Colum H

Not bad at all though a little too long winded and silly. Kim Ah Joong was my favorite with some nice character progression.

As I said a bit extreme he's not evil really.

Probably easiest to read Luly's Review, first paragraph, 1st line of the second and the 4th paragraph.
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I'm not fond of Tsundere characters and need them to not cross the line too much and show some development pretty quickly. In this case the chef forcibly kissing the FL on top of the way he was already behaving was way over the line for me. It really upsets me and throws me out of the 'I'm watching a Romantic fantasy zone' to see a person having 'sexual' contact forced on them. It's just a kiss, hand on your arse, friendly hug ...

If it's 'in context' I can sort of cope c.f. the movies Han Gong Ju, Silenced etc. though it makes weep - as it is supposed to.

I get that lots of people don't see these things in the same way and see dramas as fluffy and cute that, to me, are just explorations of abuse but I hope that explains my comment.

Probably was a bit extreme, I think my dander was already up from another (supposedly fluffy) drama. See below.

Pretty damn good, it occasionally drifts into the saccharine but on the whole is done very well with little condescension. Well worth a bash if you fancy something to make you feel good with a few tears, laughs and a bit of anger thrown in.

Skipped through a couple of episodes as I really wanted to see her last show but when he drags her round by the back of the shirt in episode eight that was more than enough for me. Utter abusive pathetic bastard shit! I'm so angry now.

Got to episode five only by gritting my teeth and skipping bits, waiting for the great romance to kick in. By the end of that episode if I could have climbed into the screen I'd have punched that awful bastard in the face (there were a few awful bastards on the list but he won).
The tipping point of 'I hate him so much that I cannot stand to see him get the girl no matter what he does from now' has been reached.
Extra horrible watching her being emotionally and physically abused whilst knowing she was beaten by her husband and committed suicide in real life.

Got bored by episode 4, nothing really new about it and too little time spent on Ayu and Yuki. Was waiting for the wild mum to be wild...didn't happen.

Episode 1 and I'd really like to slap the Dad, poor old Ayu and Yuki.

Totally with you on the Chemistry front, you need to be shipping them to watch this I guess.

Got to three and found I no longer liked him or respected her - dropped. Too adult for me maybe? Lacking chemistry? Morally too 'grey'?
Didn't find Saito's acting convincing either.
Loved Orange Days and was hoping this would be good.

Excellent stuff! Hiromi-chan made me cry on a few occasions, fortunately I was watching on my own so I can keep up the pretense of being a tough old boy...

I'm the same I start choking up when I read the synopsis.

Silly over the top humour ain't my bag if you are the same don't watch this.

I can't get past the 'problematic' parts of this show. Though the FL in this is great she isn't enough to keep me watching. Better than Meteor Garden (which I also dropped, rapey bastards a go go).

I started this and didn't manage the first episode it just seemed too much the same old thing.

I also have a pet hate for the smug "I'm so rich and handsome, I can treat women how I want" bastards and when I got to the flick on the forehead I just started skipping through the episode. I might go back to it but I doubt it.

I got a little too uncomfortable with this quite quickly. The acting was good and the story was going ok but...

I was quite surprised at this, it pulled me along and thoroughly entertained me. The ending, as with so many dramas; was a little bathetic but not enough to ruin things.

Wow! That's an absolutely gobsmacking drama, well worth the time. I feel emotionally drained.

greeting = crying in Northern England