Reviews

bromance or BL? It's the Perth show

Without giving away any spoilers I can say episode one would make most people stop watching this,,, the only reason to power through is Perth who rises beyond an inconsistent tone, and a script that wants to be five things at once.

Let's jump to the cons: NO chemistry between the lead couple and the potential romance is built on a transactional relationship, you help me pass a test and we can play video games. I spent the first few episodes wondering if the leads were asexual celibate as they expressed no interest in each other. The script and directors didn't help, "pass your test...for me" is the closest thing to a romance or a bromance with occasional hugs.

The title is "dangerous romance" but the romance is miscast, and only one of the actors is believable: Perth, is the star attraction, and the only reason to watch this messy melodrama...the other actor with Perth is just phoning it in and doesn't want to be near Perth. Fake kisses speak volumes.

I found myself wanting to fast forward because everything seemed forced and watching people trying to act and only one person was believable in the role.

to call this "dangerous" would mean that studying hard will give you a papercut. It could be dangerous because at one point the Perth character likes two people at once. It's confusing and dangerous to keep watching awkward confusion.

That being said, the question is, should I watch it...YES, if you like the actors and watch without the sound. And can ignore the lack of anything romantic...then enjoy

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Worth watching without last 2 episodes

This is a school drama, very interesting and slow pace, usual problems that youth experience. Dreams, mocks, exams, we can do everything attitude and ultimate goal to get into university. The actors are really nice, not stupid FL and playing very well. Relationships and friendships are fun, lots of things to learn, the dialogues are quite good. Parents children relationships and situations through teenage years which are common in our life are described and showed well, some toxic ones, some good ones. Is more of the friendship drama than love story.
The story overall is written very good, but the last too episodes is like a different thing which made the ending cliche. She was wrong a little bit, but if he was in her place, probably will do the same thing for her. He is gone away, came back after 4 years and in the last 10 minutes everything was forgotten. The excuse was so cheap that made me to write this review and mark this drama from 9 to 7. In 4 years the misunderstanding he had is just absolutely stupid. He found all her friends quickly after 4 years and during those freaking years he couldn't ask them the question about her boyfriend???? Really in the era of high technology, where she has updates on whatever social media. He blocked her, but not viceversa. Also the thing that he came back, and guess what he needs the house decorated with her company of course. Shouldn't he come first and talk to her like adults, explain the studpid excuse and not playing this kind of cliche games. I know this is a drama, but i had to say my rant, as i invested a lot of time in time, as i quite liked it.

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more melodramatic series that didn't stick the landing

Overall: this first episode really hooked me, but similar to most of GMMTV's series, the existing plot would have paced better at fewer episodes and I was especially disappointed at the last 2 episodes. 12 episodes about 45 minutes each. Aired on GMMTV's YouTube channel.

Content Warnings: violence/beaten up, see my spoiler comment for another one, fights/punches

What I Liked
- how the intro notice was blurry to make the viewers feel how Day felt
- the premise was explained/shown well
- sweet moments
- laughed a few times
- enjoyed several of the supportive side characters

Room For Improvement
- pacing was too slow for me, I watched most at 2x speed
- I couldn't get into some of the conflicts because I saw easy(ish) work arounds for most of them
- ep 11 curse/cliche plot point, time jump and a rushed ending
- it felt like Mhok was doing more of the heavy lifting in their relationship and Day's fast change of mind felt unrealistic

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How I wished that the girl just hid her love forever

It was a weird and intolerable sight for me. I was having such a good time watching the show during the first half but then it became draggy. It all started when the guy started to grow feelings for the young girl. I know that five years gap in a relationship is not considered a very far-away gap, but damn! Why did they not hire a young actor to portray the main male lead during his university days? They just stick to the same actor till the end in wherein it seem too hard for me to accept their romance. The guy felt like a predator who fell in love with a middle school girl.

The main girl's characteristic sticks with being childish until the end. I know that this is not their intention but I can’t help but to feel cringe at their scenes. It was a better ending if the girl ended up with someone his age or those men who tried to court her.

A disappointment from the good reviews from the majority. It wasn’t as good as it seemed to be. The punches that the main guy received from the young girl’s brother are all my feelings towards their pairing. If there’s a different concept, I guess they can win me with their chemistry. But this one is such a meh for me.

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MASTERPIECE

I never got bored once while watching this movie.
Despite being a musical (which I honestly sometimes hate bc the singing and dancing is unnecessary and out of nowhere), the music was introduced in parts that actually made sense!
The actors are top tier.
I read the manhwa years ago, and the way they brought this to life exceeded my expectations!!
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they were killing innocent children for fun and it doesn't even matter

Episode 6 :- Ugly detective killed a little girl who calls him uncle and said he is like her family
and he feel good about and thought if he find a thief it will be fine that he killed a innocent child
and then Ugly detective goes and says everything is back so why in episode 7 to the father of girl he killed, everything is back
EunJi is dead but its okay because FL is back and he only need KIM HYE SOO for this show to run
In earlier episodes he left Driver alone so that driver can kill another woman in future
This Ugly detective is killing people and at the end of so it was all ok if he himself save himself by killing many innocent people in this. but Ugly detective solved the case himself by looking into eyes of a young Killer.

episode 11 Our Lee Je joon told Ugly detective that he will let 9 more woman die so that he can catch the culprit
because getting Credit for that is most important and 9 more innocent need to die for it.
and we have a Pretty Kim Hye Soo who has been obsessed with the ugliness of that past detective that she fail to see young Lee Je Joon
This drama doesn't deserve rating higher then 5/10 but still give it 6/10 just for Casting Kim Hye Soo

Lee je joon hate cops but he become cop himself is most Logical thing in this show, become the person you hate

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Time travel done right

I haven't seen a good time travel drama in a while – the last drama I could think of is Nine? And that's 10 years ago! (Oh and there's also Splash Splash Love but that's more a special than a full-length.) The best thing about this show is that the whole ensemble kept the story going, and not just the leads. Were there time travel rules that didn't make sense? Sure, but it knew its rules well and stayed consistent about them until the end. Were there story arcs that didn't tie up neatly? Sure, but the most important storylines were taken care of. And I swear I saw that reveal coming but I was still very shocked when the drama got to that part.

Jin Ki-joo and Kim Dong-wook really are some of the most underrated K-actors out there and I'm happy they worked together on this one. I'd love to see them in a more romance-centric drama, though, but all the quiet moments they had together here will do, too. I mean: "I think fondly of you."???? And "I won't disappear."???? Some of the best indirect confessions in K-drama bar none.

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Definitely has its flaws but was still ok and enjoyable for me.

The actor playing the villain is outstanding in his role. FL WILL really test your patience in the early episodes, but she does come around. Adored the story arc of the Panom Naka family with the mom, nurse and little bro.

Fight scenes are incredible. Love the CGI for the payanaks. Their crowns are a really nice touch. If you are afraid of snakes like I am, they were mostly in ep1, maybe ep2 too. They looked fake enough for me to get through those eps.

There are some really beautiful scenes that if there was an award for most beautiful scenes in a Thai drama, this drama should get a nomination.

As mentioned, the story and characters do have their flaws that regrettably took away from how amazing this drama could have been with more well thought out writing. Often times, you're probably going to be thinking to yourself why a character is this or that. Or why something is happening the way it is. After a while, I learned to let go and accept that things are the way they are for the convenience of the story lol. Understandable if some people drop the story because of it. But for me, it wasn't annoying enough for me to drop this and there were enough good parts for me to stay for the ride. And believe me, I've dropped plenty of dramas even with 1-2 eps left to finish.

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I dont get it

I feel like i was way too hyped because of the first two episodes and expected way too much from this drama. I dont even know what i was expecting but it delivered absolutely nothing. Did it make me happy? No. Did it make me sad? No. Did it make me emotional? No. It made me frustrated.
The scenes just felt like they were thrown there in a rush, sometimes is hard to follow what is even happening. Important stuff that woild add so much to the plot are brought up and "solved" in 5 seconds. Like Jinju family situation, it had so much potential because honestly it semmed like a terrible and traumatic household, but its just brushed up in a minute of flashback. Doonas manager or whatever that man was, i was totally up for doona going back on stage and being happy but i didnt want it to be with that guy, he clearly didnt treat her well as well as her agency didnt treat her or the other members of her group well, that becomes clear when her member meets up with her and says that if doona hadnt stopped singing she would and even with all that happening - and alot more stuff that we have no idea about because the script is way too ambigous - doona still goes back to the same place.
I wanted character development and what i got was absolutely nothing. The whole drama i didnt feel doonas feelings for wonjun at all. Most of the time it just felt like she was going after him cause she was lonely and that its brought up a couple of times but they dont ever really talk it out. I wanted confrortation. Conversation. Development. And it just didnt happened, the only time i felt like she had a little bit of feelings for him was in the last episode when she cried and went to confront him about it but even when i thought we were finally going to have a good conversation abiut their relationships and feelings the said two words for each other and hugged. TALK ABOUT YOUR FEELING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. Explain to each other why you did what you did. I dont know if the confusing and ambigous feelings are the concept of the drama but it didnt match with me.
The secondary characters had potential and it was just thrown away. If youre gonna show me a second couple then show me a second couple. I dont need them to become the main characters or anything but i feel like they dont even have full five minutes of sceen time together and they look like they would had such good couple shenanigans. I didnt feel like i would like them as a couple cause when ira first came i found her a little annoying but she grew into me and she clearly had a good couple dynamic with her boyfriend which we see for two minutes of them getting ready to go to work together in the last episode and just that made me want more from them. I wanted to see them grow into a couple and to go from like to love. It could be quick scenes but i just wanted SOMETHING.
I feel like such good casting was wasted. Their acting was good but the script was a let down. In my opinion it didnt have enough depth. It feels like the wanted to do so many good things but it all ended unflavored.
Also that ending sucked ass

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a little better as it went on (watch suggestions)

Overall: unless you enjoy over the top humor with a ton of comedy sound effects follow my watch suggestions. 8 episodes about 45 minutes each. Aired on Mandee Channel's YouTube (cut), GagaOOLala (cut), iQIYI (uncut) and Viki (I assume cut). Mandee Channel/Domundi also produced Naughty Babe, Bed Friend, Cutie Pie and Why R U.

Watch Suggestion (watch the cut version & play at a faster speed unless noted)
- skip episodes 1, 2 & 3 (though shirtless Mai in ep 3 is nice)
- watch ep 4
- watch ep 5 to 48min/standing on the podium
- watch the uncut version of ep 6 15-18 minutes which includes a brief kiss with the side couple (this scene was totally removed from the cut versions for some bizarre reason)
- watch the uncut version of ep 7, can start at 27 minutes with Gus/Tong or to skip over something sad that happened in the past and start at 37 minutes and end at 43 minutes, then you can watch thru to the end with Mai/Jade or skip to 1hr 4min to see their final scene
- watch the uncut version of ep 8 which has a lot of sweet moments and NSFW scenes with Mai & Jade

Content Warnings: hits played as comedy, vomiting (in uncut ep 2), molestation off screen, past death/grief

What I Liked
- enjoyed some of Uea/King's moments (like in episode 5)
- Mai's flirting (wished they had shown why he liked Jade earlier than ep 5)
- Jade's and Mai's supportive family
- cute moments
- how Jade did have agency in episode 8 and initiated things
- good consent/communication in episode 8
- that it has a wide release on 4 different platforms

Room For Improvement
- the three minutes of cringey animation didn't hook me
- Jade's exaggerated/yelling was irritating especially in the beginning episodes
- cringey editing, voice overs and comedy sound effects that didn't make anything funny
- the side couple was oddly hot and cold (note, apparently the cut version removed several of their scenes which is contributing to their confusing interactions with each other)
- not happy with the Uea/King reluctant/violent dynamic, how King was jealous/retaliatory at Uea in ep 6 for just talking to another guy
- slow pacing/repetitive, in episode 6 as an example Mai had almost a duplicate conversation with his mom
- bad decisions with what they cut, I was happy they cut the vomiting scene in episode 2 but why on earth cut an entire scene including a kiss with the side couple in episode 6??? I normally would expect a cut version to reduce a NSFW scene but there wasn't anything to cut up to episode 7 (and then they did cut the NSFW scenes in ep 7 and 8)
- the NSFW scenes were kind of choppy, one of them oddly stopped and then re-started

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Farce

If you are here because of the Bed Friend then,

Uea, the kitten -----> Uea, the lion
King, the Wolf -----> King, the puppy
Lmao, King lost his groovy, and now he looks like a lost puppy.
They tried to create vice versa of the Bed Friend and make the feeling the same people but a different story. And that they added too many satirical scenes and lines. Some scenes don't make any sense, sometimes you may feel like whether you should laugh or not, and some scenes give you an inner dilemma like 'what just happened?'. Still 7 eps to leftefe. Hope for the best.

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A bewilderingly wonderful watch

For a not-very-anticipated drama with a confusing synopsis, this managed to pull out all the stops. This. This is what A Shoulder to Cry On WANTED to be. It had tension, kept its focus, kept the conflict simple and unfolded the details of it bit by bit, and pulled the main leads and their complicated feelings together at every turn. And, best of all, their yearning was evident and put into action.

I recommend you go binge it right now!

Criticism: My only real gripe was the music. Many times, it was ill-fitting or came out of nowhere very loudly and interrupted an otherwise impactful moment. Other times, a scene could have done with silence to allow the audience and the characters to sit with their feelings.

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Lack of plot

The series talks really well about sexuality and sexual desires of teenage girls. That being the only advantage of the series. When it comes to plot, it has nearly none. The conversations between characters are written in a way to show many posible situations, outomes and solutions about sexuality, almost like in manual. Its hard to like characters when they are just a vesel for the type (asexual, "normal", promiscous), and not much character beside, which becomes more apparent in any conversation the three girls hold.
In the first any situation the asexual will openly say things like "i don't get why you want to date", "i will never have sex" even though she never learned about the posibility of pople being asexual, and has only normative frinds. She just skipped whole self discovery panic time that not het teenangers have to be confident in not liking anyone, only to have the crisis emerge in episode two when its time for her arc (in ep 1 she was more of the side character).
I only watched two episodes so can't say more, but it has little value for a person thats not teenenger struglling with sex life. It is just boring.

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Beautiful Moments In Life!

I was drawn to this drama because it is a second-chance love story. I am happy I decided to give this drama a try. At the end of 40 episodes, I wanted to see more of the main couple and how they faced the next stage in their lives but I am content it was a happy ending with beautiful moments along the way. I will never get tired of seeing the way the ML looked at the FL. It was obvious since the start that he loved her then and now and will forever. I found myself going from one episode to the next and I am one who is easily bored even with the top-rated shows. From the first episode, I was struck by the emotions of the first time the couple was reunited after 3 years. Then I wondered why they broke up. But through it all, the love they had for each other was evident from glimpses of the life they shared before to the way they looked at each other in the present day.
I wanted to see more of the main couple but the drama also covers the relationships of the other secondary characters, which while I did feel some interest, I felt the need to fast forward when it got too tedious. But not once did I feel the need to fast forward through the main couple's scenes.

Incomparable Beauty is not about a beauty queen or physical appearance although the leads are attractive. It is about the moments in our lives where we shine for being who we are. Nothing compares to the special moments in life. Enjoy and embrace them and that you are worthy and special. And those moments in life are made precious by the people we share them with. This drama brings us through the ups and downs of life and the idea that ultimately it is the beauty of those special moments with the ones we love that compares to no other.

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