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Too small slices of life
This drama has great promise with an amazing cast and not to mention the director and writer who have delivered some of my personal favourite dramas.The acting, dynamics, music, direction, cinematography and stotylines are all pretty decent, fine they just had to add one of my personal pet peeves showing dialog with ghosts and inner younger selves, but tother than that the delivery was really good. The characters are all fun to watch, given they are recognisable from previous characters played yet with a slight twist that shows the actors range. I guess or something like that.
However there where just a few to many stories and to few episodes to fully be able to deliver the emotional roller coster I was hoping for. As they prioritised shots of pretty scenery and pauses before dialog and digging deep in to the minds of our characters. Leaving just a little bit to much unsaid.
Leaving me with a sense of neither feel good nor feel mad, or sad just oh, ok I guess that is life. And to be honest a part of me thinks that was what they where going for. So if you are in it for the feels this may not be the right place to find it but if you want the reals and under-explored this is a good place to find it.
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The story is not as beautiful as the leads but ok
This is one of those dramas that offers great leads, amazing chemistry, golden light for as far as the eye can see making you feel all warm and gooey inside... All with the added bonus of a fluffy can and a fish tank that reminded me of dramas past...It is also one of those dramas that you just you know got though censorship without a hinge, yet managed to keep it kind of subtle compared to others (focus word kind of) somewhere right in the middle of a scale from Road to Patriotic bordom (or Home) to Addicted heroin.
The friendships and side characters to their jobs without becoming to annoying, some twists or moments of affection are hinted just a little bit to much by bad directing. But other than that the sides even have some really good moments.
However I could not have cared less about the business slightly preachy (hens the I am sure it passed censorship well). It just prolonged the episode count and had me lower the score as some of those parts where so boring i almost fell a sleep. Luckily interactions between the leads where never far off.
So a decent watch that made me want to press that next episode button from start to finish, but also had me wanting to skip some scenes.
P.s. I am reallt bias about the two leads, but then again how can you not be with those smiles, abs and delivery of lines.
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Kisses and a bunch of people with hidden agendas
This drama has one good episode, a decent female something and a bunch of really well executed kisses... and well that is about it... As slightly annoying guy has a crush on an amazing girl but gets douped by a guy with a hidden agenda on their way though some misunderstandings and the feeling of trust no one as they may or may not have a hidden agenda but honestly they all just fall flat.I was almost going to give this a 7,5 for the kisses, the good episode and the girl plus lack of issues to complain about but then a whole bunch of cringe happened and dragged down the score. Conversations with parents that had me gaging and just a whole lot of oh come on.... Seriously are they going to throw in that annoying trope. And well at that point I felt a 7 was a kind score.
So what can I say the romance has its good times and again great kisses... but honestly it is just not enough to make this a good or even a watch worthy of your time. But if you do not mind the lack of plot and cringe and have some time to kill go for it or just fast forward to the kisses and the scenes with the girl.
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A decent sequel
This was an enjoyable watch, while I admit it dit not really add much closure to the first original series it was fun to see the characters in a more movie like pacing and setting.Had I seen this a year after the first it would have been a lovely reunion, but since I saw it right after the series Ill just say it was nice to see what would happen 3 years on, aired in October 2020 I could not help but wonder if it was filmed pree covid or if they made the coice to just ignore it. Still I enjoyed watching it.
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Bridget Jones meets Sex and the City in Japan
Tis is a fun combination of Bridget Jones meets Sex and the City in a Japanese more down to earth context, shorter, less flashy, beer instead of cocktails. Adorable instead of super sexy. Also with very lovable characters and cute illustrations. The friendships are top, top, top, makes you wish you had your own group of girls nights. The male sides are truly there just as side characters all have their own charm and are truly fun to watch. Some make questionable choices and I am not 100% on board with every message in this and I also admit most of the plot twists can be smelled an episode or two away. That said I really enjoyed this binge.Was this review helpful to you?
50 first days goes sad, teen Asia
This movie takes amnesia and instead of laughing at it or turning it in to comedy it makes it relatable human and full of teen cuteness. It is in no means perfect but I do believe I shed a real tear which is kind of rare for me making me instantly rate this a bit higher.Pacing is good, acting good, friendships are lovely and the character development and puppylove well cute as puppies.
A decent watch, just mind the tears and pain.
Also I have not seen the J version, my gut says it is probably better but I couldn't find it...
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Blurred lines can be hard to read
This is an interesting story, that brings out a whole lot of aspects making me feel very uncomfortable most of the time as well as thinking what the h*** did that person just say? And trying to figure out how this alines with my personal morals. To be honset I have issues with the leads relationship the age gap 12 years is a real age gap and though he is not under age the whole tutor student part as well as the way she treats him at times like a child other times like a love interest really makes me uncomfortable while at the sam time she has a lot of good to say and parts of me love both of them, as well as their chemistry. So I guess it is complicated in a confusing way.There are a lot of awful just awful characters in this, and the way they talk about hosts, host addiction and power relations makes me guess what yes very, very uncomfortable.
That said the drama is interesting, it kept my attention and told a slightly different story then the usual age gap, boy falls for his teacher... Definitely worth a watch just prepare for moral corruption and ambiguity...
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Could have been great but I guess I am not the forgiving kind...
This drama has an adorable main couple, interesting side characters ans a whole lot of fun and good to it untill we get to the main plot-lines that pretty much killed my interest half of the time.In the begining the drama felt a bit like Gilmore girls meeds Dharma and Greg in a Thai LGBTQsetting, had it kept this mix and added its own fun twist then thi could have been an 8,5 or even a 9. The romance has so much potential and could have been so much more if they focused on the mains relationship and the friends instead of constantly getting sidetracked by anooying plot-lines and awful just awful characters who supposedly have some kind of checter development leading to all being forgiven... And well I am just not the forgiving kind.
The quality of acting varies a lot, and there is a lot of cringe and over acting moments, that said out male lead is more or less perfect in every way. Papa Grace is a bit to preachy and forgiving but such.a sweetheart. Saving this from getting a lower score.
An okay watch that could have been grate, but just wasn't.
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Beige contract Cinderella
this feels a bit like a role reversal contract marriage done beige, very, very beige.While the male lead is an adorable little puppy , the female lead is a bit of an over acting bulldog scaredy cat combo.
The male leads styling is completely off , it takes talent to put a cute guy guy in a suit and make him look less attractive. The female lead has more moodswings than a swing on a school playground adoring break time. They seem to try to make her look independent but fail at every turn...
An okay watch, that is a bit different than many others like it but sometimes different does not mean actually good.
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Meeh
Ask not who you kissed last night but who you want to kiss tonight. if only our male lead would have done that we would not have anything to watch.Honestly I am not sure that is a bad thing...
While there are some nice shots here and there, and the guys are pretty cute. The male lead lacks any form of expressions looking like a lost kitten from start to finish. I really do not get what the three guys see in him or why he is so confused about the kiss he baerly remembers.
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Good start but inconsistent and annoying towards the end
It started off pretty okay, the romance is nice, the friendships are lovely the villains are idiots and the families are adorable... But then it became slightly repetitive, annoying and took some kind of turn from business/romance to undercover patriotic justice warriors... Bringing in all the things I have come to accept (unwillingly) in C -dramas and just can't take in my K's. This change har me rolling my eyes so many times it became ridiculously painful to watch towards the end. The pace is so off, the way things wrap up is not the least bit satisfying or in anyway given proper closure to the build up. And there are so many things that make no sense at all about the villains. It is as if they cut out their scenes to spare us the misery they bring .So why the high score?
Again the characters friendships and first half of the show sores between an 8,5 and a 9., as for the rest it does have some moments of fluff and sweetness between the eye rolling moments.
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Can't buy me out of love...
This is a story about the guy who was afraid to love and the other guy who fell so hard he even got a fake tattoo.To be compleatly honest I don´t really get why the guy who got hte fake tatoo fell for the guy who was afraid to love? there is not much of a process there unless you count being payed to pinn a guy upp against a wall...
There is a lot kissing, more or less partial nudity and steam during the first few episodes, so much I had to turn off the volume , bu thten again the guy who is afraid to love sounds pretty much the sam when he is enyoing himself as he does when he is having an anxiety attack. So if you do watch this and have kids or parents who are still awake in your homeyou may want to turn off the sound or wait until you are alone.
there is not much plot, and I don´t really like the pale male lead who is afraid to love, his acting feels off nat there really is not much to him.
The other characters are fun, I could use more screen time or a spin off for the lesbian couple...
All in all an Ok watch but nothing wow.
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Not perfect but an easy binge
I went in to this thinking it would be really bad but honestly both me and my husband said it was not as good as season one but better than season two.To watch this you will have to turn off your brain as not much actually makes any sense, like at all but I do believe the story does give us some depth, closure to the other two seasons and sheds a pretty decent light on survivors guilt and that surviving (what ever it may be ) is just the beginning and in no way the end.
It also feels true to the Joker for not really making any sence and giving us the feeling of anything can happen as the rules can change and all is a mess.
As for the near death experience and afterlife stuff I feel like it is more of a show of the body struggling in those minutes than the consciousness... As I am a firm believer in the near death experience being a whole lot of nothingness, but htat could of course just be my personal experience of it...
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Sweet
First of all I do have to say that he/she teses you because she/he likes you is generally not a good way to go. However in this drama the way she teases him is just soooo cute and a bit to much fun to watch.The way these two interact with each other and thdir surroundings is just a blast to watch making this an easy binge. It may not have a lot of substance but it tells a sweet story of puppy love, friendship and well a lot of teasing....
Now I must find the sequel film
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Sweet and informative
This is a short sweet slice of drama, One that shows the importance of finding meaning and belonging as well as people who will appreciate you just the way you are. Not because of piti or duty or some kind of inspirational story. But because of who one truly is.As for our leads the smiles, the way one them eats and two completely different approaches to pure and honset are a pleasure to watch.
While I admit some parts of this drama felt more like an educational than a drama, and one of our male leads does have som impuls/anger issues. I still felt like I could love each character as well as what they contributed to the story. Offering very spot on scenes about life with a disability and the different ways people partly cope but also the many ways sociaty contributes to ones silence and life harder than it should be.
Having a soft spot for dramas that show people with disabilities as more than becoming the disability (even if the disability took a lot of space I did feel that the true story was more about living rather than surviving, friendship and of course romance.
The drama also seems to want to send a message that there are different types of intelligence, different paths to take and that what works for one person may not work for another there is also av very clear message about how hard it can be to communicate and understand not only the sender (hearing or not) but also ones self.
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