[Coming soon]
Notable Actors/Actresses
Park Bo-young: Yoo Mi-ji / Yoo Mi-rae
Park Jin-young: Lee Ho-su
Ryu Kyung-soo: Han Se-jin
Director: Park Shin-woo
Hangul Title Translation
Unknown Seoul [= Mi-ji]
Unknown Seoul [= Mi-ji]
Recapper: FanFanX
Recap Grade: D-
First Impression: 4/5
First Impression: 4/5
Romcom / Romance Checklist
[In Progress]
How much of the plot is angst/romance?
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The ML:
Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Tsundere / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /The FL:
Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better Than ML / Noble Idiot / Describe the Relationship (the tropes):
Annoying Love (F/M) Rival+++ / Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Friends to Lovers / Harem / Hidden Identity / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / School to Adulthood / Star-Crossed Lovers
Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):
Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11* / 12 /# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
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Ending:
Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad / Rushed+++FanFanX: Open Thread → Micro Recaps (Quotations only).
YMJ: And so, our dad became our best friend. We never had to tell him who we were or what our favorite candy colors were. He knew everything about us... The other person who could tell us apart was my favorite person... our beloved Grandma.
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Original secret promise.
YMJ: That was the start of our secret promise. A pinky promise that we would do things that were hard for the other twin... We got addicted to this perfect cheat code. We made a pinky promise every single day. Sometimes, however, there were things we just couldn't do for each other. But eventually we got caught and our secret promise ended.
YMJ: Whether the pebble in his [Lee Ho-su's] shoe was the question he guessed on, or me, I still don't know.
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YMJ: Forget about everything else. Just think about yourself. What do you want to do?YMR: I don't know?YMJ: What?YMR: I don't know either... I don't know either. [Cries]
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Secret promise revived.
YMJ: Don't quit or endure it.YMR: You...YMJ: I'll do it for you, like we did in the past.YMR: What?YMJ: I'll live as you. [Raises a pinky] You live as me.YMR: [Pauses] [Locks her pinky with her sister's]
LHS: Mi-rae, you and I are terrible when it comes to people. If we both go, it would just make things worse... If anything, you should take Mi-ji instead. Mi-ji is good at getting people to open up their hearts for her.
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YMJ: Maybe the Mi-ji Ho-su remembers was like that. Even back then, I wasn't the one who opened up people's hearts. People were just drawn to my sparkle...so I didn't have to do anything. Once that sparkle disappeared... the only thing remaining was a burnt-out firework, useless and dull... just like me.
LHS: You said you hate it when people gossip about you. Then why were you so quiet earlier? You can't stand people talking about you behind your back, but you're fine with them talking about Mi-ji right in front of you?
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YBH: The tart, ugly ones like these are perfect for jam. Mi-ji, do you want to make strawberry jam with me?
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KWS: If a deer runs away from a lion, does that make it trash? If a hermit crab hides in fear of being eaten, is it a coward? They're all just trying to survive. You're hiding to survive too. No matter how pathetic or messy it looks. Anything you do to survive is brave.
KWS: Promise me… that you’ll never run away from anything. Promise me… now. Together, let’s endure it one day at a time. [Sealed with a pinky promise.][Ep6] [Jump to: Top | Comments] The Silent, Ever-Present Fool
LHS: We all have that one question we don't want to be asked. Does choosing not to ask it count as being deceitful?[Ep7] [Jump to: Top | Comments] A Child Underneath It All
YMR: When Mi-ji's dream was to own a stationery store, mine was to become a tree. If I were a tree, needles wouldn't hurt. Why did I have to be sick... making everyone suffer... feel sad and get mad? That's when I started pretending to be a tree... quietly enduring everything. I couldn't do anything about the pain, but I could choose not to cry. I may not have stood out, but I knew how to endure.
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HSJ: I was afraid of not meeting expectations… and of disappointing myself. The fact that nothing was certain made me anxious. And I was afraid I’d feel that way forever. But those reasons are silly. What fool doesn’t scratch a lottery ticket just because it might be a dud? Hey… are you that fool? Think about it. What’s the real reason you’re hesitating?
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LGG: There’s no such thing as perfect timing. Nothing in this world is perfect.
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YMR: I spent days in silence, keeping to myself so no one would see how vulnerable I was.
LHS: Ironically, the day I insisted that it just be the two of us… we actually did become two again. No, it became just one. One broken piece... As long as I pretended to be okay, I’d seem whole on the outside.
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LHS: So for the first and last time, I said I was fine being alone. But the moment I was left alone in that empty house, I realized I had never been truly alone before.
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LHS: Why do things keep going sideways? Is it because I’m a puzzle piece that doesn’t fit? No matter how much I pretend to be normal, I’m still broken. Will I ever be able to form a pair with someone else?
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[Ep9] [Jump to: Top | Comments] Back Again, Once MoreLHS: Broken pieces that embrace each other and make up for each other’s shortcomings… somehow become one unconventional whole.
YMR: I unexpectedly found another light in the place I had run to. I felt ashamed that I had tried to rely on that light, so I ran away again.
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[Ep10] [Jump to: Top | Comments] Reading YouYMJ: None of that bothers me at all. [Gently strokes his scarred arm]LHS: You don’t bother me either. No matter what you’re thinking… Regardless of whether you can stop talking or not…
HSW: If you haven't opened my book then, maybe... I would never have waited... for someone else to read to me.
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YBM: If I had loved my mother first… would she have loved me back? It’s too late for me, but not for you, Ok-hui. Give her some love before it’s too late.
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If you’re reading this letter, it means Sang-wol has finally found someone to confide in, or she’s desperate enough to hand this over. I sincerely hope that you’re someone with a kind heart.Life is like poetry. From a distance, it looks like an indecipherable code, but if you look closely with a heart willing to understand, only then will you see the meaning within. I spent my whole life trying to define Sang-wol and me with a single word. But each word felt either too grand or too small. I never found the right one. Still, you can define who Hyeong Sang-wol is in just three syllables. Kim Ro-sa.With that foolishly kind heart of hers, she took all the bad so I could have only the good. All her kindness is held within the three syllables of my name. I held onto everything for a while because the world is harsh and cold.But everything in my name truly belongs to Sang-wol. Now I hope that she can finally let go of the lies and reclaim what’s hers.Please look upon this lonely yet kind soul as you would read a poem.
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HSW: On the day you closed my book and left, Ro-sa, you said to me…
HSW: Don’t leave me behind. How can I live without you?KRS: You’ll meet good people.HSW: There’s no one else…You’re all I have.KRS: You’ll meet them. It might take a while, but one day, you’ll meet people who’ll read you for who you are.
LHS: A today that's a little better than yesterday. Those todays build the promise of a tomorrow. The promise of being together tomorrow too... when things will be even better than today. It is arrogant… to promise a tomorrow together.. when I don’t even know what will happen to me today.
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HSW: So this is how you feel, not how Mi-ji feels.
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LHS: I’ll never know… the end of that sentence… or love itself.
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LHS: What are we?
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YBH: You’re my son, and I’m your mom. If you let go of my hand, then how am I supposed to go on? So Ho-su, don’t let go. Hold on to everything you can, okay?
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HSW: Do what you’re good at. Knocking on people’s hearts. “I’m here. If you open the door, I’ll be right outside.” You can keep knocking and telling him that.
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Some day, there will be a day when you will have to lose for me too. Love isn’t about winning or losing. It’s about remaining on the same team until the very end even if you lose. Love is staying together even if you lose a hundred or a thousand times.
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[Ep12] [Jump to: Top | Comments] The End is a New BeginningLHS: The promise of tomorrow is not born from hope, but from resolve. Looking back, the path I’ve walked is full of regrets. And the road ahead is veiled in fear. We found the resolve to walk this uncertain path together without knowing what lies ahead. Even if all that awaits us is a pitiful ending, we will walk this path together until the very end.
HSW: No matter how hard your day is, one second of laughter can get you through it. So don’t ever let go of the person who makes you laugh.
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KRS [writing]: My world began to sing after meeting you. Just as the wind carries the bird, you led me to poetry. My song, my wind, my Sang-wol.
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Just when you start to get the hang of things, the chapter you know ends and an unfamiliar one begins. Some people rush ahead to read the final page, but I was the type to run away from the very beginning. The type who can’t let go of the main character and leaves the final volume unread, and the type who never beats the final boss so the game won’t end. Maybe it’s because I already knew that deep down, no matter how tightly I held on, I couldn’t stop the ending from coming.
Remarks
by FanFanX
Trigger Warning: Mental Health, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Sexual Assault, Suicide, Toxic Workplace
[First Impression (Ep1-6)] There are no full recaps but further notes / thoughts for eps are down below in comments section.
[Cast&Crew]
→ Park Bo-young: Yoo Mi-ji / Yoo Mi-rae
→ Park Jin-young: Lee Ho-su
→ Ryu Kyung-soo: Han Se-jin
→ Lee Jae-in: Yoo Mi Ji / Yoo Mi Rae [Teen]
→ Im Chul-soo: Lee Chung-gu [Ho-su’s senior]
→ Jang Young-nam: Kim Ok-hui [Mi-ji and Mi-rae’s mother]
→ Park Yoon-ho: Lee Ho-su [Teen]
→ Kim Sun-young: Yeom Bun-hong [Ho-su's mother]
→ Cha Mi-kyung: Kang Wol-sun [Mi-ji and Mi-rae's grandmother]
→ Won Mi-Kyung: Kim Ro-sa
→ Moon Dong-hyeok: Song Gyeong-gu [Mi Ji's ex-boyfriend]
Director Park Shin-woo's previous works include When the Stars Gossip, Lovestruck in the City, and It's Okay to Not Be Okay. Same screenwriter Lee Kang for Youth of May.
[Behind the Scenes]
[OST] See comments.
[Ending]
[A Highlight] Ep8. 🤝
[Review & Rating]
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