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I agree. Madame Dun was disappointing. Mario and Ploy together sound good on paper but unfortunately, they didn't do a good job of developing their relationship there. They barely had romantic scenes, but luckily, Karat Ruk is nothing like that. And all the episodes are out now. It's only 15 episodes instead of 20.

I definitely felt your frustration. At one point I was hoping she would marry Ye Lu Ming already just so the drama could end. Hands down one of the most frustrating female leads I've seen in a noona romance. And I agree that Yuan Song deserved better.

If you want to watch another good noona romance, I would recommend Karat Ruk with James and Anne. It was surprisingly very good.

My only gripe is the Mark and Venice pairing which just felt random to me. It’s like Mark said I might as well get with Venice since I can’t have Karat.

Glad to see Chakrit and Nita get their karma though.

I’m just really surprised by how much I loved this. Who would have known that James and Anne would have this much chemistry? When I first saw this lakorn announced, I was skeptical because this seemed like a random pairing. As much as I love James, Anne is a veteran actress so I was worried he wouldn’t be able to keep up with her. But I was worried for no reason. I was blown away by the chemistry he had with Anne. I haven’t seen him have this much chemistry with another actress since Bella. I also loved Karat and Ai. Their relationship felt real. The number of times I caught myself grinning from ear to ear was ridiculous, but they were just that cute together. I always had a warm feeling when watching them, and by the end of it, I was left wanting more.

I think that's what I loved about this lakorn the most. It felt like I was really watching two people genuinely fall in love. It was great!

This was definitely entertaining for all the drama, but for me, the best thing about this was Got. I just think he shined here and proved why he should be taking on leading roles. I also thought he and Nune had a lot of chemistry.

Though I knew this was going to end in tragedy, I shed more tears than I expected. My heart broke for Young Shim. To finally find a man who loves you only to have him die a few months later is just very tragic. I felt so bad and angry for her because of the treatment she received from her husband and in-laws. They used and abused her and treated her like a live-in maid rather than a family member. It was hard watching her husband openly cheat on her and neglect her. At one point, he literally tells her that the woman he’s in love with is his soulmate. Then you have her annoying sister-in-law and mother-in-law who were horrible. All they did was say nasty negative things to her and her husband never helped her. It annoyed me even more when they would say terrible things about her in front of her children. Though the father-in-law was kind to Young Shim, and I appreciated how he handled everything when it came out that Young Shim wanted to leave, I still wished he would have stuck up for her more. He clearly had a lot of authority in their home, and I felt he should have laid down the law sooner.

I could totally understand why Young Shim fell in love with Jung Woo because it was her first time connecting with another man outside of her husband. She had been couped up in that house for so long that she didn’t get the chance to see that there were other men besides her husband. And though Jung Woo initially is using her to get back at his ex-girlfriend, it was clear that he saw her and realized what a good person she was. It’s a shame that it took Jung Woo appreciating and seeing the beauty in Young Shim for her husband to finally notice her despite the fact they had been married for several years with two children. I didn’t feel bad for him at all and was really happy that Young Shim chose Jung Woo over him. Even if their love only lasted a few months, at least she knew what it felt like to be in love with someone who loved her back just as much and didn’t need ten plus years to see her worth. On the other hand though, I wished she didn’t have to go through so much pain while being with Jung Woo because of his illness. I really wish they would have had more time together to be happy.

The pure joy I felt when Karat beat Nita's ass.

I was skeptical at first, but now I totally see why James was chosen to be paired with Anne. Their chemistry together is great! They are really selling this relationship between Karat and Ai.

I haven't watched it yet, so I'm not sure. If I do watch it sometime soon, I'll let you know.

This starts off really good but goes downhill in the second half. Ultimately, I think the biggest problem is that this drama doesn’t know who its male lead is. Clearly, it’s supposed to be Yuan Song, but not only does Ye Lu Ming have more scenes with the female lead, he has more scenes in the drama period. No second male lead should ever get the amount of screen time he got, and though I thought he was hilarious, the writing gave him too much and Yuan Song very little, which leads to my next big issue. Fan Xing and Yuan Song’s relationship relies too heavily on the noona romance trope and has absolutely nothing else. The office romance set up is barely utilized well and it really shows in the second half where barely any interesting scenes happen between them despite the fact that they still work together. Once they break up, the writers don’t know what to do with them and instead we have to watch Ye Lu Ming practically bully Fan Xing down the aisle. By episode thirty, I was so over it that I could care less whether Fan Xing and Yuan Song got back together, which was a shame because I really liked them together in the beginning, but their relationship just didn’t have enough meat. Everything happens between them so fast, and their relationship didn’t have much beyond ‘we’re both attractive and single, so let’s date’. It was hard for me to believe they were so hung up on each other, and though they were together for three months, it barely felt like that.

Find Yourself isn’t all bad, and there are a lot of enjoyable things. The secondary characters were really good, and I had a great time with the Can Yang and Min Min couple. They were very cute together and had a lot of chemistry. Fan Xing’s friends have interesting story lines, and I liked her parents. Despite my complaints about Ye Lu Ming’s screen time, he was actually very hilarious and when you coupled him up with his niece, they were a comedy duo. And in the beginning, I really did enjoy Fan Xing and Yuan Song’s relationship. They were very cute together and had a lot of cute scenes. It’s just that the breakup is dragged out, and they literally don’t reconcile until the last few episodes. Though I understood why Fan Xing was hesitant with Yuan Song, it was tiresome watching her be so passive as other people dictated her life choices. She practically sabotages her relationship with Yuan Song, gets in a relationship with Ye Lu Ming, and mopes the entire second half of the drama about it. It took her a very long time to choose her own happiness. On one hand, I get it. Women have social rules and pressure that tells them they have to be married by a certain age and that dating men younger than them isn’t socially acceptable. This isn’t anything new to the noona genre. But because this drama has 41 episodes, I was just tired of it.

The best thing about this lakorn is the chemistry between Aff and Tor. They really sold their scenes together, and I enjoyed their romance. Tor once again proves that he is light years ahead of his peers in acting. He was great in all of his scenes, and this lakorn definitely needed an actor who could deliver emotion. As for the story, it's okay. The idea is interesting but everything is set up in a very obvious way that that the mystery fails to be thrilling. You can see certain things from a mile away. But overall it was enjoyable for the romance, and I didn't mind the ending.

This was unexpectedly good. I didn't think I would enjoy this as much as I did. I was moved by the leads' stories, and how it was realistically portrayed. I especially like how grey the characters were. Sometimes, everything isn't black and white, and characters don't just have to be good or bad. Because of that, it allowed this drama to have some refreshing honest scenes about love and marriage that you usually don't get in stories about infidelity and divorce. I even liked the ending despite it not being expected.

Rewatching this again, and I didn't remember how much I hated Yi Lei's mom. She was horrible, and I could not believe she treated Yi Lei that horribly for something out of his control as if Yi Lei had not been betrayed by the woman he loved and also his father who ran off with his girlfriend. If anything, Yi Lei lost the most from it, but she blamed her son as if he told his father to steal his girlfriend. Which by the way, the father had some nerve appearing when he was on his deathbed to get forgiveness from his children and ex-wife. I hate that theme of forgiving people no matter what they do. The father did something despicable. It's one thing to leave your wife; it's another thing entirely to leave your wife for your son's girlfriend. If I were Yi Lei, there would be no forgiveness for my father or mother.

I'm surprised by how much I loved this, and now I'm looking forward to new additions to the Kingdom universe. Both ladies were excellent in their roles. Hopefully, if this does get a season three, we'll see Ashin again.

I wouldn't call the ending sad, but it's definitely not a traditional happy ending.

Love the version with Mike and Pooklook. Hopefully, this can be just as good, and they don't water it down.

Thank you! I'm going to check it out :)

Rose and Nat were honestly the best thing about this. I loved their pairing even more than the main couple, and that's saying something because I usually don't care for secondary couples at all. It's not that Matt and Toon were a bad couple. I just felt like something was missing. I think it had something to do with the fact that Toon spends most of her time obsessed with Nat, and even when it becomes clear that she likes Matt, that time is wasted with her not revealing her feelings. Some people below were saying they thought it was because too much time was spent on the secondary characters, but I think there is an ample amount of time given to Matt and Toon, but the writers waste that time, especially in the second half.

I did not care for Pimmy and Sean, and I pretty much skipped through most of their storyline. I also didn't think the zoo kidnapping plotline was necessary. The second half of this really starts to drag, and I was quite bored. But besides that, it's not bad. It's just that unfortunately I never really felt too much for the main couple, and I only really cared about Rose and Nat's pairing. Also, I thought Rose's character stole the show here. She was badass, bitchy, but also relatable.

It's nice to finally see Got in leading roles! He always stood out to me even when he was just a supporting actor.