Shin Hye-sun never misses, even when the drama as a whole isnt great shes always consistently fantastic.

The first two episodes did a great job of introducing our two leads and story , Ahn Bo-hyun caught a lot of heat for his casting but he is solid here too, i suspect he'll have a lot more "show off" moments in future episodes.

I hope the supporting cast is fleshed out a bit more in later episodes.

P.S. Lee Bo-young is so pretty, loved her cameo appearance

@daebakgrits thanks for the weecap. I too started the webtoon but it got too dark for me so I dropped it but I am hopeful that I can stay with the drama as I love how they have shown her past lives. The child actor from her 19th life is exceptional so I hope we get to see more of her. Shout out to DB Instagram for highlighting our favourite smiley boy Chae Jong Hyeop’s brief appearance in a past life too so I hope we see more of him too.

This has got to be the first time tyres got PPL and just in case you missed it on the actual tyre there it is was front and centre on the side of an articulated lorry trailer. I recognised them because I just had to order replacements as they come as standard on my car.

Thank you for the recap Daebakgrits.

Like you, I also really enjoyed the first two episodes, it was refreshing and very intriguing to watch. The opening shots of the female lead by the ocean were visually stunning and sets the show up well in regards to the quality we can expect.
I loved Shin Hye-sun in Mr Queen. She is such a chameleon as an actress and I appreciate when I watch her I see the character, not Shin Hye-sun. There is something about her that is magnetic and draws you in.
I thought Ahn Bo-hyun portrayed his character well, with just the right touches. It's going to be exciting to see these two interact.

My only peeve with the drama is that they put both leads who are in their 30's in school uniforms as their younger selves for a few scenes.

Wishing the next episodes were out already, keep up the quality and good work show.

I really liked these two eps.

I am curious about the color palette used. When they were kids together the show used a lot of blue and red. It seemed blue for him and red for her. With pops of yellow and green. Now he seems to be in neutrals and she in yellows and greens often.
It's definitely a beautiful show.

I really liked the first 2 episodes. I had not read the webtoon before starting it so I had no idea what I was getting into. I find the FL super quirky and eccentric as I guess someone who lived 18 other lives and some in other countries and as both men and women might be.

I do find it a bit odd how attached she was to the boy when they were young. He didn’t come across as particularly different from any old sad chaebol brat with the Disney dead/dying mom, but maybe the webtoon explains it better. I am just going with sometimes you fall in love with a person and they are just the one without a lot of logic or reason. She is pretty obsessed with him and not just knowing he survived the crash but in a Mooney love sick way. It is pretty hilarious how upfront she is about it and how crazy he thinks she is. However there is an odd pull despite the crazy and ML actor is doing a good job portraying this nuanced feeling.

I do wish they had spent a little money and cast a teenager as the ML when the reincarnated FL found him as a child. It seemed odd to have a 10 year old girl pull a 35 year old man’s hand and swoon at him. Although that child actor really nailed the old soul in a little kid’s body especially with the grown up niece.

So did her dad who was using her like a cash cow just give her up and let her live with that niece? Surprised he didn’t try to force her to stay with him and continue to give him the prize earnings.

Looking forward to next week and it’s helpful that people seem pretty certain of a happy ending based on the webtoon so I don’t have to have live watch angsts.

Oh, I'm going to be the first downer here. I thought it was OK, certainly better than that other weekend premiere tho you can't really compare. I liked it for all the reasons mentioned, esp. the visuals, the younger version of FL's 19th self (wow), and how the 19th lives were shown (love the diversity). I even liked our ML.

But the central relationship just didn't grab me, yet. I think it's because I couldn't get why this amazing reincarnated soul in her 18th life would be interested in this bratty child. I mean she said why, the drama tried to show why, but I just didn't buy. Maybe if they hadn't started with him yanking her into the pool... It was so off-putting.

And then, I disliked how aggressively she pursues him in her adult 19th life. I like strong FLs, a lot actually. But asking your prospective boss for a date at your job interview? Her pursuit came off cute when she was a little girl, but I got why ML was put off by her manic energy as an adult. I'd have filed a restraining order.

I think this is a case where some of this might have worked better as a webtoon. And also, appealed more to those who've read it as well. Somethings don't work as well in the adaptation to the big screen.

However, I did find the last scene touching when she is impacted by his grief. It was in these vulnerable moments the show appealed to me the most. I'll keep watching, and hope some of these rough edges are smoothened. I have faith in SHS.

Seems really good so far, especially (as expected) Shin Hye-sun. Glad to see she hasn't forgotten her dancing from Angel's Last Mission. This time she is definitely, definitely not playing a man's soul in a woman's body although it seems she has been male in at least one past life. Points to the writer for having lots of variety in her past lives instead of the traditional kdrama lookalike reincarnations.

More 17th life scenes pls, I need my Bead Boy fix 😅😂

Yes, yes, yes to everything in this drama! I’m not familiar with the source material so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was blown away. This is the first time in a looooong time that I binged through the first 2 episodes and was dying for more!

Things I loved:
1) Shin Hye-Sun/Cha Cheong-Hwa reunion
2) Ahn Bo-Hyun pulling off vulnerable chaebol while still making me drool
3) Twist on the childhood first-love connection that doesn’t make me roll my eyes. In fact, many of the tropey/Makjang-esque things that came up somehow just worked without making me cringe.
4) How the show is balancing the fantasy, comedy, romance and drama. I love a show that can make me laugh and cry in the same episode!

I can’t wait until the weekend!

My happy pill for the weekend finally landed and happy pill it proved to be.

If someone asks me to date her the way Ji-eum did, I'd choke just like Seo-ha. Now add in a marriage not marriage proposal, shock will be an understatement.

I actually thought Seo-ha forgot Ju-won as a way of healing/forgetting his trauma. I'm so glad it's the opposite and he very much remembers and misses that time. But then, he's not Ae-gyeong so I guess Ji-eum has her work cut out for her.

I don't like the dad, I didn't expect to once I realized he was nonexistent in young Seo-ha's trying times. I despise the fact that he's been absolutely unavailable during the time Seo-ha's mom was in palliative care so why is he appearing and being a complete douchebag. And why was that woman trying out his mom's wardrobe : the greatest disrespect.

Lee Bo-young nailed her cameo.

This one got off to an agonizingly slow start for me, taking the met in childhood trope longer than most dramas, making it over 2 childhoods, and then, as met in childhood tropes tend to do in kdramas, repeating the scenes several times later in the two episodes. I thought the 19th reincarnation child actress was quite good--the previous two needed a past life or two to hone their skills. But its pretty hard to ask child actors to carry multiple scenes by themselves, in this old curmudgeon's opinion.

Also, I kept asking--you've had 17 lives already--why pick this bratty kid? I have a feeling, or I guess a hope, that choice will be somehow explained in later episodes.

Once we got more into the adult world, this show got a lot more interesting to me, because it is clear why Ji-eum would have a quirky charm for Seo-ha, beyond the childhood connection, and despite the off-putting forwardness. Not that I'm saying having Shin-Hye-Sun asking you to date her and then marry her would be offensive or anything, but you would really begin doubt her sanity, and might not permit her to hang around all the time.

One final thing-- after watching my last 4 episodes of kdramas I feel like I've become an expert in the hotel business, and its influenced my daily life. I've decided to keep smiling and have fresh flowers in my foyer at all times.

The premise might be simple as a light watch drama but the execution can either make or break that drama. There are many kdramas where the cast breathed lives into the respective roles they were portraying, making them way more interesting than they are on paper. With Shin Hye-sun as the female lead, I have no problem jumping in head first even without reading the synopsis and Ahn Bo-hyun is doing a great job too. I just hope the drama goes smoothly and showers us with hilarious moments and an unforgettable watch.

PS: I agree Ahn Bo-hyun in a school uniform wasn't the best choice. Also, the kid in 19th life nailed her role.

Thanks, @daebakgrits for a lovely weecap!

There are certainly certain words/phrases that I really like in your weecap. The first one is "as she drinks in his face". 🤣 I mean which phrase would describe SHS's acting when she finally was in front of him better than this one. The phrase "drinks in" sounds so apt. I couldn't help but smiled reading this phrase of yours.

The second one is "Next, she flamenco dance-fights Ji-seok when he tries to bully Seo-ha". "Is 'flamenco dance-fight' even a word?" I asked myself. 😂 But I LOVE it! And yes, that was when I truly was happy we got SHS playing this role. I couldn't help thinking if there was anyone else that would have performed the role better than her, and there was none imo.

Now, about the story and everything in the show itself, I found myself agreeing with many things mentioned in the comments above mine. First, I think this pair of eps are endearing. Everything looks like the show is in capable hands, with direction and everything. It exceeded my expectation, since I had none because I hadn't read the source material before. The color palettes used in the show looked amazing to me. I loved the young FL in her 18th life version as I think the girl looked very mature and already had that alluring feminine feels. I am not saying this is a good thing, what I mean is that it is no wonder why the young ML proposed to her even when they were very young.

Now, some of the things that I think could have made the show even more perfect for me.

The first one is, as some here have already mentioned, I found it's quite jarring to think of the adult ML and FL are about 10 years apart. ABH looks very young, whereas SHS somehow looks much older than her supposed-to-be 24 years of age. It would have helped if we saw the teenage version of ML played by a teenage, male actor. I think that would have helped.

Second, I felt disconnected with the adult ML as he doesn't feel like the boy ML. Whereas the boy ML felt stubborn and aggressive, the ML feels calm, sometimes passive-aggressive, but most of the time obedient to me. I find this disconnection between the younger and older version of ML quite jarring. I like ABH, but I did wonder if there was a better actor befitting this role in both personality and age (Isn't the character supposed to be somewhere close to 40 by now?)

Third, it seems to be that because the FL remembers every life time past experiences, she seems to possess both feminine and masculine energy to her. Hmm.. this is quite difficult to explain, but I think somehow the FL seems too aggressive to me. It's befitting her character, don't get me wrong, but somehow I'm not sure if I'll get it if the ML will indeed fall for her. She seems rather weird than attractive.

Lastly, I agree that while I understood why the young ML fell for his friend as she was very mature and loving when they met, I didn't quite understand why the FL in her 18th life, who was...

Thank you, @daebakgrits for a lovely recap. I may also be biased because I have no complaints either; indeed, I am going to have a hard time containing my expectations that this will land till the end.

I want to give the largest bouquet of flowers--the kind of extravagant nonsense a ML would give a FL in dramas--to the casting director out of gratitude for an excellent job. As a fan of the webtoon, I am absolutely delighted with the first 2 episodes, and I think much of this is due to the choice of actors. I am of course delighted by our main leads. But the extra sparkle has been the three young child actors, who have to carry the set up believably. Plus the cameo by Lee Bo Young was a joyous surprise--she was radiant, wasn't she?

Knowing where all of these characters go in the story, I can say I am giddy with anticipation.

Okay Shin Hye-sun is great and she’s so fun to watch but I have a major pet peeve with this story. I don’t understand how someone who is around a thousand years old and remembers all their reincarnations is interested in a 10 year old kid??? And when she says he was her first love yiiikes

@daebakgrits I am so glad you are doing recap for this drama too ❤️❤️❤️❤️

This drama can't please everyone for sure (I am not sure how they fell asleep) but I love it so much. I have no issues with the pacing, I think the storytelling is great, teasing us with bits and pieces and then slowly showing us the picture.

I haven't read the webtoon and I don't know most of the cast other than Shin Hye Sun and Cha Chung Hwa (Mr Queen reunion with the Queen and Lady Choi - except Lady Choi got reincarnated as her niece, and not her mother) so going in without know the plot or premises, I liked what they showed. Most of the backstory were laid out in the first 2 episodes and it wasn't too heavy or confusing.

A special shout-out to the 2 young actresses - Park So Yi as the young FL in her 19th life and Kim Shi Ah as the young FL in her 18th life.

And the ML's dad, wasn't he in the same lousy Dad's role in the Heirs?

And I laughed out loud when her manager asked FL if he offended her in any way and he couldn't stop treating her that way because he felt like she was like a King in her previous life. When Ae Kyung called Ji Eum Uncle, particularly when she was a young kid.

Scenes I love most were Ji-eum testing driving the car on the track. When she told Ae Kyung that it must have been lonely for her (tears just rolled down my cheeks). When Ji Eum realised that Seo Ha was visiting Ju Won's grave.

I am looking forward to this weekend's episode. But before that, I'll rewatch episode 1 and 2 again 😘

It was really an interesting start!

The FL remembering her past lifes is a great plot. She's so weird and funny. I'm just surprised she didn't think about her sister during the whole time and was just obsessed with Seo-Ha.

I guess Seo-Ha was the one should have died during the car accident and she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I liked the fact they used other actors to play her past lifes. I'm curious about the one where Chae Jong-Hyeop is her lover :p

Seo-Ha has a real reason to come back to the hotel. Now, what role played his father's mistress in the past accident and now in the hotel. Ahn Bo-Hyun's scene with Park So-Yi were cute.

Ahn Dong-Goo was the hot ex-convict/barrista in Law Café. It's nice to see him in a more important role.

I hope Cho-Won's feelings for Seo-Ha won't last too long. A love triangle between the 2 sisters will be a waste of a future great sistance!

Shin Hye Sun is a magnet, isn't she? She can simply stand looking at the ocean and we can all feel the depth of the character or the story. Lol 😂

My only complaint is about their childhood connection that feels stalkerish and icky, but otherwise the adult version of the characters is fine and have chemistry, thanks to the leads.

I was at first pondering why they chose love as the only thing that she was yearning for until they showed that she did, in fact long for different things in her different reincarnated lives. Those short flashes of past lives were intriguing and the directorial short of merging one frame with the other was artistic. It felt smooth.

I can’t stand the tone of her voice in this. It is really putting me off. Am I alone in this? But I love the young actor playing her. She is wonderful.

I liked it. This takes fated childhood first loves to the extreme, but I don't understand why she's so obsessed with him. In her past lives, we see that she has loved before (Sergio, the girl who died in Chae Jong-hyeop's arms), so what's so special about Seo-ha?

The characters' ages that we know:

Ju-won was 12 years old born on 1986.10.05 and died on 1998.04.23.
Seo-ha was 9 years old born on 1989.04.23.
Ji-eum is 24 years old born on 1998.04.26.
Cho-won should've been 6(?) years old.

They definitely should've cast a teenage actor to play high school Seo-ha if young Ji-eum was supposed to crush on and propose to him. I can maybe suspend disbelief that Shin Hye-sun is nine years younger than Ahn Bo-hyun, but I can't suspend disbelief that Shin Hye-sun is younger than Ha Yoon-kyung.

Our uncle-niece relationship is the best in this drama. The fact that Ju-won never looked for Ae-gyeong in her 18th life helps me understand why Ji-eum never spared her younger sister a thought. Once she reincarnates, the people in her past lives are just strangers to her except for Seo-ha.

It's interesting that Ji-eum didn't get brainy jobs in her past lives, like being an engineer in this life, when it would've been easy to do with her previous knowledge, but instead she became a flamenco dancer and circus performer. Even though Ji-seok is a jerk, I awwed when he told off Seo-ha that he shouldn't do that to Cho-won.

All the child actors were amazing, but especially Kim Si-a as Ju-won who was so mature and well-spoken. Park So-yi was so believable as an old soul.

I screamed when Chae Jong-hyeop appeared in the first minute of the first episode.

I already wrote on my fanwall that I found these episodes unbalanced. Some parts are really great and my favourite scenes are those of Samchun Jieum and niece Aegyeong, I just love them together. ❤️

The child romance was sometimes strange and as others already pointed out, they should have more focused on how much they got each other and how much fun they had together that our Hero(ine) could for a while forget her past and future.

Also, I haven't read the webtoon, but I can't shake off this feeling that they are sometimes too focused on capturing a scene or a frame from it forgetting they are in a different medium and some things just have to be done differently. (And no, these Date me and Marry me scenes DIDN'T make me swoon.)

Thankfully, this went much better than expected and I can happily say I'm quite hooked now. Like many others, one thing that bugs me is confusion over what's so special about child version of ML for her to fall so madly for him. But with the whole fantasy/magical element the drama has I suspect there is some twist or deeper connection between the two than the explanation we've been given so far. Maybe they're literal soulmates or her 18th life wasn't actually their FIRST meeting? Personally I have no issues with "love lasting many lifetimes" trope (if love isn't at least a bit stronger than death then what's even the point?!), so let's wait and see how it goes here. Everything else felt right - except maybe for sisters love triangle shadow, that's a huge NOPE for me no matter what, hope it stops soon. Two-faced ML's assistant better to get his priorities straight or else and daddy dearest with his greedy mistress can go to hell together. FL relationship with "niece" is a purest delight though, making me mourn the wasted potential of similar reunions in KKOKDU even more.

FL is such a firecracker lmao. Some may have an issue with her aggressive boldness and stalkerish tendencies but I don't mind - partly because it's THE SHS, partly since I unpopular opinion-style LOVE it when FL falls and makes moves first, partly because script is smart enough to show ML both scandalized/weirder out and obviously intrigued by her antics. The way he's subconsciously drawn to her against his better judgement is super cute. Did I even smell some jealousy when Assistant Sus got a little too close in her space during their "what's your agenda?" banter?))) And yes, ABH is doing really well so far both by himself and in tandem with SHS chemistry-wise. Speaking again of FL - I've been reminded of Shin Min Ah's Miho a lot with her portrayal - fox hungrily approaching its prey vibe is very strong, and red hair only makes this beastly association worse lol. Cutesy voice does sound a bit jarring though, but I suppose it's intentional as a part of a character and her grand seduction plan. We DO sound differently when talking to our crushes after all, it's a scientifically proved fact.

P.S. FL's bestie abandoning work to tag along and finally see the dream guy she's heard so much about was such a mood)))
P.P.S. Can people with eardrum injuries like ML dive, even if it's in a shallow pool? I thought it's not recommended.

im not interested in this story but whats with the watercolory shots is it a painting or a drama

I forgot to include this earlier, its one of the OSTs, a beautiful song by Sunwoojunga called Silence which seems really fitting for what we have seen so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2AMHu0U240

Everything was great! Loved the first two episodes.

In their now adult life I quite liked the leads interaction. How can someone not be bothered by our weird yet delightful Ji-eum.
Can’t wait for the next episodes.

While I wait, I need to work on those flamenco skills!!

I loved it. I will say I do agree with the criticism about the childhood romance, I always find that icky. They should have just focused on them being friends. My favorite moments though are when Ji Eum is being really weird and Seo Ha has this WTF look on his face. You can tell he is charmed, but very confused.

I enjoyed reading through all the comments😊 I found the first two episodes absolutely beautiful, and I love it ❤️ As others have mentioned, the child actors are fabulous, and were completely mesmerizing. Maybe this is the first drama where I wish we could have spent more time with them?? But then we got to Shin Hye Sun and Ahn Bo Hyun, and they're awesome 😁 Looking forward to where this journey goes!! Also - I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE CHAE JONG HYEOP CAMEO - brb, rewatching that scene 😅

My wife and I absolutely loved the first two episodes. This is what we look for in our K-dramas. Praying that this show can keep it up but in fact I have such faith in Shin Hye-sun that I am eagerly looking forward to the next episodes. Even if the writer messes up she can still pull off a good show- because she did precisely that in ANGEL'S LAST MISSION which had an inconsistent, irrational stinker of a script.

Anh Bo-hyun is playing his role very well. It really felt like a gut punch when we realized that it was Ju-won's gave that he was visiting. I am looking forward to his performance as well.

I love the webcomic and so far this is the best adaptation I could have asked for. These episodes just fly by, when most kdrama have at least parts of episodes that bore me at some point. I know I love a Kdrama when I'm upset about how much time is left in an episode because it doesn't seem like enough.

They did an especially great job showing Ji-eum's personality, she's perfect. The actors playing Cho-won and Do-yun are also perfect and I can't wait to see more of them, especially when we get really into Do-yun's character arc. Ahn Bo-hyun isn't exactly my choice for Seo-ha but he's doing a good job so far. The child actors are fantastic. And the cinematography! My goodness. I also like how they did more with the relationship between the restaurant owner and Ji-eum in this one. I don't know how they're gonna condense everything into 12 eps but at least the story telling will likely be tighter.

My minor complaints:
- I don't think that making Cho-won a landscaper works, for reasons that I can't really disclose without spoiling too much--let me just say I think her occupation in the webcomic made for sense for the character dynamics, and I'm not sure how they'll translate here.
- They really should have cast a teenager for the teenaged Seo-ha scenes, lol.
- I'm willing to give Ahn Bo-hyun a chance, but he still doesn't really fit my image of the character. It doesn't help that I'm watching King the Land and keep thinking about how perfect Jun-ho would be looks wise.
- The flamenco thing is so random.
- Don't love the evil stepmom addition.

I don't know how I'm gonna wait a week in between episodes! I was rereading chapters of the webcomic in between. And as much as I love the webcomic this isn't even my favorite Lee Hye work, so I can only just imagine how much of a wreck I will be when my favorite, A Good Day to be a Dog, finally airs.