#kdrama

netflixdramas:

Son Seok Koo as Gu Ja Gyeong
My Liberation Notes (2022) dir. Kim Seok Yoon

Good to know at least one person in this relationship knows how to wink because Tae Moo is adorably handicapped in the winking department, or to be more exact, he sucks at it. LOL! Hari is truly the second half to make him whole - either teach him to wink or do the winking for him.

It’s official - Tae Moo has been secretly watching his grandpa’s dramas his whole life. Because that’s the only explanation for all of this. He definitely didn’t learn it at Harvard, that’s for sure.

The best thing about Tae Moo’s grandpa chasing him for cheating is the context - Tae Moo has dated three alter egos of the same woman and fell in love with each one of them, with every facet that is the singular, awesome woman Shin Hari.

OMG! The whole, seemingly preposterous, love story Hari made up about their romance and relationship has become real! Even the part where Tae Moo ‘cancels’ a meeting and comes to her despite it being a rainy day. Moreover, he comes full circle, finally learning to love someone else more than his work, to a point where Hari becomes his absolute priority. He doesn’t even hesitate for a second to choose to help Hari or spend time with her rather than going to work. Nor does he ever regret it.

Furthermore, another sign their fake love story is becoming real is that they do actually end up spending a night in a hotel room together, like they almost did  on the night of their first meeting.

But look at the difference in their physical closeness - they were complete strangers back then but now they have feelings for each other, albeit not fully realised on Hari’s part.

I can’t remember a drama which had such awesome and satisfying payoffs and follow-ups to earlier episodes in a long time.

FETCH MY SMELLING SALTS!  

HARI AND TAEMOO KISS (open-mouthed, deeply and passionately!)  AND HARI INITIATES! How can she resist a man who tells her he’ll confess so many times until she accepts him, who begs her to stay by his side?

A KDRAMA OTP HAVING A MAKEOUT IN A SECLUDED CORNER OF A VERY PUBLIC PLACE WHERE ANYONE MAY CATCH THEM ANY MINUTE! This is how a shipper’s heaven must look like!

How refreshing is it to see a female lead (actually two of them in the same show no less!) being a proactive party in regards of physical touch in an Asian drama where the heroines are usually pushed into being passive, waiting until the man kisses them and usually jump nervously whenever he comes close to them?

The best thing is that Hari has been thirsting after Tae Moo and has been sexually attracted to him even more than he’s been after her and to her since the beginning and now she actually acts on those impulses, giving into her own desires. 

And no standing around like a frozen pole, all rigid and unmoving, she embraces him and clings to him. Most of Asian dramas writers, actors and directors should watch A Business Proposal so they finally learn how to write and film a great rom-com and kiss scenes.

She never becomes afraid the whole time Tae Moo unwittingly ‘kabedons’ her. And most importantly, you can spot the exact moment when her gaze slides down to his lips and she becomes utterly transfixed by them and overcome with the longing to kiss him.  

Also the way Tae Moo’s immediately instinctively leans (down and) into the kiss despite his shock because the woman he loves is coming at him and kissing him passionately; like his body and heart knows what to do before the brain catches on and finally analyses the situation properly - Hari wants him. And then he stops thinking altogether and loses himself, cradling gently Hari’s head. 

The size difference! His huge strong hands against her delicate small face! He looks like he could shield her away and protect her from the whole world. Everything about the kiss is so deeply intimate and real!