- The drama is a bit different from what I expected
- It has that cringy taste but whatever...
- Jo Ha-rin is seriously so pretty, is she the female lead????
- Nah nah nah she's a sub
- ???? I don't get the vibe
The first broadcast of
A viewership rating of 15 percent was a truly encouraging achievement.
Only two works had achieved this level of viewership ratings even this year.
However, considering that those two dramas were different in quality from the investment to the cast, the performance of
"So this actually works?"
Those words fit the situation perfectly.
The perception of Director Kim Pil-seok, the filming director, also improved significantly.
He already had the impression of being a capable director among the young directors, but now, practically...
"He's a fixer, right?"
"Indeed. No one wanted to take this on."
"Well, youth romance is practically a dead genre..."
"Honestly, I was half in doubt even when the planning proposal came out."
It was to the point where such words even came out within the broadcasting station.
"More than anything..."
Another figure that the drama team inside the broadcasting station was paying attention to.
"It's that kid again."
"That kid? Ah~."
The KMB Drama Team.
Among them, the long-tenured ones had an unforgettable 'kid'.
Joo Seo-yeon.
The child actress who made the broadcasting station buzz with
Returning spectacularly, she made her name known.
"If you just put Miss Seo-yeon in, something's different."
"Ah, I know. The vibe is different."
A few employees of the drama team said while looking over episode 1 of
"Normally... the last highlight has the highest viewership rating."
"I know. But from what I heard, Jo Ha-rin's audition scene had a higher viewership rating, right?"
"Yes. By 2 percent, at that."
They said it was a scene that Director Kim Pil-seok personally put a little more effort into.
An adaptation slightly different from the original.
He had discussed it with the drama writer, but it practically felt like a gamble.
Since it was the first episode, the focus should have been concentrated on the main leads, but he made them give their attention to Jo Ha-rin here as well.
Of course, the result returned as a huge success, but.
"The actress for the role of Song So-ha was Cha Na-hee, right?"
"She must have a lot of worries. Especially since she's an idol."
Actually, the fans of the girl group Cha Na-hee belonged to were speaking up.
With the feeling of, "Why did you kill our Na-hee's screentime!"
"But, this wasn't particularly increased. Jo Ha-rin's appearance time is less than 10 minutes. Even if you combine it all."
"10 minutes out of an hour. Song So-ha had at least more than twice that."
In fact, Jo Ha-rin's screen time wasn't much different from the four main-cast members excluding Kim Si-hwan and Song So-ha.
10 minutes.
Even this was combined cutscenes where they appeared together, so the time given to her individually would be even shorter.
The first appearance part, and the audition scene.
Yet, she came across as much bigger to the viewers than Song So-ha, who easily filled the screen more than three times as much as her.
So Jo Ha-rin didn't particularly do anything wrong.
The changed content was also just that she passed with 'singing instead of dancing'.
But why did such a reaction come out?
It was her acting skills.
Because the impact of the scene was several times that of Song So-ha's, the viewers mistakenly thought that Jo Ha-rin appeared 'a lot'.
After watching the drama, if they kept talking about it, they would mention the most impressive scene.
That gave a great advantage to the early success of
"I didn't permit this."
The writer of
"Ah, what's wrong. Writer Im! It's good, another hit!"
"……."
Baek Tae-soo, a PD of the drama department who was on good terms with him, soothed Im Jin-ha.
He was one of the veteran PDs at KMB.
One of the people speculated to become the next head of the drama department in a few years at this rate.
He had a chance in the past too, but coincidentally, there was someone much more capable than Baek Tae-soo at that time, so he had to give up with tears in his eyes.
"She clearly couldn't sing in the variety show."
"Ah, I saw it. That's right. Joo Seo-yeon? Her?"
"Yes. So I approved it... but I got totally played."
Could it be that even that was acting?
How could she sing such an impressive song in that scene?
Anyway, it didn't please Im Jin-ha.
'I don't like it.'
Originally, Jo Ha-rin was a character forced to be inserted.
A character put in only because seasoning was needed when Song So-ha connected with Kim Si-hwan in the work.
But such seasoning was interfering with the main dish.
Certainly, that was not a completely wrong thought in a way.
Because a character with little weight shouldn't eat up the main.
But Im Jin-ha was a bit different from that.
More than anything.
'What is her relationship with Park Jung-woo?'
Im Jin-ha was a fan of Park Jung-woo.
The fact that Park Jung-woo was cast first in this casting was also because Im Jin-ha wanted it.
So he didn't like Seo-yeon, who showed a particularly friendly appearance with Park Jung-woo.
'Yes, that would be good.'
But even so, there wasn't much a drama writer could do.
Originally, drama writers were on the weaker side in terms of power.
Especially for someone with a career close to a rookie like him, it was even more so.
If it weren't for PD Baek Tae-soo and one hit work, he wouldn't have been able to open his mouth.
But put another way, it meant Im Jin-ha could open his mouth right now.
"I think I should reduce her weight a bit more."
"Hmm? Why? It's doing well right now..."
"She's eating up the female lead's weight."
"That's true, but."
Even so, it was Joo Seo-yeon who greatly raised the viewership rating of
But if they reduce her weight...
'But certainly, a drama where the main character gets eaten up won't do well either.'
It's popular because of Joo Seo-yeon right now, but who knows how long that will last.
If they gave weight to Cha Na-hee, that seemed like it would be okay too.
It only paled in comparison to Joo Seo-yeon's acting, but in Baek Tae-soo's eyes, Cha Na-hee's acting wasn't bad either.
If they put more emphasis on her weight, the charm of the female lead might come alive.
"Hmm, alright. I'll try talking to PD Shin Yoon and Director Kim once."
"Yes. Thank you as always. You know I like you, PD Baek, right?"
"Oh, I know."
Chuckling, PD Baek contacted PD Shin Yoon.
It wasn't that he was trying to request a revision of the script.
It was just a little greeting.
***
Episode 2, which aired the next day, brought about repercussions in another sense.
What the viewers, who had doubled due to Jo Ha-rin's live scene in episode 1, witnessed was quite shocking.
The content was ordinary.
The six main actors who successfully passed the audition were all assigned to Group C.
The total number of passers for the first audition was 100.
A situation where half of the 200 were eliminated.
Among them, Song So-ha was in a situation where her confidence had dropped significantly.
She had to get into Group A by the end of the audition to be selected for the final round, but she barely made Group C.
On top of that, the other people in Group C were all formidable, so she lost her confidence.
"Give up if it's hard. No, what are you holding onto."
At that time, a man with blonde hair and piercings said that.
This Park Min-yool, who received favorable reviews for his rap and dance.
He and Song So-ha were completely out of sync.
Furthermore, the next mission was one where the six had to become one and show a performance.
She had no confidence.
- Is Park Min-yool Ma Yeon-woo?
- They said that character's setting was refreshing and had a good personality???
- Good personality??? Isn't that just Ma Yeon-woo's original personality???
Like the reaction to such Park Min-yool, Ma Yeon-woo's script also underwent some modifications.
Since he was an idol, there was a limit to his acting skills, so to draw out his ability, it was slightly adapted to fit his original personality.
This, too, was a boost given by Writer Im Jin-ha, who loved Ma Yeon-woo endlessly.
Episode 2 depicted Song So-ha's wandering.
As a team, they try to make efforts this way and that, but it doesn't go well.
They fight, and fight again.
Eventually, there's only one day left until the final mission.
In Group C, which couldn't even practice properly, Song So-ha goes out alone to practice live.
What is commonly called busking.
The next mission is to perform a guerrilla stage on the street with the six members.
"Why are you going alone."
The only one who chased after such Song So-ha was Kim Si-hwan.
Like that, the two shared a small smile, then went out to the street for live practice.
- What kind of emotion is this
- Ugh
- Why are they doing an audition mission on the street in the first place
- Why can't they? They could
Anyway, the issue of the somewhat flimsy script was brought up.
Just as the live chat was about to burn for a moment like that.
"As expected, no one is watching."
Song So-ha said.
Both Kim Si-hwan and Song So-ha specialized in singing.
Because of that, there wasn't much to see.
Even if they tried hard to sing, there was nothing to call a performance.
Probably, this wasn't what
"Still, it's better than not doing it."
Like that, they smiled at each other and sang until the sun slowly set.
The time they could sing on the street was 2 hours.
Until that reached its limit, people didn't give them much attention.
When the two were slowly getting exhausted.
"Hah, they're really persistent bastards."
Park Min-yool, who had picked on Song So-ha, appeared.
Holding a microphone in his hand.
- ?
- No, wait, don't tell me....
- Is this for real?
The chat room that was about to burn started burning in a different meaning.
Park Min-yool appearing holding a microphone.
No way, right.
The moment everyone thought so.
Park Min-yool started walking while rapping.
- F*ck
- Turn on the hazard lights, I'm dying....
- Ah, this was this kind of drama, I forgot after watching ep 1
Along with Park Min-yool's sudden rap, the attention of the people around gradually began to gather.
The people who hadn't paid much attention to Kim Si-hwan and Song So-ha's singing gradually began to focus on them.
That wasn't the end.
Behind him walking while rapping, the remaining three of Group C.
Ha Yoo-sung, Jo Ha-rin, and Jin Hye-min started walking behind him.
Among them, Ha Yoo-sung started rapping along with Park Min-yool.
The other two started dancing vigorously and advancing toward them.
- Aaaaaagh!!!
- I'm really going crazy
- Who wrote this script?
- Ah
- Please stop f*ck
"Guys!!"
Song So-ha shouted with a bright face.
And Group C's practice begins.
Then, the surrounding audience gathered around them and started cheering.
- No, wait
- Were they all hypnotized?
- If you want to ruin the drama, just say it with words
- I recommended this to my friend saying it was fun
- Didn't you get cut off? Your friend is nice
Group C's performance starting like that,
While unable to hold back their laughter at that ridiculous scene.
- No, they're actually good at it
- The song is good for nothing
Unexpectedly, this was also quite plausible.
Unlike the cringey scene, the actual scene direction was very good.
It definitely felt like they put effort into the song too.
Like that, episode 2 of
The reactions on various message boards were mostly that it was ridiculous, but.
- I'll probably watch it because I don't know what'll come out next
- But unexpectedly, it's somewhat watchable
- The song is good too
As if proving such community reactions, the viewership rating was 13 percent, slightly less than episode 1.
It was a very high achievement.
In particular, the group performance part had a momentary viewership rating of 18 percent, which was extremely high.
However.
- But doesn't it feel like Jo Ha-rin's weight was slightly reduced this episode?
- There was no place for her to come out.
- That's true
The feeling that Jo Ha-rin, who gave a big impact in episode 1, had her weight strangely reduced.
But most thought it was unavoidable because of the content.
"Good."
Writer Im Jin-ha smiled as he saw such community reactions.
Naturally, he didn't revise the script a lot or change the scenes a lot.
Just to the extent of removing a few lines.
This was enough.
'If I reduce it little by little like this.'
Around episode 8, she'll hardly be seen.
Im Jin-ha smiled, thinking so.
However, there was one thing Im Jin-ha failed to consider.
The third trailer for
***
The second trailer for
Two detectives looking for who the culprit is.
And the brutally murdered victims.
A chase with the culprit wearing a raincoat.
The difference from before was that the number of times the face of Cha Seo-ah, the convenience store part-timer, was shown increased.
- Why do they show an extra's face so often
- She rose recently so they must be trying to use her recognition
- Hmm....
Because of that, such reactions came out.
While there were slight talks about
The final third trailer released ahead of the opening.
- The cinematography is definitely good
- But there doesn't seem to be any particularly added scenes?
It was an approximately 2-minute video.
A video combining the key scenes of the 1st and 2nd trailers.
Joo Seo-yeon, who played the role of the convenience store part-timer that received criticism, hardly appeared.
So most of the people who saw it thought like this.
Ah, she got criticized in the 2nd trailer so they took her out.
But.
Pourrrrr
A scene of pouring rain.
It was exactly that scene that appeared often in the 2nd trailer.
A chase with the two police officers.
In that video that ended with them missing the culprit time after time.
The culprit of a small build, wearing a yellow raincoat, stood quietly.
Clang.
The fire axe in her hand dropped to the floor.
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
The background music that rang out the heartbeat of the chest played, and the culprit's hand slowly moved.
Everyone who saw that video thought, 'No way.'
Because they thought the culprit's face was finally being revealed.
Swish.
The raincoat's hood went down, and the first thing caught on the screen was long black hair.
Slowly.
As the camera went up very slowly, a neat jawline became visible.
Pale skin wet with the rain comes into sight.
Finally.
Red eyes.
Red eyes shining in the darkness.
Cha Seo-ah.
The woman who had appeared as a convenience store part-timer all along.
With her appearance as the last, the screen went dark.
As if it had shown everything it wanted to show.
The title
Afterward, it was only natural that all sorts of movie communities exploded.