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villian and innocent fml

i blindly watched without reading reviews, because rating was 8 after 4 finally understood what is going to be the end

ml is same as some villian from historical era who kills people without thinking, or doesn't care about anyone
he orders to kill people, does animal hunting, and also was going to cut hands of 2 people which FML stopped
he isn't nice or different to her she was in prison all time only later became chef
and there's drunk kiss scene already at 4 seriously?

just what happened to kdrama? these stories are getting a kdrama ?

all they show is cooking that's it , no romance how can you expect romance between villian killer and innocent girl?

plot was good but this can't be a romance genre ? FML is basically kidnapped and salvery ,if she doesn't obey she will be killed

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Give this drama a try

No proper promotions. Just a teaser trailer and few people are waiting. In this season of good k-dramas airing, I chose this. I'm happy that I did because it doesn't feel heavy when I'm tuning in every week. I don't get why people are dropping this, it was pretty obvious that this is a healing and wholesome drama ,they expect shocking plots. I could not relate because goodness I am enjoying this. I was abit scared for episode 12 since its always rushed but thank God it wasn't. It was enough to close all plots. In a few years, people would recommend this drama and call it criminally underrated.

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I’ll have whatever the script writers were smoking…

Great fun and extremely funny (I love how the parents never say anything but whenever they’re in a scene they’re eating!).

Cleverly written and I love how this parodies other BL stories - every male is gay (except the dad) and every female squeals a lot and goes completely nuts for BL shipping. The tall boy/men are tops and the short ones are bottoms and look about 12. There’s any excuse for a cheesy pick up scenarios - from a bad boy shoulder checking a cute little effeminate boy and within seconds the two are giving each other googoo eyes to a lovers’ spat caused by jealousy that morphs into passionate declarations of love. Hilarious.

Very short but very sweet.

Would I watch again? No, but will be checking out the other three series at some point

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Balancing Chaotic Comedy and Serious Storytelling

The series succeeds because it fully embraces its identity as a romantic comedy while still knowing exactly when to become emotionally serious. What makes it stand out is how naturally it switches between absurd comedy, emotional drama, romance, and even heavier themes without completely losing its tone. Many scenes that could easily feel awkward or overly exaggerated somehow still work because the chemistry between the leads keeps the emotional core believable and charming throughout the entire series.

The relationship development between Si and Klao is especially enjoyable because it gradually evolves from pure comedic chaos into something emotionally sincere and surprisingly mature. The series also deserves credit for handling certain relationship conflicts and uncomfortable situations more openly and thoughtfully than many other GL dramas do. Combined with strong production quality, entertaining pacing, and genuinely funny comedy, the show remains consistently engaging from beginning to end.

At the same time, the series is not without flaws. Some plot developments rely on convenient or cliché storytelling, certain character developments happen too quickly, and the antagonist never becomes particularly complex or interesting. The portrayal of farm life remains very superficial despite being such an important part of the setting.

Still, despite these weaknesses, the series delivers exactly what it wants to be: a funny, emotional, warm, and highly entertaining romantic comedy with strong chemistry, memorable emotional moments, and a surprisingly good balance between humor and serious storytelling.

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A Good Palette Cleanser

this show is the perfect palette cleanser when you want to recover your brain cells after a bad drama. it’s not exactly deep or groundbreaking, but it completely keeps your attention. the pacing is good, the setting is nice and the visual effects for the application are really fun and colorful.

the acting from the male cast was just completely elite. i desperately went into this show wanting mi-rae to end up with seo kang-joon because of all the edits i saw. but oh my god, i officially fell in love with seo in-guk instead. his micro-expressions are insane, and during his confession and the finale when he cried, i literally cried with him bcs kyeong-nam is just the ultimate best boy. i loved seeing his pov and the way he comforted mi-rae when she was so afraid of getting hurt again was just so adorable. this show did a great job of showing a lot of complexities in love without making it exaggerated.

not to shade jisoo bcs i love her but she definitely got outshined by her male leads. she was okay, but being paired up with such heavy professional actors just made her look a bit weaker this time.

but the plot is where it completely falls apart bcs of the absolute waste of the sci-fi setting. in a world where ai is literally taking over everything, this show had a perfect opportunity to deliver a deep message about why real human connection is superior. kyeong-nam was willing to repatch things with mi-rae bcs he realised he was better for her because he was real and he cared. but the ending totally copped out. look at the author yun song. she just keeps using the app, gaslighting herself into a fake relationship, and literally turning against actual humans who tell her it's bad. it felt so shallow and annoying. i wish she had just given the machine away, learned to love herself, and found real love like ji-yeon sort of did—though even ji-yeon’s ending with min lacked any real depth. if a vr app like boyfriend on demand existed in real life, the world would literally go haywire and destroy itself, so treating it like a harmless, consequence-free lifestyle choice at the end just felt lazy and simple.

its a solid 8.7/10 for the romance and the male leads, but an 8/10 overall because of the shallow plot.

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A Complex and Ambitious GL Series

I think the series is one of the strongest and most ambitious GL dramas. What makes it stand out is the emotionally complex storytelling, the layered relationship dynamic between Arisa and Lalin, and especially the outstanding acting performances that carry both the romance and the heavier emotional conflicts throughout the series. The story constantly builds tension by slowly revealing the truth piece by piece, which makes the emotional payoff and character breakdowns feel very impactful.

What impressed me the most is how mature and emotionally intense the series feels compared to many other GL productions. The relationship is not built on simple misunderstandings alone, but on manipulation, guilt, trauma, love, and conflicting loyalties, which creates a much deeper emotional experience. The production quality, editing, pacing, and emotional scenes are consistently strong, and the series is not afraid to take darker or more uncomfortable storytelling directions.

At the same time, the series is not without flaws. There are some convenient or cliché drama moments, especially in the later episodes, and a few plot holes or unresolved details that become more noticeable once everything is revealed. Certain emotional resolutions also happen a bit too quickly and could have benefited from more development or explanation.

Still, despite these issues, the emotional core of the story remains extremely strong from beginning to end. The chemistry between the leads, the constant emotional tension, and the overall storytelling ambition make the series feel refreshing, intense, and genuinely memorable. Even with some imperfections, it succeeds at delivering one of the best emotionally engaging GL stories.

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Engfa-Charlott at Their Best

Personally I think it's Engfa-Charlotts best Series so far (and sadly probably their last one together). The series works especially well because of the emotional chemistry between the two leads, which feels more natural, mature, and believable than in their previous projects. From the very beginning, the relationship development between Nam and Lada is engaging and emotionally satisfying, with the first half of the series handling romance, tension, and character progression surprisingly well. The early episodes in particular create a very strong atmosphere where both the emotional and romantic aspects continuously improve without feeling rushed.

The group dynamics with the cousins and supporting characters also add charm and energy, especially in the later episodes. However, while the romance succeeds overall, the writing itself becomes noticeably weaker during the second half. Several conflicts feel artificially created simply to extend the story. Misunderstandings and forced drama are repeatedly used even when the characters themselves already seem emotionally mature enough to communicate properly.

Another major weakness is the handling of the Lada's family storyline. Some characters feel far too one-dimensional and are mostly used as plot devices for drama instead of being properly developed. Because of that, certain emotional moments later in the story feel less impactful than they probably were intended to be. Additionally, not every conflict receives a fully satisfying conclusion.

The series still succeeds where it matters most: making the audience emotionally care about the main couple. The emotional payoff, romantic progression, and overall chemistry remain consistently enjoyable throughout the show. While the writing has some issues and several side plots could have been handled much better, the series still manages to feel emotionally satisfying overall.

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RomCom que cumple con todo lo que nos gusta.

Empezó un poco lenta pero cada episodio fue superando al anterior y se convirtió en una de las más divertidas y bien concluidas comedias románticas de los últimos años. Las referencias a BOF, BP y a clichés que nos encantan me hicieron reír a carcajadas, la química de la pareja protagonista me llenó de dopamina y la historia sobre culpa, insomnio, el efecto prolongado de los somniferos, industria del K Beauty, televentas y relaciones afectivas familiares, de Jeong de pueblito y parche laboral estuvieron perfectamente desarrolladas sin dejar ningún cabo suelto, un final completo y redondo como nos gusta.

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Gold Land

Small spoilers.
It was really great drama, there is suspence and action. It was a little brutal, but not too gore. Great amount of episodes. I like the plot and how connected characters were. But there are things which dissapointed me. Not acting, acting was just perfect. Chemistry was really good. But some of decisions made by characters was simply stupid. Like yes, you will get rich if you not die in nezt 5 minutes.
A little about acting:
Park Bo Young - she is great, at this point nobody can questioned it, although it is true that she is a little type casted - I wished that she went a little more crazy/mad by greed or a little more brutal - that would prove her range more
Kim Sung Cheol - I am suprised in how many dramas I saw him and I do not recognize him in any, it can prove that he really great in his job. He was a little more "clever" in his decision than PBY. They had good chemistry and did not need to be a couple.
Villains were amazing, especially Lee Kwang Soo.
Ending waz good, Well, I expected sad endinh with most of them dying - it would match the story and would be more impactful and to be honest more realistic. I believe it is a little an open ending, since SPOILER cambodia guy was looking for her (I think that it was that guy), although I wished thar it ended with a bigger cliffhanger. I do not think that it nerds season 2,
Funny thing melody from intro reminded me of The last of us, which made me feel like this drama in general had similar vibe (minus apocalipse and zombie - it would be so good with zombie - I just like this vibe, do not judge). Also PBY's hairstyle reminded me of Ellie so yeah I could not get rid of feeling Tlou's vibe XD.
Well to sum up, there are things which will not be liked but acting is so good so I hardly believe that it is a must have if you like a genre.

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The visuals carried the whole drama

It was a drama with a lot of plot holes and not much consistency in the storytelling. Honestly, though, the actors were really good-looking. There are a lot of important elements in a BL drama, and visuals are definitely one of the things I care about the most.

That said, there were quite a few moments that just didn’t make sense to me while watching. A lot of situations developed way too suddenly. I had pretty high expectations because of the “meeting again after 10 years” storyline, but in the end, it just felt like a decent time-killer. I don’t think I’d watch it again.

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Dull with an overly sweet and unrealistic romance

I usually am a sucker for this genre but a few things here werent working for me. Firstly, the cases just werent interesting.

Secondly, i couldnt really stand the leads after awhile. The FL comes off dull and lacking in any type of emotions. Her "im so kind n smart n self righteous" schtick got really boring after awhile. This is my first time watching li landi and i didnt find her very charismatic. Ao ruipeng was no better. His character seemed 2 dimensional, actually both of them were very 2 D and he seemed to exist just to serve the FL. He saves her from all sorts of ridiculously dangerous situations. The romance - ugh more than 50% of the shows focus was on the romance and even that was dull. Perfect, sweet and overly cloying. Neither of them seemed to have any faults and he was practically a simp for her from day 1. There wasnt any tension, they never quarrelled.. just nothing. While the actors has rapport i didnt feel much chemistry and their scenes were quite contrived.

Overall quite a disappointing watch.

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The Ultimate Office Romance

Why on earth is Song Weilong not in the first 4 episodes?! My favorite part of school dramas has always been the dormitory friendships. School is over, and now she has started sharing a room with her coworkers. Also, the post-graduation job hunt and her starting out at the company were so inspiring and beautiful. I guess this is exactly the kind of life I dream of. (Especially the job fair thing—it was the first time I've ever heard of it, and I think it’s a brilliant concept.)

In Episode 5, at 33:00, one of the girls says the female lead misinterprets everything. Seriously, since the first episode, she has been looking at everything from the most wrong and ridiculous perspective possible.
“Daydreaming is a disease, and it requires serious treatment.” XD

In Episode 5, at 34:25, she prepares an Excel sheet for Yu Sen. This is literally my life. For the first time, I am seeing so many things I dream about all together in one drama. (I got so excited!)

Episode 8, 32:30 – "What kind of sick person eats every single meal with doctors?"
Episode 9, 20:30 – "My coworker jumped off the building."

I don't know if it's because I have an interest in and a fascination with Chinese corporate life, but I absolutely love the office scenes.

Episode 9, 21:34 – "What if I forget my wallet and make Mr. Lin pay for the whole meal?"
Episode 9, 23:30 – "Nie Xiguang, I forgot my wallet." (That was such an unexpected line from a big boss playing a serious role.)
Episode 9, 24:45 – He accepts the compliments as if he paid the bill himself. XD

Episode 21, 35:40 – "Even though you are a total troublemaker, leaving these little snowmen of yours behind on Changbai Mountain breaks my heart." "It’s okay, you are taking their creator with you."

In Episode 27, at 06:10, the female lead's uncle's impression was hilarious. He is one of my favorite characters in the drama. In the previous episode, he sent a photo of the main leads to his wife just to ask for pocket money. XD

In Episode 29, the female lead's mother mentioning that she had some regrets after the divorce shows that she isn't a hollow or shallow character. Instead of just filling herself with anger and acting purely out of spite, she calmly thinks and does what is best for herself. Most characters in dramas lack this kind of depth; they usually just think based on pure logic, saying, "Okay, it's over, now I must look ahead." But in this drama, the characters are written with both logical and emotional foundations. I really liked that.

Episode 29, 17:55 – 18:12 – "She is my mother." XD
In Episode 31, at 35:00, Yu Sen didn't even look at the female lead as long as he stared at that lobster!

In Episode 32, at 25:25, Yu Sen kissing Xiguang on the cheek to check if she has a fever, and their hug at 44:44 were so sweet. <3
In Episode 34, at 31:33 – "Just convince her, that's enough."

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Takahashi is great

The reason I watched this was because I needed more from this actor after binging on Kishibe Rohan. This series is very addicting- I watched 6 episodes in one day. And the rest of the episodes started coming in like a slow drip.

Takahashi has this quality where he can be overly confident and borderline narcissistic while having a big heart of gold underneath. His performance soars above the others, and my ratings here reflect primarily on his performance, (the others were entirely forgettable even though many are familiar faces from other dramas I’ve seen). I think this is innate to the actor’s personality and so he can portray a broad depth of characters. Neo and Eito seem like opposites but are really two sides of the same coin. Even as Neo who is supposed to be overly driven and narcissistic and selfish, you can see the kindness in him underneath all of it. There is a vulnerability in him even in that role, and how underneath the bravado there is sadness and loneliness underneath. To see how that mind or soul adjusts to life as Eito is really interesting because out of necessity he builds compassion within himself, which was already there in him in seed form. Leave it to Takahashi to make you feel empathy for his character, seeing a deeper dimension in it, even when he’s playing a supposed a-hole. I noticed this even in Nagi’s Long Vacation and thought, “Wow this guy is brilliant.”

The story reminds me of The Family Man, where the first version of the main character is a high flying executive businessman who puts his relationship with some chick on the back burner, and he gets transported by a magical moment to have a glimpse into a different life where he had chosen the female over his career. He wakes up in a brood of kids and his wife- they’re poor, but happy and have hearts of gold. The businessman is painted as a arse, while the poor man with the wife and kids is painted as a saint where “real happiness” lives. To me the second life surrounded by buffoons looked like hell- and endless loop of the same old boring family characters crowding the scene with their needs and wants, and behaving in foolish, ignorant, and trashy ways, calling it happiness. This is the same virtue signaling I see in Reborn- the idea that poor people have hearts of gold and the rich like Neo are scum. But Neo has a good heart. If you look closely, the poor ones in Eito’s life are just as sinful, selfish, egotistical, money hungry, and greedy as the rich folk, sometimes even more so. The only thing is it is all mixed in with foolishness, sentimentality, and ignorance in business so they look even more ridiculous. And Sarasa making her ridiculous comments to her money hungry dad Kinpei San who lost their shopping street’s entire savings with bad stock investments, like “Maybe it’s good that you lost all that money, because I like seeing you working hard!” What? What kind of ridiculous nonsense is that? But when Neo offers a very fair deal to by up their shopping street and secure their futures with a lucrative relocation package in the name of “For the People” which he offered to pay 5 times the original amount, but the shopping street people are in an uproar because they “Don’t want to leave their home” and some sentimental nonsense even though they blew all their savings in some stock market fraud and have no customers left- but they have to blame everything on the rich CEO guy because “He must be bad and we need someone to blame for our problems even though we blew all of our savings which came from Eito who is really the mastermind of Neo so we should actually be doubly thankful to Neo.”

The fools of Akari shopping street are painted in a kind of saintly idealistic light as if they have hearts of gold when they are just ignorant, pompous, arrogant, greedy, and prideful for no good reason. They freely take Eito’s help, but constantly sabotage their success and go off drinking or harming themselves (ie Kinpei) whenever they have problems without regard to their families that they claim to care about. Kinpei starts getting drunk everyday in the name of bonding and sentimentality and eventually causes himself and the family the ultimate harm which is just an ego image of “We’re good people unlike that horrible Neo!” Again virtue signaling. Kinpei getting drunk shamelessly in front of his daughter while telling Eito useless old stories about Sarasa in diapers while she smiles on is not bonding or love, but dysfunction, coping, and addiction wrapped in sentimentality. Sentimentality is NOT true love or honorable or virtuous. Kinpei commits suicide and the whole family blames it on Neo, instead of understanding that every person is accountable and must take responsibility for their own actions. Neo didn’t kill Kinpei- Kinpei drank himself to madness and killed himself. He must be held responsible instead of blaming it on Neo and attempting to murder him. Taking their anger out not on Kinpei’s foolishness, but on Neo and other people who have nothing to do with Kinpei’s self destruction (he was known to drink too much even when Sarasa was a child and this fate was inevitable for him regardless of the situation). None of the fools on Akari shopping street understand the mind of Neo/Eito and even though he grows to love them or whatever, he remains set apart from them and an outsider. He is the only kind soul in that Akari Shopping street group that has any integrity. The shopping street fools never properly thank him or understand the gravity of how much he has constantly helped them.

Eiji (Eito’s father) tries to keep all the fools chained to his failing ridiculous shopping district for the sake of “memories” or sentimentality, which is nothing but stupidity and senseless attachment to material things and has no honor in it. Clutching to a dying shopping street business for what?

The croquette lady says this dialogue to Eiji following Kinpei’s second round of suicide: “Maybe it’s time to stop forcing your feelings on others. Everyone wants to stay. But if we stay, we’ll all die in the gutter. Face reality, Eiji. To survive, sometimes, you have to let something go…. (These younger guys).. they still have a future! How long will you keep them tied to this place? They’ll go along with you because they’re good, foolish people. Can you take responsibility for their lives? Our memories will live on in our hearts. We can dream of the day we come together again. Isn’t it time we let go?” This is probably the most sensible line of dialogue that came out of Akari shopping street. Finally someone had sense knocked into them. Though they pat themselves on the back for being “good foolish people,” there is nothing good or inherently righteous about being foolish and sentimentally attached to a dying business.

Eito’s father is truly a piece of work. Speaking of zero integrity, he blows all of Eito’s psychic prediction money that was supposed to be used to pay off their debts and instead bought himself a flashy suit and a watch and plunged them deeper into debt. How is that an heart of gold? “Oh but they’re just lovable family people!” No they’re not! And this father has no remorse except for an ugly sad expression as if he deserves pity for his own greed. And they somehow declare themselves saintly and virtuous compared to the rich guys. It’s abominable. The “low income” characters in the story are just as flawed and sinful or even more so than the rich ones, but the rich are blamed even when they do good. The poor just haven’t had the chance to play out their dysfunctional tendencies on a grander scale like the rich- just give them a lottery win and see what happens. They’ll blow it all in a few months. We all know how that turns out. People simply act according to their roles, and are mostly sinful creatures. It’s only the one that has true self awareness and conscious presence (aka Neo & Eito) who are the outsiders and can see the whole situation from a bird’s eye view beyond their role

So in the end, it was just as I had expected, Neo and Eito had switched places, and each was living and playing the role of the other. In Neo’s position, the soul is lonely and tries to do good from a distance while maintaining his position and ambition, and in Eito’s position the soul is kind and surrounded by ignorant buffoons but is apparently not lonely. My favorite scene of the entire series was the conversation between Eito and Neo in switched bodies (I increased my rating just for that scene)- it was truly a sight to see- but they had so much more to talk about! Like how they came from the same mother and are actually brothers or twins (?). But the new Neo just left it like that and Eito dies.. But that was Eito’s script- he fulfilled that role and exited the stage. For people saying it was an unsatisfying ending, each character on the stage has a role, events, etc and an exit time. Once that role is done, it’s done. I’d say it made sense- it’s not like any of the characters would live forever- and according to that Eito script and role, he was meant to die soon. So he played it out and bowed out of the stage. Interestingly enough, the original Neo (in Eito’s body) had intended to die/fall down the stairs to his death, and it ended up happening except in Eito’s body. Anyways, I like the open mysterious ending. I don’t need to figure everything out. A little mystery is nice. I don’t know who the baby is and I don’t care that much, although there are some interesting suggestions that it is Old Neo/Old Eito coming back into the baby’s body lol.. will it use its memories to ace its way through life? Who knows? Reborn the sequel! With that said, perhaps Old Neo/New Eito that died actually attained enlightenment (ego death) and doesn’t need to be reborn back into the cycle of samsara due to his high integrity and compassion he had developed in his Eito life, that basically surrendered the ego. That would be the best outcome of all.

Speaking of body swap dramas, Takahashi’s own drama Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange is an awesome one!

ULTIMATE SPOILER QUESTION: If the original Neo intended to commit suicide by falling down the stairs himself with no murderer (as was suggested by the Neo vs Eito conversation), then why when he goes into Eito’s body does he spend the entire series trying to answer the question “Yo who pushed me?!” He keeps making it into a murder from the beginning, but if he had meant to fall down the stairs on his own, wouldn’t he remember that he was on a suicide mission? What’s going on there?

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