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My God, how draggy was it ~
This started off really great, nice balance between her perspective and his to start telling the story right from the beginning, their first encounter and how everyone's life got entangled.Nice crime, great whodunit, romance too is fantastic and characters are great.
But for me it should have ended at ep 23 with ep24 them catching the bad guy and ending everything related to the drugs case and the crime case.
İt needn't be 40 episodes at all, I got bored and wanted everything to end.
I would still recommend it because it was well done, but I wouldn't blame anyone for dropping it half way~
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Still, the story was very enjoyable and the two leads were great together, even the bad characters did well.
The only thing that bothered me is despite the good acting they didn't pull off the whole crippled/blind thing that well, it was a mess dare I say, and that made the whole things even less enjoyable, since it's not a funny drama but rather dramatic.
However, I shall keep an eye on those two leads and their next work cause they were good, the ML reminded me of Pei In from some angles, and the FL is so cute ~
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Short and fast-paced
While I like the two leads but this was a Strong FL X Strong ML duo in a very short and not very original story, so overall skipable and unimpressive.But that is what the whole vertical dramas is about, a very compact story that is shown in a very short time with acceptable acting and good-looking cast.
And that's exactly what it delivers.
Was I entertained? Yes, will I suggest it? No.
Simply because there are better ones out there and a little too many to pick from so skip it unless you don't really care about logic ~
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Exaggeration in a nutshell
I know some of these Verticals are too exaggerated in term of everything, acting, story, illogical things and of course all about rich unhinged behaviour.But I had a blast watching this, the ridiculousness was a tad too much, in a cringe way but who said I'm not in for it lol.
I wanted to scream, so many times, at the 3 brothers, just do a freaking DNA test, mate it's literally the most logical idea to be sure someone is related to you or not, why complicating easy things.
But it's the typical Cinderella story so logic is thrown out the window, one thing I didn't like is the brother-sister thing, I mean it's obvious they are going to make them biologically unrelated to get them together by the end but I would like it more if the two leads were completely sure they are not related BEFORE actually developing feelings for each other cause aside from that, it's just .... Ewww!!
Anyway, it's not one of the best, or the ones that I would suggest, but if you are ok with over the top, unrealistic in a cringe way dramas and have too much hair on your head so pulling some out of anger would not be a great loss, then give this drama a shot ~~
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Like I know this is a 2025 BL and fake kisses are long gone but let's see the bright side here, I've seen a lot of Bls that has steamy kiss scenes but the whole show was shit! No story no chemistry nothing... And tbh if I only want to watch guys making out like that I'd go for soft gay porn, not a Japanese vertical drama.
I'm not saying this is the best BL ever but all I'm saying is if you are not so touchy about the kisses you will enjoy this because this was amazing, it reminds me of cherry magic not that they have anything in common, except maybe the Shy introvert Uke and confident popular Seme (or I believe that's their roles, there is no indication about which is which) but I remember CM had zero kisses yet was one of the best BL Japan ever made.
So this too considering it's a Short VD, it deserves compliments, because it was so funny, I laughed too much, the two guys were extremely handsome, with a killer side profile, and I really enjoyed it, so if you have less than an hour to spare, give it a go ~
Highly recommended.
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First of all, no I'm not sick in the head, secondly, I liked the storyline more than the story, some parts of it were really insufferable but some really were guilty pleasures, so if you look at it as a whole, it's a mess, but the way everything unfolds is great imo.
The ML is the epitome of a bad guy, and seriously when someone write about a "bad guy" falling in love they would literally make him a nice guy in disguise, but sometimes we want to see the evil deeds too, at least I do, that's why I liked the ML, not as someone I fancy or want to meet IRL mind you, but as an evil character in love I like to watch or read about, that's how I'd imagine Agamemnon or Typhon in love lol.
Be that as it may, the pure evil here is really the SFL, she was the Eris of the show, and a very obsessed one, definitely beyond redemption, the FL was nothing but a punch bag so I can't really say anything about her.
I loved some scene, where we can see the awkward tenderness of the ML, one of the reasons I liked the ML is how he is amused in some intimate moments, of course he deny his love all the way till the end but that's understandable.
The end was abrupt however, which is weird considering this is almost 4 hours long and didn't need to be that long, since it's full of suffering and pain the FL is facing, we didn't get to see the redemption arc the ML is supposed to walk through, also the Evil SFL wasn't really punished or anything and that's why everyone was furious I believe, we couldn't see how the ML would make up for what he did, and we didn't see any sweet moments between the two leads that wasn't tinted by humiliation.
My overall rate is high, the two leads were great, and I liked the storyline as I said so it's higher than it deserve but I was entertained so I've nothing to complain about ~
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What's your fetish?
I mean the semi-normal ones...The collection is nice, I can understand some fetishes and I couldn't understand some others, like fingertips?? Not even the whole finger, And legs?? The whole leg??
I mean to each his own I guess ~~
Acting is ok-ish, it's a 2012 show so ... Don't expect something groundbreaking or anything.
Some fake scenes were too obvious and some were cringe, but also some were hot, I guess depending on the actors.
It's a fun short collection of fetishes and I'm glad they are only about body parts, not actions done with those body parts, cause yeah, it's Japan and I'm partially traumatized ~~
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I loved the Pickering between them in the beginning and I believe that's the only good thing about it, it's quite funny and cringe too but it's expected from a vertical drama, also the lack of logic is also there.
Is it bad? Yes, is it watchable? Also yes, it's not not too bad to be recommended, but it's not that great either, it's just ok-ish if you can stomach some illogical things and some funny moments.
I loved the two leads they had nice chemistry, and despite needing more acting lessons, they were very good together.
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Most of the kisses were so romantic, my favourites are By JIN and Nishiaki Aina that beautifully tells a story about two couple's in love through 3 kisses.
My least favourite is by the teacher and the high school girl, I find it kinda creepy, with a sense of grooming but I probably shouldn't dwell on it ver much.
Anyway, it's a cute little show.
PS: Thanks for smolsannie for the subs ~
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My most favourite is "Love hotel" because horror comedy is my all time favourite genre and it spectacular.
Minji minji minji and Onion soup are my second favourite, both are cute and adorable, also my father's funeral was great but too sad and I generally don't like sad stories.
The rest are just average or simply not my cup of tea, nothing is ground breaking about the stories, all of them are just random simple stories but still worth watching ~
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It's just not my cup of tea but it was beautifully made and acted, the ML is the same guy in "love motel" episode and he is completely different here, I didn't know that was him at first, until I checked the cast.
It's one of my least favourite, but if you like human drama about loss and marriage, this one is for you.
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I'm a huge fan of Lee Joon and the FL was so cute too, it's the first thing I've seen for her and she was good.
The story is lovely and sweet and I like how they present it, it's not the best of all the stories but the most romance related one.
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And don't look down at these vertical dramas because of it's reputation for being badly acted with cliché and unrealistic plot, some of them are great, even at par with some full lengthed ones, you just have to pick the right drama.
This one was great, nice story, not original but still enjoyable, the two leads were fantastic, flawless chemistry and despite being slightly redundant it was very enjoyable from beginning to end.
I loved the FL, I believe I saw 2 dramas fro her and she is great actress, this is probably the first thing I see for the ML and he also did fantastic job.
I highly recommend this one if you like VD, this one was nice ~
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The most frustrating ML ever
I understand that once the ML is convinced that the FL loves him, the drama should end, but his resistance for everything the FL is doing is just too much.What more do you need to believe her, mate? She literally did everything to show that she loves you, even seduced you a few times, and how exactly is her wanting to sleep with you is a trick that would somehow lead to her divorcing you or getting back to her lover! That isn't logical at all...
And I know better than to expect logic from a vertical drama but still, the questionable behaviour from the ML is quite irritating ~~
Took him 2 hours to yield but anyway ~~
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One choice can change your whole world
I love that the parallel world depends on the ML choice and actions I stead of just being different people with different personalities.It means we all have a choice to change our lives and shape it as we want, and the fact that the ML stayed true to himself and went back to his world instead of being in this idealistic fantasy is great.
So the story is very touching and lovely, Japan can make some great office romance dramas.
Acting too was good, the two leads have some type of sexual tension between them, subtle but can be noticed, specially the kabedon scene 😂❣️
At the end I didn't even care if they don't kiss or touch or anything, actually this part was lacking, I would have loved it more if they pulled a "cherry magic" and the two leads didn't even kiss.
But it was ok to say at least.
Highly recommended ~~
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