The Third Charm

I don't know if the manhwa is that bad, but this drama's story was. It was boring and had nothing new to offer. The love story in the first episodes was really promising and cute. The drama in the last episodes was interesting and thrilling. However, the middle part and the very last episodes were disappointing. I really wish that the plot matched the great performances from the actors. So, four out of ten.

Refreshing and interesting, Despite plans and vows for the future. People find they have deceived their selves as feelings and ambitions change. Stereotypes are broken, as the way some see their selves, and, how others see them can quite suddenly be part of their past. Excellent acting. An insight to Korean culture can be gleaned from the episodes showing - family life - work place environment - food, etc. The film makes you laugh and sometimes sad I enjoyed it

One of my least favorite drama in a long time. Watched the whole thing. Loved the script at the beginning and loved in the beginning when the male lead was the police officer. It was full of love, action, interest, but then it turned into a very different drama at the chef point. That's when it became bad. Loved some of the cooking shots, but that has nothing to do with the love story itself. And when he was training as a chef it comes out later that the FL was in the same town at the same time and they never even ran into each other? Why even mention it in the script then? The script made the FL act so terrible to the ML the whole time. Just couldn't stand it and the ending was bad.

It is excellent, the protagonists are excellent too. I've liked very much a male role different. The series is underrated. The problem is that's too much "realistic" to be comedy. This is a drama about a romance, the persistence of jealousy and insecurity problems that both protagonists show, seem like they are teenagers rather than contemporary adults. The audience is not prepared to see such kind of existential confusion. As said, is not a romantic series with an easy happy ending. Thus, when the public read confident the description and its categorization as such "comedy" and "romantic"... it seemed as a huge disappointment and disrespect, of course!

This definitely didn't deserve the low ratings it got. It's an emotional drama about young love & how it's hard to let go. Also story about loss, forgiveness, and acceptance. I enjoyed it very much!