Reviews

What a disappointment

I have to say the breakup of Ae and Pete ruined this for me. It might have been easier to accept if we didn't have to see Ae crying every other scene. I had to start fast forwarding through those because 1. it was depressing and 2. I was there to see Tin and Can. But guess what? They changed their story too. There was a weird recap with changes and nothing was as good as it had been in season 1. Yep.
To sum up, they really should have kept Ae's scenes to a bare minimum. No one wants to love season 1 only to find their ship has broken up miserably in season 2 with one character crying his eyes out ALL THE TIME. I love Tin and Can and the characters deserved so much more out of season 2. It didn't completely suck, but almost.

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WOW JUST WOW

LITERALLY THE BEST BL CENCORED DRAMA YOU COULD WATCH, I HOPE CHINA REMOVES IT BUT THIS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH. I DEFENITLY RECCOMEND YOU THIS, THEN YOU COULD WATCH WORD OF HONOR TOO. I mean like c'mon china doesn't have much bl related dramas and this one is the best you could find. if you have some good dramas like this plz recommend me some. currently waiting for immortality, eternal faith and winner's king, which are also adaptions from a bl novel. i feel like this is something with alot of interesting plots and all. you would go on a emotional roller coaster while watching this. if you want to you could also read the manga version which has some kiss scenes and also read the novel which has very mature scenes, and i mean like 18+ scenes. especially towards the end. but if you are like me and likes to read like those parts, then its the perfect book for you.

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Wonderful Drama

This is sweet, soft romantic comedy....in the drama the Female lead is an actress & Male Lead a surgeon -whilst he is calm, quiet and serious, the female lead is totally opposite sweet, forthright, lively and very determined....I love shows about the love journey between successful/accomplished mature couples. I like this drama as they don't have in-law issues, love triangles or long breakups, melodrama- any misunderstanding they have gets cleared swiftly. There is a nice story for the Second Male & Female leads too - at times their story is tear jerking the couple end on a happy note.

The main female lead is very persistent & determined in pursuing the male lead - and its so much fun to watch - there are elements of comedy thrown in.... As I am a sucker for sweet rom-coms I totally loved this drama, and have re-watched it as well.

Will recommend for people who are in to soft rom-coms, happy endings with less/no melodrama.

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Great Watch

I absolutely loved this drama...its a sweet romance story. There are no fighting, in-laws issues, love triangles, misunderstandings that drags on for episodes, break up's...it's a straightforward soft real like drama...if you prefer this kind of drama's where you want to feel good at the end of the series - this is one of the best C- drama's to watch.

The highlight of the drama is the handsome Yang Yang (Male Lead) his acting was great, he seemed like a good kisser too (LOL) he's absolutely gorgeous in some scenes - at times the female lead come across a bit forced, though overall she did a good job too. The main theme song was sung by the Main Lead his voice & lyrics are beautiful (the english translation).

I noticed in lot of Chinese Drama's the female leads are timid. I like the fact that Female Lead in this drama excelled in the particular game and was good at studies (often in drama's we find the female lead being average). Of course in this drama too Male Lead is near genius level, the character was beautiful- calm composed and knows what he wants, trusts his girlfriend, his choices even though at times he is bossy and wants his way.

I would recommend to watch if you are in to sweet soft romantic drama's with happy endings.

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The high point was Kim Young Kwang

Cute show. Very strong performance by Kim Young Kwang. The I loved how they revealed that he's loved her for a long time. That silent watching her, getting hopeful, then living through her being involved with someone else. He was the epitome of strong silent type. He's so serious, but when a smile breaks out, wowza! The thought of five men that were so different fighting over her was totally unrealistic. I was also bothered by the fact that she was so wishy washy. Seriously, the boyfriend broke up with you without a reason and you still consider him in the running?!?! No way! Happy ending, walking away hand in hand. Basically one kiss, but it was a good one!

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Overrated and problematic

DON'T watch it! Sexist show romanticizing toxic relationships and abusive behavior.







































































































































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Must watch

You wont regret starting this,
From the OST, the acting, the production, the storyline everything was actually incredible.
definitely played with my emotions, made me teary in a couple of episodes as well.
It reminded me of Hwarang, epesh that feel good feeling when the hwarang team joined arms with the king. It was defos that same vibe.
Ah it was really an epic drama guys. Reading the summary kind of made me understand the first episode a bit better so i would recommend that but one thing is that there is elements of dragging for a few minutes in each episode but it gets compensated by the epic twists.

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This is a super nice drama

I tried this drama just because of Richard Wang. But when I started it becomes more and more interesting. The female lead character so much fascinating. In every episode I just waiting for new things coming about her. I like the relationship between the female lead and his best friend relationship it's not like other drama turns into secret crush. Now coming about male lead obviously this character so much entertaining. But he is also mysterious. Playing like palyboy hides his true identity into a laughable character. The best thing in this drama is the way his assistant deals with male lead. Finally I can only say I prefer school drama more than this type. But this drama is super best drama.

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Lost potential

If you came here to see if this drama is worth watching because you like one of the actors that appear in it, i'd say it is. It is not nearly as bad as the reviews (including mine) make it seem. It is your average drama, and i would not say anything made it overwhelmingly bad or unwatchable. It was good for what it was, and i bet with this binged (where you could skip the filler scenes), the drama would be a solid 7.8.

Now for my harsher opinion...Let me start by saying i am jinyoungs biggest fan, and have been his fan for 10 years, so i was so excited for him to finally be the lead in a drama on a public broadcast channel. This started soooo good, amazing, i could not even imagine it getting bad, but then... i was so bored that not even his 10/10 visuals were keeping me interested.

the plot:
The main problem with this drama is that the vibe of the first few episodes (which was fresh, youthful, and fun) did not match the vibe of the later episodes. I would say the drama got boring after episode 6 or 7. That's simply because the people who were watching from the beginning, were most likely in it for the romance, but that completely became watered down into nothing to the point where i could not care less where the romance even went. I would almost consider this a drama without a love line because it became that boring and irrelevant to the story. I cannot believe they barely did anything with the storyline of the female leads mother, one of the few interesting things this drama put in place at the beginning. Past the initial episodes, this drama is completely different, all the charms were lost into a boring gambling storyline.

Listen, i get that police drama's about crime are also of interest to people, but there are tons of police dramas, while there are none about a police university. This drama is lost potential because the focus should have been on the students, the hardships they went through, love, studying, or whatever drama that happens when you are preparing to be a police officer??? (guess we will never know?) I cannot believe this drama threw all that away for some basic gambling storyline, like at least make it a murder one like law school that actually keeps you interested.

Overall, People were interested in this drama because we thought we would get the police university version of a heart-fluttering campus drama, but no. we got a police drama, that has a lot of scenes that take place at a university.

the acting:
People hated on the acting more than they should have. The acting was great, and the times where it was bad was not because of the actors, but because of the over-dramatic script. They had jinyoung act shocked about things that weren't even shocking. Before you right off his acting as bad because of this lack luster drama i'd recommend you watch literally anything else he has been in, his acting in his last movie gave me goosebumps. The same goes for the other cast members. Cha taehyun is a well-known actor, but even his acting seemed so awkward at times because some scenes were just so overdramatic when it did not need to be.

Overall: For a Monday Tuesday drama competing against huge names, this didn't do that bad ratings-wise, so i hope that the actors in this drama find themselves better roles in better dramas. I especially hope Jinyoung can lead again in a drama that is unique and interesting because this drama definitely was not any of that. I do recommend you watch the first 6 episodes though, because it is so worth it. Then just drop it once you get bored.

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Watch for the games, utterly disappointed !!

U may say I'm cruel or worst for giving this a low rating but I'm writing this based on how i felt overall after finishing the drama. The idea was not original at all, I was reminded of other show like Alice in borderland, liar game, kaiji, as the gods will,... I had watched some other death game show like the above mention and also maze runner, hunger games, the darkest mind, the 5th wave... most didn't remind me of others because their idea and concept were unique. However, what I like the most about these death games is that there is a way to win/survive and not just depends on luck. Sorry to say, I am also someone who like smart MC,..

Story: First of all, the games is simple and the outcome is too predictable. I couldn't feel thrill at all but simply felt nothing and bored while watching....the pacing is too slow (lots of slow motion scenes too). Felt draggy making me feel sleepy...

Too many plot holes to let some characters win easily and for someone who organize the event as serious as a deadly game, the security system is laughable... the north korean girl can easily sneak in a knife!! But doesn't get anywhere with it anyway....I didn't even want to mention how easily the police infiltrate the place. The bad party is way too lenient on the player (or they just too stupid). They say the game are conducted fairly, then they should play the games that will not put disadvantages on women and elderly.

The human trafficking part was unnecessary, it doesn't get anywhere...
The brother reveal was predictable too.
And the VIP?! , TERRIBLE...
The old man motive was lame and I don't get why does he keep asking the MC 'do u still trust people' like why?? They didn't enter the game because they trust people though (they suddenly want to teach us to trust people when the whole drama is them betraying and killing each other??)
And WHAT'S MORE, he's going back into the game trying the save others when he can't even save himself, Hahahhahahaha

Characters: I like none of them, no one I truly root for (maybe abit for the north korean girl). The main guy depends too much on luck (until the end...), whenever he's in trouble/dilemma, there's always someone to help him, he didn't even need to try....There are too many annoying characters (wish they die quickly), many moments that are too dramatic.

Music: It was okay but not memorable... Some part felt unnecessary.

Set design: Colourful, beautiful, creative but maybe the space is a bit limited. But it's amazing how they build it from scratch.

Overall: The only good episode was half of ep 6 (almost cry..), This drama focus more on characterization which maybe why it doesn't click with me cause I personally prefer game more than character.
Going into this drama with high expectations after seeing the trailer but also worried because it's a kdrama (there's bound to be too much drama), haizz...my worry was right...

People may disagree with me but this is my opinion and my preference, if u have a good time watching, I'm happy for u!!

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must watch and rewatch on stressful day

AWESOME, Yeah that is what I felt after completion of the first episode. And each episode had a separate story it maintains its consistent dose of humor with logical comedy and not background laughter. all the characters unique personalities, habits are written so well. with each episode I have the urge to watch more but not to finish the drama. a story full of bromance, Friendship, and Romance is gripping with humor.

Every actor has given their 1000percent to the performance. they made me laugh like crazy in each episode. They were so enjoyable in every moment and every scene that I wasn’t bored for even a second. the baby is very adorable.

It's a must-watch and rewatches series for its epic dose of humor. this dream took the spot for the series to be watched of a STRESSFUL DAY.

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Deng Reba

I watch this drama 3 years after it's broadcast. How could I miss this?.. Deng Lun Ashes of Love brought me to this sweet dreams.Pair with dilraba, what can go wrong. For me they have a great chemistry.The story is great. A little bit comedic, Deng Lun as Bo hai always make me smile while I watch this.48 ep.. Yes.. For some it's too long to watch but the combination of DengReba make me stick over and over again.
It's also funny when the storyline has some similarity with Ashes Of Love. Fire immortal Xu Feng is afraid of fire as Bo hai. He also suffered colour blindness like Jin Mi. And flower is also involved.
Overall..this is a good drama to watch.and definitely worth your time.I already watch it many times and never get bored.wish Deng Lun and Dilraba will meet again in other drama. Coz I just love see them together.

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Not what I was expecting...

Firstly I have to say: I really loved Gu Yanzhen :D He was my favourite character!
The first half of my review won't contain spoilers, so you can read it, I wrote down where I'm starting to write about spoiling things.

I finished this drama only because lately I just keep dropping and dropping dramas, and I didn't want also to drop this one. The story at the beginning looked good and promising, like we're going to see a woman pretending to be a man and join the army, which was a good starting point, but as the story kept going, the quality just kept dropping.

I would like to start with the story. A lot of things happened, which was meant to be exciting, but too much thing happened, and after a few episodes they closed every storyline, so it felt like nothing really happened at all. There was some plotholes and unnecessary scenes, and for some things we didn't get explanation or the explanation just didn't make sense. After a time it was boring, also because we knew everything, they told us every secret and every situation, which weren't surprising anymore when the main characters learned about them. Since I've watched quite some dramas, I always had the feeling that the creators just could've deal with the scenes somehow else.

Secondly, the characters. The main characters were mostly ok, I loved Gu Yanzhen, Xie Liangchen, Shen Junshan, Huang Song, and also Ji Jin, but for the others, they felt too boring, they were too annoying or I just didn't like them. Especially Qu Manting. I hated that woman. There were also times when the acting looked forced and a little cringy.

But to say something positive, the OST was really good. Sometimes we could hear that they cut together or apart the songs, but most of the OST's were good and I liked to listen them :D

Thirdly, I would like to talk about concrete things about the drama. It's gonna be full of SPOILERS, so don't read it if you didn't watch the show.
- How could Xie Xang pass the medical examination at the first episode? The doctor clearly said she can't pass if she's not going to get undressed, but she magically passes the examination? :D
- The two characters death at the end (I mean Huang Song and Li Wenzhong's deaths) was really unnecessary. I know they wanted it to be sad and emotional, but it felt like they killed Huang Song only for this reason. For Li Wenzhong's death, I couldn't understand at all. Why did he get himself killed? I get it that he felt bad for Huang Song, and he felt like it was his fault, but please, don't kill characters for this reason, it's unnecessary, Li Wenzhong could've done a lot of useful things instead of getting himself killed for nothing! -.-" This is really annoyed me.

Overally, I wanted it to be better, I wanted it to love more. But it is only a 6.5 for me...

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Underrated heavily, deserves so much more attention and viewers!

Firstly lets start with how long I have had this on my collection and never got around to actually open the first episode and begin it. Unfortunately perhaps the reason might have been people not really talking about it in recommendation discussions or videos.

In simple terms, this is heavily 'underrated', this deserves so much more viewers than it currently has. I personally rated it 9/10 and not 10/10 just because, after a long time I might not come around watching it more than once or twice. I like to give 10/10 for dramas which I wouldn't mind watching again at any time.

What a brilliantly written story, what a brilliantly directed drama. Superb work by the whole team and the character themselves are so unique and shows different personalities and different developments from one another.

A positive drama, with not a single bit of negativity, this is a must watch, lets just say its a 'hidden gem' in my book!

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Disappointing

It's a chop suey mix of the occult and cult, history and mythology, crime and religion, politics and terrorism, and in short, an ambitious and pretentious attempt that fails to entertain or thrill. It starts out with a good mystery but seems to be going nowhere except down the path to dreadful confusion. The end seems to promise a second season, as there are indeed questions to answer, loose ends to tie up, but please, don't let it be. It's one of the worst drama series I've watched recently (the other being "Lion no Oyatsu"; both seem to have a similar location of a nice villa perching on top of a hill overlooking the ocean).

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