Someday

Very lovely drama that is character driven with an interesting story line. The acting was great, especially by the female leads. Hana (Doo Na Bae) was wonderfully naive, and Hye Young (Yoon Ah Oh) was beautifully restrained and graceful. Seok Man (Jin Wook Lee) was a little rougher around the edges, but I felt like his earnestness made up for that. I do have to say that Dr. Go was... not my favorite character, though this is not a slight to actor Min Joon Kim. Dr. Go starts out very likable, but as he becomes more obsessed with Hana, he steadily becomes overbearing.

Overall, the episodes tend to be more subtle than not, with Hana, Hye Young, and Seok Man all winning over our sympathy as they deal with their problems. Dr. Go--I never felt too attached to him and found his character charming only when he was bantering with Hye Young. If you're looking for fluffy romance, this is not your drama. Rather, it's slow-moving as it builds up to a sweet but perhaps too understated ending, so don't expect a lot of laughs or lovey-dovey moments. What you can expect is to contemplate, along with the characters, what it means to love someone else, and just what it is about love that makes us do what we do.

It took a while but I finally found a drama that was equal to Coffee Prince in Someday. I can't say enough good things about this one. First and foremost it went to great lengths to separate itself from "typical". While it still had a love triangle (or square, actually) it handled the overlapping relationships in a way that was believable and interesting. There were a few predictable sequences but for the most part they never detracted from the storytelling. It was also wonderful to watch parallel stories unfold as we watched the primary characters develop and learned about the old woman and her life-long love through her diary and the animated scenes.

This was my first time watching Doo Na Bae. Her portrayal of a disturbed and emotionally vacant young woman felt so real that it was painful and draining; which was a good thing. At the same time her near childlike innocence drew me in and made me care about her. All of the other actors handed in memorable performances as well but Doo Na's was some of the best I've ever had the pleasure of watching.

As for the pacing... all I can say is that for a story of this type it was fine. It wasn't an action story or a romantic comedy. As long as you go in understanding this is a romance you shouldn't have a problem waiting for things to unfold and plots to develop. The only down side to the entire series was that the character Go Jin Pyo (Min Joon Kim) never developed to the point he came to understand he was a jerk (I'd use stronger language but I'm being polite).

I highly recommend this series.

“Someday” tackles all questions about Love. The writer conveys the story in an interesting way, by having the four characters to learn about Love by analyzing someone’s true love story from a diary. Drawings are used to depict events that are described in the diary. In addition, the story also tells the story of each of the four characters, i.e. how they live their life and what is their wisdom in terms of love, and how they slowly understand love.

The drama started with slow pace and gets a little interesting as the story progresses slowly. Don’t expect any dramatic or melodramatic or irrational scenes. You should slowly appreciate the story of those four characters as the story of the diary unfolds. Until you reach the final episode, you will feel and understand not just the power of Love but also the eternity of pure love.

I sometimes wonder is pure love truly existing in our real life? Is this story is all about our dreams and our yearning of such pure love?

Regarding the acting, I think the female lead(Bae Doo-Na) and supporting female (Oh Yoon Ah) did a wonderful job of playing the characters. I do think the male actor (Kim Min Joon) who played the manipulative Dr. Go did a better job that the male lead, Lee Jin Wook who played Seok Man). IMO, other skilled actors, such as Ji Sung or Yoon Kye Sang would have done a much better job of portraying Seok Man. Lee Jin Wook still need a bit more training to improve his acting skill.

Lastly, I will definitely recommend this drama, despite its slow pace (So please be patience! ). The story is definitely beautiful and you won’t regret it.