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Not bad but its not that great
As I have given the title for this review, I feel the same about all the aspects of this drama. Story, characters, music overall is good but it could have been much better given that the drama has great casting and great premise.I have to agree that the drama lives upto its name, we have "eat, love and kill" well connected to each other with the supernatural phenomenon between male lead and female lead. 2 episodes into the drama and and we have the whole setup. Neighborhood where everyone is very suspicious regarding past and present events. Each characters are introduced very carefully and every character is a piece in the puzzle of knowing what happened in the past and what is happening in the present timing.
So with this great setup I did enjoy the overall thriller, romance and the dark comedy tone of the drama. My only problem is after 10th episode story becomes draggy and things become repetitive. They will spend the whole episode to reveal only one thing about the mystery and it is not a big reveal as we can pretty much guess it watching the episode. Female lead and Male lead do look great together and their acting is great but somehow their romance feels more scripted. Honestly at the end I was just there to see the end and literally did not care about whether they really end up together or not. Similarly the side characters are also great but the interactions between characters does not have that charm.
I would like to mention that we do have exception where the side characters do shine. I loved the Grandmother, mother, daughter trio . The bickering at the breakfast table where the conversation varies from food, nagging related to job hunting to the problems related to murder is hilarious. I enjoyed every scene between these 3 women. The emotions, comedy, fears and the unconditional love they have for each other really stands in each scene thanks to great acting. Also we are in for a good surprise at the end regarding grandmother and mother apart from all the other mystery. Did not see that coming.
All and all it is a good one time watch drama.
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All time favourite drama
Honestly I am kind of late to write this review given long time has passed since I finished this drama. But I have re-watched this classic drama many times because even before I fell in love with korean dramas, this was the first drama that I adored. I personally like the Korean dramas more than Taiwanese dramas, However in this case Taiwanese version surpasses all the other versions.One sided crush of the female lead ,Yuan Xiang Qin, is sometimes intriguing to watch, sometimes it is heartbreaking to watch, sometimes its absolutely cute and sometimes you kind of hate the main lead Jiang Zhi Shu for not expressing his feelings clearly.
Though you do understand the struggle of male lead expressing his feelings emotionally. You can consider this opposite attracts because female lead is not that intelligent academically and male lead is kind of dumb when it comes to the emotions. Actually they both are at this extreme end at the intellectual level and emotional level, that their interactions are fun to watch. Side characters also shine in their own way wheather they are friends of female lead, family of male and female lead, or the second male lead and second female lead. After the female lead's and male lead's life intersect with each other as their parents are friends and they start living together due to earthquake, we get to see this slow burning romance between them as they live their daily lives.
This dram is sweet balance of comedy and emotional scenes. You care about each and every character. The whole drama consists of short stories as the characters start entering the leads life and these side character also have their own stories.
Without giving any spoilers, this drama is definitely a must watch.
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Lighthearted fun drama
I started this drama because I feel korean dramas always have fresh take on school/university genre.Though it may get repetitive from drama to drama, the execution does feel different in this case.
We know who our three couples are so no heartbreaks over the end game. The love triangle is also pretty much straight forward. Our main female lead wants to start her first love with the handsome, rich, polite sunbae(senior) and female lead's long time male best friend is not so much on board with this idea. Its a delight to watch Ma Joo Ah and Cha Min Ho bickering with each other, supporting each other, pushing each other in the right direction, consoling each other and getting aware about the romantic feelings for each other. We are also introduced with the other 2 couples, though the romance with the other 2 couples does seems scripted at some point. They do not shine as much as our main couple. However these 6 characters interacting with each other as friends, roomates in the background of university life is portrayed very beautifully.
And in all this mix of romantic feelings we have mystery regarding dear m. I personally found this mystery very unpredictable as you suspect every character to be this mysterious post writer and in the end you will still be surprised. Every student in this drama including the side characters have their own story and own struggles. So I liked the overall message that no matter what your family will always support you and your friends will always cheer for you.
Personally this drama does make you feel nostalgic about you own collage/school days where exams, assignments, mid terms, friends, study rooms, classrooms, collage festivals, first love, first heartbreak does seems like your whole world.
P. S. Thought I am familiar with students not being prepared for the exam or preparing for the wrong subject, forgetting that you finished that subject's exam and asking cheat notes for that subject to teacher makes me feel I was way too sincere in my college days. LOL. You may or may not guess who dear m is but 2 episodes into this drama and you will definitely guess who this unprepared character is.
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Wonderful Musical Fun Drama
I feel like this should have been the 24 episodes full fledge drama as season 2 is the proper ending we hoped for our five friends. But no complaints over here as I watched this drama when the season 2 started so did not have to wait for another season.I will talk about the drama for both of the seasons.
It is such a joy when you watch a drama that is perfect in every aspect. Story, characters, music all perfectly blending together. And when you combine this with great acting then that is a guaranteed masterpiece. Though this does not have a specific plot, it tells short heartfelt stories of patients, doctors and overall characters involved with the hospital.
We get to see different interactions like doctor-patient, professor-residents, patient and intern, intern- residents, residents-residents and the list continues. But the memorable once are with the doctor giving great consultations to the patient. Wheather the doctor telling the mother that is it is equally important to take good care of her own health along with the baby during pregnancy, because even if the baby is safe but does not have the mother ,then that is more sad , or the doctor giving an earful to his patient that though the technology is now advanced that the multiple times liver transplant is possible, it should not be take for granted and ignore all the precautions those need to be taken to avoid the transplant in the first place. These are just some of the examples of the great short stories told.
Apart from patients, the interns related stories and song for the theme really stays with you because we get to see how clueless the interns are and how everyone like residents, professors become nostalgic when they remember their intern days. Though they seem more knowledgeable now but they also made some silly mistakes back in their freshman days. All and all we have great balance between comedy and the overall greater life learning message they want to convey throughout the series.
And we cannot miss the romantic angles,as in season 2 some of them started dating, some are going through breakup, some has started walking down the road of becoming a couple and some still do not want to leave their friendship comfort zone but romantic feelings can't stay hidden. Not revealing any names to avoid spoilers, but all and all we have total relationship drama.
This drama is wonderful due to it's strongest cast. Each one has perfectly portrayed their characters. Jo Jung Suk, Yoo Yeon Seok, Jung Kyung Ho delivers great performances as usual. This was the first work I watched for Jeon Mi Do and found her performance wonderful. Again have not watched any work of Kim Dae Myung so I was gladly surprised by his performance. His character really grows on you though it is seems dull at start and character's love story is extremely cute.
I have to admit that the most thing I am going to miss is the friendship between these 5 doctors and the meaningful songs per episode. Their interactions are extreme delight to watch. The vibe of friendship is very similar to reply 1988.
P.S. if you liked reply 1988 then you will definitely like this one and if you like this drama definately recommend reply 1988.
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Extraordinarily Refreshing drama
I am not giving this drama 10 yet because I am still watching it. If it continues the way it is now, it definately has potential of being a 10I am glad that they have made this drama totally about the female lead. It is a story about her and how everyone sees her. As far as I am concerned as a viewer, I absolutely loved her, Right from her obsession about whales , OCD type behavior where she does not have clue that everyone has to wait while she counts before entering the room, how she really tries hard to understand people like its an assignment but aware about the fact that she has limitations due to her autism.
Why we call her extraordinary because she is extremely intelligent whether it is thinking out of the box and noticing important things even it is related to emotions, but at the same type she struggles to do the mundane things like going through a revolving door which other people find easy. The cases shown are really light and mostly emphasis on the journey of the female lead to become an attorney.
For this journey, Female lead has this strong support system, doting father who literally sacrificed everything for her, friends who always look after her , boss who may seem sceptical at first but with time really thinks that she is part of the team and of course our kind hearted Male lead who I think is as innocent as the female lead. The main couple is extremely adorable together and they are together for the sole reason of liking each other's company. There is no external factor or any fate involved or any opposite attracts kind of a situation. They just get each other. Of course the autism has its own challenges for both female and male lead but they just waltz through the situation naturally and literally.
Park Eun Bin is just nailing this character. After the drama ,Run on ,I was really excited to see Kang Tae Oh in the male lead role and he lives upto the expectation. Kang Ki Young really shines in any character he plays .Ha Yoon Kyung is becoming one of the favorite actress after dramas like hospital playlist ,she would never know and now this one . If you are kdrama geek like me you will be surprised with the guest appearances throughout the cases.
All and all if you want to watch something fun and lighthearted drama, go for it.
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