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It's about how two people with a very difficult fate become a secluded place for each other, almost a home. Chen Nian is desperately trying to break out, to arrange a better life for himself, and Xiao Bei is just trying to survive in a world where he was left with almost no chance. And between them is born not a beautiful story, but a quiet support: they understand each other without unnecessary words, and that's all the strength.

It is especially catchy that the film does not hide the cruelty of the system and pain, but at the same time leaves room for cautious hope: sometimes it's enough just for someone to be there and understand everything. I wish everyone who was poisoned had such a person. This movie beats not with loud scenes, but with how accurately it shows this very need - so that you are simply not left alone. A very deep and honest movie that doesn't let go for a long time

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Don’t miss out on this one

-One thing I’m sure of about this drama is that they chose the perfect actor for the antagonist (Park Byung Eun everyone!!)
-Easy binge watch. I caught up faster than I expected.
-Tension/chemistry between characters (between ML/FL and ML/Antagonist🤣)
-Romance wasn’t the main highlight but don’t let this be a deal breaker!
-Could’ve easily been a 16-episode drama but it does a great job with moving the pace.

If you want to watch something similar, I recommend: My Fellow Citizens! 2019. The themes: con artists, stealing, political, and side plot romance are present. It will give you the same moral dilemma as this one does😁

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Boring but good

The first episode got me intrigued, making me complete the entire thing AND there are spoilers so warning.

POSTIVES-

I really like fl's character, she's not the average joe like pick me, bubble, clueless or anything like that. She's very emotionally mature and extremely strong (good at fighting) which I love.

I really loved Noh tae-nam's character developed, like boi got me stressed esp about mass shooting thing but highkey dont understand why he gave bolt (dog) away?

I loved how the "main" villain remained a villain? like she had no sob-story and her character never changed, although her emotions were a bit hard to read, like your son almost committed suicide in front of u and u is fine??? a bit weird thats for sure.

NEGATIVES-

The middle got a bit boring so I just skipped some parts.
Like every revenge drama, they gotta make some empty threats and blah but it kinda got really annoying.

It was kinda upsetting that the other 2 co-workers relationship maybe got hinted at but since these was a romance deprived drama, i feel like they should have at least developed their relationship at the most (I'm just a sucker for 2nd lead couple romance).

Kang ha-Joon (the long time friend) I feel like some scenes it hinted at his unrequited love for the ml but that's it? I feel like that part was kinda pointless or should have at least developed more, like in the middle he kinda just gave up (like his feelings didn't influence his actions but that might just be me fighting thin air).

The detective aunt and the head of 4th division office (park jin-woo) I feel like their romance (or lack of) was kinda unnecessary like they had 3 scenes? 1- her asking him out 2- them meeting up for dinner 3- her giving birth (esp the 3rd scene was soo not needed, like I would have preferred their relationship developing instead of them just having a baby like a bit weird in my opinion.

Pyun sang- ho (mass shooter) lowkey satisfying but this might be a sign of me being sadistic but only thing I don't get was why he didnt kill sergeant ma (the bully) like just a bullet to the leg and a few whacks from the gun like, I expected more.

No hwa-youngs (villain) subordinate, I feel like her "redemption arc" didn't make sense? like her just hearing the recording of her boss yapping behind her back was at least expected of her character so I don't get how she felt so "betrayed" since she was the one who knew the most about the villain (boss).

The ending, felt like revenge was too easily achieved like bro just handed them the x-files while they were looking for it for 2 episodes and had no clue where it was at, lowkey sad.

ML & FL relationship- throughout the kdrama, they didn't have any heart fluttering scenes or at least where it was kinda sorta obvious they were falling in love, maybe a few scenes looking at each other a bit yk... so I feel like the ending kiss was completely unnecessary like they could have just ended it my them looking at each other lovingly.

If u have reached the end, congrats u get...nothing.
Overall, I would say perhaps skip it? maybe just for Noh tae-nam like his character was worth it but yah.

p.s my first review <3

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i’ve become obsessed with jasmine

i was losing my mind during episodes 11 and 12 😭 also, mhok’s return was so underwhelming ✋🏻✋🏻 bro… why 3 years?? i hate time skips in dramas, and this one really wasn’t it. but i think their little flirty moments when they met again after those 3 years made up for it 🥹🎀 there weren’t many kisses, but i felt like the emotions were conveyed more through mhok’s perspective, at least. of course, since i started this drama about a month ago, i don’t really remember all the moments that annoyed me in the beginning, but august was still a dumbass 😭 overall, the drama was average, but i can’t say a single bad thing about the acting, it was amazing 🫶🏻

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honestly not that bad

i dont really write reviews but i feel like a lot of the reviews for this season are too harsh so im here to balance it out a bit.

personally this season feels more like a web drama then the first one. im not sure if it's the camera work, the story, the acting or the significant lack of colour but it feels...homemade ?

though i really did enjoy the drama. i feel for the fmc as she has been through an insane amount of trauma (seeing 2 PEOPLE DIE in front of her LIKE COME ON). i understand why sh did what she did to protect what she had built and i think the criticism of her being spinless is a bit harsh given that she wasnt just protecting herself. i think she had a good amount of character growth as well as the 2 fmc. the new male love intrests mehhhh not that interested in them.

also HATE the actor changes for so many of the characters. it took forever to remember who people were supposed to be. ALSO the female villain fell flat for me, i could'nt understand her drive or motive. she was so wishy-washy. but she did create some decent drama for everyone.

overall, i think it was okay. i dont think it deserves as many negative reviews as i've seen. it doe have it's quirks and it isnt a great follow up but it did well on its own methinks.

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Ok?

The Prosecutor’s Proposal foi uma daquelas séries que eu terminei sem ter uma opinião muito forte sobre. Não achei ruim, mas também não foi uma história que conseguiu me prender ou despertar muito interesse.

O Joo Tae-seon é aquele tipo de personagem que começa sendo frio, arrogante e bem cruel com o Lee Chae-ha. Não sou tão chegada nesse tipo de personagem que humilha e pisa em cima pra só depois amar incondicionalmente. Então, não é um romance que eu vou ficar torcendo ou na expectativa de ver os dois juntos. Apesar disso, acho que os atores seguraram bem as pontas com o que tinham disponível.

O tema central de investigação, crimes e afins também não me pegou muito. Não odeio tramas assim, mas nem sempre estou com saco pra assistir, então talvez eu tenha visto a série em um momento não muito bom. Mas, ao mesmo tempo, já assisti a tramas criminais e investigativas anos-luz melhores.

Achei a resolução do caso meio boba. O carinha do escritório ser do mal foi bem previsível, mas ele entregou uma atuação convincente.

A série também é meio corrida. Ela se prolonga em algumas coisas que não considero tão relevantes e acaba deixando tudo pra resolver no último minuto, o que fez algumas partes parecerem apressadas.

No geral, achei ok. Pode funcionar melhor para outras pessoas.

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A subtle slice-of-life ruined by infuriating character choices

See You Tomorrow at Work starts off as a grounded, quietly charming workplace drama. It handles day-to-day corporate life with surprising realism, dealing with toxic bosses, nosey colleagues, career anxiety, and lingering exes without resorting to the usual flashy K-drama tropes. The quiet moments, mutual respect, and emotional support between the leads initially feel like a breath of fresh air.

Then comes the second half, and the writing completely loses the plot.

Told mainly through Cha Ji-yoon’s (Park Ji-hyun) perspective, her internal narrative goes from relatable insecurity to downright unbearable. Instead of growing, she overthinks every detail, gets wrapped up in her own doubts, and undergoes an illogical personality shift into someone wholly selfish who expects endless support without giving any in return. On top of that, the show’s portrayal of exes is absurd: Cho Ga-eul (Choi Kyung-hoon) popping back up after eight months of radio silence acting like they’re still together is peak delusional writing. (Also, can K-dramas stop treating divorce like an unforgivable social stigma?)

The side characters aren't much better. Noh-ah (Kang Mi-na) gave me second-hand embarrassment with her desperate, boundary-crossing behavior toward her ex, only to turn around and demand complete life adjustments from a genuinely good guy later on under the guise of "self-care."

The only saving graces here are Kang Si-woo (Seo In-guk) and Lee Jae-in (Won Gyu-bin), the only two rational adults in the entire script. Si-woo handles the romance with absolute maturity, honesty, and warmth, though I desperately wished the writers gave us more of his backstory at SAEUM instead of wasting screen time on petty melodrama.

A promising, subtle start completely undone by frustrating character arcs. Si-woo deserved a much better show.

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daouoffroad’s chemistry ??

this drama feels incredibly safe and comforting, my eyes teared up while watching the last scenes 🥹 there isn’t much going on, and from time to time there are scenes that you’ll find in almost every drama, maybe some moments that might make you frustrated or sad, but in the end, you’ll reach the peak of happiness 🫶🏻💖 i also realized that i find chinese guys really attractive, by the way. the male lead was incredibly attractive. anyway, it’s an easy watch, it’s only 8 episodes long, short and sweet. if you can’t find anything to watch, this one is definitely worth watching ✨💗💕

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An unusual dark chinese series...

When I first watched I could not distinguish between the actors of this series and "Deep In". If you would swap the actors the story could have been told exactly the same, because the couples look sooooo similar. While every episode is only 30 to 35 minutes long, it does not feel rushed and it avoids the boring idle time of many series.

We have a story of two disfunctional families. And then we also have a couple which borrowed an imho typical japanese theme of "miscommunication". While we have a cold and a docil character both have hidden traits. And both do not communicate at all. Because this is a very dark story, watching it may make you uncomfortable which is of course intended. We have character growth through the series. Rich families daddy is a honorable man doing his utter most to protect his family and their names because the higher on the social ladder you are the more it matters. Poor family mom wants of course climb the social ladder, but realizes all her wrongs. At least she does not fall into the pit of greed as her husband and other son.

It's also a story of two families circumstances bond together. One to save their names and one to climb said social ladder. As it is with every fairy tale, greed will be your doom. Our docile guy has a plan to ruin his lover which he loves and hates at the same time. His lover on the other hand acted mostly cold except when his desire overwhelmed him, but in the end he can't escape him, because his love for him is so much stronger than every hurt he did receive.

A special shoutout for the set designers who did find all the stuff from the 90ties which needed to work, be it CRT TVs, discmans, dvd players, cars and tons of old PCs. There is so much detail in every scene, I have never seen that in a series without a huge budget. I can't of course not know how much budget they had, but I doubt it can compete with Hollywood at all. This is also a reason why my rating is higher compared to the story rating. Also the costumes matched the times and in the short scenes where you see a lot of people going to work for example, they did style all of the people accordingly.

The actors/actresses did an outstanding job imho. Not only the MC but everyone involved did a really good job. I can't complain at all. This was superb. I'm happy that the MC already has filmed another series which will be hopefully released this year and they did deserve that.

While dark, this is not an ordinary series. It's a story about family, greed and miscommunication. And because it's a fairy tale we get the punishment for the guilty parties and an happy end we always expect. This series is of course not fluffy at all, it's partly painful to watch but it's for sure not the common stuff you see everyday. The final scene of course is part of the fairy tale, because that would not have happened IRL (at that time). Also they did mix up Portugal with Spain, either in the script or the translation which was a bit weird. At least as european you can distinguish between spanish and portugese languages. But besides this minor lapse, I like it and recommand it. You should give it a chance.

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You Cannot Just End It THERE, Netflix

(WARNING: Potential Spoilers — I’m Not Saving You from Any Emotional Damage)

So let's just get this out of the way: I really enjoyed Weak Hero Class 2. It's a continuation of Class 1, and it absolutely delivers on what I came back for—Si Eun, wonderfully choreographed fights, an interesting new group of characters, and enough escalating chaos to keep me glued to the screen.

Si Eun transferring to another school doesn't exactly give him the fresh start he's hoping for, because apparently the universe has personally decided this boy is not allowed to know peace. The fact that the schools in the area are tied together through the Union means that even when Si Eun tries to keep his head down, trouble eventually finds him anyway. And once he helps Jun Tae, that pulls him into the friendship with Hyeon Tak and Baku, which is where the season really starts to come together.

I really liked this new group. Baku, in particular, was such a fun addition because he brought some much-needed comedic relief. That guy is a trip. 😂 Si Eun is so serious and constantly operating on approximately seventeen levels of strategy at once that putting him around someone like Baku creates a completely different dynamic. The friendship between the guys is also one of the things that gives Si Eun something to fight for, rather than simply fighting because he has no other choice.

And then, of course, we get the fights.

The fights in this show continue to be wonderfully crafted. There's something about Weak Hero that makes its action sequences feel like more than just people throwing punches at each other. Si Eun is physically outmatched more often than not, so watching him use his surroundings, his intelligence, and whatever advantage he can find is still incredibly satisfying. And then you add everyone else into the mix and suddenly we're watching an entire school ecosystem collapse into organized violence.

Because apparently this is what high school is like in the Weak Hero universe.

However, where Class 2 didn't quite hit me the same way was the emotional connection. I still cared about what was happening, and I was invested in the characters, but that emotional gut punch from Class 1 wasn't quite there for me. Class 1 had me emotionally attached in a way that made certain moments absolutely devastating. This season had plenty happening, but I didn't feel that same depth of emotional damage.

And then we have Si Eun's mother.

Girl.

Listen. I get what they were trying to do. I understand the intention behind her character and the attempt to add depth to Si Eun’s home life. But emotionally? It just didn’t land for me. Instead of adding weight, it mostly had me sitting there like… really? this is the angle?

Especially when she starts implying his fighting is somehow because of her.

No.

Ma'am.

We're not doing that today.

I understand what the show was trying to do with her character and the attempt to explore Si Eun's home life and his mother's relationship with him, but it just didn't land for me emotionally the way I think it was supposed to. Instead of giving me another layer of emotional connection, it mostly had me sitting there questioning some of her choices.

That said, the lack of that deeper emotional punch didn't ruin the season for me. Not even close. The cast was excellent, the action was great, the new friendships worked, and I was completely invested in seeing where everything was going.

And then we get to that ending.

Excuse me?

You cannot just end it like that.

Seriously.

The way this season wraps up feels like someone looked directly into the camera and said, “Yeah, we're going to leave that there and make you wait.”

Absolutely not.

I need another season. The story is not finished in my brain, and that ending left way too much hanging for me to be satisfied with this being the end. If Netflix wants to continue this, I will be sitting right here with snacks, emotionally prepared for absolutely nothing.

Well.

That's a lie.

I will not be emotionally prepared.

My brain: “Okay, but what happens next?”

My emotions: “We're still processing Class 1, thanks.”

My snacks: “You said this was only eight episodes.”

And somehow… it worked.

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Fun and fast-paced but falls a little below expectations

The drama that bought me out of the drama slump..It has everything that is perfect for a binge watch from interesting and fun characters worth rooting for and a fast pace that kept me continue watching it..also the 10 episode format helped a lot...however a lot of the cases felt repetitive and predictable...and also it felt a little bit shallow at times and it felt like a few characters and cases could have been explored a little bit more, however it felt very satisfying to see the bullies getting the same thing as the victims...kind of reminded me of the devil judge..over all a very enjoyable drama for fun...it covers a lot of issues in the education system but fails a little bit in tackling the issues with nuance

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Ao ver Cui Xiu Zi e Liu Bo Yang em um drama já podemos prever o quão tóxica e abusiva será a história, mas aqui se supera.
A FL conviveu (e se humilhou) por 10 anos com os 3 personagens masculinos principais, que - obviamente - preferiam a filha da empregada que roubou a identidade de salvadora... Até aqui é normal em dramas com esses atores, porém...
O drama é curto, 80% é abuso ou flashback de abuso e o tempo de tela do casal (FL + tio dos três) mínima. Além das atuações serem um tanto quanto medianas.

Antes eu acompanhava quase todos os dramas tóxicos destes atores, mas consegui me desvincular, agora só me restam as resenhas rs

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