XO, Kitty: The Koreaboo Fantasy

the Korean Emily in Paris.
My review of XO, Kitty on Netflix!
*remember, these are just my opinions. feel free to comment yours, just remember to be respectful :)
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:23 Out of Touch
2:23 The Plot(s)
3:22 Kitty
5:15 Dae
5:41 Yuri
7:24 Min Ho
7:46 Characters
8:53 Final Thoughts
10:21 Bye
XO, Kitty , To All the Boys I've Loved Before , Anna Cathart , Kitty Covey , Yuri Han , Gia Kim , Choi Min-young , Dae , Min Ho , Sang Heon Lee , Quincy , Anthony Keyvan , Peter Thurnwald , Professor Alex , Yunjin Kim , Madison , Professor Lee , Lana Condor , Lara Jean , Noah Centineo , Peter Kavinsky , Jenny Han , The Summer I Turned Pretty , Jordan Fisher , John Ambrose

[@HyukaThingzz]

Can we just talk about How they played a K-pop song every second 😭 as if they thought it’d make it more Korean 💀

[@Aesthetic_Hope]

😂😂

[@jenntyau]

GOD I HATED THIS WITH A PASSION. And it was all like mainstream K-pop songs too lol. Like I felt like they searched “top Kpop songs” and just used those 😂

[@HyukaThingzz]

@@jenntyau ikr 😭 they were literally randomised as well 😭 like it doesn’t even fit the scene most the time 🥲😭

[@shirellez]

When I watched the trailer and then HOT was playing I was like physically shaking 😔😔

[@bigmesswitch928]

i see what you mean. for me tho, there was a few songs from artists i love so i didn't even care i was just vibing with the good songs yk 😂

[@acciokatherine]

they really squished every single wattpad trope into one season. It's actually pretty impressive.

[@-keef-]

Fr😩

[@rishizuke]

impressive 😭😭😭

[@e00o]

Lol i thought of those gaming videos: WATTPAD TROPE SPEEDRUN ***ANY PERCENT*** [!!!WORLD RECORD!!!]

[@tulipsdiarie]

Fr

[@emiliamzz]

I won't lie, that's what made me love this show. I just love watching brainless trash

[@antifrag1le_]

Pls kitty would get bullied irl because of the way she acts and Maddison is literally the definition of a Koreaboo

[@miziioop]

Real

[@Eeemooo]

Copied comment. 💀💀💀

[@SaturdayRings]

OMG YES I CRINGE EVERY TIME SHE SPEAKS (Madison or whoever that rich daughter american?was)

[@0K0MI]

What rlly gets me is that she doesn’t know a LICK of Korean yet she somehow convinced her parents into letting her enlist in a academy in Korea like what😭😭?

[@justbutterbeer]

FINALLY SOMEONE AGREES 🙌

[@kiki13451]

@@Givebackthescarfinternational academies are normal because their parents want to them to expand their knowledge, not letting their kids go for shits and giggles 😭😂

[@l00sechange]

@@kiki13451 It wasn't shits and giggles tho. The show was terrible but I feel like y'all are missing the biggest plot point, Kitty went to Korea to get in touch with her mother's culture because Kitty is half-Korean. That's why the Koreaboo definition confused me because Kitty's rose-colored glasses aren't due to wanting to be Korean, they're due to wanting to explore being half-Korean.

[@lvroni9837]

@@l00sechange I bet this show wouldn't get half as much flak if it was about a Korean-American girl moving to Korea to reconnect with her Korean roots. Some ppl are just miffed and jealous over the lead actress being a half-Asian girl who gets to live out the perfect Kpop fantasy.

[@InfiniteInk444]

As a half Korean who wasn’t taught as a child, that’s normal though. Most second gen Korean Americans are not fluent in Korean. If my family could afford it, they absolutely would have let me attend a school in Korea so I could learn more about my culture and work on my lanaguge skills. I think ppl are forgetting that she’s literally half Korean and has supportive parents who want to help her understand herself- and yes- her relationships.

[@beulahlioncruz]

The fact that she stayed in the same apartment with the boys is the most wattpad thing I've ever seen. 😭😭

[@NadiasCloud]

Like whaaaat 😂

[@mapalomukupa6459]

"Most Wattpad thing"😭🤣🤣 The accuracy Edit: wow 1k, never imagined or expected it. Thank you 😊

[@AndSoWeLaughed]

And the fact that the teacher found her file in the wrong box, said it out loud and 1. Expected us to be shocked 2. Made us believe it was fun.

[@jaredthomas4663]

New Girl vibes 😅

[@sophieh35]

Even the name of the series...🥹

[@ecivon5314]

Have not watched this show but the fact that the lesbian (?) girl is named YURI is so funny to me 😭😭😭

[@thatoneterrifiedfrog]

YEAH LMAOO I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY IT Istg it has to be on purpose bro imagine a if a gay character was called Yaoi 💀💀💀

[@sckmindfrud]

kmao i didnt even catch that

[@grimmreap3r]

Right what I said

[@multinsomnia5455]

Ikr😭😭😭

[@DrNoOne-ww9vi]

@@thatoneterrifiedfrog Yuri is a common used name though and it literally means "lily"

[@xnoxname9547]

The most american thing I felt in this show, is the sterotipical "public humiliation" scenario that is common in high school movies. I will never understand why shows try to makes us believe, young teenagers love to film and make fun of other people when they fall or trip on the floor. That's not embarrassing it's human. It can happen to anyone.

[@sofia-br5qv]

then you clearly don’t watch korean dramas bc scenes like that happen constantly 😭 it’s def not just an “american” trope

[@stayinneverland]

No fr, in my school whenever this happens people try to help you, not shit on you 😭

[@iyananana5701]

Bcs its a fact

[@terranceorwhatever60]

Its not even stereotypical people will record a nd kid for being nd and just talking. They would def make fun of a girl for falling in a cupcake tower 😭

[@pomegranate818]

as someone living & working in korea... actually that sounds incredibly korean 😅 bullying here is very extreme & a huge issue even into adulthood & work places. people here LOVE to film others & post it online to mock & bully them. not just tripping over either, things like how they eat, or how they walk, how they hold their pencils, etc. it happens a lot.

[@haechanlee7884]

"At least learn the damn language" 😭 😭 that caught me off guard

[@magicallydelicious1673]

The amount of L’s kitty takes in this show is straight up lethal

[@renflower1910]

It is...

[@aksy6780]

Real

[@SatanicGhostCat]

*L* ethal

[@spookyho5994]

L for Lethal

[@MoonyHanna]

real

[@xxlinaxx4519]

My question is: If Kitty started failing in classes right when she came, because of the difference of education, how did she get in ? There totally was an exam before they accept you in an ELITE high school

[@inamuvlog]

She probably got in because she is academically good and knows her stuff, but failed during the academic year because she couldn't cope with the education system, which is vastly different and makes quite a difference. if you're used to the american education system then, oh boy, are you going to struggle HARD in a strict system that korea and asia follow. i have personally had many of my friends go to USA/Canada and tell me its so much easie there and less peer pressure than back here.

[@creepypinter9584]

En la misma sería se explica que es diferente el sistema educativo por lo que debe esforzarse más. No le supieron pruebas para estar ahí, solo tener buenas notas, cosa que tenía en su escuela cuyo sistema educativo no es como el de esa escuela

[@HopeeInk]

​@@inamuvlogyeah but wouldn't the school still hold some kind of exam? Especially if they are an elite privat school? They need to, to avoid things like this to happen. Maybe they did and she did pass. And to be fair to her, passing college exams and being at a college getting a degree are two completely different things, maybe it applies to this situation as well.

[@bloomboom3922]

No this is actually a part of the show where I know people who can relate 😭 A lot of foreign students get into International Filipino high schools but they start to find the material challenging later on. I can’t actually remember if Kitty was on a scholarship, but it’s just not out of the ordinary for scholars to get dropped from their programs either, or for people who get into Ivy league schools to realize it wasn’t for them

[@shattingonmyvideos]

​@@inamuvlogthe culture in that school wasnt even heavily korean so i dont get why she would be having a hard time and arent international schools mostly westernized ?

[@hopefulbunni]

The fact that they put the most RANDOM kpop songs on the show is the most koreaboo thing I ever saw 😭

[@katkadospisilova]

I couldn't bring myself to finish the show, because it just reminded me of people from my high school Korean class. I'm not Korean, but I learnt Korean through high school, because I had a best friend who was Korean, so we decided to learn each other's languages (Czech and Korean). I have never really been into K-pop or K-dramas but MY GOODNESS my entire Korean class was full of Koreaboos. Every conversation was about K-pop and how they would move to Korea and marry a K-pop star. Although, I have to give them at least some credit for trying to learn Korean (however, they all dropped out after 1st year beginner's classes, because the language wasn't as easy as they thought).

[@thatoneterrifiedfrog]

unrelated (well actually it kinda is) but the fact that you learnt each other's language is so cute!! Czech doesn't seem like a very easy language to learn too

[@katkadospisilova]

@@thatoneterrifiedfrog Haha it is very difficult. I was born in Australia, and technically English is my first language (and the main language we use at home), so I still struggle with learning Czech. My only advantage is that my family sometimes speaks Czech

[@Muyuyu-mr2cg]

I'm sorry to hear about that. I've had to deal with Koreaboos in school as well, and those experiences were so mentally draining lol. It's so cute that you learned your friend's language. My best friend in 9th grade was raised in the Czech Republic (she actually knew 5 languages) so we always exchanged words because I know Polish. It was really fun.

[@herbaliciousbasil6962]

That’s kinda crazy! When I was in school, it wasn’t until high school that people started liking kpop or Korean dramas a bit more (like 2017), before that- I was told how it was trashy or that it was all the same. But I just find it so interesting how it’s become more accepted in the west- I remember making a PowerPoint introducing kpop in middle school and people made fun of it. 😂 I respect every culture, so I didn’t become a saesang or anything extreme, but I will say I did love kdramas, and not just Korean dramas, but also Japanese, Taiwanese, and Chinese. Kinda glad that streaming services have some of them though- before I was relying on illegal sites or KZbin to find dramas!

[@MeiosisMaster]

I’m Czech and my uni classmate (friend) is Korean. He’s learning Czech and I’ve been watching a lot of kdramas (which I watched even before I met him), asking him to tell me about Korean culture and mostly him cooking me authentic Korean food ☺️ I’ve never been a fan of kpop but I’m really curious about his culture and he’s adamant on learning Czech to fit in here ❤ he’s honestly been one of my best friends in uni. One doesn’t have to be a Koreaboo to appreciate the culture but also see the realistic/not so good parts of Korean culture.

[@darinha7342]

the fact that all the koreans speak english is just...omg, even yuri and her mother spoke english😭😭😭😭💀💀

[@maxine6154]

cause it’s an international school

[@ilooooovemathsm]

@@maxine6154 Yuri and her mother... yes international school yes that's why a Korean family speaks English ah yes makes sense

[@maxine6154]

@@ilooooovemathsm when a korean family does business in english speaking countries, they learn english? they literally talked about living in new york?

[@emberz_mars]

I actually was miffed when I heard mum & Yuri spoke English more. Yes they are working or studying at international school but they are native South Koreans. Wouldn't Korean be their first language? Shouldn't they use more Korean and some English?

[@ilooooovemathsm]

@@maxine6154 yeah but they are both native Koreans why the hell would they be speaking English with each other. Me and my family are in a foreign country and I go to an international school too but we never speak English it just doesn't make sense yk

[@kyloseristyping2418]

the fact that dae and kitty dated for 4 YEARS makes it sooo much more infuriating how she could end up falling for yuri

[@jakehoon69]

her “falling for yuri” was just a way for them to show kitty having her coming out moment as bisexual.

[@akashkesharwani5761]

That's just american thing. They're woke. They're gender fluid. Stupid, Dumb. Commiting to one persone for the whole life is not a thing.

[@jenn4353]

@@jakehoon69 no her feelings for yuri are very real and anyone with media literacy skills can see that they're gonna end up together.

[@iqrafatima9375]

​@@jenn4353 bruh what she literally starts liking her after she gave her water wtf logic

[@spxcegirl9657]

I like the wlw aspect but I totally agree, if she actually loved daw she wouldn’t be able to fall for anyone, even minho

[@WorldXKIZOation]

I’m so glad this show is getting called out. I couldn’t understand why the reviews were good overall.

[@TheAnimeMangaClub2121]

My issues with the show? 1. 6,000 freaking storylines that are so awkwardly distributed with screen time. You have Kitty trying to find a secret half sibling, her issues with Dae, Yuri coming out, Q finding out about Florián’s secrets, Min Ho and Madison, Min Ho and his mom, Yuri and her mom, literally anything with Alex and Professor Lee, Yuri and Juliana, Yuri and Kitty, Dae and Min Ho’s friendship, the Han Hotel scandal, the list goes on. The show is terrible at telling you what you should be focusing on at the moment because they try to weave in every storyline with each other at the same time. 2. The characters. Kitty was one of the best characters in To All The Boys but in this show? She is basically just Lara Jean 2.0. She was the voice of reason to get Lara Jean’s head out of her butt with her melodramatic and over-the-top issues. Here she is so obsessed with everyone else’s business, practically destroyed a family because she knew too much, and was so self centered. It really made it hard to root for her. Dae was alright, he was a nice guy and was a good person, but he was boring and I really didn’t care about the fake relationship between him and Yuri nor did I care about him and Kitty reconciling. Q was the typical gay best friend, but at least he had some personality with him, and he was funny. Yuri was awful, like Kitty, she can’t help but stick her nose in everyone’s business and actively makes things hard on everyone around her and causes drama. Min Ho was the only character I liked, he was over the top but was a fun presence in the show. He was funny and had a lot of heart, and a true bro to Q and Dae, which I was far more interested in than anything with Kitty. I just know that Kitty isn’t going to choose Min Ho, I just hope they don’t do him dirty. Other characters were meh, Jina was fine, Alex was fine, Professor Lee was actually kinda interesting, I had teachers like him. Juliana was boring, same with Florián, Madison, who got a lot of screen time for some reason. Kitty’s mom is the most underdeveloped character. She’s dead, but the whole goddamn trip was to learn more about her, I still know nothing about Eve Song. 3. The tone and plot. The tone of this show is all over the place. It wants to be melodramatic while being super comedic with a soap opera overdose and extremely heartfelt. You can have these things in a show, but you have to balance out when and your timing. It makes the show feel like it takes itself too seriously or doesn’t take the moments that should be taken seriously serious at all. It’s just so messy and the 6,000 storylines just make it that much messier. Things I liked? 1. I appreciate that the Korean characters actually speak primarily in Korean with one another. It really bothers me in shows how the characters of the country hardly speak the language with their peers, but Yuri, Min Ho, and Dae will mostly speak Korean with one another, and with there parents and family, it is far more realistic in that aspect and I appreciate it a lot. But I do think the show is bad at showing the language barrier Kitty should be facing. 2. The soundtrack. I really liked the music in the background of scenes and it was fitting for the moment. Very catchy and added a more fun aspect or goofiness the show lacked in tone and dialogue. 3. The cinematography. The shots in the show were actually pretty neat, albeit very Wattpad and American Girl Goes Traveling. KISS had a beautiful campus and the places they showed in Seoul were pretty, but it’s looks without substance. Thank you those who actually read this monstrosity of a rant 😅

[@sebastianoflaherty9311]

I agree!!!

[@jbsjdbsibja9441]

will read this after watching the show lol

[@dying_carat]

Well it is my opinion, but I REALLY hated the soundtrack, they played the most random K-Pop songs at the weirdest moments. I saw a comment above saying they just searched up 'top K-Pop songs' and just added it 😭. And secondly, the koreans speaking their native language was very less, and one example is Yuri and her mother speaking in english. 99% of the korean characters had their dialogues in korean, even with each other

[@evap.5121]

this is what I was saying. Her personality completely changed. We liked her skeptical snarky vibe not someone who would stand on a table to overshare in mass.

[@bernadethbautista547]

That was so cringe 🤮

[@HI20237]

@@bernadethbautista547 Fr, I cringed so hard

[@Appl129goa]

​@@bernadethbautista547 that emoji is the cringiest thing ever

[@ghostyfries3658]

Ikr I loved her in the og movies. But now she’s just annoying and I hate how rude she is too she always passes limits

[@Noodleloveeeer]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who disliked her personality. It was very annoying and cringe

[@cancelledavac]

Kitty started having feelings for Yuri because she told her to drink water. We love a hydrated queen 🤩

[@dillpckl]

Right like kitty COULDVE reported her roommate for videotaping without consent, then be moved out and forced to bunk in with yuri, and would’ve had a natural love progression from THERE and they coulda even threw in a “there was one bed” for good cliche measure

[@unlikeli]

@@dillpcklfr like the streamer girl posted it too? ik it’ll probably come up in s2 but still

[@cancelledavac]

@@dillpckl I feel so much impotence when commenters have better plot points than show runners do. It really shows they aren’t trying at all lmao

[@briclare]

@@dillpcklfr

[@brennathecatlover4360]

@@dillpckl but they weren’t exactly close and who knows if they would’ve wanted to room together then. And no one found out about creepy roommate till the school found out she lived with the boys

[@catluver3000]

THANK YOUUU. It was so popular on TikTok for a hot minute and I forced myself through it. She was the typical clumsy main character, the amount of plot twists were overwhelming. I seriously completely lost myself mid series.

[@swaggiestdog]

the way i was nodding this whole video 😭 girl you’re so real

[@LM-ig9mq]

The only thing which “confused” me is, the whole or almost the whole reason for her being in Korea and at kiss is because she wanted to get closer to her mom but at the end of the day she didn’t even really care and the whole point of going was just to be with dae or not even.

[@trashy.cat_.]

Yes. I agree. But we see towards the end she starts trying to find out about her mums past and i hope this is highlighted in season 2

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

@@trashy.cat_. same

[@brennathecatlover4360]

But she did try to figure stuff out about her mom like she went to places her mom went too and talked to peoples that knew her

[@afvp9586]

Fr!! She said she was there for her mom but the moment she learns Dae has a "girlfriend" she wants to fly back home

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

@@afvp9586 yeah but then she decided to stay again for her mom

[@rrodrigues3488]

I feel like the whole "falling in love with yuri" plot would have made way more sense if it happened after that scene where they were like, bonding over their mothers past at professor lee's house. The fact that kitty starts having a crush on yuri because of a 2 minute dj session while she still thinks yuri stole her boyfriend makes absolutelly no sense.

[@Luckystars_the1nonly]

Fr- she makes no sense at all. I feel bad Minhos character has to like this girl. Her and Maddison would be best friends,their both the biggest koreaboos. This whole show was probably written by Maddison or some 12 yr old who’s a huge fan of wattpad stories 😭

[@Bunny_xoxo.]

@@Luckystars_the1nonlyKitty is Korean though 💀

[@Luckystars_the1nonly]

@@Bunny_xoxo. I know that but she’s over here coming to Korea over dae and all this boy drama and she’s suppose to be searching the past about her mom and staying for her. U can just tell she acts like one and Maddison is almost worst-

[@Bunny_xoxo.]

@@Luckystars_the1nonlyyou do have a point

[@Luckystars_the1nonly]

@@Bunny_xoxo. thank you,lol. Kitty was supposed to go to kiss and visit Korea for her mom to stay and experience her moms past. But in the end,she didn’t even care and she was all worried about Dae and Yuri. The fact that she dated him for 4 years and randomly liked a girl over what,water? What makes me even more mad is she ignored the stuff about her mom for Dae and her relationship with him was just all over. No chemistry,no nothing. Just him going “I can explain!” Every minute and half the time never did. Also they always had drama between each other and broke up so many times. At this point Yuri and Kitty are even better. The best would be minho cuz it’s a good enemies to lovers and he ACTUALLY fell in love for good reasons. I wouldn’t be surprised if Q became bisexual and started dating kitty 💀 at this point,even that would be better because they get along the most- 😭

[@vee2892]

my biggest pet peeve since watching was how the second boy male love interest explicitly mentioned his distaste of fetishizers then proceeded to get involved with one and they never really addressed it or even really highlighted that as a negative thing

[@gabvccino]

“Yes, I wanted to die. But I wanted to finish the show first. Min Ho is the reason most of us stayed…” SO RELATABLE😂💀💀 I will also be watching season 2😭

[@getem7640]

Yep this was every koreaboo’s dream

[@sungusted]

Fr. Unrealistic too

[@japanesesnack]

So like y/n Wattpad but it's film

[@dreampinkreel]

@@sungustedyou mean, like a work of fiction often is?

[@neoclowntechnology]

@@japanesesnack even wattpad ones are good written at some point☝🏽😻

[@Periwinkle_bunny]

When did she acted like a koreaboo?

[@llllea]

As a French person, I totally FEEL YOU when you said it gave Emily in Paris vibes! But even if it's soo cringe, I still finished both of the shows haha

[@hangahidi]

I thought I am the only one, who has Emily In Paris vibe😅❤

[@MarinKitagawa-jz2pd]

@@hangahidi me too!

[@jdoretoi]

mdrrr

[@beenice1555]

La même

[@floralfancy7814]

No Emily in Paris is way better than this.

[@rinnolaes5160]

thank you for sharing your opinion so respectfully! had the same 2nd hand embarrassment throughout the show but in the end, still enjoyed it and definitely will watch season 2

[@insomniastarzs]

Someone save taecyeon 😭 can’t believe he was added onto the show

[@catsjamerz2338]

they gave him the worst dialogue. like how hard could it be to write a few good lines for this cameo???

[@Di77o]

Haven’t even touched this series but from all the reviews it’s giving “Kitty in Korea” Emily in Paris distant cousin

[@ericsohn5084]

Even worse

[@Sweet_Like_A_Jack_Rose]

More like "Kitty in America Little Korea Town", because the Korea part is so minimal the whole settings is too Americanised 😅.

[@cscha101]

Y’all it’s not that bad. Talk to American kids who went to international school in Korea, it’s not dissimilar. As a Korean american, I would say this is NOT as bad as Emily in Paris. Kitty tries and has had ties as a Korean-American. Emily wrecking balled her way into her French workplace and community with an I am right mindset

[@ericsohn5084]

@@cscha101 She's Korean American?

[@fakeituntilkingdomcome]

@@ericsohn5084 Isn’t her dad white American and her mom is from Korea? I never watched the show, this is just what I’m getting from the reviews I’ve been watching 😅

[@aaliyaahh]

i didnt even finish the show out of sheer confusion and bewilderment. like how do you fall for ur ex boyfriend’s fake girlfriend?? Edit: i’ve gotten several comments proclaiming that “sapphic culture is just this messy” or “u only don’t like it because it’s a wlw relationship”. no, just no. i dislike most of the ships overall, this is just the one i found most egregious and confusing. it has nothing to do with sapphic culture or being wlw relationship. the problem is the confusing situation and the severe lack in chemistry. also i’m bi, so don’t try to tell me i just don’t get it because i’m straight. u only make urself look stupid.

[@izzywoods794]

She’s hot😌

[@Lily-bs1vc]

FR that plot was so stupid istg

[@manale9366]

everyone is obsessed with this plot

[@kita3638]

I feel like dae was a red flag too ngl. I would never be okay if my partner had a fake gf without letting me know that's just weird

[@polin1710]

i ship them and that part wasnt really confusing cause it was kina obvious from the beggining

[@navinharaperera6608]

I fully agree on the plot changes, like she switches the love interest 3 times within a span of 10 episodes and it keeps switching back and forth leaving us with nothing.

[@dinogino3787]

The “… yeah” to watching the second season is so real LMAO. I agreed with most of your points, you structured it very well. I hope that season two shows more progress in Kitty getting to know her mom and roots and have more character development.

[@bababooey7418]

I SO agree with dae's character being just there and forgotten like he's supposed to be the main love interest but nah he was reduced to an "I can explain" guy and the WHOLE SEASON kitty was angry at him and by the time they finally got together, she's cheating like girl he deserves better

[@shinyanon7839]

FOR REAL. And i dont see others talkin bout that enough and its frustrating. Dae was one of my favorites and they did him so bad

[@Bunny_xoxo.]

She didn’t cheat though and she deserved better, he got into a fake relationship during the summer remember, well by that time Kitty had already been in a relationship with him for three years, and Yuri had the audacity to basically say she was the side piece and Dae didn’t stop her.

[@izzypratt9763]

@@Bunny_xoxo.agreed I honestly hate dae and feel like he was never meant to be the main love interest

[@izzypratt9763]

@@Bunny_xoxo. also she was rightfully angry he could have just talked to kitty and explained the situation and she probably would have been fine, not only did he deceive her but he also humiliated her in front of everyone at the dance

[@carebear8655]

Agreed. His character was reduced to a pathetic puppy-type. It just baffles me how we’re supposed to believe she was genuinely happy with him for years, prior. Then again, little about this cringe fest made any sense. Ha.

[@delightful999]

I just feel like this is not the Kitty from TATBIHLB. All of us came to love that character and hence wanted a spinoff. Instead, we got this mess🤦‍♀️ Kitty was a smart, witty person.

[@mayam.6299]

Fr! her character in the show seemed completely different. Like in the movies her "matchmaking personality" was cute and kind of funny but in the show she was cringy and borderline irritating

[@4everinthe4d]

Mind y’all she’s growing up she’s not the same little girl from the original movies

[@urk-popunnieleftyoutuber]

exactly, she was a sweet likeable character but in this series it was just annoying

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

@@4everinthe4d exactly

[@chikannnn]

@@4everinthe4d not an excuse to dumb her character down

[@whyparkjiminnotridejimin]

I didn't even start the series because I knew it'll be like this💀

[@stephanieszatow7526]

I am so glad that someone pointed this stuff out !

[@alex01934]

You summed it up so well: “Yes, the show is bad but I definitely wasn’t bored watching it. Yes, I was fighting for my sanity but I definitely wasn’t falling asleep. Yes, I kind of wanted to die but I definitely wanted to finish the show first... Am I going to watch season two?… yeahhhh 😔”

[@lilmisshotasballs]

This is exactly how i feel 🤣

[@renflower1910]

I feel the same way lol

[@OctopusWhoSeesAll]

Yes

[@grac3guts]

HAHA THIS

[@yeiqey]

HAHAHA YEAH

[@me-xh5jx]

the “am i gonna watch season 2?” *sighs in disappointment* “yeah…” was so relateable 😭😭😭😭😭😭 i was a wattpad girl ofc i can’t not watch this cringey ass show 😭😭😭😭😭

[@manale9366]

people who call a show cringe and dont like it and still watch it are so weird to me

[@pugluver0378]

@@manale9366damn thats crazy 😢

[@Periwinkle_bunny]

I liked this show sm idk why people are saying this show is cringe like hell naw men then Kdramas are not cringe? Cuz the actors are korean ofc bruh

[@queridasolar1711]

I think the storytelling was just too convenient and predictable. It was just riddled with common wattpad tropes thus making it an absolute cringefest. I'd say this show was way cringier than your average Kdrama also because it's a young adult show with all the typical YA cheesy plot lines.

[@hydrofrolicwildflower3393]

@@manale9366 cry about it

[@Charizzmabossbabyricky]

I can’t stand the fact that almost every comment I saw when this show first came out was fans thirsting over Minho…like, bro was NOT all that 😭😭

[@monroeeartha]

Thank you for making this video! I remember when it first came out, I considered watching it but the preview clip that Netflix chose LITERALLY felt like a Wattpad story. It was when Kitty was wearing an oversized shirt in a kitchen or something and she makes out with a guy after he bites her toast or something (going off memory, I didn’t watch the show). I was like “There’s no way this is the actual show”. I abandoned all intentions of watching right then and there 😂

[@farawayfaerie8829]

The main ick i get from Yuri is the fact her family made Dae sign a nondisclosure agreement to prevent him from speaking the truth. This was MANIPULATIVE and should have been a waving red flag, not just to Kitty but for Dae too. edit: THANK YOU ALL FOR THE LIKES! I've never gotten this many likes before

[@purelyexuberant]

Yeah the fact that the whole family was manipulating Dae for their own personal gain made me so uncomfortable. He wasn't even completely willing to go through with everything, they sort of just dragged him into it.

[@brennathecatlover4360]

Isn’t that obvious she or lets be real probably her dad since he’s def the shady one somehow manipulated/ encouraged him to do that

[@farawayfaerie8829]

@@brennathecatlover4360 what about the fact that she never brought it up again or apologized to Dae about it, nor tell Kitty why Dae wasn't free to tell her why he literally and legally could not speak the truth? Tbh it seemed more like a poor writing excuse to push Kitty out of her relationship with Dae and into a love square.

[@bangtannies]

Ikr?I never liked Yuri,idk how the hell they forgave her after all this manipulations

[@brennathecatlover4360]

@@bangtannies it was probably mostly her dad tbh sonde u can tell he runs the house and what he says goes she doesn’t seem to really have the freedom to do and say as she pleases

[@mariekuelbs9347]

Yeah literally, Minho’s every Koreaboo’s wet dream

[@A---BMaitriSarkar]

😂😂🤣

[@yangjeonginsgf]

STOPPP

[@wonberries_]

LMFAOO

[@kookieswithtae._.8141]

ur so real for this😭

[@zazadestroyer333]

fr and i was so angry when they made him get with the literal textbook koreaboo, i forgot her name already

[@girlitsbrooke]

i feel the same way also ur gonna be my new fave ytber for this typa stuff

[@siljosii]

I am a person interested in going to korea AND a kpop stan. I am the target demographic for this show and they just missed so badly😭I think the show only appealed to people that were just recently being interested in the country, you know, when you go through that cringy phase where everything is new, fun and overall perfect

[@lydiaaa5628]

@@ilbchn “dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries”. that’s the first thing that pops up when you google “xenophobia definition”

[@thecoolintroverttv8381]

​@@mkhairenko 😂😂😂 omg

[@farahfauziah2501]

well s.korea is only great for vacation because their food is yummy and with big portion and the transportation also great too,so many nice cafe and shopping place😊

[@Xsan98713]

​@cake the reason why i dont wanna go to south korea or date korean men, ill just admire it from far and thats the best thing to do .lol

[@elevenhopperwednesdayaddams]

How is it cringy 😂

[@ilz_y]

I live in Korea and I can tell you that here it’s gotten a reception of “????” Especially what you said about schooling. A lot of Koreans are baffled by how there’s any time at all for relationship drama or school dances when they should be studying, though most are chalking it up to “I guess international schools are different.” My husband and I watched one episode (he’s Korean) and immediately we were like “yeah this was not touched by a Korean writer at all.”

[@Mel-jl8dt]

Completely agreed! From the get go when I saw that the put her in the men's dorm when registering requires you to upload a photo of yourself already made no sense but then it just got worse...

[@mahdireza5695]

It was giving the same energy as how there was criticism of Wednesday and how the school she moved to didn't make sense for the show. She couldn't stand out (which should be the point for the main character) and I've heard reviews of people wishing she went to a regular school where there's no fictional shenanigans. I forgot my point but there's a fun fact lol

[@smileyface8057]

Not saying these are similar but international schools are very very different, I have friends who went to Korea and Japan or international school and there’s lots of “free time” or there’s things like dances and they hang out a lot

[@Tink394]

To just put it out there the writer is Korean American

[@MissSOULGaming]

thank you. I try to start watching it earlier today but just like in few minutes of the movie, I already started to zone out. So I decided to check a video about this movie to save my time and found yours. I am glad I did. Saving my time by not watching the movie. Thanks! Good video btw. Keep it up.

[@ellagrce18]

I liked how Minho’s feelings for kitty like came about. I wish Kitty was a better person for him but I think that the next season we will see them a lot and I wanna see that and I want some character development from kitty which I feel like we might get because of Minho

[@catsjamerz2338]

Bad writing won't become good writing just because there is another season. It was so awful they'd need completely new writers for it to improve.

[@tineriver4935]

I knew this was going to be an Emily in Paris but Korean.

[@guessmyname1246]

I immediately thought of that when I saw it

[@mayam.6299]

Perfectly said!

[@warrencaelum9536]

Kitty in Seoul

[@lenaleo95]

Emily in Paris was way better

[@catsjamerz2338]

This is actually so, so, so much worse.

[@amaliafaltynkova4656]

Thank you for calling out Yuri. She was very manipulative and she get away with it, nobody called her at it. She was a very toxic character.

[@istolehobissprite986]

Exactly, she didn't even care about Kitty going away at the end despite the fact that she was the one who helped her contact Juliana

[@catsjamerz2338]

Yeah she's a horrible character. Acts like sociopath with nothing behind her eyes or between her ears.

[@hermeladaniel9709]

i really enjoyed hearing your opinion!

[@kattroche2375]

I definitely see where you’re coming from on the whole pretty much like Emily in Paris front because they have similar storylines fr but at least Emily went to a French class they didn’t even try to let kitty learn Korean 😭 (even tho Emily didn’t learn a damn thing…) hopefully they can get it together in season two because I was so excited when I heard this was coming out and the disappointment I felt was unmatched 😭😭😭

[@annie-ln3hv]

only watched this show for minho, he basically carried the whole show otherwise it would have killed me from the cringe

[@pewpew_Bbokki]

Sorry but even Min ho could not save this shitty show

[@mistycupcake2921]

Him and Q carried the show in my opinion after watch 4 episodes

[@jellybebe2861]

same here tbh, i hope he gets more next season

[@manale9366]

idk how minho was the only character that people love. girls just love the rude badboy trope

[@jellybebe2861]

@@manale9366 well he is kind of developing tbh but they only made him realise he wants a serious relationship which is sad, but he will probably become better in season 2.

[@TheCatsMe00w]

The school not doing anything about her disgusting roommate really took me out. Gamer girl was creating a public health crisis for the school. Also, this version of kitty saying she just expects her boyfriend (who is own scholarship) to be her full time translator really made me hate her. Kitty was acting like an entitled American and not in a critiquing way, it was just one of her quarks.

[@catsjamerz2338]

Acting like an "entitled American" but with a distinctly Canadian accent. Ee-ow-ut for "out". Like it's not hard to disguise a few words that show where you're from.

[@ladysauce2508]

lowkey glad this video is here to affirm my idea of this show bcs ive never watched but i saw some clips of it on tiktok and i cringed so hard i physically couldnt finish watching any of the tiktoks about this show

[@alicelixea8123]

I LOVE YOU!❤ Girl you are carrying SO MANY of us East Asians who have grown up in the west and I can just say thank you🥹 Our voices are never heard when we speak up about the strange and disrespectful behavior of koreaboos (and other non-Asian people with equal obsession with East Asia). Still I don’t have a single Asian friend who thinks this kind of behavior towards our culture is ok. Thank you for speaking up and saying what’s been on my mind ever since I saw this series released on Netflix.❤️‍🔥

[@hyewonderfull]

I really wish they did more with the setting. Like your in SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA! The only part where she used her surrounding to her advantage was when they went on that hike and she saw that hospital from far away, and then we saw her come out of a subway exit to get to that hospital. This whole sequence didn't just service the plot of Kitty and Dae but also the subplot of discovering more about her mom. They should have done more scenes like that where they use Seoul, the surroundings, landmarks, etc. I feel like most of the show was shot indoors, either in that school, at the dorm, in the library, in someones house. They really didn't have to travel all the way to korea for that. I hope next season they utilize Seoul more bc it is a nice city to explore.

[@emberz_mars]

I agree about the shots. The exterior shots feel like they were taken at places that could stand in for Korea / Seoul eg Dae's house, the garden. The fact that Kitty never spoke Korean except for annyeong also supports your view

[@potterheadwithmanyfandoms3444]

The things that made the least sense imo were: • Dae not explaining anything to Kitty: yes I know there was a NDA involved, but there could have been many ways to tell Kitty about the fake relationship without outing Yuri. • Yuri wanting to break Kitty and Dae: why did she constantly try to ruin their relationship if she didn’t like either of them? not that that would make it any better, but just taking the necklace and basically forbidding Dae of talking things out with Kitty makes absolutely no sense if she was in a pretend relationship. That just makes her an awful person fr. • Minho falling for Kitty: although arguably one of the best characters, it feels so wattpad-y for him to fall for Kitty. She was HIS BESTFRIEND’S EX 😭 And obviously the whole Yuri crush situation out of nowhere- I absolutely agree with everything you said. This show had terrible writing and made no sense even considering the whole “teens might not take the best decisions” factor 💀

[@annaliseyhowe7874]

Yuri confused me so bad.. in a way I get it because she didn't know kitty and was scared of her probably saying it to someone else but at the same time that doesn't make any sense. She spent half of the first couple episodes attached to Dae by the hip and constantly trying to tear him away from Kitty and for what? I just kept wondering what her issue was because she didn't have feeling for Kitty nor Dae. Her wearing Kitty's mom necklace was really the last straw for me cause what was that about

[@potterheadwithmanyfandoms3444]

@@annaliseyhowe7874the necklace was the last straw for me too, like girlll figure out your feelings or smth 😭

[@end_of_eternity]

​@annaliseyhowe7874 Glad I ain't the only one who was done when the necklace situation came up😭 I really sat there and was like "Why tho?💀"

[@_._lolitz.jay_._]

I agree with everything except the first thing (even though it was highly frustrating for me as well lol); he couldn't even mention the relationship itself because of the NDA, and with the way Yuri and her family are I don't blame the guy for keeping his mouth shut. Who knows what they would've done to him had he told Kitty; and that goes for Kitty's safety too. He did the right thing by not telling, because there's no telling how far that family would've went to keep that fake relationship a secret.

[@cherryphan6445]

Finally someone who agrees with me! The events are so unrealistic and its like a 11 year old koreaboo wattpad writer wrote the lines. It's so cringe and most scenes make no sense. What makes it worse is the songs they use. Like the songs they use don't even go with what's happening and they think adding kpop songs will make the show more "korean". Also, some of the actors/actresses they chose don't suit their role so the characters suck. And all my friends and my sister are obsessed with XO, Kitty so that's all they talk about 24/7 and I'm so frickin annoyed.

[@MiL4a]

Exactly I didn’t watch the show and won’t do it so I really don’t know anything but I saw some clips where they added kpop songs as the background music and I just thought it doesn’t fit at all?? Idk but I saw a scene where the kitty girl was just walking outside normally and the background music was something like pink venom (the ratatata part) not really sure if it was that song tho..

[@sweetydas7024]

I never so felt more relatable in any videos EVER but this idk but everything she says I AGREE!!

[@iamgroooooot]

so funny 😂 i agree with Madison the Kboo character. the moment she showed up on the screen i instantly knew

[@mayam.6299]

The way she would randomly speak in korean all the time 😂

[@crazyformyself7296]

She was so stereotypically cringey i started to like her character 😂

[@ic236]

She was infuriating to watch hahaha

[@Luckystars_the1nonly]

I hate how they did Minho so dirty. Minho became pretty mature after Maddison. Why the hell does he deserve kitty? He’s needs someone so much better- and I feel so bad they put him with that annoying Koreaboo I was crying for him the whole time bro. The sad part is man was only with her to distract himself from kitty. Why do 3 attractive people like this annoying ass Emily in Paris distant cousin?

[@hannahan904]

I'm a Korean who goes to an 'elite hs' here and oh my god, XO Kitty really... left me speechless. I was looking forward to seeing it, and it has gone beyond disappointment for the representation part. Just let me tell you, you will end up studying until you die in an actual Korean hs :) If we even enter a different gender's dorm room we'll probably get suspended or sth. I don't mind cringe stuff to a certain extent(guilty pleasure), but this has exceeded Netflix cringe and entered Wattpad cringe lmao

[@madihaqayyum224]

Nah mate, this is an insult to Wattpad, it has surpassed even Wattpad level cringe because I'm sure all of us were teenagers when we wrote those cringe pics but the adults who wrote the show have no excuse.

[@EngenegoesVroomVroom]

it EXCEEDS Wattpad cringe 😭😭😭 this was an unbelievable accident and I can't believe a second season is coming 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@loulysse]

Hey awesome video! I agree with most of it. One thing this, as someone who spend 3 years abroad at an international school (that looks spectacularly similar to the one in the show) I can say as a fact, you do not need to learn the language of the country you end up in to get around. In this type of context you end up very fast in a microsomes bubble where everyone speaks English. I had the same thing as Kitty, people would speak to me in English and the little percent of native students would switch to English in a beat. As a fun fact, there were a lot of Korean in my school even tho it was in Europe due to the car industry. Anyway, I thought the show was pretty accurate for that!

[@jjessiiexe]

This is a really amazing video and you succinctly brought up all of the gripes that I had with the show! It's an absolutely awful show in terms of pacing, dialogue, and plot but damn was it entertaining 😭 it really bugged me how fickle everyone was, and the lack of communication was painful

[@annamerin2773]

this is the most honest and realistic review of this show .........this show sucked ....... the writers of this show are confusing me in every single second of this show........all charecters pissed me off and were soooooooo cringe a live demonstration of koreaboo sickness

[@manale9366]

wow i never disagreed more with something. i loved it, wasnt cringe and the characters were great

[@loony7534]

Yeah. The actors said they were given a list of kdramas they needed to watch. I mean, we all know how realistic kdramas are.

[@Aradhaya45720]

​@@manale9366I'm sorry, but it was cringe

[@ilooooovemathsm]

@@loony7534 honestly at least they don't wanna make you go bleach your eyes drama's are actually good most of the time

[@loony7534]

@@ilooooovemathsm I know, but most people expected that they show "real" korea. What we got is kdrama korea from a american perspective.

[@bushleyyy.Loves.ParkJimin]

A Koreaboo would kill for Kitty’s lifestyle because her dreams come true in the first 10 minutes of the first episode😂😂😭😭… -Gets accepted in her long distance boyfriends school (AFTER TALKING TO HIM ON THE PHONE🧎🏽‍♀️😭) -Finds out her mom used to go to that school too(WOW) -Convinces her dad to go to study in South Korea (where her boyfriend is🥲)when school is just about to start -Goes to the airport to catch a flight to South Korea(her family doesn’t even send her off🥲) -She meets a rude hot “bad” boy who’s happens to go to the school she’s going to and they end up in the same dorm later…TF?!?!?!😂 (THIS ALL HAPPENS IN JUST THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF THE FIRST EPISODE) …it sucks…life cannot be that smooth😭😹

[@kiki13451]

I did NOT get how she got into the school and school was about to start ??? Like

[@saturdaykpop]

It was so unreal, chaotic and C R I N G E that me and my friends had the best time in our life’s watching it 😭 I tried to avoid it as soon as the teasers came out but it was all over Netflix etc. ☠️

[@ishathakor]

as someone who is learning korean i was highkey hoping that like 90% of this show would be in korean (and i would get a chance to practice lol). it's wild that they decided to make everyone speak in english when this basically should've been a show that is entirely in korean. but everyone speaks in english like most of the time?? even yuri and her mom (two korean people) spend most of their time speaking to each other in english?? yuri and dae only switch to korean like a handful of times? i moved schools when i was really little from a school that spoke mostly english to a school that spoke mostly hindi (moved cities, though i think it was actually a class thing - more rich ppl kids went to the first school) and i had a HUGE adjustment. most kids in my new school spoke english fairly well but they just didn't like to talk to me because they didn't want to speak english. my hindi was terrible at the time (i'm a native speaker, i just favour english) and i had to go through an adjustment period where i couldn't really make any friends because i had to improve my hindi. kitty should've had to go through something similar. i can buy that everyone at this school KNOWS english if its some fancy elite international school but basically all of kitty's friends are korean people and they are constantly speaking english. i went to an international school in thailand and everyone knew english but we'd only use english with each other if we didn't have another language in common. all the thai kids spoke thai to each other. all the indian kids (including me) spoke hindi to each other. japanese kids would speak japanese. korean kids would speak korean. chinese kids would speak chinese (i think everyone except for like 2 ppl in my year were mandarin speakers). german kids would speak german, etc. as soon as you found another person from your culture or who spoke the same language as you, you'd switch languages. it wasn't even a comfort thing since most people were actually more fluent in english than in their heritage language (all our classes were in english except the language classes, so it was a common experience). it was just habit. i also think its INSANE that kitty's dad allowed her to move all the way across the world to a literal foreign country when she couldn't even speak the language. that's insane to me. i would definitely not let my hypothetical highschooler do that. like girl you're moving all the way across the world to a country where you can't even order food?? hell no. you're staying right here. we even see that she really wants to learn more about her mom and feel closer to her. learning her mother's heritage language would be a great way to do that! at the very least she should've been able to speak korean but very badly and had a "learning korean" arc during the show. like i could buy it if she sounded really bad and choppy when talking because she'd been learning on her own using bad resources with a bad method (i mean, she's a kid) for a while and she was struggling with it. and then she gets to korea and realizes she had vastly underestimated how much korean she had to learn. plus, her boyfriend is literally korean too. she's half korean and dating a korean person and going to spend a year abroad in korea. how many more reasons does she need to learn korean??? come on

[@quirkywoman8969]

yeah its weird that the dad agreed.

[@KittyKatLovesBooks]

I agree but I don't understand why Yuri's actress being 30 is a problem and not Minho's actor being 27.

[@snigdhajoshi1978]

Fr

[@unknown.3305]

Becauseeee,,, yuri especially look so out of place that’s why

[@SweetLolita]

She mentioned him being 27 also

[@daisie4505]

What do you mean she mentioned both of their ages???

[@Axe-wieldingFox]

She’s 30???? I’m so age-blind wtf

[@unravel9716]

I watched it until the end, ngl it was interesting even though it's so messed up in so many ways lol. Like if I could just erase it from my head I def would. I was overloaded with cringe just watching it 😔 Never again will I ever watch a show like this I hope

[@manale9366]

some people just cant with fun show. i loved itl,and didnt find it cringe at all

[@unravel9716]

@@manale9366 Yeah fun I guess that's why I didn't drop it but still very cringe actually. If this isn't cringe then literally what even is considered cringe but okay

[@manale9366]

@@unravel9716 everyone sees somwhat different as cringe, i didnt cringe at all

[@MinieAnne]

The acting was really cringe

[@DiNgDoNg_13]

Ig u guys didn't like it cuz it's not like the typical Kdrama honestly I don't watch kdramas cuz it cringes me the aigoo thing and all but I watched this as I really like jenny han characters like conrad from the summer I turned pretty and also the movie series to all the boys I have loved before.

[@manoranjitha2969]

Your voice is so smooth!

[@parkjihoonnie]

Honestly speaking, I watched this series is because I wanted to see Minho and Kitty. Lol. Because Minho’s character is hilarious - that got me interested in the drama in the first place. I thought maybe these two is not so bad being together. But when Kitty fell for Yuri, I was just so confused as to how her feelings develop with just a single action from Yuri... They were bickering at first and then, BOOM! Kitty got attracted to Yuri. I mean, it’s just my opinion guys. But of course, I feel bad for Dae at the end because his loyalty for Kitty is there for the whole drama. His mind is always about her. It’s saddening to see that Kitty fell for someone else along the way.

[@NatalieConstantino]

I feel like her falling for yuri was just so random and doesn’t really make sense?? Like she dated dae for FOUR years and as soon as all the drama clears up with dae ( which was honestly just a huge red flag especially how he didn’t tell her AT ALL) she finally got to be with him and was finally doing the whole thing she came to Korea to do and the whole plot just kinda changed 😭 also I hated how she was chasing her and was even going to confess even tho yuri obviously was in a committed relationship🤷‍♀️ there’s nothing wrong with her realizing she likes boys and girls but I feel like it was random especially since she had never showed any interest in girl before yuri and she didn’t have feeling for her until the sex dreams

[@zazadestroyer333]

frr and I don't have THAT much of a problem with the relationship it just could've been written so so much better

[@faec0re]

as messily written as the show may be, i think the sudden-ness of kittys crush on yuri was actually kind of realistic (in a personal sense). finding out that you, as a girl, like other girls isnt necessarily the easiest thing. for me, personally, i realised at around 13, and it wasnt a simple "ah i like girls" kind of thing. its this sort of sudden moment where this one girl, in a different setting, time, and place, looks a little different than usual and from all the others. that, even though youve known this girl for a while, this new way of looking at her has your throat constricted and your mind racing with millions of questions. thats how it happened to me. i hadnt shown interest in girls up until that one moment, so when kitty looked at yuri dj-ing and suddenly had a different look at her, i personally felt that. i know it can come across as confusing and sudden, but i feel like it resonated with many other sapphics along with myself, even though quick and sharp in its development

[@Mayo18133]

⁠@@faec0reunderstandable but her having a crush on Yuri specifically doesn’t make sense to me. She quite literally made Dae fake date her when she knew he was in a relationship with her, stole her necklace that was important to her, etc. I mean yeah they make up but only for a split second before she’s all of a sudden head over hills. They hardly ever talked either. What happened to crushing on Dae for 4 years 😭 how can you move on that fast and with his fake girlfriend at that

[@Mayo18133]

⁠@@faec0rethere was barely any development between them

[@faec0re]

@@Mayo18133 agreed! i think it wouldve been executed way better if it wasnt YURI that she developed this sudden crush on. as much as the situation resonates, i agree that yuri was by far the most jarringly unreasonable person to begin crushing on after all that happened, since only after that realisation did their relationship only begin to grow 😭

[@graceh_]

I watched XO, Kittty and then watched someone review it and I was really shocked by how MANY people loved it. The audio also seemed off to me like it was obviously voiced over at parts (or something im not sure 😭) and didnt blend in at all lol and it bothered me a little

[@manale9366]

i honestly was shocked how many people dont like it. and how many people found it cringe. i didnt cringe at all when i watched it, yeah maybe by 2-3 scenes but thats the case with every show i watch. and also how many people are anti about the yuri kitty thing. i liked, i liked all characters. it was just a fun cute show, thats it

[@mai_mai15]

⁠@@manale9366it was totally target to Koreaboos, the acting was really bad, the character development was disgraceful, kitty having a crush on Yuri was forced asf, and Kitty was acting exactly the OPPOSITE of the way she acts in the movies and in the books, which makes me genuinely sad, cuz “All the boys I loved before” kitty was my favorite character, also the Korean representation is so bad, the only realistic thing is Dae’s struggles, Kitty being the dumbest in the school even tho she’s the smartest in America, and all the conflict Yuri has w her mom, the rest was everything poor written but yeah everyone has different opinions:))

[@lalvorie]

I KNEW I wasn’t tripping when I heard the voiceovers

[@MiL4a]

I didn’t watch the show and won’t do it so I really don’t know anything but I saw some clips where they added kpop songs as the background music and I just thought it doesn’t fit at all?? Idk but I saw a scene where the kitty girl was just walking outside normally and the background music was something like pink venom (Blackpink, the ratatata part) not really sure if it was that song tho.. also idk if u listen to kpop so u might not know what I’m talking about😭

[@oliviaabamba9686]

Oh my I'm loving this slander 😭😭🙏

[@bobasucka9652]

its funny cuz she coincidentally happened to have a dorm.. not only in the guys section BUT it happened to be exactly with dae, minho, and q??!?!!? cmon now 😭 fss an entertaining show tho

[@emerald3960]

I hate how shows like this get a second season so fast but shows like Lockwood and Co don’t get the chance :(

[@gingerpeach6842]

Same!!

[@mahdireza5695]

I want girl from nowhere to make a comeback 😭 such a beautifully made show

[@YouStankGoEat]

​@@mahdireza5695it's not confirmed nor cancelled correct? Still in limbo?

[@mahdireza5695]

@@YouStankGoEat yup. Literally no one knowssss..... Although I personally believe we're gonna get a surprise third season and it could be ever CRAZIER. Usually there's confirmation for when a show is gonna be completely finished, and girl from nowhere hasn't had that! So I have high hopes for a third season.

[@MeiosisMaster]

I know! And don’t even get me started on movies like the Kissing Booth and To All The Boys… yikes.

[@lovelytoca2172]

The fact that it took the number one spot in Netflix almost immediately after it’s release is amazing to me

[@MeiosisMaster]

That’s what happens when Netflix puts so many kdramas on its platform. People get even more obsessed with Korea. (I also watch kdramas but XO, Kitty was crazy cringe. I’ll still watch season 2 but I’ll have to suffer through it like I did with s1, just because I’m curious how much more of a shitshow the writers will make of it 😂)

[@yeongheetokki]

as a korean, this show just gave me an ick just from watching the trailer

[@annalarissa4042]

I HATED HOW SHE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP INTO THE SCHOOL AND THEN SHE NEEDED A TUTOR BECAUSE SHE WAS BEHIND HER CLASS WHAT 😭

[@Uselessandexcuseless]

Still remember when I commented that she was very Immature for even a high school student people were all like that’s what teenagers do they discover, like I know teenagers are very rebelling but her character was the same as in all the boys I loved like there was no development and the amount of plot twists and love interests was so weird and not needed

[@sevingurcun6470]

i don't think the only realistic thing in the show was kitty's academic struggles, there was yuri's struggles with her sexual orientation and family issues, kitty missing her mom, dae losing his mom & also having money problems in his household etc. but i agree with everything else you said tbh

[@nicole_zh_zh128]

After watching your video i agree with most of your points but when i was just watching the show, i didn‘t really care about if it makes sense or so, so i really enjoyed watching it.

[@lofichim]

ur conclusion was spot on! hahahash i stayed because of minho and only minho TT and i didnt give it too much thought n just enjoyed Q's humor lmao

[@favourod3282]

I agree with everything you said I’m only gonna watch the next season cuz of Minho tho but hopefully they do better with the next one

[@panna2857]

while its cringe and most characters are insufferable i honestly did enjoy it tbh.

[@kelseyjaffer]

same! once you realize it’s not a great show in most ways, it’s just…dumb and fun to watch. def a “turn your brain off” show

[@Luckystars_the1nonly]

@@kelseyjaffer Frr- my fav characters were Minho and Q. Their both just such vibes tbh. I feel so bad Minho got stuck with that Maddison creature just for distraction. He deserves better than both her and kitty. He stopped being a snob but I did love his sassy comebacks,he’s funny. Him and Q feel like the only people with at least one braincell sometimes-

[@doni-4422]

i live for drama so that was the only thing that kept me

[@renflower1910]

Same kinda. I like watching entertaining garbage shows/movies and making fun of them. It's quite relaxing.

[@kentucky_ky_khicken]

It's definitely one of those "if you have nothing else to watch" shows

[@HannaBekkevold]

I watched your review before I watched the show. Found it so funny that I had to watch it and have my own opinons about it. I saw it in almost one sitting. Watched your review again and I couldn’t agree more on most of it. And yes, I stayed for Min Ho😂

[@embee753]

I remember last year, my cousin recommended this show to my sibling. Since they’re a big fan of K-dramas, they decided to watch it. They immediately dropped it after the first episode.

[@arianasings4566]

i studied abroad at Yonsei University and if we were caught in a boy's room (especially at night) we could literally be sent home. No one I know dared

[@KateTusah]

finally someone who understands me. The only character that made sense was Q the actor was also great and the other characters hhhh...... It is def poorly written and its silly how thjey made it in netflix... Also min ho yeaa the guy is hot but his character was weird and made no sense hes just there to annoy the shit of Kitty. They prob casted hot characters to hide the poorly written story and no well it didnt work lmfao.

[@bclp005]

Yes, I agree with you sm!! The script is very weak and confusing, and it doesn't make any sense to play Kpop songs randomly in almost every scene. Q is the only character that was more sincere than the rest. And yeah, Min Ho is hot but his character is weird like you said.

[@manale9366]

some shows are just fun, you dont need to have a compleyx story everytime. i liked the characters in this fun cute show

[@unravel9716]

@@manale9366 The problem I see is that it shouldn't have been this complex. They created these love hexagons which was just so unnecessary. Like why did Kitty fall for Yuri??

[@manale9366]

@@unravel9716 i actually liked it. there teenagers, its normal to have many crushes and figuring yourself out.

[@r1pples]

@@manale9366 yeah but most teenagers don’t have multiple crushes at once.

[@_clovemusic_]

I’M SO HAPPY OTHER PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS SUCKED CUZ IT REALLY DID

[@sallyludens5216]

i use korean in some of my sentences but i also went to a month long immersive camp so now it’s just kinda stuck but also i’m genuinely trying to learn korean

[@lavenderchai4612]

I’ll watch this show just so I learn how NOT to act like a koreaboo. I was a huge koreaboo 8 years ago, it’s become toned down now but I’m traveling to Korea early this fall, and I just want to see Korea for their culture. Any tips are welcomed!

[@lydiaaa5628]

tip: don’t fetishize koreans (or any other people). koreaboos believe ordinary korean men are perfect princes. but sex crimes against women are increasing in south korea, so don’t assume the entire korean male population behaves like your favorite kpop idols

[@adeleisnamedafterme]

That’s so embarrassing why would you openly admit being a koreaboo 😭

[@lavenderchai4612]

@@adeleisnamedafterme it was so bad, then I saw a video “is your girlfriend a koreaboo?” I forgot who created the video, but I realized it I need to change myself so I don’t seem as a koreaboo. 🤦‍♀️

[@elsa7594]

@@adeleisnamedafterme self-arewareness is important ig. At least they changed

[@SweetLolita]

@@adeleisnamedaftermewe have all had cringey phases, as a kid I used to watch sonic music videos nonstop

[@zm1197]

honestly...I just want dae to be happy! Like poor guy just was trying to do the best he could with the cards he was given...then yuri makes him her fake boyfriend...then his real girlfriend shows up and when he was going to tell her everything, he realizes that she wouldn't be able to keep it a secret (the whole minho's baby commercial thing)...and then finally when he is set free...his girlfriend goes..."nah I like Yuri now'.....come on give this man some slack.....

[@emmeline8048]

I want them to make a video of min ho’s, skincare routine pleaseeeeeeeeeeee like it would be so relaxing

[@oneinamillion_noa]

I did like xo kitty but it was very weird because kitty just started to get crushes on almost everyone and when she started to like Yuri I was kinda confused, the same when Minho got with that ginger 😀

[@vdd1573]

was so hyped about this series, dropped it in the first episode🧍‍♀️

[@fernandacampestrini89]

Min Ho saved this from complete disaster. And I agree, it’s entertaining.

[@ipurpley0u]

i literally couldn't even finish the show there was so much wrong with it LMAO

[@Aphrodita98]

THANK GOD. I needed this video lol

[@camikay3730]

I loved the initial plot line of go to the school, have a connection with her mom and her heritage. But there were SO MANY THINGS happening all the time, i felt like it was a new show each episode. And the fact that she made it a whole school year or semester without an once of effort to learn the language floors me. Like, how do you spend that much time in another country and pick nothing up?? Even by accident, she should have learned something!