Julian
Its about high school student Gu Hai (the pursuer) and bai Luo Yin (silent type) who dislike each other since the first day they met at high school . Along the way they become best friends and love happened between them.
Why it so good?
1. The writer of this drama managed to adapted very well from his own web novel ( his web novel is more violence, dramatic and sometimes dragging) into a tight fast pace drama with few comedic scenes in between.
2. Both male lead amazing chemistry that make this drama work so well. Its hard to believe that Xu Wei Zhou (BLY) and Huang Ji Yu (GH) are newcomer actors. Bravo for them. Excellent acting. Their love story flow very natural and could really happen in real life. You can feel the bond between them are so strong and they truly care for each other although they bickered all the time.
3. The story of highschool students with all their problem, pranks, jokes and love relatiionship had been told very well here. Sad that couple of censored part (the kiss scene) really make the story hanging at few scenes.
4. The music in the darma is quite good and not overpowering. After the drama end, they release official MV that was so great, you need to watch it on Youtube. It called Walk Slowly. (better with English sub) and sing by Xu Wei Zhou. The MV had 2 versions. First is the version with BLY and GH mini story. They are 18 now at the MV. (they are 17 at the series) Second version MV is about their friends You Qi and Yang Meng. The meaning of the song is very touching.
5. Rewatch value is very good. Cause its only 15 episode with 25 minutes each episode.
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Dark Romance Comedy with very flawed ML.
The comedy aspect was good. Lots of hilarious scenes thru out the series.The story was about ML who had lots of issues, parents issues, commitment issues. He met the FL when he at one of the low point at his life. They dated and even get rings together, but ML had commitment issues so as a jerk bastard he break up with FL with bunch of BS and insult the FL too.
Three years later, he find out he will had 3 months to live. By chance ( so many fate meeting in this series) he also find out that his ex (FL) will marry rich guy and she cannot carry a child.
He will.go road trip to try to find his real father (there are few candidates). So as a very selfish and narcissistic person, he go to the FL wedding, threatened her to come with him and then kidnapped her.
This when all hell loose break. They are being chased by a gang (from ML last job) and also the FL husband to be , SML.
Making it short, ML and FL deserved each other. Yes, ML is a HOT bastard . Who only thing what fun and best for him. What important for him. But even after being dumped by the ML years ago, although she had a very good fiancee, she crave the ML from head to toe. Even sometimes she beimg treated like crap again. But she willingly accepted the ML even she know he is so f-ing flaw and so selfish and will die soon. Yep, just because he is young and HOT and SML is not hot and young.
SML had to thank his lucky star he did not marry the FL. He deserved someone that truly love him and not abandoned him the very first chance she had.
The only character with real growth is SML. He was a Mama boy that obey his Mom before all this bride kidnapping happened. But because of his love for FL, he defied his Mom, runaway from home to save FL ( who does not wanted to be save in reality) At the end of the journey, he become more independent and more confident.
The story also show very long journey of ML try finding his real father with no avail. The writer should write more about the ML and the father that raise him till teenager relationship. But it never happen. They just getting back together as father and son just like that at end of ep 10.
The moral of the story: All people deserved love. Even with two flaw characters like ML and FL.
Lots of angsty and miscommunication and flaw plots. At least it was quick pace, good acting, quite funny here and there. The chemistry was good too with all actors.
Its entertaining watch because it only had 10 eps. Good but not my fav.
7 out of 10.
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A Revenge Drama that turn into Bad Melodrama
If you are not a hardcore fans of the ML or FL, my advice is skip this drama. The first 5 episodes were well written. After that, the writer try to strecth the thin scenarios into 32 eps. It was so bad that I watch it while doing others thing including writing few comments here.This drama will be better with 20 or less episodes. So much filler . The story only had one arc and it should end after ep 24.
From eps 20 to the end, the editing staffs keep giving us so many flashbacks scenes from earlier episodes. Meaning they did it to add more time filler to the show.
The ML from bad ass prince become love sick prince and most of the series almost get killed a lot of time. Lots of drunk scenes and crying scenes to fill up the episodes.
The FL supposed to be a great spy and deadly assasin. But thru out the series, she did not do a lot of spying, her kungfu is mediocre and injured so many times till the end.
Others characters not very engaging. You see this kind of characters thousand times in other dramas.
Overall 6.5 out of 10. (At least the costumes , makeup and setting was good)
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A Warm Hearted Comedy Drama that try too hard
The comedy drama started strong with unique premise. Veteran actors became detective in small island with the help of talking dong Sophie.Earlier cases were good, fast pace , with a sprinkle of the characters friendship and life.
But soon the writer try to throw every story ideas that she/he can think of.
The cases become shorter and sloppier and so much easier to solve. They even made accidental death by animal in one of the case. The murders confess so easily or easily caught.
The relationship.become much complicated with Makjang story lines.
The love interest between Soon Jae son and Dong Gun daughter dominates the romance department and very unnecessary to strech it too long. One of the weakest point of this drama.
The relationship between the female cop and the cafe worker just go nowhere and dissappear at ep 8 or 9? And appear again fpr 1-2 minutes at end of ep 12.
Overall the chemistry and friendship of the veteran actors shine the brightest here. The boy that appear randomly helping the elder was not bad. But he dissapear like magic near end of series.
7,5 out of 10. Could be much better.
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One of the best Kdrama of 2024
One of the best kdrama of 2024.The cases are pretty solid though few of them are predictable specially the last case.
But what made this drama very good is the chemistry and bonded friendship between these misfit policemen and policewoman. One not very social leader and four crime division members that not that good solving cases at first. But they all had good intention to uphold law and catch the bad guys.
The comedy here are top notch. Lots of parodies here and there.
The pacing of this drama was very good. So many kdramas and jdrama and cdramas had amazing start but boring in the middle and rush ending. But not this one. It had Good start, better in middle and suprisingly long and good ending.
If you like police stories solving crime and bonded together, with sprinkle of laughter here and there, this is for you.
8.5 out of 10
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8 out of 10.
The plot is not realistic. All happened beacuse of simple misunderstanding that only happened on romance drama in the 80s. The characters are too many with lots of side stories for a 4 episodes drama. If this was a 10 episodes drama, it will be much better.
The story about a man died in a car accident after been told by his boyfriend (his senior from that he will married a girl. Luckily he been given a second chance and gone back 10 years when he was 19 and had not met his boyfriend. THis time he will do what it takes to not fall for his boyfriend. But can he resist the temptation?
Though the story is mediocre but the biggest plus on this series are the skinship and the kissing scenes. There are so many many many of that and more. In fact I am pretty sure this only 4 episodes drama had the most kissing scenes from any other Asia drama that ever produced. BL or non BL. Hot. hot. hot.
The chemistry of the two main actors were off the roof.
So don't watch this drama with your parents or friends that are not comfortable with lots of skinship and kissing scenes. hehehehe
The 2 songs from this series were very good and set the mood for the drama perfectly.
Rewatch value is 9. Cause its only had 4 episodes with only less than 20 mins per episodes.
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