Straight laced ML + Mischievous FL = unusual arrangement

Nothing new here. Classic RomCom on a traditional setting. ML was a straight laced no non sense prince with a special condition. FL is a mischievous street savvy girl. They were fated. They complete each other.

They met, had an unusual arrangement, fell in love and then they found out that he was involved with her family's death. Sounds familiar? With a little political/palace power struggle on the side and some twist and turns along the way..

Cast did a good job. Not much back story but it was ok, plenty of mini entertaining story from supporting characters.

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My 3rd psychometric Male Lead..

Story wise, not so fresh. This is already my 3rd TV series with pyschometric ML.

The police profiler (sort of) and the crime beat reporter is also not so new. Whats really fresh is the ML who wanted to be a doctor but cannot, due to his psychometric abilities. And the FL with a dual personality due to ptsd.

Acting wise, it was good but i think the actors playing ML bestfriend and FL bestfriend acts better than our Lead Stars. But thats only my untrained personal opinion. Characters development is straight cut. Even early on, we know whos the good guys and whos the not so good ones. And when the villain is revealed at middle part, it didnt change until the end. No more twist and turns.

This RomCom series didnt make me laugh or cry. For a crime/mystery series, it didnt kept me on the edge of my seat or cower with the brutality of the angonist. But this one can also make my heart sigh. The loyalty of their friends, the sacrifices of a parent for an offspring. People always trying to be a better person. Finding love even though you think you're a freak. It has happy ending for everyone so thats enough reason for it to be worth the watch.

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Maybe not be a master piece, but still entertaining to watch..

First few episodes were challenging to watch. Tried to watch the series maybe two or three times. At first I was not successful, I was a little bored. Then I pushed through, glad that I did.

As the story progress, the characters developed beautifully. At first, I thought there's no chemistry between ML and FL. Secondary characters became interesting too.

Story wise, its more of a RomCom than a SciFi and very light drama. It didnt make me cry but it gave me a little laugh here and there.

The mad scientist bothered me, for me its a hole on the plot. He's just there, a villain. Then he's just suddenly gone, no followup.

The ending was a happy one although a bit complicated for the lead characters. For people like me who loves happy ending, this is a good watch

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Intriguing plot, never been used in any Filipino TV drama but not something new, internationally speaking. I just finished rewatching deep impact a few days ago, and the mention of ELE (Extinction-Level Event) made me winced.

Considering this show was from 2013, the effect aren't that great. The actors were okay, OST too.

But what I can't ignore was the major plot hole: the ML was a devoted soldier, an ex-convict framed by the previous president, was pardoned and was assigned a very important assignment for the project Genesis.

What was so important with this people? They have nothing to do with project Genesis and the humanity's survival. He then spent maybe 90% of the time looking for his lost love and daughter.

Then there's that karmic ending, the bad guys managed to hijacked the spaceship the was supposed to save the chosen ones. Then they collided with the meteor itself and saving the earth. What?!

Not gonna rewatch this, ever.

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Interesting plot. Mediocre execution.

Too long. Too ambitious. Mediocre action/fight scenes. Too many love pairings that deserves much attention.

The construction of the story felt like puzzle pieces that doesn't fit. First was the drug/human traffickers; they tracked and attacked the FL for a flash disk that was encrypted. If they just let it be, they wouldn't be discovered. So why?

Then the sudden death of the ML's older brother where everyone around him was a suspect. It got lost in all corporate espionage/sabotage. The ML's competitors were nasty but they got away with it and still managed to get their own happy ending. I'm a sucker of happy endings, but why?

Well, at least this long show have a good OST and a happy ending. Would I rewatch this? Maybe never.

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The most boring drama I've seen in a while. The first three episodes will show you early on that this drama perfected the recipe for disaster. I wanted to watch this because of a lot of familiar faces.

But I cannot tolerate it. And what's with the musical scoring? It wanted to highlight the scenes like something profound was happening when there's none. The musical scoring wanted you to feel excitement when it in reality, it's really boring. It wanted you to feel romance when there's none.

Then I've read some reviews that the FL was chased almost by all the guys only to finally realize that she liked the ML on the last two episodes.. Well then this show is not for me. I don't wanna waste my time.

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At first I wasn't interested at all, but after a year, it managed to be somehow on my Netflix list. Watched a few episodes and it was good. Can't remember why i didn't like it last year. Anyway now I'm looking forward to more episodes. I hope this one ain't a waste of time.

After the first few episodes, the cycle of the FL chasing the ML while the ML pushed her away, got so tiresome.

Anyway, I guess the writer(s) did good in presenting human nature. They made plenty of recognizable characters: an underprivileged but gifted ML, a nice girl next door type from a picture perfect family, loyal friends, backstabbing envious friends (their hopes and dreams, their arrogance, greed, deception, discrimination).

All in all I think it's a good watch.
❤️

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I think this drama is beautifully written. Even the subplots were really engaging, I wasn't tempted to skip any episodes even if I sometimes feel like the villains are too powerful or too many to fight.

ML is the male military prosecutor named Do Bae-man (hence the name Doberman), who loves money.

FL is also a military prosecutor, fiery and mysterious at the same time, who wants justice at all cost.

Both were victims of greedy and power hungry people. Both were hungry for justice. They found each, fought side by side as comrades and then as friends with the same cause.

I just wish for a bit more of romance. Not just the hint of romance they gave at the last minute of the show. Anyway; good story, good actors, good OST, sure rewatch.

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A story with a little bit of everything.

A bit of the corporate espionage/betrayal and a glimpse of the security services world. Failed relationships and second chances everywhere.

ML was an arrogant heir of a rich father. On the surface, he seems to think of nothing and no one but himself. But he also has this deep need to help and save others.

FL on the other hand, was a filial daughter of a broken marriage. She has a deep sense of responsibility and has the tendency to take on everything that comes her way on her own.

It was their luck to meet each other after a failed relationship with their exes. They've clashed, they've bonded and then they've fallen in love. The end.

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My first mini drama

Story was quite simple but unexpected satisfying. Never had patience with short dramas before because most of the time, the story would end too soon for me to love/know the characters.

The flaw(s) of the show, too many plot holes left wide open. Like where did the mystic face swapping power came from. Or what really happened with the crown prince. Or what happen to the FL's sister, why did she turn crazy bad.

The ML (the general) is like the unrealistic prince charming from fairytales. He's just the good general, respected and loved by many. But the story didn't include much about him so that's all.

Actors were ok. OST too.

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I think I like the OG version (Korean) better.

Good thing in this remake, the writers did well on the adaptation from the Korean to Thai settings. The Korean version is more urban, this one is more rural it even gave a rustic feel to it.

This version also has more warmth, in terms of romance and it's comedic antics. What I don't like is the blatant sexism against women in profession portrayed here.

I didn't get this feeling from the Korean version. Sure at first, the cops didn't want an "outsider" to butt in in their investigation. It just happened that it's a girl criminal profiler.

All in all, it's still a good watch.

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