Episode 180: Family by Choice, Love Next Door, No Gain No Love and more | The Long Yak
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Anisa and Paroma discuss their final thoughts on recently ended romcoms Love Next Door, No Gain No Love and Serendipity's Embrace, plus some first impressions of the Korean adaptation of Go Ahead and wacky romance DNA Lover.
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Comment here about your initial thoughts on Family By Choice or your final thoughts on LND/NGNL. What else are you watching, friends? Tell us! - Paroma
Oh how I've missed your long Long Yaks episodes! Here are some quick thoughts:
Family By Choice - I agree with everything Anisa said! I keep finding myself drifting off while I watch this drama and the female lead is so irritating! I watched Jung Chaeyeon in My First First Love back in 2019 and quite enjoyed her in that drama. However, her acting in Family By Choice feels so exaggerated and grating. I thought I was being a hater for no good reason. Thank you Anisa for giving me permission to drop this drama. Haha!
Love Next Door - I really enjoyed the heated discussion Paroma and Anisa had on YouTube about LND. I wished I ended up loving the second half more as you two did. I think it's a great point to frame this one as a family drama with rom com elements rather than the other way around. I enjoyed the parent's dynamics and friendships much more than the romance between Seunghyo and Seokryu TBH.
No Gain No Love - Excellent critiques on Bok Gyuhyun’s character. I perhaps forgive that character too quickly because I love Lee Sangyi. I’m hoping he gets some good leading man roles soon! The writers really did try and cram in too many stories into a 12 episode drama which explains why my focus waned in the last two episodes. Regardless, Shin Mina is so so so good here.
Looking forward to more Long Yak episodes :)