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Slightly underwhelming
I generally liked this show, however there was only one thing that bothered me, which is the way the show focuses only on 1 couple out of 4, I understand that it's mainly about them, but the other couples stories were underdeveloped and they tried hard at the latter episodes to tie all loose ends making it a happy ending for everyone, unfortunately we were deprived from a proper storyline, and many sweet moments.Overall, mediocre, story and everything is basically predictable, but it is a very lovely healing drama with great leads.
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Fantastic series with a weak story
I got too invested in this show to the point of having too many things I want to write about after finishing it, but I just don't know where to begin.First off, I don't like the Chinese short web series because I haven't seen any good ones, basically all of them have messy stories with a billion plot holes and messy scripts, (sadly this too is included) but I've recently watched "heiress reborn" and I loved it so much so I gave my sweet CFT another shot with this web series and I'm glad I did.
I've to admit first, the story is shit!! I was lost all the time, we have conspiracies, women kidnapping, divorce journeys, rescuing missions and a search for an antidote for an incurable poison.
So basically I was watching with the mentality of, surprise me!!!!
" ok so what are we doing today in this ep? Oh, rescuing a kidnapped woman? Alright, oh the FL is trying to help some woman and that woman gave her a love potion, so we are searching for a crazy doctor? Ok, that's what we are going to do now I guess"
Another thing is shit, the way they gave us a SML syndrome, İNTENTİONALLY mind you, cause that can't be unintentional, the first half we got a FL sticking to the sml all the time, with him all lovey dovey with her and his eye literally throwing hearts at her, and let's be honest, it's CFT, who wouldn't fall for her!! I mean just look at her!! No one is immune!! But then, he isn't the ML, so half way through, enters the mostly broody and all sexy ML, so yeah she always goes back to the one she is meant to be with, and they look great together so it's a win either way, but it made the whole thing looks fake, like why did she choose the ML if all the time she is with the SML and they literally get along and fit together and all is good, like why ?? The ML saves her?? The SML did that too, they spent a lot of time together?? So does she with the SML, so there is nothing that pulls her towards the ML except that this is what the director orders them to do lol
Now aside from that, everything else is fantastic!!! Chemistry everyone is a pleasure to watch, even the side characters, this show is very unskippable, except maybe the conspiracy part, but because it doesn't make any sense tbh, more than anything.
The trio, ML, FL, and SML ... Ohhh those mofos!!! They are the best, I've never thought I'd laugh and enjoy my time like that watching these three together, and the parts where they got stuck together with this weird plant!! My god it was amazing, not to mention the parts where they got drunk, the two male leads are amazing together, they give siblings animosity vibes and I love it!!
I have to praise CFT cause I believe she was the one carrying the show, yes everyone was great but she just shines like the brightest star ever.
Highly recommended, if you just enjoy the crazy trio and ignore the story, cause it's really worth it despite everything ~~
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Chuan Shu Qi Ling, Leng Mian Ji Chang Ye Ye Xi Chuang Dan
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It's not that I'm complaining, the show was entertaining specially when the FL is strong and has a solution for every trick they play on her but the romance however, is just too plain.
I would have liked it better if it's about achieving your dreams and you know working hard and so... But romance is completely weak here, and the ML appears in less than half of the scenes.
Overall nice, if you skip the forced romance here. I just didn't like the end, i don't know if the version I watched was choppy or is that actually how it ended, but it has a happy end in the novel, but nothing about what happened IRL, which is kinda weird end IMO.
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My God, how draggy was it ~
This started off really great, nice balance between her perspective and his to start telling the story right from the beginning, their first encounter and how everyone's life got entangled.Nice crime, great whodunit, romance too is fantastic and characters are great.
But for me it should have ended at ep 23 with ep24 them catching the bad guy and ending everything related to the drugs case and the crime case.
İt needn't be 40 episodes at all, I got bored and wanted everything to end.
I would still recommend it because it was well done, but I wouldn't blame anyone for dropping it half way~
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Still, the story was very enjoyable and the two leads were great together, even the bad characters did well.
The only thing that bothered me is despite the good acting they didn't pull off the whole crippled/blind thing that well, it was a mess dare I say, and that made the whole things even less enjoyable, since it's not a funny drama but rather dramatic.
However, I shall keep an eye on those two leads and their next work cause they were good, the ML reminded me of Pei In from some angles, and the FL is so cute ~
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Short and fast-paced
While I like the two leads but this was a Strong FL X Strong ML duo in a very short and not very original story, so overall skipable and unimpressive.But that is what the whole vertical dramas is about, a very compact story that is shown in a very short time with acceptable acting and good-looking cast.
And that's exactly what it delivers.
Was I entertained? Yes, will I suggest it? No.
Simply because there are better ones out there and a little too many to pick from so skip it unless you don't really care about logic ~
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I don't think I'm mature enough for this xD
I've seen my fair share of BLs but this... 😂 LolNow I couldn't watch without laughing and face palming, every few seconds, I was much worse than the fujos on the train with them, also I couldn't help but getting confused at Umeda San for having a beard all the time but once in the second or third ep I believe, he was cleanly shaven lol
What was going on, people? İs that an advertisement or something? XD
İt was fun, I admit but also very cringe in a funny way, the idea of being like that in public, the girls reaction was legit.
Now I don't know if this has a sequel or a remake but being me I'd definitely watch it 😂👍
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1- good acting but I didn't like the pushy ML, you already have her, why being so overbearing.
2- everyone seems to be blind, the two leads kiss and touch anywhere, and in front of everyone, but magically no one seems to notice any of that.
3- the whole cancer idea, I don't like the idea of having a doctor that can cure any disease lol what are you? A sorcerer??
4- answer me this question if you watched the drama, apparently the FL after she slept with the ML gave him her resignation letter the next morning in the office, at least that's what the subtitles says, and she still work for him after that? How? And if it wasn't a resignation letter, what was it exactly that he signed??
Aside from that it's fun show, I believe all actors with good bodies have to show them and be topless most of the times, cliché but a feast for the eye nonetheless, the FL is so beautiful and cute.
I don't think it deserves such a high rating tbh, but I believe all the shows with hot scenes are rated higher, generally recommended because it was good enough ~~
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Exaggeration in a nutshell
I know some of these Verticals are too exaggerated in term of everything, acting, story, illogical things and of course all about rich unhinged behaviour.But I had a blast watching this, the ridiculousness was a tad too much, in a cringe way but who said I'm not in for it lol.
I wanted to scream, so many times, at the 3 brothers, just do a freaking DNA test, mate it's literally the most logical idea to be sure someone is related to you or not, why complicating easy things.
But it's the typical Cinderella story so logic is thrown out the window, one thing I didn't like is the brother-sister thing, I mean it's obvious they are going to make them biologically unrelated to get them together by the end but I would like it more if the two leads were completely sure they are not related BEFORE actually developing feelings for each other cause aside from that, it's just .... Ewww!!
Anyway, it's not one of the best, or the ones that I would suggest, but if you are ok with over the top, unrealistic in a cringe way dramas and have too much hair on your head so pulling some out of anger would not be a great loss, then give this drama a shot ~~
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Like I know this is a 2025 BL and fake kisses are long gone but let's see the bright side here, I've seen a lot of Bls that has steamy kiss scenes but the whole show was shit! No story no chemistry nothing... And tbh if I only want to watch guys making out like that I'd go for soft gay porn, not a Japanese vertical drama.
I'm not saying this is the best BL ever but all I'm saying is if you are not so touchy about the kisses you will enjoy this because this was amazing, it reminds me of cherry magic not that they have anything in common, except maybe the Shy introvert Uke and confident popular Seme (or I believe that's their roles, there is no indication about which is which) but I remember CM had zero kisses yet was one of the best BL Japan ever made.
So this too considering it's a Short VD, it deserves compliments, because it was so funny, I laughed too much, the two guys were extremely handsome, with a killer side profile, and I really enjoyed it, so if you have less than an hour to spare, give it a go ~
Highly recommended.
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First of all, no I'm not sick in the head, secondly, I liked the storyline more than the story, some parts of it were really insufferable but some really were guilty pleasures, so if you look at it as a whole, it's a mess, but the way everything unfolds is great imo.
The ML is the epitome of a bad guy, and seriously when someone write about a "bad guy" falling in love they would literally make him a nice guy in disguise, but sometimes we want to see the evil deeds too, at least I do, that's why I liked the ML, not as someone I fancy or want to meet IRL mind you, but as an evil character in love I like to watch or read about, that's how I'd imagine Agamemnon or Typhon in love lol.
Be that as it may, the pure evil here is really the SFL, she was the Eris of the show, and a very obsessed one, definitely beyond redemption, the FL was nothing but a punch bag so I can't really say anything about her.
I loved some scene, where we can see the awkward tenderness of the ML, one of the reasons I liked the ML is how he is amused in some intimate moments, of course he deny his love all the way till the end but that's understandable.
The end was abrupt however, which is weird considering this is almost 4 hours long and didn't need to be that long, since it's full of suffering and pain the FL is facing, we didn't get to see the redemption arc the ML is supposed to walk through, also the Evil SFL wasn't really punished or anything and that's why everyone was furious I believe, we couldn't see how the ML would make up for what he did, and we didn't see any sweet moments between the two leads that wasn't tinted by humiliation.
My overall rate is high, the two leads were great, and I liked the storyline as I said so it's higher than it deserve but I was entertained so I've nothing to complain about ~
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What's your fetish?
I mean the semi-normal ones...The collection is nice, I can understand some fetishes and I couldn't understand some others, like fingertips?? Not even the whole finger, And legs?? The whole leg??
I mean to each his own I guess ~~
Acting is ok-ish, it's a 2012 show so ... Don't expect something groundbreaking or anything.
Some fake scenes were too obvious and some were cringe, but also some were hot, I guess depending on the actors.
It's a fun short collection of fetishes and I'm glad they are only about body parts, not actions done with those body parts, cause yeah, it's Japan and I'm partially traumatized ~~
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I loved the Pickering between them in the beginning and I believe that's the only good thing about it, it's quite funny and cringe too but it's expected from a vertical drama, also the lack of logic is also there.
Is it bad? Yes, is it watchable? Also yes, it's not not too bad to be recommended, but it's not that great either, it's just ok-ish if you can stomach some illogical things and some funny moments.
I loved the two leads they had nice chemistry, and despite needing more acting lessons, they were very good together.
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Most of the kisses were so romantic, my favourites are By JIN and Nishiaki Aina that beautifully tells a story about two couple's in love through 3 kisses.
My least favourite is by the teacher and the high school girl, I find it kinda creepy, with a sense of grooming but I probably shouldn't dwell on it ver much.
Anyway, it's a cute little show.
PS: Thanks for smolsannie for the subs ~
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My most favourite is "Love hotel" because horror comedy is my all time favourite genre and it spectacular.
Minji minji minji and Onion soup are my second favourite, both are cute and adorable, also my father's funeral was great but too sad and I generally don't like sad stories.
The rest are just average or simply not my cup of tea, nothing is ground breaking about the stories, all of them are just random simple stories but still worth watching ~
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