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"Cheese In The Trap" is a drama about Hong Seol, an introverted girl, and Yoo Jung, the most popular guy in college. Unlike everyone else, Seol wasn't fooled by Yoo Jung's fake smile and he noticed that in her. At first, Yoo Jung decided to make her life hell, making everything difficult for her, until Seol decides to drop out of school for a while. When she returns, it's as if Yoo Jung is a different person and he's determined to make her fall in love with him.

Yoo Jung is manipulative, cold and calculating, he has all the characteristics of a psychopath and that was one of the things that caught my attention the most about this drama, seeing a person like that trying to change for someone he fell in love with. It also has to do with the way people treated Yoo Jung, no one was sincere with him, everyone wanted something from him, friendship, closeness, it was never something real and pure, so he reciprocated in the same way.

The whole situation with Young Gon, Seol's stalker, was the worst thing Yoo Jung did during the drama. It was when he didn't like Seol and maybe he didn't imagine that Young Gon was that crazy, but Yoo Jung's white lie was what created all this and then In Ha pretending to be him, since she stole his phone, saying that Seol was playing hard to get, that if he kept insisting, eventually she would give in. I know Yoo Jung didn't care much when he did this, because the rest was all In Ha, but when Seol finds out the truth, that it was all his plan, he finally realized that his actions hurt.

The second lead syndrome was heavy in this drama, In Ho is very charming, how can you not fall in love with him? Only he could make the nickname "dog fur" something cute. HAHAHA'
But at the same time, I couldn't root for him, since Yoo Jung was much more lonely, he had no one by his side, while In Ho had In Ha, even though she was completely crazy.

Speaking of In Ha, she is a very intriguing character, because she is complex. At first you don't think so, she seems like a spoiled rich girl, but she is full of insecurities, traumas and problems that she simply ignored. That's what ended up culminating in the end where she freaked out, threw Seol in front of a car and almost killed her on an impulse.

The only mistake in this drama is the ending. The audience deserved more than that simple email implying that Yoo Jung was still there, after what Seol went through because of him, him leaving seemed like a very cowardly attitude to me and him not showing up until the end made it even more so. I know he went because he was punishing himself, thinking that Seol's accident was like karma for everything he did to other people, but I wanted to see a redemption of the character, him coming back and saying that now it would be different. The ending is quite disappointing and ends up ruining the drama a bit.

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"Goblin" is a romance drama between a girl named Eun Tak and a lonely goblin named Kim Shin.

Ji Eun Tak lost her mother at a young age and has had the ability to see and hear the dead since she was little. This ended up leaving her isolated from others, since she could not identify with anyone and did not have a single person by her side. This all changes when she meets Kim Shin, a goblin, and discovers that she is destined to be his bride. Eun Tak uses this opportunity to run away from her aunt's house and as they spend more time together, the two end up falling madly in love.

The problem is that Kim Shin lied about the bride's purpose, that in fact her mission was to finally let him die. Eun Tak runs away furious at having been deceived, but it is at this moment that the two become a real couple, with Kim Shin going after Eun Tak, confessing his true feelings and teeling her that now he has no interest in dying!

The romance between Eun Tak and Kim Shin is simply epic, the best couple I've seen in over 16 years of watching kdramas. Their chemistry on screen is wonderful, they manage to be cute and fun, but also intense and full of passion for each other. Kim Shin's death scene is extremely painful, it hurts so much to see him die like that, but the scene itself is spectacular, indescribably beautiful.

The whole process of Eun Tak remembering Kim Shin when he manages to come back to life is great, because from that moment on the couple's rhythm changes completely, because Eun Tak is no longer a student and the two can move on to the next step in their relationship, but when everything seemed perfect, fate could not be kind to this couple and Eun Tak ends up sacrificing her life to save others. If I had already cried with Kim Shin's death, Eun Tak's death manages to be even worse, because she wasn't sad about leaving, but rather about leaving him alone. The last scene is so good that it warms your heart, with them meeting again, with the new incarnation of Eun Tak who kept her promise to go after him first.

In addition to the romance, the drama is full of humor, I lost count of how many times I laughed at the bromance between Kim Shin and the Grim Reaper, these two formed a wonderful second couple. If I didn't love Eun Tak so much with him, I would root for Kim Shin to end up with the Grim Reaper. HAHAHA'

The drama is perfect in every human way possible: the story, the couple, there are funny, sad, romantic and intense moments and a soundtrack that embraces everything together. It's a story that leaves it's mark on you and you can never forget it.

"Mass is not proportional to volume. A girl as small as a violet. A girl who moves like a flower petal is pulling me toward her with more force than her mass. Just then, like Newton's apple, I rolled toward her without stopping until I fell on her. With a thump, with a thump. My heart keeps bouncing between the sky and the ground. It was my first love" <3

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"Captivating The King" does everything, but captivating. HAHAHA'

Hee Soo has loved playing baduk since she was little, but since women back then were not treated as equals, she dressed up as a man in order to do so. Then, she met Jin Han when he was still just a prince and they instantly connected. The two started playing baduk together and Jin Han ended up falling in love, thinking that Hee Soo was really a man. Time passed, her father was framed for a crime he didn't commit and it was all because of Jin Han, who used his brother's death to take the throne and become king.

Hee Soo is a character who made no sense. She entered the palace to take revenge on the king, but she literally did nothing, just remained madly in love with him and forgot everything she had planned. Usually, in stories like this, there is always a misunderstanding between the characters, but this is not the case. Jin Han is actually guilty, everything that happened is his fault. In conclusion, Hee Soo is a stupid woman who can't control herself.

This was one of the most popular dramas in that year, but for me it was simply bad in every way. A couple with no chemistry and a confusing story.

I love Jo Jung Suk, but even he doesn't make it worth it. Shin Se Kyung is a beautiful woman, but she is not suitable for romantic dramas, she is terrible at them.

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"Mercy For None" is a drama about Gi Jun, a former gangster who has lived in seclusion for 11 years, but when his brother suddenly dies, Gi Jun returns seeking revenge.

The drama only has eight episodes, and this ends up being one of its problems, because everything is developed too quickly, which greatly hinders the story. There was no effort whatsoever to show the past of Gi Jun and his brother Gi Seok, and for me, this was essential: to show their relationship, to make sense of Gi Jun's motivation for revenge, to show how much his brother mattered to him.

The fight scenes are very good, quite bloody, but they included too many, it was a bit overdone, and at one point I wondered if it was humanly possible for Gi Jun to endure all that over and over again. When he goes after Jun Mo, that scene is incredible because he was avenging his brother's death. It had meaning, but seeing him fight with basically the entire cast became repetitive, and Geum Son didn't convince me as the drama's villain; the character was very dull.

So Ji Sub is the perfect actor for an action drama; his movements as he kills are like a dance, you can't take your eyes off the screen. I loved seeing Lee Bum Soo acting again; the last time I saw him was in "LAST," and he's still as fantastic an actor as I remembered. <3

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"When The Phone Rings" is a romance/thriller drama about Sa Eon and Hee Joo, two people with secrets who enter into a marriage contract.

Sa Eon is the president's spokesperson, a distant and cold person, who marries Hee Joo in place of her sister. Hee Joo is pretending to be mute because her mother is forcing her, saying that Hee Joo is to blame for In Ah becoming deaf. She also marries Sa Eon because of this same responsibility. In three years of marriage, the two never get close, they are almost like strangers living in the same house, but everything changes when Sa Eon receives a call from someone he calls "406", a person who is blackmailing him to divorce Hee Joo.

The blackmailer is someone who kidnapped Hee Joo, but she stole his phone and used it as an opportunity to escape from her prison… the problem is that after this starts happening, Hee Joo and Sa Eon eventually become a real couple, as all the secrets start to come out.

The couple has amazing chemistry on screen, one of the best I've ever seen in a drama, the passion between the two is fantastic, the kisses are really impressive. Sa Eon and Hee Joo's relationship is the highlight of the drama, especially since the rest of the story is a bit confusing.

We learn that Sa Eon is also just a substitute, that the people who raised him are not his biological parents and the blackmailer is the real Paik Sa Eon, who wants his place back. It was also because of the real Paik Sa Eon that Hee Joo and In Ah's younger brother died, because he saw him, that dirty family secret. If the story stopped there, it would be perfect, but it would have to add more and more things… That Sa Eon is actually part of that family, he is Sa Eon's real uncle.

I don't even know what to say about this ending with Hee Joo going after Sa Eon in a country on the other side of the world, as if Sa Eon was some secret agent… even though the kiss was spectacular, the scene was weird. HAHAHA'

Like I said, the couple is amazing, they are definitely the reason why the drama is worth watching, but the drama has a lot of mistakes in the development of the story. One of them is with the second lead, who doesn't appear on screen. I thought Sang Woo was someone who liked Hee Joo, but he didn't even try to win her over and we only see him sometimes… it's almost like he was content with Yu Ri and gave up on Hee Joo without even trying first. Also the weird story about Sa Eon's birth secret, that was just thrown into the narrative without any concern. It could have been better.

PS: I know people fell in love with Yoo Yeon Seok now, but he already won my heart in "Mr. Sunshine" <3

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"Marry My Husband" is the story of Ji Won, a woman who feels inferior at work and at home. She supports her family, even though she is mistreated by her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Ji Won discovers that she has terminal cancer and, while she is in the hospital, she has no idea that her husband is cheating on her with Su Min, her best friend. She caught them together and was killed at that moment. In a twist of fate, Ji Won goes back in time to before all this happened and gets a second chance at life to change everything. The only problem is that she has to give her fate to someone else.

The interesting thing is not the time travel, as many dramas do that, but the issue of changing fate: she cannot change the things that will happen, but she can change the person it will happen to. Ji Won's plan is incredible: she saved herself and even got her revenge. Min Hwan and Su Min got what they deserved, and Ji Won got her happy ending.

Ji Won and Ji Hyuk are a cute couple with great chemistry, but for me the romance isn't the focus, since Ji Won's revenge plan is more important than that. Seeing her transform into a strong and independent woman, and no longer a victim, was worth it.

This was a drama full of controversies, the funny thing is that none of this was because of the story, but because of the actors. Let's be honest, this is ridiculous. I like South Korea, but I hate the importance of public opinion, the power they have in the entertainment world, to the point that anything can destroy someone's career... that's exactly why the suicide rate is so high.

Instead of focusing on Park Min Young and Na In Woo's amazing acting, the only thing people mentioned was Min Young's ex-boyfriend and that In Woo was too ugly to be the lead. Where does that make sense? But the important thing is really the drama, and I have to say that it's a great production.

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"Desperare Mrs. Seonju" it's one more daily drama that brings nothing different, but entertains a lot, because it's funny to watch.

Pi Seon Ju is a married woman who finds out her husband is cheating on her and it's with the worst person possible: Jin Sang Ah, her nemesis in high school, someone who always tried to bring her down because of jealousy. Seon Ju tries to keep her husband Nam Jin by any means, especially because of her daughter, but nothing works and the two eventually get a divorce. Sang Ah is also married, but she fell out of love with her husband So Woo for a long time, basically after they adopted a baby, because Sang Ah can't have children and Tae Ri was the living example of her flaws, her defects.

Seon Ju and her family's lives turn totally upside down. She lost her job, her sister Mi Ju is involved in a car accident with Sang Ah's sister Chu Ah and they have to sell their house to pay the settlement. The person who buys their house is So Woo, they make a deal and the two families start to live together. That's how our story begins.

So Woo helps Seon Ju get a job where he works, but that's also where Sang Ah and Nam Jin also work, so these four people have to see each other every day, which brings a lot of conflicts. By spending time together and helping each other out, Seon Ju and So Woo start to have feelings for one another, but the problem is that Seon Ju has no idea that So Woo is Sang Ah's husband. So Woo finally gets a divorce and starts a relationship with Seon Ju for real, the two have a sweet and light romance and that's okay, because the drama focuses on the family concept, how So Woo, Seon Ju, Tae Ri and Ji Hyun became a family.

In the sidelines we have the romance between the other two couples, which are Seon Ju's sisters. Mi Ju and Woo Sang are a couple that I just didn't get. It's not that I didn't like them, they just were too boring, especially with Woo Sang's mother always complaining about them, saying that Woo Sang was too good for Mi Ju. On the other side, there's Jin Ju and Tae Sang. These two are cute and funny, but the drama didn't show much of them, which was a shame.

All the buried secrets eventually come out in the light and that is one of the reasons why I liked the drama: the chaos, the juice of a makjang. The truth behind Chu Ah and Mi Ju's accident, that Chu Ah was the culprit but let Mi Ju take the fall. Seeing her apologize in her knees was so good, especially after how she and her family treated Seon Ju's family, it was a satisfying revenge. But the highlight was in the live show, when Sang Ah's mother and Nam Jin's mother basically told every single lie that was hidden in the drama. How Nam Jin stole Seon Ju's lottery ticket and how Sang Ah's mother lied about everything to get married and stole what was Seon Ju's mother good deed.

The drama has one big mistake in my opinion, which is the characters birth secrets. Let's face it, it was too much. Basically all of the cast finds out they have different parents.
Starting with Mi Ju, who is the first to find out that she's not Man Eun's daughter. After that there's Sang Ah, who learns that she's really Soon Ae's daughter but her father is not Jung Bae, his real daughter is Seon Ju, who was switched in the hospital with Sang Ah by Soon Ae. And lastly there's Jin Ju, who is also not Man Eun's daughter. She raised three daughters who are not biologically hers. Adoption is a beautiful thing, but they could have just said they were adopted, they didn't have to have a birth secret. Speaking in adoption, we have Woo Sang and Tae Sang, who were adopted by Hye Ran and she is the lost mother of Jin Ju. That's the point in which the drama gets weird, the complicated family trees.
Man Eun's lost husband is not the father of any of her daughters and also is not the father of So Woo, but he's married to his mother, making him his stepfather, but technically he was married to Man Eun and she considered him the father of the girls. I know they are not blood related, but that leaves So Woo and Seon Ju almost like siblings. And also Jin Ju and Tae Sang. Hye Ran is the biological mother of Jin Ju, but she raised Tae Sang like a son and there's also Woo Sang, who finds out that he is the son of Soon Ae, making him Chu Ah and Sang Ah's half-brother.
It's a total mess, there's no way to make sense into this. I felt like Nam Jin's mother, literally drawing the families, trying to understand all of this. HAHAHAHA'

In conclusion, it's a good drama, the romance is light, it fits the story very well, but the whole thing about the birth secrets made the story confusing and made the truth about Seon Ju's birth father less important, which should have been the focus of the drama, their relationship was left aside.

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"Light Shop" is a suspense drama with touches of horror in an anthology format. All the stories are connected to the light shop, which acts as a beacon for spirits.

I started watching it expecting a horror story, but it's much more than I could have imagined. It's a beautiful story about loss and grief, about dealing with death, especially of those we love. The characters have to go through the process of acceptance in order to move on and no longer be trapped. The alley is the great tunnel, with the light shop being the light they were looking for to escape the darkness.

Some of the characters have already died, but they are there to help others who have the possibility of waking up and surviving, to find their light and have the willpower to carry on. Hye Won did this for her girlfriend Seon Hae, as did Ji Yeong, who was by Hyung Min's side, doing everything she could to help him wake up. One of the most moving is the case of the bus driver, who went after everyone who was in the accident, apologizing and trying to help them get to the store. What happened wasn't his fault; he tried not to use the bus and then tried to stop more people from getting on, but it really was fate that happened.

Finding out that Hyeon Ju is actually the granddaughter of the owner of the light shop was incredible. His reaction when Hyeon Ju's mother goes to the store and he recognizes her is impossible to hold back the tears. It's a very beautiful scene, especially because he only accepted the position of being the guardian there in exchange for her life.

All the stories are touching, but one ended up really catching my attention, which was about a character who wasn't even on the bus, Byeong Jin. The moment we discovered the reason why he kept listening to a dog and learned that the dog was the one who stayed by his side until he was found in the forest and continued like that, until Byeong Jin went to the store and found his way home. This was so beautiful <3

Yeong Ji's analogy is very interesting, about her job being a border guardian, since people in a coma are on the line between life and death, she can't do anything to help them follow either path, but she is there to accompany them in whatever happens. It's the same situation as the owner of the light shop, he is just a step, each person has to choose which way to go.

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A crazy and fun story

"Chicken Nugget" is a crazy drama, literally.
The story is about two men who work in a place that makes machines and one day, a strange machine shows up, they don't know what it is and it works by itself, turning Min Ah into a chicken nugget, because that was along with her in the machine. The rest is the men's journey to reverse what happened, trying to turn Min Ah in human form again.

This drama is totally different from everything I have ever seen, it's so fun. It's light, easy to watch and when you least realize, it's already over and I liked the dramatic way the drama ended.
Baek Joon had to choose between save Min Ah's life or stay with his current life as a famous singer, which is what he always wanted, but of course he was going to choose her.

The aliens are freaking funny, no comments to the scene that they are showing theirs "powers", the whole BTS and Big Bang thing was hilarious. I really thought the restaurant people were chickens that turned into humans. HAHAHA'

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One of the worst things I have ever seen

"Snow White's Revenge" it's a revenge story about Seol Ah, a woman who lost her father at a young age, when he married a woman named Jeong In, a gold digger who married him to take his money. When he learns the truth, Jeong In along with her boyfriend Tae Chang kill Seol Ah's father and the girl witness everything.
Seol Ah goes to live in an orphanage and there she meets Jin Ho, starting a relationship that will last over 10 years, until he gets in an accident and loses his memory. She is reunited with Jin Ho, when she becomes a writer for a drama named "Poker Face" and he's the main lead, the problem is Jin Ho doesn't remember her, so Seol Ah tries to make him remember her.

By spending time with Jin Ho, who's now being called Woo Jin, Seol Ah learns that he's not a very good person. Even when his memory returns, Woo Jin doesn't want to go back to the time he was Jin Ho, he doesn't want to lose his fame, become a nobody again... There's even a moment in episode 31 when Woo Jin uses Seol Ah's feelings, being all sweet with her, only because he wanted her to delete a post she made on the internet, telling people about their past, how they lived together and even were expecting a child. When she doesn't want to do that, Woo Jin becomes violent and even slaps her. After that, he even made a statement to the media making himself the victim.

This is exactly why I don't understand the drama's ending. How does it make sense that Seol Ah and Woo Jin ended up together? This is ridiculous. He was a horrible person that abandoned her, hurt her in many ways, only because he was shot, everything is alright? How can a woman do this to herself, after everything he did to her? Doesn't she have any dignity? Seeing them happily in that orphanage, it was just weird. What about Hyun Woo? Seol Ah accepted his feelings and left him for Woo Jin? I don't think this drama leaves a very good message to viewers, specially about a healthy relationship.

Ju Ryun is a ridiculous character. She's not the villain, she keeps crying all the time and fighting with Seol Ah because of Woo Jin. It's sad to see such a beautiful woman low herself to that level because of a man and I even couldn't even hate her, because to me she was only pitiful.

What the hell was the whole thing with Jeong In being Woo Jin's mother? The weird thing is the way she starts to treat him when she learns the truth. It was really creep, specially because she doesn't say that she's his mother. I have to say that in some moments I thought Jeong In was really in love with him and not like a mother.

And what was Seol Ah's revenge? What exactly did she do to avenge her father's death? She only complained, but still kept was working for Jeong In's company, doing nothing legally to show the truth out, so it was basically nothing for 102 episodes. How are we supposed to like this? The only person who actually did a revenge in this story was Sun Ae, she was an amazing woman who avenged the death of her two sons and helped Seol Ah in the process. Without Sun Ae, Seol Ah wouldn't have done anything.

The drama is really bad, there's nothing good about it. The acting is weak, the characters are terribly written, the story is confusing and there's no clear direction in the story's development. It's not something I would recommend to someone to watch, it's not worth it.

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"Jealousy Incarnate" is a romance drama about the crazy love between Na Ri, Hwa Shin and Jung Won.

Na Ri and Hwa Shin work together in a broadcasting company. Na Ri always had a one sided love for Hwa Shin, only to be found out and humiliated by him every time he sees her. One day, Na Ri finds something strange in Hwa Shin's chest and thinks he may have breast cancer... this changes Hwa Shin's life forever.

The theme is something completely different, because I didn't even know it was possible for men to get breast cancer, but the drama portrayed it very well, showing all the challenges and obstacles Hwa Shin had to overcome, like shame and fear, until he reached the point of speaking openly about it to everyone, confidently accepting his condition.

Furthermore, the romance is an essential part of the drama and also the most interesting element, since Na Ri is literally in love with two people at the same time. And I'm not just saying that, she really is. She loves both Jung Won and Hwa Shin, and the biggest dilemma is choosing between them. How incredible was it that Na Ri decided to live with both of them, to find out who she likes more. HAHA'

Regarding her choice, for me, it was obvious from the start; it was always Hwa Shin. She did fall in love with Jung Won; how could anyone not fall in love with a polite, gentlemanly man who would do anything for her? But she and Hwa Shin have a history. The whole breast cancer situation brought them even closer. It was something they went through together, because without Na Ri, I don't think Hwa Shin would have been able to move on. Their romance is passionate and intense; they can't stay away from each other. The chemistry between Gong Hyo Jin and Jo Jung Suk was one of the best I've ever seen in a drama.

"I want to hold her hands, hug her, kiss her, and sleep with her." <3

The drama also has a strong focus on humor, especially between Jung Won and Hwa Shin fighting over Na Ri. The scene with the two fighting in the mud and Na Ri, in the background catching octopuses, and also when they drunk-call her, begging her to choose them, is a highlight! HAHA'

I think 2016 was the peak of kdramas. There were so many incredible productions in the same year, and now they simply can't replicate that, not in the same way: "Another Oh Hae Young," "Cheese in the Trap," "Cinderella and Four Knights," "Goblin," "Moon Lovers," "One More Happy Ending," "Uncontrollably Fond," "Descendants of the Sun," "Mirror of the Witch" and "Jealousy Incarnate".

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"Second Husband" is a revenge drama that follows Seon Hwa, a young woman who can't let go of any injustice and always tries to help others. She lives with Sang Hyuk, the two are basically married and have a child together, everything seems perfect, until she finds out that he is cheating on her with Jae Gyeong, a coworker and intends to marry her.

Seon Hwa tries to hold Sang Hyuk back, but he was determined to marry Jae Gyeong, even her grandmother tries to interfere and ends up tragically dying. Not believing that her grandmother's death was an accident, Seon Hwa investigates and finds out the truth. In order to cover up her crime, Jae Gyeong frames Seon Hwa for another crime she committed and Seon Hwa ends up going to jail. When she finally gets out of jail, she finds out that her son Sae Byeok is dead. With the help of Jae Min, Seon Hwa makes her revenge plan to punish all those who destroyed her life.

The relationship between Jae Min and Seon Hwa is good, he really was the support she needed in those difficult times and it's clear that over time she would fall in love with him. The big problem is that there was no time in the drama for them to be a real couple. When Seon Hwa finds out that Jae Min was Jae Gyeong's brother, even though she liked him, she couldn't act on her feelings. Then with Sharon Park, she ended up marrying Jae Min, but it was a fake marriage and after that came the shock that they would be siblings, with Seon Hwa being the lost daughter of Jae Min's mother. Their chemistry on screen was great, but they didn't give us any chance to see them as a couple, that only happens at the end and honestly, after watching 150 episodes, I needed more than just that.

Sharon Park is magnificent, I had a lot of fun with this version of Seon Hwa, in fact I liked her much more than the original. HAHAHA'

Jae Gyeong is the bitch of the story, without a shadow of a doubt. She and Seon Hwa had created a kind of friendship at the beginning, until the moment when Jae Gyeong discovers Seon Hwa's relationship with Sang Hyuk, from that moment on everything changes completely. Jae Gyeong did literally everything to steal Sang Hyuk. She killed Seon Hwa's grandmother, stole her son, prevented her from finding her biological mother and tried to kill her. Oh Seung Ah is great for this type of role, it suited her perfectly.

The drama is average, the story drags on at times, but with the amount of episodes it was to be expected. The romance is weak, because technically there is no romance per se, but it is worth watching because of the relationship between Seon Hwa and Jae Min. The ending of the drama was not very good in my opinion, ending with a wedding was predictable, but seeing Sang Hyuk's mother, his sister and Jae Gyeong's mother together with the rest of the characters, in harmony? It was very strange.

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"Remarriage and Desires" is a drama about Hye Seung, a woman who discovers that her husband is cheating on her with Yoo Hui. The problem is that the story is not that simple. Yoo Hui seduced Hye Seung's husband on purpose, to use him and discard him whenever she wanted, and she does exactly that, blaming him for all the crimes she committed. Hye Seung's husband ends up killing himself and she decides to punish those who destroyed her family.

The idea behind the drama is very good, Hye Seung wants revenge against Yoo Hui, she finds out that Yoo Hui is interested in Hyung Ju, so Hye Seung decides to get closer to him, to ruin Yoo Hui's plans, but that's the problem, Hye Seung kept saying that she had her own character, that she had no ulterior motives when getting closer to Hyung Ju, but that's partly a lie, because her purpose wasn't to seduce him, it was to tell the truth about Yoo Hui, but technically she used Hyung Ju in this process.

The problem with the drama is the development, there are only 8 episodes so everything is done very quickly, there wasn't enough time to shape the story properly. It was supposed to be about new weddings and desires, right?! Honestly, I don't know where the desires went, since everyone was super apathetic, there's no strength, impact in the story, there's no energy of revenge... it's all very boring. Not even the "romance" manages to captivate attention, especially because I didn't see anything romantic.

The relationship between Hye Seung and Hyung Ju is weird, they only saw each other a few times and it was clear that they created a connection because of their children and the traumas they suffered in their marriages because of betrayals, but the story didn't give them enough time to develop a relationship between them. That wedding at the end?! It was ridiculous.

This drama a complete disappointment, I don't even know how it was possible to make a story like this, with such a magnificent cast. Kim Hee Sun was wasted in this production.

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"The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won" tells the story of Lee Bang Won's journey to become one of the most famous kings in South Korean history.

Seong Gye is a well-known and beloved general who eventually takes power from the tyrant king who was ruling Goryeo. However, he never had any interest in becoming king. He really just wanted to make the world a better place. However, the situation is different with his children, especially Lee Bang Won, who, after his father's victory, begins to have a great desire for power.

Lee Bang Won always used the excuse that they needed to change the world for the people, but at the same time, he didn't care about the sacrifices that were made or how many people might die in the process. The person who started this flame in him was his wife, Lady Min. She was always a person who yearned for more. She wasn't content with what she had and thought her husband deserved more. Technically, she was the one who started it all. After having a taste for power, Bang Won could not stop until he became the king and killed anyone who stood in his way.

The turning point of the couple is after they achieved the goal they wanted so much, putting Bang Won on the throne, their problems begin after that. Lady Min thought they would walk together, as they always did, but Bang Won had no desire to share power with her, in fact he liked to make it clear that she was just another subordinate.

Lady Min is a badass, what an incredible character, she is the example of a woman who does not submit to anyone, she knows what she wants and goes after it. She fought hard for her husband, so he could fulfill his dream of being king, but she did it thinking of herself too, of her children, she just could not imagine how Bang Won would change after becoming king.

Even though she was the incredibly strong woman that she was, there was no way she could handle all of this. How humiliated can a person be? Is there a limit? Her family was destroyed, her own son caused the death of her brothers, but the worst was how Bang Won treated her, he broke her, humiliating her with all the concubines, the false accusations... she got to the point of begging Bang Won to stop and still he didn't give in. Eventually Lady Min could no longer bear to stay in the palace and left, to try to be free from it all. She died surrounded by her children, but without the presence of Bang Won, as she did not forgive him until her last moments.

The production of the drama is exceptional. It's a story that has been developed before, but none of them managed to reach this level, it really keeps you hooked from start to finish. The acting is impeccable, especially Joo Sang Wook, who in my opinion, gave his best role so far.

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"Tokyo In April Is" it's a BL about two friends, Kazuma and Ren. Ren was Kazuma's best friend and first love, and he just disappeared when they were teenagers. The two grow up apart from each other and reunite as adults.

I'm starting to realize that the best BL aren't actually Thai, but Japanese!
After "Cherry Magic" and "Old Fashion Cupcake", comes "Tokyo In April Is", a story that starts slowly but grows in your heart and when you least realize it, you are already completely in love. The love story between Ren and Kazuma is wonderful, they went through so many challenges just to be together.

And who knew that Ren loved Kazuma from the beginning, but to protect Kazuma he kept a distance and also to not get hurt in the process. Kazuma's confession on the street was the most beautiful thing in the universe, he showed how important Ren is to him.

A simply unforgettable drama <3

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