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True Love Will Take Its Course
It has been a long time since I last saw such a perfect Cdrama. This one is a masterpiece. I hate jerk MLs. And contrary to what some viewers said, the ML is NOT really a jerk here. He was quite a cold and complex character and Arthur Chen did an amazing job portraying him. This is my first drama of him and I am quite impressed. The ML is understandable and lovable if you try to see things from his POV.The FL is my favourite. Maybe the best FL I have seen in a Cdrama. She is the epitome of STRONG. She goes against the world for the ML . And she doesn’t look pathetic doing that. She is the knight in the shining armour in this drama. Some people might call her dumb but the same people would have lauded a ML for the same actions.
The love story is BEAUTIFUL.. The build up was done right. I didn’t get bored at all which is my common problem while watching Cdramas. The banters, teasing, flirting before they get into the relationship is just chef’s kiss. The separation was truly painful. I was so touched by the FL’s emotions when he goes to jail..The ending where they get together after so many hurdles was very satisfying.
The only problem was the friend who later becomes the villain. The whitewash of his character to make viewers sympathise with him has gone wrong. Nothing can make me sympathetic towards him after what he did.
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Emasculated Sad Boy general and the wishy-washy Sovereign looking for her 23rd lover!
See i eat it up when we have a pathetic yearning ML completely a loser for the FL and I like Arthur since the time of L&P. But gosh, did his character annoyed me to the point of getting on my last nerves! There is a fine line between a MAN being yearning loser for his woman and a emasculated sad lover boy. This drama can't seem to distinguish between those two. To make it worse, he is portrayed as a ruthless general 😑 (like why would you ruin this established image of ruthless generals created by Zisheng, Duke Su etc?!). In which world, do generals behave like that? The wars are only described in 2-3 lines while he gets repeatedly harmed and kidnapped to the point of being a burder on her! Poor girl has to babysit the so called general half of the time! Half the time is spent on a pity party because he has nothing to say while the SML goes away reminding him of his worthlessness in the FL's life!While Dilreba shows her usual grace and beauty with occasional sad yearning looks, the wishy-washyness of the character breaks the deal for me. The boy says you would forget me and i would become the 23rd and she says nothing, providing him no assurance. So, if we go by the first OE, he may just actually turn into another 23rd! Explains why i did not feel anything at their ending when i usually end up with a broken heart during such endings. I was glad that the drama is finally over.
That being said, the drama ha d alot of potential in the beginning. A mysterious woman and an skeptical genaral bound to doubt her was an interesting plot. A woma as the Sovereign makes it more unique, absolutely adore women in power. The first 10-15 episodes were good. There were problems but I expected them to be solved along the development of characterization. So, imagine my annoyance when the shows keeps going round and round with no development in the FL or ML's characters! 40 episodes of nothing!
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Hong Sisters did it again
The pain was worth it. This drama was so good.Story: I loved the story. It was well- written. Especially the romance part. It would have given it 10 but it seemed a bit dragged in the middle so 9.5.
Acting: Lee Seungi's acting really amazed me. This is my first time watching him and I have become his fan. None could play Son Oh Gong better than him. The comedy that the bromance served was awesome. Cha Seung Won's comedic scenes were the best. The supporting characters were all awesome, I especially liked Le Se Young acting. She pulled off two opposite characters in a wonderful way.
I do remember feeling irritated at Oh Yeon Seo's character a couple of times because i wanted to see a more stronger woman but the makers literally turned her into a damsel in distress, which annoyed me a bit.
But the lead's chemistry compensated for that. I am in love with this couple. The romance was beautiful and well acted. I, especially liked the tension between them in the starting episodes and hoped it remained like that for some more episodes. Nevertheless, its a perfect 10/10 from me for the Romance.
Music: the Music was bop. I still listen to "If we were destined" and "when i saw you"
Rewatch Value: i am already planning to re watch it. Its definitely gonna be in my top 10 kdrama list.
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Oath of Boredom and Stupidity
It starts great. I was liking the banters, differences in opinions, misjudgements. Basically the whole build up was done right. Then comes the two 2nd leads. They get enough signs that they aren’t it for the leads but they are hell bent on winning over the ML &FL respectively. And if that was not enough, the FL’s friends jump into their matter with “good intentions” but make the situation worse. And the best friend keeps up that meddling till the very end. She keeps encouraging the FL to make stupid decisions throughout the whole drama.There is an age gap going on between the leads (though the actress actually looks older than the actor). The FL is supposed to be in her 20’s but she acts like she is a freakin’ teenager. She only matured up when the ML was in a medical crisis. She was likeable only in that part. The ML was the only saving grace of this drama. At the end, it got way too boring. However, I liked the ending with their kid and message to her father.
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