MLJH

Great acting from a handful of the cast, sadly the script and the FL were appauling.

You can’t have a good drama when everything and everyone is revolving around one individual- there are no layers, no significant side plots. As a result you have a dumb naive FL character who is clueless and then so selfish and idiotic. She has no range of emotion either so continually the same blank stare, doesn’t help the fact that the writer gave her a terrible storyline to work with.

I’m not sure if the Director was trying to remake Cinderella and the Four Knights but if it was the plan they failed miserably. That show was awesome. This one forgettable.

Had a good concept but executed poorly. Far too many side plots and characters that really diluted the core of what the show could have been about. The constant break ups and the final refusal to get back together was such a break from the main character outlook that it just got beyond ridiculous. Too messy in those final 10 episodes. Writing all over the place.

Overall after skipping huge chunks I felt like I could finish this up and get it over with. Sadly.

Oh boy oh boy what on earth was that ending. Was already on the edge of 6/7 for the writers absolutely unfounded stupid breakup plot… but that ending?? Takes the biscuit. What a strange way to cap off what was some amazing delivered character growth arc for the ML and a well acted role for FL. Someone fire these writers. Ruined a potential 9/10 show with those two elements.

his sister, who happens to be in love with ML carries the whole stupid I own him because we have a past trope that cdramas love to rehash

weird ending

So much potential for this show to be a stand out. sadly the way it progressed and ended ruined that.

Like why spend SOOOOO many scenes with the bro and part timer for a sudden dive and it go nowhere. Like that was so irritating. Like screenwriter- either make them a cute couple at the end (with no accusations) or cut those scebes so they hsve short scenes to know whe she is. You don’t have your audience make sn emotional connection and then send them faking rape. It was so off and did not match her entire character the rest of the show. ugh.

yes to all of that though it drags plenty and theres some plot holes.

where did you watch it?

it did start to drag for sure

Despite the fact I felt like this started off on the slow side (I’m not a fan of waiting for the first meeting of the leads) I do understand why it took its time to get moving. There was a lot of backstory they obviously wanted to lay out initially instead of a thousand flashbacks. There’s already too many flashbacks in dramas. As this series progressed it certainly picked up both speed and curiosity with the twists that came. I love the seconds in this show, and it was nice that we didn’t have to deal with the dumb love triangle trope!! Thanks writers!!

Stellar acting with a great cast, beautiful music and gorgeous locations. I enjoyed the reincarnation plot throughout- cleverly done. The ending felt very rushed and I wished it wasn’t necessary but I could see the point. Great series.

Deserved rating, this show is beautifully created-and has taken the top spot for me with my cdrama list, it barely nudged LLTG out of number 1. 😎 Buy I’m happy because I love these leads, and everything just fit right here. I was so glad there were no dumb tropes of the usual romance. The entire family was wonderful and I spent many moments admiring the hair styling of the Mama and FL.. long hair looking stunning.
OST is gorgeous too… its hard to beat a show like this. 10/10, easy.

The sweetest and most beautifully written and acted high school to adulthood drama there is.. and holy cow Gu Ran he’s only 20? How on earth do these babies pull off legit mature adult human beings? Talented actors for sure. This 5 solid friends make this show what it is. The growth in the ML is incredible. Other cdrama writers take note… THIS. IS. HOW . ITS. DONE.

No stupid angst. No misunderstandings. No self sacrificing breakups just because the audience needs some tension (cos we really don’t). Nice use of time skips. Actually it felt right. I don’t want 50 draggy episodes. This was sheer perfection.

This is a very mid drama, the acting by those in the storyworld was sub par, and there’s no emotional connection to care about them. Ended up skipping a lot of that towards the end of the drama as I was so over it already. There’s too much repetition of tropes within this drama too, and that was disappointing. Oh, she’s in the hospital again, surprise!! 🤣

This drama would have been better at 18 or so episodes but the cdramas are improving and not giving us 40+ anymore which is nice. There needed to be a bit more chemistry between the leads, the FL’s always seem to give back a tiny portion as to what they received from ML and yes thats the writer tripping us all, but would love to see FL actually embrace relationships a bit more maturely. They are not 13 yr olds embarking on first crushes. Not endorsing intimate scenes per say, just a bit more grown up behavior would be nice.

All the guys run funny in this show, which will give you a smile. Overall, I enjoyed this drama for 3/4 of the time and then it started to feel tired. The way they ended the last 30 seconds was nice and uplifting. Nice to see.

Definitely a simple drama with not much depth to the script (which gets a little odd in places) this drama felt very pure and certainly was filmed that way. The leads relationship development was paced well, and they were very sweet to each other. This drama is very much a U rating, I don’t recall even a single kiss which is very different for a jdrama.

Overall, despite the oddity of the plot and weird moments in the production (you’ll know what I mean if you watch it) you will enjoy thos short and simple show.

A gem of a drama that wasn’t on my radar but si glad I stumbled across it.

Though I did wish there was not so much of the sadness and hardships for the leads (they just can’t catch a break with the situation) the storyline was compelling enough to keep you hooked. Timing of the show got a little long. That last 5 episodes or so felt tedious and I started skipping in order to just bring the situation to a close. The ending felt extremely rushed which is always frustrating especially when its got so many episodes - a fuller ending would have been nice and appropriate considering the abundance of tension and difficulties the writers put us through.

Overall this was a great watch, and thankfully the character of the ML is cute and funny enough to offset the angst and tension thats flowing through this drama from start to finish. The comedy relief there from him was crucial. The 3 track OST got really irritating.

That has to be one of the biggest 180’s I have ever seen in a main character ever!! Not just a complete switch of behavior but also it feels like personality wise as well. However because ML starts off so heavily messed up and toxic, the change is desperately needed. To be fair the FL carries her fair share of awful behavior too, multiple times she comes across as the biggest hypocrite ever. After 3 yrs of relationship with Ml she runs off the minute he messes up but the 2ML can do no wrong despite not getting touch for 4 yrs she just goes “its in the past” yet ML she can’t let it go as she clearly watched him give up everything for her. Thankfully she also finds herself eventually. Theres many plot holes and moments of cringy tropes but regardless of all the things that could turn u off this show is addicting and you will find yourself stuck to it to the end. A lot soapy, but plenty to enjoy. 8/10 for me. I love that for once we have a cdrama FL that is maturely dressed 20 something and not dressed in little girl clothes with baby voice and childish behaviors. Thank you!

OK. Hmmm. There is a lot to love about this show, and so luch to be irritated by. Without spoiling it I will avoid talking about the plot hole issues of which there are a fair few. However, a show that showed so much potential really got trashed in the end with the idiotic breakup that cdrama/tdrama writers ALWAYS seem to feel a need to throw into a script. Like come on.

This show was saved by the antics of Giraffe whatever his name is bestie of ML. He is a hoot. I wanted so much more for this show to not slide downhill like it did. It got ridiculous towards the end for the sake of dragging it out.

7/10 from me.

I’m 100% on board with this drama and I loved it so much. I mean, let’s face it, where are they getting these child actors these days??!! They are completely stealing the entire series!!! No jokes, these two little ones are the MVPs, especially Chen Chen. I love this kind of trope- quick marriage then fall in love. I love that the ML stays strong in his love once he gets there, but why oh why do these cdrama writers keep on giving us FL’s who waver, throw never ending pity parties, enough already. Be more clever, give us 2023 challenges they can face like adults instead of the same old same old. For me thats what took off a star. I need grown up women to show the viewers they can be smart. Writers are so incredibly lazy and they make women look pathetic.

Apart from that I was here for it all. Great cast and especially great kiddo’s who stole the show!

I’m on the fence. At times this gave me all the feels of watching True Beauty added in the toxicity that you get from a BoF story. I loved MG18, but that one is way too long. This followed a little better to the Japanese one I loved, minus the sketchy wannabe Harry Potter soundtrack of the jdrama lol. Overall I enjoyed this one, though would have loved a little more romance for the 2 couples. This version also lacks the qty of scenes it needed to have for the leads to really convince us of that connection. MG18 did that better. Takeaways, this isn’t the best of the versions- its good, but lacks quite a bit. FL yells and screams and beats ML way way too much. All the usual BoF tropes. but MG I think tops out, left me with all the feels despite the pyscho wedding at the end🤣🤣