The fl icked me... ಠ_ʖಠ
Alright, I literally like this. There have been so many dramas like this lately, where it's about bullies getting a lesson or fighting at school—like Study Group, Weak Hero Class 1, and The Glory. There are just so many right now in K-drama.Since Study Group, I haven't been able to watch anything like that. I just tried it because I was really craving something to watch and I was too bored. I thought I would get bored after 10 minutes into the first episode, but it hooked me just like how the webtoon hooked me when I read it.
Unfortunately, despite me being awed by the cinematography, the lesson, and the satisfaction (of bullies getting schooled) in the first two episodes—the FL, who constantly shouts and sounds like a robot, is so annoying. I know it's been years since I read the manhwa, but I think they should have stuck to that mature, older-sister look (and no, I am not a gooner). Like, wtf even is that? Why did they have to cast a cute girl? I really dislike how she delivers her lines. How is that even cool? Where is the teasing, snickering look from the webtoon?
I don't know, I think it's because I expected too
much. Actually, I was hesitant to watch this drama because I had seen countless edits of the girl shouting, which pisses me off so much. I still tried it because my friend recommended it to me. The first two episodes made me excited to see the FL because my expectations were high based on those first two episodes—unfortunately... Sadly, this is how it ended up: me dropping this drama.
My real mommy im han rim, you are lost 🥀
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I came for BossNoeul and stayed for FortPeat — and I have no regrets about that
This series holds a particular place for me because it's where a lot of things started. A video of BossNoeul landed in my feed, looked intense enough to investigate, and suddenly I was watching Thai BL for the first time. Whatever I think of it now, that counts for something.I'll be honest about BossNoeul first: their storyline never fully worked for me, and with time it's worked less and less. Rain's logic — I know Phayu is bi, so I'll seduce him and reject him for revenge — is the kind of premise I find increasingly hard to engage with, and Noeul playing naive and slightly hapless while Boss is essentially perfect is exactly the dynamic I find least interesting. It's not for me, and I've made my peace with that.
FortPeat though. My god. They came in as the second couple and left as the reason I stayed, the reason I rewatched, and for a long time my favourite pairing in the genre. Yes, how they meet carries its own complications — I'm not going to pretend otherwise. But what I saw in them was character depth and genuine development, particularly on Fort's side, wrapped around a chemistry that speaks louder than almost anything else I can say about it. Some pairings just have it. They had it.
Nostalgic, imperfect, and important to me in a way that has nothing to do with whether it's objectively the best series I've seen.
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A deep, heavy sense of sorrow.
That was the feeling I was left with after finishing Mood Indigo.It is a story overflowing with emotion—full of pain, bitterness, and heartbreak, yet also filled with a fierce and overwhelming kind of love.
When I watched it for the first time, I simply thought that Kido was selfish, cowardly, and cruel for abandoning Kijima. Not only did he run away and refuse to take responsibility for the mess he had created, but he also left Kijima with a deep psychological scar that haunted him for years, making it incredibly difficult for him to open his heart and love someone again.
However, after completing the entire franchise and returning to Mood Indigo with a more open perspective, I found myself genuinely sympathizing with Kido. In some moments, I even unconsciously put myself in his shoes. And as crazy as it is to admit, if I were Kido, I probably would have acted the same way. I could understand his anxiety, his inner turmoil, and ultimately the choices he made.
The same goes for Kijima. Putting myself in his place helped me fully understand the profound obsession Kido left behind and the lasting impact it had on him even years later. Kijima truly opened his heart to Kido. He revealed his authentic self to him and genuinely looked forward to a future where Kido would be by his side. Yet because Kido lacked the courage to face his feelings, he left Kijima alone with overwhelming loneliness and a deep sense of self-doubt. Because of Kido, Kijima came to believe that he was unworthy of being loved!
Damn it—I still want to punch Kido for that!
They loved each other. They understood each other. But they met at a time when neither of them was mature enough to truly live for the other person.
What further elevates this already remarkable story is its music. The soundtrack drew me completely into the film’s dreamlike and deeply melancholic world, a world so haunting that it often left me breathless. The moment the very first note rang out, tears would begin to well up in my eyes. Honestly, I felt like a leaking faucet throughout the entire movie.
The cinematography reinforces that same sense of sorrow. Its palette of subdued amber intertwined with melancholy blues creates the image of a lonely flame flickering in the darkness. To me, that flame feels like the one that has been quietly burning inside Kido all along.
I cried no fewer than ten times while watching their story unfold.
The ending of Kido and Kijima's relationship makes complete sense. It is filled with bitterness and regret, but they truly should not have stayed together any longer. They shared a beautiful chapter of youth—a time full of passion, intensity, and dreams. Even though they did not end up together, each remains an important part of the other's memories.
Wherever life may take them from here, I hope they continue moving forward, live well, and remain at peace with the choices they have made.
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BLOODY VIOLENCE LIKE WEAK HERO + KIDS PEDDLING DRUGS, KILLING TEACHERS, ED POLICE BEATING THEM
Hm wth is Netflix doing to S Korea with this drama? Do S Korean schools look like this??? I didnt think so. I think this is trying to do some damage to S Korean image... ?For sure, AMERICAN SCHOOLS ARE FULL OF DRUGS LIKE THIS
SO THIS DRAMA IS A LOT WORSE THAN WEAK HERO / STUDY GROUP BC WE SEE SCHOOL KIDS SELLING DRUGS, KILLING THEIR TEACHERS AND EACH OTHER,
AND YEAH THE ED POLICE BEATING THEM
THIS IS A NIGHTMARE AMERICANIZED PROPAGANDA
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The fantasy of this drama is too painful to watch, bc the plot is based on overpowered MC who never does wrong, beats up students but never harms them... He too never gets hurt and has miraculously powerful powers, and has political backing that is based on integrity and never goes away. IT IS A FANTASY FOR SURE.
In real life, this "education police" is ripe for abuse. Sure these super hard cases are solved but in real life, the lines would get blurred so easily and the educational police could be bullies too... and there would be severe consequences, e.g. the education police could severely injure or even kill some of the bad students
and teachers are not all angels and victims are not all angels
And in real life, victims and abusers are usually from troubled families, sometimes poor and sometimes rich, and rich and powerful are definitely privileged and often abusive, so those deep societal issues have to be addressed
So - setting that fundamental drama flaw aside -
This review builds on the great review by @HappyPacket. I watched only 3 eps so far and I really appreciate the SA, beating, cell phones, etc issues the review pointed out so astutely
I agree that the drama went overboard with portraying teachers ONLY as good guys , and giving them permission to beat up students too, like hitting students' palms with a stick or the education police really beating up bad students.
Imo the drama went overboard too with portraying victims as stupid, dumb, naive, isolated, and/or passive, as victims incapable of self defending - but I think that was done to exaggerate to really show the traits that all victims do have
And the drama went slightly overboard to show how the other students and teachers did not care - but again it really showed what it REALLY LOOKS LIKE IN REAL LIFE - the environment of selfishness.
Hiding real SA *sexual assault and harassment" is a LOT MORE COMMON than false accusations of SA, and I agree that the real SA should have been addressed. That "livestream influencer" girl was first a victim of real SA. Teachers and many adults do such bad stuff to kids and other adults, and most victims just eat the sh.t and stay silent, and if they speak up, the society shuns them, because the perpetrator is usually a skilled sociopath/psychopath.
I am also glad that the false accusation of SA was brought up as a part of sociopathical manipulation, bc sociopaths are actually very common and we never talk about it.
In this case, the drama showed us how a sociopath works, and it was very obvious, nobody from the audience could miss it in. In real life, it is often done behind the scenes via gossip, gaslighting, making deals, and the other people "beat up"/destroy the victim, and the lying sociopath stays well hidden. SOCIOPATHS ARE SUPER DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY ARE "NICE PEOPLE" AND EXTREMELY WELL HIDDEN.
MUCH OF BAD STUFF IN THE WORLD HAPPENS BY SOCIOPATHIC MANIPULATION where the sociopath manipulates others to harm/destroy the victim and the sociopath stays hidden and "innocent". https://www.recoveryplusjournal.com/2017/10/the-empathy-trap/
and yeah there are also psychopaths, the ones who directly attack, and often from a well camouflaged position, usually in a positions of power, like Congressman and his son. Most who you call "sadists" are actually psychopaths
The last thing that the other review did not mention and imo is the KEY to everything is that all this beating up of few bad guys and the teachers beating up any student is .... very stupid bandaiding.
Yeah sure there are always some sociopaths/psychopaths who are bad apples and cause problems. BUT
The real problems are all the OTHER students, who never said a word, who blindly obeyed bullies, who GENUINELY LAUGHED at bullies' beating up, humiliating the victims. *** THAT *** is the problem.
The real problem is that we saw ONE other student who was raising questions and trying to raly other students, but we also saw how all other students just ran away.
The real problem is that we saw only 3 complaints to this "educational police" - how come no other students complained to anyone, not even other teachers or their own parents
The real problem is that the victims were dumb and did not take any action.
The real problem is that the bullied teachers were dumb and did not take any action. We saw some teacher talking about it but we never saw teachers join together to take action.
The real problem is that the teachers and principal were corrupt and/or dumb and did not take any action
The real problem is that the parents did not take any action. The bullying was either by kids who had parents who "beat up" / destroyed other kids' parents and teachers, or by kids who had no functional parents.
The parents of bullied kids never took any proper action.... They did not know their kid was bullied.... they did not care.... OR they were naive and stupidly stood up to the bullies and destroyed themselves and the kid
The parents of OTHER kids never took any action.... did their kid even tell them about bullying that prevented learning and destroyed students' lives?
So until this GENERAL SOCIETAL SITUATION changes, the bad guys have a free reign
And the general situation will NOT change by teachers beating the students or parents beating the students. it can change ONLY if the students inwardly know what is right and what is wrong and stand up together against any violations.
I dislike the drama for so much violence. The "education police" beats up students, and students beat each other up just like in Weak Hero or Study Group.
I will fast forward this for research, just to see what other people like to watch, and what the current bullying strategies are
InspectorMegre 14 hours ago
In summary:
well this drama shows it as it is - the OTHER kids participate!!!!!! THE OTHER KIDS DO WHAT THE BULLY SAYS... or stay silent or LAUGH, fu.king idiots, and teachers too. As simple as that. THE PUBLIC IS **** S T U P I D *****
THE PUBLIC IS **** S T U P I D *****
THE PUBLIC IS **** S T U P I D *****
THE PUBLIC IS **** S T U P I D *****
THE PUBLIC IS **** S T U P I D *****
None of this would happen nor continue if the public was not THAT stupid.
And Dae Seok and otehrs are so blindly immature to commit suicide. Those bully idiots are NOT worth anyone's attention, and esp not life. Go take some martial arts class, run fast, and change schools.
WHERE ARE PARENTS AND FAMILY OF VICTIMS???
If all the kids got up and shut up those bullies - it would be over.
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Middling in the best possible way — pleasant, forgettable, fine
There's a comfortable predictability to this one that I didn't mind. A drunken accidental kiss, a younger guy who keeps reappearing, an older one who doesn't know what to do with any of it and chooses avoidance as a strategy. It's a familiar setup handled without much surprise but also without much misstep.Nothing here landed hard enough to stay with me for long, but nothing frustrated me either. The couple is fine, the pacing is fine, the story goes where you expect it to go. For a short series that doesn't ask much of you, that's enough — sometimes you just want something undemanding that delivers a small, warm ending and gets out of the way.
I'd land somewhere in the middle on every question I ask myself about a series like this. Believed the couple moderately, the scenes worked moderately, it held my attention moderately. A very consistent viewing experience in that sense, even if consistency isn't exactly a compliment here.
Worth watching if you're in the mood for something low-stakes and easy. Just don't expect it to follow you out the door.
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The Boy and I Who Will Break Up in 100 Days
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I understand why ituski being like this. I read the novel crumbs from here and there but still. Ituski and I even kinda have a similar mentality. the whole pessimistic thing, only thinking about today, having no motivation about anything, not liking children etc.
Yuma deserves the whole world. I like everything about my precious baby. His big expressive eyes, expressions, face shape bone structure, golden honey skin tone, babygirl persona. Similar height weight as ituski. Yuma being too pethatic, clingy. that makes me wanna take him under my wings and protect him from the whole world even more. Been a long time since I've been this whipped with a character. Everything about him endears me.
The way he sits, walks, talks, pouts EVERYTHING
The eyes the EYES. I'm lost in these big ahh eyes🖤
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The trailer promised something the series couldn't deliver — and the premise didn't help
I'll be honest: I watched this because the trailer sold it as something sexy and I was receptive to that. Sex sells, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. The coastal setting, the tension, the aesthetic — it looked like it had something.
It didn't, at least not for me.
The setup is already on shaky ground from the start — an art student who gets to live rent-free in exchange for sleeping with the owner of the villa. The series frames this as a contract that slowly softens into something real, but I kept getting stuck on what it actually is: a financially desperate young man with no experience being propositioned by someone in a position of power over him. Fifty Shades of Grey energy, and not in a way that glamorises it interestingly.
The BDSM elements made it worse rather than better. It read to me like someone had heard of the concept, acquired some props, and called it done. There's no sense that anyone involved had looked into what that dynamic actually looks like when it's handled with care and genuine understanding. It felt performative in a way that was more uncomfortable than erotic.
The chemistry between the leads didn't save it for me either. By the end very little had landed and even less had stayed. Not the series I was hoping for.
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Siento que la historia parte de alguna manera más entretenida. Yo pensé que se iba a tratar más de ella tratando como de resolver crímenes a base de las líneas, o que ella tomara un papel mucho más protagónico. Al final siento que no es tan así, porque ella cumple este protagónico, pero no de esa forma. El tema de los lentes siento que es medio obsesivo. Y la parte que más me dio risa fue cuando aparece la mamá y le dice "yo también tuve los lentes...". Esa parte me dejó impactada y a la vez me dio mucha risa.
Leí harto que decían como que era muy fantasiosa la serie, pero yo encuentro que más que fantasiosa es bizarra, ya que se sale de su propia narrativa. Entonces es como: okay, entiendo que es fantasía porque tienen unas líneas arriba de sus cabezas, pero aun así se escapa de lo que te están tratando de contar.
Puede ser por el formato que ocupa la serie, pero me provoca como un sentimiento encontrado, porque no me aburría hasta quedarme dormida viéndola, pero tampoco puedo decir que me encantó.
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DaouOffroad have something — the series took it somewhere I couldn't follow
I want to be clear about where I stand on toxic dynamics in fiction: seduction, manipulation, tension that cuts both ways — I can engage with all of that. Morally complicated relationships have their place in storytelling and I don't need everything to be clean. But there are lines I've stopped defending, and this series crosses a few of them in ways that put it near the top of my personal list of couples who probably shouldn't be together by any reasonable measure. Mutual attempted murder is not a love language I can get behind.Which makes it genuinely frustrating that DaouOffroad are actually good together when the series lets them be. Their quieter moments land, the chemistry is real, and I believe they've found something in each other as a pairing that works. The warmth breaking through the cold exterior, the bodyguard dynamic, the loneliness underneath — there's a version of this story I would have stayed for.
The version I got just went places I personally couldn't follow. That's not a moral judgment on anyone who loved it — people are absolutely entitled to enjoy what they enjoy, and I understand the appeal. It simply wasn't for me, and I'd rather say that honestly than pretend otherwise.
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Seriously girl RUN forward and dont look back
Best thing about this drama were the weaponized moms. I was worried the FLs mom was going to be like all the other moms who dont value their daughters and only sons, but that slap was EPIC (and well deserved.)The 2ML/OG husband doesnt usually play the bad guy so it was an interesting change. The ML played a little dorky in the beginning which is not his usual vibe and was cute to see! I still dont get the whole 2MLs character. I feel like he wasnt really give one except to be a foil for the ML and annoy the FL. Like how did he think he was going to stay married if he accused his wife in court of possession of a narcotic. Also, did he not think to try and find her innocence? Seriously, he claimed to love her and then a) cheated on her b)didnt TRY to defend her in court c) actually was on the opposing council in court d) just a general piece of human garbage. Who allows their mother to speak to their significant other like that??!! Okay rant over, im eating ice cream and going to bed.
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Sometimes you have to be calm and decisive to confuse your enemies, be a chameleon just like YELI
I have just watched 5 episodes and all l have to say is give me more thank you to lin Yun fen the screenwriters and the producers of this drama and thank you to the cast so far l have found myself rooting for you guys. I feel like I am watching a different cdrama with a touch of good acting and good story and l pray this drama opens doors and recognition for everyone involvedWas this review helpful to you?
a lot of people might find it boring or uninteresting. but for me it was just such a comforting thing to watch. the story was so simple, but so relatable. the aesthetics and the cinematography were so soothing to watch. I fell in love with the house, and the people living in it!
I will miss Azuma and Kuji🥹💙
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Countryside Vibes, Formula 1 Finale.
I loved this show. It had everything I usually enjoy in a Chinese drama, every character got their moment to shine, the countryside visuals were absolutely gorgeous, and the leads delivered some really solid performances. At its heart, it's a simple coming-of-age story about kids growing up, stepping into adulthood, and chasing their dreams, and it does that beautifully.Now, my only issue the last five episodes looked like they suddenly remembered they had a deadline. The pacing went from a peaceful countryside stroll to a Formula 1.
The reunion was a bit underwhelming too the expressions were so flat that I wasn't sure if they were reuniting after years apart or just bumping into each other at a grocery store.
Would that have bothered me normally? Probably not. But then they proceeded to speedrun the entire ending in the last three episodes, and unfortunately, I took that personally.
Still, it's a genuinely great show and absolutely worth watching. I'm just forever mourning the pacing.
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Hilarious drama with a unique atmosphere
What a blast!This drama starts with a bizarre atmosphere that could be off-putting to some viewers, but then evolves into a more familiar action/comedy setting. It stays funny throughout. Remarkably (for a kdrama), the comedy relies more on witty writing and comedic timing than on loud or potty jokes.
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