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I'm a kind of person who is very picky and wouldn't watch any thing till the end. I usually would watch only beginning and the end. I've watched many dramas which cause me to feel emotional... But this Drama was beyond emotional. It was magnificent, splendid, perfect, outstanding, and.... Can't even describe it anymore. Have you ever felt disappointed in the drama you were watching episode after episode? Then watch this Drama. You won't be disappointed at all in fact, you would want it not to finish. After watching the story you will never forget the casts again. The story can be a little boring at first because you don't know what's going on obviously. However, remember every scenes you are watching will be supporting the later episodes and will become Very Very Very GOOD story and you will never want it to end.

I found this drama randomly on viki.com. At first I wasn't very serious about it because I thought it would be like other dramas I watched before. There are many dramas I like out there so I didn't think it's gonna be a serious condition. I didn't like the title either. Well, for some reason I decided to give a try out of bore. Just to kill leisure time. After watching two episodes, I began to curious about Mei Chungsu. I decided to watch more. And after five episode, I realized it was a good drama. Then after watching to episode fifteen, I couldn't stop myself from thinking about it. LOL.. On new year's eve, I came back home from work early around 10:30 in the morning. As soon as I came back I didn't eat or do anything, but started watching it till 3:30 a.m. the next morning. I didn't know how the NewYear passed. I watched again the next day I woke up. I slept at 2:30 a.m. in the next morning again. You can imagine how I would look like by now. My eyes were red with dark cycles and eye bags. My lips were white and had to go into bathroom to wash my face with cold water many times at work. Yet I thought of this drama all day at work. T_T

The drama doesn't have much romance but it was brotherly, and family love which made my heart melts. It was about a very intelligent but sick man name Mei ChungSu, his friends and relatives. Basically political scenes but with deep meanings tied to it. I love the plotting. Every move every character made seemed simple but later revelations were astounding. That is which made the drama more interesting episode after episode. Mei Chungsu was the main character but you won't see him very often yet all characters and plots played out perfectly to convey the true character of Mei Chunsu.

It was REALLY GOOD. I didn't want it to end. I want to keep watching it. But sadly I finished it. :(

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This show is like an abusive partner - gaslighting you into thinking the trauma was not that bad.

What an emotional journey it was. This is how you write a complex female lead and realistic portrayal of how hard it is to deal with your past traumas and fears. Sometimes after moving forward one step, you go back two.

This is a one woman story. Kang Hui is the main character and everyone around her is just an accompaniment to her solo performance, and it’s great. She was a deeply hurt, scared, insecure, but also strong-willed and brave person. Yes, you can present the opposite characteristics depending on the circumstances you are currently in. That duality was what made her unique compared to many other kdrama characters.

She was so beautifully flawed and frustrating to watch. Constantly making mistakes, not knowing how to stand up for herself, lying, running away, pushing forward. I wanted to slap her back to reality, and hug her to console her. But when you frame her behavior in the context of her life, it all makes sense.

She faced abuse and neglect since childhood. She had the whole town against her. Adults telling her she is the reason her mother died. She felt unwelcomed whenever she went. She was blamed for her mother's actions. She was blamed for others’ mistakes. The town treated her as a plague that brought misfortune, even when she was just a small child.

The way they presented her get back on her feet and then crumble over and over again was painful to watch, but also so refreshing. She felt like a real person.

However, as good as the journey was, the conclusion could not have been more trash. Since when do we show victims of years of abuse apologize to their abusers on their knees? The whole last two episodes were kind of insulting. The way one beautifully shot scene of Kang Hui apologizing to her younger self was a conclusion to years of abuse, bullying and built up trauma she faced in that town just made me angry.

Why try resolving and fixing the extremely unhealthy relationship between father and daughter and make the father take accountability of the neglect, when you can just give him cancer and make the daughter feel guilty about it?

I honestly feel gaslit. With the last two episodes and how casual everyone was about Kang Hui’s past and how everyone treated her, I started questioning if I imagined parts of the plot. The same people who screamed at her and told her she is the reason her mother died are now saying her father raised her well? Am I losing my mind, or is the drama truly showing this? WHY WERE THE BULLIES INVITED FOR THE DINNER AT THE END?

Every time they showed one of the town people acting nice I kept asking - Why? What happened? What changed? Did you all have group therapy behind the scenes and reflected on your actions? Why now? Ladies and gentleman, the credits are about to roll - smile and act nice, we need a happy ending. It does not matter if it makes sense or not.

You CANNOT make a whole drama focused on how hard it is to heal from your traumas, with the female lead who keeps going back to her bad habits, running away, pushing people away. Showing how poorly she was treated not only as a child, but also as an adult. How none of the people in her life truly understood how abusive they were. To then magically heal everyone and make it the peaceful happy town where everyone is friendly and they all support each other.

The whole show was filled with hypocrisy that was never addressed. Love cures it all was the ridiculous approach to this story. Probably one of the worst conclusions I have seen in the past few years.

Back to the good - the performances. To be honest, I picked this drama to get over my unreasonable dislike towards Lee Se Young, and the magic happened. Her portrayal of Kang Hui was truly stunning. Perfect in every area. There was nothing I would change nor improve. On the other hand, Na In Woo was kind of there, filling the space. Maybe because they never truly developed his character to the same extent they did with Kang Hui, his take on Yeon Su felt a bit flat. While I disliked Chun Pil as a person, I adored Choi Min Soo’s portrayal of him. What a vibrant performance it was. The role was painfully hard to present. He had to show both the nonchalance, but also the seriousness of his personality.

For the visuals - it is a show that you will want to take screenshots of every few seconds. Beautiful.

Overall, I might have been traumatized by the laughable Disney ending. Magically everyone was cured, everyone was nice, pretending like the past never existed. I loved Kang Hui, I loved her journey, but the express trip to Happy Ever After by the end, kind of made me angry.

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Only One Word - Wasted POTENTIAL !

Good Story needs solid execution, even if the execution comes second aspect, that story still demands a good storytelling. Hyper Knife had all elements - good story, intriguing plot, strong actors to become good entertainer. But as the episodes progressed the drama flattered in its core delivery. Let's see the Good & Failed tale of Hyper Knife.



I'm one of them who watched this drama for Park Eun Bin and for the story. The first 2 episodes were promising with exploring - Illigal Black Market surgeries, hidden past the Jung Se Ok. But after those 2 episodes the drama got messy and lost the momentum

Screenwriter Kim Sun Hee tried to craft Jung Se-Ok as a chilling and psychopathic female lead but the character failed to deliver that dark and unsettling vibes. In fact after the first 2 episodes she ends up being more annoying than intimidating. And to be clear - this is not a critique of Park Eun Bin's acting, she is a great actor. She performs well, as always but the way her character is written feels shallow and inconsistent. Characterization of her role doens't align with expectations set by the storyline.

The same goes for Veteran actor Sul Kyung Gu's role as Choi Deok Hui. His performance is great but the character itself falls short and doesn't tap into his full potential.

Hyper Knife is supposed to be a Medical Thriller, but this is where the drama starts to unravel. The Writer Kim Sun Hee and Director Kim Jung Hyun failed to merge these two genres convincingly. At times, it feels like a pure medical drama, other times it leans into the crime thriller boundary. But as a cohesive medical thriller ?? It never quite finds the right balance.

Hyper Knife as Good tale

• Great Acting from actors.
• Story, Plot.
• Medical Theme.

Hyper Knife as Failed Tale-

• Strong actors but not strong characters.
• Medical Crime Thriller becomes separate not one itself - Genre Execution.
• Poor Execution.
• Mid-Story collapse.

NOTE - This review is purely based on my personal watching experience. If you want to watch Hyper Knife, watch it and form your own opinion. You might see something I didn't.

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Beautiful couple bad production

I LOVE the main couple!

I also read the novel and I would have preferred that they stick more to it to a certain extent without making it about rebirth.

Unfortunately, liking the couple is not enough. I don't know if they wanted to prioritize one actor debuting or something but with the shortening of the number of episodes, they should have focused on the couple more in that case. The additional drama was not necessary.

Positive points:
- Cheng Lei does a really good job. I am impressed with him as an actor and would like to see him again in a well produced drama. Hopefully, his next drama will be good. Even if I really like him as Xiao Jue, I am excited to see him develop in other roles.
- I like Zhou Ye. This role was really good for her however, I think she could have done more if she had a little bit more experience. But I still liked her as He Yan. I think with a few more works under her belts, she will be a great actress.
- Their chemistry was great. I would have loved to have extra clips of their lives.
- The war scenes were mostly good even if they could have had less battles but more quality in the scenes.

Not so positive points:
- Production was not that great. They had a great couple, a good novel as source but they did not do it honor. They did not even show Xiao Jue's realization process, what happened to He Yan, the details, the pain that she felt... all the details that makes him angry and sad on her behalf. They only showed him say it. That's what's makes it disappointing.
- Villains are not convincing. I would have loved to have more subtility in their actions.
- Chu zao was too much in the front of the story. As the story and the episodes were shortened, it became too obvious. In scenes that were meant to have only the main leads, he was there. If the drama was 45 episodes, it wouldn't have been that noticeable but as it is 36, it messed up the story adding unnecessary drama and messing up the flow.

To sum up, it is worth it for the couple: Xiao Jue and He Yan are great. Xiao Jue is a great character that should have been more fleshed out. I hope someone write fanfictions about this couple to feed our fantasies. 😂😂😂
Watch it, you won't regret it but don't expect a really good story. Just enjoy, a good couple and their cute moments.

8/10 just for the couple and the action. Without the couple, this is a 6/10.
I will re-watch Xiao Jue and He Yan's moments.

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This story has attempted rape that no one seems bothered about. A VERY offensive "gay" character that often dresses up as a woman and is just disturbingly ridiculous. And there's basically no fan service at all.

Don't waste your time. Most of the episodes are just kids going to college. You'll go 3 or 4 episodes with almost no mention of the fantasy side or seeing any fan service.

The only thing about this show is there's two or three attractive actors. THAT'S IT. You could easily watch anything else and get more fan service, less rape, less offensive stereotypes, and better production quality.

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(UPDATED) Already wanting to rewatch Episode 1 Absolute Perfection

This is sooo sooooo good.. Absolutely loving Kim Soo Hyun's acting.. Never knew he could be so funny and serious at the same time lol 🤣🤣 I would rate his acting 1000/10 if I could 😅 super cute really 👌🏻👌🏻

Loving the personality of Kim Ji Won's character here.. Both of them are really unique characters.. The writer nailed it 💯

A perfect 1st episode 💯💞

This is going to be a really sweet & heart-warming drama and I'm here for it.

Full of laughter and tears 💞


Update :

This drama has been such a wonderful journey and I am so glad I watched it while it's airing with my super sweet Dramaland chingus 💖 It is such a beautiful heartfelt story and the actors did a wonderful job in portraying these characters.. This pairing is such a fun pairing to me tbh.. I think these two are my favorite characters atm.. They cried so much but still made us smile.. 💞
Love both the families.. love how contrasting every couple on this show is.. even both the families are a contrast to each other.. I think this is what makes them click.. 💞


Final Update :

(SPOILERS AHEAD)
(DO NOT READ BEFORE COMPLETING THE DRAMA)

This drama pulled at my heartstrings 💝
I knew I was going to love this drama since Episode 1 but I never knew I would love it so much 💖

The characters here are so on point.. and so beautifully portrayed. I knew she was going to fall in love with him again after losing her memories but I never knew it would be the same way she did the first time.. and oh my God how cute and lovely it was to witness that.. following him again 😅 jotting everything down hehee.. convincing herself to go meet him and not realizing the actual reason 💖
God! The heart really is where our feet go 🥰
I love how they give meaning to these phrases 🥰💞

Love how the four-leaf clover brought back The Diary 🍀😉 I was actually elated at the sight of the diary covered in white 😉🥰 I was smiling ear to ear everytime they showed the diary and when she read it.. God the tears didn't stop 🥰💘

I love how Hyun Woo trusted his own love for her and always stayed by her side.. I love that Hae In booked the same Aqua to remind herself what's most important to her in life.. 💞

The most beautiful moment.. for me.. when she kept saying his name.. 💝
How do you do it? Can there be anything more beautiful than this?
Hae In was deprived of love all her life.. she kept waiting for her mum's love that she forgot what it even felt like.. to be loved and cared for.. Baek Hyun Woo was always caring and she wanted to have that in her life.. She wanted to remember him forever 🥰
What an iconic couple 💞
Our Ice Cold Princess and our King of Tears 💞
A beautiful drama indeed 🥰💯

Also,
Anyone who is disappointed in this review I would like to apologize to have disappointed you.

And anyone who has liked this review and would like to add positive comments, here are some questions for you if you'd like to answer :

1. Cutest scene
2. Funniest scene
3. The most beautiful moment in this drama for you


Thank you and Let's continue to support this talented team 💖

P.S. I have got to get me a four-leaf clover 🍀💞

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Basically, a teenage fanfiction

I usually love Japanese dramas, but this was just so ridiculous, that the longer I watched, the lower I kept rating it. My God.

The FL became a nurse for all the wrong reasons, and remained one for all the wrong reasons, too. I feel so bad for the ML, just imagine someone following you like a puppy at your workplace and proclaiming (unwanted) love for you every chance they get. And then on top of that, every single person you know trying to set you up with the girl you don't want to have anything to do with, including family, friends, colleagues and patients! I'd quit the job on the spot.

But what frustrated me the most was that the FL constantly kept acting like a 15 year old, in everything from the way she interacted with people to the way she acted at her workplace, and even worse, to her ideas of what a romantic relationship looked like; all of it felt so immature! It felt like watching a minor flirt with her boss. It felt like watching a saesang obsess over her idol. It felt like an adaptation of a teenage fanfiction. For 10 episodes straight. Ughhh.

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Provocative like a tiktok star cutting his wrest to get viewers!

Sorry this is gonna annoy many.
Over rated- over the top- very hysterical, and I'm not gonna talk about about how it's visually and audioably stunning coz those are the main good things about it.
A group of ugly souls eagerly to climb the social stairs to the top, mainly they worship the cult image of themselves in the eyes of others in this sociopathic society. Everyone is black in heart, with no shade of light.
first character is a woman thinks very high of herself, she is unstable, with unsafe personality, she is ok with cheating her husband, but can't stand him cheating her!
BAD ACTING, that's it! All she's doing is screaming and eye- laser everyone, not even one good scene.. Among all of this screen presence many of her scenes were meaningless and stretched to the edge. YET kudos to the makeup artist for making her looks like a real villain coming out of comic book.
The male lead is germ phobic who treats lower people like germs that should be eliminated. Great actor, kudos for the restrained subtle performance and for not screaming and yelling around like the rest of the crew.
Too many similarities with Sky Castle, yet Sky castle was a satirical drama mainly focused on education system and the characters there were multi- dimensional unlike here! Most of them are one dimensional personas they are bad, obsessed, and really creepy.
And seriously what's with the forgiving attitude of the mother towards the killer of her own child?! And how come she suddenly becomes this manipulative!
The poor lady on the other hand, though she is so loud and hysterical. Her soul is contaminated with anger, loss, and grudge that motivate her to avenge and overcome her nemeses.
Like father like son/ Like mother like daughter. And this is the summary of the second generation. Only the son in the twins seems to have grey shades in his personality, but I dunno I felt he and his sister share an incestuous affair, or at least feeling. His feelings towards RO Na might be considered as his door towards a better life style without all this evilness.
Somehow I felt I'm watching the Koren vr. of GOT! All the characters are conflicting and the weaks fall down the way till the end. Old theme but always works.
For some reason everyone screams, no one speaks in calm or low tune at all, and the music is so orchestral, I think if the main leads were going to the toilet, an instrument of orchestral high notes will accompany them. Also the dialogue was so theatrical and over the top all the time.
The last twist felt really forced to me, are you guys sure this one was written originally ad 3 seasons? I felt it was meant to be only 1 but the writer is stretching it out of investment method not an artistic one.
P.s: Half of the budget of this drama was spent on the glass and ceramics that the actors broke in every tantrums they had!
pros: make up- art directing- male main lead- production
cons: writing- acting

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a big bloody hopeless mess

Gangnam B Side promised an engaging dive into the deep dark underbelly of Seoul’s Gangnam district, but unfortunately, it falls flat due to its poor writing and disjointed storyline. The series struggles to find its focus, hopping between the three main characters and plotlines without ever truly developing any of them. Instead of creating a cohesive narrative, it spends too much time shifting between viewpoints, which distracts from the overall story. Even after finishing the show, I found myself just as confused as when I had started. I was looking forward to this series, since a large part of the cast was recast from one of my favorite dramas, The Worst of Evil but unfortunately Gangnam B Side did not hold up. The acting from Ji Chang Wook and Bibi shines as the only real bright spot in this series. Ji Chang Wook’s performance brings a complex emotional depth to his character, while Bibi's undeniable screen presence dominates every scene she's in. I am looking forward to see Bibi continue to grow her career in acting and hope to see her headline more dramas in the near future. Unfortunately, their strong performance is the only redeeming quality that keeps this drama from being a complete loss. Sadly Gangnam B Side ultimately falls short of its potential, weighed down by an incoherent plot and an overwhelming number of underdeveloped and one-dimensional characters.

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When Charisma Gets Replaced by Scheming

Can we say… kinda? I mean, in the first season, the winner was way ahead of all the other contestants. You could see their superiority from the very first episodes. They won purely through the power of their charisma and intelligence.

The new winner… how can I put it… ended up winning because his BFF dropped out at the last minute. He used her all the way through to the end. Maybe he's more in line with the theme of the show, but honestly, I would’ve preferred a winner who made it to the finale thanks to actual skills, not tricks and manipulation. Sorry not sorry.

I hope the next season focuses more on individual play. I know drama always works, but this season had way too many alliances that ruined the chances of some really interesting potential finalists.

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Preachy with questionable lessons and toddler love story.

Can’t believe I watched a whole show with a cloud of flies as the villain. Why did he do what he did? Because he is evil. Why was the war happening? No one knows, it just was. Why was the leader of fairies wanting to keep the war going? Why not I guess, they just hate each other.

Here’s the thing, if you take 10 random viewers of the show and ask them to describe in detail what was the plot of the show and motivations for all the characters, you would get a description of 10 completely different shows. Why? Because all this drama had was a framework of the plot, but no substance inside it. There was little to no world or character building, no proper set up, no proper conclusion, no details of the magic system and rules how it operates. The drama just lacked… writing.

I could potentially still enjoy it for the romance, if the romance was good. It was not. I just cannot get behind the weird toddler with grown up man romance. Here me out - I have exactly zero issues with childish female leads, there are quite a few dramas with them that I enjoyed, but I am completely against child-like female leads. There is a huge difference between a character behaving in an immature fashion, and a character behaving like a child, and sadly the Fairy was just an annoying toddler.

Possessive and toxic love story? Sign me up, but not when it feels like a romance between a father and his minor kid. I do not care if she matured in the last 6 episodes - too little too late. This whole pairing freaked me out for a good 30 episodes.

Orchid just ain’t it. Girl was dumb, loud, irresponsible, pretentiously good (sorry, but a guy colluding with evil for 30k years and getting so many people dead because of his delusional love was not just a small mistake). While Dongfang Qing Cang was truly hot during many scenes, I still could not enjoy the character to his full potential because of the context of his romance with the little flower. Out of all the characters, the two I truly enjoyed were Die Yi and Dear Daddy Devil’s little brother.

Yes, the performances were strong. Esther Yu was perfect for the role of the most annoying child female lead and delivered all the proper expressions and lines needed. The emotional scenes were great and I actually really liked her in the last 3 episodes. Dylan Wang ate the role. All the pain and suffering, all the confusion about the new emotions he was feeling, all the internal and external dilemmas he was facing. Not to mention both Esther and Dylan did a phenomenal job with the soul switching scenes (even if I did not enjoy them, I am not going to deny the acting skills needed to deliver them).

Production value was great, at least in terms of special effects and most of the set and costume designs. There were few extremely cheap looking additions to few dresses and war armors, but overall - for sure more beauty than trash. Truth to be told, it kind of felt as if they used 80% of the budget on the aesthetics.

As for the soundtrack, can we talk about that one song that sounds like an anime intro that felt painfully misplaced in the story? Too many tracks were completely mismatched, and while they sounded like nice tunes, they did not fit the scenes at all.

Overall, I am just happy I survived this watch. I hated the preachy narration at the end about how love can cure us all, when literally the whole villain story and all the wars happened because of one dude’s delusional love. The writers need to reread their material before they write dumb conclusions, really.

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A lot of things were hidden, mainly the reason.

This was a sweet story at times, frustrating at other times.

My biggest gripe comes from the FL character early on.

It almost seemed as if the 14 year old version was more mature than the 18 year old.

I had a hard time at one point keeping track of her age due to her overly childish behavior and ridiculous baby voice.

No one I know has ever acted or talked like that.

From other reviews it seems she does this intentionally (?) which is even more bizarre for a character to do.

The ML was pure eye candy and he knows it.

This role was just another way for him to boost his fan count.

I disliked the way he dressed / styling of his character.

Some scenes his jeans seemed too high up and he'd have his shirt tucked in like someone's grandpa.

A 5 year age difference is not that much, especially not to dress him so much older.

I appreciated the few times they did things and it was a first for both.

Example: walking together on campus and then he plays basketball.

Even though he had already been to college, he didn't have the chance to do 'couple things'.

We saw very little development in his feelings for the FL though which was a let down.

It was very sudden and not very convincing.

The reason seems to be a complete mystery other than a few flashbacks of him looking at her (very short span of time).

He literally was calling her kid and treating her like a little sister one day and then BAM! all of a sudden he's head over heels in love with her.

How?

They could've spent more time developing that part of the story and less time on the fact that his dad killed someone while drunk driving.

I also didn't understand the constant emphasis on how wealthy the FL supposedly was.

They seemed to be middle class, maybe a little higher.

Not too impressive but somehow was a big point.

The leads are both good actors so they played their parts well, but their chemistry was very lacking.

Not a popular opinion, but given my seasoned experience, one I am sticking with.

I was not moved by it, but overall it was a good watch.

Just not worth all the 9s and 10s floating about.

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Friendship is enough, is there a need for romance?

"My smile is not fake anymore, what took my mask away?"

Disclaimer: I haven't read the webtoon yet so this review is solely based on drama.

In the first few episodes... you'll encounter a lot of tension between 2 male leads that definitely gives you the feeling and vibe, 'is this BL?' so let me clear this question: No it isn't. It's not typical youth drama, it tries to be different in many aspects adding some twists that are usually not seen in this type of drama, making you wonder about many things.

As of the first impression of Joon, I didn't like him at all (really at all lol). Loved his character development throughout the drama.. it wasn't out of nowhere or abrupt it was slow and natural. He got friends and love from them that he deserves. And not to forget he found his 'real smile.' Soo Hyun.. haha he acts oblivious and clueless many times, but he is adorable at the same time. I liked the change in his personality too, how he becomes comfortable around friends, having conversations even okay with getting help when it's needed. It's pleasant to see.

What I enjoyed most in the drama was the interactions, tension in the initial stage between Joon and Soo Hyun, the development in their friendship how they start to rely on each other, trust each other... the most pleasant time! Seeing Na In Woo was a surprise for me (I don't really check many things before starting drama lol)... ah I wanted his more interaction and relationship development with Jun maybe I would prefer it more than his time with So Bin :')

Romance ah the most uninteresting part of the drama, it has already many other things to handle lol (no offense it's my opinion) it is out of nowhere, it's like someone slams the door on the face as says yeah now leads like each other apparently for no good reason, you have to find why they like each other? Okay, so I get it about Joon as he is someone who is in need who hasn't been loved by anyone... so it's kinda acceptable for him to bit hungry for love. But what about So Bin, why the heck she likes him? Plus she is like one of the most important characters (Apparently one of the leads having poorly written) who gets really big screentime is the most uninteresting (or boring) character, yeah she has her backstory and all but still, she doesn't have her own identity or even personality, at the end of the day her role in the show becomes only as of the love interest for Jun. Maybe they had shown big character development in her or she even made some less stupid mistakes.

And this isn't only about Joon or So Bin why everyone should have their own love line, coz it's drama. Ah, I would have liked it more if it has shown friendship more other than bombarding too many love stories (Not to forget that love triangle lol).. other than triangle the trio of leads (only as friends) would have been the best scenario.

I don't have a problem with casting, not a very superficial level but we are getting decent acting. Everyone did an okay job portraying the characters. Especially I'm impressed by Park Ji Hoon's acting (It's my first time seeing him) especially with crying scenes he did a great job.

The soundtrack is really good.. our main lead is the singer, of course, we are getting ost sing by him 'Talk to me' (말만 해). 'Bom Bom Bom' (봄봄봄) by Punch is really refreshing. Bom/Boom '봄' means 'Spring.' And not to forget the duet of Rothy and Han Seung Yun 'Hug' (품) it's a soothing match with the drama's main concept. I liked the color palate specifically as it fit the theme of the drama.. spring! with really good cinematography.

I liked the fact it tries to show some social problems, sensitive topics without being over the top.. how they solve their problems overcome the traumas, but it tries to show many things in a short amount of time, it doesn't get draggy but a bit overcrowded I'll say. Drama isn't really like what the poster says it has different shades with being a bit dark also mysterious not losing its refreshing touch.

I don't rewatch so it's just a random number lol

In the conclusion, character development in some characters (not all), how they overcome their problems is my most favorite aspect of the show... it does have many problems if we ignore some poorly written parts and characters, it can count as an enjoyable show for sure!

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Big Disappointment*

*I finished the 6th episode and the huge disappointment is that it ended so soon. If ever I appreciated the Korean tendency for 16 full hour episodes it's this one. The closing scene left open a sequel, but I really wanted to binge another 10 hours now.

The show is 'quirky' meaning you're going to love it, or hate it depending on your susceptibility to this particular brand of quirk and you'll know before the end of first episode whether it's for you or not.

Only six episodes are promised, so the hope is there will be more.

Bae Doo Na effortlessly does meek and menacing and comedic.

Lee Su Hyun is great in her first outing.

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"Dr. Romantic" Kim’s younger self in "Descendants of the Sun" universe !!

Alright, let me just say this - I loved the drama. It was entertaining from start to finish - quirky, unhinged, and genuinely fun to watch. But, as someone who's spent way too much time in drama land, I have to admit, there's plenty to critique.

Because, surprise, surprise - another drama following "the recipe."Get a godly doctor back from overseas, preferably with a tragic backstory involving trauma patients, plop him into an almost non-existent trauma center, and let him butt heads with the higher-ups. Add a loyal resident at his beck and call, sprinkle in some life-saving moments, throw in the obligatory "trauma god" transformation, and voila - a drama that feels like reheated leftovers.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I appreciate the whole "golden hour saves lives" message and the commentary on how budget cuts cost lives. Really, I do. But do I need yet another drama to hammer it into my skull for the 789,678th time? Apparently, Netflix thinks I do. Because, clearly, if we didn’t get it after the first 12,673 attempts, we must need the message reinforced again.

At this point, it’s painfully obvious Netflix is just milking the classic K-dramas we all love, but hey, throw in some scenic shots and flashy budgets, and suddenly it’s a "masterpiece." Except it’s not. It’s just what happens when there’s nothing else to compare it to. The sheer lack of competition makes it feel brilliant when, in reality, it’s just... not. And as a viewer, that’s the real tragedy here.

So, of course, it has its merits - gorgeous doctors with personalities so distinct they might as well come with their own theme songs, one-liners sharp enough to make Twitter jealous, sitcom-level energy, heartwarming patient backstories, and sizzling lead chemistry. That’s the twist, folks! Everything else? A finely-tuned nostalgia factory working overtime.

And sure, some parts of the story were as logical as treating a heart attack with aspirin, but who cares? It entertained, didn’t it? Baek Kang Hyeok wasn’t just a doctor - he was a walking Marvel origin story, performing impossible feats with a scalpel like it was a superpower. Over-the-top? Definitely. Unrealistic? Absolutely. But let’s not pretend we weren’t here for the drama and the dazzle anyway.

To wrap it up, this show isn’t exactly redefining the genre, but it sure knows how to keep you entertained. It’s got all the familiar tropes, larger-than-life characters, over-the-top drama, and just enough emotional pull to make you stay hooked. If you’re here for a guilty pleasure with high stakes and lots of flair, this one’s got you covered. Realism? Not so much. But who needs that when the drama’s this juicy? - with all the eps out, all at once lol !

okay so just to say it out loud ...I don't deny that they did a good job ....but in terms of storyline they could have done so much better...what I have a problem with is the fact that if you look closely then this could be very well pulled off by kdramas in 2016 ...or if not by 2018 definitely....in 2025 idk why but watching this drama feels like we did not progress much...which leaves me sad as a viewer when seen from a broader perspective.

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