The Healing of Healings

I didn't want to watch this as i didn't want to cry. I did watch it for an actor, but I loved it for the healing. and now I want to write this for people like me, who are afraid to watch it because of the tears.

So I absolutely recommend this to people who have lost someone in their lives. Sadly all the people do at some point in time. And if you already have, this drama is honestly a must watch. It heals. Truly heals. I was and am struggling with grief for many years. Not only it forced to lose the sight of meaning in life, but I also started strongly fearing of death of closed ones, because it's so inevitable, and all of us will have to face the loss one day. This drama deals with that loss in the most beautiful way possible. It is fun at times, it is entertaining at times so it is not all sadness here. It feels like it beats you up every episode and heals you after that every episode and then brining it into a full healing at the very end. Like i described to a friend it feels like as if you are in a cold forest and very hungry, then someone comes and gives you some warm food, says a warm word, gives a warm hug and then sends you to sleep under a fluffy blanket hugging a cat in a warm hut. This drama is worth to watch every single time when one experiences loss.
Drama does make you cry, so prepare a box of tissues, but it also heals you every time after that. Comforts you. And with fun scenes and dynamics here and there it is even entertaining. ^^

The ending, after the real most beautiful ending, i believe is just a cameo and a small way to ask netflix for season 2 lol.

So for all those who have experienced loss and grief but are afraid to try this drama because they think it will spark those emotions once again, (like me) Do not worry. It will heal them. Even when it spark those emotions again, it will heal them in the most beautiful way possible. So without any fear just dive in. :)

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The future circumstances brought by past

First of all i want to say a small disclaimer lol I do believe in past lives so the concept of this drama was close to the reality i imagine to be. I will try to be as objective as possible but we are all people and have our preferences so all the reviews will always be subjective based on our own likes and dislikes. So if i liked this or disliked this doesn't mean you will too :) I had a drama slump and took a break from dramas for many months :) (i thought this is important). I binged (slowly) this drama in 4 days.

Overall i liked this drama :) and recommend it to the ones who like fantasy genre. Just try not to expect much. Expectations might ruin it a lot. Also try to go passed the first 3 eps. :) Oh and i think this is more suited for binge watching rather than ongoing. Shorter review at the end.

Story:
If i were to give different rating to story/plot and the concept i would give the concept 10 and the plot 7. The concept is great! past lives, reincarnations, and how people connected in the past lives will always be connected again, that is karma, and until it is fulfilled even enemies can become relatives. (i do think this is what happens in rl too, so that might have kinda influenced the way i saw this drama) I do like that this also is taking a big span, so not just one past life, but many. On the other hand the plot that was based on this concept was sometimes inconsistent. By inconsistency i mean they waited a very very very long time to reveal us the real truth but they left out some of the big questions. I would have liked to know the answers to some but as the drama didn't give any answers i just theories my own. This is another thing, Theorizing of who is who and what is what was fun. Most of the stuff i was thinking turned out to be true (which i don't really like) but it's okay xD The real big big truth might have been underwhelming because of how "simple" it was, It was kinda the misunderstanding type of thing, i did wish for a bigger and more impactful thing, but this truth was relatable and kinda what happens all the time in our lives every second. The envy, rage, miserableness, being left behind, loving someone, wishing power, revenge... all that is something we have seen countless times, but it is what is always moving this world. Also as everything was revealed at the very end it might have felt rushed for many people. I binged this so that didn't feel rushed, it felt a little bit dragged even.
I didn't like how bloody it was. especially the start! i was going to drop it after the first ep, and then after the second too. But then it got interesting for me (and my mom). I have seen people for whom it was the other way around so i guess it is the matter of preference. The first two eps were about the past, and there was lots of blood. Then there was more blood near the end.
I liked the incorporation of the folklore demons. Though it felt like huge anime arcs squished into one ep each. The way they were introducing the demons/monsters was really anime like, it made me remember all those hyakunin ikki and stuff. Would have been better to elaborate more on them, but it might have become more draggy for a drama. If so they could have squished it more and removed some of the demons making less episodes, as they were not the main plot.
The concept of bulgasal was also nice (something like an immortal being) but they kinda merged it with vampires/zombies. which is okay i guess as there seem to be a zombie craze.
I didn't look at the actors list so i was surprised when they revealed the villain.
More weird things were when the house was suddenly a super lived in house, hurt person suddenly appearing lying outside when he was in car just now, how did he fly there remains a mystery! and some other small inconsistencies.
revenge all around, makes me remember naruto as that was the one of the best explanations of the endless revenge circle i have seen lol but still it was okay. Also the sacrifice talks also were okay for me, as that was what i thought would have been right to do too.
I think they could have dome much more and explained more in the story. But it was still okay and good for me as i fully theorized the rest. I really liked some parts of the real truth as it was indeed resonating with my own beliefs about family and enemies and karma. I would have liked if they elaborated more on the villain and the brother (i won't tell what brother) but still it was alright! so thank you for the story!
Characters/Acting:
There were few characters but they were all interesting. The ml was a bit plain for me, though the rough look, the size and everything suited the role i guess. This is purely personal preference and doesn't mean that the actor didn't do a great job. I did like the fl though. I only remembered that actress from iteawon class and couldn't imagine her as main, but i was pleasantly surprised! Min Sang Un for us is a start of everything and our hatred goes to her from the first ep. The second ep focuses more on her reincarnation "asking for sympathy towards the villain" which was really weird! Later we see her grown up, being a lovely bubbly girl, which made me feel proud of her as it is extremely hard to maintain a good personality in such circumstances. I love that kind of characters. But at the corner of our minds we keep thinking that she is bad, we mustn't like her, just like some of the side characters think. But as the story progresses we learn more and more, slowly we start to see her in different light. She was strong despite everything and followed her beliefs no matter what to protect her family.
the ml on the other hand is consistent but then slowly also changes near the end.
The villain was amazing. Acting was top notch, i remembered the gap dong days! Anyway we were slowly starting to feel sympathy for him. It was very well done, but at the end his story was a little bit underwhelming, so don't expect anything grand. It was something i would come up with if i was a writer, but i would wish something greater from a professional. But! at the same time it was very normal, i mean something like that happiness all the time and the feelings he got and the acts he did happened a lot back then. Which is just simply sad.
The side characters like mr. detective, heeseok aunty, doyoon, and shiho each of them had their story and it was interesting to see all the connections in the end. I loved it. The actors also did a great job! Shi ho is the best i love her and she is gorgeous! Though I was really frustrated at them a lot because as usual, like in any drama the side characters get always in the way and get used. So if you are weak please, just please, stay at home and don't try to act! let the strong people do stuff! that is called helping!
Addressing romance: if you plan to see romance here it's better not, but if you plan not to feel any romance here you better not as well lol. I knew there will be romance, because how can they do it without romance? XD they just neeeed it! (sarcasm) but if in all honesty, was it forced? Anyone will fall in love with a person who saves them, especially if they didn't talk with anyone before, and no one saved them before. I would too. But the love that was there did feel forced sometimes when it was too strong, though at the same time after everything was revealed i started understand why. The past connections have their influence, and the connection we see at the first two eps is like a drop in the ocean, and not the whole truth. But the overall romance is mostly around, taking care of wounds, a piggyback ride, couple of looks, and being sad of the thought of the other one dying. That's all, and i'm happy with it.

Music:
what can i say! music was great! <3 i loved some of the songs!

Rewatch value:
I never rewatch dramas so there is a random number there.

Overall!!
i liked it a lot :) I had a break from dramas for many months so maybe it played a huge role but i really enjoyed this one with my mom, very interesting, was something to look forward to everyday! :)

Short review:
Liked:
-her hair! <3 xD
-concept of past lives and how it was handled (for me it was much better than other dramas who did this before, if you know anything better let me know, I'd like to see more :D )
-all the connections
-monsters (nice idea but maybe not necessary here, idk)
-the fast pace

Disliked:
-a lot of driving around
-house suddenly filled with flower pots lol
-suddenly flying out of the car (idk how)
-twins (would go to likes if explained)
-ml
-too much blood!!! why >< they try to copy western shows but i hope they don't
-monsters( nice idea but maybe not necessary here, idk)
-weaklings not staying out of the way but trying to help.
-unanswered questions! too many lol i didn't think of them when i just finished as those questions were kinda active at the very start but i forgot about them later. Now when i look back, there were too many, and all left unanswered. But it's okay as the after taste was still good! i mean bittersweet.
-brother at the very start, was important as it's the start but this was left out completely.

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Light healing Romance <3

"Where have you seen a life without rain! When it's pouring you will get wet even if you use an umbrella. So at times like this, just say whatever and let it pour on you. Let's just have fun, with me."

Hometown chachacha is such a nice healing drama. I'm not a fan of romances, but i needed something light and fun for my heart, and i chose this. My expectations were not high, and i started it after a long hiatus. Boy, i didn't know what i was getting myself into :) After the first two episodes i couldn't stop. I was fully immersed in this small town's story and the characters. It felt like i really went to a small village near ocean, and met all those interesting people. I was catching myself daydreaming about this place the whole week! So i really recommend this drama to the people who like romances. :)
Of course it had it's up and downs but let's get to it later :)

first of all Characters! This is a type of a story I call character driven. And more importantly this was fully driven by the male lead. Even though the side characters made this town, but we all saw those characters slowly as they were interacting with the main leads. Male lead character of this drama as said in the description is country boy type of a person who can do almost everything, and he will do it well. If anything breaks they call him, if someone is needed at the sea they call him, if someone is needed to make coffee they call him, if someone is needed for power they call him, if someone is needed to look after sauna they call him! People call him chief Hong, or Hong banjang (chief) in Korean. He goes around being friendly to all the people, especially grandmothers <3 The type of a person who can talk to absolutely anyone without being awkward. Kim Seon Ho played this role phenomenally well! Hong banjang was so perfect I couldn't get him out of my head. :)
I loved his friendliness so much! he once said "...Yes, like this cross the line sometimes. Stop drawing imaginary lines like a child. Share the eraser sometimes. And sometimes show me the homework..." ​
The side characters were the annoying country people at first, but slowly started to show themselves as people, with different pains, loves, personalities. Each and every single one of them was interesting. I especially liked Grandma Gam Ri, and her wise words. And Yeo Hwa Jeong with her other wise words :)
We also have the second lead :) played by Sang Yi :) He deserves the best second lead award. Because he totally did what second lead is supposed to do. He made the couple jealous, he became a good friend and he wasn't making us suffer from the second lead syndrome because the first lead was so strong, and his bromance with Hong banjang was much more valuable for viewers :) I really loved their TikiTaka. How they met, and how became friends :)
The we also have out female lead, a strong career woman, a dentist. Who is kinda warm and loves justice, but soon regrets her decisions. She ends up in this village from the busy Seoul, and suddenly finds herself in a small healing adventure.

Story: This is the part i didn't give much points to. The story was absolutely perfect and very warm. Even though it was cliche, it was still a little bit refreshing to see a very nice male lead who is strong and kind at the same time, plus interacts with everyone in the village. It was going fantastically well :) Tbh the reason I didn't give much points here was because from ep 11 the characters change a bit. Their romance becomes extremely cringy (Note that this is not for everyone, something that i consider cringy, may be perfect and great for someone else and visa versa ^^) Hong banjang somehow gets this slight sadness in his eyes that is kept there till the end, and Hye Jin, our female lead, is being extremely childish, needy and materialistic. Of course some may not see these things like i saw them, so please don't let them keep you from watching this drama, because it might be a good level of cringe for you :) Because their interactions were really cute. And they still had at least one scene in each episode that brought my heart back to the drama :)

Acting: I talked about this a little bit, but the acting was really really great! Especially Hong banjang who was played by Kim Seon Ho. Even though other actors did a fantastic job, for me it still felt like Hong banjang carried this whole drama on him because he was so perfect. :) The Side characters, side romance couple, were very great too :)

Music: There are dramas that have this kind of OST that gets stuck in your head and is always associated with that drama. Well this is one of those dramas :) The OST Romantic Sunday that starts with Lalalalalalalala~~ is still sutck in my head even though it's probably been 3 weeks since i finished this drama :)

Deep messages: This drama had so many messages and so many nice quotes!! it went straight to my list of dramas with deep messages! Amazing stuff said by the characters, can sometimes be very healing :)
Hong banjang once said " Success and Money are not everything is life. There are much more important things like Hapiness, Self empowerment, Peace, Love. Life is not a mathematical equation, there is no right answer. The life gives you a problem, but how to solve it is your choice"
Yoon Hae Jin once said "You know what does being a good parent mean? It means to live healthily for a long long time"
This drama teaches us the power of human interest and warmth. simple words and simple interest can sometimes save a person, even if we don't ask that person about all the details: "i was closed in a dark house but then people started to knock on my door, without asking anything, they just started to give me food. Like people feed stray cats. Indifferent yet warm. Then they started asking me things, fix the tv, deliver the food, take on the counter in the shop for a bit. So they build the Chief Hong i am today"
And it teaches the fl that there are many people struggling in this world. "not everyone has it smooth like you, some run on roads that are hard to pass, and some ran with all their might only to find themselves at the edge of a cliff, so don't judge them without knowing"
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Overall: When i just finished it I was disappointed, I could write so much just complaining about the female character, how characters changed, and how this drama would have been so good if it was made into a Hospital Playlist style xD But you know what? :) Some time has passed and I don't remember all those complaints much anymore. All I remember is a perfect drama that healed my heart, that still stays with me, and that gifted me one of the best male characters i have ever seen. I only have positive afterthoughts now.

So this drama totally deserves best drama of the year, best couple, best male actor, best supporting character awards, as well as deasang :) even though it had many flows from ep 11 and onwards.

In short.
What I liked:
healing
wise words
Hong banjang
Hong banjang
Hong banjang
light and nice romance build up
Hong banjang
side characters <3
second lead

What I disliked:
the main couple dating
the childbirth
the female lead after main couple dating.

I really do recommend this drama to the people who love romances, because this seems to be a perfect romantic story and i have a feeling it will remain as a classic in a few years :) But be prepared for cringes and then lots of tears during episode 15-16. It's a very happy ending though, so don't worry :)

P.S. i never rewatch dramas so i just put a random number there.
but actually I have rewatched clips form this drama MILLION times and am still doing it everyday XD mostly from early episodes. Hong banjang was too perfect :)

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true love :3

I just rewatched this drama after many years, i was afraid i won't like it after rewatch, but i Loved it!! <3

So it's a very good story with a not very good but ok-ish ending (to my taste). Can be lighthearted, can be quite emotional, the slow scenes are a lot (but this was the period when everyone had the super slow scenes), and it's pretty straightforward. The love story is extremely heart flattering <3

Story:
I didn't like the first eps that focused on the backstory of the parents, because of the CG, but later i got used to it. then when Kang Chi appears in the drama, smiling from behind the tree.... that's when i was absolutely hooked forever! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I love that this story focuses on true love. the message that it says about how you are you no matter the appearance and that the true love has the power to keep you yourself, find yourself, and become stronger. That is why I absolutely loved that they had for the main lead a childhood love and slowly show us how he changes and notices where his heart goes.
I also likes the fate here. I usually really dislike childhood connections and all, but i love how fate was represented here.
When i watched it the first time i didn't understand why are they so obsessed with the navy admiral, but now when i rewatched it, i knew who Lee Soon Shin is. That knowledge let me watch this with even more understanding! I think this is a very nice idea to use a historical figure but add completely unrelated characters around him, who won't be bound by real life history. I also loved some nice quotes from here, especially this one "uneasy thoughts call upon uneasy future". But no matter what i think this story was character driven!

Characters/Actors:
I didn't like Seung Gi that much back then, to be honest, but after this drama i fell in love! Now he makes me happy just by existing lol :3 character of Choi Kang Chi is totally right out of a manga! He is the absolutely goofy funny strong character from a shounen manga. And that silliness is what I adore in this character! He was perfectly portrayed with Seung Gi's smile <3 totally Kang Chi was my ideal man type and i loved his growth! and most of all i loved that he didn't lose his "lightness", "simpleness" even after growing up so much!
Dam Yeo Wool was really cool lady! even though i was really frustrated at people who don't realize she is a girl, but still it was so cutely done that i could close my eyes on it ( a bit xD). I liked that she was strong, and wasn't a burden, but her true love helped the main lead to find his way again and get back on his feet. I didn't really like when she learning girly stuff but it was still cute. I am very sad that they decided to do that kind of ending, but i heard the writer wrote this with that kind of ending in mind from the very start.
the villain was really, villainish! i hated him with all my might and couldn't understand why are they not just attacking him.
I really loved the family where Kang Chi grew up! and i loved also Yeo Wool's family! both were really straight out of a manga and i truly loved them! <3 I also loved the brother and the sister because they really grew up too! And i loved how Kang Chi's personality was always stopping all the hate! just a main character of a shounen manga <3

Music:
I loved Seung Gi's song, I loved Suzy's song (it was especially catching) and i loved Beak Ji Young's song. others were also good! this drama had a really memorable OST.

Rewatch:
i never usually rewatch drama, but this one i did rewatch because i wanted more of Seung Gi hehe :) I was afraid i won't like it after so many years. but it was still very cute, very innocent, very meaningful i loved it to the bits! <3

The only bad part for which i took away 0.5 points in the story, was the ending. It would have been ok, if they did season 2. But this ending with a promise didn't give me satisfaction. It would have been better to make another ending if there was not going to be a season 2, but! as it all went with the prophecy and all so ok... at least there is a promise.

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From a Webtoon fan...

Disclaimer: this review is biased. I have been reading this webtoon ongoing right after it came out several months after I finished reading Bastard. I don't like horror but these authors are amazing! I'm a huge fan of this webtoon and was waiting for a new chapter each week, and even bought some early access. So I was veeeery disappointed in the drama... but if you are a webtoon reader like me, try to not compare this to it, and just enjoy the drama as a standalone, even though i know that it will be hard.

There are spoilers in the review if you didn't read the webtoon. So better to not read it.

Side Note for those who don't like Horror like me: Even though the drama was creepy and disgusting, you could easily close your eyes at the most disgusting parts like excessive blood flow or killings/eatings and still enjoy the show.

STORY:
the Bad:
They changed everything from the very start.. They removed Maria, they completely changed Eunhyuk's sister, they took away Eunhyuk's nerdy side, they added a completely new character who is a strong woman firefighter, They focused more on the outside world, while the webtoon focused only on the residents of this place and from their perspective (the characters didnd't know what was going on, just like us), they changed the group of evil people that barged into their apartment complex, They changed Wook and his profession, they changed Dusik's ending (his end was soooooooooooooooo dramatic and special in the webtoon, i was crying my eyes out but here it wasn't), They removed the "NEW" people, they changed the old man fighter girl duo, They changed the overall ending leaving it open for the second season, they added romance where it wasn't and removed romance from where it was, They breezed through some of the important side characters. Not only that, they also didn't focus much on people's thought process when becoming a monster. The inner fight was less, the chemistry between characters was just shoved down to 0. Eunhyuk Hyun, Wook, Jisoo friendship was my favorite but they just removed it completely. This webtoon was one of the best webtoon with character growth and this was not shown well too. Anyway it just seemed that they are making money on the webtoons name, taking the core idea and doing it completely differently.
The Good:
Now if you take this as a standalone and forget about the webtoon. The characters were interesting, the new firefighter girl was cool and she did a lot for the story progress, the showed us some of the reasons why this started happening making it a big conspiracy. Including military and showing us what they are doing too. So we get more information and the thing becomes much bigger. Some great characters were so perfect that they became scene stealers.

Acting/Cast:
the bad: the bad goes not into the acting but the cast, some didn't suit the characters, like Wook. and some were just made up out of nowhere.
the good: the good is of course the acting, because everyone did a great job with it! amazing performance by everyone!
SOUNDTRACK: Warriors by Imagine Dragons? XD well i like the song so it was nice and epic but kinda unexpected and not very suited.

I never rewatch dramas. So i put a random number in there.

Overall:
Compared to the webtoon, this show is very bad. If i was a webtoon writer i would have been enraged.
But if you watch it separate from the webtoon it is good and interesting.

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Very good!!!!

This was really really good! The outstanding acting and outstanding story!

Story: Time related dramas are really hard to pull off, because one really needs to pay attention not to leave any plot holes and make the changes done in the past affect the future in the right and interesting way. Well this drama did a very good job with that! They didn't avoid this problem by using a different time theory of many timelines. They just made every single step change the future and not only that. They also did really well connecting the past and the present later! I also liked that they are only a month apart from each other. It was kind of refreshing in a sense as I was used to dramas with big difference like 10 or more years. They also explained quite satisfyingly how the connection happened. The only problem with the story is the actions of Han Ae Ri's mother. I didn't understand her at all, and why exactly she was doing what she was doing. That was bothering me the whole drama but as it was overall very satisfying I decided to overlook it while giving it a rating. The other part that bothered me was Kim Seo Jin's wife's (played by Nam Gyu Ri) actions. But that can be answered by one's own imagination a little bit, so i decided to overlook it too.
Overall drama was pretty intense and very very interesting, it did got a tiny bit draggy in the middle but it came back on tracks pretty soon and flowed into a satisfying ending. Though if you are seeking romance here, you might not find it, as the characters were mostly focused on saving lives.

Acting: Well acting was astonishing here. All actors did a great job. I'm not a big fan of the female lead who played Han Ae Ri's role but for me this was her best role. Shin Seung Rok did amazing job with playing all versions of Kim Seo Jin. His wife and secretary were also great as well Ae Ri's friends. As I mentioned above i didn't quite understand Ae Ri's mother and Seo Jin's wife but still they played really well.

Music: I don't remember anything impactful for music so it was fine, just enough and not taking the attention away form the drama but helping with the effect of thriller.

Anyway It was great! with couple of small flaws but the good parts were soooo many that those are easily overlooked! One of the best dramas of 2020, sadly didn't get enough ratings but thankfully some actors did get awards! :) I also love dramas with good messages and this one had many nice ones!

P.S. I don't usually rewatch dramas so I put a random number in there

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Till Ep 14 its 10! ep 14-16 it's 0!

I am very angry with the ending, but before that i really wanted to write a good review to this :)
If you are looking to watch this or not i that it will help you to know that if you watched Shopping King Louis and liked it, you will like this too! If not, then you might not like this.
The main girl acts like a 5 year old. extremely stupid. The main lead is mature and nice and cute.
but the stupidity of the main girl slowly grew on me and it became hilarious and i loved it a lot. She was extremely positive despite all the hardships she had to face.
This drama was filling my world with hope and happy feelings xD you know when you watch this the world seems like a beautiful and kind place.
very cute, lovely, and bubbly, and funny. the whole place she moved into and the people there. it all seems very nice and kind, that makes you want to live there :)
if you don't like that, then you might hate this drama :) so i recommend watching the trailer. :)

What i liked:
-the main leads, and side characters
-the positivity to the point of stupidity
-the music and piano love
-the side doctor
-the ahjummas
-the kids
-the gangster xD

What i disliked:
-endingggg!!!!!!!!!!!!
-the writer who ruined this xD lol

I want to fight with the writer for ruining this!!!! T_T I was going to give this a full 10! but the last two eps made it fall even into 6! if it was like the last two eps i would have given it one. Like this type of Dots ending was already used a lot and too many times! It seems like the writer was using all cliches but always making them into something different, something funny, something cute, and unusual, and now suddenly at the last two eps someone told the writer they want this and the writer decided to do what they want and did it in an absolutely uninteresting extreme cliche way. :(
whyyyyyy :((( I loved this soo much if not for that ending :( thinking how much nice feelings and hope it gave me I will still give it at least 8.5. maybe 9? lol 8.5 seems too little for the 14 eps and 9 seems too much for the last two eps xD

anyway if you liked shopping king you will like this till ep 14 maybe :)
you might like this if you liked strong woman do bong soon too :)
but if you don't like stupidity or don't find it funny you might hate this a lot so i won't recommend it :)

-1.5 for the ending. The ending is absolute 0! no even worse it's -1999000 xD but everything before it was 10 for me :) so i think after some thought i will still include it in my favs.
and i never rewatch dramas so i just put random number in there.

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ummm extremely illogical

First of all if you like time travel dramas you can watch this, but if you like logical stuff, thinking and analyzing things you might not like it. If you like romance you might not like it either but there are romance hints here and there...

What I liked:
The openings with nice quotes.
The message of time travel not being that much of a good thing.
Acting.

What I disliked:
Everything else lol, to be precise, the plot/story
the inconsistence
the forced hints of romance
the forced "shocking twists"
ages!!

First of all, the Time Theory, that they are using. It's not the linear theory when your action changes the future. But a theory like a tree or something where there are multiple universes and each your action just creates another universe.... well this seems like an excuse to cover up all this inconsistences in-between. Make the writer's life easier. But! it would have been alright, and even very interesting if this whole thing was consistent in itself? but by the end of the drama the time theory get's messed up and sometimes we get a linear one, sometimes not, then again a linear one.
They treat people from the other universe as "different people" with same DNA. then "same people" then "different people" again.... Drama "Train" did much better with universes than this one.

Down here are SPOILERS mostly on the ending. so Beware! But in one word the ending was bad:

The last episode was complete disaster for me as everything explained was going into nowhere. The big mystery was trying hard to be impactful but was there just for the "shock" value. Because there was completely no explanation why was he killing the mother all the time. Why was he in agony? what exactly wanted he to end? If it's like he said and he shouldn't have been born, then just killing himself once would have solved it. But he just kept going to that one day to kill her and not him... why? just because writer wanted a "shock value" on her death. Who wrote that book in the first place? and WHY exactly they kept doing what was written. lol I mean if it's a prophecy it should happen one way or another, but they were just "deciding" to make it the way it's written and nothing in the world was actually forcing them. At least nothing they showed.
I will ignore the fact that all Alice employees suddenly conveniently disappeared just to make a nice battle ground for them for a second.

Now they tell that everything resets (well this was expected thing from the very first ep) BUT somehow that rule doesn't apply to certain people? Why is mother left there when she is a time traveler? Why is he left there when he is a son of time traveler? WHY is born in the first place when his father disappeared into thin air? Why is his personality a little bit changed? Why is the Team Leader Ahjosshi still there when the real one died even before the case with Jin Gyeom's classmate happened? Why he doesn't remember Jin Gyom when everything reset from the birthday, meaning after the whole case with suicide (if we ignore both of them shouldn't be there in the first place)? Why reporter Do Yeon doesn't know him when they were classmates? Why the present Tae Yi remembers him even though she lived a completely different life?? (how is she going to live if she doesn't remember where she went on seminar, what work she has to do now etc etc etc) And more importantly WHY does she even exist if her mother was a time traveler in the first place?? Why is she with her adoptive parents when her father shouldn't have died (if we ignore her mother shouldn't have been there so she shouldn't have been born at all) ? Again why is she adopted by them when they went to that orphanage, but she was taken there by the JG mother and they shouldn't have met in the first place because no time travel anymore?? And WHY does he not thinks that she looks exactly like his mom when he sees her? All he thinks later is "oh it's a girl from my dreams" and then Ta-Da slightly romantic ending.

Like Laugarza said in the comments it would have been a little bit more decent and made more sense if she had met his father Min Hyuk in present day and got pregnant so she could give birth to Jin gyum in 2020. That is of course if we forget Tae Yi was also daughter of a time traveler and should have been reset too!

Also the seem to have spent their whole CGI budget on the first two eps. And then coulnd't even show us the disappearance and appearance of people who are time travelling. Then they spent a little for the last ep. Oh and of course they didn't forget to spend all the remaining funds on the Year Captions. I'd rather have interesting time travel then an interesting caption. lol but this is just random addon, it doesn't affect the drama much.

And Last but not least, the ages. The just said that people there come from 2050. Well, okay. but there are 30-40 year old versions of themselves living in 2020. And they are shown as their past. Well now explain me please how come people from 2050 look like the are 30-40-50 when they have to be 80-90?? And out of all the people the one who actually got old was only the ml? lol If you are 90 in the future and come back to the past, even though that past is a different universe, okay well if you are super futuristic healthy you will live till 120, but look like a 40?? or not die? lol I just don't understand anything at all.

Acting was good, Music was good.

FINAL THOUGHTS:
first of all if you don't want spoiler don't read all the above. Second, I think this drama choose another version of time theory to avoid plot holes but in the end has fallen into a bigger plot hole.
and third, It's not THAT bad. lol It's still an Okay-ish drama that you can enjoy. I was just expecting a lot, plus i love logical stuff, plus the first ep was too promising. I also don't exclude the possibility that it was just me who didn't understand anything and my lack of understanding lead me to not liking this drama.
So you can take a risk, start watching and see if you like :) But I don't think I would recommend this to a friend. But if the friend would still be interested i would say to try it and just beware and not expect much.
"Train" that ended not long before this one did things much better. Though I didn't like it much too, but compared to this one, it worked perfectly with different universes.

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Who is the father... or why did they break up...or The child actors are awesome!

"My dream is becoming Wonder Woman and not a Cinderella" - Noh Ae Jong

What i liked:
Child Actors!! especially Ha Nee!
Ha nee talking about marrying mom
Noh Ae Jong wishing to be wonder woman and not a cinderella
the family - sismance
Ha neee again
Ha neee 3
Ha nee 4
the gangster father
happy ending/ships for all characters

What I disliked:
Reverse Harem.
most adults.
the writer
plot


This drama is quite a lighthearted comedy about a family that starts to shake a bit after the mom has troubles as work and some potential fathers to her cute daughter start to appear. It does have this mystery of "who is the father" but to be honest the father is easily deduced by looking at the poster. There are two leads and others are just side characters.

I think this drama would have been a gem if done in Hospital Playlist style. Making it a family/sismance drama would have been perfect because noh ae jong's family was really nice! but the Reverse Harem, Father search and all was really unnecessary and not quite a good decision in my opinion. Though of course it all depends on a person and their preferences :)
One might think it's not in the favor of the woman to have many father candidates. And if that is a factor that is stopping you from watching this drama then don't worry! This is a slight spoiler but as many people are telling about this factor i wanted to tell that the female lead didn't have any relationship with other people other than the real father. And everything is mostly those other men's imagination/wishes.
After the father is recognized (which happens pretty soon for the viewers), comes the real big question of this drama! Why did they separate. lol What did the father do or what did the mother do. The big mystery is getting bigger and bigger only to have a very weak reveal. To be honest all the big revelations of recent 2020 dramas were really weak. That, i think, was the biggest thing that i didn't like. The reason could have been solved just by conversation but both refused to talk which led to a kid being raised without father.
At first it is kinda focused on the fact that the daughter Ha Nee doesn't have a father and that focus goes quite long. But i liked a lot that they also showed that Ha Nee was raised perfectly well by her mother and grandmother and was happy with them.

Talking about kids! They are the highlight of this drama! to be honest i started this drama for JI Hyo and i always feel bad for not liking her dramas... but then i continued it for the child actors! I'm in love with the girl who played Ha Nee! She was soooo sweet! she acted perfectly and i loved every second of her scenes! <3 :)

So the story is like 5 for me. it's okayish. 0.5 for Ji Hyo. and 2 for Ha Nee <3 :)

So you can try watching this drama and then decide if you like it or not. It wasn't THAT bad. but it wasn't great either for me at least :) but i still don't regret watching it because i loved the child actors :)

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Fairy tale about healing journey

"Psycho but it's okay" tackles issues such as mental health disorders. And it does it pretty well. In a world where mental disorders may look as "weird" "crazy" etc this drama does a great job at showing that it's okay! It's just an illness and that with the help of others and your own courage to heal you will be okay!

To be honest except the stunning visuals i didn't like it that much at the start. Maybe because thee female lead was acting like the type of male leads i don't like. And i kept forgetting that she is ill too. The "forced" romance didn't come at me at first too. Later though I started to like them and see that they were meant for each other because both needed help, and both received it though each other.
It was a very healing story and i liked the small sub-character's stories too. The darkness that surrounded the characters and how they were fighting with that darkness. However I was expecting much more from the "big reveal" and the last episode. Maybe because it was building up really intensefully throughout the drama and after all that build up the revelation, the big secret wasn't as big and special as it may have seemed. Maybe it was just because my expectations soared too high in the sky. Same with the ending. But it was a quite satisfying and healing one. Plus i think it is not my place to judge the pain that all these characters had. Because each and every person's pain is big and it is not to be ever compared.

As i said, i think this is a character driven story. The interesting characters were really charming and enchanting. Starting with Moon Young and Kang Tae ending with the patients in the OK hospital.
A character that really had an impact on me was Sang Tae and his growth. Autism is an illness too and a really hard one to be portrayed in a drama, but the actor did an amazing job. Sang Tae's growth was really something I enjoyed a lot. He also said a lot of wise words! Even naive and innocent with a mind of 8 year old, sang tae could see through a lot and say things that grown-ups may have not noticed because of overthinking :) . I was also surprised at the actor Kim Joon Hwon who played the president of publishing company Lee Sang In. He was really different here so at first i didn't even notice that it's the same actor who played doctor Park Min Gook in Romantic Doctor 2. I also really like Kim Chang Wan who played director of the OK hospital Oh Jee Wang. He is a great singer and i love how they used his songs in here too. Also his character was very wise and i loved each word he said :) Of course there is also Kim Min Young who is as always the best mom :)

Music was very enchanting especially the opening theme and the opening scenes :) though i couldn't make much sense of the English lyrics xD
Of course Go Moon Young's wardrobe is something to look forward too.
The cinematography is stunning.

For me the highlight of this drama were the fairy tales, the drawings and animations. :) That is what i liked the most in this drama. :)

...."So don't forget it and overcome it. Only the ones who overcome have the right to be happy. If you don't, then you will become a child who can never grow up"....

What i liked:
Fairy tales, Cinematography, healing, side characters with their illnesses, Hospital director, the castle aesthetics, Sang tae.
What i didn't like:
mostly the problems were because i expected too much from this story :) It had such a strong start that my expectations flew into space lol :)

If you are hesitating to watch it or not i suggest to try it a little then decide :) It has a nice share of comedy and suspense so you might not be bored :) Plus the nice messages :) so it will definitely go to my list of dramas with good messages :)

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Lighthearted romantic comedy with flaws.

First of all, I started and continued it because the cast appeared on running man.
But this drama has received a lot of negative response. Why? because first of all it is based on a questionable adult webtoon. Of course the drama is not going that way. But the female lead does get touchy with the male lead, who has a girlfriend, since the start. Plus in the first episodes she is a high schooler but is not your average student. She can be described as being a "bad boy" (but with the non-romanticized meaning of it). On the other hand the male lead is a real pushover, he doesn't seem to have much pride and does everything his girlfriend says and not only that he doesn't think much of the "touches" the female lead does. Any other would have taken advantage of it but kudos to choi dae hyun for not doing anything. Anyway he is quite an average male lead of an adult webtoon. lol There is also male lead's friend who is none other than an adult webtoon artist! It's quite rare in korean dramas so it had met a lot of controversy.

But once you go past the controversies and the image that source material may have left, this is just an average light-hearted romantic comedy, nothing more and nothing less. :) the western popular dramas are usually much more "adult" than this one.
Personally I really love strong and fighting people in dramas. So that was mostly what kept me watching. Saet Byul, our female heroine is extremely strong. to the point it gets ridiculous. lol So it's like a slapstick comedy with her beating up bad people. But later you get to know all the characters from a different perspective.
You get to know that ml is a thoughtful boyfriend, with quite a strong sense of justice. That fl lead is a child that had a lot in her life but thinks a lot about her friends and sister. Does everything to protect them and suites the ml much more. That the questionable ml's webtoon artist friend is actually really sensitive and can't draw adult scenes and his webtoon is just mostly romance. That ml's family may seem very "country bumpkin"-ish, but are very thoughtful, love each other a lot and stand strong for each other.
As this drama was made by the stuff who made Fiery Priest, it has a lot of funny references also.

So it's just an average light hearted (slapstick) romantic comedy. A bit draggy in the middle with funny ending. So 6 for me is the best i could give this lol :) And mostly because i really love fighting!

So If all the negative feedback is keeping you from watching this drama, and you fear it will be controversial and inappropriate just give it a try. It is not "adult" at all. And the characters also are not particularly strange.

I never rewatch dramas so i put a random number there. Music was not very special so i just put 6 there. For me there wasn't any character that was especially interesting so i didn't put 10 for acting. the whole story was also normal so i put 6 :) but this all doesn't mean it's bad. It's a an okay drama for me :)

So if you like romantic comedies you can give it a try :) and decide if you like it or not.

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Bulldog

This drama is a japanese anime, japanese detectives style, if you know what i mean :)
If you like comedy and crime genre give it a try :) but if you like romance i won't recommend this drama as you won't find any romance here :)

I think i'll go ahead and give this a 10, it was not absolutely perfect but to be honest when i am thinking about the reasons to give it less i can't find any! Story was good, acting was good, music was awesome.

Story:
I truly enjoyed it from beginning till end! I'd say this was mostly a character driven story. But the cases were really interesting, with several side cases and one last main case. All had this little twists that you could have guessed but may have thought you are overthinking it (like i thought xDD) still were nice/funny to see. I want to say hilarious twists but yeah it might not be appropriate xDD still even the last two ep twist was very funny/creepy xD really japanese anime style. :) The whole show was was kind of "cliche-not-very-cliche-and-funny-way" if i can describe it this way. Plus I loved the "try to be cool but not really cool" style of the show xD

Characters:
The characters were the highlight of this show! I loved how the characters didn't change at all. I LOVE how there was absolutely no crying, pity, revenge on the personal level and the usual stuff. I loved the comedy!
to give you a little sneak:
We have a show producer Kang Moo Young, who has a horse sound ringtone and not only (i want that ringtone, it's hilarious). She is very messy, reckless, doesn't think much when going straight into criminals lair, and cares mostly about her show's ratings, she can do anything for those ratings. We have seen many reckless characters but she was a bit different, she wasn't strong but her recklessness was justified by the whole comedy and her "obsession" with ratings. Plus she is strong-headed so she wasn't ever crying for real and waiting for her prince charming to save her.
We have also the other main character who is a police detective, trying to solve all the cases. All would have been quite "normal and usual" if not for his money! He is a detective but he is rich! he doesn't act like rich though so anyone looking at him will think he is homeless lol. He also has this little squad that helps him sometimes to solve cases, plus he is strong himself. He does have an old case that he wants to solve but it's not the usual revenge trope. Just a case that he couldn't solve and wants to solve as he knows who is who.
Now we have side characters and the highlights of this show! :)
Teddy Jeong! a small bar owner, with asthma, but extremely strong. He and his two cool employees were the real MVPs of this drama. I LOVED them. He was a very great character mostly seen in japanese animes/dramas xD Absolutely cool! you know when the coolness just pours out of a character. But it was not the forced coolness of a young handsome actor. He looked extremely funny so all the coolness was hilarious but it was real xD The extremely loyal, extremely strong Teddy!
I really liked Tak Won's character too! Another character straight out of a japanese anime/drama. A private detective profiler that wants to be cool and was cool long time ago, but is not really cool right now and is always trying to sell his items from his pyramidal organization. It's hilarious! He is very smart when it comes to profiling but is super week, loves cameras, and is trying to sell his teas to everyone he sees.
And last but not least, we have a mortician, who was once working as a forensic, examining bodies. Now he is just preparing bodies (putting makeup on them) for funerals. He loves dead bodies. And loves makeup... xD He also has a high school daughter who doesn't like him much. He can sleep in the fridge for bodies and his wide place for examination is a perfect place to gather and discuss cases. xD
The characters were perfectly acted!

And of course Music! ending songs were Perfect XDDD very funny! like i said, japanese anime style xD

It was really great! I'd love to see a second season with Team Bulldog! XD it was funny xD

P.S. I never rewatch dramas so i put a random number in there

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Here, have this drink and let's listen to your worry!

To be honest i didn't even want to continue this after 2nd episode but Seong Jae was here so i forced myself and I don't regret even one bit! :D
This seemed like a hotel del luna look-a-like at first. But it turned out to be different. Plus in hotel del lune Jang Man Wol was taking all the spotlight while here the two men beside Weol Joo were shining for me :)
I liked how they were listening to problems and helping people solve them. Plus the comedy was nice :)
Choi Won Young stole the show for me! he was sooo incredibly cool here xD I mean i love the man almost everywhere he plays unless he plays a villain xD but he was extremely cool here! <3
And the most important thing is that I am super satisfied with the ending :) I wasn't expecting a so-called "happy ending" for this one and for the last ep i was prepared to cry. You know, the Hotel Del Luna type of ending. But thank you thank you for a Perfect great happy happy happy ending! :D <3 I am very ecstatic for it, I was going to give this drama around 6 but it slowly was going up and finally reached 9 by the end. lol It's not perfect but it was funny, cute, lovely and bubbly.
From all the jokes i can't forget the Apple one xD it was hilarious xD
Plus it was perfect as a 12 ep drama! they started it off well and wrapped it up well. Maybe if it was a 16 or 20 ep drama at this point it would have gotten draggy, as i admit i was fast forwarding a lot. But as a 12 ep drama it was good :)

I would recommend this drama to people who like comedic fantasy with many life lessons. This drama definitely goes to my "Dramas with good messages" list. Also Choi Won Young's role goes to my "best support/second roles" list. :)
Seong Jae's love interest girl was also a nice find for me :)

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I am really sad they decided to not make any K-pop stars after this one. It was indeed a very unique show compared to other audition programs. And it gave birth to my favorite AKMU and Ahn Ye Eun. Also Lee Hi, Sam Kim, the soon to debut (or maybe already just debuted) Bang Ye Dam, one of the Winner and many others.
I think the 6th one didn't have that many amazing and unique stages for me, maybe because the girl groups took over it as they were great! But i absolutely agree with the winning team :D i mean I who would win from start because well this was in 2016 I remember studying abroad in germany at the time and seeing over the news about the winners and which company they went. This news was actually what made me start k-pop star from season 1 xD and finally after 4 years I reached season 6 lol xD
anyway the winners are really "monsters", absolutely incredible, i can't wait till they debut. I wonder how did their voices change. I would also like to know how did the fate of others unfold but i didn't find much info on many of them.
I wanted to give this season a 9 but the last ep was soooo touching with all the legendary stages from older seasons. When Lilly m. came out i was also "whoaaaaaa" like others. and of course AKMU stages and AKMU as MCs XDDD lol so i'll give it another 10 like other seasons xD

and also i loved all of the judges through these shows. JYP, YG and Antenna, all were great, kind, strict, helpful. It was really interesting to listen to what they say. I even started to know what they will say to whom, after so much watching xD now when i hear someone sing i think ahhh if they were on Kpop star JYP would say this and that xD
And especially i like Yoo Hee Yeol XD he is the best! He must be a psychologist xDDD such a kind and good person!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
But generally i think some of the other season's were more interesting. Maybe because i had favorites there. Or at least people i knew that have already debuted like AKMU or Lee Hi. The Ahn Ye Eun drama was also amazing in season 5. But maybe for a girl group fan this 6th season will be more interesting as they were the focus this time, unlike other season's where usually strong vocalists, ballad singers and singer-songwriters were in the spotlight.
Thank you for 6 years of a great show that gave birth to so many singers and let me know the leaders of certain companies a little bit better. :)

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The world of the married is a scary world tied in a psychological battle between the ones who want to protect, the ones who want to destroy after being destroyed, and the ones who go out of hand into a crazy circle of revenge. It was a crazy intense roller-coaster with iconic characters.
Honestly not all relationship go this way and not all worlds of the married are like this. This is the world of the couples described in this drama. While there can be many couple’s like this out there in reality, not everyone is like that.

If one asks me if they should watch this, well I think I will tell them to try and see. This was an absolute hit in Korea and it was not because of pretty actors or over-hyped story. This drama is really well made and it can seem to go smoothly and slow at first but each episode gives a big shock to you at the end and you are left there with goosebumps waiting for the next episode. However I don’t thing I can lightheartedly recommend it to everyone. There are two or three friends I know that I won’t recommend this to. So I think It is a matter of personal preference and that if you are wondering if you should watch this try the first two episodes and see if it intrigues you  It is a mature psychological drama that can be difficult to watch at times but it is also captivating at times.

Ji Sun Woo is perfect woman with a perfect family. She has loving husband, loving friends, loving son, and a great job where she excels as an amazing doctor. They have a big house and even though the husband sometimes struggles to get investors for his movie productions, they are not struggling and earn enough to have a quite content and almost luxurious life.
So what happens when you learn that all of this is not as perfect as it seems. One small seed of doubt falls into Ji Sun Woo’s mind and that small seed leads her to several small and later big actions. While searching for truth the seed grows bigger and bigger becoming a tree and the real picture the truth covered deep into lies can’t hold on any longer, and it starts pouring out of all the cracks made by the roots of that tree of doubt. Ji Sun Woo’s world collapses and drowns in that sea of truth. With her world coming crumbling down she has to struggle to no go down with it. She starts to take bigger and bigger actions which eventually lead her into completely different life that the one she imagined she will have before learning the truth.
Cheating is always bad and even if some forgive their spouses and live with them the aftertaste still remains, deep in their hearts.
That is why this is a heavy drama. Tied into lies, cheating and misery.
But inside all that Ji Sun Woo tries to be strong. To protect her child mother can do anything. And one shouldn’t make a woman angry…. If a man’s revenge can be straightforward, woman will do anything, even embarrassing herself and stepping on her own pride just to protect her child and herself. You shouldn’t mess with a woman. Well actually, you shouldn’t mess with anyone.
Many people I think were absolutely shocked with this drama and and older audience sometimes saw themselves in Ji Sun Woo or other characters. And even if she can be wrong sometimes one can’t help but start to root for her.

Lee Tae Oh is seems to be a perfect husband but is actually very weak person ready to move after a skirt if that skirt is smart enough. He seems to like only certain type of women and Da Kyung was one of them. Well I did feel sympathetic towards Da Kyung sometimes but honestly she was just ignorant clueless girl without any deep thoughts..... She can be wrong and fall in love with a married person, yes... but the moment she learns that he is married, the moment she tries to destroy that family....... that's when it turns ugly and the bridges are burned. She was blinded to protect her dignity and the "foreverprincess" status which could lead her only to misery. My mom's former colleague actually was not pretty or reach but she somehow seduced a married man, made him divorce from his wife and 5 kids and is now living with him and they have a kid.... watching this drama made me remember her and on the other hand it made me remember a teacher in his 40s in my former school who fell in love with his student and left his perfect wife and the son he loved so much for that little 18 year old girl... The man here of course are also to blame but the young girls giving themselves to cheaters and ruining not only the other family's life bit also their own lives is very sad. Once a cheater, forever a cheater.... Da Kyung in this drama wanted to build a perfect family too as well as her parents wanted that from her. But not always everything goes as planned.
And of course there is Joon Young, the poor son who at his age can't be anything but selfish. Drowned into the world of traumas one after the other and the divorce is just the smallest of that.

I really liked the side couple and their aftermath. They were quite well done.
And of course this dramas scene stealer! The girl who didn't have a big role but was helping Ji Sun Woo and stuggling of the abusive boyfriend. Her performance was great and you couldn't help but root for her.

it is some amazing performance by all the actors. Especially actress who played Ji Sun Woo did an phenomenal job. I feel somewhat sorry for the actor who played the husband as the more love this drama got the more hate he got.
I don’t enjoy this genre but when I started it I couldn’t stop. It kept me on the edge the whole time and I couldn’t wait for the next episode. Each and every single episode made my blood boil and left me in rage.

My rating is not high because around the 10th episode I stopped agreeing with what Ji Sun Woo was doing. And the more it went the less I was feeling for them. I wasn’t happy with the ending too. As it left me with some questions and some things done wrong but that might have intentional so it might be my subjective preference. So my rating went down and down. However I am glad they didn’t go the same way as the original.

I never rewatch dramas so I put a random number in there.

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