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Excellent acting
I enjoyed this so much. Both main leads did a fantastic job in their respective roles. Ryoma absolutely slayed his role as the passionate dancer in every scene. His expressions and movements portrayed Suzuki perfectly. And Keita Machida as the restrained and disciplined ballroom dancer portrayed his character well too. The dances were fantastic in themselves too.But something that struck me while watching this and made me pause is where Ryoma describes what it takes to participate in these 10Dance competitions- it may look glamorous on the surface but it takes tremendous discipline and endurance to dance in 40 dances of different types and styles during the competition day. And when Machida describes how the lady dancing the ballroom dancing has to dance elegantly while wearing her high heels. Somehow these two points left a tremendous impression on me. In fact, this very well describes what all artist, dancers, actors, and so on must truly be experiencing - everything might look glamorous on the surface, but level of practice and discipline needed for it….
Takeuchi Ryoma and Keita Machida also do a phenomenal job of dancing. It must surely have taken them many days and hours of practice to be this good! And of course, the chemistry between these two was very visible every moment of the movie.
The time flew by so quickly as I was watching this. I can imagine that we would likely get a sequel for this (here’s me trying to manifest this🤣). I mean, I would like to see them participating in the actual 10Dance competition! And there is so much potential for further expanding this story anyway, that it would be such a waste to not explore this further in a sequel.
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Loved this
I really enjoyed this movie, especially since it shows what can happen when one is not careful in this age of technology where we use our mobiles not just for communication but for everything ranging from monitoring the smart systems at home to keeping track of our schedules and everything else.The story really made me pause and think. But what mainly stood out to me was Yim Siwan’s acting and the way he displayed the range of his character so flawlessly! I will definitely rewatch this just for Yim Siwan’s acting alone!
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Over-the-top ridiculous yet memorable
Okay, what did I just watch! Everything about “Study group” was so ridiculous. Yet I enjoyed it very much! The fighting scenes and action sequences were all so ridiculous and over-the-top, that somehow it ended up being enjoyable. The background music, the characters who were fighting to study and form the study groups, and fights they end up getting into….The whole thing was so memorable and enjoyable, that I binge-watched the whole thing back-to-back.
Can’t wait for Season 2.
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Feel-good vibes
This was such a nice feel-good drama. There are some hilarious moments in it which really stood out to me as well - Master Labubu/Delulu and his “rituals”, so many moments with Poppy as Butler Francois and his funny antics, to name a few. Poppy always manages to make his characters stand out and shine with his acting!This is the kind of drama where the misunderstandings/conflicts gets resolved quickly without being dragged out for too long. Both the main couple as well as the second couple are easy to root for.
I am giving it 10 stars for the sheer feel-good aspect of this. Does that mean this drama is perfect? Certainly not. But it is definitely going on my comfort watch list. High rewatch value for me as well.
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