Lovestruck in the City

It is becoming Record of Youth part 2. Brilliant star cast – bland, boring story.
I think I will stick to it as other two couple seems interesting and 30 minutes format is not a torture.

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    I really like the long-term couple, the one with characters played by Kim Min-seok and So Joo-yeon. The other two are amusing as well. However, JCW is not great in this show IMO and the plotline involving his character and JCW’s character is about as exciting as watching grass grow. It sucks that the other two couples have gotten, like, 5 minutes of screen time combined. The way this show is going, it’s just going to be monopolized by JCW and KJW’s mediocre story.

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    Just finished Episode 3 and it was hard even at 30 minutes. The main couple is so boring. I was hoping the focus would switch from couple to couple but that is not happening.

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      lol.. great.. i can skil ep 3 then…

      out of 12 ep, 3 wasted on these two already

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      The other actors seem really strong and the other characters seem really interesting. Why is this show boring us with these two?

      Also, this show has more or less cemented my view that JCW is a meh actor.

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    I still haven’t gotten around to watching episode 2 yet (and as I write that realize how indicative it is of my feelings about it), primarily because I really don’t like the FL character (that’s not a ding on KJW, just on the actual character). I was one of those beanies hoping this would be a way for JCW to get back on track after MMS and BR but have found myself fairly underwhelmed yet again. But I do wonder: am I just being too hard on him? Am I expecting to be disappointed yet again and, therefore, allowing this to become a self-fulfilling prophecy? Or was Healer really just a one-hit JCW wonder for me?

    I’ll try to pick up eps 2 & 3 before Friday because I was genuinely interested in getting a glimpse of the other storylines – but I’m not sure I’ll be sticking with this one.

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      I think JCW is a meh actor tbh. I thought he was bad in Boring Me Quickly and I thought he was meh in Backstreet Rookie. I also didn’t like him in Healer. The only show of his that I’ve liked is Suspicious Partner, although I increasingly think I liked him in that on the strength of NJH.

      Re getting a glimpse of the other storylines, I hate to disappoint, but the other two couples basically get a few minutes of screen time in total in episodes 2 and 3. It’s basically not worth watching these two episodes unless you want to be annoyed/bored by the main couple and their dumb past. What little we get of the other characters is nice — they are legitimately interesting and their acting is good, too — but 1/4 of the way in and their part in this show is just too insubstantial. I don’t know what point they serve in this show at this point.

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        So, basically it’s not sounding great. 🙁 In that case, I might put it on pause until it’s completely aired and just zip through to the parts of interest, depending how it rolls. What a shame.

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      I’ve finished 2 episodes and so far he’s just okay (you have no idea how much it hurts to say this) and Kim Min Seok lights up the screen when he’s on.

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    I’m staying because it’s only 30 minutes eps. I hope we get more of the other couples next episode.
    The story between JCW and KJW is boring. No, it’s BORING.
    I usually love KJW in anything she does, but she’s so plain here.
    And JCW is… well, I thought he wouldn’t be creepy this time but this teenager obsession over a woman because of one night, it’s too much. Too much.

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      Well, there are people in real world who call their obsession as LOVE and go great length for it.
      We have watched several dramas where male leads call their obsession as love but it’s 2020 , people.
      Let’s move on.

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