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The first one is better

I watched the first movie and this one back-to-back and I have to say, the first one is way better. The budget for this movie felt a lot lower, I don't know if that's true but that's how I felt. There wasn't as many deaths or thriller scenes as the first one, so it felt like exciting to watch. Even though the movies are pretty similar in length it was a lot easier to get attached the characters in the first movie rather than this one for some reason. I liked the idea of the afterlife thing where Asuka was but for me it wasn't executed the best. The ending also just wasn't very good. Overall, in my opinion this movie was just very mid compared to the first one. Curious with how it ended what they would do with the third one.

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Love that it's over

I absolutely hated this show from start to finish. The only reason I give this a 1.5 instead of a 1 is because of two reasons: the mermaid scenes were actually filmed in the water, and they trained with the tails; and secondly because of the scene in the finale where Phraphai went crazy was actually good.

This show was so terribly bad that I genuinely cannot say enough bad things about it and could go on all day. I'm just going to list the reasons it was awful.

1. All the acting was terrible (except for Phraphai's scene in the finale I previously mentioned)

2. The main leads had 0 chemistry at all. Nava and Phraphai had more chemistry than the other two ever did

3. So many unnecessary characters whose names I couldn't even tell you if I tried. Didn't really need more than the main five to be honest

4. The music,,,whoever did the music for this should never work in music again. That may sound harsh but the abrupt transitions between songs and the music not fitting scenes were just terrible. Someone with garage band could do better.

5. The main couple's relationship was so empty. They never talked about anything. they felt more like friends with benefits because their relationship had no depth at all.

6. Not enough time was spent on Ping and Phana's relationship. This couple could've been quite a likeable and strong couple if they got more than like 30 minutes out of an entire 8 hours spent on them. They should've either had more time or just not been a thing at all.

7. The plot felt pointless especially with how the show ended. I almost wish it ended with a tragedy to make it feel more worth it. I'm not just saying that because I didn't like the show either, I just think it would've made more sense for the plot if one or both of then died in the end or they just didn't end up together.

8. The whole show just felt like nothing was happening the entire time. This was only eight episodes and even that felt way too long.

I could actually keep going but these were definitely my biggest and most consistent complaints.

DO NO WATCH! NOT EVEN A GOOD CRINGE WATCH!
JUST STRAIGHT UP BAD!

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We LOVE PREGNANT MEN

I love that this show really dove into all the ABO stuff. I think if you're going to do an ABO show you have to really go for it, and this show definitely did.

I think the four main characters were really interesting. I loved them all for different reasons and the actors killed it. I loved seeing Wenlang's growth throughout the series! I wish Hua Yong could've had some kind of character development, but he didn't and some people never change, so I guess it's okay.

My only complaint is the ending. I wish we got more from Gao Tu and Wenlang. I wish we got to see them have an actual conversation about everything. I wanted them to end up together but even if they didn't it would've been nice for them to get more screentime towards the end. It just felt unsatisfying. I also thought the time jump was abrupt and made it so certain things were skipped over that shouldn't have been. They're ending just felt like the creators didn't care about it anymore towards the end.

This show was missing baby bumps. Wanted to see them with actual baby bellies.

I really liked this series though! Definitely different and very interesting! Can't wait to see the actors in things in the future!

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Fantastic start, unenjoyable finish

It started off so good. I was eating it up. It was toxic but it was supposed to be, great I love to see it that’s fine. I loved the first half or so. Fan Xiao was toxic and manipulative and it made the show really fun to watch, as awful as that sounds, it was fun seeing him worm his way in between Shu Lang and his boyfriend. I even loved when Fan Xiao and Shu Lang got together...at first.

Where the show really started to lose me is when Fan Xiao went from toxic to straight up abusive and a r*pist. I'll watch a toxic relationship all day long, but the second r*pe or assault comes in is where it's enjoyable anymore. I knew I was signing up for toxicity but not abuse so it very much threw me off. There were multiple scenes where Shu Lang clearly didn't want Fan Xiao and was forced to sleep with him or kiss him, and the show just kept throwing in scenes where Fan Xiao “realizes” what he’s doing is wrong and “apologizes” but the way they do it is like they want us as the audience to actually forgive him. Like girl what?? He literally just assaulted Shu Lang. Or they would have scenes where the show is like “No guy's Shu Lang stays because wants to” like GIRL NO HE DOES NOT. Why did we take this turn?? I hate it. Why does toxicity always have to mean SA? It was plenty entertaining and toxic enough before all that.

I hated that they ended up together too. I was really hoping this show would be different and would have it so Shu Lang actually moves on and goes on with his life happily, which he does, and then they ruined it in the last 10 minutes or so but putting them back together.

Like I said, I loved the first half maybe even a bit more of this show. The main two as well as Shu Lang's boyfriend were enjoyable to watch, and I really found the story entertaining. Once they made Fan Xiao turns so possessive that he was abusive is where I really didn't like his character anymore.

As for things I liked
-I loved the chemistry between the main two actors. They did a great job as well as the rest of the cast, but the mc's really stood out to me
-The story was never boring, even when I didn't like where it went, at least it wasn't boring.
-I LOVED seeing Fan Xiao go absolutely broke at the hand of Shu Lang. He deserved it.
-I love that Shu Lang adopted Tian Tian! So cute!
-The first half of the show is what I want when it comes to toxic relationships to watch! It makes it so fun to see!
-I really liked the finale. Even though I didn't want them to end up together and wasn't happy about that, I think the finale was really good.
-The kisses and spicey scenes were pretty good

Overall, I just don't know how to feel about it because I went from being so excited for the next episode to dreading the next one.

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A strong 0/10!

This show sucked.

After seeing My Stubborn with these two I was pretty turned off to watch another show with them in it, but since it was the omegaverse I decided to watch it. That being said, I don't think I'll watch another show with these two. I think their chemistry is good, but I don't think they're good actors and they have been in two awful shows so far, so I think I've had enough. Nakhun was very unlikeable from the beginning. I mean he literally bit a stranger in the street. He did get more caring and loving throughout the show, which was nice, but I just didn't like his character at all. I liked that Phatsa stood up for himself and others and wasn't afraid to even against all the alphas. I did like that about him. I also felt bad that his life was basically stolen away from him when he was bitten since he was then faded to belong to Nakhun after that. Other than that, I was pretty annoyed by most of the time and didn't like him either. It also just felt so unbelievable to me that he's gone his whole life without know about any of the abo stuff while living in it. That makes no sense at all. It would be one thing if it was that he just thought he was a beta the whole time, but not knowing about any of it all is crazy. As for them as a couple, they were fine, I guess. They had quite the rough start, but they loved each other a lot by the end.

I liked Ongsa and Nakhin right away. They were the most likeable characters in the series by a lot. I liked them as a couple too, but I wish we got more of them. I feel like we saw more of the lead up to them than after once they were a couple. We just didn't get enough time of the two of them at all. They seemed to be the only two levelheaded people in the whole show, other than maybe the mom.

As for Sangnuea and Naphitch, we hardly saw them together at all so I don't really think they can be called a couple. Naphitch really only caused trouble the whole series. He had a bad attitude, caused problems, bit the family enemy and that's about it. Sangnuea just seemed weird or off to me from the start, so I wasn't surprised he was the bag guy at all. The reveal of it though was so boring I skipped through half of the episode. Nothing about him excited me at all.

The show was just awful. The first couple episodes had potential for the show to be a proper ABO show but then it took a huge cliff dive. It became less about the omegaverse and more about plotlines we didn't care about at all. If it continued focusing on the omegaverse and less about everything else, I think it could've been a decent show.

The show was just a whole bunch of nothing. There was nothing interesting going on after the first couple episodes. There was so much talking and not nearly enough showing. What I mean is that the entire show was characters were talking about things that happened or how something worked, instead of showing it to us. the characters were constantly talking about something and then going to other characters and telling them the same thing and it was just that over and over again. It was like we were constantly being told a recap of everything we already knew.

A list of a very few things that were wrong with this show:
-It was called Knot and we didn't even hear about that until the end of the show
-Phatsa didn't get pregnant until the last few minutes of the show
-They didn't get married and instead gave us a crappy half-baked birthday party
-As for the finale, we didn't see the other main characters for more than two minutes in the entire 75 minutes
-The subtitles were awful (luckily, they got a bit better as it went on)
-The writing was awful
-Almost all the characters were unlikeable
-The music wasn't great
-The editing was bad
-The acting was terrible. I'm sorry but it was
-The spicey scenes were so drawn out and long and not in a good way. For this being a show about ABO, there wasn't enough spice scenes either.

These are just a few things that were bad about the show. I can't say enough bad things about this show to be honest and if I could rate it lower, I would.

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Truly beautiful

This was absolutely incredible. I can't say enough good things about this show. I have just two complaints before I get into everything, I loved about it.
1. They should've hugged at the end. It would've made it the perfect ending.
2. The fact it was labeled a bromance instead of a BL. I know the whole thing behind Korea's censorship and everything which is why I only subtracted half a point from the final score, but I think they need to just get over it and let BL's with big actors happen.

Now onto all the positives!
The cinematography, the music, the lighting, and editing in this show were incredible. This show was so visually beautiful to look at. I loved all the sets and scenery so much. They were stunning!

The details. With Korea's censorship they weren't able to label it as a BL so they had to be clever with it and they were. I'll get more into the boys themselves soon, but what I am talking about is the little things that subtly told us they were in love. It was all done so well. For example, the place they reunited in the finale, gay marriage is legal and they reunited in a church with a song that is typically used for marriage. There were many other things like this as well but that's just one example and I loved it.

The acting from everyone was absolutely incredible. There are quite a few well-known actors in this, and they all did such an amazing job. I think this was such a beautiful show for Song Kang to come back with after his military service and for Lee Jun Young to leave with before his service (I don't know if he has more that are coming out while he is gone).

The story was beautiful and heartbreaking all in one. I was very shocked it didn't end in sad way and actually had a happy ending. The story takes place over so many years, and I loved seeing how everyone changed over the years. I think they did a great job at telling it. It was a long show with long episodes and for not a lot of crazy things or a lot of action or anything like that, I think it was well paces and it was never boring. I thought it was really amazing how they did it in a way that kept you engaged the whole time.

Characters:
Pi O and Jeong Yo...I loved them both so much. I'm going to miss seeing them every week. First off, I love them both as actors so much and was so thrilled to see them in something together. They are both so incredible and their chemistry was off the charts. I need to see them in something together again in the future. I loved seeing all the changes their relationship went through over the years. It had so many changes from childhood to teen to adult and it was so cool to see how they were always a big part of each other's lives in one way or another. They loved each other so deeply and it was so beautiful to see. The looks they'd give each other, the subtle touches, and the care they had for each other...I loved it.
I think Pi O was pretty misunderstood as a character for the most part. He was severely depressed until Jeong Yo came into his life and when he was ripped away from it destroyed him and we saw that. Pi O spent half his life looking for Jeong Yo...that is love and dedication. He showed his depression in a way that's not often showed in media, and I think that's why a lot of people thought he was different than he was. He wasn't a cruel person like people made him out to be at all. He was someone who was depressed and under a lot of stress and pressure and just had a different way of expressing it.
Jeong Yo went through so much throughout this show. He was also someone who was depressed and very stressed and found a light in Pi O. His confession to Pi O when they played piano one last time together was one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard in my entire life. Him possibly giving up feeling in hand to play with Pi O one last time...again just the dedication and love is so strong. Even when he was filled with rage toward Pi O, you could see there was love still buried inside.
I loved both of them so much and love that they do end up together. They are truly fated to be together.

I wasn't the biggest fan of Jae In to be honest. I really don't like how her and Pi O got together. She took advantage of him while he was feeling lost and weak and that made me really hate her. I liked her when they were in high school but as the show went on, I started to care for her less and less and the moment of her and Pi O in the bedroom where they got together made me really not like her at all.

Hyeon Su was just okay to me. He clearly favored Jeong Yo from the beginning, and I feel like he thought very little of Pi O until a lot later in life. I also thought his relationship with Ji Hye was kind of odd. I just felt very neutral about him overall.

I hated Ji Hye from the moment she showed up and that never changed. If anything, my hatred for her just grew stronger as it went on. She was selfish and didn't care Pi O's mental wellbeing the entire time and then of course she's the cause of what happened to Jeong Yo too. If Pi O didn't publicly take the blame for what happened to him, she never would've come clean either. I just hated her and loved seeing her get thrown in jail.

Seung Un and Seon Ju were not the best. I knew Seung Un was being hard on Pi O for a reason, I just think he obviously could've approached it better. I'm glad he apologized in the end, but it doesn't make up for what he did. I didn't care for Seon Ju too much either because it always rubbed me the wrong way that she cared more for Jeong Yo than she did for her own grandson. To me it felt like it wasn't just talent based either, she just seemed to not care for Pi O at all and I didn't like that.

Overall, this show was truly beautiful and am so glad it was as popular as it was. These slower paced shows don't always do well, and I am so beyond happy that this one did. I truly recommend this! I loved every moment of it!

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Assault with a side of consent

This show was awful. The concept of it had such potential to be great and it fell so flat. It would've been instantly better if it was supernatural show. Big Jane should've been an actual demon and it would've made the show way more interesting. These writers and show makers are always so afraid to commit to things. If you want a dark and twisted romance, then do it. Instead, they all advertise it as one and then just show hints of it throughout the series or throw in assault and r*pe and call it good enough. Dark romance is a lot more than that, but they never fully commit to it, and this show is a perfect example of that. This show had a lot of red flag characters and a lot of assault and that was basically it.

Like I said before, Big Jane should've been an actual demon. The deals he was making with people would've made more sense that way for how they happened. He was causing miracles to happen at the snap of a finger, it would fall apart just as fast, and he had the necklaces with people's blood, but it was just because he was a rich dude who could make it happen? Why? If he was a demon, it would've made sense, why he needed their blood and why these people's requests happened so quickly. It also would've made him way more intimidating. He was supposed to be this scary guy on campus, but he was not any more intimating than just a basic toxic man. He was a huge red flag, assaulted little Jane multiple times which was not okay, he had no growth throughout the series at all even after the time skip and just had no likeable qualities at all.

Little Jane just annoyed me throughout almost the entire series. He was so boring and never seemed to know what he wanted. He wanted to know how Big Jane lived but then would just get upset at everything he said or did, but never at the things that he should be upset about. For example, Big Jane saved Little Jane's family from the brother's debt and never once asked them to leave their house or shop and yet Little Jane got upset with him for their family having to move even though Big Jane NEVER SAID THEY HAD TO. This is just one of the MANY times he did this. He just never seemed to know what he wanted and was constantly changing his mind about things and getting upset over it. He really didn't have much of a personality either and wasn't very likeable.

Dan was way too obsessed for Little Jane and for no reason. He was constantly stalking him and making him uncomfortable. Him going crazy in the finale didn't surprise me for how psychotic he was throughout the rest of the show, but it still left me wondering why he ever got so obsessed with him in the first place. I didn't like either of the Janes, but I really hated this dude. Speaking of characters I hate...Put. He, like Dan, was so obsessed with Jane. He also assaulted Jane. I was so happy when he died because he was just a piece of garbage. I don't get why everyone was so obsessed with him, but they were. Once again like Dan, we don't really ever find out why he was obsessed with Little Jane either. I know they both liked him but there should've been more than that.

The spice in the show was fine (on the few occasions it was consensual), the finale was fine and had the most happening in the entire show, the acting was okay, but god the rest of this show was such a mess. It was so boring, had the most unlikeable characters, had so much assault, and just horrible writing. It just felt like the writers didn't know if they wanted to commit to the dark romance the entire time. I haven't seen a lot of the actors before, so I don't know if it's a case of bad actors or just bad writing. Absolutely do not recommend.

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They're cute but the plot is a little boring

I enjoyed this show for the most part. I liked Lu Qing and Xiao Fan as characters and liked them a lot together. They were both pretty interesting and I liked seeing all the changes of their relationship throughout the years. Lu Qing's sister and Xiao Fan's family annoyed me so much the entire show, especially the brother. I liked the Bei family's dad a lot, he always seemed really calm and understanding about a lot of things. I do think the show got pretty boring towards the end with all the stuff about the stock market. I just didn't care for any of that and was very bored during it all. The best scenes in the show for me were when Lu Qing and Xiao Fan were together.

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A waste of a good cast

I'll start with the positives because to be honest, I don't have a lot for this show. So first off, I love In Youp and Hye Ri so much!! I love him and was so happy to see him finally be the main lead and not the second choice! I love her as well and was happy to see her in something again since it's been a while. I think their chemistry is fantastic and the acting was great. I loved Baek Sung Chul and Lee Yul Eum as well as their characters. I think all the actors did a great job in this show.

I liked the concept of the show as well. I thought it was very cute to see them make their movie together after all those years. I loved that, it was so sweet. The music was pretty decent in the series as well. I absolutely adored the set and the costumes for the movie!! Stunning!

I loved Soobin. He was such a green flag, good guy, and cared so much for Yi Jae and his mom. I loved that he helped his mom get away from his dad too. I really liked how he handled most situations in the show.

I love Ha Na and Yu Geon so much! I thought both of their characters were really interesting and LOVED them together a lot. They were so cute together. They were my favorite couple in the show. I loved seeing Ha Na's growth throughout the show and see her stand up to her mom and get to live how she wants to. See Yu Geon work so hard to achieve his dream was so nice to see. The part with his dad getting to watch his movie before passing was the best part of the whole show. It made me so emotional and was so beautiful to see.

Onto the things I didn't like about this show.
I wish we got to see a bit more of the movie since that's what the show was leading up to. We just kept seeing the same few scenes from it over and over again. I think it would've been cool to see more of it so we as the audience could see more of what they accomplished. I think it would've been more satisfying that way.

This could just be me being picky, but for a show about two directors, I thought the directing was pretty mid. There was nothing special about the directing at all. I know it's a romcom, so it doesn't necessarily need it, but it was very basic and with a show about directors I think it could've used a bit of flare.

The third couple...if we can even call them that. I don't know their names and forgot about them entirely until they showed up again for their two minutes of screentime. I know he has a role outside of his storyline with her, but honestly, I think they both could've been written out of the show and it would've been the exact same, especially her. Their storyline has got to be the most useless thing I've ever seen in a show.

Onto Yi Jae...I liked her a lot in the beginning and then that changed. I loved her in the high school flashbacks and in the first couple episodes as an adult. She was funny, determined, and I really liked how she talked about wanting to make movies and what that meant to her. Then she just started to annoy me more and more. I felt like she was always upset or angry with Soobin for one reason or another, and I didn't ever think they were for very valid reasons either. He was just a way better communicator than she was. Her decision to breakup with him and go abroad felt so random and stupid to me. It very much felt like they just needed to have some kind of conflict for episode 11 and that's the best they could come up with. Making this movie was her dream and she left before the final edit was even done and wasn't there for any of the promotion. So much of the conflict between her and Soobin throughout was she felt like it was his movie more than hers and yet she leaves so he does all the promotion by himself so then it really does look like it was his movie more than hers. That was just such bad writing.

I liked how early in the show they got together and didn't wait until one of the final episodes, except we never saw them really be a couple. We saw them either onset of the movie, working on something related to the movie, or talking about the movie. We didn't really get to see very much of them just being themselves as a couple, so their relationship didn't progress or feel satisfying at all. And again, she left for two years and then walked right back into his life like nothing happened...and then he proposed. This really pissed me off. She didn't feel bad for leaving him and left at an awful time, but then they just get engaged after that like he wasn't doing horribly the time she was gone. I could talk about it all day, it made me so mad. We also just always saw him doing way more for her and putting in more effort for their relationship than she ever did.

Overall, as you can tell, I didn't like this show. The writing wasn't very good and was very repetitive. Every episode was just her feeling like the movie wasn't hers, she'd get mad at Soobin, he'd do something to make her see the movie is both of theirs, and then it would repeat. Even Soobin's trauma with his dad just felt like such an afterthought. It was barely important to the show at all. This had such an incredible cast, and I was really excited for it, but it was just a major let down.

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Sky and Nani's chemistry is insane!

This was pretty good overall. I do think some of the earlier episodes were better paced and more interesting than some of the later episodes, especially when it came to the finale. I didn't care for the finale at all. It didn't really feel exciting enough or like there was a lot happening but also didn't feel like a good aftermath either. A lot felt like it was wrapped really quickly or really drawn out and there wasn't ever a good in between. I did like the plot overall and loved seeing all the stuff with the different rituals, especially when they were all in the smoke facing different things.
I liked all the characters that were with us for the ritual. I loved Niran and Pete a lot. This was my introduction to Sky and Nani and loved their chemistry a lot. Niran was a really cool character. I liked how committed he was to Pete, and I really liked how he talked about his morals and things like that. I loved Pete! He was my favorite character. I loved how he was a badass in moments and so cutie in others.
I do have to say that Niran and Pete definitely felt like queer baiting a bit. The golden string soulmate thing aside (which is already pretty crazy), there were lots of moments of flirting, looks of love, the scene of Pete hugging Niran in the spirit world, and so many others that were very romantic and then nothing came out of it. I know it's not advertised as a BL, but I don't see why have all that if nothing is going to come out of it.

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A little rushed at points but overall, really good

I want to start this off by saying that I have seen China's show years before this one (Meteor Garden), so I went in already knowing that story. This one is much shorter than China's as well so I knew quite a lot of story would be cut compared to that one. I did like this show, but not as much as China's. I think this version just skipped over a lot of the relationship building between Gorya and Thyme. Him changing into a better person was a bit rushed as well. A lot of it just felt rushed to me. Even the story of Ren with Mira was done and over with so quickly.
Other than that, I enjoyed quite a bit. I loved the bond of the F4 boys so much. I loved seeing how different members were with each other too because even though the four of them are all friends, they still interacted and acted different depending on who they were with. I liked seeing how the four of them all were with Gorya too. Not just Thyme and Ren, but I loved seeing how MJ and Kavin were with her too. I like the characters in this show a lot. Ren is my favorite of the boys (and not just because of Dew lol), but I love all the F4 boys a lot. Gorya does annoy me sometimes, but I love how she always stands up for herself and those she cares about. She's so strong and brave and I love that.


I love Dew and Nani a lot too so I'm always happy to see them (Dew is the whole reason I watched this to begin with). Same with Fourth, he's so cute and young in this!! I loved Win and Brights acting a lot too. A lot of the support cast were familiar faces too which I enjoyed seeing.
As for Tu who played Gorya, I have to say I didn't like her acting. I just recently saw her in Magic of Zero and didn't like her acting there but I thought it was just because of what that show was. After seeing her in this, I just think I personally don't like her acting. I felt like she was yelling almost all of her lines. Obviously, it makes sense sometimes (like on the rooftop/arguing/etc.) but there were so many other times where I feel like she was having a conversation with someone and they were talking at a normal volume, but she was yelling. When she yelled too her voice became super high pitched and whiny which just annoyed me.

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