A proverb that I didn't understand and a plot that I didn't understand either

.The proverb is supposed to come from "people's actions can have negative consequences for third parties" I think it is a proverb that we all understand. Any action you take will at some point end up hurting someone else, even though your intentions for yourself may be good. But let's say that everyone is guilty of what happens, to a greater extent in this drama.

Jeon Yeong Ha, the owner of a guesthouse, knows something bad happened when he sees all the blood. But for some reason, he decides to clean everything up and pretend nothing happened. He himself recognizes in the end that he had a selfish thought, since she was not his son, everything would be fine or so he believed until he had to experience the same thing with his daughter and realized that he was a conscious accomplice of what happened. that had happened. I mean, I think any human being with half a brain wouldn't do that or cover up something so atrocious, whether you have children or not. So I couldn't feel sympathy with him because he himself was the hell of it. And even if you covered it up, why would you rent a room to a woman who clearly isn't right in the head? The characters lack coherence.

The timelines didn't help much either. Since they were not linear, it was very difficult to understand what was or was happening.

Yoo Seong A is... well, a person incomprehensible from a normal human being. You really don't understand why she does everything she does, she's just a psychopath who thinks she goes unpunished. Like any psychopath, she is very clever at diverting attention from her. There is not much to think about, a psychopath does not necessarily need to have a motive or a problematic past to do what he does. She enjoys the chaos she creates, seeing the suffering she causes, and killing without remorse. It's in her nature. Although I think the father did the right thing and maybe what he says may sound controversial, but when you see that you have brought a monster into the world, who is manipulative, narcissistic and psychopathic enough that he always gets his way, with all the pain of soul you must stop it at all costs. Even if it's killing her, to stop her because she was never going to stop.

Officer Min is an idiot. How can you think of wanting to catch a psychopath on your own? Obviously I had to have reinforcements and not go as a heroine to stop her alone.

I think the director tried to create so much doubt and mystery that he ended up ruining it. He made it so complicated for the viewer that he made one feel even more confused as each chapter passed.

I think Yoo Seong A's death was unnecessary. She should have gone to jail, after all that's what scared her the most. After all her crimes, her death was only a very light punishment.

However, the performances were very good, especially Go Min Si. It was really too scary. I don't know if I would meet a person who is laughing like crazy and grabbing things like a crazy person in a supermarket, I would be scared shitless.

I also didn't understand that parallel she made between that scene of her and him owner. What the director meant with that scene?

Although I liked the final sentence. I think it means the victims, they may scream but will their scream really reach someone or will it still be like a fallen tree that falls silently without anyone noticing.

I really love psychological horror no matter how complicated it is. But this drama was a challenge, even analyzing it mentally. The timelines were not parallel, it seemed sometimes that they went separately or did not connect at any point. The "normal" characters lacked reasoning. And the murderers, well as I said, it is difficult for normal people to understand the mind of a psychopath. Even as a psychologist I don't understand her reasoning and even my fellow psychiatrists also face a great challenge when we have people like that in front of us. If there is one thing that characterizes us, it is trying to get into their sick minds and trying to find an answer but one always fails because many times there is no answer at all. You just have to accept that there are people who are capable of doing any atrocity in this world. There is a reason why the human brain of these people continues to be studied to try to understand what leads them to this. It is something fascinating, not because you want to be like them, but because it is a great challenge but also has a great mental cost for us.

A psychological horror series or film does not necessarily need to be so complex for the viewer. Because you only make the viewer feel like "I didn't understand anything I saw." I think the director was guilty of being arrogant and bringing something "innovative" when it really is nothing innovative.

For example, although The Worst of Evil is a crime and police drama, psychology was used correctly. Especially in the main character where what is morally correct becomes blurred for him and in the end he does not even know what is right or what is not.

If you know how to use psychology well, it doesn't matter if it's a police drama, a thriller or a crime drama, it works, but if you use it in the wrong way, what happened here happens.

I recommend it? I honestly don't know. You will have to check it yourself to know if it is to your liking or not. And even more so if you are a big fan of psychological horror like me. It didn't work for me, honestly. In the end everything was very banal.

I want to point out that the cinematography was very good, even the flashy lights. Somehow it made you get inside her head and the psychological war that the landlord and the tenant were battling.

I can only highlight the updates and cinematography but that was not enough for me to like the drama.

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One can understand that these are movies and it is fiction but I think that sometimes there are limits to romanticizing toxicity.

The protagonist liked the protagonist but she was too childish to say it, she preferred to be a bastard who put her down and made her feel like trash and the protagonist ... oh my god, she didn't have a bit of dignity.

It was painful to see how even her friends realized the situation but normalized it.

The performances were good but the movie is so horrendous and leaves such an ugly message that it just isn't enough to make up for this.

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Sometimes I wonder how you can ruin a shojo manga that is finished so long ago and that the plot is not complicated at all?

I just don't get it.
I don't know what happened here, if it was the bad acting or the little chemistry that there was between the actors? Everything was so gloomy lol when actually in manga there are moments where you laugh.

It was simply: either this was misdirected or the cast was very poorly chosen. In any case it did not work.

I don't recommend it at all because it is boring and with mediocre performances, especially from the female lead.

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Drama that was good only until the first half. When the same author of the webtoon gets upset and explains that her own ideas as an original writer were not taken into consideration, you know something was wrong.

Seol is character easy to empathize with. Anyone who has or is going through the university can feel 100% identified with it. Plus she had real problems like anyone in their 20s. So that made connecting with her a lot easier.

Now, Yoo Jung, a very discriminating character. With him there is no middle ground, either you hate him or you try to let the story tell you why this is so. Yes, because believe me in the Webtoon they explain in greater detail why he is like that. He wasn't bad but his way of raising had made it that way and everyone used it. I don't defend it, in fact neither the webtoon is made for you to justify it, but for you to understand that there are people who need help and it is not that they are precisely bad but the drama could not / didn't want to represent this.
With a direction that had much more preferences towards the Baek In actor, and that gave him too much screen time, heroic situations, and stories that didn't exist in the webtoon, you can clearly say why Yoo Jung was so wronged.

Everyone did a great job, however I can't feel sympathy for Baek In when you know that his character was not originally like that and was only benefited by being the director's favorite.

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I have watched this drama so many times and I think I will never tire of watching it. My ID is gangnam style is about a cruel reality, which unfortunately many women go through; either for fitting or not fitting the beauty standard.

Here you will not see things painted pink. You will see what eating disorders, sexual harassment, bullying, aggressive comments towards women, gender violence and much more really are.

Romance is cute and many times it made my heart pound lol but Eunwoo certainly did a good job. You adore him from the get-go, because he's one of the only decent men in the drama along with the sunbae. And he's not a jealous or obsessive boyfriend either. He understands Mirae and waits for her, although as he says, he takes care of her so that no one hurts her.

Even though Sua is a despicable character, you come to understand and pity her. I am very happy to see her change in the end and that she could learn to accept that not everything happens for her natural beauty.

I certainly think it is a highly recommended drama that everyone should see. The message that is left is very clear and beautiful.
It is also gratifying to see how Mirae heals and begins to love herself, despite everything.

My only complaint would be that they were promoting weight loss pills or drinks ... that was a bit of a contradiction. However, I highly recommend it ♡

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I really don't know what to say without being killed but I think this adaptation is what makes Itazura na Kiss get marked with a cross.

Baek is one of the worst and cruelest Irie that could have been done. This takes many points away from this adaptation. Also, Kim Joon Hyung's acting is not remarkable at all. It is not bad but not good either.

Although I think the rest of the cast did very well and I really liked Oh Hani here. Like Baek's mom and brother (who I consider the best).

Although it must also be said that the worst Kin chan is the one from here. Besides being violent and brute, is also very cruel when Chris appears.

It's not the worst adaptation or anything but I don't think it's the best and more so when you enter the world of Itakiss.

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The most repulsive and disgusting program I have ever seen in my life.

When I saw the negative reviews, I wanted to check how bad it was, since I'm used to the strange things in Japan (although I don't agree with them at all) but this surpassed all the limits that a human being can go through. We're going to talk about Tamura, the most despicable "famous" person I've ever seen and that's saying a lot. He is a mach very too much sexist, homophobic, transphobic person with the worst character in the world. Who was he to tell the girls that they were whores, serial manipulators, that he told them to their faces how disgusting they were, that he treated them very badly when the girls wanted to be understanding with each other, and he would get very angry and make the girls cry when they didn't answer what he wanted them to answer, making them feel guilty all the time (something that never happened with the boys). You want to be funny? ok but this being crossed all the limits and didn't even care to hide it. He also had no respect for his co-worker and was always reminding her of her past and making jokes about her being a "man-eater" or a "promiscuous" woman. I know that many are hard on her for having a passive personality but she also had her past, if she had intervened she would have received the same treatment as the rest of the women and she would have been would face more ridicule. She was in a vulnerable position, unfortunately, but she was still kind to the girls.

This program did not address situations as difficult as violence between couples, trauma, abuse, go to prison, etc. at all. It just seemed like they wanted to make these situations common and laughable.

I will stop a little here, I know the mental problems that many Japanese have are extremely worrying and generally going to a psychologist is not something they even think about, because it is frowned upon. Some had paraphilias, not fetishes, paraphilias (I'm talking about men, not girls). The girls who were promiscuous had a reason for being, they were not justifying themselves but rather they commented on how they got to that point. When you receive a lot of abuse from your partner, women usually take two paths, the first they do not get involved with any man in any way or the second they become promiscuous because in some way they already feel disgusting and it is like repeating the same pattern (I am a psychologist and I say this from my experience with my patients. Many of the girls who suffered hell with their abusers were terrified of establishing a romantic relationship, that's why they were like that) Honestly, these girls needed understanding and for there to be a psychologist there instead of being humiliated and called whores all the damn time. I was even shocked when one of the girls said that she considered herself scum. Wait, no one told her that boys were worse than her?

That shows the deep-rooted machismo that Japan has, Men can do anything, even if it is a crime, and it will be fine, but if a woman does it, she is marked for life and is human waste that does not deserve respect. That is the real thinking of Japanese society . And it may be a very technologically advanced country but they have the thinking of the 18th century. Where even women accept these things because they are programmed to think this way from a young age. They are not allowed to think differently. It is a sad reality that they must accept and submit to.

The one who screwed me the most was the comedian, I understand that he suffered abuse but you know, boy, many of us suffer from that and we are not fucking trash people like you. He kept telling biological girls that they were pathetic, that they were sluts, that they were disgusting... l'm really wanted to hit him. The reason why he chose the trans girl, I don't think it was out of love, I think it was because he was physically a man and he feels more comfortable that way than with a biological girl because he hates biological women. Even he is very aggressive, I'm 100% sure that he would end up beaten to this hitting the trans girl. Because he is too violent and gets angry for nothing. I also have a criticism towards this girl, for her everything he did or said about biological girls was fine and it is because he still has the mindset of a man. It is not enough for you to feel Woman, you should understand other women and support them since you consider yourself one. It is not right that you justify the great hatred that he had towards biological women. That should raise an alarm in you.

What it can say? If you want to see what Japanese society is really like, watch this and think if Japan is as beautiful as it seems. The real reality is not what you see in manga, anime or dramas. The reality for women is just as cruel in Japan and if you are thinking of traveling you should be aware that you should be careful with Japanese men. Just because they are Asian doesn't mean they are perfect and pure, all of this is far from reality.

Without a doubt, it is something that I do not recommend to anyone unless it is because of what I said above. Because it is the most disgusting and repulsive thing I have ever seen in my life (not to mention that they sexualized the girls a lot by focusing on their breasts or private parts).

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A drama that makes you think that sometimes you are corrupted by your duty.

There is nothing bad I can say about this drama. Clearly Ji Chang Wook feels more comfortable with this type of genre and it shows because he left it all alone in this drama.

The plot seems simple, a police officer who is generally not afraid of anything, who at first finds himself obliged against his will in a leak in an association dedicated to drugs and all kinds of crimes.

But it is not as simple as it seems. The more Park Joon-mo is involved as an undercover, the more he has to do things, like kill, that he didn't dare to do at first. His vision of what is wrong and right begins to blur little by little. And that's because even though he was supposed to stop this entire drug trafficking network, he begins to take appreciation to Jung Ki. Somehow, upon learning his story, he begins to feel some sympathy towards Jung Ki even though he knows that what they are doing is totally wrong and bad.

The problem really begins when Park Joon-mo's wife interferes in the investigation.

He knows that Jung Ki was always in love with his wife, he feels jealous in this situation but he must maintain his composure, so that they do not suspect him, as if he did not know her and at the same time protect her.

What really bothered me was his wife's attitude. When they find themselves in a bloody fight where Park Joon-mo must protect his boss/friend Jung Ki and his wife. His wife looks at him as if he were seeing a monster. First, why do you meddle your husband's work knowing that he must do everything possible, even if it is not morally correct, to not be discovered. They had weapons of all kinds and her and Jung Ki's lives were in danger, what did you expect? What will a water gun use to defend them? However, it seems like he has no problem with what Jung Ki does. Here it clearly marks an inevitable end for them.

Park Joon-mo is not the same and his wife cannot conceive what Park Joon-mo does. Knowing that it is his job and he had to stay undercover as much as possible, because the members of Jung Ki's original gang had already begun to suspect him.

Clearly Jung Ki by committing suicide gets what he wants. Let no one be happy.

This is clearly seen in Park Joon-mo's promotion scene. I don't know if he's happy, he's furious. He lost his best friend and right hand man. What really for? Not at all. At this point for Park Joon-mo, nothing made sense anymore. He was disgusted with his own job and didn't give a shit about the promotion he got. At the end of it all, he was the one who had to get his hands dirty so that others wouldn't get them dirty. And that disgusts him.

He doesn't even look at his wife once and stays away from her. Everything that once brought them together is gone.

Clearly when he goes to Jung Ki's grave he leaves his wedding ring, which tells us that he has cut off all relations with his wife. I don't think they will get back together in the future.

Everything has changed. The two of them have changed and the love they felt for each other died. He knew it the moment he saw the face of his wife, who looked at him as if he were a monster.

At the end they let us see a small scene in which Park Joon-mo and Jung Ki smile genuinely. In the end, as mean and ambitious as Jung Ki was, they treated each other like brothers the entire time they were together.

Which leaves us reflecting that in life there is no black and white. Each person has their nuances, whether good or bad. Sometimes by doing our job we are corrupted, it is inevitable.

A Park Joon-mo who didn't dare kill anyone at first, is forced to start killing. And as we all know, when you cross that line, nothing about you will ever be the same again.

The action, the story, the performances and the OST was perfect.

There are no complaints for this drama. I honestly think it's the best drama Ji Chang Wook has done in his entire career. He is a very good actor, who can show you different facets. But without a doubt this type of genre is the one that suits him best.

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You may find it strange but it is charming!

I know people will find it ridiculous but teenage love is full of nonsense and ridiculousness. I really loved the movie!

I was already a big fan of Lovesick Ellie, I really enjoyed the manga so I was looking forward to the movie and it didn't disappoint me at all.

Although it has been several years since I read Lovesick Ellie and I don't remember the entire manga well. They kept the essence of the manga and parts that I liked (I really laughed a lot when Ellie tried to kiss Omi and ended up kissing her neck instead of her lips hahaha).

Omi is not the type of bad boy who mistreats the protagonist to "hide" the secret from her. No, he seems like an interesting person despite his strangeness and more because she sees him as she really is and loves him just as he is.

Many may complain about Ellie's overacting, but Ellie is like that! It's the essence of her and somehow I find it tender. Who hasn't fallen in love and fantasized about her crush? I think everyone has been through that situation. So I identified a lot with Ellie, not only is there the fantasy side of her, but also her side of loneliness and not being able to have friends. So I create her own world on networks, under anonymity, to be happy. Many young people take refuge in social networks when they don't have friends but Ellie is evolving just like Omi.

I actually did it in the past, it's embarrassing but it's a part of my adolescence that I remember fondly.

I also liked the most popular boy in school, I remember seeing him in gymnastics and watching him from a distance because he was really very popular and I used to talk about him a lot with my friends. Somehow he noticed my feelings, although we went at different times and he was a year older than me but we coincided at some times. In a way I also experienced my own shojo manga at that time, because when he played recess and I walked around the schoolyard, he pushed me slowly. We spent a couple of time doing that strange flirting hahaha until one day in gymnastics, while I was sitting in front of his classroom, and he spoke to me. I was as red as a tomato and my heart felt like it was going to burst out. We dated for a long time, but I had to change schools and we lost contact. I understand why Ellie didn't want to tell it, in fact my relationship with him was also like that because I was afraid of what they would say, and I also understand Omi because he was also frustrated by not being able to say that we were dating. But I am very glad that Omi gave her security and protected her.

Today, we talked again after a long time and we remember those moments as something very nostalgic, fun and beautiful. He's already engaged and so am I but we're friends and that's the great thing about adolescence!

The chemistry between Hara and Miyase was really good and they acted very well. That's the most important thing for me! I have had many disappointments with other lives actions because the acting was poor and the chemistry 0. But here it was different and I enjoyed it a lot.

I laughed a lot, I got excited and I was transported back to my adolescence.

The music is beautiful, NiziU gave it that charm and represented the film a lot. The cinematography is beautiful too!

Even though it may cringe you at times, give it a chance, it's worth it!

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A program that should never be resumed.

Well I got to where the chapters were deleted, out of respect for Hana, I didn't continue watching the deleted chapters.

From what I read, from people who managed to watch until the end (actually the show is suspended and for good reasons. From what I read, Hana left this life when the show was still airing and Hana's mother accused Fuji TV since the producers had told her to slap Kai, that there would be no problem but Hana really didn't want to do it so she just blew his cap off. I mean it was all orchestrated by the production of the show and then the hatred became so massive. I can't even name the things that they put on Hana everywhere, even though Hana had a suicide previously attempt and the production knew it, they aired the entire episode to harm Hana more, this is not a theory, this was told by Hana's own mother. Days later Hana sent a message to her mother that she couldn't take it anymore and when her mother called the ambulance, it was too late. She even left several messages that she just wanted to be loved. Really too sad and disgusting on the part of the production that from the beginning only wanted conflicts).

Then I read that the show got heavier and darker and the commentators were too harsh this season. I read that the men who came in after Ruka, Peppe and Haruka left, only made things worse. I didn't want to see chapters where I saw Hana's last days, it seemed disrespectful of me. So I left it up to where Netflix left it and then I started investigating everything that happened. A tragedy that could have been totally avoided if it were not for Fuji TV's greed to want to create unnecessary conflicts.

Now, having closed this very sad case, I didn't like how they treated Ruka, like a totally stupid and incoherent boy, making out of place comments. Ruka was only 20/21 years old, you know. Many people have no idea what their goals are or what they want to do. Even people in their 30s. I also dreamed of being Sailor Moon and saving the world when I was little, we all have that Peter Pan in our hearts and also when I finished school I didn't know what I wanted to do or what direction should I take , I studied many things at that time but I didn't find myself in none (I am grateful that my parents never pressured me for these reasons and they were and are always there for me, whatever decision I made) until I was hit by a major depression and I knew that I wanted to help people by being a psychologist, I am still studying things that have to do with mental health, but getting to that path was long and hard. Why is everyone obsessed that you must have a dream or a fixed goal? That doesn't make you a stupid person. In fact Ruka grew so much that when he left he gave a speech in perfect English, when he came in he didn't know any English.

Peppe was another of my favorites, he was cheerful, positive, sincere and wise but I feel that from the beginning they treated him with a certain distance even though he knew how to speak japanese perfectly. I didn't like Kaori's comment about him, that at first he seemed smug and she didn't even want to see him. Let's see girl, he wasn't being conceited. He was telling the passion of him, you know how difficult it is to be a mangaka as a foreigner. Peppe was the presentation of perseverance and resilience. I admire Peppe a lot.

I don't even know why Kaori came in if she had a boyfriend.

I didn't like Haruka, I feel like she was too indecisive and felt like no one was on her level. She even did several questionable things like talking to Kaori and staying silent when Risako came in, even after her argument with Risako (which I think Risako was harsh but was realistic about issues about Haruka) she blocked her. You're 15 old? Even when Risako apologized and tried to understand her, she was still defensive with Risako.

I don't know in my opinion I only liked Ruka, Peppe and Risako. But really, I hate that this happened with Hana and the show. I hope Hana in another life you are loved and far from the hatred of evil people.

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"Hope is for the living, not for the dead"

I just saw it, I knew what it was about because I saw the Chinese movie, I thought I wouldn't cry but I ended up crying more.

Bo (Bright) knew that he was a versatile actor, although many (and I don't understand why, don't believe in his acting).

From the beginning he always wanted to help people despite being a debtor. He was a very pure, sweet and kind soul, unfortunately sometimes we fall into circumstances that we do not want but nevertheless he was always willing to change until the end for Im, with whom he has great chemistry.

What I really liked was the ending and the letter that he wrote to Im, that he wanted him to love each other and have a very long and happy life even though he nor his father were by his side. Also that he was able to see the store that Im wanted to build and that former debtors came to visit them.

After all, he wasn't mean to them or hurt them like the others.

I won't say that it surpassed the Chinese version, which is my favorite, but it lived up to my expectations. Good soundtrack, good acting and good cinematography.

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A reality show that didn't work for me

I really liked the first members, although I disliked the one who was dedicated to baseball because he was quite controlling. Even though the original members left, I kept watching this for Uchi and Minori to see how things were going. I knew that there was a big personality problem between them because Minori did not behave like a girlfriend and is a person who tends to wait for what she feels, which was the complete opposite of Uchi, who was a direct person and sometimes does not mediate with the things I did or said but in the end I continued to support them.

I was a little surprised that Minori got married but I understand it because their personalities didn't match at all and it seemed like neither of them were willing to change something about the other so that the relationship would improve. Although I'm happy that Minori found a person who suits her and Uchi continues working on his thing.

After they left, the changes were very erratic. People were constantly coming and going. I understand that it is because they wanted, let's say, there to be a happy ending not only with a couple, but that people constantly coming in and out meant that I couldn't connect with any of the participants, as I had connected with the original members.

49 episodes seemed too long and it was boring, honestly. At one point I got fed up because it was getting more and more boring and I ended up skipping almost every chapter.

In conclusion, there only ended up being four couples, the rest I don't know if they are still together because I wasn't interested at all. But honestly speaking, at first it was fun to see how totally different people live together and how there can be arguments and that everything will be resolved with a talk together but then, as I said, it became monotonous seeing how people came and went, in the end you can't create a real connection with any of the participants.

I think there was a bad casting choice and that's why it failed. I think even though it was fun, and the commentators made things funnier, it didn't work for me this season.

I think I'll stop here with this reality show. There are too many chapters and I don't like it when I can't connect with any participant.

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Reality with sexist men.

The idea in general was good, the fact that one was going to reveal another's lie without the other knowing. It was okay, the hosts seemed to have more common sense and empathy than all the men in the house (I'll explain why later). But let's say that most of the secrets were not secrets. They were common things, that didn't help at all and the chapters were long and often boring.

I'll start with the girls: I don't remember the names of the participants but I'll say it based on their professions. At first I didn't like the model, it seemed to me that she wanted to be the center, at first she was, but then I realized that wasn't the case. She was just trying to make her dates not awkward, which caused two men to unfairly treat her like a slut and talk shit about her behind her back. She demanded things from him that they themselves did with other girls. But since she was a woman, she was considered a slut. WTF They were very sexist with her.

The rich girl, I liked her from beginning to end. She generally didn't get into anyone's problems, she didn't get involved with anyone either and she was always the outcast of all the boys because she was spontaneous and fun, despite one. The boy she was with was the first to choose her. And really the only one worth it. Not only because he chose her until the end, but also because he did not judge any woman.

The girl who used to make adult films. Although she is older than me, she just wanted to comfort her. She lived with a lot of stress and anxiety about her secret (which the hosts were very understanding of). Plus they never elected her for anything. And when her secret is revealed, I understood that her fear was real. About her She mustered up the courage to find someone who would love her but all the men, except two of her, did not understand her and did not want to go out with her, but when they found out that one of the boys was an erotic dancer, they applauded him. The double standards, hypocrisy and machismo they used were incredible. Because it wasn't that she continued doing it, like the other stupid guy, but it was something that she had to do when she was young and then she stopped. Poor me girl.

The girl with a daughter, she was luckier. Everyone understood her but in the end she was left alone, I think it's the best for her because no one was up to her standards.

The Forecast Girl, I hated her from start to finish. She would throw tantrums as if she were 5 years old. Although I liked that the boy who lied about her age, she will reject him, karma son hahahaha

And well, I don't think I have forgotten any girl. I won't talk about the men's pieces of shit because I already named them. But only one salvageable of the 5, how disgusting.

Pure machismo, victimhood, controllers and hypocrites I saw in them.

I would watch it again? No, because it took me a long time to finish it, it was boring and it just showed me that Korean men are what I thought they were.

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The positive review you've been looking for

Actually I think that many do not know, that even the Chinese film is based on the book of "dangerous liaisons" written by Pierre in 1782, which had a movie in 1988 and a modern version in 1999 (which is one of my favorites ).

I couldn't give this review without telling you about the depth and complexity of the characters in the original book.

First, Soo Ji has a troubled past, which is not explained in the original novel but is implied. She is also evil in her own right, she is represented as a girl who is used to getting everything she wants. Perhaps many like her, and I say this in general, because she represents what a true femme fatal is. She goes against all morality, she controls men as she pleases, she is cynical and handles the power she has well but she also has this duality that she wants to be seen as a perfect person in the face of external look. She goes, let's say, very lightly in this version against the patriarchy and what she is expected to be.

Next we have Shi Hyun. A narcissistic man who is used to being a complete fuckboy. and he also has to have everything he wants. That's why he plays that bet with Soo Ji, because in some twisted way, on both of their parts, he wants to get the big prize. But as he usually happens, he falls into his own trap and falls in love with Eun Hee. Which complicates things because she doesn't want Eun Hee to find out that she was part of a game and she has to submit to Soo Jin's whims so that she doesn't get hurt (this can be seen in the scene where Eun Hee is dressed as red and humiliates her in front of everyone, against her wishes because he was being blackmailed by Soo Jin and he realizes that his "friends" are actually his enemies. And Woo Do knew how to handle this character very well. and everything, you could feel everything. Even her desperation.

Now we have Eun Hee, who is the complete opposite of Soo Jin, only she doesn't believe in love, because of her past with her mother. You could say that Joy is the most important low in terms of acting but I personally didn't think that. First because she had great chemistry with Woo Do, chemistry that I didn't feel between Woo Do and Ka Young (don't get me wrong, she is a great actress who can easily show any facet, from a pure girl to a complete villain), second because she really showed a lot of the resistance and doubts she had regarding Shi Hyun and third because there is a scene in particular that I liked a lot but others say that she couldn't "show " her pain to find out that she was part of a macabre bet between Shi Hyun's friends. But here's the point, Eun Hee always showed herself to be a strong woman, before she succumbed to Shi Hyun's deception, she was able to open up more and show that she also had a lot of pain and weaknesses, how would you act if you were in her place? I would act in the same cold and heartless way that she acted towards Shi Hyun. I wouldn't want a bastard to even see me cry, because he doesn't deserve it and he says things to Shi Hyun that destroy him. Because yes, I would also like them to go through what I went through. So even though you feel her pain, contempt and hatred, which Joy reflected very well in her features, she became the tough girl she was before. Because she wouldn't show her pain in front of Shi Hyun and Soo Ji. Even she maintains that position until almost the end of the story.

Lee's character was the one that seemed weakest to me, in terms of acting and character structure. He was only there to be Soo Ji's lapdog, I even wondered if he had really considered friend Shi Hyun from the beginning, because he was always very envious of the closeness between Shi Hyun and Soo Ji.

Perhaps what bothered me the most was that nothing significant happened to Soo Ji. She had no punishment for what she did. Shi Hyun had the punishment half done but the ending was so rushed that they left a lot of things unfinished at the end. Honestly, I did expect a real punishment for Soo Ji and that Shi Hyun would never have been forgiven for what he did to Eun Hee or die, as part of his punishment. Because the one who was always the victim was Eun Hee, none of them three.

Perhaps if it had been broadcast by another less conservative network we could have seen this less moral and ethical side, but well I agree that the performances were good, with the chemistry, the soundtrack is spectacular, the cinematography is not so glamorous but I liked it the opposite of the locker room between Soo Ji and Eun Hee, because it marked a solid social and also character difference.

You know, I wouldn't consider this drama as a Makjang because these things and gambling tend to happen a lot and more so in teenagers.
I have lived it.

It may not be the most extraordinary thing you see, but I do invite you to see it. Even if it has negative comments. Because I saw this drama when it was on air but I still think the same after almost 7 years hahaha I think you should judge things for yourself and not get carried away by so many negative comments. Because each person has different perspectives and tastes.

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When your father warns you about a man, listen to him

I feel strange being the first person to write a review. It's not that I haven't done it before but it's been a long time since I'm the only one writing a review.

History: It is simple but at the same time not. It's about a guy, Time, who is a fuckboy who praying on innocent women's and his shitty behavior, because he excuses himself for being father abandoning him (I'll talk more about this later), an innocent girl, Bell, who she genuinely fell in love with Time and gets pregnant by this idiot and finally we have the typical bitch who is obsessed with the ML, who will commit any atrocity and crawl like a cockroach to have the "love" of the ML.

Let's talk first about Time, a son of a bitch, who makes excuses from his past that his father abandoned him (which is not the case at all, because his father never really abandoned him or cheated on his mother with another woman, he just he went abroad to get a better future, who communicates with his mother constantly, who pays for his studies and is sorry for not being able to be with Time all this time) and even if it weren't like that, boy do you know how many people don't have a father? They don't have a mother and they aren't shitty people. My father never never had a "father" and his father was the worst trash you could find in this life, but even so my father was never a bad person. Like my mother, her biological parents never loved her and she was raised by her grandparents and her father never looked for her until he was dying, but my mother is an excellent person who would give her life for her life for my older brother and for me. What I'm getting at is that this doesn't justify your shitty attitude and that you're being playing with women's, wanting to hurt them for nothing.

Even he said that he was not ready to be a father. Man... do you even know that there is such a thing as a "condom"? You stupid piece of shit (and I want to make a separate point here, when a man doesn't want to use protection with you because he doesn't "feel the same", DON'T HAVE SEX WITH A GUY LIKE THAT. That's a lie and I'm saying it because even though I'm a psychiatrist, I've had to be a doctor before and I know that's the biggest lie a man can tell you).

Then we have Bell, she's a little stupid because she practically walked away from her father because she genuinely believed genuinely that Time loves her and that her father was being very overprotective of her.

I have been talking about this with my mother and in her experience the more you restrict your children from wanting to do something, the more they will try to contradict you, but I don't agree with that. You always have to set limits for your children, and even more so when you know that the guy you are dating is shit and a walking red flag.

Parents, especially when they have a daughter, have that sixth sense of knowing that it is not good. and it is a big red flag for your daughters the man you are doing with and it is very unlikely that they will be wrong and I say this from experience. So if your father tells you "this man is not good for you" please listen to him. You will save yourself going to therapy and a lot of problems.

Although in the end she redeems herself and apologizes to her father for being so unfair to him. That she didn't know how to see that her father was only trying to protect her. Even when she confides in him that she is pregnant, she thought her father would be angry but it is quite the opposite. He is happy for her and takes great care of her, even though he is worried that the same thing happened to her mother because Bell is not in good health.

Then there is the typical larkorn villainess. Yes, those who do unforgivable things and drag themselves like spoonfuls to obtain the love of the protagonist. Fortunately she is left with nothing.

But here a drastic twist arises from what we are used to seeing in the larkorn and that is that Bell does not forgive Time, when he is a type of "redemption" he wants to take care of the baby. Mainly Bell rejects Time because he doesn't love her and if she hadn't been pregnant, he wouldn't have even apologized to her. Which seems to me to be a great decision and evolution of maturity on her part. Who needs a shitty man who didn't love her son from the beginning? She can happily raise her son, with his presence and the unconditional support of her father. The child did not deserve to have a dysfunctional family, and a father who at first did not want to know anything about him. For that, as Ariana Grande says: " thank you, next" It has a happy ending?
For me, yes, Bell made a conscious decision and both Time and her friend have their respective karma. Because yes, Time was not going to change.

I recommend it? Yes, because it has a different ending than what we are used to seeing where the FL stays with the ML no matter how shitty they have been with them.

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