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the characters aren't developed enough for the romance

to me this series was very weak and surface level. it felt like something that was thrown in last minute for jane and kao to act together.
both of our main characters are one dimensional and don't have much depth to them, so the cute stuff doesn't hit for me. at one point the they both ask each other why/what they love abt each other and both of them don't give solid answers, that itself shows how much the writers didn't develop the characters. Aokbab has this trauma with mind but it doesn't seem to affect her relationship with rin at all. won't someone who was betrayed in that way be wary of entering into a relationship with someone from the same field? they could have had depth there but instead we played a will she or won't she game for few episodes.
also rin being this highly demand designer without working in any company was ridiculous and to add to that we never see much depth abt her work and passion. like both of our leads are great architects but we never seem to connect them with it. Aokbab also gave into all of rin's demands so early on....like give it some time, make her like rin and then show us her doing everything to please her. i never understood at what point aokbab starts to like rin.
a good amount of this show is rin and aokbab being the cutest couple but that really doesn't mean anything without a solid story.

jane and kao were great and their chemistry was amazing but that's a given. hoping to see them in more solid works in the future.

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a good combo of cooking, romance and comedy

i love watching stuff abt cooking so i started this and i was kind of surprised.
at first i was not sure abt comedy but it worked well given how absurd our lead's situation was. the cooking parts were so mouthwatering and had a nice addition of giving us more knowledge.
the romance was also nice, they both fell in love at a good pace and his loserism was cute. all their convos and interactions were cute
the political things were a not needed imo, and the king being inspired from an actual king who was ten times worse was icky. couldn't they just make up some history and make up some king.

the ending lost me, ik ppl did not want another ktrauma but i lowkey wished for the angst. and they didn't even execute the ending well, how did he come to the future, how did he adapt so well, what was he doing all those months, why does he have all the memory and the rest of the cooks don't remember.

yoona and chaemin were great, they had nice chemistry and handled the comedy well. both of them brought their own charms

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Something GMMTV should try every year

I was only going to watch this for janjingjing but ended up watching the whole thing. GMMTV should really do stuff like this every year, adds some variety to their roster beyond the usual fixed pair series. I liked all the pairs and combos that we got that we got. Also really like how all the stories are connected by the theme of using rituals/beliefs to find love.
That being said they could have really given us one fully gl slot, no leemahi+na don't really count. We had 2 bls, the least they could do was give one gl.

-'Hi my luck' and 'hello is this luck' were the best stories. So cute and layered, especially hello my luck with Na's story. I really liked all the couples too.
-Noticing Parn was the only good thing from 'not my father', will be looking for her other series
-Diva Deva Mata was a bore to me, not my kind of humour
-Fist foot fusion tried, should have been a primpiploy gl
- love lock and love me if u swear were boring to me too

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vibes and feels: 100%, plot not so much

the japanese remake of the famous korean series. i haven't watched the Korean one but i know most of the plot and expected many of the things that happened in this series.
I could not get what they were trying to communicate at some serious moments. It could be the language barrier or the formal style that they speak but i felt disconnected from what they were trying to convey.
ren, out male lead was too much of a mysterious broody guy for most of the show. we couldn't get anything out from him. we do get his vulnerable side and the reasoning for why he is so closed off but that just felt like the focus shifted from ren-mui to ren-chiaki
our female lead mui was too timid and kinda got pushed around easily. I hate the falling at first sight love so her doing exactly that after being heartbroken was off putting.
the side couples has better development and endings. saki and megu are cuties
the aesthetics and vibes were a 100% perfect. the photos in the middle, the art, the music playing behind were all so good

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a realistic cinderella story with a bit of fairytale

honestly this drama is so up my alley i will eat it up every time. i always like it when the male lead is a bit more clingier than the female lead. and they did it so well here. moon sang-min is made for roles like this.
they made the rich guy poor girl trope as realistic as possible, with a unique twist of the girl actually taking the money. it was refreshing to see something different. there isn't much plot after that, just fluff.
the female lead was a good character with a great backstory. her journey with her struggles from her childhood and how it shaped her to be the logical and caring adult she is. the plot line with her brother was also done well.
i did not like the mother but they truly did give her a good character arc with it being as realistic as possible while also having a fairytale ending.
i did not like the brother and his wife's relationship. it felt a bit forced for me. the brother was supposed to the comedic relief so that affected the romance for me. still they were cute.
THE OSTS OF THE DRAMA???? so good!! it fit the vibes so well and are generally good songs, they are on repeat in my playlists.
definitely enjoyed this one, so if u are someone who wants a quick series to swoon over, this is it.

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a show so badly made

A big rant. You have been warned

I have not seen any other versions of this show but this version makes the story look bad from all sides. People say that straight shows don't get viewers but how can het show gain viewers if they are made so badly?
From the beginning, we can see that there was a low budget for this show. The writers have done a very bad job. The story seems like something u get after a storywriting competition in high school.
The characters were so under-developed. It seems as if they heard a one line summary of the other versions and made a story based off that one line within 15 mins. Som and Chadjen are very one-dimensional characters. Chadjen was not even a big presence in the first half of the show. I never felt that Som was romantically interested in Chad, it felt like a younger sister annoying her brother. Chad was just a quiet guy with daddy/mommy issues. Since he is so absent in the first half, everything related to him in the latter just felt fake. Why do Som and Chad like each other? We never know.
The team was also weak in keeping the story consistent. Som was never shown to be an artist or even draw for fun but suddenly after failing her medical interest she suddenly finds out that she is passionate about art?? They don't even show her doing much art or even being passionate about it. Chadjen being a swimmer too is a weird plot point. Like wdym he is a good swimmer, so good he beats Tao but we never hear of it again???? New's dream being a video game developer too, like he never mentioned it any time during the highschool or college days but suddenly after he gets a job his life long passion is developing a game? They didn't even imply he had a passion for any subject let alone this. Also, we hear nothing about this after the proposal
The romantic aspect was weak. Chadjen was shown as uninterested in everything. His only goal is to be a doctor and its made very clear. But then Som and Chad start dating after one conversation? That too one where they don't really say anything about their feeling? Their dating era too felt weak. They dated for a year but what did they do during that time? How do they hand out? The show just made them move in together-wrote after one year- suddenly they are having issues????????does the team not know how to portray a story? Som being so surprised that Chad is so busy also seems weak to me cause he studying to be a doctor, everyone knows how time consuming it is. Plus Chadjen wasn't that active in her life before, what difference does it make now?
The parents especially the dad was annoying. Many people were touched by the dad's anger in that one episode but i didn't like him at all. They didn't show the parents much and every time they showed the dad he was so overprotective and so obsessed with som's dating life and sex life. If they had shown times when they spend time doing something other than eating it would have worked.
New and Khao's story wasn't anything to be praised. Their proposal was cute though.
Tao seems be the only developed character here. He has a genuine interest in som and tries to be a part of her life and has passions and pains of his own.
The set, THAT WIG, story, outfit........everything was so low effort.

now about the acting..........
i first saw dew and prim in f4 and they both have a good performance there. Since then i have seen many of their other shows and i think dew is getting progressively worse. It does not help that most of his works has one dimensional characters. If i were to rank his performance it would be f4>homeschool>faceless love>this. He was so good in f4, but then there Ren was such a deep character with multiple sides and was surrounded by other deep characters. Here he is alone with a plain character. I hope he tires to get better shows and work better. Prim was good in enigma, her som is a plain character who is annoying so there isn't much to redeem the character.
Anyway this was a torture to watch, glad its over

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This show started with a good concept and mostly did it well. An ex-mobster and a children's content creator falling in love is a good idea. It was enjoyable. The rom-com was rom-com-ing. The only issue i had was it had a bit too much of comedy instead of romance but i think it's common in korean rom coms. After the couple gets together they either stick with more comedy into them or completely remove the comedy. Here, they continued with the comedy for a while and didn't build the romance until the last few episodes (at least for me). They really dragged the childhood friend plot and the ex-gang plot for too long that their reveals/endings were boring. The last few episodes were kind of boring. With all that said this was still nice.
I really liked the Prosecutor too. He was a good addition to the story and made it more wholesome. Minho and ll-young were also a great side couple. I would watch a whole mini-series of just them. The actor who played ll-young kinda stole the spotlight every time he was on the screen.
I also love that they tried something new with Eunha being a youtuber. It gave her a uniqueness. I liked the little 'like, share and subscribe' they did every episode with the cast.
This was a drama with a great starting which kind of fizzled out in the end

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A good ensemble show

HR violations left and right yet so enjoyable
i really REALLY enjoyed this show from the beginning till episode 9 or something
a really well developed show with almost all of its characters having a proper character arc and growth
many people were disappointed with the show not being focused on the pair but i liked the way this show was. its more of an ensemble cast show rather than a bl
the team has taken a lot of care to show this story. the sets felt real, the characters had depth and continuity
one of the flaws in the writing was the whole judy-bamhee plot, it felt like someone who hated judy got into the writers room. the tae-bamhee ending was also a bit meh, they would have been better off as friends.
they should have also tried to add the jane & ryan stories consistently in all the episodes cause during the whole judy-bamhee-tae episodes there was barely anything about them and in the last few episodes we had a lot of new things pushed in
otherwise this was a good show with many well executed themes of finding yourself, working, being an adult, making mistakes in the workplace, finding your worth, women in the workplace, self-esteem, communication etc etc
i wish gmmtv makes more series like this with this effort instead of cheap remakes

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Predictable

It was very predictable.
Seola was kind of a shallow character. They made her look almost cartoonishly evil in the first few episodes and then showed us her traumatic backstory only to end episodes in cliffhangers where she looks evil again (this got boring real quick). It does not feel like she has anything to her other than her trauma. They didn't give her past relationships a solid story too, did she love her last fiancé? Why was he this cheater if he was concerned for her?
The investigation part of this could have been interesting but the police were incompetent and biased for no reason. Why is an outsider giving you all the evidence you need? It was like they had an hatred for Seola way before they met her.
Guessing the killer was so easy. Make our victim a person who has like 3 people close to her and make 2 of them the bad guys in her life, are we surprised?
Kind of expected more but meh

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just a typical office romance but so well made it could be one of the best in its category.

I enjoyed every second of this. Joo Ina was such a fun boss. She was strict yet animated, it was intriguing. She was in a position of power but wasn't cold or closed off like how most shows portray these kind of characters. Ki-jun matched her energy well. He was upset at his change in role but never undermined her abilities.
Each episodes focusing on different cases were also so fun. Team 3 was also developed well, I cared about all of them.
Their romance was so good too. Ki-jun was very open about his feelings and wanted to pursue them. The conversations about marriage and life were also a good addition, I love how they ended the show.
The role reversal from the usual dramas was a nice feature of this show. Joo Ina being kind of reserved with her feelings and very intense while Kijun was open and bubbly, her being the one to take care of any professional (and emotional) problems that arises for him etc was so fun to watch.

My only problem with this show is the whole VP drama. We already have a built in conflict for this show i.e Joo Ina dating Kijun, there was no need for the VP to be the ex with feelings AND have him be in a competition with his brother. These plots were done badly, they just went to the cliched trope of a jealous second female lead. I liked A Jeong for the most part, she seemed fun and her interactions with Kijun were nice but then she decides to hurt everyone because her boss still loves Ina. Like literally wtf, what would she gain by exposing their past? She won't get any of the men, Joo Ina is a strong woman she will recover from it, A Jeong will lose her job so none of it will ever work in her favour. She just turned into an angry woman and that was it. Completely unnecessary. This would have been a 10/10 show without that plot. They could have used that time to show us their dating era before the office turned into shambles. Their hidden dating era was so fun.

All the details of this show were so cute. The intro, the episodes being named after kpop songs, them using magazines called 'filing for love', doyoung singing the ost

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gave nothing

such a waste of time and a star studded cast.
i was interested in this because of 12 zodiac/animal thing, i thought that characters will have skills/powers/habits similar to that habit but turns out they only have those powers for 1 episode. and the rest don't match the characteristics except for having a chubby guy play the pig.
almost nothing happens in all the episodes. all their backstory and present could have been done in one episode but very unnecessary things are added. i would even go far to say that the first few episodes are purely for the ads.
even the final battle doesn't even make sense. they left something for a s2 even then its nothing

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This show really didn't know what it wanted to be

In the beginning it was some magical show where our characters tried to find missing artifacts, then it was about a cult then some past story/life, multiverse, some horsemen and eventually just descended to madness.

The first half of the show with all the guest stars and finding the artifact that they stole was fun. But after that it went downhill. Its like the team ran out of actors to hire so they added some backstories in the last minute.

Literally who is Dome? He came into someone's body and then Kantha tried to keep him around cause he is an incarnation of Chan but then how does he have all this power? Who tf is 'the one'???
So much God and devil convo in the last few episodes and sometimes they will thrown in some christian reference and then say something unrelated. Just some vague lines in the end about choices and what not. They even tried to make the whole museum gang appear like a family but we barely knew shit about them so I couldn't care less about them.

I will the one to say it but it feels like Gun is always playing the same type of character in all his series. He is the damsel in distress, never aware of anything and doesn't know anything and has to follow someone around. Its getting boring atp. His acting is fine but its just the same material over and over.

The vague ass ending seems to be speciality of gmmtv. So far all the non-romance shows I have seen from them has this out of character ending which seems to be a setup for season 2 but they never make one.

The one star is for all the cameos and the half star is for my girl tu

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