Very Realistic story telling
I really liked this a lot! I think my favorite thing about this was the directing. The weird camera angles made you feel uncomfortable the whole time and almost made you feel like what they were doing was wrong, even though it wasn't. The actors did a great job as well! Loved seeing Kyung in this type of role!Was this review helpful to you?
Disappointing ending
I really liked the story up until the ending. I feel like they had some potential to do some really cool stuff with the ending and they just didn't. The ending just disappointed me. The acting was great though and I loved the chemistry between the main two characters! Loved seeing Bible in another series!Was this review helpful to you?
I cried many tears
I thoroughly enjoyed this series so much! Absolutely loved it! Very emotional as it made me cry multiple times. It has laughter, crying, and sweet moments. I think the cast was amazing! A lot of big names! I think people are way too harsh in the reviews. This show was huge when it was airing for a reason!Was this review helpful to you?
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BEST KDRAMA OF 2025
Before I get into anything with the actual show, I have to talk about the acting!The acting in this show was absolutely PHENOMINAL! All the actors did an absolutely incredible job. I have to give MAJOR props to our girl Kim You Jung. Her acting in this series was on another level. She deserves so many awards for this series. I cannot compliment her acting in this enough. Truly amazing! The way she could show so much emotion in just her eyes...just wow. Absolutely love her and this series made me love her even more.
Onto the main 3 characters!
I loved Baek A Jin so much. I've been waiting to see a female character like this for so long! I wanted her to get everything she wanted. Is she a bad person? Yes, but I loved seeing the way she thinks and seeing her go after terrible people. Obviously, she goes after some people who are good people as well, which does suck, but I think that's what makes her character that much better. You can't constantly root for her or agree with her, but there are also times you can. Such a powerful character and loved to finally see this type of character be a woman! Her way of thinking and manipulating was so good. She really was meant to be an actress the way she could fool everyone. I hope she gets to be truly happy in the future, and I hope she takes down her husband!
Kim Jae O is such a lovable character. The care he has for A Jin and his brother is so good. I loved that we got to see him continuously check in on his brother even though his brother didn't want to see him. I think him keeping out of sight of his brother, after he found out he didn't want to see him, shows just how good of a person Jae O was. His love and dedication for A Jin was next level! WE LOVE A YEARNER! He truly was the best person she ever had in her life. He cared and loved her so deeply. I wish there was a way they could've been happy together. His ending got me teary eyed because I really didn't want to see him go but once again it showed just how dedicated he was to her.
Yun Jun Seo is such an interesting character. He was such a good person, and we really saw that all throughout the show. He was dedicated to A Jin but in a very different way than Jae O was, and not only because Jae O was willing to go to crazy lengths for her and Jun Seo wasn't, but his dedication was different entirely. Jae O loved A Jin just the way she was and loved her for her 100%. Jun Seo loved the A Jin he had an idea of in his head. An A Jin he thought could change for the better when we all knew she wouldn't. He was dedicated to help her become a better person, even though that is never what she wanted. He was always going to be her downfall, and I wasn't shocked that he tried to kill them both in the end.
Onto the story!
I loved the story so much! A woman manipulating men to get what she wants? YES PLEASE! We need more stories like this! I loved seeing A Jin boss Jae O and Jun Seo into doing whatever she asked. Parts of this story reminded me of the Glory in a way where she was getting revenge on people who hurt her in the past. I just love a good revenge story!
I loved that every few episodes was a new chapter in her life, from high school to adulthood. That's something that made the series feel so fresh and kept you really interested. Nothing was drawn out for a long time, new characters were showing up often, all while having our main three at the center of everything.
The relationships between the main trio were so good to watch! Jun Seo and A Jin's with their long history and complicated feelings with each other. Jae O and A Jin's with their one-sided love and pure understanding of each other. Jun Seo and Jae O's rivalry turned complicated friendship. I just loved seeing all of these develop throughout the show!
The story with Heo In Gang pulled at my heart, like I think it did with all of us. His death was truly heartbreaking. In Yeop's characters can never have a happy ending I swear lol. I truly do think A Jin loved him though because of the scene with his grandma where she said it was the one time she spoke the honest truth, and it was her saying she loved him. She also looked pretty emotional when she went to the bathtub after he passed.
I need to know more about Moon Do Hyeok ASAP! Why is he doing what he's doing? What is his end goal? I have got to know. He was such an intriguing character! He was just as good as a manipulator as A Jin and I just wanted to see more of him. Absolutely hated what he was doing to her, but I kept wanting to see more from him.
Now the only thing I didn't quite love was the very last few minutes of the show. It just felt incomplete. Maybe Baek A Jin's story isn't over yet and that's why it ended the way it did, which is why I didn't deduct any points from it. Whether that means we get another season or not, I believe her story isn't over. She's not dead and our girl is stubborn. I think she's going to find a way to get back to get her revenge on her husband and the rest of the people who wronged her. I definitely think the finale could've been a bit longer to wrap some things up more or take some more time with certain things. That's my one and only complaint about the show and I don't even know if it's entirely a complaint.
Other random thoughts!
I love Kim You Jung and love her more after this show! Always happy to see Kim Ji Hoon and Hwang In Youp as well!
Not going to lie I kept rooting for the death of Hwang Ji Seon and was so upset she made it out alive lol.
Sim Seung Hui should've just went about her life and not gotten back involved with A Jin. I didn't feel bad for her a single time.
Seo Mi Ri honestly got what she deserved for what she's done to her stars over the years. Also blaming A Jin for In Gang's death...it wasn't her fault and I stand by this. She never wanted that to happen, he was the happiest while with her, and Mi Ri ignored his mental health for years and did nothing.
I want A Jin's wardrobe so bad! All her fits were stunning!
Loved the camera work, editing, and music in this so much!!
I loved this series so much and am going to miss it a lot! Absolute 10/10 and cannot recommend enough!!
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Goofy in a fun way
I love that we got more episodes with this cast of characters! This storyline was definitely a little silly, but still very fun and enjoyable. The chemistry between all these guys is so good and so enjoyable to watch. I'd watch another season or more of these guys! Can't recommend this story enough!Was this review helpful to you?
Wish I could rewatch it for the first time all over again
I loved this story so much! The chemistry between the main two as well as the other characters is amazing! I looked forward to the new episodes every week and was so sad when it was done!All the relationships in this show were so healthy! It's not very often that happens, most the time we just have to overlook that it's toxic, but not here! I loved the relationships so much!
ThomasKong killed this and I need to see them in more ASAP! I fell head over heels for Thomas right from the start.
The spice was fantastic as well!
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Please give us a third season, we beg
I loved this season as well! Once again, the relationships Sieun builds in this season are just so fun to watch! I love all the new friends he makes! I even really liked some of the new bad guys this season! I love that every character is more than a 'bad guy' or 'good guy'. No one is perfect and every character is so fleshed out. I love all the action scenes this season as well, especially the one on the roof. This show never fails to amaze me in how it can make you feel every emotion. The actors all did incredible of course!I did enjoy season one more than this one, but I'd still give this one a 10/10
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Easily became a favorite of mine
Giving this series a perfect 10/10 for the first time in a long time for kdramas. This show is absolutely incredible! It makes you feel every emotion and get so attached to the trio! I don't have a single complaint about this series at all. The acting from everyone in the cast is outstanding, especially Park Jihoon's. The way he can express so many and so much emotion with just his eyes is incredible.I love how this show makes you feel part of their trio and betrayed by Beom-Seok when he switches sides. Even if you don't like Beom-Seok, you still feel so bad for him for everything he's been through. You fall in love with Suho and want to be his friend too. You just want Sieun to be happy and finally make friends.
I could go on and on about this show because it is just that good. I've shown it to all my friends and all of us have said that easily became one of our favorites. I've watched it many times now and it's just as enjoyable as the first time!
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Perfection
This story was incredible! I try to stay away from time travel stories because I usually don't care for them too much, but I loved what they did with this one so much! Everything is so thought out in this series and I love it! The characters all have great chemistry with each other as well, whether that platonic or romantic. Can't recommend it enough! I've watched it a few times now and still love it so much!It also has two actors I absolutely love in it, Hyun-Wook & Ryeoun!
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Why is this popular?
This is a very loved series and to be honest, I don't understand why. So many moments in this show annoyed me and the ending was VERY unsatisfying. This is always one of the shows I say is my least favorite I've ever seen. When people ask me if they should watch this, I always recommend not to. I just didn't enjoy it all. Nothing against the actors because they did great, but the story was just not enjoyable.Was this review helpful to you?
AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE
This show is a masterpiece. This is exactly what I want when I watch a revenge story. Everyone in this got the ending they deserved. The characters are all so well written. They make you absolutely despise the bullies and love the good guys.The acting is incredible as well! Have to give an extra shoutout to Park Sunghoon, Lee Do-Hyun, Song Hye-Kyo, and Lim Ji-Yeon.
Recommend it highly! It does have quite a few sensitive & triggering topics that it doesn't shy away from, so be mindful of that.
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Please Junho be in a show with a better script
First of all, I watched this for Junho and only Junho. I don't really care for superhero type stories to begin, so I wouldn't have watched it or finished it if it weren't for him.Positives!
-I liked how short it was. It didn't try to drag the story out at all which was nice.
-Great cast! Obviously, I love Junho, but I also loved seeing Lee Chae Min and Shin Su Hyun too.
-The action scenes and effects were pretty cool.
-We got to see Junho shirtless and who doesn't love that
-Sang Ung & Min Suk's relationship was pretty cute most of them time.
-I liked Cho Nathan as a villain!
-LOVED Se Eun as a villain!
Negatives
-The point of Jeong Ja's character was almost pointless. I know it wasn't, but the character seemed like such an afterthought. She was barely in it.
-Cho Anna was just not an intimidating villain at all.
-Ho In annoyed me the entire show
-The concept was okay. Personally, I found it kind of lame that all their powers had such dumb limits. It made it a little annoying more than anything.
-The storyline with cops was always kind of stupid and useless, like most cop plotlines in these shows to be honest.
-Sang Ung's dad
Sang Ung's dad is the real villain of the show. What kind of dad passes down sh*tty powers and explains absolutely nothing about it?! And gives him the number to Jeong Ja in case he needs help, but she's literally a LOAN SHARK who he owes BILLIONS to?! TF?!?!
Overall, this show was pretty mid. Not bad but not good.
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Please give these boys a better script
I watched this for boss and Noeul since I loved them from their other show. The chemistry between the main two was obviously great and the spice was fantastic. This show I think had a lot of potential with the concept, but I think they lost it somewhere along the way and didn't execute it super well.Was this review helpful to you?
Mid and boring
I didn't care for this too much. The story and their relationship got pretty boring to watch after a while. It's nothing against the actors. but even the characters were pretty boring. Just very mid overall.There were a few spicey moments though that weren't bad.
Omg and Khun Dad?! Let me barf really quick. One of the cringiest nicknames I've seen, and I've seen a lot.
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A great starter BL
This is a good one to start with if you're new to the BL world. Nothing too crazy happens and there's not really spice. This is one that is loved by a lot of people, and I think it's because it's really simple and cute. This shows was a lot of Korean BL's are like as well. If you're pretty familiar with BL's though, it may be a little boring.Was this review helpful to you?
