Hey Ana, Let's Eat

Had found another super short episode drama (12-16 minutes each, only 5 episodes) and watched it on the way to and from Paris. It was on Amazon Prime, which seems to have a very random collection of short dramas (like the one with Cha Eun Woo).

The blurb:

An adorable love story of Park Ji-yong, a good-looking home shopping host, and Sohn Ana, a secluded girl who never leaves home and whose only joy of life is home shopping.

Starring: Nam Gyu-ri (the girl, was in a trio singing group, been in a few things, though none that I've seen before), Im Seul-ong (the dude; he's an Idol from 2AM and has only been in a handful of things...weirdly, this one isn't even listed on the AsianWiki)

So...at first I was, like, hey they're doing a fair amount of character build up without any face time between the main characters. How're they going to wrap this up so quickly? And then basically it was BOOM we barely know each other and have only actually had one conversation where one of them wasn't blind drunk but oh, how I care about you, let's be together from now on.

So...yeah. I mean, it's kinda cute. They are both interestingly damaged characters. She was left at the altar by her fiancé (for another dude) and has basically been in seclusion and not leaving the house for two years with a reaction where she can't eat with other people without getting sick. Obviously a mental reaction to the, er, trauma. He used to be fat and severely insecure and changed himself with the encouragement of another TV host (after he was accidentally cast as a host instead of a background person) after mis-reading her kindness as interest. Since he figured out she was never into him, he's just been kinda...existing.

He winds up having to recruit her because she's become a power blogger. She won't talk to him. He shows up and sort of accidentally shares his life story. She finally leaves the house to go meet with him, but he's out drinking for the first time in years and doesn't answer. But she runs into him anyway...after he's seriously drunk. She gets him home. He kisses her. Makes some sad drunken confessions. Next day, wakes up and is confused as to who she even is. But cooks her breakfast which she is magically able to eat (because he's confessed his weaknesses to her?). And yeah, now she's working as a host with him and they're in lurve.

This would have worked better longer, definitely. Or even just a few more short episodes where they get to actually know each other once they finally meet. As it is, it was kind of weird. 0 to 60 in no time. But the actors were cute and at least they were adorable together.

Would I watch it again? No. It was a good diversion for the train ride, but story-wise it doesn't hold up as-is. Am I glad I watched it? Eh, it was okay. I wouldn't say it changed my life in any way but it was okay for what it was.