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Master chef goes Jeoseon

This is basically Master chef Jeoseon with the usual power struggles on the side. Trying tp answer the ols qwesion can food change the world, make peace in the far east or just change history....

The characters are decently made, lovable, horrible and at times even complexish... The plot is however very repetitive, mouth watering yes but extremely repetitive. The romance between the food and those who taste it shows greater chemistry than between the leads but also feels slightly silly.

The ending has a few to many loose ends and nothing really makes any sense, beside the amount of secound hand embarrassment does get overwhelming at times.

Still there is enough good in it to make me say it is an okay watch, just not very good watch.

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Roupers in the House...

This is one of those dramas that is a little bit hard to rate as it has a lot of good but is cluttered by annoying characters and low, really low humour that at times made me cringe as well as could be interoperated as a bit offensive.

As the drama has lots of gossipy over the top characters . those who like the tenants n Vinchenzo, and the village people in Hometown chacha chat will probably love these too. I on the other hand get really annoyed by them. And my oh my there is so much gossip in this dram that you may come to the conclusion that the best move in life is moving out to a desserted island to live alone...

However I do like the Gilmore girls dynamics between the mom and the oldest daughter. I especially love the daoughters stubborness, coffee addiction and the way she interacts with her male lead.

The dog is cute as a button,

While I say I like the daughter the most all 4 leads as well as the relationships, flirting, dynamics and what not are relly, really good... Give or take, as a few moments that made me a bit mad and oh how I wish to see someone stick to the hate... but overall these are not bad,.. not bad at all.

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Interesting story but also kind of meeh

This was an interesting window in to 1970s China, with a decent cast and on oaky story. However something was missing to keep my peak interest, some parts felt off and there is definitely a lot of propaganda and moral teaching in this a bit of a karma will get you in the end. Do right by the party (but not to much) and life was hard back then feel to it.

The male lead is a bit to impulsive for my tase, devoting and sweet yes but I just couldn't fully connect with him. The female leas is pretty cool and so is the male leads sister and husband. The fathers are adorable but the rest had me wondering about impuls control and thinking some bad thoughts here and there.

What keeps this from getting a higher score is also that it was a bit draggy and I found myself loosing more and more intrest as the episodes passed by...

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An historical fantasy with more flesh than hearts

There is a lot of good in this drama, unfortunately is is overshadowed by a lot of boredom and things that just do not make any sense, att all making me wonder if this is more fantasy than an historical-

While the enemies to lovers is done pretty well and there are some sweet characters as well as pretty moments. The over all feel to this is:

WTF? But also and oh come on writers you can do better than this, and oh so boring... before it finally got interesting towards the end as it picked up some pace.

The amount of times the line "We used to be like brothers" is said would make for a deadly drinking game, but also kind of looses its meaning in the traditional sense as brotherhood really does not equal any type of love in this drama and is in now way a guarantee for not plotting to kill each other be it biological or circumstantial bonds.

No one in this seems to understand the notion of consequences to ones actions and the lack of letting others speak to point or actually listening to the other is astonishing.

Oh father I never thought you would be affected by me plotting treason, with the enemy because clearly at the time family didn't matter for that stuff? There is also this I love you come back to me...You were my best friend how did we end up like this... Well Im no expert but trying to kill your lover, your best friend, brother, sister, mother, mentor and all they ever loved kind of puts a strain on a relationship...

The romantic twists are oh so predictable and I do believe we got to see an historical version of early 2000 toxic male leads in one of the side couples. "no one has ever talked to me like that...."

"I have never seen a woman as stupid as you" - is probably the most honest line and only honest line in the whole drama speaking the minds of the viewers.

Other lovely moments include: I have experienced 30 seconds of kindness from this man, now I shall throw away all the bonds I ever had with my family, the kingdom I grew up in and follow him blindly in to enemy territory.... Because I love him so...


The way some people die from bearely being touched by a sward while others have super flesh that can flash heal from pretty much any wound is nothing short of a 1000 miracles. No matter where the sward or arrow hit the leads of this drama will survive... As long as they know how to love you know they will be alive.

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Learning to fly while being stuck in a cage....

This is a rare gem, dare I say one of the most powerful C-dramas I have seen in a long time. Addressing several issues at once and unfolding them slowly, slowly to keep the suspense alive.

This drama has about 3 moments of fluff, sweetness, romance, and another 3 moments of friendship between the excruciating pain, misunderstandings, lies and moments that made me want to shove some people off cliffs, shake some sense in to others and just give the rest a really long hug. While I do not agree with most of the characters choices I appreciated the way they showed nuance and different perspectives to several situations as well as the view on perpetrator/victim, right/wrong and Freedom... Putting them in to context and making a total mess in my mind.

The female lead spent most of this drama holding back, showing very few moments of emotion, turning the other cheek over and over again, yet at the same time she is smart, creative, assertive, and bad ass in som many ways. The way the actress goes between these expression shows great talent and had me hooked.

The other characters do their job well but it is clear that the female lead (and her mom) are the center the rest are just there to support the flow of the story and highlight the different aspects of the female leads personality.

I binged this drama in just a few days, spending every moment I had between adult responsibilities (gotta hate being an adult), sleep, and food watching this, so it is highly bingeable but it it is in no way an easy watch neither is it a drama you should watch solely for the romance genre in it. But I dare say the quality of the storytelling, the acting, the drama is top, top up there with the movies Better days and Us and Them. It is a drama that tears you apart without fully picking up the pieces.

As you may have noticed I do have a lot of good to say about this, however part of me wanted to deduct several stars for a slightly rushed ending, some of the twists as well as a few too many "talking to the dead" moments. That said r i do believe the story, the symbolism (for example the caged bird) made up for it giving it a sold 9,5 star rating.

P.s. This is actually a c- drama that tells a story with discrimination and issues and very little praise China the motherland our saviour.

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Something is just frustrating

About half way in i saw a few comments about this being frustrating, and while I had felt a slight hint of frustration nothing could prepare me for the frustration to come.

In another bubbly (2 of them actually) meet stubborn icicle and get absolutely no where....

The side characters are okay, acting varied in quality and if you look beyond the frustration the story is actually not bad. Childhood friends turned lovers vs new guy takes over?

Will the frustration ever end and lead to some kind of romance? and if so who will it be?

Will the girl get her crush? or will this end in just a whole pile of frustrated viewers and one sided crushes?

It is short enough to make the frustration bearable, but damn did I want to shake some people up.

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Love over Plot

This is a drama that was basically carried by shower scenes and Raiden Lin who played Yang Zi Xiang / "Sean smiles, mimics, sign language.... gazes... carefreeness well everything Raiden Lin I guess.

The plot was as carefree as Lin, it seemed to have a bit of a whatever will be will be... we throw in a little bit of this a little nit of that here and there, no need to wrap it up, handle anything or develop anything more than letting the leads look at each other, shower alone, shower together, remove clothing....

All while keeping some kind of wholesome message, love is love and the only thing the deaf can't do is hear... But who cares when you can see love... That part was done slightly cringe at times but otherwise pretty decently however I felt that our non deaf male lead conveyed emotions and sign way better than the one who had been deaf his whole life. Still the two had good chemistry and did a good job just that Raiden Lin seems to be a much better actor than Yin Jun and the rest of the cast.

The family and friends in this drama are playful, sweet, loving and all round fun to watch.

A sweet romance, just mind some cringe and lack of meaning and consistency in the plot .But considering all the good in this really who needs a plot?

P.S the assitant had a really cool scar.

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An easy binge, mind the cringe

I have some issues with this drama but overall I was entertained, engaged in the story and found some parts of it to be kind of refreshing as this may be the first drama that shows Dissociative Identity Disorder, that I actually managed to finish.

Things I appreciate:
Mental illness as part of a persons life, not so much stigma focus on treatment and the parts that work.
Found family and friendship.
Pain and suffering,
The female characters
The other male leads
Dimples
Smiles
Scenery

Things that made me role my eyes and lower the score:

Cringe,
Monologs
Deuett like speeches
Use of slow motion
The male leads plotline...

Unnecessary twists towards the end

But overall an easy binge, that almost managed to water my eyes

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Plotless fluff...

Lovely cast, lovely friendships, lovely romance a bit draggy but the couples do have great dynamics and are fun to watch especially the quiet dude but to be honest nothing really ahppens in this 30 episode so called drama... AS there really very little to non drama, nothing really interesting happens, some things could happen but just don´t...

There is not really anything to make you feel the need to find out what will happen next as it just is...

That sid there are some good lines and moments of sweet and lovely fluff but the loveliness of those is whipped out by the slightly preachy tone to the dialog. And while it is nice to see a male lead use words like consent and respect, a rare occurrence in cs that should have me giving this a 10 I just find myself missing. a plot....

Kisses are blocked so many times I was wondering if I would get a display of balloons to mask the kiss if they ever got there... but once people start to kiss they make up for it so while my a part f me is saying this could be a great fluffpieace with a lot of rare gems the quality of the storytelling just is not there so my heart says 7,5.

In a time of AI I can´t help but wonder if the writers took a few to many short cuts...

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The Lost and Lonly Ones

This is a story about friendship, family, and an over all feel of being lost... as well as probably shows two of the most lonly boys in all of dramaland.

Yep lost and lonley ones... While I do have some issues with the make up that I otherwise realry notice most of the filming has some pretty decent quality and shots. The monologs and dialog of this drama say alot less than the gazes, mimcs, light and slow mo angles filmed. You could probably watch this with nieter subtitles or sound without loosing the ffel of the story or feeling the leas bit lost. You may even find yourself enjoying it even more (not that I tieied) .

If you are in the mood for something that will make you feel all warm and fizzy inside, this may make you smile once or twice bit the over all feel to it is kind of depressing, and more of a feel things than feel good type of deal.

A decent watch leaving you wanting more and wondering was this all they had to tell or will there be a second season?

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Meeh

The characters and friendships in this drama are lovely but the story is draggy, boring, inconsistent, badly wrapped and makes no sense what so ever.

While some of the twists are more predictable than others, and I will give them that I did not expect one of the twists at all most of the twist where not very interesting, actually the story here is just meeh with never ending healing schenes.

For those of you who enjoy healing , missed opportunities getting in touch with ones feelings mumbo jumbo this might just do the trick for you, it is also a drama that should work for those who do not really care about logic as long as the characters are sweet.

It is a lso a C with very little propaganda in which is kind of nice. But while the characters are lovable most of the time, they are supposed to be almost 30 but act and give of the vibe of 10-20 year olds...

For those who need some kind of consistency, logic and story, I say walk away there is little to nothing to see here.

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Oddly entertaining but bad

This is one of those dramas you will have to switch off your brain to watch as nothing what so ever makes any sense at all. As it fall in to the category so bad it is oddly captivating and had me pressing that next episode button.

The female lead is not stupid, the male lead is cute. none of them can act and their kisses may have some kind of movement but lacked all passion. Still the male lead is cute which has to count for something. The second male lead is also adorable.

The predictability is high and the dubbing bad...oh so bad.. especially the dubbing for the kids for the love of Bart Simpson, please let kids dub kids.

The way the female lead is treated and styled as a kid is very troublesome, she is clearly one of few pretty smart female leads in the industry why did they have to devalue her that way... are they afraid the lack of obvious propaganda + smart female lead would bring backlash to them? So they had to cut the female empowerment out?

Other than that there is not much to say... Was this a good watch? NO did I enjoy it? not really? Do I regret watching this? No... But do I recommend it? Nope, not really

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Manner of greatness dragged down by... Something

This is the story of the gorgeous doctor/medical examiner who stumbled on to the lips of an even more gorgeous stranger when he was drunk. After that a whole bunch pf people kept dyeing unfair deaths, girls kept disappearing and both powerful and less powerful people kept wanting to pin this on the doctor and the stranger... and kill them while they were at it... taking us on a journey with more or less predictable twists.. beautiful fight scenes and a lot of gorgeous greens and scenery...

The two men who stumbled on to each others lips, do of course fall in love/lust/suspicion,.. The stranger has this lovely playfulness to him and boy knows both how to flirt and kiss.. as in not a dead fish kiss in sight... giving us som top notch romance... leaving me wanting more of that..

There are som fun friendships, interesting betrayals not many annoying elements... Some corruption, men that hate women, woman's issues.. all stuff I love to watch.. So I should probably have rated this higher BUT... Something was missing, I honestly do not know what it was but I was not captivated and on my toes even though the plot should have kept me there... That special "it" that makes me curious about what will happen next was just not there.

So with all the pluses, and trust me there are a lot of plusses in this drama.... I still could not rate it higher than an 8.

Also the stranger has a lot of great lines and is extreamly gifworthy...

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He's in to cringe...

This is so bad it is entertaining as h****, If you were to make a drinking game out of the love confessions in this drama you would end up in the E.R by the second episode. Heck if you make a drinking game out of the line "I will always love you" you'd end up with the same result as they say that more often than Whitney Huston ever did. Giving us grand gesture after grand gesture, flowers, lights, music... oh enough cringe and fluff to last till the next time you crave some cringe.

However all these confessions amount in pretty much nothing and seem to be the leads trying to convince themselves, reminding themselves or to tie down the other I am not sure. But I honestly am not convinced the dude is in to her... Or has any clue about what love is... He is the jealous type, with serious trust issues, impulsive and in need of anger management... However the second male lead is way cooler and does seem to have more of a clue as to what love is... Who she ends up with is of course for me to know and you to find out.

Other than that the story is packed with lots of 90s teen drama cliches ( I identified 10 things I hate about you, clueless and Beverly Hills tropes here and there).

The acting is inconsistent the main leads acting and singing is fine but the side characters talent varies...

The side characters also vary in quality and of course add to the I will always love you theme of it... oh to be 17 and in lust...

The male leads father is probably the sole reason the male lead needs anger management, He is manipulative, lacks all common sense and does not seem to have the ability to listen or care for any one. A true off with their heads type of guy and NO ONE seems bothered by this in the whole show.

The plot is... was there really a plot in this? ok people are framed, others blamed, some disappear, some die.. I am sure they tried to make the audience feel stuff but since there is so much predictability and ridiculousness along the way I did not feel anything other then entertained...

All this said I do hope you watch it, just prepare yourself for cringe!

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Twisted, Twists with Killer Humour...

This short and very odd drama, is beautifully filmed with great use of angles colors and symbolism here and there (you just have to look for it), it is easy to forget that 90% of the drama is filmed in the same room.

Shirasu Jin acting here is nothing less but brilliant, being both extremely sweet and an evil, evil gorgeous, devil...
Motokariya Yuika timid but strong was also well preformed.

This drama is twisted on so many levels, and I will admit not all great and some twists were more predictable than other and one heck of a twist in the end... pushing the score for an 7,5-8 to an 8.5-9 ish...

The drama is highly bingeable (it is very short), has no annoying characters, and really has killer dark humour for those who do not mind laughing at evil and murder... With killer cooking scenes, with food beautiful enough to die for... Yet oddly not the least bit appetising... And may make you want to become a vegetarian (if your are not already) But very pretty indeed.

Definitely not a drama for everybody, but 6 laughs in 6 episodes is a pretty ok score in my book...

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