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An underrated drama, with an amazing story

"Becoming Witch" is a dark comedy drama and honestly, an amazing surprise. When woman get married, they don't enter in a fairy tale but rather in a horror movie, instead of becoming Cinderella they become witches! HAHAHA'

The story follows three women: Ma Ri, Hee Soo and Jin Ah, they are in their 40's and none of them is happy being married. Ma Ri has a cheating husband, Hee's Soo husband is always away and she has to take care of her sick mother-in-law and Jin Ah is a widow, who gained a lot of money from her husband's death. She's the only one who's remotely happy, but that won't last long, since her husband comes back... alive.

Ma Ri is a total badass. I think she's one of the best characters I ever saw in a drama, there's no other woman like her. Her crazy eyes telling the whole world she won't divorce Nak Gu or when she dreamed about killing him. There's also the car accident and the whole "Misery" act in the hospital. But the interesting thing is that despise everything that Nak Gu did to her, Ma Ri still loved him, because he's the father of her child. The scene when she finally confess that, Nak Gu is holding a gun and he shots her, the gun didn't have bullets but, that moment is really the end, he killed every last inch of love that she had in that second.
The ending is very satisfying, Nak Gu is a freaking bastard, so he really deserved all that... karma is really a bitch.

Hee Soo's ending was the only sad thing about this drama. She is a beautiful woman, who wanted to have a child her whole life, but instead she got cancer. The good thing is that she finally had some good times with her husband and enjoyed her last moments on earth, leaving behind the memories with her friends, that won't ever forget her.

This is really an underrated drama, I don't know how people aren't talking about it, it's an amazing story. Lee Yoo Ri's acting is simply spectacular <3

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A fun story, but it lacks depth in the girls past

"Catch The Ghost" follows Yoo Ryung, a young cop that starts working in the Subway Police with the purpose of finding her twin sister that disappeared and it is most likely a victim of the subway killer, a serial killer that targets people on the subway and leaves their bodies inside the train.

The chemistry between Yoo Ryung and Ji Seok is really good, but the drama doesn't give the couple a chance to be together, literally that happens only at the ending and for me, that wasn't enough. They do have some sweet moments.

Yoo Ryung's journey to find her sister is the main focus of the drama, along with her solving the cases with a lot of enthusiasm, she's a lively character and always gives great scenes, with her crazy ways to stop the criminals, dragging poor Ji Seok along. I think the drama should have put more effort into showing the relationship of Yoo Ryung and Yoo Jin, we only see little flashes of their lifes together and to understand Yoo Ryung's pain and how could she do that mistake, of leaving her autistic sister behind, it should have more background on the story about them.

The funny moments it's what makes this drama worthwhile, also the friendship between the Subway Police. The romance stays in second place, but still a really good drama.

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Bad characters, with a confusing story and a weird romance

"Chronicle of Life" it's a drama about a love triangle between Liang Er, Ye San and Rong Ruo.
Liang Er and Rong Ruo are childhood friends, they have always spend time together. One day, Liang Er loses her entire family when her father is framed for a crime he didn't commit and Liang Er loses her memory. Rong Ruo's father takes her in as a maid and the two have a secret romance growing up.
On the other hand there's Ye San, he's the emperor. He meets Liang Er when they are kids and she leaves him with a great impression, making Ye San search for her basically all his adult life. They reunite when Liang Er comes to work in the palace.

The three people are connected. Liang Er and Rong Ruo like each other, but they don't stay together, even with Ye San's permission to let them marry, Rong Ro ends up getting marry to Liang Er's friend, but keeping Liang Er in his heart. Liang Er falls for Ye San by spending time with him. That's the part that upset me, there's no moment that define the beginning of their relationship, Liang Er just loves him, suddenly. At least with Rong Ruo, the romance made sense, but with Ye San, it's strange.

I really thought the twist that technically Ye San is to blame for Liang Er's father's death would be something more important in the story, but it's put basically at the end and doesn't ruin their relationship at all. I thought it would be something like in "Goodbye My Princess".

The story lacks dept and the drama's colors really annoyed me, everything is too bright, too exaggerated.

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Where's the music? What should have been the focus, it was left in the background

"Trot Lovers" it's a drama about Chun Hee, a young woman who has to take care of her father and young sister. She meets Joon Hyun, a former popular singer and in the beginning the two fight like kids, but then Joon Hyun decides to her help become a trot singer.

The drama was supposed to be about music, but there's just a few moments with Chun Hee singing. I really thought it would have more competitions between Chun Hee and Soo In, to make sense about the rivalry, but there's only one. The songs are really good, that's why I wanted more. If the drama had focus on that, I honestly think it would have been an amazing production, to focus on the trot music, explore more about that.
The whole amnesia thing was just ridiculous and unnecessary.

The romance just didn't work, the two actors don't have chemistry in scene. I actually liked Chun Hee more with Geun Woo.
There's nothing really bad about the drama, it's easy to watch, but also there's nothing impressive. It's something you watch and forget very easily.

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How justice can be unfair and changed with a price

"One Ordinary Day" is a criminal drama about a young man named Hyun Soo, who's wrongfully arrested and accused of the murder of a girl he met the night before.
The story is about everything he's being through, all the process with the arrest, the trial, living in prison with other inmates and trying to survive in there.

Kim So Hyun's acting is really good. I loved the way he was able to express Hyun Soo's feelings about being accused of something he didn't do, you could see in his eyes. Even his naive way of trusting the police, who was trying to pin the murder on him.
I never thought Hyun Soo was guilt, the police only had circumstantial evidence, but they still went along with that and did everything to make Hyun Soo the culprit, even tampering with evidence. That's the funny thing, even in the end, when Joong Han discover the truth and finds the real killer, the prosecutor and the police still ends up the good guys, saying they continued the investigation... which we know it's a lie. They wanted to end the investigation and chose Hyun Soo to be the fall guy, not caring if he was really the killer or not, they just needed someone to blame.

Cha Seung Won's character is very interesting, but his characterization was bad, he looked twice his age. HAHAHAHA'
I know his role was that of a low-class lawyer, but even so, they didn't need to make him like that.

The drama also shows how the justice system is flaw and broken. The judge convicted Hyun Soo to life imprisonment and he was innocent. Even with Joong Han showing everything the police did, how they made him the prime suspect without any convincing evidence, how they never looked into anyone else, even the people in Guk Hwa's life and still, he was found guilty. It's really awful to think that someone could be rooting in prison for something he didn't do.

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What makes a person beautiful?

"Shadow Beauty" follows Ae Jin, a high school girl who leads a double life. In school she's bullied by everyone and called ugly by her classmates, but in the internet she's a famous influencer named Genie, changing her appearance.

The first to know her true identity is Ho In. In the beginning I thought he was interested in Ae Jin and that was truth, but not romantically. The other is Ha Neul, she's Genie's best friend but at the same time, she's the person who's bullying Ae Jin.
There's also Mi Jin, a new girl who strangely is exactly like Genie. That was a part of the drama that I didn't like. I was expecting until the end that we find out that Mi Jin had done plastic surgery, because it's not realistic that a girl who looks like Genie appears, specially because Ae Jin made Genie, she's not real.

Ae Jin is a normal girl, but we live in a society that finds people's flaws and uses that against them, so Ae Jin thinks of herself as ugly. She makes a fake persona, because in that way she could have people's attention, being called beautiful for the time in her life, the problem is that her real and fake life keep crashing each other.
The message here is all about accepting yourself. To life your life in a way that makes yourself happy, not thinking about how others see you and also not to obsess over social media, because followers are not real friends, you need to appreciate the people that are around you and that physical beauty is really nothing if you don't have a good heart.

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A middle-aged woman rock band that really rocks!

"I Am Legend" it's a story about Seol Hee, a middle aged woman who has a fake perfect life. She's mistreated by her husband and her mother-in-law, always keeping her dream to play music in secret. Her life takes a turning point when her sister is diagnosed with cancer and her husband's family doesn't want her to be a donor to save her sister's life, so Seol Hee decides to get divorce and finally be free to live on her own.

In the process, Seol Hee learns that her husband was actually cheating on her this whole time with his co-worker and how he doesn't want a divorce, he does a lot of terrible things and even frames Seol Hee for being the reason for the divorce. There's even a moment which her mother-in-law is crying in the courthouse, doing the acting of her life. HAHAHA'

Seol Hee and her friends make a band named "Comeback Madonna" and go to chase their dream. They are really good singers, but people have a lot of prejudice over a band with middle-aged woman playing rock. It's amazing to be able to see the girls changing people's minds.

There's a hint of romance between Seol Hee and Tae Hyun, but both of them weren't in a place to be together, so I thought it was right of the drama not to make a couple out of them. Seol Hee just got divorced and she wanted to live her life as herself, since she was always pleasing other people and never just being happy alone and Tae Hyun has his young son to worry about, it's not so easy to begin a new relationship having a child. It was nice to see him helping Seol Hee turns a new leaf and become a singer.

It's a really good drama, the story is interesting and the songs are addicted. I had already watched in 2010 and watching again now, it's still as good <3

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One of the best cdramas I have ever watched

"The Legend of Shen Li" follows the forbidden love story of Shen Li and Xing Zhi.
Shen Li is an immortal general who gets hurt and falls into the Mortal Realm in her animal form. She is rescued by Xing Yun, a human who takes care of her and helps her recover from her injuries. With time, Shen Li falls in love with him but she already has an arranged marriage, she comes back home and thinks Xing Yun is dead.
Xing Yun is actually the ancient god Xing Zhi, the last of his kind. They reunite again, but can't be together, since Xing Zhi can't fall in love, always putting the world's needs first.

This was one of the things that really upset me. They are a beautiful couple, but it takes a long time for them to really be together. Xing Zhi always controlled his feelings for her, because he had responsibilities, but in the moment that Xing Zhi thought Shen Li was gone, he couldn't control himself anymore, he goes enraged and freezes the entire sea looking for her.
After that, the two have a sweet time together, like in the beginning when they first met.

The chemistry between Xing Zhi and Shen Li is amazing and I'm not only talking about the romance, but the action scenes and the funny moments, the characters ares really in sinc. It was really fantastic to be able to see Zhao Li Ying and Lin Geng Xin working together again after "Princess Agents" and finally being a real couple, with a happy ending <3

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"A Gentleman's Dignity" is a drama about the lives and loves of four men in their forties: Kim Do Jin, Im Tae San, Choi Yoon and Lee Jung Rok.

Do Jin doesn't believe in love, he just wants to live his life without thinking much about the future or having a family, until he meets Yi Soo and falls in love with her at first sight. The problem is that Yi Soo has a one-sided love for Tae San, Do Jin's friend. To complicate matters even more, Tae San is dating Yi Soo's friend Se Ra.

Yoon is a sweet man who lost his wife, he has no interest in dating again, but Me Ah Ri enters his life to change everything, with the purpose of making him fall in love with her. Let's complicate the story even more: Me Ah Ri is the younger sister of Tae San, his friend.

To complete the stories of the friends, we have Jung Rok, a womanizer who can't stop cheating on his wife. The drama basically shows her trying to divorce him in every episode. HAHA'

The drama is light, funny and easy to watch. All the characters are great, the couples have amazing chemistry. That's one of the things I love about this drama, you don't just want to watch the main couple, but each and every one of them. The romances are on different levels to match the characters, it's just too perfect.

Seeing Yi Soo fighting with Do Jin, him trying everything to make her like him. At the same time, seeing Tae San with Se Ra, an independent woman who doesn't want to be tamed and Yoon, falling in love with a younger woman, fighting against her own feelings and lastly, Jung Rok realizing that he can't live without Min Sook... all of this is what makes this story a fantastic experience.

There are also two characters that steal the show: Collin and Dong Hyeop. You might think that these two don't have a place in this story, but they really complete everything. This was my first drama with Kim Woo Bin!

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A new vision of the game

"Squid Game 2" continues the story where it left off in season 1.
Gi Hun is trying to end the game, looking for the Recruiter (Gong Yoo's character), to use him as a way to speak to the Leader and force him to stop everything once and for all. This plan doesn't work and Gi Hun has to go into the game again, there he tries to help the people and make them want to give up.

I understand Gi Hun's purpose, the game ruined his life, made him see all those people died, even his friend Sang Woo and all of that just for money, but we need to remember that Gi Hun the first time voted to end the game and then entered again, he was never forced to play. This is one of the main points of the game, it does everything to complicated things, but it always gives the chance to stop. This time, it had even a difference, a vote in the end of every game, but people's greed was too big.

The Recruiter's death was the best scene of the season for me. Gong Yoo only appeared in a few scenes, but it was amazing.

The drama, instead of focusing in the rounds of games, focused more on the relationships that was made between the characters, the three distinct groups. The main one has Gi Hun, Jeong Bae, In Ho, Jun Hee and Dae Ho. The second one has Yong Sik, his mother Geum Ja, Hyun Ju, Yeong Mi and later in the game, Gyeong Seok. The last group is the crazy ones, all following Thanos. Speaking of him, it amazes me that people didn't know T.O.P, he's the one of the most famous rappers in South Korea. His character here, Thanos, is really fucking crazy, hating him and laughing at him, was one of my favorite things to do. HAHAHA'
No Eul's character was a surprise, I never thought we would be able to see the side of the guards in the story.

It ends with an open ending, since the show was renewed for a third season, it makes sense to end it like this, because Gi Hun's plan didn't work and everyone will probably have to continued to play until the end. Basically all the main characters are still alive and we know that sacrifices will be made. The story was more light probably already thinking about the next season, to put all the action and death scenes later.

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"Bad and Crazy" is a comedy drama about Su Yeol, a man who discovers he has a dual personality called K, who basically only knows how to get into trouble and ruin his life. The two have to learn to live together and work together to catch criminals.

It was really funny to see Su Yeol completely naive, watching everything K did, without having any idea that he was the one doing everything, with K controlling his body. At first he hated that K was controlling him, but then he ended up asking for his help on several occasions... that's how a beautiful friendship began.

I wasn't expecting much from the drama when I started watching it, the story started off kind of rushed, but the moment K showed up, I instantly fell in love. Seeing K driving Su Yeol crazy, showing up at the worst possible times, causing trouble and being amazing was truly a delightfully hilarious experience. The scene of them riding a bike together is really funny, but this relationship isn't just about that.

The story reminded me a lot of "Kill Me, Heal Me", just like Do Hyun, Su Yeol was abused as a child and this made him create K, a personality to help him escape that nightmare, since he didn't think he could do it alone. As the drama progressed, Su Yeol realizes that K was always by his side to help him, his personal superhero, with his own uniform and he also understands that he doesn't need K to save him, that he is strong enough to deal with any problem that comes his way. That's exactly what makes the end of the drama so special. Su Yeol doesn't abandon K, he realizes that K is not something he can discard now that he doesn't need him anymore, the scene where Su Yeol goes after K and hugs him, shows him accepting himself completely.

Lee Dong Wook and Wi Ha Joon formed the best bromance I could ever imagine <3

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"Another Oh Hae Young" tells the story of Oh Hae Young, a young woman who always felt very ordinary, just like her name, especially when compared to another Oh Hae Young, one who studied with her and had everything she ever wanted. Time passed and Ha Young was about to get married, but in a twist of fate, her fiancé broke up with her by saying one of the worst things possible, that he hated seeing her eat.

Do Kyung begins to have flashes of a woman he has never seen before and unexpectedly one day he meets her and this woman is Hae Young. The two become neighbors and Do Kyung realizes that his visions end up coming true.

After fighting a lot, Do Kyung and Hae Young end up falling in love with each other, the big problem is that there is a secret that Do Kyung never told Hae Young, that he is the reason why her fiancé called off the wedding. Do Kyung has always been in love with the other Hae Young, the popular girl, and when he heard that a woman with that same name was getting married, he thought it was her and ended up framing the groom to stop the wedding... but he did it to the wrong Hae Young. The scene where Hae Young finds out about this, her reaction, how devastated she was to discover that one of the worst moments of her life was because of that woman.

The relationship between Do Kyung and Hae Young is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen in a drama. It's intense, passionate and sad at the same time, and that's the most interesting thing about them. This couple isn't just made up of joy and happy moments. They go through problems and heartbreaks. They reach the peak of this when Do Kyung has an accident and it seems like he's going to die... but he managed to change his future when he decided to go after Hae Young, when he realized that being with her, even for a short time, was better than spending his whole life without her. When he needed her the most, Do Kyung wasn't alone.

"If we could turn back time, I would ruin your wedding the same way. I would make you move next door and meet you that way again. I'm sorry, I'm very sorry. But I'm not sorry I ruined your wedding. This is how I truly feel. I got sick because I couldn't hug you".

I also can't forget Soo Kyung and Jin Sang, a surprising couple who steals the show several times, I never imagined that these two would become a couple. The elevator scene is incredible no matter how many times I watch it! HAHAHA'

It's a simply incredible drama, both in terms of the story, the romance and the soundtrack. "Like A Dream" is a wonderful song <3

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"Person Who Gives Happiness" is a drama that focuses on the life of Eun Hee.

Life was perfect when Eun Hee was a child, living with her father and her sister Eun Ah, but one day everything changes when her father dies and Park Bok Ae, his worker, steals the family's money and leaves the two girls in an orphanage. Eun Ah is adopted by a family that only mistreats her and in the end it is understood that the girl dies. Eun Hee is devastated and ends up accepting financial help from Bok Ae, without knowing that she was the one who killed her father, when he discovered that she was stealing from his company.

Time passes and Eun Hee grows up to become a wonderful woman. She continues to help the orphanage where she lived and there she meets Gun Woo, a kind-hearted man who always tries to help others around him. He ends up falling in love with Eun Hee basically from the moment he meets her. One day, a baby appears on Bok Ae's doorstep. The child is actually the son of Seok Jin and his girlfriend Ja Kyung. Since she is a famous actress, she had the child in secret and her mother abandoned the child at her grandmother's house, who had no intention of keeping the baby. Eun Hee decides to become the child's mother, as she felt a bond from the moment she found him. She names him In Ha Yoon.

Years pass and Bok Ae begins to become more possessive of Ha Yoon. The problem is that the person who has legal custody of the child is Eun Hee, so Bok Ae makes an evil scheme for Eun Hee to marry Seok Jin so that he has legal rights over Ha Yoon. When Eun Hee finds out the truth, Bok Ae reports her for kidnapping and from then on an eternal fight begins between the two over Ha Yoon. However, Eun Hee really loves Ha Yoon, so she gives up the boy so that he doesn't suffer anymore with all this.

Poor Ha Yoon, this child suffered a lot during this drama. He had a happy life with Eun Hee, starting his career as an actor, but because of Bok Ae, his crazy grandmother, the boy only suffered. He found out that Seok Jin is his father, then he was separated from Eun Hee and found out that she was not his biological mother. He had to live with Ja Kyung, who only mistreated him, always missing Eun Hee. He ends up with cancer and almost dying, he didn't have a minute of rest... thank goodness in the end everything works out!

During the drama, the bond between Ha Yoon and Eun Hee becomes clear, like the extreme love she has for him, even a biological mother wouldn't love a son as much as she loves Ha Yoon and wouldn't make all the sacrifices that Eun Hee made. At the same time, if we compare it to the people who are biologically related to Ha Yoon: Bok Ae, Seok Jin and Ja Kyung, who only thought about themselves and didn't care at any time about the boy's feelings, cruel and selfish people.

Romance isn't really the focus of the story, we don't see much of Gun Woo and Eun Hee as a couple, but rather them together with Ha Yoon as a family and I actually liked that a lot. Gun Woo followed Ha Yoon's growth together with Eun Hee, he basically helped raise the boy, their relationship wasn't something frivolous, during all that time together, they had already surpassed that stage. It was beautiful to see Gun Woo accepting Ha Yoon as his son, I loved seeing the two of them jealous of Eun Hee. HAHA'

Park Bok Ae is a villain worthy of hatred, she was one of the worst people I've ever seen in dramas, it's hard to find someone so detestable. Everything she did for Eun Hee's family and until the end she didn't feel any remorse or guilt, a horrible person, basically a monster. She deserved to end up like that, without any sanity, trapped and alone

Watching this drama was truly an endless joy. I was enchanted by these fantastic characters, I was frustrated and angry because of Park Bok Ae and all the misfortune she brought with her, but at the same time I smiled a lot with the unconditional love between Eun Hee and Ha Yoon, this story beautifully showed that blood ties do not mean family, but rather the love between people.

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"Angry Mom" ​​tells the story of Jo Kang Ja, a young mother who had her daughter Ah Ran when she was still a teenager. Because of this, Ah Ran feels angry at her mother, who lies that she is her dead sister's daughter so as not to tell the truth. Ah Ran starts coming home from school hurt and then her friend Yi Kyung ends up dying, leaving Ah Ran completely devastated and with her mind destroyed. Kang Ja makes it her mission to infiltrate the school to find out the truth and protect her daughter. She then becomes the student: Jo Bang Wool.

Kang Ja starts looking for clues and discovers that there is a lot of corruption at the school, which benefits the richest and most intelligent, leaving the others aside, and the person at the center of it all is Jung Woo, a teacher who seems to be a kind person, but in fact hides his true face. Kang Ja receives help from Noh Ah, a young ideological teacher who believes in the goodness of human beings and that everyone deserves a second chance.

There's also Bok Dong, a troublemaker who goes from villain to hero. He starts the drama by threatening Ah Ran and ends up almost dying to save her and his other schoolmates. It was beautiful to see Bok Dong's transformation, to see him fall in love with Kang Ja, without knowing that she is actually an ahjumma. HAHA'

At first I didn't like Ah Ran very much, even though she saw everything her mother was going through to protect her, to find out the truth, Ah Ran only knew how to complain, but over time she began to realize her mother's love and everything Kang Ja sacrificed for her, she learned to be grateful for having such an incredible mother.

In addition to school violence, the story also portrays the subject of sexual violence, as Kang Ja ended up getting pregnant as a result of rape when she was a teenager and the person who did this to her appears again as he is involved in the school's corruption. This causes a delicate situation for both Kang Ja and Ah Ran, as Kang Ja has to relive the trauma she suffered and Ah Ran ends up discovering that her biological father is a monster.

This drama really shows the strength, the unconditional love and what makes a real mother. It's not just anyone who would dress up as a teenager, enter their daughter's school and investigate something that everyone is trying to cover up and also beat up a bunch of annoying teenagers.

It's an incredible production, it was one of the first dramas I watched that showed the issue of violence in schools, how it can be a toxic and lethal environment for teenagers. The story mixes serious situations with light moments of humor very well and ends by sending a beautiful message: that one must have the courage to act when necessary, there's no point in hiding from the truth and what's wrong. Kang Ja began this journey wanting to take justice into her own hands because she couldn't get help from the law, but she wouldn't have been able to achieve anything alone, she needed someone on her side to help her.

"I just love it havin so much fun. I just wanna have a merry time. Don't be shy, Angry mom". <3

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"Extraordinary Attorney Woo" tells the story of Young Woo, a woman with autism and a genius at the same time, who starts working as a lawyer. The drama portrays her day-to-day life in this profession, trying to adapt, since people with autism have difficulty interacting and socializing.

I love stories about people with some kind of disability, because they make us realize how precious life is and how we should be grateful for everything we have. Autistic characters have the incredible ability to instantly captivate, like Sang Tae in "It's Okay To Not Be Okay" and Si Won in "Good Doctor", with the unique and special way they see the world around them, it's impossible not to get caught up.

The romance between Young Woo and Jun Ho is light and very cute, it really gives you that feeling of first love. I loved the way he treated Young Woo as a person equal to him. Of course he is aware of Young Woo's difficulties, but Jun Ho always tried to respect her decisions, especially when the two started dating. What was the scene where he confessed to Young Woo?! So cute.

Park Eun Bin is simply incredible, I loved the moments when Young Woo has her epiphanies, full of whales. Kang Tae Oh is amazing with his cute and innocent personality. It was definitely his best drama so far.

This was the first drama in which Kang Ki Young got the attention he deserved. He was perfect in "Moment At Eighteen", but it was from "Extraordinary Attorney Woo" that people started to take an interest in him and I thought that was incredible, he is a wonderful actor and definitely deserves all this attention.

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