JUST OKAY AND UNDERSTANDABLE
everything is okay in this drama, there are some scenes where seems fail but it is understandable.what I like the most here is that in this drama, they show how Filipino's converse in reality, I like that there is no too flowery script here and everything is natural.
It is just a short drama but the story is on point, the story is easy to understand and the acting is convincing , what the scene and situation requires.
Jericho Del Rosario is so charming as always, I watched him at myday the series and yeah he is indeed charming.
If I were to suggest here, Jericho should've been the brother of the main lead here coz he looks more like a chinito than the one that did the role , but I salute that actor who played as the brother.
I like the trans woman here she is such a supportive friend here !
all in all two thumbs up !
not surr if I can recommend this drama but still we can watch it but dont expect too much
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ONE OF THE BEST, COMPLETE, MEMORABLE BL I EVER WATCHED !
I never knew this drama was really good good drama ! The story started on the things I am not familiar with, it was my first time seeing a Chinese oriented organization run by Thai, or maybe because they were Chinese descendants.The part that Mr. Zhang a part of their Association being cornered on the day of his recognition as leader or something as far as I remembered, but He was announced also as a Gay that made him not worthy to lead the association is something that is really good to me as a beginning of the story specially the part where he suicide in from of Mr. Song the Head of the Association and cursed him, and later on Tian the first born of the first Madam or first wife of Mr. Song , and to-be the next head of the Association, but since Tian is gay his mother Lin will have to to every thing to keep it secret, and that's where the story run
1. The Mushroom Part
I think this drama is a little bit fantasy in some ways, because of the beetle or orchid powder thing that when is thrown to yo, you will be poisoned and some kind of mushroom will grow to your body. Many part of the drama run through Dong the worker knowing the secret of Tian , it is disgusting that they even ate the mushroom that has grown to Dongs body when he was killed by Lin and Jia. I really felt the situation they have, and the best tandem is Lin and Jia in killing and Hiding lol. it is kind of amazes me .. specially Jia , I liked her facial expression in every situation, she is a good actress !
2. Ms. Chan
I don't know why but Ms. Chan the second wife is my favorite character here, I understand her why she is always suspicious and angry , it is really hard to be always second in your life , it is really hard to be always not heard .. but maybe because Ms. Chan wants to end it, she does everything .. she is funny in some ways also her slave I'm gonna miss them plus ! she is so beautiful !
3. 3 wives
When the household is always on chaos because Mr. Song Have three wives who always fights is funny, I pity Mr. Song to receives all their complaints and being stressed when he found out one of them did evil thing and then later blame each other .. this is the reason why we should only have one wives lol . I admired Mr, Song here he indeed did a great job being a head and a father !
4. Yang and Pin
Yang is the best brother ! I think he is just a fantasy like not real ! coz no one is as good as that .. in the end He did his promise to Tian to be in His side forever .. I never saw hIm angry to Tian here inspite that his mother wants him to Hate Tiam , He never did , I love his character and he is so manly having such a fair pinkish skin , and Pin such a lovely woman the are fit together I hope they would have their own drama one day.
5. They made clear the curse of Mr. Zhang
Along the story I kind of hated the part where Tian being Gay seems because of Zhang's Curse to Mr, Song , that them believing the reason why Tian is Gay. at first it looks like Being gay is just a curse , but thankfully when Mr. Song Had a dream of Mr. Zhang saying what he said is not to curse Tian and what he said is not a curse at all, but he wants only a respect as a human being , not being humiliated for who he is .. gays can be a good leaders also , sometimes they are even more excellent , and Tian is one of the example
6. Tian and Jiu
OMG this is the main main reason and main event I am always looking and waiting for ! OMG the chemistry they have I love it, they did an excellent job here, i liked the jealousy part they have .. the part that Jiu always saves Tian , and how they develop their love to each other .. I like every thing about it . !
I kind of asking myself.. when everyone is questioning Tian as a gay .. and when everyone knew that Jiu is Tian's lover no one asked if Jiu is gay also .. Is he a bisexual anyways , not really important , I just love Him for Tian , in Tians gentleness He is the protector !
7. Acceptance
Since this is a Historical Drama, Tian had a dream there where he hopes that every kind of love is accepted , no gender, no color and everything is accepted for who or what they are ! The portrayal of this drama has a part of like this is what will happen when a parent cannot accept their child for who they are , as Lin pushes to get Tian marry a woman and hides everything until the end and until there is chaos. Maybe it is indeed the time for us to accept what we cannot change ..
I can really relate to Tian that He thinks he is different that's why there is chaos, if he is straight it would be easier and everything will be easier , which is I feel sometimes .. but as you accept who you are , you will be accepted too, maybe not by everyone but as you are true to yourself there will always be a door for you and people who will embrace you
I just love this drama, this is a complete one, The story is direct, easy to understand and every situation made sense and contributed to the story .. very very good character, very convincing very nice plot, very nice acting , simple props and effects but is convincing enough . no dull moment. definitely a Memorable one and a highly recommended !
One of 2023's best Thai BL !
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LOVE IS WHAT MAKES YOU WANNA BE A BETTER PERSON
As what I have expected, This BL did not fail me ! I waited so so long for all the episodes to be aired so that I may binge watching this ! and I love love love it so so much, This will be added to my favorite and most memorable BL list !Aside that ForceBook is one of my favorite BL Ship, and that Force is one of my crush, This drama is so damn good ! like as what I have put in the headline of this review, as I finish watching it, that is the message of this drama, that if we are truly in love we always want to be a better person for the person we love, we give everything !
The lovey dovey moments is a five star ! like you will literally scream as you watch this couple , this is such a good vibes giver and I've had a good sleep because of this !
The kissing scene is on fire ! like you will be satisfied with it, not awkward great acting ! and speaking of great acting , I loved the acting of each of every character in this drama ! and Also P'Jack ! I always see him doing comedy things on GMMTV dramas but here his character is more serious than the usual more mature and I loved how he portrayed P'Jack ! and P'Gun also did a great job .. like He really looked matured and gentle here, and on the part where he had to cry to shout because he is angry.. He has given exactly as what is needed. everyone did a great job.
I loved the progression of the story, I commend GMMTV so much for this ! everything is just good in the eyes.
My favorite episodes is 8, 9 and 11 !! those were on fire like those were the momentum, and I really felt the emotion !
I hope Forcebook couple will have another BL as good as this in the future 🙏 I really stan them !
I am gonna re watch this again one day ! love it
2024-02-10
This is the second time I watched this drama and I think I will be re watching this again in the future, the reason is I really missed my Force Jiratchaping Srisang !! 🩵 so anyways even the fact that Force is my Bias, Im gonna give this an honest review, so here we go !
STORY
The story was common, and there are parts that was too unrealistic, and the closeness of Gun and Laem was too fast, I've seen here that Force and Book somehow cannot get out of who they are in real life , coz they maybe that close in real life that it was clearly seen in this show, that made it too unrealistic, on the contrary you will see that this show was not petty, coz as you watch it, you will see its direction, there is something more, it get quiet too good to be true in the beginning but the juice was given to my eyes all along, the story really began in the middle part and now that I have finished it, I realized that everything happened in the beginning contributed to the ending and I realized it was really good ! I was actually thinking why I gave tjis show a super high points the first time I watched it, and this was one of the reason! Besides that I so love Force. I was really touched by this drama once again, there are so many parts that I like about this show, it was not perfect but it will definitely leave a mark in your heart. Actually have a nice story line, with direction and easy to understand but bit unrealistic and some parts were off but still okay
ACTING
Compared to ForceBook acting on Enchante' there was so much improvement I've seen here, From the part where they were crying to shouting and facial expression, it was nice and the kiss looked more natural then Enchante. In some ways I am annoyed to Cher's Character, and Gun was a total green flag, he was not really bad here, the only reason why he was always moody and sulking was there was no one yet to make his life colorful ! But look ! He even bailed, Cher's brother from getting prisoned of 500k Baht ! In real life, no matter how rich I am, and even I love someone I would not spend a money like that to someone I barely know, but Gun has a good heart here for someone he loves, lucky Cher was ! I love P'Oi here , she is my favorite character ! And Mike I was so proud of him here that he has a mature role here unlike his past roles on GMMTV series where he had a comedian role , like not literally comedian but has a funny character but here he was mature, serious brother of Cher and he was actually great ! And yeah again super proud of Force, he was totally different here fron his real character, and when he shouted at Cher when someone gave the evidence of the game being them as a creator, I was amazed and felt everything ! Very good job !
VISUALS
I was crazy of force ! Like I literally shout all the time when Force was on screen like damn that camera man ! Why does they have to always show force's very handsome angles ?!? And his stylist OMG I wanna be their friends ! anyways enough of fan boying here. The visuals are great ! I liked the places or was that an effects ? Coz every places there seems had a blue light effect and I liked it so much ! All in all good job !
ALL IN ALL
I will not blame myself , coz this show is special to me , And it is because I am a fan of ForceBook as you can notice ! This show was not perfect but special in my heart. I was never wrong of re watching this that is why I rewatched it and will be re watching this again coz it is hard to move on to. I hope that Force Book will have another show and I hope It will be directed by P'Aof 😅 .. 'Aof ! Shout out to you ..
Yeah thats all ❤️
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WE NEED SEASON 2 Y'ALL !! I MUST SAY THIS IS A GAME CHANGER IN BL WORLD
When I first saw this Series, I never thought that it is a sitcom, I searched what Sitcom means on google when I started watching first and second episodes, I really didn't get what does it means up until now, like what is the difference between a normal comedy and a sitcom which is short for Situation Comedy, I ended up not minding it anymore because as I go on watching I realized I am so in to it !I love ALL the character's interactions with each other, if we really go through reading their lines , in a normal set up it wasn't funny at all, but they make everything they say and do exaggerated that it really becomes funny, maybe that's what Sitcom means like they make every situation a COMEDY !
Daisy and Khanom is the kind of friends I want to have !! they are really funny and it is not over acting, they are funny as if it was really natural to them, About Dao, Kun Dew's sister, I like her acting also, she contributed a lot on the story.
Pleng and Rit are so cute, they are the comfort side couple here, very light very young. About Manow she is really funny also , I would just say everyone is funny!
There is no part of the story that I don't like, every thing made sense ! My favorite part was when Dew conformed to a I don't know if that is a Talisman, when he was told that His Soul mate was wearing a blue, He will meet Him by accident, Someone who is close to Him, someone who will give him a heart, and someone who will return something lost to Him. And then they flashed back all what happened from the start ! It all made sense and Ruk was his Soul mate!! I really loved that part of the story!
Also about the Interactions of Ruk and Dew, it was funny that they always picking up with each other, but it was really good like Diao nags at everything and Ruk receives them all and at the end Dew looses , I liked their facial expressions !
Dew had a great acting, like he was always angry and curious , and it was funny , while Ruk lets go of all Dew's stubbornness , picks and tricks. I loved when Ruk defended Dew's passing on His probation. “ If you want to fight, I'll fight for you “ Rak said to Dew when he was giving up !
I also love the part that Dew is confirming whether the reason of his heart beating fast when Ruk is near Him is that if he likes him or not.., His facial expressions made it all ! How he was shy and how Ruk is throwing Himself to Him I really loved it.
The Kissing scenes here are the kinds that I like, I rather go with this kind than those of steamy. The kissing scenes here are simple but you will be out of control watching it because the romantic excitement , and you want to scream and shout !
I really enjoyed watching this after work, this is my comfort series of all the stress I encountered the whole day, To be honest I dont' want to write a review yet here because I am really hoping for season 2 and there I will write after watching because the ending is just their love confession ! There are many parts of the story and cast that seems to be left behind like literally you would say; What ? Is that it ? No ! Its not the ending !!
I would fight for the fact that this is not the ending we really hope here that they will have second season or even more ! I don' t really have an idea about sitcom but after watching it , I loved sitcom already !
This is maybe all I could say about here AND if you would ask me if this is a series that is worthy of rewatch ? DEFINITELY YES !!! Just give us season 2 we are willing to wait !
And everyone who is reading this, please appreciate this ! This is a hidden gem everyone !!they deserve to be seen even more and be known to all !
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JUST ANOTHER SO SO KOREAN BL FOR ME
okay the drama was good and the story went good throughout the 8 episodes , but maybe I expected even more than what just happened in this drama.At first I got excited that this was like an RPG setting like Myeong Ha was put into a game and had the mission to make Yeo Won Happy. it was so interesting for me at first like okay what's gonna happen next , how will this turn to be something like that, but along the way it got me bored, the run time was long like almost 40 minutes and I am so so thankful with that coz we are no longer in a 10-15 minute KBL days, but I think the run time was too long for the story. another thing is, what was that error occurring whenever like Myeong Ha seems loving Yeo Won ? and why did it suddenly went down to like 15 days from 200+ days on a mission ? what was the error supposed to mean? hmm or maybe I did not understood the reason because I got bored.
I was expecting a love story between Sang Woon and Kyung Hoon, but they did not had a chance, I was actually assuming that what Kyung Hoon's mentioned a friend was Sang Woon after he was like on a phone call or something and then he was being asked by his sister but it was not shown there, and I got confused on Sang Woon's character here, like at first he looks like a school bully and I thought maybe he will be the bad guy here but he suddenly became someone who likes Myeong ha ? and then I hated it that Myeong Ha hates him and he was like he was put aside so much ! what the heck ! he was the one I was looking forward on this drama but they ruined his character here.
And on the part where Myeong Ha wrote his choice between between his grand mother and Yeo Woon, why did everyone forgot him but Yeo Woon did not, I was confused on the part where Myoeng Ha and Yeo Woon supposed to meet like after Myeong Ha disappear and came back on the game, but it seems they have came at the different time but suddenly they met ? HAHAH did I just did not understood everything? I just find it confusing , I feel like they just made everything fast and made remedy to bring a good ending .
Myeong Ha's acting was so great here , but I am not satisfied with the acting of Yeo won , I mean he is so handsome and love his height, but I don't think he is compatible with Myeong Ha. I just feel bad Sang Won here. anyways Myeong he in my eyes looks like a male version of Jo Bo Ah. is it just me ?
all in all just a so so, nice cinematography by the way and nice settings , just another so so KBL around, I hope they would do better casting in the future
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FEELS LIKE A HALF HEART WORK
This drama has a different approach of a story , it is not of those other BL drama out there with the same plot and almost same endings .. the story was deep and the emotions needed was there and could almost make me wanna love this drama but it feels like everything here is a halfheart work.I liked how XIn Lu approached Qin Xiao at the first parts , I was so excited hows Lu gonna make Xiao's heart soft , it was good but when they became fond of each other I felt like something was not lacking , there was no much romance felt with them , they were just like a friends fond with each other.
I liked better the story of the second lead couple, their love has a more warmth, it was more than being fond of each other , I also liked the fact that creators here made a character who needs a hearing aid .. if was really something new ..
The acting was great but this drama lacks romance on the main lead . All in all it was a nice , warm drama even though I said it feels like just a half work.. that's just what my feelings was watching this, but I believe all the creators of this drama did their very best .
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AT LEAST THEY TRIED, MIN JAE SAVED THIS DRAMA
Was there even a Story ? I have not seen anything that is happening here but a lovey dovey confused guys throughout the 6 episodes, the scenario's are too common, and I have seen so many blank parts .. like why was Yoon Chan have no friends ? why did he want MIn Jae to make him his friend no matter what ? the conversation with the professor ate too much part of the story I felt irritated with him having so many lines and he consents too much ! will a professor give a love advice normally ? i guess not ! but they would rather tell you to study hard ! , about the Senior of Yoon Chan , was he only come to shame and reprimand yoon Chan? Min Jae and Woo Hyuk have more chemistry than with Yoon Chan. I am so sorry I am not good at acting but The professor and Yoon Chan was so terrible in their acting , Only Woo Hyuk and Min Jae have acted good in this drama as only four of them was the only people I saw in this drama, like the school have no student at all ? and when Yoon Chans Senior reprimand him again, he was not even wearing a taekwondo outfit , the both of them. Woo Hyuk is more polite and more decent If I were MIn Jae I would have chosen him, thankfully they had a part here which is the only thing that I like here. At the cafe' when MIn Jae was working a part time job, was it allowed in Korea to let your employees friend work with you even not hired ? there was even no other people at the cafe , I only saw one person ordering and the resit was just kissing and hugging. Woo Hyuk suddenly disappeared in the last part,and on the ending , MIn Jae suddenly see someone he seems to know from the past , so i am sure that there will be a part 2 of this, I hope it gets better there, The beginning was promising but went downwards in the middle to the end, the reason why I finished it anyways ? it is because of Min Jae, he was so cute and very good at acting thanks to him I was able to finish this drama . that's all , If your standards in dramas are high like mine, just don't watch it .
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THE CUTEST, HEARTWARMING AND ADDICTING KDRAMA I KNOW
For the 4th time around this year I watched this drama again and the same feeling I felt after almost 5 years ago when I watched it the first time, I remember back then that I watched this 3 times in a row last 2019 and this is the first ever Kdrama I become addicted into, this Kdrama is the door for me in the kdrama world and being a kdrama addict.I so love the idea of the story of this Kdrama, a Chaebol that has a human allergy and a hardworking or desperate inventor who pretended to be a robot and then fell in love, if we will be looking through this kdrama, there was really nothing that makes sense with the story but for a person who loves fictions, fantasy like me, that has an imaginations and dreams always going around, this is the kdrama for us , I am so obsessed with how the made every moments and scenes of this kdrama , every moments hit my heart big time and this kdrama made me like I am able to enter to JI A and MIn Kyu's world !
When Ji A pretended to be Aji 3 it was so so funny and fluttering , like when Sta Maria Team came up with the Chingu Modeu, it was so funny like all I ever wished is that Min Kyu will notice Ji A right away as I watch it instead of Ri El , Also it was so funny that MIn Kyu was so full of himself that Ji A always ended up being embarrassed thinking that MIn Kyu might done things for her, and I so like it when Min KYu was so cute as he smiles, he is literally my first crushes on Krama for real.
The reset part was the part that I cried so much about ! I dont know why that even I watched this for the 4th time around, they were so great at it that I felt it so much ! it was so sad , like I can relate so much with MIn kyu because I am also a person who always have a hard time letting go of people or things, and when MIn Kyu saw Ji a again after the reset and followed her it was so beautiful and sad and i had a mixed emotions .
About MIn Kyu's Human allergy, I think if this is not a fiction, that allergy might be like related psychologically, that the person whom that allergy has, must have someone who can earn their trust that the allergy will be healed , so anyways this is just my thoughts.
I so love the character progress here , the cousin of Min Kyu, and also those who 2 guys in black that was on the blue small van they were so funny and so love them too, also the main characters progress , also of Pai and Hong Baksa.
About MIn Kyu and Jo JI A's confrontation , It broke my heart like It was so sad and happy too that they had a chance to talk about it to each other, I really understand MIn Kyu, I was actually surprised that for some time he accepted JI A fast, well maybe because he loves her anyways , and I cried on that scene too !
There are so many things that I like about this drama, but I can' t tell it all here , I just wanna say that this kdrama is a legend for me and I believe , it is not only for me but also to the Kdrama world , I can never for get this drama, this is a top of my top lists everything was so cute, so heartfelt, so funny and fluttering and so love the story, love every cast definitely a 10 out of 10 for me !
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OVERFLOWING WITH GOOD VISUALS
STORYThere was really nothing new about the story, characters who can't move on from the past, confused guys coz maybe the school they are in are all boys ? Is it ? But I think I have seen some girl students, maybe girls are just separated, whatever and present affected by the past things and sort of. I was able to go through it tho, It was easy to understand and entertaining ! Like off course ! Korean drama makers are so expert with it. Since the drama was short, we are not able to see how Se Joon's Dad finally allowed him to play Jazz as he wanted for me somehow that is the point of the story, like it seems since Se Joon have associated with Tae Yi he seems like became divided, I think it would be better if they have also shown some of SeJoon's enthusiasm on Jazz genre and how he is on fire to become a jazz player, but it is still okay, this drama somehow is about visual and gay romance anyways which they did not lack at all
My favorite parts are the confrontations and their confessing, how straight guys react when someone I mean when a gay says they like them, this is how guys react in real life, it happens in reality, but what does not happen in reality is they are not being liked back, also the suicide part, that is pretty serious and a reality also, maybe we have some awakening here
ACTORS/ ACTING
This is what I hated to Korean BL makers ! They always choose guys with too perfect faces ! Like how are we fans gonna refuse ?! This drama has so much of it ! Junho SeonBae so good looking and sexy ! Do Yoon so great acting ! I wanna have a friend like him ! And so pretty face ! Tae Yi he is like Hyeong Seop, him being silent is so sexy , and this newkid member so pretty face and so beautiful lips ! , the acting is enough and satisfying for me, just right facial expression, good script and the tension is in the air so our eyes are so so full of it.
OVERALL
Visual 100% Gayness 100% HAHAHA and rewatchable 100% STORY so so .. OST so so
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ONE OF THE BEST STORIES I EVER WATCHED
I would divide my reviews in things that came to me after watching it ; one is EXCELLENT STORY. The story is about Love that proves in every time, Khun Yai's love is to make Jom experience it in every time, whether it is in the past, present or future, or even past of pasts ! I would say that this drama has an excellent story ! How good is the mind of the writter of this story ! I would never be able to create a story like this, it is out of this world. When I watch a show, one of the things that I look into is the story, if the story is something that I can get a lessons from, if the story is something that touches my heart and will blow my mind, I would say this show checks all the boxes ! And the execution of the story is DAEBAK ! to be honest, I kinda lost my trust to DeeHup House coz I did not like the Step by Step ( I am sorry to those who liked it ) but here they got back my trust to them. So going back, the story is remarkable, and phenomenal, Like I am obsessed, It is nice that I realized the true message of the show or the story at the end, and that kept me from being curious about like what is it going to be, what's gonna happen? And I was answered, I am satisfied with it as a whole.Second thing is ROMANTIC. The way Khun Yai and Jom making love is literally EVERYTHING ! about the kiss, it blew my mind ! Nothing awkward about it, it looked so real, it was not dry, it was not too wet, just enough ! And okay I am talking about this right now, usually some of us feels enticed of kissing scene in a BL, I admit I do! But here whenever they make love and kiss I felt their love to each other, it was everything I am obsessed ! This will be one of the reasons why it will be hard for me to move on on this drama! Khun Yai and Jom was like they just love one another so much, it was not about if they were both guys anymore, not about the gender anymore, but the love itself, the romance I am looking for is this one and will definitely be this one. Joms character was not too weak, but I would say he is strong ! and nothing I don't like about his character, and Yai ? OMG the greenest green flag ever, he is literally a prince ! Third is ONE OF THE BEST ACTINGS/ ACTORS. leading by experienced actors completed this show, Nonkul's acting here was phenomenal ! How he did the softy cute guy , and his everything here is literally everything ! Let me just say that Kim Goodburn is my favorite here ! I loved it when they casted him, I hope he would accept one day a BL genre, so yeah I like also his character here, and I liked everyone! I liked Ming ! The acting of good actors here are not wasted because such a promising story and show. Lastly, HEARTFELT. I am someone who looks for a drama that touches my heart, as what I mentioned in every episode reviews I made, I cried most of every episode ! Adding the song ? OMG it is everything ! My favorite part was when Khun Yai showed Jom the fireflies , so so romantic, also the night before Jom will be gone, their making love, I cried so much coz I know the feeling of someone you really miss! Also when Jom pushed Khun to follow his parents when Khun Yai's parents want him to be engaged to a woman, and the scene where Khun Yai and Jom danced outside and it rained ! Well almost everything is my favorite part ! I love the song every time I hear the song it makes me wanna cry too ! I felt everything, the sincerity, the love, the message ! I had a blast with this drama.
Lastly I wanna say that this drama exceeded my expectations, definitely one of the promising dramas of 2023 for me from now on ! , I hope it would be recognized internationally as ATOTS, and yeah this is now my top favorite ! Coz who doesn't ? Unless they did not understood the whole show or not into this kind of genre. Surely will re watch this many times in the future, coz who knows maybe I may also be able to go back to the past coz maybe like Jom there is someone who has been loving me for so so long ! HAHAHA just kidding ! ❤️
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So So Painful , So So Stressful Yet one of the Greatest Drama I know
Let me just say that I was too late that I have just finished it now ! I did not know that this drama is so good. like everything that I am looking for is in this drama, I know it is not perfect and there are many things about it that other people doesn't find good, but for me it is so good that even now whenever I hear the OST my eyes becomes teary and whenever I see the lead actors with their smiles , I feel sad .. This drama has left something in my heart that I believe I will always remember wherever I go.The story is somehow predictable for me because long way before I watched this, I have watched so many Historical dramas that has a close plot like at first the leads are not in love at each other and then later on they will be attached and be together, also the main male lead will face so so many struggles and trials before he is to be a King at the end - thing but what makes this drama different is the sadness , the stress ! , Like I've watched the red sleeves and it was sad but this was sadder , and I watched love in the moonlight where so many rebel happening but there but here it was not just one but two ! I watched empress Ki where there was a fight on who will be the next empress , but here it was so sad that Hae Soo did not became the empress .. and the thing that broke my heart is that everyone is dying ! The Damiwon that once filled with laughter of the princes becomes place of hiding and sadness.
Due to many dramas that I have watched , the enemies of the main leads here did not affected me that much coz I know that at the later part they will be destroyed .. i just waited for the main lead how will they destroy all of their enemies.
My favorite part here was when the 4th Prince Wang So did the ritual for the rain to come .. I got so so excited when it actually rained and then the Emperor acknowledged him finally ! coz I felt bad for him at first that he was being abandoned and pushed away by his parents.
It is just funny that almost all of the princes are into Hae Soo, when she came to that part where she was being blamed for everything that is happening, it is exactly true as I come to think of it, like she has a part on everything. The Love story was good for me but just like on the red sleeves it was the female lead that makes everything hard for the King .. like Hae Soo could've just had wished Emperor GwangJong to marry her right away so that she no longer have to get married to Prince Jung, also she could've had just held on to the emperor and waited , at least that's what I am going to do if I were Hae soo, and I hated the part where Hae Soo had a scar on her wrist that she can never marry the King .. that was so annoying and stressful .. but all in all IU did great job here , it was really promising and she is so pretty, the love story was just too sad, specially when Hae Soo died . When The Emperor encountered his daughter to Hae Soo, I still cry even right now writing this remembering that scene ..
When the former head of Damiwon lady Oh died, it was also one of the saddest thing happened .. she is like a mother to Hae soo come to think of it 2 motherly woman close to Hae Soo died so so sad I cried a lot here one the 1st wife of 8th prince Lady Hae.. her heart mus be so broken knowing that her husband did not loved her and seeing that her husband is into another woman , smiling to another woman, when she died and her husband was crying saying everything he did for her was love I wanna slap his face for real !
Speaking about 8th Prince Wook .. his only fault is being too slow to move for Hae Soo and being coward for her .. it is just too sad that he ended up being like that but if I am to label who is good and who is bad .. Wook is indeed the good man here .. and everything will be better I guess if Hae soo ended up with him
The friendship of 10th prince and Hae soo here made the drama lighter and colorful, but I also felt sad when the 10th prince died when he is growing fond of his wife the daughter of the general. I just hoped that there was a chance for the 10th prince and his wife to have a highlight story , also Chae Ryung and the 9th prince.
Come to think of it everyone in this drama became so sad and had a very sad ending only Hae soo and the Astronomer Ahjussi went out of the story and got back to the present, what is it? is it like they have just walked into the lives of the past persons or something ? This drama is somehow mysterious and the ending makes me think that a part 2 is good if given a chance but even without it is okay , the ending is just as expected and is just right and I am satisfied
Also I want to add one of my favorite part here is when Emperor Gwangjong was on his mother The Queen 's side when she was about to die , saying that he the abandoned prince was in the end the only one her mother the Queen's side on her last breath and that it was the Emperor's revenge, I cried a lot on that scene .. specially when he told his mother that he will spread that he is the only favored son of his mother and the he is loved dearly by the queen until he became the emperor .. that scene was .. OMG mixed emotions .. no I don't know how will I ever be able to move on on this drama..
and yeah I guess that's all I have say for this , just so sad drama , so stressing , specially when Wang So became Emperor , its so stressful .. yeah ..
all in all another sad drama yet a memorable one .. if you are to watch this late like me pls. be prepared ♥
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TOO MUCH EXPECTATIONS ABOUT LOVE
First of all I want to congratulate all of the people who created and participated this drama, it was awesome , kuddos to all of you guys, specially those who starred and brought life to the characters, it was such an amazing drama and super relatable and timely drama.I have so many thoughts and emotions about this drama, I really thank those who created this because the drama shows that no matter what your sexual orientation is whether gay or straight or whatever you wanna call yourself , life can be as fuck as it is for everyone , it only means we are not alone.
Every Break up of Go Young is also a heartbreak of mine, I did not know what was the main issue but I hated Go Young's character even more than of hi exes, he's like he only focuses on what he wants and his expectations in a relationship or in a person when I guess every person whom he had relation ship was okay enough and so he always ended up alone.
The Story was quite painful for having a 3 times break up and even parent dying , if I were Go Young I would have ranted how cruel the world is , Go Young's First boyfriend is probably the one I will choose, in fact that kind of guy is on his looking for his settlement in life, i would be even more secure with that guy, and you can even see that he tried to improve and be what Go Young expected , it was so so bad for him. the Second guy was i guess the finest one but not ready for everything and I must say he was an ass for making Go Young expect that he loved him , and finally the last guy who was exactly the same as he is , but I really did not know what happened to both of them that they ended up breaking up, maybe career is much more important or maybe as what I am saying at the headline is too much expectation on relationship and love that sometimes everything becomes toxic. It was indeed too lonely for Go Young that first his best friend married , and then multiple break ups .. and his mother, only people who remained was his friends that seems he is not so open to them also. they re just like friends in happiness.
And the HIV part or Kylie , it was so amazing that they have added it in the story , coz even I did not have the life that Go Young have .. I mean sleeping to random guys, having an HIV is such a sensitive issue , I later on realized that some of scenes I did not understood was actually pertaining to the fact that Go Young have an HIV, it was also hard for him too and Gyo Ho about that fact coz somethings are needed to be adjusted about their relationship and this also brought heart ache on me .
Maybe People like Go Young are what kind of people we have now in this generation, I admit I am like him too , want to explore many things, not ready for commitment and expects too much about life and if not meet , we'd say how fuck like is ! funny but true. I am still heart broken right now , I am honestly looking for some light dramas to watch after this but my heart can't take it yet, I need time to cope up. So Yeah this is the lesson I learned here , that we should not expect too much , sometimes what we are looking for is already in front of us , but with too much expectation and so many things we needed we wanted .. sometimes those things just fly away ..and we are being distracted , in the end we lost them .. we just have to have a little bit of adjustment, and a little bit of patience and a little bit of understanding and we'll be where we should be.
Absolutely a recommendable drama , not for everyone but everyone who can relate must watch this , so this is the reason why this drama is a talk of the town. two thumbs up !
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UNFORGOTTEN-LY GOOD
Why did this drama even have a sooo low rating ? it was actually good guys !The part of the sexual satisfaction of Khun Kamol and KIm was not totally justified but the whole drama went through to the title itself ! it was actually an unforgotten night for Kim---that he met Khun Kamol who was a Mafia and there the story begins.
The drama was obviously not that of a high budget drama but it was justified , it went well really , it went really good, I really liked how nonchalant Khun Kamol was but is straight forward with what he wanted to say .. it was enough to tame the always throwing tantrums Khun KIm ! , their misunderstanding was so romantic , they really have shown us how important each other was for the both of them.
The fighting scenes and the gun shooting , in so many Thai BL's I have seen , I kinda got used to it seeing a not convincing fighting scenes AHHAHA it always like that , the unrealistic camera tricks? I don't notice it anymore , it was always not perfect , but who is perfect ? we are here to see a romance of two guys am I right ?
Khun Kim was really cute whenever Khun Kamol was saving him and he always says " I thought you won't come " or " why come so late ?" nya nya nya HAHAH and even that the both of them was so cheesy and cringe ? and the scenes were Cliche' it was so funny and romantic and it gave me really a butterflies , I to be honest liked their chemistry !
By the way I was really shocked that the three body guards of Khun Kamol had threesome ! like OMG my jaw literally dropped and I was like it was cool and hot and at the same time this drama shows that relationships like that is possible ? at the end Khun Kamol even joked about them arranging their marriage.
All in all not boring for me , and it was just a simple mafia drama nothing more to say , direct to the point , if some story plots were absurd, well that's how the story was written, Kamol-Kim Chemistry, 10 out of 10, I was only sad now that Khun Kamol have a new drama but he have a different partner so saadd ..
I must say I regret that I only watched it now year 2024 , but I believe in perfect timing , so yeah that perfect timing was now ! I am able to enjoy this drama with all its juice .
If you are bored guys this drama is a must try , you just have to be patient a little bit and I know you won't regret it
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KIM BAEK DOO THE FLOWER IN THE SAND ♥
This drama gives so much comfort and good feeling to me , from the very start it was so funny but in a light way, funny that you would really feel good, and every thing about the place where the characters lives seems so so simple, makes me wanna go to the countryside also and live there and be a Ssireum athlete or a writer, I had no left words to say about this drama as a whole it was just really really good !Kim Baek Doo, my comfort character , like is there a human like that that exists ? so naive but so smart , innocent is the right word, and him taking the 4,000 won and being sent to police was so so funny and so adorable of him even being interrogated by the police and he was just so lovely , and his murmuring after hearing what Doo Sik has told him until the next day was so so funny , that he even thinks of it for days until he finds the answer HAHAH and him who cannot handle alcohol HAHAH, thanks to Jang Dong Yoong for creating that character we adored so much from the beginning to the end and his accent was everything I mean all of the accents of the characters there was everything.
Mi Ran is my Favorite, she was like, hey you cannot fool me , she has that silent strong vibe and surprisingly she knows everything about whats going on on the village, she was just there and love the facial expression.
and the rest of the story was so beautiful, too bad it was only 12 episodes but its alright, it was enough, even the fact that there was a bad things happened to where the story goes , even that MI Rans Dad was killed by that guy , maybe a member of thug or what it was still light, those characters happened to get together happily just like when they where young, it was not somehow realistic but it could happen, I suddenly missed my childhood friends ..
and Ssireum ! woow tha ssireum competition of Kim Baek Doo was so exciting, I was now introduced to that sport and Jang Dong Yoong even gained weight to fit to the character it was just so nice of him , and in my opinion , that body of him looks better on him that of with abs .
It was all good it was super worth watching it was soothing to the soul, makes us wanna remember our good pasts, and makes us wanna think somehow life is simple , we can always go back to our dreams when we were young and who knows it could be our destiny and motive in life if we start to follow it !
Gonna miss this squad and by the way JIn Soo was adorable also .. and KIm Baek Doo the flower in the sand ♥
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THERE WAS A LOT OF TOO MANY
Overall the Series was good, it was okay but I have not learned anything about it, it was just a funny romantic and emotional at the same time given the situation the characters have. I have seen a lot of story concept as this, falling in love with someone who in the end have deceived you all along, but it was okay. I did not know if understood the drama enough but I quite did not know why P'Oab is angry with Khun Metat, or maybe because Khun Metat was just an arrogant rich business man who wants to take over his beloved restaurant. The drama was full of kissing scene , I became tired of it, at first I had butterfly but when there was a love scene and kissing scene with P'Oab and Plawan in almost every episodes Its tiring, but I really salute them because, they really did a great job doing that thing, they seems careless. The competition was annoying, and the idea of P'Oab of looking for a successor was annoying and chaotic , I got distracted of how P'Oab was always angry and having a high tone one the kitchen, or maybe that's really how it works for those who works at the kitchen , I really have no Idea but I am just having an honest review here. I was actually still glad I finished this series. The last part specially when P'Oab and Plawan reconciled, that probably my most favorite part, and now guys are really getting married here so its time to say good bye to every girl in Thailand HAHAH.I must say the pairing of the lead was okay but I got the feeling that P'Oab is more suited in a Hetero roles, and his super long eyelashes is a lot ! , and Plawan really looks like Book Kasidet the way he acts and his body posture, but it was okay, both did a great job. Also the drama got boring on the middle part specially when the ex came back .. they are so annoying HAHAH . I don't really know if I will be watching this again, PS. P'Oab was so Hot by the way and seems to have no problem kissing a guy ! and to be honest I do not find this pair suited, I think Sailub needs a better pair if it is not too much, coz I honestly cannot absorb this pair .. all in all it was good , good to annoy us all AHHAHA just joking .
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