¡Hola y adiós, mamá! (2020)

I fell in love with this drama for many things, but mainly because it made me value this life so much, and it made me rethink the way I’m treating those around me.

It ended with two questions from Yu Ri... Were you happy in this life time? And Did you make others feel happy around you? For most of us, we always think about the former, but rarely about the latter. This show made me realize how your death, and how people react to your death definitely says a lot about the way you lived your life.

Realizations aside, this story was well written. I’m always a sucker for these kind of episodes, where epilogues exist and characters do voice overs to introduce the episode and end the episode with a certain theme. These kind of dramas definitely give me a sign that the writer planned this drama well, and that It’s really worth something. And this drama definitely was worth something.

The acting was definitely top notch. There was a lot of crying that felt natural, and even humor on the side. New found respect for these actors since they were able to pull off situations that don’t really happen much in real life. Wow.

My favorite part about the whole thing was the fact that there was no antagonist. It’s simply about death, its initial and lingering effects, and how life continues to turn despite one leaving permanently. It also shows us that in our own lives, maybe, there really are no antagonists, rather only people who play different roles in our lives.

Overall, I really enjoyed watching this. It wasn’t fast paced and there were no cliche twists. Only life and death, and family.

P.s. was a bit sad for the few happy family moments between yu ri, seo woo and gang hwa. But i guess that was necessary for the plot to be effective. However, I had such a soft spot for this couple. My favorite scene of this entire sceries was when they pulled off the “what if you never died, what could have been our tomorrow?” Epilogue. This made me cry a lot.

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The Message That The Drama Wants To Send.

It was the third drama of Kim Tae-hee that I watched. The first one that I watched was IRIS and the second one was Yong Pal. But out of all the three drama what i liked the best is Hi Bye Mama. It is because of the story line. I have watched a lot of dramas in the same genre but this one was the only drama that became my favourite at once. It has great message that the actors and actresses want to share to the world. In this drama the child actor Seo Woo-Jin did a great job of playing the role Seo Woo which is a very great job by such a small child. It is not an easy job to play a role of a mother but here Kim Tae-Hee did an awesome job. This drama is a very heart touching one which will definitely make you cry. As per me this drama is a best drama because of all the actors. actresses and staffs hard work. People who are new to K-Drama must definitely watch this drama atleast once .

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Trully masterpiece on this year !
Every episode will make you cry
Even some episode will make you cry more than 3 times

Yuri mother's act is great, even when she dumbfounded, it will make your heart sick and cry again


The ending should be more great if they explore the moment when yuri gone, but yeah it's enough good.. Thanks for this wonderful drama on bad season like this time ?

Worth to rewatch !!!

P.s: after watch this drama until the end, its really Hy bye mama ?

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What an emotional roller coaster this show was; even if you don't think it's going to hit you in the feels, you'll just casually be watching and somehow you're crying with the characters. I kind of liked the aspect of it; it sounds selfish to keep sticking around for so long instead of moving forward but I liked the main female lead. I liked that even though she was a ghost, she wasn't doing any harm (not purposely in the case) but the biggest thing anyone can wish for is being to spend just one more day with someone that you love. Just one. And that's what happens, they tried to put an interesting story which there was but I was so emotional because the acting was so mind blowing. The emotion and feeling every character showed was fantastic and you really felt it, you really did. You just knew when it was going to take a blow to you and man, it was all so good. I liked the relationship she made with the step mom, it actually made me laugh. I kind of hated the husband because he was a little lame. I loved the family, the shaman, man...it was a good show. It really was. I was hesitant not because it didn't sound good but I didn't know how much I would be crying and I was like a river stream.

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Makes you think about what is truly important in life

'Hi Bye, Mama!' is a very thought provoking drama that gives stimulating feelings regarding life as we know it and makes the viewer really think about what is truly important in life, and to appreciate every second you are on this planet. This drama was really helped by the amazing performances of the cast, which helped encapsulate some of the things that perhaps people take for granted.

Now, after reading that, you may wonder why the score isn't a 10/10 for all score rankings. The first criticism I have of this drama is that I feel it could have been condensed down easily. Perhaps instead of 16 episodes, it could have easily been finished in 12. The episodes didn't feel long (which is actually quite a strength considering, before starting this, the stretching of air time was a big potential worry for me). All in all, episodes didn't feel long, but the story was stretched out.

Another criticism I have, albeit quite a minor one, was the story involving the ghosts, specifically the baseball player. It felt quite irrelevant in the end, they were building it up for so long, just for some small screen time by the end.

Like before, the biggest strength of this drama is by far the amazing cast and each of their respective performances. In second, I would say the production value. The directing, the camera shots of the actors and of the nature, were purely amazing. They really know how to set out the scenes for each perspective mood they wanted to make the viewers feel. Thirdly, I would say the characters, nearly all of them likeable, and easy to like.

I would suggest to everyone, no matter what genre you usually like to watch, to watch this. Do not miss out!

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Saddest drama ever. A must watch show. It was not only sad but also funny & beautiful. The scenes were funny & sad at the same time. It beautifully potrayed the importance of relations, the significance of life & mother's love. Love is the most powerful thing of the nature. Its a thing even deities can't control & sometimes it can surpass deity's will. The only villain of the show was life & that's the reality. I cried on each & every ep. In like 7 or 8 eps I had to pause the ep, go to the bathroom & cry like crazy. Each & every character was amazing & iconic. I'm still crying over the drama. In some part of the drama I was angry at life. After 'Reply 1988' this drama touched my heart on a great extent. I'm grateful, I watched it. I learnt to cherish life & my given time.

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Heartbreaking but a tad too repetitive

Seriously, I basically cried every other episode. Honestly, this drama could'dve used less crying and faster plot, but some of the scenes worked super well, and it made me miss my mom like crazy.

The moral of the drama is honestly really powerful and really moving. You can expect that it would be about grief and moving on and living life to the fullest — and the entire time I felt like it was impossible to see a happy ending for everyone, and that was sort of how it went.

I was honestly a huge fan of the sideplots too. Even some of the ghosts that I thought were annoying at the start quickly grew on me when they were tied into the main story.

Ultimately, there were some things that could have been stronger. The reasoning behind why Yuri had to go back up was weak, and there was an exorcist character that basically had a role for two episodes and then disappeared again. The same could be said for Pilseung, who I really thought could have a bigger role as well.

Still though, I was really worried they would turn this into a full blown melodrama romance, and I am so glad they didn't. It was a lot more about family and friendship, which I loved. The sismance was something I loved to see, and the way everyone acted was honestly super mature and respectful of boundaries and of each other — it's something you don't see a lot in any drama, and how realistic this was only made it all that much more heartbreaking.

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Missed opportunity to make a great drama

This drama had all the ingredients of a great show. However writing isn't impressive and the plot was especially disappointing towards the end. It is still a worthy watch for anyone who is interested in a drama about family and importance of daily life (living everyday to the fullest and without regrets). Beware: if you decide to watch this, keep a box of tissues with you ;)

Things I liked:
- Kim Tae-hee's work as Cha Yu-ri (wow, she nails this role. Hats off to her)
- Beautiful cinematography

Things I didn't like:
- Heartbreaking ending (one could think of multiple ways to end this better than how they wrote)
- Quite a few scenes were repeated across two episodes
- Some filler moments were quite silly

Bonus:
- The main background score (the one that comes on when Yuri come back to life) is fantastic

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Unexpected

I'll be honest I normally dont watch dramas like this. I feel no need to. However the main female actor had me hooked from the start. Her bubby character fit her so well. Not to forget the fact that the child actor also acted very well. In fact I don't think there was a poor character story or poor actor in this series. Everyone was well thought out and the actors portrayed them well. It was some of the best acting I've seen. The emotions the actors portrayed slammed straight into my heart strings. It was very good. One of the best child actors. Normally child actors lack expressions this one did not. The casting crew must be so proud of their acting choices. The writers and producers did a good job as well.The ending was decent too. Overall it was a good series.

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I'm not crying you are

This drama exceeded all of my expectations..
I signed up for an emotional roller coaster but I didn't know what I would end up feeling.

Starting off with cast. I don't think they could have cast anyone better for Yu-ri than Tae Hee. She embodied the caring mother and beautiful wife to perfection, going far beyond with her performance. 5 years passed since she had a main role and came back swinging. As much as I could go on talking about her I have to applaud all the other cast members as well. I found myself falling in love with all of them, in some dramas once we go into side characters and side stories it can get dry and sometimes I feel like skipping through. BUT in no way did I feel like it in this series, the cast had such great chemistry they all melded together so well it was seamless all their interactions were just right. I don't know how they managed to make it seem like they were really related, it felt like I could see the parents in Ha-jun and those little details made it very easy to love this drama. But to speak on Dong-mi ( the bff ) she amazes me with everything she does I'm waiting to she her in a main role.

The story was what I expected jumping in having seen trailers and reading some reviews, but I was sobbing all throughout the 16 episodes. I personally am super close to my mother, seeing their relationship had me thinking of my mom and what it would be like, so I couldn't help but cry. I was always relating some aspect of my life to this drama thinking about my story and what my impact is. Just thinking about how my mother would feel losing me makes me tear up. All I can say is that the writers and directors did everything right. The resolution hit the spot of satisfaction and that's all I could've asked for as the series ended.

Music isn't a really big factor for me personally and I don't mind the absence of it in dramas. But the songs they used in Hi,Bye Mama! were fantastic and really added to the scenes it plucked my heart strings every time they came on, and I was ready for water works

Would %100 recommend!

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Hello. I've already watched of more than a hundred series and this one- hi, bye mama is totally not my kind of genre but then, it has its own twist. This drama contains 16 episodes and i must say that the whole drama deserves an applause. Yes, for the acting skills of the leads and the supporting casts. The said drama contains flashbacks so better concentrate in watching the scenes or else you will be in total vagueness. I dare you to be a fun of kim tae hee or else you will not appreciate the story itself. I was just disappointed because there were supporting casts ( as ghosts ) with their own dillema but then left unanswered or lacked of solutions then shift to the story of gwangha and cha yuri together with their daughter soe woo. Well, i will not be prolonging this review of mine so better watch it. I repeat 100% of concentration is needed for you to appreciate the whole story.✌

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