Reviews

This drama leaves me in a state of euphoria each episode<3<3:))

OMG!!! The drama itself is incredible with the perfect story line and the behind the scenes which shows an excellent chemistry between the actors, are also very fun and sweet to watch. Song Kang( Jeong Gu Won ) and Kim Yoo Jung ( Do Do Hee) are such professionals and they execute each and every episode spectacularly! I must also mention the directors , screen writers and the rest of the staff for making it possible for us to watch this so addicting visual drama which is full of emotional, funny, happy, romantic and scary scenes. All the actors did such a good job from the grandmother to the staffs in the office to make this drama a hit for the year 2023! Hwaiting!! I have only good things to say and write about this drama. Hope all of you who are reading this enjoy the drama and for those who have not yet watched the drama, i tell you its not going to be a waste of your time!!! And d for those who have already begun, i think you can relate with me. Let us give lots of love and support !!<3:))

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MRIAG is like a breathe of fresh air!!

I rarely watch romantic-comedy these days because some are either too cliché or too cringe but MRIAG is different. I started watching this because I want to watch more of Hyeri's acting but I'm so inlove with this drama now. The casts blended well with each other, they all have AMAZING chemistry with each other. Jang Ki Yong and Lee Hyeri's chemistry is way too goooooooodd, and the cute chemistry between Kang Han Na and Kim Do Hwan is so fun to watch. There are a lot of kdramas today that involves too much suspense and thrill that's why I thought that this is like a breathe of fresh air because watching this drama is not pressuring and it's very light to watch. I'm looking forward for the last 2 episodes. This korean drama has no dull moments that's probably why I love this drama. I really think that no one would fit Lee Dam's character other than Lee Hyeri. I love everything in this drama, the plot, the OST, the comedy, the romantic scenes, the conversation, EVERYTHING! I hope you watch this korean drama too because it's so good!! "My Roommate Is A Gumiho" fighting!! 💚

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it was great! but... (just some of my opinions)

The beginning of the drama was my absolute favorite. i love the first few episodes because the vibes were really nice and it felt fresh. now, don’t get me wrong the whole show is good, but towards the end it could use just a bit of improvements. YES i know this is a drama, yes i know bad things are going to happen but i feel like a LOT of bad things happened. that could just be me but yeah. also. i feel like some parts were unnecessarily long and wordy. the whole aey and his family drama was just really long and didn’t really add anything to the story.

i need more information on genes dad causeeeeee. i was shocked when i found out he was gay and has to hide it. that was a really good part of the series. and i love how him and gene didn’t really have a good relationship but now they can both talk on a realistic level without fighting.

if this ever gets a season 2 , we NEED more tum and tiffy action. i know the show is about nubsib and gene but there could be some exceptions lol. AND OMG i love hin so so much. he is so cute and is really good. he played this character amazingly and fit the aesthetic really well.

NOW i haven’t watched the very last episode but i just feel like it won’t meet my expectations. but we will see. anyways. i reallllyyyyy don’t like how they broke up. honestly broke my heart. but i just feel like it confused some of us because it was the second to last episode.

let’s be honest... there was good kissing scenes.. but I WISH THERE WERE MORE 😩😩😩. this might be just me but kissing scenes really add to the show. i also would have liked if they had more cute fluff moments together. they would have made the fans go crazy honestly.

the acting was really good. like really. especially gene. in the beginning of the show he was seen as a shy boy who writes books with a bit of a attitude at times. but in real life he is honestly the opposite. from what i have seen from instagram youtube and just sns in general gene is very funny and out there. he is the best.
now nubsib in the show is pretty bold and intimidating. i might be wrong but just from what ive seems from bts of the show he seemed a bit more quiet. i could be totally wrong so don’t take my word for it. just something i had noticed :)

overall. i’m super glad i found this show right when it started. it made my weeks better know every wednesday i would get to watch the episodes. i would totally recommend this drama to a friend. it is a very casual and modern show to watch and i love that. i would definitely put it on just to put it on again !

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Don't hate it until you try it

Deducting .5 points at rewatch value because of the ads (esp episode 7, 5 ads is just ridiculous when rewatching I will probably skip/skim that episode) but if you survive over it, they apologize by releasing episodes 8-present) but otherwise I love it I'm obsessed with it. I don't care about all the smear campaigns in these sections because I put it off for weeks because of these types of poorly-worded reviews but when I decided not to let other people decide what I like and what I don't like and I decided for myself I was already seven episodes late. Glad I was just in time for the best episodes (8 onwards!)

This series is admittedly polarizing. It's either you like it or you don't and if you don't that will be respected. But this series focuses on two kind people who fail and succeed while they try to navigate a situation they can't find a way out of and a problem they actually have to wait out and had no concrete way to solve, people who genuinely love and respect and try their best to understand and learn from each other. With the hate it was getting you'd think the relationship was toxic and abusive and weird but it was the furthest thing from that. I understand if it's not your cup of tea, we all have our preferences, but smear campaigns over things that could be simply be overlooked? That's just immature.

To those who do manage to read this, watch this on your own and decide on your own. Whether you like it or not is up to you. If you don't, feel free to drop it and move on with another series without leaving comments that are damaging not just to the actors but all the staff who worked really hard on this. To those who do, I'm glad! Relationships this healthy paired with love this intense is hard to come by in shows nowadays, let's enjoy this.

Also, the crew did such a good job with the locations they made me itch to visit Thailand to see them. The park, the airplane restaurant, the gallery that's actually a café, the maze, the GLASS HOUSE??? All so pretty Thailand tourism department who Vice Versa makes me want to book a ticket those places are insanely pretty!

Really good job overall!

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It went downhill right after you thought that the story could've been better

It started off really great, like your typical contract-marriage drama. Nothing's new. It'd be okay to me if they made it fluffy with no or less misunderstanding. But instead of doing that, they chose the wrong path. They made this drama too painful to watch, especially at the near end of the show. If I can summarize, this show has 70% bickering, 10% fluffy/lovey-dovey scene, 10% comedy, and 10% time for 2nd couple. A lot of bickering made me think that they were just toxic for each other thus they shouldn't have continued their relationship. The bickering also made me feel that they had no chemistry. Same goes to the 2nd couple. I also didn't feel any chemistry between those two.

Summarization: This show frustated me. I don't recommend anybody to watch this if they want to see a "healthy relationship" because this ain't it. I actually liked it until the time they confessed but it also started to go downhill right after that. It's so unfortunate that they had to choose this way ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

Ps: I'm sorry for the broken english. I hope you got my point.

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"All About My Mom" as the title suggests, it's all about moms.

Parents are God's precious gift to us, so never take them for granted. Feel blessed for having them in your life and feel blessed if you had them at some point in your life. There are so many people that don't know that kind of love. It's an emptiness beyond compare, don't take them for granted and let them know you love them because you never know when they'll be gone. Don't let life keep you busy from them, life will always be busy this won't change, don't forget as we grow up they grow old too.

I started this drama expecting it to be an average enjoyable family drama, I did not expect to learn so much and feel the way I felt while watching it. This is such a beautiful realistic story about family, parents, mothers.. I doubt anyone can't relate to the mother daughter relationship, or son father relationship, or daughter father, son mother, bother sister and finally husband and wife. The way family bonds were portrayed here allowed me to connect on the personal level with how the characters were behaving and those relationships. I have seen many family dramas, All About My Mom is the 2nd family drama that I consider a masterpiece and an outstanding one.

Story: Your regular family, with issues of favouritism and conflicts between siblings and between kids and parents. The family bond is pretty much the core story of this drama. It's about those people's daily life and how they learn to live with each other. Siblings feeling inferior to each other because of favouritism. Parents feeling guilty for mistakes they've done in their life while raising the kids. A mother who loves her kids equally but shows it differently. A daughter who feels left out all the time, A son who feels burdened by his mother's over love and special treatment. It's almost impossible that you won't relate with any issue in this drama because this is life, and this is what family is all about. What can I possibly say about mothers? What words would do them justice? Mother: the only person who wishes you to be a better person than her and have a better life, the only person who will not love herself over you, the angel who will always give and give without expecting a return. No love in this world can be compared to parents love, no love in this world can be compared to a mother's love. This is the story that gives this beautiful angel the credit and regards she deserves. Nothing I can say in words that would describe what is a mother, but this story is more than qualified to do so.

Acting: 100/10. An award winning performance.
Here we come for the best part, the acting. The acting here in this drama makes other dramas with an outstanding performance look like nothing in comparison, and no I'm not exaggerating. What made this drama so popular with high ratings? what makes it special? Nothing about the story new or special. It's the way those wonderful, amazing, incredible cast have performed it. Brace yourselves this part will be long!

Go Doo Shim: as San Ok. Man, I need to stay away from you faaaaar away! I can't believe this wonderful woman brought tears to my eyes several times during the whole journey! I can't believe I cried like a little baby. I'm far from someone who can cry for her own problems in life, let alone for a drama. I loved it but also hated it, I loved that she melted my iced heart and broke me from the inside but also hated seeing myself cry for a drama. She made me reflect on myself many times and slapped me in the face with every lesson I learn on how you should appreciate your parents. We are not angels and we tend to think that just because we are humans and just because they are our parents they'll love us no matter what. Stressful life, upsetting things, depressing issues, having the hardest time in your life, does not excuse any selfish behaviour towards your parents. Go Doo Shim's acting wasn't acting, she was a true mother, a real mother image to the point where I felt the need to hug her so tight. She broke my heart several times as if she was really my mother. She won the Daesang award for her role here (2nd time winning). Her performance is what makes this drama a 10/10! She is officially my second favourite actress. My favourite sentence of her "Shut da mouse" aka "shut the mouth".

Oh Min Suk: as Hyeong Gyu. My most hateful character but my 2nd favourite actor in the cast! I hated him so much, I really hated him from the bottom of my heart. The amount of hate I had for him I thought for sure even if the dramas ends his character will have no redemption from me, but the writer proved me wrong. Oh Min Suk as an actor I've seen him before but never like this! Even as a villain in KMHM he did not stand out, an yet he is not even playing a villain here but that performance, man that performance...made me speechless! He is such a great actor, those scenes will forever be engraved in my memory I will never forget his scenes because I learned from him so much. The way he managed to make people hate him so much even though he wasn't a villian but at the same time appreciate his acting skills. All the comments all the reviews about this drama is regarding the cast and how emotionally flawless their performance is. While watching I'd always see such comments and reactions from people "I hate him so much I hope karma gets him, but the actor deserves an award". Officially fan.

Kim Kap Su: as Dong Chul. My 3rd favourite character and actor in the cast. I never really bothered feeling anything about any of the old couples I've seen in previous dramas. I never cared about parents relationship as husband and wife in previous dramas. I never paid attention to that aspect, but here it was totally different. Instead of the kid's love life and the kid's romance I cared more about the mother father relationship as husband and wife. I loved how this part of the story was written because based on real life experience it's very relatable and real. I loved the relationship and though his character is not the lovable character I still couldn't help but love him! He wasn't the perfect husband he wasn't what you'd want for someone like San Ok but he wasn't hateful person too. It is impossible to hate him! Though he has his selfish moments and carefree moments he also have his sweet moments. To me Dong Chul wasn't a bad husband, but he falls short in comparison to San Ok. San Ok is too wonderful of a person that people think she is too good for him. The way I saw it those true truly and sincerely portrayed what a husband wife relationship is, how it is when you have you companion with you all these years. I adored the way Kim Kap Su played his character! He is the cutest, sweetest, adorable father/ahjussi I have ever seen and the way he talks, the way he laughs, the way he calls his wife "Okaaa" aka his wifes name is the sweetest thing ever. I find it really cute that he calls his wife by her name and not "honey" like most married couples do in K dramas.

Eugene: as Jin Ae. Well, Eugene is forever one of my favourite actresses and I never skip any drama of hers. One of the reasons I started this is her. Jin Ae is the first surprise for me, because I wasn't expecting to relate and understand a character as much as I did with her. Her frustration, her feelings of being left out I can relate to it all. Her conflict with her brothers, her mother.. very relatable and her character the hard working person who always tries her best to win her moms favour. I'm sure many of you can identify her and relate to her. Eugene once again proved herself as a worthy actress, specially her scenes with her mom, the thought that this is all "acting" won't cross your mind. Jin Ae is the sweetest daughter a mother could ever wish for and you can learn so much from her.

The rest of the cast I loved them all, I may not liked all the characters but I loved the actors.

Music:
I loved all the OSTs, but the reason I'm giving this 10/10 is because of one song, "To My Wife" by Tae Jin Ah. The only song that actually manages to make my eyes tear, I still can't believe it but it had such an impact on me. The song was used perfectly in the drama, in the perfect scenes which stimulates all your emotions and you find yourself tearing up. I have a friend who cried without watching the drama, only from listening to this song. The singer has such a powerful husky voice and he feels so much in pain while he sings it. The lyrics are simply beautiful, from a husband to his wife.

Rewatch:
I don't rewatch dramas, I have very few special ones that I might rewatch. However family dramas in general are rewatchable and this one I think belongs to that list.

Overall:
Though this drama has romance but if you came here only for the romance then this drama is not for you. Yes it has romance, and more than one couple but the essential element here isn't the romance, it's the family bonds. If you came here hoping for makjang, plot twists, melodramatic events, things happening all the time...etc then this is also not for you. As I already mentioned this is purely family drama, it's all about mothers. A daily life of a regular family with normal daily issues nothing out of the ordinary. However if you want to watch something that hold such great values, something that could teach you valuable lesson and remind you of things you love and value, a drama that hold such beautiful meaning and carries a noble message about a creature we call angel, about mothers...Then yes I most definitely recommend it. I will miss this drama dearly.

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This is my favorite Family drama out there! The storyline is amazing, the cast is great, the music is awesome, the plot is superb!
Characters: you've got
Donghae: (Ji Chang Wook) who plays a smart innocent nice guy who was ditched by his girlfriend of 6yrs and then he meets Bongi.
Saewa: the evil ex-girlfriend who tries to get in the family of the rich in order to make her self known (she is the evil girl in the drama).
Anna Laker (my favorite mother) who after an accident when she was young is stuck with the mindset of a 7yr old - but she is loveable, yet sometimes a bit too naïve/stupid in things she does - but the reason is obvious.
Donghae and Bongi are my reasons for loving this drama. Donghae is the best male lead ever - he is trustworthy and loveable! Someone who believes in his love no matter what.
159 episodes (35 min episodes each) so it's more like 45 episode drama.
I've watched it twice and want to re-watch it again - I even bought the drama! to me it is a Masterpiece!!!
I loved every character in this drama - but all in all Donghae and Bongi were still my favorites :D
I HIGHLY recommend this drama if you like Family dramas!

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For a Boys Love Series, this came as a Heterosexual Romace Series

(Story)
Okay, let's start with this one. The trope about enemy to lovers thing could have been cute if it had been executed properly. Remember from the finale's "plot twist", wherein it was revealed Xavier all along knew Mico was. To me that "plot twist" was more of a "plot hole". It's unnecesary and highly contradicts with episodes 1 or 2 wherein Xavier doesnt have any idea how he got into the Padawan's Quiz Night and their Professor setting them up together.

The series although it only has 8 episodes felt so dragging and slow. Tons of dialogues and monologues HOGS up the whole 20 minute of an episode wherein maybe they could've spent it all on building up the two male protagonists' character as the two of them felt so shallow.

I see Xavier and Mico as 2D characters, Xavier being the jocky type and the latter the shy and conservative one AND NOTHING ELSE. Which I think is a letdown because most of the series' screentime are the both of them yet there's no depth to their character.

The whole Kookai and Seph thing is COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. Instead of putting up with another couple, which again was totally underdeveloped, they could've used that time building up Xavier and Mico's character.

(Acting)
Again with the 2 Dimensional characters, it also doesn't help Xavier and Mico characters to have depth if they keep portraying the same emotions all over again. I get Xavier is a jock and is a confident gay, but is that all he is?

Overall
I had high expectations coming into this series. It's just the way how the story and the dialogues were written that it came as draggy, boring and sluggish. There's little to none character development and the characters were 2 Dimensional which I think should have been a key factor when it comes to producing BLs. It's a shame how it was a BL series yet overall it just fell flat and gave off hetero vibes. They keep throwing off poetic lines/dialogues but it ended up being cringey.

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DISAPPOINTED

When I started the show based on the preview and the name of the show , I assumed that it would be on the lines of Business Proposal - romance , comedy , little bit of drama and tons of fun but it was nothing of that sort.

I will start with issues

1)first and foremost there was no need of murder mystery in CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE.
2)the backstory of the killer was so lame that i kept asking myself what were the writers smoking when they came up with this track.
3) they could have given more time to love stories - the older ones and younger ones which totally pissed me .They could have explored so much more with both the generations but no they had to fill in evil moms, unwanted murders and useless investigation.
4) Didn't had to show Moms such vile creatures, instead of bringing comic reliefs they brought in more misery with the plot (in start episodes, they were real funny with their petty efforts for their kids, towards the end they were simply toxic)
5) Why they had to chose Jeon Do-yeon who is almost 10 years older to Jung Kyuong-ho as female lead is beyond me, she looks visibly old and doesn't bring any chemistry to table. She looked odd in every scenes with him , apart from looking older , she looked more of try hard to suit the image of younger person and their romantic scenes had zero charm.she was the only actor who did not suit the character. She looked too old as hae-yi's mom as well and she was supposed to be younger sister of her Mom.
6) seriously they brought in hae-yi's Mom(I mean WTF like we it wasn't already messed enough). other than trying to elevate Nam Haeng-seon to the saint status and trying to fill in to complete 16 episodes, there was no need to bring her in.
7) As if two love stories weren't enough, they squeezed in third love story also in 13/14 episode which obviously was rushed due to no time.
After reading this , people may think why would i continue to watch this show and didn't drop it ,pls allow me to explaing.

The only reason i continued with this show is Jung Kyung-ho who was absolutely fabulous as Choi Chi-yeol. What a fine actor he is , never in the whole of 16 episodes he has gone astray or left his character , he did full justice and finely portrayed the arc from being miserable even though successful to actually being happy. Dude even crammed Maths formulas like a pro, it doesn't look like he is acting when he is teaching , he makes you feel that yes he is the actually the star teacher as he is hailed in the show - plus points for that.
Lastly the last episode was good quality - they closed all the loops nothing left hanging for imagination , this is the most important thing for me in any series I watch. I loathe the shows in which they keep the audience hanging and leave the answer for audience to interpret. Also they gave us going on knees proposal by Choi Chi-yeol which almost made me not angry /forget with the issues. - total swoon worthy it was .
so to complete my review i would say watch it you are fan of Jung Kyung-ho or you have nothing better to watch.

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I dont understand why this drama has high rating value...the story is so-so, the characters especially the villain (principal, soo ah) are very cliche' kind of evil character, comical...The based plot of this drama is cheerleading in order to get high chance of going into university...there are a lot of other curricular activity that are basically easier to enter and gain the curricular grade needed to get into university like theatrical acting which can easily be done solo and dont need to coerce or threaten another group of students who just wanted to be left alone (in other word, the villain took the harder route to solve their problem rather than finding easier way around)

The acting was ok, the fall onto the hero scene was used way too much just in the first two episode...The main actress is volatile (one time, she has her own standing and opinion then the next, she broke down and cry) It's either one or the other, dont create a character who is independent and not independent

They fast forward the romance between the two main actors way too fast...I mean, just in episode 3, I could already see that the main hero likes the heroine...I wish they make them hate each other and doesnt want to help each other at all but slowly unravel their relationship as the story progress

The school idea of 'good grade students will be treated well while bad grade students wont ' is cliche' and unrealistic...there is no school that has this much bias for rich good grade students over bad grade students...even if it exist in the real world, the students can easily go to ministry or education and report this misconduct of treatment and the whole sha-bang will be over within a week top

I'm being objective here and didnt watch this because i think the actor or actress are cute...so my review should be objective too

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Perfection definition of „She fell first, he fell harder“…

After watching hundreds of dramas, I can’t believe I’m writing my first ever review here.
I’ve watched quite a lot of great dramas, so I’m surprised at my lazy self, that I actually took the time to write this and summarize my thoughts.



You know the feeling when you want to describe something and try to convey your thoughts and feelings into words, but no words can actually truly express it right? Yes, that’s how I feel right now. That’s how much I loved this drama.



It might sound exaggerated but every time I finish a drama that I feel so content and happy about, I start to feel immense gratitude for things I usually take for granted. Be it the eyesight I have, to be able to watch and read the subtitles or the hearing that I have to be able to listen to voices and music. I’m so happy to live in a country where I can peacefully watch dramas and enjoy myself. Sounds weird, but that’s how I feel.



Hidden Love was an absolute beautiful and heartwarming drama. One of the best, if not THE best ROMANCE drama I’ve seen. I’m so happy we get to see so many healthy couples in dramas recently. I’m really impressed by Chinese dramas these days. After „Meet Yourself“, I’m happy to rate another lovely Chinese drama 10 stars this year.



I’ve watched great dramas over the years and I can tell you. This drama is PERFECTION. I’ve never felt bored for even a second. This is how romance is done right. I absolutely adored this couple. They made me feel whole lot of butterflies and brought me to tears as if I’m the one in the relationship. Their acting was so incredibbly natural and authentic. It felt so real! I will miss them so much!

I also loved Sang Zhi’s relationship with her brother Sang Yan. It was so fun to watch them quarrel and be ordinary siblings.



I will keep myself short, because I could ramble on for too long. I’m happy to have watched this drama. And I look forward to rewatch it in the future. 

Really thankful for all the people who put this awesome drama together and made it the gem it is. 



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How to ruin a good original story

Let’s start with some of the pros:
- Good original story. It certainly had a ton of potential and was a great idea for a show
- The villains, despite being cliche were well written and the actors playing them held true to their characters
- The main actor is very good looking, so that was certainly a plus for most viewers (including me!)
That’s all of the pros. Now for the reasons which made watching this show a huge mistake for me:
- The Italian. Seriously. If you have an experienced team creating a high budget drama, the least you could do was open “Italian for dummies”. That would’ve told the scriptwriter that mademoiselle is a French word and the main character’s repeated use of it on top of his already horrid pronunciation completely ruined any “Italian” vibe he could’ve had. He neither sounds nor acts as someone raised in Europe and the fact that the team is unaware of this shows how little they cared about researching another culture. If the situation was reversed and someone tried to pass off Japanese words as Korean, you bet all these viewers would be up in arms about it
- The main characters. All of them. These are some of the most poorly written characters I’ve ever seen in any drama. The female main’s over the top ridiculousness undermined her character as a smart, competent attorney. The male main (once you get over his looks) has terrible facial expressions. The supporting cast is mostly shallow and illogical
- The superhero complex in this show is out of control. Everyone, everywhere simply loves and is willing to give up their life for a magical man with extremely good fighting skills and perfectly manicured baby hands. Everyday people apparently have no issue with him murdering his way through a country which does not seem to have an actual justice system. By the end I genuinely couldn’t understand why they loved him so much
- The extremely lazy writing leaves so many plot holes it’s impossible to count them all but I’ll try. The guy they scammed as shamans runs the newspaper. In the earlier episodes, they showed a huge court case where the main couple arrived in a sports car and got tons of media attention. Does the owner never open one of his papers? Has no one seen these people on TV after they constantly posed for cameras?
That’s just one example of a circus full of low IQ characters getting away with senseless actions simply because the writer ‘said so’.
- Honourable mentions: Over the top comedy which ends up being unfunny, the ‘talented tenants’ plot line was just too convenient, the main villain’s reveal was underwhelming, the romance was forced and the mid episodes were slow/draggy where I almost gave up.
Despite all that, I watched till the end mainly for the story which could’ve been amazing without all the pointless comedic elements and moronic characters. And to remind myself to never trust a Kdrama’s rating since all these viewers are apparently 17 (at least mentally) and just wish to see a pretty oppa doing cool things in shiny clothes.

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