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I was a bit disappointed by the tears, I wasn't interested in the 2ndery couple eventho I liked them as the leads' friends
Fl is more independent, confident and quirky rather than strong, with extra emphasis on quirky with a dash of crazy
I didn't like her start and didn't enjoy him repeating how different she was from other women.
Both were prejudice but she was like "hm I was wrong about men they're not all bad" and he goes "I've never met anyone like you, you are not like other women" which shows who was more prejudice

But I appreciated their romance and relationship. The way it started without anymore misunderstandings and continued smoothly until the half of last ep ruined it, their effortless love, confession and skinship was also a nice dose of healthy relationship as apposed to the usual kdramas
Things were fast cuz the short ep count but still they had 2 fake/real breakups and over reactions

I didn't like how they made her cry, as if crying makes her not too overboard not feminine
I wanted her to coolly charmingly claim him back I didn't enjoy his sulking as "soft revenge "

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Nana was great everything else sucked
I accidentally watched ep7 instead of 6 then went back but I did stop around the mid point cuz it lagged on me and it was clear what will happen since I knew how it ended
And I had both eps on x2

Basically as I said, they had 1 plot, two side plots and the revenge
She shouldn’t have been blamed for the first murder I actually didn’t pay attention but the cutting especially
And the mom was just as trash as her son.. no matter the events, he did rape her.. she defended herself and her future from him
Anyway the whole point is men are trash

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I was debating between 8.5 or 9 maybe even 9.5, so let me start with the good first,

High budgeted jdrama historical, I’m not too well experienced in jdrama historicals and the ones I’ve seen are always so, budget friendly to say it nicely, poorly expensed would be more accurate
not saying they weren’t good but yeah it felt like they used pocket money to make the set and outfits

Anyway, this felt nicely expansive, good setting and everything
Ml, tho I only watched one ep of the anime, he wasn’t as cold here, more like reserved out of shyness cuz he never dealt with women and he seemed well social with the guys, so ml just felt cutely naive rather a cold jerk

The bad, too much too little, so many things happened yet it still felt so rushed, not enough setting grounds, suddenly ppl wanted revenge and suddenly a new character with his whole backlog came up
The fl, dang is it a kink? I mean I get the Cinderella effect, but man this chic was a mouse
so self loathing, so much inferiority complex, yeah she had “background reasons” but it’s also the writers weird fetish

tbh I would’ve loved something like queen charlotte, there’s no reason she couldn’t have been smart cuz she studied alone, there was no need for her to be a genius but everything felt like an excuse “I’m not smart enough for you, I’m not pretty enough for you” that’s disgusting

And yeah that’s why my rating kept going down
Like I came from stories like The Awakening by Kelly Armstrong (?), and the whole setup of dumb blondes later realizing they’re the most powerful person ever, I mean we can even say Bella from Twilight. Anyway but this girl I swear I wanted to punch her so bad

And by the time one reads this for there’s no need to mark spoilers but even if she was strong, dang that girl fell so much like she was made of glass
So yeah if there’s a second season I want a drama not a movie, cuz hopefully she “grows up” and atleast becomes a zootopias Jody

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the middle girl is the one they called "fat", but beside that, I loved the girls, I loved ml, and it was short if one looks at it as a 10ep 1ish hour drama so things were a bit simple. 9/10 (7 for plot, 10 for the characters)

currently all my ongoings are a mom watch, beside evilive which I'm not even in the mood for, so I plan to watch G-Senjou no Anata to Watashi and The Underclass now
for the new dramas and ones to come i think i only care for vigilante so I hope i can watch everything in my OMW list❣

The last ep being one hour caught me off guard, I didn’t enjoy viki ads that wouldn’t let me lower the volume and it’d always be louder than the drama

Anyway, it kinda felt like a 10ep show, that way the bit of uneventfulness is forgiven
The good: the friendship, the characters’ individuality, the guys, especially the ml’s uwuness
the relatability, the diversity of the girls and tbh tho I related to fl, I admired their “least favorite” 3rd fl way more
I’d like to think I’m a mix of all and not as dry as the fl
I certainly have the cuteness of 2fl and the ambiance of 3fl, she was the scarlet of them

The bad: uneventful, a bit of unnecessary dragged out misunderstandings that could’ve been solved with talking, the romances all fit too easily, I am a bickering to lovers fan but I do essentially just want a relationship to be built gradually tho they did talk well but still I wanted more of their screen times together
Anyway another bad is the fat shaming of a skinny person, the others were underweight and she was normal🤦🏻‍♀️

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The good
The cgi
The way the cgi represented the mental illnesses
Park boyoung’s acting all around and her character 👍🏻
My JDY🫶🏻
Old guy, nurse?

The bad
Not as deep as they thought they were
Love triangle 😮‍💨
Romance wasn’t the focus but it was triple the dragging point
Annoying rich guy poor nurse🫡
Fls “romance” flirting method by repeatedly repeating what the ml said with oh yeah, oh right, cutely over and over again 😬
Eventho short I zoned out multiple time
The patients were horrible actors I couldn’t connect at all

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Empty plot and waste of time , she gained three life lessons in her 15 years of solitude. Two of which she kept repeating over and over again
Near the end she repeated those again and mom was like skiiiipppppppp

And worse are the crazy fans saying “is thinking a luxury” whenever someone criticizes this flat writing, it’s funny even writers are “excused” like the foot actor oppas
Of course if the plot sucks, it’s the writers fault
It’s not my fault for not being smart enough to see something that’s not there, which is a well written coherent plot🫥

They had zero plot and made it worst with their stupid conflicts
The dad better not die, the abuser should tho

Beside that stupid angst, how the heck did they not see him coming from the front, especially if he got close enough to stab, and the way they filmed it to not show how it was done is cuz they knew they were being illogical

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a 4 year tradition!

I do hope they make more :(
I’ll start with the good, the acting, Rohan as a character, the art and hunting aspect are great

The bad, the pacing wasn’t smooth, the teen vr wasn’t interesting and the connection didn’t happen until the last ten minutes or so
Which was also the moment the plot actually moved, so for a two hour movie, that’s a bad balance, eventho there was a search, it wasn’t that complicated, it was all so simple but it took so long to reach
Fl eventho she has her charm, she’s also a bit like a NPC/ helping hand, she’s always not treated as a person, more like a blank sheet
The connection between Rohan and nazuki(?), eventho appreciated, that story felt disconnected beside the black haired lady


Why was he the old painter? I really loved the acting, even the ironic “if he didn’t go back to his family, his sick wife and him would’ve not died”, which is a poetic remoteness
But why was he acted by takahashi? And sure the black hair lady wanted the painting and her husband’s curse broken but

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fun crazy, not overboard

I really liked this, it was different, crazy, the comical timing was on point, a makjang in events but still entertaining and not too over the top gore or extreme traumatic

I’ve been scared by old kmovies, like some just go outside the human capabilities of evil and imagination just for the sake of being different and special but it’s just disgusting, and this wasn’t

the movie starts with our "stalker" ml, it's not a happy movie with "good" people
as we dive deeper, we realize ml isn't the worst of the evils, but not everything goes as planned and it keeps creating more problems
Like for the lvl of crazy they had, they also had that unbelievable trust of the cop lady to balance it out
later with the twist, the villain is always 10 steps ahead but our scared unhinged ml doesn't do things as "planned" and it creates more and more problem

But it wasn’t rainbows and sunshine, she didn’t trust him out of the goodness of her heart, and she wasn’t picking sides

if they were real psycho they'd have the ml fall for the fl and make it more nitty gritty but it didn't, it wasn't obsession, it was fascination and he loved infos not her

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best way to start 2024

historical dramas lately follow the "text book" to the T. everything feels the same so this was a breath of fresh air
the good,
strong female character
sweet adorable male lead
great noona romance*
secondary couple*
*yeah romance wasn't the focus, and non romance genres have the best romances ;(
everyone was smart
no unnecessary misunderstandings
the bad guy being nice to his family, I actually had a hard time because old historical "ministers" looked the same, so when he was nice at home and evil at work, it took me a while to realizes that was him
the husband was a cutie ;(

the bad
it was short
the ending felt a bit rushed
not enough romance

the grey
the "age gaps" were great in both couples, but becasue the fl was strong and independent, the ml was overshadowed, though it gave us a great "fl saves the day", I wish he had more scenes with his work to highlight him more, though they did highlight his pure heart well

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Hunger is greed

Food here could be substituted with any materialistic object with the vs of rich people. You either run towards something and you lose time, ie poor people, or you have too much of something and you lose it's value
Life is about balance, about gratefulness and about giving more than receiving. Rich people might think they have more but in reality they have so much less because they're never satisfied
Poor people are never happy because they always want more


Great filmography quality the biggest benefit of Netflix production. beautiful food. a nice message of poor vs rich, hunger, greed, definition of success, and be satisfied with what you have vs what you could have.

Not enough grittiness, aokbab is a great actress but her stoic richbitch vibe didn't feel as greedy as she should've been. The 1 second nudity was uncalled for and the downside of Netflix

The way those rich people ate was way too gross, and tho I understand the hunger metaphor and I don't doubt rich people do live their lives devouring their pleasures, but I also don't think they'd go around like eating animals, etiquette is a rich people nature
Overall good but not great

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my byun yo han did such a great job though I couldn't help but wish for more ;(

this was a nice full story, the plot moved in several years smoothly and gradually that it all felt harmonious

tbh I wasn't a fan of the black and white, there were 3 scenes with brief colors and I think it ruined the mood, the story wasn't about paleness of life, making it b&w felt too forced, they severely missed on the playment of the beautiful blue ocean and better the actual washed out colors of "poverty", I felt like most of them wore browns or beige surrounded by sand and that would've gave them the dry vibes more
the subtle human interactions and friendships were really sweet though it feels bitter sweet with no real conclusion unless they wanted to convey "home" is the best place

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a typical action comedy that was still entertaining. their comedy sense at points reached a childish point, but a few scenes made me laugh alot, my favorite was that redvelvet shirt scene xD


I don't know if it was a pun and he was called yuri or he was indeed also a redvelvet fan that's why he wanted to even the field for a fair battle, xD

the overall background conflict was kinda boring tbh and the fight scenes were meh but it was nice to see KYK do both a comedic role and a somewhat serious one and I think this was the best balancewise from his works, and subin is the perfect actress for a spy genre and they gave her good amount of credit though it seems they'll always make the fl hostage while the ml comes back but still she pulled her own weight and fight scenes well

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