Nevertheless, (2021)

Most realistic drama so far

This drama is made with such passion it gives the oportunity to viewers to relate so bad no matter from which point or character they look through. It shows variety of characters and personalities filled with emotion, energy, interest and much more. It is one rollercoaster creating an unique vibe which is easy to be felt by everyone because it involves you into a daily life routine along friends and family. People who would say it is not for everyone they would be wrong. The story is summarized and rapidly ongoing in order to not get bored or lose interest. Main leads are charming and playing their roles pretty damn good. Everyone else is following different vibes and interests but all conected to the core of the drama. Enjoy and have a good one

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"JUST BECAUSE HE CANT LOVE YOU THE WAY YOU WANT HIM TO DOESN'T MEAN HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU"

ADVISE: those who are watching should not take the show too personally as many did...
This drama is not a regular rom-com so if you wanna watch prepare yourself for some toxicity...
This drama gives Hollywood Movie Vibe and I find it very similar to the novel "AFTER" by Anne Todd
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The ML has a (no dating rule) so definitely, it's gonna be hard for the main couple
The FL on the other hand went through a betrayal in her First Relation and then falls for ML knowing that he is a Womaniser
(ITS NABI'S LIFE LET HER CHOOSE HIM DONT BE JUDGEMENTAL😉)
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The way Song Kang is making himself DESIREABLE and that NONCHALANT behavior is the base of the drama but that changes after FL starts Avoiding him...
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Han so hee being confused in the drama is natural and realistic BECAUSE (Her only good memory of a relationship is with ML, no one ever treated her special like PARK JAE EON did)
by the time she could stop herself she was already in love with him... and in love it's hard...
Not everyone is bold enough to fight against themself to leave. CAUSE
What NABI wanted was LOVE (someone who makes her feel special and there when she need him)
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Chae Jong Hyeop's character is a sweet smiley guy and the only positive thing in the drama. he tries his own Sweet ways to win her heart but not everyone wants a good boy in their life and Nabi was one of those type.
She wanted passionate romance with JAE ON and that doesn't make her bad
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I'm happy she didn't drag Do Hyuk feeling for her and rejected him because that would've been a big mistake for the 3 of them...
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SIDE STORY: this drama has a lot more going on than Nabi and Jae Eon, side couples are another reasons to watch this drama, their amazing acting and beautiful love story.
So if you watch it is GOOD but STAY OPEN MINDED...

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Must watch! With open mind

Its amazing drama according to me female lead is not dumb she is really good leading her own life the way she wants without harming anyone. Its her choice to believe in someone and something the society norms are not shown here which makes drama unfamiliar but its normal story with good direction and acting . And male lead is not a play boy with female lead he loves her the way he can and i dont think he can live without her because i believed in drama he is a good fellow with pure heart. Want more these type of dramas its just a different type of life experience. I loved watching it though i love more of caring side of men i saw that in ml so i liked this drama . Caring without commitment for some people it may work. Important to note in drama is fl and ml bond not relationship. Some may understand or not understand. Anyway enjoy watching.

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amongst stupid butterflies there will always be daisies and gummy bears

i cant believe how much the ending effected my opinions on the whole show. generally speaking if it wasn’t for soljiwan my overall rating would be so much lower, but since i actually enjoyed the majority of the episodes and i especially enjoyed seeing such a beautiful relationship dynamic betwen sol and jiwan i don’t want the ending to ruin such a beautifully told story for me. with that being said i hated every single thing about the last episode, it ruined nabi’s growth as a character and ruined every single message the previous few episodes were sending out about not staying with people who are bad for you. some people might say it’s realistic for nabi to end up with jaeeon but i disagree i think it was the stupidest decision they could’ve made by far. dohyeok being rejected felt very underwhelming and everything in general considering it was the last episode lacked detail and lacked development. so many important scenes regarding the side characters were cut out including over 5-6 sol and jiwan scenes, one of which was a flashback to their high school days a very much anticipated scene for them. nevertheless was a good show in the first few episodes; everything felt fresh and relaxing and realistic, something different compared to a lot of the dramas being released at the time. however, as more started to progress more also started to get worse and that was simply because of the excessive amount of spotlight nabi and jaeeon continued to receive, their problems kept on repeating and every scene started looking identical to the ones beforehand. the only thing that kept nevertheless going was soljiwan and this is a known fact between viewers as the popularity amongst the show was literally because of the excitement that revolved around seeing a wlw couple in a kdrama, as it does not happen often. considering the main reason people watched the show was for the wlw couple the lack of scenes they ended up having was hugely disappointing, it was really a shame seeing how much went wrong watching the final episode expecting such a great ending. to end off on a positive note what i will say is that im so grateful for soljiwan’s story, their plot line wasn’t only amazing to watch but also very meaningful and impacted and resonated with a lot of people who have experienced and undergone similar circumstances. so even though they might’ve not gotten the most scenes compared to what they could’ve and should’ve gotten…it was a pleasure seeing their story unravel and bloom overtime (idc if that’s cringy.) from me and thousands of other people out there: thank you so much for giving us soljiwan and thank you so much to seoah and hojung for playing your roles amazingly it wouldn’t have been the same without soljiwan.

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Real life (and love) is imperfect

I've never bothered to write a review but there are too many negative ones on here, and if I had listened to them I wouldn't have watched this show and would've missed out on something really great. So, let me add another positive one to the mix.

I understand that people feel a certain way, disappointment or frustration - but the characters are human! The flaws of each made the show feel so much more real. You don't live life as a perfect strong lead, a great communicator, someone who knows themselves and what they want. You learn after making questionable choices along the way. This lack of communication and understanding, giving into your emotions, making mistakes, looking your fears in the face, these are all key to growing and these characters slowly stumbled through it all like real, normal people.

**spoilers from here on***

I liked when the show flipped from Nabi's inner monologue, to Jae-On's at the halfway point. You come to realise that we might know what Nabi wants as we've been living in her head, but he doesn't. It changes the way you think of him. Is he really a bad guy for seeing other girls when they were just FWB? Does he even seem to know what he wants when he's trying to find the best way to address the loneliness he grew up with? Nabi is the same.

The symbolism of the artwork, Nabi's character a butterfly personified, the flipping of roles between Nabi/JaeOn and Bitna/Nam Gyu, the sunbaes, the LGBT storyline that was so beautifully and respectfully done, THE MUSIC *claps* *claps* *claps* Amazing.

With the ending....it would've been wrong for Nabi to be with Potato Boy. She never liked him romantically, it was Jae-On that was in her heart the whole time.

I think the ending shows that sometimes you really need to just go for what you want, and they did it eyes open, knowing it could still go sour, but in that moment, they chose each other. They came together not because of fate, childhood memories, dangerous super natural events, they just found the person who makes their heart beat a bit quicker, and they choose to see where it could go. I thought it was beautiful.

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Odd, yet surprisingly good

Upon reading all of the reviews online I was very sceptic at first. I expected this to end up being one of those filler dramas for me, which felt horrible as I wished for Song Kang to appear in some really good drama after how much of a fiasco was PERSONALY FOR ME Love Alarm.




I was amazed.

Despite all of the reviews, the show made me get incredibly attached to both the leads. Don't get me wrong, I hated them both, but their story progression and past made me wish good for them. I have to say, the drama is very split, 1st half is filled with exciting moments, realistic yet unrealistic settings, while the second half is more somber, melancholic and leaves strong emotions.

Another point I always saw in reviews was the lack of symoblism, which I honestly never found to be there. There are plenty of symbolisms, a lot of connections to other parts of the story, the name of the story, NaBi's name itself. All of it was connected not only through the story and what we saw, but also through the idea of everyone being an art student - which again, despite being critiqued a lot, because it apparently made the scenery boring for some people, I accepted very well, it made me think more about the story too (this is a kdrama, ofc there isn't a masterminded plot of artistic expressions, but it did deal with some topics of art and I was very happy to see that as school-placed dramas are one of my favourites, it was a breeze of fresh air to finaly not have the leads be either super smart math kids against bullied kids or smt like that, which I find is often used in school dramas - social status etc.)

What made me very happy was the OST - there are very few OSTs I remember and listen to and Butterfly is one of them. Considering the fact most of the OSTs on my playlist are there because they are by one of my favourite artists or were covered by them, this is pretty amazing to me.




If I had to put Nevertheless in some form of a category, it would be really, really hard. It did earn a spot as one of my top favourites and I am still amazed. And even after watching BEFORE reading the webtoon, I know the webtoon will be worth my time and I will read it - because this was a rollercoaster of emotions, relationships and everything.

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Relationships with fear !

I might have a different take on the two main leads....I think they are both dealing with fear and to be in that state, we are observing what happens! The FL, of course, after having been used and abused is heading into a toxic place that is hard to control for her. She has lost some self esteem and is trying to regain her footing. The ML I don't think is as much of a playboy as it is being portrayed so far. For whatever reason that hasn't been disclosed yet, he is non-committal. But now he has met his match! A girl that has captured his heart. Each person playing their part in this drama is amazing. And each relationship we are witnessing is bringing to surface their weaknesses. So let's see how it all unfolds. It sure has captivated my interest!

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yall would probably hate it

im a person that is uncomfortable with the whole concept of relationships, and i mainly just respect the attractiveness of people lol, so keep that in mind when reading my review.

also, i really needed this ending after what happened in love alarm s2, so thank you to the director of nevertheless,

story:
i really hated some episodes of this drama, especially the ones near the end. i loved the last episode (but i know a lot of yall would really strongly disagree). im happy with how the whole thing turned out. i've kinda always rooted for jaeon since the beginning, but near the end (like eps 7-8) i started just hoping that nabi would end up with noone, because jaeon had fucked up so badly. i never liked do hyeok. he doesn't match with nabi at all. sure, he's sweet, but i feel like he's more of a little brother than an actual boyfriend. yes, jaeon is toxic and he was a walking red flag, but id like to think that he's changed near the end of the drama. yall can come for me idrc

acting/cast:
song kang is so bad at acting- there mightve been like 2 scenes where i thought he was decent but otherwise.. i don't think he plays the character *that* well. he's just attractive and that's why he's popular (which i'm not complaining btw, i'm not that picky about how good someone's acting is). the female lead (nabi - idk her real name) is pretty good at acting. she's also pretty :)

music:
i got so tired of the music so i'm just not gonna say anything abt it. it's not necessarily bad.

rewatch value:
i might rewatch a couple episodes in the future, but definitely not the whole drama.

overall:
don't watch this if you like sweet innocent boys lol. it'll probably make you really mad.

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Two sides of a coin

I watched this the first time more from the female lead's perspective. I thought, "This was a good story"--then, it dawned on me that if i watched it a second time from the male lead's perspective i would get a dramatically different feel for the story. I really don't understand the bad reviews. The second time around I admired and enjoyed nuances of the acting I missed the first time. The main relationship as well as the secondary ones leaves an opening for dialogue about modern relationships and the choices made. The music was awesome. The story had more depth than originally perceived. I would watch it a 3rd time, but I'm going to wait a few weeks to see if the 3rd time offers more insights. The two main leads were very expressive when you add more layers to their thoughts. They were young adults stumbling through what a relationship is and how to develop one. Akwardness, insecurity, intensity, the occasional snippy comment...seems very realistic.

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two young people trying to come to terms with commitment and love.

First of all the aesthetics of the mundane lives of artists was so beautiful. the filming locations were so cozy and the cinetography was amazing, the music also matched perfectly and pulls together an over all romantic melancholy feeling. leaves you with such a pit feeling in your stomach like you just relived the hardest emotional trials in your life. It feels so realistic that the story could be told to you by a friend in day to day life.. It does indeed drag by the middle end, and the ended is up to how you'd interpret it I feel that it's still realistic no relationship starts pretty, they both decided to take a change on eachother and finally be honest with eachother and I think that's beautiful, they accepted eachother through all the hurt they cased eachother (she caused him just as much pain in uncertainty then he did to her and he was honest the entire time she knew what he was about.)
But if you're expecting what the webtoon gives you I would just count it as it's own entity separate from the webtoon because the endings are very different and they made the male lead go in a very different direction and I like him better in the kdrama hahaha who wouldn't honestly!!
The butterfly stuff was so pretty, I just loved how it added to the overall aesthetic and its just through and through a cozy yet emotional watch!!
p.s. I loved all of the side characters so much! Bitna was my favorite in the side characters!! But, I didn't see the chemistry in the 2nd love interest to Nabi but that may just be me lol (I cant even remember his name) honestly any other person didn't have the chemistry with Nabi that Jaeon did, they had an undeniable connection, they just needed to figure out how to grow up and properly treat eachother!!
any way it's toxic because they're immature but I think they grow by finally being honest with eachother and I wished them a beautiful future together by the end.

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Nevertheless is a slow-burn romance that is both frustrating and satisfying.

Nevertheless is a slow-burn romance that is both frustrating and satisfying. The characters are well-developed and the actors give phenomenal performances. The cinematography is beautiful and the soundtrack is perfect.

The show is not without its flaws. The pacing can be slow at times, and the characters' actions can be frustrating. However, the show's strengths far outweigh its weaknesses. The characters are complex and relatable, and the show's exploration of love, sex, and relationships is both honest and insightful.

Overall, Nevertheless is a well-made and enjoyable show. It is not for everyone, but if you are a fan of slow-burn romances, then you will definitely want to check it out.

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