Reviews

Full on irritating

What a load of twaddle, ive never been so bored of a bl in my life.
Wth it took forever,for the main characters to get together i mean did they ,i couldnt watch it nomore was it really worth it ,that proper got my goat stupidness, so bloody childish arghhhh i wanted to scream at the screen so many times total crap.
I dont actually think there was anything about this bl series that i liked at all not the characters, the plot, the music nothing sorry i just didnt see the point in my opinion it was like waiting for paint to dry painfully slow,the brother just got on my nerves and the best friend and his bf were just there ,for what ive no clue nah couldn't do it again ever i think the only one i could actually tolerate was the brother's bf thats it and his part weren't huge so that's saying something i tried but just couldn't carry on.

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Sweet but could have been better

Being a remake of a cdrama, naturally this series will be compared a lot to the original. The Thai remake is far from being a perfect adaptation but in many ways, I find that to be a good thing.

One of the aspects that I disliked in the original is that I grew tired of how many episodes the series had and how long they kept the main leads separated. The SML had more of a presence in the original. Though he was a better character than this version, it still irked me to have to wait for the leads to find each other again. This was the biggest negative of the original for me. Made me feel like watching that series was pointless. But because the Thai version has cut down episodes to 16 instead of 41, I quite enjoyed the pace of the series.

The other thing I disliked in the original is the FL's brother, who original was a wonderful character and I loved the siblings together, turned into a massive hypocrite regarding his sister's relationship. Though the brother's character was not as fleshed out in the Thai, at least you don't start to hate him. At least I didn't. He showed growth towards the end.

The negatives of the Thai drama are that the chemistry is not great between the couples. The best moment was when the FL got drunk. And no, there is no RAPE scene or non-consensual sex happening in this show. All will be cleared regarding that situation if you continue watching.

My favourite secondary characters were the office staff. The leads also did a good job considering the script.

I loved the OST - I'm Missing You. It's really beautiful!

Hope people give this version a chance.

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Such a healing and heartwarming series

This series is criminally underrated,my cheeks hurted so badly after watching this cause I was constantly smiling,damn this was cuteness overloading type series,this type of series either become very cliche or cringe but this one made me feel like I am tucked under a warn blanket in a rainy day, listening to my favorite song with my favorite hot chocolate.This hits all the perfect place with it's acting too.It had some shortcomings but even those are loveable??,if aggressive behavior from overloaded cuteness is a thing than I had it while watching it.Ahhhhhhh,too cute

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an high budget drama ruined with a bad script .

The story starts pretty nice till ep 8 - 10 but after that the story becomes draggy ...i think if someone skips ep 11 to 16 , he will not miss anthing in the story ... Although i love romcoms but i love the drama where story is not draggy ... and as i have said before in comments that - '' in this drama , i can't feel romantic vibes from their romance scenes '' ...

this drama is just like Love me love my voice where there is nothing but eating , laughing , texting , kisses and i am disappointed in both of the dramas ...

as the two clubs are competitors , there should be some fierce feelings at start but all the boys are so friendly that i think tencent can make a especial bl drama for them ...

i am watching this drama till ep 20 , because i always feels when their games starts , it will be fun to watch but now i do not want to continue because i know they are going to win every match ...

i also somewhat feels off when i think how can lin yiyang can win every match after his return ,,, i can understand he is a gem in snooker but he retired so early and even if he practise daily , how can he beat proffesionals because as he said he has a college to attend and he also joins many part time job ... so i think , in terms of sports i think it is confusing that how can he and his girlfriend are winning every matches ...
thats why i always feels that sports and romance are the genres which can't be mixed because if an player gets in relationship how can he focus on his training ...

the only thing i love is relationship between his coach and him and also friendship of lin yiyang and wu wei ...

i am giving it 3.5 because of their costumes , background and specially osts ...

i love leo wu in The long ballad and zhao jinmai in reset but this drama is pretty boring and now i can't waste my time anymore ...

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One of my most beloved series

After watching this series watchers are divided in few groups,one group like it,where other group don't,one group thinks this was unnecessary but for me this series was really good.Nothing is perfect in this world,this has some shortcomings too,but those are easily ignorable.
Seojoon and Jiwoo is two individuals who love each other a lot,it was stated in first season and this season proves it,now how does it do that,it does it in the most melodramatic and angsty way,Seojoon loved jiwoo like burning fire whereas jiwoo loved seojoon like soothing water,sounds cliche but it's true,both are strong lovers but they have different ways to express it,and god the actors did such a good job portraying their characters,and their chemistry is off the roof since first season,and the kisses are chefs ?, perfection.
Jiwoo is a person with many layers,he keeps a huge wall around himself,so high that he sometimes hurt himself too.Jiwoo loved seojoon in his own way,he loved him so much that it probably hurted him to see seojoon with others,even in the most innocent way,this series wasn't loud about it but it was clear.Seojoon is so bright like a sun,he smiles have so much life in it,that jiwoo is afraid everyone can fall in love with this guy so easily,and jiwoo being a hardcore introvert didn't helped that much,he was fighting his own demons and it got worse and worse.So he wanted to run away,but he loed seojoon too much to do that so he probably endureda long time until he broke,the insecurities, loneliness was eating him from inside so he ran away,but he probably wanted seojoon to come after him and spend his time on him,his restaurant name also suggest that.He was a broken guy who became undone more for seojoon.
Now seojoon is a really strong character,he had everything one could ask,but he still ran after jiwoo, probably cause that's the only person that made him capable of breathing.He has my respect,man was so consistent.But he was so broken when jiwoo left him,like a living dead person,it takes a lot for a person as bright as seojoon to break,jiwoo was just that .
This season was really good,I hope they do a third too

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There's no too much important characters but main are given limited screen time

I've been waiting for ep. 23-26 only to found out that those people in the palace have more screen time than the SML (General Chang Yu Qing). So dissappointing! I am rooting for Yu Qing to be with the FL actually. I hated it that they have not given the ML character development, atleast they could have turned him into a smart scheme or war strategist since he's not a martial artist . This week's episodes are so boring actually. ?If only I've known that Yu Qing is not in ep.23-26, i would have not watch any of it. Mai and Yu Qing have more chemistry than with the ML (i like the actor, not his character in here)

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The Best Time Travel Drama So Far

If you're a fan of tragedy and enjoy getting your heart broken (like me), this drama is a must watch for you!

I heard this drama is extremely low budget, but I'd say you won't be able to really tell or be bothered. I don't think I could care at all about those things when watching this. Unless you come expecting a colossal-scale epic with elaborate sets and props, fancy costumes, or mass extras in the background, this drama's small production won't really cause disappointment. I'd say that the production team really tried to make it to the fullest with the limited resources they got that the low budget production doesn't really affect the quality of the story at all.

The story itself is very unique and new. Even I'd say that the best part of this drama is the story. The story is a full 10/10 for me. I don't think I have ever experienced this kind of time travel before. Unlike most time travel drama, the timeline of time travel in this drama is in reverse order. The story keeps going back into the past instead of progressing forward, which is the most frustrating and depressing aspect of the drama.

This drama will take you into a path full of sorrows. Anticipate only angst. So if you expect to see an intensely sweet, cutesy romance in between the misery events, you shouldn't. Because this drama is a complete tragedy. You'd only encounter pain, pain, and more pain as the story goes on.

The most tragic aspect of this drama, however, was the fact that the first time the ML met the FL was the last time FL would ever meet the ML again, and later the first time FL would meet ML was going to be the last time ML could ever see FL again. But, that still wasn't the most hurtful part. I think what makes this heartbreaking is not that they can't be together, but the fact that at the time FL was most in love with the ML, the ML didn't know her, and then by the time the ML was totally in love with the FL, the she didn't know him.

It was so agonizing. Love and relationship are usually built from the shared history of a couple's journey together, but here, at every encounter, they weren't at the same page of history. Sometimes the ML doesn't share the memory of the journey that the FL had with him, other times the FL doesn't share the memory of the journey that the ML had with her. She loves him, but even when he loves her back, it wasn't to the degree of how much she loves him, and vice versa. It was almost like you have a one-sided love but everytime your love started to get reciprocated, your partner got amnesia and you had to start all over again and again.

The story is written very beautifully. The writers and the team really took the drama seriously and put so much effort using all they had because you can tell that, regardless of their low budget, they weren't producing the drama carelessly. They treated the drama as if they were doing a big budget project. They paid attention to smallest details that subtly imply a lot of significance in the story, every scene and dialogue has meanings that you'd not have been able to recognize the first time, and they thoughtfully bury a lot of messages that only make sense later as the story progresses.

The acting is really good despite the fact that these are not big actors in the Chinese industry. I hope their names get bigger and more projects in the future because they are really good.

The ML acting is alright. The ML was able to showcase how his character became wiser as the story progressed. But I'd say that the ML need to work with his expression because most of the time he has the same flat look on his face. It was quite hard to sympathize with him during the first few episodes although the acting as well as the feelings towards him gradually improved with more episodes unfolding. But I’d attribute that mostly to the writer because the story is really beautifully sad and you don't have any option but to empathize with the characters even when the acting is only half-way convincing. The ML wasn't awful but I won't say he was great either. He can make this tragedy so much more devastating than what it already is if only he wears something else than the stiff naïve look on his face. But his acting towards the end gets better. The best level of his acting in the drama was by the time he got heart failure in the carriage. I think he was awesome there and it was a very sad scene. From there as he became sickly and fell into the fourth time lapse until the ending, he started to look more pitiable and easier to relate in his agony.

I think the FL’s brother, the young general, Lu Shi, has more facial expressions. He quite successfully delivers various emotions (such as sadness, anger, even the “tragic” look) with his facial soft tissues. And Lu Shi is absolutely gorgeous, especially with the long hair and the side bangs sweeping his face. He was such a treat to the eyes. His smile is also very pretty. Here, he reminds me of Kim Bum from the Boys Before Flower. But Lu Shi got softer facial features and even more handsome. He is a very tragic character in the story. However, because the drama is short (perhaps due to the tight budget), so there wasn't much time to go into Lu Shi in more depth, I felt like his character would be very interesting if they’d explore him, then perhaps, his death (which already very painful) could cause even worse pain if he was exposed more deeply and longer to the audience.

Our main star is the FL. I'm completely in love with the FL. She invoked so much emotions on me with her acting. She truly knows the way to make viewer relate to whatever she is feeling. Either happy, angry, sad, or desperate, she makes it all look reasonable and makes me as a viewer supported whatever she feels. I think she truly is the cast that hard-carry the entire drama. It usually was really hard for me to watch actresses in Chinese drama without frowning or rolling my eyes because their acting can be either stiff (wearing too much of the innocent expression) or just over the top sometimes. But the FL's acting here is flawless. She showed different sides of her characters throughout the reverse growth very well. As an older FL, she perfectly exhibited maturity and composure. The way she acted during these period of her life reminded me of the actress playing Empress Fu Shou in Secret of the Three Kingdom. As the time goes back into the past, the FL here showed how her character also gradually act younger and younger. Her acting during her 18-year-old self displayed youthfulness and was very convincing as if I have never seen her older self before. Like she is completely a different person with the contrasting personality that she showed in different times. The way her eyes, eyebrows, mouth, cheekbones, forehead, all moved in meaningful manner. The drama could have gone really bad if it wasn't for the FL's acting that carry and conveyed the entire feelings of the drama. She makes the sadness of the story more palpable to me as the viewer.

There aren't that much of wuxia in this drama. But when there were martial art scenes, it was always executed beautifully. The FL fighting scenes is totally gorgeous and captivating. She is looks fearless and violent in every fighting scene, yet always so elegant.

It was so unfortunate that the drama is very short. Because it's totally beautiful and could be even much bigger. As someone who loves to watch Chinese tragedy and epic with 70+ more episodes, it would be awesome if this drama can be longer.

You can tell that the story in this drama is actually very complicated, but due to the time constraint, they couldn't touch at every single issues and had to pack only the most crucial events into the show. They don't really have that much time to elaborate the severity of these characters lamentation, although they still successfully showed the miserable melancholy of these people in the story, but I felt like the despair was actually worse and more gloomy than what was showed.

It was my first time watching a drama that is engaging throughout all its duration where I did not feel even a second of boredom. This drama is very well-paced, unusual, and interesting. It offers a totally different vibes and feelings than any Chinese costume drama.

I'd gladly recommend people to watch this drama. The writers are very smart people with great creativity. The director is talented in the way that he/she managed to make every scenes beautiful and cinematic with no weird camera angles despite the limited budget. The editor also deserve a compliment for the clean editing with no awkward cuts. Everyone seems to be very professional in this drama.

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The Korean Murphy's Law

In many Korean movies and dramas you just know that the writers want to add suspense by including the worst possible scenarios. If a character can save himself by going right, he will go left. If there is a chance to make the plot more complicated it will be. I felt that way watching this drama. The premise and the plot twists are great but I felt that it could have all been resolved sooner. The show could have ended after 2 episodes, then after 6, than after 7 and half, than after 8, but it kept going until, luckily, it managed to find its resolve and conclusion. I don't want to give anything aways but I can say the ending is a bit generic. Fortunately there is also a short epilogue that i liked.

On the other side i still enjoyed all 10 hours of this drama, especially in moral and psychological themes of the characters and how the situations lead and change them. It was truly a bloody lucky interesting exciting ride that no one would want to experience in reality.

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Interesting

I don't understand anything about the story so far but there's still something in this Kdrama that makes me want to continue and discover. I started watching because of a specific actor but I quickly found myself interested in the others and impressed by the performance. I admit that some special effects are not to my liking and that some attitudes of the time make me uncomfortable (it's 2017, so I can't expect too much). Even so, if I'm going to watch old Kdrama I feel like I made a good choice starting with this one, it has a lot of potential and I've seen several people praising it

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Till the End: A disappointing story.

Till the End of the Moon had every element on its favor to be a masterpiece. With its main premise, it could have been a fantastic story about the fight against destiny and the complexity of two individuals that oppose each other in the moral scale. It had the potential to be one of the greatest romances about star-crossed lovers ever. It pains me, truly, because it could have been something epic, something really special. In the end, it turned out to be one of the most tedious, fury-inducing experiences I have ever felt watching a chinese drama.

TTEOTM is probably the most disingenuous "love" story I had the displeasure to watch. It actually makes me question if the original source was supposed to be one in the first place. Somehow, this show managed to make all the couples a mess due how terrible they are established and developed. All I could think was "Am I supposed to root for them?" "Is this supposed to be romantic?" "Was I supposed to be sad?". Not only that, but the forced drama and bad writing didn't help at all. How do you write a character and can't decide how they act? It's genuinely sad how the main ones went from clever to stupid and from complex to hollow after the first ten episodes, but to be fair, it's safe to assume that the first (important) arc simply rotted their brains just like it did mine. I should have predicted that, that arc, which had me both bored and absolutely disgusted after certain scene, was just the start of the downfall of something that had potential.

About technical aspects, they are 50/50. The fight/flying scenes are kind of clunky, there are some cuts that needed a SERIOUS second revision and sometimes the CGI doesn't blend well with the actors, but the sceneries are stunning and some songs are really good. "Immortal/Mysterious bird" is simply mesmerizing, just like the art used for the opening. The costumes were pretty and the acting was fine for the most part. The kissing scenes felt so bland though...

Sadly, I didn't enjoy Till the End of the Moon like I wanted to. I wasn't convinced of the "love" it tried to sell to the audience. I couldn't even feel sad when bad things happened, I could only feel deep irritation. Which was a shame, because it's a story that had the tropes I love and genuinely interesting themes and elements. A Devil God that threatens to destroy everything, fallen divinities from ancient times, forbidden love across time and space, how was I supposed to dislike that?

Ultimately, I tend to think about the "If only". If only it had another fmc whose stupidity doesn't ruin any sense of plot progression and actually had a consistent personality. If only the male lead didn't get stuck in a endless, boring obsession, devoiding him of any character for a long time. If only it was an actual intrinsic, complex romance, instead of the ping-pong of nonsense and insincere feelings it had going on till the very end. If only it didn't have an arc that dragged for so long, condemning the course and pacing of the story and altering the perspective the main characters had for each other. If only it bothered to give its other characters a conclusion. If only.

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Fun to watch!

This was honestly just a fun show. I've learned that with these short web-dramas, if you don't take them too seriously, you'll end up enjoying them a lot.

Lei Tong is a melodrama writer and gets thrust in to one of her novels as Chu Ji, a character unhappy with her ending. Lei Tong gets the mission to fall in love in three months, but she has other ideas. It's a lot of fun to watch her try to thwart the book's cheesy set-ups, and it was actually very refreshing to see her turn the tropes on their head. Instead of the male lead saving her, she actually saves him most of the time. Instead of the "fall and kiss" trope, she pushes him away to avoid it. It felt like the writers truly were poking fun at these tropes in the best way.

While one could argue there are three other male leads she could end up with, there really is only one obvious option. There's really no big second male lead syndrome, though I do feel for the others a bit, especially as we got towards the end.

However, due to the short episodes, there are some slight problems with the show. First, most, if not all, of the characters are pretty two-dimensional. Even when the show tries to expand on a few of the characters' personalities, it's relatively shallow. Second, there are some plot points that don't fully pan out. The biggest one is Zhong Yi. He starts out trying to prove Chu Ji is two-faced, but we don't see any of his efforts to actually do that. He also pretty quickly switches over to liking her, and again we don't see anything really besides that. Same with Jiang Heng - he shows up when it's convenient, but we don't see much else from there. But again - it makes sense for what the story is.

The one character I would have loved to know more about is Zhong Qing. She was such an interesting character that unfortunately didn't get as much fleshing out as I would have wanted. She also gave me strong GL vibes that towards the end I was cheering for a throuple with Gu Ye Chen, Chu Ji, and her. (I obviously knew it was never going to happen, but hey, a girl can dream).

As for the ending, I feel like it fit with the overall plot of the show. I honestly was wondering throughout how they were going to solve the issue, and I think they did well with what they had. I do think the ending was more rushed than it needed to be - the pacing was fine for most of the show, but towards the end it felt like the writers wanted to fit in a lot more than they had time for, and just sprinted to the finish line.

Like I said at the start though, if you don't take this show too seriously, it's just a fun fantasy romance show that likes to poke holes at the classic drama tropes. It's an entertaining way to spend an afternoon, and if you want to watch something that is pure shallow fun, I do recommend it!

(One thing I will mention is that if you watch this on YT, there will be whole chunks where the sound is off, likely due to music copyright.)

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A Cute and Heartwarming Love Story

I've been avoiding Korean BL dramas for a while now, because aren't always that good. But this particular one brooo it's the sweetest thing ever. I love the story and how the chemistry between the characters deepens as the drama progresses. I loved the height difference it's really adorable. I love how there aren't any unnecessary dramas, and the overall tone is just so fluffy and light-hearted. Throughout the drama, i had butterflies in my stomach. It's a story about a serious, cute junior and a playful, handsome senior. Trust me you won't want to miss this one. It's so heartwarming and entertaining. I highly recommend checking it out.

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19th floor is best drama...

It was an interesting and entertaining drama. I became interested in the series mostly because of Miles, but the story was also really great, full of suspense and adventure, a stable and promising friendship, I admire their intelligence, it was very cool, I myself like smart and smart people because They solve the problems faster.Of course, in my opinion, the actor Chun Yu could have been a little more emotional and kind, but he was still good and he seemed interesting next to Gao Xuan. I think the comedy is about Bavan, he is a madman in every sense, his relationship with Dodo was also funny .I suggest you see it. I had a great time ???

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If you want something new try it

I'm not one to write reviews, but...

As the title says, but the only new thing here is that...
SPOILER, SPOILER

As I said, the only new thing here is that the protagonist stays with the supporting character, something strange to see, especially in a c-drama XD

But the truth is that I did not see all the episodes, the scriptwriters, directors, etc., they get used to us with very long dramas, 40 episodes for me is a lot, this one could also have been shortened some parts, since in the end many things were left sideways in the blink of an eye, with 30 or at most 32 chapters it was more than fine.

I think the ending was good, for my taste, I repeat for my taste it fell a little short, since as always being 40, or sometimes older, they leave the good or the best part, or that's what we all wanted to see for the last 5 or 10 minutes, I mean, it doesn't make much sense, but it's already a format that everyone uses in dramas.

This is just my point of view, I saw that many liked this, I didn't, the performances were very good, but the story itself did not satisfy me.

The music, in c-dramas, in general, I don't pay attention to that, since I don't like them, except for a few among many, like 'behind your smile' I think it was the best ost I have heard of all the dramas Asians.

In general, I don't usually watch dramas with 30 or more episodes again, apart from girlfriend, love 020, and a few others, this drama is not something to repeat jejejeje

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