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There is only one you in the world

Part one was near perfection, and this was a masterpiece.

I'm still reeling from what I witnessed because what began as a revenge plot turned into one of the most poignant retrospect about life.

It's all too complicated to explain the experiences and emotions that Yi Jae is put through his 12 reincarnations, the pain of leaving his loved ones behind, losing someone he loves, living not knowing who he is, and living as if he isn't really living. It isn't until he finally experiences the memories and feelings of the 12 people in full does he truly start living.

Once again, the cast just, wow. I have no other words to describe how amazing this cast was. The guest stars, it is incredible how each of them portrayed their own characters, in addition to portraying their character as Yi Jae. Seo In Guk and Park Seo Dam get an extra round of applause, they played off each other so well, and boy can Seo In Guk act! Admittedly, these four episodes were much more emotional than the previous ones and he brought his A game.

This was a genuinely incredible drama, it is difficult to deal with this many genres and still provide a flawless production in just 8 episodes. However the interpretation, whatever it was that caught your attention, this is an enjoyable ride, through and through.

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Right You, but is it the Right Time?

This miniseries is like a lullaby in the best possible way, might lull you to sleep accidentally but genuinely warm and comforting.

The series is about the leads, just the two of them. Phat is heartbroken and staying with his friend and her younger brother Mhok. There is an instant connection between Mhok and Phat because they have a backstory but it is also incredibly obvious that Phat is not ready to date yet. His friend decides that a series of rituals and methods to help Phat forget his ex is the way to go, and when these don't work, the gang turns to copious amounts of alcohol that leads to serious conversations between Mhok and Phat, and moments that help them both heal from the past love they each carry.

This story was deeper than I expected, albeit a little slow because of the abundance of scenes that lent nothing to the story like the rituals, but for 2 episodes, they manage to keep your attention by instigating the feeling of "will they, won't they?" A good series weighed down by some unnecessary elements.

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The Moment : Since is the continuation of The Moment I Need You, and it seems nice. A nice little look into the lives of the leads since the first series, these five episodes seem to be just that, but that’s all. Just a tiny window into their lives. Was it really necessary, no, but is it still enjoyable? The question seems to be just that. The quality, top notch. The series itself? A pleasant suprise, but it is it anything more and if it is,is it worth a watch? The answer seems to be yes.

THE STORY:
The story follows Mok and Bay on vacation, but Bay’s boss and the boss’ best friend are also vacationing at the same resort. That’s pretty much the story. What was the point of the story, I have no clue. It’s filled with these cute moments between the leads, but I still don’t know what this series is about. Is it leading somewhere? I honestly don’t think so. And yet I’m hooked. There’s just something about this series that I can’t really explain, but it got me to watch all of it and I think that’s what matters.

THE ACTING:
The acting is good. The chemistry is there, but not in a way that it slaps you across the face, it’s more of a gentle caress. I will say that while some scenes do feel stiff and akward, the acting has remained consistent with the first season.

THE PRODUCTION:
This is one of the aspects greatly improved upon. The first series was dark to reflect the mindset of Mok, but this one is light and fluffy, showing just how much Mok’s state has improved. A few details like these are highly appreciated and add an extra dimension to an already good story. The problem here is with the number of episodes. How they will manage to weave an entire story into five episodes of fifteen minutes each is my concern. Hopefully they pull through and give us an actual story.

THE OST:
It’s light and sweet and makes you feel the love. What more can I say?

THE NEGATIVE:
Nothing quite so negative about this series. It’s a beautiful love story and maybe we need that kind of giddy optimism of sunshine and rainbows in our lives.

THE ENDING:
So guess what! Mok was paying Kim from 2moons ( I know his name is Copter, but calling him Kim is just fun! ) to take pictures of Mok and Bay to create a pendrive of moments. That mystery is solved. It was a happy ending overall and after the crapfest that was the Shipper’s ending, I really needed this.

When we watch television some us wish to escape reality, some want real stories, but what everyone really wants is a good way to spend their free time. I’m still on the fence about this series. It’s good, but not in a “ Oh my God, you need to watch this right now.” way, but rather in a “ If you have free time it’s a good watch” kind. While there may be no rhyme or reason to why this series was produced, I will say that this is not a waste of time. Give it a try when you have time . Thank You!

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The second instalment of the Girl Next Room series is a sure hit. It’s funny, heartbreaking and heartfelt. This instalment is about Mimi, a girl who has several phobias and a radio DJ who begin talking at three in the morning due to Mimi’s fear of ghosts. They begin talking every night and slowly begin falling love, but what Mimi doesn’t know is DJ Titan is actually Than, her classmate with whom she has a mutual hate.

THE STORY:
The story is very well written. The parts about Than, Peemai and Dausou were extremely heartfelt. Mimi begins to talk to Titan, and begins to fall in love with him, but when she discovers that Than is Titan, she is shocked. When asked who she likes, Than or Titan, she is unable to choose. Only after hearing Than’s past does she realise she loves Than, the one behind the mic, despite his persona.

THE ACTING:
The actors were amazing. Every single one of them. You rarely find series’ with such actors so it is a must watch. Special shoutout to Gun , because he seems to be in every GMM production and always manages to play his character perfectly, however different they may be.

THE PRODUCTION:
Production was perfection! All the storylines were handled very well, especially the Bi/Pansexual storyline of Mimi’s best friend. That is the representation we deserve!

THE OST:
I didn’t pay much attention to the OST, as it was quite forgettable.

THE NEGATIVE:
The only negative was seeing how Mimi treated Than, saying that she loved DJ Titan and not Than, despite them being the same person. At times Mimi got too annoying for me, but despite this a very enjoyable story.

THE ENDING:
Quite a satisfying ending. Despite the fact that Mimi and Than got together, the more satisfying story was Than and Peemai becoming friends again. No hate, but it was obvious that Mimi and Than would get together from the beginning, but seeing Than and Peemai put together their differences after the trauma they experienced really broke me.

I hope this review was helpful to those contemplating on this series. It certainly is a must watch and will not disappoint you. Thank You!

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Why bother?

This was exactly like the Thai special, except - well no except, it was exactly the same.

A little cute, a lot cut out and extremely unnecessary.

Fuu is the one with a crush on Sara in this, and he's a creepy little stalker who is in love with an incredibly mean person. They go camping together because their respective friends believe they're perfect for each and that somehow works because they start dating? I think, it was pretty nonsensical.

Think I prefer the Thai version to this, atleast something happened there, this was an hour of nothing.

It's not really necessary to watch this special after the series (like I did), so save yourself some time and maybe make it a background watch.

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The 10 Year Countdown

Friends to lovers is actually peak romance, sometimes the yearning makes it equal to enemies to lovers. That's how good a well done friends to lovers story can be, but only when done right.

Countdown to Yes got a lot of it right - especially the hesitation about turning your friendship into a romance. It's confusing, it's frustrating because no matter how much you run the scenarios in your head, you can only envision a disaster. Because why change the perfect relationship, even if you know the new dynamics will be even more perfect?

But that's just one aspect of a friends turned lovers relationship, outside of that you can go many ways with the yearning. People thinking "why on earth have you not started dating yet?!" or thinking "don't ruin your relationship by changing it". Other love interests, years and years of pining, maybe even some seperation (which they did have in this, more on that later).

Having your couple's only conflict be their own confusion? That can get a bit tricky.

They did have the seperation like I said, but that actually did nothing for the plot, except create more internal conflict. Wataru and Minato have been friends for years, having met in high school (better than childhood friends might I add), and they drift apart only to meet again for their '10th anniversary'. And Wataru is worried about both ruining their friendship and that Minato and he will drift apart again, which are valid concerns. I just wish the entire 11 episodes weren't based on just the two.

Nevertheless, I really loved them as a couple, there was no doubt at any point that they weren't in love with each other and I'm pretty sure every other character was silently thinking 'just date'. The chemistry was really nice and their sweet scenes, while a bit far and few, were really worth all the angst that never came.

I would recommend this, it is a nice short and sweet watch - and I do have a weakness for stories about photographers and their cameras that can only capture their love interest.

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The family drama I did not sign up for

Just off the bat, I want to mention that the one-shot camera action made me so dizzy, but I'm quite impressed.

Not with the story though, god! What in the messy, dysfunctional family genre was this? Watching it, I had only one thought throughout - they're all terrible people. It wasn't really funny (or I didn't get the toilet humor they relied on for half the plot), none of the characters are relatable and even when you think you start to understand where they're coming from, another piece of information that's more awful than the last comes out.

The entire movie spans at the most, 24 hours, and we get to watch the six Sevilla siblings unpack their entire lives on the anniversary of their mother's death - which they've rescheduled for their convenience by the way - retrospectively, that should have told me everything I needed to know.

There's no redemption arc, no point where the story picks up positively, it's just terrible people being terrible for two hours. We just get to see their first conversation as a group in who knows how many years. Maybe they were meant to be terrible throughout and there's no real point to the story but at this point I do not really care, I'm just glad it's over.

There are much better movies with this trope - I would assume, I haven't watched many like it but even then I can tell this wouldn't be the standard.

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Love in a Theatre

The foremost thought I had - all 10 minutes I watched - was Sʜᴜsʜ﹗﹗﹗﹗﹗﹗﹗
You are in a movie theatre, why are you talking? They did not stop talking, I don't care if it was during the ads or the movie - don't talk!

Second, what happened? You met during the ads and you're already talking about dating? The deepest conversation they had was about popcorn!

Third - that must have been a terrible movie because all they did was talk, eat and sleep.

Finally, I know movies essentially show us two people falling in love within two hours, but these guys actually fell in love in two hours, half of which they spent asleep!

This was silly lol.
But kind of cute.

And also, don't stick around after the end credits, those theatres need to be cleaned - go out and have a conversation!

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I wish there was another path in the game

I probably shouldn't be laying into a mini-séries like I'm about to because I don't think it was ever intended to be a classical masterpiece, but it's kind of hilarious how quickly this fell into so many tropes without really needing to


➖ An MC who does not stand up for himself, has the personality of zero but has three men interested in him romantically at one point or another - check.
➖ A tsundere ML who's sole expression is displeased and also has the disposition of a moody piece of cardboard - check.
➖ A slimy ex who does nothing but complain and yell - check.
➖ An evil female character who only works to plot the downfall of the MC - check.

Off of the plot alone - where an electrocution caused by a computer lands one of the leads in an RPG type of situation - this had incredible potential but they messed up at the first instance by having the ML end up as the "player" instead of the MC.

Imagine, Yeong Won, our MC is a game developer in charge of writing the script for a new game his company is producing. He gets electrocuted accidentally and when he wakes up, he finds that he can see all the elements of the game in real life - including the dialogues he wrote. And his mission? Make sure his boss doesn't absolutely hate him like he does at the moment, before the game goes to market.

But instead, we got Tae In, our ML, being the one who was electrocuted, and the "player" - his mission? Make Yeong Won like him, and later fall in love with him.

I cannot explain the amount of HR violations either of these scenarios would entail, but we do love a good office romance.

But I'm going to continue to dwell on the way this could've actually been amazing - because it could! In my imagination, Yeong Won would've been the "player", which would've given him the chance to have a personality besides pretty. A comedy of errors would've worked so well here, even if it may be basic, Yeong Won trying so hard to make Tae In like him, but it's not the tricks that work, it's the genuine moments between them.
This way, Tae In also gets to have a personality while still being as stoic as the writers clearly wanted him to be. It's not new but it's fresh and funny and light hearted, everything I want it to be.

Instead we got a melodrama.
In trying to reverse the roles, the plot fell into so many traps it laid out for itself. The writers seemingly forgot that this started out with Tae In needing Yeong Won to like him, and the only way to do that is by saving him from his ex and himself. Obviously.
The ex and his new girlfriend were the worst additions to this series, I can forgive two leads who don't move their faces an inch in 59 episodes, but introducing trash to get them together - I cannot forgive.

Yeong Won is always sad and getting slapped, Tae In is a secret chaebol, there is an unnecessary amount of slow running shots, what more could you expect from a kdrama, really?

My imaginary plot and it's resolution can end with Yeong Won telling Tae In about the mission, or Tae In telling Yeong Won he also had a mission (it's not really fleshed out), but the actual ending sucked. Not because it's not what I wanted, because it made no sense. Like some last minute resolution for the sake of it.

This would not be the first mini-séries I would recommend, there are other better options but if you are looking for a short background watch, it's not the worst option.

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A spinoff I need a spinoff of

This was a really sweet spinoff and now I kinda want to see Sakuma and Yamase have their own series as themselves, not characters from the series. Well the fictional series. No wait. We get my point.

Hiru no Yume follows Teppei and Yamato, and their love story after the events of Daytime Dream, the drama that was filmed in S1 of At 25 in Akasaka.

It was obviously very short, kind of like an actual special you would get of a side couple that had five seconds of screentime in the main series, and of course I would have loved an actual full fledged story here.

But again, this was very cute, we got what I imagine was part of the special they filmed within the series, we got to see all the leads again and the chemistry between Takuma and Shoma is actually amazing, would love to see them in a spinoff of Akasaka or in a different series.

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I mean.. it's a special..

It's a special episode that once again followed the story of the original special almost to a tee - just two episodes instead of one and both of them combined ran for a shorter amount of time than the original did.

And again, it was panaromic beach views, romance and NC scenes and it felt more like a part of the series than an actual special, so that's something.

There's not much else to say here, chemistry was the same as the series, almost good. I wasn't bored, so that's something.

And I'll take it yeah.
It was weirdly sweet, kind of fun and both objectively and comparatively not bad.

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Umm.. uhh..

I always find it interesting how weirdly fun (albeit equally unhinged) mini vertical series could be if they were full length shows. They're weirdly fun as is as well, but this one was.. oh.. this one was..

It started kind of fun. Your usual amount of incredibly improbable plotline with a combination of very over the top and no facial movement acting. It kept going at that pace.. and then it got strange and bad?

Because it's a mini series, the plot can literally be explained in three sentences - Pat and Leon meet when both of them are in rather unfortunate situations, that somehow ends up with them in a pretend relationship. So Pat takes on the job of Leon's manager to keep up the ruse and because he's taking care of his younger brother and needs money coming in. But of course there's a bunch of problems that crop up, with each of them lasting around five minutes.

I don't know how to rate this - it was okay until it wasn't and over before it began, so, it was kind of bad? I don't know, just like their last series, if you want to aimlessly scroll but still watch something, it's perfect, because that's what I did.

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That was strangely entertaining

That was so much fun and it was so funny. Not in the "I had a great time because it's quality work" kind of way, but the "it's so bad, it's good" kind of feeling.

The story was actually bonkers. I've seen plenty of revenge plot where their ideas are also completely over the top and dramatic, and this was just the same, but it was actually bonkers in the way they executed it. Badly, of course, each episode had a new plotline almost, and some of them didn't even bother being a continuation, it jumped to a whole new, unrelated plot. But it was so insanely executed that it was funny.
The guy basically has a one night stand with his professor, boss and aunt's fiancé (it's the same dude, he just has a lot of designations) and decides to keep seeing him because he wants to get revenge on his aunt for ruining his life.

And honestly? This, expanded upon, written well and given the same amount of dramatic vibes? I would absolutely watch it.
This plot, executed properly as a BL, I would eat it up. Just for the drama of it all, because they did have some genuinely feasible (and maybe even good) storylines and moments.

The acting was atrocious though. Pretty sure one of the supporting actors actually read off his cue card in a scene. Not good, sometimes all around terrible.
The leads kind of had some chemistry though, which was nice because they spent a lot of time focusing on their relationship and almost made me root for them as a couple (if not for the bad acting, I would have!)

The characters are all human trash. Except for one character, I hated every single other. But once again props to them for somehow making me almost root for two morally grey characters, yeah, they almost did!

And if you're wondering why the music has such a high score - it's because they used OSTs from Bad Buddy, I Told Sunset About You and I Promised You The Moon! The rest of the music was terrible and even the OSTs made no sense for the plot, but I just had to because I love the songs.

If you're looking for something to watch in the background, maybe not this one! I was somehow sucked into paying attention, even though it was terrible, and I actually enjoyed it lol.

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The best one yet

This is by far, the best entry into the franchise and it's surprising that it took so long for them to use the plotlines they did in this movie!

Pee Nak 4 follows First, Balloon, Min Jun and Nott from the previous movies as they both vacation and attempt to repair an old chapel that belongs to Min Jun's family. The repairs have stopped for some reason and when the four of them find themselves haunted by yet another Pee Nak, they need to find the spirit's identity and figure out what their connection to the chapel is.

This was the first movie that properly utilized the mystery aspect of horror movies, in the previous three, the huge reveals weren't as surprising as they were meant to be, and though this one didn't have that shocker of a reveal either, they did manage to create a ton of mystery while also using their tried and true Naga mythology story aspect. And the legend they used in this one was amazing as well, definitely my favorite of the four.

The horror was actually good! There were jump scares? I was surprised watching it and surprised myself again after I realized I watched a jump scare in a Pee Nak movie.

And the comedy was back. I genuinely enjoyed the comedy in this one, absurd, dark, and self - aware comedy? Yes please!

The thing they did best though - creating an emotional connection, I'm surprised it hasn't been done before. It's a tried and true way to get the audience invested and this one was executed beautifully. I genuinely teared up a bit, without giving away too many spoilers, the backstory in this was absolutely amazing and you could truly feel the emotions.

I would definitely recommend watching this one - as well as watching the others for continuity purposes, but if you had to pick one? This is my first pick. The plot was set up in movie three, but even without watching it, you won't be that lost. This was so very good and they did set up another sequel, which, considering the fact that I've pretty much binged the franchise, I hope is just as good.

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