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Starts off slow but picks up pace midway

It's a good watch but it definitely starts slow like I think I fell asleep multiple times before episode 4/5 then things started to get interesting.

There's not much character development at all like every character is pretty one dimensional and they tried hard with the reporter. The vigilante protagonist is like Keanue Reeves in John Wick just not much going on but apparently he can kick some ass. The other side characters they introduced were interesting and sets the vibe up for season 2 to be a bigger badder scenario but still they're just basic.

Story is condensed and it's short episodes.

Lots of things don't really make sense so you have to just ignore this and that. I won't spoil anything but there was a club scene I was like what the hell they just glossed over this and that... so weird.

I'm confused how people rated this higher than a 8 it's just not like an amazing series. I feel like the series Daredevil touches on vigilantism better like way better and that Daredevil is more multi-dimensional in the characters that exists.

I'm assuming the high ratings maybe the guy is cute or something but I don't really watch for cute guys and it's not like he takes off his shirt at any point.

Just bland.

It's a fine watch but honestly MDL got some weird ratings going on cause Daredevil is an 8.6 and I swear if you want vigilantism story that is really good. This is more like something I'd like if I was a teenager and my brain wasn't developed enough to analytically assess how the story and characters evolve.

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Lighthearted feel good series, good vibes

Got around to finally watching this.

First thought was damn this show is very chill and lighthearted like it's trying to send good vibes out there. I'm not a big fan of this but I still gave it a 8 only because I needed a chill good vibes show.

I actually just finished Weak Hero then I watched this cause I was after more Weak Hero style fighting back the bullies, going psycho mode and I thought with a name like gangster we'd see some serious fighting and stuff. I was surprised how silly the series was but impressed enough that I stuck around since it was such good vibes all around.

Last episode I played on 1.5x speed and I didn't really like how it just ended like that was not a positive ending in my opinion and for those that do watch I won't spoil why but I feel like it was just a bad resolution which knocked a good point off like as much as it was good vibes I kind of feel like it was just not a good message at the end and it's hard to not spoil while being critical of how it ends. It is a feel good ending for some but for me I'm like damn...

Don't expect anything too serious.

Good watch if you're looking for a chill vibe series and it doesn't really do much wrong since the script is solid for the vibe.

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Superb acting, good story but a tinge of irrelevant backstory/flashbacks

The acting was 10/10 like I was a bit annoyed at the students especially the main lead for being so weird but then that's the point I get annoyed at teenager being like teenagers so they played the part well making poor decisions and being emotional little beaches.

For the story I gave it a 7.5 because of the following reasons

- I enjoyed the main characters and how cute their dynamic was
- I did not like the 5-6 episodes focused on other cast like they dedicated entire episodes on their backstory
- I did not like ending because I felt we wasted 5-6 episodes when we could have seen more main character development but it's like skip to the future here he is now
- I did not like the backstory of the villains as it took too much screen time
- I did not like the flashbacks also wasting time
- I though the premise of everyone nearly having similar powers (villains) was stupid

The big issue is the ending wrap up was truly rushed and they could have spent 2 episodes on that to build up for the future but instead it's like a time skip and then hey everything great. It just didn't work for me.

Good series, I heard season 2 maybe in production now and I'll definitely watch that but I want more of the two main characters. I can already season 2 going to have a tonne of side character stories considering what they ended with.

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Action packed vigilantism with good episodic stories

I'm a simple lad so I'll keep it relatively short.

This show has action, no romance and a simple vigilantism story. It is a must watch but not a binge watch if you're into some kick ass type of story that you have to just accept the ridiculous plot armour that occurs.

One thing to just keep in mind is that the whole premise of a taxi isn't important as I thought this story revolves around taking people on rides and randomly encountering people in taxis doing heinous acts. It's not like that, it's not like some dude brings a drunk girl in a taxi and the taxi driver takes them to a destination and serves justice.

The show could be called The Beekeeper and still be the same but otherwise the missions they complete and the fight scenes were very well choreographed. It's a good show for action lovers and the story revolves around their own trauma's to build some character development.

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An uninspiring shallow sport series that feels like the target audience was women.

This is a great reason why MDL demographic is a problem when rating series.

At the time of writing this review MDL boast an 8.3 so I decided to give this series a shot because I am a big fan of watching sport "media" in terms of anime, series, movies and what got me into this genre is The Mighty Ducks like I don't know a lick about Hockey but one thing remains common for all these great media that has surfaced over the decades which is pulling on the heartstrings of what men care about.

This series however I'm going to sound sexists saying this but it feels like the target audience is women.

The core concept of this series that brings all the characters together is football yet the entire series lacks depth into football. They don't bother diving into techniques which is how sport media shows growth in characters through techniques and learning about the game. You know what they show, them in a classroom and the coach putting the most generic "this is the strategy" like what?

The directing of the game is even worse and shows football as a third class citizen in this series. They practically start the game then Michael Bay was hired to shoot the scene so the camera goes every where then in the ending they decided to be inspired by Naruto with 100 flashbacks in the FINAL GAME and yet the entire game is just done because they literally TIME SKIPPED like what the hell did I just watch and I didn't think it could get worse.

At this point I was already on 3X speed trying to get through this garbage to see if there's a single redeeming quality.

Let me just say avoid this garbage if you are after something like Ao Ashi which is a great anime about football and season 2 I believe is releasing very soon an absolute watch for sport fans, sport growth, brotherhood, and really just something where the target audience is men and I teared up watching Ao Ashi but I am no fan of Blue Lock that is just incredibly obscene.

See I was expecting a series made from China like Hikaru No Go obviously that's an anime but the Chinese did a drama on it and it was so well executed unlike this garbage so watch that instead.

I'll break down the entire series with what it focuses on

1. I'm the teacher, I have past drama so I'm actually of greatness but I come to humble home town and I'm going to develop into a person that inspires a team with my dullness
2. I'm the coach, I'm entangled with your teacher and have past drama too, I need direction to grow and resolve my issues but once I resolve them I'm going into the romance arc and all the female viewers will fawn over lack luster romance
3. We're the players, we don't really know how to kick a ball so the camera pans around like Michael Bay came to China and we're going to CGI some things because it cost more for our time trying to kick the ball than it does actually acting. On top of that we're devoid from learning about football even though we're amateurs so you won't see technical growth but instead you're going to see a whole lot of dumb drama around our personal life like our teacher and coach.

Then the absolute dumb things this series engages in

1. I'm the teachers BEST friend coming into late in the series, I have no real purpose to be here but waste screen time and probably the director knew my dad or something so I got to be in this series. I add nothing to this series and my existence is completely pointless
2. I'm the antagonist of both the leads and somehow it all relates to me but I exist much much later in the series. I'm supposedly methodical and intelligent but I'll be a Power Rangers villain and just tell everyone I'm guilty to quickly resolve our issue and by the way although I was the male leads antagonist we're going to quickly forget about that so we can focus on the female lead getting horny over male lead
3. I'm one of the kids parents, I do no no things and teacher and coach gets involved. I show you parents can be very nasty to their kids aspiring dreams; is it not so relatable to you viewers. In the end I'll have a scene where I say something positive meaning all our familial troubles are resolved. Don't forget me parent #2 who does no no things and I don't show up anymore because I'm not supportive at all and by the way the entire series won't focus on my unsupportive ass and how a core player feels at the height of their moment in their final game of the season.
4. Not spoiling this one but we're a group hush hush that is very important to story development for the teacher because we exists to give the story a sense of mystery oooo people like mystery right...

Absolute garbage.

Thing is if you're a girl this might be up your alley if you want a chill series that isn't drama heavy. It's stupid though like you'll be like what the hell resolution is that at some points at the end and become baffled why they are injecting pointless characters into the series and not focusing on core personal drama.

As a guy if you want sports, you ain't getting it here and just avoid it.

I'd have LESS problems with this series if it was diving into players having ACTUAL problems surrounding the sports so they don't focus on growth on field but the problems around it which some movies I've watched do because it's like 90% things men go through which is why the target audience here is clearly not men.

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Actors brought down by poor quality script

I just finished Bloodhounds season 1 and 2 together so it's fresh as doozy.

The first season is still fresh with me since I finished it in a binge, the second season I took a bit of time but overall the first season was a good 8/10 for me. Story was a bit weak at some points but it was a grounded season about loan sharks and how these two brothers meet and grow.

Now season 2 became horrid.

Why?

1. It lacks character development unlike season 1 that explored a lot of characters this season didn't
2. The villain is basic as fuck at least the villain had character development in season 1, this season 2 was just poor
3. Bringing back the previous cast that wasn't close with the boys seems like they're just forcing it, it wasn't coherent
4. The main protagonist is a freaking cry baby in season 2

I felt like the story was just bad like off the ground the premise was horrible.

The story would be immensely better if the two protagonist become the person that helped them out which I won't spoil but you'll get it if you watched both. Season 1 was really good because it gave the two a mission, it gave them a spirit and principles to live by which you don't see in Season 2 at all.

Season 2 should have been the main protagonist is a boxing champion, is famous and therefore has money. He endeavors on the side to help other people just like how in season 1 he was helped. You could have intertwined it with underground boxing in a more sensible way not some dark web bull. They could have been out and run into a girl who was severely beaten, near death and that starts entangling the two the villain.

That is it.

It was so shallow the way they introduced the villain and the entire season was just so basic.

Also season 3 is a thing apparently and it ends with some cut scenes which I absolutely hated. It's going to get extremely convoluted in season 3. They should have just went grounded scripting and it would have turned out better.

I'm amazed the rating as of writing is a 8.7 while season 1 is 8.7 like sometimes I'm just wondering how that is possible. It is night and day what season 1 vs 2 is.

I still enjoyed it because I liked the fight scenes but I can smell a mediocre script a mile away and this was just bad. The actors deserve better because season 1 proves they can really act but the script didn't give them room so everyone felt like just borderline basics.

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A slow start but engaging story of vengeance

Without spoilers I'll just say there's a lot of build up to pay attention to in the beginning that got me feeling bored. Then there's a point in the series almost midway that just flips the entire thing over and I was incredibly engaged like how they went with the story was contrary to a lot of shows in China.

I won't spoil what but it's pretty obvious what happens to the main character.

There's a handful of things that take a bit of just TV magic so I had to quench my thirst of complaining like I'm no fan of how certain more realistic shows end up doing some bullshit science which I won't say what but it's also pretty obvious since it's the first few episodes where I was like are you kidding me...but it does have something to do with a Nobel.

They reused the same bullshit science later on which annoyed me but otherwise the story came together and wrapped up nicely.

There is no love story here which is perfect like I'm so tired of that kind of theme.

Actors all played their parts like no one I found annoying, the main character is a strategist and he plays the "genius" role very well unlike the main character from Treasure at Dawn. Supporting cast all did their parts too. Even the bad guys like I never really felt they were bad because this whole show isn't about good vs evil just everyone involved has their own personal agenda and why they do what they do.

This is definitely not suitable for people who want light heated drama or something funny or cute. There's nothing cute here. This is about vengeance.

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Season 1 was better as season 2 became lower quality

To my surprised Taxi Driver season 2 is rated 8.9 vs 8.8 season 1 as of writing this review.

Now Season 1 is one I liked because I'm a simple lad, it got action and it got a decent story not hard to follow.

Season 2 I started watching it and I was so disinterested because what they do in season 2 shows how low quality it is which is they skip fight scenes. They just imply there was a fight in multiple instances and there was a fight scene that just made no sense like there was no choreography done and they just told him to fight like a thug.

I assume there's budget reasons for this.

The other problem I have with the story is the story doesn't focus on a lot of relatable grievances but there was one that I assume it was to emulate the big story that blew up in South Korea.

The biggest issue is the cabal concept which is just like it just doesn't feel as strong as season 1 but the music is always great and the actors deliver. It's an okay series but definitely not stronger than season 1.

I will watch season 3 in hopes they bring back more action pack scenes but this show has turned more into like The Blacklist to where it had a strong start but I will only continue watching because I like one of the characters which is the nerdy girl in the van which deserves way more screen time.

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Light and Tangy Series

I dig the concept because it's a mix of a few concepts

1. Solo Leveling the Anime so the main protagonist has quest/events/experience to gain
2. Food Wars (Shokugeki no Soma) which basically about cooking and their clothes blowing up in ecstasy over the food

It's very light so nothing drama heavy or edge of the seat type of business.

I didn't find anything like hilarious but it was a good light heart watch so I can't really complain all to much. I think the acting however I felt the main protagonist acting zoned out should have been something deeper but in some scenes he became too human.

There's like a little sprinkle of love so if you're into lovey dovey stuff this ain't it. It's got a lot more focus on cooking than most other shows to be frank.

I actually want to see how season 2 turns out because season 1 was a delightful watch and I'm usually pretty picky.

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