18 Again is out of my alley because I'm definitely into more fast-paced thrillers and murder mystery type kdramas. However, this drama, with its eye-catching plot and beautifully cast characters, kept my attention till the very end. I'm sure you've read lots of reviews singing praises of this kdrama, and I wholeheartedly agree with them. However, let me tell you a few things (just a few!) that felt a little off to me.
1. The age gap problems that Da Jung and Dae Young faced.
When Dae Young was living as Wooyoung, he tried to make moves on Da Jung because, obviously, she was his wife and he was in love with her. However, to Da Jung, he was just another teenage boy who had something like a celebrity crush on her. I'm okay with the "young boy liking older woman" trope, and I know Dae Young isn't actually young because his real age is something like 38. But Da Jung doesn't know that, and in that one scene where Wooyoung/Dae Young makes a move on her, she KISSES HIM BACK! Same thing with Chu Aerin. They both were fantasizing about a TEENAGE BOY!!! I don't know about you, but that makes me feel kind of uncomfortable. I think their chemistry could have been shown without the weird romantic moments.
2. I wish we could've known why he turned 18 again.
Throughout the show, there are hints towards somebody orchestrating this entire scenario as a sort of experiment on Dae Young. There are clips of somebody taking pictures of him and writing everything he does in a case file sort of document. I WANNA KNOW WHO THAT IS!!!!! I feel like the story would have been so much more interesting if there was a side plot of the people who were running this experiment on Dae Young. It would have given the show something more to offer other than just romance (not that romance is a bad thing!).
I thought I would find more things wrong with this drama, but I really don't have any more complaints about it! Overall, if you like slow-paced, romantic-comedy dramas with just a touch of supernatural, THIS DRAMA IS FOR YOU!
Final rating: 8/10.
1. The age gap problems that Da Jung and Dae Young faced.
When Dae Young was living as Wooyoung, he tried to make moves on Da Jung because, obviously, she was his wife and he was in love with her. However, to Da Jung, he was just another teenage boy who had something like a celebrity crush on her. I'm okay with the "young boy liking older woman" trope, and I know Dae Young isn't actually young because his real age is something like 38. But Da Jung doesn't know that, and in that one scene where Wooyoung/Dae Young makes a move on her, she KISSES HIM BACK! Same thing with Chu Aerin. They both were fantasizing about a TEENAGE BOY!!! I don't know about you, but that makes me feel kind of uncomfortable. I think their chemistry could have been shown without the weird romantic moments.
2. I wish we could've known why he turned 18 again.
Throughout the show, there are hints towards somebody orchestrating this entire scenario as a sort of experiment on Dae Young. There are clips of somebody taking pictures of him and writing everything he does in a case file sort of document. I WANNA KNOW WHO THAT IS!!!!! I feel like the story would have been so much more interesting if there was a side plot of the people who were running this experiment on Dae Young. It would have given the show something more to offer other than just romance (not that romance is a bad thing!).
I thought I would find more things wrong with this drama, but I really don't have any more complaints about it! Overall, if you like slow-paced, romantic-comedy dramas with just a touch of supernatural, THIS DRAMA IS FOR YOU!
Final rating: 8/10.