Irritated

I have never been so irritated with the two leads of a show before. TenTen and Taliw irritated me very much for different reasons. TenTen for his indecisiveness . He knew he has feelings for Taliw and even loves her but he continues on his merry way, blowing hot and cold to Taliw and playing with other girls feelings. Taliw made me more angry because she let TenTen stomp on her feelings all throughout the drama, without saying anything and she still kept running to him, smiling in his face and just being a doormat to him. I cannot get behind a " love" or female lead like that.
TenTen would have continued blowing hot and cold to Taliw if she didn't have a great guy ( King) in love with her and showing her that. And if she did not accept his proposal, King bent over backward and was a rock for Taliw.
I hate it when the love interest all of a sudden comes running and wakes up when that happens, which Tenten did. Also Taliw " backbone", when she turned down Tenten when he came running the first time did not last long. She should have had him wait at least 6 months before giving him another chance. I was soo angry at that. Yeah he finally told her he loved her and " knew his mind" or whatever but like she told him, he played with her continuously before. King was the only brightness and good character out of the young ones.
Anyway. this is not a rewatch for me. I do not know how the other versions are but this story is a no, for me.

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Frustrating

It was an okay drama. What I find weird is that they never have the FL say I love you to the ML even though he said it to her multiple times. Weird and not right. Or did I miss it, since I started fast-forwarding? Also, I would not forgive the SFL for feeding into the ML amnesia, hiding him, and keeping him to herself for 3 years. The ML was too nice and forgave her. The ML father is also a piece of work. Family is not only biological/blood-related. Some non-biological people make better families than the ones who are genetically related. The ML dad has never done anything good for him so I don't why they entertain this dude.
They portrayed the ML in the beginning as not being so forgiving especially when someone is trying to get between him and the FL. They softened him up at the end. I liked his attitude much better before the amnesia trope. In the beginning, they portrayed the ML as very stalkerish and obsessive about the FL. Truthfully I was side-eyeing him there a little but he grew on me, especially when the FL seemed/acted like such a trusting child to people.
Side Note: Is this the actress's first romantic drama? She does not know how to kiss. She was giving purse lips/fish kisses and the ML was doing all the work. Sheesh. It was very cringy and threw me out of those scenes.
A Chinese drama that does " siblings' grow up together and become lovers is " Exclusive Fairytale". And the kisses were fire. Also, the FL in Exclusive Fairytale has not done a lot of kiss scenes so I was surprised when she matched the ML with the passion. Great drama.

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Awesome Chemistry

I loved this drama. The ML and FL did their job right. Surprised this is the ML's first adult role. Great job. I liked how they seemed very comfortable around each other as they realistically portrayed people who grew up together. The FL did it a little too convincingly sometimes with that and her tomboyishness. LOL, Plus she was very slow to realize her feelings for the ML, even with all the hints. Anyway, the slow realization of them falling in love, feeling each other out, and actually being in a relationship, I liked it. When they were in college was even better. It is GREAT that the director/writer realistically portrays the " liking/love" that college kids show. The hand-holding, hugging and even tastefully kissing/making out. Some of these dramas I've seen act like these college kids don't have these urges and don't even show entwined hands, hugs, or at least kisses on the cheeks. Rate 9/10.
Side Note: Please dress the FL in more adult clothing in college. I know she is supposed to be tomboyish but they could have put her in stylish nice pants and tops occasionally and not jumpsuits.

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I love this version MUCH better than Kiss Me , Thai Version. In this version the lead actress was strong, independent, a fighter and did not fall in love with the male lead right away. She stood up to the male lead and they grew from there. The male lead was a mild to her bully , mildly cold but you can see through his actions and speech that he cared for the female lead and others.
This version made sure to show the male lead falling for the female lead all the way through the drama.
In Kiss Me they really mainly only showed his feelings at the end and hinted at it throughout. In Kiss me the male lead was leading on the other two love interests and you did not know how he really felt about them. In this version, you knew mostly how he felt about the other two females. He was not very indecisive in this one. I wanted to shake the male lead in Kiss Me because of his stubbornness and indecisiveness about his feelings.
This version had some characters and actions that made me laugh aloud which was much better than Kiss Me that was very angsty, sad and heartbreaking. That version gave me anxiety and made me very unsatisfied at the end. The female lead in Kiss Me was a push over and too weak . She let the male lead walk all over her. The male lead was too cold and never showed much warmth or liking to the female lead until the end. Who wants to wait for the end to see that? Anyway I recommend this version. It has laughs, good storyline, the bullying is moderate and the two leads are a delight. No good kissing scenes but I guess we can't have everything. It was just quick lips touching or a blocking of the kiss with a quick zoom out. It was VERY disappointing.

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Okay

Good: I thought it started out VERY good. I had some good laughs. The introduction of the first true meeting of the male and female leads was GOOD. It started to slow down midway through the 30 episodes, for me. I also thought the male lead bodyguard, assistant guy, was an excellent touch. I loved him. I liked the young guy that lived with the girls also. At least he had good insights was nice and did not give bad advice to the female lead. I also LOVED the closeness and intimacy of the male and female lead when she was helping him with his problem. That was when I saw the potential of then being in love and as a couple. I love the male lead, " maleness" and manliness by his pursuit of the female lead. I like a good , strong male lead. He is very handsome also.
Mediocre: The three female friends were fine in the beginning with their support of each other and giving advice. BUT as the episodes went on, they became too involved in the female lead love life. I thought they gave her some poor advice that made her become even more confused about her feelings for the male lead, which in turn caused a delay in them getting together. The brainy female friend definitely went WAY overboard with her spying on the female lead and the male lead private area. She would be charged with a crime in real life. I understand looking out for your innocent friend but sometimes those two other girls went overboard or gave bad advice.
Bad: The ENTIRE romance was ruined for me when the female lead still had a "crush" or love for her best guy friend (since childhood) all the way up until the 20 something episode. The story did not even have her showing or thinking romantic or liking" feelings" for the male lead until the 20 something episode of 30. That is too late. Also the constant "not sure of my feelings" and the male lead and female lead playing games of who will cave first in the last episode was BAD. They did not really " get together" or dated. I skipped over all the mom scenes. She gets worse mom of the year award.

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Well overall I liked the drama. Good Points: The characters along with the main leads had good chemistry. I loved the leads, the teachers assistant and the male lead bodyguard. I thought it would have been a great ending if the bodyguard and the secretary dated. Oh well. I was able to follow the idea of the two worlds storyline very well. I loved the intimate scenes between the leads. 1-2 good kissing scenes, the others awkward.
Bad Points: It irritated me that when other characters are talking to the female lead she would just stand/sit there staring at them and not say a word for a long time. I mean the other characters are talking for a long time and the female does not feel like replying even in between the other characters talking? It was awkward, irritating and made her seem slow and being scared to speak up. Also in the scenes where the leads had a do over and he came back, the female kept staring at him in an annoying way. I understand 1 scene of staring at him because she didn't believe it but constant staring is just creepy and not romantic. If they were going for romantic it failed on me. He doesn't remember you girl, get a grip, I felt like yelling to the screen. Stop staring, it is creepy. LOL. Also why does the female lead act all shy and innocent for a 30 year old in one scene and then decide to " flash naked" the male lead in another scene. I know she wanted to go for that shock effect but her basic character in those scenes gave me whiplash.
The storyline would have been much better if they did the first half of the episode in the real world and the second half in the other world. They also made the love feelings a lot more on the female side, in my opinion. She was obsessed with the male lead. He never told her he liked her and only at the end he said I love you, once. They didn't have him talk enough about liking/loving her. Did he fall for her because she showed up and is was part of his world? Who knows. They dropped the ball on his side of the romance.

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