I'll give credit to the show for having YuTu's incredible lack of social & emotional skills be consistent. Even when he finally gets his moment to finally apologize and confess to Jingjing, he says all kinds of dumb things and nearly botches it. At least he does sort of get it out. I'm glad she decides to keep him at arm's length for a bit. He hurt her really bad and needs to do at least some penance! Plus, his whole life he has been the one the girls have been pursuing and I think that has contributed to his self-absorbed nature - he has literally always just taken girls for granted. So it's good for him to learn what it's like to be pursuing her.
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KJ2025 It’s been a mixed bag helping Wu regain memories. The shooting incident brings the most emotional memories from past and present. He subjects Zhang to a trial by the people and finds that he is ruthless with martial law but does not abuse his power to harm innocents. This pacifies him. Zhang makes a group to go find Xumi realm. He, Xiao Yu, Qi and Wu will find the entrance. They enter via the shaft in Teihai house and redo the opera stage where Wu gets to fight last Peng parasite. They find the Japanese campsite but it has been burned to ash leaving no clues. Wu’s cell revealed his notes and Wu’s fear of the place but nothing else. They find a wall identical to the tower wall but not. The Xumi Realm tablet is much newer than it should be. The area has all the spells on the wall Hatoyama bragged about mastering. One is left they had not heard of, revitalizing the tower. This is done by nourishing the seed with the right combo of water and fire. Topside Gen Huo has replaced the missing Zhang with his man. He is claiming cult infiltration and has enforced a curfew and martial law. Zhang’s second has sent two on a secret mission. Huo explores from the other side. She knows the water route of the caskets so enters from that way. She follows Wu’s marks and is the first to run into the much larger Zainiangniang. She figures out the entrance she wants is under water so fearlessly dives in. The episode ends with the four reading the spells and trying to get the right combination to nourish the seed. For once, other than the creature, there is much more activity topside than underground. They have still not revealed what Japan’s repercussions will be for the lost auction.
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NoirRoex As stated before, the guest star, Xu Qiao Yue, the student did some heavy dramatic carrying of this drama. She confesses seeing her friend suicidal. There is an abrupt switch into this character giving a rowing speech about justice. The edit and music is too abrupt to ignore. However, the actual speech and the scenes the speech is laid over are appropriately dramatic and make her circumstances even crueler. For the sake of his art, this man felt more inspiration when she got defiled by 3 additional men.We cut to a scene of her in the office acting contrite and the Female lead wraps it up by saying she arrested the 3 man who assaulted her. Here's the leap. The female lead says she could not have possibly learned how to do this by herself and someone must have helped her. *Eye roll for me* and I think back to the original suspects quote "Officer, on what grounds do you say that?" Ugh. This girl, by the time she hits the camera, NEVER, exuded naive energy. She always seemed smart and calculating when we see her as a witness after the murder. They can assume the victim is a minimum a pervert cause he moved from a lofty art gallery to a studio in a poorer area to cheat on his wife with young adults but she, a student at college, had to have backing rather than something she heard or saw. The girl tells her someone with a lighthouse photo contacted her on social media. They somehow knew what she was going through.Then we get a scene with a female lead with her captain. "Why did this rich man with status prey on these girls?" "Why did the victims of assault not trust us to do their jobs?"*Eye roll* If anyone asks that question, it should not be the leader of this team? She is supposed to be seasoned enough to give the answer. Moreover, Cheng Mo, subordinate gave the answer in the interrogation room when they were throwing out leaps of logic at the first assault victim. She can't be a seasoned leader with a newly formed squad and asking cadet questions. That should have posed by someone less seasoned. Sorry, as an audience member she lost credibility as a leader. Her character isn't polished or grounded and it's literally all over the place for the sake of plot. It's frustrating because you can see effort is put into the drama. But you can't have the person who leads you through the drama be this erratic in levels of intelligence and naivete. I'm not saying its the actress, but I think the problem is this character sucks up the oxygen in the room. The other characters can perform to the potential of the drama when she is quiet and they are not trying to work with her character neurotic energy.Not fed up yet. Cheng Mo might get me through it. Cheng Mo has his welcome party but he seems to be distracted by the female lead. Episode ends.6.5/10 - the drama got better. Case resolved. But the female lead's writing is kind of an issue that might continue to hurt the drama.
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Karmander When I started this show, it was definitely giving a cliché, generic vibe. But as the show moved on I was again and again proven wrong.First of all, Ahn Ha Young is damn gorgeous. Like she definitely has one of the unique faces you're gonna witness in this industry. Her beauty almost distracts you from the story at times.Also, just got to learn that this is her first lead role as a female, and I can say she knocks it out of the park with her charming personality, perfect for the rom-com energy this drama needed.She can act. Such a precious smile. But boy, was it hard watching her cry in monumental scenes. I Loved her work in "Teach You a Lesson" and was very eagerly looking forward to this project. And I can attest that the wait was worth it.Secondly, coming to the male leads. I have loved Jung Hae-In's work in D.P. and Love Next Door. He's got the acting chops and manages to balance the nuances of the character from Gangster to Shy Boyfriend pretty effortlessly.The bigger but a welcomed surprise was the villain here. Baek Sang-gil is not the usual antagonist provided with a tragic backstory just for the sake of the story, rather his character serves as a good example to the phrase "a product of the environment".I also find it amusing that his character and Tae-Ha have almost the same line of events yet the path they choose draws a huge contrast between them, even though they are bound together through a cruel twist of fate.Additional characters were so enjoyable. S.E.S Ladies especially have my heart. And his subordinate who joins the village later was also surprisingly funny. Glad that the doc and nurse made up at the end, haha.The show never misses on its comedic beats, and always finds a way to deliver humor unexpectedly. The gentle taps on the back, whenever the characters hug are so cute. I have no idea if this was a thing for this show, or if it's a K-Drama thing, but I love it.After the 10th episode, I was unsure of the ending and felt this might become another case of dragging the story which usually happens in various K-Dramas. Because by that episode, the story had reached a perfect closure.But to my surprise the last two episodes were not just an extension of romantic leads having cute moments. Rather the story of the villain was simply not finished, and as we found out in the finale, he had a lot of baggage.The show manages to wrap up the story in 12 episodes even with a deserved wedding scene by the end.Tae-Ha doesn't hate rains now, as they don't remind him of his sorrowful days anymore rather he embraces it prioritizing his happiness for the first time.Eun-Sae has a family now and no longer wishes for materialistic things to bring her happiness.Wholesome ending. Long live the people of Taffy village.
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shriek The dialogue and acting of Nakhin and Ongsa are the worst. I want to be excited about this AlphaxBeta but they make it extra hard. — Naphit is kinda submissive towards Phatsa now. Interesting. Should be super suspicious to everyone who witnessed it but nah, not important now, we‘ll activate it once it has to be important. — Nakhun keeps being insensitive with what he says and doesn’t seem to notice. But hello?? Phatsa, you can open your mouth and say something, too?! — The whole thing with the father searching for a pure Omega should’ve started in episode 2. Now it’s so boring. We know it’s Phatsa. (That Nakhun never asked about his test also surprises me) The father respects NxP‘s bond and moves on to Nakhin. The only thing that could happen now is how the father will react once he learns about Ongsa. Will he be mean, cold or aggressive? Will he move on to Naphit? Or will Ongsa break up with Nakhin? Or will he learn about Phatsa before and be extra satisfied because that‘s been his plan all along? We already know that in the end everything will turn out in his favour. 🙄 — Amintra and Nakhin’s conversation was interesting. But up until now I could’ve never guessed they are childhood besties. — Sangnuea and Naphit meet. Was Sangnuea in heat here? He’s not wearing his „protective“ scarf anymore (as if that would help). Curious to learn what happened between the two. — What do you mean Ongsa‘s mother knows NNN‘s mother? In my head that should change a lot. Is that the reason Ongsa and Nakhin have known e/o before? Or will this (or the banana cake) be the protection/bonus once the father learns about him? — That we only now get to see how Nakhun follows Phatsa‘s scent, in a snail‘s pace, is annoying me. (You can‘t make me believe he found Phatsa by scent in Ep. 1.) And how the scent was shown is giving cartoon. — We are not moving forward at all with the MCs. Phatsa has become this sulky bebi and Nakhun keeps being an insensitive wall but with a conversation about the same topic as last ep. and some sex all‘s good again. And with the SCs we‘re moving in huge steps where you feel like you‘ve missed half the story.
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IrenaK A tough time for Tingyun. She had to learn a completely different lifestyle, and luckily by the second half of the episode she already managed to pick up a thing or two from Ling. And how could she not? Ling was injured because of her, Sen ran to another city to look for medicine... At least they found shelter in that temple, and coincidentally enough, it was occupied by the real Imperial Envoy and his guards. 🤨I did find it funny how those guards just watched Ling aura farming until he couldn't anymore, and the guards finally interfered... AND thank God they did, actually! Because DAMN, even though I knew Ling has protagonist plot armour, I really thought for a second the bandits killed him! 🫣😮💨🙏 (yeah, trauma from that other drama is still there) Her choosing to use the Imperial Envoy and help him with the investigation to gain some benefit out of it? I think that was a quite smart move. And even if there's a possibility that it might not work the way she hopes it would, it's still better atm when Ling is injured, needs medicine, and they are starving. 😌I am giggling a little that they are now pretending to be fiancés, replaying in my mind those few moments we got with them in the shed — the ear scene, them whispering to each other so close... Nice! 🤭😏 The relationships in the Yu family will be interesting to see, because I sense there might soon rise some tension, especially from the pressure Madam Yu will put on the newlyweds. 🤨😬
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Higashino Keigo Mysteries Episode 11
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nero truong that was , , , a really good ending actually fvbjimdfjbfe. now i like how slow it is at the start it feels methodical because this entire operation is in her hands to move the pieces along. this is also one of the episodes where you truly can’t feel sorry for the assailant. we were sitting with his perspective in the beginning half but you can see how selfish he is at every turn. even if we are positioned to feel sympathy for him & indulge in his paranoias you can’gt actually ignore that he probably got himself in this mess for a reason ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ akiko was nicde i like seeing how cold & vengeful a grieving family could be. i see she’s listed top+billed for this episode which i think is cool. tehy established early a pattewrn of the main+characters being the perpretrators before breaking that apart & she does technically instigate a death ，i like it it’s very layered ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i thought him walking out of her office would’ve been a great place to openly end things. because she laid out several options & he’s suffering every one of them. so the finale made me a little remissed until we find out akiko was bluffing. that was phenomenal. that was great. that’s also really cool to end this without a single involvement of the police. it clears up any possible holes one could think of that he also wouldn’t have been able to think of. he was literally forced into a corner & immediately started lashing out. loved it. this ended the anthology in a great way. there are a lot of highs for this show if you can get through some lows ，i really was able to emerse myself into it.
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We got confessions of feelings. Nakhun is very blunt with how he tells his truths. (I guess he got that from his father) Which leads to jealousy and sulking on Phatsa‘s part. — Phatsa & Nakhun seem to have couple necklaces. When did that happen? — The conversation between Nakhin and Ongsa was a struggle to get through. I could feel the punctuation. (mainly too long pauses between questions and answers. No flow. It felt unnatural.) Not helpful for their chemistry or the weight of their words. Also all the angles that they used in this scene. Really disliked all of it. — What‘s Japan‘s purpose in this series? I haven‘t found it yet. Generally all the children that have appeared so far. — Cool to see the shared pain again & confirming it goes both ways. And them figuring that out together. It still feels inbalanced. Being shot seems to be less/equally as painful as a finger cut. — The thing with Phatsa vs Naphit... I assume it is to show the Omega trait of calming tension as well as the Pure Omega power Phatsa has. — It was interesting to see the pheromone „fight“ (most interesting scene of the whole episode). Naphit showed defeat. Will he be submissive towards Phatsa now?— Amintra is still a little mystery to me. What‘s her purpose? And her & her assistant‘s storyline is not adding much to the ‚plot‘ — Now that Phatsa and Nakhun have confessed their feelings to one another it is very inconsiderate and insensitive of Nakhun to have less than minimal communication with his bonded soulmate. That seems so counterintuitive especially for soulmates.
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miffyluvr This episode was a rollercoaster of emotions! For an angst lover like me, i had the best time everAnd can we talk about how phenomenally Dew and Tee portrayed their emotions during their confrontation scene? My heart was aching along with their characters :( Thun is about to catch some hands ngl that reporter is getting on my nerves more and more the show goes on
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Duty First, Kiss Later Episode 3
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estar well i didn't expect Takoi to go in for a kiss... i thought he would suggest dating or something light, but looks like he is gonna jump into the deep end lol.... & i know other's like Moriko, calling her a fujoshi - which personally i don't find cute - cause in their reality, like in real life that's basically being a busybody & poking ur nose into someone else business. if Takoi had turned to her for advise - then fine, great even. then be a supportive friend that's hyped about ur work-partner having a potential gay wooer. but as is, to me it's a turn off. same with the whole "mama" situation. 1st off can't stand women that every man they see they gotta get all flirty, touch, feely with - she was the reason Takoi almost got hurt, why antagonize a volatile ex-partner?!? so am glad she went to apologize to Shiono, but did Takoi need her dragging him in to her establishment to give him liquid courage??? he was on his way to Shiono before she stopped him. like plz with this added fluffy, that is just filler & adds nothing to the mains plot - how much did we even get of the mains?!? as this only 10 ep's & each ep is hella short this a waste of screen time & annoying IMO
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The Road to Splendor Episode 4
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The double procession scene was one of the best scenes in any cdrama this year. From dialogue, emotional delivery, visual and symbolic elements, character and future progression being established, everything. Absolute perfection.
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We find out that the letters he wrote are all about answering questions Jingjing had posted to a group chat 10 years ago. Seriously? That's it? Nowhere in them does he actually apologize. Nowhere in them does he explain that he loves her. This is just so freaking bizarre that I'm seriously questioning whether the writer intends to reveal that YuTu is actually an alien robot planted amongst our species. Because the fact that he didn't apologize and didn't confess in those letters is just mind-boggling insane. Is he still really this clueless? I completely support her for her response that, those answers he gave do not matter anymore. Later, he surprises her by showing up to be her driver to take her to her hometown for the holidays. But again he doesn't even begin to apologize or confess. The episode closes with him asking her if his answers don't really matter anymore and all I can think is, "YOU ANSWERED THE WRONG F'ING QUESTIONS YOU IDIOT!!!!!" The last thing she had told him was that she would no longer ask him "Why?" THAT is the question he needs to answer for her.
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The sequences showing YuTu at work in the field aren't bad. And they help add 'color' to his life away from Jingjing and gaming. But as a matter of detail, they aren't critically important to the larger plot. What's important in this episode is that YuTu currently hates himself a little bit as he's realized what a jerk he has been. So he's self-punishing by not allowing himself to join his comrades in social events and mostly just sits pondering his navel, looking at old Jingjing text messages and feeling (rightfully) sad. Things don't finally start to move forward until late in the episode after YuTu talks with Guan Zai and his wife and then starts to compose letters to Jingjing. We see that she receives them but don't know what they say at the end of the episode.
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foofwi I’m a BIG FAN of the FL and her brother. He cares about her in his own way and while he doesn’t always express it, you can obviously tell he’s the type to defend her behind the scenes. Also, LOVE Tang’s small development this episode. However, a lot of the good parts felt underwhelming in the end because having her rival team win just bc the ML understands how the FLs brain works is so bland.
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ML is cool and all but idk sum about the second ml and how he supports her through the whole group stuff is also pretty cute to see
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