Refreshing drama

This drama had everything I want in a jdrama. The best quality of it i could say that the script is really strong. You can see how much work went into it. This drama felt so refreshing because of the writing itself. It mainly focuses on the main characters "Ishiko" and "Haneo" as their nicknames. They are very opposites to each other, both in their personality and work ethics but due to that, they compensate for each other in work. Ishiko's hard headedness and emotional nature really supports Haneo and the client and Haneo's intelligence and wittiness saves them a lot of times too.

They both fill in each other's gap and their relationship is such a delight to watch because they always bicker but also start to act like dorks together and start to trust each other a lot. You can see how slowly they start caring for one another. It's a beautiful development of a relationship to witness and what made it beautiful was the fact that it was all platonic. Usually, dramas tend to write off every good relationship between a man and woman as romantic but that's not the case here which is what I love the most about it. Yes you can love a person and that person can be very important to you without it being a romantic relationship. The way they both respected each other despite Ishiko being a subordinate and then having different opinions was also refreshing.

The side character of Oda Ao was a delight. He brought an innocence and cuteness to the show. I loved him so much. The way the writers added his story to add him to be the part of the team was great.

The drama is great because it has episodic format for each case but these cases are not really the cases you see being portrayed a lot. These all are very odd cases as our protagonists are "local lawyers" but the portrayal of these cases is so important but they feel so much more humane than just a bunch of murder mysteries jumbled in a episodic drama. This drama shows that being a lawyer is not just about fighting in the court, most of the time, the lawyer should try to solve the issue before the case gets into the court through settlement ( the good ones i mean). All the cases are refreshing as they are something new, they always have a good amount of mystery to them and the show so provides a good amount of social commentary without making it look preachy.

It really mixes everything really well. I think everyone should watch this drama if you want to experience good and refreshing writing. For example in one scene, the main characters say "Cheers" and then drink it like that because it's too overfilled to put it up and I think that's the most realistic portrayal of humans in a drama I've seen haha

So yes I just loved it all. The characters were lovable, especially the main trip and it was a delight to see them grow gradually throughout the cases and the bond they developed.

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“If it's something only a few people can have, it's not happiness."

Monster (2023) directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda who's very famous both in Japan and internationally for his heart-warming and humane stories. I watched this in theaters and it was one of the best experiences of my life. To think I'd be able to watch Sakura Ando and Nagayama Eita on the big screen is a dream come true for me as I'm a big fan of both of the actors. The screenwriter is again, a famous screenwriter in Japan called Sakamato Yuji . The music composer for this movie was Ryuichi Sakamato and he was an Oscar winner. This is his last work. So you can see how this is a collab of the year and can guess how excited Japanese people were for this, including me as I too am a big fan of these people. The movie actually lives up to the hype.

It's hard to talk about the movie without giving spoilers because it's best to experience the movie without knowing anything about it. But as it's my job to tell you, so I'll try to talk about it in vague terms. The movie is essentially about a single mother who noticed that her son, Minato , who's in middle school has started acting strange suddenly, when asked, it seems to be because of harassment from his homeroom teacher, Mr. Hori . The movie is about her trying to get to the truth to protect her child. But in actuality it's more than that. The story is told from different perspectives and how the truth gets lost because humans always try to protect themselves as their survival instinct so they try to believe in the truth that suits them the most unconsciously. There's no good or bad character in the movie, they are all very flawed, complex and humane . In the end of the day, the movie was about being human, not a monster ( In which all of the characters believe themselves to be the Monster) .

It was just so beautiful, I felt deeply touched by it. It's just a masterpiece. No more words. The only flaw is I felt the ending was a bit abrupt. I wanted a bit more closure but it’s forgivable. You should watch it if you've loved other Koreeda movies! If you're new to his or Japanese movies in general, I suggest this movie is for people who enjoyed character driven stories and portrayal of human emotions. The fan inside me wants to say that everyone should watch this movie at least once as it's essentially about being a human but if you can't digest some disturbing themes like bullying and parental neglect, I'd suggest to not watch, but otherwise I feel it's worth a try for everyone.

My rating: 9.5/10

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Now what you're gonna read are my honest non-biased thoughts about the sequel of the masterpiece like ITSAY. Again I'm saying I'm being non-biased and I'm not saying these things not becuase I'm angry or disappointed because the show didn't go where I wanted it to but I don't like the show cuz it's an absolute disaster that wanted to many things but failed on its execution. I'm gonna explain why further.


Ok first of all, let me talk about the things that I did liked in the show ; The acting was great. Both BK and PP did a better job in the acting department then what they did in ITSAY. You can clearly see their development. Oab and goy being the seniors in acting they are were obviously great. The other cast also did a good enough job, nothing ground breaking but I don't think their roles offered enough for them to show potential.

Another thing that I did liked about it was the amazing cinematography.  The cinematographer is someone who's work I've seen before and I'm not surprised how she outdid herself in this show. The Wong Kar wai references touched my heart since I'm his fan and truly the cinematography is one of the best I've seen. The environment they created was brilliant. Thanks to the BG music the atmosphere was again built in the most perfect way possible. Although ITSAY' BGM would always be the best, this show's BGM was Definitely not disappointing.


Now that's all the good things about the show. Now the where the show failed is in its script and execution and for me, cinematography and BGM comes as a bonus. If they are not good they don't affect my feelings or rating or enjoyment about the show but if they are very good but the show in itself is crappy then again it doesn't change my feelings about the overall show. Even acting comes as second for me. I really don't mind crappy acting. The story and execution is what matters to me the most and that is why I didn't liked this show and this is not at all because what happened in episode 3 but the show in its entirety is badly executed.

Episode 1 was the best one and yet it still wasn't moving one. You know the show is going downhill when they start the show with the timeline showing its 2021 when the prequel's story started in 2021 and ended in 2022. It's a small mistake at first but these small mistakes are everywhere in this show and to think that this show was supposed to be the sequel of a drama like ITSAY where the smallest things holds deeper meaning and symbolism is disappointing. I know I shouldn't compare but I can't help but do it cuz it is supposed to be it's sequel so I have every right to compare.


Anyways, let's talk about the execution and story now. The dramas writers wanted to represent the struggles young adults face trying to fit in a complete new city and how people and relationshipe change. They also wanted to add the struggles of actors and theatre and they wanted to talk about method acting. They also wanted to talk about not knowing what to do with your life and questionaning if you do belong to the major you chose and they also wanted to talk about how the entertainment industry in Thailand is very rude and old minded and doesn't cast people cuz they are too "feminine" ( the only point they were able to address well btw ). AND they also wanted to explore how young adults have to make a choice between career and relationships.  You see there were MANY things that they wanted to address but they had only 5 episodes to do so and so they failed. They couldn't deeply explore any of the issues which made the drama a disaster.


What's the point of watching a show if you HAVE to watch it's behind the scenes to understand what's happening ? And when the BTS documentary is much more interesting than the show itself!

It's not that they didn't had enough story or problems to make a sequel about but more like maybe they had so much pressure and less time and they half-baked the show and presented it to us. It's like the show copied its own prequel. Same story with same characters going in circles. But with ITSAY it made sense cuz both of them were dumb teen-agers who know nothing about life and are confused about their sexual orientation and so much more. It made sense and millions of people related with it. But in IPTYM it does not make sense. Both are them are in their 20s and they should be matured enough to understand atleast their own feelings. In the end of ITSAY we were shown that teh has got character development so what's the point of degrading his character after such awesome development ? To create drama ? I'm not saying that you can't be confused when you're in your 20s but why is always teh who's confused or does something dumb ? Why is it never oh-aew ? ITSAY was about teh's confusion so shouldn't IPTYM be about oh-aew's confusion ? Him being confused ? Him making dumb decisions ? Honestly I don't like oh-aew. Yeah I know he's an angel but that is the exact reason why I don't like him. His flaw is that he's flawless and I'm sorry but in a coming of age series the Characters are not supposed to be this perfect especially the main characters.  Yeah they did addressed his issue of him being confused with his college major but that wasn't explored deeply at all. Again too many problems less time to execute them all properly, making them a mess. Also I don't think the writers understand that being confused or dumb when you're young is totally different than being toxic. There is a big difference and the writers are apparantly blind cuz they couldn't see it.


Now let's talk about the method acting theme. So first of all, the method acting was addressed in a PROMOTION Nadao did and the word or even the clue of it was never mentioned in the drama itself so there's no way they executed it properly. Plus who practices method acting with their director ? If they wanted to address that issue they should've done it with teh's co-actress. So again big failed on the execution.

Also let's talk about how the time-jumps made the story lose its essence so much. Ok I know a lot of people think that the time-jumps and fast paced story is to represent the fast paced life in Bangkok and I respect your opinion but NO. Just no. That just ain't it. And people are saying that we are not able to digest the story cuz our comfort characters changed but that's the tagline of the show so we should try to understand ... First of all, my main problem with the show that both teh and oh-aew DID NOT changed at all! When you're show's tagline is about my people changing, it should show that to both of the main characters are still dumb and probably more dumb compared to their teenage selves. I wanted to see them grow when all I got is them becoming dumber and dumber and characters being dumb was never a problem for me but when you're promised that the characters are gonna grow you expect that.

Also the editing was SO dramatic with slow-motion and all  that it felt like a makjang. See ITSAY was also dramatic, I admit that but again the ITSAY's team executed it the most beautiful way possible whereas here it just feels like a makjang.

And don't get me started on how people think this show represents how "ADULT" life works. I'm sorry sweetie but just becuase you are an adult in a city does not mean everyone's gonna end up being in a toxic relationship. The show literally justifies being in a toxic relationship. No it romantices it and I'm a person with high moral compass who can't let that go. Yes people grow but how many second chances ? And you can not redeem what teh did in this season. You just cannot. I won't go further on that cuz I don't want to spoil.

So yes the show is utter rubbish to me cuz it failed big time in its execution. ITSAY's story was full of cliché tropes just like IPTYM but their execution is what made it great and just like that IPTYM had interesting and clever ideas but it failed on execution so it sucks. As a sequel it sucks more but if it wasn't a sequel I would've dropped it at episode 3 or wouldn't have started in the first place .   I'm not gonna be "nice" with my ratings cuz I can rate how I want to and I'm not nice at all.  3 things I liked about the show so my rating is 3. That's it.


Like you know a show is bad when fan-fics about it and fan theories about it are more interesting than the show itself. They should've made the fans wrote the script at this point lol. See I  like a show when it makes me think about what's gonna happen next or even after it ended I'm still thinking about it and analysing it . I like it when it makes me feel the same things as the characters even though I've never been in there place and ITSAY did that, that's why I loved but IPTYM, I couldn't care less about what's gonna happen next and just didn't care about anything. Teh-oh used to be my comfort characters but I couldn't care or feel anything about them. That just shows how much i didn't like it cuz I was just laughing at all the sad and even romantic moments, not becuase the acting was not realistic but the story was just like it came straight out of wattpad lmao Anyways, Thanks for reading my long review! If you're a fan of ITSAY like me , I suggest not watching this cuz for me IPTYM does not exist. My Phuket boy's story ended in ltip.

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People who have different ideology and way of thinking are everywhere to be found in the work place or anywhere in the world but it becomes a hard thing when you encounter people like these in a job of a judge where you're supposed to make such big decisions based on evidences and YOUR ideology and you have make those decision with someone who has the total opposite ideology as yours.

I always find dramas like this interesting when one main character of ours works according only to their brain and the other only listens to the heart. I wanted that throughout this drama, not only the female protagonist changes but both of them start to understand each other and use a mixture of both ideologies cuz a job like a judge needs both heart and brain but that did not happened. I know saying a drama is not great becuase it did not followed the route I wanted it to is not really right but this is just my opinion so I'm saying it honestly.

I wanted the drama to go more deeper but it was like the usual investigation drama that tells you to follow ideologies all the time cuz the real world doesn't do that so it's drama's job to put all the idealism in it. Is that a bad thing ? Not at all but I don't agree with it. I like idealism but I like my dramas to be at least a little realistic. You have this formula of this ideal hero who's always right with no flaws but I think that's a flaw in its own atleast to me and we see him bickering with kuroki's character throughout the drama. Is it fun ? For sure at first but it gets boring after some episodes.


There's a new case for them to judge each episode. It follows the typical crime , investigation drama but it's interesting and entertaining enough for you to watch one episode weekly. Judges do all the investigation cuz apparantly police is lazy and useless lol Every episode has a bizarre question that has been asked by the male main character's nephew and in the end of the episode we get the heart-touching answer of it by the female main character.

If we talk about the acting then I have nothing but praises. Everybody did their job flawlessly as expected from the critically acclaimed cast!

I definitely won't rewatch it cuz I was already bored Sometimes in the first watch but that's just me plus I rarely rewatch stuff.


So overall, it's not really a bad drama cuz it was entertaining and fun but it was nothing groundbreaking or special. Do I recommend it ?

Hell yeah if you wanna be just entertained trying to solve investigations with judges but if you want something special out of ordinary drama that'd touch your soul, this one isn't for you.

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"if you have a heartbeat, there's still time for your dreams" That's the qoute the drama follows. This drama is a heart-warming tale of an old man discovering his hidden passion. It makes you cry from happiness, like a warm hug from someone you love in the first half and in the second half it makes you bawl like a baby. So prepare a lot of tissues before watching this one haha.

Although the main focus of the drama is about an old age man finally learning ballet, it doesn't only revolve on him. I feel like the best thing about this drama for me was that it paid attention to all of its characters, from the main ones to the supporting ones. It doesn't feel forced and just feel real and raw. Every character has their story of their own, own flaws and strengths and we see them grow. There's no antagonist. You're gonna shed tears for the Characters you hated in the beginning or atleast I did lol

I also love how the characters are connected to one another. Sure a quarter of them are family but the other relationships are formed very unusually. At first they want to use one another for their own benefit but gradually they start forming deep emotional bonds, a friendship that'd last forever. The relationships of every character with one another was truly amusing and a delight to watch!

Another thing I love about it is that the drama realistic portrays Korean households where old folks and house wives usually don't get to live their dreams and men of the house have to have a rich job. It shows the struggles of Korean society. The struggles of people from different age range. It addresses different social problems in such a subtle and beautiful way that it captured my heart.

We have a character who's finding her own dreams, a character who couldn't follow his dreams, hardships of being in a society where people demand you to be stable no matter what, the hardships of being a new mother and working woman , the hardships of not having a dream etc etc. I loved how the main theme of the drama is following your dreams and that it's never late to follow them but it also tells us that even if you don't have a dream, it's ok. Just live your life the way you want to and do what makes you happy.

The acting from everyone was just amazing from everyone. I haven't seen song Kang act before becuase of his choices in dramas ( he always chooses cringy rom-coms I don't watch lol ) but he definitely did a good job here! Other actors are simply incredible as always!

The OSTs were also good enough and I had no problem with the music.

I am not professional and I know nothing about ballet actually but the ballet they did in this drama was believable and beautiful in my eyes so I have no problem on that. So there you go, it's a 10/10 drama cuz I see no flaws and I loved it so much.

If you're wondering if you should watch it or not then let me help you out by breaking it down :

You should watch it if :

• You like dramas that make you cry
• You like character-driven dramas
• You like dramas that address social issues
• You like family-oriented and dramas with strong friendship
• if you wanna see some beautiful ballet

You shouldn't watch it if :

• You don't like dramas that make you cry
• You don't like slice of life dramas where there's not much action
• You want romance in your dramas cuz there's NO romance in this one
• if you ONLY want to see ballet cuz even though it has ballet scenes there's not much and there's more to the story
• If you don't want to watch stories with old people as main characters

Well I guess that's it. Thanks for reading my review if you did. If you I made you help decide if you should watch this masterpiece or not or if you just simply enjoyed reading my review, I'm more than glad!

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As a person who's watched the original anime ,this is the live action movie I like more than the original and that happens very rarely. But we are not here to compare the two works, let's just talk about the movie individually. It's a very clever concept and concepts involving heaven and soul are one of my favourites in stories generally.

The way they upgraded the mystery with adding a few more plot points than the original was clever and well fitted. The movie is a slow-burn psychological mystery kinda movie. It has a lot of plot twists specially towards the end of the movie when there's a big reveal, due to the plot twists it's really hard for me to talk about it without spoiling it but I'm still trying my best haha.

Often I see that if a movie or a drama is a mystery and psychological, becuase of too many plot twists, they loose the essence of it being psychological and they focus less on the character's emotions and all but that was not the case here. The way both of the genres were blend in so perfectly is one of the things I loved about this movie.

The plot twists aren't super mind-blowing and aren't like "omg I never saw that coming!" Lol but they totally are good enough plot twist and the pace of the movie makes you curious as to what happened that Min had to kill himself. The pace of the mystery was done so well but they never forgot to address any of the character's emotions throughout the movie.Be it the mom or even the brother who are supposed to be 'evil' . They aren't labelled as evil or anything and has both good and bad qualities in them and has a precious and complicated relationship with min .

The movie also teaches us that in life there are plenty of good things and bad things and it's our choice if we want to look at the bright side of the things or the not so bright side. It tells us that happiness is a choice and we should value the precious things and people we have right now cuz life is like prize that'll go away just like a home stay, we should value it when we have it and it's such a beautiful message!


Another thing I loved about it is the amazing cinematography, specially whenever the guardian angel cake in front of the protagonist, something fantasy liked happened and the way they captured all those scenes were beautiful in my opinion. I think I've complimented the acting enough but let me tell y'all again, everyone in this movie is a terrific actor especially James!

Overall, it's a slow-burn but good paced mystery yet psychological movie that talks a lot about the topic of suicidal thoughts and all so do give it a watch if you are a fan of any of these things!

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Why you should watch this drama :

• If you like family dramas : The drama is totally based on a huge ass Chinese family that follows the rules of patriarchy. The drama talks about how having a family is important to an individual and how family is still family no matter what and it'll always help you in your tough times. It's really a family-oriented drama so if you like those then this one is for you.

• If you like feminist things : As I said above it's about a Chinese family that follows the system of patriarchy. So, the drama tries to break that and tries to tell it's audience and the close-minded people in the drama that women CAN become the successor of a company and they CAN handle a company as brilliantly or maybe even more than a man. The drama tries to spread ideas of feminism throughout so if you are into that watch this.

• If you like mystery dramas : It's a very good mystery drama! As you might've read in the plot, the drama revolves around the murder mystery of the family's son. It's a big family and everybody had a motive to kill him lmao it really makes you wonder who is the killer throughout the show! Truly a hidden gem for murder mystery fans.

Why you should not watch this drama :

• If you don't like slow-paced stuff : I've seen people complain that the drama is super slow and all that and although for me, it wasn't slow at all but maybe that's because I was very involved in characters life that I didn't really cared or idk so like if you can't handle slow-paced stuff, it's better not to watch haha

• If you want romance or cute scenes : The drama is not at all romantic and it has little to none cute scenes so better not watch it if you are looking for a drama with that stuff!

• If you have a problem remembering names or too many characters : It has a big family and you WILL have to remember the names and relations of all the characters to understand the storyline. It'll be confusing at first and I did so I think many others would be able to do it too and like they explained it pretty well in the first episode, in fact the first episode was all about the introduction and stuff lol but yeah if you are not stuff where you'll have to remember so much, it's better not to watch hehe

• If you can't tolerate lacking acting from ANYONE : I'm not saying the acting is bad. The drama has a lot of characters like I said above so obviously it needs a lot of actors too. Most of the actors are amazing! But there are few only a few whose acting felt flat to me so yeah.

I hope I helped you decide if you should watch it or not ! Enjoy! Thanks for reading!

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This movie was just so amazing. I
honestly don't know how to praise it
but I'll still try my best to write my
opinion about it. So as the synopsis

says, it's a story about three people who
were connected to a man who died 95
days ago due to cancer. Those three
people are his wife, his son and his "male
lover". yeah that's right the guy was gay.

Now even though Taiwan is the most
acceptable asain country i knew that
there were homophobia still there. And
the movie highlights that homophobia.

As an Indian person, I really relate with
the movie. Not that I had a gay husband
or something I'm in highschool lol but

what I relate with was how the society
was portrayed. How the wife was
presurized to do some things so her
husband doesn't cheat on her. All just
feels home cuz I've seen these things
with my own eyes and it hurts to see how

backwards we are. The homophobia too.
Atleast they expected the fact he was
gay. Here they don't do even that. I know
I know it's a review about society and
all but that aspect of it was very real and I

loved that. BLs often sugarcoat the
reality. But this one didn't. Well I wouldn't
call it a BL . It's more like a movie with

feelings. It really touched my heart, made
me cry. Yeah I cried. Not much I don't cry
like a baby lol y'all know me. It's rare for
me to tear up after watching some thing
but this movie really made me cry. I felt

sad for the guy, the wife and the son and
the dude that died too even though he
was a little selfish in my opinion still. (
Sorry I don't remember their names lmao )
ok ok I don't wanna say more things. But
this movie really touched my heart. I
haven't watched a Taiwanese movie ever

and I'm really glad this is my first
taiwenese movie. I don't think I'll be able
to forget about this story. The acting was top-notch. It was just
perfect. Every thing was perfect.

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I binged watched this one with my
mother and our expectations were so high! The plot looked interesting the reviews and rating was good. Every review was positive. And the tags said that's it a mystery and fantasy drama which are my favourite genres but omg this was so disappointing.

It was just a disaster. It was just super confusing! Now let me make it clear, I love dramas that confuses me
and plays with my mind. Well this
drama is really in that kind of category
and honestly I love dramas like that but

only when it all makes sense in the end
but this one...nothing made sense! It was
all rubbish and God I was so angry. Like
confusing plot is only fun when they
explain it all in the end. Ok I get it that
they wanted a cliff hanger ending for

season 2 but my problem is not the
ending! The thing is that they never
answered the questions asked in the
whole season rather they'll answer all of
them in the next season which is not
officially announced to be happening but

I think it'll happen or else all of the drama
would be just crap. For example other
dramas with season two doesn't do
things like that - stranger answered all
it's questions and still us fans are
waiting for season 2 . The gifted again
answered all the questions asked in

season 1 and still had a cliff-hanger
ending so people anticipate about the
next season. As well as signal
answered all the questions asked and in
the very end, asked more questions

which will be answered in the next
season but this drama didn't explained
a thing which is the main reason why I
hate this drama. It had too much characters and it was a mess m I couldn't care less about all of them. I just wanted to know what's going on. What kind of drama am I even watching ?! Lol if it does gets a season 2 I'd watch it but I'm not sure my hate for this drama would go. I honestly feel a lot of people watched and loved this drama only for the side BL couple and not the story.

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Ok so i was thinking of watching
it for a long time now because
this movie looked very unique to
me. I mean in cute movies like
this we see a BEAUTIFUL cute
girl fall in love with a HANDSOME
guy and all but here we see a
BEAUTIFUL cute girl falling for an
ugly guy. Well he was stated ugly
but according to me he is not!

That guy is ugly but his heart is
made of gold and thats what the
girl falls for but there is a
confusion! The "ugly" guy has a
" handsome" friend and so the
ugly guy thinks the girl likes his
friend and a lot of
misunderstandings got created!

On a whole this movie was a full
on childish misunderstandings
but i liked it nevertheless i don't
know why. The girl loved him so
much and that made my heart
beat and the guy's love for her was
not less. I loved his friend though.

Although he was handsome he
wasn't a jerk and he cared about
his friend very much. I loved their
friendship too. The most i liked
was the both main's stupidness
they both were stupid lol

I don't remember much about the the music so low score for it. The acting was good enough. If you think it's overacting, no they are just supposed to act like this on live actions lol.

The ending was the best though.
Overall the movie was very good
to light my mood up as the
characters were very likable. The
story was pure sweet with no
beautiful bishes telling the FL to
get lost and all. It was a pure story
of two teens. If you just want to laugh or if you are in a bad mood and want to feel good. This Movie's for you! It's dumb but it's still pure entertainment.

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Okay so i have really read comments like people saying " dots had the best story ever in kdrama history " and all but for me the most important thing for a drama is it's story and this drama's story was not that interesting for me . I mean okay , there is one girl who is a doctor and a boy who is a soldier . They are totally different from each like any other drama . She heals people to save them and he kills people to save his country's people .

The only different and unique thing was that their love blossomed in a deserted country ( I forgot the name ) where earthquake took place .

And that's why everyone thinks the story is very different but in reality it's typically the same . I mean only difference was the earthquake right ?

Well I don't think they showed it too much I mean okay I know they showed it and it was the main plot holder but I think they focused more on their love than the earthquake and that's totally okay with me ! Alright ! But the thing is that their love story was not even that powerful for me .

I mean , what was there ? Huh ?

There is this girl who just couldn't decide if she loves this soldier guy or not . I mean like seriously more than half of the drama she was confused . I mean In one episode she' ll say that " I love you " then in next episode she'll say " I don't " I mean just decide girl ! I liked the second couple's story much more then theirs but that wasn't very special either. I mean their chemistry was very good and I think the reason dots was a major hit was becuase of their chemistry .

This drama was a total disaster. Why ? BECUASE it tried to mix so many things in a drama and failed to do so .

Then there were so many characters that I got confused so much as this was my first drama so I was really bad at remembering korean faces but now it's like natural to me but I really can't able to recognise anyone as they all were wearing the same uniforms -- doctor's and soldier's .

The villian was senseless too . I mean there was no need to show him too . It was just pointless his whole story-arc.

I remember there was this couple who were half korean and half Canadian or something and their story seemed interesting to me too but then they didn't had the time to show us about them so ....

I thought as there are many characters they would show stories of some of them but no ! They wouldn't bothered to do that too !

They were so lazy that they didn't properly showed the second couple's story which by the way I was more interested in . So yes they just mixed too many characters and story arcs and didn't finished them up properly and I was just not interested in the main characters at all. Like I couldn't care. I do agree that the drama had good OSTs and the comedy element was good too but that's the only things I liked about this one.

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Like king Martin said “Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars."

That qoute applies to mental violence too. NGL, I have a soft spot for characters that are struggling to be better, comparing themselves from everyone and hating themselves why they can't be more better at anything cuz more than half of my life I have cried over this. Although I'm fine and have realised that doing things like that is not only stupid but self-destructive, I know the feeling to well for me to not feel bad for our main character.

This drama is about how society is running at such a fast paced that Normal people like us that don't stand out or aren't special are automatically rejected by society. No matter how hard you try they are gonna reject you and call you a useless human being. As someone who's experienced this, it hits too close to home.

We have a protagonist that wants to stand out and wants to hear one atleast one compliment from her own mother. The drama is not for everyone. It's dark and unsettling. It explores the mind of a criminal with depth. It goes deep down into the theory that monsters are made by society and not born. Definitely it's the criminal's fault for becoming a criminal, maybe if someone else was in their situation they still wouldn't have lost their morals but I love these kinds of stories where they show how they became a criminal without glorifying anything.

sometimes sadness is so bottled up inside you that it turns into rage. This story is also the portrayal of that. It's definitely a mystery but the psychological parts are more important imo but it sure has its plot twists that doesn't seem forced and fits the story well.

The acting is also very well done as aspected from the well aclaimed cast and the musuc reallu got you into the atmosphere.


I was kinda confused if I should give it a 9.5 or 10 but that ending just got my feelings all over the place so it's a 10/10

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F*ck ideology!

This movie is definitely a cinematic masterpiece! In the beginning what caught my eyes the most was how beautiful the transitions were in the movie! The cinematography is insanely good! And do kyung's acting is as always *chef's kiss*

I'm not a fan of dancing or musical movies since I'm not interested in those ( specially dancing, music I can tolerate ) plus I think they take us away from the main storyline but my god this movie was just absolutely amazing for a "non fan" like me. I find the practice scenes boring usually but here they were made in such a beautiful way that you can't help but keep staring!

I truly enjoyed the friendship between the characters and all of them were well written individually. No one was super hero kinda character and everyone was very humane which I enjoy.

The thing that caught my heart the most gas to be it's different opinion on war. Idk if everything in the movie is historically correct but I think half of are living in a country rn that suffered from war or colonization once and I also know that we're still studying about that history and our school are still brainwashing us that the country that attacked us decades ago sucks and every human being from that country is a monster although the people living in that country now weren't even alive at that time.

Most of the war movies I've seen follows the same ideology which I don't enjoy cuz I simply think war bring misery to all of the countries involved, although the killers were truly wrong, most of them were forced by government officials or their friends to become a killer in the name of "revenge". This movie gave another opinion which I agree with.

Brainwashing people in the name of ideology is wrong. Killing people in the name of revenge is also wrong according to me ofc. The movie also showcased us how Americans and Koreans that are supposed to be enemies still can be friends cuz they both are suffering from the war and share the same misery. I appreciate the movie for showing a different aspect of war.

And last but not least! The movie is tragic like really tragic so prepare yourself! Now what are you waiting for ? Watch this masterpiece now!

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This movie is disturbing like really really disturbing. Don't take the warning above lightly cuz I truly mean it. I'm the kind of person who enjoys watching gory movies but this one made me feel sick to my stomach. I even had to look away from some scenes. It's THAT disturbing.

But other than it being disturbing af it's a masterpiece regardless. It truly explores human psychology and how different individuals deals with trauma, sexual trauma to be more precise.

The movie doesn't shy away from exploring such heavy and sensitive topics. It shows graphic rape scenes that were just too disturbing to watch but you also are curious to what will happen next.

Basically, as you might've read in the synopsis, the movie is about a guy finding out that the girl he has a crush on is being raped by her "friends" , he doesn't know how to react to that news but he nevertheless talks about it to her and he finds out that the girl despite getting

hurt is apparently ok with it since they are her friends and they consider rape as " just playing" but how can she be ok with it ? So he tells this whole thing to the only trustworthy teacher, our da Jun and he takes the case in charge but little did he knew that the truth is far more cruel than he thought.

Other than it showcasing things about sexual abuse so well, another thing that I loved about it was it's realistic portrayal of deaf kids and how society either shows prejudice or sympathy to them most of the time rather than empathy or help that they have to stay silent.


I feel like the movie does so well without having much dialogues in it. Most of the main characters are deaf from birth so they use sign language to talk to each other and literally the movie barely has any dialogues and I feel like that also helps in creating the eerie atmosphere in the movie plus it's done so well that you don't even realize the has little to no dialogues.

The acting is done effortlessly well that you don't feel the need for the movie to have dialogues plus subtitles are there to help you understand what they are saying by the sign language communication.

You rarely sees movies or stories from the eyes of someone who can't hear and speak but the movie does an incredible job in pulling that off.

Another thing that I loved about it is the poetic cinematography. Some scene/shots feel like they are trying to say something to the viewers. The atmosphere is really created in a way that gives you an eerie kinda feeling and the cinematography helps in keeping that atmosphere.

Now let's talk about my most favourite thing about this movie and it's how no one is a villian in here. The movie is a psychological one and like I said above that it explores sexual abuse in a very deep way. The movie blurs the line between the evil and good because everyone is a victim and everyone is the perpetrator in this movie.

Yes I hated Xiao gaung, the main "bad guy" in the movie in the beginning but I also cried buckets for him and I also know that a lot of other people did too. Cuz the movie and the characters are THAT complex.

Most of the movies that talk about abuse goes like this - ML ( it's always a guy idk why ) finds about abuse, reports to police, fights the villian/s and happy ending but in reality it's not that simple. Abuse specially sexual is not that simple. It makes you feel that your body is tainted and can also turn you into a monster yourself ( although not always the case but it happens, I've seen it happen. )

The movie goes deep into the mind of the "mastermind", why is he like this ? Why is he a monster ? Are monsters born or made ? According to the movie, monsters are clearly MADE and I agree but what do you think ? Watch the movie and tell me do you think they deserve punishment ? Do you think this will ever stop ?

The movie is a masterpiece and although after reading this blog you may have gotten an idea of the whole plot and I basically told you what happened in the real life and you might be thinking that it's no use to watch the movie since you're already spoiled. Don't think so. Watch the movie right now! It's just so needed and awesome! It's not the plot of the movie that makes it amazing, it's the execution of it! So go watch it now !

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I was pretty excited to watch this drama cuz I've only heard good things about it since it started airing till now. Someone told me that it's as good as dark in terms of handling the time travel thingy and they were right! To be honest, I don't wanna compare dark to this cuz 2 masterpieces cannot be compared so let's just leave it at that.

But my god I thoroughly enjoyed this drama so much and it was cleverly written! There was not a single moment that bored me and it's honestly hard to find kdramas as long as 16 episodes that doesn't bore me for even a second but here's this one! All the characters were so understandbly ( if that's a word lol ) smart . Usually thriller dramas starts becoming frustrating because of dumb characters but here this was not a case at all.

Usually mystery dramas either have police as main leads or else the police is corrupt or dumb and leads do all the work. Although here the leads do most of the work, the police is neither dumb nor corrupt and they do help them fairly.

The Villians are also interesting and entertaining and I loved how they weren't always labelled as the bad guys and we were explained their situations too. Atleast some of them.

I genuinely started liking the characters and got attached to them so that was a plus point. The story is full of plot twists but they are handled in a way so it doesn't butcher the story and characterization and that's what I love most about the drama.

Even though the plot/theme is nothing new and the drama does have some flaws but I think those flaws are very minor and shouldn't decrease my rating but still they exist so I'm giving it a 9.5 but it's a masterpiece for me for sure and is forever gonna stay in my favourites!

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