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What is your Purpose in Life

My headline stood out for me? there are many parts that stood out but that question never ceast to amaze me, especially the answers to them. Not the regular I want to be successful or famous but an answer that assure you, you do not need to be all that, simple but yet relieves you, only you know what the answer meant to you, sth you do not think about but want to be defined as, I want to be a little less embarassing, no one knows how embarrased you felt for you to want to be that, you don't need to make it like boom, I want to be a strong woman and mother, you must have had a past that makes you feel it would have been less hurtful if you have somebody like that in your life, I want to be somebody that is not ashamed of those closer, I want to be that guy with the humour, you never want to loose your spark and live life like it is not stressful, those answers are so humane, not the regular i dream to be an astronaut or doctor, you do not need to be impressive man, what is the kind of person you want to be. The answers to the question is screaming you do not need to fogure it all out, infact the movie is screaming we are all work in progress, all of us, nobody is perfect or made, this can be seen in Hwag do man's friend that has debuted but still trying to figure out life. Now makes me also think, what is my purpose in life, and I think I want to be who can make mistakes and take responsibilities.
I did not cry though my friend told me I will, infact I laughed right from the beginning and I spoke out loud many times, Hwang, you just crazy but is craziness is screaming out sth, I don't want to loose myself, I simply don't want to loose myself. Many suffers brunt of his actions which he realise later, and to some others, they deserve what he gave them,
If I scream out my name, all that it reaches belong to me, that I can hear my own makes me feel I am still fighting, I am still in the game, I don't want to fail, I don't want to dissepear like smoke in the air, I don't want it to seem like I never pass through what I pass through.
And oh my God, when Hwang do man named the unknown emotion, I was deeply touched, infact, if i think about it, i should have cried many times in the film but I was touched instead, I think about it deeply as it is but not attach it to someone, maybe if i had thought, oh, sb is there at this point in life, I definately would have bawled my eyes out. When he said Help me, I saw that little girl who made her gimbap herself sitting in that middle of the class while every other thing is goin on with blood oozing out from her nose, and I said help me, yea, that is what she is screaming, more than being abandoned, she is screaming help and no wnonder her step grand mother who took her in, means her world. Help me, help me, i have seen myself in that shoes many times, too bad there was no one around to ask, like Eun a, not that we cannot ask, but we never even knew what the emotions was, if only there was sb that could have figure that out and step up to help without ever asking, if only there was hwang do man that is deeply affected by sb else trouble for him to reflect and say, your emotion is asking for help, Help me
Be with sb in their hardest, oh my God, while I said so many parts are words that should touch, no, it would touch you at that point in you, If one had one during one's hardest period, it would never leave such a wound that is to painful to bear, the wound that deepens your heart that you will almost feel, oh, I am not breathing, and sorry to say, some ppl are just mean, not the regular thrash talks to make them on top or feel alight, they will bring one totally down with some mean harsh words to face their own reality and those words touch, those words hurt, be it the truth or some just careless talk.
People are masses of emotions, yea yea, we are, in as much as we cannot define one by one emotion biut we can define one by a type of emotion at a point in time, and I am trying to experiment it, if this peson was an emotion, what would the person be right now... so many.
if I could craete a type of weather right now, I wonder what I will create, I am wondering too, if that weather can be created forever, a very cool weather that does not give room for worries at all, why can't life be just easy
Okay, so I have been ramming on and on, you can watch it to know what my ram is all about, this movies makes me reflect, that kind of deep reflection when I watch you and everyting else. If you are not scare to navigate through emotions, you should heck this out. And yes, I must mention, the actors ate thier role, and to interprete their roles: Hwang is a bit self centered, and he does not even know when to stop, his chaos gives him luck at times, but it is totally wrong trolling people's hardwork right on their face, he is struggling, he does not want to loose himself, whatever all his excuse was, it was not right, cause other people were also trying to figure out their life, and even in their small wins, there were crumbs of doubt and a bit of, I am scared, I wan to figure out what next. Eun a, personally, I tell people don't define the extent of how people should showcase their pain when you cause them that pain but the pain she holds onto is breaking her, it hurts her, it tied her down, it depresses her, she hold onto that pain for so long that even when the pain want to heal, she still wants to hold on to it, the pain gave her survival but the pain should not be why she is breathing. But, yes, that is what make her the human, I don't know, I have no answer, and some of the conversations she had with Hwang do man, start making her reflect and slowly, she was healing so yea, I hope we all found that person that we both resonate. Jin man, Hwang's brother , ohh, He was so suicidal, I get he is tired of life and he did not want to die truly cause if he wants to, he will try suicide somewhere far away, not where he can easily be save. He was living before and he stopped living, he cannot bare himself living, happy when his daughter whereabout his unknown, that reason his so lame, the question is what did you do for your daughter. Seeing him, I thought, ohh, so lofe can be like that, you can just be tired of everything for a long time, but I am telling you all if ou ever find yourself in that situation, don't be like him that is not willing to accept help or wants to be healed like Do man and Eun a. No wonder Do Man predicted help me, so easily, in a way, he is also saying help me in his brother's place, I like it when I hear sth like I want to live, I want to be save, I do not want to die, in those gloomy state, at the worse of sb's life, if you want to live then absolutely nothing can end you, you will see the dawn of the day and perharps you will say, ohh, so the world is not only at night, darkness is not all there is, and if you live like living and not just life glacing through you but you glacing through life after all that, when you get to enjoy life, and show it is worth living, trying to figure it out all the time, those simple small moments, then you are a story to be told not that you want to be told but because of the countless lives you will save out there. What Eun a is trying to figue out, her mother figured it out, since her childhood was not rosy but she was ale to get out of there while still being in there. It is worth your time, watch it, if I go on and on, my writing will continue to be here and ther, I am sorry about that.

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bello ma…già visto

il fake marriege… diciamolo, di matrimoni finti ne abbiamo visti parecchi nei K-drama. La storia quindi non brilla particolarmente per originalità, ma riesce comunque a essere piacevole da seguire.

La cosa che ho apprezzato di più è il modo in cui il drama riesce a creare una dinamica carina tra i protagonisti, soprattutto quando il rapporto inizia lentamente a trasformarsi da semplice “accordo” a qualcosa di più sincero. Ci sono momenti divertenti, situazioni prevedibili ma godibili e quella giusta dose di romanticismo che rende la visione abbastanza scorrevole.

Non è sicuramente il drama che consiglierei a chi cerca una trama innovativa o qualcosa di completamente diverso dal solito. Alcuni sviluppi sono abbastanza telefonati e, proprio perché il fake marriage è stato utilizzato così tante volte, è difficile non avere la sensazione di aver già visto certe dinamiche.

Detto questo, Would You Marry Me? rimane un drama carino, leggero e piacevole, soprattutto se si apprezzano le rom-com coreane e non si ha bisogno di una storia particolarmente originale per divertirsi. Non mi ha conquistata al punto da considerarlo indimenticabile, ma nel complesso è stata una visione positiva e senza troppe pretese.

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Lacking romantic plot complexity, even for a Thai GL.

The biggest problem here is that the romance is very Hallmark-like in it's lack of plot. I tend to like uncomplicated romance stories not featuring love triangles, breakups & delivering nicely wrapped up happy endings, but this is on the uninteresting side for sure. Other than very early on there is very little comedy & almost no fun bickering either..

The non romantic story is also super simple & predictable, but at the very least nothing particularly annoying happens in the show at any point. It's just a bit of a shame that all the excitement comes from the extremely beautiful actors & their chemistry. While that is great for any romantic show to have & most don't, that's all this drama has, there is literally nothing else. Though I have to admit it's ALMOST enough!

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A MASTERPIECE ??

MAYAMA IS SUCH A CUTIE PIE I WANNA PUT HIM IN MY POCKET🥹🥹🙏🙏, ALSO ASAMIYA IS SO HOT LIKE OMG!? They’re like genuinely made for eachother, and their chemistry is CRAZY AF‼️ This drama reminds me of School Trip but a softer version🥹Im really excited for the upcoming episodes and count the days and hours ‘til another episode is released😋😋If I’m honest I'm rooting for the two side characters Sakaki and Tsunekawata aswell🫣🫣 They have so much potential and I hope they end up together aswell🙏🙏And also NPC being the OST makes so much sense, since it matches the concept of the drama really well‼️This is definitely worth watching and I’d 100% Recommend😌

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CUTEST DRAMA EVER? (WOULD RECOMMEND‼️)

Asamiya and Mayama are PERFECT for each other and I think it’s so adorable how gentle Asamiya is with Mayama. Gentle yet Possessive, almost reminds me of Watarai from School Trip! It’s absolutely worth watching if you liked School Trip, even if you haven’t seen it, go watch it! It’s absolutely beautiful and also realistic, the chemistry is definitely there and I‘M SAT. Even the side characters are PERFECT! Hayate Iijima from Super☆Dragon as Tsunekawata Hikaru, and Ken Hiramoto from DXTEEN as Sakaki Tōma is a perfect match. The characters’ personalities actually match the actors‘ personalities as someone that stans both groups of the side characters. I do think though that Tsunekawata and Sakaki have a lot of chemistry together and although it’s not likely that they’ll get together throughout the episodes THE CHEMISTRY IS DEFINITELY THERE! Both supporting casts have enough screentime for my liking. The only thing that bothers me is the fact that THE EPISODES ARE TOO SHORT!! I’m rooting for this Drama and especially for my two Oshis, Hayate Iijima and Ken Hiramoto🥹🙌

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É incrível no início, mas....

Olha, na minha opnião esse dorama no início é sensacionalmente incrível, a história da Do-hee e a do Gu-won são muito boas, chorei muitas vezes ( e olha que nem sou de chorar muito)
Mas sinto que tem coisas que não explicaram direito, por exemplo:Como que a "Avó" da Do-Hee aparecia para ela como um espírito? Como teve a origem da "Chefe" do Gu-won ou como ela virou um demônio?Foi Deus que enviou ela?Oque aconteceu com aquela Doida pelo Gu-won?Ela se adaptou a Inglaterra?
De resto, o dorama tem músicas incríveis e uma atuação muito boa!!Mas o mais importante a química, ELES COMBINAM MUITO, eu até achei que eles eram namorados ksks
Alerta:Essa é MINHA opnião, se tiverem coisas que foram explicadas no dorama e eu não vi me corrijam!

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"To My Star 2"

a 1ª temporada foi bem crua, comparada com a 2ª. na 1ª, vemos mais uma relação se construindo aos poucos; porém, na 2ª, vemos feridas sendo expostas, que antes não eram vistas. quase dropei o BL quando me deparei com a atitude do Kang Seo-Joon de primeira mão. ele parecia tão dono de si e não respeitava o espaço do outro, e isso me deixou com raiva pelo Han Ji-Woo. eu começava e depois parava, recomeçava e parava de novo! mas quando voltei a assistir, peguei um carinho pelo personagem, mesmo que ríspido.

comparado com o Han Ji-Woo, Kang Seo-Joon é bastante comunicativo e sem se importar com pessoas invadindo o seu espaço pessoal – o que esperar de uma grande estrela. mas quando vemos ele agindo assim com Han Ji-Woo no início, soava mais malicioso do que gentil! o que, de certa forma, fez bem ao Han Ji-Woo até certo ponto. alguém fechado como ele, se ninguém desse o braço a torcer, viveria o resto da vida do restaurante pra casa e da casa pro restaurante.

mas como nem tudo são flores, todo esse brilho tinha que chegar ao seu fim. por Kang Seo-Joon ser tão comunicativo e caloroso com as pessoas, ele tinha mais pessoas em volta, o que fez Han Ji-Woo se sentir vazio. e infelizmente isso acontece: não é sobre inveja de forma ruim, mas sim sobre o desejo de pertencer por ser você, sem precisar ser o que não é. o que não é fácil para o Han Ji-Woo, já que pelo histórico familiar dele, ele acabou sendo ferido por um erro que não cometeu, mas mesmo assim pagou por isso por muito tempo.

o ponto é: Han Ji-Woo quer algo que infelizmente não se consegue apenas com o desejo, mas sim com a vontade e a imagem. quando Kang Seo-Joon foi atrás do Han Ji-Woo após ele ter sumido por uns meses, eu compreendi, mas a forma que ele começou a fazer tudo em volta do Han Ji-Woo ser sobre ele me chateou. mesmo que ele tenha conseguido criar uma boa atmosfera para o Han Ji-Woo, aquilo não foi singelo, mas sim maquiado. o Kang Seo-Joon só conseguiu que o Han Ji-Woo tivesse "apoio" dos aldeões por conta da sua popularidade; se ele fosse alguém comum, isso jamais teria acontecido. admito! foi uma atitude de coração, mas nem sempre o coração entende os obstáculos da vida real.

resumindo: a 2ª temporada foi incrível! além de trazer um novo lado dos personagens, fez com que a primeira temporada – que soava crua demais! – se autocompletasse nessa continuação. fico feliz pelos dois terem terminado juntos novamente, e fiquei encantado com a grandiosidade que foi essa continuação de "To My Star".

quase esqueço de comentar: o que foi a cena da Han Da-Kyung defendendo o Han Ji-Woo dos aldeões, e logo em seguida abraçando ele? se você não chorou ali, você não é humano! sem contar a montanha-russa que foi um dia o restaurante do Han Ji-Woo estar popular, e no outro estar vazio, por conta de rumores falsos. quando eu vi ele o dia todo esperando alguém chegar, me deu um aperto no coração. mas quando chega a noite e ele decreta: "é isso!", aí vêm os dois senhores, e depois Han Da-Kyung, Han Yoo-Ha e Jung Sung-Yoon. ali eu não consegui segurar as lágrimas, foi lindo demais. foram lágrimas do Han Ji-Woo, do Rube e tudo que você possa imaginar.

e é isso que eu amo em projetos orientais: eles conseguem construir um clima melancólico sem precisar de música ou de um empurrãozinho pra isso. BLs coreanos são oceanos, comparados com as florestas que são os BLs tailandeses e de outros países.

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هل Who Rules the World يستحق المشاهدة فعلًا؟

من سيحكم العالم؟ | Who Rules the World

هو مسلسل يحمل كل هذه التصنيفات معًا:

- وو شيا 🥋
- فنون قتالية صينية
- رومانسية ❤️
- تاريخي 🏯
- أكشن ⚔️
- سياسة ومؤامرات ♟️
- صراع على السلطة 👑

إذا عرفت أن هناك مسلسلًا يجمع كل هذه التصنيفات معًا، فمن الطبيعي أن تتوقع أن يكون من أفضل المسلسلات التي ستشاهدها في حياتك… وهذا بالضبط ما حصل معي.

قبل هذا المسلسل، شاهدت Pursuit of Jade، وكان بالنسبة لي من أفضل الأشياء التي شاهدتها في حياتي، لذلك لم تكن لدي توقعات عالية جدًا تجاه Who Rules the World.

لكن المفاجأة؟ المسلسل فاق توقعاتي بطريقة خيالية.

في الحلقات الأولى، تكون الأحداث عادية نوعًا ما، وتشعر أنك لا تفهم تمامًا ماذا يحدث، فقط تشاهد وتحاول تستوعب. وبعدها تبدأ الأحداث في الارتباط ببعضها، وفي منتصف المسلسل تقريبًا تبدأ الصورة تتضح لديك، وتبدأ فعلًا بالاندماج مع القصة والأحداث.

ومن هنا يأخذك المسلسل إلى ملحمة رومانسية وأكشن جميلة جدًا.

المسلسل 40 حلقة، وبصراحة أشعر أن عدد الحلقات قليل جدًا بالنسبة لقصة بهذا الحجم. كنت أتمنى لو كان أطول، لأن هذا كان سيعطي مساحة أكبر لشرح الأحداث والتفاصيل من دون الحاجة إلى تسريعها.

لأن بصراحة، من الحلقة 30 تقريبًا تبدأ الأحداث بالتسارع بشكل كبير جدًا. فجأة يبدأ أشخاص بالموت، وتبدأ الحرب الأكبر على الحكم، وكل هذه الأحداث تقريبًا تتجمع في الحلقة الأخيرة.

وهنا عندي مشكلة مع المسلسل.

يعني اسم المسلسل «من سيحكم العالم؟»، والقصة كلها تقريبًا تتمحور حول سؤال: من سيحكم العالم؟ وفي النهاية يتم حسم كل شيء في الحلقة الأخيرة.

بصراحة… كل هذا الصراع على الحكم، وفي النهاية يتخلون عنه بهذه السهولة؟ 😭

النهاية بالنسبة لي كانت محبطة قليلًا.

لأنني فعلًا تعلقت بالمسلسل وبعلاقة الأبطال لدرجة أنني بكيت وأنا أشاهد النهاية، وكنت أتمنى ألا ينتهي أصلًا من شدة جمال علاقتهم.

⚠️ حرق للأحداث:

البطل في النهاية لم يتبقَّ له سوى عشر سنوات ليعيش، والبطلة للمرة الثانية كانت ستموت بسبب انفجار… يعني، هل هذا منطقي فعلًا؟ 😭

هم أبطال في عالم الفنون القتالية، وكان من المفترض أن تكون لديهم قدرات أقوى قليلًا من الأشخاص العاديين، لذلك شعرت أن الموضوع غير منطقي نوعًا ما.

وبالنسبة للبطل، موضوع رغبته في حكم العالم جعلني أقول طوال الوقت: لماذا؟ ما السبب؟ 😭

إذا كان هدفه هو حماية الشعب، كان بإمكانه إنقاذ شعبه من دون أن يضطر إلى حكم العالم. خصوصًا أن أخو البطلة وعائلتها لم تكن لديهم أصلًا رغبة في حكم العالم.

وأيضًا موضوع وفاة أمه بسبب السم… شعرت أن رد فعله كان باردًا جدًا.

يعني هذه أمك! والشخص الذي كنت تحبه بهذا الشكل… كيف كان رد فعلك باردًا إلى هذه الدرجة؟ 😭

وكذلك موضوع أخوه الأكبر؛ بعد الخلاف الذي حدث بينهما، شعرت أن طريقة تعاملهما مع بعضهما لاحقًا كانت غريبة ومزعجة قليلًا.

والبطلة أيضًا، في بعض المواقف، كانت ردود أفعالها باردة أكثر من اللازم. خصوصًا عندما مات معلمها، لم أشعر أنها حاولت الانتقام له أو أن موتَه أثر فيها بالقدر الذي كنت أتوقعه.

لكن إذا وضعنا كل هذه الأشياء جانبًا، ففي النهاية نحن نتحدث عن دراما صينية، ومن الطبيعي أن نجد بعض الأشياء التي نشعر أنها ناقصة أو غير منطقية.

لكن…

أفضل شيء في المسلسل بالنسبة لي هو علاقة الأبطال. ❤️

بصراحة، هذه من أجمل العلاقات التي شاهدتها.

لا يوجد سوء فهم سخيف، ولا انفصالات بسبب أشياء تافهة، ولا شخص ثالث يستطيع أن يفرق بينهما أو يزعزع علاقتهما.

هما حرفيًا متفاهمان ومترابطان بشكل جميل جدًا.

وبصراحة، أنا تعبت من سوء الفهم الموجود في كثير من المسلسلات، لذلك عندما وجدت علاقة بهذا الشكل… كنت سعيدة جدًا. 😭❤️

البطل أمير من مملكة، مقاتل بارع، ذكي وشجاع.

والبطلة ذكية، قوية، شجاعة وجنرال.

يعني… أفضل ثنائية ممكن تشوفها. 🔥

وبالرغم من كل ملاحظاتي على النهاية وبعض الأحداث، المسلسل بالنسبة لي كان جميلًا جدًا، وأنصح به بشدة.

40 حلقة، ومن دون نقطة ملل. 🔥

تقييمي؟ ⭐ 9/10

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Hilarious Satire of BL Dramas

Reading through reviews for this drama made me realize a lot of people don't seem to understand that it's a satire, a very funny and on point one.

The writing is sharp and silly at the same time with jokes like the in-universe producer being a fujoshi named Ms. Yayoi (sounds like yaoi) and the BL manga's title being I'm In Love With My Best Friend. There's also riffs on child stardom, cheesy TV ads, insecure idols and manga fans ready to rip apart live action adaptations.

One of the MLs is a hot up and coming star who's also an otaku and super stan of the other ML who is a washed up child actor. The otaku is played by Alan Abe who is fantastic at ping ponging between being cold as ice and hysterically melting down whenever he gets close to his oshi. The show deliberately inserts every BL cliche possible into their reel life and real life relationship so if you've watched a lot of these shows you'll likely be laughing out loud like I did.

I also want to shout out the drama's director who does a great job at staging scenes and making the most of an excellent cast. The director likes to use deep focus with the two leads in the foreground while the rest of the cast reacts to them in the background and it's very effective.

I also can't forget the second leads who play the managers of our flailing actors. They're both incredibly funny and have sexier chemistry than our leads (not that the chemistry between the leads is bad but it's more innocent).

The only criticism I have is we don't get a proper kiss between the leads though we do get a very memorable bedroom scene between the managers that makes up for it.

A lot of the people I see criticizing this drama don't seem to understand that it's a satire. People, the cliches are in there on purpose!

I highly recommend this one to anyone who loves BLs but is also very aware of how silly they can be.

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I ABSOLUTELY DESPISE THIS SERIES

I only watched it for Jun Muto whoever says this is a good series are just talking and speaking about the explicit scenes that’s it, nothing interesting. I didn’t drop the series because I thought that maybe it will get better throughout the episodes but that obviously wasn’t the case so I wouldn’t recommend I would NEVER rewatch. The actors were great and really handsome but all that for what ? I would say this is corn without plot. Was so embarrassing this changed my view from Jun it is THAT BAD 😭 The acting skills were alright, nothing special. I felt more like watching a hetero series than a real bl. Cringed most of the time and it was pretty predictable. I knew from the start how it’s gonna end without watching the trailer nor edits. Really bad, wouldn’t recommend. Give Jun another chance to act this is not it.

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it was fun to watch

This has been sitting in my playlist for so long and decided to watch this. It started out and ended great I enjoyed every single episode. At first the FL made me angry because of how she acted, she was made too corny and she was not like the other girls but I’m glad they stopped that as the episode goes on. I find the actress that played Chanel pretty and I’m glad the character didn’t end as a villain. Now about the ending I absolutely hate open ending because I know most of the dramas never gets renewed for a season two. I was lowkey curious of the other players but it is what it is. Anyways I loved it and it passed my expectations

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The perfect historical rags to riches!

This is a masterpiece! It is not your average Idol drama. We get into the story from the get-go and we embark on a long journey with our leads. A journey full of trials and tribulations, where they both discover who they are and what are their limits. The cinematography is stunning, the costumes beautiful, the acting more than on point! From the leads to the supporting cast and the veteran actors, everyone game is on. We feel for every one, we hate and love as if we're living in the show, lol. Ding Yuxi and Deng Ancy gave their best performance so far. We see them go through such wide ranges of emotions, you can't help but feel for them. And at some point, cnetz were complaining about Ding Yuxi posture in the drama but they couldn't be more wrong. He embodied his character so much, we can see it through his posture and body language from the beginning to the end. His style of acting in this drama is just ourstanding.
And the storytelling, oh my god, perfectly executed. We really get to see the leads go from rags to riches and go through everything it takes and implies to do a such thing. We see them grow and mature, have flaws, make mistakes, fail from inexperience. As well as learn from all that and become a better version of themselves. It's also very hard to guess what's coming next, so the show keeps you on your toes and excited for the next episode. This drama is really like no other. Another must-see! ^_^

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Mediocre mainstream kdrama

There’s nothing much to add, the title of the review says it all. A cliche story about poverty that has been repeated many times in other kdramas, constant annoying time jumps without explanation, a complicated family tree of the female lead where I still don’t understand what was the actual relationship of the FL to the many village relatives shown in the kdrama, same goes to the ML. The daughter of the FL is an annoying arrogant brat. An unnecessary plot about the son and his girlfriend was watched on a 2x speed. The love stories shown to us didn’t look realistic or genuine at all. A FL being a poet made me cringe so much. Basically all the possible tearjerker plot lines under the sun were thrown in, maybe the screenwriter is a big fan of Indian soap operas 🫠

I regret wasting my time on this one but until the very end I didn’t give up the hope to understand where the high ratings came from. Anyways, a solid 5/10, not even a bunch of mainstream names casted to save the series helped.

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