Shin

Scalpels , sutures , ROSC and Romance

"Dr. Romantic" is hands down one of the best medical dramas out there, and after watching it for the second time, I’m sure I’ll be revisiting it again in the future. The talented cast, including the brilliant Han Seok Kyu, Yoo Yeon Seok, and Seo Hyun Jin, delivers standout performances. Even the supporting actors were incredible, giving the show a real family-like atmosphere in the hospital setting. It’s heartwarming to see such a close-knit group working together, making the hospital feel more than just a place of work.

What sets it apart is the accuracy and care in portraying medical cases. I mean unlike many other medical dramas that lean on fictionalized or sensationalized content, the writers here did an amazing research. The procedures and medication names are realistic, adding an informative touch that doesn’t feel forced at all . Right ??

The chemistry between the lead characters ??? Oh my god !!! it literally goes beyond just the romance. Their dynamic as colleagues, friends, and mentor-mentee is so good plus the mutual understanding and unwavering support they show each other, both professionally and personally, felt so damn genuine.

the portrayal of the teacher-student relationship with teacher kom and pupils is spot on. Rather than taking a traditional approach, the drama shows a mentor who truly understands and nurtures his students, even the more rebellious ones., a completely unique take on mentorship.

I know a lot of people don't even pay attention to this details but this show has an exceptional cinematography. With a large cast and numerous chaotic hospital scenes, it would be easy for the camera work to slip up, but it’s flawless. It immerses you in the action, making you feel like you're right there in the ER, witnessing it all firsthand. My god I don't know if I was the only one to feel this.

So, you can say this drama was emotionally gripping, and realistic drama that leaves a lasting impression. So what else can you ask for ...really ???

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As such nothing MIRACULOUS of the sorts

Now that I have seen enough eerie in the drama this one felt little subtle to me .. but who are green to this genre might find it very refreshing. The story had balanced amounts of blood shed romance action horror suspence but still couldn't convince me enough as a viewer. Reason why ?
1. Start was amazing but gradually story lost it's pace .. only two cases in the beginning were interesting ( brothel case and plastic prince case) later ones were not.
2. Story continuation was sort of abrupt , the dots of events were not connected properly making it a little confusing.
3. Main villain was lame ..I mean he was giving that villian vibe from the beginning but for all the buildup to his character as a villain final face off was too FLAT.
4. parallel couple was so unnecessary, I still can't understand their chemistry. I would rather have this male actor for the role of fourth most handsome men and portray the love rival for the main ML. (Casting him as a lame lover boy was such a waste)


It's not that the drama is totally un-watchable try watching few episodes and stick as long as you find it interesting.

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Glad this time it wasn't a doctor, they sent to the past.

Ahhh !!! Lovely !!! At last a writer thought of sending an forensic expert instead of doctor to the past .. otherwise I didn't even remember how many present- past travel series I watched almost all of them were about a person who is apparently doctor/medical expert by profession ...
The storyline was very interesting and to the point as she travels to past, she right away starts using her expertise as forensic expert to solve cases .. like no beating around the bush ... Meanwhile she also is remembering these visuals that are related to her tragic present situation making the plot running simultaneously in present and past ... ( Won't give more spoilers you check out for yourself)

At last I will say for many series which dont actually have good writing but still a huge viewership , I think this one is quite Underrated .. i feel it literally takes a good amount of brain power to write such stories especially in short drama format.the writer need to be appreciated for the hard work.

Coming on to the cast both FL and ML did great job ... FL was a perfect pick for the character she is acting shades of her character so effortlessly.. her emotions goes 'on to off' as soon as she starts her investigation with the corpse with that peculiar way of dialogue delivery .. just amazing.
ML seems to be a new actor haven't seen him before this but he did a good job as well .. he was able to deliver the best in both of his characters.

Overall a good show .. 👍

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Felt like sand in my coffee

Though story had a lot of potential with all the revenge rebirth plot and conspiracy theory served to satisfy the viewers, but thanks to the pathetic acting skills it turned into a strange discomfort to watch. I know people have different opinion of a what a "good act" should be like but here I just want to share me own opinion. (And I will support in the end )
1) I can't feel enough rage ..the hellish fury from FL ... Oh come on !! You were burnt to death please be a little angry about it. There were hardly any instance that I can feel she died and she is upset about it. If you can find consider yourself lucky ...

2) The chemistry is quite awkward..taken for instance the parts where FL tends the ML's wounds ... Your lover is almost dead please be more supportive of him ..don't treat him like an untouchable.

3) repeated sniffing is not crying ...of you can't cry properly shut the FU and use tear drops ... Each and everytime he got wounded .. she sniffed the hell out of her nose ...my gosh so irritating.

4) ML wasn't good either he can't kiss. . you don't believe me watch again... And you will know.

I watched "rise from the ashes" practically on the same day I watched this show ... Though both series had almost same plot but the actors in Rise from the ashes acted a hundred times better than these fools ... I recommend you watch it ...you will see what type of rage and fury you missed here. That's a proper revenge rebirth plot

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What ??

Is this a drama ??? Can you call this crap a drama ... ??? Wooow!! I don't know about the comic but if it is anything similar to this bullshit I don't wanna read it. I will give my argument in points:

1) pilot episode was full of incomplete information.. for the suspence I guess ..but what made it irritating is that they didn't bother to clear a single thing in upcoming episodes, which made is quite confusing that too in a boring way.

2) A lot of annoying character especially female .. main FL is an absolute loser .. she is a third class psychiatrist who doesn't give proper attention to her patients, a complete quack who herself is dealing with 100s of traumas. ( Don't know who gave her the therapist lisence) she faints at every second thing .. the actresses playing the role is horrible her fake crying ... Shouting in scenes like she is around her orgasm .. she is about to throw herself on ML anytime like she looks so desperate right from Ep 1 ( kissing scene,what a second hand embarassment was that ) ... Overall everything was so annoying ..gosh !!! But she is very beautiful ..I will give her that ..
Parallel FL is vocal which is a good thing but she is a spoilt brat ...she behaves like the entire world revolves around art her ..she is silly but she was entertaining..actress playing the character did great job ..her acting was way way way better than The FL.
There is this second parallel FL , mura the goddess ... She is gorgeous ..her charcter is sort of authoritative as of goddess obviously.. I loved her even though her character gave bitter sweet vibes still ..her aura was actually goddess like ..loved the actress and her acting ..
Male characters were quite faint adding not much depth ..ML honestly I love the actor but he wasn't fut for the role ..he gives very cute .. model student youngsters vibe but I wish they cast an actor with some narcissistic aura for this role ...
The charcter of fish demon nam soo ri was adorable.
The wind god was annoying I don't know the deal with him but I kind felt irritate with him around the scene FL fainted thrice watching him... Seriously he should have thrown her out instead of behaving so ... You know what??

3) plot is so slow practically all sort of nonsense happening but nothing concrete that one can feel the story moving.

4) few background songs were good.

5) chemistry in the leads seemed desperate from FL side and 'I don't give 2 f77ks' from ML side instead of romantic and love based.

For a fact that I always mostly complete the show no matter how boring it is just for the hard work of the team but with this one I lost my patience ...
In the end I gave up and dropped the show somewhere in the middle of episode 7

life is too short for watching the horrible dramas of this sort ...

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Food, feminism and a soggy plot

The plot itself wasn't very much pleasing to my taste in the first place .. the pace of story, events unfolding and even the characters nothing really could hold my heart even though for its rating I had high expectations from this show. I understand there are a lot of people who like a subtle storyline with women fighting or helping each other with men in the centre of their attention but I personally don't appreciate such troupes. As the show begins se see all shades of objectifying women in the society ...a competition to select wife .. fine ..but degrading them right away like their life depends on it .. then comes a clown with 24+ concubines ..and if that wasn't enough our ML who was talking big and making his eternal love promises to FL bring a new wife ...at this point my patience ran out .. the biggest turn off for me in any story is when the lead of that story goes back on his/her words especially when that is a promise he/she made to his/her partner. After watching a bit further it was clear that this new wife is not interested in him and wants to divorce him ..good but that doesn't mean his own actions are nullified.

I will not suggest if anyone should watch it or not ..but for me this drama has passed the threshold of my emotional and moral compass ..I don't mind watching gore ..blood shed .. swords and guns but this is something I can't take. Seriously..it pokes right through my heart and makes me moody for days.

tian xiwei was okay .. clearly her acting wasnt even half as good as it is now ( moonlit reunion)
ML ... I dont know what his name is and he is easily forgettable .. I might watch him if I see him in other drama but I won't be looking for his drama exclusively. They don't have even the iota of chemistry between them.. I don't know about ML but I have seen TXW in multiple drama .she can pull a great chemistry with almost every co actor. Here she failed. In fact the awkwardness was quite visible between them.

The side cast was okay .. two three actors were those you commonly seen in other dramas from time to time ..

BGM is soothing

So that's all

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Revenge stuck on level 3

Here we go again with the most overused revenge plot starter pack. One unfortunate night, the FL's entire family is assassinated in cold blood. Ten years later, she has changed her identity and is working with the Marshal to obtain intel on these assassins in exchange for doing shady work for him.
After killing two out of four culprits, she gets stuck on the third. Stuck like, literally stuck. This man must be carrying some kind of immortality boon against the FL because no matter how many weapons she carries or how much kung fu she knows, he always slips out of her hands. Eight episodes, four to five attempts, and he is still walking on this planet unscathed. 😒😒😒😒
[THIS IS ALSO THE REASON WHY I DROPPED THIS DRAMA]
Oh, and I forgot to mention there is a fourth culprit we know nothing about, because apparently, at the time of the assassination, his face was covered.
Now let's talk about the "pain-in-the-a$$" ML. My God. I know some people might find him cute, but I found him very irritating. The FL got herself one hell of a spoiled apple to fall in love with. This man is the literal speed breaker in her path of necessary vengeance. Honestly speaking, the way he always puts a spoke in the wheel, at one point I was almost convinced he might as well be that fourth assassin.
And for some reason, I just knew he was going to be even more annoying in the upcoming episodes. Hence, I dropped it.

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Glad this was the last immortal cause I might not be able to take another one of it

Such a ridiculous and childish plot it was .. seriously ..I hold it for 17 freaking episodes just to witness this drama getting more and more annoying with each passing episode.
Third class writing ... Whosoever wrote this screenplay needs to understand he gave away too much in the first 5- min of the pilot episode so there wasn't a lot to look forward to ... And further when we see the ML's irresponsible character (in another 10 mins of pilot episode ) we can pretty much predict how he must have fucked up.

Secondly the style of introducing new characters in the plot is so bogus ... I was watching the show on rakuten viki and in the timed comment viewers were so confused, they kept asking ' oh I forget when was this character introduced again ' , ' oh sorry I forgot who is this shuan? ' and so on ... A lot of characters were just unnecessary neither did they add impact nor to the development of story they just created chaos in our memory system.


Moving forward let's talk about the cast .. ZLS without a doubt kept this drama on life support through her acting otherwise there was no hope ... My girl is cute, hilarious, spontaneous and full of expression/ emotions. She can do any script. Other than that second ML was good both look wise and acting wise .. main ML didn't appeal to me at all ... His looks and acting both were too out of the place for this show.. moreover ZLS overshadowed him with her acting . Rest of the cast was just okayish.

Ost vfx fight scene were average to good ..I see people complaining a lot about these things but even if the standard of these things don't match the best, they were horrible either.



I don't recommend watching this rest is upto you

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This review might offend a few ..i know, but here's my thoughts

Wow, what a show. No plot, super cringy, dry as dust, and not even accidentally funny infact inclined towards annoying . I swear every episode was on repeat: surgery, hang out with the same group of friends, eat the same food, get called for another surgery, sing karaoke like it’s a music class no one asked for, more surgery, then someone dies out of nowhere. Groundbreaking stuff, really. Story? Couldn’t find one if I used GPS. One of the Worst k-drama I’ve ever sat through. Music? Not even one decent song—just ten minutes of off-key singing in every episode. Hilarious? Nope. Just annoying.leads performance? Questionable not plot was so lame you can't really blame them .
But seriouly I don’t get the hype. Why does this have good reviews? I feel like I am being generous to give it a 1.5 star doesn't deserve even a zero to begin with . There is hardly any chemistry in the couple infact all character seem flat and unlikeable , just Boring beyond words. not worthy of my time.

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In pursuits of uniqueness, failed to deliver even the ordinary.

After watching almost one-third of this series, there is still not a single aspect, character, or storyline that truly keeps me engaged or makes me eager to continue. Five out of sixteen episodes are already over, yet I am still waiting for something meaningful to happen. Instead, I am stuck watching this overly sensitive male lead throwing constant tantrums, behaving as if the entire world should adjust to his moods. He comes across as cranky and emotionally exhausting, while the female lead keeps babysitting him with endless patience.

What frustrates me even more is how this self abasing female lead continues to tolerate his behavior despite being disrespected again and again. He has humiliated her in countless ways, yet she stays around as if she has no self-respect, almost like a doormat who refuses to walk away. Her actions make it difficult to sympathize with her character.

Then there is this third character who treats other people’s house like his personal love hotel, casually walking in and out whenever he pleases, while maintaining privacy against the house owner himself. The supporting cast does not help either. We have an animal abuser, a worthless paparazzi reporter, an annoyingly loud personal assistant, and a woman constantly insecure about her husband’s past relationship. The only somewhat decent character so far is the shaman.

On top of all the plot moves at a painfully slow pace. The storytelling lacks tension, meaningful clues, or satisfying reveals. At this point, it feels less like a drama and more like a test of patience.

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Absurd ..and boring

There is absolutely no consistent flow in the story ...events are happening abruptly..like he suddenly falls in love with her like that out of blues and declares her as his real fiancee ... I mean there is no journey ..no moments ...
Though ML's acting is fine but FL is a disaster ..she doesn't know ABC of expressions or dialogue delivery ... And her irritating act of trying to look cute ... I mean come on ...as per the script You came from a struggling background ..that demands a maturity in your character establishment while you are acting like an immature teenage girl from a well off family. Pathetic


Plot development was equally miserable ... Everything seems to be copied from other shows/novels ..nothing new ...

Worth watching : NOPE absolutely

Worth rewatching : don't watch it even for the first time.

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"In Blossom... Of nonsense"

This drama was a full-time assault on logic. I tried giving it a chance. I really did. I reached episode 7 hoping it would redeem itself, but instead it kept digging a grave—fitting, since the FL seems obsessed with them.

We start off with a handsome magistrate and a coroner whose face has disfigured due to an accident . They were engaged once upon a time but got separated due to some tragic backstory no one asked for. Now, after ten years, they reunite—and boom, wedding bells.

Enter: the side chic. She’s got a thing for the ML and decides that the most reasonable way to win his love is to—wait for it—swap souls with the FL. And the writers were like, “Yes. Genius. Let’s roll.”

She actually ends up marrying the ML (in the FL’s body), but karma clocks in fast—she gets murdered on the wedding night.
Now half the characters think it’s suicide, others whisper murder. The FL (now in the dead side chic’s body) suspects ML. So what does she do?

Takes her suspicions straight to him and makes him her partner in crime-solving. Like who watson??? I will pick the prime suspect.. okay !! Let that sink in. She thinks this man might’ve murdered her… and she’s like, “Wanna solve your own case with me?”

She throws every clue his way like she’s auditioning for a role in Scooby-Doo. She stumbles around crime scenes like a budget Sherlock Holmes with a head injury and leaves around her trails everywhere just the ML to catch her in her actions without even pitt ng any efforts.

now let's talk about the ML? The show stopper of Zero concern. This fan girl around him who used to obsess over makeup and manners, whose life was entirely about grace and appearance, suddenly starts unearthing corpses and talking decomposition—and he just goes like totally chill and unbothered. I mean if this is intelligence than I might be a cucumber in the physics lab.
Not once does he raise an eyebrow. Not once does he question the creepy new hobbies or the personality change that screams demonic possession or body snatching at minimum.

It’s like the entire cast is allergic to logic.

I already know if I watch till the end, I’ll find more gaping plot holes than a block of Swiss cheese. But why torture myself when there are other dramas that don’t insult your IQ?

This one was a mystery, a romance, and a horror—all rolled into one... horror for anyone expecting sense.

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