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Mila Kim
United Kingdom
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My new Secret Garden!
I really really loved Secret Garden back in the day when I just started watching k-dramas. I loved and still do stories with fantasy/supernatural themes such as superpowers, ghosts & mediums, gods & deities or any kind of supernatural side effect due to "fateful encounters" or astrology based phenomenons. So this C-drama was right up my alley when i read the synopsis.
I have to admit it was a bit slow paced, and in some parts the comical music & effects were a bit annoying, but there are also loads of other stuff I appreciated compared to a standard k-drama.
For example: every time the main characters changed bodies, their demeneaor changed to represent the other person is in their body. But it wasn't really "the fake girly" or "toxic masc" kind if behaviour. They were based off their personalities, the male lead became extroverted and talkative, sometimes acting cute too. The female lead became taciturn, serious and reserved. The fact that they could pull these acts perfectly every single time without a hinch was amazing. Also the face expressions?? Hello? I haven't seen such natural face expressions and crying scenes in so long. Artificial tears who? We don't know her. They even looked beautiful while crying which is a bonus. It wasn't tok dramatic or exagerrated with snot and puffy red eyes. Someone who doesn't do the "ugly cry" freely shows much more restraint hence I believe they are hurting even more than the ones who can cry as much as they want.
Also liked the fact that there wasn't too much of a love triangle, it was brief for max 2-3 eps and they wrapped it up quickly & nicely with no crazy ex following female lead around for forgiveness or revenge. Not all exes have to be petty, k-drama writers, please take notes!!
Overall, I really liked the mains chemistry and the fact that they had good communication throughout the whole series and healthy relationship behaviour dsspite of all the hardships they went through with mutual respect & support, means a lot for the image media is trying to portray of modern couples in fictional dramas.
I gave it 9/10 cause I was excited, but realistically I think it would be an 8.5/10, which is not bad either way, right?
I have to admit it was a bit slow paced, and in some parts the comical music & effects were a bit annoying, but there are also loads of other stuff I appreciated compared to a standard k-drama.
For example: every time the main characters changed bodies, their demeneaor changed to represent the other person is in their body. But it wasn't really "the fake girly" or "toxic masc" kind if behaviour. They were based off their personalities, the male lead became extroverted and talkative, sometimes acting cute too. The female lead became taciturn, serious and reserved. The fact that they could pull these acts perfectly every single time without a hinch was amazing. Also the face expressions?? Hello? I haven't seen such natural face expressions and crying scenes in so long. Artificial tears who? We don't know her. They even looked beautiful while crying which is a bonus. It wasn't tok dramatic or exagerrated with snot and puffy red eyes. Someone who doesn't do the "ugly cry" freely shows much more restraint hence I believe they are hurting even more than the ones who can cry as much as they want.
Also liked the fact that there wasn't too much of a love triangle, it was brief for max 2-3 eps and they wrapped it up quickly & nicely with no crazy ex following female lead around for forgiveness or revenge. Not all exes have to be petty, k-drama writers, please take notes!!
Overall, I really liked the mains chemistry and the fact that they had good communication throughout the whole series and healthy relationship behaviour dsspite of all the hardships they went through with mutual respect & support, means a lot for the image media is trying to portray of modern couples in fictional dramas.
I gave it 9/10 cause I was excited, but realistically I think it would be an 8.5/10, which is not bad either way, right?
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