Give me more!!!
Story: Great and Brilliant, got me hook on the 1st episode. The games and plot are what really suck me in, I cannot stop being amaze how the author create the concept of 'borderland' and using cards to show the level of difficulty and the types of game they will be playing...Arisu is the main character, it is obvious we didn't expect him to die in the games but the execution of how he survive the games is AWESOME!! Though some people may say it does not make sense how smart he is as well as the plot is inconsistent but not for me since I like clever MC and the plot, at least for me it was consistent enough
However, it kinda gets draggy when they gets to the beach but it was fine after the game begin...we also get to know more the world and the game master. The mystery just keeps me wanting moreee...
Characters: Loved Arisu and Usagi, their dynamic and chemistry is the best. Even though others characters doesn't really do/show much until the last few episodes, we get to see others characters doing their part and know what they are capable of...
Hoping to see more of them in the upcoming season!!!
Music: Perfect for every scenes, add to the eerieness of the situation they're in.
The bad: Half nude scenes, attempted rape, some anime-like acting, (extra: only 8 episodes)
Overall: The bad part was practically cancelled out for me because after finishing the show, all I remember is the games. Also, since it is an adaptation, the anime-like acting was fine, I'll say this is by far the best adaptation I've seen...
The director really know how to end the season... Really reallyyy EXCITED for Season 2 and can't wait to watch it.
If you're okay with it and have similar preferences like me, I HIGHLY RECOMMENDED it, GO WATCH NOW!!!
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THIS AIN'T NO JOSEON ERA KIND OF SHOW
(Update Added)So far, so good. It's refreshing to see a different kind of female lead!
This series plays a joke on the usual K-dramas that somewhat seem "behind-the-times". This ain't no "is-this-a-shouting-competition-are-we-still-in-the-Joseon-era" kind of show. Honey Lee plays her characters, Mi Na/Yeon Ju, brilliantly with quiet strength, confusion, and no-nonsense kick ass. Yeon Ju is mistaken as Mi Na, landing squarely in the enemy territory of her in-laws. She unexpectedly finds herself in verbally abusive situations, and yet dodges or handles it expertly with a "no-holds-barred" kind of attitude and won't tolerate any form of physical abuse. (I mean isn't it time to start writing those kinds of abuse unacceptable in any form anyways?) Her sassy temper and sharp mind pull out the stops against the schemes of her terrible in-laws and even her own remaining family.
As Yeon Ju takes the place of Mi Na, she is comedic, innocent yet downright scary. Although she suffers from amnesia, her heart, intelligence, and toughness all shine through as the core of who she really is. Her chameleon character changes effortlessly like the different languages she unwittingly and surprisingly speaks. As the story unfolds, it's interesting and entertaining to watch Yeon Ju "swimming with the sharks" so to speak as she works to save Mi Na's place as a rightful heiress while navigating the schemes of the terrible in-laws.
I'm enjoying this show immensely and I commend the cast, the writers, and those behind-the-scenes for a job well done so far. As of writing, I've finished EP 7 and will update my review when the show concludes. Make sure to watch the endings with the epilogue after each episode!
"One The Woman" is definitely "One To Watch"!!
(Update)
Because of my original heading and reference in the show about this not being a "Joseon era kind of show", I had to laugh when the "Joseon Era" scene was added later in the show! Hilarious!! I literally laughed out loud!
So to update my review, I lowered it from a 9.5 to an 8.0 rating. For me, I think that as soon as the FL found out she wasn't Kang Mi Na, the story changed and we didn't see as many "stand your ground" moments from the FL anymore. In my opinion, that's what made the FL so interesting and endearing. I had really enjoyed her as Mi Na when she went up against anyone who stood in her way but the story shifted more to her being Prosecutor Yeon Ju; I felt that the writers could've given the character Yeon Ju a bit more "valiant" moments just like they had done for Mi Na's character previously. I think that's where the show lost its lustre for me personally. The second half dragged a bit. I also didn't feel as much chemistry between the two leads so the romance storyline wasn't enough to keep me interested or invested in them as a couple. I did, however, love the chemistry of Yoo Jun, (played by Lee Won Keun), and Yeon Ju, (Lee Ha Nee). (On a side note: Put these two together in another k-drama romantic comedy where a younger man unintentionally falls in love with an older woman and I'm all for it! I could totally see these two in a rom-com where Ha Nee plays a sassy older lady who acts younger and carefree and Won Keun is the calm and more mature one who's so serious all the time and neither of them wants to admit they're falling for each other. I ship them in that kind of story... Yup, I said it... so someone better get on that stat!)
Okay back to the review... the Han family. They didn't contribute much to the storyline in the second half of the show and felt they were just added on as fillers. It would've been better to see Alex/ Seung Wook unseat Chairman Han personally. The Chairman, Seong Hye, and Chief Prosecutor Seung Deok's endings could've been more punishing. However, I do commend all the actors and I love watching Kim Won Hae, Kim Chang Wan, and Ye Soo Jung in any roles they play!
Overall the show had a great start and mild pace in the middle but didn't finish as strong in the end as I had hoped.
On another personal side note, a lot of the time, we often see a strong FL but as soon as a man comes along, her character becomes unrecognizable. (*cringe) I'm still glad however that we got to see a different kind of female lead in this show and look forward to seeing more of these stronger women types in future k-dramas!
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The story i can't thinking
The storyline has decline at episode 10 how that to be.To be honest i Don't like the actor and i Don't GIVE any specific opinion. In the end from episode 1 to episode 9 amazing and come to episode 10 this nothing lmoa just bad i see. Because the performance of any play is such an ephemeral experience, writing a play review can be an exciting, though difficult, task. You have to be both spectator taking in and enjoying the performance and critical analyst of the production itself. You have to be able to provide a very brief summary of the play, a close objective analysis of the performance you attend, and an interpretation and evaluation of the entire ensemble of staging, acting, directing, and so on.The review assignment asks you to analyze in an objective manner the relative success or failure of a given production. Note that you are not asked simply to summarize the plot or give an opinion regarding the text of the play being mounted; your review must be grounded in the production itself. Your job is to describe the production accurately, and then to render a value judgment of it based upon what you have seen and what you expected. The assignment will test your skill as a reader of the play and as an observer and critic of the production.
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Growing Up reminds me of those coming of age summer beach tv-series that usually airs here on Sweden`s child channels on the summers. It is about Sun Spikers, a volley ball club hat involves six high-school students that makes us follow up in their lives where they dream,fall in love,get heartbroken,learn how to forgive and trying to accept the mistakes people make around you. The friendship and deep bond Sun Spikers had was incredible. How they helped and supported each other through everything during the series just made my heart touched.The highlight of this tv-series is WITHOUT A DOUBT the characters, the head-strong Ella and the rich arrogant Patrick (portrayed by Kathryn & Daniel)...both always argue with each other despite secretly loving each other,absolutely adorable!So many cute unforgettable moments between them to re-watch!
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Annoying female lead
Pope carries the whole show. He is a joy to watch and he really plays his part well. And the little boy who plays the son of the the gang bossis a delight to watch too. His little side story about his relationship with his dad is funny yet heartwarming. Khun Prathom is also another likeable character but he's still a minor one. Other than that, this show is not worth the time to spend 1hr 50 mins on each episode.Main weakness of the show has got to be the characterisation of the female lead. Totally hopeless, petty and whiny. She treats the male lead like he is a child when she is the one who behaves like one. And after what he has gone through to help her understand her fate, she goes back on her words and do exactly what she has promised to not do if he is succeessful.
There is no character development of the female lead throughout the 13 episodes. She claims that she wants to be strong so that her underlings will have respect for her, but all I see is this damsel in distress sulking and pouting when things don't go her way. Running away from her problems till the male lead comes to the rescue but to either get blamed or has his heart broken in the end.
And the plot of the show just gets repetitive towards the middle of the series. While it does pick up the pace in the last 3 episodes, the female lead character just makes the show a drag to watch. The lack of chemistry between Pope and Mew is also very obvious to me. There are very little scenes showing them falling in love and during those scenes, you don't get the romamtic connection between the two characters.
I watched it till the end, with lots of fast forward, was for the sake of Pope's performance and also I am a sucker for closure.
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CLANDESTINE BETWEEN AN EUNUCH AND CROWN PRINCE
The love story develops from being together everyday as a Crown Prince and a Eunuch, attraction from mutual wittiness and youthful cleverness to face challenges and goal together, although the rumor spread in the palace as Crown Prince liked men (gay). Lee Yeong (Park Bo Gum) is a Crown Prince, he lived at Poo Pavilion and famous as reputable as a temperamental single unpredictable young handsome Prince to his underlings. He meet Hong Sam-Nom (Kim Yoo-Jung) a female disguise as a man about a romantic letter sent out to Prince's sister, thru funny encounter they fell in to a deep hole together, Sam-Nom got out leave the Crown Prince behind - pissed! They met again as Sam-Nom enter Palace as eunuch, for the intention to take revenge (of being abandoned in hole) Crown Prince choose him as a new hired Eunuch to serve him. Although Sam-Nom tries to 'fail' 3 tests to determine her abilities and prove of castration, by no effort she passed and got into service, serve Crown Prince at a private study room attendance. At first she doesn't know Lee Yeong was a Crown Prince, she treated him more like a 'friend'.I think ep 9 the Crown Prince found out Sam-Nom was a girl, ep 11 he told that he loves her and wanted her to stay beside him forever. He knows how to charm a girl. All this clandestine interaction between them were too sweet, as Kim Yoo-Jung acted more terrified than in love to Crown Prince, as we all know it...when we're young and in love...we're more giggly and nervous regardless the situation between them than afraid to the guy who said 'I love you' but NO! Every time BoGum came closer to her, she shrunk herself in and wild eyes, give a vibe this girl didn't know how to act appropriately to return someone's heartfelt declaration. I am not buying Kim Yoo-Jung's acting...BoGum wasn't even touch or hug or kiss her....
The palace intrigue was like every others, the Prime Minister using tactic to scare the king while he also discouraged Crown Prince to come into power as a Regent. While Crown Prince busy juggling politic, he also busy charms Sam-Nom which her girly name was Hong Ra-On. The Kings wanted him to marry a noble girl for politic alliance while Prime Minister grandson has loved Hong Ra-On/Sam-Nom. It's a great sweet drama.....Chinese drama adapted it in 'Oops! The King is in Love'...pretty much same story line. But speaking of Park Bo-Gum, we can't have any better man than him...his smile makes me smile back.
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Set in the past
I sincerely think the drama should have been set more in the past and her journey to being a doctor. The jump made from her teenage years and her being a doctor was a big gap to fill. It created a disconnection on my part. Plus their love story was really empty, not much to hold on to.I do have to mention the number of empty in between plots. Especially that of the love triangle. What I find repulsive in dramas are love triangle but this wasn't worthy of one as it shouldn't have existed in the first place.
Most importantly, somehow, the ending was very unsatisfying.
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Covid and Social Media bringing out the boys to the yard...
If you want a short but sweet drama with not too much fuzziness to itself..this is the one for you.I'm a sucker for effective storytelling that doesn't drag unnecessary drama or uses old tropes as plot devices. I'm also it seems a sucker for stories centering around COVID times and how social media plays a central role/platform in the story.
This mini-drama had it all. Two dudes that liked each other. Supportive friends, a female character that wasn't too caricature or villainized, and a straight (no pun) to the point script.
Aaron Li is such a sweetheart. I've always had a soft spot for him since HIStory days and I'm happy to see him getting work. He was so adorable and dorky in this and I was really surprised with his Japanese level of speaking. Seems almost natural (perhaps he lived in Japan before?)
I really enjoyed that bilingual script (being multilingual myself) it is so nice to see how they jump from one language to another which makes it so relatable for us who do this every day.
The chemistry was actually there too! Which can be hard if the actors are not in the same room throwing lines. I liked the way they were awkward as well because it was a new thing for each of them. I love supportive friends! I mean that is the best takeaway from this drama in my opinion. Both male leads had friends who seem to be ride or die types and we need more representation like that in BLs.
in the end, watch it if you want something quick and enjoyable (get out of the gutter)
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WHO WROTE THIS DRAMA (smh ... sigh)
From the beginning... this drama line... OMG... went from immature silly to ridiculous to *Who In The Hell Wrote this Drama*.You have Amazing Casts... especially with a top hitter actor Xing Zhao Lin.
Yet in my personal opinion the drama couldn't be saved ... even if they pulled in 10 star casts.
This drama gave little to be desired and by the Last five eps .. my question is *WTH.. Who wrote this?* (sarcastically that is)
Well... 1350 of my viewing hours into the garbage. I took a gamble to watch this...
Personal rating ... 2/10 (that's stretching it)
Unfortunately I personally will not recommend it..
HOWEVER, that doesn't mean that it's not your type of drama. You may like it, love it or regret watching it. The decision is yours.
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Incredibly Underwhelming
Every part about this show is completely average and entirely forgettable. Upon immediately completing this drama, I had forgotten the entire plot and was left with reminiscing on occasional cute scenes between the two main leads. The show itself isn't bad in any way and is overall fairly lighthearted, yet nothing about it is compelling enough to suggest rewatching it. To be completely honest, I recommend spending your time watching another show with an actual plot rather than this mundane series.Was this review helpful to you?
Extreme idol Survivor style??!??!
Guys this is an amazing show i dont know why it is so underrated. It seriously relates to the physical and mental grit idols have to work their way through every day. This is your sign to start watching it!! I know there arent many places to watch it with eng sub but there are some sites such as dramacool and myasiantv where you can watch it at 720p and still bear it! I am growing attached to each idol and cannot wait to find out who they are. Waiting for the next episode is soo hard ???Was this review helpful to you?
The kind of romance EVERY GIRL wanted in their youth
I dived into this show without any expectation. I was pleasantly surprised by how wonderful and heartwarming it was. I have never seen any of the two main leads' works before, but I was impressed by their acting. They portrayed the two adolescents learning about first loves quite perfectly.Anyway, the story isn't really that fresh. But everything just came together from the actor's portrayal, the directing, cinematography, and writing created this harmony that ultimately made the show special.
Verdict is, I loved it. And will rewatch it. Again. And again.
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Even if you're not a fan of period dramas this will make you love it...
I have been overlooking this drama for a long time because I am not a fan of period dramas. I just came here because of Yang Zi and since the Oath of Love kept being postponed i needed to satisfy my "Yang Zi craving" and what a delectable take away it has been.The romance may not be fluffy but it's so heartwarming. The story is poignant and not for the weak sentimental people, i had shed some tears but who cares, the amount of smile, grins and laughs will make you forget the tragedy of war. Not to mention a satisfying ending as well.
This is really an underrated drama. A gem waiting to be discovered.
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The difficult task of preserving yourself while climbing the career ladder
A drama that follows the difficult path of a woman who wants to avenge her father's ruined business and pursue a career that will make her powerful and untouchable.Along the way to realizing this dream, she meets and falls in love with a man who both loves and helps her, but also betrays her, causing her to make mistakes and compromises that cost her dearly.
The drama shows the challenges in the business race and asks the question, is it worth losing yourself, your dignity and your love for the sake of success.
The actors in the lead roles did well.
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