We all are fan boys or girls of somebody. We adore and support them. But I hate fan boys and girls who are so obcessive to a point it becomes toxic. In this drama most of the times they are just cute fans. But sometimes they goes overboard. I know korean dramas tends to be bit Overdramatic sometimes. But what I dislike a bit about the series is that they tends to justify these obcessive actions rather than condemns it.
I love the leads in this drama and the beautiful chemistry between them. I was thinking of dropping the series because of the obcessive Fanism in the beginning of the series. But soon the story diverted to the romantic lives of the leads. This is a very good watch.
62 Reviews
Just another typical Park Min Young Drama
Giselle17103 September 2020
I honestly love PMY's acting and working ethics! But I just feel like she works too much and her 2 consecutive dramas are so similar. There's absolutely no difference between this drama and what's wrong with secretory kim. The same old childhood links, colleagues, steamy kisses and also the predictable ending. Just watched it cz I have free time in lockdown and of course It's PMY so I know the romance will be top notch! She makes amazing chemistry with LITERALLY EVERYONE shes works with!
Fun with Light & Shadow 🖼 Slightly Silly 📸 Yet Utterly Adorable °Excellent°
50fiftillidideeBrain27 September 2021
I've always said that if you aren't willing to at least risk being tacky, you won't have any fun.
That's one of the themes of this show. The opening line is: "All Children Are Artists." As we see when the group later goes to an orphanage, the children take pure joy in expressing & sharing of themselves. They aren't worried about critics or reviews.
This show introduces us to Duk-mi. She's an energetic, hard working & passionate person who lives in Technicolor. A once aspiring artist, Duk-mi is now the curator of a privately owned museum. Her job is not ideal as she, along with her suggestions, are rarely respected. Duk-mi is not easily suppressed, though. She does her job with verve. She also has a secret life away from the museum. If found out, she would be fired. You see, Duk-mi ...🥁🥁🥁... Is a "fan😍girl." {GASP!} Pop singer Si-an is the recipient of her affection, and she is not alone.
Fangirls are a sisterhood of women, ALL devoted to a star. Besides knowing ALL the music and ALL the useless trivia about their idol, to be a true fangirl, one must be at ALL the star's public appearances. This includes ALL airport arrivals and book signings, not just concerts. ALL this dedication is neither easy nor cheap. We watch Duk-mi go from the museum, straight to a Si-an appearance lugging a step ladder & 14 inches of zoom lens. From behind a black mask, she snaps her photos & heads home, where we see how deeply her obsession is etched onto her being. Her studio apt is a giant Si-an collage. It's jammed with every souvenir of which one could conceive - posters, dolls, the requisite cardboard cutout & even Si-an pillows... Even a water bottle, half full, that Si-an threw to the crowd once. (I said 'half full' out of habit. This water bottle is definitely half-empty!). It's basically the tackiest decorating ever - Even worse than Bette Mildler's in Ruthless People.
We then meet Ryan (Conventional. Condescending. Cheerless). He's an artist turned lauded NYC critic. A mental block has severed him from his craft. He can dip a brush 🎨, but he can't touch it to the canvas. As a critic he isn't known to look at many pieces for more than 3 seconds (<1 sec is typical, 2+ could launch a new artist). He stopped creating art when a painting of soap bubbles arrested his gaze. Believing it was Stendhal Syndrome ('When exposed to an incredible work of art, one may experience a rush of psychological symptoms.') he sees a psychiatrist. His therapy was going the way of his paint brushes, though: Nowhere. It's a mystery in the NYC art scene, as is the artist, Lee Sol, who brushed on those bubbles that popped Ryan's career. Nobody seems to know anything about the painter.
The first time Duk-mi and Ryan meet is at an art auction in Shanghai. They fight over a painting. The painting is of soap bubbles. Artist: Lee Sol.
Duk-mi knows that "her SI-AN" is a fan of Lee Sol's work. Every year, The Road To Si-an webpage pools money from fans to buy a big gift for the object of their adoration. Her boss thinks it's merely a work trip, but Duk-mi's real mission is to get that 🖼 for Si-an. She loses. She tries to talk Ryan into surrendering the painting to her. He looks at her like she's a lunatic. Fate is at work; these 2 have 2 other chance meetings, though they both don't put it all together until later.
Duk-mi's boss, the director/owner of the museum, is a garrish, overweening tyrant. She is played by the great Kim Sun-young, who's clearly having the time of her life in the role & in those preposterous outfits. She makes Duk-mi miserable. Fortunately, her husband is embroiled in a scandal, so she must step down temporarily.
You get one guess as to who the next director is.
They don't blend well.
That should adequately lay out the paints on the 🎨: Except for their overlapping love of art, Duk-mi & Ryan, a Korean adopted overseas, have opposite existences. They are compared & contrasted in visual ways. Dude's home is painted a deep Wedgwood blue. While it's a pretty color, when it covers 4 walls it only reflects his current bleakness. Taste aside, Duk-mi's room is vibrant. She's open, which is why she can feel art so intuitively. She's full of love and passion. Ryan is dried up like old paint.
Ryan becomes drawn-in by hearing Duk-mi talk about works of art. With admiring fondness, she seems to be able to scry an artist's thoughts & emotions. He becomes fascinated with her w/o realizing it or thinking about why. Fascination leads to close observation. (😱! Don't look behind the mask!) We can feel doom approaching. What will Ryan, who is from that snotty NYC art world, think if he ever discovers HPL?
Another theme is family & togetherness. Duk-mi's parents created a home where all are welcomed. Duk-mi's mother is, well, /motherly/. She wants to feed and love-on everybody that comes through their door. They even raised Eun-gi - from birth - for an overwhelmed single mother. He & Duk-mi consider themselves siblings. Fellow fangirl, Seon-joo, who runs the local coffee shop, is Thelma to Duk-mi's Louise. The office, Duk-mi's apt, the museum, the coffee shop, and her parents place are all frequent gathering spots. Duk-mi's life is shared with family, and friends-that-are-family.
Ryan's life is solitude. That's why he's angry when Duk-mi pokes around his place when he's not there. He seems to have no one.
The two seem to fall for eachother quickly, though it takes them a few eps to realize it. While the falling-in-love is usually the funnest thing in a romance, in the case of Duk-mi & Ryan, I found the series even more entertaining after they get together. The way they mix it up is sensational; their relationship is pure enjoyment. Duk-mi smiles with her whole being. She smiles a lot. At first it seemed overdone, but it's rather by design. She is the SUN that warms him back up. Art is all about light. Ryan couldn't step forward until he came out of the darkness. His first steps towards healing were in Duk-mi's direction.
There are mysteries to be solved, secrets to be revealed, and singers to love in the balance of the show.
HPL also sketched in some laughs. They have trouble with R-r-ryan's name, so they call him "Lion". Eun-gi tells Da-ni that she'd be an annoying friend. She looks at him and says: "You're a good judge of character." We understand Duk-mi's obsessive side when we get a full look at her family home: It's genetic. The two protags are in a chess game over a notebook and the truth about Duk-mi, which is amusing. Generating laughter could be the trickiest art of all, and HPL sells it.
Poor Eun-gi. He's coming in 2nd again. He wins the silver medal (again) in scoring his gf. Duk-mi was just a primer, actually. He certainly has a type! In my ledger, Eun-gi's gf won: Eun-gi is arguably more attractive, & he's protective, loyal, appreciative, chill, great to hang out with, and... Well, did you /see/ that shower scene?? That actor probably has fangirls himself. Nuff of that...
While HPL is certainly silly, and completely adorable, romance-wise, it can also be profound. The following exchange is a free therapy session: Seon-joo's TV producer husband is pushed into doing an 'expose' show on 'crazy' fans. He hides this from Seon-joo, and even secretly copies files from her computer. When she finds out, she could have foamed up milk with no machine. She was STEAMED. He tries to explain, with the most positive framing, all the good reasons why he made the show, including securing the transfer she had wanted him to get. Fangirl nails it. She might be silly, but she ain't dumb. She asks if it was all for /her/ sake then? He says no, he didn't "mean that..." She responds:
"Do you know what I really hate about you right now? If you've hurt me, you should just remain as the assailant. Why are you using me as an excuse to act like a victim? Do you expect me to understand and pity you in this situation?"
He replies that he shouldn't have waited to tell her, and he's not sure why he stalled with that. She comes back at him again:
"Do you want to know why you didn't tell me beforehand? It's because you didn't feel the need to. You knew I'd throw a fit later on, but you were simply going to escape that moment." In finishing, she informs him that he didn't talk to her because he was already determined to do it.
One of the excuses he used was that it was all for their son. Her response: "You used my precious family as a weapon to stab me, and {your son} as a shield to hide behind. It was a nasty and cowardly move."
Perhaps that exchange will be useful for your next relationship argument. She later says that 'in a relationship there are things that cannot be resolved with logic. This is a matter of emotion.' Well put.
There are disappointments: No big "reveal" to Si-an, we don't see the exposé show & leaving a child at the playground?! C'mon. They could have done plenty of things better, but the positives redeem it. It's good enough to hang in your gallery.
The most important takeaway from HPL is that a loving and caring family unit can do a lot of good. Duk-mi and her mother make numerous lives better. Duk-mi's mother gets the credit as she raised Duk-mi. We ran the "open house" in our neighborhood. We are close with many of the kids still, and we even Christmas with two of the brothers that were fixtures in our home for a few years. We can't go after everything we want AND love others. The two are exclusionary. The odd thing is that helping others is more fulfilling than going after everything we want.
Quote: In Korea, if you kiss and don't go out, they send you to jail.
🤗
That's one of the themes of this show. The opening line is: "All Children Are Artists." As we see when the group later goes to an orphanage, the children take pure joy in expressing & sharing of themselves. They aren't worried about critics or reviews.
This show introduces us to Duk-mi. She's an energetic, hard working & passionate person who lives in Technicolor. A once aspiring artist, Duk-mi is now the curator of a privately owned museum. Her job is not ideal as she, along with her suggestions, are rarely respected. Duk-mi is not easily suppressed, though. She does her job with verve. She also has a secret life away from the museum. If found out, she would be fired. You see, Duk-mi ...🥁🥁🥁... Is a "fan😍girl." {GASP!} Pop singer Si-an is the recipient of her affection, and she is not alone.
Fangirls are a sisterhood of women, ALL devoted to a star. Besides knowing ALL the music and ALL the useless trivia about their idol, to be a true fangirl, one must be at ALL the star's public appearances. This includes ALL airport arrivals and book signings, not just concerts. ALL this dedication is neither easy nor cheap. We watch Duk-mi go from the museum, straight to a Si-an appearance lugging a step ladder & 14 inches of zoom lens. From behind a black mask, she snaps her photos & heads home, where we see how deeply her obsession is etched onto her being. Her studio apt is a giant Si-an collage. It's jammed with every souvenir of which one could conceive - posters, dolls, the requisite cardboard cutout & even Si-an pillows... Even a water bottle, half full, that Si-an threw to the crowd once. (I said 'half full' out of habit. This water bottle is definitely half-empty!). It's basically the tackiest decorating ever - Even worse than Bette Mildler's in Ruthless People.
We then meet Ryan (Conventional. Condescending. Cheerless). He's an artist turned lauded NYC critic. A mental block has severed him from his craft. He can dip a brush 🎨, but he can't touch it to the canvas. As a critic he isn't known to look at many pieces for more than 3 seconds (<1 sec is typical, 2+ could launch a new artist). He stopped creating art when a painting of soap bubbles arrested his gaze. Believing it was Stendhal Syndrome ('When exposed to an incredible work of art, one may experience a rush of psychological symptoms.') he sees a psychiatrist. His therapy was going the way of his paint brushes, though: Nowhere. It's a mystery in the NYC art scene, as is the artist, Lee Sol, who brushed on those bubbles that popped Ryan's career. Nobody seems to know anything about the painter.
The first time Duk-mi and Ryan meet is at an art auction in Shanghai. They fight over a painting. The painting is of soap bubbles. Artist: Lee Sol.
Duk-mi knows that "her SI-AN" is a fan of Lee Sol's work. Every year, The Road To Si-an webpage pools money from fans to buy a big gift for the object of their adoration. Her boss thinks it's merely a work trip, but Duk-mi's real mission is to get that 🖼 for Si-an. She loses. She tries to talk Ryan into surrendering the painting to her. He looks at her like she's a lunatic. Fate is at work; these 2 have 2 other chance meetings, though they both don't put it all together until later.
Duk-mi's boss, the director/owner of the museum, is a garrish, overweening tyrant. She is played by the great Kim Sun-young, who's clearly having the time of her life in the role & in those preposterous outfits. She makes Duk-mi miserable. Fortunately, her husband is embroiled in a scandal, so she must step down temporarily.
You get one guess as to who the next director is.
They don't blend well.
That should adequately lay out the paints on the 🎨: Except for their overlapping love of art, Duk-mi & Ryan, a Korean adopted overseas, have opposite existences. They are compared & contrasted in visual ways. Dude's home is painted a deep Wedgwood blue. While it's a pretty color, when it covers 4 walls it only reflects his current bleakness. Taste aside, Duk-mi's room is vibrant. She's open, which is why she can feel art so intuitively. She's full of love and passion. Ryan is dried up like old paint.
Ryan becomes drawn-in by hearing Duk-mi talk about works of art. With admiring fondness, she seems to be able to scry an artist's thoughts & emotions. He becomes fascinated with her w/o realizing it or thinking about why. Fascination leads to close observation. (😱! Don't look behind the mask!) We can feel doom approaching. What will Ryan, who is from that snotty NYC art world, think if he ever discovers HPL?
Another theme is family & togetherness. Duk-mi's parents created a home where all are welcomed. Duk-mi's mother is, well, /motherly/. She wants to feed and love-on everybody that comes through their door. They even raised Eun-gi - from birth - for an overwhelmed single mother. He & Duk-mi consider themselves siblings. Fellow fangirl, Seon-joo, who runs the local coffee shop, is Thelma to Duk-mi's Louise. The office, Duk-mi's apt, the museum, the coffee shop, and her parents place are all frequent gathering spots. Duk-mi's life is shared with family, and friends-that-are-family.
Ryan's life is solitude. That's why he's angry when Duk-mi pokes around his place when he's not there. He seems to have no one.
The two seem to fall for eachother quickly, though it takes them a few eps to realize it. While the falling-in-love is usually the funnest thing in a romance, in the case of Duk-mi & Ryan, I found the series even more entertaining after they get together. The way they mix it up is sensational; their relationship is pure enjoyment. Duk-mi smiles with her whole being. She smiles a lot. At first it seemed overdone, but it's rather by design. She is the SUN that warms him back up. Art is all about light. Ryan couldn't step forward until he came out of the darkness. His first steps towards healing were in Duk-mi's direction.
There are mysteries to be solved, secrets to be revealed, and singers to love in the balance of the show.
HPL also sketched in some laughs. They have trouble with R-r-ryan's name, so they call him "Lion". Eun-gi tells Da-ni that she'd be an annoying friend. She looks at him and says: "You're a good judge of character." We understand Duk-mi's obsessive side when we get a full look at her family home: It's genetic. The two protags are in a chess game over a notebook and the truth about Duk-mi, which is amusing. Generating laughter could be the trickiest art of all, and HPL sells it.
Poor Eun-gi. He's coming in 2nd again. He wins the silver medal (again) in scoring his gf. Duk-mi was just a primer, actually. He certainly has a type! In my ledger, Eun-gi's gf won: Eun-gi is arguably more attractive, & he's protective, loyal, appreciative, chill, great to hang out with, and... Well, did you /see/ that shower scene?? That actor probably has fangirls himself. Nuff of that...
While HPL is certainly silly, and completely adorable, romance-wise, it can also be profound. The following exchange is a free therapy session: Seon-joo's TV producer husband is pushed into doing an 'expose' show on 'crazy' fans. He hides this from Seon-joo, and even secretly copies files from her computer. When she finds out, she could have foamed up milk with no machine. She was STEAMED. He tries to explain, with the most positive framing, all the good reasons why he made the show, including securing the transfer she had wanted him to get. Fangirl nails it. She might be silly, but she ain't dumb. She asks if it was all for /her/ sake then? He says no, he didn't "mean that..." She responds:
"Do you know what I really hate about you right now? If you've hurt me, you should just remain as the assailant. Why are you using me as an excuse to act like a victim? Do you expect me to understand and pity you in this situation?"
He replies that he shouldn't have waited to tell her, and he's not sure why he stalled with that. She comes back at him again:
"Do you want to know why you didn't tell me beforehand? It's because you didn't feel the need to. You knew I'd throw a fit later on, but you were simply going to escape that moment." In finishing, she informs him that he didn't talk to her because he was already determined to do it.
One of the excuses he used was that it was all for their son. Her response: "You used my precious family as a weapon to stab me, and {your son} as a shield to hide behind. It was a nasty and cowardly move."
Perhaps that exchange will be useful for your next relationship argument. She later says that 'in a relationship there are things that cannot be resolved with logic. This is a matter of emotion.' Well put.
There are disappointments: No big "reveal" to Si-an, we don't see the exposé show & leaving a child at the playground?! C'mon. They could have done plenty of things better, but the positives redeem it. It's good enough to hang in your gallery.
The most important takeaway from HPL is that a loving and caring family unit can do a lot of good. Duk-mi and her mother make numerous lives better. Duk-mi's mother gets the credit as she raised Duk-mi. We ran the "open house" in our neighborhood. We are close with many of the kids still, and we even Christmas with two of the brothers that were fixtures in our home for a few years. We can't go after everything we want AND love others. The two are exclusionary. The odd thing is that helping others is more fulfilling than going after everything we want.
Quote: In Korea, if you kiss and don't go out, they send you to jail.
🤗
Romance? I think yes
skiergirl3310 May 2019
The chemistry is off the charts
meemooyoo26 May 2019
Kim Jae Wook and Park Min Young are so natural with each other that they look like a real couple. Wonderful chemistry and fabulous acting by both leads. You will swoon, laugh, cry, and cheer for them. This drama portrays the most healthy romantic relationship I have ever seen in a kdrama. Watch it!
Pleasant watch but the story has too many coincidences
phd_travel25 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Watchable if not ground breaking, this romantic dramedy is an okay if slightly dragged out watch. Park Min Young is sweet and pretty and the fangirl thing is fun at first. It's nice how everyone is quite good at heart. The supporting characters are pleasant if not memorable. No contrived villains here. The main couple look a bit mature to be playing all cute during the romantic parts. The art is a bit ugly but is a focal point.
The story however is not enough to sustain the 16 episodes. A couple could have been cut. One flaw it there are too many coincidences. The last part feels like one too many reveals. Unnecessary. The birth mother artist is an acceptable coincidence but it's too much that they met at the same playground etc,. Also it seems unlikely that they could not reunite the mother and child even if she had an accident. He knew his name after all. The love triangle is unnecessary. Ahn Bo Hyun is convincing as an athlete brother. But his love for her doesn't feel right after growing up together like that. Another tacked on fauxcest K drama cliche. They do get beyond first base and there is a complete ending. Ok but not a must watch.
The story however is not enough to sustain the 16 episodes. A couple could have been cut. One flaw it there are too many coincidences. The last part feels like one too many reveals. Unnecessary. The birth mother artist is an acceptable coincidence but it's too much that they met at the same playground etc,. Also it seems unlikely that they could not reunite the mother and child even if she had an accident. He knew his name after all. The love triangle is unnecessary. Ahn Bo Hyun is convincing as an athlete brother. But his love for her doesn't feel right after growing up together like that. Another tacked on fauxcest K drama cliche. They do get beyond first base and there is a complete ending. Ok but not a must watch.
Wow
ambersteele15 May 2019
Started on a high note
aarti-sarkar19 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I have seen many k dramas. While they start on a high note as the series progresses the pace slows down and several unnecessary sub plots are introduced. The final few episodes are very boring.
And the female lead is plain irritating in later episodes. She is smiling and twitching her eyes all the time for no reason. I really liked her in Healer. Her character had more personality there and her acting was on point. But here after male lead's mother's plot starts she is just the same in all the scenes.
And the female lead is plain irritating in later episodes. She is smiling and twitching her eyes all the time for no reason. I really liked her in Healer. Her character had more personality there and her acting was on point. But here after male lead's mother's plot starts she is just the same in all the scenes.
Not The Fluff and Comedy I Expected, but...
nishera15 December 2021
For a show billed as a woman trying to hide her double life as a fangirl, the subject matter of the plot turned out to be surprisingly touching and emotional, with a great script and lovely soundtrack. The acting was also excellent, with well developed and believable characters. Don't be fooled by the bubblegum premise; this is a well-executed and mature love story (as long as you can buy into the whole "fated love" trope with all it's impossible coincidences, etc).
ROMANCE RATING: 9/10 As a more mature romance film, the physical contact itself was also more mature overall, with plenty of prolonged and invested kissing scenes (though not much more than that). The kisses themselves, though deep and emotionally charged, never crossed the line into racy. The leads had fantastic chemistry together and I would watch them again if they were paired for other films.
ROMANCE RATING: 9/10 As a more mature romance film, the physical contact itself was also more mature overall, with plenty of prolonged and invested kissing scenes (though not much more than that). The kisses themselves, though deep and emotionally charged, never crossed the line into racy. The leads had fantastic chemistry together and I would watch them again if they were paired for other films.
I enjoyed it but....
hawkinsuhc28 March 2023
For 30 something woman, Duk-mi was just entirely too immature and naive. As for him, Ryan Lord, a man in his mid to late 30s, he was just so dainty and prissy. She wasn't woman enough, mature enough, and he is missing so much testosterone. Her dorky friend Mr. Nam, although quite boyish, seen the more manly been Mr Gold aka the Lion! The interfering want to be more than friends or more, how can you say it, to the point and forthright. The two main characters just dantce around each other so much. It's honestly something I expected out of middle school children. Some romantic comedies need a dose of maturity. This one needed an entire bottle full. Nevertheless, still enjoyed it.
Worthwhile the watch
sonia-9511119 September 2021
I have to admit I was putting off watching this KDrama but it's actually really worth watching. I really enjoyed the chemistry between the leads and it's got a fun support cast especially the crazy Mom who is so over the top! I really loved seeing the world through Duk-mi's eyes. Really lovely! The plot is interesting and maybe too interweaved but it's all actually lovely to watch and moving. I really enjoyed watching this series! Park Min-Young shines on screen. One criticism? Her wardrobe in this series wasn't inspired enough and it didn't match her character at all for me!! Ryan Gold's styling was spot on though!!! And the OST was disappointing! Otherwise a great production!!
Cute story with many happy moments and good kissing
vivianla30 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
One of the only dramas I've watched where the characters actually really kiss. Park Min Young's fashion is fantastic particularly in Episode 16.
Sung Duk-mi is a fangirl of Cha Si-an, a k-pop member of White Ocean. She is also the head curator at the Cheum Art Gallery. At work, she has two friendly co-workers who are a man and a woman. The director's wife is a unique woman with bad fashion taste. The director was sent to jail after documentation showed that financial records were not accurate. Their daughter, Cindy, is also a fangirl of Si-an. A new director is hired named Ryan Gold.
Cindy photographs Duk-mi coming out of the building where Si-an lives wearing the jacket she thinks she gave to him. She thinks there is only one in the entire Korea which is not true as Ryan also owns the same jacket. He lent it to Curator Sung.
Long story short they try to fool the media and their circle that they are dating to save Duk-mi from trouble. They end up falling in love with each other. In the last episode, Ryan proposes.
It is implied that Duk-mi's "brother" is dating Cindy. The two co-workers at Cheum are also dating.
Sung Duk-mi is a fangirl of Cha Si-an, a k-pop member of White Ocean. She is also the head curator at the Cheum Art Gallery. At work, she has two friendly co-workers who are a man and a woman. The director's wife is a unique woman with bad fashion taste. The director was sent to jail after documentation showed that financial records were not accurate. Their daughter, Cindy, is also a fangirl of Si-an. A new director is hired named Ryan Gold.
Cindy photographs Duk-mi coming out of the building where Si-an lives wearing the jacket she thinks she gave to him. She thinks there is only one in the entire Korea which is not true as Ryan also owns the same jacket. He lent it to Curator Sung.
Long story short they try to fool the media and their circle that they are dating to save Duk-mi from trouble. They end up falling in love with each other. In the last episode, Ryan proposes.
It is implied that Duk-mi's "brother" is dating Cindy. The two co-workers at Cheum are also dating.
Okayish
sakshiagarwal90018 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This is the only korean drama so far after watching which, I did not fall in love with male lead....i mean no!!!
He seems to be too old to be playing all cute!
K-dramas don't have to drag for 16 episodes....i literally skip watched last episode as it was simply wrapping things and all character's lives which was not necessary.
Need something like 'Crash landing on you' or 'Legend of the blue sea' which keep you hooked till last moment of last episode
Overall a good watch if you have time...otherwise don't bother
Pros: 1. Steamy kisses....unlike other k-dramas where female lead is only at receiving end....this girl knows how to kiss 😉 2. Light comedy 3. Cute judo class scenes (kid fall practice scenes) 😍
Cons: 1. Dragged after big reveal 2. Too many irrelevant connections (childhood connection was not required) 3. Unnecessary love triangle(s)
Questions: 1. How long had passed when birth mother regained consciousness?
2. Why did no one report missing kid on news? (One who found him on playground/or birth mother after regaining consciousness) 3. The teen idol who is unable to go anywhere without his fans following him suddenly starts meeting people at moment's notice that too in public places without someone tailing him? How?
He seems to be too old to be playing all cute!
K-dramas don't have to drag for 16 episodes....i literally skip watched last episode as it was simply wrapping things and all character's lives which was not necessary.
Need something like 'Crash landing on you' or 'Legend of the blue sea' which keep you hooked till last moment of last episode
Overall a good watch if you have time...otherwise don't bother
Pros: 1. Steamy kisses....unlike other k-dramas where female lead is only at receiving end....this girl knows how to kiss 😉 2. Light comedy 3. Cute judo class scenes (kid fall practice scenes) 😍
Cons: 1. Dragged after big reveal 2. Too many irrelevant connections (childhood connection was not required) 3. Unnecessary love triangle(s)
Questions: 1. How long had passed when birth mother regained consciousness?
2. Why did no one report missing kid on news? (One who found him on playground/or birth mother after regaining consciousness) 3. The teen idol who is unable to go anywhere without his fans following him suddenly starts meeting people at moment's notice that too in public places without someone tailing him? How?
Cute but superficial
hjalsayegh8 March 2020
The series's main focus is visuals. Everything is beautiful and colourful. The leads seem to be dressed for a fashion shot in every frame.
The trouble is that's all the series has to offer. The reasons and events go beyond contrived and at time seem forced. Plot is simple and the dialogue is ok but not memorable.
I did like the attempt to include same gender couples in the narrative but again they only leave it at surface level.
Quite a bit of cheese and A LOT of cartoonish sound effects. This one lacks a hook to keep you invested.
The trouble is that's all the series has to offer. The reasons and events go beyond contrived and at time seem forced. Plot is simple and the dialogue is ok but not memorable.
I did like the attempt to include same gender couples in the narrative but again they only leave it at surface level.
Quite a bit of cheese and A LOT of cartoonish sound effects. This one lacks a hook to keep you invested.
Cute!
ottemis22 August 2019
This one was just so cute. Female lead Min-Young Park is so easy on the eyes and the chemistry with Jae-wook Kim is amazing. The kissing scenes are scorching! Jung Je-Won is also super cute, can understand why he'd attract such a fanbase. Pretty light watch, not heavy on drama. Definitely recommended.
Super fun and easy
tendayipeyton13 July 2020
Below average
afshan-999028 June 2019
Bland plot, moderately cheesy romance. In my opinion a good portion of this drama was aimed at the foreign audience who are very much into kpop and fangirling in aims of making it relatable for them. Some aspects of fangirling shown in this drama was only relevant for obsessive fans.
Some of the kissing scenes felt weird and a little excessive.
This drama like many other korean dramas ( eg : what is wrong with secretary kim, touch your heart,etc) consist of the same cheesy romance-but oh wait there is a sad/traumatizing back story for one or both of the characters- much depth much wow kind of scenario.
Mixed feelings
samvit-8925215 March 2024
The good: I liked the first seven episodes. They were quite funny, sometimes silly but made me laugh a lot, reminding me of my own childish fluttering and yearning fan heart that never went to the extremes depicted, but was just happy dreaming about the beloved star. So I enjoyed the glimpse into a fan persecuted idol's and fandom's world, empathising with both, reconnecting with and reminiscing juvenile memories. I also liked the introduction into art and curation. The romance follows the stereotype of cold guy's heart melted by happy, warm girl and the fate line childhood friends become lovers, so nothing new, but nice and credible and had some heart flutter moments. So Kim Jae-Wook is definitely able to produce them. The cast was interesting and quite diverse and I especially liked character and performance of Ahn Bo-Hyun, but all did well and the side plots were interesting, too. The ending scene is also nice and satisfying.
The bad: Shortly after such a heart flutter the evolution of the romance was stopped by unnecessary love triangles, out of which one felt really made up and was incredible. From episode 8 the funny, lighthearted and fandom parts fade to almost nonexistent and the storyline changes to personal problems and childhood reconciliation while art exposition planning is going on. That's not bad in itself, but I felt in a nimbus searching for a storyline to follow while enduring the daily details of a couple in love for too many seasons. The tooth-aching sweetness in which it is depicted, bare of any sex appeal whatsoever, becomes the main screen while fandom, personal history and curation blur out to tiny coloured dots, making the second half of the show rather boring. The philosophical parts are often too moralistic and the recovery from trauma way too quick and simplified. And the suits Ryan Gold had to wear... OMG, most of the time not my cup of tea, hers were nice but too much like a fashion show, ok in Suits, but not here, really.
In the last episode everything is closed up as usual.
I would have enjoyed the show much more if it had a better balance between the plot lines, between lightheartedness and weight, between overdressing and natural look. By limiting the overly sweet daily life, exploring passion (after all passion is central in fandom, relationship, art...), enhancing the process of remembering and reconciling with the past, giving more screen time to show the effects of it on art/performance, close the circle of the Cha Shi-A/fangirl relationship and limiting the side plots. Thus making the coloured dots bigger.
The show has it's good, sweet and funny moments and valuable and interesting parts I would have loved to see more of, but couldn't.
The bad: Shortly after such a heart flutter the evolution of the romance was stopped by unnecessary love triangles, out of which one felt really made up and was incredible. From episode 8 the funny, lighthearted and fandom parts fade to almost nonexistent and the storyline changes to personal problems and childhood reconciliation while art exposition planning is going on. That's not bad in itself, but I felt in a nimbus searching for a storyline to follow while enduring the daily details of a couple in love for too many seasons. The tooth-aching sweetness in which it is depicted, bare of any sex appeal whatsoever, becomes the main screen while fandom, personal history and curation blur out to tiny coloured dots, making the second half of the show rather boring. The philosophical parts are often too moralistic and the recovery from trauma way too quick and simplified. And the suits Ryan Gold had to wear... OMG, most of the time not my cup of tea, hers were nice but too much like a fashion show, ok in Suits, but not here, really.
In the last episode everything is closed up as usual.
I would have enjoyed the show much more if it had a better balance between the plot lines, between lightheartedness and weight, between overdressing and natural look. By limiting the overly sweet daily life, exploring passion (after all passion is central in fandom, relationship, art...), enhancing the process of remembering and reconciling with the past, giving more screen time to show the effects of it on art/performance, close the circle of the Cha Shi-A/fangirl relationship and limiting the side plots. Thus making the coloured dots bigger.
The show has it's good, sweet and funny moments and valuable and interesting parts I would have loved to see more of, but couldn't.
One of the best k-drama!
shareen_shany21 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This is one of the best korean romantic comedy drama. It's a little weird & quicky in the first few episodes as the young lady who is in her early 30's is ridiculously hard core die fan of youn artist. She has a double life. Her home is full of this young artist. It doesn't suit her to be a fangirl. It's actually out of hand.
But she is also sweet, cute, pretty, warm-hearted, hard-working & kind.
She change so much when she meets this handsome artist.
If you like romantic, a little comedy & mystery drama, this is one of the best other than 'Crash landing on you' & 'It's okay to be not okay'. This drama really gives good feeling with each episode. The ending is not just a show where they finally confessed their love but with a proposal!
It helps when the leading lady & man are both beautiful to watch! It's important when watching a drama, if not all the music are good but at least some gives good vibes, makes you cry out of sadness & happiness!
Definitely one to watch! A totally swoonworthy drama! Both leafing actors are comfortable with each other that their love story gives warm & fuzzy feeling!
But she is also sweet, cute, pretty, warm-hearted, hard-working & kind.
She change so much when she meets this handsome artist.
If you like romantic, a little comedy & mystery drama, this is one of the best other than 'Crash landing on you' & 'It's okay to be not okay'. This drama really gives good feeling with each episode. The ending is not just a show where they finally confessed their love but with a proposal!
It helps when the leading lady & man are both beautiful to watch! It's important when watching a drama, if not all the music are good but at least some gives good vibes, makes you cry out of sadness & happiness!
Definitely one to watch! A totally swoonworthy drama! Both leafing actors are comfortable with each other that their love story gives warm & fuzzy feeling!
Nothing exciting about it
hanarhiwa-4787021 February 2021
A drama made by human for human who support what they love
khinqian5 November 2019
Everybody is fanboy or fangirl of something but we don't have to show it off to other our different sides. This drama clearly show a good fan who support what they love.
For romance point of view, this drama may rely on ordinary plot but these two actors chemistry make the drama super hot 🔥
One thing I like about this drama is they don't drag those problems even childhood thingy too long.
My favorite thing is they communicate like adult. Some may think it as boring but this simple boring method of communication is the real solution for problem we face in real life.
After All, this drama is sweet and full with meaningful thing in simple storyline.
For romance point of view, this drama may rely on ordinary plot but these two actors chemistry make the drama super hot 🔥
One thing I like about this drama is they don't drag those problems even childhood thingy too long.
My favorite thing is they communicate like adult. Some may think it as boring but this simple boring method of communication is the real solution for problem we face in real life.
After All, this drama is sweet and full with meaningful thing in simple storyline.
First 2/3 of it is great
blubunni32124 October 2021
I really liked the beginning of this drama, the chemistry is great. Its pretty funny... up until episode 14 I feel like the story just starts to drag out. They make long speeches and ridiculous subplot. I enjoyed it until then.
Best Drama Of This Year
fakepersonforme18 November 2019
This drama was so amazing. I loved watching every single second of this drama. Their relationship is goals. The actors are so good at acting. They make it seem so real and you feel like you are there, watching them. I would really recommend for you guys to watch. I am a real person. :)
Slow blinking is cat--and lion--love language
melhans-6512525 April 2024
The fun of this series is to watch the grim art museum director Ryan Gold (hottie Kim Jae-wook) go from glaring lion to slow-blinking pussycat after the charm offensive of his subordinate, Curator Seong (Park Min-young), who is a secret fangirl of a kpop idol. Cringy Fangirl fanaticism in adulthood aside, the basic antagonists-to-lovers romcom story is enjoyable mostly for the relaxing of the tightly-wound Director as he allows himself to trust then fall for her. Kim Jae-wook has tons of star power and charm in the performance. And Park Min-young is a wonderfully grounded, if fanatical idol worshipper, who has the feisty but forgiving nature to open his heart.
What gives the series its structure is the search for a lost artist's 9 existing works to be exhibited for the museum's 5th anniversary and the Director's obsession with finding them. There's a more personal reason for his efforts that relate to the artist's disappearance. The significance of this pursuit tie many loose threads together in a lovely way by the end.
There is a cast of odd-lot eccentrics and devious rival fangirls to round out the plot but frankly I only watched the episodes for "Lion" and his delighted, cat-like slow blink at Curator Seong. Their connection was far more hot blooded than typical 'awkward collision of pursed lips" that pass for kissing in most kromcoms. Here, the leads really kiss in a passionate way that makes viewers happy voyeurs.
What gives the series its structure is the search for a lost artist's 9 existing works to be exhibited for the museum's 5th anniversary and the Director's obsession with finding them. There's a more personal reason for his efforts that relate to the artist's disappearance. The significance of this pursuit tie many loose threads together in a lovely way by the end.
There is a cast of odd-lot eccentrics and devious rival fangirls to round out the plot but frankly I only watched the episodes for "Lion" and his delighted, cat-like slow blink at Curator Seong. Their connection was far more hot blooded than typical 'awkward collision of pursed lips" that pass for kissing in most kromcoms. Here, the leads really kiss in a passionate way that makes viewers happy voyeurs.
Mediocre formula writing
AJ_McAninch5 June 2019
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