One Spring Night (2019)

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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First of all, i love han ji min and jung hae in. I think they perfectly fit well as a couple. If only for the acting, i have rated it 10 but the storyline was a bit too cliche already. Although the story is quite okay but not very good. In my opinion, as a reviewer, they could've done a bit more twist to it. Plus the middle part of the episodes became too draggy. But as expected, jung hae in can really make you fall in love by just looking in his eyes. You can feel the emotions with his body and facial expressions. I just wish that there were more to it in the story. Neverthless, the drama is still okay to watch one time. But nothing new for me.

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Very slow story

I haven't watched Something in the Rain yet and decided to give OSN a go. It's different to other kdramas as the pace of the story is extremely slow and some scenes are added without being necessary. There are moments of daily live - like showing them doing many things that we don't really need to watch/aren't interesting - there are lots and lots of dialogues and not many action-focused elements. This drama is therefore focused on small details and conversation and directed to an audience who appreciates that and won't get bored by the lack of actual things happening.

I usually never skip any scenes but here I was jumping a lot because I didn't care to hear the same, repetivive dialogue over and over. Lots of the side characters were simply uninteresting to me and I didn't care about them.
The female lead was very difficult to like. In the beginning I struggled to understand her motives, her reasonings and her decisions. She was very harsh and had a mean and somewhat bullying attitude at times, but then she kept being indecisive and not acting as tough as she pretended to be. It honestly didn't make much sense and I couldn't relate to her at all. In the middle of the story she became more likeable and I started to connect more with her, then later on she started to act up again. She seemed very much the center of attention, as if the world revolved around her - her friends/colleagues, her sisters, her mother, everyone seemed to run after her and pay so much attention to her personal dramas (even though her big sister had much more pressing issues tbh). It was that typical "lead character" thing - but I prefer kdramas where even the side characters have their own lives and don't just exist to support the male leads.
The same goes for the male lead - his friends, his colleagues and his parents all focused their whole attention and support on him. It seemed like neither of them had their own lives. That was very lazy from the writer.

The beginning was dragged for such a long time while the ending left many things in an unsatisfying way....I definitely feel like the writing was very lacking and I don't know if I will watch Something in the Rain, even though it seems to be very popular/well known.

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Melancolia, vida real e primavera

One Spring Night é o tipo ideal de drama para quem gosta de um bom slice of life com melancolia e romance. Eu como uma grande fã do gênero, estava com muitas expectativas e talvez tenha sido essa a origem do problema.
O drama cumpre muito bem o seu papel em criar uma narrativa muito real com personagens muito reais e uma história que não tem grandes reviravoltas e nem grandes acontecimentos, mas te deixa ansioso para o desenrolar das intrigas criadas. Os temas abordados como: violência doméstica, casamento, pressão familiar, preconceito, paternidade solo também cumprem o seu papel de deixar a história mais interessante. Toda a fotografia escura colabora para que o drama passe 100% a vibe de melancolia e as OST's são de longe a melhor parte desse drama, pois são marcantes e totalmente diferentes de qualquer outra que já vi em doramas. O protagonista, Ji Ho, é sem dúvidas o melhor personagem, pela sua determinação e pelo modo como ele não se rebaixa mesmo que os outros tentem humilha-lo. A protagonista, Jeong In, é admirável por não desistir do seu relacionamento com o Ji Ho e lutar por ele, mas no começo do drama várias atitudes dela me irritavam. Os personagens secundários são até interessantes devido as suas histórias, mas nenhum deles conseguiu me conquistar muito além da Seo In e não fiquei muito satisfeita com o modo como a história dela acabou, queria mais detalhes. Definitivamente o mais irritante era o ex da Jeong In que passa 16 episódios sendo um chato atrapalhando a história que faz até você se cansar. Acredito que a trama em torno da paternidade solo deveria ter sido mais bem trabalhada, queria bem mais cenas com o Eun Woo. Quanto ao final, senti que faltou algo, talvez o desfecho de todas as tramas, o casamento dos dois, alguma coisa faltou e não me deixou inteiramente satisfeita com o final. Mas o maior problema para mim, foi que não consegui me conectar inteiramente com a história e com os personagens, tanto que fiquei totalmente dispersa várias vezes no decorrer do drama, a total monotonia da história colaborou também para que eu me cansasse, afinal é um enredo calmo e extremamente parado, tenho certeza que se eu estivesse em outro momento mais impaciente, eu teria dropado apesar dos pontos bons da história. Logo, não tenho muita certeza da minha nota final, reconheço os pontos bons e os que não funcionaram para mim, mas levei principalmente em conta meus sentimentos assistindo o drama.

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i was hesitant to watch this drama after reading some of the reviews, but if you're in the same boat as i was, i would recommend watching it. the first few episodes were a little slow for my liking, but as the drama went on, i fell in love with many of the characters. i rooted for the main couple, i wanted to kill the ex and the fathers, i loved the sisters and overall rooted for a happy ending to all the storylines. i guess that's all you can want from a drama... interest in a resolution. the acting was also pretty good, with a few blips (the main actor wasn't so amazing at showing sadness and the fake cries were quite cringe-inducing). i also LOVED the inclusion of the son... i find this lacking in many other dramas including single parents. it's usually overshadowed by the romance, but it was pretty well incorporated in this one.

now onto the negatives. i can't talk about this drama without mentioning its never-ending looped soundtrack. seriously. the same few songs play over and over and over again - to the point of them losing all meaning when used over a dramatic scene to convey meaning. the songs themselves aren't bad... but you may just want to bang your head against a wall after hearing "No Direction" for the 5 millionth time. moreover, the constant repetition of the scenes with the ex and the main characters' fathers sitting down and plotting ways for them to be married despite her having already broken up with him and moved on with someone else is tiring to say the least. i think they could've come up with a more interesting conflict to cover the latter half of the drama. it was just ridiculous after a certain point, as you knew it was never going to work and was just a waste of screen time.

despite my little rant, i would still say this drama is well-worth the watch. perhaps not the best one out there, but still filled with many sweet and heart warming moments that i would like to think outweigh the bad.

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LOVED IT!

It hasn't been too long that I started to watch K-dramas. I am sure glad that I discovered how entertaining they are. Every time I watch a new one I discover another great actor and do binge watching on his/her dramas/movies. I am now binge watching Jung Hae In dramas and I just adore him. Besides his great looks, his gorgeous smile I really love the portrayal of the characters in the dramas I have watched so far. I just completed One Spring Night and I really enjoyed it. Thank you for your hard work in doing such a great job on entertaining us. Keep up the great job and smiling for your fans. This new fan will be following your future work.

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