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"云之羽" is an exceptional Chinese drama that has truly captivated my heart.

From its compelling storyline to its remarkable cast and breathtaking cinematography, this drama offers an unforgettable viewing experience.

The plot is intricately woven, filled with twists and turns that kept me eagerly anticipating each episode. The character development is outstanding, and I found myself deeply invested in the lives and struggles of the protagonists. The lead actors' performances are nothing short of phenomenal, bringing their roles to life with passion and authenticity.

One of the standout aspects of "云之羽" is its stunning visuals. The picturesque landscapes and beautifully crafted sets transport viewers to a world of enchantment. The attention to detail in the costumes and the overall production design is commendable, adding an extra layer of authenticity to the story.

Moreover, the drama's exploration of themes such as love, sacrifice, and the pursuit of one's dreams resonated deeply with me. It not only entertains but also leaves you with valuable life lessons.

In summary, "云之羽" is a masterpiece in the world of Chinese drama. It combines a gripping narrative with outstanding performances and exquisite visuals to deliver a truly unforgettable experience. Whether you're a fan of romance, fantasy, or simply great storytelling, this drama is a must-watch that will leave you enchanted and inspired.

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mini drama con un'anima troppo sottovalutato

ogni tanto capita di incappare in una piacevole sorpresa e questa è una di quelle volte. questo mini drama, per quanto lo faccia in maniera forse troppo scoperta, se vogliamo, è una di quelle rare perle che ci fa riflettere su di noi, sulla nostra vita, su quella che è la pressione che è la società intesa come massa dei nostri pari, che ci spinge a comportarci in maniera contraria a quelli che sarebbero i nostri veri desideri e a quella che sarebbe l'aspettativa che abbiamo per la nostra vita. per contro, il fatto di mostrare costantemente una maschera a chi ci circonda distrugge la percezione che abbiamo del nostro sè e ci porta tutta una messe di insicurezze perché non siamo più in grado di capire quale sia la persona, la maschera con cui si rapporta il nostro prossimo: saremo simpatici, saremo amati per come recitiamo, per il nostro personaggio, o per come siamo veramente? a questi e ad altri interrogativi da una risposta questa serie , forse in maniera un po' infantile, ma comunque in modo abbastanza intelligente. gli attori si sono comportati tutti più che bene, sia la coppia principale che è molto carina e piacevole, sia le spalle e i personaggi secondari, che hanno fatto tutti il loro dovere. ampiamente promosso e consigliato.

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Not a 100% perfect but 98% perfect

First of all I have to say that I LOVE THIS KDRAMA's OST, it's simply my favorite one among allll the others. Especially "Leave", this songs always hits me hard in the heart.
Anyway, now about the story. As I said, this kdrama isn't 100% perfect but I'd say it's 98% perfect. This 2% missing is about the "blank spaces" that weren't explained to us. To start with, the ending, I'm pretty happy with how the kdrama ended even though we all know that hwal wouldn't be able to be born again, but he did! And He and Yeon had met again, so why we gonna complain? Ahhaaha I won't, I'm really happy with the ending.
Btw the story itself is all good and beautiful, I love this kdrama. But I have to say now that I'm watching it a second time, now knowing the story I cannot stop laughing at Hwal's anger towards Yeon... I mean? Dude? You're the one who caused everything, you even tried to kill the people she loved and now you're complaining qnd arguing with her? ahahahaha I can't -
Also I love their relationship, while Hwal hates her at the beginning, from the very first moment she cared about him even tho he tried to harm her several times, she (even not remembering the past) deep inside she cared for him and want him the best. I mean, what a pure love ahahah. We can hate Hwal at the beginning but as the story goes and he starts to loving her again, we start to love even more this couple.
Anyway, I wouldn't blame everything on him since 1000 years ago it was also Yeon's fault, she promised she would be back for him once the children have grow but she never did, she basically abandoned him. As his partner and "wife" she should have talked to him. So... To me both of them are to blame.
She for not talked to him and Hwal for not tried to dialogued with her too. But, I understand that he was only trying to save his love. Anyway, deep inside I blame Yeon for everything hahahaha, I mean, I understand she was feeling alone with only both of them, she wanted children, but how can she left him alone like that? Nhe... I pity Hwal.

BTW! I recommend this kdrama to everyone who don't mind violence, bc this kdrama has a lot of it hahahaha. it's a pretty good story with amazing music and a couple that we can't avoid to love 💕

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Yeah... nope.

I love both leads but the story... and the development... nuh-uh
it was like wrapping beautifully a crappy gift ^^;

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A Fairytale Story

It's a very cute story about two people that really love each other. With some romantic soap opera elements... there for, a fairytale at the end. But they made it cute, so I recommend it ^_^
The song is one I used to hear a lot when Hikaru Utada released it, so for me the experience, had a plus.

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So good and then...

It would be perfect with other ending. Plain and simple as that. If you don't believe me, go ahead and watch ;P

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A sweet Romantic series (without sugar) but full of wisdom

I don't know why, I wasn't more hooked than that on the first viewing (maybe because it was one of my first dramas :)
On the other hand, I really loved it when I saw it again!!

PLOT: An actress completely changes her physique (face, body, voice) one week per month. Not easy to manage, but one man who doesn't recognize faces, will help her and love her.

Through this plot, the series casually addresses a lot of controversial subjects: gender, the role and status of women, discrimination, old age, mourning, faith, etc.

PROS:
+ 2 fantastic leads (ML = Lee Min Ki / FL = Seo Hyun Jin) who demonstrate all their talent in these difficult roles, and a great cast!
+ Romance 2 is unexpected with an authoritarian and direct FL2, and a kind ML2, torn between his dream and his love.
+ Story well constructed, intelligent & asks true questions.
+ Very good OSTs, (some are now on my playlist).

CONS:
It's a fantasy series, so there's a lot of "dramaland" (multiple twists, jealous villains, gross coincidences,...)

=> Series which fully deserves its high rating (which I will perhaps watch again, just to discover new aspects of the drama)
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Je ne sais pas pourquoi, je n'avais pas accroché plus que ça au 1e visionnage (peut-être parce qu'il s'agissait d'un de mes premiers dramas :)
Par contre, je l'ai vraiment adoré en le revoyant !!

PLOT: Une actrice change totalement de physique (visage, corps, voix) une semaine par mois. Pas facile à gérer, mais 1 homme qui ne reconnait pas les visages, va l'aider et l'aimer.
Au travers de ce plot, la série aborde, mine de rien, pas mal de sujets polémiques : les genres, le rôle et le statut des femmes, les discriminations, la vieillesse, le deuil, la foi, etc.

PROS:
+ 2 leads géniaux (ML = Lee Min Ki / FL = Seo Hyun Jin) qui démontrent tout leur talent dans ces rôles difficiles, et un cast de qualité !
+ La romance 2 est inattendue avec une FL2 autoritaire et directe, et un ML2 gentil, déchiré entre son rêve et son amour.
+ Story bien construite, intelligente & pose de vraies questions.
+ De très bons OST, (certains sont désormais sur ma playlist).

CONS:
C'est une série Fantasy, il y a donc pas mal de "dramaland" (multiples twists, jealous villains, coïncidences grossières,...)

=> Série qui mérite amplement son high rating (que je regarderai peut-être à nouveau, histoire de découvrir de nouveaux aspects du drama) ( ｡◕‿◕｡ )

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Don't waste your efforts ^^;

The acting of this young actors combined with the direction was flawless. That's why 10☆
BUT
it started good and then better and then it was just a pain that I have to finish. I found it REALLY unnecessary tangled to finally save the day with 5 seconds at the end 🤦‍♀️

Nah, not recommended.


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Great potential but wasted as usual-_- Still lovable if watched with limited expectation.

I fell in love with the drama after watching the first episode...it had that genre-bending feeling. 2nd and 3rd episode retained that horror, mystery element. And though things changed afterward, I still enjoyed it till the 8th episode. Then it faltered. I admire that they tried to stretch the story to the end but so not effectively that it hurts! Unlike many, I was waiting for the romance and Lee Jin-uk and Kown Nara have a really nice chemistry in my opinion and that is despite the vague writing that they got.
The idea of reincarnation is tricky and if not dealt with tact, feels stupid. Without their memories, none of the characters are what they were in their past lives. The 1000-year timeline is so long that it minimizes the connections in between. The relationship between Dan Hawl and Sol could have been explored more. The romance of Hawl and Sangun could have been more mature and direct, after all, they are grownups and the fatalistic outlook towards their relationship felt weird to me. I don't know if Lee Joon worked too hard for a character that is written in such a lackluster fashion, but he created a buzz that the story couldn't justify, so all his eccentricity gets reduced to a certain sort of nuttiness! No motive just wishful thinking and an unbelievably adamant belief in his victimhood. The monsters had no underlying plot, they just exist and Hawl just kills them...for episodes of running from them, this is disappointingly underwhelming. By episode 12 I sort of lost hope about how they'd wrap it in only 4 episodes and rightfully so.
But they did provide some nice moments- especially Hawl's revisiting of Ms. Lee's life and Sangun's following comforting scene is a highlight of mine from the later episodes. What I don't like in many k dramas is how the story ends long before its runtime (maybe I haven't watched many) so, I liked how they were keeping the plot tight but who knew that would be a double-edged sword?-_- The only redeeming quality is the performance of the cast which I thoroughly enjoyed. Even in the most childish scenes Nara and Jinuk had a gravity, their 1000 year past selves weren't even given any time, they just stand and stare at each other and it still worked!
It started off with such a promise and went on with this gusto that I hoped they have something decent for us in the end but that was a misplaced hope. 50 years from now is stretching it so far that it literally doesn't make any impact. The ideal ending would have been in the present. Everything turned so flimsy in the end, I feel like if 1000 years ago Sangun told Hawl that she's leaving him for 20 something years and would come back later- none of this would have happened...or if Hawl tasted a drop of blood somewhere he could have remembered everything much easier and early. And now that I'm thinking I don't know why Ok Eul Tae couldn't kill this version of Sangun, what was the catch?
I guess the victory of the show is in the fact that after this myriad of complaints, I'm still going to say that I mostly liked it. I liked the initial suspense, the pretty visuals, the amazing OST and mostly, the acting. I wish they had done justice to all these great elements by writing a decent plot that in the end wouldn't just fall flat like this.

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Hatsukoi

First of all, the song is phenomenal. I have known this song for so many years now, more specifically the Tagalog version. (First Love Repablikan)
The Tagalog version is basically about loving someone fictionally. Like anime. It's crazy because when this drama first came out on Netflix I felt goosebumps and instantly felt emotional. I guess this song has a soft spot for me.
It took me a while to watch this because I didn't want to feel sad😅. Just the title makes me emotional but I finally took the courage to watch it cuz I felt emo at that moment.
It's crazy. This drama is good!
The approach of their love story, the struggles, the life of being in their 20s and the pressure from their parents are well portrayed.
The twist…. I'm speechless.
That twist significantly impacted my decisions again in life. It's like choosing a path. Left or right. I don't know how to explain it but I cried numerous times. The romance between their youth life made me so emotional. The actor and actress, (Taisei & Rikako) definitely did an outstanding job. I like their chemistry more than the adults. Probably because being an adult is hard and going back into your youthful years seems freer.
Also, the adult main character stated that Taisei and Rikako did an excellent job portraying their characters and I agree. Every time they do flashbacks, I reminisce. I don't have experience at all with love but watching them just gives me chills.
Moreover, this drama was worth walking.
It hit on the spot.
Yae’s mom… ugh. Bat kci 🥹😭
Anyways. Goodbye.
12:22 pm
9/11/23

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Decent

Turned out to be a decent story. I really appreciated how it focuses on the individuals with a reasonable scoop while taking into consideration their surrounding rather than throwing in mindless connections to make the story more grand without relevant purpose such as wars/nations/kingdoms/factions. Although it started to lean a little bit into the other side towards the end, unfortunately, this is the fault of its runtime. Which brings me to my next point, the drama is definitely too long for its content and it would benefit greatly if it were to be condensed down to ~25 episodes, it would make a much more compelling package. Because of this, the drama had a serious issue with flashbacks. There was a one piece of dialogue that was repeated almost every other episode for its entire runtime, a bit too much! I liked the first 2/3 more than the last 1/3, things were changing at an unreasonable pace as we were approaching the end, you may say it was rushed. The last ~10 episodes were full of rapid changes where the drama felt like it lost it direction and didn't know how to stir it towards the end. The production seems to be passable despite its flaws even when taking into consideration that this was made in the early 2000s. Some scenes you will notice some great attention to details while other scenes you can see the tape of their fake facial hair.

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Bad

It's nothing but a dreadful watch, following this piece of artificial soulless junk made me wonder why some cast members, who are well off, accept such projects. I feel like somewhere not too long ago writers stopped trying when it came to these high-society themed dramas. A squeaky clean wardrobe, a massive mansion and a handful of dirty secrets won't cut it anymore. The shallowness and the lack of substance made a killer combo for a mind numbing experience. The drama's message absolutely wasn't worth 20 episodes to tell its tale nor was it interesting or entertaining to follow. In fact, they did a goddamn poor job in that regard. I'm fairly certain if you were to pick up any random drama from Park Soo Ae or Kim Kang Woo catalog it would be a guaranteed better watch than whatever this was.

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