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"The Wolf" follows Zhai Xing, a daughter of a general, that one day meets a boy in the forest that was raised by wolfs, she then names him Wolfie and goes everyday to play and talk to him. The two innocent young people just want to spend time together in the forest, but they are tragically separated and Wolfie grows up thinking that Zhai Xing betrayed him. Time passes and they meet again, but Wolfie has become Lord Bo, a cold and calculating man and Zhai Xing ends up falling in love with him again.

The romance of Zhai Xing and Lord Bo is really good, they have great chemistry in scene. When they reunite, Zhai Xing makes Lord Bo admit that he's Wolfie, the couple has some happy moments, until something separates them again. To protect her, Lord Bo lies that he was the person who killed her parents, so that Zhai Xing would wanted to take revenge on him, so that she would become stronger and kept provoking her so much to the point that she nearly killed him.
Almost at the end, Zhai Xing discovers the truth and again they have a little bit of happiness, which is completely destroyed when she dies in the end. I was really hoping for a happy ending for this two, It was sad to see they didn't have one.

It's a very engaging drama, I loved Darren Wang, it's my first drama with the actor and he's simply incredible, you can't take your eyes off him for even a second. The story is very good and I liked how well it follows the pace of the story.
The soundtrack is simply addictive <3

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"My Lovely Boxer" is a drama about a young boxer named Gweon Suk. She was really famous, but she disappeared of the face of the earth, nobody could find her, that was because Gweon Suk changed her name and began working as a teacher in a school, she wanted to leave her old life behind and start fresh in a new place. The problem is, until now people don't know why Gweon Suk suddenly was gone and they still want to see her fight. Tae Young's friend borrowed money from a loan shark and to pay for that, Tae Young makes a contract saying that he will bring Gweon Suk back. He then makes a deal with her, one last match and Gweon Suk can retire.

It was my first boxing drama and I loved it. Kim So Hye is incredible, simply wonderful, you get hooked on Gweon Suk from the first episode, you understand all the trauma she has with the sport and hope she can overcome it and move on.

Gweon Suk really has a talent for boxing, but what's the point if it's something that scares her and doesn't make her happy?! We live so little and we have to make the most of it, but I loved that at the end she understood that it wasn't right to lose on purpose, that the best way to be truly free was to do your best in the ring and leave everything behind. Of course, in the animation of the fight, I wanted Gweon Suk to win, but I knew that Ah Reum deserved to win more than her, since boxing is Ah Reum's life. The two were incredible, they stayed standing until the end, they gave everything they had and didn't give up.. I think that alone was worth all the effort, they put on a spectacular show!

The romance really takes a backseat, but I thought that was a perfect decision, because that wasn't really supposed to be the focus. Tae Young was there to help Gweon Suk and obviously they created a bond that turned into something romantic, but there was no room for them to be a couple in the story. Of course we have cute and fun moments and that was enough for me. Because this last scene was so beautiful, this couple was worth waiting for.

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"Koi to Dangan" it's a romance about a normal woman and a gangster. Yuri meets Toshiomi and they are drawn to each other like magnets. This story is about their crazy love.

A simply captivating drama, it's been a long time since I enjoyed a jdrama so much.
This couple is intoxicating, you see them together and want to see more. The only flaw for me is that the development of their relationship is a little too fast.
They've basically been a couple since the first episode and throughout the rest, we see them strengthening this bond and falling more and more in love, but I think they could have left Toshiomi wanting Yuri a little more, if it weren't so easy for him to get what he wanted, but let's face it, the man is wonderful, right? Who could hold back?! HAHA'

The photography of the drama is beautiful, the flowers matched perfectly.

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"Unforgotten Night" it's a BL drama about Kim and Kamol, who met and have a one night stand. Kim wanted to forget his crush and Kamol wanted to find a new person that would agreed to his "taste" in bed.

It's a drama that tries to follow a similar style to "KinnPorsche", but obviously it can't be as good, because it's a very difficult, almost impossible task. Kamol and Kim's relationship is interesting and holds your attention, but the biggest problem for me was Yoon's performance, he looked like a robot the whole time, without any expression.

And the drama also has some exaggerated moments and others that are quite dull. Kamol and Kim started with extreme intensity, but after episode 6, the moments between them change completely and are just light kisses, but then in episode 10 they return to bondage. It becomes difficult to follow, they should maintain a more consistent pace. And what was with Kamol's three security guards making out in episode 10?! I didn't understand anything. HAHAHAHA'

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"Longing For You" is an investigation drama about a cop named Jin Sung, he's really passionate about his job and tries to do everything to catch criminals. Young Joo is his childhood friend who's a prosecutor, the two are still friends even as adults. Jin Sung starts to work on a case about a serial killer and unexpectedly, his brother Jin Woo is brought in as a suspect. This starts the chain of events that changes their lives forever. Yeong Woon works alongside Young Joo and he's clearly in love with her. He's also investigating the murders and the truth is connected to him.

The killer's name is Gi Yeong, he's Young Woon's friend. He started all of this to get his revenge. Gi Yeong wanted to create a serial killer, with the purpose of framing Jin Woo, Jin Sung's brother, to stop Yeong Woon's transplant. This sound confusing right? Let's me explain.
Jeong Sook is Gi Yeong's mother. She knew her son needed a heart transplant, so she went to find a donor. That was the whole purpose of his friendship with Gi Yeong, because he's Young Woon half-brother, as is Jin Woo, they have the same father.

Yes, Gi Yeong was completely wrong and deserves to be punished for what he did, but in my opinion the real monster is Jeong Sook. This woman used the excuse to the end that she was doing this for her son, as if only he was important and that was the role of a mother.
There are many victims in this story, but the biggest of all is Yeong Woon, because even though he was alive, he ended up losing everything. The heart in his chest belongs to his half-brother who was killed by his mother and his other brother is in prison. Yeong Woon also lost Young Joo since he can't be with her after finding out what happened to Jin Woo.

A very intense drama, from beginning to end. With an incredible cast of Kwon Yool, Lee Kyu Han, Kim Ji Eun and Na In Woo, the story grabs you from the first moment and instigates curiosity at all times to discover the truth.
The soundtrack is great and fits perfectly with the story ^^

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"Cold Blooded Intern" it's a comedy drama about a woman named Hae Ra, that goes back to work after being a stay home mother for a long time. Everything is more difficult for her, specially because Ji Won, who used to work with her now is her boss.

It has a style similar to an American sitcom, showing the daily lives of people working in an office. The acting is good, but the story didn't really capture me. The purpose of the drama was to show how the workplace can be a jungle and that instead of helping each other, sometimes people do the wrong things to survive.

Hae Ra wanted to go back to work so much that she decided to accept a job where she had to harm her colleagues and Ji Won told her to do it without even blinking, because she thought only of herself and of climbing higher and higher in her career, not caring about who she hurts in the process.
In a way, Ji Won learned this from Hae Ra when the two worked together. I understood that there was a big focus on this, but actually I was interested in other things. I wanted to see more about Yi Young, Hae Ra's husband, her family moments were what I liked most.

Ra Mi Ran made me laugh a lot <3

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"Apple of My Eye" it's a drama about Kang San, who's a single dad that has to provide for the family of his wife, that abandoned him and their daughter Jan Di. There's also his troublemaker father. Mi Rae is a girl that was adopted into a rich family, but she always felt like she didn't belong. She started to work and becomes Jan Di's art teacher. That way she meets Kang San and the two bond over their problems and eventually fell in love.

It was a difficult drama to watch, because the story is tiring and the characters don't really capture your attention, they are all pretty dull, but it's not all bad. Kang San is certainly the best character, I really liked how he did everything for Jan Di and continued living with his wife's family, even though she abandoned him. The biggest problem for me was Mi Rae, I couldn't like Yoon Da Young's performance.

I knew that Sun Ju, Jan Di's mother, was going to come back for some reason, they weren't going to kill the character out of nowhere and there had to be some conflict, right? I just didn't imagine that she was going to come back because of her sick daughter, because she needed Jan Di to donate her marrow. I understand Jan Di's reaction, she always dreamed of meeting her mother, so when Sun Ju reappeared, Jan Di wanted to do everything to keep her by her side, even trying to force Kang San to get back with her, but after finding out that Kang San is not her biological father, Jan Di understood everything he sacrificed for her and knew that his happiness was more important.

If I have to choose something that made me happy while watching it was seeing Ye Ju and Joo Hyuk, I didn't expect this couple and I thought the two were cute together, I wish I had seen more of them ^^

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"Dinosaur Love" it's a BL drama about a student named Rak, that is cheated on by his boyfriend, but then meets Dino, who's very interested in him and tries to do everything to make him fall in love.

How is it possible that a Thai BL is so ridiculous?! The two main characters are unbearable.
Dino, with an alpha male attitude who falls in love just by seeing Rak, without even knowing him well and Rak who acts extremely childish all the time and his reactions to Dino are strange, since he had a boyfriend before, flirting with a guy is nothing new, but Rak is scared, avoids it and is excessively effeminate, like a stereotypical gay man with no complexity at all.

At first, the drama was PG-12 level, with at most some flirting, but after Dino and Rak have sex the story changes completely and basically every moment of them together is exaggerated. I'm totally in favor of passion, of a greater intensity in BL, but this style of drama isn't just about that, there has to be a bond, a connection.

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"Enigma" it's a thai mystery drama about strange events happening in a school.
Fa is a normal girl, that finds herself entangled with Ajin, her new teacher, who's also a sort of exorcist. The two investigate the events and tried to find the evil thing that is haunting the school.

A drama that ended up positively impressing me with the story, the special effects and the way in which it managed to create an almost tangible tension, but at the same time as it has several positive points, the drama failed in the rapid development of the narrative.
Only 4 episodes weren't enough, the ending was too rushed, it wasn't as good as it could have been. They should have put at least 10 episodes, that would have given time to better explain everything that happened with Namsai and about that Enigma.

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"Heartbeat" follows Woo Hyul, who's a vampire that fell in love with a human woman. To be with her, he tried to become human by doing a 100 days sleep challenge. In Hae is a woman that receive his house as inheritance and breaks his sleep, stopping the process and turning Woo Hyul into a half-human.

First of all, I have to admire the choice to put Taecyeon in the role of a vampire, avoiding this ridiculous standard that the character needs to be pale and perfectly beautiful, like the image in a painting. Taecyeon is beautiful, extremely hilarious and was perfect in the role, I couldn't ask for anyone better <3
The problem with the drama was Won Ji Ahn, I couldn't like this actress at all. It seemed like she had the same facial expression when she was happy or sad, she remained the same, I couldn't even believe the romance, because there was no chemistry between them.

I'm not saying that she should smile all the time, like the typical suffering character in dramas, who even going through the biggest tragedies remains happy and good, because that's not very realistic, but it was difficult to understand In Hae, what she was feeling, it was as if I was watching a robot that is trying to imitate something, without completely knowing what that feeling was!

The story is good, as is its development. If they had cast another actress, the result would have been completely different.

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"Brain Works" it's a drama about the partnership of Ha Ru and Myung Se. Ha Ru is a neuroscientist and Myung Se is a cop. The two start to work together to solve criminal cases.

A very entertaining drama, with an interesting and intriguing story. I loved how in each episode the crimes involve some brain syndrome, seeing Ha Ru explaining each situation to us was really good. Ha Ru and Myung Se are an amazing duo, they are complete opposites but they fit together very well.

It was because of Myung Se that Ha Ru changed, he started to care more about others and he needed that, since his brain has all the traits to turn him into a psychopath, so he needs to be around people, see the problems, the pain... even if he can't understand it completely, since he has a lack of empathy and that's not his fault. I will miss the moments when Myung Se says: help me, to Ha Ru. HAHA'

Jung Hwa is proving to be a fantastic actor, incredibly better than when he started his career with "You're Beautiful".

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"Miraculous Brothers" it's an incredible drama, from beginning to end.
Dong Ju is a writer that dreams of becoming famous. One day, he meets Kang San unexpectedly, he's a strange young man that has no memories of his past. Also, Dong Ju finds a book in Kang San's belongings, it has an amazing story and Dong Ju makes the mistake of taking the book and trying to get it published. The problem is that everything in the story is real and it is Kang San's story.

I felt sorry for Ha Neul, for what he went through without anyone by his side, but it was good that Kang San didn't return to the past, because now they can recover everything they lost. I also liked that Kang San didn't abandon Dong Ju, after everything he did to help solve the murder, he didn't want him to be alone again and finally he managed to publish his book.

The drama ended with some loose ends, but I also don't think they could explain exactly everything that happened, it was a good idea to leave something to the imagination. We discover that it was the meteorite that made Kang San travel through time, but was it also the meteorite that gave him his powers?! Won't Kang San end up going back to the past if he continues using these powers?! And what was that scene where Dong Ju's hands look like Kang San's, also kind of disappearing? There were a lot of questions that didn't get answered.

The story is great, but what really grabs you is the bond between Dong Ju and Kang San, the relationship they create, they basically become brothers, who do everything for each other. Jung Woo and Bae Hyun Sung are amazing working together.
The soundtrack is addicted.

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"King The Land" it's basically a Cinderella story. Sa Rang works in a hotel and Gu Won is her boss, he's also the son of the owner of the hotel. They started working together and Gu Won falls in love with Sa Rang's way, specially her bright smile.

Like most kdrama fans, I was really looking forward to the partnership between Yoona and Junho and in that sense, the drama is great. The chemistry between the characters on stage is fantastic, I have nothing to complain about that, but the problem lies in the story, which is simply shallow, without depth. I saw some comparisons with "Boys Before Flowers", but to me that doesn't even make sense, because Jun Pyo fell in love with Jan Di after seeing how different she was from other girls, who didn't treat him like a Greek god, in fact she didn't even like him, but the situation is different in "King The Land". Won fell in love with Sa Rang in the second episode, even though he previously said she wasn't his type and he only liked her for her smile, her looks, even because he didn't even know her well and from that point on he did everything to make her like him.

Nowadays, Cinderella-style stories have to have some interesting appeal, something that separates them from all the other thousands that exist, otherwise it's no fun to watch. Sa Rang is a beautiful example of this. She's an independent woman, who works well, but doesn't know how to defend herself, every time something happens, she needs Won to come and "save" her. I also didn't like the scene where they are on the trip in Thailand and Won makes this special moment on the roof, putting Sa Rang in expensive clothes, as if he was literally transforming her, when that wasn't necessary, the normal moments when they were together, were much better.

And seriously, why was Sa Rang demoted from her job just because she was dating her boss?! That's not a reason, there's no law that prevents her from doing that and I didn't even understand why she didn't even question anything and just went. Not to mention all the other cliches: when people discover that the two are dating, she is a gold digger who seduced a rich heir and his father tries to convince Sa Rang to break up with Won for his good. And to top it all off, they get married, which is the end of every romantic comedy.

In my opinion, Sa Rang's friends are much more interesting than her, especially Pyeong Hwa.

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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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