first and foremost, uhm taegoo in a romcom. EXCELLENT. buttt it took me too long to come back and finish this but im glad i did. it was a good drama but the second half was tiring somehow. the best part was jihwan's employees really they were so great jaesu and manho was a show of their own they were so funny i loved the comedy element in this show soo much. only thing i didnt like was the 2nd couple (spoilers) i dont like the pregnancy trope i hate it their screentime shouldve been given to yena and honggi in my opinion or at least the prosecuter and the girl that worked with him i thought we were gonna see these couples at the end tgt so that was sad. i also dont like the childhood connection but it was bearable cuz they were a cute and good couple really jihwan was so great honestly uhm taegoo has to make a romcom each year for my wellbeing honestly he has the perfect material and so unexpected too! kingie
this was a good drama to watch the leads chemistry and relationship was really great and believable but i found the 2026 version underwhelming i expected more angst and maybe seeing glimpses of their life before reconnecting 10 years later like zhou wan's college years perhaps her giving other ppl chances but it being nothing like what she felt with xixao etc i wanted to see stuff like that! this is also a problem for me with modern cdramas mostly revenge and confrontations all fall short.. i wanted to see xuxiao finding out what his grandpa did, zhou wan confronting his mom and mr lu etc etc.. maybe cuz im so used to kdramas lol. other than that it was great i just loved the 2016 version it was more gripping
i started watching this for kim jaeyoung but idk if i can finish after finding out that kim seolah doesnt end up with taerang.. she was already an awful character mind you but giving her a chance to redeem herself with taerang and then making her go back to her idiot husband is actually so cruel.. and most of her scenes are with taerang, hes on the poster like this doesnt even make sense im so pissed.. and i dont know if i can take more up with the father too like how can her mom love cheongah and do so much for her yet stay with this loser who keeps treating cheongah badly somebody kill him pls. i rlly wanted to watch it for joonhwi and cheongah but now idk :(
second leads saved this drama they were so cute and their chemistry was amazing i cant say the same for the first couple dont get me wrong i love a betrayal trope but i just couldnt get past them they just didnt resonate with me and everything else in this drama tbh FL's family felt like a makjang and it wasnt even good they left a bad taste on my mouth. 2nd leads should totally reunite they were fantastic
everything especially the cinematography was so good and pleasing loved to watch this and the cases park gyuyoung needs to be in more shows like this LOL shes just perfect idk she and son sukku need to be in something together now asap. hansaem and ena's relationship was cute how he was the one chasing after her in the end cute dynamic i liked them together but something felt off about dami idk what bothered me but it did. only thing that annoyed me was hwang inchan character.. i honestly thought he was at least an accomplice but they just made him gay LoL it was underwhelming.. im with the killer 100% btw they all had it coming
i skipped through this tbh but it was kinda addictive i love a good divorced woman/unmarried man romance LOL most of ML's family was annoying but at the end they grew on me i felt bad for FL's dad but the mom deserved better than him no shade.. dareum was the cutest kid on earth seriously juri was insane but loved her final relationship with her boss LOL
jaeyi's dad was such a well written villain him sacrificing his son like that was just evil even i felt bad bro what a man... i absolutely love dysfunctional families so they were perfect for me him loving jaeyi more when hes a gisaengs son too.. i wanna talk about jaeyi i absolutely adored him i think he was the best character he was so complex and well written he was constantly fighting w everyone and himself LoL but he was a sweetheart in his own so even tho i loved the main couple i still had SML syndrome bad their scenes were always hitting too like her slapping him after him trying to make her stop the wedding saying do you really wanna get sold? and him slapping her when she was trying to kill the king pls.. ily im jaeyi i need hong minki ML with a character similar to this #RN. i also loved eunjo and her familys dynamics they all loved each other sm her brother pretending to be an idiot or trying to be mad at her, her mom who always trusts her and her dad... his death actually shocked me and upset me so much he was such a good dad he loved her sm when he said he would kill himself if eunjo married yiyeol LMAO i was actually agreeing with him lol he had a point..
this was a good well written show even though it got boring towards end a bit i loved the political cause that they were fighting tgt and their relationship even though i felt something was off with the chemistry at first. i just think they shouldve showed us when he leaves the throne to his nephew and gets together with her instead of the modern ending since i loved the idea bcz i hate it even when main couple become king queen together since ik theyre not gonna leave the palace hes gonna have other children etc but her coming as a concubine #hellno. also loved eunjo always putting her family first and agreeing to marry that old guy secretly from them leading up to her kissing yiyeol was perfect and i loved ML's personality and the way he dressed LOL very good styling finally. didnt like the last minute childhood connection but it made sense too. i loved daechu and haerim they were such good characters haerin falling in love with both eunjo and the prince is soo😹 daechu was so dreamy too diva..
i just wanna mention how everyone just loved each other sm in this show i adored it. goodeok and taeyong, taeyongs family, her dad, maksim🩷 and other folk, her brother in law :( her brother in law and seonhwi's relationship was one of my favourites he loved him sm when he said my real brother is dying bcz of you to his own bro i cried my ass off.. their bond was so real and precious. manseok my baby he was so loyal to seonhwi they were ride or die for each other his ending made me so sad the way seonhwi cried.. them naming their baby after him <3 i felt sad for the real husband but there was nothing to do like in the end he absolutely left goodeok but good came of it seonhwi replacing him and the whole town loving him for him.. his love for goodeok was just so good i laughed and cried with them he actually loved her so much he gave up EVERYTHING... & so did she. loved their ending with their families esp goodeok with her dad after everything.. will never forget this show ughhh perfection
spois below! i finished this masterpiece a week ago and i can only comment now😭😭 it was honestly so well written cheonhwi and goodeoks love was just legendary they were such good characters i cried for both of them in their own.. esp when goodeok reunited with her dad LOL when she yelled dad i was gone.. her dad refusing for her safety too😭 she really suffered more than jesus.. every episode made my class grudge boil so hard i especially loved how even the villains we saw at first became loyal to goodeok at the end.. especially lady kim and her husband like she loved goodeok sm when she cried hearing her secret😭😭 i also wanna mention the transition of lady kims husband like him trying to kill haegang at first then begging her to not forgive him and cure her in the last ep im glad their fam lived. each character was just so well written even the worst made me reel things for them like miryeongs mom except lady sohye and her dad omg she acts so good i legit wanted to gauge her eyes everytime LOL they deserved sm worse.
it was good loved the healing setting but felt rushed at the end especially for my second couple hayeong and taeseok i was totally robbed of them i so needed more #angry af rn... loved the cast sm especially the ladies all princesses love all of them sm. the first couple was good overall i cared for their past at first but then it got tiring for me in the end i loved it more when he was trying bring life into her more. i sadly dont like it when the show focuses on couples who are already tgt so didnt care that much for hadam (yeju princessa) and her cutie bf they were cute but i didnt connect with them that much.. on the contrary loved grandma and grandpas relationship lol. the use of AI pissed me lets not do it #again
its good i was invested more at the start then it fell off a bit later but it was still okay tho not a disaster. i wouldnt have forgiven the mom at all but she was a nice character i love FLs like this she was cute confident and the actress too! love that she and her dad made up at the end. romance part was very good but sth lacked idk what. kim bums character was such a dud in this bro was useless he deserves sm better next time lets be romcom male lead king pls..
the complex relationship between so many characters was my favourite like wei yan and his ex, xie zheng (him imagining xie zheng before his execution😭) even his 'son' lol but the best one was really qi min and sui yuanqing. when yuanqing couldnt kill qi min in the end after everything and reminisced their memories as he was stabbed i legit cried both were terrible but the doomed brothers always hits to me. i actually enjoyed qi min character so much most of the time i wanted to kill hım bcz of bao'er (my bb him crying when he saw ning..) i also felt really bad for him idk him and qianqian was so compelling to watch.. last scene of the show being him running away from her even though nothing bad happened in this version and despite being very happy to see her😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i dont condone his actions but it was just so sad to see idk.. they were really doomed from the start and in every universe :( my girl qianqian suffered so much really but i think she did love him in the end at least a little. yeah controversial but i loved them too
this was a really good show imo what made it so good for me was the characters.. they were all so well written i could bond with almost all of them including the villains.. im not gonna lie like sui brothers especially qi min carried the last 10 eps for me wei yans whole deal and palace stuff was really boring even if it included changyu and zheng (plus the lack of baby changning!) but the first 30 eps was just perfect. changyu and xiezheng were both great characters but especially changyu was such a genuine character loved her sm her heart was so pure. when changning got lost and lin'an was destroyed i felt so bad for her and the way she fell to the ground when her fathers friend died.. her relationship with xie zheng tho my bbs they were #equals when she said that she would return to lin'an no matter what and he said he would too🩷 and the pig butcher squad lmao i especially loved mr jin sm his crush on changyu:( ngl if xie zheng never came i think they'd have a good marriage too LoL..
this was a good drama overall that didnt bore me at all and had many great moments + peiyi was an amazing character so this rating is ridiculous. i really liked some cases the princess one the singer one etc almost all made me hate the emperor so much so glad peiyi cut him off at the end he ruined so many women's lives the singer and the prince ep still hurts me sm. and concubine shu.. peiyi's last conversation with her was so sad when she said i havent heard my name in years😭😭 i just wish the whole drama was about only a few cases and focused more on romance cuz ive been waiting for wxy and bailu since sokp😭 i will never forget you zhang zhe and jiang xuening. but huaijin and peiyi was special too i loved their dynamic her protecting him from others and him protecting her from herself... “the lantern festival is over” <3
i dont like the pregnancy trope i hate it their screentime shouldve been given to yena and honggi in my opinion or at least the prosecuter and the girl that worked with him i thought we were gonna see these couples at the end tgt so that was sad. i also dont like the childhood connection but it was bearable cuz they were a cute and good couple really jihwan was so great honestly uhm taegoo has to make a romcom each year for my wellbeing honestly he has the perfect material and so unexpected too! kingie
everything especially the cinematography was so good and pleasing loved to watch this and the cases park gyuyoung needs to be in more shows like this LOL shes just perfect idk she and son sukku need to be in something together now asap. hansaem and ena's relationship was cute how he was the one chasing after her in the end cute dynamic i liked them together but something felt off about dami idk what bothered me but it did. only thing that annoyed me was hwang inchan character.. i honestly thought he was at least an accomplice but they just made him gay LoL it was underwhelming.. im with the killer 100% btw they all had it coming
i just wanna mention how everyone just loved each other sm in this show i adored it. goodeok and taeyong, taeyongs family, her dad, maksim🩷 and other folk, her brother in law :( her brother in law and seonhwi's relationship was one of my favourites he loved him sm when he said my real brother is dying bcz of you to his own bro i cried my ass off.. their bond was so real and precious. manseok my baby he was so loyal to seonhwi they were ride or die for each other his ending made me so sad the way seonhwi cried.. them naming their baby after him <3 i felt sad for the real husband but there was nothing to do like in the end he absolutely left goodeok but good came of it seonhwi replacing him and the whole town loving him for him.. his love for goodeok was just so good i laughed and cried with them he actually loved her so much he gave up EVERYTHING... & so did she. loved their ending with their families esp goodeok with her dad after everything.. will never forget this show ughhh perfection
i finished this masterpiece a week ago and i can only comment now😭😭 it was honestly so well written cheonhwi and goodeoks love was just legendary they were such good characters i cried for both of them in their own.. esp when goodeok reunited with her dad LOL when she yelled dad i was gone.. her dad refusing for her safety too😭 she really suffered more than jesus.. every episode made my class grudge boil so hard i especially loved how even the villains we saw at first became loyal to goodeok at the end.. especially lady kim and her husband like she loved goodeok sm when she cried hearing her secret😭😭 i also wanna mention the transition of lady kims husband like him trying to kill haegang at first then begging her to not forgive him and cure her in the last ep im glad their fam lived. each character was just so well written even the worst made me reel things for them like miryeongs mom except lady sohye and her dad omg she acts so good i legit wanted to gauge her eyes everytime LOL they deserved sm worse.