Thats the problems with most shows for me, I know they're gonna be bad, but then again I have a bag of popcorn and there is nothing better to do so wynaut?
one of the unrealistic things i found about this show was how kitty had learnt no korean before coming to KISS i mean she was all ready with the presentation and scholarship and stuff, her learning Korean would've just made more sense
I wouldnt really say that unrealistic since most foreign students at a foreign school don’t bother to learn Korean since they speak English there. But still it would’ve been better if Kitty learned a bit since she wanted to learn about her culture
yes true... especially since it's her culture and would also bring her closer to her mom? or did her mom not speak any korean either as she is said to be the american friend of yuris mom? but kitty doesn't even understand the "gwaenchanayo" madison said when they ran into each other. that's like so unrealistic as if she has never seen any korean drama and/or been in touch with any korean content at all while being HALF KOREAN.
Did non of the other students find Kitty talking to Alex weird? I understand wanting to talk to an international adult, but the frequency with which she chose to sit with him instead of other students was alarming.
Omg same!! I thought the exact same, at one point I thought that would be how they would reveal the “sibling” secret , like other people accusing Alex of having an inappropriate relationship with a student and they would have to come clean to justify it 😅
I always thought of this 😭 If I saw a student hanging out with a teacher outside of my school and inside of school a lot then I'd feel a little wierd about it 😭😭
Fun Fact: Yuri and Min Ho's actors are siblings in real life, and auditioned for their roles separately. The casting directors didn't even know that they were related until filming began, plus they use different surnames.
@@kedledoeimange I was kinda mad at everything, tbh. I am all for new feelings and growing, but this was not it. This was just throwing a relationship away over nothing and not even feeling bad about it. It was so unnatural how there was like just a few seconds of feeling bad about it and then it was like she was over it and he was over it... What? Did I miss something? O_O There was no communication. Granted, they're teens. But still!
I also loved that teenagers weren't being over sexualized and it was genuinely funny! Or the fact she was failing all her classes because she never studies lol
@jess 🌷 Same. Korean history is a lot to taken in too for someone who has never studied before. They have such a long and complicated history whereas ours is pretty short.
I guess but I don’t ship it. They’d be great enemies to friends type but not enemies to lovers… Minho was probably just pitying her and mistook it for him being in love with her.
she literally says dae will be her translator and is going to international school so her not knowing korean will not be the end of the world, also she did only go for a semester so its not like she had a lot of free time
@@arkanamaster4961 she had time to party, she has time to learn! (Definitely could survive international school with only English, but you'd think she'd be at least a bit interested in the language)
She didn't even know the basics 😭 I think we heard a few phrases with the kids who lived there, but never from kitty. I think it would've been funny if some people spoke korean to her and she just had to try to pretend like she knew what they were saying. 🤣
I've lived in Korea for six years and I can barely have a conversation in Korean, despite being able to read and write it well. It's a tough language and because Koreans aren't that used to outsiders attempting to speak it, they'll mostly only understand you if you say things perfectly.
Felt heavily also from a confused bisexual all the jokes about in this video were funny and spit on with what I saw others girls go through in high school and also myself with a couple of girls
What's more annoying is Kitty not bothering to learn about the korean culture or atleast the language. I feel like her main reason to go to KISS was because of Dae and her mom was just a silly little excuse
one thing that annoyed me the most (other than the fact that kitty did not bother to learn korean and more about the culture) was that they included dae's family life, and then just forgot about it? like the plotline with his little sister and the ripped shoes was so sweet... and the scene where yuri spent chuseok with dae's family? so good!! it was a much better side plot than the others tbh, and i wished the show explored the class dynamics between dae and his friends(and kitty, too), esp since dae's dad was yuri's dad's chauffer.... so much wasted potential in this show 🫤
@@jani7666 Having lived in Korea and, while I'm still conversational in Korean, I can tell you lots of my friends lived there for years without knowing anything more than "Hello", "Thank you" and "Goodbye" lol It's not unrealistic, especially when you live at an international school or work for an international company / as an English teacher.
@@HanonTsukani yes but she wanted to go to korea to explore its culture and learn more about her mother as well. just kinda disappointing that that went nowhere. but yeah, i see what you mean and i can see that happening, since a lot of everything in this country is written in english/provided with english translations as well.
I mean, there are some people who do look younger than their real age. My neighbors daughter is in college but I still forget because she looks young and is a bit shorter than me. Only thing that reminds me better is that she got a tattoo recently on her arm lol.
The thing that I really didn't like was Dae's ability to explain himself, he would proceed to say "Kitty, I can explain" and not explain, it's the reason nothing worked out with Kitty 😭
The show was REALLY cringey but after getting in to it i couldn’t Stop watching because of how dramatic and crazy the plots were. It kept me entertained 😭
They should've just let minho be the overdramatic best friend who will drag u thru the mud about your fashion sense but will be ready to throw hands if someone offended his friends
I just realized that when Kitty was in the car with Yuri heading to KISS that Dae’s dad, Yri’s driver never knew about Kitty and Dae’s relationship because if Dae had told him about Kitty he would have recognized her right away. That means for 4 whole years Dae’s father never knew about anything where as Kitty’s family always knew about Dae. That’s some sus behavior.
It warmed my heart when Kitty and Yuri weren’t on good terms but Kitty still stood up for her when that gross guy at the party was comparing them and saying mean things about Yuri like her nose is big etc. She didn’t absentmindedly go along with whatever he said in order to impress him or get the kiss she was wanting, she put him in his place! Loved that
I’ve never commented on videos on UA-cam but I just have to say the one thing no one will. It WAS a weird problem that Kitty fell for the one girl who actively tried her best to ruin Kit’s relationship with Dae just so she wouldn’t have to verbally come out like it wasn’t something her mum already knew but just chose to ignore. Like there wasn’t any other nicer girl that could’ve caught her eye. It was the girl who took her guy, the girl who didn’t let him tell Kit the truth, the girl who stole the necklace, the girl who always interjected in Dae and Kitty’s conversations? Cause I even get Dae’s pov on it when he hears Yuri name from Kitty and all he can think is “She’s the LITERAL reason, we couldn’t be together, f*** you mean, you fell for her?”. I just didn’t support that side of the show🤸🏾♀️
Exactly! And when the girls do the show and they're up there with the fans, Yuri and the rest of the girls just leave her to be set on fire. No one near her tried to do anything. So, Yuri is the girl that she likes after all that?
this!! i cant belive how anyone can be team yuri..people just want to satisfy their gay relationship fetish everywhere smh. I'm team Minho through and through but even dae is better than yuri.
Fr tho.. they couldn’t just let Yuri and Kitty stay friends? That crush was so unnecessary and it really literally could’ve just been anyone else but her.
@@jeonailee9623 minho, who would insult and be continuously rude to kitty from the beginning when he had no reason to? you must be the one with a weird fetish if that''s who you want her with lol
@@exmiiely yes I agree the crush was very unnecessary like the whole show was so messy like they have this person like this person and then the other it's so messy and complicated they lack in communication this show was messy and complicated the ending too my head hurts just thinking about it but I still watched it😭💀
No I agree we know the big secret but I feel like it never touched on why their friendship drifted and ended, in such a way that they never spoke of the other and Jina pretended like she didn’t know kittys mom
the part about korean people portraying other cultures TERRIBLY in their media is SO accurate LMFAOOOO. if they were to portray korean schools correctly, the bullying would be HORRIBLE for kitty because she's a foreigner who's not conventionally attractive by their standards.
@@katgreer6113 Its just society and the intense pressure to be perfect. You’ll feel it once you enter a eastern school irl but there is intense competition between students and teachers usually arent lenient on failing students and their mental health. This leads to bullying and shaming people especially if you’re seen as foreign. And foreign doesnt even just include from America or Europe. It could must mean you’re from Japan or the Philippines. If you arent part of the “it” group, you’re deemed inferior in a way.
@@katgreer6113 Yeah. Im not condoning it but thats just how it is unfortunately. Changing it would mean tapping into the fundamental aspects of said culture and most would rather walk away than change it.
"The right amount of dumb" Is the perfect way to summarize this show, I'm not into the korean drama type of shows but after watching this show (it popped up in my feed and I gave it a whirl) I can understand why people would like them.
@Bubbles_Art nah she will end up with Dae , I think so , Dae will get "character development" he will not waste his time saying " I can explain " and actually explains t was fake , I think this what the serie is going for or minho , but yuri is still a possibility
As a bi girl, the joke at 11:30 is completely accurate lol, it so much harder to find girls to date, especially when you're awful at reading signals like me
Preach, I'm a Bi Girl as well, and that joke is insanely accurate, and I found the skit funny! I'm also really awful at telling whether someone likes me.
as cringey as this show was, i was so invested, AND the plot was good, but it was a good “summer” show, a little kidish show was something i desperately miss. and this was a good start!
Yes! There are too many shows that spread negativity nowadays. Because seriously, do we really want shows like Euphoria to be the show of our generation? XO Kitty felt very Gen Z and it was so cute. The characters weren't crazy and didn’t do anything immoral. So yeah, XO Kitty is a breath of fresh air.
@@aerrrrrr It's funny cause he's so straight cis male that he has to do research. And the way he researched it like you'd do for an essay it's just too funny
I also really liked this show, I was genuinely SHOOK when Kitty turned out to be queer! It genuinely threw me for a loop but also made me happy as a queer woman! I saw a lot of myself in Kitty and seeing her queerness not being used as a marketing strategy like so many other shows made me happy! Normally shows will HEAVILY advertise queerness in shows to draw their gay audience in but it was nice to be pleasantly surprised and see the MAIN CHARACTER go through something that resonates with me so deeply but not make it the ENTIRE story
As a korean, the BIGGEST disappointment for me was the throwing away of the amazing premise of kitty wanting to go to korea to find out more about her mam and her mam's culture. Like, that would've been amazing! Seeing her experience Korean culture, find some of her mam's korean relatives and reconnect with her roots, and explore her identity as a half-korean. However, I feel like that was all thrown aside for the sake of the relationship aspect of the drama and kitty finding her bisexual identity, which fair enough, it's a romantic genre, but you can get that in any western set drama! Why go all the way to Korea, film in Korea, have Korean actors and actresses and schools, and yet basically no aspect of Korean culture except the one fan dance scene (which was also basically just a push in the romantic plot if anything between kitty and yuri). Like, I was just so disappointed because the massive potential was there, and yet I feel like they barely touched it for the sake of the romance, just putting in some random kpop songs and insert shots from time to time. Like I can see why people would still enjoy it regardless, because of the plot, but I just felt like its a plot that doesn't need Korea as a setting - I just feel like they used the setting of Korea as bait for kdrama viewers as you know everyone seems to be slapping the name 'Korean' on anything subtly 'oriental'. It was just frustrating for me to get so hopeful about seeing something new and refreshing and something perhaps me and other Koreans living outside of Korea like kitty could relate to, but have it crushed by a love square?? Also I've said this before but I was also hopeful to see the portrayal of korean relationships which aren't as sexual from teenage years, and much more sweet, romantic and pure. However.....? Though I guess I cant complain as obviously this is a western drama, but still it wouldve been interesting to see a western girl experience korean relationships. Overall, I dont hate the show, there were some cute scenes, minho was cute, dae was cute, personally feel like it could've been cooler for kitty and yuri to be friends like their mams were, you like continue the legacy, but yeah. My personal opinion ^^
Aren't most k-dramas set in high school years pretty mild? I mean, there's a reason Nevertheless got a whole lot of attention because all of the sexual scenes. There's a lot of East Asian media that portrays both inoccent teenage and adult relationships, there's defninitely not a lack of those.
@@cheribitch5396 I mean the whole premise was supposed to be that her character is very white passing so her experience in Korea is just about the same as any other white American who visits the country.
agree with u 💯 part of her journey is self-discovery, so actually learning about her mom's family and Korean culture wouldve tied the whole story together better and make her a more well-grounded character
There were many tropes and the plot’s messy, but I feel like the show is pretty self-aware and it actually does make jokes about k dramas and teen shows. I really enjoyed it! I also liked how much Korean they spoke because it made it more real. I’m not Korean, but I do speak/understand another language, and the switch between Korean and English in the movie felt realistic (ie speak Korean when u wanna talk shade or when ur talking to another native speaker cuz it’s easier, vs speak English when ur talking to another non-Korean speaker)
Yess!! My only issue was that they kept using korean as a "secret language" in front of a bunch of people while they were IN KOREA, like I'm pretty sure quite a few people are understanding your conversation rn lolol
@@shinyanon7839no he wasn’t, he was boring as hell and he can’t communicate for shi. I don’t like kitty either but let’s not pretend Dae is a good character
@@necrosis6037 boring is subjective. but that doesn't make him a bad character. he was one of the only people with a visible decent morality and depth in the show. everyone else was just shallow and changed their minds about things too quickly. imo that just makes him more interesting than anyone there
sure boring but he had reasons he tried to communicate but kitty didn’t let him at all sure it wasn’t the best communication but cmon at the end of the day dude was trying to provide for his fam
the fact that Alex put the disclaimer/ text after the sapphic skit reads like "MOM SAID IM ALLOWED" and it is the cherry of top of that whole bit. love it
xo kitty is cheesy in a way that makes you smile and roll your eyes with affection. it has its fair share of cringey moments, but i'm invested ngl and will be staying tuned for season 2
I saw kitty as a passionate and smart person in TATBILB , it's kinda out of character she didn't even prepared to learn korean before coming to korea. I would love to see a scene where her dad ask if she isn't worried about the language barrier and and she answers in decent korean.
Kitty was such a stand-out character in both the books and movie adaptations. They just had to ruin everything by reducing her to Lara Jean 2.0. Also, how in the world did she fall for the girl who stole her boyfriend? And it came out of nowhere too like what?
@@trinaqit didn't really, if you watch the car scene in the beginning you can sense what they were going to do. And people are acting like crushes dont come out of nowhere sometimes
My only problem with the show was not that it was trying to be so many things at the same time but actually,the fact they totally forgot Dae's families storyline (that stuff with his sister was pretty sweet) Also,DAE & KITTY DATED FOR 4 YEARS?
Min Ho is the most k-drama character in the whole show. It was obvious he likes Kitty. But the whole show low-key reminded me of Rebelde. Not the netflix reboot but the original mexican version. I really enjoyed Kitty's confidence. And of course and an older generation k-pop fan couldn't miss 2pm's Ok Taec-yeon cameo. Loved every bit of the show.
Why Rebelde? You mean their actions without thinking about the consequences or the fact that they're so unstable when it comes about their love interests? I'd like to understand more about your thoughts on that. 😊
I'm bisexual and yes. it's funny that we always talk about how boys tend to miss obvious signs but then do it ourselves. and it's harder if you are into feminine women as feminine girls because you never want to disrespectfully assume that someone is gay solely because they complimented how your hair highlights go perfectly with your eyes with also matches that one blue flower on your dress in the 3rd quadrant. 🤣
The first half was super boring, but the second half was a lot better. The characters were actually pretty interesting (outside of Kitty that is), which is surprising. I didn't think I would like it, but the plot with a secret child, a family with a fake appearance, etc. Was fun.
@@mmaantj Any good suggestions? I really enjoy romance shows (huge anime romance fan here), been wanting to start K-Dramas. I don't like anything sort of cheesy if that makes sense? I enjoy real characters, mainly why I enjoyed this show. It was characters/situations that really could happen in real life.
Change my mind but this show is one of the better new teen dramas :) It's not overly sexualized, it's actually funny sometimes and the story had a lot of twists and turns and the representation was amazing! I really enjoyed it because I love LOVE cheesy rom com drama shows and this hit the spot.
I appreciated that aspect too! The only moments that were a little sexualised were literally the sex dreams that are meant to be cringey and intense. It had enough of that stuff to feel realistic to the teen experience but not so much that it becomes gross and uncomfortable to watch.
nah this show made me so mad. literally cannot believe kitty broke up with dae over yuri WHO HAD A GF ALREADY!!! i was caught so offguard when kitty started developing feelings for yuri. i just feel bad for dae 😭
I binged the entire show in one evening and I honestly didn't expect it to be so good. I really liked the characters and the fact that they all had some sense in them lol
Min-ho has my heart honestly. I was oddly attracted to his transformation from a dismissive and aloof individual to someone who genuinely cares for Kitty (although always cared for his friends) and reminded me of Taylor's song Enchanted. Sang Heon Lee (the guy who plays the character and this is his debut series) effortlessly brings out the charm and appeal of Min Ho's tsundere nature, making him such a darling to me. I don't know about anyone else, but I genuinely fell in love with Min ho, one of the only fiction characters who grew up on me so easily. I cannot wait to see his character development and honestly, with the Easter eggs thrown around by Jenny Han as she is a fellow Swiftie, I hope it's Min-ho being the one for Kitty. Still, let's watch out, who knows? But. But. Buttttt SHL, I'm writing you an open love letter which I am on to ever since I finished the series and giving it to you fr, one day. This UA-cam comment section can hold me accountable for it, lmao.
The fact that they had Ok Taecyeon to say that Minho’s mom kept him warm or whatever makes me punch the air bc it’s so cringey and he’s actually a good actor like his performance in Vincenzo was so good
10:03 me and my first gf broke up over roblox I was just innocently playing the horrific housing game and then I see she joined and then I read the news “We need to break up :(“ I was flabbergasted but not rlly cause I never expected it to last since we were 5th graders, so I typed “oh-“ “okay” because how tf am I supposed to take a break up while being chased by Thor while the floor of my house is sinking on my game, anyways she left and I continued playing like nothing happened because I needed to win the horrific housing game (and I did win)
I think that my only problem with the show is that in the movies, Kitty was always the sassy, my-way-or-the-highway kind of girl. While I get that people change over time and she grew up, I feel like that was one of the core parts of her personality and they just took that away from her in this show. It was almost like they just made her a mini LJ in my opinion. Kitty was always a realist who loves love, but I feel like in trying to capture that essence in this show, they just romanticized her love life too much to the point where it's like uhh... ur Kitty Covey right..? That's my opinion though, my only real problem with the show (ofc there were other silly things but that's part of the charm). Overall I still really enjoyed it though.
Though I agree with this, I do think that the way she was written in the show also kind of makes sense? We saw the part of kitty that you’re referring to when she’s much younger in the franchises. Changes come as you grow so although younger kitty is iconic, it makes sense that current kitty isn’t exactly like how she was
I mean as you get older you kinda get less sure of yourself, Kitty was still fairly secure (and she felt more confident to me than LJ, for example) but compared to younger her she was less confident. Which makes sense, she’s far away from home and the only person she does know is Dae, but then she decides to embrace the journey
@@kmms4720 I agrée and it is something I definitely considered when forming my opinion of the show. When we originally saw her she was 11 and now she’s 16-17. I think that her confidence was one of the core parts of her personality though, and while it could be expressed in different, less extreme ways, I don’t think it would be as heavily eradicated as they portray it in the show. I remember relating a lot to kitty back even when the first movie came out. We both had very similar personalities and were about the same age. I’m 15-16 now, and while I may not be as blunt as I once was, and I definitely struggle with things in my own life (as does kitty), confidence has been a big part of my personality and that is a pretty difficult thing to change. While I think they should have portrayed kitty’s confidence and openness in a more mature, thoughtful way, I don’t like how they pretty much removed it from her personality. It seems like I’m watching a show about a girl different than Kitty Covey.
@@beta910 I guess, that does make sense. She definitely was more confident than LJ. But I feel that the version of Kitty we see in the show is unrealistically different. Even if kitty is struggling a lot (which she is from being far away from her family), she was the type of girl who always had her own agenda. She knew what she wanted, and while I get that this show is about her growing up and kind of losing everything she thought she new about herself and rebuilding that (coming-of-age type), I personally think that she’s the type of person that wants people to know exactly what she’s thinking, what she believes in, what she wants. She’s the type of girl to actively strive that. That’s not something that just goes away (I know from personal experience). I love kitty, I just think that they took away too much of the oomph in her.
11:55 this is literally so accurate. the first thing a girl could say to me is "omg you're literally so beautiful. wanna go on a date or something?" and i would think she is just being nice bc that's lowkey also how straight girls talk to each other
No but for real why do some straight people appear more gay than us sometimes? 😂😂 two straight girls could be holding hands and kissing and yet no one bats an eye but bats an eye to me just if I say a compliment 😂😂😂😂
i honestly had so much fun with this show, i knew what i was getting into and they did the whole cheesy, k-drama parody thing in an enjoyable way. also seeing kitty’s actress all big now after rewatching the first movie made me feel nostalgic (but i find it hard to believe they long distance dated for 4 yrs that’s crazy)
Definitely, seeing Anna Cathcart grown up is so weird because I remember the first thing I ever saw her in was Odd Squad on PB kids, and now she got her own Netflix show. I also agree 4 years of long distance on a foundation of one family vacation feels like it should not have worked out
@@CaribbeanCitizen omg same i remember odd squad!! and yeah especially since they were both younger when that happened it’s very weird but oh well, their relationship was backed up by corny netflix reasoning so i let it slide while watching
@@sanskritibacchu Didn't let Dae speak at all considering anything that had to do with their relationship, Jumped from person to person, Meddles into people's personal lives and affairs frequently, Often jumped to conclusions, Assumed that people would just instantly accept her pushy behavior. Stood on a lunch table and tried to have an embarrassing MC moment instead of accepting her punishment and getting expelled...and that's just on the top of my head.
I saw parts where they tried but overall it didn't really work, sadly. I think editing, writing, and directing have to be on the same page for that to properly happen.
I binged the whole season in one sitting and honestly it was a rollercoaster, since when does having a s*x dream about someone mean you actually have genuine feelings for them🤷🏽♀️ idk but it was just so strange to me, I almost got a whiplash with the way Kitty did a whole 360 on Dae,bro really did love her.
You’ve been through a long distance relation ship then flew to Sth korea wtithout speaking great korean, to meet your bf, find about yourself and what happened in your mom past during her teenage years ? find out you were also bi and ended up kick out of your dorm bc you lived with 3 guys and somehow you're back home ? Your life is kinda messy special
@@liabstrait8306 ...okay, so i'll clarify what i meant lol. i'm not saying every plot point in the show is a common experience, but the messy feelings and "random" crushes and trying to find yourself in a new environment were all very familiar feelings to me. i say this especially because i've seen a lot of people complain about how "random" the crushes/love interests are when during high school, that's just how it is for a lot of people! and to answer some of your questions: -i have had a long distance relationship! -i've had multiple friends fly out to study abroad in japan while not speaking great japanese -i have discovered i was bi! honestly, if you thought the show was too soap-y for your taste, that's great for you! i just wanted to comment because for me it resonated edit: i commented before i finished the full video, but basically I was agreeing with what alex said at the end
@@l.36125 🦊 (this is not the record towards you this is directed towards people who for some reason think everyone has the same experience) oh wow how could you possibly relate to this dumb TV show about having Messi crushes and liking one person and then maybe going to another relationship and then maybe things not working out for you oh my God how could you possibly have such a similar experience because we're not all the same f****** person having the same experience oh my god wow impossible you must be a drone
11:18 I don't how (maybe surgeries, healthy eating habits, maybe just very good genes or some combination of the formers) but she's probably in her 50s but looks like 20 years younger (the character, I mean, I don't know about the actress although I have seen this happen sometimes)
The show felt a lot like Legally Blonde and New Girl with some other drama sprinkled in. It was alright. I would be curious to see what they do with it if it gets a second season.
As someone who lived in Korea for a bit, I’ve found that Korean people can often have a bit of a one-sided perspective when it comes to cultural stuff. This is of course not true for all Koreans, but I found that many people I interacted with didn’t have much of an interest in understanding other cultures outside of broad strokes but would get upset if you didn’t put 110% into trying to nail down all of the aspect of Korean culture. That might have a lot to do with your observations towards the end of the video. (I want to make it clear that I don’t think this is true for only Korean people or for all Korean people, but it’s enough of a trend there to be notable.)
I've been living in Japan for 4 years now and I feel like a lot of people have that mentality as well. They don't really care to truly learn about other cultures beyond superficial stuff like food, but they really want you to fit in with Japanese culture as much as possible. Of course when you move to another country it's important to learn about/follow their traditions and customs, but I feel like the more "Japanese" you act the less of a burden you are in their eyes, since they don't have to accommodate to your cultural differences or perspective.
@@jfloww I've been living in Japan too for almost 3 years and I find that Japanese people tend to be quite lenient on foreigners. But honestly, as a foreigner living in their country, I also have zero expectation for people to show interest in my own culture or in any cultural differences I might have, because why should they? When I am the foreigner coming in to their own country? They are still in their country, they haven't left Japan and many of them don't really want to either, so why should they be accommodating my culture? Once they are the ones living abroad then that is the time when they should learn about and integrate themselves in the other culture they choose to live in. Granted I am half Japanese (born and raised elsewhere and still can't speak Japanese well at all, so culturally I am still a foreigner) so maybe that makes my perspective and experience a bit different. I have seen, however, that the Japanese people I have met while not being in Japan have accommodated themselves well in their respective countries. Then again these are more "open minded" Japanese that seem to despise living in Japan.
@@oqeufh the world is at a point where it is becoming increasingly more globalized, which means that the majority of people are going to come into contact with people who aren’t like them culturally at some point. I don’t see the cultural bubble the Japan has created for its citizens as a good thing. The fact that you can live your entire life in one country is not the problem, it’s not being exposed to other cultures that shows how ignorant Japanese people are about the rest of the world, because there is no reason for them not be as you said. I’m not suggesting that Japanese people have to move countries, I’m saying that they should respect the foreigners who are coming here, and our culture. Especially with South East Asian immigrants who come to Japan to work in hard labor, Japanese people just see them purely as a way to improve the economy or increase the birth rate. They see foreigners as an end to fixing Japan’s own problems, so they tolerate us. Cultural diversity is a two way street. I learn and interact with your culture, you learn and interact with mine. In Japan, only the first part occurs usually, with the excuse being “well you’re the one who moved to Japan, we didn’t ask you to come here, so why should we care about your background?” All that does is create resentment and cultural intolerance among the population towards diversity and change. Being an Asian, let alone a half Japanese person, definitely changes the perspective on how diversity in Japan truly is, because they automatically accept you due to the way you look. Japan is the most culturally familiar (and similar) with other Asian countries, and Asians make up the highest percentage of foreigners. They accept and engage with other Asian cultures more actively than others due to proximity. When they see an Asian in Japan, they’re less worried about cultural issues because they look similar and they probably speak Japanese. Asians are okay in their eyes because they don’t disrupt the social harmony by being different, they’re similar enough that they can pretend they’re Japanese.
@@jfloww Ones cultural background does not make the entire identity of a person. You can still respect someone without taking interest in their culture. I have friends from all over the world, many south East Asian friends too here in Japan and in other countries I’ve lived in, and to be honest, I am not interested in their culture, but that does not mean that I can’t be respectful towards them as people. They sometimes like to share their culture with me and I will gladly take in everything they tell me and vice versa. But that does not mean that I suddenly want to go on a deep dive on their entire culture, I know them as individuals and I respect them for who they are. I do agree that xenophobia is a problem in Japan and I do feel for those who suffer it, but it is impossible for people to know everything about the culture of everyone they meet. Me being disinterested on their culture does not mean that I am disinterested in them as people and this disinterest definitely does not create any resentment. Racism and xenophobia comes from pure hatred, pre-judgement and generalisation towards a group of people. As someone that grew up as the Asian in Europe and never really fitting in to anywhere and now is the European in Japan that also does not fit in here at all, you end up learning by force that your culture really is only a small fraction of what makes you you and what makes any other person. I’m very grateful to have people in my life that accept me for me and that’s really all I ask for. What you’re feeling as the “outsider” is the way me and plenty of other mixed people feel all the time everywhere they go, so count yourself lucky that you can always go back home and feel like one of your own if you ever so desire.
The show kinda felt like a haphazard attempt by netflix to capitalise of korean popularity in the west and i feel like if it wasn't for this constantly in the back of my mind i might have been able to enjoy it for what it was. And predicting every plot twist by episode 1 was a huge ego boost for me lol
At 1:03 Dae says “my reception is so bad here” and I don’t know much but I thought KOREA HAD AMAZING INTERNET SPEEDS - so why would his reception be bad?!?!?!?! Wtf
It felt like they put every kdrama, wattpad, teen movie, fanfic, YA romance trope in a single show… but yes I still binged it lmao
They couldn't come up with any better ideas
Thats the problems with most shows for me, I know they're gonna be bad, but then again I have a bag of popcorn and there is nothing better to do so wynaut?
I'm not gonna lie i feel like this show is just a fetishization of asian boys (my opinion )
PLEASE…. that’s WHY you binged it, it’s why we alllllll did
Yea in one sitting for me…
Every time he says..”kitty I can explain” He says NOTHING to explain himself 😭
HE SAID IT SO MANY TIMES
the time he could’ve used to explain was all wasted by him saying “i can explain” 💀💀
@@biscuits2463 I know..I was like my guy..just talk..then he goes again “I can explain” 😂
i neeeeeed someone to make a compilation of all the times he says it i swear it’s about 20 😭
frr all he had to say is that it was all fake. Bro was taking way too long to just say 3 words.
one of the unrealistic things i found about this show was how kitty had learnt no korean before coming to KISS i mean she was all ready with the presentation and scholarship and stuff, her learning Korean would've just made more sense
I wouldnt really say that unrealistic since most foreign students at a foreign school don’t bother to learn Korean since they speak English there. But still it would’ve been better if Kitty learned a bit since she wanted to learn about her culture
Probably cause the actress was too dumb or lazy to learn Korean
It was a foreign school with lots of English speaking students so..
yes true... especially since it's her culture and would also bring her closer to her mom? or did her mom not speak any korean either as she is said to be the american friend of yuris mom? but kitty doesn't even understand the "gwaenchanayo" madison said when they ran into each other. that's like so unrealistic as if she has never seen any korean drama and/or been in touch with any korean content at all while being HALF KOREAN.
@@delixcious Her mom spoke Korean, obviously
Did non of the other students find Kitty talking to Alex weird? I understand wanting to talk to an international adult, but the frequency with which she chose to sit with him instead of other students was alarming.
Omg same!! I thought the exact same, at one point I thought that would be how they would reveal the “sibling” secret , like other people accusing Alex of having an inappropriate relationship with a student and they would have to come clean to justify it 😅
I always thought of this 😭 If I saw a student hanging out with a teacher outside of my school and inside of school a lot then I'd feel a little wierd about it 😭😭
I was getting anime vibes where inappropriateness tends to be common. Also looking at you Persona! 👀
I was getting anime vibes where inappropriateness tends to be common. Also looking at you Persona! 👀
Yes, and the way no one talked about it when Americans especially criticize adults interacting with minors…
Fun Fact: Yuri and Min Ho's actors are siblings in real life, and auditioned for their roles separately. The casting directors didn't even know that they were related until filming began, plus they use different surnames.
Interesting
That's creepy.
Why do they use different surnames??
@@nyerhovwoakpome2151 parents probs div
@@nyerhovwoakpome2151 It's Korean culture as many Koreans have their fathers’ surname and are shared with siblings.
I still think the most surprising thing about this show is the fact that kitty and dae dated for 4 years
...and then broke up over a crush, like what?
@Dont_Read_My_User_Photo bro no one cares
@@GabrielaCenturionNeumann yeh
@@GabrielaCenturionNeumann nah I was kinda mad at the airport scene where she didn't even let him speak first
@@kedledoeimange I was kinda mad at everything, tbh. I am all for new feelings and growing, but this was not it. This was just throwing a relationship away over nothing and not even feeling bad about it. It was so unnatural how there was like just a few seconds of feeling bad about it and then it was like she was over it and he was over it... What? Did I miss something? O_O There was no communication. Granted, they're teens. But still!
I also loved that teenagers weren't being over sexualized and it was genuinely funny! Or the fact she was failing all her classes because she never studies lol
These two things were the best parts of show!!! So refreshing honestly 😅
i found it funny the way they lowkey called out the american education system too 😭
This is Korea
@jess 🌷 Same. Korean history is a lot to taken in too for someone who has never studied before. They have such a long and complicated history whereas ours is pretty short.
Me too! 😭it was actually so refreshing
To be fair Minho and kitty are actually super cute cuz he was the only one that actually built chemistry with her while everyone else was so forced
I guess but I don’t ship it. They’d be great enemies to friends type but not enemies to lovers… Minho was probably just pitying her and mistook it for him being in love with her.
it was kinda forced ngl, like the whole enemies to lovers i mean
@@suckmyprettytoes pitying her for what
i binge watched the entire show hoping they'd end up together 😭😭
Fr minho and kitty doesn't match.....
XO Kitty is the most bizzare combination between a disney channel show and a k-drama and it only kind of works...
Agree
it’s really funny how the vibe shifts between the two so drastically
😭
Somehow I was never introduced to any kinds of movies or tv shows like this ;-;
So kinda like a Netflix version of Make it Pop?
That show was a K-Drama for kids on Nick.
When Kitty decides to stand up for herself by literally get up and stand on the table in the cafeteria, I had to leave my living room.
I’m DEAD 😭
Ig it's fair she got told off and expelled still 💀
like, can she be fr?? girl you're not starting a revolution you're getting expelled 😭
I just paused it and didn't touch it for the next two days
Yo
Calling a lesbian character "Yuri", specially in an East Asia-based story, will never be unfunny.
It was very funny, I giggled when I realized 😭
ikr her mom really couldn’t blame her for gettin some yuri action when she named her yuri😂
Ikr?
is there a pun i'm missing?
@@urvi7384 look up yuri in weeb culture
I do wish Kitty learned Korean. Even if not before she went to KISS, during the ENTIRE SEMESTER. At least a few conversational phrases
she literally says dae will be her translator and is going to international school so her not knowing korean will not be the end of the world, also she did only go for a semester so its not like she had a lot of free time
@@arkanamaster4961 she had time to party, she has time to learn! (Definitely could survive international school with only English, but you'd think she'd be at least a bit interested in the language)
She didn't even know the basics 😭 I think we heard a few phrases with the kids who lived there, but never from kitty. I think it would've been funny if some people spoke korean to her and she just had to try to pretend like she knew what they were saying. 🤣
I've lived in Korea for six years and I can barely have a conversation in Korean, despite being able to read and write it well. It's a tough language and because Koreans aren't that used to outsiders attempting to speak it, they'll mostly only understand you if you say things perfectly.
@@BrittniChenelleBooksWas the Hangul script really as easy to learn for as its reputation suggests?
As a lesbian, the "maybe she is just being nice?" Thing is very true.
Ikr 😅
“Is this platonic? Or is she flirting?”
I tbh think about it every night…
Felt heavily also from a confused bisexual all the jokes about in this video were funny and spit on with what I saw others girls go through in high school and also myself with a couple of girls
As someone who accepted her bisexuality recently... same.
Kitty: *screams*
Boys: *screams*
Alex: *Turns into an opera singer*
aAAAaaaAAaa~😂
🎤🎤
the fact that the actors that play yuri and minho are older than the teacher is crazy
Omg fr?? 🤣🤣😭
@@momotozaki Yes. The siblings are 27 and 29 while the one playing the teacher is 25.
Oh shiiit
I saw in one of the interview that she is 30 92liner
@@yerin-f6emn yeah you’re correct. They were on Fun with Dumb yesterday if anyone wants to watch it.
Turning 31 this year.
What's more annoying is Kitty not bothering to learn about the korean culture or atleast the language. I feel like her main reason to go to KISS was because of Dae and her mom was just a silly little excuse
And not studying well HAHAHA
She’s a teenage girls that’s not unrealistic
“She’s into Yuri for a while” that is a hilarious sentence. Because even if it wasnt a characters name it would still work the same way
I didn’t even realize😂
Can you pls explain what u mean 😭 (no hate)
i don’t get it
Yuri is another word for girlxgirl stories
@@thedarkphoenix1640 ooooh hentai i remember
one thing that annoyed me the most (other than the fact that kitty did not bother to learn korean and more about the culture) was that they included dae's family life, and then just forgot about it? like the plotline with his little sister and the ripped shoes was so sweet... and the scene where yuri spent chuseok with dae's family? so good!! it was a much better side plot than the others tbh, and i wished the show explored the class dynamics between dae and his friends(and kitty, too), esp since dae's dad was yuri's dad's chauffer.... so much wasted potential in this show 🫤
omg yeah her going to korea with absolutely 0 language knowledge is insane I cant think of a single world where that scenario is realistic
Mmmm 😅 that’s a good point maybe the parents help with translations?😅
Yeah I was thinking about how Dae had zero personality or development even compared to Min Ho who was mostly a side character
@@jani7666 Having lived in Korea and, while I'm still conversational in Korean, I can tell you lots of my friends lived there for years without knowing anything more than "Hello", "Thank you" and "Goodbye" lol It's not unrealistic, especially when you live at an international school or work for an international company / as an English teacher.
@@HanonTsukani yes but she wanted to go to korea to explore its culture and learn more about her mother as well. just kinda disappointing that that went nowhere.
but yeah, i see what you mean and i can see that happening, since a lot of everything in this country is written in english/provided with english translations as well.
Okay but why is every character grown up except Kitty who looks like she's 14...which would be quite fitting for a Wattpad Show like that
I mean, there are some people who do look younger than their real age. My neighbors daughter is in college but I still forget because she looks young and is a bit shorter than me. Only thing that reminds me better is that she got a tattoo recently on her arm lol.
Well, kitty's actor is 19. She just looks even younger
@Dont_Read_My_User_Photo OK, I'll just dislike your comment
@@minaisfab17people just forget that looks don't usually match age...
She has the Daniel Larusso affect 😂
The thing that I really didn't like was Dae's ability to explain himself, he would proceed to say "Kitty, I can explain" and not explain, it's the reason nothing worked out with Kitty 😭
‘I asked three different queer girls about this skit and they all said it was funny’ 😂 lmaooo it was indeed funny Alex
as a queer girl I thought it was funnyy!!
@@PardonMyFrench16the is this a friend make out, or a make out make out was pretty funny.
How do you know 3 different queer girl it a miracles to know even 1
It's a sad world when someone has to let people know he's not trying to be offensive, just funny, when the whole thing is OBVIOUSLY a joke. smh
the whole fruit basket😭😭 please someone take me to the fruit basket
The show was REALLY cringey but after getting in to it i couldn’t Stop watching because of how dramatic and crazy the plots were. It kept me entertained 😭
yeah I thought same till now I think same but l enjoy the plots so it's kinda good to entertain me
fr like i had to drag myself thru the first 3 episodes and then i powered thru the rest in one sitting XD
Same
YEES OMG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
We all have our guilty pleasures
I love how XO Kitty just became a full blown bi panic half way through
@Dont-Read-My-Profile-Picture.0 ok i wont
I was so glad and excited for that choice, It was the first time I watched an entire show based on a bi female character and it felt amazingly so true
I'm really hoping this is not one of those cringe forced inclusion things. Like y'all deserve better seriously and I don't even support.
@@Royalty_girlie …wtf are you talkin about??? kitty was always supposed to be bi
@@writing2o7 I don't think you understand my comment at all if you think I'm saying she was made bi for the show. Read it slowly.
I love the “3 queer girls thought it was funny” I thought the skit was realistic and relatable but that sentence truly made me laugh
According to this show all it takes to fall in love is have a sex dream about that person 🤦♀️
he already felt attracted to her, the reason why he had the sex dream in the first place.
Accurate representation of being a teenager tbh
I LOVED the show but the whole min Ho telling her he loved her I thought was wild
They should've just let minho be the overdramatic best friend who will drag u thru the mud about your fashion sense but will be ready to throw hands if someone offended his friends
Come to think of it, I the few sex dreams I've had were with people I hardly think about. What's up with that?
I just realized that when Kitty was in the car with Yuri heading to KISS that Dae’s dad, Yri’s driver never knew about Kitty and Dae’s relationship because if Dae had told him about Kitty he would have recognized her right away. That means for 4 whole years Dae’s father never knew about anything where as Kitty’s family always knew about Dae. That’s some sus behavior.
I think it was more so coz the girls were talking in English and not all Koreans are fluent in English
@@yutaloml989 But if Dae had mentioned her or shown a picture he would have recognized her.
@@Natalya08 yea ikr I thought about that too after writing this so yea he was validly sus
Asian parents are not really that open with their kids. I would never have told my parents about it.
It’s weird that his dad didn’t know but his sister did
It warmed my heart when Kitty and Yuri weren’t on good terms but Kitty still stood up for her when that gross guy at the party was comparing them and saying mean things about Yuri like her nose is big etc. She didn’t absentmindedly go along with whatever he said in order to impress him or get the kiss she was wanting, she put him in his place! Loved that
yeeesssssssss
I’ve never commented on videos on UA-cam but I just have to say the one thing no one will. It WAS a weird problem that Kitty fell for the one girl who actively tried her best to ruin Kit’s relationship with Dae just so she wouldn’t have to verbally come out like it wasn’t something her mum already knew but just chose to ignore. Like there wasn’t any other nicer girl that could’ve caught her eye. It was the girl who took her guy, the girl who didn’t let him tell Kit the truth, the girl who stole the necklace, the girl who always interjected in Dae and Kitty’s conversations? Cause I even get Dae’s pov on it when he hears Yuri name from Kitty and all he can think is “She’s the LITERAL reason, we couldn’t be together, f*** you mean, you fell for her?”. I just didn’t support that side of the show🤸🏾♀️
Exactly! And when the girls do the show and they're up there with the fans, Yuri and the rest of the girls just leave her to be set on fire. No one near her tried to do anything. So, Yuri is the girl that she likes after all that?
this!! i cant belive how anyone can be team yuri..people just want to satisfy their gay relationship fetish everywhere smh. I'm team Minho through and through but even dae is better than yuri.
Fr tho.. they couldn’t just let Yuri and Kitty stay friends? That crush was so unnecessary and it really literally could’ve just been anyone else but her.
@@jeonailee9623 minho, who would insult and be continuously rude to kitty from the beginning when he had no reason to? you must be the one with a weird fetish if that''s who you want her with lol
@@exmiiely yes I agree the crush was very unnecessary like the whole show was so messy like they have this person like this person and then the other it's so messy and complicated they lack in communication this show was messy and complicated the ending too my head hurts just thinking about it but I still watched it😭💀
this entire show had me fighting for my life and not in a good way
Right? Like Minho carried the show
WHAT? WHY? IT WAS SOOO GOOD
@@kittycatmeow446 ok kittycatmeow, we'll definitely listen to you
Perfect description omg 💀
LMFAO
Is it just me or the series just NEVER ended up telling us the actual reason why the principal acted like she didn’t know kitty’s mom?
No I agree we know the big secret but I feel like it never touched on why their friendship drifted and ended, in such a way that they never spoke of the other and Jina pretended like she didn’t know kittys mom
That's for season 2 ig?😂
Coz she was guilty
At first I suspected that Jina and Kitty's mom were gay and that Jina sent Juliana away out of self-hatred.
@@jvghibli ok I like that
the part about korean people portraying other cultures TERRIBLY in their media is SO accurate LMFAOOOO. if they were to portray korean schools correctly, the bullying would be HORRIBLE for kitty because she's a foreigner who's not conventionally attractive by their standards.
Why do Koreans do that though...?
@@katgreer6113
Its just society and the intense pressure to be perfect. You’ll feel it once you enter a eastern school irl but there is intense competition between students and teachers usually arent lenient on failing students and their mental health. This leads to bullying and shaming people especially if you’re seen as foreign. And foreign doesnt even just include from America or Europe. It could must mean you’re from Japan or the Philippines. If you arent part of the “it” group, you’re deemed inferior in a way.
@@seraphywang4638 perfectly explained 🙏🏼 there’s such a deep generational culture of judging other people based on status and looks too.
@@seraphywang4638 that's sad but I still feel it's no excuse to be borderline racist towards other cultures...😔
@@katgreer6113
Yeah. Im not condoning it but thats just how it is unfortunately. Changing it would mean tapping into the fundamental aspects of said culture and most would rather walk away than change it.
12:23 we sapphics apreciate this hahaha and it's funny cause it's somehow accurate xD
"The right amount of dumb" Is the perfect way to summarize this show, I'm not into the korean drama type of shows but after watching this show (it popped up in my feed and I gave it a whirl) I can understand why people would like them.
Kdramas romcoms are very charming. But they have everything. High quality stuff. And the stories actually end. My favorite part
It wasn’t really much like Korean shows just heads up.
this is honestly nothing like most kdramas lol
This is very different from kdramas though...
It's obvious you know nothing about kdramas
Kinda makes me question what Alex Meyers reads on wattpad😂
Why's that
Yeah
Makes me even more interested in his search history than i already am 👀
@@Ditto.007 So is it like an inception thing where your search history is filled with other peoples' search histories?
lol same🤣
Everytime Alex called a show "the weirdest show" you just know he lowkey enjoyed watching it!
Which I first thought was rare but now it seems like he isn’t grumpy about all shows, just a few bad ones
If Kitty doesn’t end up with Minho, I’ll take him for myself-
She’ll end up with yuri or yuri will die 😂
@Bubbles_Art nah she will end up with Dae , I think so , Dae will get "character development" he will not waste his time saying " I can explain " and actually explains t was fake , I think this what the serie is going for or minho , but yuri is still a possibility
As a bi girl, the joke at 11:30 is completely accurate lol, it so much harder to find girls to date, especially when you're awful at reading signals like me
Preach, I'm a Bi Girl as well, and that joke is insanely accurate, and I found the skit funny! I'm also really awful at telling whether someone likes me.
@@trinaq you two should kiss
As a pansexual girl I can relate. Why does dating a girl have to be so complicated?
As a bi person, I second that lmao
As a lesbian, I third that
as cringey as this show was, i was so invested, AND the plot was good, but it was a good “summer” show, a little kidish show was something i desperately miss. and this was a good start!
Yes! There are too many shows that spread negativity nowadays. Because seriously, do we really want shows like Euphoria to be the show of our generation?
XO Kitty felt very Gen Z and it was so cute. The characters weren't crazy and didn’t do anything immoral.
So yeah, XO Kitty is a breath of fresh air.
SAME.
If u guys like these type of shows u should prolly watch the summer I turned pretty if u haven't already
I agree
agreed. I hate that so many teen shows nowadays portray our experiences as only or mostly being defined by suffering
Alex doing research on Sapphics and then making sure the joke isn't offending is actually the funniest thing he's ever done
not sure how that’d be funny but it definitely shows his dedication to good comedy lol
@@aerrrrrr It's funny cause he's so straight cis male that he has to do research. And the way he researched it like you'd do for an essay it's just too funny
@@red4679 „cis male“ lmao
@@rumtreiberin3050is something confusing to you?
@@rumtreiberin3050 what's funny about that
I also really liked this show, I was genuinely SHOOK when Kitty turned out to be queer! It genuinely threw me for a loop but also made me happy as a queer woman! I saw a lot of myself in Kitty and seeing her queerness not being used as a marketing strategy like so many other shows made me happy! Normally shows will HEAVILY advertise queerness in shows to draw their gay audience in but it was nice to be pleasantly surprised and see the MAIN CHARACTER go through something that resonates with me so deeply but not make it the ENTIRE story
Oh my gosh something I completely agree with. (I'm not gay or anything but I still loved the fact it wasn't a marketing strategy. like FINALLYY)
This was the most chaotic show ever in terms of "who likes who" it almost felt like satire.
you know what show you should watch next? miraculous
@@katakeleo shut up ! no that show will make u insane with the fucking love square , i still lie awake at night haunted by themm
@kayleechen3044 This... This is pure evil. Why would send this poor soul down the rabbit hole and absolute dumpster fire that is miraculous? Why😢
As a korean, the BIGGEST disappointment for me was the throwing away of the amazing premise of kitty wanting to go to korea to find out more about her mam and her mam's culture. Like, that would've been amazing! Seeing her experience Korean culture, find some of her mam's korean relatives and reconnect with her roots, and explore her identity as a half-korean. However, I feel like that was all thrown aside for the sake of the relationship aspect of the drama and kitty finding her bisexual identity, which fair enough, it's a romantic genre, but you can get that in any western set drama! Why go all the way to Korea, film in Korea, have Korean actors and actresses and schools, and yet basically no aspect of Korean culture except the one fan dance scene (which was also basically just a push in the romantic plot if anything between kitty and yuri). Like, I was just so disappointed because the massive potential was there, and yet I feel like they barely touched it for the sake of the romance, just putting in some random kpop songs and insert shots from time to time. Like I can see why people would still enjoy it regardless, because of the plot, but I just felt like its a plot that doesn't need Korea as a setting - I just feel like they used the setting of Korea as bait for kdrama viewers as you know everyone seems to be slapping the name 'Korean' on anything subtly 'oriental'. It was just frustrating for me to get so hopeful about seeing something new and refreshing and something perhaps me and other Koreans living outside of Korea like kitty could relate to, but have it crushed by a love square??
Also I've said this before but I was also hopeful to see the portrayal of korean relationships which aren't as sexual from teenage years, and much more sweet, romantic and pure. However.....? Though I guess I cant complain as obviously this is a western drama, but still it wouldve been interesting to see a western girl experience korean relationships.
Overall, I dont hate the show, there were some cute scenes, minho was cute, dae was cute, personally feel like it could've been cooler for kitty and yuri to be friends like their mams were, you like continue the legacy, but yeah. My personal opinion ^^
Aren't most k-dramas set in high school years pretty mild? I mean, there's a reason Nevertheless got a whole lot of attention because all of the sexual scenes. There's a lot of East Asian media that portrays both inoccent teenage and adult relationships, there's defninitely not a lack of those.
and it doesn’t help that the actress who plays kitty is a 1/4 Chinese and looks very white like they should have cast someone else no offence
@@jaouna In Nevertheless they were all college students and consenting adults so no they weren't portraying teenagers.
@@cheribitch5396 I mean the whole premise was supposed to be that her character is very white passing so her experience in Korea is just about the same as any other white American who visits the country.
agree with u 💯
part of her journey is self-discovery, so actually learning about her mom's family and Korean culture wouldve tied the whole story together better and make her a more well-grounded character
There were many tropes and the plot’s messy, but I feel like the show is pretty self-aware and it actually does make jokes about k dramas and teen shows. I really enjoyed it! I also liked how much Korean they spoke because it made it more real. I’m not Korean, but I do speak/understand another language, and the switch between Korean and English in the movie felt realistic (ie speak Korean when u wanna talk shade or when ur talking to another native speaker cuz it’s easier, vs speak English when ur talking to another non-Korean speaker)
Thought so too!!
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Yess!! My only issue was that they kept using korean as a "secret language" in front of a bunch of people while they were IN KOREA, like I'm pretty sure quite a few people are understanding your conversation rn lolol
Justice for Dae man. Honestly dude deserves better 💀
Nah he sucks
Yeah i really hated how they did him man. He was one of the best and kitty still fumbled him like bro
@@shinyanon7839no he wasn’t, he was boring as hell and he can’t communicate for shi. I don’t like kitty either but let’s not pretend Dae is a good character
@@necrosis6037 boring is subjective. but that doesn't make him a bad character. he was one of the only people with a visible decent morality and depth in the show. everyone else was just shallow and changed their minds about things too quickly. imo that just makes him more interesting than anyone there
sure boring but he had reasons he tried to communicate but kitty didn’t let him at all sure it wasn’t the best communication but cmon at the end of the day dude was trying to provide for his fam
the fact that Alex put the disclaimer/ text after the sapphic skit reads like "MOM SAID IM ALLOWED" and it is the cherry of top of that whole bit. love it
It was weird as hell but the characters felt like they had common sense and the whole show just felt like a satire on actual k dramas
Right? I loved it
xo kitty is cheesy in a way that makes you smile and roll your eyes with affection. it has its fair share of cringey moments, but i'm invested ngl and will be staying tuned for season 2
I saw kitty as a passionate and smart person in TATBILB , it's kinda out of character she didn't even prepared to learn korean before coming to korea. I would love to see a scene where her dad ask if she isn't worried about the language barrier and and she answers in decent korean.
Kitty was such a stand-out character in both the books and movie adaptations. They just had to ruin everything by reducing her to Lara Jean 2.0. Also, how in the world did she fall for the girl who stole her boyfriend? And it came out of nowhere too like what?
Literally
Agreed, it just came out of left field, with no warning whatsoever.
Day 2 asking pls do no good nick
She doesn't act like LJ at all though.
@@trinaqit didn't really, if you watch the car scene in the beginning you can sense what they were going to do. And people are acting like crushes dont come out of nowhere sometimes
As a bi woman, the whole wlw segment is EXTREMELY accurate, like how did you know Alex😂
7:13 Okay, I'm genuinely impressed by Alex's knowledge of Fruits Basket and Boys Over Flowers.
ikr. esp boys over flowers
My only problem with the show was not that it was trying to be so many things at the same time but actually,the fact they totally forgot Dae's families storyline (that stuff with his sister was pretty sweet)
Also,DAE & KITTY DATED FOR 4 YEARS?
The actress who plays Min Ho's mom is 42 in real life, so it makes sense that she can have a teenage son. Han Chae Yeong just doesn't age at all.
Yeah 100%.
Minho is 27 IRL and looks his age. So it still looks weird.
Min Ho is the most k-drama character in the whole show. It was obvious he likes Kitty. But the whole show low-key reminded me of Rebelde. Not the netflix reboot but the original mexican version. I really enjoyed Kitty's confidence. And of course and an older generation k-pop fan couldn't miss 2pm's Ok Taec-yeon cameo. Loved every bit of the show.
Lowkey is aave
Why Rebelde? You mean their actions without thinking about the consequences or the fact that they're so unstable when it comes about their love interests? I'd like to understand more about your thoughts on that. 😊
I'm bisexual and yes. it's funny that we always talk about how boys tend to miss obvious signs but then do it ourselves. and it's harder if you are into feminine women as feminine girls because you never want to disrespectfully assume that someone is gay solely because they complimented how your hair highlights go perfectly with your eyes with also matches that one blue flower on your dress in the 3rd quadrant. 🤣
this show was like if someone plucked dizzy from descendants and shoved her into an english dub kdrama
The first half was super boring, but the second half was a lot better. The characters were actually pretty interesting (outside of Kitty that is), which is surprising. I didn't think I would like it, but the plot with a secret child, a family with a fake appearance, etc. Was fun.
have you tried watching k-drama's? They usually have plots like that tho sometimes they overdo it a little
@@mmaantj Any good suggestions? I really enjoy romance shows (huge anime romance fan here), been wanting to start K-Dramas. I don't like anything sort of cheesy if that makes sense? I enjoy real characters, mainly why I enjoyed this show. It was characters/situations that really could happen in real life.
@@TheStarForge our beloved summer , hometown cha cha cha and twenty five twenty one are really good
@@txtarefurries4517 Thank you!
@@TheStarForge :)
Change my mind but this show is one of the better new teen dramas :) It's not overly sexualized, it's actually funny sometimes and the story had a lot of twists and turns and the representation was amazing! I really enjoyed it because I love LOVE cheesy rom com drama shows and this hit the spot.
Yes this! I loved that they weren't being over sexualised and it was genuinely funny. Plus how she was failing because she literally never studied lol
So true.
I appreciated that aspect too! The only moments that were a little sexualised were literally the sex dreams that are meant to be cringey and intense. It had enough of that stuff to feel realistic to the teen experience but not so much that it becomes gross and uncomfortable to watch.
12:18 this is exactly what t's like 😭also, love the girl in red albums in the background
9:51 I've had this exact thing said to me while getting dumped. It is not an endearing thing to hear. Trust me. Particularly not at 29 years old
7:52 was one of the funniest parts because my daughter watches so much miraculous ladybug that I know all the characters 💀
nah this show made me so mad. literally cannot believe kitty broke up with dae over yuri WHO HAD A GF ALREADY!!! i was caught so offguard when kitty started developing feelings for yuri. i just feel bad for dae 😭
I felt so bad for Dae too
And she resented Yuri but suddenly sees her being a DJ and is in love? Nah, that plot was so cheap
@@lunaoliveira7965 FR!! honestly was expecting the show to be cute and wholesome. ugh that show was not it 💀
@@lunaoliveira7965 fr like what the heck was that, so random
Literally same. I dropped the show after ep 8. Like the entire plot is so messy and nevertheless I'm rooting for Dae
XO Kitty is just an Americanized Kdrama and no one can tell me otherwise-
Makes sense
@dylanrodrigues I meant it as a joke, but yes
I think that’s exactly what they were planning on.
I mean yeah, Americans and Koreans worked on this show together
Idk, it feels more like nothingcanized. The plot is inspired by kpop but it doesn’t really represent anything imo
I binged the entire show in one evening and I honestly didn't expect it to be so good. I really liked the characters and the fact that they all had some sense in them lol
right??? xo, kitty was absolutely phenomenal.
Min-ho has my heart honestly. I was oddly attracted to his transformation from a dismissive and aloof individual to someone who genuinely cares for Kitty (although always cared for his friends) and reminded me of Taylor's song Enchanted.
Sang Heon Lee (the guy who plays the character and this is his debut series) effortlessly brings out the charm and appeal of Min Ho's tsundere nature, making him such a darling to me. I don't know about anyone else, but I genuinely fell in love with Min ho, one of the only fiction characters who grew up on me so easily. I cannot wait to see his character development and honestly, with the Easter eggs thrown around by Jenny Han as she is a fellow Swiftie, I hope it's Min-ho being the one for Kitty. Still, let's watch out, who knows?
But. But. Buttttt
SHL, I'm writing you an open love letter which I am on to ever since I finished the series and giving it to you fr, one day. This UA-cam comment section can hold me accountable for it, lmao.
Although they're trying to set up Kitty/Yuri for next season, I hope that Min Ho ends up with Kitty, since they have better chemistry, in my opinion.
Best opinion
Honestly i would love that she would be single again, but still gre as a person.
tbh im not a fan of min ho at all, i feel like the show would work fine without him.
@@RyloQy kitty and minho Are not siblings
Agree
The fact that they had Ok Taecyeon to say that Minho’s mom kept him warm or whatever makes me punch the air bc it’s so cringey and he’s actually a good actor like his performance in Vincenzo was so good
Same I couldn’t watch that scene with a straight face. Why did they give him such a corny line
i’ve never even watched this show but i lived him in vincenzo. they js reduced him to this shit? i’m so upset 😭
10:03 me and my first gf broke up over roblox
I was just innocently playing the horrific housing game and then I see she joined and then I read the news “We need to break up :(“ I was flabbergasted but not rlly cause I never expected it to last since we were 5th graders, so I typed “oh-“ “okay” because how tf am I supposed to take a break up while being chased by Thor while the floor of my house is sinking on my game, anyways she left and I continued playing like nothing happened because I needed to win the horrific housing game (and I did win)
at least you won……
edit: tmf fan?
@@charlii22 yes, im a tmf fan, and yes winning was definitely a positive
Does this show sound like an absolute car crash? Yes.
Does this show sound like something I'm gonna binge asap? Also yes 😂
I binged in one night. It was honestly enjoyable 💀💀
12:23 "Relax, I did the research!"
Lmao good one
I think that my only problem with the show is that in the movies, Kitty was always the sassy, my-way-or-the-highway kind of girl. While I get that people change over time and she grew up, I feel like that was one of the core parts of her personality and they just took that away from her in this show. It was almost like they just made her a mini LJ in my opinion. Kitty was always a realist who loves love, but I feel like in trying to capture that essence in this show, they just romanticized her love life too much to the point where it's like uhh... ur Kitty Covey right..? That's my opinion though, my only real problem with the show (ofc there were other silly things but that's part of the charm). Overall I still really enjoyed it though.
Though I agree with this, I do think that the way she was written in the show also kind of makes sense? We saw the part of kitty that you’re referring to when she’s much younger in the franchises. Changes come as you grow so although younger kitty is iconic, it makes sense that current kitty isn’t exactly like how she was
this is what i was saying. kitty was like that girl that knew herself and she was so sure of everything, and she seemed like a popular girl.
I mean as you get older you kinda get less sure of yourself, Kitty was still fairly secure (and she felt more confident to me than LJ, for example) but compared to younger her she was less confident.
Which makes sense, she’s far away from home and the only person she does know is Dae, but then she decides to embrace the journey
@@kmms4720 I agrée and it is something I definitely considered when forming my opinion of the show. When we originally saw her she was 11 and now she’s 16-17. I think that her confidence was one of the core parts of her personality though, and while it could be expressed in different, less extreme ways, I don’t think it would be as heavily eradicated as they portray it in the show. I remember relating a lot to kitty back even when the first movie came out. We both had very similar personalities and were about the same age. I’m 15-16 now, and while I may not be as blunt as I once was, and I definitely struggle with things in my own life (as does kitty), confidence has been a big part of my personality and that is a pretty difficult thing to change. While I think they should have portrayed kitty’s confidence and openness in a more mature, thoughtful way, I don’t like how they pretty much removed it from her personality. It seems like I’m watching a show about a girl different than Kitty Covey.
@@beta910 I guess, that does make sense. She definitely was more confident than LJ. But I feel that the version of Kitty we see in the show is unrealistically different. Even if kitty is struggling a lot (which she is from being far away from her family), she was the type of girl who always had her own agenda. She knew what she wanted, and while I get that this show is about her growing up and kind of losing everything she thought she new about herself and rebuilding that (coming-of-age type), I personally think that she’s the type of person that wants people to know exactly what she’s thinking, what she believes in, what she wants. She’s the type of girl to actively strive that. That’s not something that just goes away (I know from personal experience). I love kitty, I just think that they took away too much of the oomph in her.
7:01 Try to say that shit here irl anywhere in asia. Will probably end up in a fistfight. We dont usually appreciate such jokes here.
11:55 this is literally so accurate. the first thing a girl could say to me is "omg you're literally so beautiful. wanna go on a date or something?" and i would think she is just being nice bc that's lowkey also how straight girls talk to each other
No but for real why do some straight people appear more gay than us sometimes? 😂😂 two straight girls could be holding hands and kissing and yet no one bats an eye but bats an eye to me just if I say a compliment 😂😂😂😂
i honestly had so much fun with this show, i knew what i was getting into and they did the whole cheesy, k-drama parody thing in an enjoyable way. also seeing kitty’s actress all big now after rewatching the first movie made me feel nostalgic (but i find it hard to believe they long distance dated for 4 yrs that’s crazy)
Definitely, seeing Anna Cathcart grown up is so weird because I remember the first thing I ever saw her in was Odd Squad on PB kids, and now she got her own Netflix show. I also agree 4 years of long distance on a foundation of one family vacation feels like it should not have worked out
@@CaribbeanCitizen omg same i remember odd squad!! and yeah especially since they were both younger when that happened it’s very weird but oh well, their relationship was backed up by corny netflix reasoning so i let it slide while watching
11:37 This is scarily accurate, my friends and I say we want girlfriends all the time and then just don't do anything about it.
Dude! Mad props for knowing Fruits Basket and Boys Over Flowers!
FYI, Han Chae Young - the actress who played Minho's mom, is already 42, so she can totally pass as a teenager's mother
it was refreshing to see a teen character be a hormonal teen but also be kind and more mature than most!
kitty is so annoying and not at all that mature considering she's supposed to be a junior
@@zizi.am0r what was immature about kitty
@@sanskritibacchu the entire show??? 💀
@@tomriddleschild6256 elaborate
@@sanskritibacchu Didn't let Dae speak at all considering anything that had to do with their relationship, Jumped from person to person, Meddles into people's personal lives and affairs frequently, Often jumped to conclusions, Assumed that people would just instantly accept her pushy behavior. Stood on a lunch table and tried to have an embarrassing MC moment instead of accepting her punishment and getting expelled...and that's just on the top of my head.
They tried to follow the kdrama formula lol
and failed lol
That's sad
And it’s literally nothing like kdrama😭😭
I saw parts where they tried but overall it didn't really work, sadly. I think editing, writing, and directing have to be on the same page for that to properly happen.
@@mxm7647 and need to have better episodes but seems it won't happen ever and the whole series is corny imagine if it was different in Japan
I binged the whole season in one sitting and honestly it was a rollercoaster, since when does having a s*x dream about someone mean you actually have genuine feelings for them🤷🏽♀️ idk but it was just so strange to me, I almost got a whiplash with the way Kitty did a whole 360 on Dae,bro really did love her.
It as a mixture of a Disney channel show and kdrama with a ton of cringe moments but tbh I was hooked and I’m looking forward to a season two
It sure is
The sapphic women summary is so on point. the self doubt is real
It’s legally blonde all over again😭 3:51
11:44 THIS IS SO REAL LMFAOO
Let's be real we all stayed for Minho
But really this show was so much more interesting than to all the boys
I could care less for minho i stayed for yuri
all thanks to Jenny Han imo 😆
@@AshlynxisAshif it wasn't some romcom, I would be all over it for the Reese's/lesbians.
Reference is from a meme.
The show was crap. Especially comparing it to the TATBILB, it was far less interesting.
🗣🗣🗣
I had absolutely no hopes for this show and I ended up having a really good time. I love silly, low stakes shows like this, it's pretty cute
Loved your reaction! Literally you summed up how I felt about the show to a tea
I just wanted to know more about her actual mom and her story. That was my biggest disappointment, because I feel like that could have saved the show.
7:47 I’m crying „who are you“ 💀💀💀💀💀💀
this is apparently an unpopular opinion but i really enjoyed this show :) as a teenager it felt true to the experience
what experience do you live under XD
You’ve been through a long distance relation ship then flew to Sth korea wtithout speaking great korean, to meet your bf, find about yourself and what happened in your mom past during her teenage years ? find out you were also bi and ended up kick out of your dorm bc you lived with 3 guys and somehow you're back home ?
Your life is kinda messy special
@@liabstrait8306 ...okay, so i'll clarify what i meant lol. i'm not saying every plot point in the show is a common experience, but the messy feelings and "random" crushes and trying to find yourself in a new environment were all very familiar feelings to me. i say this especially because i've seen a lot of people complain about how "random" the crushes/love interests are when during high school, that's just how it is for a lot of people!
and to answer some of your questions:
-i have had a long distance relationship!
-i've had multiple friends fly out to study abroad in japan while not speaking great japanese
-i have discovered i was bi!
honestly, if you thought the show was too soap-y for your taste, that's great for you! i just wanted to comment because for me it resonated
edit: i commented before i finished the full video, but basically I was agreeing with what alex said at the end
@@l.36125 🦊 (this is not the record towards you this is directed towards people who for some reason think everyone has the same experience) oh wow how could you possibly relate to this dumb TV show about having Messi crushes and liking one person and then maybe going to another relationship and then maybe things not working out for you oh my God how could you possibly have such a similar experience because we're not all the same f****** person having the same experience oh my god wow impossible you must be a drone
@@l.36125 the fact that you had to explain that is what unsettles me
13:49 why is this bathroom background so puurty though
11:18 I don't how (maybe surgeries, healthy eating habits, maybe just very good genes or some combination of the formers) but she's probably in her 50s but looks like 20 years younger (the character, I mean, I don't know about the actress although I have seen this happen sometimes)
The show felt a lot like Legally Blonde and New Girl with some other drama sprinkled in. It was alright. I would be curious to see what they do with it if it gets a second season.
As someone who lived in Korea for a bit, I’ve found that Korean people can often have a bit of a one-sided perspective when it comes to cultural stuff. This is of course not true for all Koreans, but I found that many people I interacted with didn’t have much of an interest in understanding other cultures outside of broad strokes but would get upset if you didn’t put 110% into trying to nail down all of the aspect of Korean culture. That might have a lot to do with your observations towards the end of the video. (I want to make it clear that I don’t think this is true for only Korean people or for all Korean people, but it’s enough of a trend there to be notable.)
I get what you mean 😅 sort of
I've been living in Japan for 4 years now and I feel like a lot of people have that mentality as well. They don't really care to truly learn about other cultures beyond superficial stuff like food, but they really want you to fit in with Japanese culture as much as possible. Of course when you move to another country it's important to learn about/follow their traditions and customs, but I feel like the more "Japanese" you act the less of a burden you are in their eyes, since they don't have to accommodate to your cultural differences or perspective.
@@jfloww I've been living in Japan too for almost 3 years and I find that Japanese people tend to be quite lenient on foreigners. But honestly, as a foreigner living in their country, I also have zero expectation for people to show interest in my own culture or in any cultural differences I might have, because why should they? When I am the foreigner coming in to their own country? They are still in their country, they haven't left Japan and many of them don't really want to either, so why should they be accommodating my culture? Once they are the ones living abroad then that is the time when they should learn about and integrate themselves in the other culture they choose to live in. Granted I am half Japanese (born and raised elsewhere and still can't speak Japanese well at all, so culturally I am still a foreigner) so maybe that makes my perspective and experience a bit different. I have seen, however, that the Japanese people I have met while not being in Japan have accommodated themselves well in their respective countries. Then again these are more "open minded" Japanese that seem to despise living in Japan.
@@oqeufh the world is at a point where it is becoming increasingly more globalized, which means that the majority of people are going to come into contact with people who aren’t like them culturally at some point. I don’t see the cultural bubble the Japan has created for its citizens as a good thing. The fact that you can live your entire life in one country is not the problem, it’s not being exposed to other cultures that shows how ignorant Japanese people are about the rest of the world, because there is no reason for them not be as you said. I’m not suggesting that Japanese people have to move countries, I’m saying that they should respect the foreigners who are coming here, and our culture. Especially with South East Asian immigrants who come to Japan to work in hard labor, Japanese people just see them purely as a way to improve the economy or increase the birth rate. They see foreigners as an end to fixing Japan’s own problems, so they tolerate us. Cultural diversity is a two way street. I learn and interact with your culture, you learn and interact with mine. In Japan, only the first part occurs usually, with the excuse being “well you’re the one who moved to Japan, we didn’t ask you to come here, so why should we care about your background?” All that does is create resentment and cultural intolerance among the population towards diversity and change. Being an Asian, let alone a half Japanese person, definitely changes the perspective on how diversity in Japan truly is, because they automatically accept you due to the way you look. Japan is the most culturally familiar (and similar) with other Asian countries, and Asians make up the highest percentage of foreigners. They accept and engage with other Asian cultures more actively than others due to proximity. When they see an Asian in Japan, they’re less worried about cultural issues because they look similar and they probably speak Japanese. Asians are okay in their eyes because they don’t disrupt the social harmony by being different, they’re similar enough that they can pretend they’re Japanese.
@@jfloww Ones cultural background does not make the entire identity of a person. You can still respect someone without taking interest in their culture. I have friends from all over the world, many south East Asian friends too here in Japan and in other countries I’ve lived in, and to be honest, I am not interested in their culture, but that does not mean that I can’t be respectful towards them as people. They sometimes like to share their culture with me and I will gladly take in everything they tell me and vice versa. But that does not mean that I suddenly want to go on a deep dive on their entire culture, I know them as individuals and I respect them for who they are. I do agree that xenophobia is a problem in Japan and I do feel for those who suffer it, but it is impossible for people to know everything about the culture of everyone they meet. Me being disinterested on their culture does not mean that I am disinterested in them as people and this disinterest definitely does not create any resentment.
Racism and xenophobia comes from pure hatred, pre-judgement and generalisation towards a group of people. As someone that grew up as the Asian in Europe and never really fitting in to anywhere and now is the European in Japan that also does not fit in here at all, you end up learning by force that your culture really is only a small fraction of what makes you you and what makes any other person. I’m very grateful to have people in my life that accept me for me and that’s really all I ask for. What you’re feeling as the “outsider” is the way me and plenty of other mixed people feel all the time everywhere they go, so count yourself lucky that you can always go back home and feel like one of your own if you ever so desire.
THE SAPPHIC SKIT IM CRYING THAT WAS HILARIOUS
The show kinda felt like a haphazard attempt by netflix to capitalise of korean popularity in the west and i feel like if it wasn't for this constantly in the back of my mind i might have been able to enjoy it for what it was. And predicting every plot twist by episode 1 was a huge ego boost for me lol
I almost spilled all my water at 5:37 with the "bunking with bts" lmao
5:36 ?
6:26 Fun fact: the actress that plays Minho's mom, Han Chaeyoung, was in Boys Over Flowers as the second lead guy's first love
At 1:03 Dae says “my reception is so bad here” and I don’t know much but I thought KOREA HAD AMAZING INTERNET SPEEDS - so why would his reception be bad?!?!?!?! Wtf
5:32 I'm cackling!! This video deserves all the likes just for that part alone LMAO