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Replying to MarkWasHere • May 17, 2025
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This is just my opinion of course, but I absolutely loved this drama. Even though I only scored it 8/10, it is…
Anueng does have that whiney voice in the early episodes, but she does act more maturely as the series goes on - especially in season 2. But their gap in age, life experience etc are central to the plot, and Nueng struggles with it, as does Anueng's family (there is a BIG twist with regards to Anueng's family which I won't spoil here). Nueng repeatedly pushes Anueng away, but eventually, Anueng wins and love wins.
I want to add one more comment which is slighly spoilery, so I'll put it below as a spoiler.
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Replying to suam • May 17, 2025
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why? why not use the actors from the first series? just make it a new series if youre going to recast the whole…
Different production companies produced these dramas, and each has their contracted actors which they use.
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Replying to acciogirlfriend • May 17, 2025
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im not too sure about this age gap... is it really worth it??
This is just my opinion of course, but I absolutely loved this drama. Even though I only scored it 8/10, it is my all time favourite drama, out of the 200+ that I have watched. But if the age gap is a problem for you, then just skip this one, because the age gap is absolutely central to the story. Of course, you could always start watching it, and if you decide its not for you, then just drop it.
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Replying to MarkWasHere • May 17, 2025
Title Family by Choice Spoiler
I really enjoyed this drama. I actually found it slightly better than the Chinese original. It was a lighter and…
These things happened in the original Chinese drama, which I found to be problematic:
1.) The ML kissed the FL while she was sleeping, and BEFORE they were a couple. This was creepy.
2.) The ML clamped the FL's face with his hands and non-concensually kissed the FL on the mouth (again, BEFORE they were a couple), which the FL found uncomfotable and embarrassing, causing her to run out of the apartment after it happened. This showed the ML did not respect the FL.
3.) The ML once AGAIN clamped the FL's face with his hands, but this time he aggressively kissed the FL on the mouth in front of his mother as a display to his mother. Even though the ML and FL were are a couple at this time, it was very clear that the FL was extremely unconfortable when this happened. This again showed that the ML did not respect the FL. Kissing your partner should be to show affection to her, not to send a message to your mother.

In far too many Chinese dramas, a female's consent appears to be optional.
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On Family by Choice • May 17, 2025
I really enjoyed this drama. I actually found it slightly better than the Chinese original. It was a lighter and easier watch than the original, and I appreciated the shorter drama length, giving me a more compact and less draggy story. I also liked how more of the drama focussed on their youth, compared to the Chinese original in which most of the drama focussed on them as adults.
In the Chinese original, the ML did some things that were problematic, which I've listed in the spoiler. I was very happy that these things did not happen in the Korean version.
My score: 9/10.
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Replying to ashe • May 16, 2025
Title ToGetHer
Is it not coming to gaga?
Nope - but there are unofficial streaming services that have it.
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Replying to elvi • May 16, 2025
Title Go Ahead
Viki only has 40 episodes but the description says there are 46. I also feel like not everything was wrapped up.…
It's definitely 40 episodes only. Apparently when the drama was first released on broadcast TV, it was split into 46 shorter episodes. I've asked MDL to change this so it stops confusing people, but they have a STUPID rule that says the number of episodes it was originally broadcast with is the number it must show on MDL.
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On Love Like the Galaxy: Part 2 • May 14, 2025
This is a very good drama, but with so many episdoes (Part 1 & 2), I did find it got a bit draggy at times, especially towards the end. Also, with so many characters, at times I lost track of who is who. It's a drama that you need to commit to and concentrate on to fully appreciate.
I do struggle with Leo Wu's acting. I've seen him in a couple of dramas now, and it seems to me he has very limited range. He always seems to have the same expression, irrespective of the emotion he is experiencing.
If you do like epic Chinese historical dramas, then you should definitely watch this one.
My score is 8.5/10.
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Replying to huybu • May 13, 2025
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The English subtitle looks like it got translated poorly from Chinese source. Can someone point me to where the…
Of the unofficial streaming services that make this show available, I've noticed that https://asiaflix.net/ has superior English subtitles to https://kisskh.co/ or https://myasiantv.al/. Unfortunatley, https://asiaflix.net/ seems to take longer to upload episodes. As of right now, it only has episodes 1 & 2 available (and working). It has links to episodes 3 & 4, but those links don't currently work.
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Replying to baddie • May 13, 2025
Title ToGetHer
icl this is really funny reading this as someone who has no idea who any of those people are but also its kinda…
19 is not a minor in Korea today. Since 2023, Koreans have adopted international age - which is the age system all Westerners are familar with. Once a Korean has their 19th birthday, they are no longer a minor. Prior to 2023, Korean's used "Korean Age", which assigned an age of ONE at birth, and then added one more year for every Korean citizen on January 1st each year. This resulted in the absurd situation where if a baby was born on 31st December (assigned an age of 1 at birth), they then found themselves gaining another "year" of age the next day, which is January 1st. So a baby that is 2 days old could actually be 2 "years" old in Korean age. When the Korean government made this change in 2023, every Korean instantly become one or two years "younger". Under the "Korean Age" system, a person was a minor until they were 20. In older Korean Dramas, reaching a (Korean) age of 20 is often emphasised as becoming an adult, but in reality, these 20 year olds (in Korean Age) were actually 18 or 19 years old (in International Age). Hopefully that makes sense.
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On ToGetHer • May 11, 2025
Title ToGetHer
The quality of the show has diminshed with the erasure of Ri-Won. They've had to pad the show with excessively long (and not particularly interesting) conversations to replace the cut Ri-Won scenes. Also, Ri-Won was an interesting housemate, so we lose her input, and any scenes in which she played a significant role. I'm still going to watch the show and enjoy it as best as I can, but sadly it will be an inferior show to what it could have been.
I really don't understand this Korean mentality of trying to erase a person because of previous misdeeds. Ironically, it has the opposite effect of what I'm assuming is intended. It highlights the person and their previous behaviours, rather than hiding or obscuring it all.
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Replying to baddie • May 11, 2025
Title ToGetHer
icl this is really funny reading this as someone who has no idea who any of those people are but also its kinda…
Blah blah blah ... no its pretty clear that you don't get it. And my wife won't let me date anyone at all, no matter their age.
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Replying to baddie • May 10, 2025
Title ToGetHer
icl this is really funny reading this as someone who has no idea who any of those people are but also its kinda…
There is this thing in called objective truth. That is, something is true (or not) independent of anyone's opinion, including yours. It is objectively true that a 19 year old person is an adult, both legally and biologically. A young ADULT is still an ADULT. An ADULT with limited life experience is still an ADULT. You may believe (possibly correctly) that two people are unsuited to each other because of a difference in age or life experience or religious beliefs or something else, BUT an ADULT remains an ADULT irrespective of your assessment of their suitability to be in a relationship with someone.
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Replying to baddie • May 10, 2025
Title ToGetHer
icl this is really funny reading this as someone who has no idea who any of those people are but also its kinda…
A 19 year old woman is not a child.
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Replying to MarkWasHere • May 10, 2025
Title Go Ahead Spoiler
A really good drama. Well acted and very thought provoking. I really liked Tu Song Yan as Li Hai Chao - he stole…
These are some actions by Ling Xiao that were problematic and annoyed me.

1.) Ling Xiao kissing Li Jian Jian while she slept, and before they were a couple was inappropriate and creepy.

2.) Ling Xiao continually pressuring Li Jian Jian to start dating him, when she clearly indicated that she needed time to consider his confession was disrespectful and selfish. He simply ignores her feelings and only concerns himself with what HE wants.

3.) Ling Xiao's non-consensual kiss on Li Jian Jian's mouth, again BEFORE they are a couple, as he held onto her face to prevent her from moving was NOT OK. This again showed disrespect towards Li Jian Jian, completely ignoring her feelings and focussing only on what he wants. His little smirk as she ran out of the apartment embarrassed, clearly indicates that he doesn't believe he did anything wrong.

4.) Ling Xiao forcefully grabs Li Jian Jian's face, and clamps it firmly with his hands to restrain her, and then aggressively kisses her mouth in front of his mother. Even though they were a couple by this time, this AGAIN demonstrates flagrant disrespect for Li Nian Nian. She was obviously extremely uncomfortable in this situation, but Ling Xiao AGAIN didn't care about her feelings. He only cared about performing in front of his mother.

For me, these red flag actions significantly diminish Ling Xiao as a character.
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On Go Ahead • May 10, 2025
Title Go Ahead
A really good drama. Well acted and very thought provoking. I really liked Tu Song Yan as Li Hai Chao - he stole the show for me. I enjoyed the story, and I thought it realistically showed the complexity of people's lives. I liked the characters' relationships that we saw develop over time, and the growth that individuals experienced. There were a LOT of evil mothers in this drama, but I appreciated the fact that most of them (eventually) recognised the error of their ways and made at least some effort to redeem themselves.
There were a few things I didn't quite like. Personally I would have liked to have seen more episodes while they were still in school. For me, there were too many episodes when they were adults, and I found it sometimes got a bit draggy in some of those episodes. I also think they could have wrapped up some of the side plots better, and I would have enjoyed a bigger payoff when the plagiarist was outed. Lastly, I thought the chemistry between Li Jian Jian and Ling Xiao was quite bland. They seemed more like brother and sister than two lovers.
I do want to have one whinge about one more thing that I really didn't like at all. It is in the spoiler.
Overall an excellent drama.
9/10
I'm going to watch the Korean remake now and compare the two.
EDIT: I've just finished the Korean remake, and I actually enjoyed it more than this, even though I scored both dramas as 9/10. The Korean version "fixed" some of the problems with the Chinese version, such as reducing the length of the drama so it never got draggy, and it also removed the creepy, non-concensual behaviours of Ling Xiao.
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