Cute, but nothing special
When the rich kid is forced to live on his own and support himself he ends up living with the landlord of his apartment complex...who is also his subordinate at work. Interesting dynamic between them but I feel like they could have done a lot more with it than they did.As is typical of Korean BLs, I feel like the characters didn't have a lot of room to grow throughout the series. I wish instead of unnecessary breakup plot points, the writers would allow the characters to properly develop over the course of the show. Overall a fun and easy watch.
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This made me happy after watching ?
I know we’ll never get them back anytime sooner but I just wanted to say that I really loved them and their series together. It made me happy while it lasted. I’m not a massive review-writer but I just wanted to let people appreciate the series and both characters for being friends and being proud of their work. I will really miss them together. I still sob in a corner whenever I watch their videos together or compilations because I really miss them. I support both actors individually now and I hope you do the same if you really love them 💗Was this review helpful to you?
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Ich habe die Serie angefangen, als ich an dem Tag bereits 2 Dramen gedroppt habe, weil sie einfach langweilig und awkward waren. Diese Serie hier war eine erfrischende Abwechslung! Ich liebe fast-paced RomComs und diese Serie hat genau das richtige Tempo! Ich hätte mir sogar noch ein paar mehr Episoden oder längere Folgen gewünscht, um mehr süße, lovely Momente zwischen den Beiden zu erleben. Sie haben eine unfassbar tolle Chemie und ihre Gegensätze ergänzen sich so gut! Der Sarkasmus in der Serie hat mich immer wieder zum Lachen gebracht.
Trotzdem gibt es auch ernste Momente, die ich so nicht erwartet hätte. Die Serie ist definitiv tiefgründiger als zu Beginn angenommen.
Die Musik gefällt mir auch gut! Die Szenen nur mit Musik sind gut gesetzt. Manchmal gibt es solche Momente, die dann aber nichts hergeben. Und nichts zum Verlauf beitragen. Die hätte man dann lieber mit Dialogen ersetzt, um einen Fortschritt zu erlangen, der für den Zuschauer besser nachzuvollziehen ist. Aber hier sind sie perfekt gesetzt und nehmen der Story nichts weg. Ich weiß nicht, ob man versteht, was ich meine. Aber manchmal haben Serien diese Musikszenen, um einen Zeitverlauf darzustellen, aber dadurch, dass dann nicht genug Dialoge eingebaut sind, habe ich das Gefühl, man ist einfach nur zu einem nächsten Zeitpunkt vorgesprungen, ohne eine Entwicklung mitzuerleben, die man nachvollziehen kann. Als hätte man etwas übersprungen. Hier ist der Verlauf und die Entwicklung aber gut ausgearbeitet und dargestellt. Die Musik ist passend und gut gewählt. Dadurch ist es eine gut abgerundete Sache.
Auch ist dies das erste Drama, bei dem mir aufgefallen ist, wie viel älter die Schauspieler eigentlich aussehen. Normalerweise kritisiere ich eher, dass die Schauspieler zu alt für ihre Rollen sind und es seltsam aussieht, wenn ein 30 jähriger einen Highschooler spielt. Hier sind die Schauspieler Anfang 20, spielen aber Rollen Ende 20 und es passt erstaunlich gut!
Das Acting hat mir auch richtig gut gefallen! Wie gesagt, die Chemie der zwei Leads ist einfach toll! Blushing und being flustered sind da vorprogrammiert. Auch die Produktion ist wirklich gut gelungen.
Den halben Stern Abzug gibt es lediglich für wenige Szenen, bei denen ich mir mehr Erklärung gewünscht hätte, um sie besser zu verstehen, oder die ich minimal problematisch fand, hinsichtlich "zu manipulativ" sein.
All in all ist das trotzdem ein sehr sehr gutes BL Drama! Es hat super viel Spaß gemacht und ich wollte gar nicht aufhören, weiter zu schauen. Ich hoffe, SK bringt noch viele weiterer solcher Dramen raus.
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It didn’t take me long to love this drama!
It took me a minute and 45 seconds to know that I would like this drama. I’m not even exaggerating. It was the scene with Ji Hoo looking for a place to live and you see him testing out a series of water pressures in various showers. The pure frustration and scream. I was rolling. The hilarity that ensures as you watch further is EXCELLENT. I was sold from that moment on. They managed to say a lot about a character without saying much in such a short amount of time. You learn in that one scene that he is very particular to the point we’re he fixates on water pressure of all things. He must be a privileged guy. Right? Then why is he looking for places that are likely cheaper then what he’s wearing? He has a dismissive attitude and is rude to the lady showing him around to these places. Yet his glee of seeing a flyer calling for a roommate and advertising great water pressure is just icing on top….love the kdrama magic that is building the blocks of a pending meet cute. The actor Kim Ji Woong acted as if the heavens parted ways to let the sun beams shine a light on the flyer. That didn’t actually happen. No light beam but his acting is so on point as if that could’ve happened. The giddiness he shows is soo adorable and then you think oh no this is shitty person but he is endearing? What do I do? Oh no I like him as a character now! Help!So after writing a long ass paragraph about this one scene, this is me basically saying that I’m having such a blast watching this show. It is incredibly funny and makes me so happy. I’d be laughing out loud in one scene then in the next instance a character makes an offhanded comment that makes me feel for them. These 2 leads are soooo good. It boggles my mind that they were in Kissable Lips with how bad that drama was. As mentioned by someone else in their review, I also agree and wanted to say yes SAME because I felt the same way. It feels like a kdrama. In fact it feels like it could be a top performing kdrama on a level with wild popularity. But the reason why I don’t think it’ll get that far is because it’s a BL and it’s a BL with short episodes (8 in total) which is so unfair but homophobia is still an issue especially in Korea. Semantic Error is definitely a milestone drama that is helping to progress the genre. We are seeing more BLs slated to come out of Korea which is super exciting!!! So Im hoping this drama gets the traction that it deserves. It proved to me already that it can cover a lot in a short amount of time so we’ll see if 8 episodes is enough. I know only 4 episodes are out so I should calm myself but I’m having too much fun with this show already. Also, it was so nice to see Holland show up in the first episode!!!! He’s come a long way and gone through a lot since coming out to the public. So for now I’ll leave my thoughts till my next update once more episodes are out.
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A plot that has been done before, and I still can’t get enough
This is a plot that has been done many times before, the most noticeably similar case being Rak Diao (One Love), in which the owner of a house or an apartment has an “unlikeable” tenant who happens to be his boss. However, this show is distinctly itself.The comedic aspects of the show are great, and I really enjoy the humour. It’s light, and the drama doesn’t linger, instead flowing somewhat naturally (the final two episodes run a little loose and fast with the drama). The transition from pure comedy to romance to light angst is smooth, and the resolution is sweet, enhanced by the wonderful chemistry (comedic, friendly and romantic).
However, I think the pacing became a little abrupt near the beginning of the end, and although I understand that it’s because of the short run-time, I wish that they could have added a montage of time the main couple spent together so it would feel like some time had passed and the stress was starting to mount for Seo Jae Yoon rather than him suddenly being “bored” as he so said. We know his reasons, but it isn’t cinematically effective to simply show a timeskip and him expressing his questions about the relationship with some people chattering in the background about rumours surrounding a similar relationship to theirs. I also wish they talked a bit more about his insecurities and why he decided to leave for a bit - or at least alluded to starting that conversation after making up again.
I liked the return to comedy by the end of the series, and the tone was a relief from the slightly more serious tone episode 7 and the start of 8, and that led to an ending that I’m pretty satisfied by.
Overall, it was a nice drama, and probably one of my favourite short-length K-Dramas I’ve seen. The chemistry was great, and I liked the outro music. The plot is simple, and the drama was kept somewhat uncomplicated, and I know that in the future there will be LGBT stories a million times better in quality than this one as people slowly accept them as the norm, but for now, Solid 8.5/10.
Tl;DR: this is a nice, lighthearted comedy. Some aspects will require you to turn off your logic brain, but it tries to fill the time effectively, and it’s worth seeing the chemistry between the actors. One day, this show will be outshone by longer, higher budget KBLs, but for now, it is in the upper ranks of the genre. Worth the watch.
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A VERY LOVELY BL SERIES!
I actually found this when I was searching for any Korean BL series and yup, this is one of my greatest discoveries. I'm really so happy that I found this. I love everything... from characters, to their acting, to the conflicts, to the ending, the whole storyline... I love everything. Not to mention, the two male leads are really good-looking. Uhmm.. maybe I just hoped that they had longer sweet moments because their chemistry is just really good. I still love all their scenes together though, they're just fit for each other. Well done and well-executed. I love it! Ahhhh.. I've already added this to my favorite BL list. Highly recommended!Was this review helpful to you?
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Cute Feel Good Series To Watch
The Series had a good feel to it from the very beginning. You could tell this would be a series with some good BL drama, but with a little comedy mixed in at just the right times.I think the chemistry between Seo Bin & Ji Woong worked perfectly together. . They both gave great performances, giving you a drip from your eye at just the right times.
Ji Woong does a great job at really making you like his character by the end, a complete opposite feeling when you're first introduced to him. Seo Bin does a great job keeping you on the side of his role throughout the series.
In the end it pretty much goes the way you hoped it would end up, but with a few twists thrown in.
Great series to watch to walk away feeling good!
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Arrogant rich boy meets Sassy Office Worker
This series was short, cute and funny. Ho Jun was kicked out of the house by his dad in order to be taught a lesson and Jae Yoon was looking for a roommate. Coincidentally, they also happen to become work buddies. I really loved how the story and romance was paced out in the show, it didn't seem too rushed but it all felt like things were happening normally. The acting was great, the dialogue hit and there was a balance in comedy and seriousness.Overall this was an easy watch, and I wouldn't mind rewatching it. It's not the most amazing show out there, but it does its work.
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Competent Housemates/Colleagues to Lovers RomCom
One of the strengths of this series is that both JaeYoon and JiHoon have individually defined character arcs that are influenced by the other. There is no secondary couple or plot, so everything is focused on the two main characters with a supporting cast that fills out the rest of the world as needed. The funny moments did make me laugh when they occurred, which is sprinkled in here and there like most kdramas.JiHoon's preference for good shower pressure is actually pretty relatable. Despite playing up his spoiled brat persona to the hilt and got a nepo assignment, he's actually a competent team manager and can be quite observant and mature, being the first one offer a truce to JaeYoon and not even be mad at the concussion he sustained from his employee/landlord and having zero issue when JaeYoon drunkenly reveal love woes about a man. JaeYoon doesn't put up enough boundaries to either of his so called friends, both taking advantage of him in their own ways. The comparatively worse one being SeungSeok who JaeYoon is in love with and is aware is using him to buy all sorts of unnecessary and not good quality things, but continues to allow it like a moth to a flame. JaeYoon does start drawing boundaries as a landlord with his pesky new tenant and later no longer letting himself be used anymore after JiHoon helps him fully question how he's been treated.
Some memorable funny moments were when way before they realize their feelings for each other and JiHoon first starts patting JaeYoon's hair, looking into his eyes and thinking "I'm starting to get the feeling I'm going to get my annual raise." and later a heartbroken drunk JaeYoon finds an abandoned pig plushie next to his fallen fork which he leans against the plushie that he starts babbling his heart out to, a scene where JiHoon finds and takes both home and sets the plushie nicely with the rest of the apartment decor. I like how JaeYoon ups his styling game so dramatically after officially dating JiHoon that suddenly all the office ladies finds him attractive and JiHoon is all upset like "He's my boyfriend and I can manage to stay calm, why are ya'll making a fuss???" and tries so awkwardly to block BitNa from giving those ladies any information about JaeYoon.
It feels like they barely dated for a day before JaeYoon finds out that JiHoon is the president's son and breaks things off unilaterally and retreats to his parent's seaside restaurant. JiHoon's a new flashback to their happier dating times seems to indicates more time had passed between their dating and break up though. They should have put a longer montage to indicate that if so. We finally get JiHoon's full back story explaining why he had basically given up on his dreams, losing himself in partying and womanizing. It's nice that he decides to quit and start his own company, but that was pretty presumptuous to turn in JaeYoon's resignation as well without discussing with him first to start their own company. And not even offering co-ceo position to his man and they have another employee that interrupts their spicy lovey dovey work argument anyways.
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MY MOST FAVORITE KBL FROM NOW ON !
Second time watiching this ! And planning for a 3rd one !a few months ago I became stressed and was not able to sleep for straight 3 days ! And when I watched this KBL, I was able to sleep ! This saved me from my misery !
Lets talk about what I like on it, well actually I like everything but I want to elaborate it ! First I was glad knowing that it will be played by Kim Ji Woong and Yoon Seo Bin ! Like , I really admired them on Kissable Lips that made me sad because , that chemistry, that acting was somehow made waste because the way Kissable lips was made is a bit you know not that too great, and the runtime was so short ! But here they have a run time for about 25-30 mins !that made me happy already and the way the trailer and posters were made brought that romance comedy vibes to me !
The drama was like no flaws noticeable, like of course there will always be lacking because there is nothing perfect in this world ! Because the entertainment this two love-teams brought you would barely notice the flaws on the drama. My favorite thing here is that for almost 10 minutes and more Kim Ji Woong and Seo Bin was just conversing, but it made the story perfect ! It made the story complete, like you would notice they were just talking and talking but I was very happy and fluttered while watching them ! And the story was there on their conversation !
I liked their cuteness specially during the scenes that they are drinking and Ho Joon found out the struggle of Jae Yoon of liking his friend Seung seok, they were just so cute !
Also the scene where Ho Joon is hindering Jae Yoon from going to Seung Seok, I liked how they argued .. I liked the chemistry very very much !
The acting was great, you would barely notice this drama has only few extras , and that the settings was simple because the main characters and the supportings did all their job well ! I like also the office mate of Jae Yoon very cheerful characters.
The ending was satisfying And I was really happy ! I liked how the two of them ended, even There is a question in my mind what would the father of Ho Joon would say if his son has a boyfriend ! Hahah that would make the drama longer if they have included that part where the father would know or if they add to it the confession of Ho Joon to his father-that he has a boyfriend ! But that was just my thoughts but with or without it it doesn't make me less liking it !
And the kiss was blowing like Omg Seo Bin even bit a little of Jo Woong lips !! like I literally shouted on that moment!, actually aslo the scene where the two of them just started dating and they both came out of the room and Jae Yoon kissed Ho Joon OMG! My Heart ! The two of them are just so so perfect that they are my favorite from now on !!
I hope one day they will be together again as partners of couple on another KBL !! I love love them so much wahaha nothing to say anymore ! ♡♡♡
2023-09-21 3rd RE WATCH REVIEW
MY FOREVER COMFORT KBL DRAMA !!
This is the 3rd time I watched this drama as I expected I can always feel the same feeling of comfort, the good vibes and everything about it. Come to think of it, I am watching this drama coincidentally every time I am having a hard time in my life and this has always been my source to divert. This drama is not like the high budget ones that's been releasing this year or recently but this is will always be my favorite, The story is easy to understand .. the actors Kim Ji Woong and Yoon Seobin will never be removed from my heart, it is not perfect but the acting is very giving. My always and forever favorite part is the long conversations of the leads but the conversation they have or the scenes they have is everything in the story like they are just talking in a certain place but everything that the story need to make it complete is there. I can say that you can never go wrong on choosing to watch and make this drama your favorite. This may be a just ordinary KBL for other people but for me this is my diversion and my comfort. I don't know how many more time could I re watch this drama but I am telling you , I will be keeping on re watching this drama over and over again whenever I feel like it and miss them. The actors Kim Ji Woong and Yoon Seo Bin might be on their different paths now I hope that they will be together again in one drama, and I will always keep on rooting for them, they are my favorite persons and come to think it my only most memorable KBL couple are them along with Jang Eui Soo and Han Gi Chan ! I love the new ones but man ! these KBL couples are Legends to me ! Going back I thank everyone who made this Roommates of Poongduck Villa 304 KBL this means so much to me ♥
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Underrated
I watched several BLs in a row that I thought were overrated, and I think this one is severely underrated. Maybe it's because I prefer lighthearted, comedy-type dramas. This one had everything I love in kdramas, with BL on top. Just the right amount of romance, comedy and drama. I'm honestly confused as to why this doesn't have Comedy listed in the genres.The story was simple but not boring, the acting was great, and the OST was really good. I'm probably going to put a few songs from it on my Spotify playlist. This also didn't have the "low-budget" feel that some BLs have. Honestly one of the best dramas I've watched, including non-BLs.
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