Sin Embargo (2021)

I can't look or think of butterflies in a normal way anymore thanks to butterfly guy

I'm watching Nevertheless and like I'm sooo gay for 2 characters (Bit-Na & Sol) but I'm also fucking hetero for song kang's character (even though he's RED FLAGS).

Also, Sol RADIATES GAY AS HELL TOO (which is honestly the cutest thing ever)

Park Jae Eon has fuckinh mad skills too. Like the writers, director and song kang really knew how to do that character well BECAUSE MY HEART EVEN FLUTTERED AND MY HEART NEEEEVER FLUTTERS.

I'm just so gay for Bit-Na and Sol. Bit-Na's whole look and personality had me gay. Sol, however, is like a bit masculine but if her hair is not tied she's suddenly FEMININE and both looks have me gaaaaay.

Lol I love song kang. He is literally my most seen actor of 2021 (because I watched Sweet home, Love alarm 2, Navillera, and now Nevertheless).  I gotta make sure before the year ends that lee dong wook is #1 & lee jong suk #2.

Red flags is also so nice at the moment, he saved girl when she had a period and no pads. But then he is like why can't we be close in a non platonic way without dating, which shattered the illusion big time..

Park Jae Eon is the definition of katy perry's hot and cold song.

I'M CRYING
I'M YELLING
I HAVE SECOND LEAD SYNDROME SOOOOO BAD
BECAUSE OF POTATO BOY. ALSO POTATO GUY DESERVED BETTER THAN HER! But how can anyone not chose him? I don't like that she doesn't chose him because I don't want potato guy's heart to be broken. He still deserves better than her though. His confession was adorable though. I just wanted him to have a happy ending. My precious baby, I feel so bad for him. I hate the writers for doing this to him.

Park Jae Eon is such an asshole. I really wished this was a show were she ended up with the nice guy or NOBODY AT ALL. I would have preferred both options than the actual solution. I really wished they stayed closer to the source.

It is really funny how I was living for red flags until I wasn't. I am apparently such a softie for soft boys. In the beginning I was like DAMN HE SMOOOOOOTH and then I just got annoyed about him and his shit. BUT HE DOES LOOK SO GOOD IN PINK OR PURPLE.

I'M SO EMO FOR POTATO GUY!!!!!

The gays are so cute though. Like we have one that knows she's in love with her best friend and the other one didn't realise she was in love with her best friend. I'm like UWU BABIES!

I also like the sudden budding friendship between park jae eon and hat guy. I also shipped the heck out of hat guy and Bit-Na.

The two undergraduates were soooo cute too.

It literally got a minus one for that stupid unrealistic ending. I'm not a fan of that ending, which is why it took me forever to actually finish it since I knew it was going to end like this. Kinda hate it though.

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Painfully Realistic!!!

I know a lot of people didn't like the story due to toxic characters, but I will try to explain why I liked every damn thing about this series.

Let's begin with the CAST. I don't think anyone could have played the roles better than the way they were portrayed. From the very first look at Park Jae Eon, I knew he was going to break everyone's heart, yet he justified his role and made us fall for him to the point that every time he would hurt Na-Bi, I would feel similar pain. I would say that's an ace in acting. Na Bi also played her part well; being soft and confused in places but also being firm when she understood she couldn't handle the complicated relationship anymore. As for Do Hyuk, he was the cute and the most uncomplicated green flag in the show. He was the true Angel but unfortunately, the Devil will always be too tempting!!!

OSTs: They were good, too good to say the least. Every composition was kind of made to amplify the emotional depth of the scene. That made the show a lot more heart-touching.

STORY: It was realistic to the point where at times it left me with a dreadful feeling. The attraction between Jae Eon and Na Bi basically begins with sexual tension, which is more relatable to our generation. They then decide to keep it simple by not defining their relationship in any terms; another relatable situation. But what made me feel awfully familiar with the situation was Na Bi's conflict over why she's torturing herself knowing things will only get worse and Jae Eon pulling back when the things matter the most. These two situations I have experienced a lot in my dating life. Being afraid of getting hurt or not letting your feelings show because you are internally conflicted are the most common reasons why compatible people can't stay together. Some may say these are toxic traits but if you think, you can't really avoid it because these insecurities stem from the past and you can't change that. I would also like to focus on the fact that both, Jae Eon and Na Bi never saw a successful romantic relationship of their single parents. That will leave some mental scars that were bound to affect their own dating life. It's easy for us to categorise red and green flags but in the end, when you are in a relationship, things are not that simple.

But their sexual tension was off the chart; half the time, I had to stop the scene inbetween cause I was fucking breathless. Song Kang is a pure representation of sex (I know it's sexualizing comment but it's also true)!! If I would have been in Na Bi's place, I would have also given in just for the whole sexual chemistry, consequences be damned!!

Side Note: I loved how they represented art and butterflies in the series. I am an Architecture graduate, so art holds a high place in my life. In this series, art played a huge role in reciprocating feelings between Na Bi and Jae Eon, which were open to interpretation by viewers. Example - Jae Eon making Butterfly Suncatcher and Bracelet for Na Bi might not mean anything to others but for me it was admirable. A guy putting effort into making something himself is a huge plus point. It made my heart beat a little fast and my brain fuzzy. I also think creative guys are hotter than nerdy smart ones!!!

Lastly, I have rated Rewatch Value at 8 because I don't think my heart could bear to go through the emotional torture twice. But I might watch Nevertheless again, maybe after a few years when I am romantically at a good place...

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Apesar de tudo eu deveria ter desistido

Uma história chata com protagonistas chatos, como foi cansativo assistir esse drama, foi tedioso do início ao fim, a protagonista feminina me dava sono toda vez que entrava em cena, que personagem sem vida, sem ação sem opinião e manipulável ela simplesmente foi um objeto inanimado ali, o protagonista masculino fazia o que queria com ela, e ela sem um pingo de amor próprio esquecia tudo e corria toda vez para os braços dele. O que fez continuar foi os outros personagens, por que os protagonistas deixaram a desejar grandemente. Os atores principais pareciam cansados apáticos desanimados, nem as cenas de cama tinham liga. Por mim os protagonistas podiam deixar o drama no meio numa boa que não ia fazer falta nenhuma, torcia para isso acontecer o tempo todo, eles podiam pegar um avião para Paris e sumi do drama e ponto final acabou. Posso descrever esse drama para você apenas com duas palavras: cansativo e monótono.
Nada acontece realmente, a história é estagnada fica no mesmo lugar dando voltas e não desenvolve, foi bem doloroso de assistir, foram os 10 episódios mais longos que já vi na vida.

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I have mixed feelings about this drama. I was really excited when I started watching it because I've heard that it was made by women primarily and it touched upon issues of intimacy and love in the modern age between young people. I really liked the first episodes and the way it portrayed young people and especially women that try to find a balance between their studies/career and their love/social life. I also really appreciated that it showed actual scenes of intimacy between the two main characters as many dramas tend to avoid these kind of scenes . The female-lead was flawed and made mistakes , factors that made her more realistic and the same goes for the male-lead as well. The other characters even though many of them seemed unique and different and had a lot of potential , weren't so much part of the plot and their personalities weren't uncovered through the episodes . Unfortunately , during the last episodes the plot and the leading point of the story felt lost. The characters didn't grow , didn't mature , they felt stagnant or even even worse than they started for some reason.
Even though the series was somewhat refreshing to watch , the end felt anticlimactic in a way. I have to say though and really highlight that the soundtrack of the movie was really good . I enjoyed listening to songs from the alternative music scene of Korea , like the band Say Sue Me and also discovering the artist RIO. I really appreciate it when visuals are accompanied by beautiful music, it shows that more thought and care has been put so that the visual and listening experience is balanced.

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Being in love during your 20s

When I said I love nevertheless some ppl are surprised. That's why I write this post. Nevertheless is an ode to love, the variety and numerous loves that can exist during your 20s.

First of all I love Nabi, because of the magistral play of Han sohee, but also because of how realistic she is. She is not weak, she tries to find what she loves, who she loves. She stream, cry, laught. She said what she wants and be quiet when she needs it. She choose her relationship and tries to find what is the best for her. Truly realistic. It is not the behaviour of a huge part of the 20s girls ? It's mine. Of course Park Jaeon is problematic that's a fact, his toxic behaviour is not romanticised. We can thought nabi perspective, the real feeling, redflag, lust, love and anger against him. It's a mix and it's not easy. This drama is not about easy love and behaviour, it's about the hardship, how love and lust can be hard and a battle. Why you choose a man and not another. She literally cries during the reject scene. It's about choice, not a bad or a good one. Just choice and the really of life. Sometimes you don't choose the best person but the one you loves the most.

And it's not only about he lead couple. All the second lead. A lesbian couple ??? With so much scenes ? I was so happy When I see how realistic it is. Same for all the couples. This drama show all the loves, the different ideas of love and the choices you made to match your idea with the reality. Do you want to sacrifice your way of life for the one you love? Jiwan and Gyu Hyun symbolise that and compromise.

Anyway my 22 years on earth is glad to find a drama which show so many couples, ideas of love and desires, way to life. I feel so understand, this show is really how the beginning of my university years have been. And it have been deliver with so much accuracy.

Thanks for this drama.

all my love

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Have some intense scenes

Sorry for the spoiler .It was the story about two persons , A girl and a boy . The boy and the girl who donot have good love history but both thought in the different way . The boy pretend to be a playboy . He never made a serious relationship but the girl actually wants a serious relationship. When both met ,the girl fell in love with him but the boy was not sure about his own feelings . Girl realised the fact and she left him but when she left him ,he realized his true feelings . Still not able to say his true feelings to her . On the other side the girl didn't have control over her feeling. Not able to forget him . At the end she asked him to go on a date . He replied her that was she sure . Would she not regret . By this reply if I would in her place ,I would leave him because still he was not sure but she told him that she would not regret and the drama end with the kiss. So this was the story . I think it has some intense scene which made some spectacular to like the drama but I really didn't like the drama

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The Main Lead {han so hea} life was sometimes ups and down . Male lead was like to spending time with girl . some how han so hea fall in love with main lead but She was confused with her emotion, and she successfully she overcome her emotion .
Its not matched with real-life event though its a fun experienced,
Acting Was tremendous , specially han so hea ..
But Story Directing Is little bit off , there was some pointe that i want to stop watching because of the story Directing.
As like male lead ... if he wants her than just tell her simple.... but again everyone story is different, that's how our life is interesting.

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ending made it best from worse

As a fan of Nevertheless webtoon I always wanted this to get adapted into a Korean drama. And Alas! it actually turned that this webtoon is getting adapted to a drama. Probably I was the most happiest person after this but this drama turned down all my happiness.
trust me the plot of this drama was so common yet unique still. for those who are still confused about watching this I will definitely suggest you to read the webtoon instead of watching this crap.
PLOT: well this drama had a great start but after the first half they actually dragged the story and it felt nothing. Normally kdramas are filled with cliché moments and the most unrealistic things but this drama actually had the potential to show the reality. It starts with a girl named nabi who was cheated by his ex boyfriend and now she doesn't want any relationships but eventually she falls for a playboy named park jae eon. so rather than getting into a relationship she decide to be s*x partners but later she realized she fell for him and expected the same but that was not the case after that the drama takes a huge turn and adds a new cast as the second lead of the drama. trust me everyone expected him to be the main lead as he was caring and of course a good guy. what happens after than and whom nabi chooses is not worth it according to the story but if you're here for any of the cast then you should definitely not miss this one.
This dramas second leads were better than the main ones like the two girls their story was unique for most of the kdrama fans and bit na and that guy were kind of cute and awkward. the couple in the office were okay as their story was ordinary but sweet
the girl who was with jae eon, her side of story needed more screen time as it was never explained what was going between them but okay.
CAST: trust me each cast was perfect specially Han so hee and nabi. she just looked exactly like the webtoon female lead specially when she ties her hair and
song kang was the the perfect choice for jae eon the butterfly guy. he portrayed the character well but the writer did dirty to him. he was supposed to be a playboy not a person who was emotionally scared like that ruined the character and his mother's appearance was too unnecessary like why.
our potato boy aka yang do hyuk literally he was such a good person but literally dumb like he always knew that she was never into her still he decided to wait and that shit was so f*cked up but he got his happy ending alternatively so okay
other cast were also good specially the girl Seol ah she perfectly played her role and I personally loved her the most
MUSIC: the most perfect thing about this drama was the background songs. each song was perfectly blended to the scene and definitely was a pleasure to ears
the main ost by Sam Kim's ''love me like that'' was the best of all of them.
REWATCH: Never..!!! this literally gave me a headache
I personally think the drama could have been a lot better and education if they could have followed the webtoon or at least they could have followed the ending. the ending was literally the worst.
If you're thinking about watching this then think twice and then watch at your own risk. their are many erotic scene at the start but later their isn't much of that.
ENJOY Y'LL!!

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Very Good Drama But Ending Could Have Been Better

First drama I watched in a very long time and it was worth it.
I really liked the storyline and it is very prominent in society today how their relationship played out for the majority of the drama (besides the special part of fade).
But I wasn’t so fond of the ending.
I feel like it should have ended with the two of them in a art museum together looking at different pieces and enjoying each other’s company.
the last piece of art they should have looked at should have been a butterfly art piece with them being happy and admiring it while nabi says it was truly fate for us to be together.
and it should have pictured them walking out the frame together with the art piece left in the frame while it lights up or depicting the butterfly coming to life and flying away.
And I know this is very detailed but this is all I could ever imagine the ending being.

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a ray of hope that left me feeling disappointed

《Nevertheless,》 started with a strong storyline, interesting, somewhat relatable and lovable characters and a realistic background. And it ended with never-ending misunderstandings and cliches, horrible character development and awfully unsatisfying choices.
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[Spoilers]
The story is about how an insecure and anxious Na-bi gets entangled with the creepy, playboy Jae-On who doesn't want to get into a relationship and only wants to have casual sex. This dude, from the start, seemed very interesting and had a whole bunch of red flags. And Na-bi knew what kind of person he is and how much complicated her life will become if associated with this guy. But Na-bi, despite knowing all of that, agrees to have casual sex with this creepy yet fascinating dude.

At first, both of them, were happy having casual sex and being "friends with benefit" or more like, "strangers with benefit". But problem starts arising and that was the ray of hope for me to see Na-bi having some character development. Well, she pretty much did. She ended it all with our creepy dude and finds a potato guy who loves her and is definitely not a fascinating yet creepy guy. Potato guy is just a normal, passionate and sweet guy who doesn't have any red flags and walks around with heart on his sleeves.

However, all of Na-bi's decent character development ended with Jae-On's apologize and a steamy kiss. With a steamy kiss, a few weird drawing and some months'(?) leap, she decided that she loves Jae-On and will date him, even though both of them (she and him) aren't sane and are probably not in their right mind for a healthy and loving relationship.
[End Of Spoilers]
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The music in this drama is just beautiful and it introduced me with RIO. She is such an awesome singer:)

The best relationship for me was the lesbian couple. I wish they gave them a bit more screentime. They were just adorable. Even though they had a lot of fights and misunderstandings, they are definitely one of the best couples i have seen so far:")

My 2nd best couple would be the teacher couple. They were real cuties^-^

I disliked the bffs to lovers couple for some reason:'/ not sure why:')

Overall, i do think is a good drama which had so much potential, but ended up being rather repetitive, predictable and cliched.

《Nevertheless,》had the good actors, an awesome and refreshing storyline and great cinematography(?) and beautiful OSTs. Also, the first half was really interesting and promising and execution, acting done by all the actors was amazing and came across as natural. But the 2nd half just seemed another "feisty girl falls in love with a playboy dude" kind of story. I think it is one of the best example of a waste of talents.

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Apesar da falta de romance, amor

Quando vi a quantidade de gente "metendo o pau" nesse dorama, fiquei com medo. Apesar disso, assisti e fui até o fim.

Eu não senti a mesma frustração que vi nas resenhas sobre como falta amor próprio e etc. Acredito que a proposta da série é, justamente, não ter um amor para sempre, mas um amor que te queime no fundo da alma por um momento. Estamos acostumados com doramas em que o casal descobre ser a alma gêmea um do outro e se comprometem a passar o resto da vida juntos, mas acho que essa temática foi mais madura e realista: nem toda alma gêmea ficará com você por toda a vida.

Gostei dessa proposta de ser preciso renunciar ao amor de vez em quando. Acredito que outros tópicos abordados foram tipo um pensamento que eu costumo ter:

Se você tivesse a oportunidade de viver 1 minutos todos os momentos com uma pessoa especial, você faria isso? Ou preferiria viver uma vida sem conhecê-la?

Acredito que o dorama tem esse sentido parecido. Não importa realmente a duração de um amor, desde que ele exista. Foi esse pensamento que eu senti ao final da série. Eu me questionei se o que eles tiveram era amor mesmo, mas me lembrei que nem todo amor é leve e duradouro como costumamos pensar, na realidade, amor pode ser bem mais feio (assim como foi visto).

Essas foram as minhas conclusões sobre "Apesar de tudo, amor". Eu não vou dizer que gostei muito porque eu vejo dorama justamente porque a realidade me cansa, mas ter uma retratação mais realista não faz mal de vez em quando.

Se você for assistir, dou algumas dicas:
-Tente intercalar com outro dorama. Esse aqui não é muito bom para maratonar.
-Não tente buscar o romance aqui. Esse dorama não é romântico.
-Passe mal com as cenas de pegação KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

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