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Unsurpassed

I don't know if I'll see in my life such a beautiful story but at the same time so dramatic and full of moments of heartache, like this one. I don't know if I will see in my life a movie or series or drama that will make me cry as much as I cried watching CLOY. Just so you have an idea, I cried so much, I got dehydrated and had a urinary tract infection. Really connected events or just coincidence? I don't know but anyway.
And acting from everyone in the cast? Just everything flawless. All managed to convey the emotions of their respective characters through their performances. The lead couple with surreal chemistry. So surreal that they became a couple in real life.
Alberto and Dan were the only ones wronged in this story. I don't even need to say why.

Anyway, no matter how much time passes, nothing and no one will surpass what CLOY is and was for those who have seen it!

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One of the best dramas EVER!

What to say about this drama that completely escapes the cliché? I have never seen such a complex story in my life, full of plot twists, minutely interconnected events. And the best thing is that even being a story full of details, they managed to show us all these details in just 16 episodes. Your head fills with theories. It fills with outbreaks because all the time you think one is the culprit, because all the time someone appears who took actions that impact the main story. The entire cast's performances were perfect, but the one that caught my attention the most was Yeo Jin-Goo. His performance was FLAWLESS! We could feel from here all the emotions that the character felt through his performance.
Each episode that ended was a different impact.

In short: a perfect drama, with a perfect story, with a perfect cast and a perfect acting!

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The best

This is my favorite life drama of 21 that I've watched so far. In True Beauty, you have all possible emotions. You laugh, you cry, you are angry, you are angry, you are happy, you are apprehensive, you are shocked. Everything.
I love Jukyung's overcoming story with her looks and the standard of beauty imposed by society. I love that Suho loved Jukyung because she is who she is and not what she looks like. This couple's story is completely perfect. Only those who watched know that their story was fate.

The grapefruit couple, more hilarious impossible.

Hee Gyung, an empowered woman who does what she wants and not what they say.

If Yeon, Suho and Seojun: a perfect friendship, of pure companionship that unfortunately ended in tragedy. But it was amazing to see what this friendship with Se Yeon was like before the fatality happened.

Everything was perfect. Only point to be desired was that I thought they could have shown an out-of-date Seojun with a girlfriend with reciprocal feelings.

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Questo edificio è mio!

The best drama of 2021. Everything was AWESOME! the story, the cast, the acting. I laughed a lot, cried, got angry, shipped the protagonists.
There were only two faults: Hanseo's death - I cried a lot despite the fact that since the beginning when he started to be against his brother, we already imagined that he would end up dying. We already expected but we weren't prepared for this moment.
ChaEnzo's ending: yes, the focus of the drama wasn't romance but I thought they needed more work on what happened to their relationship. Would ChaEnzo date from a distance? Would ChaEnzo each go on with their lives in their respective countries? Would ChaEnzo just be friends with benefits when Chayoung came to visit him in Malta? It was very vague.

Anyway, I want a second season!

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Great Cast, sub-par story

Even the guy who played Vee thought Vee didn't make sense. (See interview at end.) Who doesn't care when their girlfriend cheats? Who gives her a final kiss when he's planning on being with someone else? And then he pines for a month (later they made it sound like two months had passed--one of many confusing things for me. I also thought that Mark may have admitted that he liked Vee even before he liked Bar, but I'm not sure because it wasn't clear. I felt that was kind of important--did Mark really want to sleep with Vee that first time? Maybe there was more information about Bar and Mark in another series--it felt very vague in this one.
The actor playing Mark did such a great job in the bar scene when he was so cold to Vee--but, again, the story failed by not providing more. Vee says "I love you," Mark looks touched, and the scene changes. But they can waste precious time out of the 4 episode series to have completely unimportant conversations among the friends.
The cast was great, although the actress who played Ploy couldn't even squeeze out one tear during the breakup scene. The actor playing Vee, on the other hand, was great at crying.

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The Childhood of Your Nightmares

I usually don't watch things like this because well.. i'm a chicken LMAO but from episode 1 it really got me hooked and I couldn't stop watching. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, the deaths were definitely shocking once they initally happened but then in a way you get desensitized when it happens the second time, if that makes sense. Some deaths hurt more than others because of the attachment i grew for some of the characters and others I either thought were an epic way to go out or didn't for at all cause of who they were. Won't say too much else but the plot twist was definitely something and the end in general just annoyed me. The soundtrack definitely helped set the mood. After this, I'll definitely won't be able to think of certain games without thinking of Squid Game. Everything considered , I still recommend it.

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Awfully Beautiful

Squid Game, as fun as it sounds, is a masterpiece created in the pits of Hell. The combination of utterly incredible screenplay and outstanding acting performance makes one go through a number of emotions within its run time. Not only does this drama show us the most beautiful direction of photography, color grading and overall aesthetic that is quite frankly, an eye candy, but it also paints us an honest image of an immensely massive gap between the rich and the poor, how the "lower class" can easily be turned into nothing but puppets for the pure entertainment of the rich.
Personally, I would 100% recommend this show to anyone that is seeking to spend days while being extremely mad about the cartoonish nightmare we call life.

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extraordinary

Can't believe I started reviewing just after watching 3 ep. Stroy's gripping from the very beginning and its progress is simply phenomenal.
Though I knew it's a pack of suspense and investigation didn't expect it to have me on the edge of my seat. Stunts are well performed and co-ordinated,
I'm falling In love with the character. having a gut feeling is right but how many of us get to reap the benefits of it? this character clearly reaps them unknowingly(which is evidently necessary for the given circumstances).
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I REALLY LOVED IT! Don’t listen to bad reviews just watch it!

I just finished this drama today! It was a little short having only 8 episodes but the episodes are about or are over an hour long. Definitely watch the series over the movie seeing as the movie version is only 2 hrs long they would cut out quite a lot.
I loved the main couple Sun and Sky! They really are soul mates and thats one of the things I love about their relationship. Gun did really well being a lead role I’m proud of him! He looks good in his school uniform! :)
Boat I have never seen in a drama before but he was really good he played Sun really well he was like a sweet puppy at times then can defend the one he loves even putting his life on the line.
The side couple Pitch and Bank were really cute too love how they were together at the end.
Like always the girl characters annoyed me, and it was a little silly that Sun and Sky’s friends did not seem to realise they liked each other lol
I think this drama is pretty fun and has many sweet scenes, has action with Sky’s dad being some kinda mafia boss fighting can be rare in many school bl’s, but it was not over done. Many kissing scenes ^^
But bottom line is, this drama is not as bad as some are making out, I enjoyed ever episode and I could not stop clicking to see the next one!
(Its on YouTube it even has its own channel)
The acting was not bad and Gun did well!
The end with how they ended up forever loving each other no matter what was very endearing.

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Heart wrenchingly beautiful

As a lover of angst, this drama fullfilled that well. It had my heart aching almost every episode. It took me through a rollercoaster of emotions, tearing up and angry at times. The soundtrack was beautifully done as well. The acting of course was amazing, regardless of language barrier issues; I felt the connection between Peach and Yoon Oh intensely, as well as with Yoon Oh's mom. Jimmy and Tommy did a great job in their roles and i'm proud of them. Choi Jae-hyun definitely got my attention as Yoon Oh, enough to want to check out his other works. I don't give it a full 10 because Mario's storyline felt a bit incomplete to me, I needed to see more punishment for the person responsible for what happen to Yoon Oh and wish there was a bit more to the end like a flashforward but other than that I loved it.

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The best❤️❤️❤️

Start to end I just cried, even the happy moments, saddest moments, y to explain the background song is enough ... So peeps ready with a bucket to cry a loads.
I just want to frame mls smile and hang it in my room, such a beautiful and calming smile.
One of the best drama I ever watched , even without any romance mls glare was enough ...more thn enough to make me blush like anything.
This was my first historical drama, I thought of give a try after reading the manga and that was the best decision I ever did. It is motivating me too watch more historical drama.
Even though I am not sure whether I will enjoy like this but yeah this one is going to haunt me like anything.
BEST HISTORICAL DRAMA❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Yes, it was far beyond my expectations!!!

Indeed, It was a great surprise for me! I thought it would be a second or third class drama, because it seems to be a low budget production, with actors not too famous. However, I am so addicted to the original and funny plot . Ando also I appreciate that male lead is always kind to female lead, there is no humiliation as in many asian drama.

I cannot stop laughing when the two "brothers" meet.
If you enjoy light wuxia romantic comedies, you shall not be disappointed. I hope it continues in the same vibe, since now the drama is still ongoing.

I will not describe the plot now. I wanna just write down a short reccomendation because I almost skipped it.

I apologize for my poor skills in English.

Have fun!

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This one is for the Zhao Yiqin fans

I am sitting through this drama & I know it will receive plenty of criticism but seriously those criticisms need to be saved for the dramas which have 2 big lead names, 40 episodes & going out to make their drama a classic. This drama have non of that, clearly just a drama for fun, laughs for that audience & entertainment. This drama is for those who love watching Zhao Yiqin, bit of excitement seeing him paired with a fresh face.

The supporting cast surprisingly play a very minor role, clearly the focus in on the leads. Zhao Yiqin plays his trademark cold character & he is brilliant as usual. Ding Yi Yi plays the warm energetic female lead & I refuse to compare her to Li Jiaqi, Zhou Mo or Li Hao Fei as the tone of this drama is completely different to the dramas those ladies were in with Zhao Yiqin. Ding Yi Yi objectives is to get laughs, was there a bit of sillyness, of course but the laughs were there too.

Is this your classic Allen Ren & Bai Lu lead classic? No! But I will say this. I prefer watching Zhao Yiqin over Allen Ren & prefer watching anyone Zhao Yiqin is paired with over any big female name including Bai Lu. I also watched F&E and felt more relaxed fun tone watching this drama!

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Abridged review

Like a Sentai show, only fancier. A group of young students who form a team and learn to be better and fight arm in arm to defeat the bad guys.

- The Good: The Grandmaster, a true guide for Tang San + the other 2 teachers. The costumes. The team. The world-building.

- The Bad: The MC, Tang San and Xiao Wu: together and by themselves. So clingy, both of them, if he was going to the bathroom, she needed to go as well. And he visited her every morning to braid her hair :S She was supposedly strong, but has many "damsel in distress" moments and he was always trying to save her. "I will protect you, Tang San/Xiao Wu" moments x100000. Every time one of them was in real danger, the other was overacting like it was the end of the world.

Individually, Tang San is a Gary Stu and Xiao Wu has the tag of "Childish Female Character" which says everything. I don't know if it was because of their 2D characters only, but to me they were both the worst actors in the series, which pains me so much because I adore Xiao Zhan and he brings tears to my eyes every time he cries, but in this series, when he is listening to his mother talking for 10minutes straight, he just stands there crying like a fool for 10minutes straight. It pains me to say I laughed thinking it was bad acting, and this is XZ we are talking about :(

Also, the bgm: what with that song in the background at the least imaginable moments! The song is nice, kinda like a music box, but it didn't suit ANY of the moments and it made my skin crawl.

It would have been a good fantasy drama if the MC weren't Gary Stu and Childish Female character...

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This series is ABSOLUTELY UNDERRATED

First of all, I don't understand all the hate surrounding this series.

Yes, it is conceded that the plot had so much potential. The groundwork and the overall premise of the plot, as well as the characters, could have taken this show to a whole other level. Think of Avenger's Infinity War's 'bring me Thanos!' scene. This series had every opportunity to do this. In fact, I waited for around 10 episodes for scenes like this, but it didn't happen.

Next, although I am a fan of both actors, I agree that NJH may not have been the best actor for this role. But hey, call me biased.

Despite what everyone says that the two had no chemistry, I beg to differ. There were scenes that felt natural and the two were really able to convey their emotions.

But aside from all of that, the plot was still good. It was not the cliche and predictable love story you'd expect. Both characters would go great bounds for the other. Isn't that what makes a good romance KDrama? Think of CLOY. The reason why so many people got so hooked on the series is because of how the two seemed to have an impossible love. Nonetheless, they went against all odds and we were all just cheering for them. This is what this KDrama is.

Aside from the romance, the other aspects of the show were good as well. The supporting actors were lovable and the story between the leading actress and her father was also heartwarming.

OVERALL, I highly recommend this show. Yes, it's not perfect, but it's still good!

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