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Ugly Beauty
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by zay
Feb 3, 2024
24 of 24 episodes seen
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Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 3.5
Rewatch Value 5.0
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the famous twin sister is infuriating up until like the last episode if she had just communicated instead of lashing out at her twin sister they would have found out so much earlier. shes suppose to be the "smart" twin but in reality ambition blinds her. it makes sense that she was upset after finding out that her twin sister had been living her life. but she should have definatly reached out first instead of making assumptions. The plot however is very interesting i do however think it could have been written better.
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Love for Love's Sake
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Feb 3, 2024
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

hope more k-bl achieves this ones quality!!!

i loved it its well done all the cast has such great chemistry and they did their roles well its my fav show now i recommended it to all my friends
to be honest i always cringe at something when i watch any romance show of any kind but this one bro it was perfect i really enjoyed every scene no skips!! hope it gets all the hype it deserves and we get more of this type of storylines if you haven’t watched it yet you are wasting your time dude GO WATCH IT NOW …………………!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!!!!!!!!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!!!!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!!.!.!!!!!!!.!.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.!.!.!..!.!.!.!!.!.!..!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!…!!.!.!.!.!.!.!…………..!.!.!.!.!.!!.!.!.!.!.

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Crazy Love
2 people found this review helpful
Feb 2, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 4.5
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 1.5
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Crazy ending

I got through this one. There were a lot of enjoyable moments and I liked the actors. However the ending had major problems for me. It was happy. …. Maybe too happy. I can’t explain without major spoilers. But all the forgiveness was nice but difficult to believe even for a romantic comedy. I wish the writers had found a way to redeem the hero without this fantasyland transformation. The music was very nice though. Second male lead was extremely handsome. I hope for main roles for him in future . Overall the first 2/3 was much better than the ending.
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Hidden Love
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Feb 2, 2024
25 of 25 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 10

The only Chinese drama I haven't dropped

This show is absolutely beautiful. I don't mean that in an aesthetically pleasing way, though that's not bad, but in a purely sweet, fluffy, and romantic way. I could not stop watching this and binge watched it to the end within a couple days. I know, I have a problem, but the characters were just so compelling and the plot was so fun and enjoyable. This is the only cdrama I've been able to actually finish, as the title suggests. The men are actually tolerable and not overbearing or abusive. It's the first cdrama I've seen to not have abusive ML and just abusive men in general throughout with annoyingly childish FL no matter the age of them.

This FL is young and younger than the ML and the plot is her having a crush on the ML who's 5 years older and her brother's best friend. Maybe it's because this is the exact story with my husband and myself, I was drawn to it. My husband and I both absolutely fell in love with these characters though. The girl is quite youthful and naïve at times, but so is the guy and they felt like the perfect match because of this.

If you're looking for a fluffy, sweet, airy romance with little drama, this is the show for you. I love some good drama, don't get me wrong, but this was just what I needed to step away from all the drama and just enjoy some good, entertaining love

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Youn's Kitchen 2
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Feb 2, 2024
11 of 11 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

Great group of people, great food, great content, but

If I hear theose same songs one more time..... The other Youn's Kitchen, Youn's Stay and Jinny's Kitchen all had diverse (sometimes absolutely unhinged, in the best way) music, but this season seemed to just play the same couple songs. Over. And over. And over..... Otherwise I loved it. The cast has such great chemistry, and the food looks amazing. The bits where they show them at home are sweet, and the location is beautiful (although we do get a few too many sweeping montages with those same two songs.....)
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Love for Love's Sake
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Feb 2, 2024
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.5

Love Supremacy

Interesting plot premise right from the start and the execution was even better. The cast was great, no awkward acting (in fact, Lee Tae Vin knocked it out of the park with his acting), and the storyline had depth and not just fluff. It's about learning how to love and be loved, and a self reflection on what it means to be happy.

However, there were some pacing issues, which I feel was kind of expected with the number of episodes. They probably could have benefited from maybe 1-2 more episodes, but overall, I don't think it detracted too much from the drama, which was still high enjoyable and meaningful. Highly recommend a watch, even if you're not a BL fan.

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Anti Reset
5 people found this review helpful
Feb 2, 2024
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 4
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
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Actually a Robot?

After all these god, vampire, demon, now we got love story with a robot! But is he actually a robot? I have a feeling that at the end we'll know that he's just acting! Otherwise, why would he be embarrassed while buying underwear! ?

However, tho it's kinda cringy but also cute. First of all, which contract starts with a kiss! ? And a student asking her teacher "Can I come over?" like wtf! It doesn't make sense.

I don't have any high hope with it. At the beginning I thought it'll probably be a lightweight rom-com. But we can tell that Wu Ping probably had a bad past.

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The Longest Promise
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Feb 2, 2024
40 of 40 episodes seen
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Overall 2.0
Story 2.5
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Cada episódio é um show de confusão.

Bom, eu sou uma amante desse tipo de drama e já assisti dezenas de dramas desse gênero.
Eu geralmente consigo esperar três, quatro, até dez episódios até o drama ficar bom, mas esse daqui é impossível. Logo nos primeiros episódios é impossível realmente entender o que está acontecendo, e então você pensa, no próximo episódio irão explicar, e não, não explicam. Não explicam nada o drama inteiro, você praticamente tem que decorar maioria dos cargos, tribos e princesas e príncipes desde o começo, e tem uma baixa porcentagem deles voltarem a ser citados, afinal, depois de cinco episódios maioria dos personagens e tribos citados no primeiro episódio, nem sequer aparecem nos episódios seguintes.

Eu não ligo muito para a personalidade das protagonistas, não me importo se são avoadas, fofas, fortes, burras ou dependente, mas essa protagonista é sem noção mesmo. Logo nos primeiros episódios uma das amigas dela tem um vestido lindo e a irmã mais velha dessa amiga quer vestir, mas a protagonista faz uma picuinha para ela não vestir e diz que ninguém além da amiga dela deve vestir. E então, essa irmã joga o vestido em um penhasco; Depois de mais ou menos 9 episódios de enrolação, a protagonista resgata o vestido e o usa. Ou seja, desde o início ela podia resgatar o vestido, e todo aquele discurso não serviu de nada.

O Xiao Zhan desde o início foi um bom ator, mas o personagem dele é um personagem além de entediante, é confuso.

É isso, o drama é muito bem feito, com efeitos incríveis, mas a história deixa e muito a desejar.

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Love for Love's Sake
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by romy
Feb 2, 2024
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

THEY DID ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

this was finally a storyline I haven't seen like that before and its so well done! Hope we can get to see more of them together in more series. The acting of taevin was SO GREAT LIKE??? His eyes spoke so much! The plots the last few eps werw insane i was shaking lmao and it had absolutely catched me
yeowoon is so pookie coded idk ?
the whole storyline is just great!!
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Like Flowers in Sand
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Feb 2, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0

Solid drama, stellar cast

If you want a fluffy, cute and no bullshit kdrama this is the one.

The cast do a very good job, especially the ML who transformed into the character completely. He gained around 10kg for this role and it actually looks really good on him. The concept of wrestling is new and different (at least to me as a westerner) so it felt like learning rules to a brand new game.

The love story was great - very light-hearted. The b plot is also good but overall this is more of a slice of life series so don't do expecting them to focus too much on the mystery is my only advice.

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Midnight Motel
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Feb 2, 2024
6 of 6 episodes seen
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Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.5

Dramatic silliness

I've been wanting to watch this for months and finally got round to it. I also wanted to see Off in a drama as I've only seen him in The Jungle.

It was odd, while at the same time not! I'm not sure there are many people who would be thrilled to help create a 'booking' system for sex workers. I understand that making enough money was the main objective.

What I liked: the main characters. I could believe that Kat (played by Jan) was looking for a way out of her life, but was loyal to her mum. I could believe that Mote (played by Off) was a chancer, who had strands of gold in his heart. I could believe that Sun (played by Mond) had childhood trauma which left him controlling, but needy. This is the second time I've seen Mond in the role of a baddie, but this time he was obsessive verging on psychopathic. Great acting.

What I didn't like: at times there was too much slapstick silliness.

It was enjoyable, but I don't usually watch a drama more than once and I definitely wouldn't watch this again.

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City of Stars
17 people found this review helpful
Feb 2, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

two green flags, could have been a 9.5

Overall: the leads were mutually interested, sweet and flirty so this could have been a 9.5 with some changes. Series got better as it went on. 12 episodes about 45 minutes each. Aired on iQIYI. Re-Aired on YouTube. Star Hunter Entertainment also produced: Big Dragon, What Zabb Man, Gen Y, My Mate Match and The Moment I Need You

Content Warnings: non con recording/sharing, cyberbullying, past death, homophobia, sexual harassment, transphobia, manhandling, unwanted public outing

What I Liked
- dynamic between the leads including: mutual respect, communication, ongoing physical affection (although Krom needed to work on his communication skills, even at the end)
- sweet/cute moments
- a few funny parts like the bubble tea catch
- supportive friends (although the 1 friend put his friend into unnecessary pain with his "plan" in episode 4)
- worked in anti-smoking messaging in a less preachy way, also added other messages however the 'respect a person's privacy' was undermined by Krom's friends taking video/sharing without permission and spying on them
- the interaction with his fans in episode 3 made me tear up, very sweet
- a trans character that felt like a real person instead of the stereotypical characters that we normally see
- excellent dreams
- good intimacy
- conversation about preferred position, willingness to adapt to a partner's needs
- avoided ep 11 curse

Room For Improvement
- too many comedy sound effects that actually detracted from the comedy (seemed less prevalent in the second half thankfully)
- the second couple needed more screen time and he needed to mature more
- several exposition dumps, the voice overs were used too much to tell the story
- too much time spent on the talk show stuff in episode 3, overall this could have had tighter pacing
- nonsense stuff: why didn't his (obviously not American) coworkers use AI translate apps/websites?, someone else filling a person's prescription, an allegedly good friend letting a very drunk person go off with that guy, not coming up with an obvious solution to the problem shown at the end of the series, etc
- how much time passed was unclear at times
- showing a character texting when using the bathroom

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Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo
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Feb 2, 2024
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 8.0
Sure it's old-fashioned and full of cliches, but sometimes that's exactly what you need . . . .

When 'Demon' doctor Tendou Kairi is about to be too overbearing, and callous for words, he all of a sudden does or says something incredibly romantic, kind or protective. This addictive formula creates an enjoyable 10 episode series. There is a lot of screen time between the leads, creating emotional and physical chemistry. This romance was fully fleshed out compared to series double the length.

Yes, there is a large age gap (I'm guessing about 10 years), a power dynamics issue (he's one of the lead doctors in her department, and whilst she is technically managed by the head nurse, he has a lot of power over her workload), and an experience issue (he has romantic and sexual relationship experience, she does not). But, I actually never felt like a boundary was crossed in practice. He never removed her from work or put her on work based on their romantic relationship, jealousies etc., he didn't pressure her into sex.

In the end, you get to feel the vicarious thrill of your first romance being the best romance with a man you think is attractive, competent, wealthy and powerful, and willing to change and give it all up for you. It's exactly what an old-school shoujo should do, and I enjoyed every minute of it.



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Love for Love's Sake
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Feb 2, 2024
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
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This was personal!!!

Cause it hit me from a very personal point, I've never cried so loudly in anything I've watched or read. I don't think I'll ever experience something similar again. The series really touched me from a very personal point and deeply. It was a very good, sweet series that made my heart move until the 8th episode, and I was not expecting the slap in the face in the 8th episode. Myungha's suicide gave me goosebumps and made me gag from crying.

Since I am someone who is suicidal and struggles with depression, I saw myself in Myungha. I have seen other suicidal characters, but Myungha made me feel like I was looking in the mirror, I felt her loneliness to my bones. While I was stopping the episode and crying, I was always thankful that I had my sister with me. Despite my sister, I feel so alone and once again I realized that I don't get support from anyone emotionally, if it wasn't for my sister, I would be as lonely as Myungha...

It made me think about my own life, what I have. It made me feel grateful and made me say "I still have my chance". Her saying that this life is a chance really impressed me. Myungha'a getting a second chance after committing suicide made me say to myself "You won't have such a chance in real life". It made me think that I should appreciate this chance, that is, this life of mine, and I think this is very important.

The fact that "sunbae" said "I thought if you learned to love, you would love yourself too" hit me hard. I always say that I am a "hopeless romantic", I really want to experience love, but months ago, I realized that I don't know how to love anyone because I don't love myself. And the fact that Myungha said "I want to disappear", it really made me feel like Myungha was me in another universe, because I always say this sentence when I'm at the bottom. The fact that he wrote "like minded friends" to the question about happiness and said "I want someone" while looking at the stars really destroyed me.

Myungha is the character I can relate to the most, no matter how long I write, I cannot adequately describe how the series made me feel, it also taught me a very good lesson. People who experience or feel similar things will understand me.

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The Day of Becoming You
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Feb 2, 2024
26 of 26 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

Fun , Fast, Slow and Intriguing

Dramas with a bit of twisted romance including supernatural tricks always pique your mind.
And it's the same with this drama
The plot is fascinating.

The acting is outstanding, brilliant!
The plot starts fun and fast but then gets so slow, the plot revolves round and round the same lame thing which kills the curiosity, and it feels like a drag.
And by the time it comes to an end, you lose your patience with all the melodrama and the biggest plot twist one could expect.

This is where I feel this drama should've been 16-18 episodes only and then it would've been perfect.
This is one of those rare plots where you can experiment with pretty much anything.
I can insert tragedy , mystery , action , Noir , supernatural , historical and this script would work flawlessly.

Too bad this didn't live up to it's full potential , but then again this drama do has a special place for being spectacular.
If I had to redo the script , I would remove the Idol part and make it as an actor instead .
It will work better.

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