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Over acting Overloaded
everyone is Highover acting level just sky rocketed
Story of childhood creepy girl turn Celeb
Since when ML started to like that annoying girl who caused his first love end,
SML is shown as crazy but he is just playing regular overbearing CEO most of celeb Cinderella's fall for
CEO and A celebrity couple,
but this FL is no Cinderella she earn her living herself so she doesn't act like gold digger Cinderella
she has her own love and her own choice whom she love,
SML might look Wrong but that is normal for CEOs to do, In most of dramas this is how they get there love
But SML.. dude what is point of getting that annoying girl ? you can marry that girl forcefully but she neither respect nor love you
she know how low you stoop to get her, she will use your weakness as tool to control you manipulate you
SML was so pathetic, you should not beg for love
ML was over acting and was show narrow minded about her photo shot,
he is assistant director, this is how he act with his girlfriend but if its someone else that would be fine and he will lecture others about being professional
the way they show her photo shoot it was like all other actress who had nude scenes in movies like Song ji yeo, jeon do yeon and kang han na they all did that under pressure and in need of money not for creating something artistic, this drama insulted there own industry so well,
ML show hypocrisy when he said high praises about actors, who show there beautiful soul to viewers, but now when it come to his girlfriend showing some beauty he act like she sold herself as escort
ML should have chosen a profession that made him so much money, you need to have talent for profession to earn more, it not just choosing what can make you 2million easily
Investment banker, ACTOR, CRYPTO, startup,
ML overacting level can reach moon and beyond that
he is getting drunk by water in the morning that is an amazing talent no other actor poses in at least Korea
and all his love vanishes the moment she told him..... that you are damn poor that you cant even afford to buy a condom so get the hell out of my sight
FL before committing suicide said she did her best, but when did she did her best ? she was living her life selfishly just providing some money to her family recklessly without seeing how they destroying her hard earn money, her free money spoiled her mother to much
WOW shame on you ML,,, other director trusted FL more then him, what a shame love he has for her
ML is one of them who pushed her to her suicide decision, i know you want to blame SML but
TO FL what ML think matter once he refuse to believe her she decide to committed suicide so whole blame is on ML not anyone else
if he had believed her and comforted her she would have lived and problem would have been cleared, but he pushed her to her death so how i am supposed to root for him getting the girl at end he killed once
ML did not believe her when she desperately asked him to do,
but after killing her successfully he want to pretend like he believe her, i find ML more disgusting then creepy SML
first drama ever in which Both ML contributed to downfall of FL they both claim to love and drove her to her death
but she don't die and will come back and merry one of her killer and punish one
GREATEST STORY EVER 1/10 worthy of it....
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A Brilliant Premise Undone by Disappointing Performances
To My Beloved Thief started with immense promise. I was genuinely impressed by its premise, the story setup, and especially the casting. Moon Sang-min caught my attention immediately, and Nam Ji-hyun—a personal favorite of mine—was a major reason I tuned in. Up until episode 4, the drama was genuinely enjoyable. The storytelling felt engaging, the pacing was decent, and the chemistry between the leads was believable and natural.Then came the soul swap (or body swap—call it what you want), and everything slowly fell apart.
To be clear, I don’t think the concept itself was bad. In fact, the writers could have taken the story in a fun, emotionally rich direction. On paper, the idea still worked. But in execution, the drama completely failed—and the biggest reason was the acting, direction, and script handling after the swap.
Nam Ji-hyun’s performance was, frankly, shocking.
Once the souls are swapped, Nam Ji-hyun is supposed to portray the male lead’s soul inside her body, effectively becoming the male lead in a female body. However, she utterly fails to sell this transformation. There is no physicality, no change in speech, posture, or emotional rhythm that suggests a man inhabiting a woman’s body. Most of the time, she continues to act exactly like the female lead, making the entire soul-swap concept feel pointless.
It’s impossible not to compare this to Mr. Queen.
Shin Hye-sun’s legendary performance in Mr. Queen set the gold standard for this trope—a male soul convincingly living inside a female body. That drama became a massive commercial and cultural success, breaking records on tvN and Netflix. Shin Hye-sun didn’t just “act”; she transformed. Any drama attempting a similar concept will inevitably be compared to Mr. Queen, and unfortunately, To My Beloved Thief loses that comparison by an overwhelming margin—honestly, a 100-to-1 situation.
That said, the male lead doesn’t escape criticism either. Even after the soul swap, he continues to act like the same male prince as before, despite supposedly having a woman’s soul inside him. His behavior, reactions, and emotional choices don’t reflect the swap at all.
Several scenes make absolutely no sense:
Why does he hug Nam Ji-hyun first when he is now the female lead, who had already rejected him?
Why do the dialogues not reflect even the slightest confusion or internal conflict from the soul swap?
Why do both characters continue behaving exactly as they did before, as if nothing changed?
The result is deeply frustrating. The male lead still acts like the male lead, the female lead still acts like the female lead, and the soul swap becomes nothing more than a lazy plot gimmick. The performances feel mismatched, confused, and emotionally hollow.
What hurts the most is that this drama could have been great.
It had a fun, creative story. It had early momentum. It had chemistry. But all of it was ruined by weak acting choices, poor direction, and a script that failed to commit to its own concept. What should have been an entertaining and memorable drama instead turned into a disappointing mess.
In the end, To My Beloved Thief stands as an example of how even an incredible idea can be completely destroyed by pathetic execution and miserably mishandled performances.
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No BS drama
i like there story acting and how they directed iti just don't get how in ep5 FL suddenly become so blind about her bodyguard,
how she discriminated between two of her bodyguards, one is more important then other ?
until ep4 they were so professional about it, but suddenly in ep 5, CEO is enjoying sleeping in bodyguards bed and worried about Manshik out of nowhere ?
and now he got super hearing power too...
after ep 6 ML become worse,
they way they neglected other bodyguard and look down on him
ML become a cry baby and took his anger on Other bodyguard because he do not have guts to do that same to his master
ML then become too arrogant to even talk just because he received BJ from FL in there secret LAB
AFTER ep 5 it started getting downhill,
ML then show fake concern about his partner...?
he don't know if his partner was Worried about him but he know his madam would be worried to death for him ?
at end of ep 6 i see ML wait and wait until killer finishes his job to reach his partner who wasn't given super powers unlike him
that Man died for what ? just salary no BJ and nights talking with CEO, dude got nothing but died... while ML was waiting there standing without doing anything, his super hearing doesn't work at that moment
other bodyguard die and nobody cares, ML even try to make it look like his death help them find a mole so. his death was good for them
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It's fine for wife to have emotional affair but not husband
Same story same actressJang Na RA just did two drama with one Story and two edited scripts.
shameless way to make a money with this low acting talent and unwillingness to work honestly toward her career
It's okay to have emotional affair for wife
But it's a grave sin for having a physical affairs for Man.
husband cheating because he was alone in marriage while she spend all her time with in office with other Man
but at end same like her previous drama husband is always wrong and wife is always right
Fake Feminism at its peak
when Male lead and Female lead are affair couple then its beautiful love
The Hymen of death so beautiful affair
Secret love affair
Green chair
On The Way To The Airport (2016)
but if affair is between side characters its most horrible sin now
dude was in terrible marriage in which they were not even couples but separated already but she blame him for affair
even after raise his daughter alone he shouldn't get custody ?
why that innocent daughter has to live with a Inhuman mother ?
And even after raising that kid she choose to stay with a helicopter mother just because faminism.
No story after that just time wasting to make some pennies
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I like everything in this drama
I have given it 10/10 until ep4I like everything
And I like ML more
Can sympathize with FL too
Problem I feel
If you are going with a concept of sex toys then why shy away to go all they way ?
Like they only show few Questions of survey even in which mL doesn't give proper answer then they timelapse it...
I know they don't want it to become 18+ genre
But if they are using a topic like that then they should at least go to 17+,
Will mention things I want to be improved
FL being to forgiving (not publishing her husband affair)
Affair is shown in lighter tone, like having sex with neighbour woman isn't big deal.
Want ML to become more aggressive to protect FL
That bitch neighbour need a walk of SHAME
Her husband is an Idiot
Our FL is to soft of the world
FL should become modern not only in her thinking but in her actions too
Want to see some intimacy between FL&ML in next few episodes
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After 44 it become a disgusting 18+ show
first acting other that old man no one was able to act or director wanted them to over react in every scene,Main couple were disgusting mother and son
it was comdey but still relationship between step mother and son was disgusting
and they way they act innocent was more disgusting
i know it was fake marriage but they could have waited until that old man die
it was so disgusting to see them kiss
it would have been more fun if third son would find there fake marriage after 80-90 epsiode and then they begin there relationship adter clearing everything
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STAR is not born, but MADE by connections, NEPOTISM
Cutting lead character from Original Web toonBu-yong is cut from drama adoption
Her character was cut just to suppress LGBTQ represtation
Devloped nation with undeveloped society.
FL is ungrateful
Ill mannered
Arrogant because she can seduce another crossdressing Woman
and FL is shameless for denying she doesnt come because of connection when she knows she has become a sugar baby
FL is Sugar baby of Moon Ok Gyeong
everything those people say about her is true but then she is FL so
people who question Nepotism are evil idiots
people who question promoting someone by Connection then talent are evil people in this garbage show
i don't see any skill in FL in acting like person who can sing can act to ?
Just like all OLD idols forcing themselves to become actors 🙏🙏
she got in the troupe by her connection through Moon Ok Gyeong but shamelessly denies it
FL is person with NO Morals or respect for others
And is encouraged by her rich sugar Mama
doesn't have any respect toward her seniors or teacher
but she will get private teachinh from Moon Ok Gyeong.
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Story about an Immoral demon couple that should be Burn Alive Publicly
FL's father literally is incarnation of Satan himself,Old King Should have killed him when he stole his woman for good,
and he should have kept that woman has his slave or concubine, never promote her to level of a Queen
and i can't say his daughter is not evil herself, she got to know about how much two brother love and trust each other but she knowingly put some pressure on there relationship,
she fall in love with older brother in just few days, but she never once try to know younger one who was so straightforward and honest but she fall for one that doesn't even told her his real name... that just give a go head to all guys to device and seduce a girl with lies and dishonesty once she fall you can know take advantage of those feelings
then she walk together with younger one about to get married to him, she was going to marry him and almost got married but now she think older brother is better again
She daughter of a traitor most evil heartless animal, know she can never become wife of any of crown prince, but she still want to make two brothers fight for her, she is as evil as her father, her father justification for all evil thing he has done is LOVE
same as her, love doesn't justify evil crimes, a criminal is a criminal it doesn't save you if your in love,
FL should have cut ties with both Princes clearly because she is smart enough to know she cant marry any of two, but she can make them enemies if she continue living her life there
she is trying her best to make both brothers enemies and kill each other so she and her Evil father can rule together with that Old WITCH
i don't get how she did not try to kill her father when she is good at fighting, even after knowing that evil man killed her mother that just,
and that old hag pretending to be caring old witch, should get a walk of shame( game of thrones) just like cerci,
i find the adulteress couple do not have any capacity to feel anything near to love, you need to have heart, feelings empathy to feel love
selfish desire to have something, which is worthless is just a obsession not love, they are obsessed with fulfilling there long lost love,
they could have run away a long time ago if they only wanted each other,
trying to kill her own son and grandson is beyond my understanding how can she call herself human after that,
SML is angry boy but he is most honest person in this whole show,
he trust his older brother way more then he should,
SML did not wanted to take his brothers position at all, but his brother did not even think before taking the woman his younger brother was about to get married, old brother never once ask him how he feel about her because he is only focus on himself,
while SML always cared for his older brother, and Queen Mother love her step son more then her own son because she has Step mother complex in which she want to become best step mother,
FL never once told ML that SML has feelings for and he has confess those, she just playing with both to get the one survive while she prefer older one just because she was forced married to him. and then in few days she fall in love ?
the way ML is totally ignorant toward his younger brothers feeling shows he doesn't care for him genuinely but its just show
deep inside his heart he is step bother and he hasn't forgotten it.
ALL i want is ML head chopped off by his own brother at end for pretending to be DICK
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As a fan of the original Korean drama Suspicious Partner, I had high hopes for the Japanese remake Ayashii Partner. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a frustrating and joyless experience from start...The biggest problem is the complete lack of emotion or engagement. It’s as if every spark, nuance, and emotional depth from the Korean version was deliberately filtered out. What was once a rich, layered romance and legal thriller became a hollow shell — a lifeless re-enactment rather than a meaningful adaptation.
In condensing a 20-hour drama into just 10 episodes of around 24 minutes each, the show lost all the character development, emotional buildup, and narrative tension that made the original so compelling. The fast pacing doesn’t feel efficient — it feels rushed, careless, and empty. Scenes jump from one plot point to another without giving the audience a chance to breathe or connect.
The acting, too, is painfully dull. Both the male and female leads deliver performances that feel more like a rehearsal than an actual production. There’s no chemistry, no conviction — it’s as if they were reluctantly dragged into the drama and paid in leftover lunch boxes. If they’re not interested in their characters, how can the audience be?
It’s baffling why this adaptation was made at all. Rather than bringing a fresh perspective or cultural reinterpretation, it feels more like a checkbox project — something done for the sake of having a Japanese version, not because there was any genuine creative vision behind it.
To sum up: Ayashii Partner is an emotionally vacant, rushed adaptation that fails to capture even a fraction of what made the original beloved. If boredom were a category at the Nobel Prize, this drama might just win.
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Same drama same actress different ML
Now ML isn't ex lover COP but bodyguardSame story husband is bad so let's have an affair because FL can't live a single day with many support
Is it new trend of doing same drama same story with different ML while FL remain same
Kim Ha neul is in uncovered nothing and red swan same story other then red swan has better looking ML, Rain
Jang Na Ra also did two dramas with same story
#LETS MAKE TWO DRAMA FROM ONE SCRIPT with Same FL
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Something worth your Time
3stories3 Female leads
Slice of Life kind of drama with Melo
Positive slice of life in which
9.5/10
Rewatch value isn't high but you can watch it after few years.
Doesn't give anything out of limit
Doesn't have anything that look lacking
Everything Is balanced
Doesn't have too strong romantic chemistry between couples.
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I like it until i have watched it
i like this drama and given 9.5i must admit i don't feel any boredom during this 18 hours
Nice acting i believe everything about all those actors
but here i will only point out what i find odd or disliked
1. FL why she dying to help ML ? why she crying like that when she don't even know him properly
2. what kind of mother forgive her daughter killer like that ? Ji Soo mother is total fictional character here...
i know ML is innocent but how his mother in law trust him this much blindly when her own daughter has died, she is telling her son to forgive which mean she doesn't believe in ML innocence but still want to forgive her daughters killer
how she is showing so much mercy for son in law , while being totally ignorant and insensitive toward her daughter and granddaughter ?
i hated that evil granny for her inhuman act, ha ji mala tea soo yaaaa........just die haimoniya,, old granny dream about her son in law not her daughter, what evil bitch
ep7 ending scene he cant say Tae soo to follow that syngkuu and find ha yeon , then acting like a lunatic
ep 8 started with ML started acting like a Crazy Shamin( i like his AAAAA AAAAA )
at ending ep there is a runaway criminal at a prosecutor's house and police has just stop searching for him since one has proven himself innocent there is no need to find other
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that Fake Prist Ruin this drama for me
Main couple even without solid story line 5/10ML is annoying and the fact that any other human being like him in a romantic way is a question to there mental health
how can you like him if your sane ?
LEE MIN KI knows nothing about acting all he can do is act robotic or annoying that make him most foolish actor in between all those talented actor he work with, he is slim and that made him look tall but he look unhealthy
SML -10/10 for being a fake priest,
how a person who cant even right names become legal council ? ML dont have budget to hire a educated lawyer so he hire a school dropout as lawyer with fake degree of SNU.
as most of people in k drama got there degrees from FAKE SNU
Pretending to be fake priest and seducing a girl, at end he pretend like he was not doing anything wrong was WRONG itself
he was working a regular job, then he start acting like a priest by wearing cheap black clock of invisibility while he was seducing that girl, pretending he is not, if he had no feelings then how come at end he just develop feeling ?
and if he had feelings for her from start or grow feeling during the time, he should not have pretended to become a priest fake drama,
it was disgusting to think married womans go to church and there husband think its safe to meet priest but end up finding out priest was screwing your wife in church, You cant even trust churches now,
all priest still have dicks,
main couple was one i watched for second time and skipped other couple
i like SFL but her pairing with a fake low life priest was disgusting.
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1/10 overall everything was good but only this much.
Our ml is at peak of stupidity, and deserve Oscar of IdiotsDude try to kill death , was hopeful that death would die
Why this man think death is a woman he can look down on ?
Our ml learn nothing in all those ep so why did you create all those just one last ep was all it takes.
In this whole drama what was amazing was ML will always insult FL even if she is Celestial being, and at end she will give him One life as reward for disrespecting her, as we know Korean woman love getting trample on. No matter what.
Most important thing ep1 showed was true reality of South korean Law system which is nothing more then a prostitute for Cheabols
Death is keep eye on ML but she did not see him setup camera and all those recording setup because they don't show viewers but as we know death only see what veiwers see...
Death is omnipresent being not a woman director did you forgot that ?
2 ep and our ML now can become Cop as he please become, now death is under his control ,,,
how death who was punishing him start favoring him, give him life of what he needed most at time
At end we even death fall in love with and they togeth killed Greatest Evil park Tea U, (she give him cop life) and protected her new lover DOOM
DOOMxDEATH best couple.
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Immature kid try to director a movie from dadys money
started nice cutie story, of strong girl and weak boy who start learning karate from her fatherthen we are shown a bully playboy who set his eyes on FL and turn 180 degree fake
this bully become good guy just because he want to screw FL
Fake good guy who only follow where is cock take him ?
if FL wasn't a beautiful girl then he would have beaten her but since she is pretty he want to screw her and playing fake good
and we are supposed to think he is hot and attractive but he look cheap makeup guy
No storyline after fake bully join there group,, he pretend to save the boy who FL saved so he can suddenly become a good guy
FL was so IDIOT she try to maintain her distance from first boy but then when bully come she be like friendship on 99% discount
i can understand first boy not the second one
second boy from the start approached them with motive of screwing FL second ML isn't a good guy if he got rejected by FL then he will turn into a bully again
everything he do is for his COCK
there is no genuine friendship from his side while the first boy genuinely become her friend after she saved him
love developed from admiration and liking is way more respectful then a love devolved based on sole lust
this move try to give wrong meaning of friendship and love
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