Dear.M (2022)

20 somethings navigating university life and love.

Cute story about 20 somethings navigating university life and love. The mystery behind M in the synopsis is said to be at the center of the story along with the group doing an investigation to determine who it may be. This is not exactly how the series went. The mystery of M was sprinkled throughout the series but there was no investigation. However, the reveal of who M was in the end was a nice twist.

Though the series was entertaining, the monotony of university life could at times be boring. There wasn’t much drama. It was mainly focused on the students going to class, working on school projects and trying to get a romance off the ground or salvage it. I liked that the main couple were best friends before realizing they had romantic feelings for one another.

I also liked how the FL at first rejected the ML’s interest. Though they were best friends her fear of losing that friendship if they became romantic and things didn’t workout were valid. I did think the series spent too many episodes with the ML moping around after initially being rejected by the female lead, and almost took to much time for him to reveal his feelings for her.

Things that weren’t well fleshed out, the storyline about the ML being duped out of his savings. There was a scene or two before he was shown to have been scammed and that was it. I didn’t fully understand what happened there. Also, the story about the guy who came from a rich family who was trying to be an app developer due to pressure from his father. That story seemed mostly like filler with not much relevance to the overall story.

I liked that a character was featured who had diabetes. This type of thing is hardly seen in k-dramas as the protagonists are almost always perfect in every way with no health challenges.

I did think it was unrealistic that the interloper to the popular couple was so obsessed with them, hating the SFL high school. But after her planned to destroy the SFL and steal her boyfriend, she shrugged off her obsession. Based on what she’d already done I would’ve expected her to escalate her behavior and at least need some type of therapy before moving past her obsession.

This series had some rewatchable moments, mainly with the leads, but I don’t think the series as a whole would be something I’d rewatch. Still this was a descent series.

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Nostalgic and true to life scenarios!

The drama depicts alot of real-life scenarios and struggles of university students, from friendship, romantic relationships, and school life to parents/family's expectations. It gives a nostalgic vibe that you can immediately relate to. A mix of romance, heart-fluttering scenes, pain, struggles, and comedy. Sometimes, you just need to stay true to yourself and enjoy each chapter one page at a time.

I love how the ML and FL's friendship grows into a more mature and realistic meaning of True friends and love. The second and third lead's love stories are not far from the main lead's story. They capture the essence of the life of every college student.

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a cute stress relieve drama

this gave me the same energy as true beauty and extraordinary you. Just your classic school setting drama.
It's about the love life's of a group of friends and how they basically deal with school stress, money, rivalries and all that jazz.
I mainly started this because of Jaehyun from NCT and i honestly wasn't expecting it to be good but i loved it! and for his first time acting he was really good! also all the characters are also well portrayed and likeable! although i kinda figured out where everything was heading towards but then again i love cliche dramas and all the cutesy moments and i don't think anyone would be here if we didn't.

Overall it was a pretty cute cheesy drama!
So if you're looking for an in-between drama that you can layback and watch this is perfect!

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I'M IMPRESSED ?

Its been so long since I've watched a school kdrama and I just had to review this after I was done. Although it took me a bit longer to watch since I was busy I never thought abt dropping this at all. The acting is not the best but it is watchable and I didn't think it was that bad. Honestly I'm impressed since most of the actors in this are rookies. The story is kinda like love alarm but honestly much better. If u were someone who didnt like love alarm u would defo love this. Not to compare they are both good in their own ways.

...Okay this drama rlly got me emotional and its been so long since I got 1st lead syndrome. Yes U read that right. Its not rlly a spoiler since its obvious from the trailer but yh the fl likes the sl and the main lead is technically the second lead but dw its a happy ending. The second lead i'll not spoil much but he isn't as good as you might think he is. Lowkey writing this at like 12 am LOL but still gotta say GIVE THIS A CHANCE. Ik there is too many couples in this but they areall lovable in their own ways except for RO SA THAT BITCH. ?? I hated her from start to finish. The side casts all have equal screen time but i won't say they are boring. Mostly I would skip support characters but the ones i this drama are rlly interesting. Its like we get a glimpse of all of the casts lives but no one gets more screen time than the other IMO. It's well balanced which I must praise. Honestly deserves more than the rating at least an 8.6 but I'm giving it a 9 since I have a soft spot for the characters so I'm gonna ignore the flaws. Anyways i'm gonna go sleep now lmao ?

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If you like dramas about one-sided love, then this is for you!

First off, I just wanna point out that the poster is misleading. There are three characters who aren't on it and at least 2 of them should be. If they added these two/three actors/actresses with everyone looking in the right place or at the right person, you would have a basic understanding of the storyline as it first starts. Apparently, this series is about someone who likes someone who doesn't like them back.

I usually like to write a detailed synopsis about what this show so major spoilers ahead:

The storyline takes place in college. There are two main couples.

The first "couple", the main leads, are best friends, with a one-sided-love-triangle-trope. The guy likes the girl, who is his bestie, but the girl likes someone else who likes her back.

The second couple is the "Magnet Couple" or "Campus Couple". The girl in this relationship has a female "friend" that has a kind of stalker-ish one-sided love for her obviously taken boyfriend.

In total there are 9 characters, 4 guys and 5 girls. 3 of the guys including the ML and SML are roommates and 3 of the girls, FL and SFL, are roommates in the separated dorms. There are "what do the women think" and "what do the guys think" opinions of the same issues and problems.

Then there's the mysterious author of a post that starts off with "Dear M". This is a post confessing that some mysterious person likes someone in their Photography and Appreciation class. All of the above characters share this class so everyone is wondering who wrote this letter that was posted on one of the school's forums for everyone to read. Everyone is trying to guess who wrote the letter and who is "M". More letters follow after.

There are a few things that annoy me about this:
-The campus couple and their lack of communication. It's not that they don't talk, it's just that they don't share important need-to-know crap. There were a lot of red flags with the stalker friend, but SFL just pushes her suspicions aside and by the time she finally confronts the stalker friend, it's a bit too late.
-Also, the SFL falls into the "I'm going to do and say this to my boyfriend but I'm secretly hoping that my boyfriend won't listen or do what I say" scenario. Then she runs crying and whining to her friends when he actually just does what she says because dude is just a nice guy.
-The boyfriend, the second male lead, is played by Bae Hyeon Seong. While he's nice to look at because of course, he looks like BoGummy, most of the time he looks lost and sad. If it isn't his girlfriend, it's his studies. Every time I watch him, I think, "Poor guy... doesn't even know why he likes his girlfriend." Lol. He's still a good actor though just his character seems depressing every time he's not smiling.
-The FL, played by Park Hye Soo, looks like she belongs in high school or maybe even middle school. I'll be honest and say that I don't think she's a suitable FL. The way she acts all shy and naive is definitely out of place for a uni student. I get it she's experiencing first love vibes and all but it's the same kind of acting that keeps going on with her. Also, her kiss with her crush is while drunk and she barely remembers it the next day. Really?! That's the worst kind of 'first kiss' cliché.
-Another thing I really dislike is the FL lying and saying she likes this and that so it's the same likes as the guy she has a crush on. She managed to get inside information about him and used it to her advantage. So she pretends she's interested in everything he likes. Literally. WTF. Because of this, the career path she starts thinking of is the one that her crush says she would be good at. Go figure.
-The same goes with the stalker friend but her route about finding out more about her friend's boyfriend was more in a stalker-type way.
-There's a scam that's very obvious.

What I like:
-So far I love the acting of ML, Jaehyun and I really think that he's suited for this role.
-I love the bestie relationship and their story but more so with the ML and how he really knows his best friend and the way he takes care of her more than she does of him. She does like one major thing for him but that's really all I can r member. He does all these little trivial things for her and it's endearing even though she's oblivious.
-the Karaoke scene was very well done and I loved the beginning where it seems almost like they can't sing but then the duet comes and it's perfect. They pulled off the duet in a creative and interesting way. It's my fave scene so far that I rewatched that scene a few times already. I'm hoping Kdramas do more scenes like this. I hate it when they have an actor/actress who can sing but in a drama, they "fake" sing terribly.
-The storylines are interesting enough and so are the backstories of some characters
-The road trip scene with the lip balm was hilarious and the curse cafe was funny too.

All in all, this is holding my interest but when I really think of it, all the women are written poorly with more flaws than the guys. The women are either clueless, naive, b*tchy, stalker-y, or victims. Sigh. Right now I'm at Ep6 and I like the fact that they're dropping a lot of episodes at once. I can't rate too high as of yet but I'll update my review later if necessary.

Update:
I was glad that this series dropped 6 episodes in 2 parts at once because I don't know if I would've been excited each week to wait for new episodes. For me, it's started getting draggy. I fast-forwarded a few parts because it wasn't holding my interest.

I'll say that ML, Cha Min Ho played by Jaehyun, was probably the only character I was rooting for because I got irritated with everyone else. Everything ties up at the end and once that happened it wasn't like fireworks or cute "awwww" feelings. It was just so so. All of a sudden, the couples were just... boring. There is the standard, typical k-drama trope where the actresses always look surprised every time they're being kissed. (What's up with that btw? The guy goes in for a kiss and the girl is always surprised. Even the ones in relationships. It's always like watching a bunch of teenagers kissing for the first time.) There was a wedding dance that was so cheesy that it should've been cut out and as for the villain girl and guys, nothing much happened to them. The mystery of Dear. M was answered and left much to be desired. Everyone looks bored by the ending scene and it made me bored. Overall, it wasn't too bad but not great either. Jaehyun's acting was really great and gawd knows he's got that eye batting and longing looks down! I'll probably rewatch his singing and cute confession scenes.

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Fluffy, a bit anti-climatic and frustrating misunderstandings

July 12, 2022

Waw actor Jaehyun is finally hereeeeee. Yes, this review will contain major bias as I tried my best not to lower the review even more. Overall, the drama is adequate, I actually love the red hair and the psych major couple. They were the best couple of the three. I really think that they also gave spice and excitement to the overall blandness that the other two couples radiate. Jimin and Haneul's relationship was something that actually drove me insane to the point where I skip their misunderstanding scenes. Like it genuinely pained my brain on how petty it was. Like sure, I guess many relationships tend to fall into that area but to watch just DIDNT give me the interest that it should. As for our main couple, I only looked forward into Jaehyun's scenes, sure Hye soo's has her good things but the ep after 8 was just plain annoying. Like I am talking about her reaction and treatment of Jaehyun. Like the plain disregard and pushing his feelings and brushing them aside. I get it, it was something that she probably did not expect, but she DIDNT have to be that cruel to him.

That's that, I only watched it for Jaehyun and I stayed for our red hair and clean-freak psych major couple. As for the other two couples, they have some good scenes but some are heavily SKIPPABLE. Sorry, BUT RED HAIR AND PSYCH MAJOR COUPLE SUPREMACYYYYYYYYYY

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Gossip Girl Vibes

Again, I liked this story line. I feel like they really nailed the "Who is M?" thing without making it obnoxious or being too obvious about who it was.

I really liked the whole cast but the side couples, for me, were so much better than the main couple. I honestly started to get really irritated with the female lead. I know they write them to be naïve and to not pick up on things, but at a certain point it's super annoying.

Overall this was a fun watch. I liked that the mystery of "M" gave the story something other than just the typical friends to lovers or unrequited love triangle thing. I also like how the group came together.

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Uma brisa calma com algumas tempestades isoladas

Este drama é muito adorável. Não só a temática universitária me atraiu muito, mas a ideia central de um apaixonado misterioso foi simplesmente o que me fez querer ver até o final. Achei a história um tanto clichê em alguns aspectos, mas foi bem construída e os personagens são muito apaixonantes - mesmo sendo uns chatos em alguns quesitos.

É uma daquelas histórias para se assistir ocasionalmente, não é bem pra maratonar, e fiquei até surpresa quando vi o episódio final pois não esperava que já estivesse acabando. Fazem falta dramas mais água com açúcar como esse. Na minha opinião são os melhores.

A revelação do Dear M não foi tão surpreendente, mas adorei mesmo assim. Realmente era o único que me parecia apaixonado o suficiente mas não a ponto de confessar logo haha

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Jaehyun❤️

O drama conta a vida universitária de um grupo de amigos e o mistério que ronda a faculdade sobre posts online de um tal de Dear.M.

- Logo de inicio a gente conhece os dois melhores amigos de infância Ma JooAh e o MinHo. Eles 2 são uns queridos e as interações são muito fofas e dar para sentir a amizades forte deles.

- Ji Min e Ha Neul são um casal de namorados apaixonados e famosinhos no campus. Jimin é lider de torcida e haneul acabou de trocar de curso.

- MokJin é um viciado por limpeza e o alivio cômico do drama. Eles 3 dividem o quarto: Minho, Haneul e o Mokjin.

- Jimin é colega de quarto da Ma jooAh. E junto delas tem a Bo young, ela é mais seria do grupo, a mais velha e a mais sensata tbm. Ela é a melhor personagem!!!
A tbm não podemos esquecer da querida RoSa, a "amiga" da Jimin. Adoro ela!*contem ironia*

O drama tem: amizades, descobertas amorosas, trairagem, mistério, café e app. Todo mundo tem um curso diferente, mas tem uma aula em comum - de fotografia - então parece que só existe essa aula no drama inteiro. kkkkkk

O que eu achei do drama? Entregaram bem a proposta de drama universitário, tenho que admitir isso! Ambientação legal, deu para sentir a vibe e o desenvolvimento das amizades foram divertidas! Porem, tiveram personagens que desgostei muito e tornou o drama cansativo, por isso da nota baixa.


=====SPOILER=====

Ma JooAh é uma fofa e o MinHo é tudo de bom mas...aconteceu um negocio que não gostei...
Depois que os sentimentos dele vem a tona, me irritou muito ela não aceitando e querendo dizer o que o outro sentia. Sendo que nem ela conhecia os próprios sentimentos para com o amigo. Poxa, admirei muito a amizades deles para ela tratar ele daquele jeito.
Mas passou! Ufa! Relevei essa parte e consigo aprecia-los juntos. MinHo é perfeito né~~ Quero um Jaehyun pra mim~~❤️❤️
E para falar a verdade, o drama vale a pena por causa deles!

A melhor cena do drama foi deles: Quando eles cantam juntos!!!! Foi perfeito! Assisti varias vezes a cena.


Agora, vamos falar da Ji Min/Ha Neul/RoSa: eles estragaram o drama pra mim. No começo, eu adorava o casal mas com passar dos episódios se tornou cansativo de assistir a parte deles. Muito por causa da invejosa da RoSa engando a amiga mas, tbm as atitudes e a falta de atitude da songa monga da Jimin. Me irritou! E tbm o haneul não desconfiando de nada, outro songa monga! Muita coisa poderia ter sido evitada, bastava uma simples conversa. Se apagassem os 3 do drama, com toda certeza eu daria mais estrelas.


Vamos fala de coisa boa: Perai, se eu fala vai se mto spoiler né! Então o que eu escrevo?
o casal lá do final...era eles que eu queria mais tempo de tela. Lindinhos demais!!!

No geral, eu esperava mais do drama, mesmo tendo só 12 episódios. Eu acho que deram muito palco pro drama da trairagem lá. Insuportável!

Atuação: 1º drama do jaehyun, posso dizer que foi solido, gostei muito. O resto dos atores foi boa e divertida. O trio ternura foi o que menos gostei, não sei, as caras que eles faziam, de clueless. E a RoSa psicopata. kkkk Coitados, eu detestei os personagens e sobrou para os atores o meu descontentamento. Desculpa!??

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Excellent drama universitaire, très actuel !

Excellent drama universitaire, centré sur les relations, les amours, les difficultés, les rivalités de 2 groupes d'étudiants, intrigués par des posts de "First love" anonymes.
Bon rythme, super casting (1e drama de Jae Hyun ❤❤❤ que j'espère revoir très vite dans d'autres séries) , OST OK.

Le plot est assez classique : comment des jeunes étudiants surmontent peu à peu leurs difficultés, grandissent, construisent leur carrière, grâce au soutien et à l'amitié des amis.

Mais la réalisation est nette, l'histoire est réaliste, bien écrite, le suspense est maintenu intelligemment, et ces tous jeunes acteurs nous font vivre ces histoires avec beaucoup de talent.

N'hésitez pas, vous passerez un super moment !!

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Se volete una storia d'amore all'università

Non aspettatevi di dovervi munire di fazzoletti o di avere il cuore a 2000, ma.
Questo drama è adatto a chi cerca una storia (o più) d'amore ambientata durante l'università, ma allo stesso tempo non cerca nulla di troppo emozionante o un mistery con i contro cazz*. La storia è proprio semplice e basilare ma svolge bene il suo compito. Ho apprezzato tantissimo come sono state raccontate tutte le coppie, tranne la mia preferita ma non mi lamento troppo XD. Il drama per quanto semplice è ben costruito e raccontato, ogni cosa è stata gestita bene. Non ho davvero moltissimo da dire perchè tutto quello che penso è qua.
Una visione carina e molto rilassante. Una bella storia d'amore.

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Um doce dorama para passar o tempo.

Sendo sincera, comecei esse dorama únicamente pelo Jae Hyun que interpreta o protagonista Cha Min Ho, mas ele foi o que menos prestei atenção durante e a trama. Cada núcleo tem sua própria essência, conflitos e situações, seja os melhores amigos que se apaixonam, o casal que se separa e possue uma vilã para atrapalhar eles, e aqueles que se odiavam e passam a ser um casal piegas.

Eu de fato gostei no geral, mas não sei, de alguma forma acho que ficou algo muito certinho, talvez o fato do final em que Ro Sa não paga de fato com suas ações, ainda sim, gostei da personagem da Ji Min, ela foi sem dúvidas a minha segunda favorita, perdendo apenas paa a Young que é a personagem mais madura e sensata do dorama. Por outros lado, o casal principal mesmo sendo fofo, ainda sindo que ele foi carregado pelos outros casais pois ele em si era bem simples e sem muita graça. Acho que ainda estou revoltada por alguns pontos mal resolvidos, como:

1 - A resolução do plot da Ro Sa.

Ela espalhou mentiras, fez esquemas horríveis e viveu tranquilamente, tendo como única consequência levar um fora e sair, — por conta própria —, do time de torcida, algo que ela não só atarzanou a vida da Ji Min, mas que ela foi a responsável por várias situações que dificultaram a vida da Ji Min. Achei que ela precisava de algo mais severo, até as duas membros do time sofreram mais naquele esquema da Ro Sa que ela mesmo;

2 - O personagem Moon Joon.

Eu sinto que no final, meio que não souberam o que fazer com eles. Uma hora ele estava super presente, aí do nada arranjaram uma namorada, o que implica que ele traiu a namorada, e logo depois ele fica meio de canto pra desenvolver o casal do Min Ho e do Joo Ah.

3 - A própria Joo Ah.

Ao mesmo tempo que eu gostava dela, teve momentos que eu achava ela bastante sem graça e entediante de assistir, o que é sério considerando que ela faz parte dos protagonistas.

4 - Ban Yi Dam.

Ele era perfeito pra Ji Min, eu não entendo o medo dos roteristas de dar rumos ''não convencionais'' para os personagens. Eu também tô cansada de personagens bons e bem feitos serem deixados de lado pra garota voltar pro relacionamento antigo. Sinceramente, apesar de amar a Ji Min e Ha Neul, não gostei tanto deles como casal, acho que as brigas bobas e falta de comunicação de ambas as partes me irritou um pouco e sinto que a conclusão foi um tanto quanto rasa.

No final, é um dorama pra passar o tempo e não pensar muito no que tá acontecendo, se você esperar demais de algumas resoluções de alguns pontos específicos, pode acavar se decepcionando, agora, se conseguir ignorar isso e só prosseguir, é um ótimo dorama pra ver em uma ressaca de doramas ou quando só quer ver algo que transpira amor de juventude.

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