If this was an actual battle then the outcome has been decided as of episode 7. The Fri-Sat direct ratings competition between MBC sageuk The Red Sleeve Cuff and SBS romance Now, We are Breaking Up has the victor nearly double the ratings after 7 episodes and also fully reversing the pole position from the premiere episode. I can see why Red Sleeve is good, MBC is after all known as the grandaddy of sageuks and really only started slipping the past few years, but the network has the expertise and just needed to assemble the right cast and get the right tense, gripping script. Romance dramas are hit and miss with SBS but I’ve only watched 2 episodes so far so I don’t know personally where the failing lies. The script set up between the leads and the execution felt throwback and old school, and not in a bad way, I can see myself really enjoying the drama once it got going. But the complaints are so many and the dropping ratings clearly indicate the viewers are not connecting with this drama. Is the story and OTP set up not constructed to engage the audience, or are the two leads not selling it. Curious minds want to know from those still watching.
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I'm so happy for Junho and Lee Se Young!
Me too! The chemistry is just awesome! I don't really know him from before but he is so handsome! And the voice .... every expressions just makes your heart flutters. The way he is falling deeper and deeper in love ... I pray it is not an ambiguous ending or a sad one, please don't follow the real life ending.
@missjb, now you're attacking KSH' acting as having no depth? His last project before One Ordinary Day was IONTBO and he showed incredible acting in that role. Did you watch? I really don't understand your criticisms at all.
Me too. also al the cast and production crew.
they have worked so great in making the story, the characters and the story so well done
SHK is still an S-tier star, isn't she?
She is, will be. But it’s not important right now! Everyone judging the drama,the plot,the chemistry + so many things. even though she is what she is, an actor should try to improve his/her skill.
But a celebrity can sell their face and eran money.
Just because ppl are complaining can't be justify as hate. Some people want her success with performance not with beauty and media playing.
YASSS! And looking at the real-time ratings for EP8, it's possible that it will go higher than EP7's 10.7%. Deserved. Congrats to the whole team!
I think the subversion of classic/traditional romance tropes with cold aloof female leads is not particularly engaging. I hate the idea that being vulnerable and loving is weakness.
NWABU is just bad all around. I’m fast forwarding it through it for Sehun at this point but even that is trying me.
The story already was messy with the dead brother line, and now it’s the dead brother who was a cheater, so the OTP is meant to be I guess. The leads have zero chemistry and their acting gives nothing. SHK looks like she’s sleepwalking through this drama. I don’t get how she got paid so much for this because you could replace her with a mannequin and get the same but cheaper result. JKY has little to work with here.
I think it’s best to think of NWABU as one big CF campaign where the cast is there to sell clothes and everything else is secondary.
sehun is literally the only interesting thing about nwabu... its funny that a fairly newcomer idol actor is the only interesting thing in a drama...
I've dropped NWABU, but from I saw the acting and writing were both lifeless and the leads had no chemistry. They gave no reason to want them together, did not show them getting to know each other and falling in love, they just were suddenly meant to be and had stupid obstacles (the dead brother who she had only been dating for a few months and spent a decade hung up on) to overcome.
Really happy for The Red Sleeve Cuff.
I dropped NWABU 2 episodes in. The show was a lot of glitz and glamour with little substance. SHK's acting was so flat. Judging by the feedback, looks like the story went off the deep end too. I predicted ratings would quickly decrease if nothing changed and I was right.
Better luck with The Glory. That show is supposedly on Netflix (??) so don't have to worry about ratings.
Congrats to Red Sleeve ?! It's about time MBC scores a win.
As for me i love the drama now we are breaking up is a good drama and song hye kyo and jang ki yong had a good chemistry i dont know what other are saying but for me ist a thums up and waiting for more episode waiting for friday and saturday to see each ep and happy watching
Now we are breaking up sounds like the real drama of song song couple so no thanks. Why would I watch her Now Break Up after having supposedly fallen in love. So glad it's not doing well, just enough so that the other actors get paid.
The storytelling in Now We're Breaking Up is so weak it's frustrating given I am a fan of Jang Ki Yong, this drama just isn't it. It's not only about the acting of the two leads, the story is also very weak.
Meanwhile Red Sleeve Cuff is amazing, from acting (even including the second characters) to the story... the two dramas are like day and night, they are not comparable to be honest.