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It's a drama about Ji Eun, a woman who is torn between two men: Se Hoon and Jung Min.

Ji Eun comes from a wealthy family, but she falls in love with Se Hoon. Against her family's wishes, Ji Eun marries Se Hoon, but reality breaks the girl's fairy tale, since when they live together, the two begin to see how different they are. Se Hoon can't live with Ji Eun's family, with her corrupt father and alcoholic mother, but the moment that completely changes their relationship is when in a moment of anger, Se Hoon pushes Ji Eun down the stairs and she ends up losing her baby.

After the loss of her father, Ji Eun's family went bankrupt and in order to survive, she ended up becoming a completely different person. It was at this point in her life that she met Jung Min, Jung In's twin brother, who was her fiance. Se Hoon returns to Ji Eun's life 10 years later, now a successful man. Se Hoon returns with the intention of revenge against Ji Eun and her family, but over time his feelings for her return, but Ji Eun is in love with Jung Min and going through the same situation she was in with Se Hoon, only now with Jung Min's family against her.

We can't forget Mi Ran, our villain and bitch of the story, who is obsessed with Se Hoon.

The romance between Ji Eun and Sung Min is cute, the two have good chemistry on screen. He was the person who helped her when she needed it most, who was by her side. Even when they broke up, you could tell that they would end up together in the end. But I have to say that the whole situation with Jung Min's stalker/secretary was very weird. She killed someone, tried to frame Ji Eun and then kidnapped her.

In conclusion, it's a very realistic drama, especially the character Lee Ji Eun. She is an ambitious woman who is not afraid to go after what she wants, but who has been hurt a lot in her life and has to deal with these traumas in her daily life. Even though I liked her romance with Jung Min, I didn't like how he never trusted her completely, it's very similar to how Se Hoon treated her.

I also didn't like the way the drama handled Se Hoon's character. When he returns in the story, he became a supporting character and didn't even try to win Ji Eun back, which seemed to be the purpose of his return. In the end he ended up with Mi Ran, the crazy woman who pretended to be paralyzed when she could walk, broke an aquarium and walked barefoot on the broken glass. He was an important character in the story, he deserved a better ending than this.

The development is good, but it should have ended in episode 116, they would have tied up all the loose ends in the story and it would have been a better ending, but they decided to add more episodes unnecessarily and it served absolutely no purpose.

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"Queen of Divorce" is a romantic comedy-drama about two divorce lawyers who were once in a relationship but broke up and met again at the most difficult time in Sa Ra's life.

Sa Ra is a competent lawyer who is always criticized by her mother-in-law and her husband, who end up incriminating her for several illegal acts, leading Sa Ra to prison. There, she devises her revenge plan to rescue her son and make everyone who wronged her pay.

Her ex-husband is a complete psychopath. In addition to cheating on her, he even kills her mother to cover up the crime and tries to kill Sa Ra a few times. The funny thing is seeing him jealous of her with Gi Jun. I don't think it was because he still had feelings for her, it was a question of power, he didn't want to lose control over her, since he was manipulating Sa Ra through their son.

The story is creative and interesting. An agency that deals with complicated divorces is a first. Each episode is more captivating than the last and you don't even notice the time passing while watching. In addition, there is a touch of humor and romance that makes everything special.
Sa Ra and Gi Jun are not exactly a couple, but they do have sweet moments together. The focus of the drama was not even that, but rather to see their relationship grow as they work together.

The highlight of the drama is seeing Kang Ki Young as the protagonist. I can't express how happy I am to see this happen, he really deserves all this and more ^^

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"Big Mouth" is a drama about a lawyer named Chang Ho. He is an intelligent man, but he has no luck with his cases, always losing, and one day he receives a job offer he can't refuse. The problem is that everything was set up and Chang Ho was framed for being a famous drug dealer and wanted, which led to him being arrested and having to spend time in prison with criminals. Chang Ho then has a brilliant plan to survive in this place: he assumes the identity of the criminal "Big Mouse", the same person who is framing him, and transforms the prison, taking control..

This was a great drama, it really surprised me! Although the romance is not the focus, Chang Ho and Mi Ho's relationship is a strong point of the story. Seeing how Mi Ho believed in Chang Ho until the end was beautiful to see, even with everything against him, and that's why the ending hurts so much, they couldn't have a happy ending. Mi Ho dies, but Chang Ho takes revenge in the end, making Do Ha die the same way he killed Mi Ho, a very fair retribution.

Lee Jong Suk is an incredible actor, I don't know how people don't recognize his impeccable work. The way Chang Ho's expressions changed in each situation was impressive, even scary.

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"Mask Girl" follows Mo Mi, an ordinary woman who works in an office. She has inferiority issues and thinks she's ugly. To escape reality, Mo Mi starts doing a live broadcast on the internet wearing a mask that goes viral and makes her famous. Oh Nam is a coworker of hers who starts to become obsessed with Mo Mi since he knows her true identity.

To be honest, I expected something different from this drama; I really didn't think it would be a sad story. Initially, I thought Mo Mi would be a murderer, but in the end, she's just a poor girl who got caught in a bad situation. How can anyone blame her for what happened? Oh Nam was a pervert who raped her and he was the one who killed that man in the motel. Oh Nam ruined her life, not the other way around like her crazy mother thinks.

After the plastic surgery, Mo Mi was happy with Chun Ae, but then a new man comes along and ruins everything again. I guess the moral of the story is that all men suck. HAHAHAHA'

It's a good production, the three women who play Mo Mi are great: Lee Han Byel, Nana and Go Hyun Jung.

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"L.U.C.A" follows Zi Oh, a man who doesn't remember his past and has strange abilities. Sometimes, he can't control himself and hurts people. He meets Gu Reum and saves her life, after which he starts having flashes of memory. She wants to help him, because Gu Reum believes that Zi Oh is behind the truth about her parents' death.

The truth is that Zi Oh is part of a human experiment done by a company, mixing human and animal DNA to create something different. The story is interesting, with some science fiction elements, at times reminiscent of "Syphus - The Myth". The problem is the development, it needed more details, especially the romance that started out of nowhere.

Gu Reum and Zi Oh had a strange relationship until episode 7, with Gu Reum thinking she was responsible for her parents' death, but everything changes: they sleep together, Gu Reum gets pregnant and gives birth, all in the same episode.

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"The King's Affection" is the story of a girl named Dam Yi, a simple court maid who discovered that she had the same face as the crown prince Lee Hwi. One day, they switch places and Lee Hwi accidentally dies, forcing Dam Yi to disguise herself and live as a man in Lee Hwi's place.
Ji Woon is her teacher and someone from her past life. Their lives intertwine and they fall in love, but Ji Woon thinks that Dam Yi is a man.

I've wanted to watch this drama for a long time, the story is good, but not enough to hook me as I expected. The main couple is cute, but I didn't see much chemistry between them, nothing that made me root for them.

To be completely honest, I think Dam Yi and Hyun would make a better couple; if the drama developed the story in that direction, I would like it a lot more.

Park Eun Bin's acting is the highlight of the drama, which makes it worth watching, the way she pretended to be a man and did it amazingly, she wasn't weak or feminine.

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"Perfect Marriage Revenge" is a time travel revenge drama, about a woman named Yi Joo. She's a good person and wife, but her life is far from being perfect, everything is a pretty lie. She's framed by her mother-in-law and betrayed by her husband, who's cheating on her with her sister, Yoo Ra. Yi Joo gets in an accident and goes back in time, before she even got married. She join hands with Do Guk, to get her revenge on everyone that hurt her.

The romance between Yi Joo and Do Guk is really surprising, more passionate then what I was expecting, that is because Do Guk wanted a real marriage and he made everything possible to make Yi Joo fell in love with her and let's be honest, it wouldn't take too long for that, the man was just perfect. HAHA'

Yi Joo's birth secret is a very good subject, to show how Jung Hye was a lying bitch from the start. It was all part of her plan, make Yi Joo be adopted by her own father and put her daughter Yoo Ra, in Yi Joo's place.
Speaking of Yoo Ra, that's another bitch. How could she think of start dating Do Guk's brother? It's so crazy.

The drama's real twist isn't actually too surprising, the story gave us hints all the time, even with Do Guk's falling in love with Yi Joo so easily, that's because he already knew her before her marriage proposal to him, they were together in the same accident and they both were given a second chance in life.

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"The Real Has Come!" it's a romantic comedy drama about two people who make a marriage contract.

Yeon Doo it's a teacher that has a long time boyfriend. She discover that he's cheating on her and also that she's pregnant, at the same time. She wants to keep the baby, but Joon Ha doesn't want that. Yeon Doo then meets Tae Kyung, he's doesn't believe in marriage, but his family is forcing him to get married to Se Jin. To run away from that, the two make a plan to fake a relationship and each will get what they want: Yeon Doo will keep her baby and Tae Kyung will get married to someone who doesn't want anything to do with him and will keep him alone. It sounds perfect, right? But as always, life isn't that easy.
By spending with each other, Yeon Doo and Tae Kyung fell in love and now try to make their fake relationship, into something real.

It's been a while since a 50-episode drama gripped me like this. I really liked the drama, mainly because of the story. The drama developed two topics that are considered a taboo in South Korea: single mothers and people that don't want to get married. It's strange, because they are opposites and contradicted each other. There's a lot of people that these days don't believe in marriage and don't want to have children, but at the same time, there are others who want children, without a partner and that is considered wrong, it's an old custom that needs to be changed.

The romance between Yeon Doo and Tae Kyung is weak, there is no spark and I can't say that I rooted for both of them in that sense, but I really liked how Tae Kyung took the baby as his own, I thought it was a beautiful attitude and how he did everything to protect Ha Neul , that's a real father! Their relationship started the other way around, they started living together and little by little they fell in love, but as there was already a baby on the scene, there was no way to expect something very intense, but for me the biggest problem is that the actors didn't have much chemistry on scene.

The secondary characters really captivate your attention and there is space in the drama for all of them to develop their stories and one of the positive points is that none of them surpass the main ones, they only enrich the narrative.

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"Mr. Bad" tells the story of Nan Xing, an online writer that has no luck in love. One day, she makes a wish and unexpectedly, the villain from her novel, Xiao Wu Di gains life.
In the beginning the two fight like kids, because Nan Xing has the power to control Xiao Wu Di, but eventually they fell in love, the problem is that Xiao Wu Di isn't really real.

It's a very cute drama, I have to say, but it's really not my style of story.
The relationship between Nang Xing and Xiao Wu Di it's basically a fairy tale, since he came into her life out of a wish and the moments between them are very cute, but for me it was all very dull, they couldn't capture me.

The beginning is cool, when Xiao Wu Di treats her like a slave and was acting like a villain, but a short time later he becomes a little lamb in love and then the drama lost me. Obviously I imagined that the drama would end with them getting married, even though they've only been together as a couple for a very short time and there was no need for that now, but it's the biggest cliche of all, so it had to appear in such a drama filled with it.

Now what I found incredible was the twist about why Xiao Wu Di appeared and that it was all because of Xiao Jun, which was a wish he made as a child, to protect Nan Xing. Now that was something interesting and something I wasn’t expecting! But I was confused when Nan Xing calls Wu Di, Mao Xiao Jun at the end... does that mean he's living with Xiao Jun's identity?! But how is that possible if the boy died?!

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"Durian's Affair" it's a drama about two women from the Joseon Dinasty that time travel to the present.
Ri An and So Jeo are related because So Jeo was married to Ri An's son. He recently died and So Jeo tries to kill herself for grief. When trying to save So Jeo, unexpectedly the two time travel to Seoul and have to adapt to a whole new way of living.

It's a strange drama from start to finish, I say that in every way, both in terms of story and development. I've been watching K-dramas for 14 years and it was the first time I watched a production like this. Look, whoever wrote this drama must have been on an acid trip! HAHAHA'
I wasn't expecting to see a daughter-in-law declare her love to her mother-in-law, in front of her husband and that she wanted her mother-in-law to love her back. Then when Se Mi finds out that her brother is married to Do Yi?! She freaked out not because of the age difference or because he's her brother, but because Do Yi is hers!

I really liked Chi Young, he is an interesting character and was someone who always tried to help Ri An and So Jeo, I was hoping that Ri An would like him too, but I knew that wouldn't be possible because she never really saw him, since she always saw her old husband in him and only thought about Dol Soe.
The scenes of Chi Young dancing and singing for Ri An were so cute, he just wanted her to see him, to pay attention to him and the character's ending ended up being sad, as he married Woo Mi, who she lied that she was pregnant with his baby, he found out about it and he also has to take care of Do Yi, who lost her mind after Ju Nam and Chi Gam disappeared.

It's a very dramatic story, but at the same time it has many comical moments, such as Ri An and So Jeo's reactions to all the changes.

The ending could have been better, a little more concise, but what could you expect differently?! In a way, Ri An and So Jeo had their happy ending, as So Jeo stayed in the present with Deung Myung and Ri An returned together with Chi Gam. What confused me was that Ri An ended up coming back on the day Dol Soe died and since they didn't find his body, Chi Gam became Dol Soe and he ended up not dying. Except that then the timeline becomes extremely confusing, as she probably got pregnant, but So Jeo wouldn't be her daughter-in-law, since Ri An ran away with Dol Soe and so Eon doesn't exist?! I think I ended up thinking too much. kkkkkkkkkkk'

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"Woman In A Veil" is a revenge drama. Gyeo Wool is a sweet and kind woman, she believes her husband is cheating on her, which he really is, with her friend Ae Ra. One day, while following him she gets in an accident, that leaves her blind. Also she discover that she's pregnant, so she has to choose to do the operation to get her eyesight back or the baby. Gyeo Wool always wanted to be a mother, so she chooses to live as a blind person. Time passes and Ae Ra makes an evil plan, she steals Gyeo Wool's baby, making her family turn against her and kick her out of the house.

On the other side of the story, we have Se Rin. She's a spoiled rich girl who has everything she wants, except one thing and that's Tae Yang. In a twist of fate, Se Rin's sister is killed by Ae Ra, but she frames the death on Gyeo Wool's father. Se Rin wants revenge and while Gyeo Wool is in the hospital, Se Rin tries to kill her, but what does happen is that the two women switch souls. Gyeo Wool is now on Se Rin's body, so she uses this to get her revenge on Yu Jin and Ae Ra for everything they did.

I understood the purpose of the drama's title, because it's about a woman living under the identity of another, really like what happens in "A Man In A Veil", but I think they could have come up with another name, since the stories are completely unrelated. In fact we have three characters who were living under other names: We have Gyeo Wool, who is in Se Rin's body and also Ae Ra who is actually called Hyun Jung and was using a friend's name to hide her identity and lastly Ji Seok, who used another name when he was younger.

This drama really is a respectable makjang, because they included all the possible elements of this style of story and turned on the madness button at maximum! HAHAHA'

In addition to the exchange of souls, we also have the twist that Ae Ra was looking for revenge and that it was all part of her plan to end the Nam family, which is why she approached Yu Jin. We later found out that the person who killed Gyeo Wool's father was Yu Jin's father, because he discovered that Yu Jin's father caused the accident that left Ji Seok with his disability. And Ji Seok is Tae Yang's father.
Last but not least, the biggest twist of all: that Gyeo Wool is Ae Ra's sister! It may seem absurd, but it kind of makes sense, because then I understood why Yu Jin's grandfather liked Gyeo Wool so much and treated her so well, partly because of what he did to her family. But let's be honest, it was too much for one drama.

What I didn't agree with until the end: Se Rin's death. First of all, she was an incredible character, I had so much fun with her freakouts, whether in her original body or when she was in Gyeo Wool's body. In the end, the two should have returned to their respective bodies, since it ended up with Gyeo Wool trapped in Se Rin's body, even though she told everyone who she is, it's not the same thing.

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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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"Sorry Not Sorry" is a comedy drama about Song Yi, a woman whose life is turned upside down when she finds out that her fiance is cheating on her... the problem is that the two ended up getting married to buy an apartment, so Song Yi becomes divorced, without even getting married. After that, Song Yi gets involved in more funny and embarrassing situations, sometimes it seemed like her life was a sitcom!

Song Yi's sister comes to live with her, along with her son Jay, who for some reason wanted Song Yi to become his mother to everyone at school, so our protagonist, who is divorced but not married, has now become a mother, without having children. To make everything even more hilarious, she meets up with her best friend from school Ha Na and her ex-boyfriend, who, as bizarre as it may be, asks Song Yi for advice on how to be better in bed. Even his wife thinks that he and Song Yi are having an affair because of it. HAHA'

Song Yi really wants to find someone, she doesn't want to be alone, so two men appear in her life: Hyun Woo and Yi Ahn, the two are completely different from each other, but it was obvious that Hyun Woo would be the one for Song Yi. Yi Ahn is very cute, but he is not at the same point in his life as Song Yi, she wants to get married and he is still learning to be an adult. Hyun Woo and Song Yi went through similar situations in their divorce and even though at first they both fought like children, they both have very similar personalities. It's a shame that they only become a couple in the last episode, there is barely time to enjoy the two of them together.

Jeon So Min is still very beautiful, I watched "Princess Aurora" not long ago and she hasn't changed much since then.

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"Pandora" it's a thriller drama about a woman named Tae Ra and her husband Jae Hyun. They apparently have the perfect life, but nothing is as it seems.

Tae Ra starts having flashes of memories she doesn't recognize, she then goes to find answers and realize everything in her life is a lie. Since she was little, Tae Ra was trained as an black agent specialized in killings and she was the person that killed Hae Soo's father, but only because she was forced to do that. Hae Soo learns the truth and basically does everything to show Tae Ra's lies to the world, with any means possible. There's also Tae Ra's lost brother Ha Jun, who's actually her bodyguard. All this time he resented her, thinking Tae Ra abandoned him. Their reunion is short, but I liked seeing their relationship grow.

The most shocking thing in the drama is Jae Hyun's true colors, I really didn't expect him to be the villain and he was amazing in that. Jae Hyun killed Yu Ra and was the person that turned Tae Ra into who she is now. Their parents died in the same car crash and Jae Hyun became obsessed with Tae Ra, in making a perfect life for them. He was a monster hiding behind a pretty smile.
The end of episode 15 was incredible, showing that Jae Hyun had imagined this whole life with Tae Ra, for me it was a brilliant twist, that should have been the truth, it would have been a better ending to the story, but it was all a plan to deceive Jae Hyun using his mind, a way to torture him.

There's no way to forget this awful ending, it was very ridiculous and unnecessary. What was that? Is Jae Hyun's spirit in Kyo Jin's body or did he just swap faces?! Where did we enter the world of science fiction that I wasn't aware of? HAHAHAHA'
They should have ended with Jae Hyun dead and Tae Ra now being able to resume her life with Kyo Jin (for real), who has always liked her from the beginning.

Park Ki Woong is basically an expert on doing cheater characters! kkkkkk'

In conclusion, I had high expectations for Lee Ji Ah's next drama after "The Penthouse" and I wasn't really disappointed. The story is confusing at times and has some mistakes along the way, but it holds your attention and the characters are interesting, especially Jae Hyun. It's worth the watch.

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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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