Doona Series Review – A Bittersweet Romance that Works Partially

Posted on October 25, 2023

BOTTOM LINE: A Bittersweet Romance that Works Partially

What Is the Story About?

A depressed & retired Ok-Pop idol turns into flat-mates with a school going pupil, just for the duo to get attracted with one another. Their deepest insecurities, social-status hurdles, profession and idol tradition reduce by their relationship over time just for the duo to search out and repair one another all by themselves.

Performances?

Bae Suzy adapts so properly in a job that’s such a forte for her. Her Ok-pop idol background helps her in some ways as she effortlessly glides into the position of Lee Doona. Be it Doona’s desperation for consideration, concern of abandonment, groveling loneliness or pet eyed in-love seems, she aces all of it and makes the viewer sympathise for a confused and depressed idol who rediscovers and reinvents herself.
Yang Se-jong performs Lee Received-jun, a particularly odd school pupil with a coronary heart of gold for everybody round him and particularly for Doona. He turns into her anchor throughout her hardest waters and covers her with love, presence, selfless affection and helps her discover herself. The actors are a deal with to look at collectively and in any other case, all due to their fire-cracking chemistry.

Evaluation

Based mostly on the Naver Webtoon, Netflix’s Doona starring Bae Suzy within the titular position follows the bittersweet romance of a unprecedented school pupil, Received-jun and a retired Ok-pop idol Doo-na as they change into roommates. Doona is a narrative of redemption, self discovery and the stainless energy of affection that helps an individual to face up to the toughest of waters and sail by hardest of occasions even when two folks don’t find yourself collectively.

Doona begins with Received-jun, a high scoring pupil shifting to Seol and transferring to a shared residence the place he meets Doona, a retired Ok-pop idol. Received-jun’s faculty best-friend is a fan of Doona and her band Dream Candy, and this familiarity brings Received-jun nearer to Doona even when he was by no means a fan. Received-jun socialises properly together with his roommates that additionally embrace seniors and likewise meets his high-school sweetheart Jin-jo who occurs to check in the identical college.

Doona falls into the cliche of each mushy Ok-drama romance whereas portraying how Doona and Received-jun falls in love. However the maturity of the present lies in the way it deciphers the horrors of idol-life and the ache of loneliness. Doona reveals how superstar life is usually shallow, with celebrities usually not even having actual associates to open their hearts out to and naturally the poisonous idol-making tradition and grooming.

Amidst all of this, Received-jun turns into Doona’s the whole lot and most significantly the shoulder she might relaxation herself on. Her suicidal ideas vanish and she or he begins to like herself and her music like by no means earlier than. This comes with numerous baggages ofcourse. The rumours and negativity that might spur with a well-liked superstar courting an odd and typical engineering pupil cracks their relationship with either side willingly readying to interrupt themselves up.

Doona reveals how even regular relationships are regarded down upon in relation to superstar courting lives. How businesses and public retains each Doona and Received-jun away from one another and drifts them aside. However this time, the duo are grateful for being in one another’s lives, comfortable and strikes ahead in life with their treasured affection for one another nonetheless intact.

Coming to what doesn’t work, for a present that’s titled Doona, it reveals little or no of her painful childhood, ordeal with despair and grooming section. The present tries to keep up a breezy and nice tone all through which shouldn’t have been the case. There are characters that enter mid-way and contribute nothing to the present apart from performing like fillers. Doona additionally fails to discover her damaged relationship along with her opportunistic mom aside from few mentions right here and there and a scene collectively.

For a present that has Bae Suzy, Doona fails to faucet into the untapped emotional gravity of the actor and write a personality that had the potential to be one of the vital layered Kdrama characters ever. There’s no clear reasoning to why Doona is egocentric, annoying and a spotlight looking for. Though we’d root for her relationship with Received-jun, it’s not clear why they’re not able to being collectively in the event that they aren’t collectively.

Open endings work for romantic reveals that set up a relationship and circumstances believably properly, however Doona isn’t all that. Viewers purchase Doona and Received-jun’s arc principally as a result of actors and their unimaginable chemistry. In reality, they do carry the present and it’s melancholy on their naked backs.

In brief, Doona works as a romance between an idol and an odd school pupil, however falters as a narrative that revolves round a depressed idol who finds herself by the magic and energy of affection. A love so sturdy that it doesn’t even require the couple to be collectively to hold its positivity and power inside themselves.

Different Artists?

Though among the characters and tracks make little to no sense to Doona and Received-jun’s story, Doona has a terrific supporting solid. Shin Ha-young who performs Kim Jin-joo is probably the most heart-warming character of all. Received-jun and Jin-joo’s scenes collectively are so superbly written and the actors share unimaginable chemistry as properly.

Park se-wan who performs Choi I-ra, Received-jun’s childhood sweetheart, is an annoying character on paper and onscreen, however the actor makes her a breezy and enjoyable character. The opposite actors who play Doona and Received-jun’s flatmates are additionally charming and happy-going for the present’s vibe.

Music and Different Departments?

The most important power of Doona aside from the principle leads is it’s music. The melancholic pressure of the present is rightly captured by Nam Hye-seung after the tremendous blockbuster soundtrack in ‘Our Beloved Summer time’. The music units itself on a journey by Doona’s life from a self-depreciating idol to a Self-confident musician who re-invents and fixes herself by selfless love. Doona additionally has some actually spectacular digicam work, setting the suitable tonality of a really feel good present.