okay, so, before i get started, let it be known that i had such high hopes for this drama. with a 9.0+ rating, intriguing plot summary, and amazing first two episodes, i was looking forward to binge watch this show as soon as thanksgiving break started. and for a while, the hype was still there. eun dan oh was amazing and funny and brave and relatable and the storyline was still unfolding, which gave me hope and excitement to keep on watching. but then in the middle, the amazement just stopped? the story just got so repetitive (it felt like the main couple was literally saying the same words over and over again, but in a bad way) and cliche. though the show made fun of basic romance comic storylines in the beginning, they themselves used them?? and not for the better.

like in the beginning eun dan oh had a clear goal and motivation: to change her life for the better, to become the main character of her story, though she is only an extra in another's. but she literally lost the will to change it all for herself and decided that a boy should be her fate. A BOY. sis did not have any sense of living for herSELF. like she had an amazing father, amazing friends, amazing (and hot) doctor, amazing support system overall and for what???? she literally prioritized him over everyone else and gave no thought as to the idea that maybe, her life can really be something more than just him and her. and their love scenes -- don't get me started on its downfall. at first the puppy love was cute, the "annyeongs" and perfect smiles made me smile too. but when u see the same scene over and over again? it gets real tiring hellllla fast. by the end i wasn't even cheering for their love, i was just watching for the sake of finishing it and because of the amazing side characters who i loved and desERVED BETTER but didn't get because they're just extras >:(

and ok i get it, had a fine mysterious kind ass (but nameless) man with the ability to change my life waltzed right into my storyline, i too would have fell for him. HARD. but it really felt like he was nothing more than a romance mannequin. at first, he too had a motivation: find out who he really is. and we do find out his "beginning" and "end", but there's nothing more to him than that? he's solely there to be a love interest and nothing more. like i get it's a comic book world, but it's a comic book world inside of a drama that we're watching, and i'm sure the writers could've spent a couple more hours giving us reason to cheer for him other than "hot mysterious guy makes main lead girl happy".

there are definitely some good and great things here, like the amazing acting of the cast and the relationship between certain characters/friends, but the good did not lead up to the hype the writers created in the first few episodes.

honestly after forcing myself to finish this drama i feel too drained to write a full, thorough response highlighting all of my disappointments and the reasons why this drama could have been so much more. there are just too many plotholes for me to list out, too many "could've beens", too many OK BUT WHY SHOULD I CARE (especially with that messed up endings) that i can not reccomend watching the entire drama to someone else. maybe watch select cute and touching parts but honestly, skip the whole middle section, and you'll be okay.