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Disgusting in the beginning... Dissatisfying in the end
This drama didn’t leave a good taste in my mouth. The reason is simple — I’m not satisfied with the comeback. Everyone has already written the introduction, so there’s no point in me repeating the same thing. What I felt was that the male lead wasn’t given the right closure.I understand he wasn’t directly involved in the conspiracy behind the female lead’s family’s execution, but he still brought enough misery into her life. I would’ve appreciated it more if she had simply walked away after forgiving him for his actions instead of reconciling with him. In my opinion, he really crossed the line by selling her to a brothel and making other men say filthy things about her character.
If she still loves him after all that, I’d call her foolish. For anything in the world, this should be a woman’s bottom line — and no excuse or amount of atonement should ever be treated as compensation.
She can forgive him cause Forgiveness is a virtue; it comes from within and is often unbiased. But love — love should be driven by basic rule of safeguarding each other's respect. A man who makes a woman a target of sexual humiliation by others is not worth loving (no matter what his reasons were).
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Couldn't bring myself to finish this one
I started watching this drama with literally zero expectations then in the end even a zero felt more. A grandma blaming a kid for his parents' death, burning his toys and stuff. it must be good for those who like crying over pitiful leads as for me i get bored easily .. i cant handle too much of this sort of plot. we all have our own moments when our spirit was destroy by a craft and corrupt adult ..dont we ? though some of us have faced it more while others find an escape, but for the sake of holy heavens, dont make be feel pitiful about a man who's living in penthouse worth millions, ordering and getting any collectable from any part of world irrespective of the price, keeping them in a god damn vault pricier than my entire net worth.... hhhhuuuuhhh! (breathing in ..breathing out)I think that's enough for this review... thank you !!
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Love, Hate and suffering of a thousand years
It’s been a while since I have liked a short drama plot this much. It has good romance, a retro feel, reincarnation, revenge, passion, a dominating and bold FL, and a caring, doting, and the right amount of possessive ML. The couple has sparking chemistry ~~~~~ everything that I like in a drama.The FL is a 1000-year-old immortal looking for redemption. She is sassy, bossy, bold, kinda aloof — 'a tsundere on all levels' — while the ML is a mortal governor of the town. He is a man of good character; he is caring and calm, gets possessive and cranky when he sees the FL with his brother, otherwise, he is pretty much a perfect green flag. Their chemistry reaches sky-high in 1... 2... and 3 seconds, as both of them are authoritative when it comes to love.
Apart from this, the background song was an absolute banger — the one that plays when they get married in ep 23 (I CAN’T FIND THE SONG ANYWHERE! IF YOU KNOW, PLEASE DROP THE TITLE IN THE COMMENT BOX 💕💕).
The ending was very touching. He let her die because he knew she had been suffering for a thousand years, and it was time to stop her agony and let her rest in peace. It’s the only drama where I have seen a lover giving true salvation to the loved one instead of sacrificing his own life.
I loved this drama and sure will be watching it again.
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Cringe
1) story is boring and full of clichè2) lead actors are not impressive and lacking a big time on chemistry.
3) dialogues are so cringe.
4) overacting sequences of side cast is killing the plot.
5) sorry for being rude but it was my first time watching so many below average ugly faces in single drama ..I don't know if it was because of the budget issue or something else But no one in the cast excluding FL looked good.
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Third class .. bogus
I hold it till episode 13 to give this show a fair chance but honestly I regret wasting my time on this crap ... Everything from story to acting sucks ... specially the female lead her character is moronic on top her acting made is even more cringe ... I cant point a single good thing about this show ... Unnecessary conspiracy tracks and misunderstanding between the leads ..to keep them apart ... Full of over acting and over reacting ... The storyline must have written by some eight grader taking in consideration the entire plot is so childish ... Boring and patheticWas this review helpful to you?
The writer's favourite RED FLAG
I approached you to take my revenge without doing any proper investigation. Trust me, I fell for you at first sight.I stabbed a knife through you. Believe me, I did it to protect you.
I betrayed you and married your archenemy. Believe me, you’re the only one for me.
I couldn’t control my hormones and humiliated you. Trust me, I love you deeply.
I let my wife play archery with an apple on your head. Trust me, I will keep you safe.
Viewers know I am a big scumbag… but believe me, I am a gentleman — because the writer says so.
Alright, once you believe all this, the plot magically reaches Episode 18.
Characters
Male Lead (ML):
A very interesting ML indeed. Literal aphrodisiacs don’t work on him; he gets turned on by the FL’s slaps — not one, not two, but at least three. This might sound romantic foreplay to some, but given their situation, only a lunatic would find it exciting. He is utterly shameless, in my opinion. He constantly hides his hypocrisy behind the “benefit of doubt,” never truly caring about the repercussions. He believes that just because he has a reason, all his shady and disgusting actions should be forgiven. According to him, since he claims to love the FL, she should forgive him for doing absolutely anything to her.
By Episode 20, I had lost all hope in the concept of karma. This man is a freaking zombie. I don’t care what happens next; I’m not watching it anymore. Still, I can easily predict what’s coming: his love-compulsion-hemorrhoids will worsen, he’ll suffer dramatically for half an episode, and then he’ll be saved at the last moment — because the writer clearly lacks both logic and a moral compass.
Female Lead (FL):
This fool isn’t even worth mentioning in the review. I mean, even a freaking platyhelminth — which doesn’t have a true brain — would react and bite if hurt this many times. But the FL seems to be even lower in the evolutionary hierarchy. Pathetic. Completely hopeless. Her entry with that aerial dance almost made me think she’d bring something substantial to the table. Turns out, she’s just another loser who succumbs to pheromones and hormones.
Side Lead / Vamp:
I actually liked her more. Yes, she’s a spoiled brat, but at least she had the brains to protect what mattered to her.
Background Music:
It existed, but nothing impressive. Or maybe the plot was so bad that even Céline Dion couldn’t have saved it.
Overall Verdict
I genuinely don’t understand how some people rated this an 8, 9, or even a 10. But then again, we all have our own taste and our own standards. Perhaps mine just isn’t this low.
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Reincarnation? More Like Recycled Nonsense
Some writers genuinely enjoy creating weak characters in the most illogical settings. Case in point: The Double, In Blossom, and now this gem of a drama. All three proudly sit on the same dusty shelf of period dramas where the writers go wild with the “women were weak back then” trope. Historically accurate? Sure. But when you toss reincarnation into the mix—a literal plot anomaly—and still insist on dragging the female lead through every cliché in the daily soap playbook… it turns into a comedy. And not the good kind.Let’s get this straight: if your character is reincarnated and knows everything that's going to happen—has an actual guidebook written in cryptic poem form, no less—how is she somehow more helpless than the characters without a clue? It’s almost magical how she manages to be less useful with more information.
I was fuming. On one hand, the writers treat women like they’re fragile beings barely surviving the era. They turn the female leads into the saddest, mopiest characters alive—even with their second chance at life. And yet, somehow, the vamps and shady concubines are out there playing 4D chess, ruining lives, and running empires. Are they not women too? Or do they just eat a different brand of cereal?
It’s giving: “We didn’t know how to write, so we made her pitiful instead.” Classic move. When creativity runs out, just dump all your plot weight onto one character and hope the “emotionally invested” crowd eats it up. Spoiler: some of us aren’t buying it.
The plot? Oh, the usual. Husband cheats, wife meets soulmate, wife dies unfairly—yawn. Then bam! Reincarnation. She wakes up in her 8-year-old body, clutching a magical book filled with future events written in poems. Sounds like a game-changer, right? Wrong.
Her mother dies—she lets it happen. ML’s uncle dies—not her problem. People around her suffer, get punished, even die... and our girl is just chilling, casually using the book to grow her bank account while ignoring everything else. If you’re gonna give someone a gift that powerful, maybe make sure they have a shred of purpose? Or at least a moral compass?
She was useless in her past life, and she’s still useless now—just richer. Emotional intelligence? Zero. Strategic thinking? Nope. Social power? Don’t make me laugh.
By episode 13, karma finally clocked in and her creepy uncle beat her to a pulp. It was oddly satisfying. Why? Because with great power comes great responsibility... and she treated hers like a shopping list. If she wasn’t going to do anything useful with that magical book, maybe she should’ve handed it over to literally anyone else. Even the tea lady.
Romantic scenes? At this point they Felt like cactus needles to the eyeballs. I couldn’t do it anymore. so I just dropped it.
Would I recommend this show?
HELLO, NO. Go stare at the wall.
PS: In the end I am left with a question
" How this crap got itself such high rating ? "
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Not a 'Luo zheng' worthy thing
What in the holy hell did i just watched ... And This shit has a total of 42 episodes ..why ?? Who can take this BS for 42 episodes.As much as the nonsensical plot is considered luo zheng was such a misfit in this ridiculous drama, this sort of crap doesn't deserve his presence .. 'A potential wasted' .. his script selection in the year 2021 was bizzare nothing appealed me in those projects, rather felt like desperate selection instead of a rational one.
And seriously I want to know what sort of underhanded trick do these flat 2D faced, ugly and 'talentless to the core' women play in the auditions to beg themselves the lead roles opposite these good ML actors. No !! Please !! I want someone to convince me how come this ' conveniently average looking woman' with her pathetic acting got the lead role while the one who is way prettier and talented then her is playing insignificant side character. Why ??? as if the plot wasn't painful enough to watch the writing was equally pathetic .. With multiple languages BS dialogue (I think they were trying to make it into some hell of an art piece), bogus comedy punches and uninspiring characters. In the end this for me was not a drama it's writers' constipation ,which comes out when creativity commits suicide.
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ZERO SEASONING ?
I have zero to negative tolerance on the number line for overpowered villain storylines like this one. It’s almost as if the writers, struggling to construct a proper conspiracy, suspense arc, or even a halfway decent mystery, just hurl a mountain-sized bully into the plot and hope for the best.Take the vamp here, for example—daughter of the Marquis of Who-Knows-What. This woman has her nose (and occasionally her entire leg) in everyone’s business. She arrests people on a whim, tortures others like it’s a hobby, and uses every illegal trick in the book—and somehow, no one stops her?
If she’s that invincible, why doesn’t she go straight for the Emperor and call it a day? And if this is about personal power, not the law, then why is everyone putting up with her nonsense? She’s out here slapping strangers, crippling people, and walking away like she’s Beyoncé at a runway—but not one character thought of kicking her off her high horse?
And don’t even get me started on the title—Culinary Vendetta. Sounds tasty, right? Well, turns out, food is barely involved. They sprinkled the culinary element like salt in a bad college cafeteria meal—non-existent and deeply disappointing.
Moving on to cast the FL and ML are awesome actors but they are pathetic together ..no spark in chemistry.. in fact it felt like they were holding some grudge against each other while giving the kissing scene ... No Harmony whatsoever, and a big SHOUTOUT to the writer who made their romance even flatter with his plot. I like the character of Fl's MIL very refreshing and unique unlike the typical MILs we see in asian drama (boring and senile). The actress playing Vamp was the worst in my opinion.second class makeup third class acting .. It was so annoying to watch her raise her eyebrow at least ten times in each sentence..
I don't think I will survive to watch it end,This drama drained me so hard, I’m seriously reconsidering watching any short drama again for a while. It didn’t just disappoint me, it mugged my enthusiasm and left it bleeding in an alley.
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When time travel meets terrible writing..
I love time travel plots, but this one was just plain dumb. The ML travels 1000 years into the future to find a princess (or her lookalike or her time twin~who knows anymore?). Cool idea, right? But once he lands in the modern world, he’s shockingly chill about, you know, everything. No amazement at cars, buildings, or phones—dude’s just like, “Meh, where’s my princess?” Either he’s super focused or the writer forgot he’s from the past. Zero chemistry between leads, and the story is stuffed with pointless filler characters. If boredom was a drama, this would be it. Hard pass.Was this review helpful to you?
Can't take it as of now
The drama is good seriously... The story line is a complex murder mistery which might cater to the taste of lots of people out there ( including mine) , but the execution is really boring.there are but very very less amount of light hearted moments to contrast seriousness of the story. I wish they concluded more of that.. may be someday I will pick it again and finish watching it but as of now I am dropping it ... People who have low threshold for seriy and monotonous can skip on it.Was this review helpful to you?
What a steaming pile of horseshit it was ...
We come across a lot of bad dramas.. but if you find the one that has everything that you possibly hate then a ranking or even 1 star feels very extra ...Okay let's begin instead of writing boring paragraph I will put the entire review in points ..
1) below average/ average looking ML ... Say he is not bad looking but not very impressive either ... Flat face .. aloof expressions and annoyed ng character these are the things I can't tolerate in leads especially ML ..
2) the story is old fashioned ... There was absolutely nothing new about this story ..even the punches were old ... I expect scriptwriter/storywriter to atleast put something original or of their own ...but to my disappointment the dramas looks like someone wrote it by copying multiple drama script ..
3) unnecessary misunderstandings in leads and showing ML as Sigma FL as some annoying silly villager ... In my opinion this is the biggest turn off ...these days intelligent smart and independent FL are more in trend ... This story tried to deliver such FL character in the beginning after 2-3 episode she just turned some pushover ... Who has absolutely no self respect ...who forgives ML too easily ... Who has no regards for her dignity ...who keeps throwing herself on ML even when he clearly rejects her hints ... I HANDS DOWN CAN NEVER SUGGEST A DRAMA WHERE ML OR FL CHARACTER DONT DISPLAY A STRONG AND VALUABLE CHARACTER.
4)the flow of the plot which was very abrupt ... Like they are fighting like crazy in the one scene and they act all normal having dinner with each other in the next scene. Build up to connect the dots was very much missing and quite clearly visible
5) there was a lot of unnecessary screentime wasted on stupid scene. : you can literally sit on the skip button while watching it there were so much nonsense in between.
6) No SML : this story highly demands SML as the FML has a very introvert and secretive character to establish his character there is always a need to add a contrasting character that helps build a lot of sense to the story ... For example it help highlight the chemistry between FL ML
7) I slept like 4 times in between
8) no chemistry in lead
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No spark, No sense ... No thanks
Very weird story, honestly. I still can’t figure out whether it’s the soggy plot, the mediocre acting, or the completely flat chemistry between the leads. (And babe, let’s be real — moaning while kissing does not equal chemistry.) Whatever it is, this drama just couldn’t keep me hooked.I’ll give it this though: I felt strangely satisfied with the way the redhead and that despicable husband ended. They deserved every bit of it.
But one thing left me totally confused — how does a woman wicked enough to seduce her best friend’s husband and push him into letting his wife die suddenly turn into an innocent fool being manipulated by her toxic parents? Like… what? How does that character transition make any sense? Even my last three brain cells are protesting
Everything else is just… meh. Capital M. Lowercase eh.
ML: I genuinely couldn’t understand what this guy wants. Nothing is clearly stated, at least up to the episodes I watched.
Played by Jin Ze ~ handsome, sure. He looks like Park Hyung-sik’s long-lost brother. Acting-wise… okay-ish. Definitely not his A-game.
FL: Confused and foolhardy. She behaves overconfident even though she has zero ability to get herself out of the messes she walks into.
Played by Tiffany Gao ~~ sweetheart, she cannot play a seductress. The script said she’s seductive, that’s the only reason the men acted seduced. Her constant blank stare, half-open mouth, sleepy eyes, absent-minded vibe… who is getting seduced by that? And yet so many people praise her performance. I don’t get it.
Their chemistry? Zzzzz. 🥱
No buildup, no tension, nothing. Their romance felt like two mannequins politely bumping into each other.
Even the overall aesthetics scream low budget.
Yeah… sorry. Dropping it.
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Fl is a reputed army general, protecting the border of her country for 8 years and has a shiny record ..but she doesnt know that her trustee deputy general is actually the younger prince who joined the army to gain himself some merits to become crown prince .. the day his identity is revealed ..entire army along with the general are butchered in cold by the king and other ministers to 'tame the crown prince' they say.. FL meanwhile thinking he betrayed his brothers in army and vows to revenge. okay so far ... but i dont understand how come these chinese FL who are shown as glorified heroes turn into a complete disaster with every episode .. five minutes ago she is a general vowing to die for her revenge now she is going head on into the enemies' territory like a fool to kill them (like generals dont know how attacks, coups and ambush are taken care of in the palaces) and the other minute she is kiss-convincing the ML into if she can kill his father.. seriously cant you just give your hormones a break ... and the ML .. my god ..what a wuss... very shameless existence to say the least ... TOTALLY FLAT DOWN THERE ... he shows like he is not selfish or greedy for the crown and he is all about love for his army brothers and his woman, both executed by his tyrant father but he still keep saving him and rescuing him on multiple occasions... i dont know what exactly he delivered in these 13 episodes i watched ... honestly speaking any person standing beside such loser is fated to doom ...i understand there is niche audience for such characters but i personally hate hate them as these characters dont add any value to the story .. i mean see even when this one he saved FL is by planting other innocent woman on her place..wow !! so creative !!!! i must say .... ***and here i dropped the series .. cause at this point i was sure i can see more heroism, content and creativity in TELETUBBIES than this drama .
Not recommending ...
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The rating of 8.1 on this drama is debatable
Ok where to begin with ... Let's go from bad to worstCast (bad): not a fan of ML i watch his shows from time to time but so far nothing impressed me. He doesn't look very lead material to me. The second ML/villain has distinctive looks but as such nothing felt extraordinarily good about his acting or character. FL is good despite her poor written character she kept the show alive solely by her acting and spontaneity.
Characters (worse) : every character from lead to villain to side characters is weak and poorly written. None of them is convincing even in the least or have any impactful projection. All of them just living their own arc of stupidity. Lead female character messed up a big deal but did nothing even after knowing her mistake .. ML got his life destroyed by FL but still can't think of any confrontation instead as soon as meets FL again he forgets what a fucked up life he was living for last nine years. Apart from this we have emotionally challenged mother and son duo on the lose. A teacher who keeps making cheap passes on fellow teacher. A teacher who is making pass on his students mother a mother whose son can study good is literally playing with entire parent association. As if it wasn't enough that we see the ML passing flying kisses and love letters to FL
Literally while sitting in the classroom - Disgusting!!! I mean man you aren't even freaking Highschool graduate take some time off and think about your pathetic status in a society like south korea. First you had dropout half way and now that you are back you still can't live up to the chance and messing things around .
Plot (the worst) - non-direction approach totally killed the joy. Though in the beginning two episodes it felt like okay there is a fine build up for upcoming events (may be a mellow revenge plot) but suddenly the writer took a nosedive and things lost their direction.. i won't be exaggerating if I say I completely forgetten why I started watching this show in the first place .. nothing written in the synopsis ever came true. It was a big disappointment almost betrayal as a viewer.
With that said I have had enough so i dropped it mid way.
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