I will start by saying that Majo no Jouken is not for everyone. The content/topic of older school teacher and student is not an easy topic to begin with but for being open minded you could enjoy it. If the roles were reversed (older male teacher younger student) would this be OK? Would it have made a difference if they were college age vs. high school? All factors that I think would possible change your opinions on the subject and mine. I'm sure it happens often in society and in the world we see it on the news ever so often. Now I will judge this solely on this situation. I did enjoy the story and the topic. At first it was a little hard to think that this high school teacher could fall in love with her younger student and not automatically thing it perverse but I found myself cheering for them and hoping that they would just hurry up and get older esp. the student. I think the student filled a void in her life and so the attraction began. It's not fast pace but I think every episode was necessary in order to tell the story correctly. At the end of the drama, I was kinda sad for them and yet I was hopeful also. I think it's a good story to watch if you can move past the teacher/student thing. Lots of other things happened in the drama that were important as well, abuse, jealousy etc. still a good story and worth watching. Cast was great as well.

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I think this is one of those films that comes along that leaves you in aww. It was beautiful, crazy, disturbing, sad and uplifting, hopeful and yet interesting. The Boat house family (that's what I will call them) were all great. The leads were very talented and even the supporting cast were great. They all played such a vital role. The situation between the family and the son were so sad, the father was just pathetic, the mother was no better. The sad part is that this type of family exists all over world and doesn't even require a script. The girl's (Chazawa) determination was great, I think Sumida definitely needed her. I guess you can say he was clouded by his surroundings, parents negativity, abuse etc. and he needed to be cleansed of everything in order to break free and start new. He needed support and needed the right people around him who wouldn't give up. It was a great story, nicely told and I think the ending fit the story. I love fairy tale endings but this ending was realistic for the story.

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I enjoyed watching "The Eccentric Daughter-in-Law". It was cute and playful. The character In-Young was cute and fun and I enjoyed watching her role. The character Cha Myeong Seok was cute and did his best to be super geek chic. (it just looked like the location and filming time was super hot, he just looked like he was sweating buckets half the time) poor thing :-( but I still enjoyed both there characters. I wanted to see them together and succeed. As usual in this industry when you are down it seems people stomp on you and when you are back up then everyone thinks you are awesome. As usual introduce crazy, self absorbed mother in law. Both were kinda self absorbed, crazy and only out to hold their kids hands FOREVER. But Jang Mi Hee (Jun Su's mother) was out of control. Over the top out of control. Her son's character was a total mamma's boy and selfish. Was this show the greatest not really but it wasn't bad either. Would have loved more of a great ending. Was it bad? No, could have been more awesome but it surely wasn't terrible either. In the end, we made in thru and at only 12 episodes it was an easy watch. I watched, I enjoyed & I moved on. I'm not expecting too much here, I don't expect to watch performances for Awards on best drama of the year etc. It's fun, it had it's moments and some were better than others. still enjoyable and fun to watch.

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I will say I did loose some sleep on this one. Loved Lian's and loved Loved the character that Ivy Chen played. She was all types of comical craziness and cuteness. I think she blossomed and I was never bored watching her. I loved the story but I was not thrilled with the ending. I wanted more, it was like having the main courses and loving it and getting no dessert at the end not even a small dessert. I wish we could have seen more Dung He Lian & Gong Xi time or adding more fuel to the fire of tossing in Bu Puo Shang into the mix to stir them up well at least stir up Dung He Lian feelings for Gong Xi. I feel like another episode of the three of them working together could have done this. At the end at least Bu Puo Shang stated his intentions but I didn't get that from Lian's character. We touched on his family but just the surface of it and clearly there was story there. I had more unanswered questions about the families of Shang & Gong Xi. The CEO was hysterical, and loved how everyone played off of each other. But Gong Xi in her craziness was hysterical to watch. I even wanted to see the MV created, know a little more about Gong Xi blossoming career even Qin's career. The music in the series was also nice. I still liked it but it did leave me disappointed. Not even a kiss, well only in imagination and not even a full kiss. I just think more could have been done to take it over the top rather than half way up the mountain. Just saying.

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I loved this drama and it's actors and story line. Now to begin, you will not get the perfect happy ending that makes everyone smile, and say ohh and ahhh. However is was still satisfying and I still think it was great and definitely still worth watching.
At first I kept thinking I was watching a thriller or a horror only because the glare that Yoo Jung gave was killer and to me I felt like he would snap and rip your head off and you wouldn't even know it. but that of course did not happen. But the look was intimidating because you knew he did not play. I was captivated by this and kept watching. Until the very end I still was hesitant if I could really trust him. But I understood why he kept his guard up because he felt people were only close to him for personal gain or out of pity. hmmmmmmm. Besides that he was fantastic and as usual there is a method to his craziness and a reason to why his character can be often cold. But I think often enough people try to fix you and sometimes you can't be fixed or it will take lots of hard work and effort and the person has to want to change. Bring in Hong Seol who manages to chisel away at the hard exterior. I enjoyed her character as well. Loved the stories that took place during college as well. It was a reflection of everyday life and the types of people you will run into. People that are jerks, anti social, wanna-be's, awesome people, selfish, sometimes crazy people. But it's how we cope and not loose ourselves as well. I think the drama reflected that as well. YOu can't let one incident define you as a person. I loved Baek In Ho and his crazy sister. I just didn't know if I should love or hate her but I had both feelings towards her character for different situations. Baek In Ho was great and such a cutie pie. This might be one of the times where I wasn't sure if the male lead was the best choice or if the second male lead choice was better for the girl. I guess it's always great to have choices between 2 great people that care for you deeply. I think this drama had lots of onions and it was fun to watch some of the characters peel back each layer. Overall I was happy with the drama. My only concern is how long should one wait for someone until they heal themselves of all their angst, anger and issues. STill loved it despite the ending.

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I loved it, when I can watch a drama and feel giddy and happy despite evil backstabbers I'd say success. This is not your serious, plot twist, EVIL SIDE heffers that don't give up, change mankind or heal the world drama. The music was beautiful even though I had 0 clue what the translation was to English.
Why I loved it so much - It's light, romantic, sweat, cute, make you a believer kinda drama and even though I did shed a few years they were gentle tears not ugly bawling tears. Plus, it shows that you don't ALWAYS have to end up with your first love as most of the other dramas would have you believe. The cast is great and I could watch them all day which is what I literally did w/o me even knowing it. The leads have great chemistry and I believed in there romance one dimple and sexy muscle at a time. There were some serious issues mentioned here, weight, self hate, over coming obstacles, abandonment, acceptance, being lonely etc. etc. despite that it was fun to watch. The leads looked like they were enjoying themselves & got a long well so you felt at ease watching them. Even the "bad guy" & "bad girl" you kinda hoped that they'd figure things out and become happy also. Yes lets hold hands and forgive. I'm happy I watched and thought it was surely worth it. Were there flaws, probably but I was in love with the cast and their story so I didn't care less. Loved So Ji Sub (hum a na hum a na, YUM whatever he's selling I'm buying) I'd loose weight for him too. lol. Also Loved Shin Min Ah, ever since I saw "My Girlfriend is a Gumiho" I think there is something special about her and watching her brings a smile to your face. Loved the other cuties Lau Henry & Sung Hoon, would not kick them outta bed for eating crackers.
On a closing note, the drama wrapped up nicely; great ending and tied each of the stories up with a nice big bow on it.
I probably would have given a 10; if I saw more muscles for a longer period of time. LOL

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I loved watching this drama however i felt I had more unanswered questions than answers at the end. I wouldn't say I loved the ending but I felt like I missed something. I think the soldiers guarding the nobles etc were bad. If you are guarding such an important figure you should be able to fight. YOu should be the best of the best. It was like having a bunch of florist fighting as guards, they could barely defend themselves. They lacked the skills needed to protect someone important. Therefore I was yelling at the screen half the time. I think it would have been great to be shorter but I guess you need all those episodes for the build up of hatred and frustration with certain characters and situations. The story was great, filled with everything to get you glued to your seat to watch. Hatred, jealousy, love, misunderstandings, lies, a big bag of betrayal, lust, envy, cuteness fighting etc etc. good old fashion evil and mix in a Romeo and Juliet kinda love. I thought the characters were fantastic and you may shed tears a few times but you will yell at the screen. My problems with the drama was the unanswered stuff at the end and the big WTH, when did that happen and where is everyone else? the KinG, I was kinda speechless. Does greed really pay off. I imagine stuff like this does happen in history no matter the country but It was kinda sad also. Does it benefit you to be king when most want your head on a platter and do they really allow you to rule when so many strings are pulling you at once if you manage to stay alive. seems like you are better off being a common folk. Like i said I loved watching this drama however I am conflicted on the ending. NOT that it was horrible but I would have liked a more polished ending. Acting was great from everyone, main and supporting alike.

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Loved watching Choi Kang Hee as always, loved watching Chun Jung Myung ever since I saw him in What's up Fox and also Loved Lee Jae Yoon, he looks so strong and plus loved him since I saw him as a cop in Cruel City. Why does his characters always look like they have bed hair. Just rolled out of bed with his wild hair, lol. I think the leads are all very talented and worked well with each other. I enjoyed the story and characters however I felt a disconnect from the show which I can't 100% put my finger on. What is revealed at the ending kinda throws me for a loop, why would these characters do that? won't spoil the secret but to me the characters were irresponsible and selfish. The show still ended well and some loose ends were tied up. Maybe I just kept finding a fault that if she could do her makeup and disguise as a grandma and enter out in the world why couldn't she do that for herself. She went out and spoke to people and did this as a grandma in disguise but couldn't do it for herself as a young woman. Although you are still hiding behind a mask by doing that anyway. But it was like she built a prison for herself and missed out on so much for herself. Education, finding good friends. Maybe she could have went to school and found decent friends that would have loved her for herself once she built the courage to reveal her illness to them. But as usual, easier said than done when you have a phobia and it's drama land. I still enjoyed it even though I found something missing. Also thought the music was very nice as well.

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I wanted to love this so bad but I could not

Loved the Korean version but I had a hard time digesting this one. I felt bad for the main female lead Ploy, she had to cry in what seemed like every scene from start to finish of this series which made it hard for me to watch, I get why she would cry for certain things but it was an endless bucket of tears. I didn't like how she was treated in this one by the male lead, the walking into traffic all the time, the story and the psychic ability, just constantly throws everything off. The supporting cast were fine for me, not the best but they were fine overall. Male lead character for me was ok, didn't like his attitude in this story just overall did not like this version of the series, writers could have done a lot better with this version so for me not a good watch. Hopefully I will find them in other shows that are better.

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I enjoyed the concept of the story but for me it was rough to watch. There were some funny moments and lots of cuteness and eye candy. But the over acting and exaggerations I did not care for. There were so many cliches(crazy stalker, crazy misunderstandings, meddling mother and mother types & the list goes on and on) happening here I couldn't tell what genre I was watching part of the time. I would have enjoyed the drama way better without the over the top, OVERACTING AND Silliness, or even if it wasn't through out the first 7 episodes. Don't get me wrong I like comedy and the cute stuff but I think it was just so much here. I loved the actors which is why I gave it a shot but for me it was hard to watch. Still love the actors. The end wraps up things but I still did not like the aspect of it and what happened. Some may be happy but I didn't care for it, think the ending could have been wrapped up much better. I preferred Luo Show in Corner with Love which is where I saw him act last. He still was hysterical at times in this drama but it was too much comedic crazy for me. Still enjoyed Yang Rainie also but her character here was a little much for me as well. Lee Wei I actually enjoyed his character, he wasn't over the top and was very likable. For some a great watch but I'll pas on the re-watching.

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I enjoyed watching Late Autumn. It felt like dropping into the middle of a person's life, taking a peek in to see what's going on and then stepping back out and letting them continue their life. It's poetic, it sets a certain tone in the movie to be gloomy, no fuss, it's not trying to prove anything nor does it care for your opinions and it is that way because this is that point in their life. I think the story was well told. it's not a fantasy life and sometimes you meet people and they can change your life for a moment or an eternity. I loved the fork scene and the meaning behind it. it was comical at the same time very detailed and important. I think you would have to read between the lines to understand it. i don't think this movie is for everyone because it's not in your face with the story. I think you would have to focus to see where these characters are in their life to understand them. Who doesn't enjoy the perfect ending, you don't get that here. I think you get a hopeful ending. I mean (you hope that these characters will survive their obstacles in life and be better). I think both leads were great at what they did. If Hyun Bin was a dish I would eat him up without a question. The dimples are killer and the kissssssss, long but intense and strong. That kiss after effects could have lasted you a year and you would have been fine with it. loved the tone of the movie and loved the movie. Once again not for everyone but give it a try.

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Not your typical romantic comedy. The character Kang Seon Woo is great, facial expressions are too cute and he was just fun to watch. Great chemistry between each of the charters. LOVED Shin Sun Ae character, fun and bubbly and just great to watch. Na Bong Seon character was lovely. Though I do not care for the that type of characters that are supposed to be mosquito voice weak and shy. I wanted her to take charge more and figure out what was going on and try to help the ghost more. But se grows on you and eventually becomes a bit stronger though was was not my favorite. Loved the mother daughter relationship between the Shaman and Shin Sun Ae character. The bad guy was good, he sure did do evil really good. He was like a light switch, back and forth between comical and evil. Great message from the drama. Enjoyed all the playful scenes between the cooks and the lead couple Shin Sun Ae character & chef when Na Bong Seon was possessed (or when her role required her to be upbeat and charming). STill great but I think I would have been even more pleased if I didn't have to sit through so many episodes. I was becoming impatient waiting for things to move along and people to figure things out. I even would go as far as saying that I would have been fine if chef ended up with the other girl.

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