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Love Exposure
2 people found this review helpful
Nov 21, 2015
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
When I read the plot to this movie I thought it was going to be one of those typical high school romance comedies. I should have known I was wrong just by looking at the insane running time. Even though the running time is quite scary, I decided to take a shot at it, and watch it anyway. I was not disappointed!

This has become one of my favorite movies.

It reminds me a lot of Quentin Tarantino films by the way it makes you feel gloominess and darkness right from the start but with just the right amount of comedy and lightness to not make it too heavy. The story invites you in to the life of psychologically damaged people and contains a fair amount of gore, violence, incest, romance, sex and PANTIES.

The part I love the most is that it handles very serious matters in a comedic way without making it seem like a joke. It actually makes it more horrifying. You get to see the characters fall apart little by little and this might lead to you feeling sympathy towards a psychopathic killer. This wouldn't have worked without these great actors though. I was starting to wonder if their minds got slightly more deranged after making this movie. For them to be able to pull through one sick thing after another, I am truly impressed.

I can't find anything about this movie that I dislike.
The story was incredibly well done. It was interesting throughout the whole film even though it was 4 hours long.
The actors were amazing. Even though the characters weren't lovable, I loved them anyway.
The scenes were beautiful. I'm not in to gore, but some scenes were just shot perfectly.
The music fit right in. It set the mood just right. it wasn't too heavy and not too light but I can't say it was comfortable either. I still felt the psychological chaos.
Lastly, the ending was better than I expected. In movies like these you never know how it is going to end. Especially when it's Japanese but in my opinion it ended just the right way.

Take time to watch this film. It was funny and twisted at the same time and it definitely left a print on me. It's a journey you wont forget easily.

P.s I am sorry for my messy review. I had so many things I wanted to write but It was hard to put it all together. Hope it was helpful anyway.

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Another Miss Oh
3 people found this review helpful
May 28, 2017
18 of 18 episodes seen
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Overall 4.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
4.5/10...
...Because 18 episodes felt like 50

If you've read my reviews before then you know I'm a major binge watcher but this Kdrama was purely unbingable!

When I first started this drama I thought the concept was great and it completely chained my interest but as I saw the mystery unraveling I got disappointed and the concept turned cheesy. Which, if I'm to be honest, matches the rest of the story because this show has a heavy emphasis on ROMANCE.

I'm not a big fan of pure romance and the comedy was not my style so this drama did not hit home with me. Yes it is somewhat super natural but it's only there to fuel the love story. so if you're a major romantic, you will love this. If you like awkward but proud women, you will like the lead. If you like the concept of evil exes then this is for you. On the other hand, if you dislike loud humor, lovey dovey couples and mothers you'd like to kill then this is NOT for you.

the acting was average, the music was good, the scenes were pretty and the script tickled my vomit reflexes but if you're a fan of Eric, ignore all the above and...

...ENJOY!

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We Love
1 people found this review helpful
May 31, 2019
Completed 0
Overall 3.0
Story 2.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
CONTENT
*A shy female lead with some serious social anxiety and low self esteem.
*A two faced male lead who goes from spirit breaker to fuzzle bear in a second.
*Some extra characters to stir up the love and cause some jealousy
*The friends...
*Light skin ship such as hugs and a fake kiss
*Below average acting
*Poor dialogue and screen writing

REVIEW
A light, shojo manga based movie about mentally damaging the person you love until they love you back. Sounds like it a very interesting psychological thriller but it's not. Instead, it's a high school romance themed story with very simple characters and a fast pace progression.

The main characters have one strong characteristic each to set the important detail of their relationship and the supporting characters are just plot devices to make the love progress and to make it easier for the viewer to understand the situation. Their dialogue consists mainly of remarks towards the main leads or their romance. They never talk about anything else.

Without any parallell story telling or character development, this romance goes from A to Z with mild conflict, and light skin ship, reaching no further than to some hand holding, hugging and a fake kiss.

WHY 2/10?

Most shojo manga movie adaptions set the quality bar pretty low but even so, this movie did not do that well in it's own genre. I occasionally enjoy some romance with light conflict as it doesn't drag out misunderstandings until I throw up in frustration but I will probably never watch this again because it's actually a very boring film. The characters don't have personalities, developments or depth. There are no parallell stories to build on the characters relationships and the progression was quite fast paced and unfulfilling.

To be a bit on the extreme, if we think about this realistically this could be taken as encouragement of mental abuse because it supposedly makes one stronger.... which is not true. This kind of mental abuse is not something a person snaps out of and gains self esteem from. It's something that brainwashes a person until they get therapeutic help that can go on for an eternity and even then, the person will occasionally consider their existence unneeded.

But if you're the kind of person who enjoys light, shojo manga adaptations with light conflict then I hope you ENJOY!!

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Reply 1997
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 19, 2018
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 2.0
Note:
If you want to feel emotionally moved, this is probably a good drama. It's well made and contains good acting and all in all has a good story. If you're not used to Korean culture or Korean dramas or if this is your first kdrama, I DO NOT recommend watching this yet! The extreme overdramatic behavior of everyone will just come off as yelling and fighting and will distract you enough to lose the beauty of the story.

This drama contains:

- Romance, comedy, friendship, family, idol obsessions, a lot of yelling, a lot of fighting, a lot of bickering, a lot of hitting, a lot of 90's references, deep truths, and youthful life lessons, love triangles and a hint of lgbt.

- A group of friends getting along very well and romance sparking between some of them.

- Slice of life with a classy kind of medium drama.

- Medium chance of crying because of relatable content.

- Ridiculous extremness in idol obsessions, family matters, romance and friendship.

ENJOY!

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Todome no Kiss
1 people found this review helpful
Mar 18, 2018
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 5.0
8/10

... Because gender doesn't matter, let's kiss!

+ Positives
- Negatives
= Summary
~ Recommend to

+++++ POSITIVES +++++
+ The plot was very original and very good. While watching it I couldn't really find anything wrong with their logic

+ The characters were very interesting. I loved how some of them had a similar past but choose different futures for themselves. While some got desperate and walked down the bitter road, some chose to work harder. The writers did a great job highlighting the importance of knowing that you always have a choice and life is what you make of it.

+ Every single character had a character development. Whether it was for the better or for the worse.


+ The producers did a great job mixing different atmospheres together. While this drama discusses very important matters, they managed to also include some excitement, romance and comedy. There wasn't a boring moment


+ Apart from the plot being original, the stories progression was very original as well. As a viewer I thought I could predict how the drama was going to unravel but I was proven wrong so many times. The experience was truly refreshing.

+ The actors did a great job. I didn't feel bothered by anyone on screen.

+ The writers didn't exclude any possibilities. Instead of having the female lead just stand in fear and scream, she actually tried her best in dangerous situations. Kisses were also not only carried out between men and women but also between women and women and men with men (when needed....it happened once ^^ )

----- NEGATIVES -----
- The editing could use some more work. Sometimes the clips felt random and kind of ruined the mood. This, however, isn't something I think will bother the average viewer. If you're in some sort of film production major then maybe...

- The music was sometimes cut off very abruptly which is never a very good thing. Some song selections were not that fitting to the scene either but this didn't happen that often.

- There are only 10 episodes but I felt like I went on a life adventure. A lot of things will happen in each episode which means you will not have a boring moment. This also means that there will be plot holes here and there and the story will feel kind of out of focus sometimes.

===== SUMMARY =====
This is a drama with a very original plot which unravels in a very original way. Although time traveling is a difficult theme to pull off without causing plot holes, I think the writers did a good job in avoiding such things while building a good environment for the concept. The characters were interesting and deep and I love how the viewer gets to see them grow throughout the drama. The show really highlights what a great impact, the choices you make, have on your own life and how you always have the power to change your future. With all the mystery, comedy, romance and crime, you wont have a chance to get bored and will probably binge the shizz out of this drama.

~~~~~ RECOMMEND TO ~~~~~
I recommend this to people......
....I can't put this in a special category. I recommend this to everyone. It has crime, mystery, comedy, just the right amount of romance, suspense, a good plot and nice characters. You really can't ask for more. The kisses had chemistry, they were not afraid to show bed scenes, there was some stabbing here and there.... I don't know why you shouldn't watch this so go watch it now...

ENJOY!!!

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Suspicious Partner
1 people found this review helpful
Mar 8, 2018
40 of 40 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 8.0
8/10

...cause if all the ends are tied at episode 38, don't make 40 episodes.

If you're considering watching this, this is what you should expect:

Great acting. All the actors did a great job portraying their characters. If you're a fan of JCW you will not be disappointed. Also a very special hats off to Dong Ha who plays the criminal in this drama. He was outstanding. I'll be following his work a lot more after this.

The sub story was amazing.
It really took me by surprise. I've never seen such a well thought out and executed villains plot and it was very deep and moving. They had all the right twists in the right places and I love that they put out subtle hints throughout the drama, warning you about the final twist, so subtle that I did not figure it out.

There's an on and off relationship.
The reason I'm calling it a sub story is because it gets over shadowed by the romance.
Indeed this is a romance thriller but I would have wished for more emphasis on the "thriller" part since that part of the story was so great. Although I love a bit of romance, I can only take in the right amount and when it's an "on and off" relationship like in this drama, I want to shoot the female character. Therefore I will not be taking my hat off for the lead actress. Because of her character and because I didn't really enjoy her acting.

There is also a few faint love triangles moving around but it was bearable. they lasted very shortly and all the female and male characters were all very cool about.

38/40 episodes.

They could have easily wrapped up the whole thing at 38 but they added 2 extra filler episodes. As if you didn't get enough romance through out the entire drama, the last 2 episodes will put you in their everyday, boring life, which, if you're anything like me, will make you hate the lead actress more than you did before. But you can end the agony anywhere you want. 38, 39, or 40. Depends on how much you care about their romance.

Overall this drama was very enjoyable, the acting was great, the characters were a piece of work but that really made them feel realistic. Hope this review was of any help to those who are still considering, instead of pressing play.

ENJOY!!!

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Fullmetal Alchemist 1
1 people found this review helpful
Mar 7, 2018
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
9/10

..... Because eating it is okay...

I don't have anything to complain about so this review will look a bit different from my usual...

Alright let's go!

The acting was great and the casting was surprisingly uplifting. I think they picked great actors for each and every one of the characters and they all did a perfect job. I have to admit that Winry could have been a bit more realistic. Even though it's been a while since I watched the Fullmetal Alchemist anime, I do not remember her being this girly and passive.... anyway...

The CG that we all feared is actually the best I've ever seen, coming from japan. it did have some minor misses here and there but it didn't bother me as much as other CG movies have in the past. Most of the effects were very beautifully done and they did a great job with the Gate of Truth and Al. I am so impressed and moved!

Going into the story, they did a very good summary of A PART of the Manga/ anime. It's a given that a live action movie with a 2 h running time wont be the exact copy of it's original but thankfully they did not change that much. I personally think the writers did a great job staying within their limits and keeping it familiar to FMA fans such as myself.

I really want to give extra credit to the director for his beautiful art work with this live action. It's been a while since I saw a movies as passively beautiful as this one. Some scenes were just shot in the perfect place with the perfect light during the perfect situation from just the right angle and it gave me such strong impressions.

I'm not a crier but I cried and I will let you guess which scene that caused it. Prepare for a challenge because the creators did an amazing job with relaying emotions here. Everything I felt okay with watching in the anime provoked such strong feelings in this adaption and that is one of the most important things to get right when making a movie.

Hopefully this will get a sequel because the writers did not end the journey after the end credits. which was a very wise decision in my opinion. Had they tried to finish the whole story within the run time of this movie, it would have felt rushed and everything would have felt out of place. I am also pretty sure we would have lost a whole lot of detail and plot resulting in another AoT failure.

I have a lot more to say but I will end my review here.

============SUMMARY===============

This adaption is one of the best I have ever seen of a Manga/ Anime and I think it was amazingly executed with great CG, great actors and accurate roles with all their relationships and situations intact. The camera work was art and all the emotions were properly relayed to the audience. Luckily, the writers were wise enough to only cover a part of the story in this movie so let's hope the sequel is released soon!

ENJOY!!!

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Who Are You: School 2015
1 people found this review helpful
May 9, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 3.0
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 2.0
7/10

Like cheese with holes in it.

I like dramas with the right kind of drama for the right kind of romance and because this, had that, I could enjoy it without any problems. Though I'm not too happy with the many plot holes here, it was still enjoyable if you try not to pay so much attention to it. The character development was good enough and because there is a twist to this typical high school story, it didn't get boring at all.

On the other hand, I didn't think the dialogue was well written because there were so many useless, time-consuming conversations that didn't even contribute to the story and sometimes the characters made me want to high five myself in the head with a chair.

Still, recommend you watch it though!

Enjoy!

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Orange
1 people found this review helpful
May 9, 2017
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 5.0
8/10

Because plot holes are inevitable in time traveling dramas

Although this is an adaption, you wouldn't notice that unless you already knew about it before hand.
I think they did a very good job on this live action and the characters are very talented considering how young they are.

Like I said, there is some time manipulating going on in this drama so of course, plot holes are inevitable but if you see past that, I think you will enjoy this as much as I did. It's a very beautiful story with smooth progression and character development and I liked it to the very end.

ENJOY!

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Introverted Boss
1 people found this review helpful
May 9, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
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7/10 ...Because you shouldn't commit suicide for that reason...

I'd recommend this drama to those who are really in to romance dramas with a bit of conflict unrelated to the actual romance. This doesn't contain a major love triangle that would bother shape haters, like me. Even though I'm extremely allergic to triangles I survived this one without any difficulties.

I think the writers succeeded very well in surprising their audience in romantic ways and I got hooked so bad, once I started watching. I'm not a big romantic but I have to say, I really liked everything about this love story....

... except the part where her sister has committed suicide for the DUMBEST reason ever...

No spoilers, you will have to watch for yourself.

I enjoyed this but honestly there is still some work to be done. Too many loose ends and hazy paths and I honestly don't understand the way some characters think. Especially in the Chae family...

Other characters were very well developed though, and they felt very human. I think all the actors did a good job in keeping the awkward air when it was needed as well as getting the comic relief just right and giving us all "the feels", from time to time.

This Kdrama will set it's roots in you and you will definitely remember that you watched it. It's also totally bingable but you can slow pace it if you want. Just not sure you'll be able to cause I'm pretty sure you'll be shipping couples too hard

ENJOY!!

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Bandage
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 14, 2015
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
You're reading this review wondering if you should watch this movie or not so I will try to quickly summarize what you will encounter if you choose to watch it. (lower down, I will go in to a bit more detail.)

The story revolves around LANDS, a five member rock/punk/pop band who hasn't made it big yet but is one hit away from a break through. Due to the pressure of showbiz the members start losing themselves and the reason they play music. Because some members in the band are more valued than others they also start losing faith in each other.

This is not a love story. Even though they are generous with scenes of the male and female lead connecting, it doesn't show the usual "boy meets girl" kind of love but rather the fine line between hating someone and loving someone with the focus on the frustration of losing yourself and becoming someone you hate. Because the movie is about such a sensitive thing the feel to it is very dark and gloomy. The colors are very grey-ish and faded and even though it does contain a lot of music, it has a few beautiful scenes with no soundtrack at all.

The acting is decent. There isn't much to say about it. Some scenes were better than others and some scenes were like watching a dog try to communicate with a fish, random, difficult to understand and confusing. Their feelings didn't always reach me while some scenes were surprisingly convincing and heart breaking. I wouldn't blame it all on the actors though. I think they did a pretty good job considering that the characters weren't as well developed and worked out as they should have been.
Since the selling point of the movie is to make you see the change in the characters as the movie goes, the lack of actual characteristics was a big miss. Instead of showing the audience what the people are like, they list it up in a conversation between the lead roles near the end of the film.

This is one of many details they didn't execute well for this movie, which made a lot of the scenes hollow and confusing. Personally i felt like i didn't know the characters well enough to actually sympathize with them and because of the constant time skipping I didn't really feel like i even had the time to process what was going on. This made it very difficult to understand the relationship between the characters and there for I didn't get as much out of it as i would have wanted.

I don't want to comment too much on the music since it's very difficult to judge but i think they did a good job creating the right atmosphere in some of the scenes. The additional music by the band is something I'm a bit more critical about. Since their intention is for you to notice the sudden change in the bands music, the film makers try to convince you that LANDS were playing rock in the beginning and then started playing pop after they sold themselves cheap. The reason I'm not convinced is because the songs played in the movie weren't really rock to begin with and they made it clear that the band members didn't know what they were doing either. That isn't all bad though. It actually made the feel to it more realistic, apart from the fact that they were supposed to have played for at least 10 years together already.

So to finish this review off,

The story was good, it had a lot potential and I think that the topic of losing yourself and becoming someone you hate is a very interesting subject to make a film about. Sadly the movie didn't really live up to my expectations because of hollow characters and lack of detail. There was a lot of time skipping which made it difficult to grasp the feeling of the atmosphere and understand the relationship between characters which made heart breaking scenes less heart breaking since I didn't feel like i could connect to the character or feel sympathy for them.
The scenes were beautiful though and the music was good and appropriate not to mention that some of the dialog was moving.

Over all i give it a 8.5/10 because I actually enjoyed watching it and despite my negativity, it was a pretty nice movie.

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Matching! Boys Archery
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 8, 2018
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 1.0
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 1.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
Can't rate this (The suggested overall rating for this drama was 1.5/ 10 )

...Because cringe....

This drama has 8 episodes, each episode being between 15 - 20 min long.
It does not have a worked out plot, no real character development or character background, it has a very fast pace and plenty of plot holes.

Prepare for many cringy scenes and a lot of bad acting.
(Comedy, romance and drama should not be tags in this drama)

I'd recommend this for drama watchers who are very tired and just need something brainless to watch.

It did have one good point though; The BL parodies were too frikkin funny, I enjoyed those parts the most but I they also made me cringe a bit extra.

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Lovely Horribly
5 people found this review helpful
Sep 18, 2018
16 of 32 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 3.0
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
This drama started out with great potential. It had a very interesting plot to begin with and there were many things to be curious about... until the third episode...

Content:
- A stubborn, strong but slightly dense female lead.
- A very obnoxious, hard to love male lead.
- A very likable and kind second lead.
- Funny and annoying sub characters.
- A lot of accidents and near death events.
- Reused scenes from all romance dramas ever since 2010.
- 1 episode building a plot device which is completely undone in the next episode. (every episode)
- Plot holes.
- LIGHT horror.
- Some kind of romance.

The reason I dropped this drama was because they kept creating plot holes and doing things without any logical reason. Even fantasy dramas need to follow some logic to make it all believable, doesn't matter if it's real logic or made up logic. We need some rules. They were also concentrating episodes to different events that were going to happen but by the next episode the writers just went "Never mind" and then they undid everything and went on to the next event that will never happen. Eventually I stopped caring about the characters. They could die for all I care, as long as something starts carrying the plot. Sadly, the plot still hadn't gotten anywhere and a lot of weird relations were formed without any background, sense, or logic.

Unbearable to watch....
...ENJOY

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Bride of the Century
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 8, 2018
10 of 16 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 1.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 1.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
Im dropping this drama half way through episode 10 so I will not leave a rating.

This drama had a good start. Fine, it's not the most original story but sometimes remakes can hit home. This didn't.

I'm gonna start with the conclusion for the lazy readers.

The story is not so original but I had hopes for it anyway. Sadly they couldn't keep it logical and used tricks to make things go the way they wanted. The romance is not believable and the acting is not very good. This combination made the romance unbearable and the script, very cheesy. The development didn't make sense and they included a very disturbing and unwanted love implying incest.

Here is my more detailed review:

The reason I'm saying this is because this is one of those dramas that abandon all logic to make it go the way the writers want it to. The curse is used in a way that doesn't really make sense or have meaning. As far as the 10 episodes I've watched there is no explanation to why it exist (Maybe they bring it up later? i don't know) or how it works. The only thing that's presented to us is that The first son's first wife will be used as a sacrifice for the guarding spirit of their house hold.

I don't see this as a problem considering that in 2014 Korea it's not unusual for people to live together or be intimate with each other without being married. Even if it would be frowned upon I seriously think the people would make an exception, considering they're saving someone's life.

I also found the romance development ridiculous. I wasn't feeling it at all and it felt rushed, which is weird since there are still 6 more episodes to go. It's like there's an unfinished battle between them but all of a sudden they're in love. I feel like they use the running time the wrong way and the last 3 episodes will probably be dragged out romance.

To make it worse, Yang Jin Sung isn't the best actress in my book since she always shows 6 different emotions at a time but it was bearable because of Lee Hong Ki. Not because he is especially talented but because he's charming.

This drama is also filled with contradiction and a hint of incestial thoughts in it. You can list as many excuses you want to why it's not incest but if you think about it, the basic principal is still there.

But there's a crazy lady that hits people so...

....ENJOY!!

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My ID Is Gangnam Beauty
1 people found this review helpful
Sep 18, 2018
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
This drama is not too different from your usual high school / college drama. It brings up things like friendships and dating morals, the societies view on beauty and sets a lot of emphasis on romance.

Content:
- Your usual pretty female lead with a sad back story and a reason to be bullied
- Your usual pretty second lead who is secretly on your "kill" list.
- Your usual pretty male lead who is untouchable to all girls except one.
- Scumbag men carelessly hitting on girls and valuing them by looks.
- Bullying.
- family matters
- beauty matters.
-Loads of cute, romantic but cliché moments.
- Average to low level acting.

This show comes at physical contact in a very reserved, awkward and intense kind of way. It will drag out the romance and have it frustrate you until the end. It doesn't go too deep into any serious matters but finishes off with some good messages. I didn't feel touched emotionally in any way so I would say this is a light watch for those who love romance and good looking people with some light conflict and drama.

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