Yes, I confirm dragonslairfansubteam dot wordpress completed subbing all the 20 episodes!! (20 for re-run version) CONGRATS!!! 20 Years later finally everyone can watch this lakorn, LOL I for one AM going to, because nobody can replace YOUNG TIK... We don't have men like him anymore. After 12 episodes of the 20 of the re-run, my enjoyment dropped as the romance practically ended but then it continues as a character study and personality development of a girl who wanted to live simple but ended up as a woman on the throne. Still watchable thanks to the talented Aom Phiyada. The ending is brutal, her coronation is montaged with his execution, which he literally made her sign, adamant on being honorable and prideful 1000%. Devoted subject indeed for her as a ruler, cruel and bitter for her as a woman.
Well, I'm afraid I must advise everyone that this show is sadly NOT worth watching 1) Everything exciting/controversial about the story relates to the novel and was NOT incomporated into the drama. We see glimpses of it, never resolved, mostly edited out: kisses, bedscenes (some stay in the opening/closing credits ONLY), any controversial details (like a kind lady selling food on the streets that gets her stall completely destroyed and we don't touch the theme further), possible assault scene(?), as a viewer you are not sure, because of the sharp edits that leave most of the stuff out. Considering only one of the boys is attractive enough to just look at (actually, the dad is more attractive than any of the boys in the drama) it's really a pitty there isn't anything more spicy in this 18+ rated show. 2) Runtime is filled with... Well, fillers. Every annoying side character we are NOT interested about, every mundane repetitive scene we'd like to skip, that's what we waste the most time on. People randomly appearing/disappearing, tiny "plots" abandoned halfway that never get any conclusion, such is the stuff which forms the base of this "drama". Majority of the show is boring as hell. 3) The form of a "happy end" also suck. We don't get nice bedscene (edited out), we don't have nice conversation or relationship development (we never actually hear one of the boys to talk about his feelings), what we get are "buying stuff scenes" which are the more pitiful as we are in china. You can imagine how their "luxury" looks like 4) There is no proper ending, episode 15 has a typical abrupt end like all the previous ones, with yet another side-character arriving to the scene (only good thing is we WON't get to bother with her) as apparently, the show got cancelled in the middle Overall it all very sadly illustrates the state of things and "quality" of production in china... Quite depressing drama aside And no, I won't sign on Viki or anywhere else to possibly see a "better" version of this drama, neither I wish to see another "season" because after what I have seen I am DONE with this thank you very much, I judge this based on what we can freely see, even here on MDL it lists 20 minutes runtime for an episode and THAT contains only what i depicted above. So no, I won't go into google frenzy searching for a "uncensored" version which might or might not exist.
does anyone know how to get accepted into the community ? my request got rejected sigh and idk what she's using…
I don't know and I don't care. I opened their live journal website and seems too much harrassment just to watch a drama lol I don't get why the Original Network itself don't include english sub upon release. Especially if they desire the show to have international audience. I still don't get why we should wait for some paranoid fansubber and to deal with their drama instead of the drama's drama LOL
'Dear M'? Despite expectations, it seems to have the weakest plot of them "playlist" shows. Right after reading the synopsis, nothing interest me less than finding about who the "M" is (sorry, not sorry).
The old gang is gone, except one guy, probably the one who interests me the least (Ha Neul). His girlfriend is now portrayed by SOMEONE ELSE (completely different type, more pretty but also more generic). I do get some roles sometimes get re-cast, nevertheless we watch some girl we feel we have no reason to watch. Yet we watch her a lot. They're already together with Ha Neul and nothing new is happening (jealous secondary females DON'T count).
Plus there's the new couple of friends with him secretly in love with her (Ha Neul 2.0). The portraying actor has a soft face without an edge. Even the average looking girl he chosen for himself, I do not specifically cheer for him to get her. I am not excited.
Then ADD that the runtime is not the usual 15 minutes, it's ONE HOUR. All the previous seasons of 'Love Playlist' needed quarter the runtime to achieve similar result. This either drags almost comatosely following closely the daily lives of a few people - we are constantly reminded of a day of the week and exact time, with big letters all across the screen (seriously) despite that NOTHING major is happening and it's practically irrelevant what day, hour and second it is (it's not like this is '24' with Kiefer Sutherland, LOL) or the whole campus reads 1 ANONYMOUS GOSSIP site and immediatelly reacts to every posts on it in overly dramatic way (it's funny, but not funny enough for the super long episodes). There is real kiss scene in episode 8/9, but it takes LONG to get to it and it drives the patience.
Overall, had I not been a complete SUCKER for romance I hardly think I would even finished this. The show is practically as shallow as most american shows about students. It's often boring, too (seriously, WHO thought to make Ha Neul the lead?), with the cast being attractive on the female front only. It's especially awkward with the crazy stalker girl. She is a hot girl that's hard to imagine as being obsessed with the boring & plain guy even as a fiction. But, never mind. All the females here are a misscast. The wild looking one is the no-nonsense no drama one. The plain and child-like looking one is the one having the most makeout sessions. The confident bitch type is forcing herself into "insecure girl" role, while the cutest one is trying to look all mean. It's funny but it's definitely not functional, therefore giving the shallow, unconvincing MEH vibe...
the best an this is the behind the scene, after watching the 5 episodes.The Behind the scenes is by the link from…
Yeah, watched it, maybe better than the series itself. But still, I'm quite fed up with this. I watched 8 of these vertical shorts series already and I want Chap Suppacheep in proper drama. Something steamy. Else, I better forget about him LOL
This show's so deliciously creepy LOL Last three episodes lost it, I mean the two of the last three, but the very last one was one Creepy Ever After LOL.
"Meet Han Tae Joo, 18 year-old student and successor to the TB Group" LOL the actor is 30 8 years older than his bodyguard:) These two look quite alright except of course one of them has to wear the "weirdo serial killer" haircut. Someone PLEASE help the barbers in Korea! LOL But when he combes his hair diffferent and the other tells him "You got hotter" it's the only funny line in the drama lol Either way, I recommend the movie version WITHOUT the inner monologues!
Just re-watched this again. Simple, short, yet a masterpiece in compare to other BL. Exquisite laughter & pain. Killer main couple, their contrasting looks & personalities ever a source of the funnies. Chen Chia Kuei, whose face convincing you first of cruel criminal & then vulnerable uncle, is a work of art. Just the 2nd couple is unwatchable, I completely skip them. The ending song is beautiful enough to listen 20 times.
The MDL Title of this drama is NOT CORRECT. It's either 'Addicted', or alternatively, 'Heroin'. It's definitely not 'Addicted Heroin' LMAO looks like drug addiction drama
Akira first pursues his cute crush who happens to play the same game, then becomes sexy seducer of his first lover (*some yummy kiss scenes*), then becomes anxietic ("A feeling of uneasiness has been constantly following me around") despite them being so steady they still live together years later, then becomes his own traitor (NORMAL is to live with the one you love and to adapt all things TO it, not the other way around), the huge fear of potentially losing the loved one so powerful it actually makes him take actions to really lose them, similarly to young married Darth Vader. As unlike him he's not fully destroyed, he recovers his lost courage as nothing is actually worse than what he brought upon himself already, so he might as well FIGHT. He might have seen this reason beforehand, but people are not reasonable. Chemicals in their brains are storming their minds. That's life. The movie is called 'Life', because the genre is not Romance only.
Speaking honestly, if not for the captivating Shirasu Jin, I might have dropped this after the school years. I do like Romance. I have enough Life in life:) That's why even watching this, I wanted to see drama-sweet ending and not the "open ending" (hate those) sort of an end. We all add sugar, not sour, into our coffee, after all. That's why this manga, depicting one love that lasted the whole life (though apparently Akira died 13 years earlier than Yuki due all the smoking) is about as "realistic" as any other and the end was just as corny as you can watch anywhere else. But what can you do when you want to make a decent movie that is enjoyable. They tired their best, that's why they even released this director's cut.
Handsome, hot, captivating face... Makes most of the dramas better just by being there. Makes me NOT drop them LOL Seriously I finished most of his dramas just to keep watching his face... A good onscreen kisser, in both gay & straight dramas. He is good. Better than most dramas he's in.
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CONGRATS!!!
20 Years later finally everyone can watch this lakorn, LOL
I for one AM going to, because nobody can replace YOUNG TIK... We don't have men like him anymore.
After 12 episodes of the 20 of the re-run, my enjoyment dropped as the romance practically ended but then it continues as a character study and personality development of a girl who wanted to live simple but ended up as a woman on the throne. Still watchable thanks to the talented Aom Phiyada.
The ending is brutal, her coronation is montaged with his execution, which he literally made her sign, adamant on being honorable and prideful 1000%. Devoted subject indeed for her as a ruler, cruel and bitter for her as a woman.
1) Everything exciting/controversial about the story relates to the novel and was NOT incomporated into the drama. We see glimpses of it, never resolved, mostly edited out: kisses, bedscenes (some stay in the opening/closing credits ONLY), any controversial details (like a kind lady selling food on the streets that gets her stall completely destroyed and we don't touch the theme further), possible assault scene(?), as a viewer you are not sure, because of the sharp edits that leave most of the stuff out. Considering only one of the boys is attractive enough to just look at (actually, the dad is more attractive than any of the boys in the drama) it's really a pitty there isn't anything more spicy in this 18+ rated show.
2) Runtime is filled with... Well, fillers. Every annoying side character we are NOT interested about, every mundane repetitive scene we'd like to skip, that's what we waste the most time on. People randomly appearing/disappearing, tiny "plots" abandoned halfway that never get any conclusion, such is the stuff which forms the base of this "drama". Majority of the show is boring as hell.
3) The form of a "happy end" also suck. We don't get nice bedscene (edited out), we don't have nice conversation or relationship development (we never actually hear one of the boys to talk about his feelings), what we get are "buying stuff scenes" which are the more pitiful as we are in china. You can imagine how their "luxury" looks like
4) There is no proper ending, episode 15 has a typical abrupt end like all the previous ones, with yet another side-character arriving to the scene (only good thing is we WON't get to bother with her) as apparently, the show got cancelled in the middle
Overall it all very sadly illustrates the state of things and "quality" of production in china... Quite depressing drama aside
And no, I won't sign on Viki or anywhere else to possibly see a "better" version of this drama, neither I wish to see another "season" because after what I have seen I am DONE with this thank you very much, I judge this based on what we can freely see, even here on MDL it lists 20 minutes runtime for an episode and THAT contains only what i depicted above. So no, I won't go into google frenzy searching for a "uncensored" version which might or might not exist.
I don't get why the Original Network itself don't include english sub upon release. Especially if they desire the show to have international audience. I still don't get why we should wait for some paranoid fansubber and to deal with their drama instead of the drama's drama LOL
The old gang is gone, except one guy, probably the one who interests me the least (Ha Neul). His girlfriend is now portrayed by SOMEONE ELSE (completely different type, more pretty but also more generic). I do get some roles sometimes get re-cast, nevertheless we watch some girl we feel we have no reason to watch. Yet we watch her a lot. They're already together with Ha Neul and nothing new is happening (jealous secondary females DON'T count).
Plus there's the new couple of friends with him secretly in love with her (Ha Neul 2.0). The portraying actor has a soft face without an edge. Even the average looking girl he chosen for himself, I do not specifically cheer for him to get her. I am not excited.
Then ADD that the runtime is not the usual 15 minutes, it's ONE HOUR. All the previous seasons of 'Love Playlist' needed quarter the runtime to achieve similar result. This either drags almost comatosely following closely the daily lives of a few people - we are constantly reminded of a day of the week and exact time, with big letters all across the screen (seriously) despite that NOTHING major is happening and it's practically irrelevant what day, hour and second it is (it's not like this is '24' with Kiefer Sutherland, LOL) or the whole campus reads 1 ANONYMOUS GOSSIP site and immediatelly reacts to every posts on it in overly dramatic way (it's funny, but not funny enough for the super long episodes). There is real kiss scene in episode 8/9, but it takes LONG to get to it and it drives the patience.
Overall, had I not been a complete SUCKER for romance I hardly think I would even finished this. The show is practically as shallow as most american shows about students. It's often boring, too (seriously, WHO thought to make Ha Neul the lead?), with the cast being attractive on the female front only. It's especially awkward with the crazy stalker girl. She is a hot girl that's hard to imagine as being obsessed with the boring & plain guy even as a fiction. But, never mind. All the females here are a misscast. The wild looking one is the no-nonsense no drama one. The plain and child-like looking one is the one having the most makeout sessions. The confident bitch type is forcing herself into "insecure girl" role, while the cutest one is trying to look all mean. It's funny but it's definitely not functional, therefore giving the shallow, unconvincing MEH vibe...
Last three episodes lost it, I mean the two of the last three, but the very last one was one
Creepy Ever After
LOL.
LOL the actor is 30
8 years older than his bodyguard:)
These two look quite alright except of course one of them has to wear the "weirdo serial killer" haircut. Someone PLEASE help the barbers in Korea! LOL But when he combes his hair diffferent and the other tells him "You got hotter" it's the only funny line in the drama lol
Either way, I recommend the movie version WITHOUT the inner monologues!
Simple, short, yet a masterpiece in compare to other BL.
Exquisite laughter & pain.
Killer main couple, their contrasting looks & personalities ever a source of the funnies. Chen Chia Kuei, whose face convincing you first of cruel criminal & then vulnerable uncle, is a work of art. Just the 2nd couple is unwatchable, I completely skip them.
The ending song is beautiful enough to listen 20 times.
It's either 'Addicted', or alternatively, 'Heroin'.
It's definitely not 'Addicted Heroin' LMAO looks like drug addiction drama
Speaking honestly, if not for the captivating Shirasu Jin, I might have dropped this after the school years. I do like Romance. I have enough Life in life:) That's why even watching this, I wanted to see drama-sweet ending and not the "open ending" (hate those) sort of an end. We all add sugar, not sour, into our coffee, after all. That's why this manga, depicting one love that lasted the whole life (though apparently Akira died 13 years earlier than Yuki due all the smoking) is about as "realistic" as any other and the end was just as corny as you can watch anywhere else. But what can you do when you want to make a decent movie that is enjoyable. They tired their best, that's why they even released this director's cut.
Seriously I finished most of his dramas just to keep watching his face... A good onscreen kisser, in both gay & straight dramas. He is good. Better than most dramas he's in.