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A Masterpiece that deserves more attention!

OMG! I was gonna wait until after ep 12 to write the review BUT EPISODE 7 was so freaking intense that I was holding my breath every other second hoping it doesn't end badly for everyone! And I had to come here and write about it! Lol
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! All four of them are doing a fantastic job with this series! I hope it goes on to win more awards because IT'S THAT GOOD!
The plot is so unique, with so many twists and turns that it will confuse your mind...in a good way!
Its been awhile since I watched horror/thriller dramas and this one is IT!
After Gifted s1 and s2, I think this series is gonna be one those rewatch 10/10 for me!
Gun is amazing as always 😍 such perfectionist! And Pond has blown my mind! His acting has improved by leaps and bounds! His relationship with Gun is portrayed so beautifully! Pond's expressions are so so good! The boy is going places after this one!

Please please watch this series! It's amazing!

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Yesha is coming for us all!!

This Drama is an absolute Gem!!

- Good mix of horror, suspense, mystery
- Great detective work! Some of the cases, especially the last couple episodes were mind blowing!
- Mr Xiao Beiming is the Chinese Sherlock holmes for sure! Though impatient at times, he finally did solve the Yesha case!
- Mr Feng as the coroner was amazing!
- And Mr Yesha/ aka Bei Kun/ Tong Shuang! Wow! Phenomenal actor!
- The only reason I gave 9/10 is cause the romance was barely there. And this is just my personal opinion, but I think FL should have been someone else

I have to say, it took me a good few episodes to really get into the story, since I wasn’t liking the FL at all :( But if you ignore the romantic arc, it's a really good detective drama!
The way they solve mysteries along with the Little White dragon guy from Poison Valley and Ms Huo as well, every character (except FL) was really well written!

And the main storyline of Haiya and Haiya's orphans. Wow....just wow! The portrayed grief, hatred, horrors and the untold stories of the lost families lying in pool of blood in the Lonely Town! Masterfully done! It's bound to make you cry!

And our Mr Yesha! I'm so amazed that this guy is just 24 years old and did such a fabulous job palying the victim Tong Shuag and the villain Yesha! The switch from cute younger brother to actually being the older brother of Beiming! The expressions, the voice change! Everything really made his portrayal of the madman character, the Yesha so believable!

Rewatch value: 9/10

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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 8:
OMG after the drought of 7 episodes we FINALLY got to see the most awaited Master and Khem kissing scenes! They really went all out with this ep! We got kisses, hugs, secret looks, NCs and then we got the Horror cliffhanger 😭😭😭😭 mannnnn what a way to end this episode! Master and Khem had one blissful night together and now they are gonna have brush with death DAMN!!! The scene with Grandma Si was so terrifying OMG 😲 I screamed!
This episode was really a good mix of comedy, romance and horror 👍👍

Ep 7:
I thought I had seen the best of Khemjira, BUT Episode 7 tops my list rn! Wow! Just WOW!! EVERYTHING ABT THIS EP was ART! Poetry!! Everything!
From the performance regarding the rebellion, the soudtracks that really enhances the vibes of the storytelling, the dancing and the way that evil ghost was dealt with by the ghost of holy ppl! Lovely!
And then we got Jet and Charn going all out with the NC scenes! It was so beautifully done! The lighting, the expressions and the blissful looks on both their faces! Wow!
And lastly our Master trying to control his feelings and failing, and almost KISSING Khem and then that cliffhanger ending! Damn!
Now I gotta suffer for another week! 😭😭

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!

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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Rewatch: 100/100

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Its truly Dashing Youths everywhere ?

I'm currently on Ep 19 and I'm so glad I started watching it! With so many handsome actors, and Masters and those fight scenes! I absolutely loved all the fight scenes. They are so majestic and awesome! The storyline, cast, crew, everybody has done a wonderful job in the drama so far!

Even with these many characters, the drama itself doesn’t seem confusing and that's a huge feat in itself! You can watching without needing to watch Blood of the Youth, cause this is a prequel to it after all.

The pacing is good, the cute bromance moments between our little Spear Diety and Baili Dongjun and Ye Dingzhi is so cute! Loved the brotherhood these three have! And let's not forget the Eight handsome masters of Juxia Academy! They have done a great job! Our talkative Mr Li and Mr. Zhuomo and all the others too! I just can't get enough of this drama!
THE SWORD PLAY AND FIGHT SCENE CHOREOGRAPHY is really good! Shoutout to whoever planned it all! Be it the first time Baili Dongjun gets his lotus sword, fight scenes between him and Ye Dingzhi, and the others! Everything looks great on screen! Give it a try people! You won't regret it!

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Mr Thee is the most romantic mafia boss!

This role was made for Pond! He's so over-the-top hilarious and cringe but in a good way! Him being obsessed with soap operas and his mom being the same! Loving everything about this show! It's chaotic, dramatic, peak comedy and the dialogues are hilarious !

Khun Thee is probably the funniest mafia boss out there lol! Pond really did a great job with this one!

And Est as Mok with all his judgemental expressions and secret smiles when Thee is flirting with Peach! Love him! And I'm so glad we will be getting more of WilliamEst in this drama!

Ep 4
Today's episode was great! So many cute moments! Pond has done such a great job with this role! And also some of the dialogues are so touching! Especially when Peach and Thee are together for the whole day and bath scene and discussing the tattoo ❤️ and the ending twist and we finally got WILLIAM's entry!
Fr I was thinking it would be a cameo or something but so glad we are getting more WilliamEst scenes from here onwards!

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Kill To Love - a perfect title for the drama!

He destroyed everything in his path to get to his Shu He and bring him back!

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Can't believe we actually got a Historical BL Cdrama! Wow...dreams do come true!
The year 2025 is the year of BL chinese dramas!
We got -
Kill To Love (Historical drama)
ABO desire (an actual omegaverse BL Cdrama!)
Revenged Love (my Dawei and Chi Cheng! Miss them so much)

Some of the dialogues of this drama are so beautiful and poetic 😍 makes me wanna print them out and hang up on my walls!

I liked everything about this drama, except that it's only 12 eps! Why 😭😭 I was hoping to get 24 eps like we got for Revenged Love cdrama.
The chemistry is good, and the acting is good too! The editing might seem a bit choppy, but overall, this one is a good drama with a simple enough storyline!
The main leads and their chemistry is absolutely terrific!
And we got ACTUAL KISSING SCENES IN A BL HISTORICAL DRAMA! like actual kisses and not dead fish lips kisses! OMG!!
The actors really looked comfortable doing the scenes and even the behind scenes look really fun!
I always knew that if we didn’t have the ban BL Cdramas would have been ruling the world right now lol! Well we at least got these dramas to satisfy our fantasies!

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The wedding scene was beautifully done 😍 and although it does have a sad ending, I believe this was the only way to end this series for this lifetime. Too much had gone down between the two ML, too many entangled emotions, love and hate and betrayal, making a mess of their past love and future. And apart from their afterlife reconciliation I don't think any other ending would have suited it.

This was a Historical BL well done! It’s like if Untamed was released in this day and time, it would be somewhat like this gem! Untamed part 2, where the 2019 drama finally gets the justice it deserved!

Definitely must watch!!
Rewatch value: 100/100

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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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Its Season 3 AND THEY ARE BACK WITH A BANG!!

Its Season 3 and Taxi Driver is still going STRONG!! Absolutely loving it!

I'm just so glad they have kept all of the original team 😊 I can't imagine Taxi Driver without them!

No clue how they packed so much into the first 2 episodes!! Japan trip, Yakuza, adultery, slavery and everything in between! They really said we're going BIG!

And omg Lee Jee Hoon in that white costume and white shoes and speaking Japanese in that deep voice! Whew!! Its getting HOT 🔥 in here!!!
Never knew the guy was fluent in English and Japanese!
I'm LOVING IT!!

10/10 Rewatch!!

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