How the heck can this plot go from action-oriented to fluffy at the end, puzzles me. It almost became like another drama because everything seems to miraculously smooth out, after the all the crimes that happen. The plot just went downhill, the leading couple, acted like teenagers and it was just too fluffy for the age they are portraying. Cruel City was more realistic in portraying gang life, I don't know the whole thing just did not mesh right. It is still watchable but at the end, I felt like what the heck did I just watch? At least with other dramas like "You're Beautiful" you know from the get go, that it is a romcom but this one was just from thug life ------ romcom, it did not work for me.

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I really enjoyed this drama, especially the first few episodes. I am a sucker for Romantic Comedy so this was a hit for me. It very much reminded me of Sungkyunkwan Scandal, but it had a different twist to it. The later episodes was more the politics -- so it kinda went draggy for me but not that bad. The Prince is just too eye candy and it is as if makes you forget that it is not a perfect drama. I felt the pain when the main couple are in pain - meaning their acting was superb. You just want their love to succeed in spite of the odds against them. There is just something captivating about dramas when a girl pretends to be a boy...

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A little bit of romance, comedy, military, hospital, bromance and drama. Some people did not like it but for me it entertained me allot. I like how they don't show the cliff hanger on the end of an episode but instead surprises you in the next episode. Of course, there are some scenes that are blah but it wasn't whole lot.
The second lead romance, you'd think was repetitive, but if you think about how a "soldier's honor" is... it does put allot of weight on the "right decision" and the angst of relationship.

The 16 episodes is just right and I am glad they did continue the story after the volunteering because it wasn't a long term deal so life has to go on.

Plus factor is that Song Joong Ki, is just eye candy and he looked really cool in his army uniform and doing all those action stuff (kinda like Healer).

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It was quirky but not like watching fools - I have seen dramas where they were goofy and trying to be funny but the humor was not to my liking (like Birth of a Beauty). Also, I was enjoying it and then I read the comments/reviews... kinda killed my love for it. You know, like if I should continue watching it or not. Well I did, it was still fun to watch - it is not a total loss, it lost its momentum but I have seen worst dramas. But the comedy in one scene when he was pretending to sleep so that somebody can tuck him in - I was laughing so much. The lead actor really looked goofy compared to the other dramas he has made - it was weird seeing him that way but he did the character justice. The sister, oh I hated her for her manipulativeness (you have to hate somebody in the drama, right?) The second leading man, what a waste (I mean he was nice too and almost felt sorry for him, I wish he would get nice girl too.) -- he had his own charming personality.

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I was liking it but it kinda lost its wholeness. 1) I still cannot pinpoint when he did fall in love with her; 2) the lead actor looks good on screen but his acting is sort of forced - like the when he smiles, it is like asking somebody to say "cheese";; 3) the director was showing that Mr. BLack's team had it all together and yet there were allot of like unnecessary mistakes they made as a team as they make the revenge; 4) the 5 years in the plot seems unrealistic, and is not cohesive to the whole story (I'm trying not to divulge the story here); 5) the revenge/twist - I've had enough of it... They could have ended this at 16 eps; 6) the evil guy was first very composed in the beginning and then at the end they made him laugh the "evil laugh" , like totally out of character; 7) this guy got out in 2 years of being in prison and they go back to the couple ( it was obvious, it was not even in the same time frame)

This is still watchable, but when it comes to crimes, laws, the story has to be really tight. The twists in the story was pretty good, but I can only take so much "twisting" before I begin to just say, just get on with it... So, yes, I do have gripes about it but I have seen worst dramas.

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This is one of those dramas for me, that you keep watching, knowing that there is no depth to it. Since I have invested time already in it midway, I was wanting a good ending or lets say happy or else I would have been furious at myself. The ending was quite satisfactory but really the plot sucks.

This is more a fantasy swept off your feet romance and the problems in the story just easily disappears or was solved. The plot is so unrealistic. So some reality check here. I do not like the lead actress and how she acts. So this is more of a shallow rom/com, trying to insert the drama. It wasn't worth the hours.

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