Bittersweet end but still a beautiful story

25 21 was a drama in a weird spot for me. I wanted to watch it but didn't at the same time. I had spoiled myself and checked the spoiler of this drama because I heard that it was a hot topic from fans. It took me a while to decide to watch this drama preparing for what would happen.

My honest opinion is that I very much loved the first 9 episodes of this drama. But the other episodes after when Hee Do and Yu Rim become friends weren't as good as the first 9. They still were good but weren't incredible like the first 9. The drama captures you in with our main characters backstory to connect and root for. Both of our leads have clear goals and issues. Hee Do strives to become passionate with fencing again and also becoming her fencing idol's rival. She has a mother who is a popular busy news anchor that neglects Hee Do leaving her alone a lot. She is not there to support her which leaves their relationship miscommunicated and bickering. Yi Jin wants to bring his family back together one day as they are separated from the times crashing his father's career. He once had it all but now has to start at the bottom alone. Both of the leads become each other's support as they get through these tough times.

The ending to this drama is the most talked about whether you were fine with it or hated it. So in short our two leads do not end up together. If I saw this drama when I was couple years younger, I would be on the outrage of why they didn't end up together. But my current self "ducks undercover" was fine with the ending and understood it a bit. They had this friendship or "rainbow" relationship as Hee Do was growing to become a fencer winning gold medals and Yi Jin starting out as a news reporter. When they became more successful and older, their relationship became well romance. Their turning point is when Yi Jin goes to America suddenly to cover the 9/11 attack. He is there alone and suffering from how this news affected people and himself. He then holds his suffering to himself which he stops replying or reading messages from Hee Do. Yi Jin got accepted a job in New York where he will be staying that would lead to their break up. He returns back to Korea and they both break up. Hee Do mentioned that when they became a couple, she wanted to share everything with him including his suffering. He thought her support was burdensome to her. She sees her relationship with Yi Jin as her relationship with her mother now. She waited for her and was let down leaving her alone a lot which Yi Jin is doing now. Also Yi Jin's career path is similar to her mother's too. She doesn't want to experience that kind of relationship again in the future which is a reason to their break up.

I can agree that it was a sad ending for me when they didn't stay as a couple and gotten married. But I don't find their breakup ending to be bad. It does make sense to me. I think I missed some stuff but I couldn't find a reason to support Yi Jin's side. I could only understand it from Hee Do's side on why their relationship had to end. He stopped communicating with her sharing his suffering with her and their schedules were too busy to handle a relationship. I feel like they became a couple at the wrong time when their journey was at it's busiest. Some might say well why couldn't they get back together when she retired from fencing and he was back in Korea? Well he still would be busy now as the news anchor which doesn't fix the issue Hee Do had with him of how he was going to be not there for her like her mother.

Their story is told from a perspective of the present from Hee Do's daughter reading her mother's diary. A couple of episodes in, there are clues that can give away the end game. Her daughter's name is Kim not Baek which is in Yi Jin's name. I don't really like this idea of their story being told from it being in the past. It didn't interest me. It also kind of played viewers into the guessing game of who Hee Do's husband is. Unfortunately or fortunately, they don't show her husband and to me that's ok. I realized her husband that isn't Yi Jin was not a important part of the story. I think the drama would have been fine without it being told in the present from a diary. I can see a bit why they done this so you can feel not as sad when the ending happened assuming you caught on the clues they gave out early on.

The cast was phenomenal. Kim Tae Ri was an excellent choice as Hee Do. Music of the drama was good as well. Would I rewatch it again, surprisingly I would. The story built of how it all happened is worth it even if it's a sad ending. Sometimes dramas go with the sad ending that doesn't make sense but here it does make sense for me. The leads had great chemistry together. Dare I say their chemistry before becoming a couple was better.

My favorite story in the drama was the determination of Hee Do training to win the gold medal and beat Yu Rim. My favorite scene was when Hee Do was congratulated, cheered up, and proud of her by the old folks at the restaurant after she was being called horrible stuff by the public.

Whether you liked the ending or not, I hope you at least admire/enjoyed the story.

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Season 2 was amazing as season 1.

Story: It starts off continuing off of season 1 with the serial arsonist case and the cliff hanger of whether Hogae and/or Dojin survived the fire blast in the garage. The first couple of episodes of season 2 is wrapping up a case from season 1 so it doesn't feel like a new season yet. The big moment that happened was Dojin ended up dying early on. It's a big deal when the writers kill of a main character only couple episodes into a new season. I think these first 4 episodes could have been fit into the first season and having both seasons be 16 episodes like how most Kdramas are.

It doesn't feel like season 2 yet until after episode 4. They introduce two new characters to replace Dojin and Anna(I don't know why Anna had to be replaced). Doha filled in for Dojins spot in the drama as a member of the NFS team. Woo Sam Soon replaced Anna's role in the detectives team. Both showed more lively personalities that I was unsure of but later on I was fine with their additions to the drama. Another difference is more focus on the NFS team and much less screen time for the firefighters. When they killed off Dojin, they also killed off a lot of focus on the firefighters too. Instead of replacing Dojin with a new character in the firefighters team, they replaced him with a new NFS character and focused more on that team. It still had great suspense as I was on the edge of my seat in these cases. A lot of more bomb/explosion scenes than fires.

I was impressed by the teases and twists from the writers. The ones that stood out to me was the character of Doha(Dojin's childhood friend). They made him look very suspicious as the arsonist. He was in a hotel room by himself calling Dojin, he wore black clothes, was at the scene of the crime where Dojin died and he left, and was the childhood friend of Dojin that wanted him to help take out the fire. I thought he was the arsonist because of that reason. I was fooled by the writers and Doha turned out to be a good guy. I loved how in depth they also went at making us believe the MC Hogae did die at the end. Him being in the caravan as it exploded? The bodies found in it looked like it could be him. Hogae dying together with his father from a bomb at the rooftop of a building. They even showed us a autopsy of Hogae to make it look real. Even the characters that loved him showed real emotion of his death. Of course he was alive at the end and it was a heck of a plan to trick the main villain he died to finally catch him.

This drama is not a focus or heavy focus on romance but they did tease it early on and delivered. I adored the relationship between Seol and Hogae throughout the drama. Great moments between them that didn't feel forced. The romantic subplot was a perfect touch to the drama. It probably hooked viewers to stay and watch even if someone as beloved as Dojin died.

Acting/characters: The acting and characters have to be my favorite part of the drama from both seasons. The police team had the best chemistry between the teams. Everyone was so likable.

Music: The soundtrack was good. My favorite song was "Hold my breath". It has a sad tone and fit well into the sad moments of the drama.

Overall/rewatch: If they ever decided on a season 3, I will be ready to watch it. I can see why there wouldn't need to be as this one wrapped up everything well. Great cast, great plot, and best of what I like a subplot of romance with a happy satisfying ending. A amazing journey I'd love to watch again.

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The first episode just hooked me to this series and I enjoyed most of it. I kind of hate how people were complaining that the main lead Uehara shouldn't be with Nao but I just thought they were perfect with each other. I knew some of these actors because two of them were actually kamen riders before this so I recognize their faces. I loved how they put the heartbeat sound at those right times it should happen.

The plot interested me how the couple were already living together in the first episode. It was different for me that they couple(to be) just are living together. The show developed their relationship of how living together can change your relationship with the people you live with. I kind of hated the episodes where they go back and forth if they love each other or not too repetitive.

Characters I hate were Uehara's sister in law or first crush because she mostly kept appearing too much but then stop appearing which made the show better. I'm not sure why some of the guys except Uehara keep telling Nao that they like her or secretly like her while she likes Uehara or is her boyfriend.

There were some really funny moments that I enjoy. That ending I won't spoil made me go WOW. It's almost certain that a second season was gonna happen and it will be interesting to watch. I don't see why it had 17 episodes which felt long a little, wished the ending part where they kissed would of been better a little.

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A drama that is divided into two halves with fun chemistry between the ML and FL

Beautiful Gong Shim is a fun rom com with fun chemistry between our ML and FL. But the drama was a a tale of two halves. It falls into my lists of dramas where I loved the couple more than the plot.

Plot: The first half of this drama up until episode 10 mainly focus on the life of Gong Shim and Dan Tae. How they became involved in each other's life and developing their relationship later becoming romance. These first 10 episodes include some of the funniest scenes I've seen in Kdramas. Their chemistry was clicking with me. Gong Shim is a person who doesn't have a stable career bouncing from various part time jobs. She isn't treated as equal as her older sister in her family. She is stressed out that she has hair loss in a small part of her hair where she wears a wig. Her wig makes her character lovable for who she is and others might just hate it. I didn't mind it. But she is not all that weak and hopeless. She has a attitude where she stands up and speaks truths to rich arrogant folks. Nothing is going right for her until Ahn Dan Tae moves into the roof above the building her family lives in.

Dan Tae is more of a eccentric ML. He's not the typical ML you find in Kdramas(perfect and flawless). He wears flip flops around in his free time, he tends to eat food that were dropped on the ground for 3 seconds, he loves to eat food at a convenience store, he is a lawyer, has a law firm, has buddies that look up to/help him with things, and is a fun wacky character. He's weird but kind and not a jerk. He is the person that comes into the life of Gong Shim and slowly helps her back onto her feet to improve her life. Sometimes the drama felt like one of those long daily soap opera kdramas. They had the awful older sister character trope but at least they didn't feature her a lot. That was surprising since in the description the drama said it was a love story involving her sister too. Lots of funny moments between them like the dreaming sequence or the hair pulling. This is what made Beautiful Gong Shim fun.

The second half from episode 10 to the end changed the drama into a different style. There was a other main plot you can say throughout the drama which was solving the case of a little boy named "Joon Pyo". Joon Pyo was kidnapped at a young age and his mother died from a car crash when she chased after the kidnapper. To note, Joon Pyo was from a chaebol family. The grandmother of the family is the only one still searching and having hopes to find him as that is his only blood related family member left. Gong Shim who had no connections at all to the case was left out and pretty much a side character in the second half. Sometimes they throw a plot twist where the FL is funny enough apart of the ML's past that she is now involved with the mystery but not here. So the FL who the drama is named after is shoved in the background for some mystery melodrama. Also note it was mostly filled with the cliche chaebol family drama. The second half lost the charm of the drama and probably lost the viewers who liked it. It dragged and fit in cliches along with some dumb writing.

Acting/Cast: Namkoong Min was a great choice to play Dan Tae. The weird wacky personality he put into Dan Tae was very fun. First drama I've seen of Bang Min Ah and she was good. I think their chemistry together matched very well. It can be difficult to act with a wig to their character but she nailed it. I only wished they made her drop the wig at the halfway point to show she as grown as a character waiting to be together with Dan Tae. Because by the end, she has grown out of the wig which felt kind of weird to me. I got used to her character with it that there wasn't enough time for me to get used to her character with her normal hair.

Music: Nothing special that stand out. It's alright.

Rewatch: The first half of the drama is worth rewatching for the enjoyment. Second half is pretty skippable.

Overall: The drama to me was a 2 person show that carried it. Chemistry is amazing for rom com lovers. Not alot of lovey dovey romance moments tho. It was more of a he fell first trope. Watch for the first half and just skip to the end if you don't like the second half of the drama.

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Not enough house helpign

The drama started off surprisingly better than I thought. It felt more deeper as well. I like the idea of a house helper and choosing the ML to be the role of it. The drama was good until the second half where I lost interest due to not much happening and too fluffy.

The drama becomes too romance focused with the amount of couples that are paired up together by the end. It doesn't help that there was a lack of chemistry and story for me to enjoy the romance of the ML and FL.

My big issue was the lack of house helping scenes in the second half. Even in the first half of the drama I felt there wasn't enough too. They just focused on the ML's past, putting the ML and FL together, and the side characters over the house helping businesses. The house helping part attracted me and without it, this felt like a typical slice of life light heart romance drama with no spark. The one supporting character I liked(Mr. Go - cafe owner) just barely got backstory of him towards the end.

The house helping aspect is something I could see being done better if it was made into a Japanese drama. I would have perfer if they done it in the format of "guest per week" where each episode he cleans a that guests house along with dealing with that guests issue that connects to him cleaning. Like delivering a life lesson at the end to that guest. I really hated how they just made the ML basically be the maid to the home of the 3 woman and said there's your house helping scenes instead of seeing him clean other people's homes and help them.

In short, romance being in this drama ruined it for me especially with the amount of couples being made to give focus to. Not enough exploration on the house helping stuff. I have to mention the dog in this show I loved so much that it boosted my score of this drama a bit. I'd rewatch the show for that dog and the first half

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Almost perfect

Story: From reading the plot of the drama to watching the first couple of episodes, I and hopefully others expect this to be a sad drama with a sad ending. The plot of this drama is certainly interesting that hooks viewers to keep watching. A man named Hae Sung who died 12 years ago is suddenly resurrected 12 years later but why. The writer does a fine job in the melodrama aspect with the details of the main lead Hae Sung. In the first couple of episodes, they give us enough details to feel sympathy to Hae Sung. Hae Sung was a 18 year old boy living in the countryside with his 4 younger siblings and his grandmother. Right away we see that Hae Sung is a person with responsibility that takes cares of his younger siblings and grandmother by with tasks such as cooking and working after school to support them. Charismatic and selfless and two great words to describe who Hae Sung is. He is a perfect ML to me but why is it that the perfect ML I like is dead.

Throughout the drama, the writer wants you to keep watching to find out who actually killed the boy in Hae Sung's class, who ran him Hae Sung over leading to his death, and how Hae Sung's family and friends are impacted by his sudden resurrection. The characters that were impacted the most to Hae Sung's sudden death are his 4 younger siblings and Jung Won. His younger siblings are now stuck with the tag of being a sibling of a murderer since Hae Sung was blamed for the death when he found the dead persons body at school and he wasn't alive to prove his innocence. His 4 younger siblings were not all on good terms anymore and each struggled living without their older brother. While Jung Won feels very guilty thinking Hae Sung died because of her. The day of his death, she asked Hae Sung to stop by at the school to pick up her wallet where events later lead to Hae Sung dying.

I loved everything about this plot but things that could have certainly made this drama perfect. First, the amount of episodes was just too much. I understand they last 30 minutes on average which is around half of a normal KDRAMA episode would be but 40 episodes is still a lot. So in the middle, the plot would not move and we just see fluffy moments between the 2 leads or so. My next biggest issue was that we did not get enough scenes of their lives 12+ years ago. I think after the first 10 episodes, they stopped showing anything that happened in the past. They do a okay job of explaining the siblings lives after the death of Hae Sung but not enough about his friends. I guess they wanted to express his friends better in the present timeline than the past where they would have not stood out as much? The cast that played the younger version of his friends except Jung Won, were barely used. I thought the actresses playing the younger version of Jung Won was more talented than the actress playing the adult version of Jung Won. It was a big let down not seeing more scenes of her. If I were writing this drama, I would have shorten the episodes from 40 to 16 with each being a hour long and start most episodes with flashback scenes of their lives back then. This would have helped for the mystery plot about finding who killed the boy in their class. Because later on, we get introduced to other new characters from their school that eventually leads to the suspect where my response was like "who?" It would have been helpful to get to know the other students/staff at their school 12 years ago to be able to react to the reveal. I just wished it was a character of importance than a guest appearance. I got invested into the mystery of who killed the boy in his class that I became confused that they also revealed that the person who ran over Hae Sung is a culprit that they need to find. I thought it was an accident and the person served their punishment. But actually someone paid a person to take their blame. This mystery was actually easy to solve.

I wished they had Hae Sung meet more people that were resurrected like him. He actually meets only one person that was resurrected Mr. Ahn and Mrs. Do a person that experienced a person being resurrected. I disliked the character of Ms. Do when it is revealed that she is wealthy and started to give things out easily to the leads. I was so glad the writer didn't forget about the money Mr. Ahn saved in his storage locker which played a key role for Hae Sung later on. Mr. Ahn was a better character that helped Hae Sung learn things than Ms. Do. I wanted Hae Sung to meet more resurrected people and learn a thing or so from them.

Another issue is the "love triangle tease". It is tagged as a love triangle on MDL and the cover photo of the drama makes you think so too. This was so not true. They tease it during the beginning but Jung Won never falls for Cha even though he likes her. They even had Hae Sung towards the end want her to be with him after leaves the world again. That was my fear at the beginning of the drama but thank god that didn't happen. I just wished I could watch this throughout without having to fear that she would have to end up with the SML. I don't get why the SML is in the cover photo of the drama. It misleads viewers thinking it is a love triangle. I would rather they had focused it on the 2 leads or include his siblings that played a more major role than the SML.

My last issue is how some characters are forgiven at the end. First lets talk about Young Joon. It takes all the way towards the end of the drama for him to acknowledge the existence of his siblings and rejoin them. He changes when he sees his youngest sister Soo Ji in pain waiting for a transplant which he coincidentally is the person who can provide it. It felt quick and not enough given how he was the last sibling to change. Before this, he reveals the truth to his ex's mother(the director of the hospital he works at) about him having a family of siblings that he abandon and 1 year later he and his ex are getting married again. Okay so I guess after Hae Sung was cleared of not being a murderer, the ex's mother just forgave him or something? Hae Chul's ex left him years ago leaving the child she gave birth to behind which Hae Chul decide to raise up as a single father. His ex wanted to take her back selfishly to America but failed so. 1 year later, she was forgiven by Hae Chul and they live together as a happy family now? Then again they never went into enough details to why she left her behind or how these even loved each other in the first place. Lastly it is Tae Hoon's father. He wanted to turn himself in for running Hae Sung over but Hae Sung doesn't want him to so others don't suffer(Tae Hoon and Young In probably). But he was supposed to atone for the crime he wasn't punished for only to see him smiling and welcoming Young In to their family as she and Tae Hoon will get married. Is he atoning for his crime by just accepting Young In? Very weak for these characters.

Acting/Cast: I like the actor playing Hae Sung. I admired the his bright smile he made as Hae Sung and his sad expressions. I only wished we got more scenes of him with the actress playing the younger version of Jung Won. Their chemistry felt more connected.

Music: The sad song/instrumental used was perfection. It hits you on the right moments you want to cry. For example, when we first hear it during the moments where Hae Sung is flown into mid air slowly as he sees Jung Won, his siblings, and grandma waiting for him to come home for his birthday only to die seconds later.

Overall/Re watch: After reading my negative aspects of the drama, you might think I hated the drama but I still loved it. The character of Hae Sung is one I enjoyed and is similar to characters that I like in other dramas. I would not mind watching this again in the future but it would be tearful. It is still a sad ending even if his loved ones are able to live better off now than before when he left the world. This drama could have been a perfect 10.

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Living together as a family can mean more than you think

I had high hopes for this drama before I watched it. Lately I have been running out of dramas that I want to watch but I found this one. A reason why I wanted to watch it was due to Eguchi Yosuke as the lead playing a father figure role that I have seen him play before which I loved.

Story : I admit the first episode started a bit slow introducing the plot but as it went on I got the hang of it. What I loved is that each sibling had a backstory and weren't shoved in the background most of the times. I say each of them had fair amount of time. They all felt important. There was also good side characters that connected with each sibling in a way. There were plently of life lessons and issues in the drama like dealing with a victim of sexual assualt, the challanges a ex-convict faces in life, or what is there to live for a disable person. There is also a love triangle you could say between 3 oldest siblings but it doesn't end with a winner because it focuses more of the family love aspect.

Acting/Cast : I was hooked because of Eguchi Yosuke but finished loving Sakai Noriko more. Outside of Eguchi, I haven't seen much dramas or movies from the rest. It didn't matter because I fell in love with their roles. They each stood out and made me cheer for them.

Music : It had a calming gentle song used for the op of the drama. It fit the tone of the drama perfectly.

Rewatch value : I put it at very high if I would re watch this drama. Just because of how simple but relaxing it was.

Overall: I highly recommend people to watch this drama. It's a classic but one of the best family dramas out there.

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Keep on living

The title of this drama doesn't really come into play until the last episode but it delivers a great message.

Story: The simple way of explaining the plot is a a whole school along with some students and teachers suddenly are transported to a desert like area. The drama has a other messages as well as live for the moment. For a sci fi drama that aired in 2002, I think they did the best they could with adding in effects. The story is the best part of the drama as it keeps you watching to see if they will continue living or will they get back to the past. It makes you keep guessing to how the world became like a desert. It features a lot about surviving with so little resources around you. It gives you a message of don't give up on living no matter how tough it is. I think the ending was that Asami changed the future by calling Misaki which changes a lot in the future. At the end they showed the school but in the background was a grass area that meant the future wasn't a desert.

Cast/Acting/Characters: First off I want to rant about the character Sekiya. I think this character was not needed at all in the drama. The challanges the students and the teachers had to face were already tough but this crazy woman being there as well was a pain. The character was a big part to why I can't give it a 10 due to how annoying she was.

Now, I think that the two leads Asami-sensei played by Kubozuka Yosuke and Misaki-sensei played by Tokiwa Takako were great in their roles. Their small love story progressing through the drama didn't feel cringe at all. I like how they become the father and mother to the students during this hard time.

Music: I like Tatsuro Yamashita's song loveland island. It gives off a vibe to the era of music this drama aired although the song feels more 90's but fits in well in the early 2000's. The song gives a opposite feeling than the serious plot.

Rewatch : I was really motivated to watch each episode to find out what would happen next or so. This drama is worth watching again due to so many moments it brought.

Overall: Watching them struggle so much in the future was hard but I enjoyed seeing them keep living and restoring the world. One last thing to say was the best scene to me was in episode 8 they were all singing the song "kyou no hi wa sayounara" (farewall for today) and a miracle happens as it rains and they are all happy that there is finally rain.

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A principal as a father

Story: A typical school drama format as others are but this time our main character is a principal instead of an teacher. I like this as it could approach different issues a principal faces than from a teacher but still they focused on the principal doing teacher duties like solve the issues of the students. I'm fine with this. Some of my favorite issues they dealt with are when a student misses time of school due to injury which leads to them missing out of knowing how to do multiplication table. Up to the point, my favorite story was how a teacher was bullied by their students and how they would overcome it if so. Lastly, I found the most fascinating issue was how a student who bullys others turns out to be the one being bullied/abused outside. The way this student portrays the bullying makes you never think how she has that energy to bully others when inside she's suffering from abuse. I didn't like the over the top repeated nicknames of Naruse calling himself the demon of whatever. The minor character were just enough detailed in the drama. I also wonder why they only focused on one grade level instead of the others. They could have Naruse kocho put more impact on more teachers there.

Acting/Cast: These past 2 years I have been a fan of Eguchi Yosuke's acting. I think he nails these roles of being the father like figure and teaching others what's right. I know that because he has other dramas of this type of role. I think out of the child actors here that did their roles the best they could were the ones who played Yuki and hara.

Music: I'm glad they didn't use a happy upbeat song for the drama. It was more of a soft calming song that fits the tone of the drama more because of the tough issues that are going on.

Re watch: I would say I would come back some days and go back and see this drama again but not like I have to watch it again and again.

Final thoughts: I think if your a fan of school dramas with a teacher as the main character than this is a good choice. It deals with pretty good issues about school and it doesn't have over the top comedy.

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When I first saw this drama I thought to myself that I didn't want to watch about people becoming pilots and learn all that. I watched the drama "Good Luck" a couple of months ago and that drama is about being a pilot as well which I enjoyed that drama. I saw that Horikita Maki was in this drama and she is one of my favorite actors so I had to watch it.
I say the drama focuses more on Haru than the rest of the other memebrs who are all training to become a pilot. I really like the idea of there being a team of people who want to become a pilot and having to work together through the training even though at the end they wouldn't be a team anymore. As I was watching I was really cheering on for all of them to pass each tests to becoming a pilot. I'm really glad that Haru didn't end up with Konosuke even though there were hints at them being together in the drama. This drama certainly didn't need romance in it.

My favorite character has to be Haru. She is the less skillful at becoming a pilot but she still is determined to become one even with the help of her teammates. My favorite parts are where the guys are helping Haru out before her final tests. I have a problem with all of the other characters. First is Chisato, it really surprised me that she failed halfway and had to leave. I totally thought they all 6 of them would become pilots together but Chisato was the one who failed. After she fails the test, she doesn't make much of a impact anymore. All she does after this is well have a love interest in Konosuke and is more of a cheerleader now. For the other 4 guys apart of the team Yamada, Moroboshi, Kotori, and Kishii they didn't stand out as much. Kotori kinda gets a episode that focuses about him but after that all 4 of them get little to none development. I really wished they would of gotten each a episode that focuses on one of them each.

The ending song in the drama was definitely not my favorite. The song was bad as it didn't make much of an impact to the drama.

Overall I thought it was a good drama. Its definitely a inspirational drama.

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Itoshi Kimi e review

I’m a fan of these types of dramas where the main character is sick and they still find love with someone. I enjoy these type of dramas more when the male mc is sick and the female mc loves/supports them then the other way around but I do love both kinds. It creates a beautiful love story.

Story- I loved how these two met. That first episode made me cry. The sickness is a little bit different because the main character is losing his eyesight. I found it interesting that Azumi was a photographer which he needed his eyes for. I loved the kids at the hospital where Shiki was taking care of them. The family in this drama is another nice thing to watch from Shiki’s family and Azumi’s. I agree with many people who have seen it that the last scene of the drama is a beauty.

Actors/Characters - Kanno Miho as Shiki was my favorite character in the drama. The one reason I just loved her was how she cared for anyone whether it’s her friends, patients, family, or it was Azumi. She would do as much as she could to support Azumi because she loved him so much. I have never liked Fujiki Naohito but lately I’ve been seeing him other dramas as supporting roles and I have changed my view on him. Seeing him here as the main character has made me enjoy him more. Shiki’s dad is another enjoyable character he makes you laugh and feel thankful for.

Music - i just thought the music was fine nothing too special. It goes well with the drama. There are some nice soundtracks to go along as well. It doesn’t stand out as much in the drama.

Rewatch value- This was a little new to me. Most of these actors I haven’t seen much before and that’s something I liked. I want to rewatch this drama a lot because I loved seeing Shiki and Azumi together. There are also precious scenes I love too.

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I feel like this drama doesn't get recognize that much. It's actually really good combining romance and sports was well written. Love triangles are so hard to watch for me. Not going to spoil anything but I hated Hikari how she had a boyfriend already but sometimes just didn't care about him and cared more about Hiro. Let's just say the romance couple ended how I wanted it to end. I loved watching the baseball games. The drama was about achieving your dreams and achieving others dreams along with yours.

Any drama with Satomi Ishihara in it I'll surely watch. I really liked Yamada Takayuki in this drama just seeing how different he was back then. The actors I think really were playing baseball good. There's just no character you can hate in this drama pretty much based on how it was written.

Soundtrack brilliant it's on YouTube by the way unless your reading this then that video might of gotten removed. I love K-Over back then when dramas had much better songs in them.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7DnKG7mc0gk (H2 OST)

It's a nice heartwarming drama and I loved it. It's up there on one of my favorites.

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The Once upon a time in china series are my favorites. I'll rewatch all of the movies anytime I want because I enjoyed them. When I was a kid I loved watching Once Upon a time in china 1-3 then I watched once upon a time in china and America. I became older and thought wait where is number 4 and 5. It took me some time to find them online and watch it. I was wondering why is there a new guy as Wong Fei Hung? I found out Jet Li turned down the role of Wong Fei Hung in both Once Upon A Time In China 4&5 because of money issues. I was shocked and disappointed when I found out about it. I personally like Jet Li playing the role as Wong Fei Hung because he made the character funny to watch and cool. Jet Li and Rosamund Kwan as Wong and Aunt 13 were really enjoyable to watch but sadly they weren't in this movie.

This one is the first without Jet Li and also Rosamund Kwan wasn't in this movie too which meant two good actors as those characters missing. I believe the producer or some sort didn't make this movie as well so they had some actors and writers changes. They still had some good actors from the previous movie reprise their role. I enjoyed some of the fight scenes in this movie but the plot was confusing to me. Theirs always the top bad guy either one or two in this movie it had two. They weren't really much of a threat until they finally fight Wong at the end. I always love the lion dance competition where all the amazing fight scenes happen. The two main leads just didn't have any chemistry together. Vincent Zhao is good at Kung Fu but he as Wong Fei Hung wasn't that fun to watch. The music is still good because they didnt change it and I love that music still. Acting was ok I guess. Of course I would rewatch the movie no matter what. In the end movie was a little disappointment to me.

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Story: the story was great just like the first season but better characters. It felt more complicated to understand but well done. It didn't answer some questions at the end of the first season tho. There were a lot of mystery that well was interesting. Once again the characters are so hard to trust at times. There was more deaths in season 2 than season 1 I believe.

Acting/Cast: the four main actors returned in season 2 but for one they didn't last through the end. I only enjoyed Beast's actor because he was more cool to watch. The rest of the terrosits actors ehh didn't enjoy, didn't seem to be bad enough guys. Again acting was excellent for the sad parts.

Music: I enjoyed the music in season 2 than season 1. The music here makes you feel about this season with all the events happening. It's a perfect match to the drama especially after a big loss to a character.

Rewatch Value: Yep I would of course watch it over again.

Overall: I wished it had maybe one or two more episodes because 9 felt too short. Bloody Monday became a favorite drama of mine and I'm also reading the manga too. Falcon looked ridicules holding a gun at times, he should of trained more to protect himself.

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Story: I didn't understand the plot of the drama from reading the description but when I watched it I understood it more. There's a group of terroists wanting to spread a virus in Japan but these good guys have to stop them most notable Falcon has to. I kind of liked how they said "Bloody Monday". It got me on the edge of my seat when these people I thought that were trusted turned out to be a spy or bad guy. There's lots of deaths in here which makes it sad to see that character out of the drama. I didn't like how they fooled us who was the good guy or bad guy. The story was very creative tho which makes it suspense.

Acting/Cast: When I saw the two main leads I felt like this drama was going to be good. I thought everyone was perfect for each role.

Music: The ost during those times where Falcon has to hack into something or something big is going to happen made it great. The music in the end of each episode was alright.

Rewatch: I would love to watch it again but then I would remember who that person was and if they died or not. But when I would rewatch it again I would feel the tense of it again which makes it cool to rewatch.

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