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Sweetest Revenge Love ever!

NOTE: Do Not go into this drama expecting top-class acting. It is what it is, with new faces and BL storyline, and the fact that it survived the China bl ban, is a victory in itself. It’s good that they were able to release all eps in one go, or this would have been Justice in the Dark part 2 fr. The main lead isn’t even promoting the drama, unlike the other one, and still it has caught the heart of millions of fans internationally!


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The last ep - 24 ep, was the sweetest of them all! Absolutely loved it!
I can't believe that its over....this series was everything! It had romance, comedy, heartbreaks, betrayal, the sweet scenes, the NC scenes! Hot NC scenes 😍
I loved every character in this drama, but of course Chi Cheng and Wu Suo Wei takes the cake!
Ziyu and Tian chemistry throughout the drama is 🔥! No one can compete against these two! Their love is so obvious! The way Chi cheng looks at Wei Wei...mannn may such kind of love find me as well! Haha
And the last few episodes...20-24 were such a roller coaster ride! Damn! It had everything in it and more!
When Wei wei loses his mom, omg it was so so sad 😞 couldn't bear to watch it! Somw of the scenes were really well directed!
I shouldn’t be comparing the two, but since I started watching both ABO desire and Revenged Love, I can't help but notice that though the former had a big budget and promotions, the acting is not that great, it seems fake at times and even the fighting scenes are kinda funny, not well choreographed. On the other hand Revenged love, with it's budget and low promotions within China, had a really great crew, main couple and acting was nice 👍 doable and also all characters are so shippable lmao!
I'm sooo not over this drama yet and maybe I never will....Revenged Love will have a special place in my heart!

Rewatch value : 100/100

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I thought it would get better....

I wanted to give it 1-star, but gave it more cause of the main leads. They really really tried but the story couldn’t be saved....

I dropped this drama at ep 10, came back, fast forwarded a lot of eps and managed to finally finish it and regret it. Why? Because I had really high expectations from this drama and was left utterly disappointed.

This isn't the actors fault, all of them are great. I have watched other dramas of Bai Lu and Joseph (who plays Mr. Bai) and they are great individually, but this drama wasn’t for them. The story was a messy puzzle.

The main characters Lord Siling and Mr Bai...what even? He betrays her, she stabs him and it goes on and on until the end of the drama. If there was a good story behind it all, I would still watch it. But this?
Why tf doesn't she wait for the guy to explain his side of the story? And then proceed with hating him? Through the starting eps until ep 21, I was so annoyed with Siling and the way she treated Mr Bai.
The one who first betrayed Heaven way was HER. She killed the drought dragon and then refused to bear the consequences? Wth?
Also they are supposed to be gods, supposed to be aloof, so why expect Mr Bai to feel sympathy for the humans every second of the day?
And the misunderstanding and miscommunication that drags on throughout the drama....damn....I don’t know what I was doing.

Also, why give so much screen time to the side characters? I understand showing more scenes of the second couple, but the third one? Fourth? Just why?

Anyways....I wouldn't recommend anyone watching this if they are looking for a good story. This is not for you. If you're looking for pretty faces, then yes, this drama is for you.

Watch for beautiful faces, costumes, scenery, CGI, but not for story, cause its boring af

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A well-written story and ending!

FINALLY we have a nice story with a good ending that doesn't feel rushed and didn’t have too many tragic deaths. If you liked Double cdrama, you're definitely going to love this one! The Main leads chemistry was fire🔥! Yantang and Duo Zhao are so in love with each other. The male lead casting was perfection. He was fantastic in portraying the character, be it hatred, guilt, love, sadness and damn his voice or whoever did the voiceover, matched the main leads pain and emotions perfectly. Their initimate scenes were well done, not too much, not too little either. The actress from Untamed really did an amazing job with this one! She is strong-willed, witty, knows when to attack, when to withdraw, she's a great wife and also strategist for the hubby! Honestly what else could the guy ask for haha!

The main lead with his grey hair looks amazing even though he is always close to dying in this drama lol. The second lead aka our monk guy plays double agent and really made me confused at one point. I didn’t know whether to hate this guy or root of him and his unrequited love lol. All the characters had good story arcs.

The only parts that I didn't like were when the younger sister and her husband get caught in the mess and their lives are cut short. It was way too cruel for the poor girl.

The ENDING was great! Better then a lot of other cdramas that came out in 2024. Loved that all the loose ends were met, villains taken care of, and we also get the happy couple with a cute daughter.

Rewatch value: 10/10!!

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He can see the love even if he can't hear the words! Beautiful!

Im soo glad I found this drama! Such a beautiful, loving way of portraying love between two drastically different individuals, and each struggling with his own short-comings!

It’s a true comfort drama, with impeccable acting by the main leads. The communication with sign language is so well done, its at the right pace, right time, and not over-whelming or hard to follow. All characters were great, loved the casting! I really can't imagine anyone else playing Zixiang and Jeng Shaopeing! They have such great chemistry!

Oh and the DIALOGUES! The writers did such a great job with the dialogues and delivery! The right kind of anger, frustration, love, sadness, everything was great!

I hope this show gets a lot of awards! It absolutely deserves all of it! Absolute masterpiece 👏!

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Cute, Bubbly with a dash of Suspense! Love it!

I have watched a lot of BLs and there are only a few that I try to watch at a slower pace just hoping they won't end soon.
THIS one bl kdrama has been added to that list! Loved everything about the show! The amount of fluff, cuteness, comedy and omg I couldn’t stop laughing at the main lead regretting his decision to date a 19 yr old kid, and said kid bringing him a sunflower on their first movie date! Lol Can it get any cuter?!!
Myungha being so relectunt to accept his feelings and the intial 2-3 episodes had me laughing so much omg!

There is nothing that I can complain about within the series. Honestly it had everything needed for a nice drama - good acting, nice story and suspense, good pacing and overloaded with cuteness but not the kind that would make you cringe.
Rewatch value: 10/10 !
It's definitely going to be my go-to comfort drama when all the cdramas break my heart with their sad endings!

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Sharp, Calculative and a whole lot of brains!!

Finally we're getting a hero who doesn't know martial arts! If you're looking for a cold-hearted main lead and his gang of misfits, this is that series!

Throughout the series, Zhang Hai has solely depended on his teachings, his cold heart burning with revenge, and slow and steady calculations when racing against time to capture and k-word the three villains in his life.
Every episode has you on the edge of your seat! There is always something going on, something happening to the people around Zhang Hai.
I also like that the romance arc is barely there in this series, which I like. And also because Zhang Hai has been guarding his heart against anything and everything that even remotely symbolizes love lol. The FL is such a great match for Xiao Zhan, they seem very comfortable on-screen, the dialogue delivery and acting is very natural between these two.
I also like the second lead/ second young master. First saw him in White Cat Legend. He has improved so much! Glad he's getting more recognition in this drama!
Still on ep 20, and waiting on the grand reveal of the third villain Zhang Hai has been searching. Hopefully soon!

rewatch value: 10/10

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A peek into the harsh reality of Idol life - done right!

Why you need to watch this series >>
*Cutest, soft-spoken, new GMMTV couple award goes to ThamePo aka WilliamEst!
* All Mars members are green flags and THAME is the whole green forest! The guy is so freaking romantic, with great dialogues and will make you giggle and scream while watching him flirt with Po!
*Po is the most adorable one, with such portrayal of innocence and those boba eyes! I'm in love with them!
*I absolutely loved that Jun, Nano, Pepper, Dylan, all had good screentime and storyline and arcs
* All of ThamePo songs/OSTs were so awesome! You will find yourself bobbing your head to those in no time!
*The almost breakup made me cry so much
* And when they finally got back together it was the best feeling ever! As if I had accomplished something lol 😆

This is by far one of the BEST SOFT ROMANCE series that GMMTV has brought to the table! It had the right amount of sweet hugs, kisses, hand holding, flirting and everything in between!
I hope they make more such series, hopefully with the same Director and crew and team!!

Rewatch value: 100/100 !! 💗💗

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THIS IS SOO GOOD!

I was going to wait until finishing the drama but damn!!! I couldn't wait!

I never knew I needed this couple! Landy and Ao really slayed the chemistry in this one!

The things I fell in love with:
- DETAILS: they really went all out on the autopsy reports, the blood and gore and body details and display of great forensic skills
- CHEMISTRY: the Main lead pair won over my heart. I have seen individual dramas of both Ao and Landy, but together...WOW! Their chemistry is sooo good! It's slow, gradual, naturally falling in love little by little. The way Ao knows Wan and her actual identity and gives her hope and promises to bring justice to her father...loved it!
- VA: The voice actor that dubs Ao's character! Hatss off to you man! Whoever this guy is, fabulous dubbing! Really suits Ao and the characters he plays. It was the same voice actor in Moonlight Mystique also.
- OSTs
- CASES and political storyline, but more so the cases related to the discovered corpses

The one where they find the 13 girls in the well...omg I cried so much! The story, the heartbreak, the way they uncover the horrifying truth of what had happened, the monster that was the head Qin An, and Ao and Landy's acting! Wow...just wow! When Landy breaks down while cleaning the bones of those girls! That scene needs an award of it's own! It was a masterpiece!

After Legend of Zhang Hai, this drama won me over! Everything is in the details like they say.

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The last 6 episodes were INTENSE!!! Although I had guessed some of it, I'm soooooo happy we got a nice ending, with every couple getting a good happily ever after!
So many cdramas nowadays ending with sad or open ending! And it pisses me off!

BUT THIS ONE IS A TRUE GEM!

Nice pacing, good cases stories, really well done acting, chemistry was terrific! The script, osts, everything was great!

Rewatch: 10/10

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Nice drama! All famous actors as side characters in this one!

This is much much better then Red Moon pact drama. Story picks up after 2-3 eps.

Fair warning...if you're looking for a cute love story, this is not it.
Almost every one has a tragic past, sad side story and I'm pretty sure thats gonna continue.

Main couple chemistry is good (but could be better)
Absolutely loving AZhai and Yatang couple! The cutest of them all. Really stole the limelight in couple of scenes for me. They fight toegther, have each others back and the love confession was so adorable!
Actually all the side couples/ second lead couples are awesome!
Although I know how its gonna end, I'm hoping they atleast get married first.

The CGI for this drama is really good. For me, I think Red moon pact drama felt too unreal, too much fantastical and fairytale like, and I had a hard time connecting to it.

In this second part, the writers have done a good job at giving everyone nice screentime. And the characters emotions are well portrayed, even with the new storylines and character arcs added left and right, it somehow makes sense and doesn't look messy.

I was sad to see Neo's character arc end so quickly, but just as happy to see Ding Yuxi getting good screen time later in the drama.

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The Golden Dawn arc is interesting, pretty sure its not part of the original anime, but I guess they wanted to add more storyline in this second part, so we got the celestial demon and FL turning into demoness that rules above everyone else.
I have to say, instead of Haizhu, the FL really suits this villainess character arc.
The ep 15-16 CGI is good, much better then what they did in the Red Moon Pact drama.
Although the ML and his group discover what happens eighteen years ago, even though they try to avoid it, unfortunately its still gonna happen. And this time, like in the og anime, the ML is the only one who would survive. I think Yitan will save him this time, by destroying his third eye, since he knows they are gonna be killed anyway.
Mannn this drama is gonna have many heartbreaking scenes coming up! And a definite Sad Ending, since we already see in the Third part, there will be no Haizhu, I'm so not ready for it! 😞😞

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Update ep 26:

omg 😭 I was so worried Yuan and Zhang Zheng story would end at ep 26. So glad she was saved from demon poison! And Zhang Zheng joins the Mask group 🥳
But damn this drama is going to be the saddest overall 😢 we got SE for the main couple and SE for all the side couples too 😢
Except for Qinlan dunno who else would be saved, if the writers are going with the original story
This is beginning to feel like Fangs of Fortune Part 2 😭😭 Sad endings over sad endings and multiple chatacters dying every scene
I don’t know how much my poor heart can handle 😭

I must say Zhang Zheng backstory was really well done. Although heart breaking, Ding Yuxi did such a fabulous job playing the real and fake Master Zhang 👏

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Update ep 36:

OMG the last 4 episodes will tear your heart to pieces! Although I already knew it, but DAMN those scenes are so freaking sad! Poor Hongye!

I hope they make some changes in the third part, and we atleast get a modern world happy rnding of sorts! *fingers crossed*

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Worth the wait for S2!

Under the Skin is a gem, both S1 and S2. I'm really glad they kept the original cast and S2 opens up with all familiar faces. Seeing all the cases unfold before my eyes, it seems like the team has leveled up somehow.
The cases are complicated, intriguing and engaging multiple truths of life. I can't imagine anyone else playing Shen Yi except TCJ. He is amazing in every role and that deep voice really suits the character, he's calm, gentle and kind.
Just finished watching the 3-4 episode and omg I have no words for it. The case was good, nothing too complicated, but the FEELS! I was crying throughout the two episodes. Really beautifully done! The fact that just an episode before Shen Yi had told Du Cheng that he wants to draw what's in the hearts of people and not just their faces, this episode was proof of it! In such a short time he was able to understand the secrets between Yun Lei and the kid! Just this episode alone could win an award fr!
I still have to watch more episodes, but honestly this season 2 has been worth the wait! Tbh you don't have to watch S1 to understand what's going on here. I think even watching it as a stand alone works. S1 definitely had a underlying backstory for Shen Yi and Du Cheng, but S2 isn’t showing much as of now.
Overall for me it's a 10/10 !

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Study Group fights Injustice in Highschool !

Seo Yul teleported to modern era highschool and he's kicking butts here as well!
The ACTORS, DIALOGUES, SCRIPT, FIGHT SCENES!! EVERYTHING WAS AMAZING!
Honestly, there is nothing bad about it! Great Intro/OST and handsome face villain and hero! What more do you need?!
Of course Study Group was about everything BUT studying lol and who cares!
Ga-min and his gang of misfits were perfect for this school of thugs! All of them did a great job!

This kdrama has everything- from suspense, thriller to action, comedy and cute moments as well. Ga-min having just one thought throughout the drama and that was to create the best Study Group ever, and with that cute face of his, he really won my heart!
Our handsome villain with his soft voice, had me thinking maybe he wasn’t so bad. I watched some spoiler reels, and ended up thinking he wasn’t the guy who murdered that teacher. Until the very end, I was hoping for his bad guy character break but oh boy I was so wrong!
The villain and his dad need a good bashing! I'm glad he was expelled! Ha
The same guy is a cutie in Melo kmovie and I had a hard time believing he was the same guy lol.
All in all love this drama!

Rewatch value: 100/100 !

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Horror, mystery, ghosts from the past and more!

This is by far the best Thai drama I have watched in terms of cinematography! I just can't seem to get enough of this series! 1 ep every Saturday is making me go crazy lol
We need all eps ASAP

Ep 1:
Fantastic first episode! The elements of horror, the bgm, and the way the story is unfolding between the past and present! Really liked it all!
Ever since the first trailer came out I have been waiting for this series to release! And with so many handsome faces 😍 what's not to love!
The eerieness of the first few minutes really had me on the edge haha! Its not something for the faint hearted
Tbh I found the pacing to be good, not too slow and not too fast either.
I'm trying to find the actual book to read, while waiting for the next episode to be released!
Hopefully we get a lot of BTS episodes to make up for the wait!
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Ep 4:
We finally got the backstory of Khemmika and Mr Yod and Wat. Poor Mr Yod really did suffer alot 😢 Even though he had a chance for reincarnation he insyead tied his soul to Khem and watched over him for so many years 😭
I hope his next life is a peaceful one.
Our handsome Shaman is slowly but definitely falling for Khem!! I can see it!


Rewatch: 10/10

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