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Watch this for MDL 2024 watch challenge. It’s one touching movie…Weird summary from MDL, let me tell you from a different perspective. Story about Kim Bong Yong (BY), a construction foreman, who did everything he can with his job. Like all other salarymen, he sacrifices everything to please his boss, until he’s a little bit ‘neglectful’ of his family.
This movie starts when BY’s daughter & son are already in their teenage years & start to rebel against their parents. Especially Kim Dal Nim, because she feels unheard in the family. But unfortunately that’s not the focus of our movie…
One day, BY feels sick & checks with a doctor. Unfortunately, he got bad news. BY still tries to hide this fact from his family. But one day, he got fired from his job & everything started crumbling down even more from that… How in the end BY & his family go through this difficult time in their life…?
That's pretty much the story without giving any more spoilers. Overall this one touching movie, with a little defect on the end. Haha…
Below I’ll write what I mean with the little defect. But that also means SPOILER ALERT!!! Read it at ur own risk.
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Much like PHope wrote on the review page, the ending is very confusing. They don’t give us a clear statement, whether BY died or not. I feel like he’s dead & the last few min is just his ghost visiting or maybe his wife, Lee Hwa Yun (HY) imagining BY still among them. But once again, they made the scene with the picnic… When did it happen…? It can’t be just HY imagination, cause they take a selfie…. See… So confusing…
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Watch this for MDL 2024 Watch Challenge. Huft.... What a ride.... And wow I never read MDL summary that quite spoiler the whole plot than this one... So let me just tell it from different perspective....Story about Tang Chuan (TC), a mathematic professor that also police consultants for their investigation. One day, police approach him again with difficult case, a man found dead but everything that can identify him being erased, his face smash beyond recognize and his finger burn until no fingerprint. But police still can identify him as Fu Jian (FJ), because they still find his rental bike with fingerprint intact nearby. So, knowing the man identity they find about his ex-wife, Chen Jing (CJ), and start investigation. Unfortunately the case not that easy to be cracked, CJ has perfect alibi for the night of FJ died. When the police hit a dead end, they turn to TC for help.
From police, TC find out CJ's neighbor non other his former classmate, another math genius & enthusiasm, Shi Hong (SH). By gut feeling, TC feel that SH is related to the crime. But how deep & what part SH was taking part of is TC hasn't got a clue. So, because MDL already wrote in the summary, how the dangerous cat-and-mouse between SH & TC ended in the end...?
Unfortunately in my opinion, if you read the summary by MDL first before watching it quite ruin the plot. Why...? Cause for me that's the suspense in this movie about. You don't know what part SH involve in the whole crime, is he the killer or just the helper to cover up the crime....
And since I didn't read the summary and just jumping to the movie. For me this one of the best crime movie. It so full of surprise and unpredictable plot. And this movie also told us about how you can't fool ur conscience, if you have pure heart, hide something dark will slowly but sure eat your heart away. Like in this how CJ feel guilty all the way about her murdering FJ, even thought by mistake.
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Watched this for my alphabet challenge. Story about a teacher and a student. One day, the student, shiotsu, tell his teacher he likes a boy. The teacher cheers, cause turn out he also like man. The teacher think the one shiotsu like is him, but turn out another boy name, Hatsukari. So, how their story goes from here...?
Sometimes I really don't understand Japan jokes and what they think as norm in there... Haiz...
Like this story, while we and the rest of the world condemn this as the act of pedofil or predator look for its prey, Japan still make it into short drama...
But why do I still give this quite high score...? I'll write the reason below, but that's also mean SPOILER ALERT!!! Read it at ur own risk.
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In the end the teacher still do the right thing
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Watch this for Leon Zhang & Ireine Song. Quite enjoyable until the last episode. I want hang the director!!!! ( ｡ •̀ ᴖ •́ ｡)💢. So fair warning, this review will fill with a lot of rampage!!!But first thing first. Story...
Story about a girl name Hao Liang (HL) who has double life as a live stream singer named A Dai. HL is an ordinary girl, shy and a little coward. But when she become A Dai, she's like having different personality, A Dai is a brave girl.
One day HL met Gu Jiu Li (JL), a programmer with straight face & personality. HL fall in love at the first sight with him. JL has a little 'disease', he can't different girl when they put on make up, in the drama this disease called can't recognized different race or something along that way. Almost like blind face, but not quite the same. So yeah, JL can't recognize HL when she dress as A Dai. And that's really funny to watch.
Short story, HL got accepted into JL company as a intern. And the more they spend time together, JL feel more attractive to HL. And vice versa with HL, she also feel more and more like JL. So, yeah finally in the end they had a relationship. But still HL feel A Dai identity is a little gravel in their relationship. She's just affraid what's JL reaction when he know A Dai is HL....
That's one problem this story had. The other problem is about HL's mother. HL also hide her identity as A Dai from her mother. And that's because her mother always thought that entertainment industry is a bad world, it's the world where the 'bad woman' works. So yeah... The problem raise when HL's mother come to town close to the time when A Dai had to do performance. So... How's HL tell her mom about it, how HL can make her mom understand & accepted the world she like...?
That's pretty much the story without giving anymore spoiler. Now what I like and don't.
What I like:
+ The cute relationship between HL & JL. I really like how their relationship grow, how JL & HL accepted the shortage of the other person & how in their way their support each other.
+ The relationship between Han Yi Jie (YJ) & Chen Yi Bai (YB). I really love how YJ really show his support for YB, how he show that he really accepted all the strong and week side of YB.
+ Han Yi Jie (YJ) himself. He's sometimes is just like a young man, we thought he's quite immature. But I really impressed by how he show his maturity when he have to face YB ex-boyfriend when he offer business proposal. And how YJ show that he's really one amazing friend for JL.
What I don't like.:
- The stupid fast forward relationship between Zhu Yi & Yang Pan Pan. I know I know their relationship is only like decoration on a cake, not important. So why the heck u even make this relationship be fruitful... Go watch it urself, I'm lazy to write in here because how not important this is.
Overall another drama that's pissed me off for the ending. Without the ending I'll gonna rate it between 7-8 actually. Such unfortunate...
Below I'll write the rampage and that's also mean SPOILER ALERT!!! Read it with ur own risk.
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What the heck with the ending!!! I need 1 more episodes to make this become satisfactory drama.
Why end it just until HL's mother accepted A Dai. I need this drama to close with A Dai performance on the stage. Or if you don't want to make the stage and all the performances, u can make it like they already finished it & HL send her mother to airport or station for her to go home.
Oh My GOD I'm so pissed!!!!
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I need more explanation
Watch this for my alphabet challenge. Quite enjoy it, but still left hanging feeling in the endStory about Seol Dong Baek (DB), a man who entered a company. On the first day, he got a text that he was transferred to another department. Now, he works as secretary for the CEO, Min Yu Dam (YD).
At the very first of their encounter, YD asked DB to date him. Not because of love, but because YD said DB needs to date him, if not DB will be dead. Thinking the CEO was crazy, DB ignored his word. But from that day on, YD started asking DB to have dinner with him. Of course, can’t reject the CEO's word, DB just goes with it. And that’s how their relationship started.
Strangely, on the day DB can’t dine with YD, DB started having a nightmare and his body started to feel the pain. ‘Cause in the dream, he was shot & the place where the arrow shot him, it hurt in real life too. When DB woke up, he told YD about it & YD kissed that place, and the pain started to disappear. And that’s how their relationship started going forward. Haha…
DB who tries to run from the relationship just finds himself feeling more and more for YD. At the same time, Dennis Lee also feels attached to DB. So, how will their relationship go forward from this…?
That's pretty much the story without giving any spoilers. Now what I like and don't.
What I like:
+ Interesting story
+ How DB & YD relationships grow. Even though this is just a short drama, it feels a little bit too fast.
What I don't like:
- a 2 minute recap is freaking too long for episodes that are under 15 minutes.
Overall this is quite an interesting short drama to fill ur time. Unfortunately, they have quite a big hole to fill, so therefore I can't give this higher score. But it's still a good short drama.
Below I'll write about the big hole. But that also means SPOILER ALERT!!! Read it at your own risk.
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- They don't explain to us about the curse that YD had. What the hell is that? Why does he need to live for 300 years…???
- Who the heck is Dennis Lee? Why is he obsessed with DB? Why does he look like he's been alive for so long, or is it just my impression of him…?
- Why in the past DB can't be named? MDL wrote: “Hundreds of years ago, a child was named after god and was cursed.” I don't know which one is wrong, MDL or the translation of the drama I've watched. But according to the translation in the drama, DB is a child of God that can't be named. And they never bother to explain to us why…? That's kinda frustrating me… Who had explanation for this please kindly message me
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Watch this for my Alphabet challenge. But hufh.... What a ride...Story about crime organizations that involves in gambling, bet, and overall just cheat people in all possible ways by using women and interesting advertising.
This movie choose the uprising problems in the world these days, where many people really being trap in these evil web.
They bring out the sensitivity of the problem & the victim. They emphasize that the victims not only the one that being swindle over they money, but also the face in the screen, like the women whose job as the dealer.
It’s really a hard world & people so easy being trap inside it, with all the promises they given at the beginning.
The minus this movie had for me is simply they make the person who's in charge, the true perpetrator not so crazy and the way they get captured is a little too easy. I hope we can get to see more from the police side, the investigation & the action they need to do to disassemble all of it
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Story about SQ, Fang Yi Mo (YM) & Li Hao chuan (HC). Sq & YM are childhood friends, YM secretly love SQ for quite a while. The story begins when they're in high school & HC starts to get in the picture…
The drama tells the story about their love triangle & their journey to graduate highschool.
That's pretty much the story without giving the spoiler. For me this particular title feels more special, that's why I decided to write a review about this.
Special how's? Because this drama feels like it has a more clear story to tell. It's not just your everyday collection of short videos combined into 1 title. But they really give us a story. Of course this drama is still filled with a lot of cliche & familiar scenes.
So, if you want to start watch jiang shi qi work, this is a good title for start
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Not what I've expected
Accidentally clicked this. But their interaction really cute... So I just kept watched it in the end...Like everyone already wrote this just a cute little interaction between Win & Team. Each episode filled with two or three skits per episode. But I really like the director humor in the beginning of each episode, when Team gives us the "warning" about this special episode
So in the end this special short really indeed special treat from the director team to us fans who watch this... ^^
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Watch this because of YouTube Fishing again... Haha... YouTube & their algorithm really understand us... Hoho... But as I watch I wonder this look similar with the other title. Go to MDL just to find out turn out indeed they're connected with each other. Haha...Story about Team & Win. Team is a talented swimmer who just entered university. Team catch Win eye from the first time they met. That's lead to Win like to tease Team. One day their relationship take a high jump to one night stand, due to one incident that made Team need the 'help' from Win. And since that day forward, their relationship grew closer and closer.
When Win learn that Team has his own struggle and trauma about swimming, that also affecting Team's sleep, Win start to open his heart even more for Team. He offers up his own room for Team to stay in.
Like the MDL wrote: Team isn't the only one with issues from his past preventing him from moving forward. Win also struggles with how to handle receiving love and how to give special treatment to those closest to him. And this story focuses on how Win and Team come to know and inspire growth in each other.
That's pretty much the story without giving the spoiler. Now what I like and don't.
What I like:
+ Watch this really intrigue my curiosity to compare both dramas. But upon re-watching Until We Meet Again, I also found out not all the parallel scene they simply took from Until We Meet Again. They really did re-shoot some of the scene. Like when the swimming team go to vacation, that's clearly different place. And I love the effort the director team made for this drama. This simply not just another extension for Until We Meet Again.
+ I really like the chemistry between Boun Noppanut Guntachai & Prem Warut Chawalitrujiwong. But unfortunately I think they already break this couple.
+ Even though at first this start quite toxic, but in the end I really like how Win and Team indeed come to know and inspire growth in each other.
+ The Win family story.
What I don't like:
- The unimportant story of Tul & Wan or Sea & Prince .Oh please... Why the need to made this other couple in the first place really confuse me...
Overall I quite like this drama. But the toxicity made me can't give this drama higher score...
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Quite hesitant to watch this, cause my experience with Zhu Xu Dan as the FL never good. But people keep saying this one is good & the YouTube keep give me the scene. It's all successfully attract my attention to press that play button. Let's discuss drama...Story about Han Zi Qing (ZQ), an illegitimate daughter of the prime minister with Jun Bei Yue (BY) the 4th Prince. ZQ comes from the future, she come to the past due to a dagger & at first she keeps find her way back to her timeline. One day, she joined 4th Prince bride selection & she catch the glimpse of the dagger in 4th prince waist. Because of the dagger, ZQ decided to accepted BY proposal & since that day, she kept try to find her way to gain BY's trust & get the hand to the dagger.
But of course, their story not ended with the dagger. As the story goes, we find out turn out so many secrets about ZQ herself. And little by little BY & ZQ gain each other trust & their feeling for each other also deepen over time.
That's pretty much the story without giving the spoiler. Now what I like and don't.
What I like:
+ First time I really like Zhu Xu Dan as FL. She's really good as Han Zi Qing
+ I really like the chemistry between Zhu Xu Dan & Hans Zhang.
What I don't like:
- The weird angle. I don't know is just because Hans Zhang don't want to kneel or what... But all the kneeling scene for ZQ and BY really shoot at the weird angle that doesn't make sense or just plainly been cut from the scene. That's sometimes distract me in a weird way.
- The story just feel so heavy... With all the secret about ZQ and all the intrigue between kingdom. The last few ep quite bored me. I skip quite a lot....
- ZQ is really one special girl. OMG it's like she can't dead. So many damn time people try to killed her but unsuccessful
Overall this quite good a story for you to watch...
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I hate the ending
Watch this as one of the recommendations to fill my Alphabet challenge. Quick movie to help me fill the letter 'K'.The story of Jhe Ming who just got married with A Jhen, but haven't told his mother yet. This short movie really represents us the struggle that every LGBTQ+ community feel when they need to tell their family.
This short movie open withc such a good note, but the ending.... UGH!!!
Without such an ending, I really like to give this movie a really good score. But that endings really make me downgraded the score so very much... So the max score I can only give this is 5.
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The ending for me really end with such a weird note. It's like Jhe Ming's mother wants to give approval, but still hold something in her heart.
Really agreed with _Shinigami_ in the comment: "The ending felt weird. She didn’t exactly seem to accept it, but nonetheless everyone seemed happy? For clearance (and bl happiness) I would’ve liked if they ended it with a scene of their wedding (with the mother present..)"
Yeah I need closure for this movie. Such a shame...
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The story of Lu Shi Ran (SR), who reunited with his missing ex-boyfriend, Qi Yi (QY). SR broken up with QY when he's back for good to china, while SR still abroad & can't be contacted. When the story rolling we finally know the reason for this, no contact between SR & QY.
In the end, SR forgive QY for his mistake & they continue their relationship. (And since MDl already wrote it.) One day, SR discovers that QY is actually "the uncle" (no blood relation) he had never met! So how will their story move forward from this...? Will they still insist in their relationship with all that taboo or will they break apart one more time?
That's pretty much the story without giving any more spoiler. Now what I like and don't.
What I like:
+ The good chemistry between Sun Zhong Yang & Aiden Wu
+ The good short drama. This has beginning, middle & end with good pace & plot.
What I don't like:
- a little don't make sense plot. Well u need to re-watch it at least 1 more time to know this. A little hard for me to explained but after re-watch it, I feel this have quite a few lack things...
Don't know it's good or bad. But they aired it 2 ep per week for 7min short drama definitely a clever move. Cause when u just watch this in 1 seating u'll be like me, notice a lot of lack of things...
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My Nov 2024 Recommendation Challenge.
Fair warning up front. A lot comparison with the old version & of course, SPOILER ALERT!!!Meteor Garden... Long time wanna watch this but yet so reluctant cause I usually don't like to watch remake drama. But thanx to CharlieX I finally put this into my completed drama list. Really bring a lot of moment from my youth. Haha...
As usual, let's start with the story...
Story of an ordinary girl from ordinary family, Dong Shan Cai (SC) & one of the wealthiest heir, Dao Ming Si (DMS). SC met DMS in the school, where DMS & his gank (F4) become the king in their school. This time, the story start when DMS accidentally broke SC's phone & SC wanted DMS to pay for the damage. And as the story goes, many things happen between SC & DMS, that make them getting closer with each other.
Sorry just a little introduction of the story. Now what I like & don't & the comparison between the dramas...
What I like:
+ No more bullying!!! Yipee... They eliminate the most iconic yet toxic from this drama. Yeah bullying can't be consider cool anymore for kids these days...
+ F4 card where they usually mark it as the sign of the victim change into Joker card. Where people can challenge F4 for the card game.
+ Our F4 no longer useless rich brats, but they're smart & shining in their own ways.
+ DMS is way more childish. But for me it's more appropriate for him.
+ So many hesitant moment feel by SC for their relationship that's feel more like closer to my heart. I can understand all the doubt in SC's heart.
+ The friendship between the F4 gank are like better. I don't know how to explain this, but I just feel the actor themselves are having better relationship with each other
+ They made Xiao Zi (DMS's fiancé) a bigger role. Oh and I love it. This time this monkey girl not just some random rich girl in one of DMS's life.
+ The closer look into all other F4 member. Like they made the closure between Xi Men & Xiao You. They made Mei Zuo's love story too.
+ No one role of cast left behind. I mean like the random SC's classmate, Li Xin Hui & her friend, until the end still included. Or like Chen Qing He & Zhou Cai Na, where if I'm not mistaken, in the older version it's like they're disappear after SC get closer to F4 gank.
+ All the familiar face of our F4. One more the advantages of watching the old drama is seeing all now familiar face... Haha... Seeing them in one screen now it's like a dream... ^^
+ The ending. Oh I love the ending. This is the cause I up the score again. It feels like this version ending give really closures to our drama....
What I don't like:
- They like to take important scene or story line from other version & just attach it in this version. But at the same time they lost the original version meaning behind that story. Let me explain.
* SC's kick. OMG this it the most shocking yet useless moment this version had. I mean the old version is spontaneously did by SC cause she's pissed by DMS after one incident, it's just something she can't hold inside her anymore. But this version.... They made SC sleep on it, then the next day, she just randomly kick DMS. Oh come on... You already sleep on it, you can't be still that mad, or at least you shouldn't be kick him. But since this one of the most iconic scene from this drama, of course they can't erase it...
* The amnesia story. Oh I quite wait for this to comes out, cause it just show how important SC for DMS. But they made it into the moment of jokes play by DMS.
* The stranded in island from Japan's movie version. In that movie, it's all made up by DMS & SC's parent to prove a point for DMS & SC. Are they really ready to take the world just by themselves or not. But this one... They made it into the jokes play by Xiao Zi.
- A little 'Chinese propaganda'..? I mean in the end they indeed included how important for the youth to make their own way... It's like the gov want to put that thought in their youth's minds.
- All the place product advertisement. Oh My God (Said it like Janice from Friends said it. Haha). This is probably one of the most obvious place product advertisement. I usually not so aware of place product advertisement, but this drama it just so much in your face.... They even made the actor in the drama said the advertisement words... Haha...
Overall: I really l glad I can put this into my watch list. And In the end, they made it relevant for kids nowadays...
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Quite curious about this when it's aired. Now it's finished let's watch this...Story about God, an extrovert man & Diew, an introvert man. Both of them attended the same university & next door neighbor in the dorm, but they never met, cause Diew is an introvert man, who don't like to go out and socialize with other person, except for his class.
Their story start when God move to Diew next door & had a party with his friends at his room until late at night. Can't take it anymore, Diew slip a note under God door to shut them up. Feeling guilty with his action, the next day God send some snack with note to Diew door, but been rejected by Diew. Curious about his next door neighbor, God keep sending Diew some snack of course alongside the note & Diew keep rejecting it. That's how they their relationship built up over time. From note to note until one day, God decided to break their norm & start talking to Diew from their balcony. And from that day on, their relationship start to steer into something more....
That's pretty much the story. Now what I like and don't.
What I like:
+ God really a green light man. He ask for Diew permission for every action that involve Diew. And he really respect Diew boundary.
+ How Diew & God shape each other into a better person. Like how God bring Diew out of his shell.
+ The little introduction of Personality Test. INFT or INFJ, etc... Although is so quick & not really give a full view of the personality & easily been forgotten.
+ Teach everyone to respect each other boundary.
What I don't like. There're some nonsense that been forced...
1. Instead of just giving up, God keep really curious about his next door neighbor & start build up some feeling for him. You never meet a person, yet that person give you good feeling & make you fall for them. NONSENSE!!!
2. The way God is so jealous of Diew ex. Oh come on.... How long they been together, no more than a year, but God already pissed cause Diew won't tell him everything about his life.... God is a really green light from the very first ep, but his non sense action of jealousy really took the sharp steer into red light zone....
Overall that a little bit disappointment in the ending really effect my score. But still this is a good drama to be watched.
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Watch a few clip on YouTube. The scene looks appetizing. Haha... Turn out Zhang Miao Yi. Let's watch...This drama is a few dramas that MDL summary not really quite on point with the real drama story. Let's discuss drama...
Baichuan City's is famous as a gourmet city & their top chef are controlled by Jiang's family. In the Baichuan City there're 7 knives that determine or mark their 7 top chef. That knives given to 7 families as their inheritance for their successor. That's the rule of Baichuan City chef for 200 years. But because of that's rule, the other chef or restaurant without the knives were suppressed. In order to have future, the young chef can challenge the top chef to snatch the knives from the top chef, and the loser will get out from the town.
So, that's the first mistake MDL made. It's not the Knife nation’s cooks, but only Baichuan City rule. Nothing in the drama indicate this is nation rule.
Now come the story of our ML, Jiang Jie (JJ) & FL, Li Nai (LN). JJ is a talented young chef, that's already challenge most of the knives owner. When the story start, he already took several of the knives & start to challenge the owner of the next knife. Which is the teacher of our FL. That's when their journey start to intertwine.
LN is a young apprentice chef, who has a special ability. Her nose is sharper than most people. She can smell the ingredient of something, no matter how soft the smell is. in short. LN's teacher lose to JJ & LN determine to take revenge and restore her teacher honor by taking the knife back from JJ. With that plan in mind, LN start to work at JJ's kitchen & try to infiltrate JJ’s inner circle. And just really realize how far her skill gap from JJ. But LN not give up & still sharpen her skill to face JJ one day.
That's the 2nd mistake. JJ not work in hotel’s kitchen. He own his own restaurant...
When the story rolling, we find out the reason why JJ try to collect all the knives from the families & what's his plan after collecting all that. And with that we also can see the dirty and the politic behind 7 families that rule Baichuan City. So how will the story evolve in the end...? Who will eventually win between JJ & LN...?
The last mistake. JJ never really secretly hungers for a showdown against an older chef whose skills are still legendary. But he has bigger goal...
That's pretty much the story. Now what I like and don't.
What I like:
+ The interesting cooking battle
+ JJ is a good man. Even though he's first portray as cruel or cold when took all the knives from the previous owner, but yeah what he said is true. Nothing more fair than took the knife by cooking battle.
+ The interesting background story of JJ & LN.
What I don't like:
- The unnecessary separation between JJ & LN
- The not so clear of other character, like the stupid Xi Jiang Yue (JY). When JJ lose JY also lose his job. But instead stay together with JJ to facing the world, JY instead take a sharp turn & join JJ enemy cause he can't find other job & the enemy help him. That's the stupid things. 1st why why why JY not go to other city or country to search for the job. 2nd when JY turn his face from JJ, he said they're now have different goal, what's the goal is never discuss cause you know he's not the ML. Ugh....
Overall this quite good story to be watched.
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