dodosolsollalasol

this drama got outshined since it was premiering a little bit behind of start up. plus the story was not as grand as start up, so that's i don't hear much about it. anyway, i got interested since life has been depressing, so i didn't want to watch something so serious or dreary, though sweet home has been a hit lately. i opt for a light romantic comedy to help me cheer up. plus i had piano lesson for about 20 years as well, so when i watched the first episode, i totally understand the main character reason to end her music career. 

title: dodosolsollalasol

cast: go a ra, lee jae wook, kim joo hun

genre: romantic comedy, family drama

this is a life story of go rara (go a ra), the only daughter of go man su (um hyo sup) and heiress of rara cosmetic. growing up, his father thought that rara is a piano genius, but she wasn't. but her father is rich, so he gave rara the best piano teacher and got her into a music college. she thought once she graduated, she would be done with piano. and that day came. she graduated. on her graduation day, she played a piece from mozart, "12 variation of twinkle twinkle little star". she didn't know that on that day, there were 3 people watching her and got amused by her performance.

her father thought it was time for her to get married, so she did. unfortunately, on her wedding day, several things went wrong. her father business was apparently has gone bad without her knowing, and on her wedding day, her father business deal fell through and that news made him got heart attack and soon died. rara was waiting to walk to the altar, when sunwoo jun (lee jae wook) came in to bring her bouquet. he was involved in a traffic accident and the real bouquet bearer asked for his help, so he did. he was awestruck by rara and accidentally got nosebleed over rara's wedding dress. then her soon-mother in law heard about her father misfortune, and immediately ran away with her son/rara's future husband thus cancelling the wedding.

her bad news didn't end there. his father secretary told her that her house would be confiscated and so all of her things, so he told her to runaway with her car and gave her enough money for finding another lodging and so on. again, her bad fortune didn't end. she found and rented an apartment, but she got scammed, so she lost her apartment. she got nowhere to go, when she decided to reply a message in her byeolgram (aka stargram) from a username, dodosolsollalasol and went to eunpo. dodosolsollalasol told her that he/she was in eunpo so she went there to meet him/her. 

she then got into accident and accidentally hit jun's bike. both of them ended up in the hospital where cha eun sook (kim joo hun) worked as an orthopedic surgeon. apparently, dr. cha was a friend of rara former future husband, but he didn't get along with him so dr. cha didn't tell anything about rara to him. since rara got broke, both hers and her dog's hospital bill was taken care by jun. she got nowhere to go and was about to live with jun, when jin ha young (shin eun soo) stepped in. she told her mother, jin sook kyeong (ye ji won) to accept rara in their house so they wouldn't live together as ha young had crush on jun. rara remembered jun was the one that deliver her wedding bouquet, and jun told her that they were the same age, so rara assumed they were the same age. 

soon after she was recovered, rara with the help of jun and a mysterious man who claimed to be dodosolsollalasol who sent her a piano, opened a piano academy at jun's place. it was in the same building as sook kyeong's hair salon. both jun and dr. cha listed themselves as students in the piano academy. and there were mr. kim man bok (lee soon jae), and old man who got into tears when he heard rara playing "the maiden's prayer", his wife's favorite song. mr. kim was their landlord and also decided to get piano lesson from rara so he could play his wife's favorite song. 

rara then found a piano genius, shin jae min (song min jae) and she was excited for him. she was planning to make jae min joined a piano competition so it could make her piano academy famous and she would get more students and made more money so she could pay back her debt to jun. unfortunately, there was a stalker in her piano academy and he hurt jae min. later he abducted rara because he thought rara was kind with her because she liked him. jun who knew about his place found them but go into fight with the stalker and accidentally hurt him, and that made him got arrested.

at the police station, everything changed. they found out that jun was a high schooler in his senior year, who helped mr.kim when he got heart attack, and mr.kim was the only one in eunpoo that knew jun's identity. apparently, jun was the heir of sunwoo foundation and his parents wanted him to be a doctor and inherited the foundation. but jun resisted because he thought he was the one at fault regarding his bestfriend's death. we also knew that jun's bestfriend was rara's fan, and both jun and rara have met at rara's graduation day. jun's mom forced him to come home before he got the chance to tell rara the truth. but he did with the help of ha young and lee seung gi (yong jong bin), ha young's childhood friend who secretly like ha young. rara then told jun to continue his study and kept in relationship with him. meanwhile rara was still searching for dodosolsollalasol, and she thought dr.cha was the one, but she was wrong again.

a bit funny thing in their relationship was after rara broke up with jun because she didn't want to interfere with jun's study, jun found out that rara was about to marry dr.cha. jun immediately stormed out to the church and ran away with rara, only to find out that it was just a gimmick. rara and dr.cha were forced to help seung gi and ha young with their wedding organizer business. but both realized they still have feelings for each other, so rara once again decided to get into LDR with jun.

when mr.kim got another heart attack, his son's planned to sell the building where lalaland (rara's piano academy) and mrs. jin's beauty salon were. dr.cha then came in and bought the building. later we found out that it was jun. jun told his mom to buy the building in return for jun changing his career choice, from mathematic (the career choice of kim ji hoon, jun's best friend) to medical. his mom then gave money to dr.cha to buy the building. things seemed to go well, but later jun found out that he had leukimia and decided to break up with rara, telling her that he was out of love, while the truth was he was going to US for treatment. when he couldn't come during christmas, his mother came and told rara that jun was dying, so rara assumed jun has died, and so the rest of eunpo. the whole eunpo's gang teamed up to cheer up rara. 5 years went by, and rara didn't forget about jun. magically, jun appeared at the end and turned out he didn't die. he just wanted to make sure he was healthy again before appearing in front of rara. and he was the dodosolsollalasol. rara found out about it when jun was about to go to the US. she remembered that they first met at the cafe named dodosolsollalasol, where jun paid for her juice. jun didn't get the chance to ask her number, and he couldn't tell his bestfriend that he liked rara too on rara graduation day. anyway.. the piano was given by mr. kim, but using jun's handler. other than that, everything was jun.

what i like:

- refreshing and light story, it's heartwarming watching another ladies group to cheer up your day. their speculation and their actions were cute. they helped rara at first even though they didn't know her well at that time. totally a family story. and how ha young and seung gi helped jun when they found out that they were the same age. they were cute. hahaha..

- good chemistry between the main actor and actress. 

- all supporting actors and actresses were good as well, though some might look weird, but probably because they were told to be weird.

- lots of classical music incorporated with the story.

what i don't like:

- rara was broke, but her fashion was still super extravaganza. i know she probably brought some of the clothes, but shouldn't that limit her fashion option at first? i never saw her repeat her clothing even though in her broke days.

- the turning plot for making jun suffer from leukimia and then both jun and his mother lied to rara about jun being dead. 5 years waiting was too cruel. if they would end up happy, why not after jun's graduated, then the story end? or when jun stole rara on her fake wedding day, it would good to just end there. no need to give heartbreaking story when at the end they would end up together again.

- again, another story about forcing heir/heiress to follow parents' path. jun's family was picturing the dictator/formal family for being rich, while rara one was warmer though both were born in rich family. and rara didn't have a mother, but she grew up with a lot of people that love her. and how money is important. rara former future mother in law broke up the wedding because her father broke and that made his promise to open a clinic for rara's former future husband gone. gee.. if rara former future husband was really capable, he should open a clinic himself. not depending on his mother to find him a rich bride.

- another love story of younger guy with older woman, though this time lee jae wook didn't end up with someone 13 years older than him. in real life, they were 8 years apart, and in the drama, they were 5 years apart. not bad. but still. he was still in high school when he kissed rara! if people were outraged with ji chang wook's kissing scene in backstreet rookie, why not complained about this drama as well? 

rating: 7.5/10

binge worthy: yes at first, but not at the end.

recommended for: someone who love classical music combined with romantic comedy/family story. fans of go ara and lee jae wook. don't mind watching another love story between an older woman and a younger guy.