#nam haeng sun

[alihi]

+ Later on...

[missfinemess]

I feel crash course in romance added too many of plots at the ending like murder + hae mom drama + sun jae's mom drama + sua's illness + sua's mom drama and I think that's why episode 15 feels weird because the entire show we were focused on the main leads and then suddenly we have so many subplots popping in all at once that the main leads romance got a little sidetracked. but then I am not complaining about the amazing amount of serotonin we got from chi yeol crushing on haeng seon and the peaceful rom-com that we enjoyed in the beginning

I feel if the drama had a few more episodes rather than 16 ep being the last if it would go on till at least 20 eps then they could have resolved everything smoothly than it being rushed ( and Iwe would've gotten more of chi yeol x haeng seon + hae e x sunjae x geonhu because I am not ready to let this end so soon )

[lafilleestmorte]

I was SO sure that ccir was going to join my kdrama favourites list but the last two episode were honestly such a fumble. I put it right next to extraordinary you because both shows really had the most nonsense endings possible, given the attention to detail and quality of writing in the episodes leading up.

I henceforth propose a list of things I would have liked to be different:

(spoilers under the cut)

1. WHY DID HAE-E'S BIOLOGICAL MOTHER COME BACK. I literally did not care about her, and we had already explored Hae-e's feelings about having been abandoned in the earlier episodes. This sideplot occupied so much of the last few episodes when that same time could have really been used to flesh out the development of the other side plots so it makes me frustrated. I did end up appreciating the mother's story but it was so last minute and took away from the other stories in a really big way

2. Sua's family. Their endings were so!!! underdeveloped I don't understand how they thought they could get away with that. I liked the scene where Sua tells her mom to get a divorce, because her mom starts to realise that she is mature and not some child to be protected and coddled. At the same time, we don't get to see Sua go to therapy and overcome her anxiety and actually mature emotionally. We don't see her mom face any consequences or revelation regarding all of the BULLSHIT she put so many people through. Including her husband, who she actually did neglect. I think Sua's father had an interesting potential in having been neglected and treated shittily by his wife and acting out in turn. He was quite a socially aware character from the start and I wish they made him out to be more complex than some rich dude throwing a hissy fit. I don't like that her mom got off scot-free and still boasts about Sua

3. Sun-jae's family. what in heck. I don't even understand what happened there. You can't expect anyone with braincells to accept that his mom just GAVE UP on pushing her sons' educations when that's literally been her personality for the entire show. Even if the court case made her realise her faults, it's not enough to warrant a complete 180 with no supporting development. I liked the idea of the parents connecting over the issue and becoming more supportive of each other, but that would only make sense if they spent!!! time!!! showing it to us!!! I would have liked for Sun-jae's mom to realise (like Sua's mom) that her son's actions were coming from a place of maturity and awareness, and for her to apologise. I think Hui-jae going to the military was a good choice, but the vacation was quite forced. I'd also have liked!!! for the mom to have a scene with Hae-e

4. NAM HAE-E (and friends). if the previous point with Sun-jae's mom making up with Hae-e and Sun-jae happened I might have appreciated them getting together a little more. But it feels like they were just shoved together because they didn't have time to give either of them a more fulfilling ending. Sun-jae is sO MUCH MORE than some idiot who is obsessed with Hae-e. Seeing his family issues be solved would have been more important (and satisfying) than seeing his love life solved. When it comes to Sua, I imagined her bursting into tears when Hae-e woke up (because she still doesn't know that it was Donghui that did it) and then trying to become friends with Hae-e. I really liked that it was Geonhu instead that reached out to her!!! He's the friendliest so it makes a lot of sense and I really like the sense of ease between the two of them. I don't know/care about the implied romance though. Finally this last bit. is a tad personal. but we were this || close to getting aroace!Hae-e who rejects everyone and does not date if they had left it at the dinner scene I would have been the happiest girl alive. maybe danji was my aroace queen all along

5. JI DONG HUI. genuinely what the hell. He was my FAVOURITE character for the first ten episodes, even after I started suspecting him of being the killer. My friends thought that it was a cop-out to have him commit suicide, but I disagree, because I genuinely cannot imagine him having to go against Chi-yeol so it was either that or him being dragged into prison screaming 'i did it to protect you!' while Chi-yeol watches in complete shock. But if they were going to go down the suicide route then WE NEED TO SEE CHI-YEOL GRIEVE. Dong-hui was genuinely a huge contribution in getting him this far in his career, and Chi-yeol must have really loved him. I mean, that was the only person he felt close to and had contact with for almost SIX YEARS. I was interested in seeing Chi-yeol process his grief and betrayal and regret in a more prolonged way, because they spent that long making the audience attached to and invested in Dong-hui's character. idk when I saw Hyowon driving the car something in me broke.

I have a singular positive, which is that this was the first show where I never got bored or annoyed with the leading romance. They were so cute and loveable until the end and I really enjoyed watching them

[survivalistghost]

Love love love the cute men choi chi yeol proudly defending his crush, seo gun ho and lee sun jae bonding over fighting for the girl they love instead of being enemies

But

Love the pathetic men choi chi yeol lying on the ground with his belt in hand and holding haeng son’s hand at the doctors and seo gun ho teasing sun jae over mogu mogu give me 123 more please

[kdramaspace]

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[wherethewhumpthingsare]

Crash Course in Romance (일타 스캔들 ) (2023) Whumplist

Whumpee: Choi Chi Yeol (최치열)  Portrayed by: Jung Kyung Ho (정경호)

Synopsis: After retiring from her career as a national athlete, Nam Haeng Sun now owns a humble side dish store. Her cheerful personality and boundless energy catch the attention of Choi Chi Yeol, a popular and hardworking private instructor known as the "1 Billion Won Man." Despite his reputation, Choi Chi Yeol has become increasingly aloof and irritable due to his growing success. As Nam Haeng Sun embarks on a new career in the private education field, she unexpectedly finds herself drawn to Choi Chi Yeol. Though they have very different teaching styles, their shared passion for education brings them closer together. As they work alongside each other, they begin to discover a deeper connection that blossoms into a romance (mydramalist)

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Rom-Com

Where to Watch: Dramacool.com 

Note: This one just finished airing last month. Although it doesn’t have a lot of intense whump, I had to make a list because I love Jung Kyung Ho. I’m working on another list for a drama he starred in and will post it soon!

TRIGGER WARNING: S*icide

SPOILERS AHEAD!

Episode 1: hallucinating (31:11); food making him sick (not shown, but heard a little) (35:00); trouble sleeping, lying in a sleeping bag instead of the bed (46:15); nervous, looking tired, listening to evil comments about him, almost passing out (49:50); in hospital due to sleep-deprivation & malnourishment (53:19); shoved to the floor, chased (55:30); tired, afraid to eat, teary eyed (1:11:00)

Episode 2: in therapy (16:40); criticized, told he looks thinner, hallucinating while driving (54:10); shouted at, arguing, grabbed & pulled, almost struck by a marble (1:11:11)

Episode 3: overhearing people talking about him twice, lonely (35:00)

Episode 4: getting sick after eating (off screen), looking ill, lethargic, hallucinating (50:00), exhausted, asked if he's ok, taking meds, teary eyed, feeling guilty (56:00); struggling to teach due to exhaustion (1:00:00)

Episode 5: shaken about the death of one of his students (21:00); depressed, not sleeping (25:50); drunk, helped to walk (1:10:00)

Episode 6: half-sleep, helped to walk (26:45); angry, cleaning bloody cut on his hand (37:30)

Episode 7: falling & spraining his wrist, ice held on it (26:10); getting wrist examined, told he's been neglecting his body (1:02:40)

Episode 8: angry, punching & threatening someone (20:00)

Episode 9-13: none

Episode 14: intense argument with colleague (41:40); scared (1:12:13)

Episode 15: teary eyed, witnessing a s*icide (21:30); love interest helping him be able to eat (32:00)

Episode 16: none

[stopaskingme]

what I really appreciate about the ccir finale is that they fleshed out the slice of life for our favourite characters post time-skip because they know we've gotten invested and we want to know how everyone is doing.

I love that we got to see hae-e, sun-jae, dan-ji and geon-hu getting drinks. I'm glad we got to see sun-jae's mum in her new office. and unpleasant as she was, it's was a nice surprise to see sua-a's mum more fulfilled in her job in private education.

we got nam family shenanigans, we got haeng-seon studying, chi-yeol continuing life, we got several scenes of them acting cute.

I'm so glad they let us say goodbye properly to these characters.

thank you for a good time, ccir!

[gigglyramblings]

Ranting about the current state of rom-coms in kdrama land

I can't help but feel a little frustrated with what Crash Course in Romance could have been and what we have a weird mishmash of romcom and murder mystery that just doesn't work. I have no proof of this but I feel like the writer went to the studios with the rom-com aspect where a traumatized celebrity math teacher gets a found family in the form of a warm-hearted banchan store owner and her little red tag family but the studios were like this is good but if we were to greenlight it, we would like you to add some murder to it and now hence we have this a show that is still enjoyable at times largely thanks to the great performances of Jeon Do Yeon and Jung Kyung Ho but could have been so much more if they put more emphasis on the found family aspect instead of the murder mystery aspect which is by far the show's weakest link. Like why don't we have more scenes of Jung Kyung Ho's character Choi Chi Yeol bonding with Nam Haeng Sun's daughter Nam Hae Yi? They could have developed such a cute father daughter like relationship! Instead, we have the screen time taken up by a murder mystery that feels like it was written by an elementary schooler.

Also, normally it would be a great thing that a drama is getting high ratings but honestly I wish the ratings for this drama weren't as high because I feel like studios will take the wrong lessons from this frustrating trend of every rom-com having a little murder mystery needing to continue when it's the exact opposite! We need more plain rom-coms kdramaland!

I know we've gotten Love To Hate You recently but that show really wasn't for me and I feel like it wouldn't have been such a fan favorite if we had more recent rom-coms! Love To Hate You in my opinion is one of those shows that needs to learn the concept of show don't just tell. It's so badly wants to be a feminist drama but without actually putting any of the work in order to be one. It will raise good points but never explore them any deeper. It's like Kim Ok-vin's character is from a recent modern feminist romcom but everyone else's character is from a k-drama romcom of the early 2000s. It's only thanks to Yoo Teo's performance and natural charisma that his character is even tolerable. And don't get me started on the second leads even Kim Ji Hoon's glorious mane couldn't stop me from fast forwarding his scenes with the second female lead.

I know Business Proposal really screwed up its ending and thus dampened people's love for it but I rather get another Business Proposal than another Love To Hate You even though undoubtedly Love To Hate You had the better ending.

Kdrama Gods please give us more fun rom-coms without murder! 🙏

[yohankang]

i finally watched last eps of crash course in romance and here are my

complaints:

i'm never trusting a romance drama with a murder plot again, that ending was so...... *tan france with a gun meme*

tbh don't really vibe with sun jae and hae e being together

favorite parts:

geon hu teasing sun jae :') hearing them laugh healed me

sun jae's family having a dinner together!! and fixing their relationships!! it was probably my favorite part of the last ep??? (not saying it's because of jang young nam but...)

haeng seon studying and failing at it agjsfjs i feel you girl

dual proposal!!! that was so in character <3 and chi yeol smiling so wide and being so proud and so in love with haeng seon ❤ i love them a lot

[unicornsdestiny]

The functional relationship of our love!

Okay well the title first of all has my heart and the whole episode had me giggling and blushing fr except the hui jae part for which im sure Mr. Ji sure has some connection because him being cold towards haeng seon isn’t quite justified tbh

THE TEXT CONVO, THE HUG, CAR SCENE, FEED ME THE FOOD, THE I CAME TO SEE YOU BEFORE I GET BUSY AND WHATNOT

The way chi yeol went after he got to know the truth didn't waste a single second, he was waiting for that moment to run to his love.

Really satisfied when nam hae e took Mr popular or Mr poopular's phone and switched off the live. You slay girl. She was super courageous to tell the truth so her aunt could live her life rather than having to take care of her and jae woo.

Oh our boy geon hu kinda confessed and I'm super torn between sun jae and him but i hope to see more of those 4's friendship

In and all this was a super fun episode waiting to see more of the murder plot and our star couple:)

PS: please give haeng seon's best friend some handsome guy she deserves it too!

[rye-views]

Crash Course in Romance. 일타 스캔들. 7.7/10

I would recommend this show to my friends. I wouldn't rewatch this show.

I always recognize Lee Do Hye despite her always having minor roles. Lee Sang Yi's character is so random.

Hae E is pretty. Jang Young Nam has always been pretty.

Wow I felt amazing when Haeng Seon got the 100th spot for the classes. Chi Yeol's speech about wanting to have his students be as passionate as him is admirable. That would get me as a student. Sun Jae and Hae E's karaoke date is cute. I want to have that kind of simple fun at karaoke. I love how Hae E catches on quick to the situation with Chi Yeol and Haeng Seon. I also like her interactions with Chi Yeol and how just kind it is. I love that Jae Woo loves Chi Yeol. Yeong Joo is such a good friend. She's also so funny and amusing, especially when talking about romance. Dan Ji and her mom are both fun friends. Dan Ji is also a good friend. Hae E's friends are so loyal. I love and respect it. I do enjoy Su Ah's mom's reaction to her husband cheating. The Jae Woo and Young Joo plotline is cute. Sun Jae's reaction to the cheek kiss is soo cute

Wow, can you imagine having a solo piano recital. You're that good? I would fall for Geon Hu if I were a high schooler. Hae E is an ideal daughter and Haeng Seon is an ideal mom.

What even is Chi Yeol's car's side mirror thing? Chi Yeol has two fridges and no food, why?

I hate the waffle-making part-timer's boyfriend. Su Ah's parents treating her so princess-like kinda disgusts me because of her general attitude in response. Su Ah in general disgusts me. But, the situation is also kinda sad.

I thought it was sad when Sun Jae cried on Hae E.

Memorable Quotes: "음식을 남기면 죄다."

[drama-suggestions]

Rom-Com Dramas

Extraordinary attorney Woo (2022) (16 episodes)

9/10 rating on MyDramaList and 8.7/10 on IMDb

Extraordinary Attorney Woo is the story of Woo Young-woo, an autistic lawyer raised by her single father. She graduates at the top of her law school class and obtains her first job at Hanbada, a large Seoul law firm. Her intelligence and photographic memory help her become an excellent lawyer, but her communication is initially seen as odd and awkward. She also encounters people who are prejudiced against her and others with disabilities, such as her fellow colleague Kwon Min-woo, who often tries to sabotage her. Her approach is often unique and helps resolve cases in unexpected ways.

2. Business Proposal (2022) (12 episodes)

8.7/10 rating on MyDramaList and 8.1/10 rating on IMDb

Shin Ha-ri goes on a blind date with Kang Tae-moo, CEO of Go Food, but it goes awry when her date turns out to be Kang Da-goo, the chairman of Go Foods parent company. Young-seo tricks Ha-ri into meeting Tae-moo at his request. Ha-ri lies to Tae-moo and bribes him into pretending to be his fiancée in exchange for 800,000 won per date. Despite feeling betrayed, Tae-moo still loves Ha-ri and they become a couple. Young-seo moves out of her father's house and finds out that she is now Sung-hoon's neighbor. Sung-hoon is upset with her for deceiving his boss, but eventually realizes his growing affections for Young-seo and they get together.

3. Crash Course in Romance (2023) (16 episodes)

8.5/10 rating on MyDramaList and 7.8/10 on IMDb

Nam Haeng Sun, a former national athlete, now owns a side dish store and is attracted to Choi Chi Yeol, a popular and hardworking private instructor known as the "1 Billion Won Man". Despite his reputation, Choi Chi Yeol has become increasingly aloof and irritable due to his growing success. Nam Haeng Sun embarks on a new career in the private education field and discovers a deeper connection with Choi Chi Yeol. However, their relationship is not without challenges, as they must learn to confront their own shortcomings and trust in each other's strengths. It has a satisfying ending that resolves the issues of the characters.

4. I’m not a Robot (2017) (16 episodes)

8.4/10 rating on MyDramaList and 8/10 on IMDb

Kim Min-kyu lives a luxurious but isolated life due to a severe allergy to physical contact with other human beings. Jo Ji-ah is trying to create businesses based on her inventions. KM Financial owns the Santa Maria team headed by professor Hong Baek-gyun, who has secretly created an advanced humanoid robot called AG3. To convince Min-kyu not to sell the team, Baek-gyun sends the robot to him as a demonstration, but it short-circuits and Baek-gyun asks Ji-ah to pose as the robot, giving the team time to repair Aji 3. Ji-ah impersonates Aji 3 and Min-kyu falls in love with her, believing she is the robot. He is disturbed by this and "reboots" her, erasing the robot's memory. Baek-gyun then replaces Ji-ah with the real Aji 3, and Min-kyu discovers Ji-ah's deception and nearly kills him. Ji-ah confesses her love to Min-kyu and they rediscover their love. Aji 3's secret cache is hacked, revealing Min-kyu's illness, which is used to attempt a take-over of KM Financial and complete the sale of the Santa Maria team and Aji 3. Min-kyu manages to thwart the attempt and restores Aji 3 to the Santa Maria team. 2 years later, the Santa Maria team successfully launches a new robot and Min-kyu and Ji-ah are happily living their changed lives.

5. True Beauty (2020) (16 episodes)

 8.3/10 rating on MyDramaList and 8.5 on IMDb

Lim Ju-Kyung is a high school student who has been discriminated against by her family and bullied by her peers in previous school due to being perceived as ugly. She masters wearing makeup and quickly rises to fame. Su-ho is a student of Class 2-5 in Saebom High School who is popular for his handsome looks and being the top of his class. His dysfunctional family and a tragic incident from a year ago have turned him into an ice-cold boy who hates being the center of attention. He is formerly best friends with Seo-Jun and shares Ju-Kyung's penchant for horror comic books. This series, which has an entertaining bromance, explores Ju-Kyung's life and her aspiration to become a cosmetologist.

[justmesitinginthecournerofmyroom]

Rom/Com turned Murder Mystery

I'm watching this Korean show called "A Crash Course in Romance," and it is so ridiculous (this has spoilers if you care).

TW: Suicide and murder

All the adds/previews I saw for it on Netflix were these cute little scenes between Nam Haeng-Seon (Side dish restaurant owner) and Choi Chi Yeol ("star" teach of math at a private after school academy). From the outside it looked like just your average meet-cute/meet-ugly show, where they go from hating each other, to slowing getting to know more about each other, and then falling in love. The official description of the show is:

"A woman with a heart of gold navigates the cutthroat world of private education when her daughter tries to join a celebrity math instructor's class."

Like, that seems like a normal show, implying that the bigest problem is going to be snooty, rich parents who don't care about anyone else (and yes the show is full of this), but it also has the most insane and wild side plots.

Before the show even starts there was the death of Nam Haeng-Seon's mother.

Then the death of a past student of Choi Chi Yeol (by the way they set up her death to imply that he slept with his student, even though he didn't. It was iffy for a while if I'm to be honest). Her death spurs her mother to push her younger brother to do better before she kills herself. When the police arrive they arrest the brother because they though he pushed her, before he was acquitted by the supreme court.

Fast forward several years, we meet all the characters again. In the second episode we see a kid killed on screan, and they don't talk about it for the rest of the episode (I haven't finished the show yet). Like, exCUSE ME, but what about the CHILD?!

Then we learn learn that the killer is Lee Sun-Jae's (Nam Hae-yi's beast friend) brother. He just goes and kills people like nothing happens.

The we see him kill another person, on screen, with blood and everything. It's like, "Hello, what happened to my Rom/Com?!!?" The worst part is that the show continues on like a regular Rom/Com in between, and doesn't address any of the murders longer than ~15 minutes at a time.

After a few episodes, we have anther on screen killing. At this point I want a show about the investigation rather than the Rom/Com. I know they have scenes of the detective working the case, but still.

What I'm trying to say, is that you should watch this show because it's bat shit insane, but also not at all how it's advertised in anyway.

[kancamaxwin]

4 Drama Korea Terbaru! yang wajib kamu tonton nih!

Taxi Driver Season 2

Best Korean drama 2023 berikutnya adalah TAXI DRIVER 2. Drama Korea ini merupakan lanjutan dari season pertama yang tayang pada 2021. Di mana, drama TAXI DRIVER 2 masih akan diperankan oleh Lee Je-Hoon, Kim Eui-Sung, Pyo Ye-Jin, Jang Hyuk-Jin dan seterusnya.

Setelah aksi balas dendam pada season pertama sukses dilancarkan oleh Kim Do-Ki, pada season kedua akan melihat kembali aksi tim dari Rainbow Taxi yang berkumpul lagi, jangan lupa main di Meteorbet88. Selain itu ada karakter baru bernama On Ha-joon. Namun pada season kedua ini artis cantik Esom diketahui tak ikut berperan. Walau begitu kisahnya tetap seru apalagi tokoh Madam Lim akan kembali hadir di TAXI DRIVER 2. Tidak heran kalau drama Korea terbaru 2023 ini berhasil mencetak rating cukup tinggi pada penayangan pertamanya hingga 12.1 persen melansir dari Soompi untuk rating nasional.

2. Crash Course In Romance

CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE juga termasuk best Korean drama 2023 yang tak kalah populer rilis pada awal tahun. Awal perilisan CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE sempat berhasil mencetak rating tinggi. Salah satu yang menarik dari drama Korea terbaru 2023 ini lantaran peran pemainnya yang sangat menawan. Apalagi, CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE juga menghadirkan kisah menarik tentang romansa pemeran utamanya dengan kepribadian berbeda loh Kancawers, main di Meteorbet88 yuk!

Adapun sinopsis CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE bercerita mengenai kisah cinta berbalut komedi antara Nam Haeng Sun dan Choi Chi Yeol. Nam Haeng Sun merupakan mantan atlet yang memiliki warung makanan. Ia bertemu dengan Choi Shi Yeol sebagai instruktur cukup terkenal di pendidikan swasta. Keduanya kemudian bertemu di lembaga pendidikan.

Sejalan dengan itu, putrinya juga ingin menjadi murid Choi Shi Yeol. Kisah cinta yang manis namun penuh kejadian tidak terduga. Terlebih keduanya punya karakter bertolak belakang yang membuat drama ini sukses. Diperankan oleh Jeon Do-yeon dan Jung Kyung-ho, CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE wajib banget kalian tonton.

3. Island ( 2023 )

Menghadirkan bintang ternama seperti Kim Nam-Gil, Lee Da-Hee, Cha Eun-Woo, Sung Joon dan lainnya, drama Korea ISLAND sukses menarik perhatian publik. Drama ini akan memasuki season kedua setelah sukses pada season pertamanya yang rilis akhir tahun 2022.

Sementara itu, ISLAND berhasil mencetak rating cukup tinggi sebesar 7.1 menurut IMDb yang mana mengisahkan tentang kehidupan manusia yang terancam karena hadirnya iblis jahat. Sementara itu tiga orang akan berjuang melawan para iblis melibatkan manusia setengah iblis bernama Van, pendeta bernama Johan, dan Won Mi-Ho seorang perempuan diprediksi bisa memusnahkan para iblis. Untuk season kedua, ISLAND akan mengisahkan para pemainnya berjuang melawan iblis. Apalagi, Won Min-Ho diketahui akan tersadar mengenai identitasnya ini Kancawers, yuk main di Meteorbet88 4. Alchemy of Souls Season 2

Melanjutkan kisah sebelumnya, ALCHEMY OF SOULS 2 juga menjadi best Korean drama 2023 yang wajib ditonton. Drama ini juga mendapatkan rating yang sangat tinggi dan sempat trending di media sosial. Kematian Jang Uk (Lee Jae Wook) menjadi kisah yang memilukan. Asal-usul Mu Deok dan segala taktik tokoh lain dengan kepentingan masing-masing juga menjadi daya tarik tersendiri.

Ya, drama ini memiliki penokohan yang menarik dan tak terduga. Kalian dijamin betah saat mengikutinya. Beberapa adegan juga akan berhasil bikin kalian baper loh, main di Meteorbet88

[idontwanttowhy]

Review: Crash Course in Romance (2023)

Cute, nothing groundbreaking

Synopsis

Choi Chi-yeol is a celebrity...math instructor at The Pride Academy, where only the best of the best get first-class tutoring. Nam Hae-e has been studying on her own, but wants to join her top classmates at this hagwon/after school program, so her banchan restaurant-owning aunt and adoptive mother, Nam Haeng-seon, signs Hae-e up for Mr. Choi's uber-popular class. The Nams become further entangled with Chi-yeol when he discovers that the only food he can stomach is the banchan from Haeng-seon's shop.

In the midst of all this are the mothers of the top students, pulling strings and conniving to get their children the best possible preparation for their future college admissions processes.

MZ Overall: 7/10, definitely enjoyable but my heart wasn't in it

This drama aims to give you the same warm and fuzzy feelings you may get watching Crash Landing on You (2019), but something was just.... missing for me. I can't quite put my finger on it; the chemistry between the main leads was there, the lovable side characters, the thrilling side story, all of it. And the setup is just delicious: Haeng Seon's food is the only thing Chi Yeol can eat. He literally needs her to live! So all in all it's a solid drama. It's heartwarming and strikes a perfect balance of funny and dramatic moments. Definitely worth a watch!

MZ Review (spoilers)

Choi Chi Yeol opens his eyes, blurred by the combination of his fever and encroaching hangover. His dream girl, the one he can never have, looks upon him lying on the bed with concern that turns to surprise as Chi Yeol casually utters "Oh, you're in my dreams again." There is a pause as Chi Yeol decides how his dream would proceed. He reaches out to the specter of Haeng Seon, and as he caresses her arm he pulls her closer to him on the bed. He speaks again to his vision: "Let's be together, just this time." Slowly, with intention, he lifts himself to steal a kiss.

SWOON!

Now you have read the singular most romantic part of this drama, so do you really need to watch it? Maybe, actually. This scene is so good to watch. But they really make you work for it in this drama, let me tell you!

With chemistry like this, I'm really not sure why I didn't like it more. If I had to guess, I'd say that while all the major elements are there, some of the characters just aren't. I will admit that it's at least partially since I'm coming off of Love to Hate You, but I couldn't stand the way that the moms were all made pretty one-dimensional, to the point where you would think they have never had another thought in life beyond what seat their child was going to get in their academy. I understand that they are trying to portray a lot of complicated dynamics in a short amount of time, but you would really think that the moms are the villains in this story, not the broader society that creates the need to stress over exams like they are life or death. If this weren't enough, they are constantly criticized for their attempts, even to the point where it is suggested that it's their fault if their husband cheated on them, that they deserve it for some reason.

To this point as well, I couldn't stand the scene where Sun Jae asked his mom if she was happy with her life, since she wanted it for her sons so bad. You would literally think she had never thought of this question. UGH. Don't get me started on the other moms. If there was a Bechdel test for tests (instead of men) this show would barely pass. If it included tests and banchan, well, lets just say Hae-e did better on her reading midterm, and she turned in a blank test.

Anyway, the other thing that bothered me was how Jae Woo's character was barely more than a plot device the entire time. We are laughing at him, not with him. And we feel bad for Haeng Seon when she has to pick him up from jail because he was beaten up by someone while trying to get a waffle. He was primarily someone everyone else acted on, which is a pretty stereotypical way to portray someone with autism/Asperger's. While he is included in many of the touching moments of the show, I can't help but feel like he wasn't written as an actual person.

I guess beyond these two critiques, the show was pretty good. The main leads have incredible chemistry, but even they are sometimes upstaged by the drama going on with Sun Jae and Hae-e. Frankly, this show could have been about them and I would not have been mad.

Alls well that ends well, and the endings for each of the characters were more or less satisfactory, despite the lack of character development. I'd say I was really sad about Mr. Ji, but when I considered that he like, murdered people, I got over it. I also didn't like how things ended with Hae-e's mom, but that storyline was going nowhere fast anyway.

AC Overall: 7/10, meh--got boring at the end

I started off liking the show; characters were likable, and the plot development began beautifully, kept you guessing enough to keep you watching. But once everything was resolved two-thirds of the way in, the show really started to drag for me and I was no longer as interested in the characters or the new little plot developments they brought in for shits and giggles (I, for one, was not laughing). Honestly, I almost didn't even watch the last episode because I. just. stopped. caring. So, Crash Course had a promising start, but like too many dramas, ended flat. Crashed, if you will. Should've been a 12-episode series.

And, it's really not a crash course in romance, but in Korean high school student life? The romance took a backseat most of the time. Might as well have been about the students, with the main romance as a side plot.

AC Review (spoilers)

Let's start with the romances: the main was fine; Chi-yeol and Haeng-seon had good chemistry and a good romantic arc. Enemies to forbidden lovers to actual lovers--I enjoyed the I'm-the-single-aunt-not-the-married-mom secret and Chi-yeol's pining because of it. I was so here for the melodrama between those two! And then, it ran it's course with me right as Hae-e confessed the truth--didn't drag too much imo. But once they actually got together, I checked out. Fair to say I wasn't really there to see lovey-dovey-ness between those too. And to be fair, there wasn't tooo much of it anyway. The romance I was more invested in was Hae-e's; I really liked both Sun-jae or Seo Geon-hu for her, especially since a little friendly competition never hurt anyone (wink). Although...she really kept both guys waiting until the bitter end! And then we have Jae-woo and Haeng-seon's friend/employee Kim Young-joo, which I have mixed feelings about. On the one had, I guess it's good that someone with autism/Asperger's was depicted with a little romance, but it felt like it was thrown in carelessly. Left me wanting to have seen that development a little more? Idk.

The suspenseful plot was what really kept me watching. I knew something was up with the assistant Ji Dong-hui/Jeong Seong-hyeong early on, and was satisfied with how it played out, but once everyone knew he was the culprit behind the (successful and attempted) murders, I also checked out. Actually, even before everyone knew. Once I knew he was the culprit I was just kind of...waiting for everyone else to figure it out. And when they did, it marked the end of the drama for me. Sorry to say, but I didn't even really care for Hae-e to wake up once they didn't actually neeeed her to implicate him. Yikes.

Furthermore I do not understand why they had Hae-e's mom Nam Haeng-ja show up! It was from then that I knew for sure...it's time to give up bc where was that going??

But the students! The stars of the show; the pressure that they faced in preparation for college admissions was heartbreaking to watch and also a reminder of the realities of competitive students vying for the limited spots meant to "guarantee" a "good" life. Me, I appreciated the warning: pressure does not always make diamonds. And maybe diamonds are not worth the risk. Sun-jae's brother Hui-jae becoming a shut-in, Su-a having hallucinations, one of the kids fainting in the hagwon--hell, committing s*****e after having realized your parent went so far as to cheat to force your success...all very real and should be taken as a cautionary tale.

All in all, Crash Course was okay, pretty good even--until all the questions were answered. But hey, that's the point of a crash course? Everything after was a little unnecessary.

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Crash Course in Romance : Episode 4

‘Revolt of the Arithmetic Sequence’ it had a very adorable drawing next to it

Help what is this thumbnail. is the topper girl jealous of Hae-e because of a boy? I thought it was more academic rivalsy.

lmaoooo thankgod they didn’t kiss

he’s sleeping on the floor in his penthouse. 💀😭 random shooter when I catch you !!!

giggling with red cheeks going ‘this is the most physical affection I’ve had in years’ awww 🥹💗 ‘she’s going to be mortified as she sobers up’ truly 🤣

lmaooo she spat out her water

he’s so 💀 he’s eating this up

Chiyeol stop listening to conversations babe you’ll either hurt your head or heart

my girl Haeng is already drinking again 🤣

damn not just the girl, even the topper’s mom is a hater. like you can’t even stomach a compliment towards Ms Nam?

why are they all being so weird

my girl please get out of here 💀

LMAOOO love my baby’s friend’s down. they celebrate each other’s successes. even if it’s guessing an answer (she’s just like me)

they’re just fighting at the table lol

I mean the queen bee mother started it but she’s not wrong 💀✋ deadass said to her face ‘you contribute nothing ’ 😭

oh god it’s getting weird now

now why my girlie Ms Nam ended up getting injured NOO

oh I hate Sun Jae’s mom down didn’t even apologise to Ms Nam 💀✋

no way my girl was the only one who got hurt in this fight. I’ll fight everyone here

MY GIRL GOT LEVEL 1

awww Haengseon is cutting her fruit

no way she blames Hae-e for this lmaooo LOSERRRR BOOO

it was one question lol and you want to die. ugh that mom’s gonna ruin my girlies lives

this is so fucking fucked like she still won’t fuck with Sunjae or Sunjae’s mom. For that one dumbass question she’s going to fun for Hae-e

Ms Ban’s dinosaur T-shirt just gets more cuter, the more you stare at it. it’s got a patchwork of patterns

god give me 5% of the courage she carries I love her. she made some food and wondered if Chiyeol would want it and just texted him 🤣

slay sister. he even saved your contact!

enough to make him drop his coffee and smile

I’m going to go make me some though

Sunjae’s mom being real even if it’s for the sake of rules lol

Fuck Sua and her mom! Oh no she saw Sunjae and her walking. she’s going to say yes. just terrible. y’all suck so bad. fuck you !!!

Apparently everytime she makes something special he doesn’t get to eat it. Special extravagant lunch? ruined by overhearing colleagues. Special dinner packed by her? accused her of being a spy! now a new special dinner? she’s about to find out her daughter got kicked out 😭

nooooo my girls 😭😭😭

fuck sua and her mom so bad like I want y’all to suffer so much. maybe watching Vincenzo was a bad idea because the constant truck hitting doesn’t sound too bad now (for legal reasons, relax 🙏) I’m just mad 😭

this was actually so slay of chiyeol

it isn’t enough for sua to go after hae-e by cheating now she’s going to hit her with a dodgeball too OH I COULD FIGHT

now the director. she didn’t do shit !!! you were walking without looking. haeee and mama hold my hand

Chiyeol hearing another conversation again 💀

Aww he saved her from being arrested

arguing in the rain

my man losing his entire energy and strength oh no

at least weird jealous friend of chiyeol is a good teacher in a he understands the ice hockey student’s current situation way.

well that was a way to ask her to teach you. go off ice hockey boy. also no prop or moment is wasted in this show. she was drinking milk to drop that milk lol

oh my god how is chiyeol even standing. I hope he doesn’t collapse. 😭🙏

the guy who stole my girl’s seat has the audacity to be nasty to chiyeol lmaoooo

now he’s beefing with the teacher for getting kicked out? be fr 💀

oh god who is this hoodie person

oh isn’t that sun jae’s brother

bro just save my girlies and teacher from whatever this hoodie man is about to do to that’s nasty kid. 😭 also whatever happened to stalker girl

oh this was the beginning of the show !!! I thought it was years ago or something

oh no he just died ?

#mypeople save yourself 🙏