More Than Friends (2020)

?Hola a todos, ¿Cómo están? Ayer terminé de ver More Than Friends y tuve la maravillosa idea de traerles una mini reseña al feed.

La serie gira entorno a Kyung Woo Yeon, una calígrafa, y a Lee Soo, un fotógrafo. Ellos son amigos desde la adolescencia, ¿o más que amigos?
Woo Yeon está enamorada de Lee Soo hace die
z años, pero él parece no sentir lo mismo que ella. Durante los 16 capítulos iremos viendo como estos dos amigos viven un amor siempre a destiempo, lleno de malentendidos y complicaciones.

Decidí ver este drama porque me llamó mucho la atención el póster. La empecé sin grandes expectativas, y dentro de todo me llevé una gran sorpresa. Pensé que iba a ser uno de esos doramas que solo se centran en la pareja principal y en nada más, pero por suerte esta serie le da bastante protagonismo a los personajes secundarios, principalmente a las amigas de la protagonista. Es muy interesante ver las distintas personalidades y problemas que tienen cada una de ellas, y te dan ganas de saber más sobre las chicas. Creo que esto es de lo que más me gustó de la serie.

Pasemos a los protagonistas, que son el eje central:
El personaje de Kyung Woo Yeon me gustó mucho, a veces se me hacía un poco “densa” con todo este amor no correspondido, pero en líneas generales me gustó muchísimo, me parecía súper simpática, y me gustó ver cómo con el avance de la serie fue creciendo y aprendiendo a quererse a sí misma.
El personaje de Lee Soo, me pareció ok. Al principio tenía un poco de conflictos con él porque me parecía un poco egoísta, pero con el correr de los capítulos se redimió un poco. Igualmente, no llegué a enamorarme de él.
Por otro lado tenemos a Ohn Jun Soo, el second lead. Cuando apareció yo estaba living con él, tenía todo lo digno de un Second Lead Syndrom, pero a medida que pasaban los episodios se puso medio denso, no entendía un par de cosas que la prota le decía y eso terminó haciendo que pierda todo mi interés en él.

La pareja principal no me disgustó, pero tampoco me encantó. Es cómo que tenían momentos súper cutes, pero no terminó de “matarme” su historia de amor. Lo que sí destaco de ellos, es que notaba que tenían mucha química.
Está lejos de ser uno de mis doramas favoritos, pero si ya no saben qué ver y tienen ganas de algo bastante entretenido y muy bonito visualmente, denle una oportunidad

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Being honest with everyone: there isn’t anything amazingly fresh nor outstanding about this show. Whether you will like it or not, depends all on whenever you will like the characters and their interactions.

It’s another show about a confident jerk male lead and a nice and madly in love female lead who is willing to get dumped countless times and still cannot give up on the dude. What is surprising, though: they are both somehow likable (many would disagree, so don't quote me on that). I wanted to slap Soo back to reality more than once, but I also loved all his scenes and found him to be an interesting character. Woo Yeon, even though desperate with her unrequited love, still seemed like a strong character that is slowly gaining more confidence and learning how to put herself first. The flaws were presented in a way that made me curious about the development, rather than annoyed with their current state.

The show is full of cliches, but I was weirdly not mad about them at all. I saw these plotlines in other dramas, I should be bored, but somehow I wasn’t. Why? Because I cared for these characters. I was emotionally attached to them and was genuinely interested in their stories.

I also have to appreciate they at least tried to give a better explanation for Soo being such a selfish jerk. It wasn’t just random, short conversations we usually get in dramas to explain the behavior. His past was mixed well in the overall plot and, even though it did not excuse his actions, it made me understand him more.

They took a similar approach with Woo Yeon. While she was a weak person in terms of her love life and the desperation she presented, she also was strong and striving to achieve her dreams. She wasn’t weak in all areas of her life. She was flawed in one. And that made her an interesting character.

The chemistry between all the characters was amazing. Not only romance felt natural, but also the friendship between the main and supporting cast. Nothing felt forced or unrealistic. Great acting from the cast for sure helped achieve that.

The sub-plots were also interesting, with 2 supporting couples bringing something different to the table. We got comedy and we got melo. Such a striking difference, but even when their scenes were one right after another, it never felt disconnected or like they belonged to different shows. The flow and transitions were just right.

For me it was just a fun romantic comedy that had a good amount of sub plot surrounding the main one. Nothing felt like useless fillers for me (though I am sure many people would disagree).

Do I think this drama could have been shorter? Sure. I honestly believe getting 12 and not 16 episodes would be ideal, but I have exactly the same opinion about ALL romantic comedies. They are just not meant for a longer format. The last 4 episodes were painfully full of cliches. I'm pretty sure I saw my brain a few times when I rolled my eyes so hard. That said, I am unable to name even one rom-com that avoided cliches at the end. I think it's just given and expected in the genre.

Overall, if you cannot get over the over-confident male lead that is extremely selfish most of the time and desperate for his love female lead, this ain’t for you. The characters are far more than the flaws, and I myself found them likable, but if these are your personal pet peeves, you will not like it.

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