Extraordinary You

If you want to see an excellent comedy & romance drama, certainly it's one of the best choices.

Performance and interest in seeing how this wraps up was the reason I carried on watching this series. It's interesting concept wise but it's laborious and flawed especially in how it wraps up at the end. Such a pity as it's potential was enormous. I was disappointed by its lack of ingenuity at the end. Worth watching but only just.

This is one of the most thought provoking dramas I've ever come across. It may just seem like a romance drama on the surface(like the comic) but it's so much more than that. The characters having all human emotions and desires but not free will of their own,it's brilliantly portrayed. I love how there are so many layers in this drama. It's definitely very entertaining and I was left with a lot of questions about it and life while watching it.

A beautiful mess, completely constructed around plot holes. What happens when teen romance comic book supporting characters become self-aware? It's an emotional rollercoaster, like real-life adolescence is, itself, as well as a comment on the nature of reality.

The music is a character, poignantly reminding us that adolescence is not about superficiality, even as the kids get up to a fair amount of stereotypical high school goofiness.

The embedded comments on the nature of reality sneak up in the form of kaleidoscopic changes to the main character's (an extra in the comic book who rebels against her fate) school uniform that don't seem to show up on anyone else. (I'll have to watch again).

The explicit theme of an unseen cosmic force negating free will and the defiance of individuals against it is the one consistent character-driven plot thread.

it throws almost every Kdrama cliché into the story: Amnesia, half-sibling rivalry, life-threatening illness, not one but two love triangles, school bullying, marriages of convenience, class conflict, plus a big dose of time travel. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING, especially since all of these tropes are dealt with self-referentially.

It sure takes its time making its point that there may be no point, but least it does so beautifully.

The plot line is unique. A lot of the characters have a pure charm to them. The leads are so adorable together, but their loyalty, strong bond, and devotion for one another is truly admirable. It's such a great escape from the reality of the real world at times. The humor is lighthearted and very self aware. You can tell the script writers had a lot of fun filling the drama with cliches that make fun of kdrama stereotypes. There's also a great amount of deep tragic aspects for all the leads, which makes it super easy to root for all the characters. Be prepared to feel heart broken for them from time to time, laugh, cry, and even frustrated. For me, this is easily at least a 9/10. But I love it so much and had such an attachment to the cast, that i'm giving it a 10. Well done.