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Two masterminds, one unforgettable partnership

This was exactly the kind of historical drama I love. Instead of relying on misunderstandings or one-sided genius, it gave us two incredibly intelligent leads who were always thinking several steps ahead. Watching them read each other, hide their true intentions, and slowly learn to trust one another was far more satisfying than any grand romance. Their relationship felt like a partnership between equals, and once their feelings became mutual, the payoff was absolutely worth the wait. The female lead was everything I look for in a heroine: composed, ruthless when necessary, elegant, and effortlessly capable without constantly needing to prove it. The male lead was just as compelling, hiding behind a gentle smile while quietly manipulating every situation in his favour, always planning ahead without ever taking away her agency. He Yu captured that mischievous, calculating charm perfectly, making his character impossible not to enjoy. Add in the political intrigue and consistently smart writing, and this became one of my favourite historical dramas of the year.

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I've been meaning to watch this series for a while. I greatly enjoy zombie apocalypse type stuff, so I was very excited for this show.

Let's start with the things I liked. I liked that we followed mostly high schoolers and the build up. I also liked the lack of shooting around, which we usually get, especially in western zombie Media. I thought it was well done, because there was enough action to not make it boring but it also wasn't so much that you were confused what was happening where and what.
Two actors specifically did such a good job at making me hate them. I always appreciate actors that are good at making me hate their character. Because man, did I hate those two. Na-yeon and the guy we (me and the friend I watched it with) just referred to as "the bully". Genuinely so unlikable. I also liked the set design and even though a lot of the plot points were rather predictable, I still enjoyed it overall.

However, there were some plot holes. The female protagonist, On-jo, gets bitten right in the first episode. This is never brought up or mentioned again. It had me and my friend theoriese so much, only for the writers apparently having forgotten about what happened in episode one. Another thing that I didn't love was the romance. It just felt like the romance arcs were not properly developed and while they added some things, overall it fell flat.
The ending also seemed weird. I still don't know what to do with the last 15 minutes of the show.

Overall a nice show to watch casually but nothing I'd go out of my way to beg people to watch.

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A Clever, Gripping Thriller That Deserves a Chance

Even though I am still near the very end and haven’t quite finished the final moments, I felt compelled to share my thoughts. I absolutely love this genre, and while it might not be for everyone right away, I strongly encourage giving it a chance—at least through the midpoint.
​Once it gets going, you’re treated to clever plot twists, surprising developments, and a seamless blend of drama, suspense, and thriller elements. The cinematography and acting are impressively well-executed for this style of storytelling. I’m not just saying this out of bias for the main actors; I genuinely appreciate artistic storytelling and well-crafted narrative depth. Highly recommended!

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uhh they wanna make complicated love story so badd

tell me “i like you” without telling me “i like you” challenge accepted: just say “life will be boring without you!”

nonton karena lewat di fyp, mana wao nya ganteng. shima-chan juga cakep :3 jadi aku cari full movienya. but for me, it is kinda waste of visuals… mereka visualnya oke-oke banget enak dilihat tapi menurutku they have zero chemistry (except for shima-wao) :")

kinda disappointed with the storyline too… i thought shima would be with wao <,3 but i figured it out that shima won’t be with wao before even watching the film because of the poster XD

for me it feels likeeee they wanted the romance story to be complicated but i don’t get the plot LIKE when are they catching feeling…? there is barely a feeling development smh i just cannot feel it… every pairs justttt don’t feel right they have no chemistry T __ T

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The four horsemen ride again!

There appears to be two types of c-drama watchers, those who has seen L&P and those who have not. Due to some quirk of the space-time continuum, I find myself in the later group. I have since remedied that and I tender this as proof. 😉

BTW, as this drama first aired in 2022, there are already a lot of discussions and countless reviews. I shall focus on some thoughts and spare you the repetition.

There is no doubt this is a good show. While the series is tropey, it managed to weave them into an enthralling story. This is ably assisted by the acting of its young cast and interesting subject matters. I particularly enjoyed the sojourn into the programmer's world as I was a C/C++ programmer in my past life. Their struggle is real.

Our ML is a tortured soul. The FL is a strong-willed young woman who has to grow up fast to save the man she loves. As a chingu said, she must put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

I'm not saying the show is perfect. There are issues. Its unwavering focus on our OTP helps the narrative in the long run. Their journey spanning years is the backbone of this series. We are all in for a bumpy ride.

As you can imagine, they are put through the wringer, especially the ML. This is a 36 eps c-drama after all. The hour before dawn is pitch black for him. His absolute nadir starts around episode 20. Within a few eps, his world has completely collapsed. Before he sunk to his lowest point, he executed a diabolical Noble Idiot scheme. He pushed the FL away so hard that she landed on a different continent! So much pain, so much yearning.

Yes, it is the cliché "how low can he go" scenario. This also allows the writer to pave the way for his redemption in the last third of the series.

Now that we covered the rough plot outline, we need to talk about tropes. This drama is powered by four very powerful ones. I like to call them the Four Horsemen of Tropes.

The first one is the Madonna X Bad Boy trope. The ML is a genius. He is several steps ahead of his peers. The problem is that he is always misunderstood. Just name an antisocial trait and it will most likely be him. It is hard for him to make friends and even harder to keep them. The FL is the one who must do all the heavy lifting in this relationship. She is pretty and righteous.

This brings about the second Horsemen, backstabbing friends. It is sad that friendships can become toxic over time. Jealousy, ambition, love triangle, etc can strain a relationship until it turns sour. The fallout is devastating. The antagonist never walk away unscathed. Redemption is not guaranteed.

Speaking of devastating, we need to look no further than the trope du jour, Noble Idiocy. This show didn’t hold back. Our leads went from cruising along their romantic journey to taking a ride in the Titan submersible (too soon, my bad). It was a desperate act by the ML to push the FL away because he knew he is going to ruin his life. It was a difficult watch. Horsemen #3, tick.

To round out this gathering posse, we have the omnipresent Queen Bee. The FL's mum has been controlling the FL from near and far for years. She is always pulling strings and planning her life. Of course, it all comes down to "mother knows best". This creates a lot of friction for our OTP. The mum's reasoning has scant relevance in this day and age. We mustn't discount the wisdom of elders, but when it is unreasonable, biased and must be obeyed then it spells troubles. While the FL has been passively resisting her machinations for years. Ultimately, she must act to secure her own happiness.

As if to reinforce the pervasiveness of these tropes, I just finished Love For You (2026). In that drama, the ML also pushes the FL away with extreme prejudice mid show. Oh snap! Both dramas have the same FL. Is that just a coincidence or a curse?

Re-watch the whole series will be a bridge too far for me. Just the last few eps is doable. OST is fine. Production value is above average.

Credit to the production team for managing all these tropes. I won't say I enjoyed every minute of it. That is part and parcel of drama watching these days. The downside is its success helps to cement the prevalence of such tropes. You win some and you lose some. Peace.

P.S. 3 bonus observations;
* There is a Big White Truck of Doom™. Enough said.
* How come the FL's mum does not know about the OTP's relationship for 3 years?
* Love the little company that can. A lovely found family. Respect!

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When Love Isn't Enough

One thing that never sat right with me was how Babi kept pursuing Yumi before and even after she had been in a relationship. When Yumi rejected him, he handled it immaturely instead of respecting her decision and moving on.

In the end, even though Yumi's Love Cell tried to resist, her entire village slowly surrendered to Babi. The way he found his place in Yumi's heart wasn't my favorite, and I honestly think it could have been handled much better.

Despite that, I can't deny that the beginning of their relationship was incredibly sweet. Watching Yumi slowly open her heart again after everything she went through with Woong was heartwarming. Babi seemed like the perfect boyfriend: caring, attentive, supportive, and someone who encouraged Yumi to pursue her dream of becoming a writer.


Seeing Woong again completely caught me off guard. I had missed him so much. Watching him replay his memories with Yumi and imagine fixing all the mistakes he made in their relationship was heartbreaking. It reminded me why I fell in love with them as a couple in Season 1.

And then seeing him quietly buy every single one of Yumi's books... that scene genuinely broke me.


For most of the season, Babi appears to be the perfect boyfriend. However, everything changes when Da Eun makes her feelings for him obvious. Although Babi never physically cheats, his feelings begin to waver, and that's when the relationship starts falling apart.

To me, emotional attraction while you're in a committed relationship is already crossing a line. You don't have to kiss someone for trust to be broken. The moment your heart starts looking at someone else differently, something has already changed.

Another moment that really stood out to me was when Yumi asked Babi when he first started liking her. He answered that he wasn't sure, but inside the Cells Village, we see a scroll being burned, heavily implying that his feelings for Yumi may have started while he was still dating someone else. That small detail completely changed the way I viewed his character.


Dae Yong was definitely a little creepy at times, but he was also incredibly funny and surprisingly lovable. He ended up becoming one of my favorite side characters.

Fun fact: In the original webtoon, Babi and the intern eventually get married.


I don't think Babi was a bad boyfriend. He truly supported Yumi, believed in her talent, and helped her rediscover her passion for writing. His biggest mistake wasn't physical infidelity—it was allowing his feelings to drift toward someone else, breaking the trust that held their relationship together.

What I loved most about this season is that it isn't really about choosing who was the "better boyfriend." It's about showing that love and trust aren't the same thing. You can still love someone deeply, but once your trust has been broken, those feelings may never be enough to save the relationship.

That's why Yumi's reaction near the end is so meaningful. When Da Eun calls Babi, she doesn't feel jealous, anxious, or afraid anymore. She simply feels at peace. In that moment, it's clear she has already let him go emotionally, even before the relationship officially ends.

As for Woong, I'll always have a soft spot for him. I honestly wish Yumi had given him a second chance. He wasn't perfect, but he learned from his mistakes, reflected on them, and genuinely wanted to become a better person. Whether they would have worked out or not, I think he deserved that opportunity.

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I ended up taking a bit of time to finally finish watching this film because the beginning part felt too slow; I had a hard time focusing on watching it. Like, I get it that the film first needed to establish that Ip Man's new beginning in HK had been rough, and it took a bit of time for him to properly start his own martial arts club, but I wished that they could've sped it up and got the clash with the other clubs sooner. And I also wished that the film could've shortened the bits about Wong Leung picking up fights with Man and others before getting his humility kicked in cos yeah, the way he's written in this film annoyed me so much. Though, compared to the first film, at least this one felt less like a documentary and more like a slight peek into the early life of Ip Man in HK.

Action-wise, Donnie and Sammo Hung don't disappoint, and we even have Louis Fan's character making a brief appearance in the middle. But yeah, like the first film... the storytelling in this second one was not too great. Like, some pacing could've been faster, and some scenes could've been slower or longer, like how Ip Man was still finding time to spend time with his friend who suffered brain damage after trying to help Man's family escape Foshan. While it's good that most of the scenes where people were fighting were done well, when the story part of the racism plot, the conflict between the clubs and Ip's challenges to support his family were treated less in detail than the fight scenes... the film really felt a bit imbalanced. Like often enough, I felt like speeding up or skipping some of the slow scenes because it was so slow that it was very frustrating to watch. Overall, if you're watching the movie for some Donnie-Sammo fights, you're in for a good time, but if you're looking for a 'deep' story, umm... nah.

Considering that there were mentions of Bruce Lee being in this movie and how it's supposed to cover a bit of his life before becoming Ip Man's student, it was a bit disappointing to only see that near the end and mostly as a montage. Like, I thought we'd see how the kid even heard about Ip Man and how that got his interest, but nah. While I understand that it took time to get the approval from Lee's family to even add the mention, I wished that they'd put them in the next movie rather than just barely being mentioned in this film. Like yes, Wong Leung was based on the person responsible for mentoring Bruce, but we don't even get to see them together properly! That said, considering how the early part of the film had focused on Ip Man trying to care for Chow... it does feel off to not actually have a scene after the end where Ip finds out that his friend had finally remembered him after listening to the fight on the radio. So yeah, this film had some great fights, but the story was all over the place.

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Don't waste your time

Don't waste your time watching this drama. The premise is just like any other, the ML has long harbored feelings for the female lead (he just being a coward simp) but never dared to speak up because FL was already in a relationship with her fiancé. Even after repeatedly discovering her fiancé's infidelity, she clung to the relationship because his mother had raised her since childhood. Despite maintaining the engagement, she ended up sleeping with the ML while drunk and frustrated over her fiancé's cheating. This ambiguous situation dragged on for nearly two-thirds of the drama.

It took a full two hours and fourteen minutes before this foolish FL finally decided to call off the engagement. FL doesn't deserve to end up with the ML, who is portrayed here as incredibly handsome and the heir to the wealthiest family.

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I could rate this a 4 or an 8

It's difficult to write a review for a show like this since you could be rating

a) the production and concept of the show itself

or

b) the storyline, how things turned out between the contestants.

Either way, I do admit that it is frustrating to watch. This could be the editing, but I feel like most of the time the contestants just talk about who is their first choice, instead of actually getting to know each other. But it is also kind of the point of the show - the contestants not really knowing how the whole dating thing is supposed to go or what to say.

Nevertheless, it is super fun to watch and almost impossible not to binge (now that it is released completely). Even though I was super frustrated most of the time, that was part of the charm, so I can't help but give this show a higher rating.

Leia Mais

simple straightforward romcom

kinda surprised nobody else is bothered by the choice to make the webtoon on the usb to be the first main driving point? the side character’s role contributed just about nothing to the story and neither did her usb, even less than the other 2 supporting characters. it didn’t even make sense for anyone else to have seen or know of the usb the way the situation was presented. just a very weak story that blatantly exposed itself as an amateur youtube project despite the fact I watched it on another platform without any prior knowledge. as several others have said as well, the story is told moreso in brief vignettes, which didn’t do it any favours. the stronger point in editing seemed to be the music choices being nearly all piano pieces, giving the show a bit of a theatrical tone that seemed to suit the comedy genre they attempted to achieve that I personally enjoy. though that could possibly also attribute to an amateurish impression too, depending on how different viewers perceive it. more points for characterizations not being bland like most others in the genre. and despite the setbacks, the overall plot was still able to be engaging and wasn’t as boring as other shows in the genre with similarly weak plots. good de-stress watch, light and corny

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THE MOST AMAZING CDRAMA OF ALL TIME....

I'm writing this review after my 5th Rewatch....I literally can't move on from this drama even though it's been almost one year......No matter how many dramas I watch, I always go back to Ji Bozai and Ming Yi....Their chemistry, their love, their sacrifices are on a different level......I just finished my rewatch now; my heart is truly aching.....I can literally feel the pain in my heart that the drama ended.....it's only a drama which is finished here.....I won't see them again....Like I can't explain the feeling....
This is the only drama which has left me in this yearning state....whenever their edits come in front of me......i automatically smile and blush.....and when it's finished I feel hurt that It's only a drama.....Their acting was soo soo soo good and chemistry was so so so so so gooodd that it felt absolutely real......

Now I pray for only one thing......Please pair them again in another drama..... I don't care about the genre plz cast them again......I believe only then will I be able to move on from Ji Bozai and Mingyi.....and start my next yearning on that drama.....
Please Please Please.....now let's just wait....

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Hombres muy guapos.

Amo a Park Bo-gum.

Esta serie me agtrapó desde el minuto uno. Las actuaciones en su mayoría son impresionantes. Las peleas, las escenas de acción en general, los momento cómicos, los momentos emotivos... todo es demasiado bueno.

Amé el bromance que se forma entre Dong-ju y el guapo con lentes, para mi fue algo demasiado entretenido de ver. Yo los hubiese dejado juntos xd.

Me encantó el found family que tienen los personajes, son demasiado lindos.

Diría que las únicas cosas que me fallaron aquí fueron, en primer lugar lo mucho que se alargó todo, siento que era un tanto repetitivo y que pudieron haber dado, en todo caso, alguna subtrama enfocada en otro de los protagonistas, en vez de tratarse siempre de lo mismo.
Lo segundo sería Han-na, pues, aunque me gusta su relación con Dong-ju, no me gusta la actriz. Más que nada no es mi actriz favorita de la vida, pues siento que se me queda corta en actuación. Es como que solo tiene 2 caras distintas. Yo he visto actrices normalmente poco extresivas, que son capaces de expresar un montón cuando toca. Esto no me sucede con esta actriz, pero bueno, esta es mi opinión.

Y que no se me olvide destacar los tremendos que son los brazon del guapo con lentes, madre mía.

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