It's a big mess! A disappointment!

As a fan of the original webtoon, I'm so disappointed with this adaptation. It's totally messed up! A lot of changes just don't make any sense. It's just full of cliché, tropes and dumb plot holes. I just couldn't stand them.

I got so mad how they even changed Ji Eum's first life. I really love the sibling interactions between Ji Eum and Do Yun in the webtoon and I really hoped they at least kept their past together, it would be so much fun, but it didn't happen. :(

Eventhough I really adore Ahn Bo Hyun and Shin Hye Sun, they are not Seoha and Ji Eum in my mind and I didn't see any chemistry between them at all. It's not because of their acting. They are great actors and actresses, but they just don't fit the characters. Seoha and Ji Eum are much more badass in the webtoon. And also, Shin Hye Sun is 10 years older than Ji Eum, a 23-year-old woman. That makes even less suitable for the role.

I just finished the drama just for the cast only. They did a great job in a bad drama.

Now I'm worried for another webtoon adaptation from the same author: It's a good day to be a dog. I really want to see it with the live-action version, and I also love the cast. But I lost hope after finishing this series.

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Proud to be a 8loomy!

Everyone, may our life all bloom like flowers! 🌸

Finally able to watch this series after putting it in my watchlist for years. I picked up this series because of my favorite actress Honda Tsubasa, and also because I always love stories about idols, music and entertainment industry. I’m an idiot that I didn’t know my favorite Fumiya Takahashi was also in this series, and he is a main character!

I’m so glad I picked up this series! It’s such a beautiful, heartwarming, joyful and inspiring series. I really enjoyed it. I also had a hard time in my career and life, so I relate a lot to 8loom boys and the female lead as well. Most of the characters in this series are likable and non-toxic, which I really appreciate.

Every boy in 8loom is so sweet and adorable! They are kind-hearted human beings, and super supportive towards their groupmates and friends. As a 8loomy, they are all my biases! Chayney’s boys are sweet too.

The soundtracks are amazing and they also add a lot of meanings to the story. I love all of the songs. I just wish 8loom debuted for real so that I could really become a 8loomy and keep supporting them and listen to their music!

Another thing I love about this series is how they normalize queer relationships and treat queer people very normally.

There are a few things I didn’t like much about this series in its second half but the last episode really touched my heart and the ending feels satisfying enough.

About the tiny subplot romance, I’m not too bothered by it. I’m okay with age-gap and student-teacher relationships, as it happens in real life all the time, as long as their reality is legal, and the gap isn’t over 20 years (for both younger man/older woman and the opposite), and their maturity is similar. The thing is, the romantic chemistry between the leads feels a little awkward, and the romance isn’t so necessary either. But it’s just a tiny element and not the focus of the series.

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A supposedly great drama was badly ruined

Watched it while it was on-air. I really loved it in the first half. It really had potential to be a masterpiece, if they kept the original plot as the webtoon, which was already very popular at that time.

But they ruined the series in the worst way. They changed the original plot and without asking the author and cut Park Hae Jin (the male lead) out of the series and replaced his scenes with the unknown second male lead's, while Park Hae Jin was the reason why a lot of people watched this series when no-one else in the cast was well-known back then.

The author and the series's fans got so angry back then, including Park Hae Jin who was also a big fan of the webtoon. But I can't rate it 1 at least for Park Hae Jin's efforts. Then to make up, the author asked Park Hae Jin to remake the webtoon into a movie version. But it's not the same. So sad for a supposedly great drama.

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A little bit disappointing compared to season 1

On one hand, I feel like the final episode is a little bit rushed. On the other hand, I feel that it's good enough. The series is already long enough to end it. To be honest, I think this season is created to attract the audience. And the ending is also not as great as I have expected, after how they ended the season 1.

Also, Heo Yun-ok turns into someone completely different from how she was in season 1. But I understand they do that to let Naksu remember who she really is.

The other thing I don't like about this season 2 is that my favorite actress Jung So-min never appears for at least one single scene!! They can just let her play the soul of Jin Bu-yeon like how they did in season 1 but no, they use the young actress instead, and that makes me so disappointed. I like Go Youn Jung, and I think she did okay in her role, but Jung So-min is really the star of the show in season 1, and she was the reason why I decided to watch the series in the first place, and I believe that was the case for many others too. I feel really unfair that the production crew keeps her out of season 2.

And maybe because Naksu is now performed by a different actress, so her aura and her charisma seems to disappear in this season.

Anyway, it's still an okay watch to me, though. I like the lovebird Park Jin and Kim Yeon, the Crowned Prince and his turtle, the character development of Seo Yul, and a few cool moments of Jang Uk.

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Best of the best heartwarming series!

I love every character in this series. There’s no unnecessary villain or toxic love triangle. They’re just kind-hearted and sweet human beings. And Kurosawa is the greenest forest ever!

I enjoyed the chemistry between Kurosawa and Adachi in this live-action series more than in the anime, which I watched recently. Adachi is such a cutie, and Kurosawa’s eyes and smile when he looks at Adachi just melted my heart. Also, Fujisaki-san is such a living angel! I love her character in this live action much more than in the anime. Her character is much deeper in this series.

The only thing is that I wish there were more intimate scenes between the characters, but it’s understandable in a live-action series and I’m satisfied enough. The second couple’s chemistry feels a little forced too, compared to the anime, but it’s fine as the series isn’t focused on them. The main couple’s chemistry is just top-notch!

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Full of cliché but I love it so much. It’s my guilty pleasure!

Full of cliché tropes and the plot is so cringe but I love it so much, mostly because of Satoh Takeru’s acting. I want to see more of him as Tendou-sensei! 😭 I love both his cold-hearted and soft side while being around the female lead, as well as his side as a dedicated doctor.

I also love the kind-hearted people in the hospital and their heartwarming stories.

I want to see more of Kisugi and Sakai’s romance too. I wish they had more scenes together, instead of the subplot between Tendou’s older sister and the young nurse guy. To be honest, I don’t really care about their story.

The top-notch acting and chemistry is what makes me love this drama, not the plot. As I have stated above, the plot is full of cliché and cringe moments, but it’s as expected from a series adapted from manga. I don’t think I would support this romance if it happens in real life. The female lead is an idiot and doesn’t have any self-respect for herself. She’s just following around a grumpy man all day expressing love for him. I don’t really like this idea. She should have her own value and love herself more, instead of trying to convince a man to love her. Not to mention there are other annoying things, for example, suddenly the dead ex’s twin sister appears and confesses to the male lead, or the ridiculous rich kid patient that falls for the female lead? 🤡

Anyway, I still love this drama very much and it’s my guilty pleasure!

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A great Sci-fi Action Movie

First movie of 2025.

Overall it’s a great sci-fi action movie. I enjoyed it. I haven’t read the manga or watched the anime, but I heard that it’s quite a solid adaptation as well. The plot was great overall, and the acting was excellent.

There were a very few things I didn’t like about this movie. The first thing is the relationship between our superhero lead with his family. I’m not satisfied with how it progressed throughout the movie and how it ended as well.

The second thing is the relationship between our teenage villain and his loved ones, and the ending of them. Why did they have to kill everyone around him? I really pitied him and I think he didn’t think he had an ending he deserved. Of course what he did is wrong, no one can deny that. However, I think the real villain in this movie isn’t him, but the society. Those people around him, except for his loved ones but they were also too miserable, are the one who turned a kindhearted lost soul into a monster. I think the movie should point out that at least.

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Love Ishihara Satomi and Chiba Yudai but couldn’t stand the plot

3.5 out of 10.

The ones who created the plot for this series, are they really mentally okay? Omg, I can’t stand the logic of this. It’s worse than just bad. The plot is really the pain in the a**, and most of the characters are annoying.

There are a lot more things I hate than a very few things I like about this series. Maybe I will write about them later. There are only 3 things that keep me bear with this series, and make me rate it 3.5 out of 10, and I’m being generous!

+ My favorite actress and actor Satomi Ishihara and Yudai Chiba. But I couldn’t stand their characters. I don’t understand why they choose to act in this series. Maybe because it’s a story with the Japanese traditional flower arrangement (Ikebana)?

+ Ikebana: I want to learn more about it, and it would be great if they focus more on it, instead of the mess they have created.

+ Pooh-san’s friends, those who usually hang out at Kayoko’s bar. I don’t enjoy Pooh-san character (not because of his look), but I like his friends.

Now, about what I dislike about this series, I would say pretty much most of it except for those little things I've listed above:

1. The story of a random boy who "cycles around Japan" with a "motivation" from Pooh-san and the female lead, and suddenly meets a guy with a terminal disease and wants to commit suicide, and they encourage each other? I was like, wtf? Like, how does this even relate to the main story? Plus, it's also an awkward side story and doesn't make any sense. Instead of this nonsense, it would be better if they focused more on the Ikebana part.

+ Related to the story above, it's the fat shaming from the female lead towards the boy and laughing at him, and everyone considers it a normal thing and a "motivation" for him to "cycle around Japan"? It's bullying! He's also bullied at school, but nobody in this series takes it seriously.

+ And the boy holds a grudge and shouts at everyone he meets almost the whole series, and suddenly in the end, he brightly smiles and gently speaks with everyone. Does puberty and bullying sound like a joke to the production team?

+ And all the "inspirational" messages Pooh-san sends to the boy, they all sound too cliché and dogmatic. I couldn't stand them.

+ Pooh-san let the boy use the female lead's bicycle without her permission. This really pisses me off. It's not about whether he returns it or not, but the fact that he let someone else borrow your customer's stuff without asking her first, and then explain it in a very dogmatic way, like "believe me, he will come back and return your bicycle". If someone did this to me, even if we knew each other before, let alone a stranger, or worse, a customer, I would end the relationship with them for sure, because they disrespected me. Oh, and also don't expect me to see that person in a romantic way later on.

2. All the things Pooh-san says throughout the series sound too cliché and dogmatic to me. I don't like the acting of the actor playing Pooh-san either. His facial expressions look too fake. And so do all the things his mother says. They don't look and sound natural. Sounds like they are professors who are giving lectures, not speaking in a normal way.

3. What kind of mother sleeps with a guy and tells him to date and marry her own daughter. Disgusting! And after the affair is exposed, the mother doesn't even give a sh*t because of the crap "We're mother and daughter. She can't end our relationship."

4. Having an affair is considered quite a normal thing? A lot of people cheat in this series. A guy that never cheats is already the best guy? Please, raise your standards, both men and women.

5. About the female lead's sister and their sibling relationship, it doesn't make much sense. I guess the screenwriter wants to add some dramatic elements into the plot to make it more interesting? Like rich kids never get a normal loving sibling relationship? Well, it's not interesting at all. The two have been having a loving and supportive relationship since childhood, and out of nowhere a random guy appears, and the little sister turns evil? What an old and cliché trope!

+ The relationship between the little sister and the guy seems too awkward to me, too. She doesn't even pay attention to him at first, and then only one question "Do you believe in destiny?", she suddenly falls in love with him so deeply that she decides to turn against her beloved sister? What kind of crap is that?

+ Also, the guy's been doing bad things to take revenge for a long time and suddenly changes after a short time tricking the little sister because she is too kind and innocent? A kid would think of a better scenario.

6. The pairing between the leads feel too forced for me. I don't feel any chemistry, and their progress doesn't feel natural. Them being a couple seem too forced and fake for me, not because of their looks. but I don't really understand why they fall for each other. The female lead is a red flag, and Pooh-san is too cliché, dogmatic, and fake.

7. The President/so-called father of the female lead is the true weak and pathetic man, to both his wives, and daughters. And in the end, everyone just accepts that he loves both daughters and wives in his own ways, and ignores all of his pathetic behaviors? I refuse to understand his sick logic of being an artist, because it's too pathetic. He's just an insecure coward who can't stand the women who outshine him.

+ Sets up to ruin his daughter's marriage by breaking her heart so that she can't leave the house? Pathetic. No excuse about a father's love or being an artist can make up for this.

+ Makes the two loving daughters hate and fight against each other.

+ Plans to kick out his talented first daughter, the one that his late wife's daughter had with another man and that he's raised as "his own daughter", and uses her as a tool to make his biological daughter look more outstanding and win the competition to become the next president. Firest, he ruins her marriage to keep her in the house and lies to her about her late mother's death wish and tells her to be the next president. Then he intentionally makes her lose the competition and let his biological daughter be the next president. And all of sudden, he again asks the first daughter to become the next president instead when his biological daughter refuses to become one. At this point, the series implies that he actually loves his late wife and first daughter, and how loving he is as a "father". What kind of nonsense is this?

+ Plans to make his biological daughter witness her mother and boyfriend have sex together, which he set all up, only to make her experience betrayal and hatred, to create the darkness in her heart so that she can become a talented artist to compete with her sister? And his reason is that she is his biological daughter so he wants to help her become the next president, and that he can't let her lose the driver's daughter (the female lead, his late wife's daughter with another man). That's his sick definition of a father's love? Disgusting!

+ Gets a guy to trick his wife into having an affair with the guy for his own selfish purpose, and then in the end reveals that actually he loves his wife? Make it make sense!

+ Ignores his wives (both the late wife and the current one) because of his toxic excuse that an artist doesn't need love and that love destroys the artist's talent. This makes both wives feel lonely and end up having affairs.

+ The thing that explains most clearly about his pathetic behaviors is the sentence he said to his current wife at the end, something like "My late wife's outstanding talent pushed her away from me, but you're different because you have no talent in flowers or being an artist." What a pathetic excuse of an insecure coward who can't stand being with a woman that outshines him. Like, "I love you because you don't make me insecure about my talent, and I don't have to destroy your talent because I feel insecure like how I did to my late wife."

8. The way the female lead suddenly calls the driver "father" at the end also feels too forced and fake.

To sum up, I can't stand any character in this series, only a few supporting characters, and I love some actors and actresses, and the flowers are beautiful. That makes my 3.5 out of 10 for this series.

I’m quite generous when rating a film, but I also pay attention to very little details and sometimes can end up disliking the whole series for those little details. For this series, it’s the opposite case, I dislike the whole series, but there are a very little things that I like.

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A beautiful series - Very relatable

Finally able to watch the whole series after 3 years, and I think this is the perfect time for me.

This is a really beautiful series. Macbeth is really the best thing to ever exist. It's a beautiful journey, and definitely meaningful. And every beautiful journey has to come to an end. It’s sad but it is how life is.

The story feels so real and complete, and the cast is perfectly casted. All of them nailed their roles. There is no big plot twist or no villain in this slice of life series. I really love that. I also love that they don’t romanticize the relationship between the waitress (Rihoko) and the screenwriter of the comedy trio (Haruto) at the end. This series really feels like a big hug to me. It warms my heart and gives me more strength to keep up with this life.

I relate so much with the story and see myself in every character’s story, as someone who also in their late 20s and struggling with life, failures, career crisis, isolation, mental illness and more. Personally there were times I also locked myself up in the room and isolated myself from the outside world, just like Rihoko and Haruto's older brother in this series. It feels like a wasteful time to other people, but it is a necessary period for me to reflect on myself and dig deeper into my soul. My whole life might also feel like a failure to other people, but to me everything I have done is meaningful, and it happens for a reason, and it makes me who I am today. Now I also need the courage to give up on something and figure out what I'm going to do next with my life. I am very grateful to my family, friends and the ones who I have met and have stayed by my side and helped me through the darkest times of my life.

Whoever is reading this, I hope you have a wonderful day. You are trying your best and that's enough. You are living in the best moment of your life.

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Not really what I expected

It was supposedly a cute movie about love and marriage but I can't stand the message.

So the male lead's almost-an-affair is nothing to be revealed? And it's considered as a normal behavior? I thought it would cause a scene between the main couple.

This man is such a jerk to me, for being over-jealous towards for no clear reason, just him being so childish and possessive, and for taking her as a bad inspiration to write poems, for ignoring her, and worst, for letting his jerks aka so-called friends embarass her and not protecting her.

I really don't think the ending is a happy ending for the female lead. She deserves so much better.

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A litter bit disappointing, but the couple is still adorable

The only good thing I want to see is the interaction between Buchou and Hotaru as a lovey-dovey newly married couple, and I believe other viewers watch the movie because of that too.
However, the movie’s main focus is around some kind of a stranger woman that I don’t even bother to remember her name, and couldn’t care less about her story. She and also all other characters are annoying, and she is the worst, and the plot is weird and stupid. The movie is supposed to be their honeymoon trip, but then it’s ruined for someone not important and not relevant at all. It would be okay for me if they put the woman's story as a very side plot, not playin a big role in the plot like how it is. It just doesn't make sense.
I still give it 6 out of 10 just because of the moments between Hotaru and Buchou. They are still sweet, adorable and funny as before. It's finally a happy ending for their love story, although I expect to learn more after that. I want to see their baby!!

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Great chemistry although a few things feel unrealistic

In general, it's a great love story. The chemistry of the main couple is no joke. I can feel love all in the air when the two are together. And the boy is just so adorable. ^^

However, there are a few things that feel not real in this series. For examples:

First, the female lead seems too talented and confident to exist. How can she just attend a company as an ordinary employee and get promoted so fast to a manager within only 2 years, when she's a single mom and her son even has a heart disease? It means she would have to worry about him, take care of him and stay at the hospital all day every now and then. Of course she can ask her neighbor doctor to take care of him but that's the thing that feels not real. Doctors are busy all day and have no fixed fee time, and as a mom, she would worry a lot about his son when she's sick. Heart disease is definitely not a joke.

Second, the serious heart disease doesn't feel so serious. The male lead can drink some beer, run around all day with the female lead, while running is tiring even for a normal person.

Third, the kids at the kindergarten are so mean to the son of the couple and his teachers did nothing to protect him. When he had a big heart surgery. Instead of cheering him up, the kids called him a monster and bullied him and the teachers just ignored it, and the female lead also did nothing to protect his son. As a mother, the female lead also didn't protect him in some other cases. It's very strange.

Also, the supporting couples feel a bit forced, and I don't feel any chemistry between their characters. One couple is just about physical intimacy, and the other has a better story (the doctor and the ballerina) and quite entertaining, but it still feels a bit forced.

Besides, about the brother of the dead mutual friend of the main couple, he's not a kid anymore, yet immediately wrongly blamed the female lead for his sister's death just by listening to the passengers of the bus who were all traumatized in the accident? And he blamed a passenger instead of the bus driver? Normally people usually blame the bus driver first before everyone else in similar cases.

There are a few more things that are on my nerves but I'll leave it here. And because I love the main couple and the boy is so adorable, I still adore this series a lot. ^^

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A beautiful and heartwarming love story

9.5 out of 10 for a beautiful, heartwarming series that has warmed my heart in this winter.

It was on my watchlist for a long time and finally I was able to finish it. I discovered this series because of its ost song performed by my favorite artist Suda Masaki. I have been listening to this song for years. I was so excited that he also did a cameo appearance in the series.

Anyway, I love the series very much. I've watched the movie first and already loved it, although it felt rushed. Both 2 versions have their own beauty, and for me, the series feels much deeper, heavier, more serious and realistic, and also more dramatic compared to the movie.

The story in this series is very beautiful and well-performed. I like almost every character, except for the nurse. She's annoying. Other characters may also cause different difficulties and misunderstandings for the main couple, but I find their behaviors understandable, but the nurse's behaviors don't make much sense to me. She treated the female lead badly as if she was a criminal for loving the male lead, hurt her feelings and manipulated the female lead several times. That's the only thing that I don't like in this series. The story would feel better and more complete if they didn't did her so dirty, in my opinion.

To sum up, Perfect World is a heartwarming series that has strengthened my belief in love and the beauty of life, and appreciate more little things and live more in the moment. I'm grateful to this series.

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