Reviews

Damn it was good

This drama is one of the reasons my standards got high on searching BLs.
Really the main two did their best and the scenes were OMG yo i kept drooling ?
Plot was nice and simple
I love how the characters were developed and portrayed the emotions and all !
Also both four of them were very well played the roles and the steamy scenes were Oh My Goodness “it was good, VERY GOOD”

Overall the drama is very beautiful
The actors look so handsome and cool
The difference in the character personality is well delivered

I give 10:10
This increased my standard now im searching for dramas the same !

Love in the air FTW ♥️

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What a waste of potential

It's disheartening to see that this tv show had the potential to be among the greatest in the genre. But,...

While the writer(s) had great ideas obviously, they struggled to put them onto the screen in a manner that would be visually and emotionally pleasing, especially in the first 25 episodes, those could have been condensed into 10 or even fewer, resulting in a significantly improved viewing experience in my opinion.

*** SOME SPOILERS AHEAD ***
Establishing a strong connection between the audience and the main characters is usually achieved through the gradual development of chemistry between the two leads. Unfortunately, due to a lot of misunderstandings and sufferings, going back and forth many times, repetitiveness, particularly in the early stages but even later on in the show, this bond between the characters felt almost non-existent to me, it felt like it's there only to satisfy purpose of the plot, not real genuine romance.
I understand that these choices were driven by the demands of the story, but they should have done it in a much better way.

There are many plot holes, lazy writing, characters are mostly one dimensional without real depth, some parts felt so unnecessary dragged, like the first half of the show, and some felt rushed esp. towards the end, un-logical time jumps (they are mortals but they live for 500 years without aging a bit, Yue Ya was a child but after 500y she is still teenager) and so on.
*** THE END OF THE SPOILERS ***

Story: 6.0
I have a feeling that It's as if the writer initially conceived the ending of the story, the last ten episodes in particular which are the best part of the show, and then added the remaining parts of the narrative to fit around that initial great idea. Unfortunately, they didn't manage to execute it in the most effective manner.
Even though few parts were amazing but because overall feeling, 6 is the highest I can give.

Acting: 8.0
Main leads did a good job with the given material and the others were pretty convincing too.

Music: 7.0
Music is ok.

Re-watch: 1.0
Once is enough.

Conclusion:
It's shame to see such untapped potential. A skilled storyteller and director could have worked wonders with the material, turning it into a masterpiece. Unfortunately, the show's narrative structure and execution became a missed opportunity to create something truly remarkable.

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NOTHING LIKE BETTER DAYS AND MY BLOOD AND BONESV IN A FLOWING GALAXEY

This drama is NOTHING like Better Days and My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy 9I highly recommend you all watch it; it is so good and is underrated) it's more like the comedy series " Where there is dark there is also light " The comedy and how the main lead actress acts throw off the whole point. it's not a bad show it's just not a good show either.

The acting is not bad but the direction is bad. this show could have been pointing out so many stereotypes and problems but they chose to go the comedy route....

Better Days did badly when it first came out believe it or not. it wasn't until recently that many people started watching it. many storywriters don't trust that "controversial" shows or series will due well.

a lot of c-dramas like these happen a lot where they try to "cute" everything to get the audience to watch the show. But the people who are actually into the plot never fully like the show/movie.

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Toxic Adaptation Removes The Fun.

An unsettling adaptation from both the manga or the Japanese movie. The comedic elements that make the manga and movie work, get twisted oddly in this melodramatic re-imagining. The plot and characters (especially the secondary and tertiary characters) are all over the place and poorly written. I only got through these 10 episodes by watching at 2x the speed and fast-forwarding in addition to that.

General Spoilers below.
There is so much toxicity in this series. Everyone treats Anda like sh*t and emotionally manipulates him. He's always made to feel like he should say sorry when other people are the ones out of line. Parents are abusive (forcing him to do entertainment work when his stage fright is so bad that he can faint or get fevers) and his brother is massively controlling and secretly installs a gps tracker on his phone. Ryou does become supportive eventually but before then his actions are disturbing.

The way Ryou forcibly removes Anda's shirt to make him "prove" he isn't a girl is so wrong. And he NEVER apologizes, instead turns what happens in that scene into a way to coerce Anda into doing a photoshoot with him- knowing it's going to trigger his anxiety but wanting to make him "conquer" it, which is also the wrong way to go about that (and Ryou doesn't apologize for that either). Ryou non-consentualy kissing Anda repeatedly when he's sleeping is uncomfortable enough in the Japanese movie but at least they try to keep the tone light and only do quick pecks on the lips; though it's tasteless, it's kept as a joke. In the series, Ryou very seriously fully makes out with Anda's lips while he's dead asleep and it is flat out creepy.

The makeout scene in Ep 6 part 4 and love scene in Ep 7 part 3 are passionate (though the characters have drunk a lot for the first one). Sadly, that's the best thing to say about this series.

There's more that is uncomfortable/unsettling, silly, or frusterating with this series, but I don’t want to waste any more time on it so I'm ending my review here.

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Didn’t expect this much sweetness

To those who hesitate to watch the drama, im here to say GO On Try it ♥️ you will gonna love
So much sweetness even my teeth got cavities ??
I didn’t expect much but the drama turns our so sweet and fluffy
The actors have done their job well and how they portrayed the emotions and all are very good!
I really enjoyed the drama and all the sweet moments
Its really a good drama to watch to make yourself relax a bit..
I recommend everyone to watch it for a little candy and sugar!
Well don’t expect things like love in the air but the sweetness is thr

Overall I enjoyed well
I kept smiling throughout the drama
Its nice and lighthearted

Give it a try
Wouldn’t get disappointed <3

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NOT MY CUP of TEA

This drama is way too serious.

Give me a break, I only watch stuff to be entertained not to see the male lover murder his female partner and repeat ad nauseum via reincarnation. *Rolls eyes* Journey of Chongzi, I'm looking at ya!

Light-hearted stuff like The Melee Mage, and Fights Break Sphere (2023) I highly approve. Depressing, sad, overly melodramatic crap like Fights Break Sphere (2018), The King's Avatar, The Longest Promise, and The Last Immortal can all go to hell!

The reason I'm even giving this 3 stars instead of 1 because kudos it's Tencent visual effects magic.

The other thing I didn't like the FL lead is too strong, the story is SOLELY about her. Here the ML is just her accessory! I hate this kind of crap. BUT if we look at Princess Agents, the story was very much about the ML as much as the FL. Zhao Liying is the only female lead I highly approve for female-centric dramas because her TV series always give importance to the ML as well! Zhao Lusi and co can all go to hell. I swear I will never watch another Xiao Zhan nor Zhao Lusi drama ever again...

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what the fuck?

there’s a reason it’s under the “what did I just watch?” category on GagaOOlala
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you will need a palate cleanser after watching
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…I’m just so confused…bloody horror is usually my thing…but this…this is something else
……………………………………………………………………………why does a review have to be 500 characters? …………………………………………………………………………..
it doesn’t take that many to say. this was weird, left me super confused and hoping it didn’t follow me into my dreams…..

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Monti Parungao, from whom we have several films here, signed his "handwriting" on this picture as well, which I saw in the unedited version. The story is very simple, imbued with the spirit of eroticism, naked marketable bodies and depictions of sex. Karlos, played by Miko Pasamonte and whom I know from two other films Kape Barako and Anag ng Macho Dancer, is a young homosexual prostitute who, like many, does this work like a robot and meets a young Yuri during his work. But even in this "robot" one day a feeling awakens, which he tried to suppress until now as much as possible...

Monti Parungao, od kterého zde máme několik filmů, se podepsal svým "rukopisem" i na tomto snímku, který jsem viděl v nesestříhané verzi. Příběh je to velmi jednoduchý, prostoupený duchem erotična, nahých prodejných těl i zobrazením sexu. Karlos, kterého hraje Miko Pasamonte a jehož znám ze dvou dalších filmů Kape Barako a Anag ng Macho Dancer, je mladý homosexuální prostitut a jako mnozí tuto práci dělá jako robot a při své práci potkává i mladíka Yuriho. Jenže i v tomto "robotovi" se jednoho dne probouzí cit, který se snažil doposud co nejvíce potlačovat ...

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Gong Jun, Enough said

I will watch anything that has Gong Jun in it, as he’s my favorite Chinese Actor along with Johnny Haung.
This might sound biased because I love Simon so much but his acting here was so good if I do say so myself. I also liked the FL’s character so much, our marketing genius plus she wasn’t a woe is me character.
There was absolutely nothing I liked about the 2nd FL, she was such an incredibly bland character and for the life of me couldn’t understand what Jian saw in her but to each their own.
The way they glossed over that peace loan incident just so the FL and Gao Yi can reconcile was baffling, no matter how you look at it, his actions or even inaction if you may resulted in the death of her father, I know he didn’t kill her father but he might as well have IMO.
The last part of the drama didn’t make much sense honestly, the FL valued trust above everything especially after everything she went through and the ML characterization has always been open when it comes to business matters especially acquisitions why then did he hide it from the FL, it was for just no other reason than to have more episodes and the drama can have drama but it ended up cheapening the character IMO & it was a shame.
Overall I enjoyed the drama and I recommend

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Is this really it?

I had been anticipating the release of a second season for a few years, sweet home being one of my favourite shows, upon finding out that it was finally happening I was super excited. And it was great! For about three episodes. I was really interested to see where it would go. It seemed like how the humans could be worse than monsters was going to an important theme. Maybe something about the abuse and control of the army, that’s what it seemed to be building up in those opening episodes.

But then it kinda fell apart. I found myself comparing it to Peninsula (Train To Busan sequel) a lot, it suffered from a lot of the same same things. It might not be terrible on its own, but it doesn’t hold up to the initial media.

I got bored and lost interest pretty quickly, I didn’t really care about anything that was happening on screen anymore. It felt messy. I had no emotional investment in these characters, the originals that I did care about were buried in all the show tired to do, if they weren’t simply buried.

I also felt we lost what made the monsters so unique, they stem from the desires of people, but now we’re seeing packs of the same monster? Where’s the nuance!

It didn’t feel like I was watching the same show as I was last season. It doesn’t help that most of our beloved characters were dead in the first few episodes. I don’t watch this show expecting my favourite characters to survive, but it was upsetting seeing them being discarded so quickly so they could make an almost entirely new cast. It lost everything that made me love it. It turned into something generic. People running away from monsters and trying to survive, what post-apocalyptic media hasn’t done that already.

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I’m actually so mad

I was going to give this drama 9/10 but not anymore.
The father not being punished or getting any sort of retribution but instead gets forgiven and even gets to have a relationship with her when he was as guilty as the mother and stepsister is so wild to me. So is this drama is telling us that because he didn’t know that she was his child, his behavior is excused. The level of disappointment I feel about this is beyond comprehension. He gets away with everything just like that. Gosh I really am so pissed.
Once again a man’s sin is trivialized while a woman’s sin is accentuated. It’s beyond ridiculous and I am not rewarding this BS.

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Honestly not that bad

I don’t really watch a lot of dramas but this one is kind of good. Some others say it’s pretty predictable which is somewhat true but overall I didn’t get the mafia until they were revealed to everyone. Yes it’s a little annoying from how the characters act but lowkey what kind of kdrama doesn’t have annoying characters and I’m a person who can’t stand stupid characters but I dealt with it fine. The show is easy to understand which makes it easy to catch on to the storyline but they’re some gore scenes which if you’re uncomfortable with, you should skip. If you enjoy the popular show ‘All of us are dead’ I think you should give this show a try due to its pretty somewhat similar storylines minus the zombies. The only thing I didn’t really like was how face paced the show was, it didn’t really have time for me to connect me as a viewer to any of the characters except like 1 or 2 but it kind of gets better later on into the show. Otherwise I’m excited to see the next 6 episodes and I’ll probably rewatch in the future!!

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chaotic and cheerful family abuse story

this story is about children overcoming abuse from their father. I know a lot of people loved it so much, but I didn't (not as much). why?

1st: 12 episodes seems to be a few, but the duration is 1:20 hour. that means the show has 14 episodes lasting 1h. it's not so far from the usual 16;
2nd: there is a lot of things happening during these 12 episodes: a music star being born, an old music star surviving the decline of her career, 2 families getting rid of their abusive father (this alone should have been enough), and how a young girl got lost on a remote island and how she got rescued, and how she adapted again in the society (this also alone should have been enough). the result is a little bit overwhelming. I really think that the quality of the show would have been better if they chose to focus on less main subjects.
3rd: the music was nice, but I didn't LOVE any of them.

what I loved: the actors were really good, especially the young actors. the atmosphere of the show was very well transmitted. the writer did a very good job sharing his views about the complexities of relationships. you are sometimes very mad at some characters then understand that they had their own reasons and it's forgivable. I think that it can be very interesting to re-watch the show.

audience: not under 15 because there is some violence
when to watch: it's a dense story, watch it on week-end so you'll have some time process it.
even if it's mostly cheerful I didn't find it relaxing.

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Funny sweet romcom

I was expecting it to be your typical romcom and I wasn’t wrong! But I think the entire point of this movie was to make fun of the cliche romance movies, they took so many cute tropes and added all of them in one.

The chemistry between the actors could’ve been better honestly, I still think they were cute but definitely could’ve been better. On a side note, the actors still did well, I had so many moments where I laughed while watching the movie- it’s just silly in its own way and entertaining at the same time.

Amnesia plots in romance movies are usually the most cliche tropes ever and I think that was the whole gag (especially the doctor who was the one who kept mentioning movies about this plot LMAO).

Overall, I loved it a lot! The beginning was a little boring but once we get to the amnesia part it gets much better and entertaining, super cute and a good watch.

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O que falar...

Demorei um tempo para pensar o que escrever e a forma a qual resenhar esse drama. E acho que so agora consigo entender o que senti assistindo ele. Esse drama possui uma serie de nuances e contextos socias, políticos, econômicos que podem ser englobado em apenas um contexto, passar no vestibular.
Acho que esse drama compriu o que se propôs a fazer, falando sobre os aspectos fisicos e mentais dos estudantes, a amizade (do apoio nessa fase ou richa entre esses). Além de falar sobre o que é a familia e o apoio dos familiares ao longo do percurso de cada individuo.

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