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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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Sweet n´Slow...

This was such a slow paced, but sweet lesson about love, and the obstacles involved in wanting to change the past... Did I, who am used to watching dramas where it takes like 16 hours for people to get together just call a movie slow paced, yes I did... I really did...

However slow as it may be it does come with an interesting lesson in connecting the past with the present without to many effects of interesting distractions.

The main coupe is mature, sweet and calm inspire of this very odd situation and time complication they seem to be in. there are a few interesting twist too but nothing really exiting to watch on screen but the story is good so I am sure the novel it was adapted from is better then the movie.

To be clear, the acting was good, the characters were lovable, and the story interesting it just lacks that extra spark and pace one would expect from a movie... So it was good but maybe not so entertaining...

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Our Painfully, Pain, Pain, Pain with a side of flufff

Prepare yourselves for some pain, and I do not just mean a little pain, I mean a lot of it as the team for this drama truly do all in their power to make you feel the prolonged suffering of the main couple with the use of dialog, visuals and a pretty painful OST.
I was honestly surprised over how much could feel their pain, as I spent most of this drama with a lump in my chest. And as the true drama masochist I am I LOVED every moment of it... yep I did! If you are not a fan of pain step away and do not come near this drama.. because it has so many different types of pain and levels of brokenness, fear and pain making it one of the most painfully, pain, pain, pain dramas I have watched of course with some humour, cuteness and beauty... but did I mention pain?

I think I read someone say this reminded them of Reply 1988 and I am willing to agree, I am just not going to tell you in what way, so I won't spoil it for you... But there is deffinetly a familiarity between the two dramas.

This drama has a few (very few) slightly annoying scenes, but I would say this is a meet after a break up drama done right. though I did want to yell at the cast from time to time to TALK TO EACH OTHER... There was not a single character (ok one) that was not lovable at least once.

"My mother is dyeing and I don't feel the least bit sad" made me forget every single flaw in this drama...

Extra points for the way they portray how poverty affects people, as well as some pretty raw lines about bad parenting... minus for some other parts about parenting but then again some more for the good parents and what makes a family...


Extra points for the OST, showing how much ones mood affects the way you hear a song, as some of the songs felt sad and dark in some of the episodes but happy, fluffy and romantic in others... yes the same song, same piano... same tone, same voice... completely different emotion. Now that takes talent and color me impressed!

It also has some well done product placement, some a bit too obvious that will make you laugh, and some PPL that is just in the way... Also wrong botle of Soju... it was blue! very confusing. They make good use of umbrellas too...

This drama is not for everybody, so do not be fooled by the name Our Beloved Summer... there is very little beloved and even less summer (it is mostly fall and winter). But for all you fellow drama masochists out there, this will have you felling stuff, biting your nails and screaming at the screen!

Oh and most of the episodes are named after movies from the 90s... kind of cute.

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´Sweet cliches but Cant help getting annoyed by the OST..

This is just such a sweet cliche fest... Sweet, fun, well paced and actually pretty interesting story with gorgeous scenery!

This is probably the first time the OST actually made me remove stars from the drama, if you looooove Elvis it may add points, the title of the drama should probably have tipped me off so there is no one to blame but myself. I am pretty neutral towards Elvis and did not have anything against "I can´t help falling in love with you" but after hearing this song play for the 99999 time in less than 2 hrs I felt like muting it all... So be where.

Things I enjoyed, the chemistry, the fluff, the scenery and the slight well made presence of trans representation (very short but good) as well as the relationships, friendships and the way they showed different ways of controlling a person in a relationship without using physical violence.

The male lead is such a sweetheart, and though he did marry the fl while she was drunk he is actually pretty good with grasping the whole notion of consent thing and is very thoughtful.

The female lead is fun, bubbly, distressed and considering her situation she could have easily annoyed me but no, I could completely follow her thought process as well as her struggles with her situation.

So all in all a pretty decent movie.

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Great potential and good start but after a while it went down hill...

This drama had such a interesting start with great chemistry fun scenes, fun twists and really complex and well made characters with pretty good stories attached.


The portrayals of the friendships among the palace maids where definitely goals, and one of the best portrayals of friendships between girls out there showing true gals before guys, found family,... the works! I really liked all the different personalities among the maids. The grandpa is also such a sweetheart, killer kind and cruel paranoid ruler yet still just a big huggable teddy bear.

I really enjoyed some of the ways woman where portrayed here, how the line between super evil villain and fight for our rights is kind of blurry and the way the talk about the value of different lives. Because let´s face it women where not really that valued, and women from the lower classes could very much have been seen as nothing else but replaceable goods... And that was shown with brilliantly placed lines as well as twists...

The female lead was so cool. smart all round amazing the first half of the drama only to become highly frustrating bordering on pathetic the second half, almost making me loose interest in this otherwise highly bingeble show.

The male lead is also. smart, fun, most of the time respectful (not bad for a 1700 king), fine he kills a bunch of people and does not really know who to trust... but over all he is a sweetheart with pecs and scenes that are sure to make you blush... But he too does have the slightly wrong kid of character development...

Acting, music, cinematography are all really great and there are no truly annoying characters if you do not count he female lead during the second half.

All in all an a pretty ok drama, but slightly disappointing as it was off to such a great start , but I guess the life of a queen or a concubine in the palace is basically just life in a fancy prison...

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Cute, funny, touching and says many things that need to be said

This is one of those feel everything dramas, that show a lot of interesting issues thru the lives of a pretty miss-mashed group of people who share a common space but other than that have nothing in common.

The different lifestyles and interest of the family's here is shown both at the first meeting but also thrue how differently they decorate their homes and well keeps on from there with conflicts, arguments, slammed doors and broken plants... However every single character in this drama (yes even the shortest roles) show great growth,

Why I rank this so highly is because of the way they say and show many things that rarely get to be said but truly need this space. Though there where times I was annoyed at how they portrayed the some of the characters as time went by they grew on me and I seem to have forgiven the writers (seeing I rated it highly) for making the pros cover the cons.

Important issues covered here are voluntary and involuntary childlessness, women's rights, men's mental health, depression, LGBTQ, found family, domestic violence, divorce, children's rights, self value etc. All well packaged with a lot humour and fun situations.

So yep go watch it enjoy and do learn from it!

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Great sequel to a lovely prequel

This movie takes of where part one ended, and it does it beautifully showing how these two keep trying to figure out what they want from each other. What triggers them and if and how they can deal with the inevitable end for the one week relationship that is playing games with their minds.

This movie has several moments of tension, making the viewers wonder how will this go? is Seiryo really a masochist falling for impossible people? Or will he Skipp Yuzuru and go for his sister instead? Is Yuzuru really just a jerk? And what about that Shino girl that keeps calling and ruining things?

Part two was just as sweet and fun if not even sweeter, easy to watch and all round lovely... But do watch part one first! And well if you did not like pet one you will not like part two...

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Fluff at its best

This is a really sweet and fun romcom with several nice couples, music and a dash of awkwardness. The first episode was a bit low on the humor part but second to eleventh episodes where a feast for the aye and just fun to watch as Icicle or male god and smiles go from fake to real, hetero to bi , hate to love couple in the most adorable way yes all those common tropes in one that are allot of fun to watch. The side characters and side stories are 80% sweet 15% stalkers and 5% annoying at times but over all very lovable.

The main couple is adorable but it bothers me that one seems to have to want be more physical than the other a common theme in many dramas. Why cant we just see two people want to kiss each other instead of the no means yes? or no means just convince me more? the line is not crossed, there are no forced kisses or so just not very mutual though the feeling grow to be very mutual its the physical part that does not seem to sync. Still a very sweet story and adorable character growth with lots of fun fluffy scenes.

Then there is some unnecessary trouble that dragged down the overall experience and score for this show but all in all definitely an easy drama that is worth a watch.

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This series starts and ends ten years after high school but the rest takes place during the last year of high school. The story is very sweet, with wonderful friendships, solidarity and a strong feeling of we can do it together. The chemistry between the leads is phenomenal yet very innocent.

The male lead does push the female against the wall once in an argument but other than that both male leads are very respectful towards her boundaries and each other. There aren't any annoying side caracters. Things not to be taken for granted in a c-drama.

As in many school C- dramas it is very pure and study oriented. The amount of time these students spend in school is very strange for me having gone to school in Sweden and Israel. The very idea of teachers confiscating mp3s and getting involved in the students social life is very strange for me but it’s interesting to learn about it.

I found myself yelling at them come on just let the kids listen to some music. I personally need music when I study. It feels like the series is trying to say that everybody is different and that students learn in different ways but at the same time it’s very strict. I did feel the story was dragged on a little to long and would rather see some more of the time after high school but otherwise it’s a nice drama.

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