Those last several episodes of the drama really put my heart through the wringer. And I loved it! Young Goo and Da Da had to face the ultimate challenge…his impending meltdown which is basically his death. Young Goo shouldered a lot of the burden as he kept it a secret for a while. When faced with the horrible decision of being reset and surviving or keeping his memories and melting down, he chose to keep his memories and accept death. Though he kept it secret for a while, of course, Da Da eventually found out.
She was understandably devastated. They made some lovely memories, but the time eventually came. Young Goo melted down, and Da Da was left alone. My tears were flowing! Now my thoughts on the ending. We got our customary time skip and update on everyone. Then it happened. Just after she left him, his thumb moved! She looks delighted to see him. I also thought the look and build of the man in the final scene looked like Young Goo. Absolute Boyfriend is best viewed with the right set of expectations.
Terrific review for what sounds like another heartwarming series. So this one at least for the moment, does not have a high priority. Like Liked by 1 person. Well…Hopefully I will finally have a vacation in September coming up. Three weeks off, means I can do a lot of bingewatching! I thought this was an amazing drama. As you said, it was nothing grand but I thought the storyline was still very enjoyable.
It was cute and made my heart happy to watch. The last few episodes did pull on my heartstrings though. I am such an emotional person. I really bawled over a robot. I really like how it ended! I was overall very happy with this drama. It was simple, but I just really grew to love the characters and enjoyed the overall atmosphere so much.
My poor heart! But I was fine with the ending too and very happy with the drama. Like Like. I love this review. I loved the tv series and was very sad at the end, and believe they finally got their happy ending. The contrast of her relationship with Wang joon and her relationship with Zero Nine made strong points about relationships needing to be equal and reciprocal.
It came down strongly on the side of selflessness being toxic in the long-term. She was essentially Zero Nine in her relationship with Wang-joon and Wang-joon in her relationship with Zero Nine and that contrast was done well.
Neither relationship was real or fulfilling, regardless of any emotions involved. Her utter selflessness and devotion made her essentially a relationship bot and that only made her unhappy. I thought the first ten episodes were really strong and had something surprisingly interesting to say. Dada found herself in both positions in a relationship and, if the show ever remembered that she was supposed to be the main character, then it could have had something great to say.
And then… ah, well, it was inevitable. DameHolly did you stop wearing your hat? Thanks for that! Yes, I enjoyed Show early on but I struggled to finish it. And if I recall correctly, it was far more than 20 episodes. At least it felt like it. It was 12 6 episodes for me.
For one fleeting moment I was excited by the robotic technology on offer and the challenges of making it reliable, but that fell away quickly too. It did have a good underlying theme — what do you do with those things that no longer work — do you horde them the bane of my existence at home? So many shows have attempted this approach, but only a handful have done it successfully.
Alas, for me, My Absolute Boyfriend was not one of them. You made it a little farther than I did, Sean! There was just something missing, that prevented me from engaging with the characters, and even Da Da felt distant to me, after some time.
But the writing was the real reason I left this. My point of no return was at episode 17 after DaDa left food for the ex. Yeo Jin Goo is way too talented for this fare.
It feels like yesterday since I started reading the manga when it was published in the magazine, not the tb and like so often Watase-san gave us her typical dark ending. Even when I saw it coming and always was rooting for the 2nd ML more, it was such a waste of time. Not even when KDrama tends to change scripts. Oh dear, sounds like the manga burned you, Usi!
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Three years pass, and eventually the last day of shooting for Doctor AlphaGo Season 4 arrives. Wang-joon gives an interview, looking much more relaxed and friendly than in the past. He gives his new manager a hard time, holding up Young-gu as if he was the perfect manager who could do anything. She has exciting news for Wang-joon — an American company wants him to star in a new Hollywood hero series.
Eun-dong even shows up on set, as his new rookie actor has a small role in the finale. Yoo-jin now works for Bo-won, who runs a small robot repair shop.
At the end of the day, Da-da declines to join the cast and crew for their final dinner, telling Kyu-ri that she has a date. She goes back to her empty studio and makes herself a solitary dinner, then spends some time on housework. Kyu-ri tells her to think of him, and miss him, if she needs to. Da-da starts to cry and says that she still misses Young-gu so much it hurts. Kyu-ri says that this is much more normal than watching Da-da pretending to be fine. As she cleans up later, Da-da finds her little toy Young-gu, whose lights are still broken.
Bo-won tells Da-da that he keeps thinking of things he could have done differently. It reminds her of the time Young-gu fixed a broken street light so she could walk in safety. As she keeps walking, the lights flicker on, one by one. She remembers his promise never to go anywhere without her, and the memory makes her tear up.
She picks up the photo of her and Young-gu on their last day together, and when she sets it back down, it falls off the table. The frame comes apart and Da-da can see that Young-gu wrote something on the back of the photograph. You can forget everything else, but will you keep this one picture? Bo-won tells Da-da that when Young-gu stopped functioning three years ago, the company decided not to discard his body because his data was acknowledged as a unique case in AI technology.
He explains that he never told her because he thought it would make things harder for her. She thanks Director Go for letting her say goodbye, looking as though she feels much lighter. She takes one final look at Young-gu, then leaves with a smile on her face. Winter comes, and Da-da is waiting at the bus stop when the first snow starts to fall. She decides to make her way on foot, but before she goes far, she runs into someone who holds an umbrella over her head.
Da-da looks up at his face in surprise, then she smiles. Well, so that happened. Wang-joon was by far the most interesting and complicated character in the drama, and I could see Hong Jong-hyun acting his little heart out in an attempt to give him depth and complexity, but even then there was only so much he could do with the role.
The other characters, despite being endearing and likable, just never went anywhere. There was no consistency in her character, the best example being that she got over a seven-year relationship within a matter of weeks, yet three years after having known Young-gu for a few months at most, she was still hung up on him.
That said, I did have moments where I felt for the characters, and even teared up a little, and got worried or scared for them. Your email address will not be published. Spoilers, of course. The others end a similar way, as far as I know. But I totally expected the Korean version to have a happy ending! You rarely see a romcom in these parts that isn't wrapped up in bows, with marriage and a house and five kids.
The very ambiguous ending was a surprise, for me. First of all -- it was a happy ending? I'm gobsmacked. Actually, if it was the robot I'd think she'd do more than smile. She'd give him a huge hug. If it was Wang joon, that would be just a smile.
Since the whole drama made no logical sense anyway I loved the last episode of Secret Garden where they had 3 kids and real life reality! Of course, in the "robot came back" scenario, what kind of kids would they have anyway? Or maybe someone she pieced together with her special effect talents. I don't care what you call it, I wasn't laughing at the wording. Your idea of Da Da loving a non human is brilliant and fits Da Da who has no understanding of real love and is after the perfect love focused only on her so well.
You made my day. My mind keeps going Or, she could just play a recording of the robot's voice saying "girlfriend, I only have eyes for you" over and over. Of course, the recording has to be on one of those cuddly teddy bears that you pull the string so she also has something to hug. I watched it after the fact, so I could never understand the hate-mongers- for me it was one of the most 'real' dramas out there.
She captured the feels of what it truly is to be in a relationship- Binnies walking with Ha Jiwon in his imagination is still one of my favorite scenes Aw, lollypip , thank you for the recap, you must be really fed up at this point. I really enjoyed the first ten or so episodes of this show, but I just felt my interest wane and I gave up. You could tell the actors were having a riot back when this drama was still clearly a comedy!
Once again, thanks for your willingness to review this fairytale it was a fairytale, right? Instead of sweet, it was syrupy saccharin gag-me. Is the Taiwanese version worth watching? I am so turned off by this interpretation that I never ever want to see any other version of this thing. He is the only one who thought of Da Da. I would be furious with them all if my friends hid such a thing from me. What a joke that Da Da never treated Young Gu like a human.
That wedding dress reflected the mood of that romance really well, Da Da looked like a nun in it. He should have been in jail. The only thing I liked about the ending was that Da Da and Wang Joon were able to be friends in the end.
That ending was otherwise absurd. When did he print it and wrote a note behind and leave it in the house? And the last scene? Despite the crapshoot script, I do want to applaud the actors and cinematographer for the single-shot sequence that included almost every character on the set of Doctor AlphaGo Season 4. That must have took a while to rehearse and complete flawlessly. As I have stated before, I am completely underwhelmed by this show.
They carefully show the umbrella on the passenger seat of Wang-joon's car, so how are we to know that it is Yong-Gu? I prefer much as I liked the robot to think that it was Wang-Joon after his return from the U. Da-da would not only have to mature, but also get brain and personality transplants. Even then, saddling Wang-joon with the walking black hole would be cruel and unusual punishment. Wang Joon deserves much better than that robot loving sad sack who denied her supposed love of 7 years in the blink of an eye.
I really disliked Da Da by the end of the show and I don't care whether she ends up with the robot or not. As long as she doesn't end up with Wang Joon I'm happy. I'm with lollypip though.
I hate open endings and like clarity. If they think they can make all viewers happy by this deceit I will say No, thank you. After not seeing a shred of love nor consideration from Da Da toward Wang Joon or any growth that acknowledges she also made mistakes in that relationship such as staying silent about her complaints for 7 years , on top of that denying even her past love for Wang Joon by telling Young Gu she didn't believe love existed until him and he taught her to love Da Da ending up with Wang Joon wouldn't be a happy ending for anyone involved, including the viewer.
Seriously her character waiting 3 years is unconvincing. She would have died drowning in her own tears by the 3rd week.
I don't mind open endings if they make sense which they usually don't. For instance, if one leaves but there's a possibility they'll come back in the future. That's okay. But one's like this it just looks like the writer was trying to please everyone. You would have thought an experienced writer would have learned that lesson by now. I didn't really expect the writer to explore human robot relationship in a meaningful way. I was quite aware this was likely to be a light rom com.
In the end, it wasn't light - the so called tragic demise of Young Gu was so stupid. It wasn't romantic - I think I've said enough on that. And it wasn't funny. He has been in that lab for three years for research and is then sent to Headquarters.
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