Quite a gem
I didn't expect to like this series as much as I did. Not gonna lie, it definitely reminded me of Jack & Joker in a lot of aspects, which is a good thing. There were some things I disliked, but almost none of them affected the rating, and I still pretty much enjoyed this series.Things I liked about this series:
1. Grandma. Literally the smartest and the best character in the whole series. Saved this series so many times.
2. Thee. He is extremely smart but also humane. He is one of the characters that was keeping me sane while watching this series.
3. The chemistry between the main characters is almost unmatchable.
4. Acting. Almost everybody's acting was exceptional. I would personally love to highlight the actors that played Charn, Thaenthai, and Thee. They did a great job with their characters, and I truly wouldn't be able to find a better fit for their roles.
5. Thee and Thaentai escaping. While watching this series, almost nothing made me feel as happy as seeing them be happy and finally relaxed. Before that, every time I saw them on the screen, I felt like I had to hold my breath because I was so stressed, but once they arrived at their destination, I was finally able to breathe again. I truly love that couple. They went through a lot, but they absolutely deserve their peace and quiet after everything.
6. I loved Rose and Maya. They were a great help and support system for both Tin and Charn when needed.
Things I disliked about this series that didn't affect my rating:
1. Charn is a psychopath. He keeps betraying, lying, and going behind Tin's back again and again. It gets to a point!
2. I really liked Thaenthai, but some of his behaviors were still quite crazy.
3. Thaenthai posting an Instagram story with a clear view of his and Thee's location. That was incredibly stupid from both Thaentai and Thee (since he didn't stop him).
4. Thatthep is an absolute monster. The worst of the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel type of parent. Let's just say I'm happy karma knocked on his door sooner rather than later.
Things I disliked about this series that did affect my rating:
1. Some visual effects were a bit funky, but I didn't mind it too much.
2. I feel like the drama between Tin and Charn took too long. While I was super interested in the actual case and figuring out all of the secrets, I had to watch Tin and Charn having constant fights about anything and everything. I would've preferred if they focused a bit more on the case itself in the series.
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Same, but different
Episode 1:I liked how cute and sweet it was, this story was definitely one of the better ones. It definitely reminded me of the series "La Pluie" with the rain and soulmates, as well as one of the characters not believing in the soulmates because his parents were soulmates but still ended up divorced.
One thing I will say, though, is that it definitely took me way too long to figure out how the whole soulmate thing works in this world and what exactly has to happen for them to find their soulmate. It would be better if they kind of explained it at the start or something like that.
Episode 2:
Totally different vibe from the first story, but I still really enjoyed this one. It was definitely my second favorite. I really liked Parinth's grandma. There are few things she did that I disagree with, but I still think she is a good side character in this story.
I also liked how good they were at so easily portraying a totally different story, which just shows how talented the actors are.
Episodes 3-4:
This one is my least favorite story. They made X to be a little bit weird/creepy ngl. Once a year, for multiple years, he's been going to a graveyard only to see that one person and then to ask his parents to be with him. I just find it weird. Also, this whole drama was so exhausting. Sucked out of thin air, and I was done with it already halfway through the fourth episode.
In my opinion, the fourth episode shouldn't have even been a thing. I feel like the third episode ended well enough that it really didn't need a continuation with all of that drama. For me this story ended on the third episode, and the fourth episode never happened.
Episodes 5-6:
This one is totally my favorite story out of all of them. So adorable and flirty, with great chemistry between the main characters.
I really liked their playful banters as well as Green just watching them and adding more to them. I really liked Green. He added a lot of cute and funny moments for sure.
Episodes 7-8:
At first I assumed all of the small stories were completely unrelated, but the series definitely found a great way to merge them all into the same universe. I can definitely appreciate the creativity they used for that. And the plot twist was quite unexpected but enjoyable.
The thing is, though, in my opinion, in these last two episodes their drama stretched out for too long. Same as with episodes 3-4, it feels like it could've been shorter with less drama. Even then, though, I still enjoyed it, and the ending was more than satisfying.
Overall, I would say that although there were some aspects of this series that I didn't like, it was still worth it.
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Cute but nothing special
That was a nice short series with a lot of wholesome and funny moments.Due to it being so short, everything felt really rushed, but it was still an enjoyable watch.
The whole vampire thing was extremely underwhelming, not gonna lie. I wasn't a fan of how their eyes looked when they smelled blood. And as far as I'm concerned, it was supposed to be a romance series about vampires, but to be honest, it felt like just a classic “forbidden love” series. Even if we took away them being the vampires, not much would've changed about the plot.
I really liked the side couple, even though they barely had any screen time. I still loved them.
Overall it was an enjoyable watch, cute and funny at times, but as I said, nothing special, just a classic short BL series.
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Unhinged
Don't get me wrong, I knew what I was going to watch. It's just that instead of a movie about BDSM, they just made it into a manga inspired soft porn with dubious consent and bizarre behaviors from most of the people involved.If anything, I'm guessing the manga they were inspired by to make this movie is a hentai manga. So that would explain a lot of weird and unhinged moment's, I just think that for adaptation they could've at least tried making it more logical.
So much unhinged moment's that would never happen IRL, and you can only meet in that type of movies and mangas.
Like when Kaoru's mom gave his sex toys to a neighbor girl to hide them from him. In a paper bag for that matter, at this point she could've used a plastic see-through bag… Hello? Aren't you even ashamed of giving a paper bag full of your son's sex toys to a neighbor? Like that is just so wild.
Or Nana trying on the “clothes”, without knowing where it was or if it was used by anybody! Who in their right mind would do that. I guess you could say, that since he doesn't have a girlfriend it's probably clean and unused, but what if he likes to wear stuff like this himself and don't wash it afterward? Or worse? Like girl, please, think about it before doing something like that!
As well as Kaoru blackmailing Nana into submission. That is disgusting and while I could see an argument of “well she did come back for more” and well the only thing I can say to this is: OF COURSE she did! Because you are watching a porn that has nothing to do with reality, and none of this bullshit would've ever happened in the real life.
The consent is dubious in this as well as Kaoru being an absolute disgusting creep. The way he's behaving is absolutely atrocious, no one who actually participate in any kind of BDSM relationship will ever act this way. Disregarding of what she wants and thinks and just bluntly pressuring her into doing things she isn't comfortable with, nobody is doing that unless they agreed upon that prior to action.
Overall, I think I'm just isn't one of those people it was made for, and that's why I see it to be so problematic…
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Not worth it
That was so much worse than I expected, I guess it's my fault for having any kind of expectations for this series. I truly tried enjoying it, but I just couldn't, and I had to skip through most of the last episode.Things I liked:
1. Out of everything that was happening in this series, I found a thing that I actually liked, and it was Met's story. Even though it was made a bit sloppily, I still liked him and his family. The last moment with his parents made me tear up.
2. The idea behind this series. When I first read the description to this series, it sounded amazing, and I was hoping for a cute comedy with supernatural bits. Sadly, it ended up being just a slop that looks like they didn't even try with it.
3. Angel Shan. He was one of the most interesting characters, and the ending made me even more interested in him and his story.
Things I disliked:
1. Female doctor Nongning. She didn't have too much screen time, but it was enough to make me dislike her. She is so extra for no reason, all of her reactions and behaviors were highly exaggerated. Nongning was a good, supportive friend, but the fact that they wrote her to be so dramatic most of the time just made her annoying.
2. Cringy. Too many sound effects and cringy jokes/toilet humor. Editing is straight from 2014.
3. Visual effects. That was probably the worst part of it all, it's just hurt to watch at times.
4. So confusing. There were so many moments where I was actually confused about what was going on.
5. First episode being literally about nothing, cut most of it out, and we lose absolutely nothing important.
6. Their first kiss. I can somehow understand why Krit initiated that kiss, being drunk, confused and whatnot, but I see quite literally 0 reasons for the main character not only not to push him away but to also kiss him back… They know each other less than a day, and as far as the series shows us they had no previous flirting or anything, so I really don't see a reason for this kiss to happen.
7. ZERO CHEMISTRY! I don't know if it's the actors or the writing's fault, but the main couple has no chemistry at all, everything feels dull and all of their interactions are empty. They talk to each other like two robots, and any time they would kiss or a have a “cute/romantic” moment, I truly could not care less about it. I guess whoever made this series though that adding “romantic” music to some of their interactions will help, but it only makes it worse.
8. A lot of useless fillers. Most of the screen time is just them doing anything but what they actually supposed to. They were on the time crunch and still spent most of the time just doing nothing useful.
9. Acting is really lacking in a lot of moments.
10. All of the series budgeting clearly went to rent out a car for the main character.
11. Zero build up for the so-called “Love”!
Overall it was truly disappointing and the only reason for me to want a 2nd season is that I just want to know more about Angel Shan. But I'm almost a hundred percent sure that if they continue with it and make a 2nd season, that it's going to be the same slop. So I think I'm good on that.
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Eh...
That was quite underwhelming.It wasn't terrible, but I didn't earned anything by watching it, except for headache.
The things I liked:
1. I'm sad to say, that out of everything I only have one thing that is worth mentioning and it's the series ost. There really wasn't anything else that really stood out to me.
Things I disliked:
1. Series villian. What was that about? There was no explanation on why he was doing what he was doing, and I truly believe even he himself had no idea what he was doing. He was the worst villian in the whole history of villians, like really...
2. This whole thing with J. Like it was just about nothing, I get the feeling that they really had a lot of complicated ideas for all of the characters. But because of lacking the time and budgeting they ended up doing just whatever and put everything together without any thought.
3. No kisses. It's honestly not that big of a deal, but come on, not a single kiss is crazy.
4. So much nonsense. Eden was deadly afraid of water and then he just..got cured??? Are we serious right now? There were so much things like that, that just don't make any sense.
5. So choppy and rushed.
One thing that I want to mention but I won't put it in the list is that in one of the episodes Eden is looking at his hand thinking about Ji Hoon holding his hand. What my problem with this moment is that he is looking at the wrong hand. Like guys please...
I could've expected this from any indie film, but that series definitly had enough people working on it to see such mistake. It's honestly not that big of a deal after all, but I felt like they don't even care about what they producing, just filmed and posted it.
But yea, I started watching this a long time ago, but dropped it because I found it pretty cringy.
I chose to give it another try, and i'm not gonna say i'm dissapointed since I already wasn't a fan of it and I knew what I was doing. I'll just say I wasn't loosing much by dropping it and not giving it another try for so long.
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So adorable
Super sweet short movie.Min Ah's drunk rambling was so cute and funny (especially her asking Ji Yeong to wait just one year for her).
It was so nice to see these girls interacting, everything felt so real and like I was there just watching two drunk, shy girls confess to each other.
I was smilling throughout whole film. I liked it a lot and it definitely deserves more recognition.
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Like a warm cup of tea
Comforting short movie showing this sweet and innocent first love.The kiss was non-existent, but at this point I'm starting to get used to that.
Nice and cozy, classic short bl movie. Nothing innovative, but that doesn't make it worse.
Can definitely recommend as a short and quick watch that will make you smile.
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Heartwarming comedy
Previously, I dropped this series halfway through because of one moment that I found cringe in the end of the episode 4.But I'm quite happy with my choice to come back because in the end it was worth it.
I loved the acting and the chemistry between characters.
I also really liked two girl side characters who were shipping our main couple from the start, even though they barely had any screen time I still loved them.
I want to say that I haven't read this manga before, so I don't have much to go off here when judging this series.
First thing that I found a bit weird is that how they made Kaneda some kind of creep with shrine for his “god” and other strange moment's. It felt kinda odd, and that was one of the things that made drop it in the first place before.
I also think the characters could've had better communicating skills because sadly they acted like two teenagers who got their first ever crush and don't know how to behave.
Another thing is that we got almost no actual romance, especially since the series ends right after them confessing to each other. So we didn't really get to enjoy any moments of them as a couple.
Overall, it's a quite cute and funny office romance. It was not bad, maybe even good, but they definitely had so much chances to make it much better.
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Nice and sweet
Heartwarming movie with a lot of cute moment's.Main characters are great, even though they had some funny moments that made them look childish at times, they are still mature and resolved their problems without any unnecessary drama.
I loved the coworker, she was such a great friend and the number one supporter at all times.
Overall, it's a really cute movie that definitely deserves more recognition.
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Not bad I guess...
I can't believe that I'm saying it, but this was the best series out of all three in HIStory1.Compared to the other two, this one was at least bearable to watch. I'm not a fan of all this “step-siblings forbidden love” but with them becoming “siblings” when they are adult's, it makes it a tad bit better I guess? Still not sure how I feel about it all, but again in the end it was at least not as bad as the other two, which is honestly a win in my books.
They had their fair share of cute moment's and drama here.
There is not much more to say, it's just kind of this classic (?) bl trope with stepbrothers falling in love, but in a short format. Not really my cup of tea, but it wasn't too cringy or annoying, and at times it was even enjoyable to watch.
The only thing I want to point out is the girl best friend, she was the “highlight” of this series in the worst way possible.
I personally couldn't stand her and any time she was on the screen I was that close to dying from cringe and anger, because of the way she was behaving.
Other than that, as I said, it was not too bad, but it's definitely not my favorite and I won't be watching it again any time soon.
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Meh
That was…an experience, from the cringy and weird scenes to the few actually interesting moments and back to cringe.It's hard to even rate this, truly because of how awful it was from time to time, not the worst thing I have ever seen, but still not good.
There were so many confusing moments where I would honestly not understand what is going on.
I watched it previously really long ago, and so I had a kind of expectations set for this short series, but sadly this was worse than I remembered.
The things I liked:
1. Story. I guess the overall idea for the plot was pretty entertaining.
2. Grim Reaper. Even though I did found them cringy, I would still say they were pretty funny.
3. The music was not bad, but I don't think I paid much attention to it.
And that's about it, now the things I disliked:
1. Female lead. She was pretty annoying, I didn't felt any sadness or pity for her, and honestly she deserved everything. She was homophobic and just overall incredibly selfish and unpleasant person.
2. Male lead. While he was overall one of the best characters in this whole thing, I still disliked him. Specifically for staying in the relationship with his girlfriend even though he knew that he wasn't happy, and he didn't try to do anything to fix his relationship.
3. The cringe. It was too much at times, I had to pause and just let it sink in at times. It is just that bad.
Overall, it wasn't too pleasant of an experience, and I don't think I'll ever try rewatching it again.
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Mature and cute story
Nice and sweet short movie, I loved the maturity from both characters.At the start I felt a bit weird since it seemed like Jung Min was kinda rude and instead of showing interest in his friend “new hobby” he was a tad bit putting him down and not taking him seriously. I do think it was more of just personal opinion and my perception of this moment because otherwise he was a pretty mature character with the rational reaction in the end.
Overall I liked this movie, it was made beautifully, I will probably watch it again at some point!
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Not too great
I feel like it could've been much better if it was longer, cause then they would have more time to explain everything better.The things I liked:
1. Wu Zheng. I both liked and hated this character. But I'll start with what I liked about him. He was pretty respectful and understanding of the Yu Shi's situation, even if he didn't have much to go off of. He didn't push him or Noah for more information, and just let him open up about it on his own.
2. Noah. There is not much to say since he didn't have that much screen time, but I did like this character.
3. Great idea. I feel like they didn't do that great of a job with this story but the whole idea for this plot was so interesting, and I really liked it even though it wasn't portrayed the best in here.
4. Good acting from Yu Shi/Noah's actor.
Things I didn't like:
1. I don't understand what was the girl for. This entire series could've perfectly survived without adding her for this unnecessary 2 seconds of “drama”.
2. The way Wu Zheng's friend handled Yu Shi. It was so weird for me that when he was looking for Yu Shi and found him, his first thought after clearly seeing that Yu Shi is not trusting him was to grab him. I didn't like this at all, and I don't understand how he thought that would be a good idea.
3. Wu Zheng. As I said previously, i both liked and hated this character, so now I'm going to explain what I hated about him. And it's the fact that he flirted, kissed and had sex with Yu Shi before even learning about his condition. And all of that after he clearly states in the start of the series that Yu Shi acts like a child. So he fully acknowledged what he was doing. As much as I can understand that, yes Yu Shi is an adult with an adult body, it doesn't take from the fact that in his head he was 5 years old. So yea, I don't think I have to explain what exactly I found disturbing about this whole situation.
4. Side couple. Again the same thing as with the girl, it was so unnecessary, and instead of giving them all this screen time they should've used it to give us more info about other things.
5. Really choppy and rushed. They didn't give us any info on how Yu Shi and Wu Zheng met and why are they living together until almost at the very end. Even then, there were still questions that I never got my answers to. And overall it was so rushed and everything happened so fast, at times I were quite literally confused trying to understand what is going on.
6. Sharing personal information of your patients with anybody as a doctor is illegal, so yea definitely didn't like how this doctor just let his boyfriend go through patients notes. That was really icky and disrespectful to the patient, apart from the fact that it's also illegal.
7. Not a thing I necessarily disliked, but I did kinda expect it to be more melancholic, that is just my personal opinion and I didn't lower my rating because of that.
Overall, it wasn't too bad nor too good, it was just alright.
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Cute but extremely boring
Sadly, it took me dropping it and then taking a break for 4 months to finally comeback and finish it, it was honestly a hard watch. It is just so boring in my opinion.One of the reasons to why I dropped it is that the main character, while I guess was made to be cute, is kinda feels like too much. Some moments with him were hard to watch because of the way he acts.
This series has some cute moments, but other than that it's really lacking in any significant plot. While it is just a slice of life series, I don't think it means having no plot and just kinda freestyling each episode with a different relationship problems for the main characters to resolve.
The biggest reason to watch this series is Katori, he is a great friend, so supportive and always there to help mc. At times, he acted like their parent, gentle parenting them into the right direction, it was funny and adorable, I loved seeing all of his reactions to the cute couple moments.
While at first I really disliked Tanaka, he really did improve a lot and was shown to us in a better light. And even though, as I said already, at first I wasn't his fan he still at least added some substance to the story.
I have also seen a bit of a chemistry between Katori and Tanaka, so I would love to see a second season or better yet a spinoff with them.
There is not much more to say since it is pretty much the same thing, just going around in circles until the sixth episode. They have some kind of problem with their relationship, they resolve it over time, done, and then in the next episode it's all over again.
Overall, it wasn't too disappointing, but could've been 10 times better if they worked on the plot more.
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