Deep but not savage

This drama gives vibes of warmth and sweetness where each and every person goes through different circumstances in their life and then undergoes various aspects of behaviour. Xiang xiang becomes more bold and outspoken while qiao nan becomes thoughtful and more mature.
I dont like dramas where main couple dont have skinship or much physical relationship not even kissing and hugging. But i would say this drama was exception coz in my opinion main leads didnt need physical relationship to display their affection. They were adorable as they were together. Both tried to give space and Thoughts to their partners. The pitch of story was high school but the issues they dealt with and the way they handled all the pressure without losing their cool & wits, it was all adult theme. Like adults should handle their issues.
The acting was spot on for everyone, i did got sentimental in some episodes bt i also laughed and lived with them trying to solve issues.
One thing bothered me is the ending. I didnt like How they turned the whole soul swap and all imaginary. Story was perfect as it was. There was no need to tweak it.
Overall good school drama for those who believes in relationship building and character development.

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A MUST WATCH !! Every Female character rocks the show.

Just AMAZING!! Phenomenal!!
Story is JUST PERFECT!! It delivered everything to you - Comedy, Mystery, Drama, Thriller, School, Slice of Life.
The script is intense and engaging throughout with many twist and turns. Every second, every expression counts, you can't even look away for a single second coz you may miss minute and subtle details in the story.
It portrays the reality of a very sensitive subject of pressures of Education and its toll on the survival of both students and their parents living in the high society. This amazing series takes you on a roller-coaster ride of emotions. One moment you are sad, at others you laugh out loud. One moment you are angry while other moments make you smile with satisfaction. Most importantly, you get to feel all these in EVERY single episode.
The main feeling you get The MOST is the angst you feel while relating to situations of many characters.
You get to know why the person is behaving a certain way and the reason is no nonsense. All characters are multi-dimensional and the actors who performed it are Just FANTABULOUS! Never felt a drama can be this good after My Mister.
I won't go into details about characters coz it will be difficult to describe them in a single word and there are too many characters where I can't decide who did better. But every single female character has STRONG presence in the story. But that doesn't make male leads weaker. They are perfectly blended into the story.

Music is GREAT! Loved almost all the OSTs.
Another plus of this drama is the Cinematography and body language of every single character.

Rewatch is a MUST! I rewatched many scenes even many eps. again because every bit is WORTH it!!

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Kim Ji suk at his best!! LOVED the ending!!

Never thought this cliche drama will grow on me after every episode I would watch.

Kim ji suk as Top star! well he really seems like a real top star.
His character as Yoo Baek is wounded soul who is bitter and rude to everyone around him. Yoo baek is send to a remote island when he is involved in a scandal. Without the comfort and amenities of city life, Yoo beak starts to adjust to island life. And then his character slowly learns the values of life because of people on the island. Cold Yoo baek becomes most warm-hearted person you can ever imagine.
What seemed an annoying accent of FL in first episodes, in later episodes, I found myself saying it's cute. Jeon So Min was cute as Oh Kang soon. She really seems like island girl. Oh Kang soon is a diver girl who changes Yoo baek's life through her warm-hearted personality.
The leads delivered awesome chemistry after ep.7. Last 3 eps were Gold.
Ma dol is so cute. I loved how his story ended.
I loved every single character in the series. EVERYONE!

DON'T DROP THIS DRAMA! You can fast forward the parts you won't like, but this show takes grip after ep.6.

Music is AWESOME!! I loved how they reignited old songs.
Last 3-4 eps. are definitely REwatch!

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Another Awesome Lakorn Couple Is here

I had least expectations but I was blown away by the chemistry of the main leads.
I started this purely on curiosity when I came across a random video on youtube, but It pulled me in just after watching 2 eps. and before I realised, I had marathon-ed all 14 eps that were released till that day.

The story is average with lots of cliches and typical dramatic supporting characters. But the main couple's story is different here.
Rampha and Yutt had mind-blowing chemistry. I loved their characters. The She Devil and her Handsome Secretary to rescue was the perfect combination for any good lakorn.

Fern was on spot as Rampha. She is beautiful, cold, arrogant, and a hard-core perfectionist. All the yelling , cursing and cold personality could have been seemed over-the-top, annoying and spoiled if it was not for Fern. She lived the character beyond perfection. She is bold, strong and straight-forward as Rampha. She knew damn well what she wants and what she have to do to get that. I loved how she molds and warms up towards the people she loves. She is ruthless & she never forgive easily when it comes to people who betrayed her.

Tao, on the other hand is really suitable as Yutt. He is sweet, playful and people's person. I wouldn't say he was playboy before. Coz it was his earning source. So all he did was to survive by using whatever medium possible. He sweet-talks to people and manages to survive any situation so smoothly despite having no higher education or strong background. I loved that about him. Many lakorns had shown arrogant and overly-confidant guys. Yutt breaks all those main-stream guys who force woman using under-handed tactics. Yutt is different. Though he started off on wrong foot, but he is sincere, hard-working and really supportive to Rampha. He never second-guessed the authority of his girlfriend-cum-his boss. He knew how to handle her temper and tantrums. He made up for the wrong he did. He was patient and truly her knight-in shining armor. But he never came off weak or shallow person. He never gave up on Rampha nor tired off her.

I could go on and on how much I liked the main characters. I just loved them. Their chemistry is HOT, the kisses are HOT, skinship is HOT. I just fell in love with this couple, I had rewatched their scenes almost 10-12 times.

Secondary couple was okayish. Simon and Nong-da were totally for comic value. I wasn't fond of any secondary characters or antagonists. I watched their scenes on fast-forward. Drama becomes better that way. But all the charcters did had some base and reasons for their actions.
Of course, there are cat-fights, cursing , yelling, black-mailing and so many cliches. But I wasn't disappointed by that as this one gave me one more couple to my favorites.

Music is suitable and nice. but nothing mark-able.

Rewatch is must just for Main couple's interactions.

Special Thanks to subbers that I could watch this.

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Best Timely MESS EVER!

WOW!! Just WOW!! What a surreal feeling this drama gives you. I didn't want this to finish. I would like this to go on forever.

The drama started with a BANG!! (literally Bang with a gun), and after 4 episodes you will feel like what more they could show than this as time loops are created every time. But Man I was wrong. This show gave me more than what I anticipated for. I was swept away in this mess right from the start. It can be confusing at times, but once you get the flow of the drama, you get used to it.

Story is based on web-toon, but its unusual than typical time loop dramas. In many dramas time loop gives different results every time you do things differently. But in here, you have to do things differently to stop the time loop.
This story gives BEST character development ever as Baek Jin Sang in dramaland. You hate his bluntness and rudeness in the starting episodes. But before you could know it, he slowly crawls under your skin and become a part of yours. You feel for him as a person who he is and why he is like that. His struggle to change himself is just AMAZING. Kang Ji hwan is at his best in this comedic role after a long time. I could never imagine BJS performed by another actor. I rewatched his many scenes and dialogues in later eps.

Another breather of the drama is Lee Roo da. The Life-saver for BJS and his major change-maker. Roo da is bored by routine life, and she keeps to her own self without caring for other people's stuff. But Time loop changes her into Roo da who is cheerful, caring, and righteous person with no nonsense attitude. Jin hee is spotless and charismatic as Lee Roo da. She had one of the Best chemistry with KJH.
Though it's said romance is short or not up-to the grade. But I didn't feel it that way. The chemistry both leads have is beyond just being lovey-dovey to each other. It is more of bringing out the best in each other and doing everything possible for the other person.

Gong Myung is adorable as Kang Joon ho. But in all the time-loop thing, he felt like a support character rather than second ML. Though I dont mind it.
I liked the comedic timings and the interactions among characters.
The messages in this drama are given in a totally different perspective. They portrayed the work life problems in Funny but deep and subtle manner. That's the charm of this drama.

Loved the music. 10/10. Every OST, every b/g tone is just superb. Every song gives you the emotions for every scene. Comedic, romantic, sad, happy, frustated.. Music is just perfect.

Definitely a rewatch! Love you Baek Jin sang ^_^

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Powerful Acting backed up with a strong storyline & distiguished music! What more do you want?

Wow! one of the best medical drama ever!
A drama can be awesome when there is Powerful Acting along with a strong storyline & melodious music. This is that drama.
Story is intense, intriguing and gripping. It is based on the theme as the title suggests - Two lives one heart. Two patients struggle for one heart. Each doctor would make different decision which affects the 2 lives. The cases are interesting.

The story mainly tells about the 2 doctors and their choices. Choi seok han went through painful past because of a wrong decision he took with his daughter. So he changes and wants to have more power to stop the discrimination. To get that he goes on wrong path.
Park tae soo is Choi seok han's prodigy. Tae soo lost his mother because of Choi seok han but he never hold it against him. He still makes his decisions in the best of patients. So the drama shows us how different people react to the pain given to them.

Uhm Ki Joon is best as always. Choi seok han's pain, conflicts, his internal stuggle everything was just made for Uhm Ki Joon only. No one could have played it better. Choi seok han was a genius doctor, a warm person and best mentor. But a wrong choice in desperate times took him on wrong path which he was well aware of. He eventually crosses that difficult time and comes to his own self.
This is my first time watching Go soo. But man!! he stole my heart as Dr. Park tae soo!! Tae soo is a strong person and gentle person at the same time. He goes beyond his duties as a doctor. His only motto is - "JUST SAVE THE PATIENT NO MATTER WHAT!" His emotions, ideals, caring personality is well portrayed by Go soo. You root for him, cry with him, smile with him, care along with him.
Seo Ji Hye as Yoon Soo Yeon was good, though they should have give more depth to the character. Her screen time was less and in some episodes she felt like side character.
Choi Dae Hoon should be mentioned for his acting as Koo Dong Joon. He is such cutie character and the development of his character is worth watchable. His relation with his father as well as with Tae soo is great.

Other characters are good too. I loved The interactions between each characters.

Music is one of the key point of this drama. Without wonderful tones and background score, this drama would have been average. But Music is very melodious and gives goosebumps in many scenarios.

I guess they cut short the episodes, but rather than dragging to 20 Episodes with no story, this drama ended quite well with just 16 episodes.
Rewatch is possible if you fell in love with the characters. I certainly did.

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Hide & seek is full of Birth secrets, kidnapping, killing attempts, jealous characters, star-crossed lovers, adoption, altered identities, power games etc.
I had thought You're too much was an extreme makjang but this one is equal competition to that.

The story revolves around two girls whose destinies change because of the choices made by their family.
The story is kind of obvious at the start.

Chae rin is extremely talented businesswoman even better than her foster father. But she was never accepted by her foster family so she wants recognition and love from the family. She tries to do her best.
Soo ah/ Yeon joo was abducted when she was 10 yrs and now living as poor. She is the actual heiress of MakePacific. Her life was perfect until the man she loved leaves her for Chae rin and then the jealousy and competitiveness within her now wants more. After that it takes you on the ride which you personally would never get involved. There are many entanglements within the leads. It does take different turns in the middle.

Lee Yoo Ri as usual gives her best. The insecure and love-seeking Min Chae rin is best delivered by her. if portrayed by someone else, Chae rin may have sounded irritating as every character in this drama had given over the top vibe.
The sour spot of this drama would be Song Chang Eui. Cha eun hyuk may have been better. His expressions were stoic never really giving what he wants or feels. His chemistry with Chae rin is very shaky and falls short by his side.
Uhm Hyun Kyung is ok too. I personally got irritated by her character as Yeon joo coz she is blinded by jealousy and blames Chae rin for everything.
Kim Young Min on other hand is the best. He is really evolved into great actor.I really liked the character as Moon Jae sang. You look forward to his time with Chae rin. The character develoment is amazing. I wish they would have kept him as main lead.

Other people are portrayed too dramatic as I guess it was all in the script.
Music is good.
Just one time watch would be sufficient just too see Moon Jae sang and Min Chae rin.
A BIG NO for rewatch!!

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Started off as great, drifted in the middle and fell short to deliver good concept

This drama wants to give an important lesson - In case of grave situations, will you choose yourself or your loved one? In the recent self-centered world, there are people who still choose to sacrifice themselves to protect their loved ones. And our leads are one of them.

This drama had good concept, very good cast and different vibes from other horror dramas. But unfortunately it did not deliver properly because of LACK of required content after airing half-way through. It started off as very FAST-paced and engaging, but soon it became dragged and went in circles and circles. There was nothing to keep you look forward to next episode. But last episode finished on pretty good note.
I wish they give another chance and make a season 2 with good story with the same cast.

The acting is great. Daniel kept his worth as ghost detective Da il. He is clever and deeply cares about the people around him. Eun bin is a good actress. Yeo wool was convincing. Both leads had painful past revolving around their family and so they understand each other. They had GOOD chemistry together but couldn't be explored more as it isn't in the story. But whatever time they had together, it was good. The bond between them was very different, more of two humans who shared SAME VALUES together.
Ji ah is really scary as Sunwoo hye. Killing people while sucking on a lolly-pop. she was an UNIQUE antagonist. She is smart and more powerful than the leads. Of course, little Sunwoo hye (Heo Jung Eun) is more scary. She made me cry in Oh My Geum bi! and here she is scary as hell.. Bravo to little actress!

This drama would have been better if there were only 10-12 episodes instead of standard 16 episodes. Just because of insisting the certain number of episodes, they ruined a very good drama. but the last episode was definitely saver.

Music is good. Some OSTs are memorable. Background score gives you goosebumps in some cases specially in Ji ah 's scenes.

Definitely NOT a rewatch.

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Average story but awesome romance delivered by leads.

I am a sucker for good romance and heart-fluttering chemistry.
And I got everything I want in this romance drama.
There is an amazing chemistry between leads, a cute second lead couple, comedy relief among seriousness and a really really good bromance (Ma seong and Yang woo jin, also Ma seong & Ki joon)

I am a fan of Jin hyuk so I may get blind sighted saying that he was really perfect as Ma seong. It's like he is really Ma seong and you feel for him, his troubles, his fight. But only Jin hyuk can pull off such average story drama into an amazing one. He becomes flawless while portraying the character. I want to watch him again & again.

About Ha yoon, she was enjoyable too. She was cute and charming at the same time. She was the best choice as Ma seong's Ki beum. loved their chemistry.

Ho ya & Joo yeon were cute together. served good as Complimentary second couple.

Songs are enjoyable and i kept humming some to myself.

I may rewatch this again, maybe many times. Coz for me, it is hard to see heart-fluttering romance in recent dramas. and this one delivered Awesome.

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Ending explained in my Point of view

A really different drama where the usual cliches doesn't give you similar vibes. A MUST WATCH!!
It has its own story to tell - Love is all about your efforts, even efforts fail sometimes and so love can end too.

Yoo Tak seems like a jerk in first 2 episodes, but then before you realise you start to empathize with him as he gets desperate and helpless while trying to save his girlfriend. The same day repeats yet it is not the same as Yoo tak is also not the same. He tries everything in his might to keep her alive but gets failed everytime until the last episode which makes this drama more unique.

Its like an another loop is formed in the loop.1st loop is Da In would die when Tak's love for her will be over, but at the same time he should become happy. But he doesn't become happy and the same day repeats. In the last episode, he was happy while dying with her so the day should not repeat itself again. But another loop gets created coz Tak was so much in love with her that he was ready to die with her. so Da In should not die.
It created dilemma for Reaper girl so she changed their fate.
It is an open ending whether they would end up together or live separate lives. The hint was in the last song - "we have to walk our own paths."

really loved the acting of both L and Yoon so hee. Both make their chemistry perfect for the plot. I wish to see them again as a lead pair. (Though they acted again in Emperor of the mask, they weren't a pair.)

Songs are really amazing - music and lyrics too. I can hear them on repeat whole week.

I had watched only 3 episodes and kept this drama on hold for almost a year. I am really glad I gave this drama a second chance. Really worth it. Don't make the starting episodes hesitate you.

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Chemistry is really MEANT TO BE!!

Really loved this cute drama. The couple has one of the best chemistry in Thai dramas.
It feels like they really love each other. LOTS OF HOT KISSES!!! @_@ And LOADS OF SKINSHIP!!

It is a story about lovers who separated in the past and run into each other again after 4 yrs.After meeting, both of them realise they still have feelings for each other and fall in love again.

In most lakorns, you bound to hate male lead at first as he's a jerk and then he changes. For a change I saw a very supportive male lead in Mint which is rare in lakorn. He loves Bebe so much but never forced on her to do anything. (though he very charmingly seduces her many times *v*) He respected her decision 4 yrs ago and respects her decision now too. It's my first time watching Krist (I didn't' watch SOTUS) but I loved him here. Many people won't like him in this role as it's a change from BL.

On the other hand, Bebe is hated by many viewers as she is mean, selfish and indecisive. She even did two-timing. But if you see the whole drama, you can see her as a real person who is not perfect, not sure what she wants in real life but has a difficult dream which most of girls nowadays dream of. She has conflicts among old bf and new bf. She gave in to Mint many times even when she had bf, because you can feel she still loves Mint and haven't forgotten about him. At first, she comes off shallow and weak person who cares only about her appearance and likes glamorous life. Later she changes for better coz of Mint.

Side characters/couples are entertaining but they are really SIDE characters/couple. Main couple keeps you engaged throughout.

Music feels good and suitable for every scene.
I can't really say it would have been better. But with this story and cast they did pretty well job.

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Drama in a drama concept fails miserably here

Even great cast can't save the drama if there is no story and very uninteresting characters.
They tried to fit this drama into different genres - horror, comedy, romance, suspense, revenge. But this show belonged nowhere.
Horror wasn't scary, Comedy was average (though I found very few scenes funny), chemistry was so-so, suspense was predictable except 1 or 2 little things. revenge went nowhere as the ghosts left.

I think they should have made drama Ghost's love story rather than Lovely Horribly. Drama in a drama concept fails miserably here. The fortune stealing & sharing concept was Good, but story went nowhere with that because of zero chemistry and horrible execution. Maybe concept was there but writing was ambiguous.
The questions in the story are ridiculous and answers are even more ridiculous.

Characters are not good enough. Only character seemed plausible was Sung joong played by Ki gwang.
Main lead were circling around here and there with same story.
I wonder what made PSH and SJH to accept such stoyline.

Not even worthy of one time watch.
Music was average. Even horror scenes didn't felt horror as music wasn't compatible.

I have bad habit to finish the drama till the end so I watched it. I would not recommend this to anyone unless you are huge fan of Park shi hoo and want to watch him again in similar roles like - Cheongdamdong Alice ( I loved his role here, drama was diferent too.) and My golden life.

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A MUST WATCH Civil court drama with Eccentric FL Judge and Awesome ML judges..

Wow! Just wow! I just finished watching this one, and I am utterly impressed by the story, the acting and the overall scenario where the story revolves around.

I have become big fan of the Judge Han who is supportive, caring and very righteous person. He is a true judge. Sung Dong il ajusshi is awesome in this role.

There is most eccentric female lead ever - Park Cha oh reum. She becomes judge to change the world and she truly gives her best in every case she handles in. She breaks all stereotypical behavior which is supposedly followed by every judge e.g. meeting the parties involved in case trial, having strong opinions and expressing them out loud, favoring the weak party involved etc. The character was really impressive. Go ah ra performed well but the character gave the edge to the acting. she could have been better.

Then comes our beloved Judge Im Ba reun! This role must have been important for L as it was his first role as Male lead and he did outstanding. Cold and aloof judge transforms into more lovable and supportive judge because of his colleague. He was different from Oh reum yet similar where He never compromised and always spoke his honest opinions regardless of hurting the other party. L will always be remembered as Im Ba reun Judge now.

Ryu Deok Hwan was cute as Judge Jung Bo wang. and Lee Do yeon was the coolest person in the whole drama. It was great pair where two contrasted each other yet were perfect. Their story is also lovely.

I liked the chemistry of every pair in this drama, including main pair, second pair and even Judge Han and his wife.

The cases shown were really different or rather they showed neglected issues in an unique manner. This was Civil court drama which showed real issues in society and portrayed them perfect.

Really gr8 drama!! Must Watch!!

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Law drama where the fake judge is better...

Some of the quotes are memorable.
"The more you hold on to something, the scarier it gets when it disappears."
"You're like gravity to me."
"The pain from the punishment should exceed the benefit/enjoyment from the crime."

It was another law drama which lost its potential because of the loopholes in the story.
Some of the cases and their verdict were Must Watch.
A criminal convict takes place of his twin brother who is a judge and without any help, he knows most of the law language and acts a judge (flawlessly though in gangster manner). Loopholes apart I enjoyed watching this. Yoon shi yoon was all over the drama. His acting was great though he went a little bit overboard trying to differentiate between Kang ho and Soo ho. They could have shown a little bit more of Soo ho as he was intriguing character than Kang ho. It was like the story showed why Kang ho became like the person he is, but they forgot to show how Soo ho became the cold and closed off person.
Lee yoo young felt perfect as her character was naive and innocent at first but later becomes strong. All her roles (Tunnel, you drive me crazy) are very different from each other and she performed fabulous. Another regret of the story was failed to explore Na ra, her character as Joo eun was very interesting but she got very little screen time in the middle episodes. She won my heart towards the ending episodes.
Oh sang cheol was love-deprived person who becomes evil as the time goes on.
Other actors were good in their roles. Nothing extra-ordinary there.

The chemistry and comradeship between leads was cute. You root for them from the ep. 1.

Music was likable, especially loved the song - I see you.
other songs - Comfort, Shine.

People who like to watch Yoon shi yoon, this drama is for you.

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Change yourself into new person after plastic surgery by the hands of Dr. Han Kang Woo.

This was a clever suspense drama which revolved around a woman with full of secrets.
The story is fabulous. It is well paced and with enough suspense to keep you look forward to next episodes.
Jee eun han was so struggled that she lost her memories after her plastic surgery. It was as if she wanted to forget everything in the past and start new life with new face. It also helps her to meet Han Kang woo. Their chemistry in the first few episodes was great, but later it just got lost & felt forced.

For me, I watched this drama for Kim Jae Won. He performed brilliant. He could devote his life to the person he loved without expecting anything in return. And also there is another saver for this drama - Jo Hyun Jae. He was a lost person who was a result of wrong upbringing when her mother left him in care of other persons. Lee Mi Sook was great as always. You will get puzzled till the end whether she is negative character or positive character.

The sour spot for this drama was Nam sang mi. Her demeanor was kinda forced and artificial. Nam sang mi can't play complex character and her acting makes Jee eun han monotonous, while Jee eun han performed by Lee She Ah shines in that short time of hers. Jung soo jin seemed evil to the core as Han Eun Jung is pro in these kinda roles.
I wonder who is that kid played Yoo jin. he is such cutie.

I loved the music and songs. They matched with the theme of series.
Must listen songs- Save me and Snowball.

Overall, it is watchable at least once.

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