幻乐森林

have been following this drama since rumor days
from February 19th 2021 until October 1st 2024
from the original title Our Land, and then change to Meet Me In Your Sound around the time of filming, and then change to Echo of Her Voice in early 2023
the rumor it should've been air in Q1 of 2022, then postponed each quarter until July of 2024
finally, after 1320 days this drama is a wrapped
glad it's a total light romance, the angst wasn't overweight the story (though I can bear a slightly worse angst)
it could be better, but for a non S/A drama I'm really satisfied with this drama
Kiki was doing much better as Su Ruo Fei than a role she did in the same year, too bad it's air way too long after it's a wrapped
Miles, well, what can I say about him, he's good
Kiki and Miles chemistry as Su Ruo Fei and Yun Mu were great, their bickering and bantering, the misunderstanding, and then understanding each other's positions at the end, and the proposal was cute, I just love these two eye candies, too bad their kissing scenes were cut a fcking lot I can't believe it they failed to maximized Miles talent ?
Wu Xi Ze as Jin Shang Yu was so hot, still can't move on from Shang Yu's puppet show but really hate with how he hung Huang Ying until the very end
Zhang Yue as Su Ruo Shan was unreasonably delusional and she really did great to make me hate (and slightly pity) her, Zhang Yue's acting as "psychotic" was soooo good
Huang You Ming as Yun Shang was so good, his character was annoying and was too whipped for Su Ruo Shan, understandably so because Shan Shan is pretty but he's too blinded that makes his character dumb
Lu Zhao Hua can not make hate Huang Ying despite her antique at the beginning because she's soooooo cute
also love Xu Fang Zhou as Xiao Qi
Glad in the end Ruo Fei got to be music minister and touring, Yun Mu got to be royal advisor and "crown prince" despite many people know he's deaf, my power couple
Yun Shang and Ruo Shan got their karma even though in the end they're together, they deserve worse than the ending, my match made in dooms
I just want to say Huang Ying deserves better (sided eyeing you Shang Yu)
also all the music scenes were great, I'm glad even thou everything it's still center around music

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One of the most enjoyable drama I've watch this year

The drama was actually fun and entertaining for a drama with low budget (?)
tbh I don't really expect to enjoy this drama that much because it seems that fans wasn't really expecting this drama

Kiki and Huang Shengchi chemistry were good as main leads
Chen Lang Yue was reckless, but she's not over doing it, and seems like a cool yet cute girl even though she's also a lovesick puppy, her relationship with An Xiao Luo are my favorite, as they're actually the princess and maid but they act more like sisters
Li Qing Feng was stiff, but not riggid, a typical tsundere male lead, but still charming
Zhao Yi Ning, I like her a lot in several last episodes, cool girl
Han Niao Niao, I just don't understand why she cried in almost all episodes
Luo Ye, charming boss, he knows how to talk with people
Meng Yuan Xu, I love how he was the shooters for Chen Lang Yue, the clown of the group, him and Luo Ye was my favorite clown
An Xiao Luo, cutest baby protect her at all cost
Wang Sheng, tbh I don't really like how he's just become the guardian, not really in-depth of his character, and mostly become the 7th wheel and the only one without love line
their chemistry as a group was great, idk I really love it even though sometimes it was over the place

well overall this drama is quite charming
as Kiki's fan, I love her in this drama way better than her previous drama

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This is the first Sooyoung's drama that I have finished
despite some of the plot not makes senses, the notable one was timeline of the flashback, it's still good for me
I really love Ji Changwook's range as Yoon Gyeore, he was apathetic character in the beginning and gradually become more human as he spent his time with Team Genie
Kang Taesik, well he kinda reminded me of Dumbledore lol, but with better character
a good man in heart but was going through bad circumstances
Seo Yeonjoo, my green flag girl, I really love Seo Yeonjoo so much, she's so understanding towards almost if not all characters in this drama
well she's not a perfect nurse but she always tries her best
Ha Junkyung, well I originally can't really empathize with her character, but in the last three episodes I can understand her better
and I love her in last two episode
Ms Yeom, my favorite mother figure
Ms Choi, I'm glad even though she can't go to Netherland, Woori Hospice and Team Genie accommodate her needs as dementia patient
Mr Hwang, his love for Choi Deokja ?
for Seojin and Mr Gu, it's just too bad their character weren't as developed as the other support characters especially the mafias, but at least they both have lovers
and kinda sad that Ms Yeom is the only one without a proper ending that she deserves, what happened to her son who lives in England

Team Genie as a whole have special place in my heart, I would really miss them especially during the time Gyeore warm up to them

and even though I expected the two nuns to be important people in Woori Hospice, but I didn't expect them to be the directors of the hospice

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glad this drama was a mini drama so it won't get dragged too long
the plot was soooo late 2000is early 2010ish lol, it's good that kiki and ZZH chemistry were good (can't wait to see their cuts on FUWD as I only plan on watching kiki's cut) even though some of the parts were questionable for now but it won't back then

I remembered the rumor of this drama supposed to be a GL drama lol, too bad kiki-ddd's chemistry got slightly wasted even though there's a lil bit part of theirs as fanservice
and dai meng had love line was too funny for me
high-key wishes the actors other than ZZH (he's passable and his acting was good) were more good looking ?

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as expected exo

still can't believe SM could milk a 3 days 2 nights show from exo
exo is exo for a reason
I really love how exo having so much fun just being themselves, never over the top yet still so funny
their humor senses just click with me
Mischievous Sehun, Chatterbox Jongin, Fast learner Kyungsoo, and reliable Junmyeon and Minseok
my favorite parts were: nonsense word chain game, dalmuti game, kind kyungsoo who bought drink for staffs (and he always being like that) and Sehun randomly getting the right answer twice
also love how exo members practically ignoring the rule to not share their foods if they win games
I really hope one day there would be an ot9 version of eksase

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I remembered I watched this show because of AOA's article when they performed egotistic
was not a fan but damn egotistic made me watch this show and Hyejeong's lemon gate made me become a fan ?
My top favorite performances would be Miniskirt, Decalcomanie, Destiny, Egotistic, Instagram, and Sorry

still listened to Egotistic and Destiny occasionally

I don't think I would rewatch the whole show, probably the good performances

and another note, I think in every survival show (well the one that I watched) there's always one performance that not win but always be GP's favorite
I think in this show it would be AOA's egotistic

I just hope in Queendom Season 2 exid would join
not a fan, but they're one of the most entertaining girl group (variety and performance wise) that I occasionally watch

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despite the story line not perfect, I'm glad Sehun delivered a great performance in this drama
I know he always been good in comedic timing (such in next door and now we are breaking up) but his mellow acting was as also great if not better than his comedic timing, still crying over eps 8 Go Yoo, he's soooo good
and kudos to him with that "사랑하세요" that's the most heart fluttering scene in this drama
before this I want him in another romcom but now I want him in melodrama
Junyoung was also good, it's just his range wasn't explored as much, I wish there's more of this cellular memory screentime because he was cool as Junhee but when the cellular memory hits he was also cute
Yeobin was, well i think it's because of So Yeon not getting more screen time, so her presence wasn't left that much impact
Jeon Yeong In was good as Sun Tak the third wheeler I want more of him
Go Yoo's parents were so ??? I love how they made their screentimes together to lowering the tension, well Go Yoo's father's screentime were all comedy but his mother had more serious role
and I know they need to do things they did in eps 8 to Mrs. Mo but it was too painful I ? I *love* Mrs. Mo so much

honestly this drama should have more episodes, maybe 10 or 12 episodes because the "rivalry" between Go Yoo and Junhee after their surgery wasn't shown as much, I thought it would be more intense
and there are things left unanswered, mostly about Han So Yeon, idk I just can't empathize with her after all of this
the last scene was ? if only dr. Go and the grown up Junhee has more chemistry because young Go Yoo and Junhee bromance was on another level
but Song Jaerim as dr. Go was good, I love how awkward yet cute he is
and how much dr. Go changed from young Go Yoo to old Go Yoo, I wish they explored it more

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I remembered I watched this show when it's airing
It was almost 8 years ago lol ?
I really love how exo as a host along with Jun Hyunmoo, their chemistry back then was so great, one of my favorite MC for exo
It's just sad that there's only 6 members of exo at the most at that time
and each members got their own remake mv
all of them are great
My favorite mv would be Tao's MV
My favorite episode would be the shinhwa's one
Though I'm not a Shinhwa changjo, but this group always been so entertaining and I love their interaction with exo members

the only thing I don't really like was how SM always do 1+1 package to exo when they're technically still rookie themselves
not only one group, but 2 group with 1 group basically a big group with several units

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I watch this show because I saw a recommendation to watch this drama before Pirates Goblin Flag released so I give it a try

I was hooked because of Kim Sejeong and Seol In Ah chemistry as Shin Hari and Jin Youngseo, a pair of chaotic bff, everytime these two had scenes together I always laughing, kinda miss them together when the drama get more serious as their screentime together was decreasing, all in all my top favorite thing about this drama is the ramyun duo friendship
I love how Youngseo always on Hari's side through all of it, especially when Yoora and her minions being bunch of btches
and Hari always help Youngseo no matter what, one of my all time favorite friendship of all time

Shin Hari is the perfect daughter, best friend, and girl friend
the way her father talk about her not wanting to burden him was so heartwarming
her relationship with Hamin was typical siblings relationship, kinda wish more screentime for Shin Siblings
and as a girlfriend, I love how thoughtful she is for KTM, I just wish that she could more open up to him

Kang Taemoo was cute overall, what I like about him is he doesn't seems like the unreachable cold CEO, he's humble, well humble enough compare to the typical CEO from other drama
and he is Shin Hari's sunflower, I love that from him

Cha Sunghoon, the real epitome of cute-sexy, he's a whole ass mood everytime KTM was kinda full of himself aka self praising
his bromance with KTM was great, not over the top and cute

Jin Youngseo, I love how blunt she is, and she practically the 2nd daughter of Shin family
her and her cousin dynamic was only the 2nd to ramyun duo

YoungCha relationship, after they're dating seems like the nextdoor couple, their chemistry were wow, I really hope KMG-SIA could pull a LDW-YIN getting their own drama as main leads

for supporting characters, I really love R&D team 1, at first Mr Gye was like ugh I think I won't like him but episode after episode i understand his comedy, his love-hate relationship with Ms Yeo ( ◜‿◝ )♡
and Ms Kim is high-key funny

I think I'm the type who don't really care about the "trope" or "genre" as long as it done good then I would love it
It was a great romcom, though I really thing some of the scene could've done better, especially the ending, but overall I really love it

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Watched this drama because of Doh Kyung Soo and also this drama was in the same slot with IYWUM

I'd say that storyline it was pretty good with some flaws
I thought it would be small cases leading to a big case, but it was a big case that intertwined with another bigger cases until the end
I like how the main villain wasn't introduced since beginning, just from smaller one to the biggest one, well looking at the end of this drama, there must be another bigger villain than Seo Hyun Kyu, wonder if there would be another season of Bad Prosecutor

I really love Jin Jeong team aka Jin Jeong, Lee Chul Ki, Baek Eun Ji, and Go Joong Do
and latter Shin Ah Ra joined them, I kinda miss her getting stress over Jin Jeong, glad it was back in the latest part of last episode
while Oh Do Hwan and Seo Ji Han, well I just love to hate them and love to see them suffered, especially Seo Ji Han
I just need to know why Oh Do Hwan turned his back on Seo Hyun Kyu, I'm glad in the end he supported Jin Jeong, though it was not abrupt but they never show why he joined Jin Jeong in the end

acting wise it really hard carrying the drama, if it's not for the actors, I don't think I would enjoy this drama
I gotta say that Doh Kyung Soo, Ha Joon, Lee Si Eon, Yoo Hwan, and Kim Hi Eo Ra really incredible in this drama

and I love Deep End, Bite, and Call Me a Freak
overall it has pretty good track for osts

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I was expecting a lot when I watch this show because of Yoo Jaeseok, Lee Kwangsoo, and Yuri combination also Jo Hyojin PD, who was the original Running Man PD and Busted PD
but the production team was lazy with the concept for this show, especially the first two episodes
the zombie, horror, and gamble episodes were okay too good
the war episode was somehow okay, the rest were really hard carried by the three casts
it seems like Disney would gearing up for season 2, if it's true I'm good with Yoo-Lee-Kwon combination, but I hope the production team won't just relying on "survival" alone

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best season of Crime Scene

I remembered I watch Crime Scene Season 2 when Xiumin became a guest, then I took interest on watching this show
the first season I watched was season 2, because it was on going, then season 1, then the last one was season 3
I gotta say that season 2 is still the best season among 3 seasons
the 5 main casts were great and have great chemistry
I gotta say that both Hong Jinho and Park Jiyoon were the central of crime scene, I just can't imagine Crime Scene without the two of them
Jang Dongmin, surprisingly smart in sly way
Jang Jin, even though he's not always "right" but he always give another perspective and thinking out of the box
Hani, I love her the most, she's smart and like the heart of this season

for guest ofc my fave was Xiumin, and also Kim Jihoon
both appeared 3 times and really did great in all their appearance

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Just me ranting about YWY2

I still remembered after IPD the rumor for the next show was Q1 of 2019 for boy group and Q3/4 of 2019 for girl group
turned out that for boy group it changed name as Youth With You
well I really want to watch but at that time I was busy with school
and then I kinda forgot about this show, then heard again that this show would be named as NYSN (cmiiw)

at first I was like, wow they change name for every season
and there's rumor Lu Han would be the PD replacing Zhang Yixing
at first I kinda skeptical, then turned out this rumor was false, Cai Xukun turned out to be the PD for this season
as casual viewer of IPD I was curious how this show would turned out, as Kun was just a trainee and his journey after IPD was sky rocketing
he's not my 1 pick, but I still felt proud of him

and then I hear that kiki joined this show
I heard her name back in 2016, when she was in the same movie as Sehun, so I give it a try
around January 2020 I read several melon account talking about Kiki, Xueer, Anqi, and Yuxin

I remembered I watch this show the first time on Friday, March 13th
I gotta say that 7senses performance, despite not perfect, was still my favorite, Kiki's dance break made me choose her as my one pick

To think about this
I think that all the9 members got memorable part in audition
Liu Yuxin who got Lisa's approval
Yu Shuxin, despite not great performance, her non-stop chatter while explaining her audition was so funny (though at first I found her annoying)
Kiki her solo dance break for Who Is Your Girl and the one who dare to battled SGXA
Yu Yan, despite it's only a slight part of her performance, but the way she wake the other trainees with her vocal was so great
Xie Keyin who got Ella's approval as girl group main rapper and in his heart Kun would give her A, too bad Jony J was such a btch to her
An Qi, Hickey performance was one of the most memorable audition, and her joining dance battle
Zhao Xiaotang, poker face solo dance
Kong Xueer, the first A, and her also joining dance battle
Lu Keran, the first performer, sexy in her own charm
and all of them had been center at least once
and I really love the performances

from VDR my favorite would be The Eve (yes I'm being bias), Flammable and Explosive, Mono Eyelid Girls
from group battle: Ambush on All Sides II B, R&B All Night A, How Do I Look So Good A, A Little Bit Sweet B (just ignore QNZW's rap part it's good)
from 2.5 revenge battle: MAMA A, Ambush on All Sides II A, Missing You 3000 B, A Little Bit Sweet A
from concept evaluation: for performance I love Non Daily Revelry, Lion, and No Company but for song I'd go with Light Orange Island
from mentor collaboration: I gotta say I love almost all except for I'm Not Your Girl

I gotta say that my favorite mentor would be Wang Su Long, despite him only an x-mentor
he was so great and patient with the girls on top of that he's so funny
also Kun, I felt like he really did great job continuing ZYX's legacy
I love how meticulous he is monitoring all performances, and how perfectionist he is
yet at the same times he never force his opinion as the final word

overall this show is still my favorite and my comfort show
even though there's a slightly evil edit, but compare to the successor of this show or mnet's one, I'm glad it's not that bad

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I watch this drama when it was aired
well it's typical idol drama though
and while Joy's acting was super green, it was still watchable and she's not annoying
Yoon Sorim's character just typical high schooler
the thing that annoyed me the most was the age gap, like how could a grown ass adult like Han Gyeol dating a high schooler like Sorim, just a big NO
and tbh I don't really follow Lee Hyunwoo, but why he mostly act in typical idol dramas?
Sorim's and Han Gyeol's relationship felt more like siblings rather than lovers
at first I had a major 2nd lead syndrome, but in the end Seo Chan Young was just another jerk

on the other hand I really love Sorim's band and Yoo Sihyun's relationship with the manager, they're cute
overall this drama just so so, still watchable but not good enough

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