Fingers down, that is my favourite drama of the yr. You’ll positively see me speaking about this in my year-end assessment except one thing else comes out within the subsequent month or two (however these is likely to be counted as a 2022 drama in the event that they don’t finish earlier than December 31). Hometown Cha Cha Cha is a rom-com between a metropolis lady, Hye Jin (Shin Min Ah), who moved to the seaside city known as Gongjin, and Chief Hong (Kim Solar Ho), the man who does every part and something in Gongjin.
By way of plot, the principle plot is the romance, crammed with a bunch of facet tales that assist construct the romance and assist us perceive our characters – important and facet characters included. My favourite facet story is the one about Nam Suk and why the entire village lets her off when she gossips and spreads rumors. I’ve all the time thought Nam Suk’s character was hilarious being the nosy character she is, however she turned certainly one of my favorites once I lastly understood her backstory.
It teaches us that you could’t actually choose folks whenever you first meet them – just like how Hye Jin did when she first moved right here. Everybody has a backstory they usually is likely to be hurting on the within though they appear high quality on the skin. One factor that basically stored the plot going was the exploration of Gongjin’s 3 important mysteries – why HwaJeong and YeongGuk had a divorce, what Chief Hong did for five years earlier than he returned to Gongjin, and the mysterious one who gained the lottery. I preferred that it was so subtle-y talked about in a single episode and whenever you thought the writers forgot about it a few episodes later, we get our solutions.
I totally loved all our characters. There was no antagonist on this drama, which is nice. At first, I had unhealthy emotions once they added Director Ji to the storyline as a result of I believed the drama was attempting so as to add an antagonist or we’d have a complete love triangle that runs in circles – or I assume, triangles, till the tip. Fortunately, Director Ji ends it with “I’m not good at trigonometry and I don’t wish to be a part of the love triangle”. To not point out, Hye Jin is a fairly decisive individual, so we don’t have a dragging love triangle story both. She snips it within the bud, similar to she does with all her love quarrels with Chief Hong. I additionally loved Hye Jin’s character growth. She was a really prickly and judging individual when she first moved to Gongjin and I virtually didn’t like her. She has mentioned so many hurtful issues to the residents and Chief Hong to start with that it’s a miracle they nonetheless forgave her and overcame that. All through the drama, we see her opening up and caring extra concerning the residents as she learns extra about them. She’s nonetheless judgmental and prickly to sure folks, however she positively has a mushy spot for the residents of Gongjin.
As for the love line – this is without doubt one of the first dramas that basically made my coronary heart skip a beat this yr. It was cute and at occasions method too cute. However some of the necessary issues I wish to spotlight is how Hye Jin and Chief Hong talk properly. Once they get in arguments, they discuss it out as a substitute of holding it in like regular folks ought to. They usually apologize to one another in the event that they did one thing fallacious! There are such a lot of dramas on the market the place I get so annoyed as a result of folks by no means apologize and their relationships are so poisonous. This drama is an instance of romance accomplished accurately (throughout all {couples}!).
5/5 – For those who’re down for one thing mild, fuzzy, cute, and is sensible within the drama books, I extremely suggest this one.
