Something in the Rain

[maggie33]

I finally finished it today. And what a beautiful happy end it was. I’m satisfied. :)

More with minor spoilers behind the cut.

It too me some time to finish it because I had to take a break after watching episode 10. Jin-ah’s mother’s hysterical reaction after finding out about Jin-ah and Joon-hee kind off soured me on the whole drama. The sexual harassment plot at Jin-ah’s work was also becoming more and more hard to watch.

So I took a 3 months break and started to watch again last month. But since both of the above-mentioned parts were still prominent in the drama I couldn’t watch more than 1 episode per week. But it was absolutely worth watching just for Jin-ah and Joon-hee’s relationship. And there are a few other secondary characters I liked, especially Geum Bo-ra and Vice President Jung Young-in. They were both fantastic.

I wanted to watch Romance Is A Bonus Book next, because I read good opinions about it. But then I saw that Netflix in Poland added One Spring Night recently. It’s Jung Hae In’s new drama and I really want to see something else with him, because he’s so adorable and pretty and a very good actor. So I plan to start One Spring Night tomorrow.

Comments

[china_shop]

Yayay! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! \o/ \o/ \o/

(I got sadly disillusioned from about episode 12 or 13, and kept waiting for them to pull out of their spiralling failure to communicate and learn to be a couple. I really wanted Jin-ah to stop making the same mistake!! So I didn't find the ending very satisfying from a Jin-ah/Joon-hee POV -- it was too little, too late, for me -- but by that stage I loved Bo-ra so much that she was some consolation. I'm still bitter at how the sexual harassment storyline turned out, though! *sigh*

But those first 10 or 12 episodes were so delicious, I can easily imagine just watching those again (over and over and over).)

I'll be really interested to hear what you think of One Spring Night!

[maggie33]

Yes, the first 10 episodes were wonderful and I love them without reservation. But later I got disappointed. But for me it was mainly because I didn’t read any reviews before watching and I expected, based on those first episodes, something much more light-hearted and heart-warming. And it wasn’t that. Especially sexual harassment plot, because it was so depressingly realistic with how things got “solved” in Jin-ah’s office and how other workers and her bosses behaved. I mean, I was all set up to watch a romance with some complications, and not a heavy realistic drama. :)

So I didn't find the ending very satisfying from a Jin-ah/Joon-hee POV -- it was too little, too late, for me

I get that. Their repeated failures to communicate bothered me too sometimes, but I guess not that much. And I loved their happy ending, because while watching the last 2 episodes I started to get very afraid that there wouldn’t be happy ending at all. That, just like with the sexual harassment storyline, it would get depressingly realistic and they would never get together again. And I really needed at least some optimism in the end. The whole thing with Bo-ra on the island and Jin-ah joining her was lovely, but it wouldn’t be satisfying enough for me. :)

[china_shop]

I didn’t read any reviews before watching and I expected, based on those first episodes, something much more light-hearted and heart-warming.

Yes, me too! Their relationship was so golden and shiny and ADORABLE, and I really expected and wanted so much for it to work out! That's why I thought a V-shaped threesome fixit would be a good fix -- Bo-ra realising that she is really only attracted to Jin-ah when Jin-ah is happily in love with Joon-hee, because he makes her braver and shinier, and Joon-hee coming to see that Bo-ra's influence makes Jin-ah better too -- better at communicating, better at being grounded -- and Jin-ah realising she wants both of them (and coming to terms with the sometimes-Bo-ra-is-a-cat side of things)! \o? ;-)

[maggie33]

Yes, V-shaped threesome fixit is a great idea. And I love how it’s all pretty realistic stuff at first and then you end with “Oh, and Bo-ra is a cat sometimes.” LOL

By the way I did watch the 1st episode of One Spring Night and the actress playing Bo-ra has a secondary part here, as a free-spirited and impulsive sister of the main female character. And she’s great. The romance part is pretty meh for now despite Jung Hae In being pretty and adorable, but I already really like the relationship between the main female character and her two sisters. Complicated, but loving sibling relationships are my jam. :)

[china_shop]

Yeah, I think I watched about 3 episodes of One Spring Night, but I found it a bit dreary. Jung Hae In didn't get to smile enough. (I recommend While You Were Sleeping, if you can get your hands on it. He's the second lead, but utterly stole the show, imo. *points to icon*)

[maggie33]

Ah, that’s disappointing about One Spring Night. Especially about the lack of Jung Hae In’s smile. :) Oh well, I will give it one or two episodes more to see if it grabs me. Unfortunately While You Were Sleeping is not on Netflix in Poland.

[china_shop]

Let me know if it gets better?

[maggie33]

I will. :)