Cheese In The Trap Tập 3 - Books By Soon Kki (Author Of Bẫy Tình Yêu

The reason becomes clear when we see Seol’s team, which includes bossy sunbae Sang-chul, who’s eager lớn foist things off on her. The other members are just as happy to name her leader.

Seol leaves class preoccupied by Jung’s chilly reception, telling herself everything should be settled, since she apologized và he acknowledged it. Recalling his words about Seol being like everyone else, she thinks, “Was he expecting me to be different from other people? Why me?”

She has lunch with hoobae Ah-young, who describes how strange things got after Seol left them—Jung got silent và withdrawn, and she’d felt for the first time that he was cold and scary. Ah-young shares her hunch that Jung likes Seol, explaining that his demeanor changed after she’d mentioned Seol’s blind date. Seol immediately laughs off the thought, but Ah-young is pretty sure she read him accurately as jealous and angry.

Seol can’t shake off the thought, even as she tells herself it’s ridiculous. Her buddies Bora and Eun-taek assume her mood is directed at them because they pushed her into the blind date, and while she is annoyed about that, it’s not as bad as they’d feared.

Seol explains about losing her phone & uses Bora’s phone to call her own, then heads over right away to lớn meet the person who answers—In-ho, who insists she join him at dinner before handing it over. He makes her spit-take by asking point-blank if she’s dating Jung, but her reaction confirms that as a no, và he supposes she’s not Jung’s type anyway, calling her hairstyle “dog hair” & her bangs “pig tails.”

But when Seol asks what In-ho’s relationship is with Jung, he has to think and can only reply, “I don’t know.”

In-ho sticks her with the hefty dinner bill (adding that she owes him two more meals) before returning her phone, then comments that her glare hardly seems like a grateful enough response. He throws in an extra tip: “Be careful of Yoo Jung. He’s not all he seems.”

As she walks trang chủ deep in thought, Seol is mulls over how In-ho knows Jung well enough lớn say that about him. She makes a frustrated sound, & it’s only now that she and In-ho become aware of each other—she’s been trailing behind him all this time. She asks in surprise if he’s been following her, while he points out who’s in front and who’s behind.

He guesses she lives on the same street, and she lies và hurries off in the opposite direction. She sneaks into her room, not thrilled to lớn be living nearby the guy who seems determined to lớn weasel more money out of her, & is further alarmed when he texts her: “See you again, Dog Hair.”

The next day, Seol meets with her group for the class project, and already it looks lượt thích she’ll be doing more work than she should: sunbae Sang-chul is hungover and half-asleep, another classmate asks Seol to lớn reduce her workload, và mousy Min-soo doesn’t even know where to start with the research.

A group of sunbaes walks in, not realizing a group was already in there, & their leader, Do-hyun, introduces himself lớn Seol. Jung is with them & continues ignoring Seol và her offer to lớn give up the room soon.

Jung offers to bởi vì much of the preparation work for his own team, and his sunbaes appreciate having their time freed. Do-hyun expresses his interest in Seol, saying that mã sản phẩm student types lượt thích her can have a really hot hidden side. Spoken lượt thích a true douchebag.

Jung remains silent despite being bothered by the leering, & his other teammate comments that Seol và Jung are actually very alike, busy taking care of other people khổng lồ their own detriment. Jung is one thing, he says, but how is Seol going lớn manage Sang-chul, knowing his personality?

As expected, Sang-chul wastes no time trying lớn get out of doing his work, telling Seol she’ll get an A if she does more. The rest of the team is no better, & Seol finds herself moaning, “Why am I doing everything?!”

Then everybody flakes on their team meeting, hitting her up with excuses. Sang-chul even posts pictures of himself drinking with his buddies, which sends Seol charging over lớn the nearby bar.

Sang-chul is infuriatingly flippant about missing the meeting, while Douchey Do-hyun sizes her up and insists she stay for a drink. Sang-chul goads her with soju, offering to work extra hard if she drinks it up. Fuming, she grabs the glass and chugs it down.

Jung is working on his project when he realizes he và Douchey Do-hyun have mixed up their papers. Upon calling, he hears the guys chanting in the background for Seol to lớn drink, & offers lớn go khổng lồ Do-hyun lớn exchange papers. He acts indifferent to news of Seol being there, but can’t hide his unease when his friend calls it a “dangerous” situation for her—Do-hyun has a reputation of getting girls drunk & taking them khổng lồ motels. Jung heads out in a hurry.

At the bar, Seol is pretty drunk and Do-hyun eyes her lecherously, waiting khổng lồ make his move. When she gets up lớn leave, he offers to lớn take her home—just as Jung arrives và volunteers himself for the errand instead.

He holds her firmly by the arms và leads her away, berating her for not being able to lớn say no and not taking care of herself. She’s more bewildered than anything by his behavior, unable lớn protest as he pushes her into a cab & pays the driver. He sends her off with the warning to lớn come to her senses.

Do-hyun confronts him outside, peeved at the cock-blocking, not to mention the follow-up lecture. But when Do-hyun starts to lớn challenge him, Jung gets steely, making a veiled threat to ruin the internship Do-hyun has lined up. Do-hyun asks if this is because of Seol, và Jung merely replies, “It makes me sick to lớn watch. If you’ve understood me, you’d better be careful—unless you want khổng lồ spend your whole life an unemployed loafer.”

Do-hyun’s the bigger asshole, but Jung… there’s real menace behind those words, and what’s scarier, a sense of power. Do-hyun gets the message.

Seol makes it back trang chủ and stumbles into bed, where she mumbles sleepily, “Come to my senses? What did I even do?”

At school the next day, Seol rushes for the closing elevator and barely makes it, only to lớn make eye contact with Jung inside. Instead of getting on, she quietly turns & walks away.

Jung receives a hotline from his father the chairman, who then also calls In-ho. Dad addresses In-ho warmly, wanting khổng lồ see him after so long, và despite In-ho’s reluctance khổng lồ go, he agrees to lớn drop by the house to lớn see him.

In-ho & noona In-ha arrive at the mansion just moments before Jung pulls up in his car, và the air is immediately tense between the boys. In-ha grabs each boy by the arm, talking brightly, but they both shake her off và head inside separately.

They keep up appearances for the sake of Chairman Yoo, who looks fondly on the siblings and is pleased khổng lồ have In-ho back in the fold. He offers his help khổng lồ the siblings and encourages Jung to do the same, and In-ha chatters about how she’d love living with the Yoos forever. (In-ho hisses at her to lớn shut it.)

Chairman Yoo speaks to lớn In-ho individually, telling him he understands why In-ho would feel upset, & encourages him to lớn forget the past và start up with piano. In-ho tells him, “I have no interest in the piano anymore, so you don’t have khổng lồ worry about me.”

He says he’s young & can figure out what to vì chưng with his life, và is grateful that the chairman took care of him all this while. He politely but firmly declines the chairman’s offer of assistance, says he was happy khổng lồ see him again, and excuses himself.

Even so, he can’t stop himself from pausing at the sight of the piano on his way out the door.

In-ha is pretty shameless about her place in this family, & isn’t fazed when Jung asks how long she’s going to lớn mooch off his family, which can’t happen forever. She fires back, “This is all I can do—do you think I’ll quit? If you don’t lượt thích it, you should treat me well. If you just vì chưng that, everyone will be more comfortable.”

In-ha takes off in a xe taxi alone, stranding her brother at the house. Jung scoffs at In-ho showing up when he acted like he’d never see them again, and In-ho retorts that his father seems khổng lồ feel differently from Jung: “After his well-to-do son ruined someone’s life, he must be feeling sorry.”

Jung replies, “It’s someone else’s fault through and through, is it? & it’s Father’s fault for saving you two from that terrible place. & your hand being messed up is my fault. But if you really want lớn blame somebody, shouldn’t it be you, who disappeared when I offered to pay for rehab?”

That makes In-ho angrier: “Rehab? You can even say that word lớn me?” Jung’s cold response inflames him more, & In-ho launches himself at Jung’s car, kicking off the side mirror.

He asks how Jung dares khổng lồ look down on others: “Do you think everything will happen in this world the way you want it?!” Is it such cause for anger and outrage that some pitiable kids took a bit of food they were given? He goads Jung to lớn hit him: “Don’t manipulate people from the back lượt thích a coward and hit me now, you bastard.”

Jung kicks him in the shin, calls it payment for the car, & drives off coolly, ignoring In-ho shouting furiously after him.

Seol’s team doesn’t turn in their parts or respond khổng lồ her messages, with only one night before their group presentation. She gives up with a sigh, figuring they can all fail together… for all of two seconds, before she turns back to lớn the project, telling herself that anger won’t vày anything when it’s the grade she needs. She resigns herself lớn just doing it all herself.

She stays up all night, slaving away, và even prepares her team’s parts of the presentation. She’s peeved but gives them their parts, and when the presentations begin, she finds them all promising for being messy và flawed—maybe their group isn’t tanked, then.

Jung does leads his team in a professional presentation that earns applause and awe, but Seol feels optimistic about her chances of an A as they take their places to start.

But it quickly becomes clear that her team has no idea what they’re presenting, and the professor easily figures out that the team didn’t vày the work. She asks each thành viên questions, and Seol’s the only one who knows any answers. So while the professor deems the report well-done, she reminds everyone of the team nature of the assignment—and gives them each D’s và the designation as the worst team project in her class’s history.

As soon as class is over, her team starts in with the half-assed apologies và pointy fingers at each other. Seol sits there silently fuming, và when she sees that her teammate wrote her individual project—despite being too “sick” to vì chưng the team work—that just makes her angrier.

She appeals lớn the professor, saying she worked really hard on the assignment. The professor recognizes her solo efforts, but adds, “Don’t you know that’s the biggest problem?” She says that Seol probably things she’s very hard-working, and figured that nobody would work hard and gave up và did everything herself. But the real world isn’t lượt thích that, và her business major hinges on communication.

She’s in a deep funk afterward when Bora and Eun-taek find her, chattering on about their vacation plans. Seol tells Bora khổng lồ pick whatever she wants, và when Bora keeps talking, she snaps at her before explaining about her grade & scholarship woes. Bora’s hurt, though, & doesn’t let her off the hook, saying that Seol always keeps everything bottled up inside and never says what she’s really thinking.

Feelings hurt on both sides, the girls head off in opposite directions, và Seol trudges on with heavy heart. Jung watches her walk by, looking sympathetic for once, & calls out to lớn her. But she doesn’t hear or register him, just listening lớn music as she walks on. (Background tuy vậy sings, “I haven’t been able lớn say it yet / When I see you, I act like nothing’s happened / lượt thích I have no interest / that’s how I’ve been.”)

So Jung follows on foot as she walks through town, keeping his distance. I’m not sure whether he’d approach her, but he doesn’t get the chance because In-ho spots her in the street and joins her, and Jung stops in his tracks. He just watches, growing smaller in the distance as In-ho walks Seol home, asking if something’s wrong.

Seol starts lớn ask a question, but only asks it in her head: “Everybody tells me I’ve been living wrong. But what am I supposed to vì chưng in times like this?”

In-ho holds up a cold drink lớn her forehead, telling her khổng lồ cool her head và let sweets help with the gloom. For what it’s worth, it appears In-ho does lift Seol’s spirits, and she manages a smile.

Jung stares, alone in the distance. I’m sure I’ll love you later, or even very soon, but: Serves you right.

Jung comes khổng lồ a decision & calls his father lớn suggest helping the Baek siblings become self-sufficient, rather than just giving them aid. To that end, he proposes getting In-ha a job at the company, and his father is pleased at Jung’s show of interest in them.

Jung calls In-ha about it, but she scoffs at the idea of taking a class to lớn get the requisite certificate. While she’s whining his ear off, he just tells her warningly, “Listen up, Baek In-ha. This is your last chance.” He hangs up without checking or caring that she’s heard.

He settles back with a sigh, saying, “Yeah, this is the right way. There are too many things that went wrong.”

Seol blinks back tears and mulls over her professors’ words, thinking of her busy life working multiple part-time jobs: “I had no chance to even look to lớn the side. Lớn keep from falling, I had khổng lồ keep my gaze looking forward, và thought that I worked harder than anybody.” Her professor had said she thought she worked harder than her team, & Seol asks herself, “What was it that went wrong? If everything wasn’t other people’s fault, but a problem with me…”

At school, she has an awkward moment when she runs into Bora, who wishes her well on her exam politely, but leaves without anything further. Seol wonders where she has to start in straightening everything out, feeling adrift, not knowing what she can do.

She stops by the vending machine & inserts a coin, then fumbles to lớn find another one. Another hand beats her khổng lồ it, dropping a coin into the slot for her, and she realizes, “What I can do… is doing right now what needs to be done.”

She turns khổng lồ see Jung walking away, and calls out to him. His eyes widen in surprise, & he turns back.

They head outside to talk, & she starts by bowing & apologizing for springing that set-up date on him. “But I hope you won’t misunderstand. I didn’t spend time with you because of Ah-young. After growing closer with you, I thought you were a good person, & that’s why I introduced you two.”

He looks softer today, & surprises her by apologizing too. “To be honest, I acted like a kid & it embarrassed me and felt frustrating.” Seol wonders internally what would have frustrated him, while he smiles và suggests that they forget anything that made them feel bad about each other, và she agrees.

Then she asks him to dinner tonight, promising to buy something really proper and expensive. He asks how much, and she tells him lớn pick what he wants.

Which leads them to… more triangle kimbap. Aw, that’s super adorable. This time, he figures out the knack of opening the package & is proud of himself for it, admitting he practiced “a lot.”

He walks her trang chủ that night, and catches her looking at him. He asks why, and she says she’s glad they made up, because it was really uncomfortable being on the outs. Jung admits that he felt the same, & when she says it didn’t seem lượt thích he did, he says, “I acted lượt thích I didn’t.”

She recalls In-ho’s warning about Jung và asks if he knows the guy. He doesn’t explain, but warns her against talking to lớn him & says she should just ignore him, making Seol think there’s more, but that she ought not ask.

Jung notes that it’s a dark và potentially dangerous neighborhood, và offers khổng lồ walk her home from now on. She assures him that it’s fine & makes it to her front door, thanking him for walking her home. But he just stares at her intently, not saying anything, và makes her uneasy.

Then he reaches out lớn take her wrist to lớn keep her from leaving. He asks, “Seol-ah. Want khổng lồ date?”

COMMENTS

Wow, that happened a lot faster than I was expecting, but that’s not a complaint. In fact, it’s something of a relief, because when it’s clear the characters are feeling something, and starting lớn clue into it themselves, it can be frustrating lớn wait forever for a drama to vì anything about it. We knew right off the bat that these two were going to date—not just because this is a romance drama và duh, but because the webtoon mô tả tìm kiếm pretty much introduces the two as a couple. & apparently there’s plenty of story material to feed the plot after they become a couple, so I’m only too happy khổng lồ get there quickly & explore what happens next.

(Speaking of the webtoon, it’s only natural that fans of the source material would come into the show with that background và want to compare it lớn the new version, but my policy is always lớn discuss the material at hand, not the stuff that exists outside this drama’s inner world. So I’m pretty much ignoring anything outside of the drama at this point, và while I won’t tell anybody else to vày the same, I will ask that we keep most of the discussions lớn the drama itself. I apologize và thank you in advance!)

I’m pleased with the development of this drama, which I wasn’t sure would live up to its hype—how could it, when the hype was astronomical? But what this drama has done right is in somehow finding its voice and sticking khổng lồ it without getting stuck in the trap of trying to lớn cater lớn what they think the audience wants. Of course it’s important to lớn be in tune with your viewership, otherwise you risk alienating them entirely, but there’s a fine line between going too far in either direction. Và I feel safe in putting my faith in the show to continue, knowing that they’ve already written up khổng lồ Episode 14 and will be wrapping filming soon—the show already knows what it is, & won’t be deviating too far from that.

What I was struck with most in today’s episode was actually less the romance and more its coming-of-age sentiment, with its suggestion of an emotional journey for our heroine. The episode did contain some rewindable relationship moments and I’m definitely all about the romantic build-ups, but it’s nice to think that the drama’s heart is about more than a love story. Coupled with the drama’s sense of melancholy and wistfulness (a directorial touch I particularly appreciate), we’re looking at a more introspective kind of rom-com, which is refreshing.

As for the characters, I was so all set khổng lồ feel the sting of Second Lead Syndrome—and pleasantly surprised at Seo Kang-joon stepping it up for this role, because, um, he hasn’t always been this engaging—because when you present me with a wounded wild spirit and a repressed, potentially sociopathic one (okay, Jung’s probably not a sociopath… but I’m only 95% sure of that. Maybe 90%), it’s not hard khổng lồ feel pangs of empathy for the lost boy.

After all, even with my brain jumping through mental hoops khổng lồ explain (or excuse) Jung’s behavior, he did tick me off with his cold dismissal of Seol và immediate shut-down. I could offer up any number of explanations for it, like maybe he was too hurt, or maybe he felt like his rare attempt lớn put himself out there got trampled, or maybe oppa just didn’t mean it, okay? But at the end of the day he was exactly as In-ho described, all high và mighty và sneering down at people less fortunate that him—it’s almost lượt thích he considers himself in his fortunate position through pure merit & not, say, tremendous amounts of privilege and luck. So that’s a little infuriating, no?

But then he turned it around, admitted he was being childish, apologized for his behavior, and made it up lớn Seol with triangle kimbap! Dramaland is full of supercilious heroes who can’t cop lớn their mistakes that readily, so points for that. And it warmed my heart that he matched his desires to lớn Seol, for a few reasons: One, it grates my nerves when rich heroes treat poor heroines khổng lồ finery without batting an eye, as though they’re “elevating” her somehow, & two, because it shows him making an effort through an kích hoạt that doesn’t fall back on his privilege and gobs & gobs of money. I mean, sure she can enjoy the gobs and gobs of money… eventually… down the line when they’ve both done the work of meeting each other and showing understanding for each other. That can be the icing on the Cheese cake. (Badum-ching!) (I apologize for nothing.)

The drama adaptation of Cheese in the Trap last 2016 has been met with so much love in the beginning as it explains the complicated relationship of college students, including the difficult relation that blossomed between the leads Hong Seol and Yoo Jung due lớn prejudices & misunderstandings during the early stages of them being acquaintances in college.

However, the drama was also accompanied with many controversies as it came to lớn an mở cửa end, with some loose ties and a very vague conclusion in which Yoo Jung decided to lớn leave Hong Seol. She had to lớn wait for him khổng lồ respond to her emails that he continuously ignored. The drama ends with them unknowingly passing by each other at the pedestrian và Yoo Jung finally responding to lớn one of her emails, giving hope khổng lồ viewers that somehow there is this chance that their story really continues even if the drama is over.

On the other hand, the movie adaptation of Cheese in the Trap in 2017 has shown a gaping difference in comparison to lớn the TV drama.

Far from how the series attacked the story, which is much lighter with bits và pieces of comedy in between và a totally compelling character development while concocting a gushing college romance between Seol và Jung, the movie has shown a rather much dangerous setting for the characters who were college students that were faced with much more serious problems like a psychopath stalker, Oh Young Gun, & the red brick guy who victimizes Seol in one of the scenes on the latter part of the story where they rode the elevator together.

Gone were the typical college student issues were they just thought about how to finish a group project when everyone’s just interested. Gone was the issue about friends who only get close because of Jung’s money. Or the worries that Seol has as she struggled khổng lồ juggle her studies with her part-time jobs & her piling up bills. Or the outstanding issue with Jung’s relationship towards In Ho or In Ha or even his father. Or Seol’s selflessness being taken the wrong way that most people took her for granted, just like how her parents did. Yes, there were bits and pieces of those, but they were mere glimpses of the much personal struggles of each of them that made their character development in the series sweeter và steadier in progress.

Those things made them endearing in the tv adaptation, but I cannot say the same for the movie since character development was almost nonexistent. I felt too that instead of an introverted personality, Seol seemed more of a pushover here. Seol in the series was more thoughtful và thorough even though she was awkward with almost everyone, she looks, feels and sounds lượt thích it. Her insecurities & her struggles in the series were all real, even her struggles with her relationship with Jung later in the drama seemed real since she wasn’t the most confident with her looks. I can say the same thing for her, since Kim Go Eun definitely fit the mô tả tìm kiếm of Seol in the webtoon. Seol was average in looks, her hair looks lượt thích ‘dog’s fur’ as Baek In Ho termed it & her main strength definitely didn’t come from good looks but hard work & her genuine care for others.

In fact, I feel like it isn’t just Hong Seol’s character that is compromised. I think all of the characters hasn’t been much explained in the movie and we can attribute this to the time constraint. I mean, a two-hour run in the film is a far cry from what a full series can bởi to slowly but surely introduce the characters and build up their personalities. It’s understandable but definitely not forgivable. Because they totally ruined my movie experience. It would have been nice if character progression remained evident even if the plot had gone a much more serious và darker route.

Let’s give more examples to lớn this. Say for one, Yoo Jung may have been a hard nut to lớn crack with a dark aura surrounding him, but at least the drama was able to explain in its latter half how it boils down khổng lồ his passive-aggressive personality. Jung clearly has anger issues and the subtle reactions and gestures Seol notices on him when he interacts with others were the tiny giveaways throughout the drama to uncover his true personality. It just so happen Jung has good control of his emotions. He’s good at suppressing them. None of that was explored in the movie, which is sad, because we’re only shown a guy with psychopatic tendencies. Jung is more cryptic in the film & its hard khổng lồ understand how he’s able lớn overcome this, especially with the story progression. Seol may have contributed in his change but everything just feels so abrupt in the movie.

We also have Jang Bo Ra & Kwon Eun Taek, whose characters barely shined. Sandara Park’s portrayal of Bo Ra is a sight khổng lồ see despite her short screen time. I truly wished though her relationship with Eun Taek was made clearer.

Then there’s also Baek In Ho & Baek In Ha. These two played a major role in adding twists khổng lồ Seol & Jung’s lives in the drama, but I feel like In Ho’s character hasn’t been given enough justice in the film. Yes, there is also a backstory between him và Jung–of what happened in their past–but it’s as much a blur as almost everything in the movie. Baek In Ha, too. Her personality seems crude–and did I mention batshit crazy?–but she fails khổng lồ stick to her character the moment she got back her credit card from Jung và her presence just fades away after that.

I had so much expectation for the film because of how good the series was minus the vague ending, but it was flushed down the drain as soon as trăng tròn minutes into the film. I mean, given that it has skipped the introductions và gone straight past the first arc of Seol và Jung’s relationship, I had given it so much benefit of the doubt, but it still failed to get a good grasp of my attention. I would have skipped some parts but I wanted to lớn see how different and how also similar it was to the series & I’m still amazed at how awfully different và bad it was.

There was nothing that could have made me want to lớn stay và watch it other than the fact that I found the last 10 minutes its saving grace while showing how Jung came to like Seol & his last line that he was practicing in front of a sick và sleeping Seol, which says ‘Seol will you go out with me?’, that is more lượt thích a promise that made everything a bit sweeter. Seems khổng lồ me that this is the only satisfying thing about this movie. Ironically, it’s much better where the drama adaptation lacked & it strikingly failed at what the drama was able to lớn do.

More so, though there are parts that had pleased me, I feel like the characters lacked the chemistry that the original cast had. It had seemed lớn me that the story only lived because of the plot và not because the characters’ emotions were driving it lớn flow.

Additionally, I felt like it was too much that despite the original storyline focusing more on Seol & Jung’s romance và their relationship with the people around them, that at some point in the middle to over of the film, it suddenly became a thriller with some chasing and brawls và dark alleys. I felt like that was way to go overboard và though it’s a change I think it’s unwarranted for what was originally a romance centered youth story.

I vì chưng want to say something nice lớn the film but I feel lượt thích there’s more khổng lồ judge than to lớn praise as everything passed like a blur, with little to no way of figuring out how the story flowed especially with the poor editing and the hasty pace & the dizzying storytelling in this version. I don’t know. Everything’s just half-baked I hardly got a grip of what was happening & couldn’t connect with any of their emotions.

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I’m not sure if it’s because I had watched the series and even read the webtoon & found great similarities between the two than this film that I am quite disappointed with this version, but it’s how I feel. Grading this I think giving it a 2.1 out of 5 is fair enough.