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"Oh! My Emperor 2" continues the story of the first season and the quality doesn't change much, it's still very childish, I just couldn't like it, it's really not my style.

Fei Fei is a fun character and the romance between her and Tang Yi is cute, but everything developed so quickly that there wasn't a single moment that marked the beginning of their relationship as a couple.

I also didn't understand why Fei Fei never tried to go back to her time, it was like she didn't care at all about being stuck in that place forever. I understand that she fell in love with Tang Yi and wanted to be with him, but there were probably people she cared about, family... I always found it a bit strange that this never bothered her.

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"A Killer Paradox" is a suspense/thriller about an ordinary man named Lee Tang who one day accidentally kills someone in a fit of rage, only to discover that the person he killed was a serial killer. Lee Tang then goes into a spiral, as he takes this as a sign from God that he should get rid of people like that. Nan Gam is a police officer who is investigating the murders and is close to identifying Lee Tang.

The first person Lee Tang killed was an accident, and like any normal person, Lee Tang felt guilty for what he did, until he discovered that the person was a serial killer. After that, everything changed. All the evidence against him simply disappeared, and all the people he killed later turned out to be horrible people who deserved it. I can even understand why Roh Bin thinks Lee Tang has some kind of special power, because it's too bizarre to be true without it.

I think the ending makes a lot of sense, with Nam Gam freeing Lee Tang. The world needs people like him, because justice is not the same for everyone and there are many bad people who go unpunished.

I didn't like the drama at first, because the development seemed unrealistic, at times even reminding me of the "Final Destination" franchise, but watching it you realize that there is a purpose in all of this. Coincidence or destiny? That is the big question raised by the drama and the main reason for Lee Tang's journey as a serial killer.

Choi Woo Shik's acting is truly incredible!

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"Oasis" is not a light romantic comedy, it is a heavy story to watch, especially because of the suffering of the character Doo Hak.
The drama follows three friends: Doo Hak, Cheol Woong and Jung Shin. They both fall in love with her and try everything to win her over, but against all odds, Jung Shin likes Doo Hak. This makes Cheol Woong crazy with jealousy and, one day, in a moment of rage, Cheol Woong kills a classmate who was bullying Jung Shin and frames Doo Hak for the crime, who ends up in jail and stays there for several years.

I loved Choo Young Woo's acting, he really made me hate Cheol Woong. Speaking of him, I didn't believe the ending with Cheol Woong accepting Doo Hak as his brother. He never treated him as an equal, even when Jung Shin was not present. The situation was not much different, but thanks to her, Cheol Woong's true colors came to light.

The romance between Doo Hak and Jung Shin is super cute, but that's not what really stuck with me; the friendship between the three main characters is the real highlight. Their moments together reminded me of "Prison Playbook," and gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling.
The soundtrack is really beautiful, especially "Let Me Go" and "Nobody Knows."

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"Rule The World" is a drama about Dongge, considered the most beautiful woman and desired by everyone, even the emperor wants her as his concubine, but Dongge has always been in love with Dai San, one of the emperor's sons. He is also in love with her, but their relationship becomes complicated and eventually Dai San marries someone else, leaving Dongge heartbroken. Hong Taiji is another prince who is also involved in Dongge's life; in fact, she even saw his birth, having been close to him since he was little. After being hurt by Dai San, Dongge starts to get closer to Hong Taiji and the two fall in love. In order to be together, they have to overcome many obstacles.

The romance between Dongge and Hong Taiji is very good, they have great chemistry, but here is no depth to it, everything is superficial. For this reason, I ended up rooting more for Dai San, even Cu Yen, before considering Hong Taiji. I also think the drama was cruel to Dongge. This girl has been through a lot, more than one person can handle. First, she was sold by her brother to Beile and forced to live in his country, always having to protect herself. Speaking of her brother, that man is a scoundrel, who sold her to any man who wanted her. Dongge was killed twice in the story, that was unnecessary.

Let's be completely honest, there's no way a drama can be good when the same person assumes three different identities. I'm not referring to when dramas do the whole reincarnation thing or the immortal trials, since this drama has no fantasy elements whatsoever, Dongge literally became three different women. The strange timeline really bothered me, it didn't make sense how time passed.

Hong Taiji married Gedai and a year later Dongge ended up dying, she then became Bu You Ran. She stayed at Hong Taiji's house for a while and then disappeared for two years, but how is it possible that Hong Taiji's son is already a teenager? After Beile's funeral, it's been said that Dongge has been dead for 10 years... it just can't be. No comments about Abahai's son having the same bite mark that Dongge had on Cu Yen, like some kind of reincarnation. HAHAHAHAH

I really don't know what happened to this drama, it had so much potential but it was wasted. The beginning is great, incredibly captivating, both the characters and the romantic atmosphere, but at that point it changed and the story started to drag on and get lazy... I just wanted it to end.

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"Love Like The Galaxy" is a drama about Shao Shang, a young girl who has been trapped in a deserted place for almost her entire life. Her parents didn't know about this, as they fought in wars and left their daughter in the care of her grandmother. When they return and find out the truth, they immediately bring her back.

Shao Shang had to change in order to survive, no one cared about her, so she did what she had to. She is an amazing character who doesn't follow anyone's rules and tries to live life to the fullest, and that's what catches the attention of Bu Yi, a cold-blooded general who takes an interest in her.

The romance is the highlight of the drama, Shao Shang and Bu Yi are literally perfect for each other. In this first season, we see their relationship grow and that was the best part, seeing them slowly fall in love, which reminded me of "The Story of Ming Lan" and "The Sword and the Brocade". It's more than just a romance, they create a bond first. Literally, Shao Shang rejected Bu Yi until the last episode because she thought he was trying to control her, but that wasn't true. Bu Yi was just trying to help her, to be by her side, all his actions were demonstrations of love for her... thank God, she finally understood that.

Lou Yao wasn't really the right person for her, the two were sweet together, but Shao Shang needed a strong person by her side, someone who could accompany her through life.
I loved her revenge against the mean girls, it was so satisfying to see them fall into the water and Shao Shang just laughing, pretending not to know anything.

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"Royal Rumors" is a drama about a woman named Liu Li, the daughter of a family of generals. Everyone knows her as weak, but that's just a facade. Yuan Su is the cold crown prince who got involved with her.

It's a very light drama to watch, but the story just didn't grab me, mainly because there's no chemistry between the main couple, mainly because of Yuan Su.

Liu Li is also a strange character. I understand that she pretends to be weak to fool others, since people have issues with her family's excessive power. But even at the end, when Yun Su knows everything, she still remains like that... to me, it felt forced and ridiculous.

It's not a drama I would recommend, it's just something to pass the time.

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"LTNS" is a drama with only 6 episodes, which focuses on a couple who haven't had sex in a long time and have kind of forgotten how to do it.

I really didn't like Samuel, he was cheating on Woo Jin too. Even though he didn't have sex with the neighbor, it was basically an affair, he wanted to spend time with her and ignored his own wife, to me that's even worse than just sleeping around. Woo Jin only slept with someone else because she felt rejected as a woman, she made a mistake out of desperation.

I understand why people were talking so much about this production, it's really the first time a drama has developed the sexual theme so openly. In movies it's more common, but in dramas it's something controversial, even more so to have a company blackmailing people who are having an affair.

There's no prejudice in this story, we have couples of different ages, younger, older, even gay... I liked this diversity. HAHAHA
But to be honest, I felt sorry for some couples, like the older one: the man wasn't happy in his marriage, nor was his wife, so they found happiness in other people, and the lesbian couple, the married woman was mistreated in a loveless marriage, she only got married because she couldn't accept herself... but thankfully this couple had a happy ending.

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"Blooming Days" follows Qing Lian, a woman who's forced to marry Lian Xin, to save her family. She had to be apart from her loved one, Bei Yi and marry a cold-hearted man that didn't care for her at all, only because her face resembles his father's lost woman.

I have always liked He Hong Shan playing the villain, but here she's so plain and there is things that happened in the drama that doesn't make sense, nothing is taking seriously.
The concubines aren't punished for anything they do, this is different from every drama that I watched with the same story line. One of the concubines do a lot of evil things, like killing the baby of another, pretending to be pregnant and even stealing a baby and nothing happens to her.
Qing Lian was technically raped by Lian Xin, then became pregnant and terribly lost her baby, but not in an accident, it was an evil deed.

It's a drama about intrigues within a harem, but basically fails in every ways.
Sometimes it looks like it wants to focus on the couple, but there's no romance or chemistry between the main leads. Other times, it seems like it will focus on conspiracy and the concubines, but doesn't show us enough to even know their names. It really wasn't what I was expecting.

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"Elegant Empire" it's a revenge drama about a woman named Ju Kyung. She is fooled by Gi Hun, gets married to him, only to be betrayed, send to prison and almost killed. Ju Kyung comes back for revenge with another identity.

This is just another drama that uses the same cliches and doesn't have anything different to show. Also the actors aren't doing a good job.
Kim Jin Woo is the only thing that was worthwhile, but the leaves the drama in episode 33 and the rest is with Lee Shi Kang and he didn't work in the role, his way of acting was too much, even kind of ridiculous.

The romance is basically non-existent and even if there was, the couple is pathetic, there's no way to root for someone like that. It's a drama that I finished just because I started, no other reason than that.

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"Lies Hidden In My Garden" it's a suspense/thriller about two women, Sang Eun and Joo Ran. They have totally different lives, but in incident keeps pulling them together and that changes everything forever.

It was obvious that Jae Ho killed that girl and buried her in the garden, but the whole thing Sang Eun's husband, that was a surprise and a really good one, because the bastard needed to die by her hands. I also can't stay that I was impressive with the ending, since I always knew Jae Ho's true colors, you can see that he wasn't the man Joo Ran though, he even try to frame his own son for the his murder and used the same excuse, that he was protecting his "family".

I usually love Kim Tae Hee, but her character is pathetic. The scene where she sees her husband beating Sang Eun and she just do nothing, I couldn't believe someone could do that.

It's a good drama, but there's nothing to anticipate because you find out everything too easily, there's no element of surprise and that's the key point in a thriller, you need something to keep you on your toes. Also, the drama ended with loose ends, things that weren't explained.
When Jae Ho was speaking with Joo Ran about her sister's death, it gave me the feeling that he was involved somehow, that maybe he killed her sister to be able to control her completely, own her, since he did propose on the day of her sister's funeral. This would be a very interesting twist, if the writers thought to develop.

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"The Deal" is a suspense/thriller about two friends that kidnapped a former classmate for the ransom money.
Jun Seong and Jae Hyo are not leading good lives and one day, an opportunity arises. Min Woo is a rich friend of theirs and the two impulsively make a plan to keep him hostage and asks his family for money... the problem is, nothing works the way they planned.

Poor Jun Seong, he just got screwed, because he didn't knew anything about the kidnapping and fell in the situation, with no place to go and always trying to stop Jae Hyo from killing Min Woo. The ending is really shocking, after everything Jun Seong did, Jae Hyo's betrayal really hurt, he was going to let Jun Seong died and take the fall for everything. The twist is Jun Seong didn't kill Min Woo, he only pretended to, to make Jae Hyo gave up.
There's even a temptation in the end. After Jun Seong pays for his crimes, the ransom money is still there, but thankfully he doesn't take the money and chooses to start afresh.

It's an impressive drama, too bad stories like this don't gain popularity, like the drama "Bargain".
Yoo Seung Ho is just amazing, I have only seen him in romantic comedies, so this was a very big change in scenery, doing a more serious role.

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"Story of Kunning Palace" follows Xue Ning, a woman who wanted to be empress and did everything to achieve that. She ends up dying and wakes up in the past. Now, she wants to changes things, with this second chance in life.

The problem is, not matter how much she tries, things kept happening how it was before. Xue Ning was afraid of Xie Wei, because she knew what he could do if he has power, so she tried to stay away from him and that only made him more interested in her. Xue Ning have always been in love with Zhang Zhe and that didn't change after she goes into the past, but by spending time with Xie Wei, she gradually sees his love and falls madly in love with him. Their kiss scenes is amazing, really impressive.

Zhang Ling He is truly an incredible actor, in the same year he played two incredible roles, showing two opposing sides of his personality: in "My Journey To You" he was an honest, good and caring man, here in "Story of Kunning Palace" he is calculating, cold and can kill without mercy... but we fall in love the same way! HAHAHA'

The chemistry between him and Bai Lu is tangible, which is why it's a shame that the drama took too long to form the couple, it was disappointing to think about everything we could have seen of them together, but that didn't ruin the quality of the drama, it's a wonderful story.

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"18 Again" is a drama about Dae Young, a man that regrets his life's choices and makes a wish, to go back in time and unexpectedly that comes true, Dae Young wakes up being 18 years old again. He tries to do everything he couldn't with his youth, but realizes how much his family meant to him and that his old life is exactly what he really wants.

The romance of Dae Young and Da Jung is really good, they really shared everything in life, good and bad moments, sweetness and sorrow and it's been like this since they were teenagers, Dae Young only took a while to realize that. Initially his wish was granted because he regretted his life, of giving up basketball, he wanted to go back to being 18, to follow his dream, since Da Jung and the children were sort of a "mistake", put only after seeing his life with another eyes, Dae Young sees what he's missing.
The scene where he's crying in court, trying everything to go back to his body and nothing happened, it really hurt, to see his desperation. In that moment Dae Young runs to Da Jung and says he wants to be with her no matter what, that he didn't regret his decision to choose her and that was the purpose of the switch. This whole sequence is just perfect!

The second lead syndrome was really hard in this drama, since Ji Hoon is wonderful, how can someone not fall in love with this man? But this time I can't see that I root it for him, since Dae Young had already stole my heart. You can see that his words wasn't true, he was just frustrated with life, but his love for his family never changed.
I loved all the moments of jealousy of Dae Young, being with Da Jung or with Si Ah! HAHA'

Kim Ha Neul is really an spectacular actress. She has chemistry in scene with both Yoon Sang Hyun and Lee Do Hyun, that's really not an easy thing. The drama is amazing, the story is fun, light and easy to watch, but at the same time, has a very strong dramatic charge.

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"You Touched My Heart" follows Anne, a woman that always have been mistreated in her family, that's one of the reasons for her going to study overseas and not going back for a long time. When she finally returns, she meets Kuer and the two got entangled in each other's lives. Anne wants her revenge against her grandfather and to have power to help her mother.

I had high expectations for this drama and ended up being quite disappointed. The story and characters are shallow, there is no depth at all... it lacks the energy of a lakorn and the biggest problem lies with the main couple, who are too boring.

Anne appears to be a strong, independent woman, but she falls in love too easily and completely forgets the reason why she returned to her family, but at the same time, she doesn't believe in Kuer, she finds any reason to distrust him and Phim. Of course, since the two are ex-boyfriends, seeing them together in certain intimate moments generates normal distrust, but Un was exaggerating. Everyone thought that Phim was pregnant with Kuer, so he went looking for evidence and found it, making Un finally trust him, but then that changed when Un saw an earring on Phim, the same one she found in Kuer's apartment, before they even started dating... spare me, it seemed like she was looking for reasons to leave him.

Un and Kuer's relationship developed very quickly, they barely knew each other and were already dating. At first, they couldn't stay away from each other and I can't complain because the kissing scenes are great and intense, but then the pace changes and the two just fight the whole time.

Noot's death was one of the best developments in the drama, because at least it was something different and the bastard deserved an ending like that... I don't like Phim, but he was much worse than her!

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"The Worst of Evil" it's a drama about a cop named Joon Mo that goes undercover in a gangster organization, to find the drug rings and buyers. There he gets closer to their leader Gi Cheul and do basically everything to wins his trust. The problem is how deeper Joon Mo is willing to go and how much he's willing to lose to achieve his goal.

Joon Mo and Gi Cheul's relationship is the drama's strong point. Seeing their friendship grow and how Gi Cheul trusted Joon Mo, like a brother, his betrayal hits him harder when the learns the truth.

There is a single mistake in the drama for me and it consists of a woman. There was no need for the Eui Jeong's character or at least her involvement in the case, because besides not helping anything, all the problems happened because of her, her decisions. I would much prefer it to focus only on the relationship between Gi Cheul and Joon Mo, showing the bond they created, depending on each other. Eui Jeong only served to cause confusion, using Gi Cheul's feelings. Yes, Joon Mo used Hae Ryun's feelings too, but he never said he loved her, it didn't come to that, he wasn't that cruel. But in the end the plan backfired, as Gi Cheul actually took appropriate revenge, because when he died, it was clear that Eui Jeong liked him and this destroyed any chance of reconciliation between her and Joon Mo.

The story is very good, I love investigations involving gangsters, because there are always great action scenes that are intense, fast and bloody. Highlighting the bloodbath in episode 9, Joon Mo totally freaked out and I loved it. The way he moved, it was as if he was completely out of control, acting on instinct... incredible.

It couldn't be bad with Ji Chang Wook and Wi Ha Jun as the main characters <3

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