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Conflicted Addiction.
Here’s the thing.. I watched the drama and I read both novels to cure my curiosity on how it all ends. As much as I anticipated the drama, it is honestly not appropriate. Period.Yes. There is sexual assault. Not once but multiple times. The ML basically forced the other ML on numerous occasions and not just in that one scene. The “kidnapping” in the drama and the second “kidnapping” in the novel are both disgusting and uncalled for. It did not add to their story or development. It showed how psychotic the ML is and his obsession became overwhelming. Who does that to someone you love? Forcing them to have sex with you and forcing them to love you? To make it worst, the story ROMANTICIZED the abuse. The whole, “I did it for us” BS played over and over again. What a disappointment. This could have been such a beautiful story.
Throughout the entire drama and novels, they both continue to act out in all their jealous charades thus proving they should not be together. I’m so disappointed.
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A MUST WATCH.
I held off on watching for years bc Go Go Squid Season 2 was not good (let’s be honest, it was bad).I accidentally watched that first so I gave up on Season 1. I stumbled upon this again and decided to give it a try. Omg I’ve never been happier to be wrong. THIS WAS JUST AMAZING.
1. Li Xian as the ML is enough for me to justify why this drama is so good. He is dashingly handsome and the swag he gives to this character is the cherry on top. His chemistry with the FL is phenomenal.
2. FL is not the best looking actress but I have to say, she’s a great actress. Her character here is surprisingly not the typical annoying young girl in love. She’s smart, calm and very understanding. It made sense why ML fell for her even though he’s so picky.
3. The bromance is very sweet and touching.
4. It doesn’t focus on the competitions but on the interpersonal relationships which is why it’s so good.
5. No dumb love triangles. The leads do go through rough patches but it needed to happen for them to grow and strengthen their love.
6. No “evil” dumb characters. Just a lot of growth, development and wonderful story about this group of incredible people.
My suggestion- watch this., then watch the last episode of season 2 for their bonus happy ending!!
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Mobsters with Diabetes
Why Mobsters with Diabetes? They’re too sweet to be true. These are less mobsters and more white collared criminals wanting to reform by working hard to assimilate back into society- a society that is not willing to give them second chances.Then enter Mob Boss aka Mr Soul aka Mr Voice aka Mr Sexy AF Mofo. He has cheekbones of steel and a voice of thunder. Not only is he loyal, loving and kind, he is also a teddy bear in disguise.
Take this and add in the usual Kdrama formula and you get an incredibly sweet and light drama:
- co habitating
- group of funny friends
- strong and hard working FL
- SML who isn’t an asshole, persistent but not pushy
- there’s really no love triangle, ML and FL only love each other
- a sprinkle of serious moments but mostly fun and hilarious moments
I would watch just to hear ML whisper murderous threats to me.
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When Scouting for a Non Toxic Drama
Love Scout is definitely one of those feel good dramas of the year. It’s rare because:1. FINALLY, a k drama without a toxic workplace environment. You get to see kind people working together from management to staff.
2. Role reversal from typical cold male CEO and clumsy but lovable female secretary. Here, we get an unbothered FL CEO and BRIGHT GREEN FLAG ML secretary. He’s so green he’s fucking NEON.
3. No idiotic fights or break ups.
4. No stupid love triangles. Just little crushes here and there but mature and healthy.
5. Supportive and mature second leads who act in the best interest of their one sided romances
6. No draggy episodes just to fill 16 episodes, but 12 episodes of sweetness
7. A mature love story about mature adults who are honest with their feelings. I love how bold our FL is with her love for the ML. She wants him and she wants the world to know.
8. No dragged out conflicts.
9. Open and honest communications.
10. Overall, they touched the surface of your typical kdrama issues but not enough for you to pull your hair and shit yourself in frustration.
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Korean Vs Chinese Versions.. Same but Different
To avoid getting yelled at by cyber warriors, I’ll keep it short.K version:
short and sweet
More like neighbors than family which helped the transition to lovers
No stupid love triangle
More on second leads
Dal power- enough said
FL is not as strong of a character, more pouty and childish
C version: in depth and longer
More like family since the build up took more time
More family scenes and more character developments but it made the transition to lovers a bit more awkward
That dreadful love triangle
More scenes for the side characters
Overall, watch both. Definitely one of the best slice of life.
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IT’S GLORIOUS
Every rare once in a while, you’ll find a series that is so mesmerizing from beginning to end, you almost don’t want it to end. Even though the series has two parts with 16 episodes total, I finish the entire series and did not take a breath in between. It is truly magnificent to watch. You become so invested in the heroine’s quest for revenge and her thirst for justice. From beginning to end, the story is gripping and so well thought out. This is perfection. I’ve never been so satisfied with an ending. Truly justice for all. Just magnificent.Was this review helpful to you?
Meet yourself…but not in this series
I tried. I tried so hard. I love Li Xian. Liu Yei Fei is good. Why didn’t this work??! Because…. NOTHING HAPPENS. You have 40 episodes- 40 hours of nothing but promotional tourism. This isn’t slice of life. Just a slice of NOTHING. It’s so unbelievably SLOW and boring. I didn’t care for any of the characters or storylines. They tried so hard to make this into an in-depth and endearing series but it’s flat and empty. I couldn’t go on . It’s rated so high but fell so short. I don’t understand the hype at allWas this review helpful to you?
