Reviews

Love the improvement

okay now this season is definitely much much better than the 1st season. both the main role in this one are showing that they're much comfortable with each other which makes me feel that they're getting better with the acting. i see the grow on the character and the plot. also i see something that makes me suprised.

in the previous season i know that the main character are cherish and being cherished but i cant really defying it. but in this one i feel both the main character are exponentially grow a lot and they find ways to open up about themself and solve their problem

but also, if you like a masochist paired with tsundere. this one is for you

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Binged this in a span of two days. I didn't have much expectations when I watched it but I ended up thinking that this story was actually done quite decently. While watching, I was wondering what was the writer's purpose for creating a drama involving humans and humanoids. At the end of the final episode, I think viewers will definitely understand why - the message is very simple and serves as a lesson for all humans. The drama had some touching moments that did make me tear up. I found Sun Yao and Yinian's story to be particularly memorable and very touching. The main casts and the various supporting roles really did a great job. However, I still feel that this isn't a perfect drama and the story could definitely have been better developed with more depth for the relationship between humans and humanoids as well as for the relationship development between the two leads Cheng Nuo and An Qiu.

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I keep saying "Huh???"

I'm not the type of person who gets hooked on the first episode however mostly after 2/3 episode my attention usually fixed. Not this series tho. even after 3 episodes i'm still don't get excited. The actor performance was A-Okay but the plot of the story are not really eye catching and honestly almost creepy. At first i was trying to understand that maybe the main character is suffering but he always give a weird vibe and that's been proven on the not-so-ethical scene with his photo. and i thought that the main role just having some kind of stockholm syndrome or something but i just don't get it. after watching all the episodes i don't see any interesting grow both from the plot or the character. i even look up when i watch the 3rd episode that this is the best BL in 2023 and honestly i dont really think so.

I was told that if someone think that this series is not good, they should wathed it again. and I did.

Okay first and foremost i need to repent my previous opinion because i need to understand that every series is different. and watching this series after a very 'green flag' series probably corrupt my expectation lol.

okay now let's Re- Review the series again.
Yagi yusei acting are definitely good! he potrait someone who is very insecure and broken but he need to have a strong shell outside. he play the character kiyoi so good he gets all the sad, envy, sorrow, loneliness, love very well.
keep it in mind, if you don't think the same opinion as me, he supposed to be a tsundere here. so yeah he is suppose to be harsh on hira while also wanting to love him. he just wanted to be treated for the way he is as human. as hira always looks up to him as "deity"

i just need to dig more about this very low self esteem behaviour of Hira. still makes me very frustated to figure out what he wants.

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Exceeds my expectations

During a lull period in my life, I decided to pick this up from my watchlist due to its esports genre. Honestly, I did not have high hopes for it due to the comments on Lu Han's acting in other shows. But this show really BLEW ME AWAY. The slight fantasy part and the romance was secondary, what I really loved was the team spirit and love between the members of both teams. Both male leads were fighting for their dreams, backed by a great team. Even small nobodies can also make it big. Although there was a sudden plot twist with Lu Han's character and his best friend, I still found the entire story overall to be superb. Lu Han exceeded my expectations while Wu Lei performed well as expected. OST was also great, esp this song 梦寐之地 by Lu Han. I suggest everyone to give this a try.

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Plot twist after plot twist!

I've experienced more emotions in these last 18 episodes than I've been in a month lol

It feels like the writer is trying to put 3 shows into 1:

It feels like law drama + memory loss + prison break into one lol.

I personally think the prison break is unnecessary and it's kinda not making sense, although I do enjoy it.

I'd rather seeing the evidence being laid out during the trial for Cha Min Ho, althou I also understand why they want to wrap it up clean and neat. I just love watching law show ,I guess lol.

Both child actors are so cute and sweetheart too! Oh, the surprise twist for me is this

Our Optimus Prime LOL. If you've watched him at DOTS, you'll remember how annoying he is. He often is the case in other show too, but FOR ONCE, he is such a great help here

He is funny and helpful and surprisingly loyal. I really like his character here and this is a major character surprise for me. Coz, when I first saw him, I expect him to be the typical bad guy that he is

All the other characters are all very well done too. Touching and satsifsying ending too

I highly recommend this show! Old shows are indeed better, we don't see such great shows these days anymore

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Emotional rollercoaster with phenomenal characters and brilliant storytelling

Yeon Shi Un is a smart student but he's physically frail, making him an easy target for the bullies who are jealous of his top grades. Based on a webtoon with the same title, it deals with an unlikely bonding heroes who stand up for themselves in their unique ways. The underdog become the alpha dog in this Pavlovian classic battle, fueled by rocking OST, amazing camera angles, unique film-editing and well-paced pen clicks!

It is short yet it covers a lot of deep values of youth fragility and found friendships. WHC1 seems to be grieving and questioning the youth fragility, showing how teenage life is like walking on thin ice, how the past leaves a trauma long after the incident. Trigger warning! There is much violence as it is a bullying story, all the blood, pain, violence, but... it is also very fun!

Sure, bullying drama is not new, but the storytelling is very unique. From the intro we see this cool blue-tone, it's quite mellow, I absolutely adore it, and adore seeing the intro even more as I get into the final. It doesn't look gory. It feels angsty. Loved the fighting scenes, the choreography for the fighting scenes are like dance, like I'm watching a musical.

the story wouldn't have the impact it has, if the characters didn't feel as real as they do. The journeys that they go on individually and then all together are just heartbreaking. I felt so much emotion watching them. I laughed, I cried, I felt angry, I have such a strong connection with the characters and I thought that's so rare nowadays... to feel so connected with characters. They're really easy to relate to and I think that's because they're teenagers and I was a teenager and I relate to a lot of the stuff they went through, not the like taking down a gambling gang, but the friendship troubles and the exams and part-time jobs, stuff like that... It had everything I might want from a show like this trio: cute fighter, psycho brain, cinnamon roll who just wants to help.

Absolutely award-winning levels of acting. Their facial expressions speak more than speeches and actions, the quiet gazes worth more than words. Even though they are all amazing, I'm not taking anything away from any of them… but Park Jihoon who played Shi Un really stood out for me and I watched this show months ago and the climax scene with Shin Un the last episode... that still sticks with me. That scene is so powerful and it is literally because of his acting.

The plot is tight without fillers, it has no romance, but there are tons of conflict and I love conflict. I really like the dialogue and I also the visual storytelling is just skillful. Well-written scripts are more than anything I really look up to the show and the writers who worked on it because it really is just phenomenal. It's literally flawless I don't have anything bad to say about it. Hands down the most heartbreaking drama I've ever seen and I genuinely mean that!

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The PLOT is old but the way they portray it so interesting

First of all, I didn't expect much from this kind of revenge story (I'm tired of watching it), but this drama changed my mind. With a low budget, they did so well. The character development of FL is so well-written from kind and loveable to hurtless, her acting is comfortable not so aggressive. Besides, other character acting is not annoying like in other Korean family films, ML is okay because it doesn't require much acting skills.
The story is predictable but the way it is pictured still makes curious ep by ep, and especially the chemistry between FL and ML is so good. 12 episodes are good enough for this kind of series genre <<<<3

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Cinderella’s Sister (2010) - I have seen this drama now that I am older compared to when it was released where I was still not into korean dramas. I was curious to see this drama since it was shown on our local television dubbed in our language, and sadly the timeslot for this drama is at night where I am already asleep. I felt weird watching this since it was produced a long time ago, and the pacing is quite different than what I used to, but the story is really great.

I like how the emotions flow between the characters. The actors are also really good in portraying their characters. The characters, though have flaws, I did not have that hatred towards them, even if they are the supposed antagonist, because their characters have a meaning.

It was a good watch. Definitely recommended.

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A Man Called God (2010) - roller coaster ride with this drama because of how the character developed through time and also how the revenge plot should be. Since it is 24 episodes, it felt so long watching this (*I usually watch 16-20 episode korean dramas). I think there are a lot of fillers, the characters are also a lot, which my brain can't really handle. It has a lot of unbelievable tactics to it, as well as plot holes. I didn’t like the ending as well, I don’t think I hate the drama since I enjoyed some episodes of it. The action scenes are great, and since Song Il Gook is also the main actor, which I am very curious as an actor since I only seen him in Return of Superman. His role here is perfect for him, and though he has little lines/script, I find him really in par with his character as Choi Kang Ta/Peter Pan. The ending was disappointing for me, I still had remaining questions as to what really happened. I think it was not wrapped up beautifully.

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The drama is bad, really bad. The story itself is somehow good base on the plot but was not really executed well. The storyline and pacing sucks, that is why it didn't really progress further.

The characters in the drama are mostly shallow people that is why as a watcher, I can't connect with them or empathize with them. The acting of the actors are bad as well, only few would I say had decent acting. Main male lead though I love him in B2st but not here. I mean, he needs more acting workshop I suppose.

I would not recommend this drama, even though it is suppose to be for newcomers, but it did not really justified my time watching this.

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Lost you forever

It’s been long since I watched a series that catched me so much, since the beginning I was interested in the plot/story because I could relate kinda personally in some way. I binge watched all episodes in a short time, because the show was just so amazing. The characters are very unique and well written. I never experienced the problem that I couldn’t decide between the male leads, but here I really couldn’t decide between Tushan Jing and Xiang Liu in the beginning because all two or maybe even three (except for fenglong, he is in my eyes rather a friend to her) male leads or love interests have something special about them. At first I was so rooting for Ye Shiqi/Tushan Jing and despised Xiang Liu, but I have a weekness for unique looking characters, especially in white haha, he slowly started to develop feelings for her or even liked her since the beginning, but hid it really well, throughout the show, he gets friendlier with her, although he is still sometimes a bit rude/angry, but Xiaoyao really knows how to interact with him and I liked her really much. Throughout the show, I found myself rooting for her and Xiang Liu, similar to Tushan Jing, she has a lot in common with both of them but I don’t know why, I feel like Xiang Liu would be the best match for her, because he is there in important situations, I just wish they had more scenes together, more romantic scenes, but I have hope in the second season and really can’t wait till it airs! I guess I have to read the novel in the meantime. I wouldn’t have minded if the season had more episodes or covered everything. I find myself dropping shows when they have a lot of episodes, which is typical for chinese shows, but in this case, I always wanted to know what happens next and had to keep watching. I really really hope that maybe she will end up with Xiang Liu and will be happy but my heart hurt sometimes for Tushan Jing, especially when Fangfang Yiying kinda druggend and exploited him? Triggerwarning!! Maybe even r*ped him, but I still think that the child isn’t his son, rather the one from his brother so maybe fangfang yiying didn’t do anything with him because she was disgusted. Still, I don’t understand why she still wanted to marry him and why he did it in the end. He really kinda broke his promise to give anything up for Xiaoyao, I understand that she was hurt and angry but it actually wasn’t his fault, still, I think they somehow needed to kind of end their relationship to hopefully give change to my beloved Xiang Liu haha.
But I kinda wish they would have also shed more light on Cangxuans feelings for her, I wasn’t sure for a long time because it’s rather subtle, but now I think he has feelings for her and only her (I already spoilered myself a little bit), so I still feel sorry for him that he can’t have her, but one notizes, that his status/power is more important for him than anything… and having a wife already is I think the elimination for him being a potential partner for Xiaoyao. So yeah, I am very very curious how the story will end and how the second season will be, but I have high hopes and expectations and I‘m very glad for another season, although I hope it won’t be too long to wait. I was also amazed by the beautiful dialogues/story telling sometimes, there were themes who really resonated with me and I often was very touched by the story and really felt with the characters. The visuals, acting and music also were really really good! But now I kinda feel lost after finishing it, this show was just too good, will definitely rewatch.

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Started with 0 expectations and fell in love

I don’t even know where to start from. I believe the cast is what gives justice to this drama more than anything else. I fell in love with Ryeoun, although I've watched him in Adult Trainee I freaking DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM. The story is a little confusing when it comes to time traveling because it leaves some unanswerable questions, like what happens to the present until Eun Gyeol comes back? How did everything change and how did this affect the others? I have many questions, plus the ending seemed a little rushed. I would LOVE a scene where Yi Chan recognized Eun Gyeol as his past friend. Of course there would be some flaws but I think the drama is very close to being perfect. Seorina, Choi Hyun Wook and Eun Soo were soooo good, this genre gives justice to Hyun Wook's acting. The best part is the sign language and deaf people recognition, I think many people got interested in learning sign language after watching TW, including myself. I hope we see more dramas like this in the future ☺️

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