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The Taiwanese version is old and outdated, but this one is more dynamic and funnier.

Well rated remake, but with a very lakorn touch (long breaks on stares, lots of violence, twisted villains, etc.).

PLOT: Meeting between a jewelry forger (the FL) and the heir of a jewelry group, the ML. He discovers that his fiancée is cheating on him with a family rival (the same villain actor as usual :(
The ML sends the FL to prison. When she comes back out, they meet again and survive a few adventures, which bind them strongly. But the ML's uncle separates them...

PROS:
+ Good actors
+ correct OST
+ dynamic production

CONS:
- Low quality audio,
- twists too obvious,
- story poorly written.

=> Only to pass the time, with lots of skipping.
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Remake bien noté, mais très très lakorn (longs arrêts sur regards, bcp de violence, evils tordus, etc.).

PLOT : Rencontre entre une faussaire en bijoux (la FL) et l'héritier d'un groupe de joaillerie, le ML. Celui-ci découvre que sa fiancée le trompe avec un rival familial (le même villain que d'habitude :(
Le ML envoie la FL en prison. A sa sortie, ils se retrouvent et survivent à qq aventures, qui les lient fortement. Mais l'oncle du ML les séparent ...

PROS:
+ Bons acteurs
+ OST correctes
+ réalis° rapide.

CONS:
- Audio low quality,
- twists too obvious,
- story poorly written.

=> pr passer le temps, avec bcp de zapping.

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As a reader, Im so disappointed but As a fan need to continue.

I read this webtoon because of PJH but I never thought that this will make me happy and sad.
To me , this webtoon is perfect example of Character development I want to see in protagonist of a story. This webtoon has many layers that make u hooked and amazing every new chapter arrived. I love how character made, especially sajo hyun from being distrustful man to a man with full of love because of gyera. The webtoon's plot is masterpiece but in this drama the plot is OVERSIMPLIFIED. I felt they rushing too much the story. Adding King participation in plot didn't help to build a strong impact in plot of the drama but make it worst. It only add some dead atmosphere in drama. Some character are poor written. I dont have problem in acting but I think the plot is a big hinderance to the actor's potentials to make this a good series. This drama didn't get the vibe of webtoon not because they make it like rom-com but plot is just messy.

NO HATE TO THE ACTOR, They are great especially PJH. Hong Yeji some your great also but there some needs to improve but I see how you act, someday you will be one of most finest herione actor in K-drama

BUT FOR PLOT I HATE. I know writer did your best but the story you made failed to impress me and made me realized that I wish never read the webtoon to not see the flaws you made.

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MHOK IS THE STANDARD

GO WATCH IT that's what imma say. YOU ARE ABT TO FALL IN LOOOOVE WITH THE GREENEST FLAG EVER AKA MHOK (my man jimmy ATE this role and left no crumbs).he is EVERYTHING. LOVE LOVE LOVE.i started this series not expecting much but ended up loving it.LAST TWILIGHT is now one of my favvv BLs ever.if you are wondering if you should watch it or not this is YOUR sign to WATCH IT RNNNNNNNNNNN.it has love,reality,sadness,good plot and FINE ASS ACTORS ugh so gooood. the only thing that pissed me off was DAY's attitude towards mhok like bruh my man mhok is always the one initiating,reassuring and everything like my boi day PUT SOME EFFORT plzzzzz

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Beauty and the Beast Inside

This is another high school drama about Beauty and the Beast Inside or the girl who was teased as an unattractive beast, but made herself over into a beauty. Other Korean dramas in the same vein are True Beauty and Gangnam Beauty. For me, this Korean drama was the most believable. Why?

A shadow person is a person who lives in the dark, behind another person. The shadow can be the true you or the false you. In this teen drama Shadow Beauty, it is a story about a very popular teen beauty blogger, who is a major influencer. The blogger is a teen beast beauty, who touches up her photos to look very attractive. Problems arrive when it is found out that there is a teen on another side of town who is a doppelgänger for the teen image she creates. And things get more complex when this doppelgänger transfers to her school and takes over the influencer’s false life. Of course, the influencer can’t tell the truth about the faker, because that would also expose the influencer as a faker too. Therefore in this Korean drama, you have two shadow teens, one who is a beast who made herself a beauty and another who is a beauty who has a beast of a personality.

Shadow Beauty is based on a webcomic, "Geurimja Minyeo” by A-Heum and has 12 Episodes at 20 minutes each. The cast of characters is great and there is an excellent use of young teen actors. The drama highlights how all the main characters have hugely interesting backstories, which makes them the personalities they grow up to be. Your shadow self emerges from inflicted wounds of your childhood, which have never healed.

Quote: “(As the so called loser) I was comparing myself to unrealistic beauty standards.” The anti-heroine of Shadow Beauty.

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+100 positive affection towards this series

I must say. This series has BUDGET. It either has budget or is just being directly well enough to look like it. I really think it’s a mix of both. To me, it’s more the heart behind something and the direction that makes it good. I’d thought that maybe with a series as pretty as this that might be compensating for the lack of direction, story, and heart.. but it doesn’t. The visuals enhance the story and all the way around it’s a wonderful drama.

I will add more when I get to my laptop, but this one is a really good one. I hope the last half of the series continues and is better than the first half.

I love it when you can tell that every scene and everything shown has a purpose. There is no fluff in this drama and it utilizes everything given to it in the right places. The money went towards the right place, the casting, this drama does not waste your time. It has a lot of heart and I'm so glad it went through with the queer romance.. that is in terms of following through the difference of being a devoted friend, to truly and unconditionally loving someone.

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The mini series without a plot

This series is a mini series, 22 total episodes, supposedly 10 minutes each but it’s really about 7 minutes each. It revolves around a fairy/food deity being sent to the human world for punishment but it talked a turn because upon her arrival there is slight chaos in the home and apparently she is already fated. Okay, I know it sounds weird but this short story has so many plot holes that it was really hard to figure out the point of anything. As we get to the end, we are life with an unprecedented cliff hanger and it appears purposefully done. Although the cast were leads were good in appearance it couldn’t make up for this choppy series and ended like it was a commercial break.
Is it worth the watch? No, not in my book.
Why? Nothing made since and it was too choppy to really understand things. On top of that no growth making it hard to like anyone.
Would I recommend? No because their was no plot or reason,
Is it romantic? Nope
Is it cute? Nope, just people dressed up nicely.

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One of the best adaptations I've watched!

Whether you're a fan of Lee Hey's Webtoon of the same name or you're looking for a sweet, fantasy rom-com kdrama to watch this drama is for you!
Story: Almost like the webtoon but the writer adds scenes to make it immensely interesting!
Acting: AMAZING! The cast may look like a bunch of pretty faces, but they also portray their characters so well! You'll often find yourself crying and smiling with them...
Music: SO GOOD! There's an ost for every sad and happy moment! Cha Eun Woo's jealousy is an absolutely beautiful song plus the others such as Timing by Minnie and Ain't Nobody by Woody!
Rewatch Value: Definitely would rewatch when in need of some cheering up!

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One of the best 2022 dramas I've seen!

Cheer Up is a beautiful drama about youth and cheerleading, as must watch if you love romantic comedies and dramas set in a school environment!
Story: Super interesting! Once you watch you get invested right away with things like the three prophecies, how the female lead joined the cheerleading team etc.
Music: Super happy and catchy! There's no doubt these songs will get stuck in your head, especially the ones that the characters perform on stage!
Rewatch Value: Although this is a really great drama, I doubt I'd watch the whole thing again as there are a lot of scenes I'd rather not watch again specifically the ones that seem unnecessary such as the romances between side characters.

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Story

This is why I love Japanese Bls. I loved everything about Toki..
He really was the star of the series.His whole persona made you want to put your arms around him and take him home.
I remember halfway through thinking he's so adorable.
Everyone should have a friend like him.. He never thought himself to be likeable but his over excitable and sometimes
angry outbursts is what made him more endearing to watch
yet he wanted Sahara to be happy and would have sacrificed his feelings for him.All in all ...the actors..actresses did a great job the storyline was fab.. not forgetting the production staff who gave us a lovely feel good series and introduced us to
Toki..he melted my heart...

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Stellar Cast and Visuals Can't Rescue an Inconsistent Plot

Firstly I want to start off with positive remarks about the drama that I think are praiseworthy:
- Casting: In my opinion, each actor and actress perfectly executed their given roles - especially the main lead. Honestly, I didn't think Song Kang and Kim Yoojung's pair would have such a good chemistry, but seeing their both on and off-camera interactions proved me wrong.
- Visual effects: They made the series more visually pleasing to watch. And I loved the blue-ish hues that was present in most of the scenes.
Now let's talk about the plot of the drama that was the main downside of the whole series.
- The main thing that I hate about this and many other kdramas that's been released in the past few years is the inconsistency of the plot. They start off great. You'll think it's going to be the best drama you've ever watched, but when you reach the middle of it you'll realize that you've been completely mistaken about it.
By the trailer of the series, I've expected it to have arranged marriage as a main trope (and maybe if they sticked to it, the drama might have been much more successful? idk). But the whole hired killer to crime mystery plot ruined everything. The way writer kept traumatising Dohee with all of the 'almost been killed' events - couldn't they think of something else? (I understand that it's just fiction but still)
- The plot with No Sumin being the person behind all of the murder attempts also feels strange. I feel like it would have been better if it was someone like Ju Seokhoon who seemed all innocent but ended up having reasonable intentions to kill both Madam Ju and Do Dohee.
- And I agree that the plot just felt like a recycled version of older legendary kdrama plots (like Goblin, Doom at your service, Strong woman Do Bongsoon and etc).
Overall, I think My Demon is a good kdrama option to watch when you feel stressed and just want something to entertain yourself

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Similar Plot of Nirvana of Fire

Story of Kunning Palace, trailer was very eye catching and only if they could add more episodes. As expected, it’s remind me of Nirvana in fire. These are just nitpicks that I found kind of irritating me while I binge watched this drama. I love both actors and actresses though.

Problems I saw while watching the drama: Although I really like the two main leads, it was hard to watch because the writers couldn’t really pull the strings for FL to actually like him. I only see ML’s love for her. I also have more trouble of watching the way how they wrote Female Lead. Bai Lu acting pattern I’m starting to get tired of watching the directions of her character roles (maybe I watch a lot of her dramas, I see how each character manner/are almost same.) I was very irritated to hear her running movements are similar to her modern dramas. I found it annoying that she screams too much during the last episodes when she tries to reason with Main Lead about her feelings. (Directors failed at directing) (I haven’t read the novel so I don’t know if they changed anything but when it is adaptations it probably changed
) They really failed writing her character. As for Main Lead his acting was not as good as how he was in Love Between Fairy and Devil. His new role it was okay but improved just a little along the way. I think the best parts was him acting out as a lunatic was pretty good! He still had weird and funny facial expressions when he delivers his lines.

Overall I’d wish they had done an even more better job with the character of FL lead. It wasn’t explained in a good way. Other than other characters were great!

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In the world of men who like men, there is a certain subset of those who are slightly twisted, very twisted, effeminate, they are also called aunties in the Czech Republic and in other ways, I am not referring to another group of those who are transvestites or a group of transsexuals . And the main character Bew (actor Mark Chutawuth) also belongs to this group of aunts, and I thought right at the beginning hmm ... that's not going to be for me, that's a group of people I'm not looking for. But Mark, who from now on I refer to as Mr. Actor, led me astray and was so funny and together with the character of the girl Note, but also with the elderly aunt at work (he was even married and the wife didn't mind 🤣) together with the creators according to the real they set up the story so well, lightheartedly, gently and with nobility, that I had fun many times, especially in the second episode. How Mark, who isn't actually gay or an aunt, was able to play it is unbelievable. The story as such is not that complicated and it is true that there are many aunties in the field of modeling, design, makeup, etc., but overall everything was presented very casually to the fact that society in practically all countries is still very cruel to sexual minorities. Mostly in this field of film projects I encounter exaggeration, piquancy, grimaces, mockery, both in Western productions and in Assisi, which is why I end up appreciating this Club Friday season 10 series a lot. And in addition, my Darling actor Jam from To Sir With Love and Laws of Attraction will also appear in one of the episodes...

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Do not try to understand everything. Sometimes....

...it is not meant to be understood. Just accepted.

This is a quote on the wall behind Tod and Nick. I liked it. So I put it here as well.

The stories in this anthology series are all of different quality, and this one is definitely one of the best. It follows or it takes place at the same time as the previous story, Pisces of Me with the same characters. While there Tod was a third lead, here we get to know his story and why he was the way he was in the previous episodes.

I like the synopsis above: it is poetic and completely incomprehensible if you have not seen these two episodes.

Tod was an unruly high schooler so his mother got him a tutor, Nick who managed to set him straight. They click together, they are close and spend a lot of time talking and confiding in each other. Tod likes and admires NIck. If ever there are feelings brewing between them, they are never told or explicitly shown. When his parents need to move away from Bangkok for work, the boys keep in touch, with Tod even planning to go back to finish high school there and live with Nick. But Nick has his own dreams and when they become reality, he is torn as to how to make everything work, how to keep his promise and how to live his dream. When Tod finds out the truth, he realizes he had been selfish and lets Nick go through a small white lie.

The title of the episodes, 1626, refers to their respective ages. This is a story of the first love which doesn't say its name. Nick is being a responsible adult and never crossed the line (there is a parallel story in Pisces of You: a tutor actually crossing the line and aggressing the admiring pupil!). Tod's feeling are never really clear, almost until the end: is he in love with Nick or does he want him for an older brother? Tod only admits to incredulous Kun when he tells him the story of Nick, that they only ever touched twice during the time they knew each other and both times was to apply ointment!

The parents are surprisingly open and warm even though they seem too busy, they notice more than Tod thinks they do which comes as a huge surprise to him. They are not judgemental and accept Tod's decisions within the realm of possible. They do not impose their opinions on Tod but let him make his conclusions as to what to do by giving him the facts.

The story is well written, subtle and emotional, a slow burn kind of story. I loved the space references: Pluto and Black Hole were the names the MCs gave themselves, explaining how they felt about their lives. The whole drama special has a poetic, ethereal feel about it, like a dream parenthesis in the harsh reality.
The characters grow and change and mature as the story progresses. The acting is better than in the previous episodes. The production is good: the cinematography, the sets... The editing is a bit messy: to story goes back and forth, past and present and sometimes is difficult to know when a scene is taking place. But that is just a minor flaw. I probably was not paying enough attention, or at least not as much as I should have since these four episodes(Pisces Of Me & 1626) demand and deserve full attention. The endings are open: the boys are young and they will grow and mature and meet new people and have new loves.

But these moments were those which formed their characters for the better!

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This show is so inspiring!!!

THIS SHOW IS SO GOOD. Love Monika in anything as always but especially when it has a clear message. I literally used Google translate in picture mode just to follow along when I didn’t really need to. The idols are vocal legends so they have amazing voices and they’re super funny!!! It’s a very inspiring and an interesting concept for a girl group/show that I think should be explored more. I don’t know if anyone will ever sub this but if you ever get a chance to watch it DO!

In terms of story it hits the nail on what it’s like to be an idol in old age having to adapt to new trends and a new lifestyle. What it’s like to be back on stage with people you may not know etc.

The cast was top tier with already established singers, choreographers (Monika Shin/ Prowdmon) and ofc Mr.JYP himself in every episode

. The Music was AMAZING you could tell they have been singers for YEARS. Though the songs felt too outdated at times.

Overall a great watch! :)

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