Great historical drama!
Definitely feels like one of those that should be a 9 at least in my opinion, but overall, one of the best recent historical dramas I've seen! Really a good watch for those interested in the history of China. It can be boring if you're not into history, may even be hard to follow if you're not good with Chinese names, and somewhat long and boring at parts (like discussions about politics if you're not into that stuff), but overall I still really enjoyed learning about the history of this time period between the end of the Tang and the beginning of the Song. It truly was such a messy period back then that I never knew about as I never saw any other historical dramas about that era!Was this review helpful to you?
The Boy and I Who Will Break Up in 100 Days
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First Impression: The Boy and I Who Will Break Up in 100 Days
Overall: I'm intrigued where they will go for the remaining episodes. 6 episodes about 24 minutes each. Airing on GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/7585/the-boy-and-i-who-will-break-up-in-100-days-2026What I Liked
- the documentary/mockumentary style
- supportive parents
Room For Improvement
- not sure how this will go the next 5 episodes
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Generic but not awful
Rich entitled guy is kicked out by his parents and becomes the roommate of a normal dude because of the water pressure or something.It wasn’t short but I don’t have anything to say about it. The entitled asshole trope is my least favourite trope EVER. The worst part is that the show portrays him as reasonable and he gets no character growth.
Its also just generic, I can’t really tell you what happened. But it doesn’t have any major flaws it’s well made and competent, it’s just forgettable.
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Looses the plot
Yue breaks up with Wei because he’s poor and she’s all about that rich girl life. She ends up trying to get Cheng, a cold blooded gang member that loves snakes, to like her. When Wei discovers this he decides to steal her man, period.I’ve said it a million times I love it when shows have a character with a secret and this premise was so good. This drama actually was ruining my life a bit, I only wanted to watch it. Their love story including the frisky scenes are so well executed I was in love.
This show however forgets bisexuality exists and it loses the plot completely when Yue’s plots are all tied up (she’s severely underdeveloped too) and then Cheng’s ex shows up around episode 13. There’s a few good episodes later on, especially with the father in law, but it feels like the show is just continuing for nothing and to develop the second couple. I almost stopped watching it completely after the ex kept showing up.
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Some episodes show superb direction. A very gritty, hard-hitting thriller, ruthless, even. You can feel the Ringo Lam influence, with its raw, unflinching violence ; this isn't meant to be a feel-good watch. It's deliberately infuriating. It really gets under your skin. Everything is rotten to the core. A very good series, but one that leaves you seething with rage by the time it's over."You're just a thug with a badge." We call that a cop, yes.
The story of a sadistic serial killer, set toward the end of the military dictatorship in 1988. We see despicable cops and a prosecutor acting with complete impunity. (Those cowards) We see men behaving as a patriarchal society naturally encourages and rewards them to do. We see female victims who are considered guilty in the eyes of others. We see high-ranking officials who are full of themselves and never take responsibility for anything. We see police repression of pro-democracy demonstrations.
"The public no longer trusts the police." I think that's a sign of good health.
The acting is incredibly intense. Serious stuff. A cop protagonist who's been through the worst and is forced to work against his will with one of his former tormentors. He thinks the police protect people, he believes they bring the guilty to justice… A constant in this kind of crime series : the cops are terrible at their investigations and ruin people's lives by wrongly accusing innocent people left and right. I don't know to what extent this is intentional. It comes up so often !
Not to brag, but I figured out who the killer was right from the start. My only flaw : too good. It's a fact. (Everything screams him, right there !) The solution doesn't come at the end but along the way, so it doesn't matter and doesn't ruin anything. It's the kind of series you can still enjoy even if someone with bad intentions spoiled it for you beforehand.
The culprit is every bit as cunning as those who claimed to be hunting him down. The theme is the rot at the heart of the social order. The back-and-forth between 1988 and 2019 confirms that nothing ever changes. The killer bears as much blame as the police and the justice system.
"Admitting your mistakes and asking for forgiveness takes even more courage." And that's how we move forward. That's why people in positions of power never admit their mistakes. They don't want things to get better for others.
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My first GL
Oboom asks her twin sister Aioon to breakup with her other partner so she can go on her honeymoon with her new husband (she owes her a favour), she refuses but since Oboom gets into a coma she decides to do it. Her other partner turns out to be a rich blind woman.I love the representation of blindness I feel like the actress did a very good job. This series was really try not to feel bad for everyone challenge. Like no one is a villian, I have sympathy for all of them. Unemployed main lead with bad jobs that constantly thinks they’re bad at everything and wants to be a writer… wait is she me? These characters are so complex it’s crazy.
I feel like the runtime is too long. The pacing is weird asf it’s too long and then some parts I want more of but never get.
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Here’s a review written in a more natural opinion-style tone based on your thoughts:Started watching Our Happy Days mainly because I always liked Uhm Hyun Kyung in long dramas, and honestly I have no complaints about the acting. Both male and female leads did well and their characters were enjoyable enough to follow.
But what really disappointed me was the older couple in the drama. The grandfather and grandmother treated their own son and daughter-in-law like complete outsiders. Not just privately, but openly in front of employees too. It honestly felt weird and cruel. Even the old man’s secretary behaves rudely toward the company’s own CEO simply because his father doesn’t support him properly. The drama tries to present the grandparents like innocent elders protecting the family, but many times they just came across as biased and emotionally toxic.
What made it worse is how obvious their favoritism was. They only truly cared about one grandson while the others felt neglected. Then the drama acts surprised when tension and resentment happen in the family.
Another thing I didn’t enjoy was the second lead couple writing.
The second male lead had almost no self-respect. He kept chasing a girl who clearly loved his younger brother. After being rejected so many times, it stopped feeling romantic and started feeling pathetic. Same with the second female lead. She gets rejected and humiliated repeatedly, but instead of moving on, she keeps emotionally hanging around the leads. Her dramatic “take care of oppa” scene felt more like emotional guilt-tripping than heartbreaking.
I really wish the drama gave the second leads proper growth and self-worth instead of making them suffer endlessly for melodrama.
Still, the acting overall was solid, especially Uhm Hyun Kyung. She carried emotional scenes really naturally and made frustrating moments easier to sit through.
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Wish it had no minuses
Its really sweet and cute drama with one of my favourite couples ever with tropes I love like friends to lovers, falling for someone you think is straight, office romance, high school romance it has everything that I love. They’re chemistry is insane, they actually feel like friends and when they start dating I was ready to make this my favourite BL. But them it ruins everything built up in episode 10 just to extend the show with stupid ass plot points. The side couple also isn’t engaging at all, I don’t know why I have such a disconnect with them. Would’ve been a solid 10/10 if not for the mess that are episodes 10-11 but instead it’s a weak 9/10. (SADLY)Was this review helpful to you?
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Not perfect, just decent
So we have Hiro that’s being abused at work and his childhood friend Kai comes to live with him and says they are married. Boring premise I know but was it done well… well um no.It’s very short with 6 episodes which isn’t enough to tell a coherent story and doesn’t actually show their relationship. Kai is anything but interesting and their love story is so dry, boring and predatory. Its predatory because it has a sexual assault scene that heals him, as someone who experienced sexual assault I immediately hated this drama. I can just tell it’s trying to be a slow burn romance and instead it comes off as boring.
The supporting cast barely gets any screentime so no one is developed, the flashbacks do nothing to improve their lacking chemistry.
Do they kiss? I can’t remember and don’t care enough.
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Does he know…?
(spoilers)A designer gets a new job to work on a dating sim and sees his old best friend from high school. The twist is that he used to have a crush on him.
Whole time I was like do they remember each other? Does he know him? Does the designer know his best friend actually likes him back? The flashbacks to their high school days are so sweet I love them and I also love the office romance they have. I feel so bad for him like you confessed and kissed him abut ran away for 7 years out of embarrassment and whole time this man likes you too. Even if it’s short it works, it’s perfect.
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The chemistry is SO good, but the plot wasn't good enough
This could have been so much better if they gave us more episodes and developed the characters. But the last two eps ended up being too rushed and it felt so anti-climatic it was awful.BUT their chemistry is AMAZING and I need to see them in more stuff immediately!!
The side plot with the police officers were suddenly introduced and we didn't get much about them, I really wish we could've seen their characters flushed out to their full!
Overall a decent watch but always a first considering this is my first BL from Hongkong !!
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Where’s the rest?
Nozue an overworked man and Togawa a younger subordinate end up visiting a dessert shops together filled with girls as an anti aging « treatment ».It’s a cute drama that feels natural. The age gap between the characters doesn’t feel weird or predatory and was handled well. Nozue even if you’re old you can have interests and try new things. Togawa is a serious but sweet and also a little freak, thank god. I was taken aback by THAT line. I love the scenes of them eating « girly » food, food is also my love language.
It’s problem is that it’s short, 5 episodes is a short movie (less than 2 hours total), we don’t see them actually together. At least they kiss but I seriously sound like a broken record and that special pissed me off it was like 5 minutes.
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Gave me my first panic attack
Black and White are twins separated during their parents divorce and they have a twin thing. Black gets badly beat and White decides to take his place in the gang and disguises himself to find and get revenge on the people that beat Black.I love a character with a secret. The plot is really strong, isn’t cliche and not that much about romance so doesn’t feel like a typical BL, romance isn’t the main focus. It’s about corruption and oppression by the upper class and government and talks about class disparity. Which makes the product placement when talking about these topics feel out of place…. Its one of the few bl that passes the bechdal test LOL. I watched 4 episodes and had a nocturnal panic attack…. 10/10
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When you got one sided beef
Enemies to lovers at school with GeminiFourth oh I was seated. This show deals more with complicated dynamics of these kids and fleshes the other characters a lot. But the other couples are still underdeveloped which is so disappointing, why is this a trend in Thai BLs. It’s actually really funny i found myself laughing and I don’t typically laugh at BLs. I love the chemistry the tension the flirting and genuinely how supportive they are. This show focuses heavily on music with is its biggest flaw. We get so much music that it feels like a musical and it’s not done well. When the mother and friends start to sing and the other characters can’t hear then it’s so out of place. Why not make actual live music instead of overprocessed with no real instruments especially when the whole series is based around LIVE music!!!Was this review helpful to you?
Flat Jokes, Basic Story
The drama didn’t really work for me as a rom-com. The comedy didn’t land and most of the jokes felt flat or kind of pointless. The story also felt pretty predictable and basic, without anything new or interesting to really pull me in, so it got boring at times. I also felt the lead actress still needs more improvement in her acting to fully take on a leading role.Was this review helpful to you?
