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Thirty-Nine korean drama review
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Thirty-Nine
19 people found this review helpful
by Bertha Mumba Flower Award1
Mar 18, 2022
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 2.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers

Unrealistic and nothing like the trailer, Cha Mijo getting all the screen time

I started watching this drama because of the way it was shown in the trailer, about 3 friends experience life before turning 40 but from what I'm seeing so far, it nothing like the trailer.
First, 8 episodes so far all i see is Cha Mijo and her boyfriend getting all the screentime, i don't know maybe because she is more famous in real life than the rest of the squad, always
Cha Mijo trying to solve her friend's problems, she is everywhere in every problem of the show, at this point she looks like the main lead than the three who were shown at first as the main leads. And why would the doctor talk to her about the friend's illness instead of talking direct to the person who is sick. Her relationship with Seon Woo was interesting in first episode but it has become boring now, she is always worrying about something whilst the guy is trying his best to make her happy. Cha Mijo has 99 problems, her family, her boyfriend's family problems, her mental health issues, her mother in prison, her adoptive parents, everything on one person, that's why she get 99% of the screentime compared to her fellow leads.
What's more annoying is that, Cha Mijo's side characters get more screentime than Jo hee who is also a main lead.

Second we have Jeong Chan Young's sickness, which has been the entire topic of the show all along, nothing new. Her relationship with Kim Jin Seok is nothing realistic at all, like what was the writer thinking.

Third, many can agree that Jo hee and the chef are more interesting and guess what, they get less screen time, their relationship and how they're getting to know each other is more interesting and realistic than the other two but we get less than 10 or 15 minutes of their screen time the entire episode. I watch this show to see Jo hee and the Chef, they have more character development.
Edit: The ending like we all expected, ep 12 was better because it was more of Chan Young's sickness than Mi-jo. Away from that, i hate how they couldn't continue to develop Jo-hee and the chef's relationship, it was so fast paced, we don't even know who proposed first, how they started dating, I'm upset because i was so invested in their relationship than any other relationship in this drama.
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