Reviews

The main character is super adorable, but the show has too much drama.

I liked the start of the show a lot, and a good amount of the middle of the show was enjoyable enough, but I hated the ending. The female main character started out as having very strong values, but her core values were just tossed aside whenever the story needed to be dramatic. Her behaviour towards the end just didn't fit her previously established character, and all of this supposedly in the span of less than 3 months?

I know it's supposed to be a bit of a fairytale, but it's like a magic wand waved at the end to just make everyone be happy with whatever outcome the writers decided was a "happy ending", even if those things didn't make any sense, or the characters wouldn't have been able to make such serious personality changes in that timeframe.

The ending was way too over-the-top. It ruined the romance for me. But if you like the super dramatic cliche romance shows, this would be worth a watch.

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An unfinished controversial Chinese BL, worth the watch despite its shortcomings

This BL Chinese drama felt very indie to me being in its filmmaking, script and well as its music choices. It has a lot of qualities as well as shortcomings. One of them being that unfortunately, the show is unfinished: it stops after 15 episodes of 20 minutes, right in the middle of a narrative arc.

My understanding is that the series was cancelled due to the Chinese Government censorship regarding BL stories. Here indeed, the show does not shy away from its nature: it is clearly standing out as a romance between two guys rather than a blurry bromance leaving room too interpretation. It is a shame that the show was not allowed to complete its course but I am still glad to have watched it as I think it is an important piece in the BL genre.

Despite the characters being not really likeable and the romance having some deep toxic roots, I was totally invested in the relationship forming between the two main male leads. There are not stereotypical protagonists and they felt very real to me with their raw and dry personalities. In addition to the romance, there is a strong family component to the script: it is more or less inspired but at least provide an interesting and spicy background for the relationships.

It is a shame that the secondary characters felt not correctly exploited, it seems that the writer was planning something for them but their journey never really started. It is also really too bad that almost all the female protagonists are awful: they are the antagonists and nothing more, which I found really lacking nuance.

I would recommend this to people looking for a more raw BL romance in a high school. The romance is kind of toxic but captivating to follow. And there is a real indie feel to the show that I found really attractive. As stated above, you need to be aware that because it was cancelled, it does not have a proper ending with most of the narrative arcs are left unfinished. I still think it is really worth a watch just to see the development of the romance which has some really enthralling peaks and valleys.

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Good Show But Not The Best

I'm going to try and not make this super long. The show was good. ML was your typical "bad boy" who fell for the "good girl". He wasn't "bad" in the sense he was evil more in the sense that he was, stone face (doesn't really show emotion) and serious. Of course, FL and ML don't fall for each other right away, but she slowly breaks down his wall. Then you have the typical "love triangle" (I'll get more into that). You also have the mother-in-law. Of course, the mother-in-law doesn't like the FL and tries to break her and the ML up multiple times. Although there are moments where the mother-in-law has a point when she is talking down on the FL.

The second half of the show is what brings the show down for me. There is way less focus on the cooking/kitchen aspect of the show and more focus on the drama.

SPOILERS!!!!!!

I HATED the "love triangle" because of how DUMB the FL acted. The ML and ML2 are brothers and hate each other due to the past. At first the FL is trying to get them to talk to each other, but she always ends up in "awkward situations" with ML2 which just makes things worse. The ML tells the FL he doesn't want her hanging around ML2 (and he has a reason to hate him. The ML2 is deliberately trying to break them up and steal FL as revenge against ML) which she says she understands. Later she ends up hanging out with ML2 as a way to get him to talk to ML and mend their relationship. She ends up getting drunk and the ML2 takes her home, where he literally hands her to the ML and gives him a smirk (basically saying "ha I had your girl"). The FL wakes up Infront of the mother-in-law where she chews her out (which I'm on the mom's side on this part). She tries to call ML but he won't answer and is mad at her. She then goes to ML2 house and ask him if anything happened when he dropped her off, why would ML be mad (of course ML2 isn't about to tell the truth). She then shows up to ML job WITH ML2 and ends up in an "awkward situation" with ML2 Infront of ML. Of course, ML doesn't want to talk to her and walks away, but he turns to look back and ML2 is smirking. Then there's a moment ML2 is manipulating her into breaking up with ML. It just pisses me off how DUMB and DENSE FL is when it comes to what ML2 is doing. He is clearly messing things up but she cant see that. And OF COURSE its the ML who comes running back to her.

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Not for me.

I'm dropping this.
The convoluted premise is just not interesting and Song Yi is not utilized super well.
See, I find she's at her best as a strong confident character, sassiness being appreciated.
Here she just pines and cries all the time.
Like girl, you got arranged-married into a rich family, how awful for you! And your husband even wants to divorce you and give you a ton of money? The horror!
Main dude tries, he's trying so hard I'm surprised he didn't pull a funny muscle in his face. Also his ears are massive.
But yeah, it's just not what I hoped. Definitely not Dream of Splendor, nor Joy of Life/My Heroic Husband.
Pass.

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There is not novelty, time-stretching behavior.

Story: bad
It is very difficult to watch 100% of the movie time, I skipped a lot.
This movie is like writing a program.
Created a problem in the first episode => solved the problem in the last episode.
In the middle of the movie:
Created problems => solved it.
=> created more problems => solved it =>..................
This method is repeated too much.
The supporting characters are almost non-existent.
Only those who are very patient can watch it all.
Acting/Cast:
Both the main is very good. The supporting characters OK.
Closthe, music, background..... Good for all.

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the Best Song from my Crush

This will now rank in the top 3 of my most favorite KBL drama, ever.

First of all, id like to thank the heavens for gracing us with this drama in a Netflix-style one-time drop of 8 episodes. I think I would have felt a lot differently had I seen this one or 2 episode per week. The bitch watching, i mean the binge watching has helped me cope with my week.

Second, its rare to see a Korean BL series that is not long but doesnt feel rushed. This one has the perfect pacing and rightly focused on the main characters, without the unnecessary fillers. The creators have amply contained the storyline and used what little time they have in progressing the story.

Third, my goodness the soundtrack is amazing. Is that the real voice of Jang Do Yoon cause he sounds divine? The first main song "Letter of Apology" and the last song "Second Wind" are both emotional and perfectly sung!

Fourth, and I don't know if I still need to mention this, but the two main leads made me fall in love with their characters. They are both really pleasant to look at and believable - even when they were playing young students to the time that they were living together chasing their dreams, I cant even believe that both actors are already in their late 20s.

Understandably, the show isn't perfect.

I specially find it unbelievable that the guitar teacher became a newly-debuted idol at his age - he looks a bit old to be honest. However i did appreciate the series'way of tying his storyline without him being too evil.

I also noticed how super physically touchy the male characters around Han Ba Ram -sometimes to an uncofortable degree. It happened both with the teacher and then with Im Han Tae. 'One would feel and see they were clearly leading him on. I would have misinterpreted those moves myself if Im around these 2 guys. But when Ba Ram told them about his feelings both of them acted surprised - and I really found it perplexing in Han Tae's case since I thought he himself was inloved with Baram eversince episode 1.

However, despite its flaws, I still find myself pining for the leads and cheered for the triumph of their love story. For me, the strongest part of the whole series is when Ba Ram and Han Tae were just hanging out together. Great easy watch for a day (or two) and will relatively be easy to re-watch on a rainy day. Overall, I give it a 9 out of 10.

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Worth to rewatch

I watched many versions related to Yang family in movies, but this is the best one I could say
Performance, Actors, actions scenes, customs in the movies are invested carefully and the content is also the same in the history.
Compared to other, this version is much more highly invested and great performance, so I rated as the highest score.
I watched it 15 years ago and now I rewatched for a few times, it is still interesting and never get bored, still the same feeling for the first time

I hope there will be the version of after generation of Yang made my this directors and these actors.

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Beautifully written plot paired with unique cinematography forms an inspiring youthful masterpiece.

This drama depicted mental health struggles, trauma, and the idea surrounding one's identity in a social atmosphere in the most immersive and thoughtful way possible.

The cinematography alone left me amazed, the indirect use of cinematography allows for the viewers to be immersed in the show, and the use of lighting and saturation as well as the contrast between different colors in different scenes allow to set the mood/tone of the scene allowing viewers to understand what emotion is being displayed without needing to directly display it. The soundtrack and the use of music alone were enough to provide a glimpse into each character's life. Each character within the show develops through the experiences they have gone through and the idea of character development through experiences was created flawlessly. This show felt casual despite the fact it touched upon countless important/serious topics and in the end it wraps itself up perfectly. The development of romance throughout paired with the plot left me attached to the show in a very empathetic light.

I love the way it touches upon the topic that everyone is going through something in their own way, but the way we see the characters develop from their trauma and work through it all together allowed me to realize the world is not as isolating as I always thought it was. Just because something within life happened it does not have to limit me from growing as a person. I believe mental health being depicted in shows is very important but many times I am afraid that it will be depicted incorrectly or stereotypically and would be glamorized/romanticized rather than showing the harsh reality of it BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE WITH THIS SHOW. The way mental health/mental struggles was depicted was perfect, it showed the raw reality of the isolating and lonely experience mental health struggles can leave individuals in but it also shows that struggling is not the end, and that it is always possible to overcome situations despite the fact it may difficult but- still possible. I applaud this show for being able to depict all this as well as produce a short cinematographical masterpiece.

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WATCH IT RIGHT NOW!!!!

I literally just binged this entire series and I’m so glad I didn’t wait too long to watch it. This is not only one of the best productions that GMMTV has done but one of the best productions period. This is one of the only few dramas I’ve watched with fully fleshed characters. There is literally no wasted screen time. Every scene and character has a purpose and there’s no unnecessary drama.
The OST is great, the cinematography is gorgeous and more importantly the CAST CAN ACT!!!! I can literally rant about how good this show is for hours but instead of telling y’all about this beauty I just need you to experience it for yourself first hand!!!!!

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From wonder to worst

Drama started very well and then it went down hill from the moment
at start mother look cool and modern woman but at end she is still same slut what she was in her high school days
ML and FL has no chemistry at all male lead is so indifferent until ep 6, no they will force them into couple in half drama what is left i can already see that would look forced
Mother meet her lover that run away after impregnating her but she just start woo an old man like he is some idol star

how FL was abused by her Horny mother..... was shown something light comedy
once she even try to sexually exploit her own daughter by pulling her into bathtub together without her consent (if that mother was a father this would be a big issue)
it was abused
......................................................... if your mentally ill then you can watch and laugh at this kind of fake feminism
show is trying to look it about strong females but in end this female need stick inside them to live any dirty stick from street would should be put inside them so they can live
every woman need man this what this drama want to show, but man doesn't need woman, woman have to sell themself like a product so they can be picked by a pervert look old man for there bed time, if not they can't be happy

after watching episode at Mother now even start to brag about a child she had in school like it was a achievement she had
her poor fatherless child whom she abused all her life now become a Trophy to brag about,

Drama has dialogues like Your mother was amazing for getting Pregent during school
what so amazing about leaving your study to satisfy lust and then call it love, if it was love then it could have waited it was lust that do not have patience,
what is So great about this MOTHER she isn't strong single mother, but a depended who accept any man, doesn't have ant standard for men,
This woman shown as Mother in this drama is making joke of single mother and is great insult to all those real Independent women
A 50 year man is talking like a 15 year old, they were teenager when they had kid but now they are middle aged people but acting like they aren't matured yet, do director stole this script from elementary school kids bag
FL is most un professional cop ever, that's something is right about this drama they portray how useless and unprofessional Korean police is( kudos)

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love everything...first impression

the story kinda fresh summer vibe...gives me butterflys<3the actors have a strong chemistry makes u wanna go on with episodes ,everything seems magical idk how but i love it... cant wait for the 5th ep >
maybe the idea of the glasses removed anyoned me bit cuz glasses not a bad thing or bad mejor in look yk what i mean...abit fast but doesn,t really bothers me at all.

><100% worth the shoot to watch and countine untill last ep.

ik abit much for onnly4 eps but trust me in love hooked already invested in the story and the couples...at the end i cant say much and give 100% clear view untill the last ep>

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Just easy fun. And that's exactly why it's good.

This was my first ever k drama and it really made me want to watch more of them.

It is fun, not hard to watch series with some cringy moment. It is not the bad cring, that make you physicly hurt, but it is fun cringy, but cute(if that makes sense).

It has some cheap laughs, but i don't think thats bad or annoing, because that helps it to be really easy to watch. Also while watching it you don't really have to think about it too much.

The main couple is really sweet and the characters overall are quite likeable.

It is not the best k drama i've ever watched but it surely is entertaining and it is nice to watch it again(which i did recently and it is just as fun as when i wached it for the fist time). It is not very serious but it is cute and fun.

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