What a rollercoaster ride this last episode was!
Kang-doo needs a liver transplant and no one is a match. I, like everyone in the drama, feel DEFEATED. But after reading other Beanie’s comments last week about the happy endings that tend to be JTBC’s drama pattern, I held on to the hope that Kang-doo was going to survive. And then Sang-man is a match! HOORAY! But THEN, the surgery couldn't happen. I basically cursed the drama universe. For the exact reason that Moon-soo did… why survive all the hardship for so long, finally finding some happiness, just to die so soon. The Beanies were wrong; JTBC decided to mix it up a bit. And so, acceptance. I already began imaging what made Moon-soo smile as wide as she did in front of the bathhouse as I remember seeing in the ep16 preview. Maybe she was looking at her mom, her dad, her best friend. I already began thinking ok, this is what Kang-doo would have wanted her to do… live her life knowing she’s not at fault and she’s loved. Nevertheless, my heart was CRUSHED and temporarily uplifted with the cute date/hotel scene. But the sweetness and beauty that was the hotel and the rooftop scenes (tell him you love him, Moon-soo!) were just reinforcing the inevitability of Kang-doo’s death. Ugh!
Fast forward to a year later… I care about the other characters, I do. But WHAT HAPPENED TO KANG-DOO?? Just show me already, Show! And then there he is! Studying. RELIEF! And the flashback… an organ donor! YES! Tears of joy!! When he’s walking to meet Moon-soo at the bathhouse and almost gets run over TWICE, I thought, don’t do it, Show!! And luckily, Kang-doo and Moon-soo live happily (ever after). Breathe. HEART FULL.
I love “Just Between Lovers” so much. In all of the dramas I’ve watched, I think this is the most perfect. From day one, the characters/actors drew me in. Their stories gripped me. Every episode left me drained because I was so emotionally invested in them. Like many of you Beanies, I felt that every detail, every aspect of this drama (e.g., Moon-soo applying lip gloss before meeting Kang-soo on their date, the symbolism of the bath house rennovation, the evolution of both Kang-doo and Moon-soo’s outfits, the timing of Moon-soo’s “I love you", the words the writer chose, the cinematography, the soundtrack… there’s just too many to list) was carefully thought through and had a purpose. This drama, like many dramas that speak to our hearts and souls, is allowing for discussion on difficult topics such as tragedy, coping with it, and responsibility for it. And I LOVE our Dramabeans community because you’re all so thoughtful/smart/eloquent in your discussions, and at the same time, totally overexcited and such addicts (who wouldn’t be with JBL?!)
Anyway, I’m blabbing. I'm off to read more Beanie insights and join the JBL Withdrawal Symptoms Support Group. I’m going to close with a big thanks to JBL staff for having delivered a wonderful drama, to JTBC for airing it,...

Besides the great points in Comment 487 on Gang Doo's care for all ladies in his orbit, I was thinking of why 'we' ladies might fall in love with a character like GD.

- He is super generous and others-centred... even towards strangers and guys and it comes out in action. Instead of being jealous that MS could not remember he was relieved that she did not suffer like him.
- He recognises wisdom and follows good advice.
- He knows how to have fun (or did before the collapse when he teased MS through the one way glass wall).
- He does not pry or force confidence.
- He knows how to take care of people (as evidenced by how he cared even for Wan Jin and Joo Won).
- He is humble and does not need accolades, but at the same time is able to accept praises which are his due without false humility.
- He is honest in admitting his weaknesses and that his father may have been at fault.
- He is so smart... he impressed the high-flyer Yoo Jin, put Yoo Taek in his place and understood the real reason why Joo Won had put him at the construction site.
- He is full of heart - once clued in by Sang Man, he realised that the memorial lacked compassion and went all out to meet the families of survivors. In addition, he chose for the design of the memorial that it should contain the original pillars - the most fitting and poignant reminders. Plus, this was the perfect vehicle for helping Moon Soo with her own demons because putting pieces together was something she did best.
- He respects all who are weaker such as Sang Man, never seeing him as simple, and of course all ladies. He consciously avoided taking advantage of all the ladies around him.
- He defends the weak (took a beating to save Mary, and again to satisfy Yoo Taek for Mary's sake)
- He does not blame others for his lot and takes full responsibility.
- He is not greedy, as in, he does not appropriate anything that is not his, giving instead to the less fortunate.
- He knows how to be vulnerable and to show how much he cares for others. Best of all he knows how to say: "I love you" - something not many men can do.

*Sigh* Looks like the character of GD has ruined us for RL men!!! 😆

Finally got around to watching the last episodes! ....... What can I add to the comments that our fellow Beanies haven't already mentioned? It seems all that's left is to repeat that this was a fantastic drama.

From the beginning we were drawn into the world of the characters, which became so beloved, and it didn't let go. Through their hurt, struggles and ultimately, their healing, we were taken on journey we didn't want to end. We will certainly miss Gang-doo and Moon-soo.

I just want to thank all the Beanies who watched this and joined in the conversation here. Through your comments and observations, you made the Just Between Lovers viewing experience that much more positive! Thanks again, Beanies! You guys are great!

I saw a panda patterned paper yesterday in a shop and the first thing that came to my mind was SANG MAN!
Because of that scene where he said about Panda being cute and people adore them, doesn't have problems and all. I love Sang Man, very, very much. I've said it so so many times in this comments section. Almost every comment I made and YES SANG MAN IS AMAZING.

So here's a thread for our martial art lover Sang Man
- Everyone taller than him is a hyung. His eyes when he looked at JOO WOON was pure admiration xD
- Punched the sand bag si well, Kang doo is shook.
- Knows many languages!
- Cares very very much about KD. MS KD shipper from the start xD
- Likes sweet things that KD bought for him.
- Read a story for KD from a... suspicious book 😂

Please do add more ❤️ I'm not good at remembering scenes xD
Also, I really enjoy all the comments here 😍 all the observations and the squeals and everything!!

I'm finally here! I've been so busy this week I haven't had a chance to comment and join the party. 😭 But I've seen the finale since Tuesday and have read all your comments. My eyes have watered so much reading through this thread. Beanies, your comments = 💕

First of all...KD LIVED! AND IS HAPPY WITH MY GIRL MS!!! Just like you guys I was on pins and needles the whole episode. Especially when I saw it nearing the end I started getting nervous. I will admit though that when I finished episode 15, for whatever reason, I felt really reassured that KD wasn't going to die. By that point I felt we had been shown sooo many indicators of his 'death' that it probably meant it wasn't going to happen. Btw, did you guys ever catch that rumor that was going around about one of the drama's staff worker's wife (that's a handful) saying KD wasn't going to die? I read that last week but didn't know how credible it was. I just kind of dismissed it. Wellll I guess it was credible after all.

You guys dissected the finale so well that I really feel like I have nothing else to add. Well. Okay maybe a little. Can I just repeat how much I love Yoojin? When she came into the story I never imagined I would end up liking her so much. My head was spinning with KD/MS this week but I was all for YJ in episode 15 when she flat out said she didn't want to make the same mistakes from the past. As human beings we tend to find it difficult or uncomfortable to admit when we did something wrong. But here you have our girl, not only admitting she made mistakes in the past, but admitting it in front of JW. I feel that one of JW's coping mechanisms was jabbing at others as a result of all the resentment he harbored and never considering that they suffered as well (which btw he never took back telling her she had lost nothing pfft). I felt frustrated with him when YJ was telling him not to falter in doing what's right and instead of appreciating how much YJ has come around, he shoots back a sour 'you should have been like this back then.' Dudeee THE Yoojin, who's always so confident and assertive just stepped down a few inches to admit she did wrong in the past. She's admitted it in front of you, probably the person who's harbored the most anger and resentment towards her. I mean, that's the point of repenting for past errors; you would have liked to have done things differently in the past. I swear I was clapping for her.

I dropped JBL at episode 4 for awhile. I guess the melo wasn't working with my INAR high. So once INAR was done, I went back, and I am so glad that I did. I love how the show melded into more of an ensemble show with Granny's death bringing them all together. I'm both ashamed and proud to admit that I stayed up so late binge watching JBL that I had to call in sick to work, and watch the last episode in the morning!

I believe this the fullest official soundtrack for this show. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5KFVSkGSmM

I've been watching episode 16 for maybe 3-4 times and I still don't understand Moon-soo in the first few minutes of the episode. When Gang-doo got up from bed then running around looking for her why she just stood there. The next scene we saw she walked down the stair, was she going to leave Gang-doo again? I still don't understand her decision for leaving Gang doo in episode 15. I feel like this time she stayed because Gang-doo was dying.

Whew, needed a long moment of pause there. This show has ruined me for dramas for a while. The dear faces of the characters and beautiful/funny/wrenching scenes continue to linger in my thoughts and will for a good long while. Such a great job by the cast, and the writing and direction were just stellar. The mains fully inhabited their characters and (I can write this now!) killed it, but even the supporting cast bowled me over. Sang Man and his mom had me bawling in ep. 15 with the makeshift family they had created with KD. Yoo Taek had me bursting out in laughter when he did his strange pumping of fists outburst w Mari after he signed the contract for the sale of Halmoem's land. Junho's loud singing off-tune that bulldog mansion song got me in the gut, as did his urging MS to shout out her repressed grief/anger in another early scene. Ugh, so good.

So what to do with major withdrawal. I've got it bad. Everything else I was watching reads shallow now and there's nothing left to do but rewatch JBL as many times as it takes to fill the void. I'm glad I live-watched (despite the total meltdown over that preview which in hindsight is pretty hilarious). If I had marathoned this, I would have gone dark for days, unwashed and barely subsisting on ramen. Argh, why do we do it, the kdrama obsession?!

Just Between Lovers premium DVD is up for pre-order!! (2/6~2/20)
They need 700 sets ordered or the DVD will not be produced.

This post has the links for where we can buy it on Yes24, Innolife, and ktown4u: http://cafe.daum.net/rainorshineDVD/Tusd/10

I'm not sure if someone already mentioned this as I haven't had a chance to catch up on posts since 2/3, but I've been thinking about this for a few days. I was thinking back to the comment made a few days (weeks) ago regarding MS decision to not believe in God and reject the lady that was trying to evangelize. She was coming from the standpoint of where is God when so much suffering is in the world and people have passed due to utter despair and suffering. Then we have a miracle happen at the end. Bot Jae Yeong says that she doesn't believe in miracles and yet both are hoping for a miracle, that God would hear them and have compassion. I thought this too was a way of resolving another point that seemed out of place and unnecessary at the time. But there was a reason for it as we've seen throughout the drama for every event, big or small. Again, another example of a great plot and script writing...

Thanks to @Linda Palapala

Here's the link to an interview with Lee Jun Ho posted on 4/2/2018, after the show ended, with great photos, and how he felt about playing the role of Gang Doo. He was so immersed in it that he found it hard to get out of character. What he went through to bring us Gang Doo!!

https://www.hancinema.net/interview-just-between-lovers-junho-wants-to-challenge-himself-115204.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_mediu

Today, the reality of the tragedies of buildings collapsing has hit me in the face. I'm praying for the people in Taiwan in the aftermath of the earthquake. People have died. Buildings did collapse, last night, trapping people.

Previously, in the same country, the investigation after the Feb 2016 apartment complex collapse: "Five people were found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment over the disaster, including the developer and two architects, with prosecutors saying they "cut corners" that affected the building's structural integrity."

With JBL fresh in my mind, this hits so close to home. "Cutting corners" was precisely what Yoo Taek was trying to do constantly - to terrible effect. And it still goes on ... :(

Thanks once again to @Linda Palapala we have a link to the William Schwartz Review of JBL. Mr Schwartz has a way of writing that raises a whole bunch of thoughts and questions because he says things that are either not obvious (or questionable) or which only the writer herself may 'know'.

The link is here: https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-drama-review-just-between-lovers-episode-16-final--115037.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

But I'm taking snippets of what Mr Schwartz says because they got me thinking.

"Just Between Lovers" has always been a story about mortality and impermanence. While the construction project has fallen by the wayside, that's because in the long run, the construction project was never that important. Joo-won rather hilariously comes to a critical decision about personnel management upon realizing that actually, office politics don't really matter.

"personnel management" - Assigning MS to design the memorial is much less about personnel management than it is about him trying to keep her around him, trying to look cool as her sunbae and because the memorial had been sold as the work of survivors for the victims. In the process, whether he realised it or not, Joo Won was also giving MS (And GD by association) the means to come to terms with the lack of compassion and support that had been given to all families of victims and to themselves.

"office politics" - Joo Won wanted to get what he felt was his due because his father and Yoo Taek's father had joined hands to build but it was only his father who had taken the fall. His mother had been 'compensated' through marriage but she had become an unpaid maid and was treated with contempt. Joo Won had been given the chance to start his own firm, but he still resented the patronising attitude and jealousy of Yoo Taek and wanted to prove himself. This is much more than just office politics.

Quoting more of Willaim Schwartz:

It's Sang-man, of all characters, that most easily comes to understand what's important, because mentally challenged as he is, Sang-man only sees what's directly important. Then there's Kang-doo's sister Jae-yeong (played by Kim Hye-joon) who has always been a nagging influence in the background, finally realizing that the main reason Kang-doo doesn't listen to her is his inherent distrust of institutions. These two end up building something far more important than just a big building.

"inherent distrust of institutions" - Where the institution is the hospital ... I read I believe in an interview with GD that his character had spent 3 months in a coma and then 3 years in rehabilitation for his leg, mostly in hospital. He hated that particular place associated with so much pain. However he was endlessly proud that his sister was a doctor and he went to see her in hospital, although he would not go there for treatment himself at first. It was also the place he wanted to bring Halmeoni to once he knew of her condition. Therefore I would not say he distrusted this particular institution.

However he knew that the 'Institution' (of society, the more well-off, social justice groups?) had failed him and others like him. Instead of being sufficiently helped, they had been given a token acknowledgement and compensation and then shunted to one side. It was more comfortable for institutions to forget them and carry on as usual. Knowing this did not stop him from 'listening' to his sister.

He had chosen not to live in the same house as Jae Young, and this might have been because he had chosen the rough life and felt that his lack of education, etc would pull her down.

When he refused to allow JY to insist on Sang Man's liver, it was because he loved Sang Man more than himself, and Jae Young had done as much as she could. But also because he was used to being 'miserable' (the term he used to Joo Won), ie living with little hope for so long, living in a self-sacrificial way for the sake of others ... it was practically a 'given' for him to give up on himself to keep Sang Man safe.

I do agree however that Sang Man and Jae Young together (and Halmeoni) do so much more than the institutions did, in meeting some of the needs of the marginalised. And they did it without having to build a fancy building. Ironic, huh?!

Once more from William Schwartz:

By the way, I've never had much of a chance to discuss the soundtrack, but it really is quite good. They're all these slow songs that initially seem sad, because the tone is so soulful and the lyrics so melancholy, with a constant echo implying distance. Yet the music really resonates with its hopeful pleading. There's this fear that tragedy is inevitable, yet hope enough to wish for The Miracle anyway. To admit to really wanting Moon-soo...that spiritual healing was what Kang-doo needed even more than the liver transplant.

The OSTs are haunting. Wistful, poignant, full of longing and I agree with Mr Schwartz, also hopeful. I felt that it captured the thoughts, fears and uncertainties that would have beenin all our minds if ever we were faced with the circumstances like those characters. So much resonance.

An example, OST Part 7 - "Where we, When we, Why we"... the start of many questions that might have few or no answers or answers that come very late, years down the road.

I also agree that it was spiritual healing more than the physical that GD needed. When he was able to honestly, unequivocally admit that he needed Moon Soo for himself, without fear of being greedy, his healing truly began. He may have felt (survivor's guilt?) that he was never worthy of happiness, but realising that there was no getting rid of MS and remembering Halmom's order to be happy and not be a scaredy cat, he finally let himself receive.

With MS staunchly by his side, he would/could have died without a new liver, but he would not have died in despair. That he had both Moon Soo and a chance to live longer, knowing that he was precious to others, was the cherry on the cake. 😃

Here's are some reviews of this show. This one is by Kdrama Kisses Kay.
https://kdramakisses.com/2018/02/05/just-between-lovers-korean-drama-review/

Here's a couple on mydramalist - so full of heart.
https://mydramalist.com/profile/GiorgiaRomagnoli/reviews/35154
https://mydramalist.com/profile/winterluna/reviews/35043

Dramafiles gives us the lawyer's point of view
https://thedramafilesblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/file-no-just-between-lovers-eps-15-16-final/#more-24059
😆

As my holidays are coming towards the end I should be sparing some time for telling good bye to Just Between Lovers as well. My head is so cleared up that it is difficult to find right words...

Here is a link to the translation of Junho's Interview with 10asia posted on 5th Feb 2018. This one has a Q&A format with the theme "Live Like You Please" or living passionately. It touches on JBL, his acting and singing career, and 2PM. He also shared more anecdotes from when they're filming JBL. Credit to jerwiepenpan for the translation and you could find the original article's link at the end of the translation.

https://jerwiepenpan.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/eng-trans-180205-lee-junho-live-like-how-you-please-10asia-interview/

11th February and I am watching this beautiful drama for the second time. Slowly... Wonderful. Not enough words!!! 😍

Here's another review from WinterLuna on MyDramaList. I agree with her because she's all praise for the show!!! 😃

https://mydramalist.com/profile/winterluna/reviews/35043

Thoughts after re-watch episodes 13-16.

I felt that the wrap up was so satisfactory, not just because GD lived, but because even if he had died, other characters now had the chance to balance out the scales. The balance is what gives so much added satisfaction to an already warm-hearted show. That, and the character of GD.

Usually I look for character growth, and glory that the main protagonist (whom I must usually like and approve of) developed nicely by the end of the series. However, this time, I came to absolutely love the character of GD even though, come to think of it, his character was basically the same throughout the show or to be fair, he became better with MS's and Halmeoni's influence and Sang Man's wise quips.

He was a good, self-sacrificing and responsible kid (evidenced by his trying to follow through on his promise to Sung Jae, by his saving Mary, etc) and he continued as an adult with similar characteristics who earned the trust and good opinions of loan sharks and thugs, who never failed his sister or those whom he had decided to look out for. His only bad points were his propensity to take to violence as a means to counteract his trauma/take control of a situation and his running away from his mum's sufferings.

So I guess it is because GD is so good, and that he became even better that I'm so invested in him. Which would have been enough to make the ending greatly enjoyable.

However what adds the icing to the cake are the changes in the others around him, and how, whether they want to admit or not, those improvements were influenced by GD. He is the core around which the satellites revolved.

Just taking 1 of them ... Moon Soo - MS was used to retreating. She had coped that way partly so that she would not upset her volatile mother, but maybe because she associated the times she had asserted her wants by dominating over Yeon Soo and leaving her, or by leaving GD behind in the ruins, with great regret and self-blame. She came to doubt herself and hate herself when not only Yeon Soo and Sung Jae, but also GD, her mum and dad suffered so much and somehow it was indirectly or more directly as in GD's case, linked to her decisions.

Her running into the stairwell in Ep 16 to sit and be miserable was her repeated style of dealing with a demoralised ego and self-blame. However this time she is no longer forgetful like before, but recalls GD saying: "Acting as if your life is over because of something like that looks even worse (than it really is). What are you doing here blocking my way?" Is it reaching a bit to say that again it's GD's voice that draws her to him? Whether singing Bulldog Mansion's song out of tune or criticising her in her memory, his voice brought her over to his side.

Perhaps she realised that her life was not over and she could do something positive to make up for her mistakes or worse, that she was once again 'blocking' GD by affecting him negatively by running away...

@hikari_nmh @hikarinmh

I'm beginning with OST Part 7 "Where We" because it was the first song I recognised in my re-watch of episode 1.

Lyrics (from YouTube)
When we Where we Why we
On some days It’s so gray
When to Where to Why to
It’s been gone It’s somewhere

Every time when I see
It’s so gray It’s okay
Feels like you’re the one I know
It’s been gone It’s somewhere

Tell me where I’m falling back to
It’s so gray It’s been gone
Tell me why I’m longing to see
It’s okay It’s somewhere

I sing your song You sing along For once
You sing my song We sing along At once we did

When we Where we Why we
On some days It’s so gray When to Where to Why to
It’s been gone It’s somewhere

I don’t know why I feel
Wish I could tell you why
Maybe we’ll be on our way
On some days It’s so gray

I sing your song You sing along For once
You sing my song We sing along At once we did.

= =
This song came on as MS climbed up the stairs and bumped into GD. It came on again when GD remembered how MS found him in the alley after he was beaten up.

He had not remembered her from the collapse yet, but he had a sense of knowing her. I like how the song brings out the uncertainty and yet the anticipation before they truly discover each other.

So here I am... back to this thread again after read Azzo’s post
Trying to read everything that I might missed when the last time I am here
This thread is A GEM

I think “move on” is not an option for my JBL’s love. I sink deep and deeper, even after the show end ❤️

Here it is, the Recap for Episode 15 from @Peeps

https://varietyrecaps.wordpress.com/2018/02/17/just-between-lovers-ep-15/#more-15835

Lovely to read, as always.

So I started to watch it again and it still feels so good ! 📽️ I'm on episode 1 and there's so many things I didn't follow before. 🔸Moon Soo told her sister "If you follow me you'd die!" 🔹 In our first meeting with Mari we learn that the construction site manager (director's brother in law), full of himself, had beaten up one of her girls really hard. ⏺️ Haelmoni reminding KD about the after effects of histoire painkillers -
to use them visely. 🔽The reason behind MS's mom alcoholism is that she doesn't want to forget her beloved daughter Yeon Soo. "Mom needs to remember, because everything is all my fault." "It's mother's fault when her child goes first. If I live well they'll say I live well. If I destroy myself, they'll say I couldn't come to my senses even after letting my child die. If I laugh or cry people will point fingers at me..."🔼 KD's sister is worried about him and doesn't understand why he'd chosen his way of life but respects it.

Some more recent MVs based on this show. Pretty good edits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmjT4ZVTluA

The one below has the reciprocal scenes ie something GD did that MS also did later or vice versa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRyeRVfmHjM

Here is my belated love note to this drama! I wrote this when the show ended, but I am still having major technical/internet issues so I’m only posting it now! Oh well!

For many of the reasons already spoken, I loved this drama. I am often weary of the melodrama label bc I’m not one to look for a show that has one sad thing after another occur. Rather than feeling torn apart, this was a story of healing.

I felt, at least in the first half of JBL, (besides the second male lead feeling like something of a weak character) this drama did everything just right. The second half had what felt like unnecessary noble idiocy on MS’s part, and extra almost-tragic drama that I didn’t think it needed. But in the end, thankfully, we could breathe a sigh of relief and smile and cry with our characters. And oh, how I loved all these characters and their beautiful relationships! <3

At some point while enjoying the lovely love between Gang Do and Moon Soo, something hit me: I felt that I was watching Sang Mi and Dong Cheol finally receive their romance! Something about the essence of these characters, actors, and even their appearance and voices really connected in my mind!

Anyone else?! This was probably my biggest and happiest thought from this drama.

I've been meaning to stop by and comment after the ending of the show. But then work picked up, the Olympics came and I got obsessed with that for two weeks, and well here I am weeks after the drama ended. Even though, I was mentally preparing myself for Gang Doo's death, I was sooooooo relieved that he got his happy ending with Moon Soo. I went back recently to watch the fist episode and I am so surprised at all the amazing camera work I didn't tune into. You can definitely feel the presence of the director in the drama itself. JBL has definitely made it to my favorites drama of all times list. I do think think his potential death at the end seemed a bit unnecessary but at the same time, they were hinting at it in the middle I think? (when he kept getting nose bleeds). And I wished there was more between Moon Soo and her mother, it just felt wrapped up too quick. I wish there was a bit of time between her realization that Kang Doo was haunted by her first love to Oh No Kang Doo's dying.... Maybe they just needed a half of an episode or one more episode... Other than that, I'm really happy with this drama, the emotions it put me through, the amazing camerawork that I want to rewatch, the great acting and well written characters (it's so frustrating when you have good acting and a poorly developed character, vice versa). Looking forward to their future work. Definitely going to watch Won JIn Ah in Life (because of the writer of Strange Forest, Jo Seung woo and Lee Dong Wook.... dream drama come true) and I heard Junho was offered a role in greasy melo (really hope they change this title). I like Jang Hyuk and adore Jung Ryeo Won too so really hoping this drama pans out. Here's hoping Junho gets a couple of dramas in before he goes off for two years!

I am so happy I stumbled upon this drama and this virtual space where all the fans have gathered. Sad that JBL is over but that I got to experience it. JBL raised my drama standards...hoping future dramas won't be too disappointing. Haha.

It's really great to stop by here and see all the support for JBL! Woohoo!! :)

Sooo I'm watching JBL for the third time. Why? Because I miss KD×MS. 😭 I miss the social commentary the drama offered. I miss the exploration of loss, pain, healing, and human relationships. I miss Halmom's advice that was so real and accurate. I miss JBL so so much I wish it could be premiere day again so I could enjoy the ride all over again. 😫 sighhhh

Sincerely,
Beanie Relapsing In JBL Withdrawal

OK, I just had to come back to JBL fandom for a moment to rant. I can't believe some folks are comparing Come and Hug Me to JBL and think Come and Hug Me is better, esp. the writing and acting. JBL was so well done, it went right to the top of my all-time drama list. I just don't see Come and Hug Me that way at all. Of course, everyone is entitled to their own preferences, but JBL fans, are you with me on this one?

So here I am, back to this thread just because.... I just remembered that It was during this time last year that I was too preoccupied and affected by this drama, the time where my heart constantly breaks and heals every week. 😊

Moon Soo and Kang Doo forever!!! ❤️Hahaha.

Glad I found this site discussion on this drama. Watching it now and loving it with its layers of emotions. I love how each survivor deals with their life after the tragedy in different ways. The real winners here are the ones like Kang Doo and Moon Soo who has decided that they now must live even happier and better as they have been given a second chance instead of wallowing in the “what ifs”. I love how when Joo Won ask Kang Doo why he likes Moon Soo and his answer is “just because”. It’s so apparent to us watching his journey why she is so important to him as she is the one who nudged him to look beyond today.
I feel Kang Doo is also the most blessed amongst the survivors. While his relationship with his sis is nothing great, but he has built a “ family” around himself that cares for him just by being the kind soul that he is, albeit with the gruffly, rough edges. I think it only makes him more appealing like a lost ragged puppy that everyone just would love to take home to care for.

i miss this drama :(( i think it's time for me to revisit

I still wonder why they didn't recap and review Just Between Lovers. I love this drama wholeheartedly, but I don't know why it feels incomplete without dramabeans' review. It's like a habit of me to read the review at the end of a drama to get my final closure. Even if I'd have got an overall review, rather than episodic ones, that'd have been more than enough. 😭

I can't believe they didn't properly recap JBL what.

Love this drama so much. A true healing romance. Kang doo and moon su are so great together, so realistic, soulmates. Kang doo as a character is so precious. The drama shows healing and how you can have romance even without being rich and CEO. Jun ho and Jin- ah should work together again they have great chemistry.
Usually it's the ML who do all the heavy work of chasing and making the FL feel loved but Moon su took the lead and chased Kang do, I just loved the way she looked at him, like he is the one who matters the most, every guy deserves to be loved like that.

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