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why? wae? 왜?

Frustrating till the last second.
It was so very promising for the first couple of episodes, and then….

Apart from all these odd supporting roles making no sense…
That Seong Chan playing the frustrated third party?
That A-sol popping out of the blue just to mess things up?
Both without an actual backstory or a structured character, just puppets showing up in the oddest way possible, just to account for this continuous, unbelievable sequence of misunderstandings…

And then, what about the two of them? How should I call it? Masochism? Idiocy? Lack of self-respect?
Ten years spent this way? Parting ways because of… conflicting schedules? Fine, you’re insane. But then what?!? The never-ending comedy of errors? Seriously?!?
Is it so complicated to talk to each other and clear things up?!?

And after all that? Good-bye? After all this pain?

I’m so irritated.
Really: why ruin it all with such an idiotic story?!?!?

Rated 5 just to save the truly wonderful OST and cinematography.

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Needed more doom, didn't come close to its obvious inspirations, but enjoyable nonetheless

I'm learning that crime-centered plots are hard to write with enough complexity and without losing steam. Despite this story not being original at all, it worked reasonably well right until the end, with the last episode being a total failure on all fronts. Did they completely run out of money and drive or what? The acting was also just good enough for a non-BL (Off, Neo, and Dew probably gave my favorite performances), though it sometimes falls apart (most noticeably with Singha and Tee), and certain heightened emotions didn't convince me, and some supposedly dangerous situations lacked the necessary urgency.

I found out in the middle of my watch-through that this is "just" bromance (I really need to start reading the tags), which is fine because I believe this subgenre can do some things better than straight-up romance. But this show unfortunately only intermittently gave me what I was looking for. Still, I must give everyone their flowers. Kaye looking all pensively at Phat cooking him breakfast, and Phat pulling a gun on Nop, telling him to drive after Nop says Kaye won't make it out of this—that's the shit. Even if I've seen it all before, I'm never going to get sick of such moments.

I think for this to actually work they would've had to commit to a certain degree of tragedy (I believe in you, GMMTV), be it death or separation or, you know, any real danger with lasting consequences. Otherwise the stakes don't work for me, I can't take the relationship seriously, and it takes the enjoyment out of the leads' delectable emotional turmoil. You cannot give the main characters too much of what they want; half the fun is in what they can't have despite desperately wishing for it. And no, Praew's tribulations, the uncle's death, and the short-lived loss of contact at the end don't count because Kaye and Phat weren't seriously distraught for a significant chunk of time.

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THIS WAS PERFECT!!!

THIS WAS PERFECT!!! From the acting to the storyline.
I didn't have to skip through. It wasn't boring. The leads displayed amazing chemistry.
Listen! I thought they were going to say they were brothers or something!!! But I wont say much to spoil it.
Despite all the sacrifices and hardships, they all pulled through and even the village.
It showed a different view of this historical drama. It wasn't focused on the King and his "politics".
So I believe this was different.
Anyways, if you read all my reviews, I am always in it for a happy ending.

Highly recommend and this is on my rewatch list!!!!

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you might just like it!

It wasn't bad at all. It was entertaining and then some parts became boring (maybe last 2-3 episodes. I don't like unnecessary characters popping up out of nowhere. The storyline was a 7/10 for me.
I think the leads had great chemistry.
I am happy for the characters at the end but it wasn't all that. It could have been better.
Now, the question is, **NO SPOILER** that man at the end, out of everyone, he survived????? Got me thinking there will be a season 2?
Now what will season 2 be about though? Will it be more on the politics side?
Still give it a watch, you might just like it!

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this is a must watch!

I loved the fighting (in a good way) lol they got some skills.
Overall despite the bad students, it was very entertaining. It www so funny to see how he can take so much notes and be organized but can’t pass a test 😂
I am glad he found “his” people and everyone helped each other to achieve their main goal for school.
I wouldn’t want a season 2. I think it ended perfectly. We can only assume, they did well (especially the ML) on their exams and passed to their colleges of choice.
Because what would part 2 be about?

If you want a short, entertaining high school drama with no romance, then this is a must watch!

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MBMB, you had me looking forward to mondays and tuesdays!!!

I loved this drama SO much!! It definitely had its ups and downs in the later half but honestly, I’m still giving it a 10/10 for how it made me feel throughout the show. While it was airing, I was genuinely so excited and looked forward to Mondays and Tuesdays just so I could watch my fav drama 😭

Considering it’s a romcom, obviously we all expected a little more romance, but I guess all the little cute things throughout the show from the very beginning somehow kept us hooked. And the leads, especially Kang Hoon, did SUCH an amazing job with all the little silly cutesy acts!!!!! Like pls 😭 I’ve been following Kang Hoon’s work for quite a long time and it was really nice seeing him as a lead in a romcom, and he did it SO well. Hagi was just so cute and I loved watching him in this!!

I genuinely loved the entire cast and it really felt like everyone put their heart into this production. There was just something very warm about watching all of them.

And Dareum’s character was probably one of my fav parts of the drama because getting to see everything from a fan’s POV was just so relatable. Her being a fan, chasing her dreams and being so motivated because of her bias… I feel like that hit very close to every fan’s heart.

I just REALLY wish we had 16 eps instead of 12 because it felt way too short to wrap everything up. The last ep especially felt so rushed?? It was like they had to quickly touch up on everyone’s lives and somehow get everything under wrap in one episode. I would've loved to see all of that unfold a little more naturally.

And PLEASE, I needed more of Dareum and Hagi actually dating. We got all these cute little moments throughout the drama and then when we finally could've gotten more of their dating era... it was already ending?? 🥲

But despite all of that, I’m still giving this one a 10/10, mostly because of how much happiness it gave me while watching it. Sometimes a drama just becomes your drama while it's airing, and this was definitely one of those for me <3

Would REALLY love to see the main leads together in another drama because I’m not ready to let them go just yet :’)

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I think it is emotional but overly hyped on TikTok

my review is from 2022 (google) - just adding it here.
Why so much hate??? Y’all are just so miserable and hard to please.
It was a decent drama. It showed reality of what some persons are going through.
Personally, it got a bit draggy even though they showed different persons and their lifestyles.
I think it is emotional but overly hyped on TikTok about being a heart wrenching drama. I only teared up when the old man passed of natural causes.
I thought those 2 from past lives would get back together - but that didn’t happen so there is no romance with any of the leads.

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I hated it, I adored it then just tolerated it.

I planned to watch this only because I like the 3 leads a lot and desperately wanted to watch Kang Hoon as the lead in a romantic comedy.

I struggled for weeks to get through the first episode, look I am a fan girl I have been fan girling since I was like 6 and fell in love with Ricky Martin (still am 30+ years later) I fall in and out of love with celebrities all the time, fictional characters, real people, characters in manga, animated series, kpop artists etc. So I should feel represented but Nam Dareum is so exaggerated that I couldn't stand her I thought I would just drop it, but then one day I was bored and put this on. I struggled badly though episodes 1 and 2 but by episode 3 I got her, she's adorable I couldn't get enough of her I watched 6 episodes in one sitting without even noticing and happily looked forward to the next 6 to air. I adored Nam Dareum She was living my dream and for a while I was pretty sure my second male lead syndrome was going to get me again, but it didn't.

I Love how well the relationship between Lee Chan and Dareum is portrayed is so realistic yes she met her idol, he's fantastic and he likes her back but, it doesn't work, of course it would've worked because as perfect as he is (At first) he could never live up the image she had in her head. There's someone much better suited for her right there and I'm so glad she realized pretty early on.

Now the bad, what really disappointed me and almost made me hate it again is that they ruined Chan, him turning on his best friend like that, and purposely trying to hurt the girl he fought so hard to protect is so out of character or maybe it's my fan girl biased brain missing the point I just tried to make, he's human, flesh and blood with wants, needs and flaws like the rest of us, it's probably that, but I really wish they had kept him loyal to his friend and just accepted that it wasn't meant to be.

The ending was garbage, I am tired of the going abroad/breaking up for x amount of time and then reconciling trope, it's dumb unrealistic and way to overdone.

Overall I enjoyed it, I laughed a lot and had a pleasant time watching it, I may possibly recommend it, but I doubt I'd watch this one again.

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Watched this 3x now

I am a huge fan of time travel series/movies and I have Watched this 2x now. 2nd watch I understood some of the scenes that were not clear (maybe I wasn’t paying attention 🤣)
It’s a great drama. Wouldn’t say it’s the best time travel one but you will enjoy it. The leads had great chemistry and the little thriller made it so much better.
I don’t care what anyone says but MinJu is very selfish and was so obsessed with the guy. Yeah yeah yeah, she was going through some things but she allowed herself to and the became an obsession to her on the part.
The only thing I wanted to at the end was an update on InKyu and MinJu. Are they still friends?
Overall, it’s a must watch!!!!

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Let's dissect why this wasn't great..

My first review in.. in quite a while. And I really felt like I had to write one for Mr. Kill because I had a lot of thoughts. And some time to actually write them down which helped.

Mr. Kill is your typical GMMTV mystery drama. I've watched a few of them, and I'd say of the ones I've watched, this was quite typical of the genre for the company. As in, completely predictable. Did not help that it was also marketed as a bromance because we know what that means in terms of creating mystery. Well, I'll say it anyway, it means there's not much.

This series is actually good on premise if I think about it - a series of murders that copy a dark webtoon, which just so happens to be written by a person with some sort of connection to each of the murder victims. It's a great setup, especially with the (b)romance vibes from the very beginning, where they had Pat and Kay, the two leads, be very ambiguously attracted to each other. It's good when you know they're about to be pushed against each other very soon and then find their way back to each other as the truth about the murders slowly comes to light. All well and good, and it all happened exactly like that.. but.. it still wasn't good?

Let me explain. I just did not get enough of the mystery or the bromance. The reveal that was coming was obvious from the beginning, and the bromance I waited for only came for two minutes at the end of every episode. They tried so hard to balance the plot and the people who star in it that they may have forgotten to give either any depth. I'm going to do something weird now, but bear with me, and compare it to Wu, which was on air right before Mr. Kill - and I'm not going to say Wu had an extraordinary plot but the bromance there was so intense that I think it compensated a little for what I expected of the plot. I know it's not a fair comparison but it really stuck with me for some reason and even though there's quite literally nothing to compare between the two shows, there was atleast something about Wu that made me grow attached.

I'm not going to spoil anything, because honestly I'm not sure if there's even anything to spoil? It was quite a predictable series that didn't really hinge on anything to make itself interesting and I think that's quite a dissapointment. It's not a terrible show by any length, it was actually quite enjoyable at parts and at times. But I wanted more. It wasn't even my expectations that let me down, I'm just a little sad that even without them, I'm feeling a little underwhelmed with the series as a whole.

But I will say, I did like Dew and Tee's performances, and in the moments they had together, it was some good chemistry. As far as the cast goes, I have no complaints, all of them did well. But it sucks that the cast and the opening credits were my favourite parts of a series that had the potential to be amazing.

Just that, the story or the mystery or the bond or quite literally anything, any aspect one would expect out of a plot like this one was non-existent. Yup, just a bit dissapointing.

6.75/10

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