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"Cuo Dian Yuan Yang" is a drama about a concubine' daughter named Yi Liu. She has always been mistreated by her father, but her sister Huan Er is different, so when Huan Er is forced to marry, Yi Liu tries to help her escape. In a twist of fate, Huang Er dies and Yi Liu is forced to take her place and marry Wu Ji, one of the most powerful men in the city.

The romance between Yi Liu and Wu Ji is really sweet. I liked how they hated each other at first, but over time, their feelings began to grow. Even after Yi Liu told him the truth about her identity, his feelings for her never changed.

The whole thing about Xian Mei, I think it was unnecessary. I know the drama needed conflict, but if you think about it, Xian Mei wasn't wrong. Wu Ji promised her that he would take care of her, that even if he got married, he would take her as his second wife... being a prostitute, that was the only way for her to get out of this business, I find this whole thing cruel, they could have thought of something else.

I just love stories about arranged marriages, I started watching it because of Zhao Li Ying and I wasn't disappointed, it's a good story, especially the romance.

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"You've Fallen For Me" is a musical drama about Kyu Won, a student who plays the gayageum and Lee Shin, who is majoring in modern music and has a band called "The Stupid". The two go to the same school, but their paths never cross. They meet unexpectedly, but their first impressions aren't very good.

Lee Shin has a one-sided love for Yun Su, a teacher at school who was in a relationship with Seok Hyeon. Kyu Won falls in love with Lee Shin and tries to make him forget Yun Su, but it takes him a while to accept her feelings. They become closer when they both enter the school musical, and as they spend time together, Lee Shin begins to see Kyu Won in a new light.

This drama is for every person who wanted Mi Nam to end up with Shin Woo... to bad that the couple ends up being a bit disappointing, they had much more chemistry in "You're Beautiful". I don't know how to explain it, but they are strange together, like two pieces that don't fit together, the romance is really the weak point of the drama.

The strong point of this drama is the music, the songs are amazing and addictive. Being able to see Jung Yong Hwa and Kang Min Hyuk acting together in a drama is a dream coming true <3

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"Protect The Boss" tells the story of Eun Seol, a woman with attitude who becomes the secretary of Ji Heon, a rich young man with social phobia and a childish personality. At first, the two literally fight like children, but over time, Ji Heon falls in love with Eun Seol and does everything to win her heart.

The second lead syndrome hit me hard this time, Moo Won is too perfect to be true. He is caring, sweet and considerate, I would love it if Eun Seol ended up with him, but at the same time, Ji Heon is also sweet, but in a different way, you want to take care of him, help him, fix him... it was clear that Eun Seol's heart would go with him.

The four main characters are great. Choi Kang Hee, Ji Sung, Kim Jae Joong and Wang Ji Hye are in perfect harmony working together. The drama is full of funny moments and the romance between Eun Seol and Ji Heon is really good, it feels like first love, especially since Ji Heon relies so much on Eun Seol. Who would have thought that calling someone a "poop head" would be cute?! HAHAHA'

Choi Kang Hee is truly a perfect actress, I literally love every drama she's in <3

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"Love Phantom" is a drama about the romance between Momoko and Hase, two hotel employees who unexpectedly meet and start seeing each other.

This drama is so strange, in every way. The characters meet and then out of nowhere, Hase kisses Momoko and after that, it's like they've known each other for a long time, almost like they've been in a relationship for years. The age difference between the two is also quite big, Momoko is 22 and Hase is 38, but that didn't really bother me. Their relationship is reminded me of "Fifty Shades of Grey", something in the masochistic style.

There's one scene that really made me cringe, when Hase bites Momoko's wrist, as a way of leaving his "mark" and then Momoko kisses that hand, saying that she likes him. Seriously, what the hell? HAHA'
Another one is when Momoko decides to move in with Hase and he says, "I'm not going to hold back anymore." They barely know each other, this sentence made me think that the writer is a teenager who is turning her dreams into some kind of reality... this is very far from being real.
There is even a moment with Momoko tired at work because of too much sex. It's so ridiculous. kkkkkkk'

Then, to make it even weirder and worse, the next obvious step is to bring in another man who also likes Momoko, for no apparent reason. What charm does this woman have? I didn't see anything.

This was a drama that I finished because I started, I would not recommend to anyone.

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"Ja Myung Go" is centered around the three main characters, who are also the love triangle: Puku, Ho Dong, and La Hee.
The two girls are half-sisters who grew up apart and didn't know each other, and Ho Dong is the love of both of them. It's exactly because of him that everything in the story falls apart, he's the reason for the ruin of an entire country.

Ho Dong used La Hee's feelings for him and made her make a horrible mistake. I couldn't believe how naive she was to believe his words and do all that, but it made sense in the development, what I didn't like was how the character Puku became.
Puku learned martial arts from a young age and they made her a shaman and the whole thing about the magic drum, it was just stupid.
The whole thing with Wang Hol and his sister-in-law is just creepy. She basically raised him as her son, but when he grew up, she fell in love with him? It's disgusting, like a mother falling in love with her own son just because her husband died.

I've always wanted to watch this drama, it has an amazing cast: Jung Ryeo Won, Jung Kyung Ho and Park Min Young working together, but it was disappointing, the development of the story was very weak, they ruined what could have been an amazing drama.

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A terrible waste of time

"The Two Sisters" is a drama about two sisters named Do Eun and Hye Won, that have been separated when they were still young. They have lived totally different lives but they reunite with Do Eun comes back to Hye Won's life as her mother-in-law. This was a twist of fate, but after that, Do Eun makes everything to take her revenge on Hye Won, who she thinks ruined her life.

The drama started well, but the story lost the direction. I know the purpose of a makjang is to very exaggerated, but at some point, it seen like it didn't matter what happened in the story, they only wanted to make noise.
Do Eun was initially Hye Won's mother-in-law and technically she was involved in the death of Ji Chang's mother... because of that, she also killed Ji Chang. There's also Hye Won's mother-in-law's twin sister that appeared out of nowhere, that was really weird. No comments to Do Eun's crazy obsession with Hye Won, she even stole her son for 40 days and brainwashed the kid to think she was his mother... The funny thing is this whole thing was only subject of 3 episodes, a total waste of time.

Jun Mo is such a random character, still now I don't understand why he was put in the story, because it was clear to me that Sung Yoon was the right person to Hye Won. It didn't make sense to me to make some ex-boyfriend show up all of the suddenly, when Sung Yoon was there all along.

This another drama I finished watching because I started, it was really hard to put up with 104 episodes of this. HAHAHA'

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One of the most violent and shocking dramas I have ever seen

"Hellbound" is set in a world when all of the suddenly, people start to have death visions, it doesn't say for sure what it is, but it gives you the time of your death and it's always right. When the time comes, creatures come and drag you to hell, in the most horrible way possible.
Jin Soo is a cult leader and his followers say that the people who got the "message" are all sinners that need to be punished and others believe in that, showing the bad side of humans, who will do anything.

The way people freak out reminded me of the movie "Purge", almost like they think their actions is justified, that they are punishing the sinners, using god's name with an excuse, a very twisted insight. The scene where the teenagers violently kill Hye Jin's mother, an elderly woman, it made me sick to my stomach but at the same time, the drama shows the other side of humanity, with the baby's parents sacrificing themselves and the people helping them, it shows there's still a possibility of salvation. I think this is the drama's message, that you could find light even in darkness.

It's an extremely violent and shocking drama, the deaths are bloody and impressive, it's a story made to shock. My biggest problem was to accept the plot, understand that made sense that any person can be taken to hell, even that it didn't commit anything wrong, that everything in life is uncertain and that we don't have any control... that's really scary, but I believe this was the purpose, to make the viewers question everything.

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What makes a real mother

"Green Mothers' Club" is a drama about family. Eun Pyo moves to a new neighborhood and realizes people there are really different regarding their children's education and that influences her in a bad way, specially when the others children start to bully her son, calling him stupid, that's when Eun Pyo changes her mind and tries to be like the other mothers.

Eun Pyo learns that Dong Seok is a genius and that fumes her pride, since she always felt humiliated by Jin Ha, but the problem is that Eun Pyo started to pressure Dong Seok too much, almost at the point to destroy the little boy's mind.
On the other hand, we have Chun Hee. A woman who appears to have the perfect, but the reality is far from that. Her lies, the way she raised her children, when it's all revealed, her life is basically upside down.
The bond between these two woman, Eun Pyo and Chun Hee, is what makes this drama interesting.

It's an exciting drama, it didn't need betrayal, revenge or any kind of conspiracy, only joining mothers and their children, the story hold your attention from beginning to the end, besides being a critic about the way korean mothers pressure their children for success and that sometimes, that can be harmful.

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An amazing surprise

"My Military Valentine" it's a romantic comedy about a singer named Lloyd and a North Korean soldier named Yeong Ok. Their lives become entangled with each other and they fell in love in the process.

The story is interesting and fun, the episodes are short, with only 30 minutes, so it's easy to watch and when you realized, it's already over. I really like when writers mix characters from North and South Korea, specially when involves the military, it reminds me of "The King 2Hearts".

The romance between Lloyd and Yeong Ok is cute, I didn't imagine I would like the two together so much, but they make a lovely couple. The scene where Lloyd is missing Yeong Ok, even crying thinking he won't see her again, it's so cute.

Nam Gyu Ri is really an amazing actress <3

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A total and complete mess

"The Empire" it's a rich's family story. Hye Ryul has the perfect life, she's a competent woman but like always happens in this kind of dramas, her husband is cheating on her, but here lies the problem, she already knows and doesn't care about it, because she wants to keep her perfect fake family.
The cheater is a woman named Nan Hee and what happens to her is the real conflict in the drama. Nan Hee dies and in the following episodes, you need to discover who's the killer!

I was really disappointed with this drama, the story is totally lost, it lacks direction and honestly, better characters. I love Kim Sun Ah, she's an amazing actress and basically every drama of hers is great, but Hye Ryul is a weak woman.
The only thing remotely interesting is Kang Baek, he's a complex character, it's a shame how he turns out to, committing suicide because couldn't stand the pressure of just being himself, not being accepted by his family, specially his grandfather and also thinking that his mother killed Nan Hee... all of that was too much for him to handle.

This drama tries to go the same path of other like "The Penthouse" and "The World of The Married", but it's just not remotely enough.

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A story with potential, that was wasted.

"Red Swan" is definitely one of my biggest disappointments, I was hopping for an amazing production with Rain and Kang Ha Neul, but it simply didn't work out, even when it had everything to be great.

The premise is good, there are a lot of dramas with the same style like "The K2", that follows the relationship of a woman and her bodyguard and how they fell in love, but the story lacks depth, the characters and the romance is really weak, the dialogues are horrible. I even laughed on episode 7 when Do Yoon asks Wan Soo to trust him... the way he say that, it was so bad, I couldn't keep a straight face. HAHAHAHA'

Their relationship is weird, there wasn't a moment when you see them falling in love, at a moment, with no explanation, Do Yoon and Wan Soo were madly in love and they not really know each other. That didn't make sense to me.

This was a drama that only made noise, but in reality it didn't have anything to show.

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Good action scenes, but the story is very rushed

"Tyrant" it's about people fighting because of a virus, everyone wants it and kills to get it. There's also Ja Gyeong, a gangster's daughter who got caught in between that.

I really don't like this format for dramas, 8 episodes were already too little, but now we have only 4? It's getting worse.
You can see the similarities with the movie "The Witch", but how there were only 4 episodes, the drama ends so fast, it barely gives you any time to process what happened.
The fight sequence on the last episode was really impressive, I couldn't take my eyes of the screen.

The cast is spectacular, to be able to see Cha Seung Won, Kim Kang Woo and Kim Seon Ho acting together, that was incredible <3

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A truly beautiful story

"Snowfall" tells the story of a blind girl named Mi Lan, who is abused by her mother and lives her life basically trapped all the time. She then saves Zhi Heng, making him indebted to her.

The relationship of Mi Lan and Zhi Heng is very intriguing, because we can't quite classify what they are to each other. It's beyond a romance, Zhi Heng gave Mi Lan a second chance to live, he saved from an abusive mother and from the darkness, gave her a purpose, a family... and that's so much more than the love between man and woman.
That was one of the reasons the drama really stuck with me, the development was really beautiful.

The drama is way better than I expected. The chemistry between Gao Wei Guang and Ouyang Nana is amazing.
There was several fun moments and I liked how the vampire creature was portrayed, it reminded of the movie "Interview With A Vampire", specially about the beauty, the seduction, the mystery around the vampire. I just didn't like the ending, I was hoping for a happy ending, they deserved that, but overall, I was a great drama.

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The meaning of love

"Ashes of Love" tells the story of a girl named Jin Mi who's born without the ability to love, because of that she's always naive, happy and free, but everything changes when Xu Feng falls in the Floral Realm and meets her unexpectedly.
Jin Mi and Xu Feng become closer and eventually are involved romantically, still Jin Mi doesn't understand what's love. There's also Run Yu, Xu Feng's half brother who falls in love with Jin Mi at first sight.
The three characters are connected with each other and when Jin Mi finds her real father, she discover that she's the lost fiancee of Run Yu. That causes the conflict that changes their lives forever.

I liked Xu Feng, but to be honest, Run Yu is a better character, his life story, his traumas, all that makes him more appealing to audience, when Xu Feng was always the favorite son and treated with more care, but Run Yu's jealousy was his doom, when he basically forced Jin Mi to kill Xu Feng with her own hands, making her think that Xu Feng was her father's killer. In that moment, Jin Mi broke her Yun Elixir, realizing what's love and what's she done.
Jin Mi's sacrifice at the end was to make amends, since basically everything was her fault, the brothers fighting because of her and destroying all that's in the way... I really loved Jin Mi's phrase when she's dying: "If your heart is filled with love, why would you be afraid of sadness and fear?"
Of course there's a happy ending for Jin Mi and Xu Feng, it would be too sad if that didn't happen.

The drama is truly amazing, the story, the characters, the development, the actors, it's one of the best cdramas that I have ever seen. It's really worth the watch <3

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An underrated drama, with an amazing story

"Becoming Witch" is a dark comedy drama and honestly, an amazing surprise. When woman get married, they don't enter in a fairy tale but rather in a horror movie, instead of becoming Cinderella they become witches! HAHAHA'

The story follows three women: Ma Ri, Hee Soo and Jin Ah, they are in their 40's and none of them is happy being married. Ma Ri has a cheating husband, Hee's Soo husband is always away and she has to take care of her sick mother-in-law and Jin Ah is a widow, who gained a lot of money from her husband's death. She's the only one who's remotely happy, but that won't last long, since her husband comes back... alive.

Ma Ri is a total badass. I think she's one of the best characters I ever saw in a drama, there's no other woman like her. Her crazy eyes telling the whole world she won't divorce Nak Gu or when she dreamed about killing him. There's also the car accident and the whole "Misery" act in the hospital. But the interesting thing is that despise everything that Nak Gu did to her, Ma Ri still loved him, because he's the father of her child. The scene when she finally confess that, Nak Gu is holding a gun and he shots her, the gun didn't have bullets but, that moment is really the end, he killed every last inch of love that she had in that second.
The ending is very satisfying, Nak Gu is a freaking bastard, so he really deserved all that... karma is really a bitch.

Hee Soo's ending was the only sad thing about this drama. She is a beautiful woman, who wanted to have a child her whole life, but instead she got cancer. The good thing is that she finally had some good times with her husband and enjoyed her last moments on earth, leaving behind the memories with her friends, that won't ever forget her.

This is really an underrated drama, I don't know how people aren't talking about it, it's an amazing story. Lee Yoo Ri's acting is simply spectacular <3

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