Reviews

A Realistic Story of Heroes With Crack-ups and a Woman who Enters Their Lives to Change Everything

First, Let me say that this is in my top 3 so far this year alongside Queen of Tears and Lovely Runner. This drama is literally so fun from start to finish. It's realistic, well-written and well-directed. It's originally created by Kang Eun Kyeong, who wrote masterpieces like Dr. Romantic and Gyeongseong Creature, written by Joo Hwa Mi, an amazing new writer and directed by Jo Hyun Taek, who also directed masterpieces like SKY Castle and Snowdrop. I dove into this drama with so many expectations and I didn't get disappointed at all. I agree the drama has some plotholes, like the dad caring about his FL more than his daughter, but I don't mean the part where he is depressed. Just to explain because people are complaining that when he was depressed, he didn't care about his daughter at all, depression is not just being very sad and that, it's a serious mental illness in which you want to be isolated most of the time and don't like to socialize with others and depressed parents interact with their children differently like using less emotions. Now, I'm gonna talk about the acting. I'm starting with Chun Woo Hee and Park So Yi because they're the gems of this show. They played their characters so well. From crying scenes to caring-about-each other scenes, they rocked them all. Claudia Kim, Oh Man Seok, Jang Ki Yong, Go Doo Shim, Ryu Abel and others also rocked it. They all did really well. The scene in episode 9 where Gwi Joo figures out I-na's power is so emotional. The two actors did so good in that scene. I also love how awkward the relationship between I-na and Gwi Joo was when he was depressed because it's so realistic. THAT'S how a relationship between a daughter and a depressed father is like. Also, the amount of action thrown in episode 12 is literally so fun. From the theater scene to the fire scene to the last scene, it was all too good.
What a perfect series. It deserves so much hype.

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Had me lovestruck watching this!

I have to be honest. I would have never watched this K-drama. The cover and the title didn't pique my interest, but I ended up watching this due to my boredom and desire to explore. Well, you've probably heard the saying, "Never judge a book by its cover". That's how I feel about this K-drama, to me, it's a hidden gem, and I hope more people will fall in love with it just as much as I did.

The story is unique, it has multiple love stories, but they are all connected to some extent. It delves into many aspects of love, including the ability to love oneself and others. To be honest, I don't think I've ever sobbed so much over a drama before. Love is truly complicated.

The acting was great. I might sound weird saying this, but I feel like some actors carry a vulnerable, sad vibe, and they happen to be amazing at acting out those feelings. They selected such a talented group of people, in my opinion, to portray emotions that some people could find difficult to express or comprehend.

The music was.. different, I can't put it in other words. It had many unique songs, and they were played at the right time, which captured the moment perfectly. It made the scenes feel real, as if I wasn't just a watcher but there with them. It made me connect with the feelings they felt. Which is fascinating!

Have you ever watched a K-drama that was boring? In my opinion, Lovestruck in the City was the opposite of boring, it was entertaining. I never got bored watching this. Oftentimes, K-dramas include long, pointless scenes. You've probably come across scenes like.. the main lead staring into the ocean for 5 minutes with no lines and no emotion, which is pointless! But this one had me captivated, I was so interested in how the story would progress.

What stuck with me the most was the light-a-candle scene, it's my favorite. Where the best friend Rin-yi gave comforting words and encouragement to Eun Oh. It melted my heart. And it made me realize that we all need a friend like her in our lives.

It would've been a 10 for me if the last two episodes were different. I feel like they (Rin-yi and Kyung Joon) shouldn't have broken up, and we didn't need a new relationship involved. I hoped that they would focus on the main couples. It was a bit out of character, I was taken back during the last episode, where we suddenly got a new couple, and that mainly brought down my enjoyment.

I usually don't write reviews because I'm not a master of literature and I don't have the sort of fluency a writer does. But I felt like writing a review. You know... I only write reviews of K-dramas if they impact me a lot. They have carved out a space in my heart, and I want to express my feelings about it to everyone who reads this. Even though I might not be great at it, I hope that someone finds this useful. If someone is reading the reviews and is unsure if they will like this, I suggest you try watching the starter episodes. If you don't like it, you can immediately switch it off. And if you end up liking it, then that would be amazing! :)

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A ‘meh’ from me

I was hoping I would love this but I truly struggled. I’m not one to skip scenes but towards the end I couldn’t help but do so.

And to be honest, I was not expecting much as I tend to avoid watching pre 2020 Thai BLs cause I remember how much I struggled with them back then.

But watching ‘Not me’ prior to this gave me a big push cause I wanted to see ‘Off & Gun’ in something else.

While I wouldn’t recommend this, it’s not a full right off. It’s more of a reminder for me to not bother with older Thai BLs.

The scenes with the main couples were great though. They did a good job with what they had. And Gun is a fantastic actor per usual. He has a way of showing emotions in a way many actors in this genre aren’t able to.

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Let's state first that I'm a bit biased, mainly because this drama contains some of my favorite tropes. One being the gender-reversal trope (played very well here).
If you're fond of it too, I'm sure you'll enjoy this drama as much as I did despite its flaws.

What I liked:
- The aforementioned gender-reversal trope. It's refreshing to see the FL protecting the ML in dangerous situations and on top of that, the FL is much more assertive too
- Unique twist on the main couples. Without delving into major spoilers, all I can say is, that it'll give you a bit of surprise. The second male lead's relationship with the FL is very interesting.
- Feng Bufei. Do I need to say more? He's a very unconventional villain with a lot of quirks and things that make you weird out but at the same time want to see more of him out of morbid curiosity. He's fun.

What I didn't like:
- Yu Menglong's performance. Listen, I'm all here for an emotionless, calm male lead, but even with that, but he's just really displaying the same poker face 90% of his screen time.
Lin Fang, as a character, was great: A person with good intentions who still could be calculative at times, sort of a mastermind who's pulling the strings and on top of that, he even had his struggle with an unrequited love that he handled that very maturely (unlike many toxic MLs in dramas!) without being possessive, he really just wanted the FL to be happy, even if it meant, if he would not be involved in her love life, so he wasn't a flat character at all.
But here's the issue: I know in "theory" that he's a good character and I feel attached to his story, but I feel like his actor's performance creates a barrier between him and the character he plays and it makes the already calm Lin Fang feel very passive like he isn't even one of the main characters. It does get better towards the end, but still.

Other than that, it was a good watch and I even grew fond of the ML too in the end.

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..YOU MIGHT THINK IF GOING FOWARD TO FUTURE OR GOING BACK IN THE PAST IS GOOD..

..the synopsis indeed caught my attention with some familiar faces (esp. Riisa Naka and Isomura Hayato) with new faces on the casts...
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..the first episode itself really gives me more attention to watch the next episode and the next..
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..i do love the musical part that for me, it summarizes the whole story of each episode - plus the choreography at the same time..
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..traveling to the future will give you a shock that you better not change it the past (if time travel is true)..
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..i love the effort of the people behind the subtitle part to put every single details just to understand some terms that the characters saying..
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..no dead minute on the whole episode since all the emotion are out unto it plus the lesson you may learn and the character development happened esp. in the episode (which i am looking forward), like a fairy tale, they all live happily ever after..
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..the drama highlighted the different era's political view, fashion and lifestyle, which really changed from one era to era knowing if the past can still be adapt in the future vice versa..
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..overall i love this drama, so unique, must-watch..

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A bittersweet saga of lies, secrets, and acceptance

A family is plunged into a thrilling game of cat and mouse as a mysterious blackmailer threatens to expose their secrets. They race against the clock to uncover the truth, confronting the lies and secrets that have festered in their family along the way. Frustrated, they rally together against a common enemy to protect their own

The drama takes an unexpected turn when one of the family members comes out. Initially met with doubt and confusion, the family soon realizes that being gay isn't a phase, and that acceptance is more powerful than societal norms. They vow to protect the son/grandson and his truth, no matter the cost. The family emerges from the bitter darkness of their lies, secrets, and betrayals, stronger and more united than before. This act of bravery and acceptance elevates the drama from a typical thriller to a thought-provoking examination of family dynamics

My rating was going to be a 7.5/10, but the sensitive handling of coming out and support for the gay community deserve an additional 0.5 points. They bumped the final rating to an 8/10

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The delicacy of love

This show for sure is not one of the masterpieces you can find around, but still has its solid what&why which make it more than worthy of being watched.
The story is obviously focused on the two leads, but also the other main roles are well encompassed and developed, which make the show a chorused one, since the stories of the three couples are all well tied the ones to the others, due to the strong and amazing friendship shared by the three women leads.
The story is a love story, or better (as said) a chorus of love stories, each one with its peculiarities and its identity. The psycho one, between the two leads Ji-ho and Se-hee, the normal one (so much normal that fell into a huge crisis) between Ho-rang and Won-seok, and the special one between Soo-ji and Sang-goo which I found simply captivating and perfect. Around them there are the support roles which are actually well convincing and functional for the story itself.
The main characters were well casted, even physically: I found all of them perfect, each one in the respective role. My preferred one: Soo-ji for sure. The kind of strong, unconventional, and independent woman, well performed by Esom, who breaks the rules of a society often still too much traditionalist, conservative, patriarchal and sexist, who finally finds her way to self-make her life and success, and who at the same time still believes in feelings as soon as she found the partner who's able to complete and support her (and Sang-goo did it excellently). I found them shiny together. As well as the performers were really nice (and surprisingly I found Park Byung-eun unrecognizable after having saw him in Eve). But that does not mean that the other two couples were bad. Instead, I have to say that their stories were captivating too. Ji-ho and Se-hee because they are actually more affine to me (and to my partner: ok tonight I will die) in their being a bit psycho (in the good way) and actually not banal. I liked a lot the way they faced the issues coming from the conventionalities well identifying the traditionalist Korean way of life. And I appreciated their path toward their liberation, as individuals and as a couple from those constraints, and from the miseries of their past lives. They actually growth together, in a sort of transfiguration well depicted eventually by the transition from the formal to the unformal speaking. Jung So-min and Lee Min-ki well performed two roles which actually were not banal. Last but not least the classic love story, the apparently banal one, the normal one, the one so normal and adherent to the traditional way to live a love story that very realistically exploded, because of its forced normality, predictability, conventionality, The story between Ho-rang and Won-seok is all of that. And as very often happens in the real life, the couple exploded because sedimenting upon the wrong premises. Both of them looks naive and banal, but actually also them eventually experienced a transfiguration which finally led them to reconciliate upon new premises. Both Kim Ga-eun and Kim Min-seok were able to perform their characters successfully, to include their irritating traits.
It looks like the underlay message in the end is: no matter which are the adversities, no matter the hindrances, Love will always find its own way to make it...
As said already, the rest of the support roles were well sorted and casted: Bo-mi, Jung-min, and (a bit less essential) Bok-nam well played their key roles in pushing our heroes to make their choices.
You will not cry, but you can find some things on which thinking. Nice photography and direction and convincing plot: just tell the director that cats are not so continuously meowing :)

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Hits Home really well

At first I kinda found this project boring but as it progressed I found myself getting attached to the characters. I also really liked this drama because it made me borderline emotional because I’m a softie for human affection and a lot of the stuff these characters said/went through is so relatable. it’s such realistic story and I really enjoyed it for that reason alone. The soundtrack was also on point; there were so many instances where the music would just come in at the perfect time and it would make a beautiful cinematic moment. I do wish this series was a longer (that goes for all BL series) because I think it really would’ve benefited more story building but nonetheless it was a great product, and I am so glad to be seeing the BL genre taking off!

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Pure romcom, lighthearted bubble of joy! Great for laughs!

The last time I was this happy watching romcom was 2 years ago with Gaus Electronic. When you see this drama, the first thought you have will be that this is too absurd, and that's why I came to watch it. I looked for laughs and I got them until my mouth felt sore from laughing XD

When it came to the plot, I thought there wasn't one. But as it goes to the ending, turns out they packed everything into this 10-ep drama. The way they packed it was funny, but it was solid nonetheless. The main character healed their inner child, and I felt like they healed mine too, a little. It successfully made me immersed in the story despite there being no extreme events in it, which other drama usually compensates with crime solving (murder etc.) That's why the story is 10/10.

The rewatch value is straight 10/10 just because it makes me laugh so much! I can see myself going back to watch this regularly so I can laugh!

As for acting, to be honest I thought romcoms don't really need good acting because of how indoctrinated I am for watching cdrama saying that. But! Good acting is important! I really like that both Lee Junyoung and Pyo Yejin is good actors, hence they were able to act out their expression to the fullest, yet not overdo it. I especially like how Lee Junyoung portrays Moon Chamin, because he always manages to bring out Chamin's innermost feelings straight to the face. Just by seeing his face, I feel like I know what's going on in his mind, and what feeling he currently has. So the acting/cast score is 10/10 for me. You need good acting even for a romcom, don't look down on romcom!

As for music, my favorite is Gist-Charms. I like the lyrics "You have 24 charms, how can I not love you?" I think it sums up the story, of how people fall in love because of each other charms. I feel like that also describes my love for this drama. This drama is just that charming for me. There's also another track that I think hasn't been released, and it also sounds good. That's why I'll be generous here and give it 10/10!

So to summarize, this drama gets 10/10 score for me!

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WHY IS EVERYONE SLEEPING ON THIS?? WORTH THE WATCH 100/10

All these medical dramas are so underrated, especially if their genre is BL!
To whoever will read this review before watching this show, I'm telling you, watch it because it's worth it!

I'm not gonna to spoil anything about the plot, so whoever will be going to watch this would be thrilled. But one thing I can assure you is that the MCs and the supporting characters are 100/10 on giving their best in acting and carrying their roles. One thing I like about watching any series is the acting wise of the actors, and in this series, they gave their all!

The chemistry is chemistry-ing!
-unique storyline
-great OST (Boy Sompob, the man that you are!)
-every episode has life lessons
At the end of the show, I know you will have lots of questions about the meaning of LIFE, LOVE, and DEATH.

I hope this will be recognised as time comes. This deserves more than just a 7.7 rating. 🥺

Kudos to all the actors 👏🏿 A job well done!

PS. Let me tell you guys, those series which involve the names NEW SIWAJ SAWATMANEEKUL and BOY SOMPOB is worth watching! 😉😉

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my favorite swords movie

this is a drama about swords that I like the most, the roles are very good and the story is interesting every time and the cast is also very impressive and also beautiful and handsome.
This film is also very tense, especially when they fight fiercely, it makes me crazy and excited to watch, my whole family really likes this film, even my 65 year old grandmother is crazy about this film.
and also in this story there are some motivational words and words of wisdom and it involves a love triangle which is very exciting to watch when the main male and female players feel jealous of each other.
This is my favorite film but unfortunately it only has 37 episode
love this movie 💓💓💓

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