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A Missed Opportunity.....

Moonlight mystique as the name suggests the drama is Purple- elegant themed...but sadly it doesn't has a proper direction .The story started as Bai Shuo gathering the contemplations to get stronger, for revenge . But as the story continues the determination to take revenge gets dimmer to the point that it doesn't exist anymore! if they could direct it properly , had a good script and a proper production team with good camara-editing skills had done it, it could have been a good Xianxia!
Also, characters have good backgrounds to make them complex but somehow they ended up being one dimensional !
A clever yet arrogant female lead
A self made demon lord who suddenly became fool in love...
A immortal 2nd male lead who is annoying as hell
A demon 2nd fl who is evil but somehow survives every time someone tries to kill her...
Problems ---
■⁠■1)**The male lead**■⁠■⁠
The problem with male lead is that he is supposed to be a complex character. But the bad script writing made him a confusing character.
When fl's city destroyed, her father was dying he didn't care and gave her ghost grass that can cause slaughter in the city . He wanted to see if fl becomes evil and consume ghost flower in exchange for human lives . He didn't seemed a kind character. He tried to kill her, use her ,didn't help her other than bringing her to her father to gather the emotion . Then he suddenly fall in love with her? Why ? As a bossy demon lord who lives his life for revenge and power suddenly fall in love with a human girl ...like "you are the first girl treat me this way "...then suddenly it reveals he was always a kind demon who tries to save others !
If you compare his character background, it is closer to Xie Wei(SOKP) or Yan Zi Jing (TSOPG) . Sadly his character is a let down . I don't dislike the fact that he is kind and approachable ( a different approach to show a male lead) . But something is still missing in his character......
ARP is really good actor. loved him in the blood of youth . And he is looking pretty here . But here it feels like he's more focused in looking pretty rather than bringing the character alive or expressing Fan Yue's sorrowful and cheerful emotions precisely....... The makeup and costumes are gorgeous but it's distracting to focus on the character "Fan Yue" ....
⁠■⁠■⁠2)**The female lead**■⁠■⁠
who doesn't love a bold and smart female lead? I like Bai Lu and her acting is spectacular. Don't know what to feel about Bai Shuo. She is bold but she doesn't think before she acts .If Fan Yue was not kind imagine how her situation may have become! She orders and shows her feelings directly. Yes I love character growth but Bai Shuo's character doesn't give justice to her complex background.... I initially liked when she was determined to become an immortal to pay off the kindness. But she ended up becoming a brat .if she wasn't Xingyue reincarnation and without contemplation stone would she be able to pay off the kindness? at least let her put efforts in cultivation than just focusing on blame games and making her an arrogant character........
⁠■⁠■⁠3)**Cinematography and production**■⁠⁠■⁠
camara work is worst here . I don't know the budget but it feels too flashy like short cdramas that only focused in looks .Fighting scenes are very stiff and awkward and they talks more than doing the actual fight... (villains try to explain why they need to kill them and protagonists give them life lessons) ...the set is looking very cheap too ....the demon lords only have 1 or 2 followers (they didn't even bother to add some security-servants, anyone can come and go even in the secret rooms)and immortal sects looking like Wuxia beggar sect! Even the god realm is kind of like a flashy set only with 4-5 people including protagonists and antagonists...
And it's too colourful that it's visually disturbing sometimes...
⁠■⁠■⁠4)**story*⁠*■⁠⁠■
The story doesn't has a main plot. The script gave past stories for every single character that they forgot to put weightage on the main scenario. Even the villains are boring!
And the direction already spoiled us on what's going to happen next ! They could have added good amount of suspense and cliff hangers ! ( It has elements like hidden identities and past stories but they wasted the potential to create a tense atmosphere and mystery) . Sadly it doesn't makes you eager to know what will happen next ....
It neither gives the seriousness of Till the end of moon nor gives the comedic relief like love you seven times or love between fairy and devil ....
They tried to mix both and caused confusion .Many things are not explained clearly. Sometimes we're shown a character who is evil but suddenly script telling us they're good and vice versa...
Telling us directly Fan Yue is a kind demon, 2nd lead has demonic obsession ,Fu Ling was forced to do the evil things etc...they could have just shown us the complexity-depth of the characters and let us decide, rather than giving flashy and dramatic description like short cdramas!..... (Tantai Jin was more complex character in TTOTM, but other characters didn't had to describe his true nature!)
⁠■⁠■⁠5)**The chemistry*⁠*■⁠■⁠⁠
The biggest let down is that there is no foundation of relationship between ml and fl. And it's quite hard for me to watch a relationship without foundation and proper conversation. and I prefer slow burns more.. it's just too sudden, they were trying to kill each other and then suddenly they wish to die for each other... Same goes for the dynamic between 2nd ml and 2nd fl too..... why Fu ling suddenly fall for him and is it possible to love her when she made him kill innocent peoples and practically abused and tortured him(CZ) ? The answer is yes! Second ml went for an undercover mission and saved her two times and now he's in love with her cause of Stockholm syndrome and she's Baixi(over some childhood notes he's willing to drop 10 years of love for Bai Shuo!)...+ I'm amused to see how characters are rotating 180° .. Memory loss doesn't makes a person evil and psychopath!....not a single love story is well written....
⁠■⁠■⁠6 )**Fate of the one well written character**■⁠■
Personally I liked the character Qi Feng( his motives and character is well written). And I think the proper hate emotion needed from Qi Feng. He was abandoned, sacrificed, handicapped, betrayed and used . When they collected hate from Baize clan ... I thought writer has plan for Qi Feng only to watch him die insignificantly an episode later... And maybe cause of the bad script writing ARP couldn't portray the feelings Fan Yue should feel after witnessing the tragic incidents and they moved on from the incidents like nothing happened....
It's shocking how Fan Yue isn't raged over tiger clan or stone clan(they could have at least tried to save Qi Feng as they took advantage of Baize clan bones and responsible for his physical damage).It was not necessary for Fan Yue to develop seven star curse if he was planning to forgive them all. He could have chosen to become a saint instead of a demon king...
⁠■⁠■⁠7)**Finally**■⁠⁠■⁠
There are a lot of tragic stories. But they have no emotional connection with the audience .So, instead of feeling sadness, it's looking rushed and feels nothing when a character dies . There is blood bath and they tried not to make it gore so it is kind of like childhood fairytale sad stories. The characters are moving on from the tragedies very fast too .And the same sad Ost every time making it annoying. [ They totally overused the Ost ]
Of course Bailu acting and visuals of ARP is really good (not to mention the beautiful makeup and costumes ...still I wish the costumes were a little moderate at first and upgraded step by step rather giving goddess like outfits from starting. Specially Bai Shuo's Outfits . sometimes it feels she's the master of moon palace for her majestic costumes ...)and the angsty Ost is good as well ..but that's it !
■■**After 40 episodes**■■
I still watched it cause of Bailu ,the purple-aesthetic theme and was hoping it will get better. But maybe my expectations were high and I prefer stories with depth and development ....I didn't enjoyed this much ....
Still I appreciate CHS's and DLW's psychopathic acting as Mo Li and Fu Ling ... I enjoyed the opening 4-5 episodes, Rong Xian arc and few eps in 30s . Also, ARP's acting on last few episodes improved a lot , the kissing scenes were good...
There are many plot holes and dramatic corny plot twists...So ,turn off your brain if you wish to enjoy..
If you don't mind storytelling concept (Most of the time script will directly tell the facts and doesn't care about the understandings of the audience)
If you are fan of the leading actors, enjoy childhood fairytale themes, you can give it a try.... it's not for me.....

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Pyramid structure of bullying

First of all this drama was awesome. Ost , acting, director all was good.
1) this story involves a pyramid structure of bullying.Though our antagonist says this is everyone's game but Those who are from powerful family, are popular will end up getting grade A . And from grade A to grade D is allowed to bully grade F . 3 grade A , 3 grade B , 6 grade C , 12 grade D and 1 grade F .

2) I liked the fact Sung Sooji isn't a pushover , like everyone she tries to avoid problems or bullies. But end up getting grade F and tries everything to get rid of this game . And she ends this game .

3 ) the thriller is great, like--- mind games , violence, betrayal everything is top notch.

But..........
1: Getting everything on her side was a little weird like Woori's brother as helper and hacker( it's okay cause psychopath like Harin is uncommon too ). Though the video was published, they never revealed the rules or published something extreme. the violence except kim Dayeon beat her classmates wasn't shown in the video/ live stream, It was easier to get rid of the accusations of Baek Harin through Baek group's power and influence.There are always some violence in school but without knowing that pyramid shaped ranked bullying why would the reporters will report ? ( Baek Harin never bullied or did something extreme in front of camera so people should have been called Kim Dayeon psychopath instead! ) It's okay though, the drama was outstanding .

2: what about Kim Dayeon's domestic abuser dad ? I know it's satisfying to see her get beaten up but she became violent bully cause of constant abuse .

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Loving you through endless loops ..... destined to find you

It is the 2nd xianxia I completed, easy to watch not much angst , asthetic and soothing to eyes.
What I loved :
The Story Building
Ding Yuxi as Chu Kong
Arcs and stories
Comedy
Male lead : The best part of the this series is The male lead. I watched tiger and rose before but here Ding Yuxi made me a fan of him . Chu Kong's character is arrogant at first but the character development and his fun personality is beautiful.....
Female lead: Playful character of fl is portrayed well ...first time watching the FL she is good but a little lack in the emotion of pain and sadness ....it could have been much more better if she could showed the pain mc goes through.....
Story : The first tiger-pig arc made me hooked . It's very funny .The first story and 2nd life actually build their bonding , the shifu arc was not bad either....I didn't expect much from this drama
But the middle made my expectations high to fall in the typical endings of xianxia ...ahh
.. from Cang Hai arc 30000 years ago, past will reveal that everything is connected even the animal arc where Chu Kong wanted to remove her memory, I actually re watched the previous episodes again ...........It's a last minute happy ending . But I'm quite bitter about the stalker guy becoming emperor and the tragedy...
I initially thought they will give a grand wedding to Cang Hai and Chu Kong as well as break the typical endings.... Whatever atleast they meet again and it's not sad ending....
2) Though it will not give you strong emotional attachments and angst but the chemistry between leads is really good. The story is pretty good even it's light . The costumes ,visuals , CGI and ost is good as well..
I'll highly recommend it if you enjoy fantasy dramas. cause it's far better than those melodramatic xianxias with a tons of misunderstanding, love triangle, redemptions and tribulations....
It's one of my favorite xianxia.....

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Why this umbrella has pores ??

Under the Queen's umbrella. I got recommendations as a woman empowerment series and great motherhood but
1)why the great mother is unaware that her 1st born is ill over a year and constantly losing consciousness?? 2nd ones preferences, intelligence or capability?? 3rd one is transgender?? 4th one's having affair?? 5th one is good for nothing??
And she started discovering her son's when the crown prince got in death bed . So , she doesn't care about her children as long as one of them is securing throne and security??
2) the death of crown prince is absolutely Queen's fault. You're leaving him in the hand of one physician without knowing his origin ?? If she informed the king the prince could have got more physicians so physician known wouldn't dare to experiment poison on him.
3) what's wrong with crown prince selection?? Is it child's play to do better in college and doing a reality show" who's gonna bring the escaped minister " and why would the ministers choose the crown prince?? It's not like king died so they need to fill the throne immediately and have heir !
A) don't a prince needs to build political power and support of powerful families??
B) getting war achievements and public favour??
C) having strong hold of parts of the empire??
why the corrupted ministers have more saying rather than the king and the achievements of princes ?? it's not a crown scholar selection!
And I do support taekhyon or choosing the more capable prince .
4) the queen doesn't even have support system after being a queen over 20 years. Concubines have support system better than her .Neither the king ! Sage king my ass more like a puppet king! Ministers are the real king here . The king asking them to stop investigation, harming his children or be partial. They're like " chill dude you're illegitimate, so you have no say in this " they even has audacity to say queen cheated king and have a son out of affair! They don't care about treason too .
5) umm what about queen Yoon ? I don't blame physician known ( previous grand prince) a little. It would have been one of the best revenge drama from their perspective( like rise of phoenix or nirvana in fire). Okay big baddie ganny died , jealous concubine gone mad . But what's about corrupted ministers ?? Who's gonna give guarantee that another concubine won't poison a crown prince openly with the help of corrupted ministers?? Who's gonna guarantee about crown prince's safety??
6) after doing soo much bas things the dowger queen died without receiving proper punishment or suffering !
7) I don't understand why drag the plot so much . Like what's about the prince being transgender?? The royalty can keep this a secret and let him be , he's a prince after all.... it's not like he's the king or having homosexual relationships! What's about having a child born out of wedlock? It's not uncommon on Those days . And even after crown prince died how can they remain so casual , when they can die at any moment. Other concubines can come and go on their chambers, investigate on queen and her sons soo easily!
8) queen had one crown prince and 4 spoiled brats. Thank God the crown prince thaught one of his brother otherwise the queen's umbrella has so many pores that they could have easily drenched her total family in blood........
I personally didn't like it at all . It's soo disappointing. They made politics a joke in order to show the queen's greatness.

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1930s saved the rating

To say the truth the story of 1930s is really touching and beautiful...
But the execution of the drama isn't good.
probably that's the reason why it is not famous,
They used repetitive scenes again and again to kill the time and the present day story is purely bland which was majority of this drama.if someone just watch the 1st , 15th and 16th episode the story will be clear to them
The characters
The charcter of Jeon seol and Ryu soo Hyun was pretty much alike and have the same traits
But Han se ju and seo Hwi young seems completely different person. I loved Hwi young, he was calm , scheming, rebel but sympathetic he knew how to love and was ready to sacrifice himself for the country the chooses his responsibility over his emotions while Han se ju is arrogant, dumb and self centred ..... specially I hate the hair cut of seju it's completely changed his appearance from Hwi young.....it's really very hard to believe that seju is Hwi young's reincarnation
I loved Yoo Jin oh / shin yool character
If they just made the series for 1930s it would had been a great series ,the story of freedom fighters
It's a avarage series with a touching past story........

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Trees gives courage to the soul , so I'll be honest...

(positive : 🌿 green leaf
Negative: 🍁 red leaf )

The drama stars with Su Yi Shui the disciple of Mu Qing Ge the demoness , killing her to save the world. Qingge cursed Yi Shui and her sect , so Yi Shui didn't had any choice but to offer his half core to the divine tree and help her to reborn to lift the curse. But as the story continues we get to know the reality was completely different.

**Cinematography and production**:🌿
Have to praise the cinematography cause it's really good. The production and editing team did amazing job to make it feel natural and grounded. It giving high budget Vibes. And we got sword fights, real hand to hand combat and amazing action scenes that is stunning. Not your typical xianxia hand gesture fighting ! I didn't had much expectations from it but LOTDT gave a pleasant surprise.
The costumes and makeup is not overly done either so , it's pleasant to eyes. No whitewash, no flashy set and you can feel how carefully they created the setup .

**Male lead**🌿
I liked the male lead so far. He's smart, strong and scheming .... Su Yi Shui is that savage character who can slap or choke the annoying characters for us !
And have to say Deng Wei did amazing job in portraying Su Yi Shui.

**Female lead**🌿🍁
First time watching Julia. Her acting is admirable .She portrayed Mu Qing Ge and Xue RanRan so differently that it feels like they're different person. I developed girl crush on Mu Qing Ge. As for Xue RanRan she's your typical bubbly xianxia female lead. who can get away with anything by luck, without any consequences. Still the good thing is she improves in her cultivation .
I'm personally not a fan of childish characters. Initially I liked her but as the series continues , XRR turns into a bothersome character - like behaving like a child , forced smiling and over talking . Personally I think the voice actress's voice doesn't suits XRR at all .

**Story** 🍁
Of course we get a flashback that showed the past perfectly within 4 episodes and made us fall for Qingge too . And in ep 8 we come back to the present smoothly and the story continues .but the pace slowed down. Apparently it gives different dynamic between our leads
Flirty and badass fl x villainous ml
Bubbly fl x cold ml
Your shifu x I'm disciple
I'm shifu x you're disciple
The Plot is not completely original or unique . The storyline felt very weak compared to the production to me .
*Check*
Let me sacrifice for you, no I'll die for you ✔️
It's okay if you misunderstand me cause I'll die for you ✔️
I'll bring you back to life ✔️
ill fated main lead who has evil bone ✔️
Annoying second female lead ✔️
Obsessive second male lead ✔️
Cutesy bubbly female lead ✔️
Evil and hypocrite immortals ✔️
Clown brainless villains ✔️
Amnesia ✔️
It feels kind of mixture of all xianxia dramas specially it is showing significant similarities with "Till the end of moon".
I felt like they tried to create Dejavu effect by repeating the plot like shifu-disciple or giving similar circumstances to SYS as MQG . It works for a certain period but after that it feels draggy and boring .

** Chemistry**🌿🍁
Mu Qing Ge and Su Yi Shui's chemistry is the best part for me in this story. I loved how Mu Qing Ge cared for him and he developed crush on her. I liked the scenes when Mu Qing Ge opened the door for him , him secretly kissing her forehead...
She approached the potential devil with kind intention and tired to save him from the beginning. Unlike other xianxias where ml or fl tries to save the ill-fated person only after they fallen in love with them.
As for SYS and XRR , it is like cold ml and bubbly fl dynamic . But the chemistry between XRR and SYS feels forced to me . we got more chemistry between MQG and SYS in 4 episodes than all episodes with XRR and SYS .

**Cultivation**🌿
I love how the drama added the real xianxia novel or Donghua cultivation here . And it gives us an idea about the power system. They cultivate , practice and improves .

**Villains**🍁
The villains are one dynamic with background story. I get it that they have a hidden villain but the visible villains are like **Team Rocket**.
They have their reasons to do the evil works .But still they're unrealistic.
Given their background it was possible to add some new theme and dynamic !
Take example of Mu Ran Wu, (personal opinion)
yeah I know she's evil , selfish and beyond redemption But if you think logically,
Mu Ranwu is not heavenly gifted. she was repeatedly compared with her talented sister. From her viewpoint her sister cared about others more than her so her spirit root got destroyed . She lived in MQG's shadow, others saw her as a burden and the person she loved fall for her sister !
Then she does a lot of evil things from killing her sister to stealing her talents and identity blah blah .....yes she is annoying and dumb clown and my problem is this same "annoying unrealistic villainess trope" . Who's sole purpose is to make the "Heroine" shine !
But it was possible to make her a realistic character, there was a potential to create a decent villain who can make us feel sympathize with her .
If not then at least give her brain !?

not to mention "Wei Jiu" who is a cheap version of demon villains . He's here to get beat up by SYS and add some comedy .
These villains are giving some nice comedy....but not much threat or weightage to the plot .

**Supporting characters**🍁
I have not found a supporting character whom I can root for. They're in the plot, but they don't have much value or important roles. Let's take example of some problematic supporting characters--

Su Yu : A character I don't know what to feel about. Sometimes he feels like a nice guy and other time obsessive 2nd lead . He's shown as a smart character but as he knew both MQG and MRW he should have been able to recognize her first. Guess what ! Even people who didn't know MQG personally could recognize her. As MRW *openly showing* her true nature . But he is just *suspecting* her for more than a year!
He's obsessed with *Mu Qing Ge* he doesn't care about her change in behavior or wrong doings as long as it's *her*.

SYS' mother: she doesn't has much screen time but I felt something is wrong with her character. She physically and Emotionally abused Su Yi Shui when he was a kid ! She literally tortured him , abandoned him in snow (where he could die) . And she did it cause of his future? So he will not live a poor life ?
How many times she checked on him after he went to the prince villa ? What about her having a happy life with her lover+ child and shut the door in his face after he already became a prince and came to visit her in his birthday?
I felt it wrong how they normalized *child abuse* here .....
I can't take the fact that she *sacrificed her life* for Su Yi shui and got redemption and respect !

**Finally**🌿🍁
I have kind of love-hate relationship with "xianxia" genre . I can't tolerate dramatic xianxia tropes but I love fantasy very much. The starting was strong but as the story continued it became draggy , repetitive and lost it's initial charm !
The action scenes, costumes, visuals, production and CGI are really good . I will not say the world building is best here, but it's not bad either. As we are given a chance to explore the Mortal realm , divine realm, conscious realm, royal family, immortal-demon sects etc. Also the ost is really beautiful.
So , if you love xianxia or Wuxia you can give it a chance .Overall LOTDT is okay to me .

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One of the loveliest drama ....

Writing review after ep 10
it has a strong staring ,but the first two episodes can seems like a typical time traveling plot or mixture of several time traveling school dramas. But this is not the case .....this is one of the best time traveling drama I've ever watched .....
1) the romance is top notch. It will give you butterflies. I don't actually have patience to watch lame romance dramas. But this is different. I giggled and smiled whenever ml and fl being together.
2) the male lead!!!! Ryu SeonJae is the best greenest, simp and softie male lead I've ever seen. Nope he's not your typical cold , stone faced male lead. He got crush on our girl , he smiles, giggles, through his feet in air and stuff his face in pillow thinking about his crush. Of course he tries to stay cool and not being obvious.....haha .... I loved the fact he didn't misunderstood Im Sol and believed in her even after her past self cut relations with him . He still loved her and waited for 15 years.
3) the female lead ---- yes the female lead is adorable. She's also a simp for him . She's balanced . She got a positive character .
4) the Humour !!!!! LoL it got me fall out of chair . The comedy is soo good . Like her thinking the bridge as bridge of hell , the adult DVD, him being jealous, Im Sol passing through his dad by shouting future events, Sunjae pulling out chili plant instead of weed by overthinking...........there are countless moments that will crack you up.. LMFAO..
5) Anxiety:::::::: you're gonna have good anxiety attack..... There's not a single dull moment so far . The sad moments are soo heart breaking .like Sol can't change her past self and she has to come back to future and her regrets for misbehaving . And Sunjae got rejected (forgotten) by Sol, while she had feelings for him!!! Then their reunion in ep 10!!!
6) the plot: the plot is deep and intense... And the name makes sense as our fl has to run from past to future to save the ml . This is not very light hearted drama .... But a mysterious plot that unfolds in every single episode .the best part is there is youth school romance, mature/ modern day drama romance as well as collage romance and each part is soo sweet that can give you diabetes.....+ Each era 's kissing scenes hits differently.
7) the acting:::;;;; the acting is soo good . The comedy or embarrassing moments could have ended up giving cringe if it wasn't done well . BWS ' s portrayal of Sunjae is out of the world...the emotions, smile , pain in smile , mentally being disturbed or comedy everything is too good( first time watching Byeon Woo Seok and I became a fan). ....the ost , cinematography everything is done so well !!!
8) disclaimer :you're gonna ride on a pile of emotions while watching this.

**Things I didn't like:**
1) Im Sol being unnecessarily childish . Yes mental retardation can happen after a accident but as a 34 years old behaving like a teenager feels awkward sometimes ...
2) As the mc of this drama, I don't understand why her character got no life goal or bigger ambition after getting back her legs . This drama is too focused on saving the ml . Yes having idol of life is good thing but we should focus on our own life too ......
3) first 10 episodes are absolutely gold (9/10) . but after that things started to become draggy and repetitive , I don't understand why Im Sol didn't make a proper plan and was just taking action passively.....
**Finally**
If you are looking for a sweet romcom with a good story , If you are ready to simp for BWS and KHY [ they're really cute here ] , a green flag fluffy male lead ,
I absolutely recommend this drama. I expected much more but still it's good and is very sweet. Not a single drama is flawless. And lovely runner worth your time...

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Refreshing Twinkle of Youth

Unlike the name this drama is not light hearted but yet very beautiful in it's own way,
The story stars with Ha Eun Gyeol, a musical genius lives in a deaf family. he lived upto his parents expectations and put his family over everything,, Eun Gyeol find himself free only in music. he had to sacrifice his youth spirit and become mature despite of his age . But after a conflict with his dad he tried to gave up everything and even tried to broke his guitar, a mysterious master shows up and send back him to past when his father was also 18 years old just like him .........
Now Eun Gyeol will experience the Twinkling youth and also unfold the past of his parents . His dad was not born deaf but became deaf after a certain accident , he will learn his parents also go through hard times in their youth ....... I don't want to spoil so watch it yourself
This is one of the best drama of 2023 .

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Neither the privilege and luxury of being rich nor the self made thrill

Reborn rich is one of the best webtoon I've ever read. Even after casting Actor like SJ the screenwriting or the execution of the story was really bad.
Actually I watched the drama first and then I read the webtoon. The webtoon is really good if they could adapt well it could have been one of the best drama . Seriously the rating goes higher cause of production, ost , SJ and budget. Either way this not spectacular to get 8.5 rating, 7.5 is enough.......
1) making HW and JDJ look alike, it makes no sense why would they look alike and nobody noticed that.
2) Relationship between grandpa and Dojun . The drama made grandpa a angry+ greedy old man. while in webtoon he is Dojun's mentor , scheming and lovable +villainous.....who will grab every opportunity. He loved Dojun and supported Miracle investments to become top unlike the drama where he felt threat over Dojun .
In webtoon he loved Dojun from starting,before he revealed his talent. In drama grandpa wanted his dim wit eldest grandson to become heir of SY while in webtoon he wanted Dojun to become his heir ....he even helped him to stay in sheep's clothing in front of his uncle and aunties.
3) the business talk in drama is too messy to understand. I remember I skipped cause of boredom while in webtoon it is thrill and real fun .
4) romance is not present in both drama and webtoon but still FL character is better in webtoon. In webtoon the FL is from a influential judges family and one of the candidate his grandpa chooses as Dojun's partner.
5) the ending is the worst. Yeah I get the point people might say this is cliche, some thrill out of the plot . I would have understood if Dojun was a born heir of chaebol family lived happily without working and suddenly get back in his body like common Isekai truck Kun but
**The story is totally about Dojun making his own company, own investments and right before success his fruits of hard labour devoured by the villains who used him in his first life**
Does it make sense ???
Imagine a person worked hard and right before success he get back where he was . What's the meaning of the drama then ??
Who do you think of survival is best ?
1) a person headshot and was thrown into ocean or
2) a person for into a car accident?
If course he got some knowledge but would knowledge is enough for someone who worked his butt of to build a company??
Aish , I don't recommend this drama, ..............

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A true Masterpiece

Just wow , someday or oneday is a thriller , time travel and has a lot of secrets. I'm not gonna give spoilers so....
1) you'll get a strong and independent FL
2) the love and angst is top notch
3) yep ! There's a creepy psychopath
4) you'll get to see dark theme like depression- suicide, murder, sexual assault and homosexuality
5) staring is a bit slow but,keep patience, from middle arc the real thrill stars and keep the quality till the end
Now the negetive things:
1) the concept is not simple, so It can be confusing but they kept the concept flawless
2) it's obviously not a fluffy romance time travel but based on dark concept so your mood can be negatively affected
3) it's not a happy ending but a angsty parting with open ending.

But still it's a well written and really good drama, 100% recommended for thriller suckers .....

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Don't know what to say....

I started watching this not for the contestants but for the Judges. Most of the judges are from YG.I love YG Judges cause they're cool and I loved Treasure box and Babymonster evaluation.
Pros ---
1) of course the judges .
2) we get the singing and rapping evaluation too which was absent in I-land .
3) the judges chose the top 12/16 so , trainees didn't get to choose the popular ones over the skilled ones .
4) the voting was about whom you wants as teammates which was who you wants to eliminate in I-land .
5) high production and eye candies.....

Now I will talk about the cons ----
1)when you get skilled judges you expect to see highly skilled trainees too . But was there highly skilled trainees?
Remember they're here in survival show not auditioning so , of course I I will expect some cut-throat compitition.
2) lack of attachment.... don't get me wrong but the unfair judgement in I-land made me attached to the ground. Specially when there were equal number of skilled trainees in Ground and they were desperate...... remember the fire performance? Even the judges were shocked and nearly 6 trainees got eliminated in first round....
But in I land 2 the I-land team is better and the ground trainees looks meh in front of them....
3) Determination ?
If you watched treasure box ,baemon evaluation and even in I land you'll notice the burning Passion in their eyes ....but here more than half trainees are passive....
Final say ...
I won't say this is the worst survival show....cause the production, growth of the trainees and judges are really good and of course good luck to the new group ....

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