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Bitch x rich season 2

I feel I liked this season more, althougth I am so tired after work that I like most things I watch or read - maybe it is a reason why I rate so high almost everything out this year (or rather anything I have finished since june - cause before that month I had a lot of energy) so ending this too long and too personal explanation I like it, not everything but as a whole it was really good.
Reminder: when I write actor name and that I do not like them or something - it is always about characters they played, not about them - they did great job portaying such characters
What I liked:
- Yeri - reason why I have watched first season, her OST, acting and chemistry with Kim Min Kyu was perfect - now I need some romecom with them
- KMK as I said perfect chemistry and I simply liked his character
- I really like that episodes are short and there is no too many. I also liked plot
- Won Gyu Bin - his character was such a sweetheart
Neutral ground:
- Lee Eun Saem - maybe I just do not remember much from previous season but her character seemed less mature here
What I disliked - but simply because I did not like characters:
- Jang Sung Yoon - yes, I know that she suffered and I should be more on her side but I just can not, she was annoying
- Park Shi Woo - well she was the most annoying, that is it, I will not write more about her.
To sum up - in my opinion it was good drama, worth watching especially if you watch first season.
Side note: there is a chance that there will be third season - althougth this ending also works well.

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Light shop

It seems that I will end 2024 with this drama (probably) but what a good year, ending with this one is really good, the same way it began - Death's game - and as far as this two are different I see some similar aspects, maybe just both were amazing, with great cast, story and acting.
If there is Park Bo Young I will for sure watch it sooner or later.
Light shop supposed to be a horror drama, there are some scary moments or rather the way of portraing them make them scary, for sure it is darker type of drama but still there are more sad moments than scary. Story of mother - daughter & father - daughter was for me the saddest and made me cry.
I feel like this drama is really one of the must have to watch - especially if you loved Moving (maybe finally I will watch it too).

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Friendly rivarly

Hmm how to start....okay first thing I have never watched anything with Lee Hye Ri, I have considered May I help you but still nope, I do not know, I just did not like her, without any reason to be honest - this drama change it and I for sure will give her other roles a chance. She played really well - in two scenes she looked a little like idols - Aisha (from everglow, I love this group) and Karina.
Second I know many people watched it because of girl love and some will not watch it because of it or will not watch because there is not enough of this - either way you should give it a chance, it is really a good drama. Although if girl love really bothers you, you can easily avoid this scenes - spoiler - in my opinion there is only one scene you can not like in matter.
You can watch it as they are really really close friendship - in my opinion it is clear that they care about each other very much and ot is clear for me in which way but still can pass ad friendship if you prefer it that way.
Hmm what I do not really like was masturbation part but at the same time it is normal, so not big deal, it was made with taste?
If you are afraid that there are nudity or anything then do not worry, well it is clear when they talk about sex etc but still made "family friendly".
In the end I actually like all main characters - I know that Choi Young Je was bad guy but still I like him. I find it funny how there are Yeri and Seulgi - my Red velvet heart likes it XD
One thing that does not make sense for me in last episode - spoiler - why they make a surgery and not make her vomit? I do not understand it from medical point of view, from story point I understand that it was more intense - so yeah in this terms it makes sense.
Let's move on to the ending - I like it, I do not think they need a second season.
To sum up - you should totally watch it, only 16 episodes which last only 30 minutes, it makes it so easy to watch, the storyline is great, there is some mistery and dark reality. In my opinion really good drama.

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Hi-Five

Well a little story time - I had a opportunity to watch it in cinema, because of Korean Movie Festival which one of cinema in my country do every year (as far as I know) - so of course it is a little different experience than watching on computer, especially when it is not comercial cinema, so less people, they actually well-behaved and there was no food/drinks so no noices. Also it was funny when there were subs in english and my native language (had to admit our translators did better job). What more I was watching with my husband, so it was hard to say if he will have good time at all, but he liked it. End of story.
Hmm if I had to compare I would say it is like The uncanny counters - and it was clear from description and trailer. And it is not a bad thing. Well I personally love TUC so I also really liked this. It was funny, stupid, full of action. Of course I would prefer it as a series, but it is really great movie - one of the best I watched this year. Acting for on point, great music.
I usually talk about actors, so two who catch my attention the most:
- Park Jin Young - he is really good as a villain, they need to give him more of such roles, totally different than in Our unwritten Seoul and The witch, I think that I like him more as a villain
- Yoo Ah In - love his character! probably my favourite, I love Quicksilver reference (maybe not everyone will think the same, I mean maybe not everyone see any reference there).
Yeah totally worth watching!

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Twelve

Well my opinion will be totally different - but nothing new cause I like more dramas coming this year which I have watched. First thing which in my opinion is important to point out is that this one was overhyped. People hyped it so much before the release - even before trailer - simply because of "expensive" cast (yeah I hate that, just say good or popular actors, expensive really annoyes me). Because of that hype people were dissapointer, they expected something what never was even promised.
In my opinion - as someone who had a lot of going on, watched it without any expectation (but yeah I watched because of Seo In Guk, Park Hyung Sik and Ma Dong Seok) and needed something to relax - I simply enjoyed it.
Also important to point out is that it had a little different filming style? It was totally as playing a game, this is how fighting scenes lookes and how story moved - and that can also be a reason why some people did not like it. Personally I love it. CGI was not as bad as people say, outfits were good (pretty realistic), plot some people will like some not, you just need to check for yourself - but if you expect dissapointment then there is no way to avoid it. The only thing which I can agree which would work probably better for general public was to make it a movie (although personally I prefer series). It can work well with second season but open ending/cliffhanger is also good.
I have nothing bad to say about acting - it was good, in the end we had really good cast. To not spoil anything I will talk about my favourite actors/characters:
1. SIG - I did not expected his character to be ...hmm guffy? but still really liked him here
2. PHS - well he never was a villain, he lost his way but still did nothing really bad (one more thing which people found dissapointed only because they expected some crazy bad guy - reminder that you also did not really like his villain arc in Burried Hearts....)
3. MDS - he is so cute eventhough that he played a tougth guy
4. Lee Joo Bin - this girls is literally killing this year!! (first Lee Dong Wook as love interest, now PHS. Also SIG as a friend) She's getting all the hot gyus, go girl!!! but I have to admit that I expected a little more action for her character, a little more badass
5. Kang Mi Na - she played perfectly a "dog" angel, she was totally giving a puppy and loving vibe, love her reunion with SIG (but same company and were giving sibling vibe - so I think we can see it a lot)
6. Sung Yoo Bin - and the one I did not know but caught my attention, I just like white haired characters (what can I do), he also gave a little of Suga vibe (so again, my bias, what can I do).
To sum up - do not only read reviews or tiktok opinions, always check for yourself and go with clear mind, to judge it without any prejudgments.

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Genie, make a wish

EDIT: So many people find it useful and I decided that in the end it deserves 8/10 (Kim Woo Bin and last episodes made me reconsidered). The rating is the only change in my review.
Warning - SPOILERS!
If you love human-non human love story then you will love this one too. At the beginning it felt like mix of My demon with The judge from hell - if you like this two then one more reason to watch. Mines were simply Bae Suzy and a genre.
Bae Suzy - she was really great in this role, I did not expected that, I am also very happy that in the end she still was a psychopath, chemistry was cute - I really liked when she hacked and saved kiss video. Also I really love some of her outifit (not all, something new cause usually all are great) - her pink outfit in ep 3, black one in ep 6, jeans dress or her pink tweed one. Also her almost crying in some episodes were so well played
Kim Woo Bin - my first drama with him and I really liked him, In longer hair he looked like Michael Jackson XD, his acting or rather his character reminded me of Kang Ha Neul in Tastefully yours.
Ahn Eun Jin - she was so sweet
Lee Joo Young - her homosexuality was so well added, it was not hmm how to say it, it did not feel force, it was natural and smooth - and it was clear she would for young grandma
Ko Kyu Pil - he was so adorable, I really liked his character
Woo Hyun Jin - she was also a great character, wished she did not followed all orders but well she had to, I am happy that in the end she bring BS's memories
What more I had to mention - first kiss scene was great!! I loved the child which who BS's youngself wished to rescue. Ppoppi!! There was some fun cameos and I really like Stray kids's (Han, Felix, I.N.) OST song.
To sum up - if you like fantasy romcom with some sad scenes then let's go and watch this!

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Dear Hongrang

I was waiting for this drama because of Jo Bo Ah and she was the reason for watching, I did not have any high expectation for plot or any other aspect of this drama - maybe it is a reason why it was even better - but yeah this drama is just great. So moving on to actors/characters, then ending and story ( I will repeat warning - THERE WILL BE SPOILERS - so read only if it does not bother you).
Jo Bo Ah - I just love her acting, her crying scenes were heartbreaking here, I feel like her character was the only one which we could actually put in morally good category, I liked her chemistry with other actors, I also feel like she likes when dramas have some historical aspect, but she looks great in hanbok so I understand her, I loved her high ponytail hairstyle in 10 episode I think, maybe it was 9 - now I want her to play assassin in some historical drama
Lee Jae Wook - my first drama with him where is main character, I do not know yet if I fully like his acting style, sometimes he looks like lost child but at the same time it made perfect sense with his storyline, oh my how much his charactered suffered, it is crazy, and I am happy that he knew since the beginning that they are not siblings cause otherwise it would be weird (so good thing that she also suspected it), I liked their kiss scenes (yeah, maybe dark drama but it is still romance so we got it!), SPOILER: there really was not a way to prevent his death and that is probably the saddest part about it
Jung Ga Ram - I did not recognize him at the beginning, he is guy who got a gilr from Love Alarm (yeah, I was team him in that drama XD), here his character was sweet at the beginning, then you literally start to hate him, SPOILER: good thing that in the end he choosed to be good and protect her
Kim Jae Wook - he know how to play crazy characters/villains, just perfect acting but story is crazy, I expected him to be a villain and at the same time I thought he was not, SPOILER: scene with lost hands felt a little like from anime, not my favourite part but excellent "revenge" for him
Well the rest did great, everyone acted perfect, although I have to admit that I had some hard time to recognize who was who because of mustaches and beards.
Hongrang - poor sweet child, he only wanted to protect his sister.....and I hate his mother, eventhought well no, I just hate her
Great fighting scenes, great villains, still I do not know who was The snow man......., beautiful romance, more bitter than sweet ending, yeah more sad than anything, how she lost everyone she cared about but I do not think people really expected something light, even poster made it clear that we will cry during this
I do not really understand the last scene - if it was her imagination or if it was after she died because of old age - but it made the ending a little sweeter.
A little bloody but I do not think it was too brutal.
Totally worth watching, even amount of episodes is great, just give it a chance!

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The judge from hell

One of the best drama of 2024, it really has everything - fantasy, comedy, romance (OMG that one kiss in last episode), action, criminals. There is a lot of violence but it is not as brutal as for example in Death's game. Great acting, plot and music. I really love everything.
Park Shin Hye proved that she is amazing actress - she was great in Doctor Slump ( I also loved that drama, also 10/10)
Kim Jae Young was also great. And their chemistry was just perfect.
I love the ending, it was everything I wanted - I quite guessed how it would end but I am really happy with that.
Suprising is that I actually liked Jung Sun Ho' character (J killer's brother) - for me he was morally gray character and I like this type of character.
It is really worth watching!

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Buried hearts

This review will have a lot of spoilers, maybe not at the beginning but still, read only if spoilers do not bother you (as me), I will not put more warning about it.
It was one of my most anticipated dramas from 2025 and in general it did not dissapoint, maybe I am not the biggest fun of ending (more later) but as whole I had really good time and that is the reason why I could not rate it lower than 8/10. Sometimes it is a little like Vincenzo 2.0. but family version.
Park Hyung Sik - once again in badass role but not cute badass like in Happiness but psycho badass (which makes me even more hyped for Twelve - as if I was not already since PHS will be there and my favourite Seo In Guk), some of his decisions do not make any sense, also I feel like in the end he could find friendly ground with his father......I loved his chemistry with HHY (yes, I liked them as couple, wished more), also ending showed that revenge did not make him happy at all, quite opposite unfortunately
Hong Hwa Yeon - she was cute, chemistry was on point (even with KSH) and she also had every right to seek revenge, I feel like I am one of few people who liked her and liked main couple
Lee Hae Young - his acting was sooo good, I see him as gray character (well most of them was like that), I think that his sacrifice made perfect sense
Yoon Sang Hyeon - I do not know why but I thought he might be into boys.....his fate did not make sense that way, SPOILERS: if he was the one who jumped it would make more sense or if it was CWM's mother...............
Cha Woo Min - I was so happy when I saw him but to be honest I feel like they destroyed his character, him and PHS and YSH would have made perfect bro trio (wasted opportunity), I do not see any justification why his character should go villain (maybe a little toward YSH's mother but not him), especially since he was such sweet at the beginning (so yeah maybe some sense was to make him go that way, but I prefered not), his curly hair in episode 10 were great!
Kwon Soo Hyun - I expected him to go against his uncle, more frenemies with PHS at the end ( and I am happy about it), it was nice to see him acting again
Huh Joon Ho, Kim Jung Nan and Do Ji Won in my opinion were the biggest villains and if really bad things happened to them I would no complain but well
ENDING - if last episode cut after family dinner it would be great, if it ended after the kiss it would be great, in general if it ended the way it ended it would be great but not this f*cking scene with pushing YSH, the only thing I really did not like, simply this happening other way would make more sense for me than this one
To sum up - if not the ending I would probably rate 9/10 but still it was really good (maybe it would be better to make all episodes out one day or release 8 episodes one week and next week rest or if it was 12 episodes?), still in my opinion worth watching, cause acting was amazing!!!

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The worst villainess

First thing: I feel awful that I do not know who played the rest of characters - now instead of actors' names or even characters I need to write Bodyguard, CEO and Girl? So I really really really need to know actors' names, especially Bodyguard....and CEO too. And I do not know if I get their roles right to be honest.
Second thing: vertical drama usually are hard to find, it is my second and this one I like a lot (I even thought about rating it 7/10 but it felt a little unfair). My first one was Bitch x Rich In the drawing, which was easier to find, but harder to watch because of the fact that it was available in app and you need to watch ads to have access or pay, but there were english subtitles which was its advantage, but budget was a much worse and either script was weaker or just less experienced actors, also moving between episodes was less smooth storywise. In this case - budget is pretty good, story is pretty nice, acting is amazing (I need to know actors' names!!!! Kang Min Ah was perfect - but I wish that she will play in bigger dramas), story follows smoothly, chemistry is amazing (KMA & Bodyguard!!! little spoiler - there is even a little sexy time - was not really needed but was done nicely). Bigger spoiler - kidnapping plot was not neccessary at all. But all in all I like plot - as far as I understood, it is a little as W two words, in terms of getting into webtoon/drama world. Okay moving on - you can find it on naver tv, there are all episodes but there are not english subtitles (not my first watch where I do not have english or native language subtitles and I understand maybe 10 words? but korean substitles are available. - so it is a little of disadvantages.
One more thing about KMA - she looked here a little as Jihyo from Twice or Kim Sejeong (now I need them to play sisters), I really liked her hairstyle but girl is so great actress and have nice experience let's just give her bigger roles.
Personally I recommend this, but I can totally get if someone will not want to watch it, simply because of no existence of english subtitles (but there is high chance that I just could not figure out how to turn them on). In short version - really nice drama!! Wished it was in normal lenght (8 episodes would be more than enough).

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Black knight

I wished I liked it more....I mean it was good but a little too slow for me (at the moment I have watched that). (I hardly believe that everything can be liked more or less depending on mood, weather, how much you need to relax or have free time - so please do not believe only my review, if there is anything which makes you interested in drama then always check for yourself, cause for me something can be mid but for you one of the best)
What I really liked was scenery, I really like this vibe (and I believe that Kim Woo Bin must love sand considering that he later played in Genie, make a wish - my not funny joke). I liked acting and plot in general - it was a mix of Mad Max (which I have not fully ever watched, but a get a vibe) and The maze runner (either movies or books by James Dashner) or The legend series by Marie Lu. Just post-apo. KWB was great, I liked his character (and his voice), also I would love a little romance here, 5-8 and 4-1 that was my need, but wrong genre. In general characters was good.
A little spoiler - I only wished that they did not killed a girl.....she would be cute with Kang You Seok.
Hmm I can agree that it did not needed second season - and it end the way it makes clear that there will not be any - but at the same time I would love to learn more about mutants.
To sum up - it is good, give it a try, I can bet that many people will like it a lot more than me

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Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy

I feel like I'am a queen of unpopular opinions this year, but well what can I do? I really like it and had good time.
So disclaimer: I did not read book/manhwa - probably will not, only because of huge To be read list, cause this movie totally made me curious about it. More disclaimer: I do not care if adaptation is 1:1 with original material, I really do not give a sh*t about it. Also I often watch something before I read it and that made me want to read. And even if I read something and then watch adaptation I expect it to be different, that is a whole point for me - to make it not exactly the same. For example I love Percy Jackson's movie - I loved every single book which I read because of movie - but I do not like series, which is more book accurate. Same thing with shadowhunters.
Moving on - I love this film and can not wait for more (although I prefer series) - it was so fun I totally consider watching again. love how some moments it looked like game or actors looked animated. Simply totally my vibe.
Because I do not know original material changes does not matter to me at all.
Acting - in my opinion was very good. Story went pretty fast, there was no boring moment.
Jisoo - she will be the only one I talk more about - simply because I like her acting and I know it was more than controversial :she did amazing, she really did (she need more roles like this), also her screentime was good in my opinion, we had a little of her background, she slayed her scenes, was totally badass and stood out - more screen time would make less impact, so in the end it was in her favour.
To sum up - if you like a genre, then a must have!

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Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938

When there were rumours about second seasons, I did not believe them - good they proved me wrong, I hope that they will do the same about third season.
I do not know if some thing in this sentence count as spoilers - I love Jo Bo Ah's cameos, wish she had more scenes, love the acting - especially Lee Dong Wook, love Kim Bum's character love story but Kim So Yeon's character annoyed me a little.
It was good drama, after rating Tale of the nine taield 10/10 it is suprising that I rated this so low (not really, 7/10 is still a good rate), especially when I was hyped after teasers. So what went wrong? - well it is fully my fault, after view episodes of this The uncanny counter season 2 started getting released. I was simply more hyped up about TUC and I do not enjoyed Tale of the nine-tailed 1938 as much as I could. So yes, it is still a very good drama but I just watched in wrong time.

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