monstersnroses

As I like to say.... an MDL page is not a fan page, people. So you can take your moral outrage and shove it right up your hot-pot.

Sometimes I think to myself "This is what you get when you have to randomly interact with 14yo's all the time." But covert narcs share this space with us too, I'm sure.

In any case, I don't like to let bullies get away with their bullying without at least calling them out on it when I see it. Because I want this site to remain a space where you can get balanced opinions and views on shows, and not turn into some rabies-ridden, teenager infested fanpage, where dissenters get slaughtered on sight by gangs of hormonal girls like a female version of Lord of the Flies.

These assholes need pushback.

Lol, I also checked to see if I missed an episode.

Did you ever watch that host club documentary The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief? That's a real eye-opener.

So hot, and such a good actor. I hope he has a long and successful career.<3

FL held out against him a lot longer than I could have, he was smokin hot.

Agreed, that was a really awkward timeskip. As far as her going from one guy's house to the other's and then back again.... it might be really awful and kind of cringe.... but in RL it happens frequently enough that I wouldn't see it as unrealistic. It's just that as the viewer, it leaves you wanting more meat on that part of the story. Something about it seems disjointed and clunky.

YES, I forgot to mention in my comment, that the acting - especially by the ML - is far better than the show itself, and ML elevated the drama by giving his character a lot of unexpected depth. He CAN act. And so can the FL and 2ML, although not quite to the same degree. The male voice actor was super funny too.

Not exaaaactly, because 2ML doesn't get a whole lot of screentime, but the stark contrast between the two is what got to me. Some people don't think the 2ML is all that. But you can easily see whether it's going to bother you or not when 2ML and FL meet in the early episodes. And if it bothers you like it did me, you can just dip out.

Starts off pleasantly spicy, and then by about the halfway mark, you can kiss all the spicy goodbye and you are left with just a mellow sweetness.

The plot is a vapid and predictable assortment of cliches and tropes, but that's very tolerable because it's executed well. There are also several breathtakingly beautiful scenes just on a cinematography level, in that distinctly japanese way, and I appreciated that. But the story is just so lacking in substance, in much the same way as coffee & vanilla (although this is much better than coffee & vanilla, overall due to a greater sense of detail and artistry).

There were times where this drama tempted me to give it an 8. But my 8's or above are reserved for dramas I think stand out and have a well-rounded feel to them, which this does not when all is said and done. It lacked creativity and a sense of pacing, in the story department. Every episode was well-paced, but the total drama was not laid out in a way that flowed very well as far as the spice/sweet balance. So..... 7.5 and worth a one-time watch.

ohhh that looks like a bunch of awesomeness, I will start it once it's finished airing.

the 2ML is quite a bit hotter than the ML, there is that. And he is vying for the FL's affections, so there is that as well. He is nice to the FL from the outset, and the ML is not. He has better hair than the ML. And he's a bandit, if you go for the bad boy type.

I got 2ML syndrome bad on this one, and I have seen 300 or so dramas, and only gotten 2ML syndrome maybe 5 times ever. This was one of those times. Not because the 2ML is so hot and dangerous and well written..... but because the ML is a disaster. Just imo.

Never be a police detective.

tysm! <3

Considering my tastes, should I watch this, does it have enough spice/fire in it for me?

So funny how we disagreed on some of our views of the show, and yet gave it the exact same score, lol <3

You fell for Choi Si Won, adorbs!!! One of the worst ones for me was Something About 1 Percent. I took one look at Kim Hyung Min and it was GG, knock me over with a feather, wahhhhh! It was so so hard for me to finish that one because of it. Another infamous one: Easy Fortune Happy Life. Roy Chiu is (arguably) past his prime (although I still thought he was hot in Man In Love from 2021), but at the time of filming oh my godddd it was no contest between him and the ML. They should never have cast anyone that smokin hot to be a 2ML, big mistake. Huge.

Neck = point taken. Fair observation. I think I'm seeing wrinkles, but it's like wrinkles from tautness around the jawline. Adam's apple is like.... hard to look at, and yet hard to look away from.

All this could have been solved, or at least mitigated, by just draping some hair over the sides of his face/over his shoulders.

No no, lol... not grizzly.... GIZZARDY. Like... he has a gizzard. A wattle. A turkey neck. I don't mind a lot of age gap romances. Some of my very very top rated dramas are age gap dramas. I've said it like 50 times up in here, but it's not the age gap that bothers me. It's the fact that he is supposed to be playing a character 20 years younger than the actor actually is, and he doesn't pass for someone in their late 20's. Also, the makeup and styling was really really low-effort and they didn't bring out his best. So to me, they look mismatched, and also he looks like not a good fit for the role he is playing.

Not about the age gap! At least, not for me, anyway. And also they did not obey the Asian Drama Rules for love triangle: The ML should always be hotter than the 2ML. I get that some people find the ML hotter, but I don't.... I think the 2ML is way way WAYYY hotter than the ML. They could easily have found a 2ML who looks slightly goofy, that by contrast would have made the ML look more attractive. But they didn't.

Me no likey.

The way ML treated her was NOT sexy at all. I dont think she loves him, I think she has stockholm

yes!!!!

lol, so true. They take a minor spill while walking down by the koi pond and suddenly the pregnancy is in major jeapordy.