I haven’t read the recap yet but I just finished 7&8 and am here to say - just WTH, Show?

As someone who is in team Woong over Bobby, I don’t feel the coming breakup as heartbreaking as the previous one. It’s not like the reason of their breakup is less hurtful, it’s just because I’ve never find myself fully invested in Bobby as character. I’m not reading the webtoon, so I don’t know the detail there, but I read some comments saying Bobby is cheating on Yumi. I’ll call it cheating if he pursues DE while still in relationship. But if he is breaking up first with Yumi, though the reason is because his heart change and loves someone else, I’d say he isn’t a cheater. You just can’t control your feeling, right? At least if you know your feeling could hurt someone you once loved, you can control your act. Behave as someone who have some decency and show them respect they deserve.

Though I’m not boarding on this ship, I can’t accept the way or how Bobby fell for Da Eun. I don’t know how is Da Eun in the webtoon, but in the drama, to be honest, she is pretty. Just pretty. She act fragile, bright, bubbly, polite, and kind but not in charming or adorable or desirable way. I don’t know, she just rubs me in wrong way. She supposed to be cutie pie I guesss, but appear more like an … old infant(?). I think it’s the actress. The scene where she were laughing because Bobby’s face smudged with charcoal almost unbearable for me to watch. I wonder if Kim Go Eun expression during that scene was genuine. I think to justify the “earthquake”, the least they can do is to show me some of her personality or traits that are superior than Yumi’s. But none of it shown. Even at the end they show her trying to get permission to confess to a taken man. Or maybe it’s the way the director wanted to potray her? But it could also because they don’t show us yet a lot of Da Eun and Bobby interaction. The lack of it can’t make me sympathize with his changing feeling toward her. If it’s game, there is no way Yumi is lose but somehow at the end we know it’s Da Eun who is crowned. What makes the whole thing unacceptable is that Bobby just dump a woman for a chick.

I really didn't like the show skipping forward to Babi and Yumi's one year anniversary. I already didn't care about them and skipping six months or more of their relationship certainly didn't make me more invested. The scene on the beach was sweet but they still don't seem to be showing each other their true selves.

I didn't like them glossing over Yumi's hardships in becoming a writer either. I too would like to know more about what she's writing than just the title.

The scene where Babi gave Yumi his jacket was one of the scenes where I didn't like Babi last season. There was nothing wrong with him doing it, but something felt off, which Woong seemed to pick up on. I guess that is when he fell for Yumi since his cells lied about it. That's another reason I've never been on the Babi train: He's nice but a lot of his actions feel calculated. It's really hard to know since we still know nothing about him.

Whether Babi subconsciously had feelings for Da-eun or not, as her superior, he really shouldn't have been driving her to and from work. That's just asking for trouble.

I thought Ahn Dae-young's cells were hilarious. I don't quite understand the pacing of the show but I was okay with spending so much time with him because it was so funny. He handled the news that Yumi had a boyfriend well. I guess be was supposed to contrast Da-eun who is just so young.

@missvictrix thanks for a great weecap as per usual. This week I really wished I was binge watching this as I needed to get past annoying editor asap. I did laugh out loud at his lack of communication skills which had not really changed since university days. But on the whole his presence was an unnecessary distraction from the Babi and Yumi relationship issues.

I found the whole friends jumping on a plane to celebrate didn’t make sense when they don’t appear to be that close as they didn’t seem to know she had had a boyfriend for a year or even who he was. Maybe I misread those teasing comments and it was just the first time seeing them together? It also didn’t play out like Yumi was focused on the anniversary get together after a long separation from her boyfriend.

Intern chasing someone else’s man reminds me of the character in Fight for my way and I don’t like it at all, especially when it’s done by playing sweet and innocent. I hope it won’t be dragged out please let it be sorted in the next episode.

It’s great to see Yumi’s writing career finally turning a corner and hopefully that will be an important part of the next phase of her life story.

I'm offended on Babi's behalf as Dae-young had more character development in one episode than Babi has had in eight episodes. We already know more about Dae-young than we do Babi. He's a bigger dolt than Woong, and his humanoid cell village was a trip. Whereas if not for Babi's (three) cells' clothes, I wouldn't be able to tell them apart because they have no personality. Has Babi ever had a voice-over? Both Da-eun and Dae-young got voice-overs. She even has a friend that she texts.

Now Babi's going to cheat on Yumi, and we don't know why because Show has decided we don't need to know him. Even his own cells don't know why his heart is being shaken. If he betrays Yumi, I honestly can't hate him because I feel too sorry for his lack of character development.

I related to Yumi so much when she started to cry after holding back her tears. She really needed to let it out and have someone comfort her. The words "It's okay" automatically make you emotional. I hope she told Babi about the job later.

None of Yumi's cells remembered their one-year anniversary? Not Love cell? Not president of the Yoo Babi fan club guard cell? When she said she'd hate her boyfriend yelling "I love you" in public, I thought that would be Babi's cue to confess. I wanted Yumi to list all the reasons she was thankful instead of Writer Cell's one word "everything." It was annoying how Emotional Cell and Rational Cell made Babi lie about when he first started liking her, but Yumi ought to have known it was way before her dancing. The person he liked at work with a "u" in her name was her.

When Translation Cell interpreted Da-eun's message, the other cells' letdown reactions cracked me up. Chief Nam's relieved "Thank you!" was adorable. A big thanks for weecapping, @missvictrix!

Isn't it a little disconcerting that we know so little about Bobby so far? He and Yumi have been together for a year and he still seems pretty one-dimensional nice and friendly. Too perfect. Whereas the earthquake at the end of episode six suggests that maybe Bobby is a bit shallow after all and develops feelings too quickly.

Since I have the contemporary comparison with season 1, I notice quite clearly that the current season is more plodding along. Unlike the previous season, the writers also seem to jump back and forth a lot more and not have a real focus.

Therefore, the episode with Editor was a nice change, even though it was quite strange and didn't really fit in. But maybe just because of that.

I agree I would like to know what Yumi wrote for her novel. Since it is romance, she definitely wrote from experience. What was it that made the editor like it so much? I hope they reveal some of it some time.

Yes, I too feel that we do not know Bobby much. Why did he like Yumi? Why does he feel attracted to new girl? What are his cells thinking? Does he fall in love with every woman he cares for? That he feels needs his care? What is it? Is he just a paramour? What made his heart turn? Is it because he needs his partner to be close physically? Does distance makes him wane? Is this the difference between Yumi and Bobby? Because Yumi doesn't seem to be too bothered that he lives in Jeju although she misses him. Bobby's ex worked all the time and that didn't work for him. Is that it? Proximity? Questions. Questions. I don't read the webtoon though. Many online comments say they don't fancy him much in the webtoon. While heartbreaking, I am ready for Yumi to move on if a break up happens. And it will be interesting to see how she copes with this. (Plus, I already know the ending of the webtoon so I am somewhat ready for a possible scenario.)

I rather enjoy the editor and intern comparison. I thought they made the editor's cells older, manlier, because he is older, and maybe more mature in his rationale and behaviour. He knew he should respect boundaries and not confess his feelings, while young intern did otherwise, albeit indirectly. Editor guy walked away with self respect, and basking in his unrequited love. He likes her, but feels he acted like a true hero in love who only wants his crush to be happy. I kinda like that arc in this episode. I want to see more of him.

Thank you missvictrix for a great and fun review as always. I have always thought that they have showed Babi to be a perferct boyfried in the past episodes. Maybe, this is it, his flaw. Falling in love easily like DE did toward him. That is why he is getting tremors/ saddened when DE went to Busan. We didnt get to see what is the real reason for the breakup in regards to his past relationship. I dont believe that Babi is perfect, no one is.

As for the Editor in Chief, I enjoyed that part. Why is his cells like that? Maybe because he is mature enough. You know older?

Hope next week will be fun again. I have a feeling that we will start to see the 'True Babi' for the coming episodes.

I think Babi probably feels lonely (not to excuse his behaviour). Firstly the relationship is long distance and when they talk they only show yumi complaining. She visited and forgot their one year anniversary and invited her friends. I feel like Yumi probably knows Babi as much as the viewers lol. Anyways I trust the show to explain his behaviour in future episodes.

Writers! This doesn't seem right. First, we are very unfamiliar with Babi' cells second he's going to cheat what? I know I know you fell in love with someone and want to know them then you spend time and finally everything becomes boring...that does not mean you have to fall for someone else....commit yourself to someone ..be mature. commitment is missing here..That's all.

I've never been attached to any of the characters in "Yumi's cells", I don't look for life lessons in the story, so I like this twist. I think I'm so bored with the dramas in which the finale is known, where the main characters love each other despite adversities that I took the turmoil of the plot from episode 8 as a breath of fresh air. I want Babi to have an internal conflict and even for him to abandon Yumi or she broke up with him for good. I would like to see a well-explained motive in a drama when one of the main characters stops loving and starts to love someone else, even though they seem madly in love.

my heart sank in the last minutes of ep 8..NOOOOO do not cheat on yumi!

I actually quite like how the show is portraying the dangers for a long distance relationship, particularly if the emotional bond is not very deep indeed.

Yumi could have easily moved to Jeju herself, to be closer to Babi, if she wanted to. Her commuting to work is from her bed to her desk. I don't think this crossed her mind.

I can also understand Babi being attracted to Da-eun, she is very nice and pretty and also there. He recognizes the danger zone and never visibly crosses the line and I don't think he will either, but the feelings are there.

It is most likely that Yumi will pick up on these feelings and will let him go. With how much regret is hard to say.

I would be very pleased, if Dae-young will be Mr Right in the end. The actor has such a talent for comedy. Just love how his cells are the supermen he wishes to be in his imagination, a far cry from the shy, sensitive and socially awkward human being he really is. And he loves Yumi.

Does this drama have a plan for this second season? I still love it but I'm not so sure anymore about the plan. One of my favorites aspects of first season was how everything seemed to flow so naturally and we understood Yumi's moods and shifts in her daily life. This season has been skipping major events lately and we don't have the same information. We don't know nearly enough about BaBi, like others said, we got more from the editor in one single episode. Why would Yumi not consider moving to Jeju? How are they dealing with the long distance relationship? Why would those distant friends invite themselves for that trip? I'm not even going to try to get the reason behind BaBi's attraction to DaEun because this will probably be better explained next week. The drama is skipping too many important moments and motivations which is very anti Yumi. I did like the editor, though I have no patience for the kdrama trope of dealing with a simple romantic interest as that was real love of some kind. I wish kdramas would just call it something like an infatuation.

I felt that this weeks eps had so many holes.
For starters, I'm just gonna put it out there, I really wish Rubi gets hit by the truck of doom. I despise her with every fiber of my being.

Anyways, I have to agree with y'all! What tf is YM's story about? Why did her "friends" jump on a plane to celebrate with her all of a sudden? major WTH BB? what in gods name do you see in DE?? YM worked part-time (YAY) then got her job back (uhm) to not getting her job back at all (were the writers just drunk or smth what was that) I understand that not everything flows smoothly in life but damn.

Yet another week where we got nothing to BB, no development for him. Instead, they gave more time to a new character, ADY, which dont get me wrong, was enjoyable but was it reeeeeally necessary??

Looking forward to the breaking point in the upcoming episodes!

WTH show !!!! I am so disappointed with the direction the show is taking. Week by week the show s making me realize why I was never in to Babi. You give ring to someone a week and then the next week your world gets shaken because of someone else's confession. And his cell stole the memory scroll, burnt it and then delivered a whole different memory to yumi so that the real scenario will not be revealed. Its so sketchy. I am already not a fan of SYE but she is totally annoying on another level here. she appears more dumb than cute. I dont know if I should blame the actress or the director, but I really can't stand her. I mean who in the right mind will consider her over a woman like Yumi?? The editors cells were funny. The series did a good job portraying the difference between editor and Da eun. He backed down when he found out about Yumi's boyfriend while da eun confessed even after knowing about Yumi. I also noticed the difference between Woong and Babi while handling other girls. Babi give out mixed signals while in a relationship and treat the other girl almost same way while Woong actually showed her place when his collegue tried interfering too much. I remember the time when switched to his hilarious "bear mode" when the girl tried to make a move and also how he warned Sae yi not to interfere too much. I didnot see any such reactions from Babi and instead he seemed to be shaken with the confession. All the more reason to have zero connection with him.

Life can be so funny and surprisingly kind sometimes, isn't it? It warmed my heart that while Yumi's plan and hope about the writing contests didn't pan out the way she thought would be best, life pay back her hard work and passion with a much better path. That little scene with Hunch in his Aurora communing session just hits me right on the feels. It felt like magic, the sudden conviction that this was one turning point you managed to grasp in your life.

This weeks eps made me realize that Bobby was the perfect boyfriend for Yumi as her life hits rock bottom. He has a way of comforting that felt genuinely caring instead of patronizing or coddling. He has the capacity to encourage her to go after her big dream that came across as endlessly trusting of Yumi's ability instead of spouting more empty words. In that regard, I'm glad that Bobby was the one person who shared Yumi's life in this stage of her life. Because frankly, I couldn't see anyone else being able to stoke Yumi's faith in herself (that has been buried for almost a decade) up to that point.

As for the other matter, I can't say I was completely surprised by Bobby's (seemingly) sudden turn of heart. In any other romcom, I would easily swallow the idea of a perfect male lead like Yu Bobby, because dramas like that were supposed to be dreamy and unreal. In a slice-of-life romcom like Yumi's Cells though, he was clearly too perfect to be true. No one is that perfect and the fact that Yumi dated the man for a year without discovering any of his flaws raised a huge red flag for me.

The moment the drama showed us Bobby's ability to basically self-obliviate himself, I knew that we know nothing "real" about Yoo Bobby all this time. If that was a regular occurrence (which, judging by the smoothness of the operation, it was highly likely), then how could we know which of Bobby's action and words that was true and which one was a front to present a wholesome picture of himself? At one point, I couldn't help thinking that his very charming cells village that we've seen so far was only a front for something so problematic that he probably didn't even realize was a problem (or even there in the first place).

Going from that point of view, it was not too far-fetched to assume that his Love Cell's botched confession was that Bobby has started liking Yumi even since he was still in a relationship with his ex-gf. If that was true, it would mean that Da-eun was replacing Yumi's position back then in the current story. And that was one parallel that I really, really don't like to contemplate about.

Thank goodness there's the addition of Ahn Dae-young and his riot of cells village. His very distinctive looking cells was a hilarious yet apt depiction of a hopeless romantic in love with the wonder of literature. I couldn't wait to see more of him as Yumi's career took off.

This part about Babi got infatuated with Da Eun is quite unconvincing to me especially after Babi and Yumi had celebrated their 1st anniversary. Babi doesn’t look like the type who likes extremely bubbly girl. If he does, he would have like Ruby instead as both characters have some resemblance.

I just watched epis 7&8. When BaBi's Emotion cell stole Love cell's scroll, she ran towards a fenced area where Rational cell was waiting for her. It was a red-light district lmao. Why the heck would Babi have a fenced (restricted?) red-light district? Does this mean anything?