u call this), and thought "y is this so long?", which i've never felt before while watching this drama. after that i continue to watch until ep 9, but after that, i just realized i feel extremely sluggish to continue ep 10. that was when i knew, i had to drop this bcos i don't want to force myself anymore.

a person questioned me for my decision since i gave this drama 6.5/10 for a dropped title (maybe he/she considers it as a decent score), but i think this drama really deserves that score despite me being unable to finish it. i hate nothing about this drama, except the pacing after ep 6. i think the storyline is decent, the social issues brought up was eye-opening, and the chemistry? undeniable. my only problem was that i was bored, and sometimes annoyed with some of the characters, but that's it. is it STILL watchable? YES.

i think that's it. definitely not a bad, dumb, insulting audience intelligence type of drama, and also not a cliche drama. might be not for me, but i won't not recommend this to people, bcos maybe, others will enjoy it.

that's it!!!

ps: jung hae in is so handsomeeeee!!!!!!!

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I’m slightly disappointed in this drama. The style and acting in this series is very similar to ‘Something In The Rain’ but lacks a bit on maybe the editing. I solely went for it because I became a fan of Jung Hae In. So far I like the story (SPOILER A young single dad finding love with an unmarried young woman which would be going against traditional views, the main woman also being completely headstrong and against marrying, her sister going through divorce (end SPOILER) but they spend so much time running in and out of their houses/ office or sitting quietly contemplating the difficult love for longer than necessary. Maybe I am getting old and so losing a bit of my patience but the episodes could have been reduced the amount of time spent doing nothing to help progress the story at a faster pace. 8 episodes in and there hasn’t been much change. The side characters are all interesting but again slow progress on their story too.

I hope the story picks up.

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