Reviews

A unique time travel romantic comedy drama

It honestly started off well, exciting, humourous, nail biting and everything.
The actors acted really well, the chemistry between the leads was amazing.

What I like about this drama-
* it hit every emotion really well
* It was soonworthy
* It was REALLY humorous
* The storyline was unique from other dramas
*It made you wait for every episode with excitement
* It was rlly good, the chemistry and everything
* It made you awww at every scene
*And binge worthy

What I didn't like -
* It was good and all but you never really got to know why kim young soo targeted im sol, why did he kill sun jae that day,kim young soo didn't hv any dialogues, the confusion wasn't cleared, they just said he's a psycho killer, no proper explanation.

* The 13 and 14 and 15 episodes were just meh, because honestly you wouldn't not want hear that 1 to 12 episodes were just a lie, the bond between all of the characters was erased, the characters had no character development, characters were just pointless it felt like they were written to fill the void.

* Tbh bruh who kills just because he's a psycho, and I'm sol should hv shouted things from the future to stop the time when I in trouble.


But yet overall this HIT the spot for me in summer vacation

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I wish I'd read all the reviews before I started it ... then I wouldn't have.

Story: I almost dropped this after a couple episodes because it was a bit too silly, but stuck with it because I've come to expect some silly from shows like this - for example, Love Family. Then it started to get better before falling off a cliff and that's when I skipped the last third of it and jumped to the very end just to see how it wrapped up. The first half was just fair, the second half was very poor.

Acting: Kudos to Aaron Yan for being able to play two totally different characters and actually pulling it off well enough that you almost forget its the same person. I wish I could say the same for Tia Li, while she did a great job of being pretty that was about all she did well. Beatrice Fang really pulled off a multi-sided and continually evolving character well.
Karen Wang created a very enjoyable character in Miao Miao and it's sad to see she's done nothing else in the 6 years since. I hope she's okay and returns to acting. Jack Li's character Leo was rather wooden but I'll blame that on the writers and director because I've seen him do much better.
Chen Bo Zheng was great (as usual) as Fu Bo, I wish that hadn't reduced the role in the second half. Isa Hsieh was excellent as the mom.

Music/Technical: The music was fair but the sound people seemed to have a problem controlling the volume of it, it got so loud at times I turned the sound down on the TV only to have to raise it when dialog began.
Editing was quite jumpy at times, some scenes were either cut short or missed the beginning by a second or two.

There is no rewatch value, I couldn't even watch all of it the first time.

I don't recommend this drama, there's a lot of good moments in it but they're outweighed by the bad and mediocre one.

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The propaganda is too strong in this one . . .

This is full stop an advertisement for joining the firefighting service with a nod to other frontline emergency services. All the plot and lingering scenes are devoted to their heroic ever sacrificing adventures. There is no overarching plot or theme, just an 'episode of the week' emergency.

In the background is a truly addictive romantic plot, with the female lead's family being truly villainous in keeping our two main characters apart. The actors do have charisma and chemistry. But, this is stretched out so long and given so little time, that at 22 episodes in I just can't stick with it.

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I love this drama

I loved the “ML in fall in love” so i had high expectations for this drama based on the synopsis. And truthfully speaking I wasn’t disappointed at all. The combination of comedy and romance is just perfect but honestly speaking the drama is not too perfect due to the voice dubbing but the acting over compensated for this flaw. The FL Tan is a delight, she is just the heart of the show and I hope she continues with such energy in the show. I also think later in the show the playful side of the ML will be displayed too, since his brother has mentioned to Tan that he use to be fun before he had to go into seclusion so as to shoulder his duty as the crown Prince. But overall this my best show at the moment. I can’t wait for the next episodes to released.

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Love this drama and leads

I am loving this drama and watching anxiously… the ML and FL are great actors and they have amazing chemistry. I love dramas like this… the leads always play good roles…. This Dr has action, romance, humor, mystery and more… ML is a good brother and falls in love with the FL quickly …. I can’t wait until the next episode… the ML assistant needs to let go and the FL doctor male coworker need to let go…. ML and FL make a good couple… Lawyer/doctor but with common interest and strong attraction … the third couple was so unnecessary… they took away from time the lead couple couple have shared

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I had such high hopes for this drama... wait so long for it... and... it's SO bad. Now I see why there was so much delay in the release. I am so disappointed.

First, I don't know if they were trying to be creative but setting the start of the drama 2 years in the future and not at the chronology time is not only incredibly confusing but you have 0 connection to the characters because there was no build-up to the characters. You are not given a chance to invest in the characters so you end of just not caring or getting annoyed at the characters because you don't know or understand their motivations or backstory. Just throwing the viewers into the middle of some battle and expecting people to understand the character's personalities and dialogue as if it were in the middle of the drama was a huge mistake. I get that this type of storytelling technique can be unique and add to the drama IF done RIGHT (ex: the drama Signal), BUT they UTTERLY FAIL here.

Second, if Episode 1 is supposed to act as a pilot then they failed because it was the most mundane and boring episode where nothing happened. If I had never seen their trailers then I would not have continued to watch this. Even at Episode 5, the storytelling is all over the place, you are still not involved with the characters - they're all just getting annoying more than anything else - and you don't even know or care what they're fighting about.

Third, why are the dialogues SO boring. I just don't get it. They spend so much of the dialogue on formalities (ex: "mr. x has died. It's a shame he has died. He will be greatly honored that you will remember him. We will all remember him. He has fought by your side so long. Mr. y so have you. Oh no, please I cannot compare to mr. x. Yes, mr. x was a good man. etc. etc. etc. for 5 minutes!). Every Chinese (especially historical) dramas are so filled with these formal speaking that it's just hard to wade through it all to get to the crux. What's the point? Can we have a few witty conversations?? They need to take a page out of the Korean historical dramas. They used to be boring as sin too. Then they realized hey let's just make the dialogue more modern and witty and dispense with the formalities. The result? Shorter episodes, wittier dialogue, faster story progression. China, c'mon. You have great ideas! Let's execute on them better!

I've always been such a fan of Chinese dramas. Always waiting for the comeback of their Golden Years. But now I realize that Chinese dramas have SO far to go still. The best thing about this drama is the trailers and MVs on YouTube. Basically, it works best as a 3 minute musical montage than a full blown 50 episode drama. I'm so disappointed at this drama. Don't bother watching. Not worth the time or energy.

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WORST HIGH RATED KD EVER

OMG this was beyond my imagination of how a drama can be this bad

Extremely boring
Too long with no need
Very detailed
Very slow pace
Dark light during directing which made you depressed
And IU made it much worse for me

I could bear only 2 episodes and I was dying
I couldn't bear anymore
It was same as just between lovers

If you didn't like (just between lovers) like me,
so you definitely won't like this one

The catastrophe I jumped to last episode and I get about 70% of what happened during the hole drama
Which means it's really an awful drama

And it stamped with this sad stupid end
Horrible from all aspects 🤦🏻‍♀️

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I watched the first few episodes. I thought that the drama might be a keeper for me due to the relatively strong women characters and despite my ambivalence about the Chang Ki Yong character, who seemed always to be filmed in a misty light. But then Episode 4 came along and he did that thing with her pantyhose and that made me cringe. Was it meant to be cute and sexy? Were we all supposed to say, “Awwww, he’s sweet,” not “Ewwww, he’s weird?” It was the latter for me and now I can’t continue with this show because under Korean drama law, she’s going to end up with him.

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Very poor

I read the synopsis of this drama but when I started watching this drama first episode is good ,starting is very good of the drama but as soon as the story progressed that he went back to his past to looked like he got a chance to correct the pass from there the exhibit of the story is poor,dull ,boring and monotonous. Even actors acting was also very very dull I am not able to connect myself with the characters and their emotions . Lead actress drama I had watched before and she did a great job in those drama I watch two of her drama so because of her I decided to watch this drama but I am very disappointed with her acting or I can say the role had given to her she did not bring that role upto the mark all the time same sort of expression had been shown on her face ok in between she got some happy moments where she laughed but still not correctly caughtbwith the character expression for scenario of the drama. So I decided to drop this drama.

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Sometimes don't mind the comments before starting a series!

I started knowing about the series through the BL fan pages posting clips of the series. But after reading some of the top comments left on MDL I was unsure but I still start watching it because of TutorYim that I knew and adore from Cutie Pie.

And dare I say it was quite a journey through the first episode! The pacing of the episode was quite good although not quite packed with backstory for me to get to know the characters (also understandable as it is only 8 episodes). The cinematography was great (thank god for 4K Youtube) and the editing were not that horrible.

As I am not that deep into DMD's BL environment for me to compare and slam the series for it's storyline, actor/acting etc. like some of the commenters here, I think it was just a cute, bubbly, cringey BL for me to take it too seriously. Jade IS quite a handful as a character and at times over-hyper but I don't mind it. His chemistry with Mai is quite good and I'm quite surprised that I'm not into NetJames which is apparently DMD's other big BL couple that I'm not familiar yet.

The series' characters and vibe almost remind me of "A Boss and A Babe", in which both of them were not the top-notch series of the year type of series as much as an introduction series for the actors to really get experiences for acting. All and all I can say it is a good BL for you to fill up the time but you can't expect an Oscar for the series. And I do understand that for some people, this kind of series is not their cup of tea.

I can expect myself watching it through the end with hope that the story will progressing great in the future episode.

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A Comedy of Errors....... And Bathroom Humour

I really wanted to like this one. The production quality is very low (even the sound fades in and out like a cheap production), yet there is an overall spirit behind this drama that feels like a passion project.

It's a comedy of errors, like any other. Misunderstanding after misunderstanding creates the basis of this drama. It's cute, but it's also tiresome. The FL was excellent, and the only reason I forced myself to watch 6 whole episodes and gave this drama a considerably high rating, but I am not a nine year old, so fart joke after fart joke bathroom humour makes me cringe rather than laugh. Actually, nine year olds would probably enjoy this drama better than I did, and intentionally or not, that's the age range this comedy would appeal to most.

A mediocre story concept with exceptionally good acting by the FL. I suggest you watch it.... If you have the sense of humour of a nine year old.

I'm giving this 5.5 fart jokes out of 10.

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Slow

This series has only eight episodes, so when I completed two of them and realized that I am not even a little interested, I decided that it was time to drop it.

If I had to describe Once Again with one word, it would be slow. The characters walk and speak slowly. The plot progresses slowly. The episodes pass slowly.
The screentime could have been cut in half and no important scenes would have been lost. For instance, a substantial part of episode two shows what the viewers already saw in episode one.
The phlegmatic mood makes all the characters seem lifeless, like NPCs from a game. Kang Ji Hoon is the closest, in behavior and facial expressions, to being a real person. I liked him because he is kind. However, the script requires him to do things that do not make sense, such as taking a child to his dorm for the night despite knowing that the child's mother will come home in the morning and probably panic when she realizes that her son is missing.

Overall, although this series has an interesting premise and great OSTs, it suffers from bad execution.

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The story is nonsensical, but the leads' chemistry makes up for it

The problem here is that this is a super low budget drama, and therefore the plot is rushed and weird. However, the leads' chemistry is so good that it oddly makes up for the bare bones production and story. It's like an AI wrote a script with the primary objective being to put the leads in as many tropey, contrived situations as possible. And then the actors were so good and had so much chemistry, it made the astonishingly bad script almost passable.

If you ignore the story and production values, it's watchable. I hope the ML and FL actors get bigger (better) dramas because of this one.

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