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Funny, Easy and also Interesting

I honestly have to say, this is probably not the most meaningful, emotional, or shocking drama but I love it with all my heart. It's light-hearted, funny, a little bit of horror but in the best way.
The characters work so well with each other, the story has a great pace and I laughed a lot. I even watched it with my boyfriend, who typically doesn't watch K-Dramas and he really liked it. It's great to relieve stress and the actors do an amazing job. I definitely want to recommend it if you like funny, easy, and mysterious dramas with great chemistry and fast-paced plots

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Awesome , loved it...would never be bored to watch it n no of times

The Story is awesome with a middle class backdrop.the Male Lead (Richards Wang)..... is soooooo Handsome...how can someone be soooooo handsome.
The Female Lead played her part well, though I would have loved if she was dumped , as she was so heartless.
Overall , lovely story, all actors played well be it the ML or the supporting Male actors or the Supporting Female cast.Thumps up and well done... the 2nd best after you are my Hero ( this will always be No1 for me) and would give Eternal Love number 3 now.
Great job ..... writers,directors,produces,actors....Well Done!!

PS:This is for Richards Wang your good looks were hidden as Mo Yuhai in Eternal love but in this Drama, I could not put my eyes away from you.Someone do convey my compliments and wishes to him Pleaseeeeee.

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Likely one of the most moving Thai BLs in 2021

Not knowing what the story is about except that the couple are separated for four years, I watched the first episode and thought that it was another story about one-sided love (which may not be a bad thing but is really hard to do well). It turns out, however, that there is more than meets the eye.

Perhaps it takes more patience than some viewers would be willing to give before they discover the merits of the series. But, for me, it was not a difficult watch at all. The scenes were shot well, and the young actor who plays the character of Nut, is quite impressive. Thus, although this isn't a fast-paced series, I found it easy to go on watching and it did not really seem all that slow.

There are many complaints about the flashbacks used in the story as well as a few praises. To be sure, it isn't really the use of flashbacks as a technique in itself that people are commenting about. Rather, it's the flashbacks to scenes that have already been shown that people are commenting about.

The flashbacks used are often effective as they show us that the story we think we know isn't the whole story. At their best, the flashbacks are moving, such as when they reveal the reasons behind Phob's behaviors and emotions.

Unfortunately, in Episodes 7 and 8, the use of flashbacks as a technique does not impress, and the flashbacks themselves may seem a little purposeless. It's almost as though a different team has done the editing and flashbacks for the last two episodes. While the flashbacks in Episodes 1 to 6 are quite smooth and do not confuse, there is potential for confusion in Episodes 7 and 8. This is unfortunate for a series that has shown more finesse that expected. After all, the story is not astonishingly good, but it is the way it is told that makes it moving and engaging in Episodes 1 to 6. Thankfully, the story doesn't take a bad turn and does end satisfactorily save for a totally unnecessary cliffhanger about a side couple (it's not like a sequel is going to be made about the side couple, right?)

Despite its flaws, The Yearbook still manages to be a notch above some other Thai BL series that overwhelm viewers with a large number of characters without showing much skill in telling a coherent story

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THIS IS THE KIND OF MALE LEAD I AM LOOKING FOR?

I didn't expect to love this drama, i mean no im obsessed with it. First the story is really really interesting. I want a genre with romace and comedy and the ML really hooked my heart ?

The acting was so good. I actually cry about ten times i guess. ML really did better❤️ i love how he acts like a robot an innocent cute robot just like aji3 from i am not a robot

I am actually inlove with rom-com doramas and i actually looking for a funny, cute, adorable and childish male lead

I highly recommend this for who wants fluppy cute heart warming kdrama ackkkk

If you like weightlifting fairy where njh act like cute ughhh i really love childish male lead
Pls reccomend some of it

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An Epic. Nothing more to say

"Nothing Gold can Stay"

I have no clue what that means.

I always loved to watch Chinese Movies.
There is much to learn from China's Rich Culture. I wanted to watch a Chinese story from a common person perspective. Majority of the movies/series that comes out are related to their dynasties or some warrior movies and their politics. I wanted to see how a common person lived in that period. This series depicted that so well. I was lucky to stumble up on this series. Wonderfully put together. They took their time to develop the characters in the story. The actors and actress were simply superb.

Warning: This series is very addictive and you may not sleep for days until finish the series.

Around the world power corrupts, china is no exception. You see some of that weaved in to the story. Last three or 4 episodes, I could clearly see things were rushed to complete this epic series. Cast were reduced to few main characters except for few scenes. The story was also moved along quickly. Having said that, this is a fantastic series and you should watch it.
I have re-watched some of the episodes to get a better understanding of the story.

This show was free via Amazon Prime, not any more. It is available in youtube, quality and subtitles are not up to par.

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Romantic Show

Encounter was ineffable. I felt like I encountered a unique, soul searching romantic sensory. Just watch the show.
The cast did a fantastic job. This type of story is tough to pull off and make it believable. I believe they have achieved it. The story flows effortlessly.
I love the Go Chang Suk and Shin Soo Yeon character.
I do have a problem with the last episode. Usually this has to be spot on otherwise it will ruin the whole show. The writer had so many ways to end the show which could added more closure. The writer/director chose the vanilla version. Ending could have put the whole show on a pedestal. But it did not. I am a bit disappointed. This show still earns 10 stars from me because there is more to this show than just the ending.
It is difficult to pull off a show without any flaws. This show had it own share of flaws that does not mean it wasn't good.

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Not like the drama much

Drama was based one-sport, I am not found of e sport so basically that's the reason I don't like this drama much because the whole drama was revolved the around the video game.
Yes, drama had some beautiful romantic scenes and I think because of those romantic scenes this drama was not boring. I like female lead's friend much and her acting as well as her love story . both the couple was cute.
And very last scene was my favourite when her friend called his love name and said to him I love you and the way he ran towards her was so so romantic. Best scene of the drama. Lead actor is good and he is the best in the drama, his acting , the way he looked towards her and smile were so so cute. Still I don't like the drama much only because of the beautiful romantic scene I watched till end but expect their wedding but the way the drama , it let me confused to think that there would be a second season or not because he just looked her eyes and she had given him a smile gesture and drama got over. So I little bit confused

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A descent into madness.

No spoilers, proceed safely.

“You don’t understand. The sad part isn’t dying alone. It's when you've died alone and nobody notices.”

Zekkyou follows the story of Suzuki Yoko, a victim of parental negligence, not in terms of physical needs but a rather emotional form of negligence, which manifests in her as a dark cloud. As her mother sings praises of her brother and egregiously ridicules her for not being as capable as her brother, Yoko becomes lonelier and lonelier, like a goldfish in a tank.

Her half-eaten corpse is discovered in a lonely apartment and is investigated by Okunuki Ayano, who is also a lonely female detective, finds a similarity between her story and Yoko’s, and buries herself into finding Yoko's true story.

“The truth is, I've been waiting to be found.”

The story has two aspects to it. As a detective mystery, Zekkyou is quite bland. There are no intriguing investigative procedures involving forensic investigators and ballistic technicians. The core aspect of Zekkyou is not its investigative method but the development of its protagonist Suzuki Yoko.

A major part of this show seems to have been done for the shock value and seems totally unnecessary and unrealistic but somehow despite all that, Zekkyou was a very engaging watch; particularly the development of Yoko, a "Kimin", a person who has been abandoned. Yoko is quite a despicable yet dynamic character.

Suzuki Yoko is one of the most despicable characters that I have met. She is cruel and her decisions are stupid at best and unpardonable at worst. And yet, she is a “kimin,” a person abandoned by society.

“The morning is dyed violet. The sky of my new self.”

The emotional build up is intense, akin to a scream of rage and despair that has been been bottled up since childhood, spiralling into madness and culminating in an inevitable breakdown where Yoko lets out her emotions, her zekkyou, her scream.

The best part about this show was the brilliant acting from Ono Machiko. This was one of those moments when I said to myself, “this actress was born to play this role.” The side characters were quite okay but Ono Machiko just stole the screen, she could have carried this show on her own shoulders. :)

Also contributing to Zekkyou’s brilliance is its well-paced execution and cinematic prowess. I just love how they used the goldfish metaphor for her. Sharing my favorite shot from the show, I love how they showed her as a goldfish in episode 3. In previous shots they cut from her to a lone goldfish in a tank but here, when she is at the lowest and most powerless point of her life, they cut to a reflection of herself in the water.
See this MDL post by me: https://mydramalist.com/profile/Nada_SouSou/feeds/QQzOPI8

8.0/10. Another great Wowow thriller with potential to grow with some more episodes. Whatever the story lacked, was made up for by powerful acting, a well-paced script and the brilliant execution. Suzuki Yoko is a character who will stay with me for a while.

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Wow wow wow outrageous scenes hahaha watch for entertainment

This is the funniest kdrama, I was laughing my head off and I have to write a review . I have seen low ratings due to criticism on the writing ……but for me, the writing is so over the top , it’s genius…..and it’s purely entertainment. When I watch I wanna be entertained and you wanna feel good, this drama did that to me….I laughed hard on all the characters….even when it’s supposed to be crying scene….the scene of the funeral was so hilarious….I’ll give this drama all the awards if I can especially the imagination of the writer. Best actors , all of them …. I love the ghost , who would have thought putting a ghost in the middle of an adulterous story. Those giving this drama low score doesn’t know what is real art of story telling. All my thumbs are up. I really want more episodes….still few episodes left and I’m already wishing another season.

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The best cdrama of "2021"

This is my first time writing a review so forgive me if I make any errors.
Ok lets get this straight, we got so many cdramas this year and among them only a few really impressed a large amount of audience. "Forever and ever" was able to be among the few and impress a very large amount of audience by gaining the hype as well as the good review from the critcics and all I can say is it deserved all the compliments. From the moment the cast were announced I was really excited to see the very professional actors BL and RJ. Even though I doubted Allen for his"no kiss policy" but I don't think the few kisses in the drama actually affected the storyline. I mean you could see in the eyes of the actors how deep and affectionate love they had for each other. The chemistry of our professor and voice actress was flowing through the screen. Everytime I saw them together simply talking or you know smiling with each other I would just blush and couldn't help the butterflies.
Even the color combinations of their clothes, the background were so soothing to the eyes.
The one thing I dislike in cdramas is complicated family relations or just family problems. I feel they just kill the vibe of the drama but for this one, I myself am so shocked that the complicated family didn't bother me too much. Maybe it was because the power ZSC hold of not caring for anyone but SY or maybe it was because I just cared about the couple. No matter the hardships both ZSC and SY supported each other till the end.
Another thing I just love about this drama is the OST. Forever and ever had such a good pack of OST that if you paid attention to the lyrics while watching the drama you would feel the expressions of the storyline. Especially the one Mao Buyi sang, I cannot get over it no matter how many times I listen to it .Even BL and RJ sang OSTs for each season. BL for" forever and ever "and RJ for "one and only".
For the first season, I am not a big fan of traditional or costumes drama but "one and only" had something so magnetic about it that I couldn't stop watching and praising for how beautiful it was. Thanks to the first season I got to know the depth of the characters and what kind of personality they carried. Even though it made me cry till my last breath but I would not mind loosing my tears all over again.
Both of the seasons equally impressed me and both of them were so worth my wait and hype. To anyone whose thinking to watch this drama, you can watch the first season and come back to it as you'll have a better understanding of the characters in the drama and also get the most beautiful scenes ever created in a cdrama but if you don't want to cry or get depressed because of the sad ending you can always watch the second season. The second season has a very few glimpse of the first and you won't feel that you have left too much. You can understand the storyline because the storylines of both the seasons are totally different.
Watch it or else you might regret afterwards for not watching the most beautiful cdrama ever made.

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I've watched a lot of the most recent Korean dramas and came across this one after watching all 4 seasons of Voice because I didn't have anything else lined up.

This drama was made over 10 years ago and I wonder if all the Korean dramas were this SLOW back then!!! By golly each episode moved at a snail's pace. It seemed like it was over an hour!

I watched because the main male lead was the guy from Fiery Priest. I don't know his name but I think it's Kim-somebody. I wanted to see this because I know he has some mad Tae Kwon Do skills and he showed a little in the first episode so I was thinking yes, this will be one of those dramas that will have fighting scenes in it.

Nope! By the fourth episode I told myself to give it one more shot and if nobody does any fighting then I'm dropping it. Not only that, they had that cliche romance in it. Oh my gosh I want to rip my eyes out for the sappiness!!!

If this series was aiming for the plot I wonder how many episodes it would take to actually get to the point. All through the 5 episodes it just focused on two guys having a crush on one girl. Then when the preview of the 6th episode showing everybody fighting over one girl and the main guy, it made me want to hurl insults at whoever thought this was a good drama.

It's dubbed as a thriller, melodrama and romance but there's no thriller in it. It's predominately romance and yes this is why I avoid Korean dramas that have romance in it. I'm so disappointed right now because it's already hard enough trying to find my style of drama without the romance and that makes my chances of finding that slim and nil.

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A Grim Game Of Greed: Play Or Skip?

Trigger Warning: blood, death, gore, gunshots, physical assault, burning, NSFW, flashing lights, graphic imagery, hanging


The recent Netflix hit Squid Game is a thrilling, and emotionally layered survival series which plays off the idea of free will, economic disparity and privilege and turns it into a grim game of greed.

The whole thing starts with when someone offers a desperate man the chance to play a child's game of flip the card and wager on the outcome. As that offer escalates, it turns out that more than 450 other desperate, immensely debt-loaded people have been lured into a similar brutal contest, where they’re playing popular childhood playground games for the chance to win 45.6 billion Korean won (about $39 million), only if they manage to eliminate all the contestants and be the last person standing.

All the nine episodes take place in present-day Korea, and the players are invited who are on the margins of society. It seems like the entire game could very well be secretly undergoing with none the wiser. Recent Korean cine stories like Parasite and Itaewon Class have adeptly addressed wealth inequality and class struggle in real-world circumstances, rather than through the lenses of American fantasies like The Hunger Games and Elysium. Film director Hwang Dong-hyuk (known for My Father, The Crucible) follows this trend with Squid Game, his first drama series. In spite of unrealistic elements, the show seems to have been designed to convey that our present reality can be just as hellish as any imagined world.

The script is a ticking clock that will glue you to the screen as shows of this genre should do by constantly making the audience question "what would I do in that situation?". The whole point of shows like this is to become extremely relatable. Despite the cold violence, gore, and blood, the story does not lack all the emotional impact that it's supposed to generate. The haunting score by Parasite composer Jung Jae-IL only adds to this constant terror and suspense.

However, I could not help but feel disappointed by the final leg of the series. In episode six, which is a total emotional stunner, it feels the series has reached its summit plot-wise but then suddenly veers into unsatisfying and predictable story decisions, with quite a number of glaring plot holes. The last three episodes seems highly underwhelming in terms of intensity and insight of the earlier ones.

Thankfully, everything else appears to be immersive and brilliant. Beautiful scoring, enchanting set design, and immaculate visuals are some of the ingredients that will keep you hooked. Along with exceptional performances from a remarkable ensemble. The personality changes that Ki-hoon (played by Lee Jung-jae) goes through is an acting masterclass. Other notable work from actors came from Anupam Tripathi, Wi Ha-Joon, Oh Young-soo, Kim Joo-ryoung, and Lee Byung-hun. Although, Gong Yoo's cameo acts as the cherry on the top. His brief appearance both in the pilot and the finale episode acts as a captivating device as well as a friendly reminder to our Goblin ahjussi.

Squid Game grips you through 9 episodes that are realistic enough but watching it is uncomfortable and is certainly not for everyone. Keeping the multiple trigger warnings in mind, the show should not be viewed by both kids under 15 and adults undergoing mental health issues as some scenes can get quite traumatic. The drama is tempting to fast-forward, either to skip the gore, or to bypass the sense of dread when the show stretches out some of the lethal rounds. While the discomfort could be written off as the price of admission for watching a deadly game, it really affirms our own humanity. The fact that this show has become an overnight global phenomenon both seems like an irony and a sad reality.

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The Best Drama Ever

I enjoyed the drama from day 1, every episode ends up making me curious to know what happens in the next episode. The storyline is pretty much simple but the story itself is awesome.
The Male lead is super handsome, who is also my favorite Chinese actor and the female lead is awesome and her acting is really good.
I still have 4 episodes left to watch, I am left with curiosity and anticipation to see what happens in the next four episodes.
This is my opinion but this is the best drama ever.
The OSTs of the drama are awesome and worth listening to them again and again.
Overall, everything about this drama is good.

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