Nice story with the worst ending ever

So this is a short lenght drama.. 18 ep x 8mins..

Story is nice… good value production… I like ghe main leads…. Romance, intrigue, fun parts… a bit of everything…
Big twist… the Prince sacrifices himself to save the FL family… the evil queen cuts his achilles tendons rendering him paralitic.

That was hard to see… as he was the guy kn ghe kingdom… the heir to the throne..
So FL is trying to cure him… fasy fwd ep18… they mive out to ghe ctry and suddenly the ML leaves the FL because he considers himself a burden for her…

And that was it… the end.

Seriously? That is not even a sad ending… is a bad cliffhanger…
That is why I rated it so low.

With a proper ending, I would rate it a solid 8.5.

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Funny, crazy, a story of guilt and forgiveness

This is on my top 5 dramas.
Started a bit slow but kept me interested immediately…

ML-GohJin is the worst overbearing CEO I have seen so far…. Really awful…
Throughout the story.. he is faced with so many crazy situations… acting is hilarious… kudos to ML is really good…
He took me in the journey of hating him, feeling sorry for him, understanding him and loving him… again, acting at his best.

FL-Sina went from pushover, desperate, crazy, angry to understanding, supportive and totally empowered woman with so much integrity…. She is the character with best development I have seen… ever..

The interactions between these two are great…

Overall the intrigue is fuel by guilt and blame… and like someone wrote in comments somewhere… how powerful words are… they can make you or break you…

Loved it, recommend it 100%

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Funny, cute and entertaining…

Min Gue is hilarious and funny …. All serious as the Pontifix… but slowly changing the world around him, one kind act at the time.
The premise is…. the divine Pontifix gets body swapped with a wannabe idol… and has to learn to live like one to be able to go back to his home.
The story is intended to be light and comedy… which was very well done.
I believe there is a hint of truth behind it… once ghe spotlight is gone, what is left?
As audience, we see many entertainers doing crazy things trying to keep themselves famous…

Every member of the wild animals boyband has a story behind… it was nice they got air time as well…

The grim reaper bromance with Woe Yong was funny.

I liked it… except the end…. Was rushed and weird…

Overall I would watch it again.

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Bitter sweet romantic drama…

The reviews are all over the place…people loved or hate it…
I am inclined in the like it part…
The beginning was funny… with Haebaek trying to adjust to modern life, driving FL crazy… and how they both fell in love was sweet…

Main leads have great chemistry…. Although the story is kept quite PG10… only a gew kisses and ghat was it… and as usual FL is running away every time Haebaek started a bit more romantic than usual… which was not really credible… but its a norm in these series …

And the story was more or less ok until ep 11… then it dragged… like 30 secs of him watching her sleep… and a lot of scenes like that.

Somehow, it felt like the writers missed the point at the end… the resolution of yhe conflict felt deflated…. And it was missing ML showing more of his powers throughout the series…

Overall… I liked it.
Story… 8
Music was really nice! … 9,5
Acting was ok… 8,5

Would I watch it again… 6… maybe…

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Somewhat funny, somewhat bitter, somewhat... something

I am puzzled.... not sure what to make of this one.....
There were a lot of opinions about the FL acting... most of them negative. And I kind of agree....

Story is not bad..... Yun Seo agrees to break up with Jun Won because of their different backgrounds and expectations.
Only... it is easier said and done... Particularly because Jun Won is the most amazing boyfriend you could imagine.... and he decides not to let her go.

So far I have come across a few dramas where the ML is just unrealistically nice...
This is one of them....

Ju Won is rich, handsome, caring, funny, loyal... the whole deal.... only min point, a bit young but I forgive him for that...
Actor Moon Sang Min plays him wonderfully... he is simply adorable. In his suffering because his girlfriend left him, he is super cute... in his resolution not to accept the break up... he is a champion. I was rooting for him all the time.

Now, FL is a different story. The character was written to be plain.... which was delivered accordingly.
This is a woman that suffered child abuse horribly by both parents, to the point she had to run away in her early teens, with her little brother, in order to survive.... Because of that, she became a practical, realistic individual...

that is fair and relatable.
BUT
The way she was portraited... it delivered no emotion in me. The scenes of the child abuse are terrible, those one made me cry, but for the rest... she is very bah... which is a shame.
She agrees to break up with Jun Won, and later on realizes that she loves him and can not be without him...
really? I would not believe it.. she looked pretty normal to me.

Now... the 2nd couple was AMAZING and lifted the whole show ....
Seo Si Won (Yoon Park) is one of the most versatile actors I have seen so far... he is just adorable, cute, like a teddy bear. One moment he plays ruthless CEO, the other he is confused man about his wife and how to deal with her...
His interactions with his contracted wife Mi Jin (Park So Jin) are hilarious... so adorable... they made my time watching the show worth it.

same effect as in Business Proposal... and I would love for them to get their own season.

This is a fluffy story, good to pass the time.... the big lesson is that your mind can say but the heart rules.

Would I watch it again? Nope

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Yes, totally worth it..

I kept seeing this drama recommendation by everybody… so decided to check it out.

It lived to the hype… caught me since ep1.

Their relationship is so natural, and both charismatic in their way.
Ung is so cool, relaxed… life pass in front of him without any hinder, Thats how he appears to be… except for her.

Yeon Soo is so relatable… excellent student, struggling to become excellent professional… she is accomplished and responsible, tough on the outside, but so soft inside, constantly faking her personality so no one can see how vulnerable she really is,.. not even Ung.

The break up scene was so horrible, detached, I hated her but later understood life was too much… and she underestimated her feelings for Ung, and eventually regretted pushing him away.

That happens so often in real life…. People simply makes mistakes because they take others for granted.. like YS did…

These 2 persons get together through a documentary film in high school…. Which lead them to become a couple.
Life happens and Yeon Soo broke up with no real explanation, leaving Ung heart broken and confused.

I spent 12 episodes crossing my fingers for them to get back together…. Both were miserable apart, but stubborn to get back together…. However, when they finally did, it was a bit anticlimactic… but ey… at least we had 4 episodes of them together.

I loved that both evolved in their own way… and once back together, they learned from the past and try to be better for each other, not taking their love for granted like they did in the past.

This is one of the dramas with much better development Inhad seeen so far….
Their relationship is very real, normal… they complement each other so good, there is no mistake… they belong together.

The onky annoying character was the friend /2ML… the producer…. Somehow he did not win my simpathy, even with his sad story.

Everybody else are adorable.

Do I recommend this serie? Absolutely Yes
Would I watch it again? I think Yes
Would I love a second season….. absolutely yes!

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Excellent story about love, friendship, … totally recommend it

Quoting Tara Tara from dramacool…. I liked the way she phrased the comments:
“First of all, thanks to Jin Soo Wan for writing such a wonderful script, thanks to the director who masterfully realized it, thanks to the actors who made these characters so real that we cried and laughed along with them. This series had everything a quality series should have. There was laughter, and tears, and anger and compassion, and little life lessons that we all learned once but this hectic and chaotic life made us forget them somewhere along the way. I know we were all hoping that Yi Chan would be able to hear but this was actually the last in a series of lessons that this series has taught us. Running away from reality is not the solution to the problems we face, tackling the problems is the only way. We should use what we have been given in the best possible way, that is, use our disadvantages as a driving force. Exactly what Yi Chan did.”

Every episode made me laugh and cry… music was excellent… acting was great… pace was really good.
Overall.. yes, all the hype is absolutely true… it is a great story…

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Someone get a helmet to this poor Louie!

What a nice, kind, loving story!
Even though Louie and KoBokSil are the most kind and trusting unbelievable characters ever…. I was cheering up for them since ep 1.

Louie is just such a spoiled young adult, so fragile but hanging there, trying to condront his adversity…. The actor was amazing… You can not even get angry with him…

Ko bok Sil.. same thing.. such hard working, responsible girl… always taking care of everybody… the
The only character that was a bit over the top was Mr Cha… even though the actor was also amazing, the age gal was very noticeable…
I loved the story and the ending…

Would I watch it again? Yes…
Would I watch a season 2? Absolutely!

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Entertaining.... nothing out of ordinary

So... what is out of the ordinary on this one?
* ML takes out his shirt A lot....
* quite a lot of kisses for a short drama
* FL kicks ass... literally

What is ordinary?
Super childish FL.... even though she is very strong in martial arts, in most of the cases she lacks of any type of wisdom.
SPOILER HERE
as an example.... she had kissed & made out with ML, he gave her a ring, made her a necklace, took her everywhere and still says she has no idea if he likes her or not... I mean... seriously?
ML acting is not that great.... nothing there to show up...
he took his shirt very often, but there was also nothing there to show...

this is a typical short drama.. entertaining like junk food to the brain... there are funny moments and the bad guys are hilarious ridiculous...

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Tutifruti… all possible plots in one single drama…

This drama has all possible plots in 1… marriage contract meets time travel, meets revenge against evil family, meets rape atempt, meets ML amnesia gets cured only when he sleeps with her, meets old husband revenge/getting him bankrupt, meets envious coworker that wants to sabotage her, meets reuniting with old flame, meets jealous husband, meets old girlfriend of him wanging to separate them, meets mom interfering and opposing marriage, meets FL was an orphan but turns up to be the heiress if a large group that was switched at birth and her adoptive father knew all along, meets FL is framed with murder…. OMG!

And all this in 20 episodes of 7mins… ?

It’s entertaining….
Will I watch it again? No
Do I recommend it? Nah…

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Cute but too long

Finally finish and… it’s ok drama to watch.
feels like there was a lot of unrealized potential. The reviews are a bit over the top… yes it is nice but not the best.
I watch it for the romance… which Han Sanyang delivers quite nicely. You notice the difference in him and how he cares abiut her… but Tian Nian, well… she remains as childish as it can be.
While it is a good mix to be feminine and playful vs the cold/hard attitude of ML…. I found her too childish and with very little emotional intelligence. In compare to her friends..
also… at a certain point, Han Sangyan was really mean to her… to a point of no return…. And Tian Nian just takes it and forgives him…. Come on! No consequence for him….
Yes he redeems a bit later on but still…. Again FL that are underdeveloped with cero character…
the gaming part was cut short and dragged constantly the story… a lot of flashbacks and Very nationalistic….
Yes, it is their dream to win for China…. We heard it every episode for like 10 mins…

for the first time ever.. I started to fwd in order to advance the story….
Yes, story was nice.
Yes, he is great! She is blah
No, i would not watch it again

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Chris Wu make it worth watching…

First time I watch a serie with Chris Wu… he was most of the story.. awesome.
Finally I see some nice, Mature ML… with a bit of funny but quite charming and more importantly.. he makes sense in his attitude and behaviour…. Most of the time.
Mixed feelings about FL…. A lot of good reviews but I felt she had no charisma and almost no expressions. Besides.. the way she acted with the best friend Wei… well.. you dont need to be super experienced to see that something is going on there…. Also… she kept playing it dumb with ML… telling him to drive the 2FL around and to do other things… come on! As nice as you can be… that made her look clueless… not smart enough.

Kudos for best friend Xiaobin…. The funny heart of the show.. I loved him!

Indeed… the last episodes were a bit blah… and the ending came out of the blue… a bit rushed.
Overall, the series were ok…
Do I recommend it? Yes if you have nothing else to watch
Would I see it again? Only that damned kiss outside the karaoke… wow! Best kiss Ever!

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Funny, hilarious… short drama

Just finished watching Moon Lovers: Scarlet Letter Ryeo… and had a terrible hanfover because of the ending…. And read somewhere good reviews about this one.

And loved it!
FL is naturally sparky, funny…. ML starts seriously but pretty soon moves on to be also hilarious and funny.

Makes you think about those times when knowledge was feared… it took courage to start and implement the changes that made us the society we are today… without those visionaries, we will still be kn the dark ages.

Even though there are only 2 episodes.. it was well done… did not feel rushed and evolved very naturally.

Most important… it has ghe right ending…
Actually this is how Moon Lovers should have ended.

It helped me get over the disappointment i had.

Do I recommend it? Yes
Will I watch it again? Yes… especially if I need a good laugh

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Revenge is a dish best served cold... loved it!

mix of romance + thriller + justice in one bag.

First... again Park Min Young (Ji-Won) delivered an outstanding performance.
Since ep 1 I was cheering for her success and felt her dispair with the endless betrayals from her loved ones.
You can see her physical appeareance so fragile... it was very well done.

Na In Woo (Ji Hyeok), amazing partner in crime to have... he was instrumental in helping Ji Won get back what was stolen from her.

Now .. the bad guys... I hated them since day 1.... both the husband and the best friend... very well done for the actors that I found so hypocrite and sneaky ....

Overall... I was looking forward for the next episode... and I am very satisfied with the ending and how everything was wrapped up.

Would I recommend it ? YES
Would I watch it again ? YES

That says it all.

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