Intruiging!
This was good! Unfortunatly it's clearly an unfinished story and i read there will be a sequel, i can't wait! This isn't what i am used of Sukfilm and it was refreshing. It's a great story, a bit dark.As used from Sukfilm the visuals and music are great!
The acting was great! There is no romantic chemistry yet, so i can't say anything about that.
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Love Wins - Always
Ticket to Heaven is one of those BL/gay-themed series that will leave a lasting mark. It tackles the sensitive intersection of being gay while navigating life as a devout Catholic. From a BL fan’s perspective, the series is beautifully written and acted. It avoids being preachy, instead highlighting the brighter aspects of life—love, faith, and forgiveness.From a Catholic point of view, however, the narrative feels liberal and unrealistic. It doesn’t fully reflect the traditional, conservative stance of Catholicism—or of Abrahamic religions in general. Yet perhaps that is precisely the point: we don’t need more depictions of division and condemnation.
What makes this series powerful is the emotional journey it takes us on. We feel the tension, guilt, and fear building with each episode. At one point, it even seemed their love story might collapse after Tanrak’s confession to the priest. But the ending offered redemption. After all the heaviness, the series leaves us with hope—the hope that love can endure, that forgiveness is possible, and that we can embrace the person our heart beats for.
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“That fence led you to the middle of nowhere, made you suffer, pushed you out.”
Kim Nak Su has followed “The Plan” regarding his business and family life, supremely confident he has taken all the right steps. When his life starts crumbling apart, The Dream Life of Mr. Kim begins to resemble a nightmare.Manager Kim Nak Su is up for an executive position at ACT and has no doubt his dream is about to come true. He knows very little about his team and hasn’t kept up on the newest developments but he covers his boss’ behind and does what needs to be done, even if it means skipping his own son’s graduation. He treats his wife and son more like employees than beloved family members and always has a critical word ready. When the company needs a scapegoat, the 55-year-old employee who has never worked anywhere else, makes the perfect patsy.
If there is a reason to watch this drama it is for Ryu Seung Ryong. He gave an amazing performance as the complicated and flawed Mr. Kim. He utilized his body, face, and voice for an optimal portrayal of a man brought low who must finally face himself and be brutally honest with what he wants and why he has been so driven.
Full disclosure, redemption and reconciliation dramas/films are my favorite genre. This drama should have been perfect for me, but I struggled with every episode of it. For eleven episodes, Mr. Kim was prideful and made bad (sometimes horrible) decisions one after the other. His treatment of his wife, leaving her out of key moments was frustrating. As she said, “Do you even consider me a part of this family?” He claimed to have worked to protect his family, yet everything came down to what made him look good and his reputation. Just past the midway in the drama, he committed a selfless act which seemed completely out of character and unearned. For the most part, Kim failed to take responsibility, was vain, refused good advice, showed little respect for family members and friends, and was completely ego driven.
The Dream Life of Mr. Kim showed the perilous nature of corporate work, especially for aging workers who become expendable. Companies were reluctant to hire older people for a variety of reasons which made starting over difficult to impossible. Middle management men found themselves to not be as valuable as they believed themselves to be. Nearly everyone in the family fell victim to a scam at one time or the other. For me, it was difficult to root for a character who was largely insufferable through most of the drama. When the ultimate cathartic moment came, it was still unsatisfying.*
"You don't know how to be grateful. You think you got this far on your own."
4 July 2026
Not Buying It Note: In a flashback from 25 years earlier, they merely painted on more makeup, but the actors went from looking 55 to 52. Just have younger actors play the characters in flashbacks.
With Family Like These, Who Needs Enemies Note: Ha Jin’s sister and brother-in-law were awful.
Good Son Award Note: Su Gyeom made a mistake but worked like crazy to make up for it, never blaming anyone else. He showed his father more grace than what he'd earned.
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* While the carwash business was “hard on the body, easy on the mind”, Kim was already getting older. For whatever reason Koreans always say they’ll live to 100 but the average life span for men is closer to 80. After 60, the body is not always so compliant to manual labor. I hope he was a brilliant businessman and could figure out how to expand the business with younger labor. If he died of a heart attack or became sick/injured, he’d saddled his wife with enormous debt unless the sale of their apartment helped pay it off. Ha Jin was also struggling to find work. I still can’t believe he used every penny they had saved and also borrowed a small fortune while unemployed WITHOUT consulting his wife who was in real estate and ignoring the advice of a friend who was in real estate. The sheer lack of respect for his wife’s opinion and not including her in major life decisions made me dislike him all the more. I’m always thrilled when a character turns their life around but 11 episodes of his selfish behavior were hard to wade through. I normally binge dramas, but it took me two weeks to finish this one.
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the boys didn't go to heaven, but they're happy :")
where do i even start???i feel this series will speak to every queer kid out there who realised something about themselves after meeting that one friend.
it hurts in the most gut wrenching way. you feel like stepping inside the screen to hug both tanrak and barth.
for such a heavy and vigilant topic, the series was handled really well. from the commentary, the progression, the characters and the dialogues.
i love how there was no "villian" because really in such a story that can easily happen irl.. there's no "villian", just opposing factors.
gemini fourth are such amazing actors.. their chemistry is JUST TOOO GOOD!!! you feel every sigh, every look, every touch, and every heavy breath (yes. that scene.)
2 years wait for 6 episodes was definitely worth it
P'Aof has created a beautiful beautiful series, once again!
PS. Rewatch value is 7.5 because i need to have the mental strength to rewatch it 😭
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The visuals........?
Thats what I enjoyed the most about this piece. It was stunning. Chinese historicals and fantasy pieces are masterful in their makeup. A peasant girl in a linen shift with a single headpiece can look like a queen of a nation. A poor stableboy with a robe and wisps of floating hair can come out looking like a prom king. Now let's take that to a full next level drama built around heavy CGI productions and immersive story telling. I don't review many as I'm more into Kdramas but not even they can touch any levels of Chinese and their historical works~I'm guessing this was expensive to make. Looked like it. The story was meh, abit hard to follow. The usual surprises and subterfuge but I didn't care The cast was beauty and perfection incarnate and definitely not the type of drama I'd normally go for. It just worked here. I wasn't bored for a second watching this~
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Shin Presents: 'Ren Jia Lun and His Collection of Bad Scripts'
It seems this actor has a sixth sense for picking scripts with unnecessarily tragic endings. Sometimes the sacrifice makes sense; other times, it just feeds his typecast. I’ve watched five of his dramas so far, and without fail......he either dies in the end or leaves his beloved for... well, anything. Including planting some so-called "Carefree Herbs."His script choices also seem to come with a strict no-kissing, no-intimacy clause. Whatever the reason, that void has become far too obvious now. Thanks to his image, perfectly happy novel endings are twisted into tragedy just to suit his persona. Damn it.
Anyway, let’s talk about the drama itself. My excitement went up and down like a rollercoaster:
The beginning was okayish. Then it got boring. The painting case brought back some intrigue. Then boredom returned. By the time the finale approached, I found myself desperately manifesting a happy ending because honestly, that was the bare minimum this plot deserved. But the writer couldn’t even deliver that. The ending was laughably stupid. It felt like the writer wanted to mold him into a legendary hero who prioritizes duty over love, but instead, it just came off as lame.
Twelve years of shuttling between the human and demon worlds, exhausting his two-way pass, and yet the Carefree Herbs were still withering. What purpose did that segment even serve? Beyond me.
The female lead’s character was poorly written. Most of the time, she felt like an unnecessary liability—no fighting skills, no brains to outsmart villains, yet she constantly pokes her nose into dangerous situations and other people’s business. That said, Song played the role beautifully.
As for the leads' chemistry? The spice factor was completely missing.
Honestly, the side cast outshone the leads. I absolutely loved the rabbit boy.
On a brighter note, the ending tracks were superb.
That’s pretty much it.
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Fell in love with ep1, but gradually fades....
If this were a really short movie, Episode 1 alone would have been enough, because almost everything was already set up and resolved within that first episode. The main conflict, the characters, and even the direction of their relationship were established very quickly.After that, the story focused more on the characters gradually understanding their feelings for each other. While I appreciated the emotional development, it felt a little stretched out at times, causing the initial excitement and momentum to slowly fade as the series progressed.
That said, it's still a very cute and heartwarming watch. The chemistry between the leads was sweet and natural, making it easy to root for them.
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Frustrating in the end!
I enjoy watching everything Japanese, since their culture is so different from Europe/America but be warned, this is one of the many J-Dramas in which it's obvious the writers did everything to shock you ! This guarantees you don't forget the drama easily, but it also makes you angry and frustrated because the WRONG message it convenes, even if it has a "happy" ending.Episodes 10, 11 are especially frustrating because of the inconsistency. Everybody seems to forget the clearly horrible and even illegal things Maya has done and instead she is remembered as such a great teacher, and all the kids cry when she is [justfully] dismissed.
What is the message here? would it be OK for a Army Sergeant to train soldiers as if they were 12-year girls ? NO ? Then, why is it ok to educate 12-years girls as they were soldiers going to the most vicious war? There is a line in which one of the teachers says about Maya: "Probably she received by mistake military training instead of teacher training?". No other teachers react, but it is one of the best lines in the show !
The idea seems to be, "Maya is educating them well because she is preparing them for the harsh realities of life". I DO NOT agree for 2 reasons:
1) she clearly crosses the line, for instance when she takes away the summer break and then punishes Kanda and her friends for missing the last summer classes, and in such an unprofessional way, she removes their desks and then makes 12-year old carry heavy desks on the stairs ?!? Or, while she knows who really stole the wallet, she allows Kanda to be viciously bullied for it, including the risk of death when her classmates try to drown her in the pool, or when she falls thru broken glass and is seriously injured ?!?!? Basically the teacher contributes to bullying ! These are almost criminal acts! For these, she could go to prison, not just to the Reeducation center !
However, all these terrible things are forgotten in eps. 10, 11 and she is just remembered to being "a strict teacher". This is unbelievable and, I say again, just wrong, immoral and unethical.
2) all this Maya speeches "society is bad and cruel, and I prepare you for it, only 6% of the Japanese are happy and in this class NONE of you will be happy", I believe is a chicken-and-egg problem. Society is bad because the are bad people, people who learn from childhood to be bad, and are allowed to be bad, and are even encouraged to be bad, because of teachers like Maya who basically contribute to the bullying and do nothing, and teach an evil system of values and rewards and punishments ["be my friend, spy for me and then all bullying will stop"] and of course, in the future, colleagues like Maya, bosses like Maya and so on. It even contradicts how she criticizes her husband in the prequel episode, after she discovers he did acts of corruption at his company - it is not an excuse to do bad things just because everybody does them!
The 2 prequel episodes transmit a weak message about how and why she becomes a "demon teacher". Her inadequacy in solving her initial class problems when she was a kind and caring teacher is just that - inadequacy, lack of training, lack of support (all the school Principals and Vice Principals in Japanese movies seem to be utterly incapable, spineless and only make things worse).
It's like an engine only has two speeds, 0 and Maximum RPM. You can only be a weak, ineffective teacher who tries (and fails) to love everybody, or a Demon teacher which actively bullies and mistreats everybody. This is the message of the movie.
The only way to enjoy this movie is to try to detach from reality. I always try to think that probably all Japanese writers hold a meeting in which they say "this is the normal, expected course of action. How can we alter it so it is unexpected, shocking and utterly unbelievable, but will make everybody talk about it?". So you ditch morality for views and ratings.
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It was completely worth every minute I spent watching it.
This was such a lovely drama to keep me company during this month of cold, unpredictable weather in my country.I laughed a lot, truly enjoyed the main couple, and honestly didn't pay much attention to the business and financial side of the story. The best part was seeing dear Tan Jian Ci once again in a lighthearted, gentle, and sweet production—the kind that suits him so perfectly.
I don't really understand all the criticism. We got three adorable couples, a business issue that is actually quite relevant in today's world, and plenty of fun... along with some wonderfully stir-fried eggplants.
I absolutely loved this drama and will keep it in a special place in my heart. It was completely worth every minute I spent watching it.
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TEETEEPOR
The whole show was amazing and the cast and acting was so good. I‘ve rewatched it so much and I love it. There wasn’t anything I don’t like about it and I love how each character is portrayed. I love the plot and I‘m so happy that the lead is Teeteepor. This is easily in my top 3 favorite Tdramas and I hope people continue to watch and love the show!Was this review helpful to you?
I love everything about the story
I didn't read the novel yet, but to be honest I've seen a lot of review already by those who have read the novel. And I can't blame you or I can't invalidate your feelings for not being satisfied because the series have not included a lot of things that happened in the novel. But as a bl watcher I would really recommend it for newbies.HillTer story really shows each other pov. All the misunderstanding that happend they still waited and waited to come back to each other. It's just so pure, soft, cute and interesting at the same time. For me of all the stories in fourever you this one story really got me to watch the whole series and also the second season. Try to understand their story it will really leave a good memory for all, when I first watch it Hill literally became my standard (not until tonfah came) but yeah he will, definitely will.
While, in JohanNorth they're shown that one person can make a big difference on how you see yourself in the future. The waiting, the yearning, the way Jo changes himself to be someone that does have something to do in his life. It's a fantasy for almost everyone I think. And North being the cutest cupid everytime is a full package already. I assured everyone that if you watch this drama it's all worth it.
It became my fav of all time, my comfort series and everything. I first watch it because of P'Earth and P'Bas but ended up loving all the characters.
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Beautiful Beyond Words
Simply the best. Honestly, this series had me hooked from start to finish — I was completely along for the ride, fully invested. Major kudos to the director, who I truly think is the best BL storyteller out there. He handled such a delicate subject with so much care and skill, and it really showed. The shots, the cinematography, the editing — everything was top-notch. It captured the vibe perfectly, pulling out all the emotions in such a natural way. The script was thought‑provoking too; you can tell how much effort went into making this a high‑caliber series. The acting across the board was strong, but of course, Fourth once again proved why he’s the standout actor of his generation. His eyes alone carry so much weight — they’re expressive enough to tell the whole story without a single word. Truly a gem of an actor. All in all, this series was memorable, beautiful, and inspiring. It’s the kind of show that stays with you long after the credits roll. Absolute 5/5 stars.Was this review helpful to you?
Nice drama, but didn't reel me in.
This was a nice drama about fighting to keep an orphanage alive. The story of a family overcome several difficulties in live together. Though this was a nice drama, it didn't manage to really keep me engaged. There was enough happening, the story was well written and produced, but i still felt bored several times.The music was all background music, but it was good for this series. There was one song in the end and that was a good song.
The visuals were also good.
All the actors did a good job, the kids did great!
The mains had chemistry, but it felt more friendship chemistry than romantic. The kisses were ok.
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Perth and Santa other drama… Let’s dive in…Unlike most BLs that focus on two people falling in love, this series begins with the couple already in a relationship.
The story follows Pobmek, an elementary school teacher who, ironically, doesn't even like children. Yet he puts up with the noisy, chaotic school environment every single day because his boyfriend, Solar, is a fellow teacher who absolutely adores kids. Pobmek loves Solar so much that he's willing to endure the one thing he dislikes just to stay by his side and support the career that makes Solar happy.
Their peaceful life is turned upside down when Solar is involved in a terrible car accident. The accident leaves him with serious neurological damage, causing his brain to regress to the mental capacity of a seven-year-old child named Sun. Sun, like most kids, becomes frightened by his situation and looks for his mom. Thankfully, Pobmek is able to persuade Sun to go back home with him.
The next morning, when Sun wakes up, he returns to his adult self as Solar. Thinking nothing is wrong, they go to work. But unfortunately for them, Solar turns back into Sun again—this time right in the middle of the school where they work.
To make things worse, the condition is witnessed by Sodchuen and Jee. Not knowing how else to explain the sudden change, Pobmek finally tells them the truth. To his surprise, Sodchuen and Jee don't judge or punish Solar; instead, they offer their help to navigate the situation. Before long, the rest of the teachers—and even the students—become part of the effort to protect Solar's secret and help care for both Solar and Sun whenever the switch happens.
Now, Pobmek finds himself caring not only for the children at school but also for the person he loves most, whose personality can change without warning. Thankfully, soon after, Pobmek finally discovers what triggers the change between Solar and Sun. Once they understand the pattern, it becomes easier for Pobmek and the other teachers to navigate between Solar and Sun.
So, how does this story end? Will Solar be able to fully return to his adult self without turning back into Sun again? What is the actual secret behind his changing personality? And most importantly, will Pobmek be able to handle both Solar and Sun, or will he give up and just bolt out the door?
That's pretty much the story without giving anymore spoilers.
What I like:
+ As usual, Perth & Santa chemistry & their acting is never disappointing. Although I kinda hope for a different role for them next time…
+ GMMTv put more effort into their dramas. It’s no longer only about school romance… it’s about something that has more meaning…
What I’m not too like:
- The whole situation with Solar and Sun doesn't really make sense. Like: how all the teachers and students just blindly accept the 'orders' to help them.
- And the most ridicules of all is the school… Sometimes I wonder if this is elementary or kindergarten… and where the school is…? Why does 1st grade and 2nd grade combine into 1 class???
But overall it’s a good drama & I’m happy I can watch this…
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An engaging story with an incredible villain!
The production and storytelling were excellent. The romance developed at a slow, realistic pace. I really enjoyed the performances and the lead characters. The concept of a princess falling for a police officer was very interesting. There wasn't much comic relief—since that wasn't the series' aim—nor were there many highly emotional moments. The show maintains a constant "danger is lurking" atmosphere, which sets it apart from other sapphic series. My main criticism is that I would have liked to see more depth in the protagonists; the story ended, yet I feel we don't know much about them. There were no moments that delved into their backstories, their pasts, or what drives them. Another issue for me was that, given today's technology—with so many ways to communicate, travel, and expose situations—it didn't make sense for it to take so long for the truth to come out.Was this review helpful to you?
