Park Yeon Woo Archives - The Fangirl Verdict

THE SHORT VERDICT:

Show starts out strong, with a winsome heroine, the sweet beginnings of a potentially charming, dorky love story, as well as a compelling narrative conflict. I was immediately hooked, honestly.

Unfortunately, Show doesn’t quite return to these initial levels of awesome, once it takes its story to the present day.

The OTP Cute is serviceable enough, but, in my opinion, this OTP loveline isn’t sufficiently built up, for the kind of epic fated love that Show ultimately wants it to be.

Lee Se Young is great though, and is the heart and soul of this drama, from start to finish.

Your mileage may vary, of course, but I was, unfortunately, rather underwhelmed by this one, in the end. 😅

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THE SHORT VERDICT:

Show manages a reasonably strong start, in the way it sets the scene for a fun friends-to-lovers story, with a show-within-the-show to spice things up.

Once Show got into its groove, for a good stretch, I was lapping this one up with relish, and was convinced that Show would stay solid until the very end.

Unfortunately, Show seems to get kind of lost, by the middle stretch, and spends its screen time in bemusing places, instead of dealing more meaningfully, with our central characters and relationships (more on that in a bit).

However, Show manages to find a heartfelt note on which to end its story, and while it’s very different from the note on which it begins, this does help, because you come away with a bit of a sweet aftertaste.

A good chunk of wasted potential, but it’s not terrible?

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