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Forecasting Love and Weather Ratings Rise Again in Episode 3 Past 6% as Twenty Five, Twenty One Stays Steady at 8%

The weekends are going to be smooth sailing for the next few weeks thanks to the successful arrival of two new romance dramas as the second week of airing appears to cement the domestic viewers interest in the stories. jTBC romance Forecasting Love and Weather was the lower of the two premiere ratings last week but has been increasing about 1% with each episode, going from 4.514% to 5.455% to this Saturday’s episode 3 with 6.787%. Over on tvN the throwback Twenty Five Twenty One saw premiere ratings of 6.370% jumping to 8.010% and had a tiny increase in episode 3 to 8.182%. Both dramas continue to get good feedback from the K-netizens and what surprises me is that Forecasting Love appears to be getting more buzz even. It’s such a turnaround for that drama considering how bland and wan the promos looked and everyone was pooh pooh-ing (myself included) the noona-dongsaeng coupling of Park Min Young and Song Kang. I haven’t started Twenty Five yet but did watch all three episodes of Forecasting Love and I can see why it’s an easy watch. The weather stuff is fresh and different, and Park Min Young’s great as the capable bureau director and one roots for her immensely seeing what a douchebag her ex-fiancee turned out to be and how sweet and adoring her new young admirer/beau is towards her. It’s nothing groundbreaking but the set up helps engage the viewer for sure.

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  • Just caught up on 2521. I'll have to eat my words. Thought KTR would act circles around NJH, but instead NJH is doing greattt. His role really suits him. I think I see the light with NJH now.

    I like KTR's character on paper, but her exaggerated interpretation is making me grimace. All I see is KTR acting. really. hard. at being a teen. She's much better in the serious scenes.

    • It is also my observation and it makes me sad about her acting but overall the drama is making me laugh.

      • Yeah I'm confused because KTR looks 18 in the stills, but in motion I just see KTR trying super hard to act 18. Only time I see old KTR is in the calmer scenes.

        It could be acting style-character mismatch. Hyeri did a greattt job acting a similar type character in 1988, and she's objectively a much weaker actor than KTR...

    • This what happened when they decided to cast a 30 y.o adult to play an 18 y.o teen. It's a delusional to think just because someone looks younger than her age (Kim Tae ri doesn't even actually looks much younger than her age though) she could fit into a teen role.

      In my opinon Kim Tae ri is quite overrated, she has skill as actress no doubt but she lacks field experiences. She never spent time in support roles and never spent time with various seniors, that's why she lacks of knowledge and understanding to approach her character. Noticed this is also the same with other chungmuro young actress like Kim Go eun, Esom, Kim Dami and some more.
      I enjoy Nam Joo hyuk's performance here more as well. The girls are yet to win my attention.

  • How come there are only two dramas? There used to be 6 dramas competing. Is it because of the Olympics? If that so, the real rating battle begins next week.

    • Yes next week the real competition will begin with Through The Darkness and Tracer are back - if I'm not mistaken it will compete with with Forecasting Love and Weather.
      Also The King of Tears will resume next weekend too, competing against 2521.
      Another weekend slot is KBS family drama, but this drama aired earlier.

      Real battle will actually start next week, but no drama will be the losing one here. If anything more Koreans will spend watching their preferred drama then.

  • I've been waiting for this one the most among others on air dramas. The characters are fine so far. At least no one is screeching like KTR did in 2521. It's so off-putting.

  • I'm enjoying both dramas, with a preference for Forecasting , i 'm surprised myself . Good for Park Min Young , i'm liking Song kang ( who have guessed ?), Kim Tae Ri is good and Nam Joo Hyuk is doing very well .

    • Me too. Theres something very mesmerising about Song Kang when hes in his element. I liked him alot in Love Alarm 1 as well. Didnt think this will work but it did. Seems like knetz is really liking the chemistry as well.

  • I like both but I prefer 25, 21. Forecasting is pretty commun for now and it rests only on the romance. I wonder how the story will last during 16 episodes.

    For 25,21, I want to see the girls friendship growing as highschool students. the love story can wait for the time jump. There are more elements to be curious about.

  • Twenty five is d best of the two…..TAERI IS JUST SO GOOD…NOM YOOK TOO….THEY HAVE GOOD CHEMISTRY…THE SET IS SO MAGNIFICENT..IT’S LIKE A COLOR BOOK…WHENEVER I WATCH EACH EPISODE I FEEL NOSTALGIC…

  • I tried both first and second eps and to my surprise I love FLW than 2521. The plot of FWL is more interesting for me maybe it is because it is fast paced, no need for little maneuverings of plot here and there. The OTP PMY and SK is so adorable. They have great chemistry. While 2521 has a little slow pacing and I dont know why, i really love Kim Tae Ri but her acting is a little annoying, I am not satisfied with how she delivered her acting. It is like force acting.She sure is good in portraying serious roles. But both ML are hot. I see a different Song Kang in this drama, he has exuded his hot aura again and good acting again and as usual eye candy Nam Joo Hyuk. I think I will stay watching FLW but doesn't mean i wont watch 2521.Maybe I will wait for more eps for 2521.

  • what came out of me watching the three episodes of 2521 is how overrated Kim Tae Ri is. I don’t think she spent time with the script and lacked to provide the nuance to 18 year old character and made it a one dimensional screaming mess. Bona has no screen presence and she always looks like some one who’s gonna collapse because she fasted for 2 days. I am disappointed in this drama so far.

    FLAW stays true its genre and the romcom is breezy perfect seasonal watch. My only issue with the drama is the body proportion of song kang ? His baby face and his body is somewhat distracting and not in a wow gonna drool over the body way

  • Kim Taeri is screaming like a child constantly, she sucks in 2521. NJH is actually doing better than her which is surprising. I actually like the leads in FLAW more, nobody's overacting at least. This crop of dramas isn't as good as I expected, I have been looking forward to 2521 for ages only to be let down by Taeri's acting.

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