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I was actually quite impressed with this drama. I did skip a lot but that usually happens anyway when I watch chinese modern dramas. But this drama did have a good message, the characters had development and most of them were likable. There were neither villains nor good guys, just people living their lives and chasing their dreams.

I confess I had a huge SL syndrome at first. I just love romances where one heals the other or makes their life better. Tang Xue was Yu Yan’s sun and at the same time almost his downfall. But at the end of the day, she played an important role in him maturing and realizing important things. I personally think figure skating is really beautiful and wish they showed more of it, but oh well, we cant always have what we want.

Overall, if you like sports, in this case ice sports, school dramas and romance, then this might be your cup of tea.

Yeah. I have a lot of dramas that got me interested in them but when I checked the first episode and saw how bad the subs were, I just gave up. The accuracy of subs is very important for the viewers to be able to understand the plot. I dont get why these companies do this. They would profit a lot more if they added proper subs. English is such a globally spoken language that they would get millions of viewers to sign up for their apps or watch their videos on youtube which generates them add revenue. It seems lazy and unprofessional to add machine translated subtitles. They are so bad that I understand more while watching it raw.

Maybe try picking more popular dramas. There are still a lot of chinese dramas out there that people have on their lists and that have not been subbed even if they came out years ago. This one does not seem to be very well known since it does not have a lot of watchers, reviews or comments. If you pick dramas that a lot of people are waiting to be subbed, then it should be easier to get funding.

I think the fact that you watched all of it while I only watched a few episodes was what made us have different perspectives. I did not watch any of him doing great things in the past or rejecting the maid or having no choice in marrying the princess. As you watched all of it, even if you thought at first that he was acting flirty, that was probably not important to you because there were other things happening in the story. But since I only watched that, that was the impression that it left.

Anyway, it is always good to discuss with people with different views on the same drama. We all like different things and that is what makes us unique.

They tried but you cant just cram such a complex story into 10 episodes of half an hour each. The result was a rushed mess that made it hard to relate to the characters and events. There was no time to digest things because right after there was something else going on. The male lead’s feelings also seemed to change too fast, because there just wasnt enough time to develop the story.

I have watched all the remakes and this one was really rushed. If they have to keep things short, then they should not pick a plot that has so much going on. I see this happening a lot with manga adaptations too.

Did we even watch the same drama? lol

Even if there were no subs he was clearly flirting with her. You dont need to understand what they are saying to see that. Maybe he rejected her after finding out she was underage but before that he was all over her.

I only watched a few episodes and then skipped to the last episode so I have no idea what happened in between. Anyway, I did not like the male lead from the get-go so I would have never kept watching.

I did not misunderstand the story. The story just did not appeal to me. If I had misunderstood it I would have never said "of course the drama is much more than this". I think you did not get my first comment and I feel like you are trying to convince me this is a good drama when I never said this was a bad drama in the first place. XD

Basically, I have nothing against this drama. I just dont like it. That is my personal opinion. It does not mean the drama is neither bad nor good. It simply does not fit my preferences.

I think so but it really needs a second season as the way it ended made the story feel unfinished. And about the plot, it is just as the summary says, they are group of young people that go on missions and stuff. The main leads are extremely smart, both of them. Most of the time it feels like the female lead is smarter than the male lead but he always has a way out of situations so one could argue they are equally smart. The romance is slow but they have great chemistry since the beginning.

Give it a try. Just remember it has an open ending. So if you end up liking it a lot, you will be struggling while waiting for a second season. And it has not even been confirmed that there will be one.

I never even mentioned the Princess in my comment. I did not watch that far. But there is no doubt he was trying to sleep with both his wife and the maid. Anyway, to each their own. Like I said, this just wasnt my kind of drama.

I forgot to come back here and write about it so that pretty much describes the whole experience. lol

It was a forgettable drama. Not that it is necessarily bad but it just bored me out of my mind. I kept skipping things and at some point I just skipped entire episodes to know how it ended. Not my cup of tea.

Like I said, the drama is much more than that. But I could not get past the fact he was going after every woman near him. In modern times he would be the kind of guy you would want to stay away from cause he is probably messing around with more than 1 woman at a time.

Even if the subs were not that good, his behavior was very telling. His wife was not really his wife but he was trying to get in bed with her as soon as he met her. And then just a few days after he was flirting with the maid and trying to get HER to sleep with him too.

He acted like a man from the past, seeing women as property and having more than one as completely normal, except he was not from the past. I do not watch palace dramas that often for the same reason. Seeing the male lead marry more than 1 woman and the female lead suffering because of it is bittersweet. So I only watch palace dramas once in a while when they are really good and more for the historical part of it and not the romance.

In conclusion, I am not saying this drama is bad. It just isn’t for me.

Chung Ah and Joon Hwi, together with a few supporting characters, were what made me stick to this drama until the end. The amount of selfish entitled or just outright shameful people in this is absurd, even for a family drama.

I disliked Seol Ah from the beginning and although that dislike toned down a little throughout the drama, her character never grew on me. The whole love triangle dragged out for too long in my opinion and I am not satisfied with the outcome. There were other characters that deserved a proper wrap up and did not have it.

And then there was this character that was introduced in a way that I thought would be important to the plot (the guy that was given food when Chung Ah was working at the convenience store and that later showed up at the police station when she became a cop) and it turns out he never showed up again. I thought they would make him her stalker or something but he was just there, like a bunch of other guest/supporting characters.

Oh well, I have seen worse. I liked the plotline around Chung Ah and her romance with Joon Hwi and that was pretty much the only thing that made this drama worth watching. Seol Ah was only interesting for a couple of episodes and then everything that happened around her just became a repetitive and boring mess. Moon Tae Rang should have been spared from it. He was one of the few decent characters.

No idea. Just search exactly GMM25Thailand and the youtube channel will show up. Then search for the playlist THE MISTRESS.

On youtube. Someone shared the link on one of the comments below.

Where are you watching? Because I just randomly came across ep 9 and it was subbed.

EDIT: In fact, there are at least 12 eps subbed at the moment.

Usually I find more asian dramas in English than my native language but once in a while there is a drama that has no English subs and happens to be subbed in my native language. Knowing more than one language is always helpful. XD

I watched the original some years ago and I think it was the same. The male lead had liked the female lead for like 15 years but never revealed his feelings to her, probably afraid of losing her as a friend. I am not sure about the reason and how long he had been in love with her since I watched it a long time ago, but I am pretty sure about the male lead liking her since the beginning.

Also, this is tagged as unrequited love which means one of them has to like the other for at least a period of time without it being reciprocated. I am guessing that would be the male lead.

I dont know who added comedy. There is no comedy. The only comedy relief you might fight are the bad jokes of the female lead’s best friend and business partner. But her friend does not appear for entire episodes so I would not tag Rabam Mek with comedy, makes no sense.

About the female lead, she is not weak per say. More like unloved or so she thinks. She has been badly neglected since a child and that affected her. But she has her own business, she does not let other people tell her what to do (aside from her father) and even the male lead meets her anger once she finds out he is hiding something from her. I would say a few more things that prove she is not that weak but they would be huge spoilers so I will just say: trust me, give it a try.

Don’t trust the tags. The best way to know if a drama is worth watching is going through the comments and see what people are saying. If you see a lot of constructive comments explaining why it is bad or good, then you are likely to feel the same way about it. The comments can also reveal things about the drama that can be a deciding factor for you. For example, I tend to stay away from most dramas in which the male lead rapes the female lead or one of them is not faithful. That is something that I cannot find out from the tags cause just because it has a rape or infidelity tag it does not mean it has to do with the main leads. It could be about the supporting characters.

Ok, so now that you finished watching. What did you think of what the male lead did to the female lead? Everyone knew it was her and he was in denial, but then proceeded to try and prove he is right and everyone else is wrong and failed miserably.

Also, I do not know what the writers were thinking when they made the male lead be under a spell and go around having sex everywhere with the delusional second female lead. They pushed the boundaries of what viewers can accept. I was not ok with that. That was pretty much reverse rape. I already saw the male lead as a little of a pushover and not the brightest person and the writers pushed it even further by not giving him any dignity.

And the ending instead of tragic felt more like the writers just did not want the main leads to be together at any cost. It was not a good ride and all that to reach that kind of ending. I felt like I had wasted my time watching this. The cast is good and I have seen both main actors in other dramas and they deserved a better script.

But like you said, everyone has their own opinion. That is the beauty of free will. Sadly, even that was taken from the male lead.
I am sure you can tell I am pretty mad at what the writers did with the male lead. Poor guy.

Yeah. That is why I only gave this a 6.5. As much as I liked the main leads relationship, the rest was a mess. I could not give this a high rating with this kind of script.

Btw, I just finished watching Rabam Mek. It has been a while since a thai drama was able to keep me second guessing stuff. They are usually so predictable. So you might want to give it a try if you havent yet. The romance was ok, nothing amazing, but the characters were all very mysterious. For most of the drama you cannot even tell who are the bad guys and who are the good guys.

If there is something about this one that stands out compared to most thai dramas is that it did a pretty good job at making you sure of nothing. Who are the villains and who are the good guys? Who killed Nulek’s mother? Who truly loves her and who is only using her as a tool?

Even if I had my hunches early on and was right about most of them, throughout the drama I was never 100% sure until the end. I kept guessing things right but they were just that, guesses. XD

Also, usually I dont care much for the supporting characters, but here I could not be indifferent to them and there is one couple that really made me feel bad for them. I am sure you will know who I am talking about once you finish it. T T

I think the writing here is better than your average thai drama. The acting was also pretty good. Not all of them were amazing but some did a pretty good job at portraying their characters. I dont think I would re-watch this kind of drama but it is definitely a good one time watch.