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True, basically he was just there for comic relief and to give a few tips to the ML on how to be a good husband. ^^'

Yeah, it was pretty obvious the writers wanted them together, they would be making her trip and fall into his arms, can’t get more obvious than that.

What I meant is the actor would have done a great villain because the look on his eyes and certain gestures made him look like a psychopath. It felt like a waste that his character had so little importance in the plot.

Btw, am I the only one who thought Heo Nam Jun was wasted on the character he played here? He gave off serial killer vibes way too many times to not be a bad guy. XD

To me, this was one of the best kdramas of 2024...which does not mean much since 2024 was not the best year for kdramas.

It started well and kept me interested for most of it BUT I was able to predict most things pretty early on and found the last few episodes to be underwhelming compared to the rest of the drama.

Worth watching but if it was not for the last few episodes I would have given it a higher rating.

These are a hit or miss for me. Some in this list I have really liked and even re-watched while others bored me to death or just felt pretty average (Love Song in Winter being the most recent case of it). A Dream within a Dream seems like it will be my cup of tea, cannot wait for it to air.

There were already so few Chinese dramas for me to watch at the end of the year and something like this is what we get. There is nothing noteworthy about this one. The plot is not interesting and is full of clichés and I can’t say the characters were likable either. I felt no chemistry between the leads, they might as well have been just friends. Tagging this as a thriller/mistery is almost a crime. There was nothing thrilling about this much less any mistery surrounding it since it was pretty obvious from the start who the bad guy was.

Idk, maybe if this was a 2010 drama it would be acceptable, but in 2024/2025 this one brought nothing to the table. Overall it is an average drama that you can watch if you have nothing else to watch.

No, she said she was on her period and it was not convenient but told him to rest in the room, so he probably just passed out drunk and slept there. They did not even kiss, much less have sex.

As expected this season was a joke. I knew it would be draggy since they had a 3rd season yet to come but it was worse than I expected. This was basically an introduction to season 3. If I knew it would end like that I wouldn’t have watched it.

I don’t mind this being "old" (2018 was not that long ago lol) or having not so good cgi like some people are saying. Honestly, I have seen worse and still enjoyed those dramas because the plot was interesting.

But here the plot is just bad. I tried to watch for as long as I could but my only two thoughts were "boring" and "ridiculous". Like something written by a kid with a great imagination.

Maybe this was too out there for my taste but I really cannot understand why anyone would enjoy this sort of plot, specially when it has 40 episodes. I skipped to the last episode when I could not take it anymore and the way it ended did not help. ^^'

P.S. - This is just my opinion, maybe it is a matter of personal taste.

Bad ending

For a short drama this was pretty good if you go in with the right expectations.

The plot is nothing new, it is very cliché, but if you want a sweet romance with a happy ending to have a break from all the heavier dramas and if you enjoy dramas like The Eternal Love, you will probably like this one. The actresses playing the FLs in these 2 dramas even look alike and play characters with similar personalities.

So if you liked The Eternal Love you will probably enjoy this short drama for what it is. Remember, there is nothing new here, it is just a feel good drama with lots of sweet romantic scenes. The production was also pretty good for a short drama.

it was so satisfying to watch, kinda want a second season but at the same time I'm scared they will ruin it ^^'

My biggest problem with his method is that by constantly letting him go he put other people at risk causing more people do die, get hurt and traumatised. He should have locked him up somewhere and tortured him for a long time. He could have released him, letting him think he got away, and then lock him up again.

At the end I felt like the killer was right - he won. No matter what the main lead did, the pain he inflicted was not even close to the pain and destruction the kiler brought him, his victims and their families. I think that is probably why the ML cried like that at the end, it was mix of relief that he was finally done with his revenge mixed with the realization that nothing he did would take the pain away or bring back what he lost, be it the people he cared about or himself.

I do like Chinese historical dramas, I think when it comes to that genre they do them the best, while Korean dramas have the best thrillers, crime, action, used to have good historical dramas too but in recent years they were not great...
But wuxia, mostly xianxia, the ones full of fantasy stuff, are not my cup of tea either.

Btw, is your profile pic a gif from Judge from Hell? That was one of the few 2024 kdramas I liked.

She might be talking about kdramas only. I also think 2024 was a weak year for kdramas, I only liked 3 or 4 too. Good thing I also watch Chinese, Japanese and Thai dramas. ^^'

True, forgot that one, too many tragic deaths this year alone to remember them all. And yes, hopefully Blossom will have a happy ending. I am waiting for all episodes to be out to binge-watch.

Mostly people who watch historical cdramas. When I first started I was traumatised by how many ended in tragedy but the past few years it got better, more happy endings.

This year they decided to mess with us again: Lost You Forever, Love of Nirvana, Kill Me Love Me, Snowy Night Timeless Love, The Story of Pearl Girl, and these are just the ones I remember off the top of my head.

If we go into short dramas, specially the ones happening in the republican era, then the list just gets bigger.

Yeah, I also think the start was the best part and I liked it for a little more than episode 20 because we got to see some sweet moments between the main leads. It felt like we were prisoners on death row having our last meal without knowing it l because right after those moments it went downhill. ^^'

Sometimes it almost feels like 2 different people wrote the script. So many dramas with potential get ruined by bad screenwriting.

And it was not only him they killed. The last episode was disappointing. Chinese dramas this year seem to really enjoy killing off characters for no reason. Sigh