Chapter 28 Premiere (Below) (Second Update Seeking Recommendation)

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  On November 8th, after the first episode of "Sorry, I Love You" was broadcast that afternoon, many online voices that had been mocking and attacking Ahn Joon-hee and the production team based on their seniority suddenly disappeared, at a speed that made people almost think they had seen those words in a dream.

  In the short 60 minutes of this episode, Ahn Hyo-seop's portrayal of Cha Moo-hyuk transforms from a hopeful and optimistic lightness to anger and despair after being abandoned by his last pillar, followed by self-abandonment, wanting to sell off Eun-chae whom he had encountered coincidentally, only to later rediscover his conscience and rescue her... Ahn Hyo-seop's acting skillfully depicts these emotional changes, making them so vivid that no one can find fault with it.

  Those negative comments, under the fact that they were invincible, finally converged a bit of arrogance, but at the same time, they also did not give up, and like the drama team, they are waiting for the ratings report from the investigation agency the next day!

  It was Ahn Hyo-seop's fans who didn't mind so much, and as soon as the drama aired, they quickly occupied the official forum and KBS's message board.

  "After waiting for a long time, it's finally out. Looks like it's a tragedy? The scene where the uncle gets shot almost made me cry!","Joon-hyuk oppa's acting is so good, Lim Soo-jung is also great, and Eun-chae is very cute.","Joon-hyuk oppa is amazing, only 19 years old, yet he can play both a young punk and a mature man with ease."...and more comments keep refreshing. Many others expressed their anticipation for the second episode and wished for high ratings.

  But in reality, these fans are also extremely anxious. They can see that the pace of this drama seems a bit slow and the route it has chosen is the traditional tragic one. However, the tragic route was thoroughly destroyed by the light-hearted comedy routes of "Paris Lovers" and "Romantic Full House" at the beginning of the year. With these two high-rating dramas standing in front of them, they are also unclear whether audiences will still buy into tragedy.

  It seemed to be in response to their anxiety, when the viewership ratings report of TNmS was released on the second day, "I'm Sorry, I Love You" had a nationwide rating of 13.4% in Seoul and 13.5% nationwide, which greatly disappointed many people.

  Although the premiere ratings can't determine whether a drama is successful or not, if it starts high, there's no doubt that the room for growth afterwards will be greater. A 13% rating shouldn't be considered low and is above the ideal value. If this were another drama, even if the media didn't widely report on it, they wouldn't criticize it either. But "Sorry, I Love You" is different - it's already been surrounded by controversy due to the male lead's qualifications, so when this mediocre rating came out, many of its opponents who had just fallen silent were overjoyed. When the second episode aired on Tuesday and the ratings for Seoul (13.6%) and nationwide (13.7%) came out on Wednesday, the extremely small increase caused a huge stir online.

  "The overly lengthy and slow plot progression has completely exhausted the audience's patience. Perhaps the drama itself is very deep, but it's clear that catering to the audience was the first priority." A certain veteran actor and critic who had previously commented that Ahn Hyo-seop lacked experience and acting skills, which would ruin the drama, now avoids talking about Ahn Hyo-seop's acting and instead starts attacking the script.

  "The actors' performances were great, the sad atmosphere runs throughout, but unfortunately the plot of the abandoned child seeking revenge against his wealthy birth mother is too cliché, and the overly tragic backstory of the protagonist also fails to evoke empathy from the audience." A commenter who had previously attacked Ahn Jun-hee put on a seemingly neutral tone and spoke at length.

  However, on the internet, the audience who actually watched it expressed different opinions.

  Some fans of Ahn Hyo-seop are mobilizing everyone on major forums to watch "Sorry, I Love You" next week. Most of the replies below say "It feels too depressing, a bit dare not look", "Always want to cry, the first episode hasn't finished yet and my jaw hurts, don't dare continue, afraid of really crying out", "Why not let the plot be lighter? Like 'Lovers in Paris' and 'Full House'".

  Obviously many people are afraid of tragic sentiment and deliberately avoided this play.

  These remarks, as well as the mediocre ratings of the first two episodes, made the entire crew feel somewhat disheartened. Even Lee Hyung-min appeared depressed. On Wednesday, when the second episode's ratings came out, he called Ahn Joon-hee to hide in his office and drink together. After downing two shots of soju, he sighed: "To be honest, I didn't want to film a purely commercial drama from the start, and I had anticipated this outcome. But now that it's happened, I still feel quite disappointed... Joon-hee, sorry!"

  An Junhe knows why he said sorry, it's not that this play will drag him down, in fact he performed very well, even if the play is not successful, it won't have much impact on him, he has already shown his strength, with such acting skills as a starting point, and later receiving scripts shouldn't be too simple.

  The main purpose of this sentence should be an apology for possibly causing him financial losses.

  Although An Junhe has never said that he has a relationship with Park Yeong-joon, who bought the copyright of the drama, everyone is not stupid and can see that Park Yeong-joon bought this drama just to promote him.

  "Hmm, no need to apologize, this is just the beginning, I believe it will get better later." Ahn Jun-hee smiled in response to Lee Hyung-min's apology.

  Yes, this is just the beginning. As those netizens said, the ratings are low only because they were spoiled by two light-hearted comedies at the beginning of the year and aren't daring to watch it yet. Once they get used to it, the ratings will definitely explode.

  He has always had a clear understanding and grasp of these veins.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, the subsequent development was just as he had anticipated. A week later, amidst a sea of comments criticizing it on the internet, episodes 3 and 4 began airing, followed by ratings that completely exploded to 17.2% and 18.3%, leaving everyone who cared about this drama, whether supporters or opponents, stunned.

  In the following weeks, as the series continued to air, the plot progressed gradually in the sentimental songs, and the ratings surged strongly, surpassing those of the same time slot, starting from the seventh episode, with an average rating stabilizing at 20% and still slowly rising.

  On the internet, many people who previously didn't dare to look finally adapted to that sadness and quickly switched camps.

  Following the broadcast of the first episode, the official website and KBS message board were once again flooded with fans of Ahn Hyo-seop, with many viewers leaving messages on the site and message board after watching.

  "Every time I see Uncle looking at Mom with a worried and dazed expression, my nose gets sour."

  "Hurry up and fall in love with Uncle, don't let him be heartbroken again, don't let him die alone."

  "I cried for an entire morning yesterday, my eyes were all swollen."

  "Now whenever I hear the theme song, I want to cry. Whenever I see reports about the TV series, I also want to cry. I feel so fragile."

  At the same time, some classic scenes and lines in the play were also excerpted for review and discussion.

  "...there are many interesting small segments, but they usually don't represent happiness. I remember seeing Wu He eating bread with cream on the corner of his mouth, looking very cute, but when his mom saw it and was a bit disgusted wanting to wipe it off for him, he just stood there blankly, and in that instant, tears came down... Uncle has been yearning for this kind of scene since childhood, even such small care is a luxury for him... Seeing him bathe his intellectually disabled sister, using impatient yelling to hide the pain and anger in his heart, seeing him carrying his wrongly accused sister on his back, walking out of the villa, their interdependent yet lonely figures under the lamp getting farther and farther away, the sadness in my heart couldn't be held back, wanting to explode, wanting those who betrayed him, who hurt him to all go die, also wanting to quietly hide and cry a whole scene... Thank you Ahn Jun-ho for performing this soul-stirring Cha Wu-he, thank you for that equally soul-stirring song 《Snow Flower》!"

  This long review, once published, was regarded as a classic by drama fans. In a short period of time, the number of comments reached 100,000, and at this point, the total number of comments on the entire official website had already reached 2 million. As more and more people participated, this number continued to accumulate and exceed at a terrifying rate.

  This is just the participation of netizens, since the ratings explosion began, various entertainment media that have been silent all along, in episode 10, the average rating maintained at 22%, and the instant rating reached 25% at one point, finally broke their silence, and published this news on the front page headlines, calling it a "dark horse".

  This is not an exaggeration, the broadcast date of "Sorry, I Love You" was not good at all. It coincided with the year-end idol drama war, and there were weekend dramas before it, also known as "ratings dark horse" - "The Last Dance", and at the same time slot, there were "Heroic Times" and its premiere, followed by "Harvard Love Story", a consistent light comedy route that thoroughly surrounded it, forming a scene of collective assassination.

  Previously, the major media didn't make a sound, it was because they knew this point and didn't look at it optimistically. Although later on it showed strong momentum, everyone still maintained an observing attitude. But no one expected that it would really break out of the siege and steadily approach 30%. Such fiery popularity, what is it if not a dark horse?

  "Dark horse appears, 'Dui' drama sharpens knife, cutting down many year-end idols!"

  "Tragedy strikes! Traditional route overturned light comedy!"

  "Dark Horse vs Dark Horse, who wins and who loses?"

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  With this massive report, "Sorry, I Love You" influence spread rapidly, and as the lead actor, Ahn Joon-hee's portrayal of the classic "Uncle Wuhe" became a sensation again, his popularity surged once more. This time, however, it was different from before - instead of being attacked by fans over rumors or criticized by commentators for his acting skills, he was flooded with praise.

  "Ahn Hyo-seop's acting is extremely mature, it's hard to imagine that an actor born in '86, not yet 20 years old, can portray Cha Moo-hyuk's complex life so vividly, especially in terms of body language and expression, he completely grasped the contradictions within this character." - Nate Entertainment, which published the classic poster for "Sorry, I Love You", thus praised.

  "At the age of 19, he played a 'big uncle' and made this title deeply rooted in people's minds. Ahn Hyo-seop's acting skills are impeccable, and it can even be described as unbelievable." — Naver Entertainment also put together stills from "Cha Woo-hyuk" with Ahn Hyo-seop's life photos to contrast them, using the stark difference in hair to enhance the persuasiveness of the comment.

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