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[SBS] The Time We Were Not In Love [2015] Official Thread


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The T-ver, In Time With You, is actually so much better than I thought it would be. I really didn't regret I decided to watch it in the end, and was thankful instead. I think this drama has one of the most beautiful story I've ever watched, both in romance and in the actual story department. The tone of the T-ver is pretty serious, but not in too makjang melodramatic way. It's filled lots of life lessons and moral points, and this is one of the points I really like from this drama. The life lessons and moral points they gave throughout the story, make us are able to relate with the story so much and look back to our life, introspect ourselves. It's so heartwarming. 

 

The romance part made me pretty invested in the romance between the leads. Their love story has gone through rocky road and it's not an easy ride to get through all that definitely, but it's still a beautiful story. I can't believe I cried so hard for them near the end, because of how much I was invested in this couple and I was touched by them. I will talk more about this as I talk about the comparison with the K-ver later.

 

The K-ver, The Time I Loved You, has much lighter tone compared to the T-ver. Sometimes it's easier to watch this ver because of how light the tone of K-ver is, and ngl the continuous serious tone from T-ver when I marathoned it sometimes made me wanting to take a break from it (still, I marathoned the T-ver because I still wanted to know what would happen later though, more than I do to K-ver, I admit).

But it's a pity that, because they decided to go for a lighter tone for the K-ver, they actually got rid of many meaningful life lessons from T-ver, which is really a pity, because what I really like from the T-ver is that aspect. It's one of the thing which warms my heart so much from T-ver. Because they get rid of that, I feel like the K-ver has lost one of a (significant) charm which T-ver has, and tbh somehow, sometimes the K-ver feels like it's downgraded from the T-ver because they have changed/simplified a meaningful story into a simple love story. They could have kept the amount of life lessons in it while still keeping the light tone of the drama, but they changed most of the meaningful things with quite many fillers instead. What a pity. 

 

 

Now I will talk about the actual difference between the two versions and give my own opinion about it:

 

1. You Qing - Oh Ha Na characterization, and Li Da Ren - Won related things

You Qing and Oh Ha Na are pretty different compared to each other, it's like they're different people with different characterization, and what's similar between them is only the backdrop setting and the story they lead throughout the drama. Because they have different characterization, you can't really relate Hana with You Qing just because they both are a female lead in a similar backdrop story. 

You Qing, is a queen type of a woman. She's tough as nails, strong-willed, sometimes arrogant and so stubborn, noble, and has a strong sense of self-righteousness. She reminds me a lot of Eun Byul from School 2015. But despite her tough and sometimes abrasive attitude, she actually has a big heart and has her own way in helping others. Just because she has this tough facade doesn't mean she doesn't have insecurities, too. She has insecurities and does have softer side in her, and the one who's able to see all of that, accept all of that, and support her fully is Li Da Ren (Won's counterpart in T-ver).

Hana, is really much softer than You Qing. She's much softer, much girlier, and a lot less stubborn than You Qing.  I can't even relate them as someone who's supposed to be the same character/counterpart at all. While I don't dislike Hana, and I'm sure Hana is more likable than You Qing to some people, in my opinion, what makes this story more endearing and charming is because You Qing's character. I like You Qing better than Hana because I find You Qing more charming than Hana (though there's a time when I feel frustrated with You Qing character so much). 

Moreover, the whole 'I will never love you' thing does make a lot more sense if they go with You Qing characterization than Hana. Li Da Ren has a pretty strong reason on why he said that and why he never made a move on You Qing, and it's strongly related with You Qing's personality. You Qing has abrasive, strong-willed, and tough personality, so Li Da Ren really doesn't know how You Qing will react once he confessed. If he ever confessed and You Qing didn't love her back, it's hard to restore their relationship to be like before, also it'll be hard to stay by her side at least as a best friend that way, especially considering You Qing's personality. 

 

 

There's even a time when Li Da Ren had a nightmare about him being on the verge of confessing to You Qing, but was being rejected so harshly by You Qing. YQ angrily told him to stop if he didn't want to lose her as a friend. Then when he woke up he had teary eyes and looked so sad.

 

I think the thing I wrote in spoiler pretty much tells how afraid he was to lose her, and it solidifies his reasons on why he's all 'I will never love you' to You Qing. The T-ver explained the reason why Li Da Ren was being like that pretty well.

 

Meanwhile, Won having this whole 'I will never love you' thing when Hana's characterization is much softer like that, and when in the past there's one time he mistakenly thought Hana was going to confess to him, Won is coming off as a coward instead. Dude you just backed off when you saw a sign of Hana having a feelings for you, and proceed with this 'I will never love you' thing instead, just wth dude. If it were Li Da Ren who saw this kind of sign from YQ, I'm almost 100% sure he wouldn't back off like Won did, and would accept it happily instead, because Da Ren has longed for You Qing since long ago. That's why sometimes I can't take Won seriously, obviously not as much as I do to Li Da Ren, because it seems like Won doesn't have strong enough reasons to act like that besides being a coward. Won apparently acted based on this One Eyed Fish poem which is supposed to mean, he doesn't want to lose Hana because if they were to date and break up, he will lose her as both a friend and lover. But he still comes off as a coward this way. His mom might be a part of the reasons too, but it's still not enough for me. 

 

Another thing, I think what made the story and the romance more endearing and beautiful is because of Li Da Ren - You Qing dynamic and the combination of their characterization. Their characterization matches each other so much. 

 

2. So Eun/Maggie

One of the things I like from the K-ver is So Eun, who's Maggie's counterpart, acts much more maturely than Maggie does. Maggie has her own good points, but the way she acted made me cringe most of times, because she acted so cutesy and childishly especially for someone who's 25 years old. Thus although So Eun bugs Won - Hana at times, I can watch her much more than I can to Maggie lol

 

3. Life and moral lessons

I have mentioned it previously, that the T-ver is filled with much more life lessons than K-ver is. I feel like in each episode of the T-ver, most of the scenes, if not almost every scenes has their own moral/life lessons. One of the reasons why I like the T-ver so much is because of the these heartwarming life lessons, so it's really a pity they decreased it a lot in the K-ver. I still remember it clearly when You Qing's mom and dad talked about what marriage life actually is and what the actual happiness from it is. What they said about it and when they talked about each other so dearly was so touching until the point it brought me to tears. I love this point from T-ver one.

 

4. Relationship between others

I like the relationships in T-ver more, whether it's a relationship between You Qing and her ex (Henry not Ding Li Wei), co-workers, ex-classmates, etc. They actually have created relationships when they can help and consult with each other as the story progresses. You Qing is also pretty wise in handling it most of times. Whereas in the K-ver, I find some relationships are more dramatized than in T-ver, for the example the cheating guy in the beginning of the drama. In this case I like T-ver better.

 

 

 

Pretty much my thoughts on the Taiwanese version. 

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