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the romantic love story of Pikachu and a great swimming athlete.
I really enjoy the story of this drama, the story of this drama is not heavy but interesting to follow, a beautiful and loyal love story between the two main players is an important ingredient in this drama besides the appearance of the male lead who is very handsome and charming as a swimmer athlete really becomes my reasons and points for finishing this drama, even though he is a newcomer but his performance can be compared to actors who have developed in the acting world for several years. I was quite surprised by his good performance.of course for those who like sports dramas, don't miss this one.
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A Train is Coming ......
The Devil Punisher is a 2020 romance fantasy supernatural drama co-produced by Sanli and Netflix. This drama includes some elements of mythology. I was originally really pumped waiting for this drama to finish airing since the synopsis looks pretty interesting. I ran here after finished watching the drama, and all I can say is it is a train wreck.In Chinese mythology, Zhong Kui is a demon fighter (you might have seen pictures of him posted on doors). According to legends, when he was a mortal, he lived during the Tang dynasty era. He participated in the palace examination, however, due to jealousy, the prime minister framed him and he took his own life. Meanwhile, Meng Po is known as the goddess/ grandma who cooks forgetfulness soup so that souls who reincarnate will have no memories of their past life, thus there is no grievances nor resentfulness. This drama narrative revolves around Zhong Kui and Meng Po as lovers that transcend over time.
It all started after a hateful spirit burned a bridge in the underworld realm and dragged Meng Po to the human realm. Upon arriving at the human realm, Meng Po memory was erased and her heavenly aura was sealed, making Zhong Kui unable to find her for a period of time. Shortly after finding Meng Po, Zhong Kui and Meng Po crack stranger supernatural cases together, and in the process of it, Meng Po falls for Zhong Kui once again. However, not long after problems start to brew bigger. The problems they were solving were like dominos that lead to one another, which ultimately lead to the big plan and the villain. The villain in the drama is really predictable, after watching a few episodes, I am pretty sure that most of the viewers are able to guess who is the big bad boss.
This drama was funny and interesting in the first few episodes, I laughed quite a few times watching the earlier episodes. However, it got really draggy and it has a lot of nonsensical plot and plotholes in the middle of the drama. The climax lacks intensity, and the ending of this drama was really rushed and full of nonsense. Why go all around circles, ups and down when the problem/ trial could be solved easily. For real, the problem-solving in this drama was really funny and nonsense. In addition, one episode of this drama is around 1 hour long, which will probably make some fall asleep or really sleepy while watching this.
The characters in this drama are straight so bland, they have no personality or whatsoever. I don't know if the characters were written in that way. And I'd like to give a slap to En Xi, she acted so bratty and took everything for granted. The actors and actresses' acting was emmm, it was like a child's play. I watched one of Mike He's dramas, Cambrian Period, but his acting does not give me any impression, meanwhile, this is the first Ivy Shao drama I watched. Their acting was downright bland, I am sorry to say this but I feel like all of the actors in this drama were just reciting lines. I mean yea the male lead looks hot and the female lead looks cute but they have no chemistry at all. I always laughed at their kiss scenes, I feel like watching 2 fishes kissing every time they kissed...
This drama got a pretty huge subsidy from the government, however, I wonder where all those budgets went. The production, the cinematography is so terrible it looks like a high school kid production drama. I don't know if because it is shot during Corona or what but it is terrible. I have no words on how to describe it, I The CGI was average, not too bad but not good also, even though there were some terrible CGIs. And even if the cinematography is terrible, I am still kinda looking forward to the actor's outfit but again, their outfit is soo bland.. And the historical/ period costume, makeup, the hairstyle was horrendous; I am sure even a small production period drama did it better. As for the BGM and OSTs, there is nothing catchy in particular.
I thought I'd give this 4.5, because there are some cases that were pretty touching (but still not well-developed), and for their comedy element in the early episodes, and lastly for the character development. The only character development I see throughout this series is Zhong Kui and Ouyang Kai. Their character develops as the story arc progresses- Zhong Kui became more "sympathetic and more humane", Ouyang Kai became more "mature".
I thought of dropping it halfway, but I kept on watching since I was curious if the story takes a better turn but It does not. Overall, if you are a fan of the actors or genre, go ahead and watch but for me who is not a fan of the actor nor genres, it is a waste of time and energy.
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1What it was, what it could've been...
When KinnPorsche was announced, Trapped was nearly the only action BL you could refer to. This one appeared to be even darker & grittier, so it was instant anticipation for me. Fast forward to 2021, the promotion of KP begins and they’re really pushing its mafia themes. So when the drama finally airs and there are shootouts, brawling and death; I think to myself "This is my kind of thing, why don’t I feel immersed in this world of crime?". Well… because the world building in this series is slim to none. The way Porsche falls asleep during his orientation and gets thrown into his bodyguard duties with no knowledge of the organization, sums up how I felt as a viewer. lolAfter awhile, it sinks in that the mafia themes are mostly superficial and the screenwriter's portrayal of organized crime doesn't go much deeper than men in suits carrying guns and having meetings. After 14 episodes, I’m left with a very vague understanding of what dealings/activities Kinn’s family actually takes part in. The writer relies so heavily on the viewer’s general knowledge of mafia culture that there’s barely a build-up or explanation for anything that occurs. At one point, they have to defend their territory from a rival gang and I could only wonder what that “territory” was. Do they control all of Bangkok? Some of it? Is it even Bangkok? And what do they do within this territory? Drugs? Prostitution? Money laundering? There’s never enough to go on, but I could sense the writer telling me “hey, it’s mafia jargon. Just go with it”.
Eventually the series does reach a point where it feels like events are properly built up and connected to an overarching story- towards the end. When the mafia stuff is put aside and it focuses on the death of Porsche’s parents. This is also around the time Vegas and Pete offer us the unconventional romance and fatal attraction that was surprisingly missing from the main couple. They weren’t executed perfectly, but done well enough to steal my attention from the main couple & plot.
In conclusion: I enjoyed the characters, their wild & funny interactions, the no-holds-barred sexual expression, and the badass action sequences. But story-wise, I'm perpetually torn between loving this as a BL, and being disappointed in its hollow shell of a crime drama.
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I enjoyed the beginnings - quirky, good cast, interesting storyline, et al. I found that as the story progressed it did somewhat lose track of the beginnings, but not terribly, and the main love affair kept on track very nicely. It differed enough from the real history of this king that I didn't worry about the kids (shown in the first episode) too much & just wondered about the resolution.
Well. What resolution, I ask myself after finishing this? What happened? How? I don't know. I highly suggest one NOT watch the last 10 minutes of the final episode. Make up your own ending & watch the credits roll. Go read the book, which has a satisfying, logical ending. Don't expect to have any questions answered by this sageuk :(
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A cold general meets a bratty annoying girl... fluffy with lots of skinship romance...
What I like:1. The typical fluffy arranged marriage romance with LOTS of skinship n kisses between the male leads... n the main leads stay true to each other from the start till finish...
2. There isn’t really second male/female lead draggy plot... somehow the passing people become couples with others n don’t have any real interest in the male leads, just some misunderstandings but got solved quickly each time... at least there r 5 couples got together at the end of the drama...
3. The romance is cute enough that I finish this drama... the ML is just so romantic to FL...
What I don’t really like:
1. The FL character is a lil bit too annoying... I get that she is supposed to be young n at first her behavior is kinda acceptable, but somehow after being married for a while, she is just the same childish girl who gets into trouble repeatedly without even realizing it... she always blames her husband when things don’t go her way or if he doesn’t agree with her, n he always apologizes in the end, superb ML character I guess.. I almost dropped this after her repeated antics, but somehow managed to finish this just for the sake of the romance n curiousity of how it’ll end...
2. It got boring plot wise at some point, but still watchable...
Overall the drama is light, so it’s recommended if u just got out of an angsty drama n need a bit of happy times... n it’s a happy ending, the satisfying one where everybody is happy, including some of the small villains...
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Tragic but Beautfiul ending
I know a lot of you guys are pissed over the ending, but its the perfect ending for the show isn't the show titled is "The Miracle Of Teddy Bear", it was Tofu the MIRACLE that happened to Nut's life, so he was just temporary thing not a permanent, he was just a beautiful moment,Let's talk about the show, at first I was really disappointed with the whole physical abuse was going around Tofu, and it's my most awaited BL series of the previous year, and seeing this whole abuse made me angry, and the first few episodes made me pissed a lot, like he just letting his anger all out on Tofu, and not to mention he was a terrible son also like it was hard for me to watch, but they slowly revealed that how he has some tragic past issues, he had a homophobic father, his first love was straight, then he has to break up with his first boyfriend which he genuinely loved, due to his mother, he always felt that he was a mistake since her mother still loves her first love, so I started to sympathize over him but I try to put myself on Tofu's place. Would you ever date a person who slapped you, punched and insulted you, and destroys your entire self-esteem? Because I won't be going to date that person, I still remember that episode when Nut confessed to him and kissed him, and Tofu said some stuff like "Your lips taste like jelly" and he slaps him, kick him out of his house, and leave him in a middle of the night, like thank god it was Gen who found, and then Song keeps for few days, and he forgave Nut in less than a few second and he says some stuff like "If you are angry hit me" and I was so disappointed then it hit me, that Tofu is not a Human being, to begin with, he doesn't have any personality trait except to love Nut so after that I started to pray that please god its should not be their endgame, because it would be a toxic relationship in the end, and I am not gonna replace a Piece of cotton (Tofu) with nice Human being who is also a nature activist(Tarn) lol.
So I am glad in the end its NutTarn endgame, people are forgetting Tofu became a human being due to the love of Nut and Tarn in the end, the reason he looks like Neung is that Neung was the first love of both Nut and Tarn, his sole purpose was to solve the imperfect life of Nut, he helped Nut to communicate with his mother, he helped them to be a nice person again
So I am glad the ending is NutTarn instead of TofuNut,
Lets talk about the writing, this BL has one of the best dialogues, especially how they even talked about the current situation, like how the BL series is all popular but their still no laws regarding the LGBT, and thank god a BL series where the characters admit their sexuality, I loved how many time Nut openly said "I am gay" because many BL series avoids that, or barely talk about that, and I love how we get to see both the side the homophobic side and the open-minded side of the society,
And i loved the side couple Song and Gen, and people forget when we say Love is Love, which includes Love Sees No Age also,
and this series has more twists and turn than a murder mystery drama which i loved it too,
So overall i love the show
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This drama is not easy to watch... it touches very a sensitive topic but it SO worth to watch.
I didn't know about the existense of IS so this struck me hard... keep an open mind and watch this and see how would you react if it was you...
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Glamorous lives of influencers
The drama is basically about how Ari rises to a top influencer position and the people she meets and makes enemies with along the way. And, of course, how she exposes them.I liked the drama overall. I mainly loved Ari's chemistry with Junkyung and kinda wanted to watch them more than the other cliche beaches of influencers. I also felt like it was too long for a Netflix show, as they're usually max 8 eps, while this one was 12 eps. The reason I gave it a bit low on the rewatch value is exactly because of this. I don't see people who likes a fast watch would rewatch all of the 12 eps again. They felt a bit long with the lack of proper action or more romance. Tho I must say this is just my preference. So folks who doesn't like much romance, will love the underlying slow romance going on. The acting and the production quality are good, so it was still a nice watch.
I still have to mention that I wanted more romance. I was also disappointed with the villain. I expected they'd do a cool murder mystery, but it was more of a life lesson theme instead... I legit expected the sweetest character Shihyeon, to turn out to be a psycho villain as a plot twist, but nope, she was actually simply just nice T_T
Nevertheless, I loved how Park Gyu Young and Kang Min Hyuk had a lovely chemistry and a cute couple to watch. I really wished they'd gave more of them... still portrayed a nice slow burn romance. Tho plot-wise they lacked more background info on why they were the way they were. Like at times I was confused about whether Junkyung was actually a nice guy or a bored playboy, or whether Ari had a traumatic love experience in the past that made her so cold towards Junkyung even after kissing or she was just very introverted? I just wished they filled more in to the main characters personalities & past, rather than introducing buch of superficial mean girls.
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If you love dramas which will keep you on the edge and thinking, keep you laughing and let you find yourself smiling at the couple's antics, you should watch this drama. Also, if you love strong female characters and law dramas then definitely, decision to watch this drama is a no-brainer. Binge.
What I liked:
1. It involves law and it is not dragging, perhaps exciting and will most likely have you to binge watch.
I personally like dramas about law like Lawless lawyer because they seldom lag because of different cases encountered along with the main case which is the case for Hyena. There is just a different excitement in courtroom.
2. No skipping scenes.
This one has a very good story line. cases are packed, well-written and will keep you looking forward to the next episode. I have watched 6 dramas ever since the corona virus quarantine started with Hyena being the 6th. I used to have a habit of skipping scenes a lot especially scenes without dialogues. However, Hyena was different. You get to enjoy the cinematography which is good and I rarely skip scenes in Hyena which is rare for me. Whenever I would think of skipping scenes, I would stop myself then I would enjoy every bit of scenes. Each episode is an hour-length but I find other 30-min. length dramas longer. It is that filled. Also, although each episode is packed, the story didn't get messed up.
3.The characters. I can't emphasize more on this.
I have known Joo Ji Hoon from other dramas and even had him as my Ipad wallpaper before. He never failed to give justice to a character in different genres. As for Kim Hye Soo, although she has other dramas, this is the first time that I saw her. Song Hye Kyo was offered the character but she turned it down and I'm so glad she turned it down. Don't get me wrong, I also love Song Hye Kyo but there is something different with Kim Hye Soo. Whenever I picture Song Hye Kyo being Geum Ja, it's just not that right now that I've watched Hye Soo. Hye Kyo is very beautiful and a very good actress but Hye Soo has the aura and charisma that could match Ji Hoon's charisma, or even overpower him. If Hye Kyo has beauty and charm, Hye Soo has beauty and charisma and she did so much justice on Geum Ja's character. Overall, the characters, not only the main, were so good. They make you feel the journey and the emotions. They make you feel involved especially how mature Geum Ja and Hee Jae handles their relationship.
4. The kisses and laughs.
The supporting roles definitely played the major role for comedy that's why no character is wasted.
The romance. Oh the romance. I often find myself smiling in front of the screen, feeling the butterflies in my stomach and that is rare for me. The chemistry of Ji Hoon and Hye Soo is so so so so good. They are both mature and really fit characters so good. And speaking of mature, the kisses! Although there's like at most three to five kissing scenes they were real kisses! Like not just lips steadily touching for three seconds but french! They're smoking hot that my face still turn red with a grin and makes me crave for more but... (I won't write any spoilers. GO AND WATCH).
5. Music to dance for and to feel for
Hyena by Yeoeun, On the road by Baekhyun, Hyena by Giriboy are some of the OST that got me hooked especially Hyena by Giriboy. They really fit as ost. GO AND LISTEN.
What I didn't like:
1. That it finished
2. The ending could have been written better. I don't know if there would be so much casualties if they were to add one more episode but seriously, one more episode is needed to say that this drama is perfect. Because of that I was a little disappointed. If the story and the characters didn't grow on me, I would not be disappointed but they did and as a writer myself, there could be a better ending. Maybe, just maybe, they could not permit another episode which explains the ending. However, although I was wishing for a better ending, the way they ended it considering the airtime only allotted for the drama, it was a clean finish. My love for the drama was still greater.
In summary:
DO NOT THINK ABOUT IT. WATCH IT. RIGHT NOW.
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Takeaway? None.
There were plot holes right from the beginning, but I was stubborn on setting aside my prejudices and waiting it out until the final episode to reach a conclusion on my perspective of the drama. There were moments in between when I was ready to drop it, but since I was almost there I decided to tell myself to not give up and stick through for the final couple of episodes. Don't get me wrong, this is not a crappy drama or anything, but is it a great drama? Is it a must watch? Will I recommend it? Nope.I don't really feel like there was a takeaway from this drama at all. I don't think every drama needs to have one, but when they don't I would expect that they compensate in some other aspect. The absence of a message could have been overlooked then, but here the lacking was too evident that it left the viewer unsettled. At the end of the drama I found myself questioning whether I wasted 12hrs of my life on nothing. Personally I hope they never get back together because they don't open up to each other. It was ridiculous how they had been in a relationship for so long, even got married AND divorced and yet she didn't know about the sister. Eunbeom is a character who loves to keep things in (even the part where he overheard Hara's and her mom's phonecall and misunderstood it the way he wanted) and would never try to resolve it. This would only create more miscommunication between them and lead to more fights. I am a person who loves open endings. But with this drama the opening ending felt so unsatisfying. I would rather have preferred for them to give us a proper closing with some clarity. Overall, I am disappointed.
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My Engineer is the new SOTUS ripoff we never needed. Senior engineering student Bohn (a much less green Cooper in his first lead since My Bromance) bullies freshman medical student, Duen (Poy) by making him bring him a rose every day. The couple fall for each other and embark on a relationship that is half weirdly sexless, half abusive.
As well as Duen being exceedingly weird about any kind of skinship to the point where it's uncomfortable, Bohn freaks out almost every episode at Duen even talking to another man and then gaslights him into apologising when he's in the wrong. Think Until We Meet Again meets 2 Moons. Yes it's that weird. If Duen isn't freaking out because his boyfriend wants to spend time with him alone, Bohn is freaking out because Duen interacts with other people. Duen responds to all of this with a weird vacant smile that makes you wonder if he's mentally deficient in some way.
Of course all their close group of friends are also secretly gay and we end up with a number of other romances between them. The best of these is RamKing (Perth and Lay), whose relationship is almost worth tuning in for. The worst of these is BossMek, where Ryan's character Mek eventually gets his straight friend, Boss (Inntouch) by aggressively Nice Guying him in a way that feels coercive.
The show is predictable, generic and derivative. It has almost no plot and is written to a standard BL formula. For me at least that formula is tired. If you wanted to fast forward entirely to the RamKing scenes, you wouldn't be missing anything. Or just skip it completely.
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A story full of love-hate and a never ending mess
I love Republican Era settings and this even has Jing Tian, only the sight of Jing Tian dressed up in that style was enough to get me on for this.Talking about the plot, the overall conspiracy stuff is a mixture. Their is a revenge story going on but they also want to show the viewers about Opium consumption and it's ill effects on health and life… All the ways to trick each other are mainly related to Business stuff. So maybe some people could get bored of it, though that's a genre I enjoy… Their are many complicated family feuds (trust me MANY)… they show us struggles for freedom and dreams too. The plot twists are really strange but unpredictable too. It's quite fun to watch but not too much intriguing for your brain either.
The deeds of the main villain is a total MESS. Once I got attached to the characters and started understanding the story… what was waiting for me next door was hate, anger and frustration. Many things annoy you to death here but the story will be left with nothing without them. Anyone looking for light weight fluffy stuff, just run away. This ain't for you.
I realized the cinematography is good and those Qipao dresses, the wavy silky hairstyles keeps us reminding of that era. The visuals are definitely a very big advantage here especially because it's a long 40 episode drama so there has to be something on screen that people can focus on. Of course, in addition to this setting, Jing Tian and Xu Weizhou are the best eye candies to stare at.
Jing Tian ( as Feng Shizhen ) — Feng Shizhen is strong and smart and she knows what she's doing. Jing Tian carries out this role very gracefully. From spying secretly with the gentle look of a governess (teacher) to expressing her emotions at the right moment. I was so hooked up to her character and totally rooting for her from the beginning.
Xu Weizhou ( as Rong Jiashang ) — he is the young master of the Rong family. Jiashang is an arrogant boy and was trained in the military academy from a small age. He is capable but pretty reckless too. He seemed like a puppy in love who wants to do so much but he needs to grow big first xD. I really pitied him all the way.
It's kinda funny how Jiashang's favorite sentence in the whole drama was "please give me some more time". He said this so many times that I couldn't even count it now. He reminds me that most of the scenes between him and Shizhen were repetitive. Though I agree they had their chemistry to carry it on.
Jing Chao ( as Meng Xu An ) — he is super cunning. In the beginning he maintained a cool gesture and a strong aura around him. But his character changes a lot throughout the drama.
{ My issues with the drama…}
—•• The biggest problem here is its pacing. The drama just gets super slow that you feel like the energy is missing. No matter how the plot goes, I literally felt the urge to speed it up like 2x or 3x many times… and every incident is so connected to each other that you can't even skip anything.
—•• I have another problem with the plot which is a spoiler so in the comments section.
The songs were fit for the occasion but didn't sound so special to go to my OST playlist.
✧ Favorite dialogue — "You have to live on, to see hope and a favourable turn" ✧
As to conclude, I am quite satisfied with this drama as all I was expecting here was a good revenge story and a strong female lead, which I got… So this turned out to be a good one time watch.
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Please make her stop screaming
A new judging criteria should be added: scream level. FL starts as a little girl always smiling hoping that a happy and nice child will be more easily adopted than a sad and crying one, but as an adult she cries and above all screams a lot..maybe too much. A good story is somehow ruined by this interpretation, like it happened with Kill me Heal me.And talking about comparison, here you can't help but compare Woo Do Hwan with Kim Woo Bin (Uncontrollably fond) and Lee Jun Ho (Just between lovers) and I'm sorry to say that the result is not so positive. Maybe his performance is ruined ruined by the over the top acting of Yoo Mi Lee.
Anyway, I enjoyed whatching this drama even if it didn't involve me emotionally as I thought.
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Chanyoung in class 2
Let me start by saying this is my first review ever on mydramalist. I've never felt the need to write one. Infact I've never even had an account but today i created an account and here i am writing a review , this is because of how annoyed i am by this showNow this is not to stop anyone from watching because its actually a cute watch. Its to prepare your mind not to expect anything great.
As someone who read the manhwa, im extremely annoyed by this series not because it did not meet my expectations but because this was made as a straight drama with queer baiting which i hate the most out of bls. I dont know why i even had expectations when this was being made by korea and i know how homophobic they are. They straight-washed this drama and made it about the side couple instead of the main couple. We had 10 episodes and instead of spending time developing the story of Heesu and Seunwong. They fed us with chanyoung and the girl(sorry i forgot her name) and we were left with crumbs for our actual main couple. I sincerely hope theres a season 2 to this where the main couple is actually explored so that i can understand why season 1 was made this way. I really liked it and enjoyed the slowburn but by ep6 it was beginning to be clear that we had just been qeer-baited to watch another straight drama and its very sad because Heesu and Seungwon have great chemistry. Seungwon's pinning for heesu is one for the books and when it becomes reciprocal you can see also just how much Heesu likes Seungwon too. The show was also quite realistic with the problems it gave high school students. This show in general had so much potential to be more than the producers allowed it to be and thats quite sad. If i was the writer of the actual manhwa i dont think i would have given permission for my book to become a series if they were only going to make such a terrible remake out of it but thats what the bl world means to these producers. Just a quick cash grab. I guess I'm done ranting now and feel better. Anyways if you decide to watch this and see my comment, i hope it atleast prepared you enough for what you're about to watch because the only way to fix this mess is a SEASON 2 and if there's a petition to sign for it, best believe I'll be on the list
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