a very good drama but carried on too long and the ending nostalgia and "might have been" verged on syrupy and in one place just weird。 this drama fails to escape the problem of so many k dramas of trying to squeeze the last drop from the orange when it is already getting mouldy [see reviews but with spoilers for more detail]
A sweet ending a well produced scripted and designed series I think、 the various themes especially the love themes were well handled with sufficient depth without letting the drama sag with too much detail 。definitely on my small list of rewatchables。 I vote for a parallel universe〜💖🌈
what to say about this drama？ delightful couple(s) handsome actors and with the virtue of Taiwanese gay dramas that it brings equal treatment with straight dramas to the physical side of relationships as well as other aspects including marriage and the actors play their parts quite well without inhibition I would say。
on the other side it failed somewhat as a drama。 the idea to set this in a funeral business background is original but、it does not make the actual development of the story and romance original or add anything to the story、 its intrusion in the last episode truly is macabre。 this is a drama supposedly of two couples but the secondary couple's story was really drowned out by the main couple and the resolution of the second couple story putting it kindly rather unconvincing。 for me the drama went on too long and was beginning to drag around episode 8 and the twist in the last two episodes again putting it kindly rather weak and adding little to the resolution。 so. for me、 even with its good points it does not pass the ”I can not wait to watch and must watch every day test”； so a generous 9.5 from me🩷🌈
Touching ending though I really disliked the negative twist before it and it was fairly predictable and mediocre also on a general level why does k drama use 30 year olds as hi school students、they are not fooling us、 surely there are young actors to debut？
this drama I began to lose interest around episode 12、 like many k dramas for some reason they must go on for 16 episodes and this went beyond its natural boundaries as a youth drama I think。 the later episodes are interesting showing how relationships change from youth to adults but there was enough material to put them in a sequel I think 、also to show the changes they contrive this by bringing in side stories that add nothing but unconvincing melodrama [I can not detail without spoilers with respect other commenters here also should really not put in details spoiling it for other viewers] still this does not detract from this being a good drama as a whole
I do not understand why this drama suddenly goes off on the corporal punishment theme it seems strangely out of place in the context of the rest of this drama、 interesting and they make a good point about stopping abusive teachers but if they want to do this they should get their facts right。 Koreans were well known for physical punishment of students and I checked and corporal punishment was not banned in S Korea until 2010 so the time this story takes place it was legal and they are misleading、though beating a boy round the head so he bleeds is surely not lawful anyway、but anyway a few spanks on the backside over pants I do not see as specially abusive、 the humiliation teachers use in Japan is worse
a side issue、 but Idk you never see these gorgeous pretty persons who just happen to be genius surgeons as well in a real hospital I can tell you、 if it were true no one would get any work done they would be too busy ogling
Interesting movie of its type、 the 80s Korea small town life seemed genuine。 I really did not recognize Lee Jong Suk from School 2013 until I saw the credits： cute then。as for the ending、 it was nice but、 a large leap in credibility in 5 minutes of film from all that went before。
I am always in split mind about ”inspirational” dramas with characters fighting through the toughest situations poverty personal limitations envy of people and so on to reach the top and also usually finding the love of their life if only this were real life and not fiction I also wonder if I can work through the usual 16 long episodes of k drama this is coming of age teen drama not school drama as I thought but、 this is well produced drama with engaging characters and original theme of fencing competition and rivalry； the mix of professional action and romance and also including interesting stories of sub plots is well balanced； so for all my doubts I find this passes the test of drawing me in enough to want to see an episode every day
[see reviews but with spoilers for more detail]
a well produced scripted and designed series I think、 the various themes especially the love themes were well handled with sufficient depth without letting the drama sag with too much detail 。definitely on my small list of rewatchables。
I vote for a parallel universe〜💖🌈
delightful couple(s) handsome actors and with the virtue of Taiwanese gay dramas that it brings equal treatment with straight dramas to the physical side of relationships as well as other aspects including marriage and the actors play their parts quite well without inhibition I would say。
on the other side it failed somewhat as a drama。 the idea to set this in a funeral business background is original but、it does not make the actual development of the story and romance original or add anything to the story、 its intrusion in the last episode truly is macabre。
this is a drama supposedly of two couples but the secondary couple's story was really drowned out by the main couple and the resolution of the second couple story putting it kindly rather unconvincing。
for me the drama went on too long and was beginning to drag around episode 8 and the twist in the last two episodes again putting it kindly rather weak and adding little to the resolution。
so. for me、 even with its good points it does not pass the ”I can not wait to watch and must watch every day test”； so a generous 9.5 from me🩷🌈
also on a general level why does k drama use 30 year olds as hi school students、they are not fooling us、 surely there are young actors to debut？
still this does not detract from this being a good drama as a whole
constant pop idol interpolations are overdone and become tiresome
cute characters though、 not bad in all
this is well produced drama with engaging characters and original theme of fencing competition and rivalry； the mix of professional action and romance and also including interesting stories of sub plots is well balanced； so for all my doubts I find this passes the test of drawing me in enough to want to see an episode every day