Reviews

This show gave me anxiety but I loved it

Omgg this was a hot meeeess but in the absolute best way. All the characters are flawed and human and really just looking for Love and Companionship. Usually a messy show means that the plot is bad but Only Friends has to be the expectation for this. The show never lost its way. Yes it got messy and I had to watch through my fingers bcs omggg wtfff but all the characters always stayed true to themselves. Nothing gets brushed over. Emotions get felt! People get hurt, hearts broken but thats life. All the releashionships in this show get portrayed in a deeply human and flawed way. Showing that we enter releashionships and we may open ourselves up and even love someone but that dosent mean that the releashionship is perfect or that it will even last. Love takes so much more than just passion its hard work. Its commitment and always a choice made everyday anew. I hope our Only Friends Couples continue choosing each other.
The cinematography’s and music was also just chefs kiss so good. Someone needs a raise
Also i smell a season two or a special episode. Please please just something. So I can get over my bruised heart from all the pain.

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The most heart warming slice of life bl.

I loved this Japanese bl so much. It felt so realistic and true to life. I loved how it was slow paced and natural. The father was so understanding! I wish a lot of us have parents like that, parents who intuitively understand what their children need.
The child!! omg, he was the sweetest. he made the story so heartwarming.
I love the family vibe this bl gave. It gave us the warm fuzzy feeling of what family can and should be.

I will be rewatching this series more than once! The slice of life, warm and loving vibes with a happy ending is all I need to make a bad day good again.

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=> An excellent healing & feel good series, with great actors and a lot of tenderness

PLOT: The FL wakes up in the hospital after 13 years in a coma. Her family abandoned her and everyone disappeared. She finds herself, hosted by the ML, scenographer, in her old house, with the ML's nephew and the housekeeper (a little pert but philosophical).

PROS:
+ Great actors (ML = Yang Se Jong, FL = Shin Hye Sun, the nephew)
+ A well-constructed, realistic and coherent story, including the evolution of the characters.
+ A dynamic production, with a good balance of romance/humor/tenderness.
+ An adorable chihuahua, excellent actor and well trained (2 in reality :)
+ excellent OSTs

CONS:
- Lots of coincidences, missed acts, "dramaland".

=> An excellent healing & feel good series
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PLOT : La FL se réveille à l'hôpital après 13 ans de coma. Sa famille l'a abandonnée et tout son monde a disparu. Elle se retrouve, hébergée par le ML, scénographe, dans son ancienne maison, avec le neveu du ML et la gouvernante (un peu perchée mais philosophe).

PROS:
+ Des acteurs géniaux (le ML = Yang Se Jong, la FL = Shin Hye Sun, le neveu)
+ Une story bien construite, réaliste et cohérente, y compris dans l'évolution des personnages.
+ Une réalisation dynamique, avec un bon équilibre romance / humour / tendresse.
+ Un chihuahua adorable, excellent acteur et bien dressé (2 en réalité :)
+ d'excellents OST

CONS:
- Beaucoup de coïncidences, d'actes manqués, de "dramaland".

=> Une excellente série healing & feel good

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Yes, gay parents can raise a happy gay child

Occasionally charming, frequently irritating, almost always excruciating in its inept performances and writing, “AiLongNhai” is a potentially good idea that needed more care and thought to pull off.

Can a pair of gay parents successfully raise a child, and can they model a happy relationship to that child, and especially if the child is gay? The point of “AiLongNhai” is to answer ‘yes’ to both questions. It also introduces us to two very different characters, one raised in comparative wealth and who has an assured manner about him in the world, and the other, a young man reluctant to grow up to adulthood (nicely metaphored as the yellow plastic duck found in bathtubs). There is potential here for something interesting, but it fails to do so and became for me one of the hardest series to finish watching.

Ai, played by Meen Nichakoon Khajornborirak as if trying his hardest to remember his lines, has been raised by his gay father and his partner; he falls for the perpetually childish Nhai, played with appropriate surface shallowness by Ping Krittanum Anunchananum. Run Kantheephop Sirorattanaphanit’s debut outing as a screenwriter shows a newbie’s poor scene structure and preference for episodic incident over character development. Even the more experienced Director, Nob Sathanapong Kim Wongthong, can’t save this series from being a continuing experience of under-delivery.

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Everyone's a red flag and we're all colorblind

So. This is the perfect series if you want to have fun, not think too much, and just watch the trainwreck happen before your eyes. It's messy, it's toxic, everyone kisses everyone at some point, and there's some punching, pushing and yelling, too. Just great.
I have to say, this is so not my usual type of series to watch. To go from Cherry Blossoms After Winter to this was such a big jump it gave me whiplash, but I digress. What I mean is: even I, the utmost fluff enjoyer, had a good time watching this. I was invested all the way through.

I generally liked the couples. NickBoston takes the cake for me, the actors were a pairing I never saw coming but they have great chemistry nonetheless. Even with how toxic they were for each other, they had me actually rooting for them at one point. SandRay is also a great pairing. They're also toxic (I'm going to overuse this adjective, apologies in advance), but there's something so natural about the way they interact. April and Cheum were my absolute favorites - I love them. And TopMew I just didn't care for. After the cheating incident, Top just lost all my respect, and I lost interest in seeing them try to mend their relationship. Also, compared to the other two couples, the chemistry wasn't as strong (in my opinion), so that was also a factor.

I think the strong point of this series is its unpredictability. You never know which couples are safe, which ones are not - who's cheating on who with whom, who is whose ex, who has old unadressed feelings, etc etc. I had no idea where the plot was going for most of the series - and I think that's ok in this case. You just enjoy the drama as it comes. It's also as if they randomly chose two of the actors' names and had them make out for every episode, which was messy but entertaining. I swear, every possible combination was tried and tested (some of them multiple times). Even my boy Drake made an appearance (and got with two different people).

However, there are still aspects I wasn't entire sold on. As I said, neither Force nor Book's acting did it for me - they didn't look as into it as the other couples. I haven't seen their other series, so I cannot say if this is a problem they have in general or if it's just here. At the end, I've probably skipped (or skimmed over) most of their scenes. As for their characters, Top became irredeemable after cheating, and Mew lost himself (and also me) with his questionable bad-boy-act. I'm not saying I disapprove of the toxicity (there goes that word again), but rather how the series wanted me to like them, to ship them. How am I going to? There's no trust between them!
Anyway. I digress.
The intimacy scenes were okay. I also skimmed over them, but that's just because it's not usually what I like to watch. So, if you like them, go ahead, Only Friends has loads lol.

I recommend this series, definitely. Not one of my favorites, but it's enjoyable and keeps you on your toes.

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Only Emotional Damage

Every Saturday I was parked with my phone ready to inhale this show, episode by episode. Each week I laughed, smiled, and definitely screamed into my pillow.

But the last 2 episodes did me in and stripped this show from a 10 to a 9. Which isn't a big drop, but despite how upset episode 12, ESPECIALLY, made me, I can't rate it any lower. I might hate the ending, but overall I still loved this show. Each week it provided me so much anticipation and excitement.

I loved this messy show and all of it's messy characters... except you Boeing. Never you Boeing. Boeing was the downfall of the show for me. His entrance felt like unnecessary drama for couples who had already been THROUGH it and come out of the other side. By the time he came in and stirred up all the same drama we just recovered from it was like beating a dead horse.

Me thinking this series would end any different than it started: 🤡

In my delulu episode 12 would've looked like:
-Everyone gets their shit together
-Everyone makes up and is friends again
-Every couple is together and gets a HEA

I don't care how unrealistic that is! It's just what I wanted! Argue with the wall! 😂😂😂

The actors were INCREDIBLE. I couldn't have imagined a better cast. Khao did amazing on the OST also.

Here on MDL, I thoroughly enjoyed commenting each week with the viewers. This was such a fun little community to be apart of these last couple of months. Whether we shared the same opinions or not it was always a blast for me. The comments especially helped me process my experience with this last episode. 😂

I'm officially closing this book and going to touch some grass because my chest still hurts several hours later. 😂

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Love in translation, lost in the plot.

About the plot: It's cute and has a lot of potential, at first, I thought that it would be a hilarious show and it wasn't at all. And there's just the first problem.

Their development as a couple is just... It feels rushed, and weird. The characters don't are exactly developed too, and that reflects on the couple. But it was okay until the last 2 episodes. Seriously, what was that? Lazy script and all, bcs everything was ridiculous. Not even ridiculous in a funny way, just so insufferable that I watched the last 2 episodes in 2X mode so that torture would pass faster. Not even the secondary couple (they were cute) made me more happy.

The ONLY great point about Love In Translation it's the INSANE ASS chemistry of Daou (Yang) and Offroad (Phumjai). They are from the same T-Pop group and they are very close friends, and it shows in their chemistry... but actually, none of them are very good actors, well... since it's their first action gig I guess that it was.. uhmm ok? But Offroad doing Phumjai at least was charismatic since Daou really feels awkward to watch.

Anyway, if it wasn't for the 2 last episodes, I would give a better note.

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I have NEVER

I can honestly say I have had it up to the last strand of hair on my head with some of these scripts. I have NEVER wanted to rewatch a first episode and search for leaked episodes until this moment.
Yes, there is a pitiful damsel and distress. However, from the direction they are taking, she will be her own Knight and Shining Armor to a certain extent. However, she does have Prince Charming helping her along the way giving her emotional strength, courage, and the will to push through. I wouldn’t say she does it alone but her willingness is the key factor. A person has to be willing. He is her everything and I’m falling in love with him for her. 😂
To sum it up, there’s a family who treated her like trash from the moment they took her home. The enabler adoptive father sucks. The horrible adoptive mother sucks (you would think YJ was the love child). The sister is the mean princess. Anyway, you will get mad, feel sad, be happy, have awe moments, cringe moments, and fall in love in each episode.

For the first time, all year, I can finally watch a drama and not worry about the actors doing a cringe job and focus on the plot. They are really walking me through this drama with them hand in hand. Thank you seasoned actors. Thank you!!!!
PLEASE WATCH. If it changes later I will be the first to update my review to give you a heads-up (for the bingers). I want to give it a 10 but I don’t want to jinx it.😂

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Such a interesting fun messy show to watch

Watching this whole show was a massive roller coaster of emotions, they have such amazing acting and the cast did an amazing job executing this show. I loved every single character and I’m so sad for it to end, I miss them already.

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I loved all of the relationship duos, fights, and everything. Some of it made me so mad sometimes especially when the fights, but I never got bored once of this show. Personally Sandray was my favorite duo and whenever they fought it made me so angry or upset, I felt like I wanted to throw my phone!😭
They all were rollercoasters of their own in the relationships, but very enjoyable to watch and had me so worried.

After every episode, I always had something to rant about to my friends for hours. I even would rant so much it made 3 of my friends interested and now watching it. Even some kids who don’t sit next to me in class know the whole storyline to only friends cause I always wrap up every episode or even quote what they say on Monday when I see my friends.

All of the relationships were very cute and they had their chemistry, I’ve watched a decent amount of firstkhao since I’m a sucker for firstkhao, but this one was definitely one of my fav firstkhao. (Love them so much)

Another thing is normally when watching shows, I tend to get bored easily and skip a lot. Especially when I want to know what happens, but with this show I never skipped any parts and had my full undivided attention. Love you only friends you are my most favorite show now and will hold a special place in my heart 🫶

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WORTH IT

Okay I was super hyped up for this mostly because i LOVE suzy baes acting and I knew this was going to be a banger.

Doona was an interesting concept for me from the start, i’ve always loved ‘celebrity/non celebrity’ tropes because they’re either tragic or a lovely love story.

The love between the main characters was a doom from the beginning, both of them so toxic going on and off and never really properly communicating, but i really loved the chemistry between the actors.

The first kiss in the show made me get butterflies, and thats really rare for me! I loved how Doona was the confident and dominant one and then later on when Wonjun got a little bit more confident, he started taking charge too.

But their love story was so short lived and yet so painful. I was actually really rooting for them, and i’m so sad that they didn’t end up together. I know it’s the harsh reality yadda yadda but c’mon!!

I liked the side characters as well, especially the side couple, I just kneeeew something was gonna spark between them, they were adorable!

Seeming how the show ended, I don’t think there will be a season 2, it seems pretty in the face about the ending. Even a time skip. They will always long for each other but never have each other, and that thought alone breaks my heart for both of them.

This even made me think how it would be a nightmare to date someone famous…imagine getting hated on for loving someone and then when you break up, you see your ex everywhere. Just seems like a nightmare.

Anyway the show is a really good quick watch!

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très beau ?

Jang Bong Hwan est un chef sud-coréen qui a gravi les échelons pour cuisiner pour les plus hauts responsables politiques du pays dans les résidences présidentielles de la Maison Bleue. Après un grave accident, il se retrouve dans le corps de la jeune reine Kim So Yong, transporté dans une époque profondément ancrée dans le passé de la Corée. Même si le mari de la reine Kim So Yong est le monarque régnant, le roi Cheol Jong, il ne l'est que de nom . La reine du défunt roi Sunjo, Sun Won, a profité de la meilleure nature du roi Cheol Jong et dirige le royaume en son nom. Et elle fait face à la concurrence de son propre frère, Kim Jwa Geun, qui a également des ambitions de pouvoir. La reine Kim So Yong découvrira que son mari recèle des secrets et qu'il n'est pas aussi doux et humble qu'il y paraît… (Source : Viki, MyDramaList) ~~ Adapté du roman « Le dossier de promotion d'une princesse héritière » (太子妃升职记) de Xian Cheng (鲜橙). Modifier la traduction

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O:G 6 - Ending on a lower note

By the sixth entry in this series, they had definitely exhausted the formula. That's not to say that this is a bad film, but it is on the lower end of fun when compared to the others, and feels more by the numbers overall. The story is a bit forgettable, as are the characters involved, and we've seen this 5x over already. But... on its own merits, and not being compared to the others, it's still incredibly watchable, with some cool set pieces to detract from the poor choreographed fight sequences (something the others could have used more of).

A few things would have improved this final instalment for me. One would be giving us an actual ending, rather than the same one we've had every movie. And I know that this is something that was more rare back then, but BWH&H did it just a short time later with its fifth film and it was perfect. Another thing would have been to have this one set years and years after the others, as it seems to take place shortly after the fifth instead. And finally, maybe some callbacks to the previous films.

I've really enjoyed this series on the whole, but can understand why it ended with this one. Audiences were tired of the same old, and it really didn't have anything new to say. I wish they'd done another final chapter many years later, as it would have been cool to see where Goro ended up in his older age. It is what it is, however, and that's just fine.

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