Park Bo Young Earns Accolades as tvN Drama Our Unwritten Seoul Wraps Hit Run
Cable network tvN started off 2025 with a giant turkey that was mega budget sci-fi drama When the Stars Gossip, but has now found redemption with what is being called the best reviewed terrestrial K-drama of this year so far midway through. When Life Gives You Tangerines was the critical and audience fave banger on streaming platform Netflix but now television has its down popular and widely considered well written and well acted series with Our Unwritten Seoul. Starring Park Bo Young in a dual role as opposite personality twins with male leads Jinyoung and Ryu Kyung Soo, the drama ended this past weekend with a series high rating of 8.413%. The drama started with mid-3% rating and went up to averaging 6-7% so a very strong showing in a very weak K-drama year so far for quality works and for anything bringing in ratings that could be considered a hit. From all accounts, the drama takes a bit to get started and then remains strong for the entirety of its run. Lead Park Bo Young has been doing the post-drama interview circuit and sharing really nuanced and insightful takes on playing twins and the strength of the storytelling in this drama.
PBY’s having a really great couple of years with great showing in some very successful female centric dramas. Mostly everyone would call KTR and KGE the top actresses in this age group followed by PEB, but PBY is definitely making a case for herself little by little. She’s the absolute highlight of Unwritten Seoul.
The drama itself starts off rather boring, but really picks up around ep 4-5. I enjoyed it quite a bit and despite the pace being similar somewhat to Melo Movie, PBY played two very different characters really well. I expect her to be in next year’s Baeksang nominees list.
I’ve always considered PBY as a very talented actress and on par with those you mentioned above. She’s great in delivering melo but I just love her more in comedies. With her playing dual roles with opposite traits suddenly reminded me of her Oh My Ghostess.
PBY will undoubtedly take all the accolades here and she absolutely deserves it but everyone was great. Jinyoung continues to prove how underrated he is in the acting world and RKS was superb as well.
The most amazing thing about this drama is how flawed yet beautiful its characters were written and everyone played their roles perfectly. This is the best Kdrama of 2025 for me with WLGYT a close second.
Well deserved. Whoever’s comments in the past posts was raving about it, I decided to watch and ended up binging this. I absolutely love they did the monologues that show the raw and vulnerable side of each character. The way they weaved those insecurities to the love and care of those waiting in the other side. Bravo. PBY was amazing here. Great drama choice.
I enjoyed the drama. It did get a bit draggy towards the end but it had a strong start and Park Bo young was amazing playing dual roles as usual so it’s still going down as a good drama in my books.
Came for Park Bo Young, who I love, and, obviously she was the star, playing two roles so nuanced and well, but I thought everyone was wonderful. Jinyoung’s performance was so so good, as was the mum’s, his mum in particular, Rosa/whoever else she really was.
Quite often avoid trauma/tragedy-filled dramas, irrespective of how good they are, have to be in the right mood for them, but, not realising it was one of those when I started, got caught up in it and stayed. Plus, of course, it’s also joyous, funny, heart-warming and healing, lots of little and large victories/hurdles overcome along the way.
I read excerpts from interview with the screenwriter which made me appreciate the drama/writing even more-
Lee Kang – …”She wanted “Our Unwritten Seoul ” to explore people who seem fine on the outside, but are already shaken and worn out inside… I imagined a twin who looked just like me taking my place, and suddenly I wondered-would that twin’s life be any more peaceful than mine?…”
“…I wrote this drama hoping both the characters and viewers might learn to be a little kinder to themselves…”
The genre isn’t up my alley, but I watched for PBY. There is a slow burn of romance and I like it. It’s not addictive to me cuz I watched it to fill the time while waiting for frustrating LOL action-packed Good Boy to update. OUS is definitely a PBY’s show. Her last drama Melo Movie disappointed me. OUS has solid writing and PBY delivered.
2025 Kdrama performance has been solid IMO with critically acclaimed WLGYT. Two highly anticipated but sorta underwhelming dramas, Dear Hongrang and Good Boy were already released. Nonetheless, I’m way more satisfied than 2024 when nothing was worth a talk.
I would have like to appreciate the whole team of Our unwritten Seoul.And also want to say thank you for heart warming and amazing hard working of the whole team.