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I found this to be a pretty average drama. Did not hate it, did not love it. I wonder what that smile at the end meant. And this could be a spoiler but I will try not to give too much away.
Was it a "I forgive you" kind of smile or a "as soon as we are alone you’re getting a good beating until I feel less angry and then I might forgive you" kind of smile?

(I am not marking this as a spoiler as the summary gives away the plot and we all knew from episode 1 that this was going to happen sooner or later)

6/10

The start was slow and boring. But I don’t think only watching 1 or 2 episodes is enough to judge if a drama will be good or bad so I just kept watching. And in fact, soon after, there was one episode that was better and that I found interesting, not sure which one but it was in the beginning so it might have been somewhere between eps 2-5. BUT, right after that the drama became draggy and boring again and it kept being like that most of the time right until the end. There were some funny moments and some romantic scenes (very few) that I liked, but they were just not enough to compensate for the nothingness of everything else.

The romance, compared to most dramas, was so little that it was a side plot and they tried to compensate for that in the last 10 minutes of the last episode, but it just did not work. It felt rushed and unnatural and the only redeeming part was the funny way it ended.

Another thing is that the character Bae Ya Chae had a complete change of behaviour near the end that did not match her selfish, jealous and controlling personality and that felt rushed and done only for the plots sake.

Overall, I felt like there was just not much happening and I could not even remember any of the characters names aside from the main leads, which I could only remembered because hey, it’s Ahn Dan Te. (whoever watched Beautiful Gong Shim will understand)
And the fact I could not even remember the characters names says a lot about how much of an impression this drama left...not much as you can imagine.

So yeah, this was pretty disappointing and I am sure I will never re-watch it unless I forget about it and start watching it by mistake thinking that I never watched it, which might happen since this left such a weak impression...but that is why I use MDL, so I can keep track of these things. Lol

The movie itself is the definition of friend zone. I won’t say more as to not spoil it but there is a lot of waiting and friend zoning. To me the ending did not feel satisfying, probably for that same reason. But I guess it is not a bad movie, I have seen worse.

Thank you. You should probably mark it as spoiler so its not taken down for some reason. And for whoever reads this, subs English-1 seem out of sync but option 2 seems ok but I only watched like 30 secs so I am not sure.

Since the first time I came across this it reminded me of W: Two Worlds because of the manga concept and a real person entering the manga. I still prefer W over this one but this was unique itself and the story and feeling were completely different and I still enjoyed it. I did not feel bored or feel that it was dragging like a lot of other chinese dramas.

I liked the relationship between the main leads, the character growth of the female lead, the comedic scenes and the music. I just though at times the pace or focus of the story felt a little unnatural and although I liked the music, I though too much time was reserved for it. If I try to imagine a thai musical drama, then this is it. But overall there were more positive things than negative and I will probably re-watch it some time in the future.

Yeah, I never said she was a bad person and I was quite surprised she voted for the FL, but I think it was partially because she did not even see her as a rival. She was so convinced she was just a "substitute" and that the ML lead only liked the FL because of the similarities between them. And although she redeemed herself later, she did insistently go after the ML, she gave the FL the tickets to her concert hoping to reveal the relationship she had with the ML and she even met her in private to rub on her face their past and indirectly say: "our love is stronger than everything, he will never love you as much as he loved me, so it’s better for you to step away so we can get back together".

I found her behaviour in those occasions unfair to herself, the ML and the FL and although I can understand the way she felt, she was being pretty selfish.

Since she redeemed herself after, I did not hate her character, but I have no doubt that her existence in the plot was only to create conflict and drag the story. I would have rather have less episodes and less drama.

Well, I would not say she is a bad person, she just did not play fair. I did not hate her but I kind of disliked her and think her character was not necessary. If she never came back, this would have been at least 5 episodes shorter.

Yeah, in terms of gaming, this one was more detailed, but go go squid beats it in everything else. I think they based this one on LoL (League of Legends). The objectives of the game, characters, technical terms used by players and commentators, moves and strategies, all reminded me of it and they even had a team that was literally called Legends.

Yeah, there were a lot of things that were not explained and that did not make any sense. Other than that, the drama stands out for being different. It is not some recycled plot from so many other dramas.

I did not dislike it but since I recently finished watching go go squid, which has a similar theme, I cannot avoid comparing them and for most part, gank your heart is behind go go squid. I found it to be a longer and slower, less interesting, more complicated and dramatic version of go go squid. But the main thing is that I completely shipped the main couple of go go squid and could not stop grinning while watching the romantic scenes, while here I wanted them to get together but honestly if he went back to his ex and she started dating her colleague, I’m sure you know who I am talking about if you have already watched it, I would not even be that bothered. Of course I prefer for the main leads to end together, but I was so detached from them that I did not really care. I just wanted it to end because I was getting tired of watching it. I think 35 episodes was way too long for this kind of plot, and the romance was also slower than I expected.

Overall, I think this was not memorable, and if later I feel like watching a drama around the gaming theme, this will definitely not be my pick.

I know. The mix of traditional chinese music with modern beats is so catchy. I can legit play the song in my head without even listening to it. XD

Unfortunately, because of an idiot who left a rude comment, this is on hold without prevision of starting. I have been waiting months for this one but Neko decided to give priority to 3 new projects instead of this one. I was a little sad but since she does this for free I know I don’t have the right to complain or demand anything so I just enjoy the dramas she is subbing at the moment while waiting for this one patiently. Then some idiot left a rude and brainless comment and Neko decided to put this on-hold indefinitely. T T

Am I the only one who thinks the opening song is pretty cool? I don’t know why but the flute, the modern beat and what I think is the female lead’s voice all together sounds pretty good. Lol

Exactly. And I watched the trailer after reading the comment after yours saying this started well and is not going the cliché way. Watching the trailer I don’t even feel like giving this a try, not because it revealed the whole plot, but because what it showed was nothing but clichés. I detected so many that I completely lost any interest I had in watching this. T T

Exactly. If they were going to invest so much in the relationship between Song Yi and Do Hyun, I would rather have her stay with him and just be good friends with the male lead, kind of like brother and sister, and then the male lead finding someone else, because his ex was just not a good choice.

I liked the beginning but then I kept seeing these small things that did not make much sense, I would not call them plot holes, but maybe stupidity. The ending was predictable and a below average episode compared to all the others. Joo Hae Ra was a character I found interesting because from the beginning almost until the end I was not sure if she would be someone who would be there to help or to make things worse. The second male lead did the best in terms of acting. His character was horrible and he played it perfectly.

I agree with everything you said. That is why I was not angry at the way it ended even if it was super predictable. What bothered me is that like someone else said, most of the drama Song Yi and Do Hyun were together as a couple and then right at the end they break up and she starts dating the main lead. I was already way too invested so I could not be completely happy when she finally realised her feelings and got together with the main lead. I wish they had done it earlier. It felt too rushed and we did not get to enjoy the main leads as a couple that much.

90% of the 2 seasons was Song Yi and Do Hyun investing on their relationship, so much that I started investing on their relationship too even if I felt a little bitter for the main lead who was clearly always in love with her. But to me, at first, it seemed like yes, she liked him at some point, but she got over him and is truly in love with Do Hyun. And to be honest, I liked seeing them together. I wanted their relationship to work. And in the end he got the typical second male lead ending, he did not get the girl. As much as I don’t hate the ending or seeing the main leads together, I just could not feel as happy for them as I have felt for main couples in other dramas.

So, I did not like it as much as the first season, but I did not dislike it either. The second season went EXACTLY as I thought it would and was very predictable. I am not exactly angry at the way it ended, it just was not as fun to watch because I already knew what was going to happen.

If there is something that bothered me a little was the fact that...