My fav kdramas/cdramas - Page 33

When life gives you tangerines 🍊

Originally posted by: SoniRita

Epi 6 and beyond is hidden i checked a lot in youtube, mostly are hidden after episode 6, ugh. This link doesnt have eng sub for me

Not English subtitles, caption has option of Translate to English. It auto translates subtitles in English. I finished watching like that. It was proper.

Im on epi 11 or 12 of when life gives you tangerines ..

It does strike a chord specially if you are a parent ..but it is a bit too heavy..still I appreciate the honesty with which its narrated ..very simple yet very deep , very much in your face & very relatable ..

I belive this show reminds you of the illusion vs reality of life ..

If you've seen the show you will understand what im about to write here , if not , pl go ahead & watch it bec its totally worth it ❤️

From where it starts , it seems like its about the struggles of ae seun..a smart brilliant child with normal dreams , aspirations to make it big , who wants her mother by her side & not see her suffer to make the ends meet ..but it was so much more than her life..

A mother , her daughter & then her daughter , who believe that their child's life will be better than theirs & may be their struggle & hardwork will make it easy for her ..but the reality was that they were bound by the limitations that the life had put on them ..the reality was , no matter how much a parent struggles to give their children a better life , they may not appreciate it , they can still fall short of the expectations ....

the regret eats them up, the parent and the child both ..the regret of seeing their parents suffer bec of them , the regret of a child of not being able to do enuf for their parents , the regret of a parent that they cant do enuf for their children and most importantly ..

To see their children make the same mistakes as them and basically end up with the same fate as them ..

No matter how much she said "im not going to be a home maker , i will do this that " , destiny plays a cruel part...Same with her daughter , who was better placed than her mother but still , so desperate for a better life for herself & ready to make the same compromises as her mother did..i guess it takes a lifetime for a child to understand the life & struggles of their parents , and they do it when they go through the same stuff & its very late to regret or make amends with their parents ..

in this show, both the lead characters deserve a standing ovation ..not supported by their families , they carve their way out of poverty misery & totally helplessness ..he had to provide for his family (i wish the concept of family planning was present at that time ) & he cud only depend on his limited skills ..

They do move on ..full of tears and hope for a better future ..the moment when they lose their child was heartbreaking , that epi is so so so brilliant ..kudos to the actors ..

one place where they cud do better is not shift the timelines so frequently ..it was tough to keep track of it ..if in the subtitles they didnt mention middle aged & young , i wouldnt know for a long time what was going on ..

I teared up at so many places ..when the old ae seun & her husband are walking down the road & he said he'll first send them away & then die ..when they lost their child ..and many many more..when they receive help from unexpected places & their kindness really pays off...

IU was brilliant ..abs top class acting , & so was the hero ..I also loved her daughter ..the supporting chars were all good ..