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Big love for my bamboo sprouts!!

What a wonderful show this was🥹💗 I had such a good time watching this drama over the last couple of weeks. Visually, it was incredible, and I just loved the styling and little details here and there. Such as when Zi Qi was invisible, and we could see Miao Miao’s hair ribbon being played with; or when they were sitting on the stairs, and all we could see were the marks their butts had left🤭🤣

I just loved Esther and Yu Xi together, I cannot believe their chemistry was even better than in “Moonlight” (which says a lot because I LOVED them in “Moonlight”). They were both so fun on screen, and I loved seeing Zi Qi yearn and long for Miao Miao throughout the show😭💞 I also loved our little Bamboo gang in general, and the friendship that they had! 🎍🎋

Acting wise, this was great! Yu Xi has such great expressions, and his eyes can convey so much; truly, such a good actor!! And Esther was wonderful as well, she can act cute so naturally I love it so much! I also enjoyed the rest of the cast, I just wish the second male lead could have had more room to show his talents, I feel like he was a little underutilized to be honest. Regardless, I loved the cast, everyone had great chemistry and worked well with each other!🌟

The OST, cinematography and visual effects were also so, so good – this drama was such a feast for my eyes and ears, I loved it!! Although I have to say that it lost me a little bit after episode 23/24, but episode 28-32 were great again, so it’s fine. I will miss this drama now that I’m done with it … 🥹💞

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Cute!

This was cute, but a bit too long in my opinion. I think 12-14 episodes would have been better.
I liked how this was primarily a feel-good drama, the bad guys didn’t take up too much time and were more ridiculous than scary! The show was cute, if not a little cringe at times, but I still enjoyed it and laughed here and there.

I wasn’t a big fan of Kang Ye Na; she acted like she was the only woman ever, like she was the only person ever working hard blabla. I just can’t stand a girl that doesn’t read the room on purpose: flirting with the male lead and acting like she had a claim on him when he clearly doesn’t give a fuck.
The Prosecutor was also super annoying. 1) still lowkey pursuing someone who clearly isn’t available is lame at your big age and 2) he was a useless character. He only existed to make the male lead act on his feelings for the female lead (most of the drama), but other than that… I also never really understood why Mr. goody-good-pants even liked Eun Ha.
I also wasn’t the biggest fan of Mi Ho to be honest. Both of the girls did not give off bestie energy at all, it was really weird. I had to skip all her scenes because I found her so annoying.

I loved the bromance and loyalty between our little mobster family and also the way they warmed up to the female lead😍That was super cute. The show is bright and colorful and cute, I think it’s perfect when you need something light and sweet for in-between!💌

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sweet cringe, but very touching

DNF November 2022

The first couple of episodes were fine (despite being cringe), but I skipped so much in episodes 8 and 9 that I decided to not finish the drama because I felt like I was getting impatient and annoyed with the characters. It’s cute and deeper than I thought but not good enough to keep my attention (or dedication to continue watching).

FINISHED July 2023

For some reason the show just kept me thinking, so I finally decided to finish the last 7 episodes. I am happy that I decided to do so because there were a lot of fun and sad moments that touched my heart. At first, I wasn't the biggest fan of Seo Jun as I found him a little toxic but as the show went on, I could see his charms. My number one choice was always Su Ho though. To me, he and Joo Gyung just always fit perfectly. I hate the writer for ruining Soo Jin's character like that over a boy, I couldn't be mad at her; I was more frustrated with the script writers to be honest. The ending was super cute and fun, overall, the show is a sweet treat that can be a little cringy but is definitely a little deeper that you would think!

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I'll just copy my review from letterboxd :))

Here are some reasons why I didn't really like this drama despite its popularity:

- the father of the fmc is a dean at a school and wants rules to be followed but then he doesn't want to listen to a doctor because he knows better?? (literally even runs away from the hospital lol) I know he must be scared but bffr.

- the doctor (mmc) not fully disclosing the patient's diagnosis to the patient. like, okay, the wife and fmc know that his real diagnosis is stomach cancer, but i'm pretty sure that not telling the patient himself what he has is illegal lmao but okay, at least he's comfortable i guess.

- the mmc has trauma because his mentor died after a surgery that he performed on him. now, he cannot do surgeries anymore (or even practice with his suture kit) because he starts shaking and having a panic attack. understandable. not understandable is the fact that the leads have one (1) in-depth/serious conversation without bickering and being silly and POOF he can perform the surgery for the fmc's father. this was the moment that made me DNF tbh... like trauma is not healed after one talk, especially not with a girl you just met a couple days ago and that stays in the hospital all day because her father's sick (meaning: they don't even know each other). like, yes, her words can feel encouraging to him but c'mon... he had literal panic attacks and trouble breathing when they showed his trauma symptoms... bffr.

- the second lead romance was booooring and annyoing, so i would have skipped that anyway tbh, but yeah. so far, the only second romance i liked was in "Moonlight" (still my fave cdrama...)

i understand the cast is suuuuperduper extra famous and popular and i thought they worked quite well together but the story... eh not so much - at least for me, sorry

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started out well but then....

This is my second Lee Joon Gi drama, and I am so disappointed :(. I liked the main leads and their acting a lot, and I kind of want to see LJG in an unserious/unhinged funny role again because he did well here but some of the other acting performances were not convincing me at all. Choi Min Soo was one of the actors I could not stand in the show. Regardless of his character's ending (which I did not like because I felt like it was lazy writing), his acting made the character even more unbearable. He was overacting and simply gave a bad performance in my opinion. The tongue flicking was nasty, his hair and make-up made him look like a clown and his gangster behavior felt like a joke. He looked more like a cartoony stereotype than a true gangster.

I also found it ridiculous how everyone was head over heels over Cha Moon Sook, like....?? Everyone was just following and praising her like a dog, it was cult-like. It was ludicrous how everyone fell to their knees to apologize whenever they breathed wrong like she really had some serious power over these men and women, but I couldn't take it seriously because I found it too much. At times, the show felt like a play rather than a TV series because it felt too over the top.

Some things also just didn't make any sense. Like Song Pil's (SP) gang actually believing that he killed his uncle. I don't care that they ended up being corrupted by Miss Cha, it still felt so dumb that these men, who watched Sang Pil grow up, actually thought he killed his uncle. That entire plot felt dumb to me but okay. Also, Jae Yi's mom telling SP to break up with her and blabla like?? Girl, your daughter is not working with the man because she's in love, she's trying to get Cha Moon Sook locked up for being responsible for your supposed death.... be fucking for real, that annoyed me too.

I ended up watching the show in 1.5x speed to get it over with, but I have a feeling this is one of the not so good law shows because this felt all over the place. It was okay but also quite disappointing....

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As Bad As People Said

This was as bad as people say, wow. I actually wanted to persevere, but then I remembered who I am, and decided I must DNF because this is not worth my time at all.

Bai Lu is fine in this drama; I don’t think it’s a crazy role to play, but she looks pretty, acts well with what she’s given, and has wonderful comedic timing in my opinion. She definitely brings in some peps to an otherwise bland show. Dylan Wang … looks good, that’s it. His acting/performance is stiff and posy, very bland and boring. Also, I wish he was dubbed because I feel like his character would benefit from a deeper voice.

The female lead’s bestie does indeed give bad advice lowkey, and from what I have seen, she seems to be a hypocrite. She dates around, but once “her” man kind of does the same, she looks sad. Girl. Please. Anyway. I actually have some other opinions about her character, but I feel like I’m perpetuating something, so I’ll just be toxic by myself.

I honestly feel like Bai Lu and Wei Zhe Ming kind of deserve their own drama, their characters’ interactions feel very natural and they have decent chemistry (better than Dylan x Bai Lu in my opinion).

The male lead’s work is boring to watch, and the female lead’s work environment is immature and unprofessional. Her senior Xu Yu Ling doesn’t just plagiarize, but outright STEALS her interview outline, and isn’t even punished. This whole plot point made no sense anyway: You think the female lead wouldn’t call the secretary to tell him that the interview would be held with someone else other than her IF she truly couldn’t make it? Instead, they just allow a random person to make a claim and call it a day. Then, Yu Ling uses her intern to have an invitation destroyed and proceeds to gaslight said intern. Just despicable. AND THEN Yu Ling and her team slut shame the female lead because unlike them Shu Yi is good at her job and actually writes articles worthy to be headlines for their finance magazine. Maybe work on your writing skills and gossip less, you untalented snakes! I guess they’ll drag that immature bully behavior until the last episode for drama purposes, but this is such bad storytelling and characterization that I don’t want to waste my time. Bye Bye!

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My heart is heavy but the show was fantastic

I finished this beautiful, stunning gem today and ... cried at like 10 in the morning because the last episode was so epic! I am so sad that I finished this show omg… This was such an excellent, beautiful treat. I cried, laughed, got mad, cheered, just felt all the emotions!! The show was fun and stunning to watch despite my favorite characters being in so much pain. The OST for this part was just as pretty as in the first, and the story was just *mindblown* (I am surprised I actually understood it all lmao). I just loved how intricate and complex it was, my god. I will miss these characters and their interactions, and I will miss Daeho Fortress because she was a true stunner…. What a show*insert a turtle emoji*.

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No One Mourns the Wicked

I did not like Sang Yeon one bit, but if death is involved, and since the acting was top-notch, I could not help it: I am a crybaby at my core, I will cry if it gets sad. This show and its depiction of a female friendship that gets lost in a cycle of toxicity throughout childhood years until adulthood … aye, who did not have a toxic friendship break-up in their life? It hit hard. Sang Yeon’s reflections about her mother and brother towards the end, and how they died, also hit me on a more personal level.

SY is not a likable character. She is pathetic, self-destructive, and a saboteur. It honestly got intolerable once we entered the women’s adult years and they ended up working at the same place. She reached a point of no return there for me; at your big age you still act like a child? Her life wasn’t easy, her environment at home not as warm and loving as Eun Jungs’s, however, your circumstances are not an excuse to be a shitty person to someone else. Especially not someone who tolerates you using them as a punching bag all the time. This relationship between SY and EJ was emotionally draining, and once we got to the present bits it turned into this emotional manipulation to evoke sympathy. The “I have cancer”-card was pulled; “I know I should not be here with how I treated you”’s were said. Then leave. Genuinely, I don’t know if I could have been as strong, or forgiving, as Eun Jung. Sang Yeon, at the end of the show, was someone I gladly wanted to be gone. In her self-destruction, she took everyone down with her, ruining friendships and relationships, playing the victim, imposing herself when she knew she wasn’t liked that way, etc. Yet she complained that her life was awful, that she was alone … And whose fault is that? Of course, it’s easy to blame everyone else instead of yourself, and SY was a master at this. Playing the victim and thinking the world revolved around you final boss.

Unfortunately, I am a sensitive being, so if death is depicted, and you realize that at the end of it, they were just two girls again, it still hurt. Maybe because all this pain and loss was dumped on EJ’s shoulders in the end. She may have found some closure, somehow, but it doesn’t change the fact that it needed this drastic outcome for SY to apologize. And I am glad that EJ called her out on it, to be honest. I will never rewatch this show, because I would just get mad all over again, but also because this shit hurt… just a little! Great show, great acting, breezy OST that lightens the heaviness of the subject matter, but it’s one-time-experience.

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