I’m too lazy to edit the original thread here: Love Next Door: Ep 5 On the Onggi so I’ll just make a new one. I’ll try to get this quickly because tomorrow we’ll have the new installment. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 I previously noted that some settings in this kdrama seemed to have been chosen to reinforce a key point, […]
Love Next Door: Ep 5 On the Onggi
Episode 5 Title: Go Back ➡️Go Back to You Though it isn’t difficult to see the theme sprinkled throughout the episode, it’s still good to cite a few examples. 1. SeongHyo (SH) visits SeokRyu (SR) in the US and sleeps overnight in her dorm room after getting drunk. When he wakes up in the morning, […]
Love Next Door: Eps 3 & 4 My Notes
Seems like the screenwriter decided that this is the right time for exposition, so viewers were suddenly inundated with background info on SeokRyu (SR). I’ll try to keep track. 1. The pomegranate tree In Episode 3, SeongHyo (SH) is worrying about the tree. No longer bare, it has now spouted leaves. He tells his co-president […]
Love Next Door: Ep 4 The Past Perfect
Episode Title: Past Perfect ➡️ Present Perfect Continuous I see two interpretations of the title: the non-grammar and grammar perspectives. a. From the non-grammar perspective SeungHyo’s and SeokRyu’s memories of their long friendship have been idealized, thus SeungHyo isn’t going to throw a wrench into their relationship and confuse or unsettle SeokRyu (SR). In other […]
Love Next Door: Ep 3 The Stop Line
Episode Title: Stop Line ➡️ Starting Line I think most viewers will just stay focused on the cuteness of the couple and the “feels” this show gives them that they’ll miss the key points of this episode. So here I’ll try to list them. A stop line is the white line painted on the road […]
Love Next Door: Ep 2 On Maeum
I’m separating my Episode 2 commentary from my Episode 1 First Impressions. 1. The glow-in-the-dark star stickers In high school, SeokRyu (SR) coerced SeungHyo (SH) to help her out at a part-time job cleaning barbecue grills. With her earnings, she brought glow-in-the-dark star stickers for her bedroom ceiling. Though SH nagged her back then for […]
Love Next Door: Ep 1 First Impressions
The Open Thread is here: Love Next Door: Eps 1 & 2 Open Thread To me, the story begins slowly but finds its rhythm 26 minutes into the show when the two main characters, Bae Seok Ryu (SR) and Choi SeungHyo (SH) cross path again after 10 years and start squabbling. 1. “Chemistry” As much as […]
Love Next Door: Eps 1 & 2 Open Thread
I opened this thread early so we’ll remember. Episodes: 16 Director: Yoo JeWon (“Hometown Cha Cha Cha”) Screenwriter: Shin HaEun (“Hometown Cha Cha Cha”) Start Date: Saturday, Aug 17 Airs on Saturdays and Sundays Where to Watch it: Netflix Network: tvN Frankly speaking, I don’t like the practice of smashing food — be it ice […]