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Whatever this was

This was genuinely a waste of time. The storyline was all over the place and made very little sense, the acting was weak, and most of the characters were more irritating than engaging. The excessive filters were distracting, the second couple added nothing interesting to the story, and the pacing was painfully slow. Every episode felt longer than it actually was, yet somehow the plot barely moved forward. I kept waiting for things to improve, but they never did. By the end, I wasn't frustrated with the drama as much as I was with myself for actually finishing it. Definitely one of the most disappointing watches I've sat through.

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Meh..

I was looking for more things from Issey Takahashi coming off Kishibe Rohan, and I landed on this story. I thought the premise and the title sounded super interesting and was eager to watch it. The whole movie has a slow, dark, and gloomy vibe- not a bad thing but it wasn’t very interesting. I’m all about slow but it was missing real juice and life. The whole movie felt lifeless. I literally watched it for him, but after a very short while I couldn’t bring myself to care about any of the characters. Also the Takahashi character’s flashback about his wife killing their kid and then killing herself reminded me a lot of Shutter Island- where the man basically loses himself after that incident. Never thought I would say it but in this particular case I would prefer the Hollywood version (which I usually don’t).

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I don’t smoke weed, but I imagine this is what it feels like

Okay, I just finished this show, and I have mixed feelings about it. I am gonna give it a 7.5 out of 10, then say what I liked and what I didn't, and then call it a day because it's a short drama, and I don't need to add that much to it (too late).

Before I start, I am gonna write this review a little differently: I'll talk about the main points and what I liked and didn't like on those, so yeah.

The Plot:
Okay, so the overall plot of the show is that this guy's ex-boyfriend breaks up with him and then 5 years later comes back and GETS WITH HIS DAD. Of course, there is more to it, but that's like the gist of this show. So knowing that, you understand where my mixed feelings come from. The dad owns a drug company, I think, and the son and the ex-boyfriend want to kill the dad, but for separate reasons. The son because his dad caused his mom to overdose and die, and then the ex because the dad sent men to kill his father. Yeah, wild ride. For the main part of the plot, while I do think they could have written it out better and stop fucking skipping around, I liked it. And I really didn't think I was going to. I think it's a good plot and definitely fun for a short drama, and they did it pretty well because I was really into it, and the whole thing where there is always a bigger fish to fry and pick sides to stay alive, I could really get behind that, so that was good on their part. For the parts I didn't like about the plot, as I mentioned earlier, they jump around a lot, and it feels like not much is happening, but I am still really confused. Does that make sense? This is also in part due to THIS BEING SO LONG. I swear to God, 55 episodes is usually nothing, why the fuck was this one so long, my God? We started to do the same thing over and over again, like, oh, I'm gonna lie to you even though we are on the same team now, oh no, you got drugged, oh, somehow our rival is on the same team as your dad now, like what? Just bullshit. We could have made this shorter and gotten rid of the repetition, and it would have been fine, but noooo, we just wanted to be fucking different because we are holding our FUCKING BALLS at the drawing board, foaming at the mouth trying to come up with more bullshit and make our show even more terrible. Like, don't piss me off. There was another thing that was one of the most pressing plot points, but I will talk about that in problematic quirks lmao. Overall, the plot is good, but the bad outweighs the good in my opinion, making it a long, annoying, but fun watch.

The Characters:
There are a lot of characters in this, and it makes it really hard to remember everyone, but there 3 main ones: the guy, his ex, and the guy's dad (I am not gonna put names because I could not give less of a fuck about this shity ass show). Okay, so regarding the characters, I hated everybody. They were all dirty bums and had no decorum. I think our main character's mom died of an overdose, and he is the victim in this situation, even though he is low-key a bitch-ass. Imagine your mom dying because of your dad, and then your dad getting with your ex-boyfriend. That is low-key insane. I feel like he has the right to be crazy, but I also do not know. Regarding the love interest, he is low-key a dirty bum, and I mean survival of the fittest, but at what fucking cost? He has no spine, and he is like on the good side, but not really, because he is low-key just betraying everyone. He is like, oh this, oh that, and I am like, bitch, be fucking for real right now. You are going to make me so fucking angry right now. Like, you betrayed your man at the end of the day, and you got with his dad. What line did you even cross there? Because that is fucking gnarly, dude. Just overall, like, I was trying to understand his character, but I feel like his background and lore just felt ignorant and dumb, and like, oh, his dad got shot by these guys, so he got with the leader of the guys who killed his dad. That does not make ANY sense. I am really confused. And then finally, for the dad, he was just evil for the love of the game. There was no reason behind what he was doing, and I could not understand his character very well. I think because it is a love story, his character was not very fleshed out and was just kind of ass. I kind of understand if it is like, oh, he took the mom's company because of this, or he was jealous. Something. Give me some substance, but no. He is just evil for the love of the game. He hates everybody, and he is just money hungry, I guess, but I do not know. They could have done that better. I just thought that was poorly written. Yeah, overall, there are some more characters, but I feel like they are not really relevant to talk about, and they are just kind of one-offs. I feel like that is the problem with short dramas and a lot of different shows: you pack in all these characters and want me to empathize with them, but you do not flesh them out at all. So I am just like, okay, there is this guy on the screen. There are also 8 trillion other guys. Why do I give a fuck about this specific guy? I will answer that point. I really do not give a fuck about that guy. Overall, I did not really like any of them, end of story LMAO.

Problematic Quirks:
For problematic quirks (this whole show), my main thing with this is the stepmother thing. That was so fucking weird, and it wasn’t even like cute romantic or anything like that. It was just flat-out weird. Like, why are we calling our ex-boyfriend's stepmom? That is weird. Am I crazy for that? I feel like I really cannot get behind that, because it just felt like somebody's weird fetish that they used AI to write. I'm like, babe, this is not real. And there's another show on IQIYI that has the same plot. Is that like a thing? Like, ooh, I like it when I call my man stepmom. Dude, are you high? Am I high? Are we all high? What are we smoking in this goddamn show? Just weird, just plan fucking weird. And I want to say, it gets better. It does not. He does this to the very end, even when the dad is dead. He's like, well, stepmom, stepmom. No! Stepmom not. You are weird and incestual, and I hope you die, to be honest. I literally hope we kick rocks, do three backflips off a tree, and die. For the second and final quirk, in episodes 30 to, I think, 40, I do not know which episode it was, but it was around there. There was a rape scene, and I was like, okay, maybe if we had more lore, but no, it was just terrible. He kidnaps his ex to keep him from his dad, even though he does not want the dad, and he has made that clear. Then he rapes him twice, just unnecessary, dude. I do not understand. What are we doing? What's going on? It is just pissing me off for no reason at all. We are just being silly goofy to be silly goofy. Like, girl, bye. Okay, that is all the hate I have for this bum dum-ass show, so yeah.

In the end, I am not really sure I would recommend this. The plot is good, but some of the problematic quirks are VERY hard to ignore. So maybe not because of that aspect, but overall, if you are bored and you already pay for the streaming service, just watch it. You do not really have a lot to lose besides your dignity. Okay, bye!

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“Love at First Sight is a Horrible Thing”

After watching a couple of other series starring Haruka Ayase, like “I Want to Die Alone” (Hitori de Shinitai), and Hotaru no Hikari, and seeing that our birthdate is just a few days apart in the same year, and seeing how she plays empowered, independent and quirky women characters that are very similar to my own personality and mindset, and taking into her account her exquisitely beautiful face, I’ve decided that she is one of my most favorite Japanese actresses.

This series does not disappoint. Starting with that super catchy samba style intro theme song/music, and Nami’s badass ninja fighting skills, the story goes into how she is a woman who just wants love and has been fighting and defending herself and protecting others in this dangerous world. It’s a very interesting set of stories. Except for a few, many of the “bad women” are not actually bad but are trying to create justice for a terribly unjust situation. The men on the other hand are all portrayed as selfish, bullying, narcissistic, entitled, exploiting, misogynistic, and controlling- especially in marital and family relationships. This is not far from the truth obviously. It shows how marriage is basically a soul trap for women, where they are reduced down to objects wearing a happy mask that cook, clean, and wake up the man, pouring their life and soul and love into him and the kids, while he’s busy having affairs.

I don’t understand the martyr complex that the women have. Like Kyoka- she trails and finds her husband cheating and still says that she loves him and is waiting for him even when her own mother in law kicks her cheating son out of the house. She puts on this “brave, martyr, saintly face” in from of her friends Nani and Yuri as if bearing the torture somehow makes her a good saintly person. It doesn’t. Her husband doesn’t respect or love her any more for her saintly doormat act, and nor does anyone else. Then she misses him and like a soggy doormat, she ruins her own self empowerment and leverage in the situation and calls her cheating husband crying and saying “I miss you, please come home!” While the husband basically says no and disempowers her further. Can the wives be any more powerless? Why do they have to be like this?

I wonder why everyone is so two faced- I get it, it’s part of the culture. Not just Japanese but worldwide too. In marriages and social interactions people put on a happy clown face to others and show off and brag while hiding the horrors underneath. Marriage and family are a kind of performance for show. This series exposes that so well. Even Nami finds out that her charming husband is not the person she thought and hoped he was- whatever these women are in love with is a projection of their own longing. But the men in reality are despicable as husbands. For example, Yuri’s husband was her college professor who basically decided that he wanted to “have her and keep her” so he got her pregnant immediately so that she would get married to him and never leave the house. Possessing her like an object and treating her like utter trash. He is such a loathsome creature. If it weren’t for survival and having a roof over their heads, I’m sure most women would leave these ball and chain marriages where they are treated as indentured servants who should be grateful for their servitude. It is utterly deplorable. I’m glad that Haruka Ayase brings these shows where the woman is a little more empowered- even though her characters do want love deep in their soul, they are true to themselves and authentic and to some extent, free.

As Nami starts to find out that her own husband is a shady character, and that scene where the husband comes back from home and she’s cutting the cabbage and then throws a knife at him, and he blocks it with his suitcase- that moment when the mask drops is just so satisfying and thrilling to watching as they get down and dirty in the fight. It’s bizarre how married people live together for decades and are essentially strangers wearing masks in front of each other, trying to cover up over their true identity and seething hatred for each other, all in the name of a “stable life”, status, image or for survival or financial reasons. All so bizarre and all so fake. It would be one thing if it were just a TV show- but this is exactly how it is in this world. Nishijima is the perfect charming handsome fake husband with a streak of danger. There is something terribly romantic about one party coming to arrest another party but upon meeting her he forgets his mission and falls in love. But is it romance or thrill? Well there is no better way of controlling, subjugating, and surveilling a woman than to marry her. I was very impressed and squealing with excitement at Ayase’s fighting and stunts- she’s a true badass.

A very chilling dialog between husband and wife in the last episode.
Wife: “How long will I be watched? Until I die? I’ll have to live like I have a collar around my neck right?”
Husband: “If you behave yourself and live like an ordinary housewife, the day you can take the collar off, will come.” OUCH. This is the status of women in marriages. Treated as objects, slaves to serve the man and child.

The wife says: “There are couples who can be happy without telling each other what they really think right? But I don’t want that. Because I love you. I adore you. I want us to be honest with each other. We’ve been deceiving each other until now, so I want us to fight with all our might and make up with each other. And yet you want to put a collar around my neck? Do you not love me?” The woman, the wife is trying to break free from this torture.

Then a housewife who decided to have a short affair as a way to escape her husband who was literally being an emotional abuser and acting like slave owner, then gets blackmailed and subsequently beat up by men, while the “boss” says how boring it is. These scenes are very disturbing to see that much misogyny and it made me very sad.

It did make me happy to see Nami beat up guys in the warehouse to the legendary title samba music. But why do they approach her one by one like zombies? Anyways.. Shes a true hero. And very thrilling to watch. The last scene, the last moment was.. WTF .. a cliffhanger??

With all that said, even though I did not watch it and have no plans to, it seems like the story may have been inspired by Mr and Mrs Smith- an ode to the boring middle aged married couple that are secretly assassins. It explores the idea of a double life among all the characters very well, with a Japanese twist. I can confidently say that this series would be far more enjoyable than subjecting myself to the pompous nonsense of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

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Not your typical dating show

I do find this show quite lovely. It is pretty rare to see a reality show that only focuses on queer women. Although, beware, this is not a full-on dating show, it was more about connection to the community and friendships. The value of this show lies in the conversations. All those different perspectives, even if you do not necessarily agree with some of them, are extremely interesting and absolutely worth listening to. The discussions vary from one topic to another: AI, open relationships, sexuality, etc. When it comes to the format, it was fine. Nothing extraordinary but also not boring. The number of episodes was definitely not enough to explore the relations the way they deserved to be, but it gave some kind of foundation. Again, I feel like it was more about the mentality rather than the physicality. But it is not like there was no romance at all. The editing was fun, the episodes are free to watch, and I had a big grin on my face every Wednesday while watching it: what is more to want?

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An uncomfortable watch, for all the worst reasons.

Abysmal. Just Awful. Plot holes. Terrible acting/pairing. Needless tropes. Eyesore makeup, across the board. There wasn't one scene where I could forget the weird and glaring transitions from matt and cakey to oily and blotchy foundation, distracting eyelash extensions that never came off, even after a near fatal injury, and endless eyeshadow abominations long, long after the momentary dance scenes (that were the only justifications) where over. I've never seen a k-drama so afraid of the fresh-skin-natural-look (as natural as k actors can look). I also never seen a k-drama where the makeup is distracting in every episode. When it was glimpsed that the lead was reapply MAC lipstick, it all made sense. Why oh why did they think making her visual theme at matt lip, was worth sticking with until the end. Horribly chapped, made her deliver even harder to take seriously. Dry. Dry acting. Dry lips. Why?

She wasn't even the richest character in the show, yet somehow needed the most lavish unjustified wardrobe changes every other scene. Made no sense at all. It was predictable at some point, just waiting to see what monstruous outfit she'd have applied to her sickly frail frame next. The green mini dress and blocky platforms at the child's birthday party reveal was just embarrassing. It made her 'other woman' reveal all the more desperate looking. Aside from youth, the cheating husband downgrade was the weakest point of the story, no chemistry, no depth, you couldn't even buy the lust. I can't recall a moment they appear happy or comfortable in each other's presence. It was like watching strangers who had been paid to act sexually interested in each other, but had no experience to draw from.

I'm not sure what work the male lead had done to his face, but is was the show's cringiest casting, by a mile. Between his and the female lead's acting, it was impossible to root for either of them, separately or as a winning couple. Only a Romeo & Juliet tragic ending may have saved their bizarre performance.

The only saving grace was the actress who delivered a bearable Han So Ra. The sole performance worth enduring, through a alarmingly weak plot and shambolic writing. Aside from her, every other character appeared perpetually emotionally stunted, for what reason, I can't fathom. At least Han So Ra had a believable OTT arc into madness. Every other performance was either forced or timid.

The boredom set in so early, it was a pain to finish, with an ending that didn't simply fall short, it was a sheer insult to watch, though not at all surprising after episode 7, you could see the trainwreck no matter what.

An uncomfortable watch, for all the worst reasons.

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Slice of life with lessons on the side

I think this drama is not supposed to be anything grand. I think it gave us what it advertised in a very sweet little packaging and although there were angsty parts, it was still easily digestible. Essentially this is about two struggling people, trying to figure out their current situation and eventually their future. They're grappling with themselves and doubting their purpose in life, all while in the beautiful backdrop of a small island. After both ML and FL suffered losses that had huge impacts on their lives, they find and heal each other, relearning how to enjoy a simple life. The drama offered a few beautiful quotes and sentiments about forgiveness, self growth and expectations from others and oneself.

Although sometimes it felt like there were quite a few filler scenes with food, the core story about finding back to yourself and realising what truly makes you happy in life and being content, is truly heartwarming. Sometimes I struggled a little with the FL's attitude or some directorial choices that were made, but overall the characters were likeable.

If you're looking for a story about people who are not perfect and are trying to stay afloat amidst their worries, helping each other out, paired with beautiful cinematography and food scenes, then this is for you. It's calming and quiet, not too draggy and perfect for a breather and early summer!

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Slow-Burn Tragedy That Needed 10 Fewer Episodes

48 Episodes of 'Why Did I Watch This?' (And Why You Might Want To Too)

This drama has been sitting on my watchlist for literal years. I kept putting it aside because, let’s be real, I knew it didn’t have a happy ending and I wasn't sure I was ready for the heartbreak. But as a total fan of Dilraba Dilmurat and Vin Zhang, I finally made it my mission to binge it just to see what their acting was like back in their rookie days.

In a nutshell, The King's Woman is a tragedy mostly based on the life of on the first Emperor of China, starring Dilraba Dilmurat as Gongsun Li, a compassionate and free spirited woman forced into the palace of the ruthless Qin Emperor, Ying Zheng, who is played by Vin Zhang. The catch? She’s secretly pregnant with her first love's child. Ying Zheng's toxic, possessive self decides to accept the baby anyway just to keep her by his side, creating a super messy and dark bond with Gongsun Li. Meanwhile, her childhood sweetheart, Jing Ke and father of her child, played by Liu Chang, goes down a dark ‘no way out’ path to become a legendary assassin.

Fun fact: Jing Ke and Ying Zheng are both real historical figures.

Honestly, the whole show is just a massive twist of fate. These three actually met as kids when one was in danger, and the other two saved him. Flash forward, and that little kid who they saved grows up to be the first emperor of China—and the literal reason they both die.

Yikes. So, word of advice: if you go into this expecting a fluffy romance, you are doing it wrong. I see quite a lot of hate online from people who watched this one when it came out, criticizing the actual romance. The romance in this drama is a myth. This is a tragedy, plain and simple.

And don’t forget that it’s loosely based on history; while the assassin and the Emperor were real people, Dilraba's character is fictional to make the drama interesting and actually show the real price of power. If you drop the romance expectations, it actually gives a pretty realistic look at how trapped women were in ancient China. Romanticizing the story between her and the Emperor was pretty much for the sake of viewership and dramatization and the reasons I mentioned above.

Yes, there is absolutely crazy chemistry between Dilraba and Vin Zhang and that’s the reason why this drama is controversial because people totally misinterpret the "romance" between the female lead and the king because of this chemistry. She didn't magically forget her first love. She was genuinely in love with her childhood sweetheart, the father of her kid. But she had to survive for the sake of her son.

Sure, spending years trapped in a palace with the king meant she grew to understand him, but half her heart was elsewhere. I think perhaps there was quite a lot of screen time given to them to portray them as a couple and it perhaps was a mistake because the drama gives a feel of a romantic drama with that much time given to the relationship between Gongsun Li and Ying Zheng. If writers were to concentrate on everyone’s stories equally and just take a full on ‘historical tragedy’ approach that would perhaps not have given viewers an idea that this was a romantic storyline. Also, despite the amount of the toxicity between the couple and the fact that she is forced into being his wife, there’s barely any skinship. We hardly get any intimacy. They share a few kisses on screen and that’s it. The only real romantic intimacy-filled scene is between Gongsun Li and Jing Ke at the beginning of the drama, which tells you that he was always the one despite her loving Ying Zheng in her own way.

As for the execution? The actors were super young here, but the acting is surprisingly good. That said, the pacing was a snail-paced test of patience at times. This show easily could have chopped off 10 episodes and been way better for it. On the bright side, the fight scenes actually serve and super fun to watch, considering this is a drama that was filmed more than 10 years ago. Yes, there are way too many irrelevant side characters and political filler, but hey, that’s 2017 C-drama logic for you.

The production value is a bit of a mixed bag. The costumes and sets look great, and I love that they actually shot on location instead of abusing green screens and cheap CGI. But oh my god, the makeup! Specifically for Jing Ke at the beginning? Absolutely criminal. The make up. team eventually made him look really. Bada$$. I loved it but first half of the show feels like they try to make him look ugly on purpose.

As far as the ending goes, yes, it’s extremely sad, but I was surprised at the fact that I didn’t hate it at all. Everything that the characters did and Gongsun Li’s final choice at the end made total sense. We are left with the lingering filling of the possibility of the better future for Ying Zheng. Perhaps in that fictional universe, he could be a really benevolent ruler. Obviously, historically, we know that while he did unify China, he was pretty much a dictator. But he still goes down in history as someone who ultimately did an important thing.

It’s an old drama and it’s definitely not for everyone and people who are only coming into C-drama now will probably not be able to stomach it, however, I’d still recommend it if you are in the mood for a good cry or if you love Dilraba Dilmurat and Vin Zhang and want to see them in their breakthrough roles…or just want a vintage c-drama, or if you just want to finally check it off your list since the drama community still brings it up all the time.

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sebel sama ibu² " awas nnti anak saya minder"

Menurut aku, Teacher Lesson jadi salah satu drama yang cukup beda dibanding drama sekolah Korea pada umumnya. Kalau biasanya drama sekolah lebih fokus ke persahabatan, percintaan, atau kehidupan siswa sehari-hari, drama ini justru lebih banyak ngangkat masalah serius yang terjadi di lingkungan sekolah. Mulai dari bullying, kekerasan, sampai penyalahgunaan kekuasaan yang bikin suasana cerita terasa tegang dari awal sampai akhir.

Hal yang paling menarik dari drama ini ada di cara penyampaian konfliknya. Setiap kasus yang muncul punya cerita dan permasalahan yang berbeda, jadi penonton nggak gampang merasa bosan. Alurnya juga cukup cepat dan langsung ke inti masalah tanpa terlalu banyak adegan yang bertele-tele. Karena itu, setiap episode selalu bikin penasaran tentang bagaimana masalah tersebut bakal diselesaikan.

Karakter-karakter yang ada di drama ini juga berhasil bikin cerita terasa hidup. Tokoh utamanya digambarkan sebagai sosok yang tegas, berani, dan nggak takut menghadapi orang-orang yang berbuat salah. Meskipun terkadang tindakannya terlihat keras, tapi tujuan yang ingin dicapai tetap jelas, yaitu melindungi guru dan siswa dari ketidakadilan yang terjadi di sekolah. Karakter seperti ini bikin penonton gampang ikut mendukung perjuangannya sepanjang cerita.

Dari segi akting, para pemainnya tampil cukup meyakinkan. Emosi yang ditampilkan terasa natural dan berhasil bikin penonton ikut merasakan ketegangan maupun kemarahan saat melihat berbagai kasus yang terjadi. Beberapa adegan konfrontasi juga terasa intens karena para pemain mampu membangun suasana yang serius dan penuh tekanan.

Selain itu, kualitas produksi dramanya juga bagus. Pengambilan gambar yang rapi dan suasana sekolah yang dibuat cukup realistis membantu penonton lebih masuk ke dalam cerita. Adegan aksi yang ditampilkan juga cukup seru dan menambah daya tarik drama ini. Walaupun fokus utamanya bukan aksi, beberapa adegan pertarungan tetap berhasil memberikan kesan yang kuat dan membuat cerita semakin menarik untuk diikuti.

Meski begitu, ada beberapa bagian yang menurut aku terasa kurang realistis. Beberapa penyelesaian masalah terlihat terlalu mudah atau terlalu ekstrem jika dibandingkan dengan kondisi nyata. Kadang ada juga adegan yang terasa berlebihan sehingga lebih cocok dianggap sebagai hiburan daripada gambaran sebenarnya tentang dunia pendidikan. Namun, hal tersebut nggak terlalu mengganggu keseluruhan cerita karena drama ini memang lebih menonjolkan unsur aksi dan keadilan.

Secara keseluruhan, *Teacher Lesson* adalah drama yang seru, menegangkan, dan punya pesan yang cukup kuat tentang pentingnya menciptakan lingkungan sekolah yang aman dan nyaman. Drama ini nggak cuma memberikan hiburan, tapi juga mengajak penonton untuk lebih peduli terhadap berbagai masalah yang sering terjadi di dunia pendidikan. Buat yang suka drama dengan konflik berat, alur cepat, dan banyak momen yang bikin geregetan, *Teacher Lesson* bisa jadi pilihan yang menarik untuk ditonton. Setelah selesai menonton, aku merasa drama ini berhasil menyampaikan pesan tentang keadilan dengan cara yang cukup unik dan berbeda dari drama sekolah pada umumnya.

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For a VERY specific audience, do not expect logic or maturity

The experience of watching this while it was on-going is genuinely one in a million. I could not keep up with the discussions of characters being irredeemable one week and then being redeemed the next, somehow. This show had a LOT of flaws, but goddamn does it keep you hooked.

The first few episodes are filmed in such a close camera lens and shots that it genuinely feels a bit obsessive and personal, later on you understand why. The characters were mostly one dimensional, but Lu Feng, what a character. Watching the show just to see what he does next became the new motivation for me honestly. The acting was amazing from him and he did NOT hold back.

Xiao Chen...I wish he was braver.

Anyways GREAT ost ! Overall good watch.

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One of My Unexpected Favorites!

Teach You a Lesson was honestly such a fun watch. I started it without expecting much but it ended up surprising me in a good way. I was honestly hooked front one point and then binged watched like crazy. The story keeps things interesting and all the main characters feel relatable enough that you actually care about what happens to them. They were probably the strongest part for me because they felt real and easy to get attached to.
What I liked most was how balanced each moment was. Some scenes in the eps genuinely made me laugh(especially FL's swearing rap lmao) and a few had me really invested in the characters' growth.
The pacing was pretty good overall and I never felt bored while watching.
If you’re looking for something entertaining with likable characters and a meaningful message I’d definitely recommend giving it a try. I had a really good time watching it and would happily watch it again.
And also it's a 10 for me!

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