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"Goodbye My Princess" it's a drama that follows the love and hate relationship of Xiao Feng and Cheng Yin.

It's a pretty intense drama, so if you're looking for an easy love story, you'd better make another choice, because the romance here is doomed to tragedy. The performances of the three main characters are incredible, especially Peng Xiao Ran, you could feel all her pain, in an almost tangible way. It is possible to see clearly in two moments, when she realizes that she was betrayed by Gu Xiao Wu, that he was only using her and that he killed her grandfather.
And also Gu Jian's death, which I have to say was one of the saddest scenes I've ever seen in dramas. Seeing the expression of hatred on Cheng Yin, the desolation on Xiao Feng's face, and the smile on Gu Jian's face... all caused a mixture of emotions that I can't describe, but that impressed me greatly.

The romance between Xiao Feng and Cheng Yin is very engaging, they hook you instantly, but I think the drama made a big mistake in making little use of the couple. The entire first part of the drama happens very quickly, the two fall in love, get married and then Xiao Feng realizes that she was being used by Cheng Yin, that's when they fall into the river and lose their memories. From that moment on, the second part begins, as if it were a second life for the characters, going through the entire process of getting to know each other again, but that is exactly what the drama got wrong. We don't know when Cheng Yin falls in love with Xiao Feng and the episodes go by with just a few cute moments between them, but nothing very romantic or impressive. They should have made these two happy, at least while they could, because it was obvious that they would have a tragic ending, there was no way to fit in a happy ending for this couple.

Even though I liked the main couple, my second lead syndrome was intense in this drama, because Gu Jian is a wonderful character, it's impossible not to fall in love and root for him! What makes it worse is that Xiao Feng initially liked him, but since he couldn't arrive on time that day, Gu Jian missed his opportunity. Besides A'Du, he was the only person who truly cared about Xiao Feng, as her safety and happiness were his priority. Gu Jian's death is very sad, but at the same time it is the moment in which we see Cheng Yin's true colors, how cruel and possessive he is, since until the end he did not trust Xiao Feng.

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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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"Princess Aurora" tells the story of Oh Ro Ra. Just like her name, she is different, interesting and doesn't like to follow anyone's rules, other than her own. Basically, she is a spoiled princess. She falls in love with Ma Ma and does everything to win his heart.

First of all, we have Ma Ma's sisters, who are so weird that it's hard to explain. The way they treat Ma Ma, especially the older sister, sometimes seems like a mother's love and at other times it seems like she loves him like a woman. There was even a moment when she got so angry because Ro Ra slapped Ma Ma in the face that she not only fainted but also became mute. Very bizarre. From the beginning, it was obvious that Ro Ra wouldn't be happy staying with Ma Ma because of his sisters and that's exactly what happens.

After much insistence, Ma Ma manages to get Ro Ra to marry him, but this happiness doesn't last long, because the friction between Ro Ra and his sisters only gets worse. Ro Ra even tries to become friends with the sisters, but there was no room for her to do so. It got to a point where Ro Ra would only cry in her own house and drink to forget... that's no way to live, so she was absolutely right to get a divorce, she should have done it sooner.

If you think the drama is about romance, you're wrong. It's actually Ro Ra's journey, all the suffering she went through to become a better person. She lost all her money, her father, her mother, her dog, her first husband, to finally find true happiness in the person who was always by her side: Seol Hee.

I understand that she needed to go through these difficulties to mature, but I would have chosen Seol Hee from the beginning, it was clear that he was the right person for Ro Ra. This was one of the only dramas I watched where the second lead ends up with the girl.

Oh, I can't forget the whole situation with Natasha. What the hell was that in a 2013 drama? I was impressed by the fact that they dealt with the transgender issue, but I was upset that the solution they found for Natasha was to "transform" her into a real man, as a kind of cure.
And in those final episodes, when Ro Ra, Ma Ma and Seol Hee are living together? To make matters worse, they were going to move to the US so they could continue their relationship like that, since they imagined that it wouldn't be possible in Korea. To be honest, even I found it bizarre. HAHAHAHA'

Despite having several mistakes, the drama is good. It is a big commitment to watch since there are 150 episodes and at several moments the story lost its direction, but it ended well.

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"Gu Family Book" is a fantasy drama about Choi Kang Chi, a young man who is half human and half gumiho. He was abandoned by a river and discovered by a rich man who took care of him, as if he were his own son. Yeo Wool is different from any woman her age, she dresses like a man and love martial arts. These two lives are connected by fate.

Kang Chi has a crush on Chung Jo, the daughter of the man that saved him, but he keeps his feelings to himself. One day, a tragedy happens in the family, they are framed are traitors and Kang Chi while trying to save them, revealed his true self. His heart is broken by the disgust of people, so Kang Chi goes into hidden. He only finds a safe place in Yeo Wool's house, she's the only person that helps him and doesn't care about what or who he is.

Kang Chi and Yeo Wool's romance is one of the best I have ever seen. They are cute, funny and romantic, but from the beginning we knew something bad was going to happen between them. Yeo Wool's death scene is heartbreaking but so beautiful at the same time.

Another couple that is truly amazing is Seo Hwa and Wol Ryung, that's why it's a pity that they have so little time together. I understand that their romance and sorrow it's what formed the story, but it's so good that I wanted to see more. At least they have a sort of happy ending, with Wol Ryung finally understanding that Seo Hwa didn't betray him after all.

Susy and Lee Seung Gi are really perfect together <3

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"You've Fallen For Me" is a musical drama about Kyu Won, a student who plays the gayageum and Lee Shin, who is majoring in modern music and has a band called "The Stupid". The two go to the same school, but their paths never cross. They meet unexpectedly, but their first impressions aren't very good.

Lee Shin has a one-sided love for Yun Su, a teacher at school who was in a relationship with Seok Hyeon. Kyu Won falls in love with Lee Shin and tries to make him forget Yun Su, but it takes him a while to accept her feelings. They become closer when they both enter the school musical, and as they spend time together, Lee Shin begins to see Kyu Won in a new light.

This drama is for every person who wanted Mi Nam to end up with Shin Woo... to bad that the couple ends up being a bit disappointing, they had much more chemistry in "You're Beautiful". I don't know how to explain it, but they are strange together, like two pieces that don't fit together, the romance is really the weak point of the drama.

The strong point of this drama is the music, the songs are amazing and addictive. Being able to see Jung Yong Hwa and Kang Min Hyuk acting together in a drama is a dream coming true <3

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"Protect The Boss" tells the story of Eun Seol, a woman with attitude who becomes the secretary of Ji Heon, a rich young man with social phobia and a childish personality. At first, the two literally fight like children, but over time, Ji Heon falls in love with Eun Seol and does everything to win her heart.

The second lead syndrome hit me hard this time, Moo Won is too perfect to be true. He is caring, sweet and considerate, I would love it if Eun Seol ended up with him, but at the same time, Ji Heon is also sweet, but in a different way, you want to take care of him, help him, fix him... it was clear that Eun Seol's heart would go with him.

The four main characters are great. Choi Kang Hee, Ji Sung, Kim Jae Joong and Wang Ji Hye are in perfect harmony working together. The drama is full of funny moments and the romance between Eun Seol and Ji Heon is really good, it feels like first love, especially since Ji Heon relies so much on Eun Seol. Who would have thought that calling someone a "poop head" would be cute?! HAHAHA'

Choi Kang Hee is truly a perfect actress, I literally love every drama she's in <3

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In "Me Too, Flower!", Bong Sun is a police officer who follows her own rules and Jae Hee is a playboy who enters her peaceful life and changes everything. They fight like children at first and then, they can't stay away from each other.

Lee Ji Ah and Yoon Shi Yoon have amazing chemistry on screen, the romance is sweet but passionate at the same time and for 2011, that's impressive.
There's a scene where they kiss with handcuffs on, she was literally holding him down and they just kissed. It's really something else.

The ending is a bit rushed, but the rest is great. It's a great choice for a romantic comedy. It's definitely worth watching.

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"Love Phantom" is a drama about the romance between Momoko and Hase, two hotel employees who unexpectedly meet and start seeing each other.

This drama is so strange, in every way. The characters meet and then out of nowhere, Hase kisses Momoko and after that, it's like they've known each other for a long time, almost like they've been in a relationship for years. The age difference between the two is also quite big, Momoko is 22 and Hase is 38, but that didn't really bother me. Their relationship is reminded me of "Fifty Shades of Grey", something in the masochistic style.

There's one scene that really made me cringe, when Hase bites Momoko's wrist, as a way of leaving his "mark" and then Momoko kisses that hand, saying that she likes him. Seriously, what the hell? HAHA'
Another one is when Momoko decides to move in with Hase and he says, "I'm not going to hold back anymore." They barely know each other, this sentence made me think that the writer is a teenager who is turning her dreams into some kind of reality... this is very far from being real.
There is even a moment with Momoko tired at work because of too much sex. It's so ridiculous. kkkkkkk'

Then, to make it even weirder and worse, the next obvious step is to bring in another man who also likes Momoko, for no apparent reason. What charm does this woman have? I didn't see anything.

This was a drama that I finished because I started, I would not recommend to anyone.

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"Ja Myung Go" is centered around the three main characters, who are also the love triangle: Puku, Ho Dong, and La Hee.
The two girls are half-sisters who grew up apart and didn't know each other, and Ho Dong is the love of both of them. It's exactly because of him that everything in the story falls apart, he's the reason for the ruin of an entire country.

Ho Dong used La Hee's feelings for him and made her make a horrible mistake. I couldn't believe how naive she was to believe his words and do all that, but it made sense in the development, what I didn't like was how the character Puku became.
Puku learned martial arts from a young age and they made her a shaman and the whole thing about the magic drum, it was just stupid.
The whole thing with Wang Hol and his sister-in-law is just creepy. She basically raised him as her son, but when he grew up, she fell in love with him? It's disgusting, like a mother falling in love with her own son just because her husband died.

I've always wanted to watch this drama, it has an amazing cast: Jung Ryeo Won, Jung Kyung Ho and Park Min Young working together, but it was disappointing, the development of the story was very weak, they ruined what could have been an amazing drama.

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A terrible waste of time

"The Two Sisters" is a drama about two sisters named Do Eun and Hye Won, that have been separated when they were still young. They have lived totally different lives but they reunite with Do Eun comes back to Hye Won's life as her mother-in-law. This was a twist of fate, but after that, Do Eun makes everything to take her revenge on Hye Won, who she thinks ruined her life.

The drama started well, but the story lost the direction. I know the purpose of a makjang is to very exaggerated, but at some point, it seen like it didn't matter what happened in the story, they only wanted to make noise.
Do Eun was initially Hye Won's mother-in-law and technically she was involved in the death of Ji Chang's mother... because of that, she also killed Ji Chang. There's also Hye Won's mother-in-law's twin sister that appeared out of nowhere, that was really weird. No comments to Do Eun's crazy obsession with Hye Won, she even stole her son for 40 days and brainwashed the kid to think she was his mother... The funny thing is this whole thing was only subject of 3 episodes, a total waste of time.

Jun Mo is such a random character, still now I don't understand why he was put in the story, because it was clear to me that Sung Yoon was the right person to Hye Won. It didn't make sense to me to make some ex-boyfriend show up all of the suddenly, when Sung Yoon was there all along.

This another drama I finished watching because I started, it was really hard to put up with 104 episodes of this. HAHAHA'

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One of the most violent and shocking dramas I have ever seen

"Hellbound" is set in a world when all of the suddenly, people start to have death visions, it doesn't say for sure what it is, but it gives you the time of your death and it's always right. When the time comes, creatures come and drag you to hell, in the most horrible way possible.
Jin Soo is a cult leader and his followers say that the people who got the "message" are all sinners that need to be punished and others believe in that, showing the bad side of humans, who will do anything.

The way people freak out reminded me of the movie "Purge", almost like they think their actions is justified, that they are punishing the sinners, using god's name with an excuse, a very twisted insight. The scene where the teenagers violently kill Hye Jin's mother, an elderly woman, it made me sick to my stomach but at the same time, the drama shows the other side of humanity, with the baby's parents sacrificing themselves and the people helping them, it shows there's still a possibility of salvation. I think this is the drama's message, that you could find light even in darkness.

It's an extremely violent and shocking drama, the deaths are bloody and impressive, it's a story made to shock. My biggest problem was to accept the plot, understand that made sense that any person can be taken to hell, even that it didn't commit anything wrong, that everything in life is uncertain and that we don't have any control... that's really scary, but I believe this was the purpose, to make the viewers question everything.

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An amazing surprise

"My Military Valentine" it's a romantic comedy about a singer named Lloyd and a North Korean soldier named Yeong Ok. Their lives become entangled with each other and they fell in love in the process.

The story is interesting and fun, the episodes are short, with only 30 minutes, so it's easy to watch and when you realized, it's already over. I really like when writers mix characters from North and South Korea, specially when involves the military, it reminds me of "The King 2Hearts".

The romance between Lloyd and Yeong Ok is cute, I didn't imagine I would like the two together so much, but they make a lovely couple. The scene where Lloyd is missing Yeong Ok, even crying thinking he won't see her again, it's so cute.

Nam Gyu Ri is really an amazing actress <3

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A total and complete mess

"The Empire" it's a rich's family story. Hye Ryul has the perfect life, she's a competent woman but like always happens in this kind of dramas, her husband is cheating on her, but here lies the problem, she already knows and doesn't care about it, because she wants to keep her perfect fake family.
The cheater is a woman named Nan Hee and what happens to her is the real conflict in the drama. Nan Hee dies and in the following episodes, you need to discover who's the killer!

I was really disappointed with this drama, the story is totally lost, it lacks direction and honestly, better characters. I love Kim Sun Ah, she's an amazing actress and basically every drama of hers is great, but Hye Ryul is a weak woman.
The only thing remotely interesting is Kang Baek, he's a complex character, it's a shame how he turns out to, committing suicide because couldn't stand the pressure of just being himself, not being accepted by his family, specially his grandfather and also thinking that his mother killed Nan Hee... all of that was too much for him to handle.

This drama tries to go the same path of other like "The Penthouse" and "The World of The Married", but it's just not remotely enough.

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A story with potential, that was wasted.

"Red Swan" is definitely one of my biggest disappointments, I was hopping for an amazing production with Rain and Kang Ha Neul, but it simply didn't work out, even when it had everything to be great.

The premise is good, there are a lot of dramas with the same style like "The K2", that follows the relationship of a woman and her bodyguard and how they fell in love, but the story lacks depth, the characters and the romance is really weak, the dialogues are horrible. I even laughed on episode 7 when Do Yoon asks Wan Soo to trust him... the way he say that, it was so bad, I couldn't keep a straight face. HAHAHAHA'

Their relationship is weird, there wasn't a moment when you see them falling in love, at a moment, with no explanation, Do Yoon and Wan Soo were madly in love and they not really know each other. That didn't make sense to me.

This was a drama that only made noise, but in reality it didn't have anything to show.

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Basically a copy of "I Hear Your Voice", that just didn't work.

"Why Her" follows Soo Jae, a ruthless and competent lawyer who doesn't care about anything except winning and destroys everyone that gets in her way. She did all that to survive in a men's world that don't accept her, that didn't think she was good enough and even so, Soo Jae is betrayed by her mentor and got demoted to being a teacher in a college.
There, she meets Gong Chan, a young man who tries to help in any way possible, what she doesn't know it's that they are connected by the past, when Soo Jae was Gong Chan's lawyer when he was framed for killing his sister. He hides that fact, to keep staying by her side.

The drama's premise reminded me of "I Hear Your Voice", specially because of the relation of the main characters and how they're connected with a death. Actually there's a scene that to me it's almost the same: when Gong Chan say that he's waiting to find someone and that person is Soo Jae.
The problem is that Hwang In Youp just didn't work as a main lead. Maybe it was because of his inexperience, but he couldn't get in the same level as Seo Hyun Jin and this weakened the story and also there was no chemistry at all between them.

One good thing about the drama is Seo Hyun Jin's character Soo Jae, she's a badass woman and if the writers had chosen a better actor to be her pair, the drama would definitely be different.

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