Love Alarm Season 2 (2021)

A cliche that did well

this felt like the writer opened the "big book of cliche" every writer has and tried to color outside the lines

this was more than "who the ml is", that was never a question, it was just the fans' desire. the true value of this was the metaphor of love. love is a feeling, a relationship needs work


jojo had feelings for sunho but she got too scared, it was overwhelming for her so she ran away, the moment she got the shield her heart felt safe, people didn't have the upper hand on her, they couldn't judge her for her feelings. sunho was burdensome for her

I feel like that's how I usually see the typical "rich guy, poor sad lonely girl" dynamic. sunho was too dominate, he always screamed and demanded attention. he went head 1st without looking at the people around him. he kissed jojo when he knew his best friend liked her, he kissed jojo again when he knew she was dating his ex friend, and he never did that to show his affection, he wanted to see how she'd react

Hye Young was at times too supportive that it was a burden of it's own. he was almost nearing a doormat level, but he also took a step back when he got hurt, and he went after her again becasue he wanted to even when she told him to wait. and I think that balanced him out


to the shallow bitter people, even though sunho wasn't a 1st main, he still had his own love line and I'm happy for that, usually 2nd leads are mistreated..

sunho lost his love become he was too aggressive and he lost his friend becasue he never looked at them, he also lost the only (figuratively) girl that liked him even though he mistreated her too, but I'm so glad he learned that love isn't just a burst of feeling.
love is working for a compromise, love is waiting and understanding, love isn't at 1st sight, love doesn't stay if it's not taken care of.

I'm so sure jojo and sunho would've had a worse ending if they stayed together, he always wanted her attention he didn't try to pay attention to her. she was just something he wanted that was taken away from him...
I also didn't like all the tragic pasts and the parents, but as I said it was as if the writer was working from a book of cliches, that's why s1 sucked xD

anyway I liked this more than the 1st season and I think by now we should learn, kdramas will never stray away from the 1st ml, and Hye Young is the 1st ml

I also liked the length, the ost and the aesthetics. I didn't mind the ep length when the "dragginess" was to show us pretty scenes.

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Not your regular Kdrama!

Season 1 and 2 have a totally different vibe.
But, I think there is a reason for this and it was done on purpose like that. Season 1 describes the puppy love of the main characters, her childhood trauma, and the friendship of the boys. Season 2, although it seems disconnected from season 1, it actually isn't. It has coherence. It's gloomy, dark, it's where conflicts are solved because the three of them are adults now. Because life is not always happy and joyful, at any age but probably much less at adulthood.

I kept wondering why Kim Jo Jo can't say at loud who she loves in S 2. So, I went back and rewatch S 1 for my 8th time, I think. And there it was the reason. She didn't trample two friends. Hye Young falls in love with her but he was too timid to confess his love. Sun Oh also falls in love with her at first sight, she didn't seduce him. And Sun Oh suspected that Hye Young liked her and he didn't care about his friend's feelings. To be fair he asked HY several times, but he couldn't say it. But after many times SO asked it, he should have known better.

Kim Jo Jo was a conflicted girl from the start because of her past, unable to vocalize her fears and doubts she, obviously, couldn't solve by herself. And after all, she only was a teenager. It will be too much to ask a teenager to deal by her/himself with a such heavy load.
Her family wasn't the most loving and caring environment, and still, she grows up decent and hard-working, knowing about life responsibilities way too early.

All her decisions are rooted there, in the unresolute past (at that time in S1). She lacks a really good friend, a good guide in life like a mother or anybody that could decently guide her to know how to deal with all her insecurities. So she became gloomier, darker, saddest. She like every other woman that suffer because of love said those words: "... I already decided that I wouldn't ever like anyone else again". But those words were said in a time frame of frustration. But life continues, our opinions may change and that's is not wrong. Is not lacking in conviction, is growing from experience because after all, all of us want to love and be loved.

Sun Oh wasn't left out there in the cold, by Kim Jo Jo. She managed it wrong, yes probably, but she was a teenager, so from her teen years she doesn't have to be perfect. His proclaimed love was more obsession than anything else. He didn't stay faithful to her, he gets together to Yook Jo showing that he didn't love Kim Jo Jo. Otherwise, he'd wait, and fight for her. He left go of her hand as soon he came back home after the accident. He could have escaped and go to see her, but he didn't. So, she wasn't his choice either. His love was selfish, loud, and violent. He couldn't have a decent conversation with her after they broke up, he only could express himself yelling at her. Meanwhile, Hye Young was gentle and his love although silent was steady from start to end. Of course, he also has his own conflicts, but who doesn't? His love was real, not in the spur of the moment, no just curiosity. He respects her, all the time. He acts based on what will hurt Kim Jo-Jo and not based on his own selfish motives. Because he truly loved her from the start.

Sun Oh didn't lose his smile, we can see him smiling pretty often with his new girlfriend Yook Jo.

The casting was excellently done. The chemistry was there: between the main leads, in their respective roles as girlfriend-boyfriend and as friends too.

The acting was really good, all of them. The crazy, rude, unreasonable cousin was very well portrayed.

I also liked her drawing in The Ringing World. I liked how they depicted her gloominess.

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A Harsh Reality We All Have To Face

Hello Everyone,

I came here knowing that there weren't many good reviews about this show. I will not discourage anyone's feelings in this review, so bear with me. I personally understood this season, and if I were to compare the two seasons, I'd pick both.
We know that all the attention was towards Sun Oh and Jojo in the first season, but the second season is where the "fun" beings. There were times that we support the characters, and there were times where we hate them. But, we all can understand the time where our Life comes down to one single moment, in this case, ringing some's alarm.

This story wasn't about who should be the first lead or the second or who loves Jojo; it was about who she loves with no strings attached. Now, I may sound weird to some, and others may hate me. I think Sun Oh's love was heartfelt but selfish. He was obsessed with the alarm rather than understanding his own feelings. He loved her deeply but couldn’t express without an alarm. At the same time, Hye Yeong didn’t need an alarm to be sure of his feelings. He was confident about his love for Jojo, and he was willing to wait for her. That's why Hye Yeong was hurt when he knew about the shield and the spear.

Now to our most hated/loved female lead, Kim Jojo. I don't think there is any other actor who can portray this character more beautiful than her. She has won my mini heart. If I were to explain her character, I wouldn’t do any justice to her. She is a representative of people who are scared to love others, to be loved, and to be broken. Her actions are scattered throughout both seasons. She didn’t let an alarm decide her fate, and she fought with herself for her right choice. She was scared and alone for so many years, and she finally decided what you right for her.

I would happily go back and rewatch both seasons and understand their characters way better than now.

Thank you,
AG❤️

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wasted two years of waiting

THEY SHOULDNT HAVE MADE THIS. i know season was incomplete without their ending but this, this season, just ruined the whole damn show and I can never unsee it but i wish I could :c. THE ONLY REASON I FEEL INLOVE WITH THIS IS BECAUSE OF SUN OH AND JOJO’s CHEMISTRY, AND I GOT MY HOPES UP THAT EVERYTHING WILL EVENTUALLY BE BETTER. damn, i really thought things would be better, but nope, in to the trash this drama goes. this is ONLY MY opinion okay? i’ve waited two years for this and this is how it’s gonna be? damn should’ve waited for something else then. I regret watching, i’ll say that a hundred more times if I need to. i should’ve been contented with season 1 :[. Oh, if could just turn back time. I’d rated a 0 if it allowed be to. anyways, watch it, I dare you and be ready to hate a drama and be heartbroken.

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Love ittttttt❤...this trio is iconic forever...i appreciate their works and esp jung garam ,he is just adorable..song kang looks so handsome and kim so hyun looks so pretty... I'm happy for this ending...hye yeong deserves jojo so much..i do not know why ppls like toxic relationship..hye yeong and jojo love is mature and pure,everygirl deserves a partner like hye yeong in real life...and yokdu loves sunho so much ,i love that sunho finally realise that...i know it is a app based drama,but hye yeong does not need any love alarm to prove his love for jojo (that is mature)...

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Foi uma porcaria

O desenvolvimento da história na primeira temporada foi bom até, sendo que, a segunda temporada chegou e acabou com tudo. Primeiramente, muitos buracos na história por exemplo: Oque a família da Jojo devia a sua tia ? E oque eles fizeram para ela os odiarem tanto ? Outro exemplo : Oque aconteceu com a última cena da segunda temporada? Não contou oque aconteceu. Já na trama senti que a porta se obrigou a gostar do menino da bicicleta, já que ela jogou a lança nele pelo app apenas para se sentir confortável na situação. Problematizaram o Sunoh botando ele como se fosse uma pessoa tóxica e mal amada e no final ele se sentiu meio que obrigado a terminar com a coadjuvante. Não sinto que é um drama bom, pois investiram bastante um casal ( Sunoh e Jojo ) para no final ela ficar com o menino que não tinha atitude é que não demonstrou o seus sentimentos por ela na primeira temporada. Enfim, essa temporada foi um surto coletivo. Para mim esse drama acabou no 4 episódio da primeira temporada antes do acidente da Jojo e do Sunoh. Se forem se iludir e passar raiva e ódio assistam é bom para isso pq pra amar n eh n.

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im 4 eps in, and i must say, season 1 was way better. honestly, it isn’t that interesting, and got quite boring. there are a lot of lacking factors in this drama.

some scenes seemed so long, but weren’t even that important. i’ve also been watching in1.5x speed btw. i feel like i would still get a gist of the story if i skipped some parts.

could’ve honestly been better if they placed it all in one season.
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i feel so bad for sun oh... it seems like they quite cared for each other in the first season. here it seems like she didn't even consider his feelings much. kim jojo was quite indecisive, and it just hurt others??

i already know the ending even tho i havent watched the whole thing btw, i spoiled myself on purpose bc the story was getting to draggy.

it wasn’t worth waiting for not gonna lie except finding out who she was gonna end up with.

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Extremely annoying journey, nice ending (?)

I spent most of this drama hating Jojo for being a selfish bitch with a victim complex. It felt like the biggest problem of her life was that two good-looking guys liked her and she couldn't decide between them. Also she suffered about the shield when she could've literally solved that problem with a one minute explanation if she wanted to. I even empathized with Sunoh's mom, but not with Jojo, or at least not until the very last episode.

I feel like I don't have much to say about this drama because most things I disliked about it were solved in the last episode. I think the ideal ending would've been Jojo ending up alone, though. But I was surprised at how satisfying most of the ending was. It still didn't exactly make up for 5 episodes of complete frustration.

I think that splitting up this drama in two seasons was a big mistake. A lot of the plot lines feel cramped and rushed, which reflects in many things, like how poorly the whole "Is Dukgu dead or not?" thing was handled. Dukgu also acted as if Love Alarm 2.0 was so much worse than the original, when in fact the first version of the app was just as harmful. Something else that didn't make sense to me was that explanation he gave, like the shield allowed Jojo to choose her crush? Like she literally chose to fall in love with Hyeyeong? Yeah, okay. That sounds more like a cheap excuse to justify Jojo and Hyeyeong ending up together, but whatever I guess.

One thing that was pretty good about this drama was the photography. There are some really stunning scenes, and the soundtrack has some nice music, as well. As mentioned before, the ending is quite nice cause it gives you a sensation of closure about most of the plots and relationships, with some great, bittersweet scenes that honestly saved this show for me.

So, basically, Love Alarm 2 is very infuriating, but it has some good aspects and to it. If you already watched the first season, I obviously recommend this one to see the conclusion and make your own opinion.

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A beautiful story about growing up, healing and allow yourself to change

First of all, I saw so many bad reviews about this drama that for a minute I really thought about don't see the second season, now that I finished I have to say, It's childish of you all to think that a kdrama is bad just because your shipp didn't worked, that was just what I thought beautiful about this season, how Jojo allowed herself to change, to like someone else, to grow up despite all the adversities life continue to put on her shoulders.
Yeah, you all are not ready to read this, but that's what happens most part of the time in real life, you don't have a happilly ever after with your school love and that's perfectly ok.
You have to allow yourself to change what you feel sometimes in order to choose what's better to you. And we do this, we love again again and its not easy, as the drama shows beautifully.
I have to say that Jojo's feelings are beautifully portraited too, as she is discovering what to feel, how to feel, how to get out of the bad environment she grew up and how to get rid of the past that disturbed her most part of their life.
Sincerely this would be just a drama in a thousand that I don't botter to write a review about, but the bad ratings annoyed me because it doesn't shows how beautifully the story and the characters evolved and the story were write.
I think second season is even better than the first one, you should try and take your own thoughts about, I am glad I didn't stopped because of the fuss people did just about not having their ship satisfacted, it's really annoying to be honest.
Just try to see the story as the characters are growinp up individuals, not school students, maybe you will like it more. But if even like this you don't like it at all it's okay too, sometimes we just want to forget reality so this drama is not really made to you...

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Now that I think about it, I don’t know how long it’s actually been. Season 1 of this drama was great. The setting and acting was good but know that I started this drama I feel like, it doesn’t seem right. When the FL ends up with someone else. This bugged me a lot. I don’t know if I’m the only person who wants this but I don’t want her to end up with the second lead but the first.


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Beautiful Drama... watch it properly and then Judge.. Dont look into biased opinions....

This comment is For these who Didn't watched the drama yet and wish to do so.... I 10000% recommend to go for it... Dont bother looking at the reviews.. Beacuse most of these will be biased and some of them are from certain love team who only focused on their anticipated ship didnt even bother watching or understand the massage drama has to deliver.... So Go watch it all and watch it properly... And if dont set baised mindset i can guarantee, You'll not be disappointed... This is one of the most Heart whelming, mature and realistic Kdrama u'll ever see.. That broke all the Kdrama stereotypes and delivered a whole package of relationship and life lesson..❤️❤️

Watch the drama and judge by ur own intellect.....and plzz support the Actors and production team for their hard work....

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A Satisfying Finale Season

Okay so first of all, common reason why the ratings are so low because most of them are rooting for Sun Ho, I understand your frustration but obviously Hye Yeong deserves it too and I'm so happy that he is the one Kim Jojo choose.

STORY

The unique thing about this drama is the Love Alarm concept, which were the reason why viewers are so into it in the first place. I really love how they manage to pull off the flow of the story and how they connected "The Ringing World" by Jojo to the app itself. The love alarm app is too cute but not really commendable to function in real life cause it's dangerous and manipulative to people feelings. Aside from the love alarm app, most stories are cliche. I really love the ending, looking back at season 1, all of my questions has finally been answered in this season.

ACTING

Kim So Hyun always slaying her role, actually she is my favorite Korean actress and no doubt that the role of Kim Jojo perfectly fits her.

Jung Ga Ram also captivates my attention because of his expressive facial expression. I love him and the way he delivers the character of Hye Yeong is excellent. Then Song Kang acting is good too.

Go Min Si, compare to the first season, her character here is kinda cute. I was really irritated to her on the first season but luckily the character development helps the shows to became light and take a rest from the love triangle drama.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

As expected for a Korean series, they never fails to amaze me on how beautiful they creates shots and produce films.

MUSIC

This season was full of English songs and I love it. The music gives more emotion and impact to the story and it is a well suited one so I really enjoyed listening to it while watching the show.

REASONS WHY HYE YEONG IS THE ONE DESERVES SO MUCH LOVE:
(Since S1 EP1, I am a proud Team Hye Yeong)

1. He has the characteristics to be a role model at such a young age. Although he was born from a poor family without a father, it didn't let this situation to be his flaws. Appeal to Pity doesn't found on him and that's why I like how they started the story with Hye Yeong working and studying at the same time. Such a hard-working man since then.
2. He is the first one to notice Jojo. But then Sun Ho appears on the scene and fall in love with the same girl, at the ending at some point I feel sad about Sun Oh and it shows that the love triangle in the drama is effective.
3. He is a man of words.
4. Caring, kind, and lovely.
5. Willing to wait for the one he love.
6. He is soooo cute!!

I'm late watching this because I was bored after the poor feedback from the show but thankfully I still watched this. To be honest, it was a good drama and I don't think that it deserves a poor rating from the people who only came here for romance. Like just look on how they tells the past of Kim Jojo and how it traumatize her, she overcome it in the end by accepting her own and stating to herself that she is worthy to be alive. There are too many lessons in the show too but yeah since it is a romance drama people are expecting to let their bet lead to be the end game for Jojo but since majority of them is team Sun Ho, the disappointments affects the ratings.

Lesson I learned from Love Alarm 2:

"Liking someone isn't something to be sorry for, and expressing yourself sincerely is the best thing you can do for yourself and others."

PS: It's really hard to tell someone that you like him/her and even though the world rules with Love Alarm, I didn't want to install it.

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