Doona! is a romance drama about an ex-idol (Suzy) who finally ends up residing in shared housing with a university scholar (Yang Se Jong), and the 2 start to develop emotions for one another.
Suzy performs Lee Doona who was a member of a preferred woman group. She out of the blue left the group and now lives in a university share home.
Yang Se Jong is Lee Received Joon. He’s a form and reserved school scholar that strikes right into a share home and meets the mysterious Doona.
I used to be wanting ahead to testing the romance Doona! as a result of I like each Suzy and Yang Se Jong. This kind of low-key, delicate drama might be hit and miss with me although, so I wasn’t positive how issues would go.
Fortunately, I actually loved it! It’s a easy story as we see Received Joon transfer right into a share home and meet the mysterious Doona. He’s each confused and intrigued by her. And after an preliminary misunderstanding is cleared up, Doona appears drawn to him, however her motives are unclear.
I beloved watching the forwards and backwards between them. Doona is daring and blunt but unpredictable, so watching Received Joon react to all the sudden issues she does was enjoyable for positive.
Then there’s this gradual construct of a connection between. I knew Yang Se Jong and Suzy would have nice chemistry, and so they positively did! Their relationship blurs between curiosity, friendship, and romance.
We do have a second lead within the type of Jin Joo (Ha Younger), Received Jun’s previous crush from highschool. She’s the extra steady, straightforward selection, however she has her personal sophisticated historical past to deliver to the story. As second leads go, she’s truly very likable and a pleasant addition to the story. Now, the remainder of the supporting characters I didn’t a lot look after. They weren’t unhealthy, simply form of bland.
I believed Doona was an fascinating character to discover. She is unquestionably struggling in life as an idol on the outs who may be very alone and in numerous emotional ache. She is an advanced lady with a posh story. I loved peeling again her layers as we dug deeper into who she is and what she desires from life.
Received Jun is an fascinating character too. We do study his previous and his present struggles, however I do want we might have gone deeper into them. Lots of his household struggles type of float round within the background moderately than being straight addressed.
That is comprehensible although as this story was actually about Doona. It feels prefer it’s informed from Received Jun’s perspective, however Doona may be very a lot the middle of the drama. It was an fascinating solution to inform the story for positive.
And Suzy offers a really implausible efficiency right here. I believed she was mesmerizing as Doona. Each scene she captured my consideration as I needed to know extra about her. Suzy actually introduced this character to life as she displayed the complicated feelings of Doona. Fantastic efficiency!
The manufacturing of Doona! was high notch. As I discussed earlier, this isn’t a method that I normally gravitate in direction of. It’s a extra subdued and creative kind of present. This may come off a bland and empty or very shifting and emotional relying on in case you join with this type of storytelling. Fortunately, I did this time.
A whole lot of thought went into the main points from the way it was filmed and edited to how every character journey was introduced. These are flawed characters which might be proven as actual folks with actual struggles, and that was proven with a fragile hand that paints a stunning image of their lives.
MAJOR ENDING SPOILERS BELOW
I do know this drama introduced some confusion with its ending. At first look, it seems to be a really open ending with out making it clear in the event that they Doona and Received Jun ended up collectively. I feel upon nearer look, it’s apparent that they did.
First, that they had an emotional reunion earlier than the final time skip. Then the opening of the final episode reveals them assembly in a subject, and Received Jun is sporting the identical garments from after the time skip. He’s additionally proven looking for jewellery (as a present perhaps?) amongst different issues. I feel it’s clear within the hints that they’re seeing one another. So, for me, it’s a cheerful ending.
END OF SPOILERS
General, Doona! was an ideal drama. Regardless of being easy in story and low-key in its supply, it was poignant and shifting. It informed an emotional story specializing in the characters of Doona and Received Jun and the way they had been individually affected by their relationship. The romance was uncommon however satisfying, and the duo had implausible chemistry. Doona! is an fascinating drama that I actually loved.
My Score: 7.5/10
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