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Love Transcends Time

For a pairing that literally had barely anything to do in ' The Next Prince', I was blown away for how good they were in this! Genuinely I got emotional during parts of this because the acting was so solid, especially JJ's!

I still really don't understand why so many disliked TNP and gave it such low ratings (probably way too high of expectations), but this show I loved just about on par! Maybe a little bit more, since the pacing didn't feel as slow as part of TNP did. Great acting, great sets and costumes, solid plot. Literally combine TNP with 'Reset' and its essentially this show in regards to the plot. I look forward to seeing Net & JJ in more shows to come! As well as Kim & Latte!

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"People can change completely depending upon the circumstances"

Takahashi Issei playing a dual role was all the motivation I needed to watch Reborn. The drama had an interesting premise but failed to capitalize on it for most of the episodes. While Issei was fascinating to watch as two different characters, much of the story failed to engage me.

Neo Kosei began working in relief organizations gaining a good reputation. He propelled that quickly into a corporation that capitalized on others' misfortunes. He comforted himself by saying that the sacrifice of a few gave greater gains to the many. (I kept hearing a quote regarding Ebenezer Scrooge going through my head during this drama. "I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you," Belle from A Christmas Carol.) When Neo takes a tumble down a temple staircase, he awakens in the body of Nomoto Eito in 2012, who coincidentally looks just like Neo. Eito was supposed to have died in an accident and yet now Neo is walking around in his body and part of the Akari Shopping Street that Neo had destroyed in 2026. Eito/Neo finds himself competing against himself as he tries to save the Akari shopkeepers and gain his old life back. Despite Eito/Neo’s attempts to change the future, the alley and his own life seem on a collision course with the known future and terrible price to pay.

As I said, the premise is worthy of a drama. The problem was the implementation. Chiefly, the shopkeepers weren’t well written. There were three that were often in the shot but rarely called by name. Most came across as amiable but financially incompetent and worse kept electing Eito’s dad, the financially inept Eiji, as chairperson or president. He was maddeningly bad with money and relied on himself instead of Eito/Neo which repeatedly made the situations go from bad to worse. There was a reason the street was failing. Eito’s love interest was kept hanging for 14 years which stretched the bounds of credulity. To top it off, the ending was unsatisfying and left numerous questions unanswered. If not for Takahashi Issei I would have rated this lower but gave it a .5 bump for him. Watchable, but frustrating.

16 June 2026

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recommend to watch

Nice drama, but ML was a little bit, very little bit boring and serious whereas the FL was exciting and fun to watch due to the in-depth character. OST is top notch Punch, Taeyeon
name them. but I did not like how Lee do Hyun was more of a bit or minor character and was shown way lesser.
well acting, great
ost great
storyline, the story writer needs some beating cos of the ending, too vague.
cinematography, well done

I can recommend it to someone else because of IU and the other hotel staff.

I cried, laughed, I was happy, disappointed and I had all the feelings while watching this

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? “A recipe of laughter, chaos, and pure entertainment "

The Legend of the Kitchen Soldier was such a fun and entertaining watch from start to finish.

The biggest strength of this drama is how naturally it mixes comedy with enjoyable storytelling.

Every episode kept me interested and never felt boring.
The funny moments landed really well and made the characters feel more lovable.

The main cast had great chemistry and made even simple scenes enjoyable.

I liked how the show stayed light while still keeping the audience invested.

The pacing was smooth and easy to binge.

I enjoyed was when the main character’s cooking skills ended up becoming a turning point and surprised everyone in a really satisfying way.

The humor felt fresh and gave me a lot of genuine laughs.
Overall, it’s one of those dramas you watch to relax and have a good time — highly recommended.

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good but could be better

First i will start off with the fact that the chemistry between the main leads was awesome. I felt the tension between them when she was leaving he didn't want her to leave but he couldn't do anything, especially because the dad said not to contact her again. But the plot in my opinion was pretty good but i did see a hint of similarity between this drama and speed and love. When i started i thought why would cousins date and almost dropped it but decided to watch it. It was worth the watch might be my fav drama for the summer because it was just a summer drama and was what we needed this summer. But i did have a problem with the timings. first they made the part when they were younger so long that they weren't able to show much romance and the romance just felt rushed with him meeting her dad. but the casting for this drama was awesome considering the fact that all of the cast looked really young and fit the younger role really well.

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A fantasy romance that perfectly matches my kdrama taste

Bear in mind: My taste in kdramas is very personal and uniquely my own.

I really enjoyed My Demon because it represents exactly the kind of kdrama I naturally gravitate towards. Fantasy romance with gorgeous visuals, intense chemistry, playful banter, emotional tension and a couple whose dynamic makes you want to keep watching them again and again.

For me, this drama was never just about the supernatural storyline. What truly made it memorable was the relationship between Do Do Hee and Gu Won. I loved watching their connection slowly shift from teasing, pride and chaotic power struggles into something much softer, deeper and more protective. Their enemies-to-lovers energy had the perfect balance of humour, tension and emotional vulnerability, which is one of the reasons I found them so addictive as a couple.

The whole drama has a very specific charm that perfectly matches my personal taste. It is stylish, romantic, dramatic, funny, mysterious and visually beautiful. All wrapped in this elegant dark-fairytale atmosphere. The cinematography, outfits, soundtrack and overall mood made every episode feel aesthetically pleasing and emotionally engaging at the same time.

My Demon became one of those dramas that I didn't watch once and move on from. It stayed with me enough to make me rewatch it multiple times because it gives me the exact comfort I love in kdramas. It is the kind of story I enjoy not only for the plot but for the feeling, atmosphere and emotional pull it creates.

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Masterpiece do século!

Não tenho palavras para descrever a experiência...

E eu que pensava que não me remetia do The Good Bad Mother! Não sei o que dizer mais sem ser: perfeito, a não rever (não porque não foi bom, mas sim por ter medo de chorar outra vez nos mesmos episódios, fiquei tão mal que não conseguia levantar-me sequer) e não aconselhado a corações frágeis como o meu (principalmente o último episódio). Cada cena tem um propósito, cada personagem tem uma história que nos faz relembrar algum momento da nossa vida e se, por ventura, retirassem algum pormenor, a história já não teria o mesmo impacto.
Não tenho nada a dizer sobre o elenco, simplesmente incrível, cada ator/atriz foi escolhido/a a dedo e não mudaria absolutamente nada! A química entre o casal principal foi mágica (mas a IU prefere o Lee Jongsuk e eu entendo) e RECOMENDO todos, independentemente se gostam de k-dramas ou não, a verem.

Props!: para Park Bogum, a emoção na atuação do nosso sunshine foi de outro mundo!
Curiosidade: não só ‘cresci’ um pouco mais como pessoa como alguns factos mencionados ao longo da história me fizeram pensar o quão duro realmente foi sobreviver para os que estavam cá antes de nós.

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When Everyone Around has a bit of psychosis (even the "good" guys) so whodunnit is not a slam dunk

Review

My rating: 8.5/10

I really enjoyed Link: Eat, Love, Kill - it wasn't perfect but it was a solid watch. It’s a very good serial killer mystery that does a phenomenal job of making so many of the characters slightly psychotic. This made the “who could it be” aspect much more difficult, as I could genuinely see multiple people being capable of violent acts. This was often revealed in darkly humorous situations that fit the storyline perfectly. 

There are a couple of romances, including of course the main romance between Eun Gye-hoon (male lead) and Noh Da-hyun (main girl), and they all are paced believably and completely feasible. The show is exciting enough that I didn’t find any episodes unnecessary or boring. If you like murder mystery-type dramas, darker humor, and a darker overall tone—or if you’re a fan of either of the main actors or the supporting cast—you would enjoy this. It was well-acted and well-scripted, a really solid offering in this genre.

Spoilers

One of the things that bothered me the most was Noh Da-hyun’s (main girl) total lack of self-preservation. She knows she has a stalker/killer after her and she just walks down dark alleys completely oblivious. Her mother who is so concerned for her still just waits for her worried when simply sending someone to walk with her would have made anything bad happening less likely. It’s hard for me to buy that she would put herself in so many powerless situations all the time. Having a stalker is terrifying, wise people do not put themselves in situations where they could be alone with their nemesis, but she did it time ana again. Her lack of self preservation was further evident toward the end when she does get attacked by the killer, she’s not going full force, which doesn’t make any sense to me. She’s scared but she’s fighting for her life, so that was a little bit disappointing.

There were also quite a few storylines that were started and I didn’t feel were ever completely resolved, like around the stalker. One thing that was really confusing was how he kept gifting her that box with all these items in it, and then it turned out later one of the items was a scarf. Given his girlfriend (who he had more likely than not murdered), he never really got that direct tie. He just knew he was going out with her, said the weird thing to the sister about her not coming back, and then they find her body—but it never directly linked it to him. That left an open question of whether he did that and kept that souvenir from her like a killer keeps items of their victims. Were the rest of the items in that box souvenirs from other victims of his? Anyways, it just completely drops out as if it’s no big deal, and I felt like that was a huge deal. Wanted to see him at least questioned in that case (maybe they would have found out about other victims) but we never got that loop closed.

Then you have the killer guy. I realize they were little kids so they didn’t want to go into too much detail, but it wasn’t clear at all why he took the little kids in particular. Most serial killers pick a type of victim, but for him it was like little kids and then older people. Why those little kids specifically, or was it just any little kids? Did he just want to end somebody and little kids were easier victims? I mean, I know you can never fully know what a psycho’s true motivation is, but usually there’s at least somewhat of a psychological profile to it, and that was completely lacking. He wasn't accused of being a pedophile, didn't show him creeping around little kids, but they seemed to be implying he was—so was he a pedophile or a killer? It’s just weird that we didn’t know more. I know they were trying to carefully approach the subjects, but we never knew what really happened to the sister or what happened to the dad. Since they were buried near each other we can assume the dad discovered who it was and wound up getting killed himself. We never got to know how they ended, and that sounds morbid but you kind of want to know. It just is part of the overall profile of the killer—of how and why, some of their motivations—so that was frustrating.

It’s also hard coming from a culture where self-defense is an acceptable thing if you ever have to use force. It was hard to understand how the mother (Noh Da-hyun’s mom) was in so much trouble when she was not only defending her daughter (Noh Da-hyun) but she was also defending the police officer who was about to get shanked by a chisel. To me, it was proof that such laws are pretty ineffective because they were always disarming themselves with other things—which you would if you couldn’t use a knife or a gun, then you would find other things if you felt in peril, which is exactly what they were doing. So you don’t end people ending other people; you just change what they choose. I have watched a lot of true crime and I would be very concerned about hammers. So, the self-defense and what constituted a weapon were very much outside of my own culture.

If anything, I did like that surprise with Noh Da-hyun’s (main girl) mom’s husband—Noh Da-hyun’s dad obviously was abusive to her, and the grandmother chose to take her daughter-in-law as her daughter rather than maintain a super close relationship with her son. I thought that was very admirable of her.

Korean guilt is always a hard thing for me to process because they feel guilty about different things than we might. Like, I could understand Noh Da-hyun (main girl) feeling guilty for letting go of the sister's hand, but for anyone else to even minimally blame her for that—was weird. It looked like the sister deliberately shook her hand to break the grip. In any case they were children and who can judge what they do when they are running from a monster. Usually it’s self-blame, but others understand the circumstances. Same thing with the mother getting rid of the second kidnapper, she felt guilty over that. Like she should turn herself in. I mean it was a crime in her culture but I get the police officer's perspective. Since we do not know the motivation of the second kidnapper, maybe he was a pedophile so she Freddie Kruegered him. We just don't know. Eun Gye-hoon (male lead) was mad at her for not turning herself in because he felt like somehow that would’ve helped them find his sister, which really wasn’t true at all at that point. It was two separate things. And you had a mother who came upon a situation where someone had hurt her daughter. Of course she wasn't in her right mind.

With the older man that left main guy's twin sister in the road when she asked for help, I was just flabbergasted. Like, what crazy adult would ever leave a child who said to please help as they had a bad person chasing them? It just showed how many morally gray and downright psychotic people there were in that little town and that little community. I was glad she haunted him—if anything, he needed to be haunted even more. He should have had every child that died of such crimes haunting him. What he did was unimaginably horrible, and he was partially responsible for the murder.

I also found it extremely annoying just how many times they broke it off. One time was really frustrating because Eun Gye-hoon (male lead) had just said how he couldn’t live without her, then he finds out that the mom dispatched the other kidnapper and didn’t tell, which might’ve helped lead to the sister. I don’t know, but it was so weird because you would’ve thought they would understand that everybody in that situation was so dramatically affected. But it was another break up. She broke up with him before because seeing her knowing she let go of his sister's hand might be too painful for him. So, they broke up any time it got hard. It makes you wonder for their future. So, it chilled the romance a bit for me. I felt like that wasn't what defined this one as much or set it apart it was more the mystery and dark comedy. The whole link thing was weird too. A large portion of their reltationship she didn't know, or didn't believe, he could feel her emotions. So, it might it sort of a meaningless plot point. It was better when she could feel his emotions too. It was more important in the beginning.

Eun Gye-hoon’s (male lead) mom was just horrible. I didn’t find it excusable—she lost her child and then was such a cold, unfeeling person to her other child. It made no sense, and she blamed him and treated him horribly because his sister had passed. He was a child, a little kid—it was not his responsibility to look after his younger sister to that level. I mean, he was the sibling; siblings fight all the time and go and do things. My older sister made it a point to ditch me. So I never found her a redeemable character. I was glad she came back around eventually, but I was still like, lady, you’ve got a lot of making up to do. You were completely cold and horrible, and all the emotional damage your son experienced was because of you.

I was also very disappointed because with it in the title, I thought there would be more about the restaurant and the food and preparing the food, but that was such a background part of everything. It was this restaurant that always seemed on the verge of opening. I was like, oh come on, open already. Thankfully we did eventually get to see it open, but it was weird because it seemed like it should’ve been a bigger part of the story and it just wasn’t. Also, with the son-in-law that knew how to cook, I thought it was weird that he didn’t teach his future mother-in-law how to cook better. She could’ve had a Korean restaurant across from his very successful European restaurant. It would’ve actually helped both businesses and it would’ve insured a better livelihood for his mother instead of her seeming like she was gonna rely on her daughter for financial support. I mean, fair, but at the same time, why not have two successful ones?

Overall, still a very enjoyable watch despite these frustrations!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Wrong actress for the lead

This would have been a perfect 10 for me if not for the female actress. Her voice is so shrill I feel like muting my tv every time she screamed. She also doesn't have a loud authoritative voice so every time she shouts, it just irritated me even more.

And her character is so not suitable to be part of the bureau; Impatient, reckless and also acts as a bully toward her colleague. Why did the writers create a character with a personality like that to be part of the bureau?

I’ve already finished episode 6 and so far she’s not contributed much to the team, except to do some interviews, beat up some juveniles and accuse ML of being biased towards students because of his backstory, even though she’s known him for years prior. LOL

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Non-Biased Review Up to Current Ep 19

This is my first ever review so please excuse me if this isn't the best.

So this story is simple, a rebirth series where our FL gets killed and used by one of our antagonist. It's a pretty fast paced story with only 24 eps. I like Chen Duling so I decided to watch it for her and it's my first series for Zhou Yiren. You see what happens to our FL in ep1, what transpires and how she meets our ML before her death. Right after being reborn/brought back, she basically goes into action trying to change her fate all in what seems like a night. I liked the pacing this was going at, I had questions but it kept me interested because it wasn't beating around the bush in the beginning half and I wanted to see where and how she was going to change the course of her life.

We got to see our FL fail and get back up, get mentally stronger while figuring out who in the palace she could use to get her revenge. This then introduces us to what I would call our 3 main antagonist. In the first half, it get's interesting, as the viewer I'm trying to figure out what their intentions are and just what kind of character they are. As to the fiancé in our FL's first life, we already know straight up what he wants so to me his character is already set in stone. The other two, it was a mystery because I still didn't know exactly what kind of "bad" guy they're going to play but one thing for sure, there is A LOT of using each other, and mind games between FL and the 3 antagonist. Especially Deng Yi and Xie YF, in the beginning it was funny to see but in the second half I got bored of it and was watching their parts on x2 speed. It gets a little redundant. One of the biggest issue for me is that the 3 antagonist and the FL are all playing a game of chess. It's a back and forth back and forth game and as of ep19 I'm like okay, where is this going now? I need more, I need something to happen, I need to start seeing their cards because we don't have a lot of eps left until the end and I don't want it to rush (which is probably will). This series isn't heavily focused on the politics, which I prefer. It has just enough since she becomes the Grand Princess so I appreciate that.

The plot itself could use more, and I've seen some watchers say she's not getting rid of anyone etc, no killings, but to me it's understandable from both sides because one, I get that she's the Princess, she can't just go on a killing spree, which is why she was trying so hard to bring into light the fact that her ex-husband wanted to kill the current emperor. She's playing this chess game with the other 2 antagonist who are also very smart in their own way and probably have survived all this time because of the tactics they used. I also understand why some are annoyed because no one bad has died yet, and I so wish it had happened already because sometimes Im like, okay where is the revenge? Like c'mon, lets get to it, but then I remind myself she's not just a generals daughter anymore. So I'm trying my best to be patient. The revenge just seems to be very slow at moving in order for us viewers to see the results. The story/plot isn't super heavy and dark, which I appreciate but there's definitely room for improvement.

Now, for the MAIN reason why this series still has me even though there are some areas for improvement... my ML and FL. I seriously LOVE all their scenes together. It's never dull and dry. This isn't just a "because they're beautiful and handsome" reason, I'm talking about their chemistry and what they bring to their scenes. I've said this already, but their love isn't on a grand scale like other ML/FL's we've seen. Their actions say much more than their words. The gazes they give to each other says so much without a lot of conversation in my opinion. The way they wipe each others tears, the way they hold each others hands, from the teasing she gives him, to him not being able to look her in the eyes, I mean it's just everything. You feel the tension, the playfulness, the longing, and the way A'Jiu goes out of his way to protect her? Don't get me wrong, she's not a damsel in distress where she always needs his help. She can stand on her own two feet. This series isn't heavily focused on romance but gives us very very good couple scenes where it makes you giddy and in my case, just smiling ear to ear cause I get butterflies from their interactions. I think this series is a somewhat good balance of romance, politics, drama, mystery etc. with some areas for improvement. I'm waiting for the rest of the eps to rate it again. I always say, watch 3-5 eps to see if you like it, if you don't, you gave it a fair shot. Sometimes drama series don't really get going until ep 5 for me. Anyways, I'm excited and I can't wait to see how this all plays out!

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Voice overs ruined a lot!

This was a sweet drama, it had a classic story about 2 highschool boys who became friends and the slow path to realizing they were in love. The toxic classmate made the story a bit more interesting.
I loved how the cousin and Ouyang Han were first love rivals, but later on they were the ones to help Yu Lei and Chen Ke realize they were in love. So the good kind of love rivals, who backed off when they realize it's useless and turn to help instead.

The visuals were good and the music beautiful. The production didn't do so good. There were some cut of scenes and the voice over ruined a lot for me.
The actors were mostly unexperienced, but they did good. Unfortunatly that diddn't really come through because of the voice overs.
Both couples had good chemistry and kissses. The second couple even had 2 good NC scenes!

One really bad thing was the snow in episode 3 that looked a lot more like foam.

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Grim Reality in Great Production

It was a good watch. Park Hae Soo and Lee Hee Jun did a tremendous job, their acting was really great. The same could be said about the rest of the cast. Music was very fitting, especially the opening song really got you and sent shivers down the spine. The story was quite good; however, the exposition was not always the best. The camera sometimes pointed at something so aggressively that it was almost insulting, as if it were saying "see, this is the thing that was mentioned seconds ago, and it is here!!! here!!! look!!!". Two last episodes felt kind of rushed, I wish there were more shown about the present time. The characters were its strongest point. Sometimes, even the "good guys" are not that good and sometimes, nobody really wins.

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