Love Alarm Season 2 (2021)

A good amount of people will hate this but I gotta say.

First of all: the second season is better than the first. Period.

To be honest I've only watched the second season because I was very excited when I've heard about this drama where the second lead actually got a shot. I was sick of dramas putting an unecessary love triangle that everybody knew the second lead had no shot (still suffering from True Beauty). I got through the cringey plot, the corny scenes and problematic characters only for that. In 2019, when the drama was first released, I watched. I barely could finish the first episode of so bad I thought it was. Yes, I did only rewatch the first ep, and then watched the rest of the show (2 years later) due the buzz of the second lead having a shot.

This may escape from being a critical review, it's more like a "defense" of an unjustified attack this drama got. I can't get why people are so in love with Sun-Oh. Is due his looks? (I personally don't find him attractive, neither of both, but I do think in fact Hye-Young is better looking than Sun-Oh). But really, you guys should revalue your concepts, that's not what love is, that's not a healthy relationship, not in terms of friendship or romantic. He only expect and demand from people. He's what we call a rebel with no cause. I've heard one of the reviews saying "Jojo had no regards of Sun-Oh's feelings".... DID SUN-HO HAD REGARDS OF JOJO'S FEELINGS? Hyn-Yeong' feelings, his allegedly bestfriend? His girlfriend who always stood beside him? NOO. He did not have regards for anyone's feelings. Potential? No, he had no character's potential. The writers didn't ruin him, he was already bad written in the first place.

The drama itself only revolves about the relationship between these three. To be honest, it's more Jojo trying to live her relationship and Sun-Oh going after her time after time hurting Yuk-jo's feeling over and over. Interesting enough, I didn't think it got dull to watch, and look, I'm not a very romantic kind of girl, I do think it'd be better if they had a plot beside the love triangle, so many wasted material: Jojo's art thing for instance. The characters didn't have bigger aspirations in life, what Jojo was studying? What Hye-Yeong wanted to do as a career? Many unanswered questions. It had a lot of loose stitches, not gonna lie. But still, I liked watching it, maybe because I was keen of the main couple, they really grew on me. I thought they look good together, it had a lot of cute scenes too. Hye Yeong was always a very supportive and respectful about Jojo's life and decisions, while Sun-Oh would only be shouting at her demanding answers, acting like his life was the worst of all. So entitled, he thought the world was only about him. It truly made my day when Hye-Yeong punched him in the face.

Back to my point, I tend to drift away from my subject. In the second season you're more used to this whole love alarm idea, and you kind get why this is so important for them, although it may seem silly at first. Once you get used and set your mind for this concept, the actions and story becomes better (or at least less frustrating and less: "why they care so much about this?"). Although it could be better developed, there is a message behind it, about the issues/bad side of social media, technology and algorithm.

The OST here is awesome, it really made everything better and more emotional. A lot of depht. As you can read by know, I developed a big aversion of Sun-Oh, however, his last scene with Jojo was very good, very emotional, full of nostalgia. It touched me. People change, the heart changes, love change, life moves on. Another thing that usually annoys me in k-dramas is this scenario where someone you dated for a month in high school and that you're still madly in love and it makes impossible to you to date anyone after that (or worse: to feel you don't deserve love again). Gosh, you're not a penguin, it's not only one love for life and that's it. You can have crushes, you can love again.

Overall, is not the best drama ever, obviously is not. But this season deserves way better. I just needed to say these things. Thank you if you read to this point. :)

*I'm rating this keeping in mind the last season *

Lire davantage

S2 is good, for me.

Love Alarm is not a masterpiece, however, the actors are really good, the music is amazing, I enjoy the production value of most scenes, AND, it stuck to the values of the author, which I respect so much. The author doesn’t owe viewers anything, so the hate she, the drama writers and directors are getting feels a bit much to me.

I guess if you are heartbroken about the pairing you ship, and feeling dead inside, you will find the plot of S2 boring, but, that’s not my case, so I was never bored at all, except for one moment in the last episode where they went all mystic. I never even used the skip 10 seconds button, which is usually used a lot.

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Please don’t make this a ship war.

I haven’t written a review in ages but I could not, in good conscience, leave this page without doing so. Not when I feel the score is not reflective of the actual drama’s quality. Instead, it’s been reduced to a ship war which isn’t fair.

STORY - The story of the Love Alarm world is innovative and new. We have a world where people don’t use words as a love language; instead they rely on their alarm ringing to convey their feelings. A disastrous idea in my opinion but one that takes off in their world and quickly becomes the norm.
We follow our three main characters - Jo Jo, Sun Oh and Hye Yeong. Each have their own unique backgrounds but in this season, we see Hye Yeong’s dark secret and how he comes to terms with it. We also revisit Jo Jo’s past and see how she makes her peace.
The story of this season relies heavily on the love triangle - following Jo Jo as she tries to get the shield removed so she can show her true feelings (even if she herself doesn’t really know them). We see how that quest wrecks her and her silence impacts the other two.
I genuinely think that this season is on par with the previous season - we continue to explore this world and see the conflicts resolve in a satisfying (maybe not ship wise for some) conclusion.

ACTING - I think all the actors do an excellent job here. Our three leads excel and really make you take their sides (aforementioned ship wars not excluded). I would like to shout out the actress who plays Yuk Jo for how she plays her character. It’s one that can come across as desperate but she handles it with such poise and charisma that she has me rooting for her until the very end.

MUSIC - I loved the music in season one and here it is again and still just as heart wrenching and haunting.

REWATCH VALUE - I think this is a very personal rating and for me, it’s high. I’ve already watched season one four times and I have this season already saved for another rewatch in future. Especially now that I know that my heartache pays off in the end!

OVERALL - Ships aside, I think this is an excellent conclusion to the story. Many will (and have and will continue to) disagree but for me, this is a 9/10.

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NOT BIG SPOLIER just a few things you should know before watching thisb drama

This drama was different from the others i usually watch. That's why many watchers are dissappointed in this drama. Well firstly the FL mett her first love in school, then broke up with him and few years later falling in love with his best friend. That would not be that bad but they made whole season 1 and 2 look like she and her first love are supposed to be together. I was very dissappointed in storyline becouse i wanted somebody other to be the ML actually in the end i ended up crying. But i would not put this drama between those bad ones, i would just say it was waaaaay too realistic i mean the romance and for somebody it could be a big dissapointment. So you can try watch it but be aware of the twisted ending.

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Me encantó, la 1era temporada me pareció algo aburrida pero esta 2da temporada está mucho mejor, nose como explicarlo pero de repente el drama se volvió interesante y emocionante al punto que no podía dormir pensando que iba a pasar. Nada más en el 1er capítulo de la 2da temporada se ve una gran mejora por lo que la 2da temporada empezó con buen pie, no quiero ofender a la 1era temporada por respeto a la 2da pero el capitulo 1 de la 2da temporada fue sinceramente el primer capítulo que verdaderamente disfruté y me gustó de todo Love Alarm, antes de ese capítulo todo fue muy aburrido para mi.

Esta temporada es aún más corta que la primera, tuvo menos capítulos y también menos aburrimiento.

A diferencia de la primera temporada todos los capítulos de Love Alarm 2 me mantuvieron interesada, incluso en los momentos medio aburridos.

Con respecto al final, me encantó, sobre todo porque por lo general soy team secundario, entonces el hecho de que la protagonista se quedara con quien yo quería y parecía tener menos posibilidades, me hace super super feliz, me parece un final diferente en el que te hacen creer que el protagonista es uno pero en realidad es el otro. Siento que esta es una victoria para todos los buenos secundarios que siempre se quedan solos, Hye Yeong triunfó por todos ellos, además realmente se lo merecía y aunque todavía no entiendo porque kim JoJo terminó con Sun Oh en la 1era temporada (por eso y otras cosas ella realmente no me agrada, aunque Sun Oh tampoco) estoy segura de que tomó la mejor decisión que las protagonistas de los dramas nunca toman: escogió quedarse con su mejor opción.

Entonces, aunque los aproximadamente 1eros 20 min (o más) del capítulo final me parecieron una pérdida de tiempo –(por cierto, no solo en este capítulo, aunque Love Alarm tenía una buena base para ser un drama espectacular en muchos capítulos hay escenas que personalmente no me interesaban en lo más mínimo y que fácilmente pudieron ser excluidas e invertir ese tiempo en alguna información o momento realmente importante de interés que aportara a la historia, ya que Love Alarm al ser un kdrama romántico corto bastante serio, es decir, sin pizca alguna de comedia, al tener este tipo de escenas extras de "relleno " cuando todavía falta por rellenar, es decir, faltan escenas aclaratorias importantes, se hace un poquito fastidioso y la 1era temporada está repleta de estas escenas)–, el resultado final fue memorable.

No me gustan los personajes de Love Alarm, solo me gusta Hye Yeong, que lindo era al hacer sonar la Love Alarm de Jojo varias veces al salir y entrar en el radio de 10 metros y cuando gritó que Jojo era lo que estaba en su corazón, awwww! quiero un novio como Hye Yeong. Nunca me agradó Sun Oh, desde el principio fue malo.

Las escenas finales en las que mostraron que Jojo si había hecho sonar la Love Alarm de Hye Yeong me hicieron muy feliz hasta llorar de alegría.

Es cierto, le faltaron muchas cosas por aclarar, quedaron varios cabos sueltos y cosas en el aire, no es un drama perfecto pero definitivamente esta temporada fue mucho mejor y más emocionante.

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Love Alarm could have been so much more than this.

The concept of Love Alarm itself is so intriguing - it's something that would fit right in with the Black Mirror series. However, it only scratched the surface of this amazing concept which is such a major waste. The plot itself was bland, horrible and failed the bring out the potential of Love Alarm and the effects it could have on society. The series was just filled with childish decisions, selfish thoughts, and half-assed feelings.

I did like the ending though, for the most part. I was only able to get through both seasons because of the actors.

It's really disappointing Lire davantage

the ending was terrible :) i did not like the ending at all and i can definitely say hundreds of people agree with me because there were petitions for that character to be chosen but the director proceeded to ignore the public. Why on earth would the main lead girl choose him?? the ending just absolutely shattered me Lire davantage

I was broken hearted also at the way Jo Jo was so uncaring of the torment she put Sun oh through and still can’t understand why she chose the one she did other than she said he was warm and kind. Sun oh always loved and cared for her too and they seemed to have great chemistry! I guess the emotional drama created by others because of Sun oh’s status was too much for Jo Jo to deal with. I had hoped they could find their way back to each other, but Jo Jo didn’t even try and just kept running away from Sun oh. Furthermore, Sun oh was never given a clear reason her feelings changed for him, making it so hard for him to understand and have closure. It was a very disappointing ending to me.

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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.

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I Don't Know What I Was Expecting ... But ...

I honestly don't know what I was expecting in this second season. I didn't like the first one and the only reason why I got through this one is because I was in the middle of crocheting and didn't want to get up to rummage through my "Plan to Watch" list.

What is the story? I understand the title, but I don't understand the story. I was really hoping for more development and some closure leading into this second season and I still got absolutely nothing. The characters are dull, boring, and completely unrelatable. There is so much nothing, I wasn't at all surprised, let down, or even baffled by the end. It was just ... oh, ok? ... that's it ...

The acting was exactly the same as Season 1? Did they continuously film this or was there an actual gap? The acting is dry and forced. It's almost like they didn't even enjoy the character they are portraying.

The music is lackluster. Nothing memorable that makes me want to hesitate skipping to the next episode because I want to continue singing the theme.

There is no rewatch value ... literally none ...

Overall, I do still want to check out the webtoon to find out if there is some semblance of a plot. The drama does nothing in any way shape or form. I think this was the first drama that I was not cheering for a single character. I sighed a breath of pained relief when the final credits rolled.

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WTF Jojo!!!

Ok so first of all, I really like the first Love Alarm. I thought that aside from the fact that the actors and the OST were incredible, the story was something else too. However, that impression was destroyed with Love Alarm 2... To begin with, I think Jojo was really selfish and never for once considered the feelings of Hye Young, Yook Jo and more importantly of Sun Oh. She never even thought how they felt and the only thing she cared about was her self. She was with Hye Young , but she never loved him truly. And that only hurt him. Also Yook Jo didn't deserve all that pain, just because Jojo couldn't decide who she loved.

BUT! The thing that I hated the most about Love Alarm 2 was the ending that Sun Oh faced. Sun Oh loved Jojo more than anyone, and even though he was never happy because of his family, he continued waiting for her. Because honestly, these two were really in love. And what did Jojo do? She tried to prove to herself that she loved Hye Young! And because she hurt Sun Oh so much and never returned to him, he tried to love Yook Jo. I believe that he was being sincere when he said that he would come everyday until, maybe one day, he rings her love alarm. But nobody can force someone to love someone they don't. But he tried to be happy...

Well, the OST was really nice, but the story was the worse thing for me. I feel like it was extremly forced. The ending was nothing special, more like stupid, and everything in the story destroyed Sun Oh. And honestly, I wouldn't watch it again. I don't feel like its worth it, and that's because the only thing I felt while watching the series, was pain for Sun Oh, and anger for Jojo...

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