I am (still) watching Nevertheless on Netflix. There are things I really like; one episode per week is so doable, an excellent OST with a very different ear appeal, and floundering characters in different stages of growth. I really see a lot of similarities to Cheese In The Trap (and not just due to the college setting) more that it shares an ambiguity of motive and direction for our protagonists.

Is the past prologue? It will be interesting to see how they handle this in the drama, ......and whether it strays from the webtoon a la CIIT!?

I thought that Sol and Ji-Wan's relationship was interesting but after this episode, I didn't like Ji-Wan's reaction. She seems more obsessed than having genuine feelings for Sol. Sol really cares about Ji-Wan but Ji-Wan is pretty selfish.

For the main couple, I don't really care... The actors don't convinced me in their role and the fact the writer tried twice to fool the viewers in only 3 episodes...

Why when a character has fever in any asian dramas, it looks like he/she is dying?

I'm buckled in right there with you, @missvictrix.

I think I also smell the whiff of a time jump somewhere in the back-half of the show... anyone else?

This show is suuuuuper interesting in how it's put together. And I totally feel that sense of ambiguous foreboding that's looming everywhere. I think Eun-han's random girlfriend reveal was the warning shot against our bow as viewers - nobody is safe... not even the cutesy hoobaes.

Na-bi should probably runrunrunrun for her life.... but, yknow, a few rounds of nookie couldn't hurt to get the adrenaline pumping. ;);););)

Be prepared to get second lead syndrom. We got a short shot off him while NB friend watched that food video in this episode. He is NB childhood friend that have a crush on her and production company stated he is totally opposite to JE as he is friendly, innocent and straightforward.

I've decided I like this drama, but I'm not sure I care for some of the characters. I too dislike Bit Na, she isn't nice, drinks too much and worse isn't a good friend to anyone. I think she is going to mess with poor Kyu Hyun's heart. That drunk make-up on the street is gonna come back to haunt them. As for Sol whom I love dearly, I hope she and Ji Wan figure this out. I think Ji Wan is confused and hurt, so I won't comment on her little jealous outburst too much. As for our MLs, it looks like Na Bi succumbed, sigh, inevitable. Based on the preview the fallout looks lusty and terrible.

I think the directors are doing a mind-blowing job if they can sell you into not just watching but being invested in -not one- but TWO very problematic leads. A self-sabotaging heroine who just can't convince her heart to stay out of trouble, despite getting her heart broken recently. And a morally-grey ML, with enough layers to make him 3-dimensional, yet a mystery to us because they deprive us of his PoV time and again. Does he genuinely like her? Or is it all part of a grand-scheme. Ep 3. is the closest we come to JE's PoV (in his moments of solitude, or in company other than Nabi's)... Thus, despite being a snooze for most of the duration, I'm glad the writers fed us little JE nuggets. He isn't an out-and-out manipulator, and that keeps his character interesting, and his motives shrouded in an air of ambiguity. Glad they don't make him an outright 1-dimensional villain, which is lazy storytelling. But I'm with @missvictrix on this: I keep waiting for the narrative to take a sudden turn and reveal JE is a serial-killer xD JE confuses me more than he confuses our heroine, and I have firmly planted my feet in both the camps: he's either a jerk pretending to be sweet or a misunderstood sweetheart with genuine commitment issues.

For someone who has been in these shoes, I'm having a little TOO sadistic and voyeuristic fun at watching this girl, who thinks she has seen the worst already and doesn't realize how badly she's going to be burned by the end of it. :P

The wlw seems like it's headed towards a melt-down eventually. but might be our only endgame. The 'hime-cut' E-girl and the beanie-guy went down the predictable route too, but I don't see her changing her ways for the dude, just like JE won't change in the end, for Nabi.

Once again, the episode was brilliantly directed, shot and edited. The indie-esque OSTs are the absolute bomb. Every week I come in and admire how much the frames look like the modern Korean-take on an ukiyo-e painting. [especially the opening credits, oof!]
The story is predictable, because it hits a little TOO real, but I like how it's not cookie-cutter generic. I'm also super happy they keep pushing the envelope with the 'psychological' tag on this one! :D Like they say.... you 'never really know'. ;D

Being around too many smokers seems to have given NaBi cough. No, turns out it common cold or *Gasp* Coro... . I expected NaBi to be a good citizen and thought she would put on a mask and get herself tested. But no, she instead goes ahead coughing around the college campus, college fest and then next day sleeps with a boy too. I think the drama wanted to show us thats how the virus spread.
NaBi says at the begining - "I hope its Love, not childish jealousy." Love? Really? I thought love was more than that?
This episode did enough to confuse me into thinking Jae Un might be a good guy. With helping her plus the professors warm reaction towards him. But I don't know. It was episode THREE.
The pace of the story against its tone is feeling slow. Despite it having secondary stories too. I feel as if things have moved forward and yet as if nothing has changed.
The Art pieces are stunning - that Love sculpture - but I want more art.

They sleep together. Wow. She just recovered from high fever. When I recover from high fever, I feel tired, drained, dead. My mouth is dry like the Sahara Desert. I drag myself to the shower because I sweated a lot when my fever broke. All the things that Nabi obviously doesn't feel, or need (that shower I'm whining about) because she's IN LOVE. And she can kiss him just fine even though she was coughing like crazy the day before. It kept me up all night, worrying about her passing him the flu bug through bodily contact.

I was pleased to see Na-bi trying to taking control of her life at the start of the episode and brushing Jae-un aside. Unfortunately Eun-han was not the right guy to help her getting over her attraction. I was not impressed by his explanation that his old flame has turned up and has priority over Na-bi. Shallow and clumsy even for a hoobae.

Jae -un is not clumsy. Are women an open book to him? I found him the creepiest in this episode. He knows that he needs to gain Na-bi's trust and plays the caring card - with great success, naturally.
What scared me most is his statement of thinking to let the butterflies go free. I am not sure what he means by that. What about Seol-Ha, how does she fit in?

I am clinging to the hope that Na-bi will escape to study abroad and will make fantastic sculptures based on love, as her professor advised.

I know I shouldn't, but I ship Sol and Joo-hyuk so much. How sweet is he buying lunch just so he could see her again? I know Sol likes Ji-wan, but I don't think Ji-wan likes her back. She's just jealous Sol has other friends. During spin the bottle when Ji-wan leaned in for the kiss, she was leading Sol on.

I admire Bit-na's YOLO lifestyle, but she's leading Kyu-hyun on. She's so touchy-feely with him, putting her feet up on his lap and leaning on his shoulder, when he's in the friend zone. Kyu-hyun clearly likes Bit-na who's just going to treat this as a one-night stand.

Yet I agreed with our ultimate leader-on when Na-bi got upset at him for never contacting her when she didn't contact him neither. Na-bi keeps overthinking and assuming things from Yoon-ji to Seol-ah. From an outsider's perspective, girls throw themselves at Jae-eon, but he doesn't flirt back. We know Jae-eon's a playboy, but his calling 119 made me swoon. Eun-han was annoying as hell; I can't believe that boy had the audacity to cheat.

Chae Jong-hyeop, please be good because Na-bi doesn't need any more jerks in her life. Thanks a bunch for the weecap, @missvictrix!

I don't quite know whether I like the changes made in the story compared with the webtoon this episode.

In the webtoon NaBi wasn't sick and her phone didn't die. She told JaeEon he could come over and then went out and ignored his calls. He then proceeds to call 911. They go out drinking and he takes her drunk ass home. She begs him to not make her the weird girl because he started flirting with her first. They spend the night cuddling. And then the next morning went like the show - except she did the sensible thing and asked him if he had any diseases. Girl kept her head on in that situation. (Sadly that last part was missing - it didn't quite fit the mood of the scene either, but would have been way more realistic.)

That changes the dynamic/motivations between them quite a bit. In the show they are much more sympathetic and likeable. Which is in a way a swoony change, but...

I like that in the webtoon they are both a**holes here. She for leading him on (for a change) and then ignoring him and him for being quite a bit more calculated when calling 911.

Ahh... my brain hurts. Which version do I prefer?

I think one reason I don't get as upset with Nabi is that I believe Korean dating culture is a bit more conservative than in the west? I could be wrong, but I've heard that often to be in a physical relationship it's been agreed that the relationship is serious, possibly with marriage in mind. So I can see why she seems to think that because she is physically attracted to Jae-un then they must be already falling for each other. It can seem like she is sometimes trying to convince herself that her own feelings are more than just attraction.

I am not sure I want Bit na to fall for her friend. I like that she is unapologetic about the fact that she just wants to have fun right now.

I need Sol to come out ok at the end of this. It is interesting how no one seems to be picking up on her feelings for Ji Wan. I do think that Ji wan has feelings for Sol too, but maybe has never recognized them and just focused on the more traditional blind dates for a prospective groom.

drama where did you get your story from because it feels like you read part of my blog or is it just this real
I kno this exact type of guy. you can never tell and yet you want to believe

well, her dreams came true.
That is something.

I think that Jae-eon is seducing Nabi for her place. Her apartment is pretty, adorable, and spacious! In contrast, have you all seen his place? It's composed of a couch, a drawing table, and the walls are gray concrete! He also has a greenhouse where he keeps his butterflies?

Jae-eon is practical and it's all about the real estate. XD

When you encounter this individual IRL with all the red flags, pulling away is easier said than done. The force is too strong when your near each other. I was able to resist him for two years. Avoid him at all cost. I thought I won over the enigmatic force between us but I was wrong. A typical day with a common friend lead me to meet him again. A confusing conversation with him that end up with a kiss and a relationship that lasted for one season and a broken heart that was not mine.

I read the first 2 episodes here and checked out this ep. All I can say is, I don't blame na-bi. Not at all. Having experienced something similar, it truly is hard to understand a habit player. I was sav by my friend, and his lack of concern towards me. But this guy, is concerned about her. He totally has her on his mind, and is very open about it too. Off course, she will fall for him... Am sad coz moving on is difficult.

But they truly have unbelievable chemistry. The tension is so real. You want to do it but you also don't want to get into it. It is amazing

Why must every kdrama heroine be perfect? The standards are unrealistic, oppressive and boring, it's ok for the jerk male leads to do all kinds of nonsense because deep down they have a heart of gold, some past trauma, and will eventually fall in love with heroine. The FL on the other hand must always be this role model of niceness, it's fine if she's a bit klutzy and naive but that's it. Please don't be a real young woman that probably needs to fall for one or two manipulative man to learn some lesson about the world and yourself.

This episode was a bit of a filler but I did appreciate the main idea of having that maknae be unreliable, even if it the execution was heavy handed, it was a nice way to make Na-bi realize that if she was going to be a fool, she might as well do it with who she really wants.

After this episode, I stand by my original thought that I don't have much sympathy for either leads. Na-bi knows what she is getting into and Jae-Un knows he is playing with her. Honestly, I feel like they are okay with all of this, but are gun shy because of their past. Are they jut super sensitive over things that happened in the past? I say this as someone who hasn't been burn a whole lot in my previous relationships.

It's almost too obvious that some of these comment contributors have never been in a sexy, head-over-heels relationship before! Where the loving was so good nothing else mattered! I feel for them. Look, when young people are falling in love that's all they do is look and stare at each other! No words necessary! Their hearts are speaking! But that early morning love scene in Ep. 3 reminded me of my younger days! It was sensual, tastefully done, not rushed, they BOTH wanted it to happen... even Nabi had to admit "it was so good.." she couldn't even blame it on being drunk, so she went into it with both eyes wide open! I wish y'all would stop making Jae the villain and Nabi the victim here! If she didn't want it, she could've ended it right after that 1st time, but she loved being with that big, sexy, handsome Montana! They spent so much time together they both fell head-over-heels, so stop making it seem like he was using her, because don't forget, she's the one that wanted to keep their relationship secret... why was that?? Why didn't she tell Do just how deep they were into each other? ija....