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I love you even with all your flaws, you are worth it, wen shuanjiang

Okay dont quote me on that cause I’m not sure if he did say that or not but he has said some of these words

Anyways I still remember when I first heard the news’s of this drama and coming back once and a while to check on any updates then the excitement of hearing it started filming then it wrapped up filming then impatiently waiting for the airing date (excuse me I’m just getting emotional)

Okay onto the real review
This drama itself is quite slow pace and does have triggering scenes involving SA (I cannot remember all episodes that include SA scenes but those I can remember is ep 25,27,28 maybe there is some in the beginning episodes as well)

if you are a person that is rather impatient I would not recommend this drama but like bai jing ting said in a interview recently for this drama “I hope they give it a chance” cause in the end everything is quite subjective
This drama itself is quite different from hidden love despite having the sang siblings as the main love interest both of their stories are drastically different so please don’t compare them

I enjoyed this drama as someone who has read the manhua but it does have its own flaws such as the arc from ep 24-26 I understand why they did that over the novel version of what was supposed to happen but there is quite some plot holes in that arc
Such as how yifan friends found her so easily in such a big city tho they probably had a ruff idea of where she was

It had its own comedic aspects as well which was nice nonetheless I wish they could’ve handled the second storyline better as there really wasn’t much balance between the main storyline and the 2nd one and sometimes it felt random in certain episodes
I wish they could’ve showed us more of Qiao qiao side of feelings when it came for hers towards haoan
The 2nd lead mu cheng yun was really annoying, it seems he doesn’t have this much of a annoying role in the novel but it looks like they really dialed him up for more dramatic effect

Nonetheless it had many amazing aspects that appreciated them for and it showed just how much effort the director,writer and crew did
The cinematography was beautiful, we were able to see so many beautiful done scenes that added depth in the episode itself
I appreciate how they added flashbacks to their younger days back in highschool in majority of episodes because it really adds more depth to our characters relationships and meanings to some action as well
I don’t know how it was supposed to go in the novel despite not really hearing good things
But I like the direction they took as the fan of the manhua I’m happy
I also appreciate how in a majority of the episodes they add sang yan pov at the end cause we get to see a bit of how he felt or what he did during that episode
Also how they gave us one last scene after a “this story is not over yet” like a bonus scene lol

The soundtrack I loved it and it seems I won’t stop listening cause it’s ending today the drama and I’m too emotional attached to it
A lot of the songs and lyrics fit the drama very well which I’m glad
I used to skip the openings but I learned to appreciate it more and more plus bai jing ting said in the interview for this drama something about how it’s unskippable or something similar but I agree with him

On the acting both leads did such a good job so did the supporting characters and the villain
To me bai jing ting did a great job at portraying sang yan it’s as if I saw him come to life from the story honestly and his subtle acting through his eyes in important scenes such as ep 27
Zhang ruonan did a great job as well portraying wen yifan especially the dead eyes in a way to make us see how Wen yifan really live in a way but just like BJT it’s as if I saw wen yifan come to life despite yifan being described more as a cold beauty and zhang ruonan having more cuter features she did a very nice job
The actors who played her family did a nice job as well cause they made me hate their characters so much

I love this story because we get to see two characters who are flawed in their own ways, learn and grow from the past selves so I hope you give this drama a chance than just listening to reviews and decide for yourself if you like it or not

This part is more of my own opinions/view on both Sang Yan and Wen yifan
So I hope that if you ever struggle to understand them this could help offer you a new perspective

The comment section on MDL (here) has been quite hell for the past few days because of certain opinion that has resurfaced many times to the point it’s scary how similar they are

For Wen Yifan it’s clear since the beginning that the girl has issues and pain
She was abandoned by her own mother, got SA by her aunt’s little brother(he’s a grown middle aged man) , got told to hide this SA by her mom and aunt and that it’s shameful and at her previous work place she got harassed
However I have seen the same argument come up in a lot of people’s opinion
“I understand her pain but why is she so selfish and not one ounce intelligent enough like she was described or she’s a reporter”
It makes me wonder did you really understand her? Or that she just went through pain and trauma?
It’s clear to me that WYF decided to lock that part away in hopes that it will be forgotten
and has been surviving everyday trying her best to be away and afar from her own family who caused her pain
Ultimately when her perpetrator showed again and hurt Sang yan bar’s reputation she spiraled after the threats her perpetrator made and now hurting her lover then went to threaten them hoping that this could be the end but it wasn’t and she ran because she only knows how to do that and even in these moments where you’ve spiraled it’s hard to think “rational” like someone said
I myself see a lot of me in wen yifan that’s why I love her as character and I know what it’s like to spiral and honestly during those times I was more overwhelmed by emotion then able to think smart or rational

I saw a lot say they don’t prefer this coward and weak FL and wish she stood up and stop being a weakling
Nevertheless haven’t we all been a coward in our life? Courage isn’t something you earn the moment you’re born
The reason why she ran away was after all those years of not confronting her trauma ultimately led to this situation we saw in ep 23-24
It’s not that she doesn’t trust Sang Yan and her coworkers or friends, it’s that she’s too scared she’ll be the reason why they get hurt whether reputation or physically even
During that arc of ep 24-6 I don’t think she was healing but took the time to find her courage and properly process the situation also to give herself time to think
Dont we all sometimes take a walk to clear our minds? In a way this is what I mean and she was planning to return after that long walk so she wasn’t planning to live there hiding

Some people forget that legal action or police reports always need evidence or her perpetrator can get out of it easily then
So I don’t understand why call her dumb when you’re dumb of not thinking that
Seeking help isn’t always easy especially someone like wen yifan who got abandoned and no one bothered to care about she thinks, trust issues are there but also who’s to say they would believe her? In our modern day, victims get more scrutiny than the perpetrators
Isn’t that ironic? Instead of asking if she was okay, it’s more she was the one who seduced him by her looks or provocative clothes in response

She herself has acknowledged that she hurt Sang yan with her words back in beiyu and how the moment she chose to run she knew and left it in her vague letter that she doesn’t deserve to ask for sangyan forgiveness

Not everyone is gonna react the way you want them to, she did her best as an adult to stand up for herself despite no one being there, she got distant and cold cause that was the only way to protect herself from anymore pain
After all this pain, I admire how strong she is for still even living and breathing and got herself a career

She herself is a flawed character that’s what makes me love her more, I relate to what she went through despite not going through the same pain. She herself is a complex character that’s not many understand after all they say “you should walk a mile in someone’s shoes before you judge them” and I guess seeing so many not understanding her means you probably lived a better life then her which you should be very thankful for & dont take it for granted
She is flawed but aren’t we all? So is the Justice system, we get to see her grow even tho the journey might be slow as hell for many but love can’t heal wounds such as trauma
Somehow we get to see a different side of a story that not many has seen in real life or fiction

Sang yan
many have complained about how this guy is too unrealistic and a SIMP
But pray to god we get a guy who is emotionally intelligent, chose to understand someone
And knows how to take care himself and devoted/loyal, he gets labelled as a doormat
These individuals can’t help but make their comment come off as rude and hateful
I didn’t see people complain about other green flag guys who are “simps” instead they get praised for that, example sungjae from lovely runner or minhyuk from strong women do bong soon

However I have seen majority a dissatisfied with how it seems yifan barely makes much effort as he does (we do see she cares like in ep 28 or how she bothered to cook for him)
She does care it just that not all of us are quite expressive in words or actions and I know well enough that if this is reversed y’all would be slamming the guy like no tomorrow

The thing about him is that since reuniting with her, he never had hopes the she would reciprocate his feelings. After all the young him that separated with her didn’t knew of her pain and struggles and believed what people said around him
To quote what user (u10146071) said in the comment “And he buys into the narrative that then everyone in school would have: oh, SY played himself. That pretty admired girl was never serious about him. How embarrassing.”

In ep 28 we see him say that lowering his pride means nothing for him now especially if it can put her perpetrator behind bars because the young him never understood why she hurt him with those words that day in beiyu until he learned of her past by himself and through her own words. He learned that he was immature and foolish to have had those thoughts about her with his broken pride

He was frustrated with her decisions especially that in ep 24 because then he didn’t understand why but still chose to give her space well he did search for her like a maniac so one can say he maybe lost his mind

Nonetheless he told her how his world crumbled and how sorry he was for his judgments about her back then

The sang siblings love surely is selfless they both don’t expect anything back from their lover but some individuals complain on “his behalf” saying this dynamic is bad
Let’s be honest sang yan himself never expected anything back from WYF, he just hoped that she lives a better life and one she deserves above all he just wanted to make sure she lived a good life and a happy one and he would have been satisfied

He simply saw what life she lived and decided to stay to help her and make sure she knows that he is there for her, that she isn’t alone

So I hope this could’ve offered you a different perspective on these two characters and what I thought of them and If you have made it this far omg congrats I typed a lot

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cooking survival show but make it joseon

gonna update this review by the end if I don’t forget

I starters this drama simply because I was bored and had nothing to watch and it didn’t disappoint
the first 2 episodes were funny

in terms of acting wise idk yet but for the amount of criticism LCM has gone through for playing the male lead I think he did well especially that he only had a few days before shooting started

by the time more episodes came out I just realized that this was just a cooking survival show but instead of Gordon Ramsey possibly screaming at you, you can possibly lose your life instead

the editing is really funny cause I was rather shocked whenever they ate the food and just transcend and those edits are just hilarious that I have wondered what in the food porn is this lol

story wise not much to say as there’s still much to see but so far for me it’s decent but fun and entertaining

I haven’t read the original source material but I deeply hope it’s not end in a k-trauma

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Disappointing storyline

I don’t know how to start this honestly
I was super excited when I heard rowon and boah would be the main leads for this drama and thus I had expectations

When the teaser started to release I thought it might be a bit cliche but I thought let’s wait until it’s out and yeah it’s cliche
The storyline is basically solely focused on the fantasy aspect that we have seen plenty of times before and it’s nothing new
The only interesting part about this was the fantasy story line besides that the romance and characters barely was interesting

I didn’t see a point of it being 16 episodes instead of 12 cause the only thing the drama had it going for was the fantasy aspect and that nothing else
The overall story was okay but I wouldn’t say I would rewatch it cause nothing interested me to the point of me wanting to
The romance was messy I guess an attempt at making some drama in hoping that it would keep the viewers interested instead just made me question it

The characters were annoying the most annoying characters I have ever watched in a kdrama so far
The female lead is just she was just annoying and because of the writing I hated her everytime she was on screen I couldn’t even focus cause the writing of her character made me dislike her so much
And I can say that for the male lead as well
And her colleagues are annoying so bad that I wanted to slap them and her team leader

One thing I have to say is that the relationship between these characters really had a lot of inconsistency I mean they go from hating her then friends? And the way they done that is just so bad there was so many gaps

Overall this drama was just not my cup of tea which was a shame cause I really was excited for a rowon and boah pairing but the writing ruined it
And I hope that they would get casted together again in another better drama and this whole enemies to lovers wasn’t even enemies to lovers it was just badly done

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“Just focus on loving yourself , as for the rest leave it to me”

Getting emotional and nostalgic since now it has ended and that it’s already been a year since I remember even finding out about this series 🤧

As for the story I enjoyed it as someone who barely watches a lot of cdramas
I like how comforting it was and how healing it is
How both leads were able to be each others cure in a way
The funny moments and seriousness was nicely done

When I first began the drama I was frustrated that He suye fell for xifan at first sight but xifan was still in a relationship and it might be a lot of turn off for many but don’t worry He suye won’t do anything like cheating or stealing

I myself relate to xifan as in mostly our goals but I saw some people hating on her simply because she rejected Hu suye confession and yes it was heartless but you also got to understand that xifan herself never planned to have feelings for him cause she was planning to study abroad and the moment she kinda knew she in a way suppressed it because she was hurt by her previous relationship that left a scar

For the couples, I gotta say for the 2nd one I wish they showed how xiang ya had gained feelings for senior lin cause I do feel that it was random and quite rushed but overall I love their dynamic
I’m glad that kexin didn’t have hard feelings towards xifan when she got rejected by he suye and moved on by herself to a better path than a petty one

For the acting it was nice but I do feel like xu ruohan crying scenes could be a bit better as in I felt like she was trying to force the tears out but in the context of those scenes it doesn’t matter too much

Their voices did threw me off a bit in the beginning cause I kept wondering if it was dubbed over or not? But I got used to it and idk why but for me it was quite obvious that Zhang linghe didn’t really skateboard in those scenes lol

The cinematography is stunning and has given us so many beautiful shots of spring and their love and moments, it does not disappoint
Plus the soundtrack is amazing as well I loved it tho at the end everything is subjective but it’s definitely gonna be on repeat for me

To end this I’m sad it was this short cause I enjoyed it a lot, I know this is not gonna be everyone’s cup of tea especially if you find more healing and romance stories boring and lame but as a romance fanatic I loved it and honestly I think Zhang linghe really should consider more modern dramas cause he looked dashing in this drama
(Also hair theory is real guys)

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a rather slow journey

to begin, I have heard of this drama for a while since I got into kdramas then cdramas and decided to check it out

I was mostly intrigued by the whole female assassin plot and I already knew a good chunk of what this type of trope was (the spy sent to kill but falls in love with their target) I was rather curious on the execution

it was disappointing because it loses its intrigueness by the middle point of the story
the beginning was good, middle point it got rather boring and slow and by the finale episode it got interesting again and the ending was just huh?

I liked seeing gong ziyu character evolve, I mean who doesn’t love a underdog story?
it was rather annoying how long the breaks were between each trials because I mostly felt it wasn’t taken seriously and the constant back and forth was hard to keep up

tho he is the master of his family now so it’s understandable why they did that but during the middle arc of the story if it wasn’t for his older sister comedic timing, I would’ve gotten bored quite easily

the ending was just badly done, I did some research and it is confirmed by the director that the ending was intended to be sad and it seems he doesn’t have any plans anytime soon for a season 2

I know this drama went through difficulties back then because of a actor who got into a scandal but the ending was rather badly written. because I interpret it as more of an open ending probably like many others but as an open ending it had way too many storylines that they didn’t bother to wrap up
so if they plan to ever make a s2 in the future I think it would be rather difficult to pick up where they left off without some weird/awkward pacing

the romance plot line was rather disappointing because I looked forward to the ZLH and YSX pairing and it a shame it didn’t really do them justice (I hope they get reunited in a future romance drama together)
the 2nd couple tho! they stole my attention with their tension every scene like omg I was invested
I hope they reunite in another drama as leads as well

YSX was so cool in this role!! that I wish she would get more opportunities to portray similar roles like this in the future vs the typecasting of constant cute,adorable, sunshine, positive character
I mean I have nothing against these type of characters but it rather limits her abilities but also let others make stupid assumption about her acting abilities as well

overall I think it really is up to you to watch the drama and decide whether or not it’s good cause I wouldn’t really recommended unless you want to see cool female assassins like I did lol

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Wattpad story ruined by the final episode

When I first started this drama I didn’t think I would enjoy it as much as I did until the last episode

During the first two episode I immediately knew this story was cliche or wattpad ish cause I have seen so many to the point I can recognize within minutes and it was done quite well most of the story but I do understand why people think this is very overhyped or hate it tbh I would’ve as well

Despite it being a cliche I think the acting wasn’t bad tho it could’ve done well as a longer drama seeing how 12 episodes couldn’t wrap it up properly and some storylines could’ve been developed more such as the 2nd couple or how heejo falls for saeon

The last episode was quite a ride to say? First half good, 2nd half you lost me cause suddenly there’s this whole argan plot and how the ml is there right now fighting as a soldier and how the fl goes into a war zone but ofc they had to make sure that South Koreans looked like saviors by donating money to people of colour of who are unfortunate and “poor”

I’ve read some comments saying how in the novel it written out better this arc so I’m gonna trust that with a grain of salt
And I’ve also read that apparently it was the directors idea to include a new report on 🍉 and it’s ongoing war
Gotta say very insensitive even if the goal was just trying to be more “realistic”

Overall the drama is quite cliche so if u enjoy a possessive ml type romance with a badly written ending then go ahead

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revenge is a dish best served cold

I don’t have much to say but I really enjoyed it despite not picking it up when it first aired

I’m a avid fan of revenge stories like I’ll always be in for a good juicy revenge story and when I heard this had a romance subplot? like count me in (I had nothing to watch T-T)

this is my first drama that I’ve watched of XZ and I didn’t notice much about the acting but he did really well, I was rather more focused on the story lol

some would have preferred there would be no romance, others wish the romance would have been a higher percentage of the story

but I think the balance was done nicely at least because a lot of stories liked these or have two very opposite genres would usually have a hard time finding a balance between the two so it would leave either one of the genres badly done

and with how the story was, the romance wasn’t done badly or interfered too much with the defence plot unlike badly done revenge stories so I think it was nicely done and romance wasn’t the main focus anyways

there was some rather common used plot devices or tropes in the revenge that made it kinda predictable but they were still able to write a rather original revenge

the story arcs can be separated to 3 arcs so arc 1 being enemy 1, enemy2, enemy 3
in arc 3 it was rather surprising who the final enemy was..reminded me of the quote “keep your friends close but your enemies closer” and was a shock factor

tho whenever they started to talk about tombs and contraptions like puzzles, I kinda got bored or sometimes lost

overall i would def rewatch this in the future whenever im in the mood for a revenge story

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the depiction of the ugly side of friendships

we all have a definition of toxic relationships whether may it be love or friendships and images of what a toxic relationship can be

for me I considered this as toxic

when I first saw the trailer I knew we were gonna be in for a toxic ride and I was right

in the beginning it was kinda hard to watch because it didn’t really interest me
the thing with melodramas is that it can be rather boring or super interesting for me

story wise it was decent, I did find it a shame that the guy was a pushing factor in the drama of the friendship and that once again its romance that is used as a plot tool to separate and cause drama among the two female leads
I rather wish we got more focus on the two women instead of a trio a good majority of the time

I know sang yeon was the antagonist this whole time leading to a lot of people hating on her
but I would say that the world isn’t always in black or white but maybe it’s gray
that can also apply to characters and stories

I’m not saying sangyeon deserves a redemption
she rightfully got what she deserved by the end of the series
I myself relate a lot to sangyeon cause I share that sentiment of loneliness all too well but also feeling inferior
we could see that she drove herself to the results of her life by the end of the series a.k.a that self sabotage
I felt a lot of pity for her because all she wanted was to be loved and accepted

I consider their friendship as rather mentally abusive
they both had their wrongs during their friendship and college years but ultimately it was sangyeon who choses to end it due to her jealous and envy
also if a ex friend like her reached out to me like that after what she did I would be mad

I myself went through a toxic friendship with someone I considered my best friend of 6 years
so the betrayals that hurt the most are always the people who are close to you

I think it portrayed it rather realistic on how ugly friendships between humans can be and how emotions like envy, jealousy, etc can be such a driving point to crumble that structure built

I noticed how when they met up for the third time of their lives (office) how sangyeon grew out her hair and became more social whilst eun jeong sported more a short hair and tomboyish clothes
as if sangyeon was trying to imitate her in a sense? idk if it is intentional or not but that wig was cheap as hell

I think 15 episodes were enough to tell and depicts the three stages in their lives and how their friendship impacted each others lives

to end this off it was interesting but I would not rewatch it, the acting was done really well and I saw comment about the two leading actress were not too convincing as young adults during those college years but I think otherwise cause Kim goeun looked so young

I would say to go in with an open mind if you plan to watch it cause sometimes we can have quite a lot of tunnel vision

I wish that no one like eun jeong or just people in general find themselves in these sorts of friendships that will hurt them deeply cause it is hell
I hope that people can be more kind and understanding towards one another because sometimes our worst enemies are ourselves and we fail to notice before it’s too late

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Fun and entertaining but falls short for me

It was one of my anticipated dramas since last year

The story itself is okay nothing much that makes me interested tho the comedic aspects are really well and entertaining
I wondered myself how they would go with the age gap romance when I first saw the episodes when it released and nothing bad to say honestly

The acting is nice I didn’t notice anything much but kwak si-yang really steals the show for me I’ll be honest, he’s hilarious in this

As a romance it’s okay but nothing exactly new for me cause there is a lot of repetitive plots I have seen before

But I would recommend it if you want to watch a entertaining rom-com and it being short as well

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