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My Boss
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by Ninsss
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36 of 36 episodes seen
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Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

So so

it’s an okay series for me, but I’ve been skipping a bit on some scenes, Chemisty is okay too. But plot’s nothing new. if you just want something to enjoy this is an okay series. it’s not the kind that would pull you in and make you feel different emotions & would make you want to finish the whole thing without skipping. overall it’s bearable and sometimes enjoyable, The ML looks good and very manly not your typical skinny tall ML. The FL is cute but I think a straight or wavy hair would look better on her, her curly long hair felt so heavy whenever I see her hehehe

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Pyramid Game
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by Ninsss
11 minutes ago
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

Mindblown

For this series it will depend if it’ll suit your style, I am enjoying this series tbh and I can’t wait for the final two episodes 9-10. I’m not full on romance fluffy kind, I enjoy a wide array of genres from fantasy, crime, thriller, romance etc. What pulled me in the most is how well most of the Actors portrayed their character, and how intriguing it is wanting to read their thoughts but couldn’t.. how utterly creepy and scary the antagonist is. But also having thoughts of how ridiculous the whole thing was wherein Adults had very little to no say at all with all the crazy happenings. But again it’s a series some scenes are so realistic because it does happen in real life especially how bad bullying is in general.

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Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka
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29 minutes ago
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
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Quite a Disappointment

Love is an unpredictable journey that leaves a lot up to chance and complicated individual human emotions. We don’t choose who we fall in love with. Sometimes that leads to heartbreak. Other times, it leads to joy and healing.

Adapted from the manga Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka by Chiba Ryoko, the new Japanese BL Although I Love You, and You? tells the story of two men who find healing and new beginnings inside a love that takes them both by surprise. It follows Matsumoto Sakae (Kan Hideyoshi), a straightforward restaurant owner in Osaka, and Soga Hisashi (Nishiyama Jun), a shy, reserved office worker who instantly connect at Sakae’s restaurant before falling into a friendship that blooms into love.

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Vincenzo
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32 minutes ago
20 of 20 episodes seen
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Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.5
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A legend returns from Uruk in this thrilling tale of corporate greed and the entire justice system in Korea being corrupt or something.

The story is a bit quirky. having serious scenes where someone is gruesomely murdered and then the next scene Vincenzo walking into a chair. Or characters doing things very out of character for some slapstick humour. The acting itself is good. Its just over the top to fit in with the humour they were going for.

The music was fairly nice and built tension in scenes well. The ost for the villain was pretty noticeable.

Rewatching the show for me may be abit tilting since theres many moments where Vincenzo is an omnipotent god and can handle like 20 armed men. But then for some reason, he cant handle one guy with a gun when it matters the most. His ability is put up to such a high standard throughout the show and we see him do some insane shit. But when the plot requires it, he kinda just afks, allowing the antagonists to just kill people. Its pretty inconsistent. Some of the characters are also very annoying, like nearly the entire plaza cast is insufferable, especially at the beginning. They get better but would be annoying to have to watch them again.

Overall its a fairly nice show, good production value, entertaining and fun to watch. It does suffer from being a bit dragged out though. Bonus points for including
"He was my everything"

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Everyone Loves Me
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by mkk
32 minutes ago
24 of 24 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 10
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THIS IS WHAT LOVE 020 WISHES IT WAS!!!!!!!!

UGHHHHHH MY GOD. i love this drama SO MUCH!!!!! MY NEW FAV CDRAMA :D UGH. how do i even start???/

1. THE CAST. like bruh. fucking ZHOU YE AND LINYI TOGETHER. my literal CELEB CRUSHES T-T
2. THE SLOW BURN
3. THE ENEMIES?? TO LOVERS??
4. THE BANTER?? CHEMISTRY?!?!?!
5. EVERYTHING.

Lots of cliche scenes BUT MAN! I LOVED IT ALL!! usually i don't ;but oh my god. zhou ye is just so pretty. this drama is what love 020 wishes it was and what loveme hear me or wha\tever zhou ye was in should've done. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. i really must rewatch this show asap.

additionally the PINING AND THE SLOW BURN. I LOVE A GOOD SLOW BURN UGH. qianling has a fat crush on guxun and does everything in order to get him. then guxun is in love with qianlings online persona. BUT QIANLING is pretending to be all gentle and feminine to guxun, so he doesn't like her. then its revealed qianling is his online crush and he puts two and two together. AND WHEN HE SEES QIANLINGS ACTUAL PERSONALITYY. UGHY. THEN qianling is rejected but GUXUN IS CHASSSSIIINGGG AFTER HER. and girl is MAD. i LOVED IT WHEN SHE WAS. girlie holds a grudge and I LOVE HER FOR IT. then he works extra hard to get her and its SO CUTE. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!! i just wish they had more lovey scenes but lowkey this was beautiful BEAUTIFUL. so cutesy... no like BAD drama between them. very light hearted. i literally need to rewatch this just to take in all their little scenes that they had together. if i had to fix anything, itd prob be how after they knew each others identities, they STOPPED playing games together like UGHHH that's where they were so cute. like that part completely was stripped from the show. also the end/last few eps were kinda boring. like idc about ur company GIVE ME GUXUN X QIANLING SCENES PLSS!!!!! i lowkey lOVEDDD how delusional qianling was in the beginning like LMFAO that is me. and LOVED how guxun had to chase qianling and how much he LOVES HER. like so much.

this was like she likes him but he likes her online persona -> he rejects her shes devastated -> he finds out she is the online girl and is in love while she hates him -> she hates him he chases her -> she gets won over they date HAPPYYYYY :DDD UGH I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Doctor Slump
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33 minutes ago
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.5
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Could Have Been If It Was Short & Sweet

After “Welcome to Samdalri”, I had high hopes from “Doctor Slump”; not that the show didn’t meet my expectations. I just feel it frizzled out in the finale week. Focusing on mental health, we had two characters who are facing mid life crisis due to different scenarios. While Nam Ha Neul (Park Shin Hye) suffered depression because of the abuse suffered at her mentor’s hands; Yeo Jeong Woo (Park Hyung Sik) suffers from PTSD because he was falsely accused of medical malpractice. Their individual traumas bring them together; as they struggle with everyday life, being jobless and lonely. The first half of the show was fantastic as the show conceded to the main protagonist’s struggles. There was also the mystery of who caused the medical accident at Jeong Woo’s clinic. Their budding romance was another highlight; but the second half turned out to be entirely boring. This was one of those shows which should have followed the Netflix’s typical pattern of having eight or so episodes. Because beyond that, there wasn’t much substance in the storyline. Let’s review the better parts of this romcom!

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Actor:eal
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47 minutes ago
2 of 2 episodes seen
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Overall 9.0
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 10
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Short but sweet

The title says it all, Act or Real, indeed. Nice work.

It's a story about 2 actors playing a BL drama and practicing.
Even though only 2 episodes of 6 minutes, they managed to relay the story and the performance was great for the short time.
It will leave you wanting more, as their chemistry was off the charts.

Some shows get full shows and don't get to have such chemistry on screan, not to mention we got a proper kiss scene.

I hope they make it a mini series at the very least, they deserve it.
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Ready, Set, Love
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2 hours ago
6 of 6 episodes seen
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Overall 9.0
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 9.5

A different type of Hunger Games!

I got major Hunger Games vibes from this show!

In a world of barely any guys, a female chosen from the lottery (similar to Willy Wonka's Charlie) is forced into a game show where top winners can live happily ever after with a male they choose at the Farm, monitored by the government.

I had started this thinking it was going to be a cute romance drama, but NO NO this was not it at all. The more I watched, the more complex it got into the dystopian world they live in. I was curious about the games they would play. They were decently entertaining and creative to watch.

The way they ended was pretty cliffhanger, leaving room for Season 2 so we understand more about the world they built!! I need to know more about the father! Everything was plotted and planned well, aside from some smh moments from the female lead. Highly recommend, especially if this is your first Thai drama like it was mine! The male lead is a fantastic actor.

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The Novelist
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2 hours ago
6 of 6 episodes seen
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Overall 7.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 8.5

A BAG OF MIXED NUTS WITH A WEIRD AFTERTASTE

THE MUSIC WAS IMMACULATE, SO FITTING AND SO GOOD I ACTUALLY HAD TO SHAZAM IT.
The acting was SAUR GOOD I loved the main characters and even the support ones could shine at times, definitely this mini-series' highlight for me.
The plot was definitely unique, but it had some plotholes that could take you out of the story if you thought too much about them.
But what really put my rating down was some scenes...I just felt uncomfortable and it really took me out of it, and left a sour taste afterwards...Take those scenes out and is an easy 9/10.
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Roommates of Poongduck 304
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2 hours ago
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.5

WELL YES

This is definitely one of the best BLs I have watched so far in my journey...And that is because:
The casting is immaculate the main couple has synergy and they just play their caracters well, Jiwoong didn't have to carry cause Seobin did just as good! Oh and THE kiss scene...
The story was your above avarage office story, the plot innovated in some parts I have not seen anywhere else, and even though they were not big innovations, it was just enough to make the story feel real and relatable. #PR
Music was also a highlight...Very fitting and pleasant.
I really wanna rewatch this one soon!

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Kissable Lips
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2 hours ago
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 7.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 8.5

A VAMPIRE CAN'T FIX LACKING PLOT

The highlight of this BL as a whole has to be Jiwoong, and while that may be biased, this is my review so I am going to be biased. He ate that vampire role up, given what he was which brings me in my 2nd point...
The story was...Below avarage, especially given the vampire idea, it could have definitely be written better, but also several plotholes and questions left unaswered, with a season 2 rumored this could change but I doubt it will so I stand my ground on this.
The music was good, but did not impress me alot.
Would still rewatch if I was bored one day and had nothing else to do.

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Semantic Error
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2 hours ago
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 6.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.5

STANDARD BL THAT DIDN'T REALLY STAND OUT

I watched this quite a bit ago so this will all be from what I remember...
The story is your avarage enemies to lovers...Nothing really particular stands out, but this does not mean it's bad, it just leaves you wanting more.
The acting was good but forgettable, they played their characters well but did not REALLY embody them and sometimes went in too stereotypical ways for my taste.
Music was good from what I remember, but also not a standout.
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Ongoing 4/32
In Blossom
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by tori
2 hours ago
4 of 32 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 6.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

A drama where the lead FL face gets stolen by the evil 2nd FL

This one is a weird watch, kinda angst.
ML's childhood friend in the beginning was going to be married to him. But her family gets wiped out, and she gets a scar on her face from a sword. Fast forward to the future, he goes to look for her and finds her living life as a grave keeper. As the marriage news gets out to the 2nd lead jealous FL, she pushes her off the cliff and steals her face with some witch magic.
SO NOW the main lead is in the evil lead's body. And male lead still thinks evil girl is the same girl who killed his childhood love. They hate each other but keep interacting with each other..

This drama a little confusing, and some people probably won't like getting attached to the appearance of one lead if the other one is brought back
Not sure if i can handle 32 episodes of this

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Noble, My Love
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3 hours ago
20 of 20 episodes seen
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Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 2.0
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Fluffy, candy drama.. nothing new but entertaining

This is another CEO overbearing, dominant guy and the poor but dignify girl.

I liked that FL always said No, or did the opposite of what ML wanted… driving him crazy… it made the series fun and light to watch. She is proud and try to be resourceful on her own…. But the CEO is just too manipulative… basically forcing the situation so she would do what he wants… although it was not that easy to get her.

Now CEO was dominant, as expected, but too much… his demands were ridiculous… and ina stalker kind of way, forced her to change her life, as he pleased. Kudos for actor as he did his job very well…

FL acting was a bit over the top… i can not believe women would behave like her, but well… typical stereotype of k-dramas…

Situations that we have seen before.. nothing really new..

Overall… mini series of 15mins x episodes.. entertaining… it was OK if you like dominant CEO type of stories, you would like this one…

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Lonely Connections
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3 hours ago
6 of 6 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.5

Loneliness in love

Among the various contradictory situations that human beings experience throughout their lives, the relationships they establish with their peers are one of the most enigmatic. On the one hand, we are beings who naturally seek company and, in fact, it was thanks to our ability to socialize and live in groups that we survived and evolved as a species.
However, at the same time, building relationships comes with some difficulties. For various reasons, loneliness, isolation or some other form of these conflicts prevails over the natural inclination to company, preventing connection with others and even with the world around us.
Throughout their history, film and television have explored these setbacks from different perspectives. In some cases, having as a premise that loneliness is a symptom of complex emotional states, in others as an effect of the social alienation fostered by the world-system in which we live, and on other occasions seeing loneliness that is experienced as a transition necessary towards something more.
'Lonely Connections', by Joselito Altarejos, addresses the deeply human and existentialist theme of loneliness in love. Does feeling alone, despite being accompanied, mean having to give up love? On the contrary, the person who feels lonely in a relationship wants love, but at the same time is very aware of the type of relationship they need and what they expect from their partner. Perhaps it is precisely because of this awareness that finding the right person is not easy.
The viewer is faced with a reflection on how human beings face, in an intimate way, the search for happiness and their own identity. Loneliness may not be the best theme for a series or a film, since it does not need to be dramatic, energetic and, of course, happy or romantic. But it is a fundamental part of our human nature and a feeling that we have all felt at least once in our lives.
The famous Filipino filmmaker starts from this reality to tell us a story that shows that having a relationship with another person is no guarantee of feeling loved and accompanied. Feeling loneliness, indifference and emptiness on the part of the other person should make us reflect on the health of the relationship itself. When these events occur it is because there is real wear and tear, and decision-making is needed.
The characters of the series find themselves in a gray atmosphere, full of monotony, tedium, and depersonalized beings. They are solitudes that come together, recognizing new faces and new voices from the crowd. In six episodes lasting about 15 minutes on average, 'Lonely Connections' fills its footage with small gestures while they, the actors, without shyness or modesty, have hard and hot sex, while exposing their erect penises in front of the computer screen , showing themselves to whoever is on the other side of it, knowing in what is nothing more than a fleeting moment within their lives.
As an example of Altarejo's stylistic mastery, which makes every scene overflow with beauty and excess, the series reflects on maturity, heartbreak, the search for happiness, the need to feel connected to someone and the feeling of wanting to escape and live. at that moment. It deals with the loneliness of the individual in the couple since, despite having someone by their side, the characters are characterized by a deep loneliness framed by unhappiness.
But the series adds a new ingredient: it takes advantage of the quarantine and social isolation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, to make loneliness more palpable and raw.
With dark photography and a sad, melancholic soundtrack, the series explores heartbreak and loneliness, but also invites us to reflect on the relevance of being with a person who loves you and loves you just as you are, rather than surrounding yourself with people. with which you will never feel accompanied and happy. The same thing happens in relationships. You can establish a relationship with another person, and share your life with them, but you come to feel alone. It is loneliness in love.
We see in the miniseries people fully accompanied, but still feeling alone. They have sex, kiss, smile, feed their cats and watch vintage videos. There are betrayals, casual relationships, but also dissatisfaction, fear of coming out, breakups, and a constant search for love and happiness.
And from the point of view of the person who has stopped being loved: heartbreak opens up, something we must accept. Maybe the person we love stops loving us. And we must accept it. We can't force anyone to love us, and no matter how much it hurts us, we have to let them go their way. What is really important is that this breakup is as healthy as possible. If the person stops loving another, they must have enough courage and maturity to know how to end the relationship, without the other person suffering excessively from their indifference and emptiness.
One of the most heartbreaking moments, and most notable for its visual intensity, is a pure reflection of the loneliness shown through one of the protagonists, after having hot and explicit sex with his partner and another boy whom they invited to join in a threesome. . Four minutes of fixed camera on Sandino Martin, dancing alone to the beat of a melancholic melody, which defines the character's mood, on the record player, while he silently suffers his loneliness and drowns his sorrow in a solo dance, while moving the head repeatedly as a sign of boredom, dissatisfaction, sadness, lack of love and frustration. In the next room lies his lover, on the bed still burning from the heat of the naked bodies, who is deciding to abandon him so that he can be with the person he loves, who could very well be the person who formed the group a few moments ago. sexual theme.
The entire scene is being "observed", as a witness, by the poster for 'Unfried', a film directed by Joselito Altarejos himself in 2014, which also talks about the loneliness, anguish and obsession of a 15-year-old gay teenager. with social networks and how the viewer is taken on a nightmarish journey with the film's hero, David (Sandino Martin himself), whom Jonathan, his lover, abandoned just before Christmas, and turns to the screens of his cell phone, iPad and computer in a desperate attempt to prolong her connection, also lonely, with the boy she loves.
Joaquín, as the character is called, has seen how his love for the boy who sleeps next to him has withered. We don't know the reason, but one of the parties has lost interest in the other person, and is emotionally distancing themselves from them, making their counterpart notice the emptiness and loneliness. It is at that moment when the paths of both fork and go in opposite directions.
Through monologues rather than dialogues, we can see how often a person's own emotional wounds are the reason why they can isolate themselves from others, as well as the fact that there is nothing so painful to experience. how the loved person distances himself from us, and thus we experience his total indifference. Loving and not being loved is one of the most terrible life experiences. Loneliness in love generates very deep wounds in the soul.
In addition to the cinematographic style, the film also stands out for its soundtrack. In short, one of the most interesting series about loneliness in love in recent years and that defines the behaviors and situations of many people today.
What can be learned from this story? A heartbreaking image is shown of young people who, in reality, only want stability, but circumstances have gone against their wishes and, in this way, they find themselves in a state of loneliness that, combined with sadness and pain from the loss of love, make 'Lonely Connections' a visually captivating story.

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