Cakaloca
Too long. Too many flashback. Too many filler episodes. Too ambitious.
First episode, I was bored. Second Episode, I was annoyed. This one's tagged as a RomCom but so far, I haven't seen either romance or comedy. It took until episode 10, to feel less annoyed with the story. But it was not until the 20th episode that the story started to pickup.Some parts are too convoluted, it gave me a headache. Ghost ship that's not a ghost ship. A ghost that's not a ghost. Pirates, gangs, japanese invaders, super human experiments, blood feud, politics, love chain and the annoying unnecessary heart break.
Honestly, I think I skipped as much as I've watched. The series is too long with too many redundant flashback. The only consolation is that the story had a happy ending. So far, this one didn't make it to my rewatch list.
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Refreshing clean entertainment
Refreshingly clean entertainment.ML and FL looks good together, acts really well too. The writers of show managed to create a beautiful backstory for each of the main characters. Also, making the story interesting enough even though it doesn't have heavy drama on it. No heavy drama, no life threatening events, just pure love story.
The show had almost all kind of love; from innocent young platonic love to puppy love to long and lasting true love. ML and FL's family and friends are also loyal and loving. Their reactions are realistic enough and even funny at times.
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A real good Sci-Fi Crime Suspense Thriller..
A real good Sci-Fi Crime Suspense Thriller, with really good actors.Started out as a regular Crime-Suspense series w/the ML as the crime fighting hero, who's really good at his job even though he's a bit on the weird side.
As it turns out, the FL here is not a love interest, but his twin sister. She was separated with her twin and adopted really young.
This series touches plenty issues like the power hungry officials who seeks not only power but also immortality, doctors/scientist doing anything they want in the name of science, and as usual, the poor and the weak used as collateral damage.
The challenge with stories like this, is how to give it a proper ending. Writers did a good job, it has an open ending though. As the ML said, he will make things right again and he did in the end.
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Love the actors playing the ML and FL
Really good entertainment. A really long good entertainment. Some parts were a little draggy but never boring.Lots of character developments all around, not only with the ML and FL but also with the supporting roles. I think each roles were well thought off and beautifully written. The characters were unique but at the same time realistic enough to be relatable.
For example, the FL grew up without the love of her biological parents. She craved love and always had trust and abandonment issues because of these. The ML shouldered a lot of responsibilities ever since he was young.
They're like two parallel lines that were destined to meet at some point. One craved freedom from oppression, the other, freedom from his endless search for justice.
Now, to what I don't like. I don't like the on and off and on and off and then on again kind of relationship. The rest was fine. It gave me a good laugh, it made my heart ache at times, it has good action sequence and plot surprises.
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Dragged on revenge plot that is so tiresome.
Cannot continue watching when I hated the main characters of the show. Like , how stupid the ML can be? Leaving a very sick sister behind, WTF right? He's a doctor for f*cks sake. Can't he attend to his sister first, bring her to the hospital then go for his love interest later? Then taking the blame for what his love had done? The absurdity continues.Then that girl that he loves so much, in all intents and purposes claims to love him back but hurts him every five minutes.
Then came his FL, a hard ass woman full of angst and frustration. She's the only acceptable character for me, more realistic in way..
Rewatch value of this one? Not a chance.. Sure it has a happy ending, the last 3-5 minutes at the very last episode were the only happiness they gave us. I'm a sucker for happy endings, but this one just didn't make the cut..
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This one has the vibe of Autumns Concerto, domineering ML + meek girl formula
I was interested with the show mainly because of JY. Story was your typical domineering CEO and a meek nice girl finding each other again and falling in love.I don't like FL very much though. Either she's a very good actress playing a meek girl or she has really weak acting skills.
Somewhere in the middle of the story, I can already see the head on collision traffic ahead. FL's character is very weak, so I like the domineering ML better even though he's rude most of the time.
Sure I can understand hiding a pregnancy and fighting for custody afterwards. What I don't understand was her keeping close contact with the 2nd ML. It's like courting for disaster..
Also with the final episode, can't the writers just leave them in peace to have their happy ending? I love a happy ending, always. What I don't like is the part where everything was either forgiven or forgotten..
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Slow phased action/crime/thriller show..
I thought this was a crime/suspense/thriller show. In a way, it is. But, its too slow phased with too many filler episodes. I was hooked basically because I just wanted to know what happened.It feels like the writers were lost. Writing in circles getting nowhere then convolutedly found its way back to the original plot. Some storyline was just cut short. Some with unrealistic/unnecessary conflicts here and there. Just like after he cleared his name and proven that he was an undercover police, he was suddenly dragged back to jail for killing his comrade a few years back. Then the ML's twin sister was revealed that she falsefied documents to help free his brother. Even resulting to blackmailing his brothers best friend. Seriously?
And the worst was the mediocre ending. The writers were too lazy to give it a happy ending. The story just suddenly cut short.
The ending was just plain disappointing..
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MPD is confusing already but the ending left me more confused.
Multiple Personality Disorder is really a confusing matter. Aside from this, this show also added some emotional/romantic entanglement. Which left me more confused on how I felt about the ending.The actors did good with their characters. ML and his alter ego both has something good in them. They're not perfect but they're not irredeemable.
The plot of the story ain't boring. It gave the viewers not only RomCom but also a good mystery to solve. Good OST too.
It had a good run for me. What I don't like is how the ending felt rushed. Sure ML and his alter egos character reconcile which is all good. He's no longer burdened by his childhood trauma. But with this reconciliation of his personas, does that mean the FL just went with it. Now she's suddenly accepting the ML's love just like that. The love that she denied over and over again, the love that she thrown on ML's face over and over again. She was never confused, she was always firmed with her love for ML's alter ego. So, what changed? Anyway, they still had a happy ending.
Would I ever rewatch this? Maybe, not ever though..
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Warning. Do not read if you're scared of spoilers.
The show is an over achiever psychological thriller. The creator(s) cramped up too much into a nine episodes show. It just ends up a little bit lacking of finesse.The ML is a young student with a simple dream, he just want a normal life. That is until he discovered his split personality, he named his other persona B1. But later on, he learned that he was the alter persona of B1, not the other way around.
B1 was searching for the real culprit in the serial killings that his father was framed for. He wants revenge.
Turned out, his father was framed as a serial killer, his mother couldn't take it and killed her self. Everyone around him have more sinister motives than he thought and his adoptive father is the real culprit all along.
Anyway, it all ended well. It's a good watch.
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Entertaining enough but forgettable in the long run..
Started with the ML and FL being suspicious with each other, testing their loyalty and true intentions. Later on, it was revealed that they were some sort of childhood friends.So why waste too many episodes on suspicions and trickery? The first five episode with these dilemma would've been ok. But it did goes on for too long..
Then they've become friends and comrades fighting injustice both inside and outside the palace court.
Then they've fallen in love with each other. The end.
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No re-watch value for me..
I was curious with what kind powers did ML have. After watching the first four or five episodes, I was kinda annoyed with the FL. What happened between them? What's so sinister that ML was treated like shit..Actors were new faces to me but it doesn't matter, as long as they can act well.. Sadly, there's only a little chemistry between them. I don't think it's the actors fault though, I think it's the poorly written script..
It was a miracle that I was able to finish the whole show. I'll stand with my observation, this show is a bit poorly written but still entertaining to watch.
No rewatch value for me, but has good OST though..
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I guess this ain't for me after all..
I guess it not really for me.The plot was really interesting at first, unique. They were getting justice for those people that was denied of it. I like it a lot. Even the cast were great.. The fights scenes were good too. Some says, there's too much violence with in this show. Me, I don't mind it. As long as it's necessary for the story.
But then it went downhill from there really fast. It was as if the same thing kept happening on and on, all throughout the whole story. 16 episodes, 1 hour each is too long to watch almost the same thing over and over again.
I also wish a little bit more heart, something maybe a bit sweet just to cleanse the palate. The only reason I kept on watching is only because I was hoping it would get better, it didn't..
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A bit confusing because of the changing timeline. But still worth watching.
Overall production, storyline, acting and visuals are done pretty well. The changing timeline was a bit confusing at first but once you've got the hang of it, it'll all be fine.At first, it was about the day to day life of a ranger. The adventures, the challenges and the dangers they face in order to perform their duties. At bit boring to be honest.
But when those dangers and accidents in the mountain increases, the story shifted a bit towards the paranormal mystery thriller. Every deaths was vital to the story. The creator of this story manage to successfully take us with the journey of each characters.
Even the backstory was done well. Making the characters more relatable I guess. The more the viewers can relate the more invested with the story we become.
There's not much love story with this one but I still like it though. It has a happy ending.
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TV shows of this genre tends to be tedious or just plain dull. But this one ain't that. The story turns out simple, straight cut and yet surprisingly entertaining.Just a bunch of girls against a bunch of d!cks. They didn't kill or destroy. They just want to get back what was theirs in the first place; their freedom, self respect, justice for their pain and sufferings. And with the help of theirs friends, they've succeeded.
Actors were ok, OST too so all in all, it's a good watch.
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A comedic psychological thriller drama with a bit of budding romance.
A comedic psychological thriller drama with a bit of budding romance.I thought it would gonna be like other shaman based drama, heavy on the paranormal and spooky meter. This one's not. It became evident that the story revolves around the search for justice.
It turns out that the ML was a former cop, framed with a crime he didn't commit. Now he's in search of the real culprit. While our FL is a no none sense, bad @$$ cop, searching for her brothers killer.
I like the actors fresh faces and their on screen chemistry. The acting was not bad, just a bit over exaggerated. The story didn't gave me the high of a roller coaster ride. Instead, it has the feels of a horror train ride at the amusement park. You knew everything's fake, sometimes the props are even laughable.. but it's there, the anticipation of the fun entertaining journey.
The timeline was a bit of a mess/sloppy written but it's still an entertaining comedic drama.
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