WHY HER REVIEW AND SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!
So WhyHer?/Why Oh Soo Jae? ended today and I could honestly say I'm happy with it. I didn't expect it to get so heavy but it was great nonetheless. Plot was a solid 8/10, pacing was a 8/10, characters were a 9/10 and the cast was a 10/10. The actors and actresses really drove the plot and characters home for me. SEO HYUN JIN DESERVES SOME AWARDS FOR HER PERFORMANCE. Let's not kid ourselves here, she took the character Oh Soo Jae and did it absolute justice. Hwang In Youp also did Gong Chan justice. KUDOS TO THEM!!!
Gong Chan honestly has my heart😭. Some people said Choi Tae Guk went out to easy and I could see why they said that but honestly no, he absolutely suffered. He trampled over people's lives without remorse or simply just because, for his own personal glory, gain, amusement and vindication and he went out absolutely pitiful. It was so satisfying to watch how everything he worked for crumble around him. His goal was within grasp and to watch the rug be pulled out from under him left him absolutely tormented. He couldn't face it. His death was fickle and satisfying. Juwan and his buddies are most likely suffering and in jail for what they did to Eunseo and it is deserved. The assemblyman and the Ceo of Hansu are also in the dumps. Couldn't have ended better. No doubt they're also in jail. I didn't have a problem with the romance aspect of the show either. When I read the genre of drama and saw who the male lead and female lead were I put two and two together. Besides I've seen enough older man/younger woman tropes, I was kinda glad to see it reversed for a change. Plus Gong Chan had his life together and he was pursing her so it was a win for me. I don't go into a show with romance as a tag and then complain about it, I knew what I signed up for. It would've been weird if he was fresh out of high school but that wasn't the case. He's 28 if I remember correctly and she's 37. Two adults so it didn't bother me.
The legal clinic is honestly squad goals and the found family trope for Soo Jae with them, Gong Chan brothers, Song Mi Rim and Doc Joon Hee is honestly *chef's kiss*. She got people who would have her back regardless. Yoon Sang was being a little shit but he came through in the end, I hope he's happy.
Y'all look at the material 😭😭😭😭. They're healing, happy, healthy, together and thriving and that's honestly all I wanted. Some viewers were disappointed with the lack of the "I love you" scene but in my opinion it would've been cliche and over-rated. Gong Chan has been declaring his love for her since the beginning and she returned the favor in episode 9. Besides I think "I'll always be by your side no matter what", "you could hate me just don't go anywhere" and "the same goes for you too, don't go anywhere" is so much better than "I love you". It wasn't an opening ending which I'm also grateful for cause those two, with everything they've been through, deserve a win. Safe to assume they've been together for the entire 6 month period timeskip. I'm glad Oh Soo Jae is happier. Her character development was stellar. She was never a cold character, it was just the environment and the people she was around. My only complaint is the way they did Jae Yi. I have never and I mean never sobbed like that for a character that had less than 15 minutes of screen time. It literally came out of nowhere!! I was expecting Chan to die cause he was so damn protective of Soo Jae, was mentally preparing myself for it then the writer took the kid. I was flabbergasted!
Anyways the show gets a 9/10 from me and I would watch again (just not episode 11, 12, 13, definitely 14 and maybe the first half of 15) cause I'm gonna protect my peace🤣🤣😭😭. I'll miss them! Also this calls for celebration HWANG IN YOUP CHARACTER FINALLLYYYYYYY GOT THE GIRL😭😭😭😭.