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nero truong hua qian is a lot colder than i would expect her to be. i only just found out this was an hbo production when i actually started this show & it is incredibly jarring for somepony who’s only ever seen the extremely polished main+land productions. it feels a lot more raw in every aspect from appearance to filming techniques. which isn’t a bad thing but it feels so stark. i don’t necessarily think they’re ashamed of the genre conventions but i do imagine western sensibilities played a fiddle ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ back to the actual show. i am really mixed with how i feel right now. I’m interested but one of the things that makes the show so raw is that right now things move. slow.ly. the first episode kind’fve felt like a role+play game where hua qian had to do some necessary interactions. this is kind’ve fitting with the fact that she literally restarted her life like a game ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i think it’s a really human thing not to know what to do when you know what you did was wrong. her not being such a holy person is really fascinating. i am interested but i sobn’ t know if I’m really that invested yet.
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cjspock Yuan Hang and Xiao He begin to reinvestigate the case in 2015, in parallel to Ran in 2002. By following Ran's book, Xiao He's investigation follows the same pattern that Ran's did in 2002. The revelations from the investigations show that there was much more to the June 30th case than met the eye. More pieces of the truth are surfacing, and it will be interesting to see where they take us. There were some bittersweet moments with memories of Ran. Pan Yue Ming's performance is amazing and really breaks my heart at times.
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Flojojojo Loved this episode overall, and it was cool being introduced to quite a few different characters while also getting a sense of their personalities. But the ending through me off. Like I guess it falls within what I just mentioned, but we just cut right to that. Feels weird because I'm sure there's a lot of other reasons why he is who he is, but it seems like we're just supposed to be like oh ok, something tragic? Must be the problem lol. Also, Hyo-min's bf gotta go because what was that lolol
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_stars I loved this episode. When Mechoori was putting the bumpers on corners, it remined me of First Frost, where Sang Yan did the same. Mechoori is such a good person, and he loves Ye-jin. They have amazing chemistry. The second male lead is really annoying me. Nothing against Kim Bum, but the character he plays is a loser, the second male lead does not need to be pathetic to boost the image of the main lead.
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Shoutout to P’Wa and the team. The cinematography, cgi, and the bg sounds are all good. And SkyNani acting is so good here. I also really appreciate Sea’s acting. Such a good start of the series.
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Across the Ocean to See You Episode 6
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So far, this show has been pretty good. On one hand, it is filled with many characters who are very unlikable for various reasons. Arguably, the only fully likable characters are the ML & FL, Zheng Chu and Su Mang and potential SFL, Yan Xiaoqiu. Everybody else is annoying for one reason or another. Even the SML (Tang Ming) is annoying because while he is a nice guy, he is also kind of pathetic with the way he lets himself get manipulated. But despite that, the show is fun to watch, moves the plot along briskly and whenever they use tropes, they make fun of doing so, either by calling them out in the script, diminishing their effect, tripping or even flipping the trope. The biggest such is of course the inversion of the classic C-Drama trope of the "cold-cruel-CEO boss" sternly but fair guiding the underling who they are destined to be with. Su Mang is excellent at being the female version of such a CEO trope. She keeps giving Chu more responsibility and he is growing professionally due to her guidance. And he literally acknowledges to Tang Ming that she is his "master" who is brainwashing his thinking. This whole dynamic is usually gender-flipped the other way around in so many c-dramas (and k-dramas).
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IrenaK This episode was amazing! There was so much funny and serious, and even some blood...And I called it—Kim Hwan got discovered by his target, Hong Yeon! He really wasn't doing his job well, lol 😂. And now there's a love triangle... 🤭Actually, I am wondering why the King tells everything so freely to Hwajin. That trust actually makes me feel suspicious of her, but I don't even know of what, really. She doesn't even look or act suspicious, and it seems like she and the King really are very deeply in love. 🤷♀️Maybe Bong-Hwan transmigrated into the Queen's body to learn how to value other people, and the Queen maybe has her own experiences meanwhile in Bong-Hwan's body to learn how to value and love herself—to find her own identity, which she clearly had lost, remembering her talk with her cousin right before their kiss? 🤔
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estar quite the steamy ep, that kiss between Beer & Wan was smoking & that's why i didn't get why Wan kept going on about "friends this, friends that..." friends don't kiss like that - maybe friends with benefits. but after the whole back story with Ton, i guess i get why he doesn't want to do anything that could destroy the relationship he has now with the whole group, not just Beer. but nothing last forever & life will bring changes with it if u like it or not, so that group wont remain as close as they r now. but Beer also has been pretty passive in his approach with Wan, maybe it's cause he knew of Wan's crush on Ton, that's why he was biding his time & that's why he got them together so Wan could have closure & move on... guess given Wan fears that wont happen anytime soon. hope Beer will do better then go back to acting as if they just bff's that r also roommate's. for both their sakes - ********************************************************************************************************************************the mains finally progressed towards the ending until Doc Pi popped up, the way Deiw was acting was ironic - with Pi he wanted him to be more protective & turn into a shield that would protect & shield Deiw from his friends, while now he is finding God's over protectiveness & consideration irritating & annoying... heck ur damned if u do & damned i u don't - there no pleasing Deiw is there - & should be glad that by the end they communicated & (more then) made up lol. but i don't like how Deiw jokingly belittles God all the time. it aint cute that he keeps calling him a dog - **********************************************they supposed to talk about Deiw's mother but now that Pi has popped up guess they got something more urgent to discuss - that's of Deiw will confide in God about his ex. given we don't even know how Deiw feels about him - we got 3 more eps to find out.
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All I can say is WHAT A WASTED POTENTIAL AND WHAT A WASTED CINEMATOGRAPHY AND WHAT A WASTED GOOD ACTING!
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nafisa So it’s confirmed teacher kim is the legendary dr bu Yong ju who was unfairly kicked out of geosan hospital after he had to take on the blame of the death of a high schooler AND SHE WANTED TO BECOME A MEDICAL STUDENT AND WANTED TO OPERATE ON AN OPERATING TABLE WITH MADONNA (a singer) PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND, WHICH IS WHY TEACHER KIM IS ALWAYS PLAYING THE RADIO TAPE OF MADONNA IN HIS OFFICE. HE TOLD HYEON CHEOL NOT TO OPERATE ON HER AND TREAT HER CONDITION WITH MEDICINE BUT THEY DIDN’T LISTEN SO SHE DIED, BUT DIRECTOR DO YUN WAN FORCED THE BLAME ON HIMM. Now going onwards, an accident occurs where a tired driver accidentally crashes into a group of cyclists, and as dongju was treating one of the victims, it reminded him of the last patient he treated before leaving geosan, but then teacher Kim helped him go through after teacher Kim was done operating with one of the other victims and teacher Kim did a combined operation with dongju, which seojung was really jealous of since teacher Kim didn’t allow seojung to enter the operating room due to her wrist the past 5 years. Now hyeon chul, in beom and insu visit doldam hospital. Hyeon chul visited to find out if teacher Kim if was really there or not, SINCE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CASINO WHO TEACHER KIM WAS GONNA OPERATE ON TO CHANGE HIS HEART BATTERY, WAS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF GEOSAN HOSPITAL AND IN A FEW MONTHS, HIS DESCION WOULD DIRECT WHETHER OR NOT DIRECTOR DO YUN WAN WOULD STAY IN HIS POSITION OR NOT WHICH WAS WHY YUN WAN WAS DESPERATE TO BE THE ONE TO OPERATE ON THE CHAIRMAN. Insu didn’t want to come since he had plans with his wife and daughter after so long, but then hyeon chul forced him, but he was happy to see dongju. INBEOM ON THE OTHER HAND WANTED TO MEET SEOJUNG WHICH HE DID, SINCE HE WANTED TO KNOW WHO THIS PERSON NICKNAMED “CRAZY WHALE” REALLY WAS, AND HE WALKED INTO HER FOLDING THE SHEETS (he was surprised since she was supposed to be a doctor) AND LISTENING TO MUSIC AND HE ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW “CRAZY WHALE”, AND SHE REPLIED THAT IT WAS HER, AND THEN DONGJU WALKED IN AND QUESTIONED WHY HE WAS HERE, AND THEN HE TOLD SEOJUNG THAT HE WENT SO MEDICAL SCHOOL WITH HIM AND WAS THE DIRECTOR’S SON.
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JJJ Will always feel for the chance that Xia Zi and Fang Nan missed. If only a step was taken when there was still a chance.
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Enjoyable ending overall, glad everything wrapped up happily for everyone and everyone found their paths.
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getting to understand why Deiw is like he is - given that overbearing mother of his, i thought she was a bit too obsessive what with all her calls, but then thought maybe i was wrong. assumed she's just worried about her son that's studying far from home & he is her own child - so parents tend to worry. but here she is crazy & cause of her behavior Deiw reverted into his shell, the fact he stood-up to her is understandable, also about time - but given his grandfathers coughing, have a bad feeling something will happen to him & then she will have a new way to guilt trip him into cutting his own wings. it's sad that there r parents like this out there (usually mothers) they bring children into the world & then never let them spread their wings - the outcome is a spinster that is all alone & doesn't have the tools to interact with society. sad life, cause it isn't off their choosing - like u can see Deiw is trying to open up to God & even his friends, but his mother will keep putting road blocks.... as this a light hearted romcom i doubt this will end realistically. so hoping we & Deiw gets a happy ending ***********************************************the fact that Deiw's ex is back in the picture is kinda ironic - as he has also "helped" pushing Deiw deep into the "closet", hope Deiw is ready to face him - cause he is the one that needs to face him not God.
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Looking forward to season 8, amazing writing, engaging characters, I'm obsessed with this donghua
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Strong Girl Bong Soon Episode 8
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Finally bongsoon finally confessed to her mum how she hated that her brother got favoured treatment, and her mother heard her complaints and acted accordingly. Bonggi was falling for heeji, gukdu’s girlfriend, and asked bongsoon if he should act on his feelings and obviously she said no, AND GUKDU FINALLY CLOCKED HE HAS FEELINGS FOR BONGSOON AND HE TOLD HEEJI SHE SHOULDN’T FEEL GUILTY FOR HAVING FEELINGS FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHEN HE TREATED HER WRONG AS WELL, SINCE HE HAD SOMEBODY ELSE IN HIS HEART THIS WHOLE TIME, yet he’s too late since MIN HYEOK SO GENUINE TO THE POINT HE TOOK BONGSOON TO HIS MOTHER’S GRAVE/MEMORIAL AND INTRODUCED HER AND AFTERWARDS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW MEN AND WOMEN CAN’T BE FRIENDS, AND THAT ALL IT NEEDS IS ONE STEP CLOSER FROM EITHER PARTY FOR THEM TO START DATING, AND THEN MIN HYEOK (PHYSICALLY) TAKES A STEP CLOSER TO HER AND SHE REALISES THAT NO ONE NOT EVEN GUKDU TOOK A STEP TOWARDS HER AND MIN HYEOK WAS THE FIRST ONE. SO NOW I THINK SHE’S FALLING FOR HIM TOO. And the thugs from the development company feel like they’ve been embarrassed enough and stage bongsoon’s mother’s kidnapping even though she’s actually on holiday, so bongsoon goes all alone only to find out she’s been tricked and now she’s getting ready to fight the thugs whilst gukdu and minhyeok search for her.
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