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Ok so i loved the story it was interested near the last two episode i was somewhat shock... i made a hypothesis in the beginning that all three boys know they were dating her but just pretended they didn’t and they choose to share so they don’t lose her but it turns out... Ya’ll know if you already watched it okay so here’s where the SPOILER is going to come! if this doesn’t make sense that means you didn’t watch it yet, come back and read this after you watch it! So at the end when she said “Why? You think you’ll be different?” Is actually dark to me because she wasn’t talking to gunwoo when she was saying that! She was talking to us viewer! That somewhat creeped me out lol but i still can’t be disgusted or angry with her! Cause knowing me i would’ve done that too... but i felt like i would’ve feel guilty from the beginning.. Anyways the ending and the whole story surprised me, more than feeling weird out or any negative emotions i actually felt amazed. Yeah that’s it i thought it was a great drama with beautiful casts. Was this review helpful to you?
Some of dreamlands sweetest male leads...
Juggling three boyfriends may sound like a dream but is pretty hard...To be honest I can hear all the voices saying if this were a man we would all be saying he is such a jerk but since it is a woman people seem fine with it... Well I like seeing women being portrayed as jerks and even if the story had its ups and downs this was overall a pretty entertaining drama with a pretty interesting and I dare say unexpected twist... And Well that is all I am going to say about it...
The acting could be better, the characters and drama are surprisingly simple yet complex and all the male leads are adorable and sweet and just the cutest little kitty type men that you just want to hug and squeeze their cheeks...
There are no annoying characters, but some more easy to love than others... It is short pretty okay to binge and I guess just good enough...
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why, do you think you'd be any different?
this was not at all what i expected! it also seems that there is trend of me feeling compelled to write a review when i have that initial apprehension of watching a film/series but then am very pleasantly surprised!! boyfri3nds is also super accessible through lululala's yt channelok before anything else, i wanted to say was that the poster is so powerful. they casted this series really well! i was drawn to this because of jieun - i previously saw her in the best moment to quit your job and also in strangers from hell.
my hesitance to watch boyfri3nds came from the impression that the web series would be normalising/romanticising cheating. the relationship between lahee and the three guys was obv more than just 썸 (a push-and-pull, fling). but i was so curious to know how it would end, and boy was i glad i stuck it out because it ended up being a sort of commentary that wasn't SUPER profound but still made an impact on my overall experience.
the best character written was definitely lahee, mostly by virtue of the way the plot was written. meanwhile the guys were all pretty docile and unimaginably (unrealistically?) angelic. their actions and words were so cringey, but i guess it worked and they all pulled off their characters. one thing though is that considering we had (1) the playful younger guy, (2) the sweet and gentle boyfriend, and (3) the cold city guy director, i would've expected a bit more polarity across their characters, but they all ended up being really, really kind in a really, really similar way?
the music didn't have any major impressions on me while watching, they didn't really have a theme song. most of the bgm was pretty classic fluffy romance bgm.
i'd absolutely watch it again just to try and see if i could pick out any Clues that would've made the ending less of a shock!
overall a great watch if you want to watch something fluffy but with a bit more depth
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The story starts with a funny episode introducing the boyfriends and the main character. The three boyfriends and the idea of the web drama were interesting and they all had chemistry with the main character. The drama had a nice story, but they didn't wrap up everything nicely. The ending was almost open and the excuse for what happened was just not good.
Other than that, the drama had a nice pace and the performances were pretty good even from the actors and actresses who played the side characters. Still, the final ending didn't give closure to all of them.
So, overall, six out of ten.
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When it comes to the story line I have parts that I like and do not like. First, I like how the scriptwriters wrote the female lead in a way we could sympathize with her and also hate her to the core as well. She is really a b***h. We can see the female lead being frustrated with the situation is in but couldn't decide what to do at all, at the same time she was selfish and wouldn't let go of either one, that the ending kind of also justified her personality. Also I kind of felt like she had a complex with her friends of some sort as she tends to be secretive and quiet with them.
For the male leads, I hate that they were all written to look dumb and so overly infatuated with her? Like, I was screaming mad when not one of them could take a hint, but well then maybe that was the point. Maybe they were really all dumb that's why she was able to handle all three.
Overall, if you are looking for new, and refreshing web dramas to watch with attractive characters, maybe this one is for you.
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A Hidden Masterpiece
I have watched MANY shows and this is the first time I have felt compelled to write a review.What starts as a very convoluted and silly plot turns into a masterclass on subverting expectations. An incredibly unique take on the frustrating "harem"/"love square" trope. What stuck out to me the most in this show was the writing of the female lead. Both male and female leads tend to have extremely similar personalities and traits across different kdramas. This show has very deep and unexpected development for the female lead. She truly felt like a real person and not an over-romanticized perfect individual.
tl;dr Give this show a chance. It is very short (10-15 min episodes). The ending will be worth it.
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Lies and love
A girl almost gets into and accident and the scare makes her develop dissociative amnesia. She discovers she has three boyfriends and starts dating them again but it turns out to be too difficult.Apparently!
If you judge this drama by its start, it is boring, repetitive, annoying and nonsense. The FL is cute and pretty. The three guys are handsome and sweet. As she dates them, her life becomes extremely complicated since they all work in the same office. Her feelings for them were always rather superficial, she admired their kindness towards her but when she started developing deeper feelings for one of them she found herself in a conundrum. What to do? How to tell the truth to the guys?
And then we are hit with a major twist which puts the story in a completely different perspective. And I suddenly sat up and paid attention: how is she going to sort the mess out? Or is she?
The FL is a complex character hiding deep insecurities behind a huge smile and a few white lies. She is the only main character here, this is a drama about her and the way she decided to lead her life.
This is your usual k web drama, with the production values a bit higher than usual. But only a bit! The story flow is smooth but one needs to really pay attention to clothes because, eventually, you realize the timeline is not as straight as you'd like it to be. The ending is also very ambiguous, happy or just apparently happy? Did she tell the truth to all of them in the same way or not?
Nice watch though, a bit draggy and full of tropes (damsel in distress who cannot pick up pieces of a broken cup without cutting her finger and screaming " ottoke? ottoke?"). And what happened to the fish? When did she pick them up after breaking the aquarium and staring long time at the broken glass....
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