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Unexpectedly good!

This drama really surprised me. The story is simple but quite interesting and manages to hold us sufficiently to keep watching and the characters are very charismatic. The “error” idea with Sangwoo was really clever. The chemistry between the actors is good and in general I thought the story was developed satisfactory within the limits of the drama. The main actors were really good and cute together, and they fit their characters. I didn’t feel a awkward performance at all between them.

Of course, the fact that it's only 20 minutes in 8 episodes means that the characters won’t be exactly super well-developed and we won’t get deep into their story and their emotions, but for me the amount they showed here was fine enough for me to buy their story and their romance. Unfortunately, I think Korean dramas will always have this kind of problem because the duration of each episode is too small for having a good development but among all Korean bls I've watched, this was one was definitely one of my favs and even though it wasn't perfect, it came pretty close. I thought the ending was satisfying and it was a good conclusion.

Overall I really liked it!

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Not for anyone but definitely one of the best dramas of the year

First, D.P. is definitely not an easy drama to digest. For those who like happy endings or things well resolved in the end, D.P. will not be interesting. I believe that this show wanted to portray a more grotesque side of a reality where things will not always work out and it will take time for things to be resolved. Having said that, I really liked the plot of this drama. For me it was so interesting, different and well made. I especially liked how they showed a negative side of the SK army that although I can't say that all the things mentioned in this drama happens in real life, I honestly don't doubt that at least some are real. And was interesting as well especially because us, as viewers who are consuming content from korean artists, constantly see the SK army being put as something awesome and here we saw a different portray than usual so it was really interesting.

The cinematography was amazing and I enjoyed the OST as well. The actors was *chef kiss* AMAZING. All of them did an amazing job in their roles. The main characters had chemistry and completed each other. And the actor who was the “nerd” from the army was seriously amazing. I am extremely happy that Hae In agreed to be part of this drama because I was tired of seeing people saying that he was only a “melo/romance actor” and I think after that, he showed his good skills in acting and how he can act in different roles. I just wish they had at least closed the story about Joon Ho because I feel that the relationship with his mother was too important to be forgotten in the story especially him being the ML.

D.P. is an amazing drama which brings up sensitive issues and a different perspective of the SK army that we are not used to see. With captivating characters and an impeccable direction scene, we dive headfirst into this story and are entertained at every moment. The ending of Joon Ho maybe becoming a deserter or just showing that he's going to rebel against the army was perfect. As well as the scene of the other soldier shooting at others to show that "something needed to be done", because yes, there comes a time when they start to think that they can no longer count on anyone but themselves.

I really hope there is a sequel to at least tie up some things that were left open, but I’ll understand If this is the really end because as i said above, in reality, things are not resolved easily and many end up not really being. Recommend this 100%!

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A story about growth with some hits and fails, especially in the last episodes

2521 have some good points and it’s really good in the beginning. However, it also have some bad things and the last episodes is a downfall. Well first let me talk about the good things. The characters are captivating, the chemistry between them is beautiful, the montage and photography of the scenes are beautiful too. Also the OST makes the moments even more wonderful than they are. Talking now about the characters, my favorite ones were Yijin and Seungwan. I felt in love with Yijin (and with Joohyuk lol) and I could relate to him a lot, especially in his job with being a journalist. And Seungwan was SO INSPIRING, a badass really. Loved her so much! I also liked Heedo ofc, but she made me angry in some episodes. Jiwoong was a cutie but sometimes forgotten in the story. I hated Yurim in the beginning but she became better later.

About the story, I feel that overall the drama is about character growth before anything. Yijin finally manage to have a financially stable life and he finally reunite his family. Heedo and Yurim following their dreams and doing what they believe is right. Along with of course, Seungwan. The drama for me it was perfect from EP1 to EP13 but I think that in some points, the development of some things just felt off and the drama just lost themselves in the last episodes, it was a mess. Let me talk more about the things I didn’t like that much below.

First, maybe an unpopular opinion, but I didn’t like the whole enemy thing with Yurim in the beginning and their friendship development was poorly done for me. Yurim only apologizing to Heedo AFTER finding out that Heedo was her internet friend sounded extremely bad. It looked like she only regretted being an asshole to her because she discovered the truth, and for me it would been better if she regretted everything before finding that, because her apologies would look more sincere. They tried to explain why Yurim treated Heedo that way but it still wasn’t a plausible reason for me. Heedo just end up forgiving her and they become friends after that and as I am weak for squad and friendships, I just tried to ignore everything because I wanted them to be friends from the beginning. But honestly, for me it was kind off.

Also, I know the couple is not the priority thing in the drama but it’s kind disappointing how they show a lot of scenes of them but we don’t have that much of scenes of them BEING A COUPLE. They only get together in the end of episode 13, we have more focused scenes of them only in episode 15, and in 16 they break up. I was really disappointed with this because the chemistry between the main leads are insane but they took a time to make them finally have 25-21. Actually for me, they spent too much scenes of them still being a minor, I think 10/11 episodes could be enough and then we could have more scenes of them being an adult.

Talking more about the ending, omg, it was such a disappointment. When they showed us the reasons why Heedo and Yijin have to break up, even being realistic, it just felt silly because it could be easily solved. They were always helping each other and then suddenly looked like they didn’t matched anymore and that’s it. Yijin transferring to NY was no sense to me as well. Even Jiwoong and Yurim got together in the end but the MAIN COUPLE couldn’t? Ugh. (PS: I shipped Jiwoong more with Seungwan too lol for me him and Yurim was just meh.)

Idk it just felt like everything was happening too fast in the last episodes. Also, the others characters not appearing in the present time it was so??? It made seem like except Heedo, none of them were important. What happened to the other characters in the present, and especially Yijin? He’s also the main character lol It sucks because it’s a drama so we expect that all relevant characters have a good conclusion. Plus, the drama sell this image of squad, friendship and love but everything just feel like it wasn’t that important in the end. They just make present time Heedo visit the tunnel again, put a scene of young Heedo saying goodbye to Yijin and that’s it? I know nothing last forever but we should have seen more about the characters in the end.

So yeah, like I said, for me the whole thing with 2521 was about character growth and especially about Heedo’s growth. The characters are good and EP1 to EP13 are a masterpiece. I loved! But the development of some characters and the last episodes were poorly done for me. This made a drama that it looked like a 10/10 before, lose some points. Still recommend tho if you like themes such as friendship and growth, but be prepared to maybe be disappointed in the end.

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Having true friends can make the weakest be the strongest of all!

I was really excited for this new season and to me it was worthy the wait! It’s not better than season 1 tho but still great! Jihoon once again gave us an amazing performance, his eyes can tell a whole story and when he’s angry he’s so expressive! He’s really natural in this character, it was made for him. We didn’t have the same impactful scene as the ending of EP8 in season 1, when Si Eun cried after everything that happened, but his acting was still good!

Lee Jun Young as a villain was also really good too, which I expected already because I love his acting and he’s a master in this type of character. I really hope he gets more popular later, he deserves. Baek Jin’s actor also did a very good job as a villain! It’s difficult to shine in a psychopath character when Jun Young is in the same drama but he did great. I’m not gonna lie tho, I wanted to see Jun Young more because he’s just TOO GOOD!

About Si Eun’s new friends, altough Baku have a much more focus in the story, I liked Hyeon Tak and Jun Tae more as characters. It was a great duo and Jun Tae is sooo cute! Baku is interesting but he was a little annoying for me in the beginning. He captivated me more later tho, especially in his scenes with Baek Jin. They had great chemistry. In general I liked the dinamic between the characters and their friendship. It was really important for Si Eun to have new friends and to not be alone.

The fighting scenes were good for me too, although no one was impactful as the one with the book in the season 1. But if I had to pick a favorite would be the one with Jihoon and Jun Young (I might be biased haha). We also had some memorable and emotional moments too and we can see how everything that happened in the last season had a strong impact in Si Eun’s life and how important is Su Ho for him. I liked the hospital scene between Si Eun and BeomSeok too, it had a great symbolism with Beom Seok basically representing Si Eun’s trauma who was holding him back.

Some negative points is that I think some parts were a bit rushed, especially in the last two episodes. Nevertheless, I liked this season and I will definitely be watching if they do another one (the ending gave me the feeling that we might have a 3rd season… don’t know if we have enough material for that tho, it might be something completely new).

PS: If we get another season later, it would be great to see Si Eun, Baku, Jun Tae, Hyeon Tak AND Su Ho being a squad. Also, I think I have to point out: I never read the webtoon so all opinions here is based only in what I saw in the drama!

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Entertaining!

This one for me was pretty decent. The first game was pretty good and the other ones where each one had to choose between hold the ball, run with the ball, climb and etc, were also good. The concept was interesting too. Also I liked that different types of people tried to participe. Some of the games were not 100% focus on brutal strength too, which gave a chance to those who were more like skinny or people which probably couldn't hold something too heavy. But I think that the team missions was kind of unfair, especially because the strongest guys didn't want to be in the team who had a lot of girls and that made both teams who had most girls or skinny people be eliminated. I had the feeling that they were eliminated by force. I think it would be better and more fair if it was a lucky draw. In the end that mission was done to eliminate "the weakest" in the eyes of the participants, not giving them the slightest chance.

The last game was kind of boring to me and I thought they could have done something better. But yeah, in general, I think it was an interesting concept and entertaining show. We got to know a lot of charming and nice people. The winner was also really unexpected which gave me the feeling like: "well ok" because I didn't cared for him the much, but at least was unexpected. My favorite participants were: Agent H (he was eliminated too soon), Jang Eun Sil (my queen I'm still bitter by her elimination), Kim Min Cheol (I loved his reasons to participate) and another one which I forgot now but he was on Sungbin's team.

PS: I thought Sungbin or Jo Jin hyeong would win lol but actually seeing Sungbin's massive popularity right now I think he was the one who really won.

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Could have been better but 20 episodes was definitely TOO MUCH

This one had a good beginning and actually it was stable but after EP12 everything felt too draggy. The story was interesting in the beginning, simple but interesting, but they couldn't maintain at the end and I was a forced to finish this only because I liked the characters. The plot itself wasn't the strongest thing in this drama, actually it was the weakest, and I think 20 episodes was too much for this plot. For me the good things about this drama are the characters and their chemistry and the OST (which is AMAZING probably one of my favs of the year).

Talking now about the characters. I had mixed feelings with Dam I in the beginning because altought I understand she had to become cold and self centered to be the king, her character was a little blend in the beginning and I only liked her later. But omg Eun Bi was perfect in this role, she's an amazing actress. Ji Woon for the other side, was the opposite. I loved him in the beginning and all this "love beyond gender" was amazing. He was so cute and perfect omg I died many times. But later, he became too blend and it seemed like he was there only to be Dam I partner. I like cute characters but I think that he could be more than that. But of course, I loved them as a couple. I saw some people saying that they didn't have chemistry but I loved their chemistry and they were really cute together. Lee Hyun omg...he was perfect. I shipped Dam I with Ji Woon but I had second lead syndrome here because of of him. Seriously why they had to choose Nam Su for this role lol I knew I would fall for him the moment I saw he would be in this drama. So Eun was a pretty good second female lead too. I also liked the Courty Lady and her relationship with Dam I. The only character that disappointed me was Ga On. Byungchan was so hot here but his character only had beauty lol For me this character seemed lose in the script and I couldnt see anything strong in him.

Well thats it. For me the drama its not bad, it does have a pretty good beginning and almost all characters are interesting or good but for me 20 episodes was TOO MUCH for this plot and everything felt too draggy as I almost dropped if it wasn't for the characters.

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Main theme is good but expected more

Well…I dont exactly know how to feel about this one. For me the main theme was interesting, I liked how they talked about religious fanaticism, how people use religion to manipulate others and how they misrepresent religion to justify their actions. The whole thing about right or wrong judgment was also interesting. The acting was also good and I was only bothered by that crazy streamer, because despite thinking that the character is bad on purpose, I still found him quite irritating in the first episodes. I may have a unpopular opinion about this but the visual effects didn’t bothered me here and actually I found it fine because I’ve seen worse.

But then what stopped me from loving Hellbound? Well, the main theme it is interesting but the last episode was a little too forced for me and they ended season one with NO EXPLANATION of anything. I know it’s probably because they wanted to do a S2 but seemed like everything happened and nothing happened at the same time because we ended understanding nothing about how these things are happening, especially about the things that happened in last episode. They just set the whole season on religious fanaticism and that's it.

The other thing that upset me a lot is that Yoo Ah In dies in episode 3, which left me with an uncertain feeling because for me his character was pretty interesting (actually the only one for me besides the female lead). Maybe he'll come back later in the story if they decide to do a 2nd season, but I think that the character's death so early in the story ended up leaving those who waited so long to see him the drama with a feeling of disappointment.

So yeah. I don’t think that drama was bad, I actually found entertaining but I definitely expected more. For now I think we’ll have to wait for season 2.

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Good characters and INSANE chemistry

First of all, I think the good things about this drama is the good chemistry between all the characters and the way they were portrayed, which made us like them more easily. I LOVED Dam, she will definitely be one of my favorite characters of the year along with Hyesun who was awesome too. Jaejin too omg he was perfect, I want more male characters like him in dramas. I think all the actors did a very good job, especially Hyeri, she rocked her role. The photography was beautiful too. For some people the closes up can be cringe but the actors are so beautiful that I was just drooling all the time and didn’t cared much about that lol

The thing I didn’t like and the only character I didn’t liked was the SML, he was so annoying. He didn’t add anything good to the plot, was just a mere character to fulfill a bit the story. The way he was criticizing the ML, chasing constantly the FML and acted like he wasn’t a bad buy to the girls he dated before was just hypocrite. Also, the gumiho plot was interesting in the beginning but the thing with that God became a bit boring for me in some episodes, I ended up feeling that the drama was dragging a little bit in some scenes.

But well, besides that I still think that the drama is worthy watching. I think the most important thing about a romcom is liking the characters and the chemistry between them because in general the plot in romcom isn’t that well written or perfect. So yeah, altought the plot can be draggy sometimes and the SML can be annoying, the others characters and the chemistry between them is really good and makes you enjoy the drama after all. The second couple for example was SO SO GOOD, I loved them! The main couple was also good, their chemistry was insane I screamed a lot in their scenes as well. I just wished they had more romantic scenes together but it’s ok. In the end, I recommend this. It’s been a while since I enjoyed a South Korea rom-com. (The last one I watched was True Beauty and I dropped lol)

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Story (9.5/10):
The story is sensitive, simple and touching. You will be immersed in the first few episodes and will want to know what happened in this terrible accident that left such a deep trauma in the main characters.
The story of this drama is very real, and you learn several life lessons with it.

Acting/Cast (10/10):
I never watched anything with the main actors before but WOW, they surprised me. The lead actress rocked  so Jun Ho as well. As much as the story was touching and sensitive, and the scenes from the main couple were cute and romantic, we wouldn't have been so immersed in the story and in the chemistry of the couple, if wasn't for the acting of the main actors. They rocked.
The secondary cast was very good too. In fact the cast was very well chosen and everyone did a good job.

Music (9.0/10):
I loved the soundtrack, they had many songs in English (which is rare). The songs were beautiful and made the scenes even more touching.

Rewatch Value: (8.5/10):
The story is very good and the actors acted very well so it's worth rewatch.

Overall: (9.5/10):
I absolutely loved this drama . I loved the characters ( Gang Doo was my favourite ), I suffered with them and cheered for their happiness. It's a very realistic drama and everyone can identify themselves with a lot of scenes. It's worth watching, I'm sure you'll like it. :)

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The drama in general is good but main leads totally carried this part 2

Alchemy of Souls is definitely one of the best dramas this year but I have to point out that this part 2 couldn't live the expectations to me. It's not bad but the main leads totally carried with their good acting and chemistry. Of course, the cinematography continued to be amazing and the effects as well. We can't say bad things about the acting too, at least for me it was good. The chemistry between all actors (especially the main leads) continued to be good too. So what exactly didn't go that well?

Ok, first, main leads were the big event to me and they completely stole the show. I was afraid of Jaewook not having a good chemistry with the new actress but gosh he had. Second, I felt like most of the negative points is in the way that the writers decided to develop the story. I felt that 10 episodes were too short for the things the writer wanted to do and everything felt a little too fast. The writer wanted to build up again the relationship between the characters and Naksu (now being in her own body) and I understand that but I felt that doing that all over again made the drama repetitive and also made me feel like everything between main leads were happening way too fast. On the one hand I liked it because I'm not a big fan of slowburns, and thanks to that I felt that this season had more romantic moments between the main leads. But on the other hand, thinking about the story itself, I felt that it was a little rushed. Also I felt that the secondary characters lost a bit of charisma they had in the first season and a lot of scenes felt draggy. And the biggest disappointment to me: not being able to see that badass Naksu from season 1. I understand that things are different now and she was practically a "villain" in the first episodes because she was being controlled. But I felt that we all liked Naksu because besides liking her personality as Mudeok, she was a badass before. I think I can say for everybody that we were all expecting to see the badass Naksu again and unfortunately we didn't. And what disappointed me the most is that I felt that this part 2 were totally focused on Jang Uk being the badass character (don't get me wrong I loved it, especially because we can see his grow), and seemed that Naksu were summed up only as Jang Uk's love interest.

So yeah to me it seems that the Hong sisters did not know how to develop the 2nd part as well as the first one, which caused a feeling of disappointment in many people, including me. Luckily, the cast, the plot in general and other things still made the drama overall memorable for me, despite the flaws in this part 2.

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Feeling loved is indeed the best thing!

This drama got me invested pretty soon. I have insomnia problems like the female lead and I find the tradicional chinese medicine a really interesting topic so I was captivated since episode 1. The main leads are so beautiful and the cinematography in this drama is absolutely gorgeous. I also enjoyed both main leads characters.

Xifan is a type of a character that it’s easy to like and even when she annoys us a little, it’s still hard to hate her because we understand her. She also gets so much better later in the drama and the actress is so pretty!! Ling He is also SO handsome and I really liked his character. He was handsome, sweet, kind, mature….really my type. Xifan’s and Dr. He romance is so heartwarming and cute, I died many times watching their scenes. I loved how they enjoyed giving flowers to each other because it’s not typical to see female characters giving male characters flowers and also because I am a flower lover too haha

Xifan’s friends were great characters for me too and I wished they had more screentime together because I think they were interesting as characters and couple. Her family is also so lovable and Dr.He grandpa as well. I think the pacing of the drama was really great too! We do have some unnecessary scenarios but luckily they don’t drag too much.

“The Best Thing” is a drama with a simple but heartwarming story with an outstanding cinematography, good OST, nice characters and a very sweet romance between the main leads. I definitely recommend!

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Not a 10/10 serie but definitely a memorable one that the BL industry won’t be able to forget.

Boy..what a ride. I’m feeling so empty because I loved watching this bl and I really like the actors as well. After ITSAY I thought I wouldn’t see a BL so well made but KinnPorsche really did that. The acting, the OST, direction, photography, everything was SO WELL DONE. It was the same level as ITSAY for me, although it’s not perfect. So well, be prepared. This review will be a loooong one.

First, What I didn’t like:

KimChay didn’t existed in the novel and although I liked them here, I think they weren’t that necessary, especially because we have much more complex and intense couples to develop. They were pretty cute. Also Kim is SO HOT. But I think some of their scenes could have been released later, with a spin off video.

Also, what made KinnPorsche a 9/10 serie instead of a 10/10 for me is that they wanted to adapt a long story, with too much characters and complex couples with only 14 episodes. They also wasted their time with some unnecessary scenes and when we needed a more time for the important parts, they rushed a little. A lot of people complained about too much scenes of KinnPorsche but they are the main couple and main characters, they need to be well developed. Instead of them, we had much more unnecessary scenes as the whole ghost thing with Tawan, like please. Kim’s scenes investigating was for what? Also Porschay is cute but he had more scenes in the end that he should. VegasPete were the most damaged with all of this as their story were complety rushed.

As VegasPete were rushed, their story looked even more problematic. Pete was a difficult character to understand, his choice was difficult to understand and it’s hard to believe that he fell in love with Vegas with so less scenes of them. Vegas changed too fast as well. He was beating Pete in one episode and in the same episode worrying for him. Vegas said he saw in Pete’s eyes that Pete liked when Vegas lose control like i’m sorry…when he saw that? I couldn’t see this lol Like everything about them happened too fast and it shouldn’t because they are really complex.

What I liked:

They really made a good adaptation for Kinn and Porsche. They made Kinn a more likeable character, they removed most of the SA scenes and instead we had much more cute and likeable scenes of them. I wish they made Tawan plot different because this part really made Kinn look stupid as a character, but well, I won’t complain too much because at least I liked him waaaay better here than in the novel. Actually, Kinn was a very attractive character for me here. He loved Porsche but also gave a choice for Porsche to follow his own path. Kinn in the novel wouldn’t do that and that’s why I loved him here. Porsche as well is more likeable here because in the novel he was really annoying and also very homophobic. Also, Kinn and Porsche scenes were so well done that it was insane, looked so real most of the times. They were like a hot and cute couple and ApoMile killed with their chemistry and good acting. I didn’t like Kinnporsche in the novel but loved them in the serie.

VegasPete scenes were too heavy for me in the novel so i’m glad they removed the multiple rape scenes, this made the couple look more likeable for me, although still problematic. Also, BibleBuild had a awesome chemistry as well and omg Bible KILLED this character, he was made for Vegas. It’s hard to believe that it was his first job as actor.

I think all characters in KinnPorsche are really charismatic, this is one of the most positive things in the BL for me. I LOVED THANKUN!! Every one said he was crazy but he was the most intelligent of them all. Arm, Tay and the others were good as well, unfortunately we had less scenes of them. But my favorite ones were definitly Vegas and Kinnporsche tho. Vegas is really hard to not like. He was evil, smart, manipulative, charming. A true mafia. His story is also likeable, although a little cliche. I think it’s obvious to say that he is the best character in KinnPorsche. But I also liked Kinn and Porsche. They were pretty attractive for me, even with their dumb scenes.

Also the ACTING. Almost all actors here did a pretty decent job, especially Bible, Apo and Mile, they were phenomenal. The CHEMISTRY is also a good point. ApoMile were insane and BibleBuild were also really good.

As I said before, it’s also a pretty well done serie with beautiful scenes. The cinematography was on point and they made use of colors to give meaning to the characters and their scenes. They also made use of a lot of symbologies, they knew what they were doing here.

The plot is also interesting, although the mafia part it can be not that used. The story about Porsche’s family changed here in the serie and althought it may look forced, this for me it was clearly a tip that we may see a S2. Also, I think everybody could see that Kinn’s father it’s not that good as he want to appear and I think S2 will be about that. He’s a very smart and manipulative guy. But probably Porsche will find out the true and Kinn and Porsche will fight about that. Could Kinn trust Porsche, betray his father and be at Porsche’s side? We will see.

In the end, even not being a 10/10 serie, KinnPorsche is definitely a memorable one that neither I nor the BL industry will be able to forget. If you didn’t watch, I really recommend. It’s not perfect, but definitly enjoyable. Almost perfect.

PS: I will miss the cast :( let’s hope for S2.

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If 50 shades of gray was good it would be like this

I read the webtoon and I was a little worried because I knew it would be hard to do a movie based on a webtoon but I got to say, I liked what I saw. It’s not perfect of course, the movie do feel a little rushed and the characters could’ve been more developed but I think it was a fine adaptation.

First, the story is a good introduction to the BDSM and the roles/rules about it. They talk about consent and it’s really refreshing that they are showing a female dominant and not a male one. It’s also good that they showed how women are seen in the society like how society want us to act in a certain way and all the sexism at work. It was also good to see how people can be hypocrite and have their own little “secrets”.

I LOVED the main leads! Both characters are charismatic in their own ways and the actors did an amazing job especially Jun omg HE’S SO UNDERRATED THAT HURTS but he was PERFECT on this role. He was really similar to the webtoon as well. He’s so cute, and sexy at the same time lol Seohyun for the other side, as a character, she was a little different, but I preferred her more here. She is SO BEAUTIFUL seriously. Overall I am really satisfied with both leads and Jun and Seohyun had an awesome chemistry together. I DIED in all their scenes, they were a perfect match.

Compared to the webtoon, we had more scenes related to BDSM, which I loved. And the scenes were really well made, the visuals was stunning. Some people may be disappointed if they expected something more spicy but for me it was fine especially because we had a lot of important topics being said.

So yeah for me it was a really enjoyable movie. Could’ve been better if it was a short drama with idk 10 episodes with 10 min each one or 4 episodes with an hour each one because the story and the development of the characters would feel more natural but nevertheless, I really recommend the movie!

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Rom-com is for sure rom-coming!

I need to start saying that I loved this drama but it wasn’t 10/10 for me as it was for some people. Fortunately the issues that I had didn’t make me hate the drama but I still need to talk more about them here. First, I don’t know if this is a unpopular opinion or not but Sol’s best friend relationship with Sol’s brother was SO ANNOYING. The relationship was annoying and the characters were also annoying. I usually love second couples in rom-com but I seriously disliked them here.

Second, I felt like the villain had too much importance in the story but we practically don’t know that much about him, which was a bit disappointing and made the character lack personality. I get it that this is mainly a rom-com but he was too superficial. This lack of personality and involvement made me start to think that he was dragging the story down and being a totally uninteresting character. The writer tried to create a scary environment for him which was working in the beginning but then becomes boring later on. And I also felt that 16 episodes were a bit too much. The writer wasn’t developing the main characters that much, the side characters, not even the bad guy, so it was really needed to have 16 episodes? I think 12 episodes would’ve been better and would make the story less draggy.

But being honest with yall, as I said in the beginning, even with these issues that I pointed out I still enjoyed this drama SO SO much! I think the main reason for that is that Lovely Runner have everything that I like in a romcom and everything that makes a rom-com good for me. We have a super chemistry between the main leads, we have cute and funny scenes, we have ML being the cutest puppy handsome guy (personally I just love when a Ml is over heels for the FL, like a completely loser) and amazing OSTS (I will listen to them A LOT). Also the story wasn’t perfect but I think it’s exciting enough until a certain point. A positive point for me as well was that the SML doesn't interfere too much with the main couple, which is great.

Lovely Runner was a drama that I found myself eagerly awaiting new episodes every week and I became obsessed with the main couple. If you like the biggest romcom clichés with a cute couple and plot that intrigues you enough (with you ignore some main issues), I think the chances of you finding this drama at least enjoyable are high.

PS: I am completely in love with Wooseok, gosh this man is everything!!!!

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A good drama with an excellent start but a disappointment in the last episodes.

Big Mouth is a good drama but I got to say that the last episodes were a disappointment for me. I feel like they made BM so relevant and important to the story but when we found out who BM really was, it wasn’t that exciting anymore. 12 episodes to reveal him just to kill him in the next episode? What? I know Changho was already prentending to be BM but the whole climax was to find out who was the real BM. And when we finally found out, they just killed him. They should’ve made Changho be the real BM since the beginning then. Jerry was a character that it could have been more useful to the story too. They saved him for what? lol I thought he would have a more meaningful part in the drama. They created all this suspense about him for nothing. And it’s funny if we think about that because the writer decided to save him but kill Miho, who was doing much more relevant things in the drama.

Miho’s leukemia and death was so unecessary. I really don’t care if a character dies in the end but her death seemed so forced and with 0 purpose to the main lead story. She died for Changho become BM? But he could have become BM without her dying…she really didn’t need to die. Also I loved her character in the beginning but it seems like the writer really wanted to kill her because she became a dumb character out of nowhere. But I have to point out that the effort of the actors really pays off. Jongsuk is phenomenal in this drama, he was the best thing for me here. Really natural and good actor. Handsomeee as well. The other actors were good too. The whole mystery about who BM is it’s really thrilling and make us addicted to each episode. It was fun to make theories. The writer was smart with this Big Mouth/Big Mouse idea. The pronunciation is similar so it was a smart move. I absolutely loved the OST too, fits the drama and the scenes really well.

I think in general it’s a fun drama to watch. But it could have been better if the writer didn’t lose himself in the middle. If you liked Defendant or Flower of Evil I think you have chances to like Big Mouth as well, although Defendant and FOE are much more superior dramas.

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