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Found this when I search for MDL 2024 Watch Challenge.A simple love story about a young boy that took the effort to arrange a surprise Valentine’s dinner for his mother. A sick father don't have time or means to give valentine dinner to his mother. So, his father give the task to his boy, to arrange a surprise Valentine’s dinner for his wife & the boy's mother..
Sometimes see this simple yet touching story about love is really soothing & warm...
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A little dissapointed
Well unfortunately much like Fraxer, me also the fans of the manga. So yeah I also have a lot of disappointment when come to the casting. Nakamura Aoi and Takahashi Ai is quite unfit for the role of Toma & Kana. Especially Nakamura Aoi, he is much too tall for the role of Toma. But for Takahashi Ai, actually I don’t really have much comments, just feel she's not really fit the role.Put that a side. Let's talk drama...
This drama tell story about 2 high school student named Toma So & Mizuhara Kana. Toma is a genius boy, who's abandoned his study in MIT, America, to study at Japan. In Japan, Toma met Kana, his schoolmate. Intrique by the new boy, Kana decided to be friend him. And together they solved many cases.
Now I'll try to talk what I like and don't like and put aside my fans side.
What I like:
+ Kana is one interesting girl that's really bring positive to everybody around her.
+ I really like how they close the curtain. That's really help Kana & Toma to realize their feeling toward each other.
+ The story quite true to the manga without adding much sugar...
What I don't like :
- Nakamura Aoi can't relly bring the quirky or lonely side of Toma So.
Overall this an ok drama with the disappointment for us the fans... The quite high score just because I'm still glad they still stick to the manga. If not I really don't know what score will I give this.... But put that's a side, this still, unfortunately, one forgettable drama...
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Zhang Yu Xi and Wang Zi Qi of course here I come... Let's talk drama...This drama talk about a man name Qin Hao / Ji Cheng Chuan (QH) & a woman Song Yao (SY). This drama open with SY work to give lesson to the scumbags man that treat woman badly. SY has special ability, any man who is worth hundreds of millions will imagine SY as the woman in their dream and fall in love with her inextricably as long as they looked into her eyes for more than 3 seconds. (Talk about the superpower we, woman, secretly or not want to had. To attract any man with money of course... Haha...)
Later on, SY and her team get job from someone to give lesson to QH. That man said, QH is one ungrateful child that didn't acknowledge his father for the family fortune. SY that got a little bad experience from QH decided to take the job. Just to find out later on, her charm not working toward QH. Wondering what's going on, she keep close to QH and later they found out QH not who he said he is. Or like MDL wrote: 'he is not "Ji Cheng Chuan (CC)" who is the prince of Cheng Tian Group. but an impostor named Qin Hao'.
QH infiltrate Ji's family not for the fortune, but to investigate the truth about the past. QH's dad died in the fire together with CC & his mom. QH determined to know the truth & the perpetrator behind it. That fire accident, gave QH severe PTSD & trauma for fire, even the smallest fire scare him to death. Later of course our FL, SY, help QH overcome his fear & I'm glad, QH not overcome the fear at once, you know just by one time all the PTSD & trauma just disappear.
Together, QH and SY go through many incident together that make them closer to each other each time. And slowly but sure, the trust also slowly but sure built among them. Until they really fall in love & completely trust each other. And in the end they found out the truth about QH real identity & the real bad guy for all the bad things happen in the family.
What I like:
+ The chemistry between Zhang Yu Xi and Wang Zi Qi. Although I can't say it feel with all the heat, but I quite like it.
+ The friendship between all SY & QH friend. Even at the end they can rely on Sheng Si Lin.
+ Finally some SFL that use her brain and eyes when choose her man. Of course I'm talking about Song Ling Ren (LR). She used to like QH, but later she saw how good Gu Zi Jun treat her & decided to change her heart. I really like LR in the end not become obsessed nor jealous for QH & SY relationship.
+ Sometimes blood relationship is something amazing. Like how much QH's mind changing after he learn the truth about himself. Or like how no matter how jelous his brother toward QH, in the end he is still his brother...
Overall this quite interesting drama to watch...
Below I'll write a little bit about the plot hole that I notice. But that's also mean SPOILER ALERT!!! So read it with ur own risk!!!
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The plot holes:
? When you married you supposed to bring your family register. But here QH nor SY bring it... Talk about rush. Haha...
? QH said his dad died in the fire accident years ago. But when there're flashback, we never once see him in the screen. And later who adopt QH and gave his identity I'm not clear.
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There're small and big SPOILER. Read with ur own risk
Finally watch some Thai drama that's not BL. Haha... Although still with some familiar face...This quite good drama but unfortunately, for me, they close the curtain with something still hanging around. Let me explain... But of course that's mean there's a little bit spoiler in the end.
This tell story about an antique shop, that put the value of each item by the story behind them. So each time someone want to sell an object, they must tell Hey, the shop owner, the story behind it. And this drama tell us about 6 different stories, each story completed within 2 episodes, and close by Hey story himself.
Below I'll tell you a little bit about each story, but fair warning, also with SPOILER ALERT!!! So read with ur own risk.
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1st story. Bond and Relationship
> Tell story about one introvert man named Phu, he's also one man that have problem with relationship, even only friendship. One day he met one outgoing woman named, Mint.
> This story tell us about how our past relationships effect our present & future. Phu afraid to make relationship cause his dog died leaving him alone, he didn't want to be left alone again & decided just to never start one.
> This story also tell us about the missed opportunity. Cause by the end of the story, when Phu finally gather up his courage to ask Mint out, it's already too late.
2nd story. Memory of Happiness
> Story about 2 high school friends, Piang & Jap. After high school they separated & one day Piang decided to try reconnect with Jap. But unfortunately they separated again, cause Piang decided to work in the other city. But finally at the end Piang decided to back to their city again.
> Story about how be truthful to urself & everyone important to you.
3rd story. Road to Regret
> Story about 2 sibling, Got & Kai, that try to reconnect with their mother's family. And at the same time this also tell story about Kai & Bomb, a couple that have many misunderstanding & high ego.
> This story about how to mend ur relationship & turn down ur ego doesn't mean you lose the battle.
4th story. Our Soundtrack
> Story about 2 childhood friends, Tong & Gyb. They both love music & have talent for it. So they decided to pursue music as their dream & the form duet. One day unfortunately Gyb's mom fall sick & they have to sell the house & move away.
> Years go by with their life. Tong still pursue music while Gyb already move on with her life. One day finally Tong successful with his music carrer & they finally meet again.
> This story tell us about persistent, Tong who hold on his dream & Gyb in his heart finally get everything in the end.
5th story. Love Wins
> Tell story about Mew & Maew, university sweet heart & their long run relationship. Mew comes from wealthy family, while Maew comes from ordinary family. That's make their social status a little bit different & that's also make Maew feel inferior & feel the need to prove himself to Mew's family.
> And that's when the problem started. Because overtime Maew is getting busier with his carrer, and Mew feel getting more and more neglected. And over time they more and more fight with each other.
> But like the title in the end love wins...
> This is the best story in this drama. Me cry like river over their story. This story about how to endure every problem in a relationship.
6th story. Somewhere Only We Belong
> The story about Hey & Mai. Hey from childhood already left by his parents to his grandpa care. After his grandpa died he turn his house to game shop & there's when he met Mai, a high school student in her last year.
> Mai whose very stressful cause graduation exam & her mother pressure, find comfort in Hey & game. But due to Mai decided to go to Canada for school, they separated.
> This story tell us about a man that feeling attachment to the history & hard to let it go.
The missing feeling before the closure I find in Hey story. I feel when they close the curtain, Hey's story still unfinished, even though they already reconnect with each other.
Overall this is a wonderful story about relationships, between family, partner & ourselves.
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NOT THE SAME WITH Yesterday Once More
Intrique to watch this because thinking Yesterday Once More (Chinese Movie) is the adaptation of this movie, so I just want to compare these 2. But silly me for not reading the summary. Because if you're reading the summary you'll know these 2 movie nowhere near the same. Don't know why MDL link this 2 together.But anyhow....
This movie very much like the title: My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday. Story about Minamiyama Takatoshi (MT) who meet Fukuju Emi (FE) on the train & fall in love with her. Build up the courage, he decides to talk to her. No long after that they decided to date & the story rolling with one big secret FE hiding under the blanket.
What will you do if you're FE? If me, maybe I'll try to avoid meet up with MT in my young year (20ish). It's beautiful & meaningful but also one painful memory that I've had to go through.
One really interesting concept of story but really hard to swallow. I have to re-watch it a few time to understand & let it settled in my mind. But it still beautiful in the end. And the vibe is really calm & give positive vibe all over....
Overall If you want to watch something new or fresh, you can try this movie. In the end this is not a movie that I've regret watching.
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Long time not find a drama that's suck me in in the first few min. Haha... Interested to watch for Lin Yi & Zhou Ye. And I'm quite glad I've watch this.... Story about online friends that meet up in the game. Gu Xun (GX) & Yue Qian Ling (QL) both met while playing online together, GX like the character of his female online friend without realizing who she is. While QL herself has long held feelings for her university idol, GX.
Having the opportunity, QL decided to get closer to GX by pretend she's one 'pure white' girl, girl characteristics liked by many boy, only to find out that GX don't like that characteristics at all. And still on the day of the graduation, she decided to confesses her feeling to GX, just only to be cruelly rejected!
On the same day, GX finally find out who is the girl player that's he actually like. And that's make him quite devastated, and that's quite funny to watch, one of the scene that's I really like to re-watch over & over.... Since that's faithful day, GX try to make up for his mistake, while QL try to move on....
And their situation getting more interesting or complicated, cause GX & QL work in the same company & live in the same building just across the hall. After QL finally lifted her pretend face & GX know who she is, GX find out how talented QL actually is & try to include her in his team & that's make the story even more interesting to watch... Haha... How will they story goes in the end...? Let's find out urself....
Ok enough about the story. Now let's talk about what i like and don't like about this drama.
What i like:
+ The chemistry between Zhou Ye & Lin Yi. It's like watch friends falling in love with each other
+ How GX try to make up his mistake to QL.
+ The cute & stupid relationship between Jiang Jun Nan & Chen Xin Yi.
What i don't like:
- One stupid plot. All this time GX & QL play with their voice, like speaking through mike & not using fake voice. How come none of them realized who the other player are, when they meet each other.
Overall this really one good youth drama to watch....
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Long time heard about this drama. Finally finished watched this...This drama followed the journey of Jiang Hu (JH), who fall from riches after her dad's died. She has to endure hardship & humiliation from her rich friends. But that's didn't make her desperate for long, since she had to save her father company from falling to the ground. With dignity, endurance, hardwork & help from all friend (new & old) / family she finally manage to raise the company again. When everything seems great, suddenly JH feel betrayed again & she need to raise again from the ground. How will she manage everything in the end...?
Now what i like from this drama:
+ The strong JH. Oh she one strong woman. She never let her feeling get the best of her. Even though she's feeling down from all the betrayal, it not consume her for long time, she's quick to raise & move forward with her life.
+ The cute Gong Jun. Haha... I really like Gong Jun as Xu Si (XS) here. Even though he's so selfish regarding his decison for Tang Yue. But i still really like XS & JH together. And I really like he in the end learn something from his plan regarding Tang Yue.
+ The loyal Yang Jian. He's one friend that JH always can rely on. And their feeling never mix with romance, it just mutual trust & support as friend. Once more proof that woman & man can actually be friend without having romantic feeling toward each other.
+ Everyone have evil side. I mean like JH's dad, usually FL's or ML's family is so good, even when did business it's always on the good side. But here we finally can see on man that we think good at first turn out he had evil side of him that he hide from his daughter.
+ Gao Yi. This man is a mysterious man from the beginning. We don't know he is bad or actually good man. But I like how everything unrevealed in the end.
Overall this one good drama.
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Watch this for 2 of our main lead Chen Xing Xu & Zhang Ruo Nan. But in the end more like the 2nd couple, Cheng Xi (CX) & Wu Jun (WJ).Quite confuse what score to give to this drama. Quite bored in the middle, quite confuse with all the legal stuff, but also quite entertained with several scene. So just settle with 7 in the end.
The story begin with our FL, Cheng Yao (CY), who quit her job due to keep getting unimportant task from her old job. Like have to company her boss in various meeting & drinking party. CY got new job & must move to new place & by 'coincidence' move to the same flat with the ML, Qian Heng (QH), which also turn out to be her new boss.
The story rolled after that not so strange for us. CY did her job wonderfully & make QH fall in love with her & of course as usual CY also fall in love with her amazing boss....
Oh i forgot to mention we also have the classic problem... QH happen to be insomniac & only CY can put him to sleep. Unfortunately later on they kinda forget about this problem. Or u may say they 'cure it'. Never really mention in the first place how QH have problem with it, just a few brief moment about it, really hope they elaborated more about this....
Ok. That's briefly about our drama. Now what I like & don't like about this drama. What I like first:
+ The good chemistry between Zhang Ruo Nan & Chen Xing Xu. Not saying this is the best chemistry for them, but they quite compatible.
+ The 'stupid' QH. Sometimes it just funny to see how stupid man when comes to relationships.
+ The second couple Cheng Xi (CX) & Wu Jun (WJ). As I stated before, I more like their story. They have more steady story to develop, their story also more logic & overall just more realistic that our main couple.
+ The stupid Bao Rui (BR). Haha... This guy is so stupid & cute. He can't take a slight hidden gesture, even a big reveal, like when Tan Ying & Yu Fei already tell him about their relationship, BR still take it as a joke....
+ The way QH learn about how to see CY in the equal level with him in the end. This actually that bump the score of this drama a little bit more for me.... Yeah quite hate him & frustrated with him at first when he still didn't understand when CY told him that QH never really put his shoes in her feet. But all turn out good in the end.
+ Strong opinionated FL. CY looked like soft woman from the outside, she didn't talk much. But she had several unwavering opinion, that in the end also make QH have softer heart & new understanding about human relationships.
Now what I don't like:
- The stupid & slow QH. Yeah although he's a little bit cute when he need to search every little thing on Baidu. But it really frustrated me when he didn't want to acknowledge his feeling for CY. And the way he get jealous over little things also annoyed me...
- The legal term that this drama use. Sometimes it just bored me & make me confuse even. Maybe cause it just slightly different then my country...
- the unnecessary love rival. Ugh... I already so happy when they don't have love rival in the beginning till middle of the drama. But when suddenly they threw Liang Yi Ran it made me slightly grumble
- This drama gave slight pic that man should protect their woman, and woman can't do much without man protection. Yeah that changes in the end. And I hope it enough to put understanding into woman & man who watch this drama.
Overall this quite good drama to watch
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This drama told story of 2nd change or redemption. Primo and George (Jo) a young couple that separated due to misunderstandings, different focus & also little yet piling others things. Sometimes the beautiful things about youth is time to dream. Primo dream about to be a singer, but as usual this dream never easy to achieve. He still insisted about his dream even when everyone around him already start moving forward with their life, cause life happen & we can't always stay in the bubble of our dream.
And that's exactly the biggest problem with Primo & Jo relationship. Primo that's stay persistent with his dream, while Jo carried the heavy burden of their life. And one day she can't take it anymore & just explode.
Their story restart again when suddenly, 2 years later, Primo back to Jo's life. Bring all the beautiful yet painful memory for Jo. It's also happen align with the time Jo decide to sell her grandma's house, where they used to lived together. And that's make them lived together again in that house.
Everything happen for a reason. The 2nd change in their relationship open a new sight about their separation years ago & rekindled their old feelings for each other.
Overall this one good movie about 2nd change or redemption.
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Feb 2024 Recommendation Challenge
Watch this for Recommendation Challenge month of Feb 2024. Long time hestitate to watch this one cause not too fond of shooting game.This drama told story about struggle of 2 young man in their own time. The struggle of achieving dream when no one believes in them. The story of friendship between teammates. The story of persistent did bear fruit. And overall just the story about how beautiful youth is. Haha...
As usual there's bad & good thing about this drama. But some weird plot make me have to lower the score of this drama. And there're a little bit spoiler in the weird plot. So save review first..
What i like about this drama:
+ The friendship. The friendship between the member of one coin team & continue team.
+ The fighting spirit that Xiao Feng (XF), Lu Xiao Bei (XB) & Chu Ge (CG) have
+ They use the actor themself to play the inside game. A little interested to see how it unrevealed...
+ The slow & silly growth relationship betwen XF - An Lan (AL) & XB - CG. Especially XB & CG, really typical teenage romance... :)
+ How to let go of ur ghost. Like XB finally let go the ghost of his brother & finally focus on himself. Or S + 1 to finally let go her online face & reveal her trueself.
+ The bad side of human. Human is indeed selfish. Like what Qi Lin & Xu Wei did.
+ The most reliable support always ur family. No matter how angry XB's parent to him, it's his dad that in the end help & support him
+ Finally another prove u can't change human fate... Like XB try to change his brother death, just to be proven once more u can't change what God already written in destiny book.
Overall i quite like this. The game, the plot quite interesting. But unfortunately they gave quite massive weird or hole plot that I can't turn blind eyes...
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The weird plot:
- The game machine... Ugh... Really random & weird. Just create to trap XF. It's gonna be more interesting if XF trap inside the game where he & XB connected, instead just making new one...
- The inconsistency in memory. XB & XF a few time try to change something, like CG pendant. And the problem raise when in the future the pendant did back to CG, but she has no memory of it, it just like some magical thing she experience over night.
- The exit of Wang Kai. That's one of the most absurd thing happen in the whole drama. If they cut this plot we can have shorten episode...
- The sickness of S+1. I mean it's written half-baked. It's like they want to show how bad the effect of playing game too much, but it feel not give too much impact too... If they cut this plot too we can have even more shorten episode... Or they can use the 'erase' duration from the exit of Wang Kai to deepent this issue, like how to manage/balance it...
- How 'invincible' XF really are. Haha... He just wake up from 11 years coma, laying still in the bed. And he can instantly walking & eat anything he want. No physical therapy what so ever. Haha...
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This drama like the summary told us, tell story about Suzuki Shizuka who work as office woman one day hypnotized & start to imagine herself in drama musical, so she dance & sing along. Even the slight music as ring tones or someone singing will make her sing & dance. The day after she's realize no cure for her 'sickness' she go find the man to make it stop, just to realize he disappeared already. So together with Saito Chie they begin their journey to find Ueda Martin.Saito Chie herself is the employee of Martin that help him fools people. But with Martin, Saito find 'purpose' & pleasure. Saito at first looked like is one very cheerful, friendly & outgoing girl, she's easy to get along & make friends. But with the journey we find the hidden layer. She's insecure & vulnerable girl that try to hide it with her cheerfulness. But she's also in the end proof herself as a good friend for Shizuka.
This movie tell us how sometimes we must let our inner child out & just remembering our childhood dreams & bring the best of ourselves. Really funny to see the diff between the scene in Shizuka head when she dance with the actual scene after her dance. Haha...
One thing that's really confuse me is... What the true purpose of Murakami Ryosuke toward Suzuki Shizuka. He has hidden motive for approaching Shizuka, but unfortunately they never explored it more, so yeah we just never know...
Overall this really one good movie. Really happy to be able to watch this...
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Yeah i need a little bit more...
This comes to my YT feed after watch several Dilireba short video.Unfortunately although the story quite good & have meaning, I still a little bit more explanation, aka duration to make this more decent or complete....
They build enough information about Dilireba character, but her opponent feel lacking something... And the way it end abruptly like this feel like something really missing....
I also really hope I can see the exhibition that Dilireba plan to do....
For u who want to watch but lazy to scroll down here the link: https://youtu.be/MuO6yirHm7k. Oh yeah while u already start watching, just stay tuned until the end. There's some scene left after the credit.
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Watch this of course for Xing Fei & Xu Kai Cheng. One drama that sweet at first but become boring at the end.Kinda agreed with Grumpy Witch, this should be end about 20-24 ep, that's gonna be the best. But they must continue until 32 ep. And that's just d*mn too long....
Funnily, also kinda agreed with Grumpy Witch when they wrote: 'Once the Zhou Wei (?) villain situation was “resolved”, I thought “finally!”. But no! The drama had more plans in store for us.'Haha... Yeah... After the drama with Zhou Wei done, it's just feel they kinda prolong the drama with more issues.
Although the drama with An Jing Ling kinda interested, but i think they can merge it together with zhou wei time. So everything kinda happen together & gonna resolve more quickly...
The chemistry between Xing Fei & Xu Kai Cheng also feel a miss. I know they try to looked intimate with the jelaous, clingy & sulking like couple used to do. But the connection is just not there...
Overall this quite unique story, but everything feel kinda out of place...
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Something a miss
Watch this of course for Cheng Yi & Zhang Yu Xi 2nd drama. Again the best part of pick the old partner is no more awkwardness between the actor/ess.Really want to like this drama. After everything that Fu Yun Shen (YS) & Zhu Jiu (ZJ) go through here. But in the end something feel a miss when they close the curtain. I really hope we get extra/special/ a little more episode to make this drama more perfect or ending with better note.
What i like:
+ the chemistry between Cheng Yi & Zhang Yu Xi. Feel like reunite 2 old friend.
+ my 2 fav old actor & actress, Paul Chun & Cao Cui Fen. Play as grandma & grandpa for our ML & FL.
+ all the hardship in YS & ZJ relationship only to make their bond stronger over time.
+ after everything that happen in FU family, in the end family still family. And as always, blood is thicker then water play a big role here.
What a miss:
The ending.... I don't know feel like they push fast forward button in the end. Everything wrap so fast we don't have time to swallow properly. Really hope they prolong the ending & shorten the middle part. Cause sometimes the middle part feel a little bored & it's like they prolong some scene....
Overall this quite good drama to watch...
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It was good until...
The drama start with a good start, unfortunately they can't keep it up untill the end.Quite like the story development at first, everything run quite smoothly without much can be criticism. Unfortunately in the last episode, they kinda jump the plot until make me confuse & shout: "Hah!? How that's happen again..." I think we have missing scene that not included into the final wrap...
The story around 2 long separated friend that meet again in their adult age. The meeting evoke their pent up feeling & the closeness make the feeling bloom into something else.
I like how the story progress with Choi Jun (CJ) try to get closer with Lee Jun (LJ), with all of CJ's expression that we can see on his face. But at the same time, I got blank page from LJ. LJ sudden change in feeling toward CJ make me wonder how & when that happen....
Overall this only another drama that passed by in my days...
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