Easy watch

Well nothing brilliant about this series , but then not so bad either !
The main concept is very cliched , though it is executed very well .

For once did I like the character of the female lead ! She was actually a kind hearted woman.. not like in most Kdramas , though I dint like it from the acting perspective ! You know what I mean ... the character is nice but the actress could have done better job , she was really annoying in the first few episodes , in the way which she behaves ! Also I felt PSJ wasn't utilised well ... he dint had much to do , in fact the SML had a better role ! Its not a SML syndrome for me though , it was love- hate relationship with this character for me !

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Satire to the world of overbearing CEOs

Its just really funny , how they mock the romance dramas here , specially the fact that the CEO will come to rescue the FL out of nowhere !! I was laughing hard through out . Few comments such as CEOs do not eat Ramen or they don't have breakfast etc , were hilarious ! Though they still followed the same path , while mocking it, along the path !

The cast is so good looking and hot and their acting is even more nicer ! There is no reason not to watch this show !

The only part I dint like was the FL trying to figure out the books and plot for SML , I felt that was so unnecessary . Though I really liked him and at some point had the SML syndrome too , but that plot dint enchant me ! Also how did he himself knew that he was a character ??? That being said , the rest of plot is very well written and it has some nice romantic scenes too , which actually makes u believe , how much they love each other !

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One of the best historical Korean drama

Even though this drama is about 11 years old and 29 episodes long .. It dint make me feel bored even for a single episode !

I am not a big fan of historical dramas .. came her just for my loyalty for JCW and damn he never fails to surprise me with his character portrayal... I was still lost in his charms ! HIs character has been build beautifully over ..since his birth to the next 24 years !! How a disabled child , changed his destiny and became joseon's best sword master !

Talking about YSH , I have seen him in other dramas and dint find him much impressive , but here he made me have second thoughts about him ! Even though I really dint understand why he chose the path of assassins and even after having multiple chances to return , dint get back to his friends (major plot hole).. but it still went in a flow !

I won't deny about that the story had plot holes ... but who cares , if u r ultimately enjoying it ! The major thing that turned me off was absence of strong female characters , motherly figures , developing romance and samini (all about girls)... I am not asking about full fledged romance , but how come most of them were alone without any wives and gfs... The pairing in the end was also a bit off ! I won't say that Samini dint act well , it was just a week character but was given a lot of importance .

The child actors were awesome ! the grand master , ga ok and sky lord trio had a great chemistry . I also really liked the elderlies HJG and Sa mo.... and the background score and OST were really awesome .. I am hooked on it !!

All in all this drama had a good impact on me ! few plot holes can always be forgotten , if u had a good time watching it !! Happy Watching

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Definitely worth a rewatch !

This series was in my list from a long time now , I wasn't able to watch it coz of its inability in my region ! Finally got my hands on it ! Excited
I have been a Lee Joongi fan , and totally appreciate his ability to be versatile and get into the skin of any character he plays ! But he is not all this series has !! A bunch of good looking SMLs , all with different roles and characters ! I totally appreciate the star cast and how they all stood out in large or brief roles they played ! To be accurate I loved every character on this show , even the court lady oh , IU's maid everyone played their parts so well ! The OST is amazing and heart whelming too !

The story and the characters , were very well developed , so much so that it was too real to be a fantasy ! While I was on it , I laughed with them and cried with them !! Only after having finished it , I had regrets , only for 2 things :
1 . While all the characters looked positive till episode 10 , There was a dirty of positive characters after that . I would really like to hold on to few of the positive characters ! The only positive character I felt was BaekAh , and Wook's first wife ! The rest all were backstabbing each other ! Even the FL backstabbed ML .
2. The ML was misunderstood for 90% of the series , it would have been great if atlast Jung would have accepted his good deeds , and realised how he actually tried to protect his brothers !!
But that's just me !! The reason why I have those regrets , is also because it all felt so real !

There is no reason not to watch it !

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Perfect blend of romance and ambitions !

I really thorughly extremely enjoyed this drama .

Like I said its a perfect blend of romance and ambitions . Both the leads are strong and motivated and have their share of happiness as well as discomfort ! This drama has a bunch of good looking guys , with good amount of roles , so much so that its hard to understand who is the second lead :) . All are perfectly well dressed and good looking . The FL is not annoying for a change. The misunderstanding are just hillarious . The way the guys start calling her sister-in-law an the way he gets involved with her at the family dinner is just amazing !

There is just this overuse of word 'Dream' I feel , and too many flashbacks that break the rhythm . My only complaint with this drama (and with every other C-drama apparently) is that they make troubles out of very small issues . Like why he retired , the reason was ridiculous to me ! Its obvious that solo was not at fault , he had a family to support suddenly . In fact as brothers they should have offered him support rather than disbanding the team . Similarly the FL should have solved the misunderstanding with her family , that she was the one who stalked him while he accepted her to protect her honor initially !

That being said , there is no doubt that you will definitely enjoy the drama during its course.
Enjoy :)

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Stirs emotions deeply !!

This is the first melodrama that i liked watching and dint get annoyed or bored at !

I am so not into melodramas , and I started this one without knowing that its a melodrama ! That being said I found the basic story very week and unacceptable , as it has many main unanswered questions , but still somehow the twists-turns of events and unfolding of relationships is done so aptly that even though you know the truth it still stirs your emotions every time !!

Basic questions like why dint the brother want them together , is kept a secret til almost the end of the series , when you might think that he must have done something wrong to her ! But then in the end you realise that he got that burn trying to save her and the brother knows it and saw it , and still wishes to separate them ???? Why would he stab him , when he was just sorry towards him ??? He would give Yoori a chance to redeem herself , but just hate moo-yeong ?? Also few things from the first murder and seong-ahs accident aren't very clear .... I just waited till the end to thing to unfold , but few things were just left out .
It was a good watch , with little to no annoying characters , all felt right at their places except oppa :D !! Enjoy :)

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Unique blend of suspense , action , romance , emotions and comedy !

I actually enjoyed watching this series , it was an easy watch , with such a unique blend of suspense , action , romance , emotions and comedy ! I could watch it without getting annoyed on any character , that might sound a little unrealistic , but the main thing is having a good time watching a series !

There was nothing very intriguing about this , but the story was beautiful and unique and it unfolds at the right time , throughout the series ! The characters are all very strong and painted very well . The way she falls in love with the ML , while still keeping her dead ex-boyfriend in her memories and trying to move on , was the highlight for me ! All characters were very strong and mature and they know their place !

The only thing I dint like was they were shown too lonely fighting against the higher ups , there was not one person who they can trust except the ghosts ! They could have been easily gotten killed while lying in the hospital bed :D !!

Ok Taecyon is a very natural actor . He has some very unique and crazy expressions sometimes which definitely stands out
Kim Jaewook doesnt actually needs dialogues to show his presence , one can see the listlessness in his eyes and feel it !
For the FL , though the character was very good , I felt that the acting could have been better , she was just too bland at some places !

All over it was a nice watch for me !

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Life influencing !!

This is a masterpiece in itself !

The title is enough to understand the theme , and it really sticks to the theme ! The lead characters all have some or the other mental traumas , which they are fighting against and they either conquer their fears or accept themselves the way they are ! Acting is specially amazing and story is heart rendering , very different from the cliched k-dramas !

Special mentions are set yeaji and oh jungse ! Their fights over KSH were hilarious as well as emotional at the same time ! One can sympathise with both characters, even when they would annoy you at sometimes !
Now this is an idea of strong FL ! The strong FL doesn't means always the kind hearted and self righteous or bubbly poor girl , like in most dramas!! Here the FL is psychotic , close to getting insane , but she still manages to get over it , with the help of ML. She understands her flaws and accepts them and doesn't expect the world to acknowledge her ! Cries her heart out but doesn't goes in self-pity and specially doesn't comes up with the stupid pride !

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Watch it for some amazing acting !

This drama made me cry , laugh and get annoyed along with the characters .

TBH , watching it in 2022 , it felt like nothing special from the story perspective, as we have multiple such K-dramas available , with similar storylines , where the FL pretends to be the guy and stuff , but the execution was so damn beautiful , I bet in 2007 it would have blown people's mind ! I loved how they focused on the 2 main love stories , one being the matured and other the immature one ! the relationship building between both the couple's is beautiful .

I would have given it a 10 , if only the female characters were written a little better. All of them sucked and yet got whatever they wanted , without much pain ! I loved all the prince in the coffee prince , though !!

This is not just an issue with this drama , I can see this in most K-dramas , that the writers do not put much effort in building reasonable female characters ! They are all unreasonable and annoying poor girls who would first go for the money and then they won't respect their creditor and then suddenly develop this huge pride ! We want more strong female leads characters , like those in hotel del luna , its okay not to be okay for instance.

Here too the FL is immature , unreasonable , annoying and practically mooches off the ML ! She deceives him and then forces her feelings on to him , makes him accept his feelings only to turn down his marriage proposal , holding her stupid pride , when he becomes desperate ! on top of that people near her are not even holding her responsible or giving her proper suggestions !
Most will think that the ML was the toxic one , but I can totally understand him ! He agonised over being a homo , and practically overcame the fear of family and friends to accept his feeling (This was a beautiful moment for me , how he accepted his love even when he knew that he wasn't a gay), only to find his trust shaken off ! Moreover right after they get back together , the FL hardly spends any time with him or discuss anything with him ! She suddenly developed the feeling of being independent (she was asking 1 million won just to be standing with him earlier), so much so she can't marry him ! I mean people study even after marriage !! What ws the big deal ?? she gave him all the reasons of not leaving her family when he asked her to move to New York , but easily took his grand ma's favour to move to Italy !!!!! Though they have shown to discuss these moments fairly , but she gives in all the time , means that she wants it , doesn't it ? Then again why hold the stupid pride , respect people for their help and be available for them , that's what life is about , no one can survive all alone in this world ! Similarly with yoo-joo and Eun-sae , they get the guys so easily , even after being so ridiculously selfish and giving them the hard time ! I wish the k writers focus more on female character development in rom-coms as well !

Thats the only negative I had ! If I leave it be , I can just rewatch it for gong-yoo and Jung-an . I mean they are just so beautiful , it doesn't feels like one is watching a 15 years old series , they are so perfect in their attire ! And Kim jae-wook , he is so pretty here ! Loved the ending it was satisfactory for all the prince !

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For the love of K-Pop

Yes , i came to watch this series for my recent found love of K-pop and 2PM . I mean Teac and wooyoung together in a show having few glimpses of nichkhun and Chansung too .. I wonder why they left Junho , though :|

The star cast was very enthralling and captivating ! They were all so good even when they were rookies . On the acting front they all have done justice to their roles . Taec was awesome as a person who matures early coz of missing parental love ! KSH and Bae suzy made me fall in hate-love(more hate and less love) relationship with their characters , they were both selfish and deserved each other ! WY and IU were my soul satisfactions ! They were so warm and cute . TBH i liked Mr. kang's role the most.

I dint like the ending though ! But then this is how it happens in the entertainment world , even the most talented ones like pilsook and jason may not make it to the top and the ordinary ones like samdong may make it to the top ! The reason y i say samdong was ordinary is coz of his performance , they tried to show him as good and par with others , but honestly when all were performing together one can see clearly that he was a weakling ! Now people can argue that he isnt an idol like others but then thats about wrong casting , right ! i feel KSH did justice to his role through acting definitely but he wasnt good with the performances , specially dancing !

It wasn't satisfactory in more than one way . HM was definitely a vicious and selfish character , what did she ever do to receive so many choices be it career or the guy ! People might say that she changed , yes she did but only for those who put so much an effort for her , and Jingook helped her change , but did she ever asked him how he was doing , until he came and explained himself ! Again what did she ever do to find so many people loving her without putting an effort towards them ! Baek hee on the other side was a gentle soul , she did made mistakes but regretted for them too , but most of the times she was gentle and forgiving ! Jingook definitely deserves someone better or atleast they could hv shown him doing better than the rest !

Few glitches that i noticed .
1. Baek hee was definitely a better stage performer than Bae Suzy... They should have chosen someone with less charisma than suzy , if they had to put her down !.
2. Similarly Samdong too wasnt that good a performer , not better than WY and TY.
3. They have shown that Suzy's heart changes , she definitely liked TY before , but then TY says feelings cant b changed ???
4. If suzy could grow apart from TY coz he was busy , she could hv grown apart from KSH too , when they were apart !

I still enjoyed the show and I m sure you will too specially if u love music !

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Just go for it !

This is one of the must watch Kdramas !! I was a little skeptical on picking it up , but wanted to give it a try after watching lot of junho and seonho dramas ! Though they both did a good job here , but the highlight was definitely manager Kim !

I have deducted 1 point only coz in the middle the drama became quite too technical for a non-techie to understand , but that lasted for 2-3 episodes only , and i think that was required to give the a build up ! There is dramatic and comedic ending to each and every episode which makes it even more hilarious !

Namkoong Min did an awesome job , as a crazy and righteous manager ! He was too cool to handle ! His bromance with GM and seo yul both were very cute ! The way he irritates seo yul is just beyond adorable everytime !

Junho was a rookie here ! Though he did a good job with all those evil expressions , he dint came across natural to me . I felt he was putting too much of an effort at some places , at others he was cute as usual ! Going frwrd I really feel negative roles would suit him better !

FL had hardly any good scenes , the detective was better than her !

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Short sweet and crisp

This was quick watch and instantly brightened my mood !

i have noticed usually in K dramas there are 1 or more characters that would annoy and anger you , which is actually the reality but more so it becomes intolerable when the lead characters are such , specially the FL. have watched so many dramas now , where the FL is an annoying character , but still she is victimised and loved by all !

The best thing I loved about this drama was the FL !!!! Hands down she is one of the FL characters I have seen soo far !! Loveable and cool ! She doesnt plays the victim card , accepts things, does not have misunderstandings without discussing on them ! Having such characters can make u learn from then and have a bright mood while watching it !

I have given it an 8 star , coz it was nothing out of the box , we have seen such stories before ! But it was very much likeable . Just go for it !!

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Entertaining

This drama was thoroughly entertaining to me specially in the first half !

It got a little boring when the FL and her stupid pride started acting up ! Other than that it was quite fast paced ! People might think that it should have had more of incidents , but I feel that from high schoolers perspective it was pretty much awesome . They dint made him into a hero , that was the beauty about it ! One thing I dint like was there were so many students cribbing about life , when they haven't even actually faced anything and that they were glamorising not studying . I mean its okay you have dreams , but you still need to be educated ! The FL doesn't studies , but cribs about being a 6 tier student , I couldn't swallow that


To be honest I actually enjoyed all the male characters , even the principal , teachers and students like dad hwi, heechan and taewoon ! But female characters seem to be a bit unruly and unorganised ! Dae Hwi's girlfriend lied so much still wanted to be understood , without facing the consequences . FL was always asking for favours from ML , like buying her lunch , giving her a ride , but then suddenly her pride starts acting up , after he confesses to her , she doesn't wants to understand him and gets through it without even apologising ! Then FLs best friend , she acts up that FL dint tell her secrets , but when she told her , she started blaming taewoon for nothing to justify her being disloyal !


All in all , its a good try ! I won't say a must watch though !

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Binge it , now !

I have no reason to give it anything below 10 stars !
I was very hesitant to start it , coz of the number of episodes , I mean its the longest K drama I have seen so far ! But I still did it owing to my loyalty to JCW :) ..... and I am happy to announce it was worth my time !

JCW never fails to impress . I mean just see the wide range of roles he has picked up . I couldn't expect the macho in the healer / K2 / Baek Dong too , can actually act this stupid in empress Ki . Forget other roles , he has shown such varied range of emotions in this very drama itself . From happy and funny to anger , desperation , pitiful , emotional and what not ! All the other characters are wonderful too like KI , wang yu , taltal , baykan and not to forget Tanashili ! I m sorry to say but I found Tanashili much more impressive than Ki . I mean her smile , smirks , sadness all say so much

Its based on the real historical story with lots of twisted facts ! So just go with the flow .. Empress Ki was actually a cunning and greedy woman , not a saintess as shown here ! Same goes for Wang yu and ta Hwan... since ta Hwan is yuan dynasty , they shown him stupid , he wasn't this stupid though , he depended on Ki , just coz he loved her ! and there was no connection between wang yu and Ki whatsoever. Here I am just stating facts and not saying that there was something wrong with the plot. I thoroughly enjoyed whatever was shown throughout the series . I just wanted Ta Hwan to grow a little more independent of Ki !

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