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"Singing All Along" is a drama about people who want to change the world.

Li Hua is a strange young woman who comes from a wealthy family, but she doesn't care about any of that, she wants to be free. When she was a child, she met Liu Xiu and couldn't forget him, even after many years. The two meet again just as Liu Xiu and his brother Bo Sheng are starting a revolution. Li Hua has always wanted to do something to help the people, so she joins them disguised as a man.

I started watching this drama with a completely different idea of ​​how it would be. I really didn't expect it to unfold this way. I thought we would see an epic romance between Li Hua and Liu Xiu, that we would see their love overcome all barriers and always win, but it wasn't like that, mainly because, throughout the drama, both characters disappointed me a lot.

Liu Xiu became too ambitious and took certain actions that I didn’t expect, and Li Hua, who seemed like such an independent woman, clung to Liu Xiu, put her pride aside, and sometimes it was so frustrating that I wanted to hit her and talk some sense into that woman. I understand that she left Liu Xiu so that he could become emperor, that he had a destiny greater than just her, it was her choice, so when she decided to come back and be his concubine, it was the wrong decision. She was the one who did everything and Liu Xiu took the credit, became emperor, and in the process, basically her entire family died.

After Feng Er’s death, I thought that Li Hua would wake up and leave Liu Xiu, but she still forgave him and stayed. He always said that Li Hua was the only one for him, that he married Shang Tong because he had no other option, but during the years shown in the story, Liu Xiu had six children with Shang Tong, which means that he continued to sleep with her after Li Hua returned and no one forced him to do so.

Another problem with the drama is that during these 50 episodes, many years of story were developed, until in the last episodes everything was very rushed, they tried to put too much information in a short space of time and this was very clear. I was disappointed, but the drama is not bad, it has many mistakes, mainly because of the main couple. If the writers had chosen to highlight Li Hua and let her leave Liu Xiu, like what happened in "Goodbye My Princess" and "Fighting For Love", the ending would have been better.

One of the positive points of this drama are the supporting characters like Gong Sun, Ding Rou, Feng Er, Deng Yu, Hu Po and Xing Er, who gave a special touch to the story and were much more captivating than the main characters!

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"Cruel Romance" is a love story between Jing Xiu and Zuo Zhen.

Jing Xiu is a young woman from a small town who comes to Shanghai in search of her sister after her parents' death. One day, she meets a man and helps him escape from a terrible situation. This man is Zuo Zhen, the most powerful man in the city. Everyone is afraid of him, but since Jing Xiu helped him, Zuo Zhen tries to return the favor by helping her when she needs it.

Her sister's name is Ming Zhu, she is married to a rich, older man and does not recognize Jing Xiu as her sister, rejecting the girl whenever she tries to talk to her. Ming Zhu did not marry for love; in fact, the person she likes is Ying Dong, her husband's brother, but she wanted a better life where she didn't have to worry about money, so she chose Han Chuan and abandoned Ying Dong.

The romance between Jing Xiu and Zuo Zhen is sweet, as is the chemistry between them. At first, they fight like children, but since Jing Xiu saved Zuo Zhen a few times, he ends up falling in love with her. The problem is that Jing Xiu doesn't like him that way and Zuo Zhen tries to win her over at all costs. He doesn't understand why she doesn't like him, but Jing Xiu only reciprocates his feelings when she sees that Zuo Zhen really cares about her, that she's not just a property, someone he can use and throw away.

The drama is good, but something that really bothered me was Zhuo Zhen's possessiveness. I didn't like how he treated Jing Xiu sometimes. I know it was his way of showing his feelings, but sometimes it was a bit too much, and on top of that, the only version I could find of this drama is dubbed and the voices were really horrible. HAHAHA'

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"Pump Up The Healthy Love" is a fitness drama.

Mi Ran doesn't have luck with love, she was basically dumped by her boyfriend because of her looks, so she decides to start working out to change her life. The person who helps her is the gym director, Hyeon Joong, a man who is obsessed with fitness and a total weirdo. These two, along with the other gym members, are the main characters in this story.

It was the first drama I watched that focused on a gym and I loved the way they developed this environment, it made it clear that the gym is not just a place for thin or muscular people, that exercising is not just for those who want to lose weight, but to get healthy, that the standard of beauty does not have to be the same for everyone, we are beautiful the way we are, self-love is the first step to healing.

The romance is not really the strong point of this drama. In fact, I didn't care if Mi Ran and Hyeon Joong became a couple or not. I didn't see much chemistry between them, so when they did become a couple, it was cute, but nothing really interesting.

The drama is light, funny and easy to watch, but something that ruined it a bit for me was the way they used CGI in some scenes, especially when it involved Hyeon Joong. Lee Jun Young is a very fit actor, but he doesn't have the body of a bodybuilder, so they just put his head on someone else's body. Why didn't the writers cast a more muscular man or even a real bodybuilder? It would have given the drama more credibility.

Yun Sung Bin's cameo was amazing <3

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"Oh My Venus" is a romantic comedy about Kang Joo Eun. When she was a teenager, Joo Eun was the most popular girl in school, her beauty impressed everyone, she even was nicknamed Daegu Venus, but when she became an adult, she ended up letting her weight increase and before she knew it, it was out of control. One day she meets Young Ho on a plane trip, he saves her and their lives become intertwined from that moment on, as Joo Eun asks Young Ho for help to lose weight and get her old appearance back.

The story is light, fun and easy to watch. The romance between Young Ho and Joo Eun is very cute, it matched the pace of the story very well. I didn't expect anything too passionate because So Ji Sub is not that good at very intense romantic scenes, for the style of the drama he was perfect, since Joo Eun was the more extroverted of the couple.

Soo Jin is an unnecessary character, just like Joo Eun's ex-boyfriend, Woo Shik. The two of them don't really serve the story, especially since watching them become a couple isn't something that interests the viewer.

I liked it because the drama focused a lot on Joon Sung and Ji Woong, Young Ho's two companions, since they became friends with Joo Eun. The romance between Joon Sung and Yi Jin is very cute, it's really hard not to like her and I have to applaud her persistence in trying to make him fall in love. HAHA'

The drama's only mistake was that it didn't show Joo Eun gradually losing weight. She was chubby at the beginning, clearly wearing clothes that were bigger than she should be wearing, but then suddenly in episode 5 she had basically lost all the weight. It seemed like there was no more purpose to her weight loss process from then on, because she had already achieved her goal. That's why I think they should have extended this more and there was also no remarkable moment showing that she managed to lose weight. They decided to follow a more natural path in this part, but honestly I wanted to see a scene focused on this, it was important to the story, even if it is somewhat cliché.

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"Five Children" is a family drama about Mi Jung and Sang Tae and their journey to get married and be happy together.

Mi Jung got divorced because her husband was cheating on her with her friend. The problem is that Mi Jung didn't have the courage to tell her children the truth and lied to them that their father was working abroad. Obviously, they would find out at some point, especially since their father was living with his mistress very close by. Mi Jung wanted to protect her children, while her ex-husband was only concerned about his new wife. The situation with Sang Tae is quite different. His wife passed away, so he has to raise his children alone. The main issue is that Sang Tae has no interest in getting married again, since he lives with his deceased wife's parents, but his parents want him to move on and start his life over. The lives of these two people intertwine and they end up falling in love.

The relationship between Mi Jung and Sang Tae is very beautiful and extremely realistic. It's not a simple love story. They took everything into consideration before deciding to get married, because they knew it would change their children's lives completely. The biggest obstacle was the children, and that was something to be expected. They were friends and at first they even liked the idea of ​​being siblings, but the reality was too much for them. Bin and Soo pretended that they were just hanging out there, they didn't consider it their home, while Woo Young and Woo Ri didn't accept Sang Tae as their father. The situation got so bad that Mi Jung and Sang Tae almost got divorced, but thankfully, in the end everything worked out and they became one big happy family!

In addition to the main couple, we have three other supporting characters. Ho Tae and Soon Young are the most boring couple. Tae Min and Jin Joo are cute, but they can't compare to Yeon Tae and Sang Min, who are amazing together. From the beginning, I knew they were perfect for each other and the story showed that. Sang Min changed so much since meeting Yeon Tae and she became someone more open and expressive because of him. Watching the whole process of Sang Min making Yeon Tae fall in love with him was very entertaining, but nothing beats the scene where he confesses his feelings for her and is rejected almost immediately! HAHAHA'

One of the great positive points of the drama is the way the story dealt with Sang Tae's ex-in-laws. In everything that happened, they would be the ones who would be the most affected, because with Sang Tae getting married again, the children would be raised by another woman and they would lose their place. It was beautiful the way Mi Jung embraced them as part of the family, even when they almost drove her crazy, it clearly showed the beautiful heart she has.

At the time, the drama portrayed a very controversial subject in South Korea: remarriage. Nowadays, this is something common and developed very easily in dramas, but in 2016 it was a bold narrative choice, not only because of the marriage itself, but everything that involves it, especially because of the children. The drama managed to beautifully show that neither surname nor blood makes a family, but rather the love between people and the willpower to continue, despite the obstacles in the way.

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"Café Minamdang " is an investigation drama about a famous fake shaman named Han Joon, who deceives others by saying he has powers, when in reality he has a group of people working for him, finding the information he needs; he is basically a con artist. He seems like a person without any worries in life, but Han Joon hides a secret. Jae Hee is a detective who won't give up on a case until she finds the culprit. They met when Jae Hee was younger and it was Han Joon who made her want to be a police officer, but now he is far from the person in her memories.

In each case, Han Joon and Jae Hee end up getting closer again, since Han Joon is always somehow involved and this has to do with the real reason for all of this. Jae Hee's brother was a friend of Han Joon's and he ended up dying at the hands of a serial killer. Han Joon has been searching for the culprit ever since and Jae Hee joins him to find the killer's identity together.

The comedy is the highlight of the story, even though it is a very caricatured and childish humor, that was what caught my attention the most, especially in the interactions between Han Joon and Jae Hee, their romance ends up taking a back seat.

The revelation that Do Won was the killer came as a surprise, it was one of the few times I didn't guess who the culprit was, maybe because I really liked the character and him being the person who killed Jae Hee's brother would be very cruel, especially considering the friendship she thought they had. His personality change when we find out the truth is impressive, completely different. That fun guy literally becomes a psychopath!

It's a light, fun and easy to watch drama. The soundtrack is amazing, I can't stop singing "Stay Here" <3

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"A Superior Day" is a psychological thriller about Ho Cheol, a firefighter who witnesses a murder. His wife is a police officer, who advises him not to tell anyone about what he saw, for fear of what the killer might do. The problem is that their daughter Soo Ah is kidnapped and Ho Cheol only has 24 hours to discover the identity of the killer, to save his daughter.

There is a big problem in the development of the story. First of all, Tae Jin is a weird character. He is a hitman, who kidnaps Soo Ah so that Ho Cheol can find the so-called "Rich Girl Killer", because this serial killer tarnished his record by killing one of his victims. Is that the ridiculous purpose of this guy?! So the story here is basically two psychopaths who are fighting because they wanted to kill the same person, the big problem is that Shi Woo killed her first and that's what caused all this.

The way they kept throwing Soo Ah, Ho Cheol's daughter, from Tae Jin to Shi Woo and poor Ho Cheol who was looking for her like a fool, didn't make much sense and also what was that "painting" Shi Woo was trying to do with the people he killed? And the worst part was that we had to listen to him calling himself superior, perfect. He even cut off his own hand to complete that ridiculous thing.

Honestly, it would work better as a movie. Yes, the drama only has 8 episodes, but it's like they keep repeating the same thing, over and over again, it gets tiring after a while.
Lee Won Geun didn't work as a psychopathic serial killer, he just seemed crazy to me the whole time, that's all. HAHA'

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"The Secret House" is a drama about Ji Hwan, a young man who loves to help others, and Tae Hyung, a rich and spoiled young man who always tries to harm him because he is jealous. Between them there is Ju Hong, who is in love with Ji Hwan, but who Tae Hyung is in love with, and Tae Hee, Tae Hyung's sister who is secretly in love with Ji Hwan. Complicated, isn't it? It can get worse.

Ji Hwan's life is turned upside down when his mother disappears and his sister Min Young becomes pregnant with Tae Hyung. Min Young abandons the baby and Ji Hwan decides to raise the child as his own. Years pass and Min Young returns, but only as Sol's aunt. She discovers that Tae Hyung is involved in her mother's disappearance and when she goes to question him about it, Tae Hyung kills her to hide the truth.

Sol, Ji Hwan's daughter, becomes ill and Tae Hee uses this opportunity to get what she always wanted. Tae Hee makes an evil scheme, tricking Ji Hwan into saying she will save Sol, just so he will marry her. To save Sol's life, Ji Hwan accepts this proposal and also because he wants revenge against Tae Hyung and his mother. From then on, the story, which was already bad, only gets worse.

Tae Hee kills Ju Hong's father because he witnessed the accident in which Tae Hyung ran over Ji Hwan's mother. Since he was going to tell the truth, Tae Hee killed him. Ju Hong then goes through the same madness as Ji Hwan and agrees to marry Tae Hyung, to get revenge against Tae Hee. It's a bit pathetic that they both make the same plan. Where's the creativity?

Ji Hwan and Tae Hyung discover that they are half-brothers, but later in the story, the truth turns out to be different. Ji Hwan's mother shows up alive, even though Tae Hyung tried to kill her twice. And also Min Young's twin sister who appears out of nowhere. This means that five characters in the drama discover birth secrets: Ji Hwan, Min Young, Sol, Tae Hyung and Tae Hee. I think that's why the drama is called that, everyone in that house has secrets.

This drama wasn't even a disappointment, because from the beginning you could tell it was going to be bad, I only kept watching because I had started. The story seems to just repeat itself, the same subjects being developed over and over again, and there's nothing interesting. Not even the characters captivate your attention, none of them. A total waste of time.

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"Cinderella Game" is a revenge drama about Goo Ha Na, who was adopted as a child by an incredible family, but by a twist of fate her parents end up dying in a car accident while they were going to her piano performance. Ha Na becomes an adult, but she keeps the guilt inside her all this time. She grows up to be a very good person, she even raises the son of her friend from the orphanage who died. This friend is the great catalyst of the story.

Yu Jin is the daughter of Shin Yeo Jin, one day she disappears while playing with her cousin Se Young. The girl loses her memories and ends up in an orphanage where she meets Ha Na. The two become friends. Yu Jin's mother tries to find her for several years, but without success. When she finally finds her daughter's whereabouts, it is to discover that she is dead, but has a son named Eun Chong. Yeo Jin then creates a plan to get her grandson, who is being raised by Ha Na... turn her into her daughter Yu Jin.

This whole plot was kind of stupid in my opinion, because it wouldn't be possible to hide the truth for long and honestly, Ha Na believing it in the first place was really absurd. There were several conflicting facts and she simply decided to ignore it. I think if the story portrayed Ha Na actually finding her biological parents, if Yeo Jin was really her mother, it would have been a much better development.

Besides, what was the point of all the wrong things Yeo Jin did? Ha Na and her family forgave everything in the end and they formed a big happy family. And what about the whole story about their parents' death? She wasn't involved in the accident, but she robbed their factory and when Ji Seok came to her for help, Yeo Jin ignored him. She deceived Ha Na, saying she was her mother, then tried to steal Eun Chong in every possible way, even messing with Ha Na's siblings in the process and seriously, Ha Na agreed to be adopted by her? Where does that make any sense?

Se Young doesn't have the energy of a villain, she's actually a pretty pathetic character and Park Riwon's acting is very weak.

The romance is terrible, for lack of another word. Ha Na and Jin Goo have no chemistry at all on screen, in fact I was rooting much more for her and Ji Seok to become a couple... Just to have a comparison, I preferred her with her brother, at least it would be more interesting and also since the two are not biological siblings, it wouldn't be anything too shocking.

There's no revenge whatsoever in this drama, if that's what you're expecting, choose something else to watch. Ha Na is a disappointing character, when she returns after finding out the truth about her parents' death, I thought we'd see someone else, but she fools you for a few episodes and then comes back with that submissive personality. It's a waste of time and since it has 101 episodes, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

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"Brocade Odyssey" is a drama about Ji Ying Ying, a young woman who is independent and doesn't care much about other people's opinions. She works with embroidery and dyeing clothes, following her father's tradition and trying to clear his name of the crime he didn't commit and that caused his death. One day she meets Jing Lan, an officer who instantly takes an interest in her and helps Ying Ying in all the difficulties that come her way.

Ying Ying has someone she has liked since she was a child and that person is Xiu Yang, the two are promised to get married, but fate interferes and Xiu Yang ends up marrying someone else to protect Ying Ying... the problem is that after that he becomes a completely different person, there was no way to continue rooting for him after that, but at least in the end he found redemption for everything he had done, helping Ying Ying and the others come back home after being kidnapped by Prince Bai.

The relationship between Ying Ying and Jing Lan is cute and captivating. It takes a while for them to become a couple, but the way it happens is quite remarkable, with Jing Lan stealing Ying Ying and marrying her instead of his brother. After that, the two have some good scenes, their romance is cute, but not impressive.

What ends up being most captivating about the drama is not the romance, but rather Ji Ying Ying's journey in the brocade market, breaking new ground and becoming an example, a woman who owns a business. The big problem is that the story drags on after episode 30. I think if the drama had fewer episodes, it would have been better, because it ended up getting tiring after that.

The soundtrack is very good, specially "Red" by Mao Buy.

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"The Queen Who Crowns" is a version of Lee Bang Won's story in which Won Kyung is the protagonist, showing how she was essential in making him king.

Lady Min, later Queen Won Kyung is a strong, independent and inspiring woman, she could have been anything she wanted in this life, but her biggest problem was falling in love with Lee Bang Won and being used by him, since that's what happened after all. Without the power of her family and all of Won Kyung's support and strategies, Bang Won would never have succeeded, she was the one who basically gave him the throne and when they finally are in power, Bang Won realizes how inferior he is compared to her and begins to do everything he can to destroy Won Kyung's family and take away the power they had.

Since the drama is inspired by a true story, I think that in this version they could have changed what happens, followed a bolder development and there were some moments I even thought they would do that, with Won Kyung deciding to take power and remove her husband from the throne like in "Queen Woo" or even something similar to "Ruyi's Royal Love In The Palace", where she decided to leave and no longer endure all this humiliation and torture. How much can someone endure? Just because she wanted to help her husband become king, Won Kyung basically lost her entire family... This was all because she failed to understand Bang Won's intentions from the beginning, he would never share power with her. Everything he managed to achieve was with her help, so I would have liked to have seen how he reigned alone, without anyone by his side, which was exactly what he wanted so much.

Lee Hyun Wook's acting is very good, mainly because he managed to show us a side of Lee Bang Won that I hadn't seen before: being a coward, someone who is afraid of his own wife and what she can achieve without him. Everything Bang Won did was out of fear, instead of trusting his wife, he preferred to destroy her. Instead of ruling with her, Bang Won turns her into a subordinate.
But I have to say that the last scene is breathtaking, it's hard to find words to describe it. Won Kyung's expression as she watches her son dance for her, completely at peace, and Bang Won's sad look in the palace, as if he had understood that she would not return. The drama had its mistakes, yes, but with this scene alone, it managed to win me over again at the last second, simply spectacular.

This is a crueler version of the story and perhaps more realistic than the others, but I still like "The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won" better.

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"Blow Breeze" is a drama about the relationship between Mi Poong and Jang Go, a North Korean woman and a South Korean man. They met when they were children and Mi Poong's name was Seung Hee at the time. Her family was financially well off, but the situation changed and they ended up returning to North Korea.

Years passed, Seung Hee had to flee with her family, seeking asylum in South Korea, taking the name Mi Poong and starting a new life. Mi Poong and her family go through many difficulties trying to survive in a place they don't know, with people who treat them badly because they are from the North. She ends up meeting Jang Go again, who has become a lawyer and helps Mi Poong and her family.

The two fall in love and it was more than clear that their life would not be easy with Jang Go's mother always in the way. Mi Poong and Jang Go get married, but it doesn't last long. No one could handle going through all that, the constant humiliation, as if she were superior to them. It was obvious that it would culminate in their divorce, even though Jang Go begged Mi Poong not to leave him. I felt sorry for him at that moment, because Jang Go wasn't to blame for what his mother did, but Mi Poong didn't have to keep quiet either.

Shin Ae is the villain of the story, but at the same time I couldn't hate her completely. She stole, deceived Mi Poong's grandfather and stole her place, but if we look at it from Shin Ae's perspective, she did all of that to survive. After all, she ended up paying for her crimes.

The drama has 53 episodes, but the story is never drawn out or tiring. The romance is light and cute and watching Mi Poong's journey made for a great story. If I had to point out something, it would be that I wish Mi Poong had asserted herself more with Jang Go's mother. I didn't like how she put up with all that, like a victim. I would have liked to have seen her learning to defend herself and not depend solely on Jang Go.

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"Adamas" is a mystery drama about a murder that was covered up by money and power.

Twin brothers Soo Hyun and Woo Shin lost their father when they were children and it left an irreversible mark on them. Woo Shin became a writer and Soo Hyun a prosecutor. One day, Woo Shin receives an invitation to be the ghostwriter for the owner of the Haesong conglomerate. Woo Shin then enters this strange house, but he has a hidden plan when he makes this choice. He wants to find his father's real killer and he knows that Adamas, the symbol of the Haesong group, was the murder weapon. He enters the house with the purpose of discovering the truth.

The entire family is corrupt, even the employees in the house do not care about committing crimes, using the excuse that they are just doing their jobs. Woo Shin discovers that the head of security is an undercover agent who is looking for evidence that can reveal Kwon Jae Kyu's crimes, so the two begin to work together. Outside the house, Soo Hyun joins journalist Seo Hee, looking for clues that could reveal the truth, since Seo Hee was a witness to their father's murder.

After all, everything about Woo Shin's arrival at the house was a plan made by Kwon Jae Kyu, to use him and find the whereabouts of the real Adamas, since the object he had was a fake and the real one was in the possession of Lee Chang Woo, Woo Shin and Soo Hyun's biological father. I have to say that Lee Chang Woo wasn't even close to being a good father, how did he hide the Adamas inside the toy he gave to Soo Hyun? It's okay that he never told the truth, but leaving that object with his children wasn't a gift, it was giving them a target.

The development of the drama is good, the story holds your attention and you end up creating an interest in seeing the truth being revealed, in finding out who killed Min Joo, if the maid's son was really killed to get the heart for the chairman, who killed Soo Hyun and Woo Shin's father... and we receive answers to basically all these questions and even a well-deserved revenge on the part of the maid, who killed the chairman to avenge the death of her son, I just think that the issue of the death of the twins' father ended up taking a back seat, they should have given it a focus, but overall it's a good drama.

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"Make A Woman Cry" is a drama that follows the life of Deok In, a woman with a strong will who can't let injustice go by. As a former police officer, it's in her blood. She defends the weak, especially teenagers who are bullied. Deok In does this because her son was bullied and ended up committing suicide because of it, so this is her way of dealing with the loss, helping others who are going through the same thing.

One day she meets Jin Woo, a teacher who has a good heart and always helps others, much like her. The two end up creating a bond, but Deok In discovers that Jin Woo is the brother of the woman who is dating her husband. This creates an obstacle between them, but Jin Woo was willing to do anything to win Deok In's heart, since she deserved much more than that cheating husband.

But that wasn't the only problem the couple had to face, as something much worse was yet to come, the big shocking twist of the story: Yoon Seo, Jin Woo's son, was the person who bullied Deok In's son and made him kill himself.

The moment Deok In discovers the truth, how completely devastated and heartbroken she was, this scene is very impactful. Her telling Jin Woo how he had the audacity to want to marry her, knowing that his son killed hers, was a mixture of anger and pain. Then we see Jin Woo begging for forgiveness together with Yoon Seo, it was something necessary, to try to lessen Deok In's pain.

I found it incredible how Deok In had the kindness in her heart to forgive Yoon Seo for what he did and still help him in every possible way to start his life over.

This drama really surprised me, it captivates you instantly, mainly because of Kim Jung Eun.
Deok In is an incredible character, a strong, independent woman who still helps teenagers follow the right path. The biggest problem is that from episode 30 onward, the story starts to get drawn out and repetitive, the quality of the drama has deteriorated a lot, they should have shortened everything and ended it with fewer episodes, but at least the ending was great, they closed all the loose ends and Yoon Seo finally became a better person... I just wish I had heard him call her mother, I think it would be a beautiful way to end their story, how their relationship changed from the beginning.

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"Bravo, My Life" is a family drama about Dong Hee, a young woman whose life is completely transformed when her brother dies in a car accident and on the same day her grandmother also dies, leaving her alone in the world to raise her nephew.

Dong Hee is a fantastic character, not just anyone would become a mother like she did. It's true that Him Chan is her nephew, but Dong Hee endured all the obstacles, prejudice and difficulties of raising him as a single mother, she never told the truth to anyone and that is an incredible attitude. The scene where Him Chan finds out the truth, Dong Hee's expression was impressive, the pain she was feeling seeing her son heartbroken and she even lied that Seung Joo didn't abandon him, just so that Him Chan wouldn't be hurt again. Now that's a real mother.

The romance between Dong Hee and Cha Yeol is so cute, the two are a great match and the connection that Cha Yeol had with Him Chan made everything even more beautiful, since they instantly became a family. They went through a lot of problems, especially when Dong Hee found out that Cha Yeol was involved in her brother's accident. I really thought that maybe she would never forgive him, since even though he wanted to help, Cha Yeol left her brother to die. After all, she realized that Cha Yeol and Sung Wook regretted what happened and lived with the guilt of what they did.

Seung Joo didn't seem bad at first, just a woman who made the wrong decision to abandon her son for her career, but over time we realize her true colors, she's a real bitch. She used Him Chan as a reason to almost get Dong Hee fired, just because she wanted to keep her away from Cha Yeol. Then she decided that she wanted Him Chan back just because she's sterile and she won't be able to have any more children.

A simply adorable drama, a delight to watch. It reminded me a lot of "Person Who Gives Happiness" and "Jang Bo Ri Is Here".

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