Hi-Bye Mama (K-Drama Review)

Last Edited: May 3rd, 2020.

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Highly recommended!!! This is a major tearjerker and made me reflect my life and my outlook of it... This drama doesn't really have a villain in physical form and everyone was just a chess piece in god’s game... That’s what I feel about this drama, like death/fate was the antagonist and it rlly made me felt like shit knowing that nobody is at fault and yet nothing could be changed...

Fun Fact: The little girl in the drama was played by a little boy! Solid talents...

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Likes: 1. I loved every single character... yes there were flaws, there were bad decisions made but they were realistic. They feel like flesh and blood, like anyone around us. Their personalities, background etc were all clear and prominent. For example, the stepmom, she clearly invested alot into this family, taking care of seo woo’s daily life and trying hard to help her husband get over his traumas, giving all her love and effort into this family that is now hers even though it was tough because there was always gossips about her JUST BECAUSE SHE’S A STEPMOM and she never reaches the deepest part of her own husband and yet she choose to suffer in silence and loneliness out of love... All that words without full stop because I feel so much indigence for her... That’s all evident right from the first episode where she was so worried and upset when seo woo was trying to play with electric appliances and when her husband came home, she served dinner promptly and asked about his day... really 尽心尽力还给人讲 (tries her very best and still have shit thrown at her) kind... I legit thought she was going to a bitchy second female lead but really 打脸 (slap my own face).. If she was bitchier I wouldn't have been this sad tbh :(

2. Nobody is wrong in this situation and the characters + director rlly portrayed their 无奈 (helplessness) to the max... It wasn't yuri’s fault she was brought back alive... it wasn't ganghwa’s fault he remarried... it wasn't seo woo’s fault she loves her stepmom more...it wasn't yuri’s family fault that they missed her so much that it actually brought her back... most importantly it wasn't min jeong’s fault she married someone whose first wife wasn't a divorce but a death... they didn't want any of the bad things happen and it was unfair to blame ANY OF THEM it really made me felt helpless and 无奈 （cannot help) also I just keep crying every episode because there wasn't a solution where everyone could be happy or go back to their normal lives... I really can feel the characters desperation to blame someone at one point but they can't because they themselves also knew that nobody is at fault... IT WAS SO SAD AND REGRETFUL

3. I love the fact that they had a unusual happy ending... tbh I really would consider it a happy ending because things fell back into place before yuri was brought back to live... however, this time her daughter remembers her & knew that she was her biological mom... she managed to spend some time with seowoo to make up for her regrets... it was happy enough for me...it also wouldn't make sense if they just made the stepmom leave... what wrong did she do... she invested into this family also... It’s just so sad if the accident didn't happen but then again that’s the main point of the drama... there isn't so many what ifs in life

4. It made me reflect on whether I was grateful enough and whether I cherished every moment in my life enough... it even made me wonder if i made the people around me happy enough and whether I would want to come back to life and disrupt everyone’s new normal if I were dead... Deep thoughts.. deep thoughts...

5. This is only relatable if you have watched oh my ghostess bc the virgin ghost and seobinggo made a cameo in it HAHAH SO CUTE!!! It also hinted at the fact that this 2 dramas happened during the same time, with the same time line... so each of the ghost actually has their own stories... and things they cannot let go off even after death...

6. This cute ghost family that didnt wanna leave for reincarnation bc their son hasn't gotten married HAHA SO CUTE they died in an accident for over 10 years but just wanna stick by their son/brother... TT they ended getting into trouble with an exorcist because they were trying to protect yuri and seowoo TT they made me feel lighter in the midst of such a depressing drama 🥺🥺

Dislikes:

1. In the middle of the drama... it became a lil boring that I started skipping bits of it even though i watched majority crying. As this drama centres around 1 topic and that 1 topic was so depressing, every moment was building this emotion and even the build up was the same... they kept building it upon yuri’s love for her daughter, her husband and family so when they really show a lot and tried to show more I was just... I JUST RLLY WANNA KNOW THE ENDING I WAS SO DEPRESSED AND SAD ALR TT