Mid as usual
This was cute in moments, but annoying at the same time with the decisions the characters were making. There was a lot of miscommunication and back and forth. And I mean A LOT! Miscommunication is their middle name it's so bad. When they were together though they were cute...we just didn't see it enough of it.Was this review helpful to you?
Cute and Cringe
I really like the characters in this show, especially the main two. They had great chemistry, and I loved seeing their characters interact because of how different they are. Some parts were a little too cheesy or cringe for me, even for drama's standards. It was pretty cute overall! Always love seeing Se Jeong, she's so funny!Was this review helpful to you?
Cutie patootie romance
This story was so stinking cute! I loved the characters so much! Everyone was so fun, and all had great chemistry with each other! A very cute high school love story!Shane and Kit were pretty adorable together. I loved seeing them grow closer as friends and then into a relationship! They had such sweet moments together!
Kim and Mon were my favorite couple! Their story felt the most natural on how they got together. They are both just so cute together! Need a show of these actors as the lead couple together!
I figured Tar and Per would get together just based on how much they were on screen together. I think they're a cute besties to boyfriends' relationship.
Tan and Nat's relationship was definitely the least interesting to me, but they were still cute!
If you want a cute high school romance, I highly recommend!
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Very will they won't they
Pretty cute but sometimes the main pairing annoyed me, especially Gi Seop. The characters were fine for the most part and the chemistry was decent. This is very push and pull/will they-won't they type of relationship between the main two. Some people like watching that and some don't. It's a short series so it's not too bad overall.Was this review helpful to you?
Intriguing story
I loved the story of this so much!! Very unique and keeps you intrigued. The acting and directing was phenomenal! I loved seeing how the story would play out. I think they did a great job showing what can be such a sensitive topic. Fantastic movie! I think once you've seen it, I don't know how much you'd really be able to rewatch it since you know what happens, but I highly recommend!Was this review helpful to you?
We love when a man asks for consent
LOVED THIS! Right from the start with their first spicy scene I was hooked! Even the scene leading up to them hooking up for the first time gave me butterflies. Loved the characters, and the actors have great chemistry as well! I love how much the show dealt with the emotions of characters as well. It's way more than just the spice. This show can feel a bit slow paced at times so be aware of that.Was this review helpful to you?
My baby Park Jihoon is in a romance <3
I watched this for Park Jihoon originally and really ended up enjoying it! I liked the characters and story a lot. The characters all had good chemistry with each other too both romantically and platonically. The story was a bit of emotional roller-coaster in the best way!Loved seeing my pookie (Park Jihoon) play this type of character! He killed it! Loved that we got to hear him sing in this as well!
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Just as cute as the anime!
Such a cute series! I've watched the anime and read the manga, and I think the actors did a great job! I love that season two goes past where the anime does as well so I could see more of it acted out! The characters are all great and just love the main two! Just such a cute high school love story! Great for anyone to watch!Was this review helpful to you?
RELEASE SEASON TWO ALREADY
I absolutely love this show! Have rewatched it quite a few times and can't wait for season 2! The characters are all great whether you love them or hate them! I love seeing all the relationships between the characters. I loved seeing how the kids were going to solve different issues they were facing while trying to get away. So creative!The actors all do an amazing job! Especially the zombies, so creepy how they move!! My favorite zombie series out there!
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A very unnecessary season
I loved this season but definitely is the weakest out of the three. There were a lot of things I liked about the season but definitely things I didn't as well.I liked how amped up the games were compared to the other seasons, that being said I thought the finale game was a little boring to watch, otherwise I liked the new ones. I think these games were more challenging to figure out which was really cool to see. Arisu is always just such a fun character to watch. He's so intelligent and caring! The sets, cinematography, acting, and special affects I think really carried this season.
I think the thing this season is lacking is the emotional connection to the characters. Other than Arisu and Usagi I found it really hard to get attached to this season's characters. I think they waited too long for us to find out information/backstory on them for the audience to get attached to them or care if they make it or not. It's not that they were necessarily unlikeable, we just didn't know enough about them. I really like Rei and Nabu and some of the others, but we just didn't get to see them enough. Some of the character deaths felt like they should've been more impactful, but I just didn't care that much if they died like in previous seasons.
I wish we got to see Arisu & Usagi as husband and wife more. We didn't really get to see them together until episode four which is another complaint of mine. I did like that we got to see what both of them were doing during the time they were separated, but I wish we saw them together more. I also just thought it was weird they were still calling each other Arisu and Usagi for being together for the past five years and literally being married. You think they would use first names or nicknames at this point. You would also think they would live together. Usagi's relationship with Arisu just felt so off this season, like she didn't fully trust him. Why was she telling stuff to others that she couldn't tell her literal husband?! The whole reason she went into the game was just so dumb. Idk her character felt off to me this season.
As for the finale...the death of Jack/Joker/whatever you want to call him was so unsatisfying. They were building him up all throughout the season just to have a random character take him out. Speaking of that character, I just think he was such a pointless character. He came to ask Arisu if he wanted life or death when Arisu was obviously going to choose to live and save Usagi. His whole speech and role in the show seemed like time filler more than importance. I would've much preferred that time go to showing more of Arisu and Usagi after they got out rather than just the quick scene we got. I loved the cameos of all the characters from the first two seasons being in the finale! It was nice seeing them again because I definitely missed them this season. I think if they were all in it more, it would've made it more enjoyable.
Overall, I did like the season, but I do think this one has the least rewatch ability. I could see myself watching it once or twice more but not as many times as I've watched season one or two. Total props to all the actors though. They all killed it!! Especially Kento & Tao!
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Fun and then a little dark
I enjoyed this story for the most part. I liked the relationship the main two were building throughout it. Towards the end it started to lean more towards a darker romance, which I don't mind, but just felt like it came out of nowhere. Apparently, it gets darker in the web series but for the show the dark romance aspect seems to come out of nowhere. Good series overall though.Was this review helpful to you?
The mc will drive you nuts
The story was cute! Som-O really annoyed me for most of the series to be honest, but I did like the relationship between her and Chadjen. Loved the friendship between the main crew. Cute series overall but you will probably be annoyed multiple times. I know some people had a problem with Dew's acting but I didn't mind it at all.Was this review helpful to you?
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?
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Hot women and a mystery plot line? Sign me up
I really like this show a lot! I loved the mystery of why Baikhaw was doing what she was doing as well as seeing all the different relationships between the main characters.The relationship between Baikhaw and Tulip was so interesting to watch! I loved seeing them become close friends and then it all falls apart. I'm not going to lie when I started the show, I thought their relationship was going to turn into a lesbian relation and not sisters which threw me off, but I didn't mind it. This may be controversial (I'm not sure) but I think for the most part Baikhaw was actually doing a lot of really good things for Tulip. Tulip's parents were super toxic (later finding out they were just awful people), Wawwa was super toxic, and Tao was such a good friend to her. I was glad to see her parents and Wawwa leave her life.
Baikhaw is such a good character! I love that she's not just evil because she's evil. I love that she had complexity to her! I think the things she was able to get away with her reasonable as well. She was really smart but still definitely made dumb decisions, like being caught on cameras, or going after obvious people. I love that she tried to get tulips parents as well as Wawwa out of tulips life. I hate that used Tao, but I also have to respect it. If you got a yearner you might as well use him! LOVE that she killed Wawwa and Q!! Also shout out to Pat! Absolutely love watching her act!
Tulip's character was very back and forth for me on whether I liked her or not. There were moments I really liked her but also times I didn't. There were a lot of moments to be honest that Tulip just felt bitchy if I'm being honest. I do wish she forgave Tao in the end, but I also understand a bit why she didn't. I just wish she could've realized more that he was used by Baikhaw too. I feel bad for everything she went to because she definitely didn't deserve any of it. I have to say this show made me fall so hard for Emi! Love her!
Tao...I love him. He is best boy. Did he make mistakes? Yes, but I think a lot of them come down to the fact that he was being used and manipulated by Baikhaw. We saw pretty quickly that he didn't like what he was doing to Tulip at all. I do believe he genuinely did fall for Tulip in the end as well. Loved what he did to Wawwa! She deserved it. I hope he can find peace and can one day reconnect with Tulip, even just as friends. Also, his parents were shit.
Namo was such an underused character in my opinion that he almost felt like a throwaway character. They brought up that he had a thing for Tao and never did anything with that, which was disappointing to be honest. I don't understand how such a nice guy could be friends with Wawwa or even Tulip to be honest. I just feel like they could've done so much more with his character and they didn't. I'm glad he came in to save the day and shot Baikhaw with no hesitation, but I would've had the same (or even better) reaction if Tao did it. Glad he was okay in the end though!
Wawwa...literally fuck this bitch. I cheered when she died. She was such a toxic friend and such a bad person. She left Tulip alone, while she was drunk might I add, with this dude that Tulip made very clear she didn't like and then said dude almost assaulted her and would've if it wasn't for Baikhaw! WTF?! AND SHE NEVER APOLAGISED FOR IT! She was also an alcoholic. I was just so glad when died. She deserved it. I'm glad Baikhaw was the one to do it. I literally have nothing good to say about her at all.
I hope Tulip's parents rot to be honest. Maybe Baikhaw is alive, maybe not. The story definitely ended to where she possibly could be so I would be down for a season two. Overall, I really loved this show and highly recommend!
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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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