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I need courage more than I need romance but cute

This is sweet, not easy to watch easy to binge and a lovely bunch of cliches we have seen before that reminded me a lot of the c-drama My Fated Boy,

The male lead is an adorable cup of hot coco about 90% of the time he is honest, straight forward but a bit to klingey and in need of a lesson in consent even if he does seem to be pretty honest and seem to get what love is, unlike every other person in this show. The female lead is an oblivious icicle scaredy cat about 90% of the time and may need a lesson or two in relaxation.

The side characters are lovely both friendship wise and with their own issues and stories, I did however get slight 3ed couple second male syndrome... That story was way underdeveloped and that guy was the hottest guy in the whole drama... I also liked the second female lead about 70% of the time which is pretty good even though her character was a bit oddly written and not very consistent...

All in all nothing special but entertaining and fun to watch.

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Sweet and real... with a touch of sadness

Dealing with life is not always easy, the choices we make the lies we tells others and ourselves to try to hold on or protect people probably work out better in real life than movies... However this movie did have a new take on lies spinning out of hand with a beautiful story of friendship, moving on and I dare say love with a hell load of pain done well!

I loved how this movie took a slightly different approach to puppy love than many high school dramas and even though I know nothing about electronic music, they almost got me sold on it after watching some of the scenes in this movie.

All in all this may not be a feel good movie, and it does leave some questions unanswered but it is beautifully made, touching and will make you feel for these slightly lost soles.

Bonus, it is available on Netflix where I live (rare for c-movies) and a powerful scene marked spoiler.

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Funny and ehmm... odd

What happens when 3 very different women just happen to run away from their lives, att the exact same time and place? Well of course they help each other out and build a new family?

This little shoe may not have the greatest quality or for that matter greatest script but it is pretty funny to see how fast misunderstanding can accumulate and lead to a whole lot of mess as well the true value of shoes.

From a man not letting his wife put or running shoes, to the woman running away in heels. We see that heals may not be the easiest to run in but are a better weapon than slippers. The relationship between these 3 women is just adorable to watch and is great contrast to the men's way of understanding and communicating.

All in all definitely worth being watched, just mind the quality.

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Nothing says I love you as much as being forcibly kissed (this is a bad joke)

I came for the lack of consent, and I was not the least disappointed. Had I come for the romance then this would probably have me running by the first assault. This is a short and intense drama with high pace and and not a dull moment. The leads acting is superb, while some of the side characters could use an acting lesson or two with very few side stories if at all. I found all the characters interesting but in need of allot of emotional guidance.

The drama is called Addicted-heroin, it has very little to do with the actual drug and more with a (several) persons addiction to another person sending them to make some pretty bad decisions (I will write more about those as a comment wit a spoiler tag).

And tells the story of an extroverted rich bad boy who (unknowingly) falls for his stepbrother an introverted poor yet super smart good boy icicle and douse all in his power to own him. While still having a girlfriend and denying his sexuality. Both leads seem to have connections to having (had) girlfriends with an addiction to them who need to learn to let go.

All in all an interesting watch, just be prepared for sexual and physical assault, and most importantly what ever you do not have this as relationship goals, or in any way accept this kind of behavior when seeking a partner.

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For those of you who want to feel angry, emotional and nervous.

This was definitely a ride... some parts may have been a little bit unnecessary and felt more like fillers to keep the drama going or it could have added depth to how heard it is to break loose from a cult. The way the cult was portrayed reminded me allot of prayer-meetings I was forced to attend as a child and where therefor very entertaining for me. The series really takes prayer-meetings to an extreme... which is it's genius!

This series does not sugarcoat anything, the adults are plain evil and while other dramas would have you get your hopes up by finding all sorts of clever unrealistic solutions this one keeps you hoping...

I have loved Seo Ye Ji from it's okay not to be okay so it was no surprised that she would be brilliant but had only seen Woo Do Hwan in Tempted which I dropped so wasn't really impressed by him earlier but am now fully crushing on his smile.

The drama definitely kept me on my toes from the first episode all the way to the end.

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This is probably one of the most important dramas I have ever seen, while constantly keeping me on my toes.

I loved the way they portrayed motherhood from different angels and are not afraid to show uss that not all mothers are naturaly good mothers. But are not shy to show the role stigma and lack of saftynets have for making and attracting predators thrue several generations wile showing that there are different ways to react to thease sercumtanses and the possibility of growth.

I also loved how realistic this drama was, even though I some times wonderd how the child could survive which gave a die hard feel to it while still staying realistic.

I also loved all the different relationships that where formed in the drama, and how many people it takes to survive on the run. Not to mention things one may encounter on the run.

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The Yellow Umbrella At Its BEST

Do you believe in The Yellow Umbrella? This must be THE ultimate YELLOW UMBRELLA drama, putting ones faith in the power of the yellow umbrella in dramaland to the ultimate test

The drama has some of the best parts of Twinkling Watermelon meets Some Day or One Day . All covered in a yellow umbrella. And while it does have a lot of the good parts of these two excellent dramas it does not fully reach the greatness of both.

I love the different timelines, the friendships and the grandmother. The female lead has a lot of fun lines, at times a really cool attitude and is fun to watch about 70% of the time however the remaining 30%offer a few to many moments of annoying/ second hand embarrassment for me to fully understand what our fantasy to perfect to be perfect male lead sees in her. As for the other male lead male leads are a blast to watch, they are sweet, have great interactions both among themselves and with the female lead and aside from a few moments of jealousy really seem to be to good to be true. Also the girl tries to run away from the male lead so many times that I am sure that is why the drama is called Lovely Runner, but it should have been lovely umbrella...

There are a lot of twists (some better than others), sweet fun moments between all of the characters, eye-candy for as far as the aye can see and I do believe they have a thing for men (the male lead) getting out of the shower, pool, rain showing the viewers his very well chiselled abs in most of the episodes. So if you are sensitive to abs you may want to look away or make sure you are in a safe environment while watching.

Besides the abs, the cinematography is gorgeous, the use of umbrellas breath taking and the plot was wrapped up a lttle bit to fast towards the end, and it may have a hole or two but is overall pretty decent. Kisses are top, top all in all definitely one of those dramas that I will rewatch scenes from now and then.

An easy binge that will-indeed cater to all your romance, umbrella and watery needs

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My pet peeves and adorable leads

This drama has a lot going for it good actors, good chemistry, nice found family trope , bromance, roamans and an overall interesting story.


I love the second couple, wish they had a drama of their own and would have wanted to see more of the sisters story.

HOWEVER -

I do not really get the blaming a 12 year old for... well anything and I do not really get the whole dad part... Love the way our male lead pushes the dad away but do not really get the wife/dad/kid situation so the premise of the story does feel slightly off...

It has a few to many of my pet peevs, some parts of the story are confusing and they tried a little too hard to try to get the audience to cry leaving me wuth less tears and more of a oh come on... So while it wan an easy binge that had me hooked those last two to three episodes just didn't give me closure or protocolary interesting development. Insted it just added moments of annoyance and confusion.

taking away quite a bit from the over all score that could have been an 8 or even a 9...

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Cotton Candy Costume in the Clouds... With Thunder

Come away with me.... and will kiss... Watch this drama and get swept away to a fluffy worlds high up in the sky gorgeous colors, flying whales and flowers as far as the eye can see.

This is a drama that you start watching and without noticing you have seen 10 episodes and long for more. The plot has a lot of well known and well loved tropes and cliches, and can feel a bit rich a costume dram made light and highly accessible making it a dram that fits both new comers and people who have seen a lot of these, as far as I understand, me I am more of a newcomer but not a complete nube.

What I love about this is the pace, the visuals and the rare fact that no one annyd me to the extent of me wanting to skip scenes. Do not get me wrong there is one annoying character and a whole bunch that had my blood boiling. But the annoying character was manageable and got less annoying with time. The blood boiling types well they kept my blood boiling throat and in a good way.

The female lead is a naive one, but not to naive and though she may not always be my cup of morning dew at the end of the day she has some pretty powerful scenes, and delivers her character/s really well.

The male lead is just perfect, not in a ooh I want to date this guy but in a entertaining, cute, romantic at times, cold as an iceberg other times. Acting is spot on and the chemistry between the two makes not only fierworks but makes way for a lightning storm or ten...

The Second male lead and second female lead (if that is what she is) are also this rare commodity of lovable but not to lovable. They will not give us SLS but not make us want to throw them in to a pit either.

There is also a pretty good balance between suspense, fluff, intrigues and humour. I for one could not help but laugh every time the cold male lead smiled.

And then there is this whole body swap thing, that always has had some parts to it that have gotten on my nerves in other dramas, but did not in this one so an extra point for that too,

I am in no way saying this drama is perfect, but it is just so pretty, entertaining and definitely worth a watch. It is also a lot shorter than many other dramas of its kind and to be honest I would not have minded another episode or 20.

P.s. This is deffinetly a drama you will want to binge so make sue you have the time for it when you watch it.

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Slowly Slowly... a lot of yummy but also a whole lot of meeh

 This drama is one part food/cooking, one part traval, one part friendship and I guess one part music/entertainment drama... oh and a romance... Without Drama.

I love most of the side characters, sweet fun to waych, goid friends and have lovely interdynamics. But it also has some really badly preformed, and badly written characters..


Both leads have their charm but to be honest this feels a bit like a teenage daughter of divorce with a cheeting father... sat down and fantasised with her friends.... And wrote some kind of extremely unrealistic fantasy. some kind of type of fantasy drama... more unrealistic than time travel, magical creatures types of fantays. The type that is there to makeup for all the wrongs of her family all at once with very little drama but also the female lead is portrayed as a kid/doll. Thus making me believe it is indeed a story written for kids.

The female lead has some fun bad ass lines here and there... as well as the occasional show of character. However most of the time her mimics, the way she is dressed, the way she runs, walks... are all a crossover between toddler and ballet dancer. Girl can fall asleep at any time and I'm pretty sure she is served milk at one point or another.

The male lead has no time yet is the one making all the desisions, cooking and what nott... he is also 7 years older than than the female lead with a huuuge maturity gap between them. However not a single person seems to mention the age gap... Normally age gaps don't really bother me but here the maturity gap is just too big.

I can't help but wonder about the brainstorming sesion when choosing the ml occupation and character.

Let's make him a voice actor
No we need more
Ok a singer
No we need more
Ok how about a healer...
No we need more
Ok he needs to be a master chef too
No that is still not enough we need more...
Hmm... ok lets take all of the above add some mistery and make all of this secret identitys and throw in a sviour complex and make him a director, planner and... and... a pioneer yes he was a pioneer too... + never had a girlfriend at age 29 because he was waiting for the right voice to come along...

How about the fl?
Fl... fl... hm... ok she can be a foodie who cant cook, composes but rather not sing her own song though she has a nice voice that can't hit high notes. Oh she should be a student too... maybe work at a supermarket or something like that... you know so girls can find something to relate to...

The show has the healthy mains relationship tag and is discribed as a geen flag... but honestly something about him keeps bothering me and though he doesn't force himself on the female lead even once, this is not really a relationship between equal. So my standards for healthy relationships is a bit different than this one...

My favorite characters are the groups manager and the two singers in the group whoem are waaay more interesting than the leads. I aloso loved the cosplayers. Fun to watch and a ship I would love to see the friends of this show in a Taiwanese spinoff...

The pacing is a bit off at times painfully slow... matching the theme song slowly slowly we fall in love... though the falling was fast apparently they had a parashoot with a propeller...

An okay watch with a whole lot of beautiful shots (mainly of food), and a whole lot of good (mainly side characters) but to much meh to get a higher score.

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Love at first wrist grab...

This drama feels like the fantasy of an old house wife who just found out here husband was a d*** who cheated on her and is now wondering what if she had put herself and her career first... maybe gotten together with a younger guy, with the cold cool musician she once saw...

The female lead is supposedly smart, successful, fun etc she has some pretty big trust issues, princess syndrom and well seams pretty stupid at times... there is definitely a lack in communication skills here.

The male lead, is a cold, pretty good looking and has an intense passionate gaze... The guy also lacks all verbal communication skills but is completely fluent in wrist grab as well as sack of potato lifts.

While I do see that both have a lot of tension I never really understood when they fell so passionately for each other? was it in the censured scenes not available for us? or was it a spell? does she have a thing for wrist grabs? Does he have a thing for drunk girls? I am not sure?

But dude does not seem to be able to communicate at all. not in the beginning, not in the middle and not in the end dudes lack of communication skills are constantly there... luckily the girl likes wrist grabs so they seem to work things out anyway... most of the time.

The second couple is an immature pair of on and off... the second housewife fantasy... Both feel like 13 year olds and not like consenting adults, making the paring feel very off...

The second male lead is as manipulative and evil as a second male lead gets, you will probably not get SLS here.. you may ship the FL with one of the girls in the drama as they seem to actually be able to communicate with each other but since the girls do not practice wrist grabs I would advise you to just let that thought go...


There are a bunch of other rivals who show up here and there, unnecessary conflicts and a bunch of business stuff that make 0 sense but cause drama . There are also a bunch of lovely gestures, fantasy stuff that work on screen but do not do it for me... at all.. there is some slow mo stuff, waves, fire works , men who can both clean and cook women who can work but not clean or cook...

So if you are looking for wrist grabs, passionate kisses, gestures and mindless fluff... with a dash of WHAT the... go for this , if not move a long...


P.s the dubbing is also off

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The thin line between love and hate - a toxic love story

This is not just a slice of life but a whole pie of life as we follow these two girls and the people that affect them from childhood to adulthood on a journey of self destruction, hate, pain, more pain, self blame, hate, obsession and possession.

The acting is phenomenal and so is the storytelling and cinematography. Each episode has a build up and ends with a line that makes you want to press that next episode button, to find out what will happen next, We the viewers are given small clues, but they take their time telling the story, preparing us for the twist the lie ahead . I rarely watch dramas in bed while my husband is still a sleep but this time I just had to see how it would unfold. So I turned off the sound just in time for episodes that even without sound evoked a whole lot of emotions in me that I found myself lying in bed crying my eyes out in the silence of the early morning. No violins needed.

The characters are not always lovable, they are human beings imperfect full of mistakes, full of hate oh so much hate. (mostly towards themselves) , there is a show of several social issues and representation without taking away focus from the main plot. And while I do have some issues with coice of words here and there this is without a doubt a drama I highly recommend. Just make sure to stock up on sleeves, tissues or whatever you prefer to use ro wipe your tears and snot for the episodes somewhere in the middle of the drama.

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Last Cringe

Welcome to the last cringe a drama about a spoiled brat with 0 personality who losses his sight after an accident and pretty much blames the wrong person for his loss of sight and the lost boy in trouble who ends up taking the spoiled brat on a journey to adjustment in to his new found circumstances...

Along for the journey we meet the cool bad ass all round best friends of both leads, and some other side characters that are better actors/actresses than our brat lead and also got more interesting characters, as mr brat lead may break out of his room adjusting to the world out there while managing to stay a self absorbed brat from start to finish. Seas acting feels kind of off, and I can not help but think that his smiles and tears look so forced that he looks like he is about to shit his pants... However he does do a decent job looking like a person that is visually impaired thus making me feel that boy has hope, just needs more acting classes and coaching beyond the vision part of the character.

Jimmy on the other hand seems to have gotten both the coaching and better lines. He rocked, had a lovely character that if you just put a side some self blame and self sacrifice was both fun to watch, lovable and versatile. Dude had character development, a hint of playfulness, was an all round good person etc

Very little in this story seems proportionate so the story is not very well written, the lines are cringy and there is some kind of theme of going from I hate you to ohhh you are the cutest little puppy, I am sorry I love you... with no process what so ever like flipping a light switch people go on and off and on again... I am not saying people should not forgive but come on you can not go from I love you , I hate you o I love you again without any reason.

Last but not least: Mark, Namtan, Kun and Film deserve better than this drama, they did a great job with what they got but still deserve a lot better.


That said it is an easy binge with a lot of fun moments, just to many moments of oh come on... and cringe... cringe... cringe...

Also: There is some serious Marry Popins bag action in this, as the boys seem to be able to fit awhole wardrobe in 2 small backpacks.

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Clichés in Contract with a sweet scent of broken flowers

The opening scen of this dram draws us in a we hear the narrative of a girl who was raised to become a commodity to be sold by entering the contract of marriage . Dark and orange red lights accompany us to the view of Go Kyung Pyo stepping in to the shower while she steps out though the dark apartments door in to a light hallway... Giving us a feel of high end dark and a bit naughty... However viewers are then thrown int to the light bubbly sweetness which is basically Park Min Young. Giving us a story of love, geometry, corporate politics and human relationships viewed from a bunch of angles.

The budget for this drama seems to be pretty big, not only seen by the star studded amazing cast but also bu the amount of PPL to pay for it. As there is so much PPL in this that it is impossible to miss out on it, even though you may be shocked by the missing Subs from Subway and face masks you get cars, Kopiko and the ever folding Samsungs instead.

Go Kyung Pyos character is wonderfully portrayed, awkward, straight forward, introverted to the core, a sweet little puppy and as usual the king of back hugs, there is no doubt that this guy is good at his job making great use of his eyes and slow mo it is hard not to fall for this guy.... Especially when put next to a fluffy cat.. Kim Jae Young also delivered a memorable performance, with captivating flirty smiles, playfulness this guy is the warm bubbly, emotional, perfect contrast to the other guy. Having both the cat an girl between these two was a lot of fun to watch in this highly contracted and respectful (most of the time) love triangle. The addition of Lee Joo Bins character in to the love geometry was the cherry on top for this geometry lover (yes I admit it I love em).

The ex husband/roommate played by Kang Hyung Suk may not have added to the geometry but was amazingly casted, well preformed and made me wish for a spinn off (I rarely want spinn offs) where he gets to be the star of a rising star rom com of his own.

There where a few annoying side characters who got a bit more screen time than I would have wished for taking down the score a bit, however they are manageable and though they did make me reach for the mute button I did not feel the need to skip the scenes with them all together. There are a few decisions that seemed to be there only to prolong the plot without actually giving it any substance, most of the twists were highly predictable but I do not really mind predictability so it did not really bother me.

The umbrellas in this drama are top of the hill... Red warning umbrella was so well used I could not help but laugh at the sight of her. There are also a bunch of good poetic lines here and there, which come off as oddly funny when delivered by the cold male lead. " Broken flowers smell the sweetes" (or something like that) would have felt like a way to slick buttery line if not delivered with a stone cold face.

The story really is nothing new, had I seen this a year or two ago I would probably have rated it higher as it does indeed hava a bunch of cliches and stuff I love but since there is some meeh moments, a few draggy parts , highly mutable parts and other parts that could have been explored a bit more I realised that no matter how much I love the cast and found most of this drama enjoyable I could not ignore them completely and thus settled for 8,5.

So to sum it up, if you like the cast, enjoy geometry and do not mind a bunch of cliches go for it this is a good choice for you.
If you want something new and exiting and hate PPL pick something else.

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Fallen star done right

This is another one of those dramas that just draws you in and before you know it it is over...

To be honest we have seen this type of story before in several dramas, all rated highly by me, and all loved in their own little way. This drama does not have a lot to add to the lot of dramas of this type story wise even if it does have a slightly different angle and has the star fall a bit deeper than most other dramas do.

HOWEVER it does have Suzys amazing acting, singing and all round awesomeness.

It also has really beautiful cinematography a bunch of lovely friendships and extreamly few moments of annoying.

The biggest downside of this drama is it leaving me wanting more, as well as the high age of the actors supposed to play 21 yearolds (not very believable, sorry). However the acting, chemistry, kissing, emotions are all spot on and I loved pretty much every second of watching the interactions between the leads and the second female lead.

Definitely a drama worth watching for all those who can appreciate watching falling star dramas and can handle some darkness and spunk.

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