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cute but is not as emotionally hitting

their dating era and everything is so good to watch and brings a smile on my face but i was not emotionally connected to either of the characters.

something that i have noticed in the few korean remakes i have watched is that they mostly shift the female pov to a male one and i think that's the mistake here. i don't remember the japanese version exactly but i think we see the movie mostly through the female lead's eyes and we connect with her a lot more. she was already doing art before the guy suggests it so when she draws him after forgetting him it was more painful. here we don't get to see both of the characters deeply. she is a girl with memory loss and he is just a guy(?)
his death hits very hard in jpn version and we feel the female lead's pain, here all of that happens quite quickly

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been craving for a romance with a little bit of darkness and this gave me that

for the name and synopsis the show didn't have much to do with the trunk. the poster conveys the essence of the show more than the title.
the first half was very good, the narration changes from the two past situations to the present mystery kept me on the edge of the seat. from the second half onwards the mystery lost its appeal cause we knew what it was.
i liked the character, our cold fl and traumatized co-dependent ml and a insane and evil side characters. their romance might be a pure one, maybe not even love, just affection coming out of a deep place of trauma and loneliness but it was still a good watch.

the cinematography made the show and the way the house was used was great.

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same old thing

another rich guy and co-worker drama.
the only thing that makes this drama from others of this same genre is their backstory which was unnecessary and stupid.
I'm sorry but being that traumatized over a first love, that too an online one is too stupid.
everything else in the drama is the same old cliche: some abusive family member who gets forgiven, fl facing misogyny over dating him......same old stuff
they should have given more styling to the actor playing the ml, something to make him not look like a highschool student. they did good with showing the fl growing up,they could have tried something like that for the ml too
the leads are supposed to have a age gap but it doesn't add anything to the power dynamic or their relationship

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lacks the charm

they lost the charm that the other versions had.
the interactions between the ml and fl were so limited, they barely had time to connect and fall in love. they made the ml more 'heroic' and less quirky and the fl a side character instead of the headstrong girl. fl had clear dreams and aspirations in other movies while here they are just reducing her to a love interest.
the lack of connection between the leads helps with the ending, in the other versions it feels painful but here it makes sense.
its very telling abt korean culture with the changes they made. in the other versions the fl's friend is pretty but here they tried to make her as unflattering as possible. also the chubby friend was the one who goes behind the fl and actually dates her but here it the handsome rich guy

good debut by dahyun even though she does not have much to work with

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ready for more of this

i love this and i'm late to the party. i like how each character is given so much context and are developed so well. even the 'villians' get a back story.they way they portrayed the ppl with powers was so beautiful, how they are labelled monsters for being different and being used for evil meanwhile the real monsters are the normal people, hiding amongst us. i'm also weak for connected characters/stories so all the connection between the characters brought me so much satisfaction. my favorite was our mom and dad, doosik and mihyun's story. bongseok and huisoo were cuties. i see how they are doing something similar to the mcu and safe to say i will be here to watch it

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a filler season to setup for season 3

would have worked better if none of the past characters were there. an entire new ensemble with new games would have been as exciting as the first season. this season felt like a filler/part one of two. they are probably leading up to the third season but this was boring for the most part. we spent so much time on the past characters, almost two whole episodes and good majority of other episodes on them we barely explored much of the new players. there were interesting new players but u could see the team trying to recreate some past characters. it was fun seeing t.o.p back on the screen.

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An new try on the highschool dramas

a very interesting take on the school bullying/stress genre in kdramas.
the (maybe) romance between jae-yi and seulgi added an extra layer of depth to the series. the question of whether jae-yi is being psycho for her own needs or for her love for seulgi kept the episodes interesting for the most part. when it became obvious that she was doing this for seulgi the story kind of loses its spark (maybe that could have been the big reveal of the last episode?). seulgi matching jae-yi's intensity was also great.
i liked the 30 min episode format, straight to the point with no unnecessary ads but they could have added more episodes to tie up some plot points (like the fact that the whole school being addicted to drugs)
so overall the show started great and kept the momentum the last few episodes don't necessarily match the greatness of the first episodes. i just generally feel a bit unsatisfied with the plot, i have a lot more questions and it seems like there will be a season 2 so......
heyri and subin's chemistry was off the charts, the rich psycho heiress and her princess were a joy to watch

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a slice of life show with no drama and good food

this one had the feel (and plot points) to be a 10 season sitcom. there is no big plot or conflicts, just a group of lawyers coming together to eat. it was a true slice of life drama with a very calm and almost realistic lifestyle. none of the cases were dramatic. even the most emotional or sensitive things were dealt in a logical way which makes sense for lawyers. i would honestly have loved for this to be multiple season sitcom with each episode being like a day with all of them dealing different cases and de-briefing during lunch and dinner. many other plots could have hit differently if this was released in that way, all of them leaving at the end, their realizations to what their dreams are, the romance building up, the resentment and uncomfortable-ness in the familiarity. the romance was very weak here as it was only lightly touched. again, the romance would have paid off more if there were a few seasons of them working together and then finally getting together.
i love that each one has their own dreams and passions in the same field and how they are supportive of each other. them being such perfect friends might the most unrealistic part imo.
the food in this was amazing to look at!!!!! i was so hungry after the first few episodes that i started to watch this only while i eat.
i would say this might not be a great series to binge but it sure was a comfort watch for some weeks

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boring for me

this series was not my cup of tea and from looking at the pattern, this director's work might not be for me
pam and rak were adorable but i feel like this show only explores them on a surface level. we get to know a little bit about them and they are immediately thrust into the relationship. the lying and dating her brother part should have been major conflicts but they got solved out fast. then we get a repetitive cycle of pam and rak being all in love, especially the morning wake up calls. we don't get to know them anymore outside their relationship. another one of the directors flaws pop up here, we don't have any idea of how much time has passed unless its explicitly told to us. we don't know how long pam and kawi dated, how long rak and pam were dating before they said their i love yous etc. in the last episode they tell us how much time has passed but nothing abt the characters change, physically or emotionally.
the whole nene thing was another repetitive cycle. we had one round of nene walking around with hate for the whole family for some reason and a master plan, both which we don't know. the next round was her repeating that she is one of his children. her hate/plan was very flawed, like one look and u can tell that man does not care abt his family, so hurting them does not give him any pain. her entire focus was on rak and kawi so all of her scenes were boring. oat was also such a wasted character. her scenes with nene were also the same thing happening multiple times, maybe once she gave some advice but that's it. they didn't even give her much outfit changes, it felt like she was wearing the same thing the whole time.
i wasn't that emotionally connected to any character, so the whole grandma story and the cafe stories were boring too.
i will give my flowers to the director where its deserved cause the cinematography and aesthetics were out of the world. the songs were great too. the design of rak's room??? amazing.
emi and bonnie did a good job with their acting, i have no complaints there.
(bonnie is such a cutie, i want to put her in my pockets)
so overall this was not for me, i can see other people loving it though. hope to see emi and bonnie together in more projects!

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might have been good in 2017

a beloved drama which took me a long time to finish watching (at least a year)
this drama has three different tones: romance/cute, comedy, thriller/mystery. they shift between these without any proper transition so each episode gives u a whiplash with the drastic change in setting.
the comedy was so bad for me. it's made in 2017 and has aged badly. whatever they were trying to do with that employee in the office was not it. all of the scenes other than the romance and serial killer part were soooo unnecessary. i was so fed up with the gang plot and the highschooler plots. by the end i was skipping their scenes (which was half of the episode). halfway through the series i lost interest in the serial killer too.
the romance was cute, the one star is for the leads and the other one is for their romance.
i was kind of interested in the beginning but after that it was such a chore to watch this

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cringy romance with an interesting time travelling plot

i was initially interested in this drama because i followed the leads and those actors were ones who usually didn't get main roles but when i saw that it was an idol-fan romance i instantly got the ick and abandoned it. the rumors of it being based on real life situation also didn't help much. now this is one of the most talked drama of 2024 so i made it a point to watch it and see what the hype is about. it certainly won't be bad if that many people like it right? i was wrong.
i would say the main reason why this drama was so successful is because it had pretty main leads who were down bad for each other. no proper/solid plot.

i was very creeped out by the fan-idol thing in many of the first episodes. the reason for her becoming a fan was genuine but her behavior was borderline obsessive. there were many times where she did things for him because she is a fan in 2023, which kind of creeped me out. also the fact that she was a 30 something year old in a highschooler's body chasing another highschooler was creepy to me.

my biggest complaint is how one dimensional both the main leads are especially sol. whatever we know about them revolves on the fact that they like each other. sun-jae likes sol but why? he likes her so much he is willing to die for her, what made him like her so much? i understand crushes but doing all this? in the first timeline it makes sense cause the accident is kind of his fault but after that? what is about her that he likes/loves so much? his whole personality was being in love with sol. at least taesung had a reason to like her. she was oddly mature with him and he liked that.
sol was so childish for majority of the show. it wasn't until the end she acted like an adult. during her first few time travels there was no difference between 30 year old her and high school her. she absolutely did not think before she acted.
so much of the comedy depended on sol making dumb decisions, it cringed me out. they could have shown sol and sun-jae better by avoiding all those cringy scenes between the brother and the best friend. sol got her ability to walk after 15 years yet it was barely acknowledged. she never seemed to spend time with her family nor her friends. same with sun-jae. u would think someone whose grandma lost her memory due to old age would be more emotional at getting her back. also how did sun-jae and sol end up in their respective careers. we don't see sol being so in love with movies nor sun-jae with acting. they could have given the characters more depth.

the time travelling plot was the most interesting part. the change in timelines and the effects they had were interesting. they were honestly what kept me through the series. even though the rules of time travelling and everything was weak it was nice. them being connected in every scenario was a nice touch.

the director/team could have just made a highschool romance with
Byeon Woo Seok and Hye Yoon and it still would have been a hit. they were the best parts of the show and did their roles well. them being casted might be one of the sole reasons the show is successful.
i would have preferred to have the idol fan thing out and make them like neighbors or something and not have the female be obsessive with the male lead, especially in the fan idol sense.

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Simple rom-com

I really liked the comedic style of this show, with our male lead being a Ken-like character and all. The part where the leads get to know each other is fun but other than that this gets boring. I think they should have extended the part where they get try to start dating by making the fl a bit more reluctant to date a student's guardian. A lot of kdramas do this, give one of the leads some issue which makes them meet the other lead/or a breakup in the middle of the series but it does not affect the way they act. Bom was hurt enough to cut off her family and was very cold in the beginning but she changed quickly, like that allegation didn't affect her at all.

All the side plots were boring af, I hate when they focus on the rest of the ppl especially in these small town shows. It makes sense to focus on other characters but its always the same thing. The story between Han Gyul and Sejin was realistic but still annoying. I had to skip so much these two plot points

The poster and Miyeon's ost is good

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its just there

felt really anti-climate/not satisfying. they actually didn't need to split this at all but i digress.
idk if its the way i consumed it but this was a chore to watch. the biggest mistake that happened was making us not care abt the contestants in the end. all the ppl that the audience grew an attachment/knew something were dead before the finale. by the last game we had a bunch of ppl who we don't even remember the names. even though they introduced new games it didn't bring anything much to the show. i can't even sympathize with our main character. i like the concept of how the game was ended/destroyed but it didn't feel satisfying with the amount of deaths. well what can i say, end of a franchise

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