I LOVED THIS OMG

It was a super good series to watch with great character developments, plotwists and super good special effects.
This is so far the best adaptation of the original ´parasite ´ ! The scenarists really did justice to it !
My fav characters were definitely Kang woo for how hard he was trying to live life despite everyone dear to him being dying (his sisters, his best friend), getting betrayed. Shoutout to his friendship with with ki-seok that was unfortunately shortly showcased but we could see how close they were, joking around each other, helping each other out and even sacrificing for the other…😭. I love how he got a good end !

Heidi is such a good living being. Till the end, she kept it cool and always cared about what was thinking her host. They really had a great bond with si-u and later on kang woo. These three were really the best part of the series ! I really wanted to see her happy for once but I never got to see it nor her 😭

RIP to the inspector btw. His co-partner is and will always be trash to me because no matter if he was threatened or not by the reverend, he really looked like he was enjoying it for sure !

The female director of the grey division might look cold hearted and all but she was just being pragmatic and even if at the beggining for example she was mistreating the inhabitated corpse of her husband for her goal (detect and kill parasites), I totally understood because it was no more her husband but just the ´ enveloppe ‘. She even cried after his ´enveloppe ´ was destroyed because she lost him for real. That showed how human she stayed deep inside herself. She is such a self-reflected character and useful one that I can’t bring myself to hate her !

Now let me end this by : Heidi I love you ! Even if you committed suic!de smh, to let su-in have a good life and ´live in humans company ´ calmly, you’ll always be in my heart, as the best parasite to ever exist !

I’m super tuned for s2 because it was so smoothly introduced. Netflix better not ruin this incredible series 😭😭
The cast is so good as well as the acting. I already knew kang woo’s actor from previous works and knew how good he was but shoutout to su-in’s actress because she managed to embodied two characters, especially Heidi one who has the characteristic of having a poker face 24/7 as other parasites. The actress did it so good that she could switch between the two characters (Heidi and su-in) and you would still differenciate both because of her great acting skills (and the makeup ofc)

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not good but not bad either.

Watch this if you have time but don’t know how to occupy yourself !

Got recommended to watch this so I did so.

It’s a really short series so it has its advantages and disadvantages. Since it’s short, characters weren’t created to have that much of depth but it was a good seriss considering I had time to waste so I just watched it to have something to occupy me in order to do my crochet projects aside.
I didn’t really enjoy it but I didn’t hated this series neither but I for sure had some second hand embarassment especially near the end with norio …😭
That’s it for my review

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Good and short series to watch but…

It was really interesting to watch and I loved the casting. The acting is so good and the OST is also really good.
Now let’s talk about the characters :
- First of all, I wanna know if Han joon really cut off ties with his high school friends just because of what happened between him and his ´best friend’ because they seem really caring and genuine to each other especially the girl. Shés such a good character because after being played around, she never acted toxic or acting like holding a grudge against the one in cause. We also need to know what happened to jinhwan ! He was also so cute and nice !

Kudos to Han joon’s mom. I even cried at the last episode because of how incredible she is, taking everything to protect her son and let him leave ´comfortably ´. I want her to be so happy and neat her son, no debts or anything because she deserves the world !
Yoo Jae’s parents on their side really destroyed him and even when his father was slapping him and then threatened him to cut ties with him etc… his mom’s reaction disappointed me because all she did was saying ´ yoo jae ! yoo jae! ´ she didn’t take his defense probably nor contact him afterwards… Like please madam, now you are even divorced with that trash of husband, take care of your son ugh ! Even before they got richer, she would also act really not nice to her son, asking his father to go search for a work and help her out paying for HIS son’s tuition fee… I get you want him to help in the house and that’s completely comprehensible but what is not is acting like Yoo Jae was a burden…

Then Yoo Jae. such a problem in himself ngl. Way too possessive ( like who tf ate you to litteraly interrupts your bff and one of his friends’s hang out just because you are jealous??? he is not yours man!!! Even if the girl was obviously interested in Han joon this is not your business bro. when you were ´flirting’ -toying chae young actually- in high school did Han joon deliberately interrupts you ? no so get out !!!) yet refuses to get to know of his passions… He knows his best friend loves boxing yet keep bashing on it, treating it of all the names then getting angry when Han joon finally finds someone with the same passion… I also HATED how he came back to him like nothing happened then later on asking him out after humiliating him (throwing away a gift he starved himself to buy -I get you don’t want him to starve himself for you but that doesn’t mean you should throw it on the floor IN FRONT OF HIM!!!-) then always saying things like ´don’t stay away from me ´ everytime but always getting angry at me when the other would slightly take some time to tell him something bug happening in his life. The way he rejected him also felt so wrong on many points because he is your best friend, so you should be the nicest while rejecting him especially if he was being nice to you (not forcing his feelings on you I mean) but no, he litteraly act like he was disgusted or something. Then another thing would be him throwing away ONCE AGAIN that chocolate plate he was offered before rejecting Han joon and once again in front of him (to afterwards ask him out 💀).

Apart of all his BIG red flags, the series was decent eventhough his character traits really kept me on edge. Would have liked seeing the reaction of their parents to them dating tho!

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Loved it so far eventhough they were some small flaws

*In this review, I’ll talk about both what I liked and what I liked a little less so be aware ! *

Really complex and intricate series and from the beginning as it tackles orphans’ conditions, abuse, etc… but at first (first two episodes) I was really wondering why the show was focusing so much on the two brothers and didn’t introduce the love interest yet until in the end of the first episode, writers made a sudden time lapse and you can see the linging in the young bro eyes so I got it. Even if they are not real brothers, it felt odd to me because of the real apparent age gap (one seemed minor while the other wasn’t so…). Apart of that, they were really depicted having that strong filial bond so that leap felt really weird to me. Although after that sudden time lapse the age gap is not as visible. I’ve forgot about it a little but it’s still on a side of my mind with all that brother thing.
Yet it’s interesting and tackles really good subjects so let’s give it a chance I guess ??
EDIT : after two episodes I completely (fortunately) forgot about it !
Now, I want to know how qian suddenly caught feelings for yuan to the point he even got sick when he sent yuan away...
Also it annoys me how he first ignored his health after being hit (at the beggining). Like you can see a doctor secretly if you don't want your relatives to learn about it. At least you'll get the help you need! The worst is he kept doing it the whole show 😭. Without yuan existing, he would have probably not have gotten that surgery to save his life imo 💀.
Then it's annoying as well that they are keeping the fact that he is sick from lili after it worsen. Like she needs to know as well ! She is your sister ! Like now everyone knows about it but her so please 😭.
Is it because she is a woman that they were keeping it from her ?? Because when it comes to yuan, they are saying they get why yuan was upset they hid it from him but then litteraly agreeing on not telling lili. like wtf. Till the end, they didn’t tell her if I’m not wrong.

I hated the fact his closest friend didn't try that much to get him go to the major hospital, now or earlier ! He could have managed to do it.

Otherwise San pang and the other uncle are such great characters ! Very wise ad all!

I also loved when qian started realizing and admitting how he didn’t know if what he is feeling for yuan was a fraternal love or something romantic and how they would struggle to turn their relationship into something romantic (ep 10).

The OST is so memorable because I keep singing to myself that ´unknown’ high note lol.
The cast is so freaking fine as well as the acting !
The episodes titles are so deep. I love how they could be quotes.
If someone could write them down and share them with me I would glad tbh !

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This was a quick and good series yet…

The series don’t beat around the bush for sure lol. they straight up started into the plot !
Btw I’m really pissed off right now because this is the fourth freaking time I’m starting over this review cuz MDL keeps losing track of what I wrote ugh.

SO. It was a super cute and quick series to watch.

The music were on point ! The casting is good as well !
I loved blondie (btw am I the only one who thinks that he looks like haechan ?) because without him, these two would have been at the same point rn !
Mikoto is such a good character as well ! She is so carrying and thoughtful to her brother. You can clearly see they grew up relying on each other!
Then kakeru’s first kinda crush (the girl) is so genuinely kind and nice ! She and mikoto really deserve the world !

Kakeru’s other friends deserve also a shoutout because of how supportive and open-minded they were !

Tbh I would have liked to see their reactions as well as the boys’ parents after the announcement of them dating.

Then a few things that really made me drop the ratings of the series would be :
- The acting
I might be harsh on this but for the two ML’s actors I really felt sometimes that they were doing too much. They were being too dramatic especially kakeru, always falling. Like I obviously know there are really clumsy people in the world and that’s not a problem ofc but here it was way too unrealistic…
- The series was going back and forth at the end. I felt like writers were just trying to make the series longer sometimes. For example (between all those I could have quoted here ngl) the fact kakeru said he was confused about his feelings for his best friend and more likely his crush at that point (I totally understand don’t get me wrong !) then proceeded to say he ´liked him’ right after had me. Or when he kept asking Ohara about his feelings for him eventhough he confirmed him like a thousand of times. But for that one, I know he was being really insecure due to ohara’s popularity among girls and feeling not at his level but still…
-THEN. The worst thing was ohara’s character sometimes at the end! Like he tried a few times to kiss kakeru without taking in count he was litteraly staying repeatedly ´No.’ or ´stop’ or ´wait ´. Like where the consent have been boy ?? 💀
The first time he might have apologized but it doesn’t take away the fact he did it one or two times a little longer after…😭💀

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(Be prepared to be rolling on the floor from laughter and also having your eyes bawling out…!)

I love how the series conveys many emotions and realistic situations although it’s about a time travel ! I would recommend it even if you are not a big fan of these type of plots because it deals MANY topics like child abuse, ableism and even depicts CODAs in a right way !
Honestly the whole series was just incredible. The beggining of the time travel was slightly confusing but things quickly gets untangled so just trust the process !
The last episodes (13-16) were really everything for me ! Everything started to be untangled and on top of that I was crying non stop…???
The last episode was THE BEST and got me sobbing, devastated then just purely happy for every single character ! This series is really the best I’ve ever seen until now (then come Vincenzo, Squid game, The Penthouse and Revenge Note !) and had the best ending you could ever have dreamt of for a series ! I really recommend it.

Now let me break down how I felt and on specific points but honnestly just overlook those negative details !

Before we get down to this, I want to say thank you to the writers because they made me like se kyeong again in the last episodes !


The OST are just incredible. I keep listening to them. I also love the fact they play iconic songs like "tears in heaven" by eric clapton or even "Sunset Glow" by BigBang.

The series is really realistic in the way it's told though there were some anachronisms but who cares right! Overall, they really respected timelines and even for small references like the calgary jersey yi chan wore or the airports name !

The cast did so good with the Sign Language ! I love how natural they looked like. Then they embodied so well their characters especially Ryeoun and choi hyun wook <333. I've always loved the latter and got to discover more of him and ryeon and I'm definitely not gonna stop looking for their future projects. Btw, I'm still waiting for Weak Hero 2 lol ! I can't forget about it ofc.

The only bad things in this series (and these just small details here) would be the way writers forced too much the romance between se-kyeong's daughter and ryeoun... Like they don't have the chemistry, she is so annoying (btw I had to take a break of one month from the series at episode 7 because of her, she was being SO annoying but with her background being unveiled afterwards, I got to hate her less lol -I still hate her tho-). At this point, eun gyeol had more chemistry with everyone except her.

EDIT : AS I SAID IN THE BEGGINING,I GOT TO LIKE HER AGAIN AFTERWARDS. SHE GAINED MY HEART BACK BECAUSE IN THE FIRST EPISODES SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST CHARACTERS OF THE SERIES ! Now she has gained back that place !

A quick shoutout to how open-minded the kids were for that period (1995) even assuming and joking on the fact he might be gay and/or having a crush on Lee Chan.

Now I gotta say this, we need a BL with Ryeoun and Choi Hyun Wook because they have THE chemistry we don't have in every BL ! But in this series I could definetely not imagine a relationship between them because of their situation cuz we're not seeking for a sweet home alabama series yk. Tbh Se-kyeong and Cheong-ah had SO much chemistry until writers f*cked se-kyeong's character (not gonna spoil so I'mma stop here lol).

As I went through the whole series,I also hated three things :
- How dumb se kyeong and eun-gyeol were when they wanted to because how come things didn’t click when he wore a squid game outfit and she mentionned the series ?? Other things like this continue but they continued to ignore all this and writers stretched that ep13..
- Why did writers made cheong ah character only centered around her romance with lee chan at some point (for 2-3eps)? To the point she would only talk about sekyeong’s choice btw Lee chan and eun gyeol with her ? when she meets her eventhough she could have spoken with her much more and deepen their friendship since sekyeong (I knew it’s not really her but no spoil !) knew sign language.
EDIT : Fortunately, she stopped that at ep14 and was genuinely sekyeong’s friend from then on !

- Then once again ! The romance between sekyeong and eun-gyeol sucks and was boring asf. The worse was that because of their unwanted romance, sometimes (especially starting at ep11) the plot was stretched out just to see them whimpering over each other and their lives ?This could be what really dropped the rate a little imo.

But don’t get pushed away from the series by the beggining of my review because it was really incredible. The cast and the acting was sensationnal,emotions were perfectly delivered, the cliffhangers were just on point. I went through so many emotions : from joy, thrill to sadness, empathy. Lee Chan is definetely the best character ever because he is very complex. Cheong ah as well and her background is really heartbreaking…
Afterwards both couples were funny to watch but still main couple had chemistry, what eun gyeol and se-kyeong still didn’t have.

This series will and has to become a classic !

SHOUTOUT TO THE BAND MEMBERS. They were gorgeous, funny and so kind❤️. Hope to see more of the cast ! Halmeoni/Grandma is so precious as well❤️ !

ANOTHER SHOUTOUT TO CHEONG AH’S FATHER ?❤️. Eventhough he wasn’t there for her when she needed it the most, when the time came he started to redeem himself. You could also see how caring he was. Glad he made the step-family stop the abuse! That witch step mother really was annoying and ableist at that…

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Not interested eventhough the beggining was on FIRE it quickly dropped...

Didn't want to start the second volume of this film because the first one was good to watch as a must-see but boring as a film itself but surprisingly, I decided as soon as I finished the first film to watch the next one. Maybe out of curiosity. To see what could be that new to the point they directed a second part to the film.
Then, let me clarify, I dropped it at 1:25:35 out of the 2hours. The beggining, to be precise, the first fifty minutes were just incredible !! Even better than the whole first volume of the film ! But then it started being boring asf. The acting had no flavour to me from then on (sorry to the actors) and the plot was just non-existent at that point of the movie...

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A cult film only but not that good...

The beggining was really good. Then it starts being boring. I hate the MC, he is even more naive than most MCs in shonen as to say. He does nothing except whimping in his scenes so...
For the movie's duration, I felt like we could have more characters' backgrounds explained and character development. Ofc we had some, but it was not sufficient. I still need an explanation of what's going on in between noriko and the teacher. I have an idea but it's something shady and I prefer ignore it.

The only plotwist in this would be when kawada found out how to escape together.

Not sure if I'mma watch the Requiem because for the first part of the movie I was excited to find a site on which to go watch it since it is considered a cult movie (that even inspired hunger games) everyone keeps talking abt and I was really disappointed.

It's a go for a one time watching but I surely won't give it a high rewatch value.

Though shoutout to the stunts choreographers and the actors as well. They did a great job on this aspect. For that time especially !

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Really meh in my opinion

*April 28th. It aired 3 days ago ! Never started a series so early. Almost right after its release lol*

The series is super cute and funny. Many parts were so amusing. It’s suoer interesting. I loved most characters and the OST were just…INCREDIBLE and matched perfectly !
Now to be honest irl some things would have been a huge NO for me. Even in the series, it’s still borderline.
Let’s start with Gi seop because he’s the one I’m actually targetting with this one.
He was being a huge red flag the moment Jin woo said he was a two-timer and then explained how he litteraly would be cheating on his girlfriends and blatantly. Like who tf would give their number to someone clearly interested in them and in front of your partner ???
Then I was triggered when he started being really intrusive like at the beginning maybe it was funny but not when you are rummaging into people lives and things !
When he said he would leave a week to jin woo for him to ask him out or else he would leave.
First you shouldn’t pressure someone into asking you out especially when you know you say ´yes’ to litteraly everyone.
Second, you shouldn’t follow them around and then refusing being rejected when they keep saying ´no’.
Like what kind of people are you to litteraly wants someone to aks you out because you are used to it and can’t stand them saying no.
Also when he said no, you pulled out a contract stating you would get out as soon as he would say you failed eventhough he just told you that a few seconds ago and you said you won’t leave ?…
I think it’s also super messed up to want someone to ask you out just for you to say ´yes ´ because ´you have to’ and not because you would actually like them. It’s super twisted because the person could end up destroyed at that…Especially if you are two-timing or worse ten-timing them as Gi seop did numerous times…

Other than that he is a cute and funny character..?Also why is the boy everywhere else but the school/part-time job lol ? Btw he is so whipped for jin woo that he got a mole tattooed ?. Hope they couple will last long !

Then another red flag of this series is that public confession lol. I would be seriously throwing a tantrum if someone was asking me out PUBLICLY, in front of tons of people especially if they are pressuring me into accepting. I mean they should not pressure someone into dating another person because it could have serious consequences !

Jin Woo is super funny and was being so real from ep 1. Single-since-birth team lol ! But that one line in which he litteraly described himself as the type of girl he would like to date, I was kinda triggered tbh. But other than that, he’s being pretty realistic!

I LOVE Baelgeum’s character so much ! He is so cute and realistic ! I’m so excited to see more about the side couple because they seem to have some background.

Those crosses in jin woo’s note (next to gi seop) are prolly to mark how many times he got Gi seop’s attention (?) That would explain their small amount. But this is just my attention.

kudos to the actor for not pulling off the floating kiss !!!

I love how Gi seop might be the most dense person but he knows how to read the room sometimes and avoids us so many miscommunication clichés.

I felt bad for baelgeum because when he was down Gi seop was halfy there for him bug ig at least he tried !

2nd couple is so good like they have a strong background. I love both of them and their relationship is so wholesome (and realistic !)

About the girl that appeared (forgot her name) she’s so cute and funny. She has the bestie material he needs ngl. also if they were going to end up together i would root for them but its a bl so they obviously wont but she so cute. They are
cute together.
Hope writers won't make her look toxic or smth.

I love the music though ! Shazam isn’t shazaming rn tho 😭

*11/05/24
EDIT : I’m dropping this because I’ve lost interest in this. I still love the second couple but it isn’t strong enough to keep me on in this show.*

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Totally wasted my time.

We were promised to something and got nothing.
Would litteraly not recommend this to anyone even to my ennemies.

****

The cast is good but personnally the fl and the ml (jae i and kang ha)´s actors are quite always stoic to me 😭.
Btw I find some bibi x Iu traits in jae i and a little of chaewon traits in jae-i’s ´bff’

Before talking about the plot, I just want to say I am so disappointed about this series because Îve been hyped for SOOOO long and watched it as soon as it was released to be feeling like I wasted my whole time on this because everything was tasteless to me : the plot, the characters, the romance and the rich vs poor trope in this way as well….

Now the plot :
The ending of the first episode thickened the whole plot beacuse I thought ML would just be acting naive till the end.
At first I was feeling so bad for ri-an (after the break up) bcuz he seemed nice but then he started acting so full of himself when kang ha approached him but maybe it’s because he knows the link between him and in ha ? He revealed his true colors !

The premise of the series was so boring and cliche (the rebellious kid who is mistreated by her trashy dad, the best friend who is actually nothing more than her best ennemy, the FL’s clique etc). Also the fact that they are rich, that there is a supremacy is overused in the way it is in the series, I don’t know how to explain it but firstly, rich bullying scholarship students is not ´new’ but I love this theme so much in series with its fancy settings but here, everything is cliche as I said before, the rules of not approaching the high class etc…
Btw I hate how they keep casually saying things like ´girls like when….’ etc… as that other guy said to ri an to advise him abt how to get him back to jae-i (ep1) or how jae-i’s ´bff’ says it also.
And tf you mean rian by ´i don’t know how far I would go to GET YOU BACK ´ like she was some kind of object you possess or depending of your will ??
Although they used to form a cute couple, after they broke up (and maybe a little before), you can clearly see he became obssessed with her.

Jae-i´s fathers litteraly deserves to undergo the same he does to his daughter to see if that’s so good being bullied because he messed her up mentally and now she is unfortunately struggling with a few things…😭

The way my jaw dropped when I saw woo-jin and his teacher making out and apparently have spent the night together…

I already hate the romance that from ep 1 was obviously gonna happen between Jae-I and Kang ha bcuz once again I feel like it’s unecesseary (as in most kdramas ?)

I watched this till the end to see if it would get better though I’ve already lost faith in it.

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Lost my interest

I ´loved’ watching it despite it not having any kiss because love isn’t all about kiss etc…
The biggest thinh I disliked was the other bullying his later on interest and even when the other would tell him what he did to him (ruining his name, stealing away something valuable to him, mocking him) : bullying, he wouldn’t apologize. Not sincerely… And he would keep going on with that like…
Because that’s actually a huge red flag to be dragging someone's else name in the mud just for fun. I hate this character so much because he might have a trauma but as someone said in the comments on viki "that's a reason not a justification" to what he is doing.

At the beginning, I was stunned by the fact that the whole school (especially the teachers, the nurse and even the archer really mean coach) were calling him out for getting caught apparently having something going on with another guy like it was something really bad. They didn’t even bother to hear out from his point of view…Very lame.
The archer’s father is so swear ! I wish him all the best ?❤️!

Also how how can writers turn bullies to lovers atp ??? With all what have happened between them ? and so smoothly ?. I know the same occurs with ´straight’ romances but even that got me so annoyed. I don’t stand this trope and will never ! And people saying otherwise and attacking the others that have other opinions should mature because nobody should ´enjoy’ watching someone getting bullied (here I’m not talking about those who liked the series or whatsoever just those who cant stand other people having different opinions).

Then I feel kinda bad for the bully (tae hyeon?) thinking about how nobody actually cared about him when he went missing for like 3 days. Even his three closest friends and especially that one other bully who is supposed to be his best friend didn’t check on him and just assumed he was doing well because ´they were used to him going missing for a few days’. Then even the school went to asking if one of his classmate could check on him as if school didn’t normally have their students address and phone number…?


EDIT : dropping this at ep 3 (4min into it) because I’ve just lost my interest in it 😭
No memorable OST BUT the acting and the cast IS SO good OMG !!!

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LOVED IT !

Finally we have a BL with more than 30min eps after so long !
This one is really good. You might think it’s some fluffy romance but no ! It isn’t !
It deals with grieving, suicide attempt (at the beginning), being rich, poor and their disadvantages. I love the idea and the concept of series, they are sooo good and I love how it’s giving and not giving love alarm at the same time lol !

Btw lying about knowing a dead person like myung ha did is actually crazy but we gonna ignore it bruh… 💀

To get back to my review on this series, the cast in itself and the cinematography are really so good !
Episode 7 is my fav so far ! I had my eyes bawling the whole episode and its ending ugh 🥹

About the characters, I loved them ALL. The quatuor of boys : myung ha, yeo woon, sang won and the other friend, AND the side characters, like the girls !

Now to end this, shoutout to sang won. He is my fav character so far, he has an actual lore (with his mother abandonning him kinda, to pursue money instead), him having a crush on myung ha and trying to get his attention, although the other litteraly continously ignored him 😭💀.
I mean my second lead syndrome might be playing a part in this BUT still ! Myung ha never actually care about him in my opinion and that was always clear. Like okay maybe at the beginning he was being ´weird ´ (not really) but even after, when he was genuinely nice to him, myung ha never ever took the time to get to know him at least 😭. Like bro it won’t mean you reciprocate his feelings or whatsoever just because you are talking to him ! 💀

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