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Good Morning Call
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17 of 17 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.0

Good Morning Call

it’s a very typical high school crush to lovers story but’’ I loved it the actors are perfectly fit for their roles beautiful actresses and handsome actors. This Good Morning Call was the first time Japanese series I have watched after a long time because I do always watching Korean drama but since I watched this I started to watch other Japanese dramas and series on netflix. Let’s go back to this series at first i thought it’s gonna be boring but i was wrong it was funny and cute and it’s open to all ages but for some times i’m waiting for some scene that Issei will push himself to so that more dramatic scenes would rise but it’s fine. And for me I like to see Nao and Issei more than Uehara. I wish there will be season 3 ;-))

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Tokyo Kaiki Sake
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Oct 6, 2021
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 8.0

Tokyo Mystery Sake

This is good Japanese live action series for me. I like it. if you want some short and exciting series try to watch this, every episode is exciting and the lead role Sugino Yosuke is cute as always good acting too. And try to watch all movies or series that Sugino’s acted he is really good young actor. I wish to see him more in other role or genre. By the way I started stunning Sugino since I’d watch Good Morning Call you guys should watch that series too, you’ll see Sugino Yosuke in season 2.
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Forever and Ever
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Oct 6, 2021
30 of 30 episodes seen
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Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
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beautiful ending

Our drama with 2 period time finally come to end. Of course with + & - of their own.

Ok. Lets talk about what i love:
+ Shi Yi (SY) is one crazy woman. She just jump to accept the proposal from Zhou Sheng Chen (SC) without much consideration or known him better. And with all the complication in SC family she still dare to stand beside him. If that's me maybe I already considering & run away as far as I can :p.
+ Really love the chemistry between Bai Lu & Allen Ren here. They like made for each other.
+ Very funny to see how SY teach SC about how to coax her. A man who confuse with how to coax woman can learn from this drama. Yeah not every woman is exactly like that, but you get the big picture. :p
+ Love to see how SY & SC support & protect each other.
+ No love rival. Yeah SC family complicated enough so they don't add love rival anymore :p
+ Love to see there is family that still have old traditional family like SC family.
+ Allen Ren smile a lot in here... He doesn't smile much in his other drama that I've watch. His smile actually quite sweet.

What minus but actually not really too much bothering me:
- Why they like to rush the ending again....? I mean SY just wake up from i don't know for goddamn long time, but a little too good to be true, she already can talk, can stand even can just walk like a normal person.
- Where is our time stamp.... From the moment SY coma, she wake up until their wedding we don't know how long it already pass...
- Hoping to see SY really dream. In here the dream not really much shown, it's like not that important, while the summary state the opposite. If only they like having more than few flash back of One & only scene.
- They only cast Bai Lu & Allen Ren for both drama, I think will gonna be more interesting if they have some several cast from the past life so we can see several other people reincarnated together....
* actually don't know better or not, if only the crown prince also reincarnated together & become sort of the love rival, yeah maybe the story will gonna be more complicated if like that, that's why I said I don't know better or not.

Overall: This 2 piece of drama really beautiful in the end. The drama that worth your time to watch. Really love all the song too...

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My Fated Boy
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Oct 6, 2021
29 of 29 episodes seen
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Overall 3.5
Story 3.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 3.5
Rewatch Value 1.0

From AWESOME to AWFUL

Zàijiàn to C-Dramas?

This was a painful review to write. For the first nine episodes of this drama, it just kept getting better and better. It was really outstanding and promised to be a truly exceptional C drama. There was only one little niggle - the unfettered childish selfishness of the male lead. He was literally a 24-year-old child, who believed that the female lead was his because he wanted her. For that first third of the drama, this was not a problem because the female lead was independent and self assured, and so is irritating and annoying as the male leads whiny self-centred possessiveness was, it was not the dominant feature of those episodes. Sadly, this state did not last.
Partway through episode 14, the male lead's manager gives him a lecture about his immature childish behaviour. He calls him a selfish brat and tells him that if hehates being treated like a kid, he should behave like an adult. Alas, that's as far as it goes. That very episode ends with the female lead deciding to be with him in a romantic sense despite the male lead having grown not at all. And he never does. Right to the end he remains a childish, immature, selfish and unlikeable brat.
One of the advantages of watching a subtitle drama that isn't streamed is that it is possible to watch on very rapid fast forward and follow the story. This is how I got through the last half of this drama. I was looking for some signs of growth in the male lead, and I was also very interested in how the stories of the supporting characters turned out. Their stories were an antidote to the seething rage I felt every time I had to look at that smug grin from the overgrown boy child who thought everything was a huge joke and that everything he did was always right. You know something's not right when a romcom makes you wish EXTREME violence on one half the lead romantic pair.
The reason for the title of this review is that the astonishing and tragic collapse of this once promising drama is making me reassess whether I should waste any more time watching ANY C dramas.
This Drama COULD have shown the ML growing into a mature adult who valued and supported the FL, and respected her right to be her own person, without resorting to lying to her and manipulating her, it could have confronted the challenges posed by cultural resistance to the significant age gap in a meaningful way, like the OUTSTANDING "My Queen" did from Taiwan, but in the end, it did none of those things. The moral of this drama ended up being the same as the moral of almost every single romantic C drama I have attempted to watch: That the male lead is always right BECAUSE he's male, the female lead always NEEDS the male lead, (in this Drama, the FL says “he’s the one taking care of me”, etc, more often that I cared to count) a woman's place is always behind a man, and that when a man decides he owns and controls a woman, that is the definition of romantic.
The overwhelming majority of romantic C dramas I have started to watch were easy to drop because they manifested this patronising, chauvinist and misogynist philosophy from the opening episodes. The fact that a drama which started so promisingly by heading in a very different direction eventually kowtowed to that deeply ingrained regressive "man rules yeah!" philosophy suggests that for whatever reason it is inescapable in C dramas built around a romantic arc.
There were many things to like about this drama. The first 9 or 10 episodes were truly exceptional, refreshing and promising. Some of the supporting characters were really interesting, especially Han Yue's role and performance as the older sister of the sasaeng University classmate of the male lead, and the FL’s divorced single parent BF. Following their arcs kept me from dropping the Drama even after it turned into a turd of epic proportions.
I don't know whether it was simply a failure of courage on the part of the writer, or whether it was simply compliance with the sort of external directives that are inescapable in the tightly controlled Chinese state, but whatever the reason the result was that a drama full of promise ended up being one of the bitterest disappointments of my drama viewing life. T
It IS possible for Dramas to be sappily romantic without the male lead having any sense of "ownership" of the female lead, but very few C Dramas have managed it , and this Drama was not one of them. I thought it would be an 8/10, in the end I felt generous giving it 3.5. That saddens me.

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The Crowned Clown
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by Ma Ri
Oct 6, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 10
Before start, I have to say that I watched this drama at the same time that "The King's Face" and only at the end I realized that was about the same character, King Gwanghae. TKF tells the story of Gwanghae in his time as Crown Prince, and TCC about the life of King Yi Heon (his real name). The characters are pretty different and the reason for that is because King Gwanghae had a short reign that wasn't talked about by so many people, so many rumors about this king were propagated, ad the one that we see here in TCC. I write some things in my first impressions, so take a look here (https://mydramalist.com/profile/8270201/feeds/QQwZmf8) and let's go to the review.

Man, what do I say about this story? I can't describe how shocked I was since episode one. As I said before, don't follow the idea showed by Netflix's teasers (we have this one on Viki too, so go for it!) that this is a soft and funny drama. I was tense since the beginning and I was almost dehydrated at the final episodes. The way how the tension is built is totally captivating and made me devour each episode.

About the performances, Yeo Jin Goo is just perfect. I felt the courage of Ha Sun and the craziness of Yi Heon in the same intensity and this was amazing. Kim Sang Kyung and Jang Gwang were also incredible and made me cry and laugh many times in this plot. But I have to say that Lee Se Young as the queen wasn't my favorite. I didn't feel any feelings with her interaction with Ha Sun and the little that I felt is mostly because of him and his cuteness. But this wasn't mess up with the story and we yet can cheer for the main couple.

Without any spoiler, as known, the only thing that I would appoint as a not-so-good choice is the ending (the last twenty minutes to be more precise). When I watched the last part of the last episode, I just asked "Why? Why they are doing this?" I couldn't understand the events and the reason why they write the ending in that way but after reading about the story of Gwanghae and the rumors about his life, I finally understand. I still don't agree and think that this could end in a better form, but I understand. With this final I thought about another final based on a true story that made me feel the same, could you guys guess it? Let the initials in the comments if you got it, haha.

I'll put this as a chosen one (★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★) without any doubt. If you didn't watch it yet, just do it. If you didn't give a high note for this here in MDL, do it now because I can't conform that the note is only 8.4. Just absurd.

See you soon!
XOXO, Mari.

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Times
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Oct 6, 2021
12 of 12 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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A Cell Phone With Butterfly Wings That Can Reach Into the Past

This drama explores the butterfly wings effect and how changing past choices in one life influences present reality for all of Korea. I've read many of the reviews on this title after I finished watching the show, and I get how some people were disappointed when the theme of the drama switched from fast paced action to more of a political commentary. For me, the change was welcome. I got a little exhausted with the constant "save my dad" segments and was worried the drama wouldn't progress beyond that point. However, they did an excellent job transitioning at pretty much exactly the point where I was completely over them constantly trying to rewrite history to create the best possible outcome for themselves. I liked the moral conflicts of whether what they were doing was right or if they should stop trying and be satisfied with the present state of their world.

The story tackles multiple themes, including political corruption, but also the underlying current of how people change based on circumstance or new information. The suggestion seemed to be that everyone has the potential in them to either be great or corrupt and that no one is immune to the influence of power on their lives. It also really heavily tackles the topic of press freedom and why it's so important to have an independent press system, sheltered from the external influences of the powerful.

The interactions between the two main leads were really well done, made sense, and were filled with chemistry. I felt like they spent a good amount of time developing both characters and I liked that they characters had moments of uncertainty and confusion, where they seemed opposed rather than united. The side characters were pretty well developed as well, and it was interesting to see how different their lives were in each iteration of the timeline. However, toward the end there were for sure moments where I felt like different developing side stories were lost in the fray and not fully resolved.

The actors, in general, did a great job portraying sometimes vastly different versions of their characters in different timelines. The wardrobe and sets were also really well done to add an extra dimension to the timeline differences. The casting was really well done too, the characters you're meant to empathize with you find yourself becoming really attached to, and the villain characters are sufficiently horrible that you feel genuinely pleased whenever they get their just rewards in various timelines.

The ending was weird, I hope there's a second season so I can get some explanations. Initially the alternate timeline calls were linked to the specific phones used, but at the end a different phone comes into play and I want to know the situation that made that possible.

Overall, this drama was worth a watch and I rated it very highly. There were some slow points and a few plot holes that bugged me, so I didn't give it a higher rating. Basically, it was high quality, but not epic. I was satisfied with how the story progressed, in spite of these minor inconsistencies and sometimes dry and bland segments. I wouldn't watch it again because I do not feel like there are additional insights to unpack, but I would for sure watch a season 2, especially since the ending left the story open for one.

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Fake Princess
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Oct 6, 2021
27 of 27 episodes seen
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Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 5.0
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Adorkable couple + a fight for the throne = light-hearted romcom with court intrigue

Left me smiling and with all the warm fuzzies. I really loved the main couple's chemistry and dynamic (naughty bandit x righteous crown prince), as well as the OST. It's upbeat, cute, lively, and a perfection reflection of the drama.

PROS
❀ Well-casted with an actress I fell in love with | I ended up loving Eleanor Lee's depiction of the spunky, sometimes naughty but mostly well-intended Chang Le. She's a robber and proud to be one; the whole reason she gets embroiled in the crown prince's mess is because she's trying to save her village people. There's less face-slapping in court than I expected from the synopsis and the majority of the plot, when the couples aren't being cutesy with each other, is the fight for the throne between the fifth prince's faction and the crown prince's faction. A lot of old people doing machinations for the young generation, which was funny to see.
❀ Romantic storyline picked up quickly | For the main couple, it happens in the first 5 or so episodes even as the crown prince is mistrustful of CL. She smashes all expectations he has of her (or, Yu Yao, the girl she's pretending to be) in funny ways. For example, he takes her to a casino thinking she would be scared off by the gamblers but she ends up winning a lot of money for him and he ends up forgetting about his 'mission' because he has so much fun. Lol! The second romantic line between Nong Ying, CL's martial artist maid/bodyguard and Gong Sun Mo, Li Che's scholar and strategist, progresses a bit slower but also lovingly. Finally, the last couple of Li Heng (the fifth prince) and Zhu Yan was the typical stuff between two well-read scholars who fall in love through couplets and poetry. I didn't care at all for this couple (more details in CONS section).
❀ Can't say enough about the OST | I thought they did a wonderful job with the music additions, which added depth to scenes (whether it be comedic value, a sense of triumph/romance, or something else). Maybe because the music was very pop-like which appeals to me compared to sorrowful ballads (lmao), but I like several songs in the OST which is pretty rare for me.
❀ Why is the couple so adorkable??? | I loveddd the scenes where LC and CL are just being silly with each other and making kissy faces. All the feels!! I thought the actors had great chemistry together and they were the cutest couple. CL's adorable facial expressions made me cheer for her the whole show, and LC's boyish and charming personality was the perfect match. I know some people complained about wanting more from Li Che as the crown prince, but I personally liked how he wasn't a hypermasculine dude with no emotions. You could really feel the love and loyalty he had for his people. I think "boyish" is a better description than "immature" in his case.
❀ Foreign royalty that DOESN'T get between the couple | I feel like whenever foreign royalty (especially a princess) comes up, the writers are like "Yesss let's bring angst + drama through this poor soul who only has eyes for the ML." Nah, none of that happens here. The foreign princess Ali Ati remains sweet and level-headed throughout the story. We stan women who have self-respect.
❀ The name of the game is damsels NOT in distress | I loved the number of times we saw women characters save the day in this drama. They aren't too over-the-top with it but it's definitely a recurring theme, whether it's CL's mastery in picking locks/figuring out gadgets or NY with her top-notch martial art.
❀ Set costumes have STYLE | Seriously, why did the outfits for the guys (especially LC and LH's) look SO good??? I've been binging historical romcoms this past week and this drama's outfits for the princes are top game.

CONS
✕ The third couple y'all... | I literally have nothing to complain about this drama OTHER than the LH and ZY couple. I thought ZY was fine but basically a useless character the whole story. Like,,, she had no role except being the tragic partner of LH. And LH omg... at first I saw people hating on the couple and I was like "nah I'll give them a chance." WRONG. They spoiled the story for me. Everything is light and fluffy and then a scene with them comes up that's all tragic and shit (as they are on opposite factions in the fight for emperor). Compared to the other witty and fun couples, they are boring and I jumped on the bandwagon and skipped through their lame couplets and encounters. You really can't make excuses for LH's character who spirals because of his love for ZY and does ridiculous things. Throughout the story, he remains weak, indecisive (outside of stuff pertaining to ZY), easily manipulated, immature, and selfish. But even skipping this couple's scenes, you'll still be able to understand the storyline which made me feel better lol. I just don't understand why they got as much screen time as they did. Ooh the only saving grace - good music during their heartbreaking scenes.
✕ Misunderstanding levels | Between the main couple: 0/10. I can't think of a scene where a misunderstanding happened because LC and CL fall in love pretty quickly and are loyal to each other through the end. Even CL's hidden identity gets straightened out without a fallout. Between LC and the dimwit fifth prince: 10/10. Yes, it was for plot purposes, but it made me hate LH even more. What a dumbass.

OVERALL
Everything is perfect EXCEPT the storyline of the third main couple. I could care less for them and they ruined an otherwise wonderful story. With that said, it's still worth watching for the other two couples (especially Li Che and Chang Le... y'all they are so cute I cannot). Historical romcom lovers will like this one!

(Note: My rewatch value is set to 5.0 always as a default as I'm not the type to rewatch dramas EVER. Thus, I do not take it into account when calculating overall score.)

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See You After Quarantine?
3 people found this review helpful
Oct 6, 2021
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10
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A SHORT AND SWEET LOVE STORY

What do we expect when we start a series?
In accordance to the tags, or the trailer, or the review, we expect it to be a certain way.
So, in keeping with this theory, when you watch this series, you should swoon, feel the love and finish it in a small amount of time, and you will.
Honestly, you could finish the series in the time it takes you to read this review completely.
(Just kidding ?. This will take 3 minutes at the most)

See You After Quarantine? may be an extremely short series, and I mean one that you could finish in one and a half hours short, but there is quite evidently no problem in the story telling or the acting. Even the production value seems high, considering the series was filmed entirely using a phone.

The series tells the story of Bo Chun and Itsuki Sato, who although from different countries, find common ground through an antique camera, leading them to form a friendship, that turns into a relationship.

This story of mistaken identities and love at first sight has been written in a way as to reflect not only the time of the pandemic, but in a way where it would be genuinely possible to happen at any and all times.

Ultimately, if you want to watch a series with literally no drama and just tons of cute moments, this is the one for you. So if you find yourself with a little time to spare, do give this a try.

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Police University
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Oct 6, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 9.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 8.5
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How To Be A Respected and Good Police Officers.

‘Police University’
To me, this drama was a good and high quality drama. Even though the storyline a bit cliché but I think it’s was good and interesting enough for the audiences to watch this without dropping.

Production make the story not only focused on the journey for a person to be a police officer but also how the police solve the case using their minds and skills. It’s shows that the police officer needs to be an intelligent person and also have the strength in order to be a good and respected police officers.

I will skipped the synopsis for this drama since in drama-list already stated it….

▪️Opinions
~ I thought the drama will be hard for the audiences to understand and predicted what happened. Luckily this drama was not so hard to digest and understand it. Even though the genre stated was mystery but to me it was not too mystery since I’m able to predict who was behind all the illegal gambling sites.
~ I loved all the people in the university such as all professors including Prof. Seo even he was a bad man who behind the illegal gambling, senior police officers and also batch 41 officers.
~ I also loved to see the friendship between Kang Sun Ho and his friends, Beom Tae and Joon Wook who always stay together with him through ups and down. It will not make them change their heart even they knew it will be hard for them since they’re still a student.
~ At first, I’m a dislike Min Kyu since he was arrogant and always has a serious face. But towards the end he was changed to be a nice guy and he also knew how to smile. It’s really handsome when he smiles.
~ The most important character was Prof Dong Man who always loved to argue with Kang Sun but at the same time he gave a lot of advice to him so that he knew how to be a good police officer. He was a good detective who not gave up in solving the case even he doesn’t have any clues and evidence.
~ Even Kang Sun character was a weak and not smart enough to be an officer. But he changed to be a good and brave person. He decides to drop the university in order to get the punishment for what he used to do. He hacked the illegal site and take the money. Kang Sun also changed to a responsible person and he was strong enough to become a police officer. His hacker’s skill was really powerful.
~ Even though the process to solve the case was a bit long and confusing but it’s still good since they’re able to find out who was the actual person behind the illegal gambling site. I loved to see the teamwork between Prof Dong Man and Kang Sun. They were a good teammate but it’s pity since Kang Sun only just a student.

▪️Overall
The drama was ended in beautiful ways. The case was solved in early two last episode. The writer made a good job since the drama doesn’t ending in a bad way. Even though Kang Sun dropped the school but later he admitted to the school again in the new batch. It’s a bit pity since we cannot see he graduates as the same with all his friends.

The other casts also have the best ending so it was so glad to see it. Not only for ML and FL became the partner but they’re all also able to make their own partners. Thus the drama was really interesting and cute.

** I do know why people dropped and said this drama was not good since to me it’s so so good (;

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Mysterious Love
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Oct 6, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.0

Sizzling hot

Firstly, I could watch Tsao Yuning all day, every day. He is a fascinating, physically attractive, charismatic male, honestly, the screen lights up every time he is on it. His character is self confident, full of integrity, big hearted, smart and loyal although not without faults such as jealousy and possessiveness. The story keeps our interest going, with short flashbacks that will tie the history all together and give the audience understanding and reason behind many situations. It’s refreshing that despite the plotting from others, the FML trusts the ML and all misunderstandings come to conclusion very quickly. It’s probably down to the fact that the show is only 16 episodes long. I adored the ML’s Wolfpack of live together, die together brothers, cheering for the SML/SFL relationship as well. The soundtrack is great, but the acting could be improved on by nearly all actors. The best actor is XingXing, what a fabulous budding actress she is. I will definitely indulge on rewatching this, just for Tsao Yuning's fighting, boxing and shower scenes alone. Yes, I know it’s very superficial of me and on this occasion, I don’t care at all.

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Stealth Walker
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Oct 6, 2021
24 of 24 episodes seen
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Overall 8.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

Good pacing and based on a real case in China

First of all, this drama is inspired by a true event that occurred in the 2000s when sale of drugs were at its peak and the story is focused on the incidents with the notorious drug lord. Please correct me if I'm wrong but the name should be Liu Zhao Hua.

Good points!
1. This drama is pretty fast paced and not draggy at all which I totally appreciate it. There are only 24 eps, so it's really easy to watch if you are those that get impatient or tired of chasing dramas.
2. All the actors did great in their roles here especially Lin Peng (FL) and Zheng Ye Cheng (ML) exceeded my expectations with their chemistry! I must say they actually look really good together even though there is quite a age difference between them! And I want to praise the child actor too! She is so cute and natural in her character, her interaction with her daddy literally just melts me away~
3. Though the story isn't all true to the arrest of the drug lord, it still makes a good crime drama! It has good thought process and logical scenes that I felt was handled well unlike many dramas these days.

Bad points...
1. Some of characters just faded out of the drama like Chu Jiao Jiao, she's like disappeared into thin air after the first case concluded and Cheng Jin Song also didn't had any scene on the last part.
2. Lacking some romance/ interactions between the main leads towards the as it was becoming more focus on the crime parts. I do hope for some more romance between them!
3. There are definitely some major plot holes such as whenever the FL gets into grave danger, things just solved too easily. I mean this kind tactics won't work in reality...

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Squid Game
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by sophia
Oct 6, 2021
9 of 9 episodes seen
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Overall 4.5
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Copied storyline with a weird ending and way too much blood

I watched this, because everyone keeeps talking about this series.
Postitive points: Very good production, high quality. The actors gave a great performance. Really can't say anything bad about that!
Negative points: The whole story is just.... well it reminds me a lot of Alice in Borderland. Expect that Alice in Borderland was a lot better in my opinion. The ending of Squid game is kinda predictable and not satisfying at all. There isn't really a happy ending for anyone.
Tbh i don't get the hype. There are way better Korean/ Asian series out there. Still, I think it's cool that people start recognizing Korean / Asian series/ movies more :)
If you like blood, gore and mind f*ck this series is for you, if you don't, better watch something else.

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To All the Guys Who Loved Me
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 6, 2021
32 of 32 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
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A great romantic comedy to pass the time !

*SPOILERS ALERT*

Well I was hesitant to watch this at first because of the rating and comments here but I really liked it in the end ! It's not the first time that I end up liking shows with "bad rating" on MDL so I'm not really surprised ^^'

I'm a sucker for the reincarnation trope so it hit me right in the feels ! The amount of longing and angst was perfect and it had many funny moments too (especially the female lead's parents they were awesome ! I really liked her friends and coworkers too) I didn't have any second lead syndrome so it was a bonus point, even if he was quite funny and interesting as a character I couldn't help but root for the main lead. It's true that the main lead seems cold and stone-faced at first but his character development soon shows that he's in fact quite funny and gentle.

Sadly I was a little more perplexed with the female lead. I don't know if it was due to the actress or the character (it felt like her character here was a copy and paste from her role in Lucky romance) but I had some trouble understanding her, especially in the last episodes. I mean I could totally understand her perplexity and anger when coming face to face with a man she dosen't know (at least in this present life) who made her fired from her last job, because he apparently had feellings for her and wanted to be close to her (I can honestly say that if it happened in real life to me I would have been freaked out too) so I can understand the slow building of their relationship. I loved it even because I'm a sucker for longing, especially when it comes from the male lead xD BUT why make the 2 last episodes entirely focus on the "marriage VS not marriage" talk ? Maybe the writers didn't have anymore ideas to fill up the last episodes but at least make it make sense ! I coud understand her if she thought that getting married will lead to tragedy again (like some sort of superstition) and I honestly think marriage is essentially just paperwork nowadays : you can totally live with someone without getting married, have children if that's what you want and be happy like that. But then why make them exhange couple rings and have them organize a ceremony in front of their family and friends ? With the flowers, the clothes, the promise, the kiss ? I don't know I felt like it was in disagreement with the whole "marriage isn't necessary to be happy" talk, that's why the last 2 episodes lost me a little. I also thought that the actress was a little too stiff in kissing scenes but it's a recurrent problem in dramaland it seems.

Moreover I would have liked it better if we had an insight in the male lead's family. We met his mother at the beginning of the drama then she disappears entirely. We learn that he has 2 older brothers at the end, but that's it, the show doesn't offer more info on them. It was a little disappointing to not show the 2 families encounter each other, I think it would have been better to dedicate maybe episode 15 or 16 at this but that's just my personal preference and it dosen't mean that I didn't enjoy watching this drama ^^

I also liked the fact that the female lead works as a webtoons' producer, it was a little different and I liked all the glimpses at the authors working (especially the young female author who works on 18+ webtoons she was hilarious haha) and the OST was pretty great too !

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Our Secret
6 people found this review helpful
by AAA
Oct 6, 2021
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.0
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Too dragging.

I usually love cliché dramas, but I gotta say that I did not enjoy this one. The story was typical which is quite normal when it comes to Chinese dramas. I was expecting more since the storyline was just normal but the scenes were too dragging I ended up skipping lots of parts.

I don't hate it that much because the actors were good and their chemistry were great. The main and the supporting roles were portrayed well. It was just disappointing that the story and the scenes were all predictable.
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Police University
1 people found this review helpful
by Sakuni
Oct 6, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10

Sometimes this can be the only positive review you'll find here

Just want to tell you that if anyone wants to start this but doesn't feel like it, because of the negativity here don't mind those!! This drama is good
Overall I won't give 10 out of 10 to the story here but I like it and jin young was so good in this. And specially i love the fact that they cast so many new actors here. We got to know many new faces and they did their job well. I love all characters <3
I don't know y many ppl complain about jinyoung's acting but trust me I rarely complain about actors and I've seen some actors worse than him.
Even there were few scenes between jinyoung and crystal, they looked so good together❤.
The bromance was good too
This drama had bromance, romance and its fun to watch
Tbh I started watching this because of crystal but now I'm head over heels for jin young XD
Give it a try if u haven't watched this
I really want them to win an award this yr

ps: trust me you'll only find this negativity here. If u search the tag on Twitter or go to youtube videos comment section you'll see how much love this drama has <3

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