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Cute Possession Rom-Com… Until the Ending Forces a Happy Ending for Everyone

Non-spoiler part:Oh My Ghost has a lot of potential: a fun possession premise, solid acting (especially Park Bo-young juggling two personalities), and a cute slow-burn romance mixed with ghost stories that are sometimes touching and sometimes creepy. The mystery around Soon-ae’s death is intriguing and keeps you watching, and the secondary characters add warmth and depth. The humor works in the middle episodes, and the chemistry between Bong-sun / Soon-ae and Sun-woo is genuinely enjoyable when it focuses on their growth.The biggest problem is the tone inconsistency: the beginning is very cringe (Soon-ae’s hyper-sexualized behavior feels forced and uncomfortable), the middle is entertaining, but the last episode completely derails everything with a rushed, overly saccharine happy ending that ignores the gravity of the darker themes the drama itself introduced.Spoiler part (major ending spoilers):The final episode ruins most of what came before. The main romance feels unfinished and unsatisfying: Sun-woo falls for Soon-ae’s bold personality, but he barely knows the real Bong-sun beyond her blog and her “victim” side. Instead of using the last episode to show them truly building a relationship (more scenes of Bong-sun in control, more romantic moments between her and Sun-woo), the drama sends Bong-sun abroad for two years to “grow” — only for her to end up working in Soon-ae’s father’s cheap restaurant. The “I didn’t contact you because I missed you too much” line is pure cheese, and the long-distance break feels artificial and unnecessary.So-hyung getting a perfect clone of her dead husband (same looks, same gentle personality) is lazy and makes her entire grief arc feel pointless.The absolute worst is Eun-Hui and Seong-Jae. Seong-Jae paralyzed her, married her knowing the truth like a stalker, killed at least two people (and probably more evil deeds all these years), possession doesn't explain all because as a child he wanted to kill a baby — and yet he survived and Eun-Hui chooses to stay with him, hoping he never regains his memory, because she believes “he’s good deep down.” The audience knows the possession backstory, but Eun-Hui has no real way to rationalize or forgive such extreme violence. It’s not a touching redemption; it’s a forced “everyone gets a happy ending” that completely undermines the drama’s own darker themes.Overall, the show had a strong middle and interesting ideas, but the ending feels dishonest and rushed. The crimes were too serious for such a light, forgiving resolution.— watchable until episode 15, but the finale really hurts it.

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i wanna write cute 1st ep, but the way Phupha…

i wanna write cute 1st ep, but the way Phupha ghosted Nanfah someone who isn't just a childhood close friend, but someone he has a crush on, really rubbed me the wrong way. at the end there, i wanted Nan to punch Phu the sec he saw him, especially given the smile of recognition - like r u kidding(!) be ashamed - show remorse, something then act like u didn't just ghost ur bff for over a decade, while u were still in the country - like WTF! ********************************************************************* on a whole this was cute & the childhood yrs were sweet, seeing them get closer & then support each other when Phu lost his father. let alone seeing how Phu developed a crush pretty soon after meeting Nan. so seeing how he ghosted him afterwards makes me angry, as i can't see any way to justify his sudden disappearance. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************side note: having suffered from insomnia most of my life, i get Nan & yet him having the lights on, staring at the celling is the wrong way to go. even if u can't sleep close ur eye's make sure there r no distractions & try to clear ur head/mind - even if u can't, just the fact u r with ur eye's close & body relaxed, u will have the strength to deal with a new day in-spite the lack of sleep. the way Nan is going, his body is still active & this will make it harder throughout the day to maintain enough energy to get through it...

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what the hell did i just watch.. OMG but this…

what the hell did i just watch.. OMG but this ep was a wild ride, from Tontae reaching Taiwan only to be told that Victor died & then to come back home heartbroken to find out Nan Krai met a similar fate - talk about cruel. that was crazy & the guys that worked with Nan Krai blaming Tontae was just rubbing salt on his wounds - talk over kill & when he gets to regress he is the one to (sacrificed) die??? like what!!! *************************************************************************************************in Nan Krai's case i kinda get the logic, where u could in a roundabout way say; that Tontae turning back time would keep him alive, if he chose never to get involved with Victor & then to go visit him. but in Victor's case it doesn't apply as it was his destiny to died (however he did). his falling in-love & getting involved with Tontae had little to nothing to do with his death - so the sacrifice is....?!? don't get it *******************************************************************************************************but great acting, Tontae freakin broke my heart & i didn't think i would be crying my eyes out in the last ep - not considering the amount of eye rolling i've been doing watching this BL. but cute all in all & still say that this would've been a much better romance between Tontae & Nan Krai - maybe if the plot was changed into a romcom with a tourist falling for a local, it would work with the Taiwanese twin. but as is, the main romance fell flat IMO & only the tragedy & Tontae acting gave any gravitas to the mains romance.

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like i've been saying the chemistry between…

like i've been saying the chemistry between Tontae & Nan Krai is just banging... their love for each other is evident & seeing how much Nan Krai cares for Tontae was soul crushing, cause nothing is gonna come of it. really wished he didn't kiss him at that moment, i assumed Tontae's reaction would be more explosive. thankfully his reaction was to finally understand Nan Krai's confession & his rejection was so heartbreaking, but sweet. ***************************************************************** i get not wanting to give up when u have spent the better part of youth loving someone, but u got rejected directly & indirectly so many times. holding on will only hurt u - so i wish he put his mind to letting Tontae go. *****************************************this was the 1st ep in a while where i really enjoyed myself as there wasn't the broken communication or the annoying Somo. but that's coming to an end in the next ep ugh... but only 2 more ep's to go

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those back+ground students were acting their ass off today

they ujm . . . did end up ruining it in the last minutes with a hand+ful of words but i can also just pretend ，iiii just looked some Things up & saw a manga page of them . . . i did like this ending ，we shed the silly shennanigans fro the mst part which i think is okay because we npw spend it focusing on thr actions of love class 3–d take to show they love each other ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ we knew this was going to happen to her ，we expect for this to happen to her. we can’t be shocked that the kids resort to violence though & i get why people would groan at them repeating that lesson they have already learned every single time they aggravate an assault but i am okay with it. because they are kids. in school. the punishments were always something that effected them ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ matsumoto jun did so fucking good in this role though ，a lot of non+chalant characters suffer with untalented actors but he did very well ，because he is kind’ve just platyinf himself KMDFVKMFDKDKM his hair looked good af though ！ when we started doing the series’ flash+backs & you can see the difference in volume gmkbkgfkmfmkfkm the styling team had fun with these boys & i had fun too ！ even if i jumped back at uchiyama’s a few times ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ it was nice seeing sawatari sensei come all this way ，i also did not realize that was his father until later on & i thought that was a nice touch. i do not really desire focusing deeply about him so i think what he got was fine. they a;lso did well with the principal i am satisfied with his mystery ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i am satisfiedw ith what they did with this season this was a really sweet show with a fun cast. i enjoy teaching dramas & episodic hero stories. this was a fun experience & i am excited to rinse & repeat with two new seasons hehe TAMAMORI I AM COMING SOON. I WILL GEWT THERE SOON.

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all the scenes between the mains, feel like…

all the scenes between the mains, feel like a travel promotional vid, where u see the village it's costumes & cultural, the tourist sights & cuisine... the romance isn't skin deep & that's why i am thankful that the most we get from them r hot kisses (& that's cause Tontae can kiss & is very comfortable in his skin - Hsia En looks uncomfortable in the NC scenes IMO). btw mentioning Hsia En, i was wondering if his twin is also in this BL & i have a sneaky suspicion that they both playing Victor (maybe there scene which one wasn't ready to perform, while the other was comfortable with...) as Hsia En got a beauty mark on his right cheek, near his mouth & that isn't always there. ************************************************************************************anyway hope now that Victor has left this get's interesting cause i was bored out ot my mind & was hanging on just to see how this is gonna get concluded. **********************************************************************************************************side note: Somo is annoying the heck out of me & the guys that work with Nan Krai r getting added to the list - shouldn't it be bros before ho's?!?? & here they were ready to cast a love spell on him just cause she's annoying & they can't tell her to f*ck off?? Not funny!

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this whole ep felt like filler, i am NOT interested…

this whole ep felt like filler, i am NOT interested in anything the mains have to say to each other, cause they don't say anything - it's a lot of fluff & really wish they would've just dubbed Victor. having to listen to the nonsensical conversations r doing my head in, it's beyond cringe - heck it's down right stupid & annoying to watch. & their NC scene was so meeh. yeah they can kiss & make-out but it didn't move me cause there's no substance there. & i get the actors r trying but they just lack something & i aint buying that they already in-love. in lust more like - but like i mentioned in the previous ep Tontae & Nan Krai were like a volcano, while Tontae & Victor r not even a sparkler. such a bummer as i was rooting for Hsia En. ********************************& have to say the whole Somo character needs disappear into the background - cause she's freakin annoying & not funny IMO. the only one i cared to watch was Nan Krai, who was nursing his broken heart.

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Shades of gray

This drama is unique in that none of the leads are really the team we expected when drama started. They are all mutually weak links for their cause for very different reasons. So far we have a bunch of victims and a lot of morally bankrupt people in positions that should be protecting them rather than exploiting them. We have one good guy in the detective, who will hopefully stay that way in spite of his wife’s infidelity. She is most likely pregnant with the only other good guy , the reporter, who was trying to expose connect app and died for his efforts. The detectives are a juxtaposition of good and evil as we see how creepy and amoral his partner is behind the scene. It is especially sinister that he gets by with antagonizing the first victim while she’s sitting beside her lawyer. These three gals are exceptionally smart but all seem to struggle with common sense things. You can’t have a person housebound and have water and condiments in the fridge so they are forced to leave just to get a meal, or badger a witness with numerous texts to be sure she’s endangered. The one who relies on mother’s money and then trusts the wrong law partner. Now it’s IT guy. Is this really better? And the one who slept with her ex, removed evidence and lost evidence. Each episode flips your bias and perspective with highly tense situations meshing reality with public perception. It does an excellent job of frustrating you with the plight of the victims and the assistance or lack thereof from lawyers and justice system. You keep getting drawn into their web as the gray characters swirl around deciding the degree they can help or hurt.

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