Trash and completely trash

Earlier seasons of SI were bad too, but this ones takes the whole cake. At least with the previous seasons, they were still fun to watch and you could binge them and enjoy the cast’s bonding. However, this season was plain focused on one toxic man who wasn’t even entertaining . It was frustrating to watch a 36 year old man go around gaslighting these women and treating himself as a prize. If you want to learn what red flags are, watch this, else it’s not worth it. The season was so painful to watch that I really didn’t care who would end up with who and decided to drop it. I’m not interested in any more seasons of the show either.

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Park Min Young is back!

Marry My Husband is a revenge driven drama with the female lead coming back to the past with her eyes opened to the fake relationships around her. The drama thought has Makjang plot lines strictly refuses to fall into that character. The fantasy element should make it unrealistic, but the behaviours and characters are so well fleshed out that one can imagine this to be the most sensible way to deal with what’s in front of you.

The story is fast past, the evil characters aren’t solely evil but have a multi dimensional personality And the chemistry is so good between them leads! It’s been a while since I watched a good PMY drama and this is definitely it. I don’t usually review until done, but this drama is exciting and makes me wait every week with anticipation even though I’ve read the webtoon.

The only negative part of the drama was yura for me, her scenes were almost unbearable to watch. Everything else was extremely well done!

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Visuals and Vibes Only

So everyone gets a redemption apart from the evil incarnate assistant whose arc isn’t even properly closed. When does she appear in the story? Only when it seems like Cho Sam Dal is seemingly happy and not having a visible breakdown every single episode. The story focuses on the downfall and the eventual big comeback of a well know photographer, but everything feels so half done. Many times the plot and subplots felt so forced. The small town portrayal of the village folk didn’t really pass, the trauma arcs were dragged for too long throughout the story. Sometimes it made me wonder if they are actually almost in their mid-30s.

The humour was quite slapstick at times. The only positives for me were the scenic visuals and the leads who are amazing at what they do. The storyline is weak, and the execution is underwhelming. If I wasn’t watching as it aired, I would have probably dropped it.

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Uberly Cute

This is such a cute, wholesome drama with an insane premise that’s probably suffering in ratings and views because of its frustrating airing schedule. I love the FL and enjoy her acting, and this time Cha Eun Woo has actually done a good job too. I usually find his acting stiff because of the roles he plays, but playing an older character seems to have worked this time. He’s still very cute and I find the romance between the leads to be heart fluttering,

The plot itself is a mix of fantasy and thriller. The premise almost seems ridiculous but it’s well adapted. There seem to be few differences from the webtoon but those elevate the story so far, I hope when I edit this review, I can say that the ending lands.

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A dating show that doesn’t feel like a dating show

What in the kdrama is this but also feels so organic and refreshing? I haven’t watched many dating shows because they doesn’t usually give, but Transit Love 2 is such a good surprise. From the very first episode, the cast holds your attention and you begin to get curious about them. Their interviews are fun to watch and one thing I love is how interesting their dates are. There’s awkwardness sometimes, of course, but it feels very natural. There were few cast members I ended up cheering for and I’m glad that they found their happy endings. For some others we get to see how they change, and no all words in their interviews show in their actions. So honestly it’s up to the viewer to analyse the subtle behaviours despite the editing to frame the story.

Few things to take away from? Noona love can be cute af without being overbearing, and introverts selectively enjoy doing things with people they like and those don’t will probably never get to see their personalities, it’s easier to be a toxic partner and still be a good friend, toxic traits in relationships are not noticeable when you’re the one in it,

I tried watching the first season after this and it didn’t quite hit the same, I don’t know how the next season will top this. Added an extra star for the final few episodes and the story execution. How massively difficult it must have been to wrap it all up!

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Had to stop watching because I didn’t want to end up disliking Jun Ho. Junho is a phenomenal actor, and I was really looking forward to the light romance, especially because his last project was so emotionally draining, but King The Land was a major disappointment. The plot, the acting by the rest of the cast, the superficial characters and the bland premise and plot line. A lot of the story was just scene that were forced in for the viewer to simply admire. The visuals alone weren’t enough for me. The female friendships that should have been a strong point of the story were meh too. It felt like I was watching a drama that was decades older and hadn’t really kept up with time. I get that it was a romcom but please, have some respect for the viewers and give us something actually cute and heartwarming instead of this brain cells killing drama.

I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone,

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A makjang that doesn’t disappoint is how I would describe this drama. From the first episode, it’s ridiculously entertaining! The characters are exactly who they promise to be and the chemistry between the leads is sizzling. Who stood out to me the most was the actress who plays the main character, Yi Joo. From one moment where she was absolutely in the bits to the next moment when she was owning her revenge, so well done! I’ve seen the ML in few other dramas too and his acting could do a lot more improvement but it adds into to the genre anyway, The supporting characters are over the top and the evil ones go full on evil. It’s been a while a drama begins and ends so satisfactorily. Keeping it to twelve episodes helped immensely in not stretching the story unnecessarily. This had conflicts which got resolved very soon. And the ending? I can’t think of anything that they left without wrapping up.

One issue and a spoiler in the story is the steamy scene between the leads could have been directed well. The intentional or unintentional non consensual bed scene was an extremely uncomfortable watch. It’s 2023 and forceful initiation of physical contact really needs to end.

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Subpar at Plot, Amazing Acting

I had high expectations of this drama because of the cast, but I’m afraid it was disappointing with respect to the writing. I thought that acting was amazing throughout, but I simply couldn’t get into the story. It wasn’t engaging enough and relied on making one side weaker without substantial reasons for the other side to win. If you’re looking for an intense crime thriller with an interesting plot, you’ll feel the latter doesn’t quite catch up. It’s intense nonetheless. It’s also quite brutal with all the action scenes, but most of them feel like it’s for the ‘vibes’.

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Shin Hye sun simply doesn't disappoint. What an amazing actress! Thirty But Seventeen turned out to a surprisingly a healing drama. I was expecting it to be majorly comic in nature, but it was so much more than humour and that ended up elevating its level. I loved all the characters and how each of them were given backstories that made sense. At no point did it feel that the characters were acting out of expected behaviour. There is a bit of stretching and miscommunication, but it gets resolved pretty quickly. I also loved how the leads were so open about how they felt and ML opting for therapy and being consistent with it even in his happy place - very well done! The best part about this drama is the bonds between each of the characters: the friendships, the love, guardians, loved it! It also subverted every expected trope, you reach a point where you think it is going to be a typical kdrama behaviour, but surprise! it's not.

I almost wish I hadn't binged it. What a heartwarming experience and such a beautiful ending. <3

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Lacks impact and lore

If you’re in it for the world building, you will find this sequel to be entirely unimpressive. Light and Shadow is filled with parallel scenes from the first season, and while the interactions and appearances of our favourite characters are fun, the lack of fantasy elements which the first part had is missing in this one. A lot of the story revolves around the amnesia plot which gets too dragged after a point. The whole soul switching but single body element with Master Lee making episode wise appearances to give us cryptic comments was frustrating. The main antagonist remains from the first season, but he’s really not that smart or amazing to be taken as a real foe for our leads. The story could have been much shorter because by the time we get to the actual lord part, it’s just a rushed closure.

Overall it doesn’t quite live up to its initial promise, but is a decent watch if you decide to give up on consistency. The best parts about this drama was the acting and the interactions, could have been amazing but falls short of it.

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Recipe for a revenge drama

Slow paced but hooks you right in. One of the things that stand out in this is the way everything has been filmed and introduced, there isn’t much dialogue sometimes but the music and the lighting does a great job. Trigger warning: explicit content in form of violent bullying. Most of first episode is the FL being bullied in her teenage years. It was very difficult to watch this, but it only makes you root for her more in her adult life. The first part closes with eight episodes, but what a good base it sets up for what’s to come next. We see a little of each character and yet we can’t know how each will react to what’s coming for them. There’s a bit of romance angle to it too, but it doesn’t take up a major part of the storyline — there’s just insane chemistry between them!

I’m looking forward to the next part, it would be a long wait.

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No depth, just vibes

All right, the story begins with such an interesting premise and it’s an intriguing beginning, but unfortunately the initial episodes are the only bit of excitement you might feel as a viewer and the plot makes sense to an extent because after that, it moves based on how hot and sensual each of the characters are. The drama is wholly explicit, which isn’t a problem if there’s a story backing it but it might just be soft erotica with a romanticised version of a serial killer. The cops in this drama have got to be the stupidest team ever — everything done in the plot is motivated by how sexy the characters can be. Of course the acting is spectacular and so much could have been done with a well written story, but we barely get to see anything but their visuals. I did love the music in this drama though, it set the mood and added to the tension which wouldn’t have existed otherwise. Overall a disappointment, you can still give it a watch as it’s only 8 episodes.

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Great potential dragged out pointlessly

Okay, firstly this drama shouldn’t have been sixteen episodes at all. I don’t think we would have had so many emotional arcs if it was 12 or so. I enjoyed the first Episodes quite a bit and then the charm fell off. While the FL is bright, cheerful personality, it doesn’t naturally come off. The writers intention to portray positivity in a workplace seems almost one dimensional. Any character who struggles to enjoy their work and sees it simply as their means to make money is pushed into a direction to feel for it. But this isn’t the biggest issue I had with the story or the characters. What annoyed me the most was how abusive characters were given so much leeway! The abuse they inflict on other characters is seen in an almost sympathetic lens. I’m sorry I don’t care if they have a sob story which justifies their behaviour. It doesn’t matter because their actions are horrible towards others. Especially with the employee who nearly gives up her dream, and the artist Shin and his abusive mother. The latter was the last straw, I simply couldn’t get behind the forgiving arc they were playing for her.

I wish the drama delved more on the plot than emotionally connecting the characters together, would have been so much better if they focused on healthy ways of healing instead of pushing the abused characters into forgiving the abuser arc. If you want to watch something without this emotional abuse romanticised, do give the Japanese version a watch. That’s so much better than this adaptation!

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Don’t waste your time on this

The only thing worth in this drama are Dori’s visuals and that isn’t enough to save the writing and the terrible character development. I would have believed it to be some for of comedy instead of romance. Firstly, the characters are all horrible people, they indulge in infidelity and you as viewers are supposed to sympathise with them. Secondly, the writing is so bad and has zero progression or value. Half the drama is flashbacks with inner thoughts making an appearance. They do have interesting jobs though, and it could have been made better if the plot was focused on a little bit more. Another thing that put me off is how some of the explicit are straight up assault. That’s not romance or possessiveness, it’s assault. Tired of seeing such level of relationship portrayal!

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