Reviews

Not your typical cdrama - give it a try.

First, if they had just shown ML as the boy next door neighbor who takes care of the FL instead of making him the adopted son, the irrational hatred for this movie would be much less. They clearly have no blood relation as the ML is the son of a friend of the FL lead's father. However, many negative reviews will focus on this. The other complaint is the FL's voice. If you don't like her voice, then no review will change your mind, so I suggest you skip her dramas as she can't change her voice.

As for the show itself, this is one of those no-skips dramas that keeps you riveted from episode to episode.
1. The background of Thailand is amazingly beautiful. You get to see the lit-up streets, the waterfront boats, even the cafe at the end is cute.
2. The acting is superb, special shout-out to the ML for playing that bad boy seeking redemption character and making it so real. The smirk he does at times says so much.
3. The racing scenes are fairly good, the inclusion of real classic street racing cars was a bonus (RX-7, GTR Skyline, S200, 86, etc.) IYKYK!
4. Story kept it moving, no filler episodes with pointless arcs.

Some people may dislike the noble sacrifice arc but there is another review on here that explains it so well what was going on in the ML's thought process. In this case, the trope actually made sense.

Highly recommend if you like action and romance.

Leia Mais

Lots of cute, clingy moments but plot with a lot of inconsistency

I would recommend this drama if you like lots of cute moments in your romance, troubled MLs and stretched-out chasing.

What I liked: The FL's vibe was different from other dramas, friendships were more in the plot than most dramas, was angsty but without the major plot twists melodrama, ML actor acted his part quite well considering the role.

What I disliked: ML was a red flag (cute but if you have an ick with stalking behaviour then this is not for you), pacing was at times very enjoyable but other times not so much, plot was inconsistent and unbelievable from the start.

The plot was from the beginning a bit weird for me, I eventually got used to it. Lots of inconsistencies in plot, if this is your pet peeve I would say it is not worth the frustration. Also the ML was supposed to be a genius owner of a major corporation...he got fooled too easily for that. Watch this if you seek cute moments of a borderline stalker, obsessed ML, other than that it is a cure for boredom. Didn't think my rating would be so low when finishing the drama, which summarises pretty well that the shell of the drama (cute moments, actors' appeal etc.) are good but everything that makes a story truly click is missing.

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Una gran historia sobre la venganza.

No todas las personas son lo que dicen ser o parecen ser. Creo que eso lo sabemos todos a los que nos gusta los thrillers, sin embargo, esta historia para llevar eso al límite y es sorprendente.
Tener esta protagonista inteligente, divertida y sensible con un compañero igual de inteligente y sensible a ella es lo más TOP. Amo que no haya romance, sino este compañerismo de "en las buenas y en las malas", lo hace mucho mejor.
Esta es una historia dentro de una historia, para mí, sorprendente, dolorosa y humana, tal vez, por eso, la mayoría de personas simpatizamos con quien se está vengando.
Además, amé mucho cada capítulo, sin duda es una narración impecable, no hay nada mal puesto y cada personaje tiene un sentido para estar allí, lo que lo hace muuuuy ganador.
Sin duda el OST dudo haber sido mejor o, al menos, más memorable, pero por lo demás, es una gran historia con un final también muy fuerte.

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Me encantó!

Tenía mucho tiempo que no disfrutaba un Kdrama y su comedia. Aunque también comparte temas fuerte como el suicidio, lo desleal que puede ser las personas en que confiamos y la adicción a cosas que pensamos que es normal. También nos comparte: la superación, el perdón, el reconocer nuestros errores y disfrutar de lo que amas.

también me divertí mucho con las referencias de otros kdramas.
Y algo que no podía olvidar era que en mi corazón quedó una frase que le dieron a Mi Matuliiii cuando acepta por fin que está enamorado.
"Ni el cortante viento invernal detiene a la primavera porqué hagas lo que hagas no puedes evitar que pueda entrar".

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She's The Man but Make it Chinese

no matter how many times I watch this drama it gets funnier with each watch. Think Amanda Bynes' She's The Man but Chinese Mini-Romance Drama. Finally, they made the girl actually look like a guy. The FLs acting was hilarious and the MLs crisis and ummm... special videos that he was watching was hilarious. Of course it isn't a chinese drama if there isn't at least one CEO, one doctor, borderline questionable sex, and of course a grandchild-obsessed parent.
The hilariousness of this drama aside, imagine how traumatic of a life the FL led that she always had to pretend to be a boy. Then her mother fell into a coma and she was shoved into a literal vipers' nest. The grandfather looked so sweet I was shocked that he was behind the mother's "insemination." I use the word very loosely. I am curious as to who the real father of the FL is but I guess that isn't important to the storyline and it is a *short* drama.

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A Different Take on the School Violence Trope

Along the lines of Weak Hero Class and Study Group, this drama is all about violence, bullying, and corruption in the school system. The "different take" comes from the government establishing the Educational Rights Protection Bureau to protect students, rather than students having to fight their own battles without any support from adults. At first the Bureau consists of one government official and the only inspector he's hired, a former military-trained, special units badass who can easily take down a group with one hand tied behind his back. As the story progresses, we find out why these two have teamed up and the catalyst to the formation of the Bureau. As they work to remove perpetrators of violence in schools, they hire two more Inspectors, each with their own unique skills, talents, along with assorted personality quirks. This motley crew goes into schools that have been reported as having issues to clear the environment so students and teachers can exist without fear.

Most of the episodes have new storylines in new schools. However, toward the end of the series , we begin to see the connections between some of the storylines. It is nicely wrapped up in a full circle ending that also hints to a possible second season.

Although I have watched both Weak Hero Class series and Study Group, I'm really not a fan of dramas with so much fighting. This was a tad different in that the fighting and blood was kept to a minimum. The Inspectors battled much of the corruption by going undercover, and hacking into phones and computers in order to go after the perpetrators. I enjoyed this much more that with other series I've seen. The acting was good, the separate storylines were good and kept me tuning in for all 10 episodes. All in all it was an entertaining series worth watching.

Leia Mais

Good and enjoyable but...

It was good and i really enjoyed it but, don't these kids have a family that is looking for them??? Did the girls parents just kidnapped a whole class??! I understand why people dislike the ending. It was a slow ride and i had a lot of fun trying to figure it out, but theres still some plot holes there. For example, the rules. How it was possible for the mafia to kill more than 1 person per night? Imagine they all agree to kill everyone on the first night !! end of the fkin game lmao. Also some times they executed them right after the voting process and others they waited until midnight. Flashbacks were unreliable, like the first night when the mafia met at the bathroom. Or the zero interaction's between some mafia members.
Nonetheless, i give it 8/10 (thats a loooot) because i think the ride was worthy.

Leia Mais

Back to the Basic of Korean Romance but... nothing else.

This movie starts from your stereotypical high schooler, someone who has a crush on a classmate but needs to improve herself to ask them out. The most basic cliche but honestly, nothing went wrong in the displayal, was a cute plot of a new student coming in and trying to help out the girl to ask the guy out. The biggest praise I do have for this is for the female lead to have realized the importance of the friend and her actual feelings towards him before she went through with her scheme, so we didn't have to go through the trouble and embarassement of the second lead pretending to be the first lead. I still don't understand the need for the ending plot, for a movie, no need to have a problem that solves without any explaination.

Overall, a pretty standard high school romance novel, not as good as other ones, but nothing terrible.

Leia Mais

A tribute to ink

This is richly produced if deeply flawed drama set during the Ming dynasty, highlighting the Huizhou ink industry. While there are moments of stirring tribute to the painstaking craftsmanship involved in the making of ink and moments of genuine human drama, this is overall a pretty meandering and lackluster drama that is far too long with 42 episodes. Think of every family drama trope you have seen in a period Chinese drama of a similar genre, and you will find it in this show. Most critically, there is little chemistry between the lead characters, who are only thinly constructed in writing and even more poorly executed on screen, especially the character of Luo Wenqian.

Some real emotional weight is brought through several veteran actors - notably Tian Xiaojie as Li Zhen's grandfather, Li Hongliang as her uncle, and Cao Lei as Luo Wenqian's brother. Unfortunately for Yang Zi, this is not her best feature - she is far more effective and engaging in the recent Flourished Peony.

I could not help thinking of The Story of Minglan while watching this. That drama was perhaps the first of this kind of idol period drama. Although a very long drama there as well involving various family and political drama arcs, it built to a nice climax as it went along. Moreover, the characters were dimensional and grew as the story grew. Unfortunately in The Heir, things build to an awkward ending arc (against the Japanese?), and the lead characters for the most part remained the same throughout the show. Unless you are very interesting in exploring ink-making or a devoted fan of the cast, you probably could skip out on this one.

Leia Mais

Watch if you just want fluffy coming of age romance

The main couple are cute and the acting is good but nothing original. There isn't much friction in this drama, just a few moments of miscommunication, mainly from the FL misunderstanding the situation:

Misunderstanding 1: FL overhears a conversation and believes ML has her brother's heart donation.
Misunderstanding 2: FL overhears ML talking to a potential suitor, thinking ML hates her.
Misunderstanding 3: FL overhears ML talking to a senior sister he is helping and falsely thinks they are in a relationship.

See the pattern? This show wouldn't be this many episodes if FL stopped snooping and hearing half-conversations.

Chemistry between FL and 2ML is good, at times better than with ML. Only mistake he made was confessing too early, when they barely knew each other and confessing too late when she had already been in a relationship for a year with ML. Speaking of which, the writers put the worst 2nd confession timing ever. He planned an entire event where he would confess and put a gold medal around her neck. Did he think FL is the type of person who would just dump her boyfriend and be with him? Maybe he's right because FL answer was wishy washy, "thank you for liking me when I was 18 and giving me great memories that I will always keep." Then hugs him as if the confession was successful. All the while, the ML has plot armor level confidence so he just wanders off so 2ML can confess to his girlfriend.

There is also a 2nd couple that shows a toxic one-sided relationship; ML finally gets a clue and breaks up with the toxic FL. Then the ending is left open for you to interpret if they patch up or stay apart. 3rd couple was a thinly veiled BL story.

Overall, watch if you got time to kill but not a must watch list.

Leia Mais

That one comfort show with 0 comfort.

This has been on my watchlist for a long time and I was kinda talking myself out of it each time I was about to start it. I was afraid this genre isn't my type, since I usually get really confused watching hospital and police drama's, I was quite curious about MaxTul since I haven't seen anything with them together till this series. I only followed Tul a lot given his engagement with Mew. I liked how they explained medical terms. Like I mentioned, I was afraid I wouldn't understand but it was quite alright. Usually with Hollywood they make everything wayyyy too complicated. What I love about Thai drama's is how they're so easy to understand when it comes to topics like politics, police and business.

It was fun to watch a new acting couple and genuinely not knowing exactly who Max was, so I didn't know who the love interest would be when I started this show. It was funny how I hated him at first as a character and I honestly thought Dr.Bun would end up with inspector M. After I finished it right now I'm laughing like crazy about me thinking this. I do rlly like inspector M though!!

I'm gonna be very honest, the only downgrade of this show was the editing. I'm usually not that focused on editing even if I'm a film student who mostly edits. But I noticed a few compositions I REALLY hate and kinda distracted me, I'm probably a bit too alert on it but I genuinely can't stand it. Especially with flashbacks. The way they move feels very unrealistic and then it should've.

Nobody listening to fucking Dr.Bun irritates me. He is clearly right but they are ignoring every single evidence. I already found a lot of the police suspicious but I can't believe I also thought Inspector M was suspicious. Also them trying to frame and erase everything just got me on guard. Genuinely one of the most stupid police I've ever seen in a series, I'm sorry M but this includes you...

This will maybe be a bit of a weird comment, especially since I'm asexual. But the Nc scenes were SO good, the emotion and the acting. In my opinion it's one of the hardest things to make and they did this just.. so well. I feel like this is one of the best series I've watched when it comes to acting. Definitely planning on watching other series from both actors. I'm not a person that is tooo much into shipping culture + Tul is already engaged so I don't rlly feel the need to see MaxTul together. I am curious though about their other series.

I love how I used to find Tan suspicious but after like episode 10 he started being more and more trustable, the build up was amazing, I almost didn't notice my feeling about him shifting through the series. If I was Dr.Bun I wouldn't have trusted Tan enough to the point of eventually living with him.

They are like those comfort teachers but in a different job. Fathers keeping everyone safe. I love how basically every teen in this story trusted them and I kinda expected the end with them adopting one of them but I guess not. Well, you don't have to be family to feel the same relation as you do with family. This is also mainly why this is such a comfort series to me.

I'm watching Triangle after this and really excited what that exactly is about. Very good series.

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