New jTBC Sat-Sun Summer Romance Drama Nevertheless with Song Kang and Han So Hee Premieres to 2.207% Ratings

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• Poor han so hee this drama predicted to be flop.I hope this drama wont hurt her career and she continue getting a lot offer script drama and movie.See should choose acting with A-lister actor not with mediocre b-lister.Song kang back to back drama was flop getting paid 80-100 million per episode???Hull unbelieveble.

• I checked Ep 1, I can't help but distracted by awkward acting.
  This SK guy is very bad at acting. I don't know why he keeps getting lead roles. I'm sure it is all thanks to his agency, namoo actors. His agency is one of the biggest actor agencies, they are promoting him like crazy.

  • I watched it too and I did not see one awkward second. I loved it! I really don't get it.

  • well he's had many roles that need him to act awkward so I don't see the need for this

  • These 2 actors just do not click with me. They’re bad actors. Sohee is like jin siyeon. I can’t relate to the hype.

  • @Lydia! Exactly! I finished watching it yesterday but HSH is so good even the lisp that their mentioning isnt that manifested. But SK is just so awkward. He isnt designed for this genre. He needs to stay in SH genre where his wooden acting is tolerable and accepted.

    @SuzyFlopwhatevernameyouhave
    SongKang here is paid 90-100 MKW per episode. Really?! Where did you get this. Pls enclosed here the link. Thanks.

  • @Lydia yes to that. I just finished it yesterday night and find him so bad in acting in a genre like this. He is better in Sweet Home coz wooden axting is tolerable there This genre does not suit him. The depthness is so lacking. His acting is so awkward.

    If he has been paid 90-100MKW per episode, i dont know what to say about this. Oh his agency is Namoo this is the reason why he keeps on getting roles here and there. He need to improve his acting first.

    I like HSH here. She is good.

• Not just Song Kang, both of them lack at acting talents. I don't really want to compare with Youth of May, the leads of YOM are also rookies around the same age as these leads, but they are so good at acting, even the plot went wrong, they still saved with their brilliant acting.
  Here this drama got many hype with bad actors. It looks like they only care about looks than anything else.

  • I agree with this. I also felt like the leads' acting was awkward, which I didn't feel when watching Youth of May despite the leads there being rookies as well.
    But hopefully Song Kang and So Hee warm up to their roles as the series progresses.

    • To be honest YOM and Nevertheless are not even remotely similar. This drama was always going to be seriously frustrating because the characters are very very flawed even in the webtoon. The good thing is the FL actually walks away from the very problematic ML at the end so the ending will be satisfying but the content for this drama needs very mature acting something Timothee Chalement level so don't expect Song Kang to be able to do justice to the character. Just watch it for the visuals and a sensible ending but comparing it to YOM is pointless because even they would have struggled with this kind of very dry content. Most episodes nothing will happen because the drama is purely character driven and it'll be a long time before warming up to them.

  • Just jumped on a different site and saw a lot of buzz and many international viewers, fans of the leads and also new to the leads, excited over the acting, chemistry, and the good looks of the leads. Funny how these things go.

    LDH and GMS were great in YOM but I'm also an international viewer and don't know what Korean viewers thought of them anyway so maybe it's the same take as here or hopefully not.

    • Haven't seen the show. Don't know if I'm actually interested in watching. But Song Kang is currently trending on my Twitter. I think there is definitely international interest.

  • Both are very awkward actors.
    Not only Song Kang but the female lead too.
    Han So Hee is so pretty but her acting is meh. Same goes for the male lead.
    How did they end up as leads for many acting projects?
    The backing they got...hmm.

    • When someone like SK is shoved in your face enough (4 dramas this year?!?) then naturally he's going to gain a following. We'll see what his future holds but I see him fizzling out, especially after his military leave next year.

    • Had to look up his age since military is mentioned. Can't believe he's already 27. He looks his age but thought he's younger being IT boy of the moment.

• Only SK viewers have problems with their acting. International viewers in Twitter like "OMG! They look so good together. He is very handsome. She is very beautiful. Whoever casted them as leads deserves a raise, blah blah"

  • So true! I just saw in Twitter, "K-netizens are just haters. Our Oppa is very good at acting. Unnie is very pretty. Look at their insane chemistry" I'm like wtf, they really mean it??

  • Majority of them didnt understand Korean and relying on subtitles so they don’t realized Song Kang has serious pronunciation/diction problem

    • Perhaps that's why. I dont understand Korean either but I saw a lot of comments by Knetz saying that the way he delivered his lines are like reading a book and very unnatural.

• IMO Song Kang isn't really it. Song Kang has no hit to his name so I'm not exactly sure what makes him "it". His agency has done a lot trying to push him in the media and with the projects, but I don't think he qualifies as "it". I'm surprised though, because I did not think that Namoo has this level of influence in the industry.

  Anyway, this timeslot hasn't exactly been faring well and the ratings despite it being low is expected for a cast with no draw (I feel). There is perhaps some misalignment between the expectations of the audience and the amount of hype the show has been building and receiving, but it's no big deal really. In fact, I think viewership might rise even if they both act like crap because there are some provocative scenes in this drama, and the fact that the ML is a douchebag also helps. As we all know, SK is leaning towards makjang dramas, and this one has its fair share of makjang elements.

  • Actually, Namoo is pretty huge and has many influence in casting. I heard Namoo, BH, Keyeast and Scoop have the power to make the casting choices, change with their rookies.

    • I don't see Namoo making any power moves with their more established actors though. Compared to BH and other big agencies their stars don't appear in high budget dramas often. They also don't have a true top actor in their line up.

    • @kitai Namoo don't have a true top actor? What do you mean? They have Ji Sung, Lee Joon Ki, Park Min Young,etc..

    • Lee Joon-gi and Ji Sung can arguably be considered top actors, but obviously I'm not talking about that level of top. I'm speaking in terms of popularity. As for PMY, I'm sorry but she's not top in any manner. We can agree to disagree though.

    • @Lydia

      Kitai is talking about top as in a big A-listers. You can actually see namoo has little influence in getting their actors to be cast in movies..only very few do movies and they are not a big budget ones. And yes, PMY maybe popular among Intl audience but she is no where to be in the top list

  • If it is really leaning to makjang, i don't think bosam will be able to get more than 7% rating (highest rated program for MBN)and hospital playlist which manage to obtain a 10% rating for its debut episode

• Hmm I thought HSH was fine at the start haha but still her voiceover was bad, SK is terrible as usual. I zoned out halfway through haha youth dramas don’t really get high ratings though but 2.2% is on the lower range since True Beauty was getting 3-4%

• I've loved many dramas that had low viewer ratings. Shows with good actors also do get low ratings. More interested to see if whether this audience rating stabilizes here (or decrease, or increase).

  The fact that this post may get several more comments from people who watched or didn't watch already puts it ahead though and explains why they are currently the "it" actors in their age group.

• The way Song Kang's fans defending him is crazy. I am sorry,but Song Kang is now in the same group with Suzy and Cha Eun Woo. This is so embarrassing watching his acting. For Han So Hee, this role doesn't suit her.

• Honestly the only reason why he's an "it" actor is because of the success of sweet home. And it seems like Netflix loves him to the point all his drama post sweet home are all on their streaming service.

  As for his acting in nevertheless, it was really bad. He's so awkward. I wish he will still improve though. Rest and take some acting lessons.

  • Love Alarm and Sweet Home are the reasons for his success. In fact it was after seeing his acting in Love Alarm that PD Lee Eun Bok personally asked him to audition for Sweet Home. Yes Netflix loves him and will not be giving up on him at any point it seems. They've officially referred to him as Netflix's Son so you can be sure all his future productions will also be available on the platform. Having a backer like Netflix basically guarantees his 'it' status for a long time.

  • Frankly speaking though, that isn't "it". He didn't actually star in a popular show that aired on TV, so he doesn't draw the TV audience at all. It's not like how Kim Soo Hyun or Park Bo Gum made it big with their drama hits, so in contrast he comes across as someone who's not earned his stripes but gets stuffed in many productions. That just rubs people the wrong way. It's like "I don't know this guy and he can't act what's he doing on my screen". He also isn't popular. If he is, his fans could have manipulated the reviews of his dramas easily. Netflix can continue to love him though, if he acts enough he might improve.

    • He's the ambassador for Prada how much more IT does he need to be? Gen LTE doesn't need to tv ratings to become IT stars. If the endorsements come pouring in that's IT enough.

• I tried EP1 and the supporting cast seems to be more interesting than the leads.