Chapter 68 - Quiet Victory

A slow-pacing plot was one thing, but the plot was often so dull that watching the main characters interact felt like a chore.

But <> didn't give Choi Yeonhyeop that feeling.

The style was fresh and natural, the female lead was bright, cute, determined, and still a bit naive—just like her own youth.

She liked Lee Gyepyeong's personality and how she wasn't shy about her secret crush.

The pace of the show was also light and clear.

It didn't drag on with one single plot point, and it didn't have that grown-up view of youth that often felt shallow.

[ To everyone, I recommended you to watch <>! No joke, it's really good!!!! ]

[ How can there be a girl like Lee Gyepyeong who is so cute, bright, and not fake? I was ready to bash Im Giseok for being arrogant, but after watching <>—the clown turned out to be me. ]

[ Question Im Giseok, understand Im Giseok, become Im Giseok. He was right when he said <> wasn't good. ]

[ I can agree with that. ]

The viewers who came to watch <> were partly fans who were annoyed by Yoo Mokah's fans and partly people who just wanted to see what all the fuss was about.

But like Choi Yeonhyeop, they found themselves getting drawn into the show without realizing it.

At first, the fans thought, "Even if this show isn't good, we should find a way to make it popular."

But now, with their experience watching shows over the years, they felt <> was indeed much more interesting than a typical teen drama.

While fans usually spend more time on their own idols, they don't only watch their idol's shows.

If their idol stars in a terrible show, they might boost its stats at the start, but they would never recommend a bad show to their friends.

<> was the kind of show they would happily suggest to their friends.

It had nothing to do with Yoo Mokah; a good show is simply worth sharing.

[ I just want to say that ReelRise's approach is like the company I support—BS. Shouldn't they be promoting <> more aggressively? ]

[ Before watching <>, I thought <> was good. But after watching it… their lighting and aesthetic are awful. The side characters are so over-edited they look like inflatable dolls, and does the female lead's room look like an ad for a rental apartment? ]

[ An ad for a rental apartment? It really does look like that. I've been wanting to say it for a while. ]

[ The interactions between the leads in <> are also weird. Yoo Mokah's previous dramas were fine, but does this one have some idol baggage? It feels unnatural. ]