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A story that's just ordinary, with nothing new to show

"The Legend of Zhuohua" tells the story of Zhuo Hua, a woman who wants to be an officer, she doesn't want the normal life of a woman on these days, she wants a career, to become something other than a wife. Then she meets the general Liu Yan, who helps her achieve that.

I really like Feng Shao Feng, but after seeing "Shining Just For You" and now "The Legend of Zhuohua", it's clear that there is an obsession in making him look younger, to the point of using a lot of makeup and even CGI in his face and honestly, it didn't work. He's a beautiful actor, everyone gets old, this is a part of life and if his age was a problem, the solution was to choose an older woman.

The drama is medium, the story is simple, light and easy to watch. I liked to see a woman in politics, making her way in a man's world and winning her place, but the romance is disappointing, there's no chemistry between the main leads.
The whole thing with princess Rou Jia was a surprise, it was the only interesting thing that really got me hooked.

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A new chance in life

"The Double" is a revenge story. Fang Fei is a happily married woman who's betrayed and buried alive by her husband, who's having an affair with a princess. Like a miracle, Fang Fei survives, assumes another identity and makes her revenge plan, to make Shi Jie suffer the same way he hurt her. She caught the attention of Xiao Feng, a duke who becomes interest in her.

Wu Jin Yan is an amazing actress, her acting is impeccable <3
Fang Fei is a badass, I was rooting for her plan to work, I wanted to see her get even with the bastards that hurt her. That scene, when Fang Fei is playing was truly magnificent, the song and the visuals, combined with her feelings, it was really impressive.

The drama is really good, if I have to find a mistake, i would be the romance. Fang Fei was already married, she wasn't a naive little girl, I thought the story would be more passionate. There are cute moments and some more intense, but Xiao Heng and Fang Fei only stay together basically at the end, it barely gives you any time to enjoy it.

I can't believe it, the moment came when Chen Chiao makes the part of the mother of a 20 year old woman and also the villain... that makes me feel so old. HAHAHA'
The scenery, the photography is really beautiful, i really like the contrast of white and red.

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What makes a real mother

"Green Mothers' Club" is a drama about family. Eun Pyo moves to a new neighborhood and realizes people there are really different regarding their children's education and that influences her in a bad way, specially when the others children start to bully her son, calling him stupid, that's when Eun Pyo changes her mind and tries to be like the other mothers.

Eun Pyo learns that Dong Seok is a genius and that fumes her pride, since she always felt humiliated by Jin Ha, but the problem is that Eun Pyo started to pressure Dong Seok too much, almost at the point to destroy the little boy's mind.
On the other hand, we have Chun Hee. A woman who appears to have the perfect, but the reality is far from that. Her lies, the way she raised her children, when it's all revealed, her life is basically upside down.
The bond between these two woman, Eun Pyo and Chun Hee, is what makes this drama interesting.

It's an exciting drama, it didn't need betrayal, revenge or any kind of conspiracy, only joining mothers and their children, the story hold your attention from beginning to the end, besides being a critic about the way korean mothers pressure their children for success and that sometimes, that can be harmful.

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Don't waste your time on this. It's not worth it

"Sponsor", like the title says, tells the story of a woman who gained her wealth and power from having a sponsor and now she's doing the same with a young man.

Chae Rin was used since a young age, she had to be with that old man to get something in life, she gave up her youth to have success and you think she grow up to be an interesting woman, with a lot of scars, but to me she looked like a teenager. Her romance with Seung Hoon made sense, he was just like her, someone who wanted be famous, to have money, so it reasonable for her to fell in love with him, but the drama ruins it by putting Seon Woo's character. He doesn't make sense in the storyline and Lee Ji Hoon can't act even for his life, it's was ridiculous to see.
The script was weird, so were the dialogues, Chae Rin asks a shocking question basically at the end of every episode: "Do you want to live with me?" in the first episode. "Do you want to sleep with me?" in the second episode and "Do you want to marry me"? in the fourth episode... that girl is too fast, she doesn't even know the guy. HAHAHA'

Besides all that, the drama also stole the soundtrack of "Angel's Last Mission - Love" and honestly, "Pray" didn't match here, it was a waste of an amazing song.
I already watched some bad dramas, but this one overcame all that was possible, it's really bad. Literally nothing works out, the acting is terrible, especially the main characters.

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The story is too depressing

In "Bright Eyes In The Dark", Lu Xiao is a captain in the firehouse and Nan Chu is an actress that goes there to shoot a documentary, but the drama isn't about their romance, rather is about the lives of the firefighters, how much this profession is important and how they are committed to save lives, even risking their own in the process.

It's not a light romantic comedy and that's what I was expecting, 40 episodes it's too long, the story ends up becoming repetitive and draggy, if it had half the episodes, it would be better.
There are depressive moments, like when Zhen Gang lost his leg and his purpose in life, because he couldn't be a firefighter anymore and Qi Lei dying to save someone else or Da Gang, that even after being fired, died saving someone. I get the purpose of all this, to show how dangerous this profession is, that the firefighters risk their lives every day and don't get the right treatment, but it was just too much.

I also didn't like the open ending, I wanted something more concrete. In my opinion, Lu Xiao is dead, he must have sacrifice himself in some mission and Nan Chu's dance showed that. There are two distinct moments in the final sequence, we see Nan Chu dancing in a red background and Lu Xiao is not in audience, there's an empty place and there's the moment when Lu Xiao walks in alone, there's no one else besides him and Nan Chu, the scenery is different, lighter and with snow, like she's glowing. I saw that was a sign that Lu Xiao was seeing her from heaven.

It's a good drama, but like I said, it was too long, it lost my attention way before the ending.

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A light, fun and easy drama to watch

In "The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim" there is a young girl named Doo Shim who's the daughter of a shaman and has the ability to see the dead, but she hates this power and ignores everyone who asks for her help.
Doo Shim transfer schools and meets Woo Soo, they become closer and Woo Soo starts to see the dead too. They discover there's an evil spirit at school that kills the student that gets the last place in the tests. The two join forces to destroy the spirit and free the school.

After Kim Sae Ron's scandal, I think this will probably be her last drama, I don't think she'll have a space in the showiness again, which it's a shame, I really like her, she's a good actress, but in South Korea your personal life is just as important as your work life, so you have to be careful with your actions.

The drama is light and easy to watch, it reminded me of "Sell Your Haunted House", specially because of the partnership between the main characters. The episodes are small, only 20 minutes each, so when you least realize, it's already over.

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Don't mess with the help

"Master of The House" it's a story of a rich family and their secrets. Kaimook works as a maid in the house and suddenly, her life changes when Rungroj asks her to marry him and Kaimook became a Cinderella story, but the reality is quite different, since Rungroj dies in the same day they get married. The drama shows the suspects and want you to find the killer's identity, but that's not the real twist.

The whole family is insane, the ending was so satisfactory, I never thought Kaimook was planning her revenge this whole time, that she was been abused by that old man and then she made this plan to get back what is rightfully hers. A total badass.

It's a great production, but to be honest, it should had more episodes, I felt like the story was rushed, I wanted to see a better development, with more details, because there was a lot of content to be explored in this crazy family, specially with the cousins hooking up.

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It's a good law drama, but it doesn't have anything different

"May It Please The Court" is a drama about a lawyer named Chak Hee, like her name, she's a good person and tries to help others, but doing so she's got demoted to work in a rural area with Shi Baek, a lawyer that doesn't win any of his cases for a long time.
They work together and get closer with time, that's when Chak Hee learns that Shi Baek is hiding a dark secret from her and that could be that he's the serial killer that's killing people lately, but the truth is more complicated than that.

The drama style reminded of "Lawless Lawyer", specially the relationship between the main characters, exactly because of that, the drama's flaw is that there is not romance scenes with Chak Hee and Shi Baek, they should have shown that.
At the beginning, there was that classic hate that turns into love, but the problem is that the love never came. HAHAHA'
The focus on the cases, in the investigation and trying to find the killer was really important, but I felt like the drama failed in not having the couple, it could have improved the drama's quality.

Jung Ryeo Won is really amazing, a great actress <3

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This season was a big disappointment. It had potential, but it was totally wasted.

"Hellbound 2" continues the story where it was left off. Four years has passed since the events of last season, The New Truth and Arrowhead control the world and people can't do anything but accept how everything is falling apart. Hye Jin is working with a group named Sodo, she has the baby girl who survived, but she's locked up in a secret place to be studied.
Jung Jin Soo has come back from hell, along with Park Jung Ja. Every one of the groups tries to find them for different reasons, but basically to use them in their favor.

I have to be honest, this season was not what I was expecting. Season 1 is simply amazing in every sense, but it basically lacked everything here. The story is draggy and when I finished, it felt like I didn't watch anything, almost like nothing new was added in the story.

Yoo Ah In was really an important part of the show, changing the actor drastically affected the quality of the character. Kim Sung Cheol just didn't work, he made the character too arrogant, Jung Jin Soo was never like that... he was just a crazy bastard. One thing I did liked, how Jin Soo became one of the monsters. I think this has to do with the sins the person has, if after coming back from hell it changed them or not. Jung Ja came back with the power to see people's deaths, but Jin Soo instead of trying to change the world, wanted to ruin everything more. Those things like tentacles that the monster is made, it's almost like a metaphor for the evil inside the person.

Bringing back the detective and his daughter, it didn't made any sense, because at least not seeing them, we could think that everything was okay. Seeing Hui Jeong like that, did what to the story? Absolutely nothing. We only saw a young girl tragically die.
The best character of the season was Oh Ji Won aka Miss Sunshine. How stupid it was to kill her off in the first episode? She was really interesting, what a shame. Her husband is totally the opposite, I still can't believe how foolish of him to think Jin Soo wanted to change things... he was the one that started everything.

In the end, people for all around the country start to get the decrees, basically giving the impression that we're going into the end of the world, which in my opinion is something needed, since everyone is too crazy. I'm hoping for a third season, at least for the story to end in a better way.

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A beautiful family story!

"Golden Rainbow" it's a drama about family, how it's not about blood ties, but rather the love and the bond that makes a family.

Young Hae has a daughter named Ha Bin, who one day gets kidnapped and loses her memory. She's found in the beach by Man Won, who takes her in as his little sister. Then, they meet Ha Joon, a wonderful man who gives her a new name: Baek Won and becomes their father, along with other orphan children, making a huge and happy family.
Baek Won meets a young boy named Do Young at school, he's sweet and the two become closer with time. Everything is fine, until her father is framed and goes to prison. The children with fear of going to an orphanage run away, losing Young Won in the process. Years go by, everyone grows up, Baek Won became a police office in order to find Young Won and then she's reunited with Do Young, who became a prosecutor.

The romance between Baek Won and Do Young is sweet, the two have great chemistry in scene, but they have a few repetitive moments, their young version was truly better. Do Young is hurt three times because of Baek Won, basically he was always on the ground bleeding and she was screaming for him.
And the whole ending with Do Young shooting himself in the head? A little too much, too dramatic.. it really wasn't necessary, specially because Jung Il Woo it's not very good in dramatic scenes, his specialty is the comedy.

I know it's not right, but I have to say that I liked Man Won better than Do Young. I know it's weird for her since they were raised as brother and sister since a young age, but if the writers showed the truth a little sooner and Do Young's character didn't exist, Man Won would be the better choice, his one-sided love hurt a lot to see.
What really stuck with me was the family's story, Ha Joon's love for his children and how they will do anything for each other.

The soundtrack is really perfection, joining Ali with Ulala Session, it couldn't go wrong <3

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A surprising and impressive story

"The Frog" it's a drama that follows two different timelines, which sometimes got a little confusing, but when you understands the development, it's really impressive.
Yeong Ha runs a guest house and Seong Ah comes one day to stay with her "son". The twist in here it's that Yeong Ha understands that Seong Ah killed the boy in the house, but doesn't say anything because he's afraid of the rumors and not being to rent the house again.
This is connected with Sang Jun's story. He had a motel and a serial killer killed someone in there and it became famous, but not in a good way, changing Sang Jun's life forever.

The story is intriguing, smart and the development is amazing, you stay stuck from the beginning to the end. The acting is spectacular, specially Kim Yoon Seok and Go Min Si <3
Chan Yeol really surprised me as an actor, I have seen him in "Missing 9", but I couldn't really see him as an actor, only as an idol, but after this role, it's impossible not to.

Seong Ah is awesome, I still can't forget her crazy eyes and even that I know that she's a psychopath, my dark side just fell in love with her. HAHAHA'
She's a very interesting character, the way that she doesn't feel guilty for what she's done. It was very unfortunate for Yeong Ha to have her in his guest house.

The drama's ending is very satisfying, because the bad guys got they deserved and the people involved finally had peace.
"If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it... does it make a sound? or is there nothing but silence?" <3

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Just not worth it

"Rebirth For You" it's a story about a princess called Bao Ning, she doesn't like to be trapped in the palace and even more to be engaged to the king, she always tries to escape and to the things she likes. On one of this adventures, she meets Li Qian, he's a palace guard and with time, it's clear that they have feelings for each other and they get married.
The married life isn't so easy and they have to pass a lot of obstacles to just be happy.

I really thought Bao Ning was going to be a different character, the beginning made me think she was a creative woman, someone who didn't follow the rules like Shao Shang in "Love Like The Galaxy", but it wasn't like that. The whole thing with her father and Li Qian's mother, the conflict didn't last long, it was resolved quite quickly.

The drama was disappointing, I though the story was gonna be good, but there's nothing interesting. The main lead couple is cute, but not enough to catch the attention, their relationship was shallow.
It's a drama that's good on paper, but in reality, it's a story like any other, with nothing new to show.

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I expected more from a drama with a gangster

"My Sweet Mobster" follows Eun Ha, a kids content creator who unexpectedly runs into Ji Hwan, a former gangster who's now living a new life. The two become entangled with each other and eventually Eun Ha comes to live with Ji Hwan, because she lost her house. With time, they become closer and fall in love.

My biggest problem was with the character Eun Ha, I know that because of her work she has to act cute and stuff, but that doesn't mean that she has to act like that ALL the time... eventually her "way" was really annoying me.
And also, for me there was no chemistry between the two main leads characters, the funny scenes were so much better than the romantic ones.

It's a sweet, light and easy to watch drama. I should have been expecting that for the poster and synopsis, but I didn't think it would be so childish.

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The drama really lie to me.. that it was a good revenge story

"We All Lie" is a revenge story. Su Li is the main character, a famous writer that basically has the perfect life, but everything changes when she discover that her husband is cheating with her friend. Her rage can't be controlled, so Su Li makes a revenge plan, to make the people who hurt her suffer the same way.

Su Li's plan seemed fun, but since the moment she gets Shu Heng arrested, the drama quality drops completely. Wei De's character is unnecessary and doesn't add anything to the story, it was kind of ridiculous to put a love interest for her so suddenly, when she just lost her baby and with her ex-husband in jail, even that Wei De was planned by Ying Ying.

Subjects don't last one episode, Shu Heng found out too soon about Su Li's revenge plan, I wanted to see her fooling him for much longer, that took the fun out of it.
No comments to the scene that Ying Ying's plan was discover by everyone and she lost her mind and try to stab Su Li with a scissors! HAHAHAHA'

I always loved a good revenge story, but the drama development is flaw, is too rushed, they couldn't really appreciate the story line. The revenge is over so fast, we barely have time to enjoy it.
In conclusion, "We All Lie" was a drama that had some good moments, but lost the change to be better.

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