Considering the way it is filmed and the time they really have together, 8 days are too short to expect them to have real time to try to know each other a little and be able to discover who are really compatible with who. Of course it's possible to quickly have physical, emotional or intellectual attraction (or rejection), with just one date, but to expect a real relationship to come out of the show, the duration seems too short for me. Just like Chang Min and Jeong Hyun who didn't last long (if they ever really dated after it). I still enjoy watching it.
Still 8 days, so really nothing "real" to expect from this show. Too bad, I thought they would improved the concept a little bit more to make it more serious.
I love it so far. It's not just okay it's really good. Haven't read the original work so I'm not biased by that. And I look forward to more after each episode ended so that's a good sign for me. Both actors are great and the mature story is interesting too. I'm kinda bored by all the high schoolers stories. I like that through the flashbacks we already know that Kazuma and Ren have an heavy history together from the past but it is still being revealed bit by bit. And their teenagers parts are well played too. It doesn't look like the simple-minded and usual "rosy fluffy" BL.
I thought it might be original considering the story, but in the end all the characters are totally clichés, nothing original. The rich girl is mean but she have to look pitiful because she has family issue, the poor girl who keeps making mistakes being too naive, etc. A little bit disappointing.
Well, I kept watching after episode one only for Kondo Shori (a nice suprise as he is a very good actor), because Yutaro is really the worst partner possible for a BL couple for me, but this is so boring, even the glimpses of Kondo Shori naked meals can't make me find anything good anymore unfortunately.
After the presentation by Netflix, the scenario seems a little too conventional: childhood friends with different social status, a noble and a servant, with inevitably the servant who becomes a hero and the noble who is on the side of the “bad guys”... We have seen more original stories.
Well, after the last two episodes, I still feel the same about this sageuk. Not very disappointed because I didn't have high expectations from the start. It's not a disaster, it has good points, and all the cast is good or at least okay for me. And I have watched far worse sageuk honestly. But because they tried to mix everything together, it cannot be very good for me. They should have stick to either a full comedic sageuk or a true revange story, but not mix evetything with a romance and nowadays considerations. If not for Woo Do Hwan, I would have probably skipped this one. I think I'll re-re-watch "My Country" now, because even if Woo Do Hwan was good as Kang Han Soo, it cannot compared to level of perfection of his role as Nam Sun Ho in this wonderful sageuk.
All the cast is wonderful, and the production of the drama is very good too. However, as a sageuk, it falls in the category of the "bad" ones for me, and for one simple reason: it mixes everything and in the end it's a mess. It's a real disease for sageuk dramas since a few years. I don't know if it's because they believe the audience likes that, or if the audience really want that in Korea, but for me, it's always a big fail. It started as a fun comedic one, actually interesting, and it became a tragedy. And the trailer for the next episodes don't give another feeling that this will end sadly, which I wouldn't mind if it was the general mood and genre from the beginning. I love Woo Do Hwan, he is one of my favourites actors and he is really great in this one too, but the drama itself is very disappointing. Even more if it's compared with "My Kingdom" which is a masterpiece. It could have been a great comedic sageuk, or a great tragic romance sageuk, but by mixing everything it totally lost his appeal for me. And the King behaviour, in particular, doesn't make any sense in the end. I don't understand what they want to do with the character, because he doesn't look like a good ruler toward whom people will turn, and he doesn't seem to get away from the power and influence of the Left State Minister or the Queen Dowager. I'm still looking forward to the last two episodes to see how it will end, but whatever happens, it will unfortunately not be a sageuk I will really remember happily.
People who don't understand or don't like the grand guignol theatrical genre shouldn't watch this movie, because of course they will not like it. But this movie is quite good as a grand guignol one.
Well, if taken not seriously and realistically, the story and the characters are quite fun. It's a light rom/com that don't take things too seriously, that's nice once in a while.
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If not for Woo Do Hwan, I would have probably skipped this one.
I think I'll re-re-watch "My Country" now, because even if Woo Do Hwan was good as Kang Han Soo, it cannot compared to level of perfection of his role as Nam Sun Ho in this wonderful sageuk.
It's a real disease for sageuk dramas since a few years. I don't know if it's because they believe the audience likes that, or if the audience really want that in Korea, but for me, it's always a big fail. It started as a fun comedic one, actually interesting, and it became a tragedy. And the trailer for the next episodes don't give another feeling that this will end sadly, which I wouldn't mind if it was the general mood and genre from the beginning. I love Woo Do Hwan, he is one of my favourites actors and he is really great in this one too, but the drama itself is very disappointing. Even more if it's compared with "My Kingdom" which is a masterpiece.
It could have been a great comedic sageuk, or a great tragic romance sageuk, but by mixing everything it totally lost his appeal for me. And the King behaviour, in particular, doesn't make any sense in the end. I don't understand what they want to do with the character, because he doesn't look like a good ruler toward whom people will turn, and he doesn't seem to get away from the power and influence of the Left State Minister or the Queen Dowager.
I'm still looking forward to the last two episodes to see how it will end, but whatever happens, it will unfortunately not be a sageuk I will really remember happily.