I was advocating for getting rid of downvotes, but now I\’m kind of sad to not see my downvote count anymore. I think it was around 130, I considered that a badge of honor lol.
Saikou no rikon, Date [ LOVED both of these], A restaurant with many problems [awesome drama with a gang of girls, All about my siblings, Boku unmei no hito desu, We married as a job. I loved the first four the most, but saikou, date, and boku unmei are more romance oriented, rest are a bit general? If you are into mystery genre, let me know.
Oh kazoku game is great too! I have seen nothing like this in my life lol.
On the romance genre, want to add ‘rich man, poor woman’. I got my new crush Shun Oguri while watching this one lol.
Also for any of the romances, do any of them have a decent amount of skinship/kissing/ect.? I hate it when so many j-romances I’ve seen wait until the last ep. for the characters to date and gives them like one super chaste kiss lol.
Actually jdramas don’t have much of skinships. Like their idea of romance is still very much vocal and less anything physical, so you will be disappointed if you want something like KDramas. There are these new dramas which you could check out for more romances since they are mostly based on romance theme I think :
Hapimari
Please love the useless me
Seisei Suruhodo, Aishiteru
Tokyo tarareba musume (loved this one)
I’m taking the day off
Public affairs office in the sky(yui aragaki is cute)
Love shuffle
The reason I can’t find my love
If you want to see romance, I think Japanese movies have covered quite a lot of it, there are lot of live action movies which don’t disappoint. One of the recent one that I loved has to be ‘Orange’.
In case of action, Nobunaga Concerto was great, a bit of a time travel drama, but it was a mad ride, though the ending was a bit sad. Also the ones I have watched:
Hard nut (one genius scientist girl and a police officer works tofethr to solve cases, loved their camaraderie. The girl’s crush on the officer was so cute!)
Border, ( shun oguri) a bit dark but it’s a critically acclaimed one I heard. Though I haven’t finished it yet so can’t tell how it went.
Dong Ha did an amazing job portraying Jung Hyung-soo and I hope to see him in a more prominent preferably non-villainous role next time, so I don\’t have to feel bad about stanning his character.
At least Jiwook’s hair is back to being ridiculously sexy! The hairstyle he had as a lawyer was cute, but this hairstyle just screams… sex. I want to have sex with his hair. That’s weird, I’m sorry.
Lol. If I was Bong-hee I’d be all “baby, I can’t wait, don’t take a shower” so he wouldn’t ruin his hair, if you know what I mean~ (I guess someone didn’t like my racy humor though, but this is a show with implied sex scenes and naked cuddling, so lol)
That random downvoter can get bent. I was ready for Bong Hee to jump him (and I am NOT just talking about a fierce hug here) at the courtroom in those final scenes. I was like—do the courtroom doors lock? Or when Eun Hyuk was nudging her towards him I was ready for things to go down audience be damned. Like. They keep sending each other these smoldering looks when the other isn’t looking. Stop it! Go do some things.
The last ep. of Suspicious Partner will be like 90% fanservice, right? It\’d better be after that twist that I did not ask for or want. This is why stanning murderers/villains isn\’t a good idea, right?
@fatcat007 – Yeah, because of his scandals, he’s really disliked here. People were really angry about him getting cast in Kim Eun-sook’s new drama Mr. Sunshine. I got downvotes for basically correcting people who seemed to think his career was over and KES was out of her mind for casting a scandal-ridden actor, by pointing out that his latest movies have been huge box office hits in Korea and that his career really hasn’t taken a big hit. Others got downvotes for simply saying they liked LBH or didn’t care about his personal life. It was really ridiculous.
omg I just searched the internet about the scandal & stuff & I had no idea so many things happened.
But I too don’t care about his personal life, he’s a good actor & KES casting him in Mr. Sunshine is great.
100 downvotes, good grief!
I mean I think Lee Byung-hun is gross, but I wouldn’t go around giving people who think otherwise downvotes. People need to grow up seriously.
Good thing you’ve got LBH to act as your human shield! I mean look at those muscles, I’m pretty sure he can easily twist all those thumbs into upvotes haha 😛
Gosh these two are so adorable now that they are dating! SO CUTE!!! Please watch this drama if you have never seen it before and like noona romances, it’s really good trust me! #TWWSWTM
It\’s interesting I noticed I get most of my downvotes well after I posted my comments and usually after the discussion has largely quieted down. Well, 4 more to 100! LAY \’EM ON ME!!
Oh, puppy, you probably gave yourself serious burns on your scalp to go from black hair to this in a single night. And you only look younger! Still though *swoon* #TWWSWTM
Ugh the angst I can\’t. Just talk to each other please! And girl you tried to use Min-jae for a bet TWICE, so don\’t you be acting all high and mighty. Listen to Bu-gi, always listen to Bu-gi!! #TWWSWTM
Both lol! It’s actually really good (Javabeans and girlfriday both rated it an A if you trust their opinion), but Kim Bum is a nice bonus. As long as you’re cool with noona dramas I’d highly recommend it.
Oh yeah, the angst doesn’t last that long really and is pretty tolerable. It’s definitely feel good with a nice swoony romance, but also focuses a lot on the side characters and the friendship between three 30’s somethings career women.
Umm… yes, you do. I mean you’ve only spent the past couple years of your life trying to ruin this woman’s career. How I wish there was a murderer in this drama just to pick this asshat off. #TWWSWTM
Another poor defense I\’ve seen for TBH is that \”the writers intended it to be this way\”. Yeah and? So what? Why does intent matter when I think the outcome is bad? This one\’s not even worthy of a rant lol.
I’ve given up on it. I think I might finish it one day, but the moment I saw that clichéd who-will-get-there-first ending in episode 18, I just lost all desire to watch it. And I don’t ship anyone…
I’ve been trying to figure out why I hated Friday’s episode of The Best Hit soooo much. Was it just because things weren’t going the way I thought they should? Isn’t being surprised good? Was it because I am worried about Ji-hoon disappearing ala Back to the Future? Was it because there was no Grandpa and Mal-sook? Was it because it was focused on romance? But that can’t be — I love romance. Was it just because I am on the wrong ship?
And why don’t I like Hyun-jae more? I love Yoon Shi-yoon. I’ve liked jerk protagonists before. And what girlfriday said about realizing you are no longer young and hip and cool and are supposed to be peers with the parents rang true to me. But somehow, I hate Hyun-jae. He is just so very very self-centered. And I find that annoying rather than funny.
Fortunately, for me at least, Saturday’s episode was much better. Grandpa and Mal-sook were back. Hyun-jae owned being selfish and started trying to change. And Hyun-jae also actually saw Bo-hee. As a person. Who loved him. And saw evidence from his future self that he loved her once.
And can I just tell you how very much I loved the La La Land nod? It was the perfect was to acknowledge that Hyun-jae’s feelings for Woo-seung were real, and they could have been cute together, but some things are just not meant to be. I’m going to be pissed if they take that back next week.
Well I haven’t actually been watching since ep. 20, just following the recaps. If it improves I’ll go back and watch, but I’m not confident it will, so I’ll wait until the very end. I agree with you in that I never cared for Hyun-jae nearly as much as everyone else, even though I adore YSY. Even in the first few eps I was getting really annoyed with all the people screaming for more screentime for YSY, because I really loved all the characters and didn’t want him to outshine everyone else. Then once he modernized himself, I really completely lost interest in him. He just wasn’t funny anymore and like you said mostly just a selfish jerk.
Hmm I went and watched a bit of ep 24 (skipped through lol) and see what you mean about it improving, but I’m still not convinced they won’t go with HJ/WS, because knetz will riot if they don’t. This ep would be a nice farewell to HJ/WS, but it could just be typical relationship angst in the last third of a drama to keep them separated for a bit longer. However I remain doubly convinced that regardless of what they do with HJ/WS, I think HJ is definitely really and truly JH’s birth father. The secret code pretty much confirms that BH and HJ dated. If they spend the next 4 episodes clearing up the mystery of HJ’s disappearance, allowing JH some time to finally bond with HJ (although I imagine we will have to spend a good episode of two with JH understandably wanting nothing to do with HJ), giving us heartwarming moments between family/friends, and seeing everyone following their dreams, and preferably having Hyun-jae say his goodbyes and being unable to stay in the present, then I will be able to forget all my frustrations and remember this drama fondly. It’s already past the point where I thought it was going to be one of my favorite dramas ever, but I think I can at least like it if they clear everything up in the end.
I’ll let you know if it is a fluke or a turning point. Because you’re right, it could go either way at this point, and I’m not sure I trust them anymore to go the right way. The right way being the way I want things to go, of course. 😉 Fingers crossed for a turning point.
Don’t know if you caught it, but we also got another confirmation of Hyun-jae and Bo-hee dating. Hyun-jae found his notebook in Young-jae’s safe and started flipping through it. It had notes in it about meeting Bo-hee. The whole Hyun-jae is not really Ji-hoon’s father theory has never made any sense to me.
Lol thanks. I didn’t catch that but yeah that’s even more evidence. Usually the twists in dramas are that people are related and didn’t know it, not that they aren’t related lol. I don’t care about ships anymore if I ever really did, but I would flip tables if HJ isn’t JH’s father, because that’s what originally hooked me to this show. I think I just need to stay away from the recap comments now since some people just can’t handle criticism and continue to attack all the critics as only caring about shipping and not addressing any of our arguments. *sigh*
Well . . . it’s over. I still think my ending would have been better. And it took me a few attempts to get through this week’s episodes. But at least they didn’t pull out a last minute birth secret for Ji-hoon. And there were a few good scenes mixed in.
But. Ugg. I’m glad this show worked for a lot of people, but overall, I found it VERY frustrating. I liked 1994 Hyun-jae more in the tiny glimpse we had of him than I did any of 1993 Hyun-jae. Even by the very end when he had grown somewhat. Somewhat. Of course, then 1994 Hyun-jae decided that the future needed to stay the same. Why? I don’t know. So his alter ego could go back to his cell phone, I guess.
Thanks for the update. So I guess all my theories were right (I predicted the two Hyun-jae’s/multiverse back in the very beginning of the show) and I get to say I told you so to everyone that insisted to me that there’s no way HJ would really be JH’s father. But somehow it’s even more frustrating that they kept it that way yet barely bothered to develop any meaningful relationship between HJ-JH. And the love triangle and main loveline is still very much gross to me even with two Hyun-jae’s. Even ignoring the vaguely incestuous undertones the main loveline would never have drawn me in, it was so BORING and cliche and made me hate WS. Also from recaps it really seems like Hyun-jae took over the show completely half-way through and everyone else was relegated to side characters even though early on the screentime was pretty even for everyone. This drama would have been so much better had they just not given HJ a loveline at all. I also would’ve liked it if it was 1994 HJ who time-traveled after already fathering JH so he would’ve felt more responsible and if anything have a love triangle with GJ (preferably resolved quickly without much frustration though) over BH (obviously his love for BH would be doomed, but that would be part of his character growth to come to terms with how people have moved on since his disappearance) instead of with his own son. I’m glad I saved myself the trouble of watching the 2nd half of the show. Now I have Reunited Worlds which is pretty much what I wanted from the emotional aspect of The Best Hit (obviously I wanted it to be a comedy first and foremost, but the emotional impact of someone seemingly dying only to show up years later unaged is much better handled in RU than it ever was in TBH). Hoping this one won’t disappoint me as much.
Yes!!!! To everything you said. I wish I could thumbs-up multiple times.
Fingers crossed for Reunited Worlds. At least this time I like the lead right off the bat and don’t feel like I have to wait for him to grow up and start seeing the people around him.
I’d like to rant a bit about the common defense of a drama that’s getting criticism which attempts to invalidate their arguments by claiming that the critics are primarily just upset that their ship isn’t endgame. This is mostly in regards to The Best Hit, but I’ve seen it before with other dramas.
First of all, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with not liking a drama because your ship isn’t endgame! I’m really confused as to how this is even a thing people think is bad. I suppose the idea is that you are being shallow if you don’t like a drama solely (though most of the time if you bother to read people’s whole arguments this is not the only reason) because your ship isn’t turning out well. But this is primarily ROMANCE dramas we are talking about. If not liking the main or even secondary romance in a romance drama is not a valid reason to not like and drop the drama, then by god what is??? Even if it’s not a romance drama, so long as the pairing is taking up screen time and making you uncomfortable it’s perfectly fine to drop the drama because of it! Don’t force yourself to keep watching something you aren’t enjoying just because you think the reasons you aren’t enjoying it are shallow. There are also a lot of really good reasons someone might not like/be uncomfortable with a particular romantic pairing. Maybe it’s because of personal experience or something, you never know. Even if there isn’t such a reason, that’s fine. You are allowed to just not like a drama because you don’t like the romantic pairings in it. That’s totally cool and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise or make you afraid to state your opinion.
Second of all, this defense works both ways lol. I can easily say all the people who like the drama only like it because their ship is endgame. Now just like it’s fine to dislike a drama mainly because of the romantic pairings, it’s also fine to like it mainly because of liking the romantic pairings. God knows how many dramas I liked and finished primarily because the leads had amazing chemistry even though maybe everything else kind of sucked. But my point is that just like saying everyone only likes this drama because their ship is sailing is a poor criticism, saying everyone only dislikes this drama because their ship is sinking is an equally poor defense. Either way there’s not much you can do to prove it and ultimately you are just deflecting from the actual criticisms/praise the drama is getting. Address what people are actually saying instead of attacking the supposed reasons they are saying it.
Why is Shin-young’s sunbae such an ass!? Why is he so hellbent on ruining her career? Does he actually like her and thinks she’ll marry him if he makes her quit her job or something??? #TWWSWTGM
Showing up during a cold night with hot coffee and sweet potatoes, bringing the sweet potato stand to her, so she can warm up by the fire, sharing his scarf with her. I CANT TOO SWOONY #TWWSWTGM
I absolutely want to punch Shin-young’s sunbae right in the throat. At first I thought he was another guy into her but now I think he’s just a jerk. :/
You are flying through, I’m only about halfway through 6 (you can post spoilers though, since I pretty much already know what happens). If he’s just a jerk I don’t get why he seems so obsessed just with her and destroying her career, but not with anyone else.
Its a marathon weekend. I have one more paper to write which I’m going to do in the morning and no desire to interact with the world. Its a mess out there. The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry and dramabeans it is. 🙂
peichi
July 25, 2017 at 8:58 PM
Oppa is very happy downvotes went away, but now he has to find another way to maintain his youth.
peichi
July 25, 2017 at 8:45 PM
I was advocating for getting rid of downvotes, but now I\’m kind of sad to not see my downvote count anymore. I think it was around 130, I considered that a badge of honor lol.
miselpo
July 25, 2017 at 8:51 PM
What what it’s gone?!?! Kind of sad either even though my achievement was only a bit of dust compare to you.
ObsessedMuch
July 25, 2017 at 9:24 PM
I think @yuelie will be upset too! She wanted to beat your downvote record and she had even reached the halfway mark! 😛
UmbrellaMan
July 25, 2017 at 9:51 PM
Hahahaha
mary
July 25, 2017 at 9:38 PM
LOL I knew someone would be sad
fatcat007
July 25, 2017 at 10:44 PM
No downvotes for oppa anymore! 💕
peichi
July 18, 2017 at 12:30 PM
It\’s been forever since I\’ve watched a j-drama, any recs? Something from the last 3 yrs, any genre is fine.
Jrr
July 18, 2017 at 12:38 PM
Ouroboros for crime/thriller;
From Five to Nine for romcom;
We Married as Job for slice of life/romcom!
fay17
July 18, 2017 at 12:41 PM
Saikou no rikon, Date [ LOVED both of these], A restaurant with many problems [awesome drama with a gang of girls, All about my siblings, Boku unmei no hito desu, We married as a job. I loved the first four the most, but saikou, date, and boku unmei are more romance oriented, rest are a bit general? If you are into mystery genre, let me know.
fay17
July 18, 2017 at 12:45 PM
Oh kazoku game is great too! I have seen nothing like this in my life lol.
On the romance genre, want to add ‘rich man, poor woman’. I got my new crush Shun Oguri while watching this one lol.
peichi
July 18, 2017 at 8:18 PM
Thanks for the recs. And yeah I like mystery.
peichi
July 18, 2017 at 8:27 PM
Also for any of the romances, do any of them have a decent amount of skinship/kissing/ect.? I hate it when so many j-romances I’ve seen wait until the last ep. for the characters to date and gives them like one super chaste kiss lol.
fay17
July 19, 2017 at 3:10 AM
Actually jdramas don’t have much of skinships. Like their idea of romance is still very much vocal and less anything physical, so you will be disappointed if you want something like KDramas. There are these new dramas which you could check out for more romances since they are mostly based on romance theme I think :
Hapimari
Please love the useless me
Seisei Suruhodo, Aishiteru
Tokyo tarareba musume (loved this one)
I’m taking the day off
Public affairs office in the sky(yui aragaki is cute)
Love shuffle
The reason I can’t find my love
If you want to see romance, I think Japanese movies have covered quite a lot of it, there are lot of live action movies which don’t disappoint. One of the recent one that I loved has to be ‘Orange’.
In case of action, Nobunaga Concerto was great, a bit of a time travel drama, but it was a mad ride, though the ending was a bit sad. Also the ones I have watched:
Hard nut (one genius scientist girl and a police officer works tofethr to solve cases, loved their camaraderie. The girl’s crush on the officer was so cute!)
Border, ( shun oguri) a bit dark but it’s a critically acclaimed one I heard. Though I haven’t finished it yet so can’t tell how it went.
fay17
July 19, 2017 at 3:11 AM
Work together*
peichi
July 12, 2017 at 9:35 PM
Dong Ha did an amazing job portraying Jung Hyung-soo and I hope to see him in a more prominent preferably non-villainous role next time, so I don\’t have to feel bad about stanning his character.
renebean
July 22, 2017 at 4:41 PM
Same he’s one of my favourite actors since watching him in sp and chief Kim.
peichi
July 12, 2017 at 9:28 PM
At least Jiwook’s hair is back to being ridiculously sexy! The hairstyle he had as a lawyer was cute, but this hairstyle just screams… sex. I want to have sex with his hair. That’s weird, I’m sorry.
C.Lo
July 12, 2017 at 9:35 PM
😂 He looks really handsome 😍
isa
July 12, 2017 at 9:42 PM
I have a friend who wants to delicately nibble Kim Woo Bins eyebrows.
peichi
July 12, 2017 at 10:07 PM
Lol. If I was Bong-hee I’d be all “baby, I can’t wait, don’t take a shower” so he wouldn’t ruin his hair, if you know what I mean~ (I guess someone didn’t like my racy humor though, but this is a show with implied sex scenes and naked cuddling, so lol)
isa
July 12, 2017 at 10:14 PM
That random downvoter can get bent. I was ready for Bong Hee to jump him (and I am NOT just talking about a fierce hug here) at the courtroom in those final scenes. I was like—do the courtroom doors lock? Or when Eun Hyuk was nudging her towards him I was ready for things to go down audience be damned. Like. They keep sending each other these smoldering looks when the other isn’t looking. Stop it! Go do some things.
muymuy
July 12, 2017 at 11:18 PM
C’mon, who downvotes this?
Sending you lots of 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 to make up for it.
Kimbap?
July 13, 2017 at 2:06 AM
Yowza!! Ji-wook “hair sex” is the best idea I have heard all week.
peichi
July 12, 2017 at 8:34 PM
The last ep. of Suspicious Partner will be like 90% fanservice, right? It\’d better be after that twist that I did not ask for or want. This is why stanning murderers/villains isn\’t a good idea, right?
peichi
July 10, 2017 at 7:58 AM
YES, I just woke up and I’m at exactly 100 downvotes!! Oppa thanks you for your love~~
fatcat007
July 10, 2017 at 8:02 AM
OMG
This is from Red 2 right?! (or maybe I’m confused lol)
peichi
July 10, 2017 at 8:06 AM
Yep. Lee Byung Hun brought me about half of my downvotes lol
fatcat007
July 10, 2017 at 8:18 AM
oooh I wasn’t wrong 😀
I really really liked Lee Byung Hun in GI Joe & Red 2 (I found his action scenes amazing *drools*) 🙂
peichi
July 10, 2017 at 8:23 AM
Be careful about saying you like him here lol. Or you’ll get downvote count like mine!
fatcat007
July 10, 2017 at 8:39 AM
Is he not liked here??? Omo I had no idea…
peichi
July 10, 2017 at 8:49 AM
@fatcat007 – Yeah, because of his scandals, he’s really disliked here. People were really angry about him getting cast in Kim Eun-sook’s new drama Mr. Sunshine. I got downvotes for basically correcting people who seemed to think his career was over and KES was out of her mind for casting a scandal-ridden actor, by pointing out that his latest movies have been huge box office hits in Korea and that his career really hasn’t taken a big hit. Others got downvotes for simply saying they liked LBH or didn’t care about his personal life. It was really ridiculous.
fatcat007
July 10, 2017 at 10:11 AM
omg I just searched the internet about the scandal & stuff & I had no idea so many things happened.
But I too don’t care about his personal life, he’s a good actor & KES casting him in Mr. Sunshine is great.
ObsessedMuch
July 10, 2017 at 8:03 AM
That didn’t take too long! Chukahamnida!! 😀
ST
July 10, 2017 at 8:38 AM
Congratulations!
Ek Ladhki Thi is Kim Eun-sooks no 1 fan
July 10, 2017 at 1:47 PM
100 downvotes, good grief!
I mean I think Lee Byung-hun is gross, but I wouldn’t go around giving people who think otherwise downvotes. People need to grow up seriously.
kaybee
July 10, 2017 at 3:14 PM
Good thing you’ve got LBH to act as your human shield! I mean look at those muscles, I’m pretty sure he can easily twist all those thumbs into upvotes haha 😛
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 7:13 PM
Spa dates are like my favorite thing ever! I would happily watch him feed her oranges for hours. #TWWSWTM
hannaehh
July 10, 2017 at 4:05 AM
That grey hair tho. Thank you for all your posts for TWWSWTM, it’s reliving back all the feels that I felt when I watched this drama years ago.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 6:43 PM
Gosh these two are so adorable now that they are dating! SO CUTE!!! Please watch this drama if you have never seen it before and like noona romances, it’s really good trust me! #TWWSWTM
korfan
July 10, 2017 at 1:17 AM
I watched it a while back and yes, it is a good drama!
Glad you’re enjoying it!
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 5:53 PM
It\’s interesting I noticed I get most of my downvotes well after I posted my comments and usually after the discussion has largely quieted down. Well, 4 more to 100! LAY \’EM ON ME!!
UmbrellaMan
July 9, 2017 at 6:15 PM
That’s a crapload of downvotes 😟 I think you should celebrate at 100. Throw it back in their faces. Hahahaha.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 6:21 PM
About half of them are from one article (Lee Byung-hun being cast in Mr. Sunshine) lol. I’m planning too, just 2 more to go lol!
UmbrellaMan
July 9, 2017 at 7:04 PM
Getting closer every minute. Hahaha.
ObsessedMuch
July 9, 2017 at 9:15 PM
I almost felt like giving you the needed downvotes so that we can celebrate the milestone! 😛
Let’s definitely celebrate once you reach the target! 😀
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 4:15 PM
BEST. DRAMA. CHARACTER. EVER. #TWWSWTM
isa
July 9, 2017 at 7:23 PM
I flipping love her. Just. Point blank. End of comment. She’s awesome.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 3:05 PM
Oh, puppy, you probably gave yourself serious burns on your scalp to go from black hair to this in a single night. And you only look younger! Still though *swoon* #TWWSWTM
darcylove
July 9, 2017 at 6:58 PM
What drama is this?
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 7:06 PM
The Woman Who Still Want To Marry
darcylove
July 9, 2017 at 10:24 PM
Ok!! Thanku!!
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 12:55 PM
Ugh the angst I can\’t. Just talk to each other please! And girl you tried to use Min-jae for a bet TWICE, so don\’t you be acting all high and mighty. Listen to Bu-gi, always listen to Bu-gi!! #TWWSWTM
hades
July 9, 2017 at 2:26 PM
Are you watching this for Kim Bum or it’s supposed to be that good?
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 2:39 PM
Both lol! It’s actually really good (Javabeans and girlfriday both rated it an A if you trust their opinion), but Kim Bum is a nice bonus. As long as you’re cool with noona dramas I’d highly recommend it.
hades
July 9, 2017 at 3:18 PM
I might sneak it in if it’s a feel good drama. Angst aside, it is feel good?
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 3:24 PM
Oh yeah, the angst doesn’t last that long really and is pretty tolerable. It’s definitely feel good with a nice swoony romance, but also focuses a lot on the side characters and the friendship between three 30’s somethings career women.
hades
July 9, 2017 at 3:32 PM
I’m watching the C-Drama Rush to the Dead Summer and it’s draining my life force, so I desperately need a pick-me-up. Will check it out.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 12:48 PM
Umm… yes, you do. I mean you’ve only spent the past couple years of your life trying to ruin this woman’s career. How I wish there was a murderer in this drama just to pick this asshat off. #TWWSWTM
korfan
July 9, 2017 at 4:02 PM
He was annoying for sure.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 12:43 PM
Okay, enough being frustrated about TBH, back to marathoning TWWSWTGM! I think I\’m way behind @isa, only just started ep. 8. #buddywatch #TWWSWTGM
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 9:34 AM
Another poor defense I\’ve seen for TBH is that \”the writers intended it to be this way\”. Yeah and? So what? Why does intent matter when I think the outcome is bad? This one\’s not even worthy of a rant lol.
ST
July 9, 2017 at 10:12 AM
I’ve given up on it. I think I might finish it one day, but the moment I saw that clichéd who-will-get-there-first ending in episode 18, I just lost all desire to watch it. And I don’t ship anyone…
Amilia
July 9, 2017 at 10:50 AM
I’ve been trying to figure out why I hated Friday’s episode of The Best Hit soooo much. Was it just because things weren’t going the way I thought they should? Isn’t being surprised good? Was it because I am worried about Ji-hoon disappearing ala Back to the Future? Was it because there was no Grandpa and Mal-sook? Was it because it was focused on romance? But that can’t be — I love romance. Was it just because I am on the wrong ship?
And why don’t I like Hyun-jae more? I love Yoon Shi-yoon. I’ve liked jerk protagonists before. And what girlfriday said about realizing you are no longer young and hip and cool and are supposed to be peers with the parents rang true to me. But somehow, I hate Hyun-jae. He is just so very very self-centered. And I find that annoying rather than funny.
Fortunately, for me at least, Saturday’s episode was much better. Grandpa and Mal-sook were back. Hyun-jae owned being selfish and started trying to change. And Hyun-jae also actually saw Bo-hee. As a person. Who loved him. And saw evidence from his future self that he loved her once.
And can I just tell you how very much I loved the La La Land nod? It was the perfect was to acknowledge that Hyun-jae’s feelings for Woo-seung were real, and they could have been cute together, but some things are just not meant to be. I’m going to be pissed if they take that back next week.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 11:00 AM
Well I haven’t actually been watching since ep. 20, just following the recaps. If it improves I’ll go back and watch, but I’m not confident it will, so I’ll wait until the very end. I agree with you in that I never cared for Hyun-jae nearly as much as everyone else, even though I adore YSY. Even in the first few eps I was getting really annoyed with all the people screaming for more screentime for YSY, because I really loved all the characters and didn’t want him to outshine everyone else. Then once he modernized himself, I really completely lost interest in him. He just wasn’t funny anymore and like you said mostly just a selfish jerk.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 11:42 AM
Hmm I went and watched a bit of ep 24 (skipped through lol) and see what you mean about it improving, but I’m still not convinced they won’t go with HJ/WS, because knetz will riot if they don’t. This ep would be a nice farewell to HJ/WS, but it could just be typical relationship angst in the last third of a drama to keep them separated for a bit longer. However I remain doubly convinced that regardless of what they do with HJ/WS, I think HJ is definitely really and truly JH’s birth father. The secret code pretty much confirms that BH and HJ dated. If they spend the next 4 episodes clearing up the mystery of HJ’s disappearance, allowing JH some time to finally bond with HJ (although I imagine we will have to spend a good episode of two with JH understandably wanting nothing to do with HJ), giving us heartwarming moments between family/friends, and seeing everyone following their dreams, and preferably having Hyun-jae say his goodbyes and being unable to stay in the present, then I will be able to forget all my frustrations and remember this drama fondly. It’s already past the point where I thought it was going to be one of my favorite dramas ever, but I think I can at least like it if they clear everything up in the end.
Amilia
July 9, 2017 at 4:14 PM
I’ll let you know if it is a fluke or a turning point. Because you’re right, it could go either way at this point, and I’m not sure I trust them anymore to go the right way. The right way being the way I want things to go, of course. 😉 Fingers crossed for a turning point.
Don’t know if you caught it, but we also got another confirmation of Hyun-jae and Bo-hee dating. Hyun-jae found his notebook in Young-jae’s safe and started flipping through it. It had notes in it about meeting Bo-hee. The whole Hyun-jae is not really Ji-hoon’s father theory has never made any sense to me.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 4:27 PM
Lol thanks. I didn’t catch that but yeah that’s even more evidence. Usually the twists in dramas are that people are related and didn’t know it, not that they aren’t related lol. I don’t care about ships anymore if I ever really did, but I would flip tables if HJ isn’t JH’s father, because that’s what originally hooked me to this show. I think I just need to stay away from the recap comments now since some people just can’t handle criticism and continue to attack all the critics as only caring about shipping and not addressing any of our arguments. *sigh*
Amilia
July 22, 2017 at 8:59 PM
Well . . . it’s over. I still think my ending would have been better. And it took me a few attempts to get through this week’s episodes. But at least they didn’t pull out a last minute birth secret for Ji-hoon. And there were a few good scenes mixed in.
But. Ugg. I’m glad this show worked for a lot of people, but overall, I found it VERY frustrating. I liked 1994 Hyun-jae more in the tiny glimpse we had of him than I did any of 1993 Hyun-jae. Even by the very end when he had grown somewhat. Somewhat. Of course, then 1994 Hyun-jae decided that the future needed to stay the same. Why? I don’t know. So his alter ego could go back to his cell phone, I guess.
peichi
July 22, 2017 at 9:17 PM
Thanks for the update. So I guess all my theories were right (I predicted the two Hyun-jae’s/multiverse back in the very beginning of the show) and I get to say I told you so to everyone that insisted to me that there’s no way HJ would really be JH’s father. But somehow it’s even more frustrating that they kept it that way yet barely bothered to develop any meaningful relationship between HJ-JH. And the love triangle and main loveline is still very much gross to me even with two Hyun-jae’s. Even ignoring the vaguely incestuous undertones the main loveline would never have drawn me in, it was so BORING and cliche and made me hate WS. Also from recaps it really seems like Hyun-jae took over the show completely half-way through and everyone else was relegated to side characters even though early on the screentime was pretty even for everyone. This drama would have been so much better had they just not given HJ a loveline at all. I also would’ve liked it if it was 1994 HJ who time-traveled after already fathering JH so he would’ve felt more responsible and if anything have a love triangle with GJ (preferably resolved quickly without much frustration though) over BH (obviously his love for BH would be doomed, but that would be part of his character growth to come to terms with how people have moved on since his disappearance) instead of with his own son. I’m glad I saved myself the trouble of watching the 2nd half of the show. Now I have Reunited Worlds which is pretty much what I wanted from the emotional aspect of The Best Hit (obviously I wanted it to be a comedy first and foremost, but the emotional impact of someone seemingly dying only to show up years later unaged is much better handled in RU than it ever was in TBH). Hoping this one won’t disappoint me as much.
Amilia
July 22, 2017 at 9:35 PM
Yes!!!! To everything you said. I wish I could thumbs-up multiple times.
Fingers crossed for Reunited Worlds. At least this time I like the lead right off the bat and don’t feel like I have to wait for him to grow up and start seeing the people around him.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 9:07 AM
I’d like to rant a bit about the common defense of a drama that’s getting criticism which attempts to invalidate their arguments by claiming that the critics are primarily just upset that their ship isn’t endgame. This is mostly in regards to The Best Hit, but I’ve seen it before with other dramas.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 9:07 AM
First of all, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with not liking a drama because your ship isn’t endgame! I’m really confused as to how this is even a thing people think is bad. I suppose the idea is that you are being shallow if you don’t like a drama solely (though most of the time if you bother to read people’s whole arguments this is not the only reason) because your ship isn’t turning out well. But this is primarily ROMANCE dramas we are talking about. If not liking the main or even secondary romance in a romance drama is not a valid reason to not like and drop the drama, then by god what is??? Even if it’s not a romance drama, so long as the pairing is taking up screen time and making you uncomfortable it’s perfectly fine to drop the drama because of it! Don’t force yourself to keep watching something you aren’t enjoying just because you think the reasons you aren’t enjoying it are shallow. There are also a lot of really good reasons someone might not like/be uncomfortable with a particular romantic pairing. Maybe it’s because of personal experience or something, you never know. Even if there isn’t such a reason, that’s fine. You are allowed to just not like a drama because you don’t like the romantic pairings in it. That’s totally cool and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise or make you afraid to state your opinion.
Second of all, this defense works both ways lol. I can easily say all the people who like the drama only like it because their ship is endgame. Now just like it’s fine to dislike a drama mainly because of the romantic pairings, it’s also fine to like it mainly because of liking the romantic pairings. God knows how many dramas I liked and finished primarily because the leads had amazing chemistry even though maybe everything else kind of sucked. But my point is that just like saying everyone only likes this drama because their ship is sailing is a poor criticism, saying everyone only dislikes this drama because their ship is sinking is an equally poor defense. Either way there’s not much you can do to prove it and ultimately you are just deflecting from the actual criticisms/praise the drama is getting. Address what people are actually saying instead of attacking the supposed reasons they are saying it.
peichi
July 8, 2017 at 6:03 PM
Why is Shin-young’s sunbae such an ass!? Why is he so hellbent on ruining her career? Does he actually like her and thinks she’ll marry him if he makes her quit her job or something??? #TWWSWTGM
peichi
July 8, 2017 at 3:26 PM
Showing up during a cold night with hot coffee and sweet potatoes, bringing the sweet potato stand to her, so she can warm up by the fire, sharing his scarf with her. I CANT TOO SWOONY #TWWSWTGM
isa
July 8, 2017 at 5:42 PM
Ultimate. Noona. Killer.
peichi
July 8, 2017 at 5:52 PM
Yep. What ep. are you on now?
isa
July 8, 2017 at 6:08 PM
Number 8. You?
I absolutely want to punch Shin-young’s sunbae right in the throat. At first I thought he was another guy into her but now I think he’s just a jerk. :/
peichi
July 8, 2017 at 6:14 PM
You are flying through, I’m only about halfway through 6 (you can post spoilers though, since I pretty much already know what happens). If he’s just a jerk I don’t get why he seems so obsessed just with her and destroying her career, but not with anyone else.
isa
July 8, 2017 at 6:51 PM
Its a marathon weekend. I have one more paper to write which I’m going to do in the morning and no desire to interact with the world. Its a mess out there. The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry and dramabeans it is. 🙂
peichi
July 8, 2017 at 1:32 PM
Gosh her co-workers are so rude. LET THEM FLIRT! #TWWSWTGM