Is it innocent to lie?

Do not know how to describe this. The story is interesting, the games are awesome, but there is something weird in Nao’s character that I cannot deal with.

STORY – the premises are amazing, a situation where people are forced (by an unknown organization) to play a dangerous game. The game is all about money (each player starts, normally with 100 million yens) and the possibilities of doing everything (except physical violence) to win the most. If you win, someone will loose and have to pay the penalty (usually, the entrance fee). If you win but do not want to continue, you have to pay half of the earnings. The debt will always be collected by “any means necessary”.
So, we have Kanzaki Nao, an honest college student, not very smart and missing some social skills and Akiyama Shinichi, a genius ex-convict that, for a strange reason, continues helping Nao.
ACTING – I do not find so interesting the aspects of anime, with exaggerated behaviour and laughs, etc. And the main characters are very well played, Nao, Fukunaga and especially Shinichi. The rest are also good.
MUSIC – did not find any music to keep and play, but the music is very well combined with the plot!
REWATCH – I will, certainly, watch some of the games again. Some games are awesome, some are spoiled by the flower power movement of Nao’s brain…

OVERALL – I really like this, especially the games and Shinichi acting and geniality. Sometimes I find it very hard to put up with Nao, particularly in 2 things: first, why the shining hero always comes to save her and second, how come that she gets smarter through the end?!?!
If you like riddles, games, etc please watch this!
And please, do not watch the Korean version. If you want to do that, please start with that first. I did the opposite and my brain cells committed seppuku!!! Nothing, nothing in the K version is better that this, and I usually love k dramas.
I give overall 8.5 because i think Nao is not a coherent character and she drives the story...

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Running away in a truck or to a truck...can love or purpose be found?

Do not know the feeling it left me… like the taste of a glass of red wine in the mouth…
It is short, so we don’t need depth and explanation of most of the things. But, at least, the feelings could be there. The beautiful beach scenes, the slow flow of the story…
Maybe in a food truck we can find ourselves or our course. Even so…
How could he not search her social media?!
Between a kiss and a hug… one year…
STORY – simple, having food gathering the 2 main characters. They share some pain, misunderstandings… And then…
ACTING – it is good, a good job of both. Since it’s short, they are not complex and don’t need to shine the actor’s abilities.
MUSIC – nice, not outstanding though.
REWATCH – don’t think so. The story is plain and simple, in a good way. Usually, I watch again some dramas or movies I love, or some scenes.
OVERALL – good to warm our heart and see some delicious food. Here we don’t have a scene to remember and, as we approach the end, I think it lacks coherence. And there are so many other things to watch.

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Traveling abroad to find ourselves

I like it a lot.

With France as the background, with music, landscapes and monuments, we follow some tourists in a journey of culture, love, finding themselves and the others. Is there a destiny in our lives? Do we really know the one that is traveling with us or waiting on the other side?

The story or stories are interesting, all the couples have struggles and got me curious to know more and to root for a good ending. They all have flaws, but all of them are good people.
It was written to give us only a part of the picture so we didn’t know what to think… Who is the guy chasing her? Is the future wife and mother having an affair?
There are some loose ends, some decisions that didn’t make sense because of the way the characters personality were deliver, but it is not important in the story.

France is so big and with lot of cultural sites. The only thing that I thought was lacking was the French way of life and the current history.

ACTING- was very very good.

MUSIC – love that kind of French music, and even the Korean songs were nice.

REWATCH – I know the ending and I already visit France. But some parts are beautiful, so maybe I could revisit some scenes.

OVERAll – I like it and I recommend this drama. I understand the ending, but I don’t understand why they keep doing always the same. Couldn’t they have wrapped it up better? Did it take much to have a minute or two more? Felt short and wasn’t necessary.

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A little food porn in an XXXcelent way! A entertaining drama with more holes than a cheese...

Several things to talk about in 40 episodes length, but it is a nice drama.
STORY – a serious hardworking chef (Jiang Qian Fan ) is searching for a person who can replace his lack of taste that is vanishing.
Boy meets girl (Lin Ke Song), a young girl who is warm, cheerful and gives colour to the black and white life and starts do endure a hard training. Lot of plots, a competition, backstabbing, etc. We can watch wonderful cuisine, great ingredients, and the richness of Chinese gastronomy.
The story is almost too fictional I think where we have an ex-girlfriend that almost killed her lover, Michelin chefs cooking in a small family restaurant, a chef needing help and hiding it from the person that can help him, etc.
However, it is an amuse trip to gastronomy, but a little too long.
Find interesting:
+ The gastronomy part, the cooking, the ingredients and the stories, etc. The presentation of the food and the way that was film was amazing;
+ The relation between Qian Fan and Lin Ke Song was nice, the comic parts, the ruthless in the training (that feeling of old martial arts movies between master and apprentice!) and even the romance growing.
+ The romantic parts between Mrs. Quentin and Huang Shi;
+ The story had many layers that did not make sense sometimes but gave complex and cliff hangers…

Did not liked:
- Song Yi Ran story;
- Elise stupid decision to make Qian Fan sticks with her, the blackmailing of Li Yan, the role of the doctor towards his patient, etc;
- There is no sense in the romantic relation between Victor (the Adonis narcissistic singer) and K (the bike mechanic)…
- Victor singing moments (is he a famous singer? Was that a kind of k-pop moment?);
- Lin Xiao actions and the way she redeemed herself;
- The extra-terrestrial capacity of tasteless blind man Chef;
- The fact that a woman with a genius taste capacity, in one month, can outperform top Chefs with hours and hours of training.
ACTING – good for most of the characters. Did not understand Elise synchronism between speech and sound.
MUSIC – I find it very good!
REWATCH – too long for me and without a particular astonishing moment to watch again.

OVERALL – resilience, bravery and never giving up as the core of Qian Fan. Many people gave up things in this drama, but he maintain the focus. First for his ambition and after because of love.

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Story smells week with one of the worst kisses i have ever seen...

This is a story about a couple that is different from usual dramas, but not very developed. The beginning is promising, but it does not deliver.
We also have a villain that is very precise and intelligent as a psychopath normally is, but does some things in the end that are completely opposite from his character.

STORY - Choi Moo Gak lost his younger sister to a psycho and lost his ability to feel anything. He worked in a aquarium and now is a police officer.
Oh Cho Rim is a girl that, due to an accident, develop the ability to see smells, but lost all her memories. She is the only witness to the murder case that involve the psycho that killed Moo Gak’s sister, Known as the bar-code murder. The accident ocurr while she escaped the psycho who murder her parents.
They meet and they help each other. He becomes a police to find his sister’s murder and she became an actor in a small comic theatre company.
They start to have feelings for the other and they kissed… and, for me, another murder occur. The end of any romantic possibility between this couple. Even Wall-E, C3PO or BB-8 kiss better!!!!
The psychopath is interesting almost until the end. The plot is ok, but there is not much juice…
Her ability should been explored more …

ACTING – not bad, but there is romance between two robotic persons. I hope that they will find happiness in real life without the necessity of romantic gestures! The other cast is ok. The psycho and the police force is good.

MUSIC – maybe not bad, but not my kind of taste.

REWATCH – no, there are dozens of better dramas in this genre.

OVERALL – I was interested in the way the murders would or not be discover. There is some tension and unpredictability to support going through until the 15th episode. Cute scenes in the last episode, but too long, as well as all this drama.

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Love is always beautiful

Well, i am a man and i like women. This is my line of thought and feel… If i said something wrong, please excuse me and enlight me!

I know what is to be in love and desiring to spend all the moments with someone and even shout (if a person wants) to the world my happiness and love. I cannot imagine the difficulty that lesbians have to deal just to be themselves and express their love. Therefore, i am very happy with this show.
I can relate with most of the feelings, the doubts that they have. I cannot relate or feel (since understanding is a mental thing) the problems that exists in their relationship that i do not have. I have other problems and difficulty, but that does not matter to society and people around us. Much easier for me, unfortunately.

STORY - i really like the story. In the beginning, I was confused (maybe because of subtitles). I thought Ha Eun broke-up with her girlfriend, then I realise it was not and everything made sense.
It also seemed that Ha Eun’s best friend, Yu Bin, loves her. Maybe I am wrong… Even so, I loved the relation between them. Having such a good friend is a beautiful and empowered thing.
Love the bucket list, wish I could see Min Seo’s list as well (I am sure drinking alcohol in some bar was there!).
Loved the ending. I am positive that Ha Eun’s list will be dramatically different!

CAST / ACTING – I think they made a wonderful job! Do not know if they are lesbians (since I think saw them in more LGBTQ+ dramas), but that does not matter. There relation is fluffy and mature, with a beautiful beginning. I think they are good actors.

MUSIC – did not pay attention so I really do not know.

REWATCH – well… I am a teacher. I wish I could watch with my students, even if it is a tough decision because, of course, polemic society and parents. In addition, I am afraid of discussing a theme where I am not very familiar and even ignorant. I do not feel the society pressure, but I have friends that do. If someone wants to help or give me advises I appreciate.
Certainly will watch it if I have the chance. It is beautiful, short and it made me feel happy.
OVERALL – short, beautiful, love the chronology, the production. If you like a beautiful story of love you should watch it too.

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Don't understand the changes from the original novel

Well, this is a story that has, for me, a big difference.
Edmond (in the book) was a sweet lover and friend, a great human. Count of Monte Cristo is also the same but with a strong desire for revenge.
In this drama, Saimon Dan was a wonderful and warm groom, son, friend, etc. Monte Cristo is a bad man, driven by revenge and using innocent people to achieve his goals.

STORY - with some different characters and stories, but it is an adaptation of an amazing book of French writer Alexandre Dumas. I think the villains have a much sweet end...

ACTING - Wonderful acting!

MUSIC - very good. To hear songs like the hallelujah version of Jeff Buckley is always good.

REWATCH - will never do it. First, because I know the plot and the changes; second, I find some inconsistencies in Saimon Dan behaviour. How can he be a little redeemed when he find Kagura Rumi's motherly love and ask Sumire to abandon her daughter? That doesn’t fit… And what will Sumire do when she supposedly agrees to marry him, if he didn’t faked his death?

OVERALL - nothing new if you know this story. If you do not, I think you will enjoy a revenge drama!

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Love triangle (again) between a woman and a selfish and awful man and a good man who's being selfish

It is short and good to watch.

STORY - the story revolves around 3 plus one characters.
1 - Student and Intern Chan In Young, who was left by her boyfriend Yoo Chan Hee, after dating 8 years, works in a Art Gallery (or museum?)
She struggles with rent money and find that the only solution is to take advantage of “Newlyweds jeonse loan”, a governmental financial support for newly married couples to help her rent an house. Therefore, she tries to find a man to marry.
2 - Yoon Soon, who had encounter In Young a few times (the first one was a one-night stand!), agrees to have a contract marriage. He has a bad reputation due to false accusations that stopped him for getting an Art scholarship to Paris - France. In the beginning, Yoon Soon purpose is to take revenge of the man that spread the false rumours, In Young ex-bf, but he starts to have feelings for his “fake wife”. One of the clauses is that they cannot fall in love, but the relationship starts to get messy.
3 - Yoo Chan Hee arrives from France. He falsely accused Yoon Soon so he could steal Yoon Soon’s scholarship. In the process, he broke up with In Young saying he will study abroad and that he likes him more than he likes her.
In Young has to prepare an exhibition for an artist that she likes and is surprised when discovers that it is her ex-bf. He says that wants to go back to her and lies telling that he regrets the choice of leaving her (only after he succeeds he returns and that is not regret!).
Moreover, there is Chan In Young’s best friend Hye Go, who appears to fall in love for every living male. One of them will like her?… or let’s chase cats!!


ACTING – I like some of the acting. The characters were not very complex, so they did not shine.
MUSIC – did not pay much attention, so I will pass.

REWATCH – I will not do it, because there are so many shows to watch and I already know the outcome.

OVERALL - I read some reviews that cannot understand. I hope that these people will not find reasonable to have the same behaviour as Chan Hee.
It is ok to pursue our dreams, but it is not ok to spread false rumours and steal from others their dreams. He lied saying that he regrets leaving her (not the scholarship, though). If he did, he should have returned sooner and not after his objective was accomplish. In addition, he should show that regret to Yoon Soon.
It is a short and fast-paced drama about contract marriage, even that is not very develop in the story.

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Romance or seduction?

Usually i do not see LGBTQ+ dramas because i want dramas were i can relate and feel. That is why i only see happy dramas, at least for now. I considered myself a biological male and with male mentality, whatever that means. I am atracted only to women. But i think gender should be defined by the people who live it... i think people love or cares for the other(s) the same way i do, but maybe expressing in other forms.
I think, independent of that, this drama is short and more on the side of seduction.

STORY - The head of the marketing team, Cha Song Joo comes at Altdif to collaborate with Tea master Hong. Moreover, they made (invented i guess) and served teas and drinks.
Cha Song knows Hong from a previous moment, where Hong breaks up with her gf and toss her couple ring. It seems that Cha is interested in Hong, tries to find her and finally does that!
They are always teasing with each other (i think they are both interested, maybe, knowing that it is reciprocal.
And... That is it!

ACTING - well, i think they are sweet, but there is not much character development.

MUSIC - did not like it, but that does not mean that is bad.

REWATCH - Do not think so, only if they produce some more episodes, maybe the budget is low, but they could build better the story.

OVERALL - i like the relation between both and the drinks they share. Maybe they talked more with the teas and the names they give to each one, than with words. Nevertheless, I enjoy! Should be longer…

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Rooting for 4 women to be happy in love...

First, the premise of the story is way stupid for me. A mysterious organization Peanut Butter Sandwich (PBS) that do... something that i quite don't understand. Peeping Tom as its best.

STORY
Tachibana Tsubaki works for this organization doing... research maybe. She cannot intervene, and what we receive in the drama is this way of PBS telling the story of 4 women trying to find happiness and love. They have successful careers and different personalities.
Matsuoka Akane grew poor and wrongfully thinks that she will achieve happiness by marrying a wealthy man. She dates several men, uses them, gets bored, and dump them. One day she meet Igarashi Shu, not wealthy, but a former school partner… Maybe happiness is something different…
Yamashita Miwa has no self-esteem, so she is explore by Kaneko Shin who has sex with her and uses her when he wants. She is ok with that, being almost a slave. Then, she gets some drops of love for herself and tries to be the first choice of someone.
Katagiri Sayo worked her hass of to be succefull and she accomplished that. She is a well payed woman who wants a man that can understand her ambition and complements her for her achievements. She dated a married person, she falls in love for a man who she discovers is about to marry and…
She used to unburden to her junior Aoki Haruaki, about her friends problems and her own. Through her counselling and advises to the others, especially Miharu, she understand that maybe her happiness could be close to her and with someone that she never consider as a boyfriend…
Morimoto Miharu has a seven-year relationship with Tanaka Ryota. It is not a healthy relation because there is boredom, lack of communication and expressions of love. Ryota does not help at home, forgets important dates, does not have sexual desire and do not understand that Miharu is unhappy. On the other hand, Miharu never express her feelings to him. One day she goes to a blind date and meet Tokita Yuto, a very sweet person that makes her heart even more confused. After some decisions, she decide her future giving another chance to Ryota. Do not know if a person can change much and begin to act in a different way, but...
Tachibana deserves also tp find a man. And the peanut butter eaters should have some kind of therapy or treatment.

ACTING - i like it. The fact that the actresses were gorgeous maybe turned me a little bias

OST/MUSIC - didn't catch my attention, but i watch some episodes in silence

REWATCH - i have a large playlist of dramas, so maybe i will not rewatch this. But, if someone ask me to i will do it.

OVERALL - a nice short drama with 4 strong women as I enjoy. Even Miwa was a very interesting woman that did not understand soon how good she was. The men were… I like the personality of Igarashi and Aoki. Ryota was nice in the end, but a lousy boyfriend. Tokita was sweet and had a great gesture at the end, but love does not choose kindness first.
Miwa master is an awful person. Usually in a master and servant relationship, the servant is the best.

If you enjoy people finding themselves through love and others I think you would like this. Try it!

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A parade of couples and stories

Can´t really understand why i didn't drop this.
The theme is interesting...is love a science? Maybe, but even if it is we don't know it yet.
Don't mind the themes, but i think the story is not so great. More of some couples blended in the same drama.

STORY - Yan Fei is a divorce business woman who developed an algorithm to search and find couples. Of course that she uses her experience with a lousy husband and the she discovers that her core business may have some flaws...
So the story... is there really a story? I think that we have some stories of couples.
Yan Fei and the hairdresser Hsuan Yu, eternally in love for her. Younger and very kind, a Nobel Peace Prize candidate for sure...
She fell in love for him and happiness can occur, even slowly.
Second couple is about a gay Ou Wen and a bissexual? Mark, who one day is head over heels for Yan Fei's best friend An Na, and the next day he discovers that he may be bissexual or even gay and loves Ou Wen. I only found Ou Wen interesting, the way he thought about An Na's child and how he advise and face Mark's "coming out" and his parents issue.
An Na likes to have sex with men and have fun! That is great in an independent and beautiful woman. She has a health issue that pratically keeps her from getting pregnant, but... she did! in an one night stand with Mark. Interesting to know that Taiwanese woman only use condomns or equivalent to avoid getting pregnant even in one night stands! I thought there were other reasons, specially in a person that has many sexual partners...
She will keep the child and that's it. A good side of this story. Ou Wen will help her. The biological father, Mark... don't seem very engaged...
Another couple is the farmer and the financial adviser... didn't like the characters and a little boring to me
Ru Yue was interesting. I don't understand the justification of her former best friend to treated her badly...


CASTING - like some of the acting but not everyone.

OST - can't recall any song...

REWATCH - no. With so many things to watch and rewatch i will never see this.

OVERALL - I can't say what was the main story... I don't think the acting was very good, the plot and the production. I tend to review only with my feelings watching it.
I don't find very interesting for me BL dramas ot LGBTQ+ themes, because i like couples that i can identify with and genres that i like. That is why there are dramas for all and some i will never watch. In this drama, the gay couple is ok, even if i find Mark's being very fast, but i am ignorant in that matter. Love is not a science... i think there's science in it, but since we can't figure it out it is very different for every one.

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História com potencial, mas ficou longe da excelência...

Como peça de entretenimento vale a pena assistir.

HISTÓRIA - um plot enredado, mas pouco rebuscado. Mistérios que ficaram por resolver (não entendo se haverá lugar para outra temporada...), espionagem industrial sem grande interesse. Este drama segue a carreira de espionagem de 3 mulheres, divertidas e meio loucas, com características distintas. Fazem, juntamente com o líder da equipa, um grupo interessante e meio eficaz com doses de incompetência. Apesar disso, as 3 lidam melhor com as vicissitudes da sua arriscada e perigosa profissão do que com o quotidiano familiar.
Pelo meio há amor, relações que tornam a série mais interessante... desde um prumeiro amor sólido e íntegro; um imbecil egoísta que parece receber, vindo não se sabe donde, uma dose de humanidade e humildade, uma vilã fantástica que desconhecemos um pouco a sua vida, traidores e traidoras...

ATUAÇÃO - creio que é a melhor parte deste drama. Muito boa.

MUSICAL - nada de extraordinário. Não gostei.

REVER - não o faria por haver incontáveis opções deste e de outros géneros. Principalmente porque, apesar de não haver grandes resoluções e descobertas de alguns mistérios, há uma trama que já conheço e que torna o visionamento mais aborrecido.

NO GERAL - se gostar de uma série com doses de loucura, estupidez, cenas ridículas, ação e 3 mulheres divertidas e com personalidades interessantes, então poderá ter aqui algumas horas interessantes. Mas, nada de muito marcante irá encontrar. Para mim, se quiser ver mulheres fantásticas fico pelo drama SEARCH: WWW (BUSQUE: WWW)...

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A very good time spent!!!

Is it possible to have a drama without so many clichés and be wonderful? I think it is.
Even this drama has the boring love triangle (very slightly) and a criminal (also dispensable), the mais story is simple. And, in this kind of romantic dramas, simplicity is the best.

STORY - an heart warming story, with two beautiful people surrounded by nosy, loud, crazy but wonderful neighborhood!
And that's it! Even if the main couple is sweet and interesting, the other couples and people are amazing.
We have the girl that is a k pop fan, the old singer with dreams of fame, Hye Jin best friend and the police relationship, Director Ji and the filming stuff, and lots of friendly characters and stories...

ACTING - wonderful acting by almost everyone

MUSIC - good music also

REWATCH - why not, in front of a fireplace and a glass of wine and good company

OVERALL - a nice and cosy drama to have good feelings. As I always knew, I don't have to be stressed by criminals, love triangles or squares or pentagons or other boring clichés to have fun.
Please watch

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Wish it ended without loose ends...

Interesting moments but something wasn't right...
Usually, in life when a man and a woman are always arguing, sharing innermost thoughts and feelings, supporting each other and care for the other loves exists. Even the chemistry between Sakura and Rintaro is amazing. But...

STORY - A 39 year old woman who wants to have kids and get marry wants a relationship. And 2 guys appear. One is driven by a disturbed woman, his sister, who desires Rintaro. The one is Rintaro who loves her for ages but don't know that (I wonder how this Japanese man deals with love...).
And that's it.
Sakura has 2 great and interesting friends and their story is good
In the end, everybody has an happy ending except Rintaro who has an awful future ahead...
Even Shima ends up with that man...
How can a woman that was afraid of a relationship, had a divorce that hurts her chooses a man randomly? Does that make any sense? Is randomness the best way to find a partner?

ACTING - I think almost everyone did a great job.

MUSIC - didn't catch my attention. So...

REWATCH VALUE - it has funny moments, good side stories and a great, healthy and mature sismance. But the ending I didn't like it. Even if she could stay with any one of them, I think the chemistry was way better between the unlucky friend Rintaro than BMX pro Hiroto.
Where did go the Sakura that apologize on her knees?
Sakura's best friend Shima said to her that it doesn't matter how a relationship starts and that's why Rintaro fly to New York alone...
Maybe Hiroto saying sweet things to Sakura while having sex with Momo is a way of loving her...
Well, why Sakura was mad when Rintaro was placed in New York? Why did they act like that, supporting one another for so long and...
I think the drama lead me to think that both were in love without knowing or wanted to acknowledge that. But, in the end, Rintaro remains alone.
The J dramas are much more tough and realistic than K dramas for what I have watched so far. But I think this has lots of strange developments...

OVERALL

I don't care about age gaps but I find interesting the lack of experience of Sakura and the way that the 3 friends talked openly about that.
And I am happy if a guy that has a friends with benefits or something like that is payed by his sister to date another woman and falls in love... Hummmmm...

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