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thanks I will do that, I almost gave up on Prison Notebook until a kind reviewer urged me to stick with it, so I've learnt my lesson!

But look so different in Addicted??

Not great on sophistication, very direct and simple, it packs a lot into its 25 minute episodes, yet very endearing Chinese gay series. Good looking lead actors. Seems to be a groundbreaking drama for mainland China. Love the theme music 10/10, 9/10 overall.

that's what pushy parents are like

secret garden - isn't joo won cute? also lee jong suk when you can actually spot him, weird how after finding this total rubbish set against nice scenery it somehow reeled me in, bizarre characters do, otherwise the attraction of this drama remains very secret indeed

if you want a nice restful school where you can sleep as much as you can, this is the place for you. This dorama has few redeeming features…….

strange, my experience was almost exactly the same, got to like it from ep4/5 on after initially finding it faintly ludicrous

why are so many school dramas about psychos hurting everybody?

I suppose the first episode is effective at what it's trying to do but its relentless bullying is a real bummer. Girl bullies are even nastier than boys. The storyline summary also sounds ludicrous. Not feeling inclined to keep watching. Acting effective/subject stinks. 5/10.

I agree with Kay and Mark, what's the big deal?

Just started this and I'm completely bewildered about what's going on - I get the flashbacks but not how he ended up with grandpa…and the family connections between the characters seem ludicrous - and yes, I do get the attempt to teach us what's going on with the Kevin Bacon stuff in the quiz show - will continue to watch to see if anything comes out of the mess of episode 1

Episode 1 - lovely intro countryside and "Indian Summer", then (thinks) is this meant to be surreal or just a mess of bad acting? As to "the beauty and body" of Gil Ra Im, is the above summary for real? it's extremely well hidden. But the production values are good…….As at ep.2 is this rather ridiculous - the idea that not-bad looking Hyun Bin (especially as s super rich CEO) would fall for plain Jane penniless Ha Ji Won defies credulity - plus I don't like the snide reference about "gays". Ep 3 why am I still watching this? the fashion? interior design? Oska? - oh, I forgot Lee Jong Suk……..are you there?? Ep 5 strangely magnetising, beginning to get into this but mainly for the side stories and bizarre characters of Kim Joo Won and OSKA, I like bizarre characters, but regrettably still not Gil Ra Im. ep 7 - well with a mother like that I now understand why he became so twisted, whew. This drama lit up with the gender bending, I'm not sure if Hyun Bin deliberately meant his transformation to be so camp, but either way it's quite funny. I like Hyun Bin here, he has a difficult character to portray but he in particular has managed to keep me watching. I would like to watch more by him but the dramas covered here don't sound appealing. The soundtrack of this drama is also really good. Ep. 13 Gil Ra Im's evening dress is -ahem- a little "de trop". I do love that house, the architecture and interior design are stunning [that library! but where did he get the time to read all those books?) Ep17/18 really an unexpected twist (not entirely liked by me) but SG now passes my excellence test of putting it on hold because I don't want it to finish. Having now finished the series I think it should have ended with Episode 19 and left the rest to our imaginings. What was a stylish, classy and intriguing series raising some real questions about identity and the penetration into this world of other dimensions was spoilt by - there's a good English word - sentimentality of a common romantic drama. Better to stop when it was still ahead. Maybe this stuff appeals to many people, but I feel it was a major error of judgment by the writer/producer. This is not to take away from all the good things in the series. I plan to re-watch as I suspect I missed many details the first time around. But I shall not be watching the last episode.

I just watched episode 1 of High Kick and it's a real laugh - you'll also see lee jong suk

Regardless of the moralising ending - bullying is sick, trying to make a comedy out of it is sicker. minus 1/10

I have to agree, though she improved towards the end. For me it was Goblin and GR who provided the romantic interest

if it's a drama where someone's causing trouble at school, I like it

well they have some work to do to find "justice" in this world - maybe especially in the law field

I usually find talk shows about the show detract from my feelings about the drama. I feel the ones you relate to and find a place for inside are the characters, not the actors as such, however much their good looks and personalities are so important. To see them as - in a way - "real" people affects your feelings for the characters they represent. I don't want to lose the characters in my head by confusing them with the actors in real life.

Quite ordinary……well, they got the title right.

someone said this had bromance? it certainly doesn't sound like it