TL:DR? Why more people haven't watched this drama is absolutely beyond me.
I went into this drama with the expectation of dropping it in the first five minutes. I kept seeing it pop up on Dramafever, and I kept looking at it, wanting to start it but having this gut feeling that I wasn't going to like it at all. So I finally decided to start it, just so that I could drop it and get it out of my head. But man, almost from the very first minute, I was completely sucked in. And then after the first episode, I knew there was no way I could give up on these characters and their story.
Can I just say, Choi Woo Shik was absolutely made for this role. It never once felt like he was acting, it felt like he was just implicitly Ho Goo. And Ho Goo was this adorable, naive, simple guy that you couldn't help but want to hug a billion times an episode. His heart was always in the right place, and he always put other people's needs first. It was the polar opposite of most lead male characters, who start off bristly and arrogant and only change through the power of love. Ho Goo was innocent and thoughtful, and while love did change him, it only made him into a better, stronger version of something that was already pretty awesome.
Uee, however, felt really flat in her role. I honestly couldn't understand what Ho Goo saw in Do Hee. Why he was willing to do so much for someone that was only slightly better than a wooden plank. There were a few moments where you could really see some potential in her, but for the most part I just kept wishing they had picked someone else for this role. But alas, Ho Goo loved her and I was determined to see them together if it was what he wanted.
The storyline felt really fresh to me. Just when I thought I knew how people would react, what was going to happen in the storyline, someone did something that turned my assumptions on their head. Which is always a pleasant surprise in drama land! The side characters really added to the story. Ho Goo's best friend and his really ripped arms; Do Hee's "first love" and all of his hilarious baggage; Ho Goo's sister and her unrelenting crush on someone who thought she was a boy. All of them added to this perfect recipe of a drama in the most entertaining of ways.
I haven't watched many 2015 dramas, or more to the point I haven't been able to finish many of them, but I think I can easily say that Ho Goo's love is one of the best to come from the crop of dramas this year. It's endearing, and sweet, and the romance in it is adorable if you only focus on Ho Goo's side of it.
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