Daytime Star

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If I were to describe this manhwa in one words, I would say 'unreal'. I cried at some points towards the end because their love, support and loyalty made me feel so much like I couldn't find them in this life! Oh this man..

While the story focused on Hwang Yura's character development and it was pretty good, I can't say the same for Kang Seunghyeon because he was always perfect.(shh) As we read the manhwa, we gradually read that Hwang Yura's character developed, healed her wounds and 'grew up' as a result of her partner's love and care. The side characters weren't that important to ... the story, they were used more to extend the story, so the spotlight was on these two throughout the manhwa. Although the story wasn't realistic, I think it was beautiful and natural. (Hwang Yura's sad and impressive past also made me think that way.)
And the drawings are perfect, vibrant and bright, making some scenes more impressive!

I recommend that you don't expect much from this manhwa, it doesn't have a very impressive or deeply written story. I can easily say that it has a story that appeals to young girls. You can read this to relax after a confusing and intense series.
*Footnote* You will slowly slide on the couch and make crazy sounds while reading. (experience) I can't remember the last time I laughed this much..

Daytime Star is your typical Cinderella story in modern Hallyuwood, shown in rose-tinted glasses for the perfect webtoon equivalent of your average opposites attract (SES edition) K-drama.

As a romance, this manhwa was meh. The story and characters for that matter, couldn't be more typical- but I do appreciate how the FL can stand up for herself every now and then. It's such a shame we couldn't get more of that because we need the ML to save her at every panel.

I would've easily rated this story a four because while I enjoy it, I already have had enough K-dramas where the rich and much ... more accomplished ML helps out the hopeful and sincere but gets the short end of the stick FL (bonus: it is never really explained why such an "extraordinary" ML fell in love with an average FL). What made this story fun for me though is how funny it was, at the most unexpected moments no less. I feel like the author wasn't really taking the story seriously when they were writing it and I like that, I like how they revert to caricatured chibis for dramatic effect. I especially like the deadpan ML chibi, I think it's what made the typical jealous scenes that I normally wouldn't find funny hilarious. I like how the characters' deliver the most unhinged lines from time to time too and then get embarrassed after. The cherry on top for me, a close second to the ML's chibi, is the actions the FL takes- which was honestly so embarrassing at times that it made me drop my phone and scream to my pillow to end my misery. What can I say? It's the comedic element of this story that really made me stick around through the end.

Of course, the more it neared the end- the less we got of it, but for what it's worth- I haven't read a romance with hints of comedy for so long and I am a sucker for rom-coms. While this didn't rom-COM the way I wanted it to, it rom-COMed enough for me to not feel like I've wasted my time bingeing 77 chapters. I also appreciate that the author didn't stretch out the serious moments for too long. Nonetheless, I don't think I've laughed so hard at a manhwa the way I did with this recently. Maybe my humor is shallow or my life is at extremely rock bottom that this is the thing that makes me laugh now, but I believe laughter is a difficult reaction to garner and if the story was able to do that for me on more than two occasions, then it's not a completely bad story.

This is a self-insert comic. And not a good one. Rather, this is on the level of telenovelas or Harlequin novels. I’m not being hyperbolic, that is exactly the level of content you can expect.

The story is about the protagonist’s actress career, but that’s secondary. The most important is that there are hunks, and that they are giving her attention. The plot is dime a dozen, the characters have no depth, it’s the usual “all important people are beautiful” writing, simply a land of fantasy that tries to pass of as real life. There's nothing about the characters that makes you say "wow, interesting, I ... wonder what will happen to them in the story, now I'm invested". Of course, nothing except "I do want to see more fanservice of those pretty people, damn".

There is just simply nothing interesting about this title unless you’re a middle aged woman in mood for some daydreaming. Sure, nothing wrong with that, but just because the comic fulfils this fantasy of yours doesn’t mean the comic is *good*.