Reviews

“Battle of Survival”

I think most people will misjudge this drama and its focus on what it’s trying to portray

the drama is actually more on the survival and thriller side and less on Methodical Logical investigation

and what this survival side does to the human conception of the word “trust” because human nature leans toward trusting than untrusting at first

and can one person achieve his happiness by joining dangerous path ?

so if you understood this part then the drama will be highly entertaining to you and will make you feel all the emotions from the beginning until the end

the drama has many good points , starting with our main characters “heeju” that want to lead a happy life since her life wasn’t good since the beginning.., heeju the girl that never got involved with the gangs world suddenly becomes part of it

this alone makes you want to “see” what will happen to her and how she will handle it

then you have woogy who will follow her to satisfy his needs from the golds

the villains and her boyfriend as the third party in this war of survival

all these coming together to make a good story
not to mention the directing 💯
top tier with the cinematography and the theme and colors
the actions scenes too

I am really satisfied with the drama and I don’t have many problems with it tbh except the ends
didn’t like it that much and I hoped the police took part in the story as a whole but you know I understand the writer intentions here


Disney usually struggles with dramas but they nailed it for me in this one

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This is revenge for all the awful princes in CDramas

Tian Xi Wei is the sun and I’m just happy we get to gaze upon her glory. I fell in love with her portrayal of Fan Changyu and I fear I’m going to fan girl every role I see her in. Her character is a bit of a Mary Sue but it suits the feel of this show.

This is an ensemble show and like Bridgerton our “lead” couple seems to not get enough screen time for a large part of the show. I found myself fast forwarding through parts but this is an easy feel good watch with lots of feminist narratives without the blatant Proselytizing found in other female forward CDramas.

As much as I loved Yin Zheng and Li Wei’s story this show is for the girls. I loved the constant show of female friendships and connections, the joy of pouring into each other and being the beauty of found family. I definitely crowns in Ep 40 where the girls saw themselves in the newest selection group.

I do think the main villain left too early. As much as I hated him he kept things spicy. This will definitely become a show that I’ll rewatch just for the nostalgic feeling.

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Amazing but not queer enough

Amazing story of a man going into the body of a queen. It sounds silly but I would say this is really a political show. The longer runtimes allow so many subplots and side characters that I love. I mean a love triangle that overlaps with 2 other love triangles is so genius and complicated I had to make a chart. The twists and schemes are crazy, it’s tense and even messier than any show I’ve watched. My only issue is that it’s not queer enough, it tiptoes around queer themes by never going any further than bromances and flirting. I mean he’s a woman and he likes woman so he should be lesbian but no let’s have him with a guy but not make it gay. It would’ve been less effort to just make it gay.

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GO WATCH IT!

I love how it feels like a childish romance comic book but it’s self aware. I love Dano and her comedy so much and her condition adds a layer of depth to her. So much mystery and the reveals are really really good, the show takes time with them. I love that in the next scene everything goes back to normal and characters forget things, it’s a nice premise that she’s aware. I also really love the other aware characters (not going more into it). Also goes into mature storylines like abuse (not going more into it) and of course romance. My only issue is characters becoming unaware again, that’s where the show lost me a bit in Episodes 7-10 and at the end but otherwise it was perfect.

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beautiful

i loved this one. i loved the story. i loved the actors. everything. the only part i don’t like is that it was to short. i need more of them. this was too short. i also would like a more detailed explanation about the bugs?! the chemistry was great between the leads. the rest of the characters felt a bit rushed and just pushed into it. i probably should take points off for all that. but I really loved the story and the chemistry between the leads. for someone like me who never read the books or heard of the story, it was confusing but as I said, the rest made up for it. i just want more

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Definition of a Japanese BL

I love misunderstandings, I love faking a relationship, I love characters that are hiding something and the premise is actually pretty good with him being unlucky and the love interest being lucky. It’s silly and crazy enough to work perfectly with a style I enjoy and find funny.

Although, it’s quite derivative at some points, like heartbeat, they like the same manga and slow mo runs I’ve all seen before, these cliches are tired… enough. The title has kiss so you’d think they’d kiss more than once… well no…. it’s also short which just makes me want more (bls rarely get season 2s).

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