KKC

don’t waste your time. watch literally anything else.

if this series resonates with you because you where any of the multitudes of trauma levied on the MC, good for you, don’t let this review take away from that.

Now as a survivor myself of not the most ideal home situation and sexual assault i can say the only thing this series gave in terms of value is not making all the rapists random strangers. it’s his ex, his stepdad, and his boss, all of which happen very often in reality and it’s great that people can be more wary of who and what to look for.. BUT everything else about the way he navigates trauma? very… sanitized… very “movie trope-y” if you get what i mean. everyone reacts to trauma different, but his reactions don’t even make sense for whatever had just happened to him not even a scene before we see his reactions. oh, i got assaulted in a parking lot after work? let me walk at night all alone by myself after work… not even the next day

anyone who rates this torture porn that’s held together by terrible character writing and plot higher than a 3 star should go to hell… i came for steamy scenes, got through 7 or so episodes of ooorly written trauma, and left because it all should’ve been over when the third rapey villain was defeated

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The acting and chemistry saved this for me...

I see a lot of reviews that agree but the chemistry between the whole cast and the acting where so phenominal! I was hooked! BUT I had to skip the last three episodes before the finale... the arcs are so repetitive and thats because the conlfict is always the same. It's like no one has any critical thinking skills and just believe whatever lies or conspiracies that the evil guys cook up... It got real irritating that Susu,,, after thousands of years with this man atp... could not conjure up even a little bit of faith in Jin Tantai to investigate the claims of the lord of monsters.... His clan members too! it makes no sense if you want me to think she's a cunning heroine and these are the heroes that the world relies on...

Edit: ALSO WHY CAN'T WE HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS??? I get that it was bittersweet, but after all those betrayals and false accusations, I wanted Jin Tantai to at least fulfull his dream of growing old w Susu and some kids.

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Seriously?

As someone who had nothing but praise to say about the first series, this was a major disappointment. The only saving grace were the acting cast's chemistry (both romantically and platonically), otherwise I would have rated much lower. The story is such a downgrade, I think the writers overestimated how much unnecessary slow burn an audience can take. We left off the previous series on such good terms and you're telling me I had to wait another 21 episodes just for a kiss? I felt like in season 1 (or series 1) every conflict and every hurdle the couple faced felt more intentional and actually moved the plot along... This season felt like "well we can't let the audience have their happy couple yet, otherwise why would they keep watching? lets just make the more one dimension and have them kidnap or assault Mu Dan every time they get closer, so we can reset to them being distant for some reason or another." In season 1 the slow burn relationship was part of the plot and in season two the plot was the slow burn... It made watching the political scene kind of suck too, because I knew Liu-Butt-Face, General Whos-It and Prince-A-Hole were going to recycle the same kind of plans: separate Mu Dan from Jiang Chang, ruin Jiang Chang's reputation. no variety, no flavour.

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I really didn't want to dock any points, but this had to be said.

Honestly I love this series. I found the prologue by accident (which I didn't hate but it left me feeling very unfulfilled and empty) and mistakenly thought this series was about the secondary couple. I was actually really enjoying both couples, especially in the beginning before the relationship happened because the tension was great and you can really tell the actors are good at their job!

So yeah, cute couples, amazing story, even better acting .... HOWEVER, the one spot the acting failed is convincing me these people (the main couple, not the secondary one.. they had hella chemistry and you can tell others think so too from the reviews) actually like each other and aren't just playing a role. The hugs are stiff and all in the same awkward pose (the love interest doesn't even lean his head on his supposeed boyfriend's shoulders while they hug... is that even natural???), the kisses have absolutely no emotion-- like I'm not asking them to make out( I'm used to more closed lipped kisses in series like this where the NC or intimacy isn't the focus, especially KBLs) but in one scene I can even tell bro does NOT want to be kissing his coworker... how does that make sense? I've seen hella bad chemistry before but this is the first time when I could 100% accurately say that tell two actors did not want to be kissing in a particular scene. crazy. It but a weird taste in my mouth for the rest of the intimacy scenes. Especially the last episode? Wtf it's like yall don't even want to hold hands it's so awkward

So yeah, if you came for heart fluttering kiss scenes and stuff, this might not be it for you, but the romance is still tolerable and the story is still amazing! I won't be rewatching personally, but you should give it a chance idk maybe

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I'm shocked that this is so highly rated...

Y'all... are we watching the same series? I can forgive the horrible nonconsensual start to the relationship for the sake of fictional stories don't have to depict the most healthy relationships... but everything else that comes after a drunken affair makes 0 sense to me. First of all, Ploy and Vee both cheat for the first time on the same night, right? Fine, they both keep it a secret from each other. Makes perfect sense. They both continue to cheat on each other emotionally and/or physically for *2 months*. Fine. What the loving hell is Mark doing???? His whole moral code seems to point directly opposite of being the other man/supporting cheaters to the point where he gives up on his crush because his crush started dating someone. Now why the hell would he not immediately tell Vee when he sees Ploy literally behind them on the streets? Or why did he take a video in the hallway and not show Vee when he is literally asking for proof after buying perfume? Most crazy of all, why would he let Vee stay in his house for almost a whole week while Vee continues to talk otp to his GF and lie about where he is... Why did Vee not break up with her before the exams? None of these actions make any sense to me. Mark has no self-respect, despite being built up to be a very proud character. Vee supposedly always loved Mark yet he's the worst written character ever. And Ploy is the only one who makes sense because unlike the other two she doesn't know shit about them cheating on her.

TL;DR I feel like not enough thought was placed in the motivation behind any character actions in this series.

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Yes, everything YES

Please watch this. It's such a mature and respectful representation of being in a relationship with a hearing disability. The non-hearing characters weren't played for laughs or downplayed... Plus... the romance makes everything in my body flutter omg when the MC picks up his lover I nearly fainted...

I think the best moment was when we got the flashback of Yun Jin saving his friend... Even if they grew up together, of course there are times when even close friends/family of disabled persons will lash out in frustration in heats of the moment. While her words were harmful, the actress did a good job conveying that while she meant some of her words in some ways she was just deeply traumatized and resentful in that moment and you can tell from her present actions and words that she deeply regrets that moment as well..

The family scene in the hospital too... I won't say much about it because nothing else needs to be said... Such a punch in the gut but so real.

While my ability isn't as difficult as the main character (I can hear pretty well despite a little hearing loss in one ear), I really resonated with this drama. the whole cast chemistry is unmatched and the story is so well told and paced. I would count myself as a BL watcher who will skip over scenes that drag too long or are unnecessary so I can get to the good stuff that pushes the plot... safe to say I did not skip even a single moment in this drama. Everything was done so well, I want to cry honestly.

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Oh wow... Jaw on the floor

I came here for the spicy romance between all the couples... the intriuging almost soap opera-y ABO elements kept me hooked... and then episode 9 happened. When I tell you I never felt my jaw actually physically drop so far before.... I literally had to pause on the twist so I could write this because I am in shock. TBH, can
t wait to binge the rest until 4 am.... I just want to say, I KNEW he was weird! He kept telling Babe such weird manipulative shit and then actually believing that his disgusting, selfish obsession is somehow a good innocent love... F male best friends like this.

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I can't stop laughing, and you're definitely meant not to laugh

I just started this series, I'm only on episode 3. I saw all the reviews that criticize this for being a terrible soap opera and that's exactly what I needed. From the undeserved romance to bad acting to the terrible shooting scenes, please get drunk or high and watch this, it's so perfect for shutting your brain off. It also doesn't hurt that the MLs are hot asf, make a very cute couple

EDIT: Please, it gets more and mroe ridiculous. My favorite thing has to still be the terrible gun "shooting" CGI, never gets old. The ending doesn't even make any sense, it's golden

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