Extraordinary You (2019)

Not sure if it's stnds to its name.

I started this drama with zero hopes like literally zero. Wasn't interested to watch even when my friends kept suggesting me to watch saying it's good.

So i started watching this in 2022, ofc late to the party. So when I started it was okay the way scenes were going back and forth was confusing and then revealed that it's a comic World and all. The way things were unfolding was going good. I thought maybe i should have watched when my friends suggested me to watch. I judged this drama wrong( my thought).

And then after at episode 13-14( ep 7) i started feeling that, i wasn't wrong for thinking this drama won't be good. The dialogues, scenes became repetitive. Like every line is used multiple times which you get sick to keep listening to them. At first they mocked the cliché and cheesy lines and story and slowly the drama itself became cliche and cheesy. At first the FL was strong and she kept looking for haru to help her change the story.

The things should have been answered like how the story effects and changes if they are trying to change the stage.? And they showed that just because he gets wine spilled on his clothes he will be late to the stage? I mean if the things were go back to normal once the stage starts, why does the wine effect them at all? It was lame.

The romance between Ha ru and Dan Oh felt forced and Unnatural like we don't know why she started liking him and an entire 1.5ep(for 1hr ep) goes in dan oh crying for ha ru. And she keep calling Ha ru ha ru. It's so repetitive that i stated skipping their romance scenes and focus more on the side characters. And also if she was an mere extra why did she had more screen time. Every time she ends up in hospital and the heart aches. She runs and does activities which a heart disease patients aren't allowed to.

The likeable characters (off stage ofc) are sae-mi, do hwa, and sae-mi's boyfriend.

All characters were same till the end except haru got more lines after he got introduced as extra in comic.

The good character growth was of gyeong.

After skipping skipping and skipping and only seeing how the story is going, i finally finished it.

It can depend on what type of dramas you like. More of a cliché type or no. And this drama is so repetitive that at point I thought that i should just skip to last episode to see what happened and finish it but somehow skips and Ff button saved me.

There are so many things unexplained and unanswered.

Not going to re-watch

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I am writing this in an absolute awe.



I watched Nevertheless just before this show, which became a 10/10 for me, so I went into this with not only low expectations because the trailers and clips didn't catch my eye at all, but also because I saw an opportunity to fill some space after Nevertheless with a show I had on my watchlist for about a year and I was stuck on the first 30 minutes of episode 1.


As of writing, I have tears in my eyes from how much of an emotional rollercoaster this turned into. Last 4 hours I couldn't stop watching at all. I was hooked onto every detail and rooted for the main pair so hard. In the end I was just crying, whether it was happiness or sadness, madness or confusion. This drama is so incredibly beautiful, so incredibly mesmerising. The story, acting, everything. I felt like dying inside every time the story showed a possible twist, I got kore intrigued every single time someone figured something out about the story.


I am still processing what was happening on my screen. The only issue I think this drama has is a very low rewatch value - simply becose discovering is one of the main hooks of the story, the romance and intriguing parts of the story lose meaning because in this case, it is more of you finding out WITH the characters, opposed to dramas where you know and watch the story while you understand the connections. You, as a viewer, know only as much as the character who knows the most as of now does.

I definitely recommend this, 100 %. Bonus points for music, because every single time an episode ended I didn't skip and finish the rest of the OST, criminally underrated OST, sung by Stray Kids. Seungmins vocals hit so hard when an episode has a cliffhanger.

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I have to be really honest about this drama. I started watching in 2019 when it was airing.. But, the plot and the show at al make me feel "bored", so I dropped this.

And then I came back in the final 2021 to finish and I can say: It is a really cute, good drama!

Sometimes I felt a little bored and skipped some scenes in the finals episodes. Because I felt they were doing to much and put some unnecessary things to make the scenes bigger, idk how to explican... But It doesn't feel good.

But then, it was really good the couples and the stories.
10/10 to the story, it was amazing seeing inside a comic and knowing about their past "life" and probally the future one.

And It makes me want to know more about their next "life"!

Cinematography was everything, the edit when the main leaders was doing things, when the staged started or when the shadows started was really cute and simple to understand. And It was comfortable in my eyes.

I watched this drama while was really sad, for things that happened with me. But then, they cheered me up and a feel better after watching this.

I can consider this drama like a confort romcom that I would watch again.

But, being honest, I felt like "WHERE'S THE KISSES?", I know, because the main is a idol can be "bad" for his fans see something like that (Ridiculous, ik, but I've seen things like that), but there's moment that NEED a Kiss. A big and beautiful kiss!

After all, I enjoyed and recommend this drama.

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– watched 6/24 through 6/29 –

for starters the first episode totally hooked me and my first impression of dan-oh was “oh shes a little quirky cute main character”. the way she thought she would be the main character after finding out she was in a comic book world was so relatable and funny. to start with things i disliked about the drama: the first couple episodes were great! until you start getting annoyed at the love triangles. baek kyung was SOO annoying throughout the show and it was so very obvious who dan-oh should end up with, but had a redemption arc towards the end? i also didn’t like nam-ju’s character at ALL. he did nothing throughout the show and didnt even get to have an ego and realize he was the protagonist of the comic book. ju-da was alright and i was ROOTING for do-hwa, i mean he is the best character out of the A3 and was sad when ju-da ended up choosing nam-ju over him because “nam-ju cant live without me but you can” ?!?! makes no sense and he deserved better 😭. also there were many plotholes and questions that should have been answered but it didnt bother me that much. that ending tho 💔 when ha-ru disappeared it broke my heart but i was happy to see them appear again in the next comic book or “universe” like they did before. now onto things i liked: EUN DA-NO! her character was my fave and kept me entertained always, the way she wanted to change her fate was admirable. the romance btwn the main leads was very cute and made me keep rooting for them until the end. lastly, the friendship trio between dan-oh, ha-ru, and do-hwa was my favorite thing ever 😭😭

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It is good, but...

I finished Extraordinary You 😥 is it somehow true that all lead protagonists get annoying? When the story turned to be more about Dan O and Haru, I skipped a lot. Maybe because they got what they asked for? All those heartbreaks was actually meant for them?

In the end all I could think of is Lee Do Hwa and Baek Gyeong. Cant believe we've got cuts of the useless classmen in the new book instead of the two.

Lee Do Hwa only wanted an identity that didn't include him walking around with his clique or him playing the violin. Above everyone else, he valued his friends the most. But of course the drama will not like nice guys with sunny dispositions. He's actually my type. So fluffy.

And Baek Gyeong. In the end he realises, and the audience too, that he wasn't harsh. He didn't want to. But he was made that way. What a cruel writer.

Anyway, I was happy when it cut to the main story line. The characters sleeping for a long time, ending in graduation. It's a juxtaposition of the dreaded ending and the relief of having the chance to start all over again.

Would recommend this drama, for sure.

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Within the world of a comic

This is a rom-com/drama about Dan Oh and her relationships with other characters of the high school comic that she finds herself a part of. She and a few others become self-aware and are able to realize that they are more than the setup that their writer established for them. In order to change the story to better reflect the self-aware characters' thoughts and wishes, they work together, or sometimes against each other, to make the needed adjustments.

The drama had a lot of potential, and, as is, would have been fine with half as many episodes. If it had to be 32 episodes, it would have been better with more story line. Instead, the same few scenes were played over and over as if the viewers needed certain points drilled into their heads. You could almost skip the entire middle of the story and not miss anything. Personally, I didn't mind too much, simply because Rowoon, Lee Tae Ri, and most of the others, are pretty to look at. But I did get tired of seeing the same scenes. Even within the story, Dan Oh was tired of it. And the brooding faces of a bunch of rich, angsty teens got tiresome as well. It was a breath of fresh air when the final episode moved them on to a new (university) comic with the same characters but a whole different vibe. I wouldn't have minded if there had been more university episodes and fewer high school episodes, just to see the cast play more of their new characters.

I did love the premise and the way the comic world was portrayed from the viewpoint of the characters. In between each "stage," it was like a director yelling "cut" and the self-aware characters would retreat from their setups, while the ones who were not self-aware would continue as their characters were written. I did not understand how the characters within the comic had access to a previous comic, but....plot holes within plot holes, I guess.

The OST from this drama is amazing in my opinion. These songs will stick with me longer than the drama will.

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This is by far one of the best Korean high school drama I have watched with very few plot holes. Most Korean dramas including “W” have lots of plot holes (illogical) but this is one of the least. I hated w because there were so many plot holes. The choice of music is great and it creates the feelings the producers want us to feel. Especially the music when when the A3 walked down the stairs. The characters also fits the choice of actors and actresses. I like how Dok Hwa’s acting. His presence/commentary in the shadow world makes the entire show comedic. 7 points is by far my highest rating for Korean dramas. I am very strict about details and I am very satisfied with the entire production. I like how there is hidden meaning to this story; it teaches the young audiences to accept the outcome we couldn’t control. It’s like teaching the kids not to cry over spilled milk.

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quite unique story/idea. but too cheesy for me. this drama is to focus for female audience.
They really try to make male lead somewhat of angelic being. this result of many cringe scene when ever male lead are shown.
there no way man like this gonna exist lol.


But overall pretty good movie if you want to watch not really in my highly recommend one but good enough for kill some times

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Overalls, I am intrigued with the story and acting but it got confusing throughout the episodes.
There are loopholes and unanswered questions.

Waiting for HARU to show up was my most intense patient time...lmao.. it took him a while to show up in this drama(not gonna say when but,...) it was worth it. After episode 21...I began to lose interest...but still finished as I need to, to move on haha. I skipped a lot as some were very slow and repetitive and ..yuh/
I was planning to watch this last year due to high-recommendation but my expectation is kinda low for this drama..but I will give it a good 5-6 star as it was a unique story.
Idk what else to say but if you are looking for something slow, but witted and high school romance, I would give this a go.
It was a fun drama and I am happy I finished it with a good life lesson: Enjoy life, be grateful for what you got and move on.
12/27/20 10:02pm

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