KiRa

I really loved this drama. Its Sherlock meets kdrama. It had me ROTFL almost every episode. Its engaging and I didn't really get bored at all. Its not a regular romance and honestly you cant even really say that the romance is a subplot because thats not the focus of this. I loved all the characters, especially the two male leads, and even though its about a psychopath and a guy who thinks he is a psychopath you cant help but really like both of them.

I honestly dont think a review could accurately describe how wonderful this drama is, and iI highly suggest it to anyone wanting a funny non typical romantic kdrama.

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This drama definitely had its problems but I think many of the reviews are unnecessarily harsh. The show does start off slow with a lot of build up of the characters as "perfect". I think a lot of these earlier episodes would have been better used setting up the plot and developing other characters but thats off topic as that is not what happens. Instead the characters are mainly kept 1 dimensional and there are a lot of little hints and sub plots that the writer tried to embed into the story (the writer on this obviously thought they were being more clever than they really were).

There is a lot of hate online that the leads had no romance and that their acting was bad. Personally I like LMH and think he did a good job with this drama and pulling off the arrogant King. I think their were a lot of unnecessary side characters who them we really dont get to learn about because the writer waste all of our time in the first 10 episodes. On top of that the timeline is confusing (episode 12 I literally was like "WTF that doesnt make sense").

This drama is not all bad and does have a cool and interesting premise, including sci-fi, multi dimensional, time travel, and I personally love the "kingdom of corea."

It just fails to deliver on all that it promises.
I think it might be worth rewatching just to see if it make more sense the 2nd time around (I kinda doubt that it does).
I also think that if you are in the early episodes and having issues I suggest just jumping to episode 12+ as most of the story seems to really take place in episodes 12-16.

I still give it a 7 overall because I actually enjoyed the main characters and the concept of the drama even if I dont think it was executed well.

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I LOVE this drama. I don't know what it is about it but it has stayed with me even though it was the 5th drama I EVER watched. I loved Minho (From Shinee) and I even liked Sulli (from f(x)) who surprisingly cut off nearly 3 ft of hair (one of her crowning glories mind you) for this role. Admittedly I will warn you the end is not my favorite and Sulli's English (much less ability to act like she lived in the US) is lacking but the rest of the story is fun. I like FUN dramas that keep me watching and make me feel warm and fuzzy and this drama did that for me.

When I think back over the dramas I have watched so far this one always comes to mind. All of the characters balanced out well and it left me feeling happy. :)

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Just another review

Its not like this needs another review but I feel inclined to put in my 2 cents, since I did not feel this earned all the 10 stars its getting.

1st its good and definitely worth the watch, so dont skip it based on any reviews. Definitely give it a go (pass eps 5) to make your own judgment.

2nd while some people hate snakes and may avoid due to thier component, I actually am an avid snake lover and breeder (over 25 pet snakes currently)....so I have very different issues with the snakes than others. Breeding snakes is not like rabbits, its not just as easy as putting them together and getting clutches. Also the habitats WSW made were great but every other enclosure was wrong. Poor little jealous one living in that plastic box.

3rd all relationships are more complex than the writer suggest. I read from another review about the toxicity and general lack of knowledge/understanding of the writer about gay relationships.... and yes this story is very prejudiced and follows tons of misconceptions about gay relationships (predatory, aggressive, lacking consent, your either a top of bottom, if your attracted to the same sex you are gay and can not go back) and just misconceptions/misinformation about BDSM (heard this is worse in the book)

4th credit to the actors and production. It is a Chinese BL and china heavily censors so the things they pulled off and the ability to produce this on such a low budget and under such censorship is impressive. Also I did love all the actors. (I feel horrified by they way they are being treated by so called 'fans' after this dramas popularity has erupted)

5th I still kinda just felt the story was incomplete and had a few plot holes they could have fixed from the book. The ChiCheng and Chengyu sub plot. The Zheng brothers. The parents disdain (the text messages that suddenly stopped). WSW mothers passing. The random tax evasion.

So all in all a strong drama but maybe not the best ever.

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