I'm Serious About Dating (2023)

Because love is realistically anything but perfect.

Before I get lost with what elements of this series were absolutely my favorite let me say that, was this for the books? realistically I would say NO, but was it somewhat enjoyable, yes. Because let's face it in real life we don't run into the arms of the one we love, telling them we love them. We definitely don't want to text first, for the sake that I may seem too interested and We definitely delay the 'Iloveyou' s because by then we have given away our power and broken down our walls.
Now let me break it down here and there might be spoilers but

1.) Bora vs Deborah
This was an interesting take because all this was the same person, they were elements that split them apart, one hand a young vulnerable lady who has a strong desire to get married and start a family and on the other hand, a dating coach who just wants to prove her hypothesis about love to be correct, that the success story of love is marriage. This element about her was portrayed in such a beautiful way because this was her inner conflict, she wanted to be vulnerable and express her wishes but the side of her that always wanted to appear complete and in control would not allow it. This was also what caused the delay for her to start her new love too. This is a realistic approach to characters because in kdramas confessing your love is nothing, its expected and there is no hesitation. In real life humans are cowardly and tend to run away the moment they feel something towards someone, this hesitation was a realistic view on love in the real world, people are not single because they are ugly or lack personality but because we are scared to be ridiculed.



2.) Su hyoek's personality
For me he was quite complex to understand because of the character did a lot of back and Forths and to some extent it got tiring. This was also the reason why I had to wait till the end to see them together.

3.) The theme of love
The love in this film is far from perfect, and it has elements of reality in it.
The one thing I loved about it was the portrayal of being disappointed in love and one part is about Bora's break up.
It was not just a mere montage about being sad, but a visual representation of breaking down and someone had said that Bora's reaction to her cheating boyfriend was a bit farfetched and out of character, but I think it was well suited because she had built herself with this image of a successful love life and yes she was not in love with her boyfriend but she was in love with the idea of what they could be together and more so the happy ending she wanted to write. When her boyfriend decides to break up with her and tell her that she was suffocating him, that truly breaks her, her world comes crashing to her feet because she was in charge of the game, not him, if anyone would have been freely leaving it would be her. And suddenly all she knew about love was wrong and the confidence she had as a woman was gone too. Her crying to that extent made sense and this for the first time was not portrayed halfheartedly in this drama. This was the saddest part because unlike fictional characters they just get back up and make a comeback, but she had to really go through it all and found herself again.

Her friend's marriage, the one who is at the final and most celebrated stage of love, yet she questions if she truly enjoys being married and if marriage was necessary at all. Thinking about how her husband's demeanor has changed now that they got married all the while forgetting that she changed too. Her story shows that love change with time but that doesn't mean the love is not there, as you grow older love goes from big gestures of declaring one's love to simple things like covering your partner with a blanket after he fell asleep. Small things are love too.

CEO and his ex-wife
Those at the end of what was meant to be eternal love.
Love is about communication, and all they needed was to talk.
but I fell in love with Uri's character she was a breath of fresh air in this drama because everyone had complicated feelings towards love, but Her's was pure and straightforward she was definitely wonderful to see.


The FATED young couple. junho n bommi
Those at the very beginning of eternal love
One thing he said was he chose to believe it was fate otherwise I wouldn't have had the courage to pursue you. This was also another element, as wonderful as love might seem it scary and whether it be asking a friend to validate our feelings or wanting a sign, we all depend on external validation when it comes to getting courage to pursue love.


4.) LOVE IS ABOUT TIMING
Every couple displayed this. A missed chance is gone forever, and when you think it is too late, it's really too late.

In Closing I was not really rooting for the main couple because they were way too slow in realizing what love was, but I did stick around to see Uri and CEO. This was not particularly my cup of tea, but tea is great once in a while.

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L'ULTIMO BICCHIERE E ME NE ANDRÒ

Diciamolo: se togliamo l'alcool a questi romantic drama resta ben poco della trama perché, se non si ubriacano, difficilmente accade qualcosa. Detto ció, però, è stata una visione adorabile.
Tolta qualche volgarità, il racconto scorre senza intoppi con tanti episodi esileranti. Il principio base mi ha ricordato un libro letto decenni fa di Gary Chapman, "i 5 linguaggi dell'amore", in cui sostanzialmente si afferma che ognuno di noi ha un modo diverso di esprimere l'amore e occorre conoscerli per poter riuscire a portare avanti una relazione. Lo dice chiaramente verso la fine della serie anche FL parlando con una amica di ML: "E se fosse questo il suo modo di amare?".
Le coppie in scena sono 4:
➡️ i protagonisti, che meglio di tutti esprimono questo concetto: la donna che ha bisogno di essee rassicurata anche a parole e l'uomo che fatica a dire "ti amo" ma te lo dimostra in mille cose "da nulla". In questo senso ML è meraviglioso! Di una grandissima dolcezza dietro un'apparenza rigida. Anche se esteticamente non mi piacciono granché, ho trovato la loro recitazione fantastica: le scene della disperazione di FL quando scopre il tradimento...beh...molto brava.
➡️ la tenerissima giovane coppia, Me ne sono innamorara persino io! 🤣
➡️ la coppia di amici sposati: adoro come si corteggiano con ironia per quasi tutta la serie! Poi, verso la fine, improvvisamente scoppia un piccolo dramma che, sinceramente, mi sembra poco in linea con la relazione precedente ma...vabbè.
➡️ il capo divorziato +quantenne, con la giovane stagista di vent'anni più giovane. Lei tenera e solare, lui involtariamente comico e che cerca di proteggere se stesso e lei da quei sentimenti così poco "ortodossi".
Insomma, dopo settimane che non riuscivo a trovare un drama convincente e che non finisse nel dimenticatoio alla seconda o terza puntata, mi ci voleva proprio.
Da vedere per stare un po' in serenità.

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Realistic Post Break-Up Journey!

First of all, love the enemies to friends to lovers dynamic. I didn't expect for this drama to absorb me this much, but I was so curious and very excited, seeing how the story was well paced and how good was the chemistry between the two main characters. The aftermath of heartbreak was depicted in a very realistic fashion. It was refreshing to see characters going through their own journeys of surviving a broken heart, taking their time dealing with it and bringing comfort to each other. I liked that the drama introduced different types of relationships: a divorced pair dealing with resentment and misunderstandings, married couple losing their spark, young love brought together by "fate", and of course our main hearbroken couple.I would've loved one more episode to see more of all the characters I've become attached to after they resolved all their conflicts, since the ending wasn't all that satisfying for me.
Overall I enjoyed it very much, rooting for the main couple and other characters in the show. Best kdrama I've watched in a long while, defintely recommending it, if anyone's hesitating to watch it!

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Daily life love, breakup and craziness

Surprisingly, I would like to watch this drama again some day.
It's nothing special tho, nothing spectacular, no vicious scheming or ploting, no accident, no villains or character drived by evil intentions.
The drama is good enough on several dimension to be kind of self sufficient.
Just daily life, love and breakup, how to overcome (or to be overwelmed by) the bad moments, how feelings are difficult to deal with when it's not someone else having them...
Realistic breakups, good love story, lovely partners.
The production's good with no flat or boring moments, the drama is fun (it's totally a comedy even if we could have had as much fun with a little bit less alcohol...) and I'm totally convinced by the actors' performances.
2 OST are not leaving my mind. I woke up 2 days in a row to this beautiful sound on auto repeat in my head and I randomly hum it during the day...
A good enough ending even tho not totally satisfiying. Maybe it was rushed...

Side note : I like the fact that she redefined the meaning of a happy ending as an ending she choose even when she feels sadness from it.
However, I'm not totally ok with the drama perspective saying that love needs to be expressed out loud.
Expressing love while not showing it, is not love.
Sure, it's reassuring and it feels nice to hear those words but I think that without the little daily gestures that shows one's love, Love can't be Love.
The little gestures are the key of a lasting love in my opinion because Love is respect, acceptance, kindness, benevolence, compassion and clemency. Things that can't really be expressed with words.
So I didn't like forcing ML to say it out loud when she obviously saw and knew about all his little gestures for her, about his habits and way of love (from all the secrets they share about their previous relationships and breakups, she would have some cues, wouldn't she?).
While he accepted her as she is, she asked him to change because she needs it.
While saying she keeps falling in the same schema again and again but whatever, she's like that and she accept it, she forced him to say what he never said (or she wouldn't want a relationship with him).
I felt like maybe at some point it was proudness that stopped him before but not with her. With her, it feels more like just long ingrained fears. I would have loved if she accepted his way of love and, while just explaining and showing what she needs from him, let him some time. If he loves her, obviously this kind of man will eventually do it.
I would have been as pleased if not even more if he didn't confess with words as long as he genuinely shows it. Is the drama not being about loving someone by accepting and understanding them even through their flaws?

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Desternillante y encantadora

Me ha encantado, una historia sobre el amor, sus dificultades y sus sinsabores y sus segundas oportunidades, contada en clave de comedia romántica. Fantástica química entre la pareja principal, y maravillosos secundarios que te atrapan también con sus historias. Yoo In-na está fabulosa como siempre y ofrece un recital interpretativo con momentos que te atrapan el corazón, Yoon Hyun-min está perfecto como editor quisquilloso y aparentemente de carácter distante y frio. Pasa bien pocas veces que las parejas secundarias (aquí hay varias) te atrapen igual que la primera pero en esta serie me han encantado todas. La he encontrado original en su apuesta por mostrar una mujer moderna, que habla sin tapujos de temas muchas veces tabús en otras series coreanas,. Los diálogos ingeniosos, el ritmo rápido que hace que sus 14 capítulos se pasen en un santiamén. La recomiendo para pasar un buen rato!!!!!

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Fiéis ao amor

"ainda assim, não vamos nos arrepender disso. "Como vivemos, mesmo sabendo que vamos morrer um dia, e como compramos flores mesmo sabendo que vão murchar, como ficamos tristes aos dizer adeus, sabendo que vamos nos ver novamente amanhã, como fazemos promessas que não podemos cumprir as vezes, como compramos coisas inúteis, somos verdadeiros ao amar em todos os momentos possíveis do fundo do nosso coração. Somos fiéis ao amor."

Eu tô sensível e chorei não sei porque nesse final. Eu coloquei expectativas bem altas antes de assistir BoRa e no começo foi tudo muito bem mas depois... Eu realmente fiquei feliz com o final, mas eu queria ter visto mais deles como casal sabe? Eles tinham uma química tão linda. O que mais me deixou feliz foi a BoRa ter se encontrado depois do término e como ela deixou o final do livro, fiquei realmente feliz com isso. O su hyeok finalmente libertou o coração dele pro amor, mas demorou tanto 🥲. Com o discurso do final, entendi que foram diversos tipos de amor, o amor de casados que é aquele que tenta até o fim e vê que pode dar um jeito, o amor de não desistir do que ama pelo Jin ho e a yoo ri, de acreditar nele que pode ser lindo, confortável e pode ser retribuído. E o amor dos dois que se encontraram e se descobriram no decorrer de tudo que aconteceu. Queria ter visto um amadurecimento maior da Bomi, gostei muito da personagem dela e do romance com o jinho mas eles escolherem casar foi o tipo de final que o drama iria dar, mas queria mais. Fiquei feliz com a Yu jeong e o Jin woo, a comunicação voltou pra o relacionamento deles.
Enfim, eu gostei do drama mas poderia ter sido melhor sabe? Achei que enxutaram muito, fizeram um pouquinho de drama demais. Enfim, foi ótimo, gostei de verdade mas não amei apaixonadamente.
Parabéns aos atores (vou ver tudo que o ator de su hyeok fez) e irei apoiar nos próximos projetos!

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What a little happy gem!

I’ve been longing for. Decent romcom for well, a long time! The last 12 months saw a number of good melodramas but not a single good romcom! Let’s face it, we need a room com more than anything when the world is going mad!

The story is light, yet gripping and with the right balance and speed - nothing was overworked and too stretched. They didn’t take the married couple or the office couple, nor the divorced couple too far and too cheesy.

The cast is so good and chemistry between the actors was very good for me offering the right punch of goofy and more serious elements. I’m really impressed by the male lead simply because I know the female lead from Gobling and other dramas and she is really good , but he is new on me as a strong lead. Watch your space, I recon he can deliver much more complex roles!
My only complain would be the role of the office admin - it was a bit too cliche and the character came across too childish to be believable for me.

The first film in a long time which will happily rewatch. More like this one, please!

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Gifted Acting, Finely Crafted Story, Best of 2023

I write my review below (after the “——“) and then decided I needed to add a bit:

I am truly mystified by some of the reviews of this show. I never want to say anything negative about people on the internet, but I just don’t get it. The negativity is amazing. Pointing out how the writers never spoke to women before, that it made all women look stupid??? Both the men and women were flawed - as are real people. Yeah, the characters could be annoying and frustrating, but have we not encountered these types of people in our lives? Have we not made dumb decisions that we look back on and can’t believe we did that? I sure have. This drama is no worse in that regard than countless other KDramas and CDramas which did not garner such reviews. This series just did a better job than almost off of the others with such flawed characters. :-(

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When I read that this series was coming, I was truly excited. Touch Your Heart is my all time favorite KDrama. While everything about that show was great, it was Yoo In-Na's acting - her interpretation of her role - that was genius and made the show truly special. Could she pull it off again?

And I was not disappointed! Once again, she was the true driving force behind a series and elevated it to be as good as it possibly could be. She delivered a master class in acting, IMHO. Her ability to communicate emotions. The uniqueness of her expressions and the inflections of her voice... Amazing. Thanks to the those who cast her as Deborah!

I fee a bit like a broken record, because Kdrama acting is often so good, but I just have to say it. Everyone cast in this series was phenomenal.

Yoon In Na... Well, I've said it. She makes this story shine and we feel for her throughout the arc of the story.

Yoon Hun-Min as the male lead was so good. Dang, watching his character was so frustrating! So obviously he nailed the role and made it believable no matter how unbelievable it could have been.

Hwang Chan-Sung's role as the ex. I hated his guts! His acting sparked the feelings we were meant to feel.

Park So-Jin was sooo good in Sh**ting Stars.** And she was fantastic here. Her portrayal of a women in a listless marriage truly had our sympathy. She is just so darn good the I hope to see here as a lead in series to come. I’ll watch anything that features Ms. Park.

Let's hope we see so much more of Kim Ye-Ji. She is so cute and really did well in what I think is a difficult role - both strong and unsure of herself at the same time.

The story: Once again the Koreans' writing craft is so amazing. This was a tightly woven tapestry of multiple couple's evolving relationships. There was not a dull minute for my wife or I and we could not wait for each new episode. As the story was coming to an end I could not believe we had seen 13 episodes already and we were almost done. No feeling of, "This is starting to drag and I need to fast forward" in this series! I know we won't get it, but Season 2 please!

My one complaint is that at key points, the Male Lead did not communicate and it was just hard to believe. I am sure there are people who are, in a sense, broken like that. But he was given so many chances... Yeah, I know it can happen, I was pretty much that screwed up when I was young. But watching it drove me nuts! Then again, the story had me locked in so the writers obviously know what they are doing. :-)

If you want to read a good review of the story itself, check out ameerahcarol's review. So good it reads like a professional review.

Watch it!

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A series of it's own kind

Bora Deborah has been a great watch throughout...every episode was better then the prior episode. It's not a drama with some extremely heavy story line or complex characters rather it deal with complex emotions of our life. Drama doesn't has any out of tge blue story line..it was something which happen around us. As if we are the characters and a phase of our life has been shown...drama represented every stage of love..falling in love, struggling together, slowly opening to each other , having deep talks with only that special someone and at the end longing for a happy ending.
Main lead two pole apart personalities..their childhood was a very minor detail but it helped us to understand their characters and why they are like this ! Both of them don't want to end up like their parents.
Acc to me every actor did a great job. Yoo inna ruled the show ..her every expression was on point , she practically lived the character! Yoon hyun min gave his all in second half of the show and really delivered beautiful acting and he is also the one to br most benefited by this drama (his inland image and internationalfan base both have improved). Inshort it was a great casting choice! Although i would have loved to see joo sang wook and his ex wife story more.
And bomi was way too lucky..she didn't deserve anything which she has got in life ...🙂 only
character i seriously hated throughout the series.

Overall i liked the series.

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