Colum H

The umpteenth time I've watched this and fuck my little cotton bootees they just gutted me again. Stupid o'clock and tears on my face - excellent TV.

Congratulations on a splendid first review - Yay!

Yup excellent review - you got much further than I did.

14-sai no Haha, Holyland, Kimi Wa Petto (2003), Orange days, Last Friends, Daisuki!!! and of course Mother
Some off my favourites! I'd chuck in anone as well - which is I think 2018 and is very good.

14-Sai and Daisuki!! are sort of slice of an unusual life dramas dealing with family. KWP, O Days and LF are more friends/love stories as is anone really.

Mother is a tour de force which has been copied all over Asia notably (Call me) Mother the K version. It has some amazing performances and some very Japanese moments.

I'd throw in Sera-fuku to Kikanju as well for some bonkers Manga style fun.

My problem with many Doramas is the misogyny and weird attitude to sex - especially with Manga live action thrown in, also many have a preachy air to them and that feel good, everyone is nice in the end thang which robs them of any bite.

So am I... I trawl through old dramas and see if I can find them in watchable condition on a regular basis

Thanks for helping me dodge that bullet.

Why does it matter we are only 2 episodes in? Also some people will rate it as an average 5 or set it to but not score it whilst 'currently watching' and then change the rating when it's over. The score isn't really as important as your enjoyment.

Set up episode is a bit of a struggle to get through but we get the idea - the Goblin homage was a little heavy handed with a dollop of Doom at your Service thrown in. Not essentially bad things but I prefer them to be a knowing homage - nudge nudge, wink wink. Still I did get to the end with some FF.
(just my opinion yada yada, don't get upset yada yada, glad you like it if you do, yada yada)

Why not rate the episode 10 and wait until you have seen as much as you can cope with before reviewing the series?

Well started this twice and dropped twice the first few episodes fool you into thinking it's going to be all Nightmare Before Christmas and then you find you are watching whichever lead you fancy and admiring the portrayal of Sang Tae Oppa while it all goes terribly familiar. Shame, don't think I'll try again.

Nah that's enough the first match was just sad. I get where it wants to go but it's so by the numbers with zero heart that I just don't care.

I'm really struggling with this, the only character I vaguely like is Lee Kwon Suk and she's not great.
This could have been so much better with so little effort.

I agree on the " In general I can see a slide in the new modern popular C-dramas towards more powerful men, just being rich and vengeful and more and more FL roles giving the impression of being very youn, inexperienced, cuuute, dependent and dumb" - The whole baby voice thing is awful too. The lack of bite in the plot lines makes these failings all too obvious.

Yes really enjoyed that one - good enough I didn't really notice the plot holes. Possibly my favourite of the year too

I still haven't gone back to it - I kept meaning to pop in and let you know I was struggling. The young leads still intrigue me but the rest really doesn't appeal. I occasionally hover over Play.... and then go and do something else.

I've only managed to complete three of these so far - 2023 has been dreadful for me

Sometimes the Romance becomes the plotline and it's really hard to keep things interesting for hours when that's the main hook. Sausage and mash are OK but really they aren't anything special without gravy (and maybe a touch of mustard).

So gentle and innocuous I forgot I was watching it and went and did something else.

I would recommend not bothering with season 2. All the fun and humour of season 1 is replaced by the usually tedious misunderstandings and nonsense. Season 1 I have watched a few times and it still makes me laugh out loud - I have never managed more than half a dozen episodes of the second.
Seven Tan in a face mask is still a highlight.

ML is more than a little creepy, stalkertastic.