Cinderella and the Four Knights

Another poorly written kdrama

At least after reading other reviews im not the only one to have a bad impression of this kdrama. Poor girl who takes no s*** of anyone (exept her step mum and sister who treat her like garbage!) Turns into a complete imbecile within the first 2 episodes (despite getting into college). She is frustratingly stupid, suddenly lacks all confidence and becomes as pathetically pissweak as your standard female lead for these kinds of shows. Admittidly im only starting ep5 but i dont hold out much hope for anything dramatically changing given the other reviews. It will most likely be yet another kdrama where i keep skipping through the majority of it and concentrate on the scenes with the, at least slightly, interesting characters only.

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These reverse-harem storylines or even normal harem storylines are only as good as the characters who fill the harem. Each one needs to have their own charm, solid story & arc to make it worthwhile. In this drama's case it's clear that won't be happening even from the four episodes I watched.

I'll admit these tropes aren't really my style, but I love Ouran High School Host Club - probably because it was so genre-bending and absurd even whilst it followed usual tropes. Cinderella & TFK sticks to exactly the cliche plotline you'd expect. Worse, each characters is more a cutout of a character - they all belong to a "type" and I doubt they're going to be expanding more beyond that. Yawn. Even worse, I've only watched 4 episodes but I bet I could tell you the arc of every single character and where they'll end up - "plot twists" and all and be right on the money. I don't expect brilliant storytelling from romcoms but I expect something at least. Some sort of sign that heart was poured into this.

Props to the second female lead not being totally evil (as far as I watched) but on the downside she's just kinda... boring. So idk if I'd call that much of a win. Biggest props to our main lead whose lovely and positive but no pushover and knows exactly where to draw the line & give as good as she gets. Maybe one day I'll speed through the episodes just for Park Sodam (or just watch a youtube edit lol).

But for now I wouldn't recommend. Stay away, especially if paper-thin romcoms and cardboard storytelling isn't your thing.

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I enjoyed this and have now watched 2 times

*****Park So-dam- Amazing actress and she made me want to protect her and knock out those who kept hurting her. Though she could fight and showed a great spirit of personality and fortitude, I know there was so much more you could have done and created with her. She has beauty and talent, yet you left her lacking. It seemed as if the show was rushed, just to get it going.
****Jung Il-woo-I could not see Park So-dam being with him, why you ask if she is strong and resilient why would she even want someone who is very rude to her at the beginning? With in 3 months they did not have enough time to really get to know each other and she was so much closer to Lee Jung-shin who was very close and wonderful from the get go with her. There was something lacking and rushed, though they both come from the same life style.
****Ahn Jae-hyun- So much more could have been done with his character, I thought he would have been more into men than into woman. The way you presented him being into fashion and it seemed forced with female relationships to hide what looked to be in the closet. Though is very handsome and you can see he has a kind heart after one gets to know him.
****Lee Jung-shin- Really wanted to see more of him, also could have stretch this out by giving him more of a chance to be a true love interest with Park So-dam, he really would have been the best option on causing a huge jealousy
****Son Na-eun - She is a wonderful actress and I wish you would have written her into the story more, there is so much more you could have done with her, I felt there should have been a deeper relationship with both actresses, where they could have conspired to get Ahn Jae-hyun and her together.

Now will I watch the show again, yes again the actress is one of my all time favorites, when she laughs or smiles I want to, when she cries I wanted to hug her and reassure her all was going to be ok. When people were mean to her, I wanted to fight for her. She draws you in and has a certain aspect about her that makes her very personable and relatable .

Negatives-more Karma to her so called family for what they did to her? More Karma to the Grandfather and more drama needed. The Secretary was very hot and how none of the girls were attracted to him, bewildering cause damn he should have had a love interested at least. VERY HOT HOT HOT.
Grandfather would like to see more of though I did not like him in this one...

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Not that bad, but not that good either

The story plot is kinda unique, in a weird way. So a girl living with three handsome rich cousins, who was managed by their grandfather's secretary (The 4th knight). Its not so bad, but the plot kinda weak for me. Also the relationship kinda weird and no chemistry I think. So the three cousins like the same girl but even when there are three male leads who like the same girl, obviously one of them will be the weak link, which made it pitiful. Its like the girl didn't notice the third presence. The only thing that make me still want to watch it probably because of the humor, and also the fact that the girl ended up with the 1st lead. Most people said they have 2nd lead syndrome, but I personally thought that the 2nd lead is annoying

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Slightly Cringey but no regrets!

Despite this show having quite a few cringey scenes, it still holds a grip in my memories and sometimes I am tempted to rewatch it. I tend to like reverse-harems, especially went here is an angsty tsundere character and/or a mischievous character and this has both who are typically at each other's throats. Love the flirting between the main 3 characters too...quite funny. After all it is a comedy too...plenty of goofy scenes. I'd say it's worth a watch if this is your kind of genre just skip the whole party/drinking scene....I found it unbearable cringey...idk if it was the acting or just the scene/script itself.

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Cute and fluffy

It is what it is. This is a fluffy, romantic comedy sprinkled with melodrama.
If the title did not make it abundantly clear, it's about a poor, mistreated, down on her luck girl and 4 good-looking, well-off men whose lives get entangled.
Be very clear about the implications of watching a fluff drama:
1. Don't expect logic.
2. Don't expect realistic portrayals.
3. Expect over-the-top stuff.
4. Expect Love triangles and love polygons.
5. Expect drama.

FYI, the FL is not a ditzy damsel in distress. Quite the contrary.

Keeping all the points mentioned above in mind, this drama is quite enjoyable. The story while predictable is engaging (I did skip through the unnecessary plot points like the step family plotting, fake dad ). The acting is good, decent. The leads are natural and have great chemistry with eachother. I loved Il Woo. Lots of cutesy scenes and pretty good kissing scenes that had me swooning. The story can get annoying ( reasons why the FL-ML break up, wrong-doers not punished, no meaningful redemption for Cinderella 's dad, etc.). But, it has a happy ending.

Good set of OST.

The romance, the fluff and all the cute stuff made it enjoyable to me despite the shortcomings in the story. If you enjoy fluffy stuff or are looking for a drama to pass time, this meets the criteria.

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please don’t waste your time.

I beg you. This is genuinely one of the WORST dramas I’ve ever watched including kdramas, cdramas, Thai dramas, Filipino dramas ETC. MC is starts off SO GOOD she had so much potential and then blended out into a boring average MC. there is NO “four knights”! she technically had only two and one of them ended up not even liking her for the last huge chunk? I shipped her a lot with that one because they had better chemistry in my personal opinion then her with the true ML. This was the biggest waste of time so much so I didn’t even stick out to find out how it ended because I simply don’t care and that’s awfully crazy for me to say as I’ve stuck around for genuinely the worst pieces of media of all time…don’t even attempt this unless your okay with boring, overly complicated (not even good drama), and a silly plot that doesn’t even really stick with the main title!

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Cinderella didn't choose the best guy this time

I love all Cinderella movies and every possible version of it, so when this title appeared in the suggestions on my Netflix, I couldn't resist! It took me 5 days to see the whole thing and it was a beautiful week.

Female lead is independent and does not give a shit. It was very refreshing point of view on Cinderella. Also this type of female character seems to be quite rare in k-drama and Ha-Won stands out 😅💪 She is strong mentally and with her body 😍 I liked from the first moments of the drama and didn't lose it even when she was a bit annoying by the end of the drama. I found an comment calling her situation a "reversed harem" and that was so accurate!

Sweet chemistry between the leads was inevitable as they had many cute moments. But because the sentance that was the most often said between these two was not "I love you" but "fuck off" 😂💜 makes their love story funny. Seo-Woo is one of my most liked characters as he has his own life and is not unneccesarily mean to others but his carees is just thrown onto spectators and never explained how, what and why. I personally think that he would be a better partner for Cinderella.

Big minus - Cinderella is surounded with Four Knights only in a theory. She lives with 3 of them and fourth (?) is coming and going and we also know shit about him. The title completly doesn't corespod with that is actually going on in the drama.

Maybe drama has a few shortcomings but fortunately the drama is well put together so they are not bothersome. Personally, I liked the drama because it is a fresh look at the Cinderella story and I would rate the series 6/10 - it's not over the top but also not boring 👌😋 It has a good balance.

Till this day I have never even thought of searching for the soundtrack of a drama. Even though I loved many song in various productions, I had never downloaded it but "For You" from BTOB and "I Believe" of Younha had to be the exceptions. Those songs are so fantastic that I had to have them on my good-morning playlist.

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