Too Many Clichés, Poor Story Line
I went into Feel What You Feel with fairly low expectations, so I wasn't expecting a masterpiece. It is a short drama, and I was simply hoping for something entertaining and worth the time.Unfortunately, even those expectations were not met.
The biggest issue for me was the story. It relies heavily on familiar clichés and sweet moments, but there is very little substance underneath. The plot never really develops into anything interesting, and the characters are not memorable enough to carry the drama on their own.
What surprised me most was how quickly I lost interest. I found myself skipping scenes, watching parts on fast-forward, and at one point I even fell asleep. When I woke up, I didn't feel the need to go back and watch what I had missed, which says a lot about how disconnected I felt from the story.
The acting was average, the production felt low-budget, and overall the drama came across as something made purely for light entertainment without much effort put into the writing.
If you're looking for a simple, sweet way to pass the time, you may enjoy it. But if you're looking for a memorable story, this probably isn't the drama for you.
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it's average
I like the actors in this series. I'm okay with most of the series. but if they're not going to show the whole NC scene please cut it all out why have them start for kissing them automatically change the scene that makes no sense that should be cut out too. but the other part of the show the actual story line is okay like how they are together without the cut and the kissing sayings that I make sense to me. better than that that chemistry is good and I would be rewatch it one time. I'm only watching it for the actors not the actual series for real I like them in their other series that they was in this one it's just okayWas this review helpful to you?
YOU CANNOT DENY THE EYE CANDIES
This would be THE modern drama with the most exceptionally face-card driven cast. Every single person so beautiful, that you would doubt there were even ugly people in the world.As usual, we have great acting on Leo Wu and ZJM's part, but every single character was played well.
It is a soothing drama, without mistreatments on any part or character. The relationships are really healthy and there is growth showing the complexity of humans, performed to the T by LW.
As for the supporting cast, they were all cupids to the leads. The only flaw I personally felt was, they could have developed WXY's and DXY's love story as well.
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Truly Extraordinary
After rewatching for 4 times, i think I want to watch it again. This the drama that made me fall for Kim Hyeyoon. Eun Dan-oh is my most favourite female lead ever. Just when I was getting tired of the unbothered, over-it-all female leads, i stumbled onto this masterpiece. Dan-oh is truly an extraordinary, chaotic girl. The plot was absololutely great, well-written characters and even amazing plot twists. I love all the main characters, and this show has a way of making you fall for even the supporting and extra characters.My personal favs are Eun Dan-oh (obviously), Baek Kyung, Lee Dohwa, and Shin Sae-mi,
About Eun Dan-oh, i love how, in most such concepts, the fl tries to "stay away from the plot" but continues to become the centre of attention simply bcs she is the protagonist. But Dan-oh? she fights. she fights against the writer to change the plot and BE the protagonist of her own story. The plot shifts from a whimsical. light, comedic story to one full of deep, emotional themes. the world building is amazing. Dan-oh, from simply wanting to change the plot to defy the corny author, turns into a girl literally fighting to live. For Kim Hyeyoon, its fantastic how she managed to plat this role so well. bcs she had to switch between stage and shadow Dan-oh, it really showcased her acting talent, and hardwork.
for Baek Kyung. He is the character you'll hate till the end, but somehow, still find yourself crying a river for. A really well written, complex. morally grey character. Lee Jaewook's acting was amazing. Would love to see khy and ljw together as leads in the future!! Story wise, baek kyung made me want to smash his head with a vase but also left my crying and hoping for a better life for him. A song that perfectly suits him, imo is The One That Got Away.
Lee Dohwa. what a sweet, gentle and supportive character. i fell for his character. he is truly well-written too. i love his friendship with Dan-oh. it's rare to find such good male-female friendship in kdramas.
Shin Sae-mi. well, to put it shortly i loved her character bcs of her frienship and loyalty towards Eun Dan-oh. sadly, even though i really hoped, but she did not get her Ego. Though, there were still hints of her real self in shadow. I wish to see this talented actress in leading roles soon!!!
all in all, a rare gem of a story. Extraordinary you is truly Extraordinary. No matter what my current fav is, this will alway have a special place in my heart. The drama I'll always come back to!!!
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One of a kind
where do i even begin for this drama? well, i would like to say, please watch this drama and form your own opinion. you'll find people calling this a disappointment, in my opinion, I strongly oppose. If anything, there aren't many kdramas that I really enjoy enough to watch it in 2-3 days. But i did with this one. Loopholes? there weren't. The time-travel was not supposed to be explained. Dramas like twinkling watermelon also didn't explain that. Do you ask how the fl was reborn in Marry My Husband? or how the fl transmigrates in a book in many stories? Do you ask for the how? then why for this one? holy double standards. In fantasy, rules matter more than the physics behind it. and the rules were well estabilished in this show. I would say, please watch it if you want to. Don't let any comments direct if you should or not. the best is to form your own opinion. If you want to watch, then watch, if you don't want to, then don't.moving on, to talk about the acting, well, i watched the show solely for Kim Hyeyoon at first since i became a die-hard fan after watching Extraordinary You. And she did not disappoint. infact, i love her even more now. Every time Sol cries on screen, i find myself tearing up too, the acting is truly outstanding. Ofcourse, every other cast, all supporting ones too, did an outstanding job in making the character feel alive!! the comedy was natural and well done. the chemistry is sizzling hot and you won't be able to move on!!
about the OSTs, my personal favs are Sudden Shower, Like a dream, Run Run and Spring Snow. My love for this show deepened when i realise that byeon wooseok practiced swimming and singing for his role. all the efforts put in by everyone included in the making of this masterpiece make me love this drama even more!!
talking about the plot, its also equally mind-blowing. you'll laugh, cry and kick your feet while giggling. The story is well written and...absolutely lovely. My favourite character is obviously Im Sol. The love she has for sun-jae is so pure and deep, its very touching and every episode keeps you on your toes, rooting for her. about the whole idol x fan, well, thats bullshit tbh. this is not a disaster or delusional at all. this is not a fangirl falling for her idol and her idol simply liking her bcs she is quirky or different. its a story about two people running towards each other, against fate and time itself, just so they can be together. infact, Im Sol never saw sun-jae as a love interest until later. Every single character is well written and the story, their love and bonds, it's simply beautiful. I will always come back to this drama. it's truly one of a kind and i fear nothing can ever top this drama for me. It's one of a kind, and i would love to lose my memory to watch it for the first time.
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Did I Accidentally Watch the PG-13 Cut?
My social media feed was full of clips of these two long before I started watching, and the chemistry between them was impossible to miss. The sexual tension was practically doing the marketing itself, which was reason enough for me to give the show a chance.The plot? Basic. Predictable. Occasionally bordering on boring. But honestly, I didn't come here expecting a masterpiece.
What I wasn't expecting was to constantly feel like I had somehow stumbled onto a heavily censored version of the show. These two spend half their screentime looking like they want to jump each other, yet every time things are about to get interesting: cut, next scene. The kisses are surprisingly rare and, if I'm being honest, not particularly memorable either. Which is odd, because the entire premise seems determined to convince me these two are hopelessly obsessed with each other.
One thing I genuinely appreciated, though, was Akkhara's character. It's refreshing to see a BL acknowledge that not every man who wants affection, reassurance, or to be treated like a princess has to fit the usual petite, feminine stereotype. The fact that the series also touches on sexual role flexibility instead of locking both characters into the usual BL top/bottom clichés was a pleasant surprise. Thai BLs don't do that nearly often enough.
That said, Akkhara often comes across less as charmingly sassy and more as a slightly spoiled child. As a result, Intha frequently feels less like his boyfriend and more like his personal life manager. The dynamic works sometimes, but not often enough for me to fully buy into them as equals.
And then there's the bar. Intha basically jumps in, starts financially supporting Akkhara, becomes a co-owner, and invests himself in the business almost immediately. Which made me wonder: didn't you two meet about five minutes ago?
The funniest part is that I never really understood Akkhara's business model in the first place, so the bar struggling financially never came as much of a surprise.
The series is still ongoing, but for now I think I've seen enough. Maybe I'll come back later. At the moment, though, ChermChey feels like a show built almost entirely on chemistry and vibes — and once those stopped being enough, there wasn't much left to keep me invested.
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Simple yet amazing
Peach, a photographer with no family other than his sister, runs into Thee, a rich businessman who owns the company Peach works for. What seems like a dramatic premise turns into a simple yet strong story of two people falling in love.I highly enjoyed this drama. Peach is very down to earth and Thee is dramatic to the point that it becomes funny. The beginning of the series is the strongest as you can really see the difference between Peach and Thee and their lives. The two become more similar in the latter half as Peach accepts the luxurious life more and Thee becomes less extravagant. The whole series is great and 10 episodes is a perfect length in my opinion.
The side love story of Rome and Mork, and Tawan and Rane are both really weak. Neither see much screentime so it is not much of a negative. I would have loved more between Rome and Mork, because Mork is one of the most important characters in the story besides Peach and Thee.
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Unhinged and I Love It
The WONDERfools is the exact kind of unhinged energy I’ve been craving.Most hero shows try way too hard to be all dark and rugged, but this one is just like, "What if we gave people powers, but they were also just absolute disasters at being actual humans?" It’s petty, and I’m pretty sure the main characters have less self-control than I do on a Friday night.
If you're looking for something that doesn't take itself too seriously but still manages to be weirdly endearing, this is the one.
I’ve been logging my thoughts and keeping up with the latest discussions over: https://myasianbinge.com/the-wonderfools-review/ - it’s honestly become my go-to spot to vent about these characters' questionable life choices.
If you want to join the chaos and see what everyone else is saying about the latest episodes, you should definitely check out the community there.
My sleep schedule is officially a disaster, but this show is worth it.
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Altered My POV For Sweets
Mare is one of my favourites Asadora, as a person who loved asadora in the slightly modern days, Mare story had capture a great calming and peace of mind daily life.Shut out to Sawano Hiroyuki, this is an asadora whose intro I've never skipped in 156 episodes. I absolutely love this drama's opening theme song and never tire of listening to it. The drama's intro is divided into two cours, with the first and second half featuring different sections of the theme song and intro videos. The final weeks also feature a special intro. The background music in this drama is also one of my favorites. From tense moments to sad moments, it manages to give me a good atmosphere of what's happening. This is also possible because Sawano sensei also did the composing for this drama, imo.
For the actors/actress, I think the choice of actors is very suitable, they played their roles very well, although some of the characters were a little less fitting when they were adults in my opinion. There are also many actors in this drama that until now I still see them actively playing dramas even though they are all getting older (lol), so for me many familiar face in here. I have actors that I really like in this drama because their characters are very strong, their motivation is solid to carry the story of this drama forward without having to be rushed or slowed down the pace.
My favorite part is on mid to end of this drama, the emotional built up is very good, all the family intrigue, Mare job, etc. Character development is on point, i dont think the supporting character need any explanation or need extra story to fit in the plot (like in Anpan, some supporting character feels like very rush to introduce).
My verdict, Mare is an asadora drama that I can say is a slice of life with an up and down pace but the story is not rushed with many characters having solid motivations so that the story in this drama is not boring and the music in this drama which was composed by Sawano Hiroyuki is the music in the asadora drama that I like the most, this drama also stars many actors whose faces are very familiar until now. Its altered my POV of how hard patisserie research and make their cake, after finished the drama, im regularly try some patisserie in my city and appreciate how detail and how tasty it is (from a person that not much like sweets).
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Dull At Start But Unexpected Ending !
when watching this drama, it start more interesting halfway of the series, at first the story build up like a puzzle, halfway until the end, somehow the director give the watcher fake suspect, that makes watcher questioning who's the real culprit. Overall the story have a satisfaction ending in my opinion and that's how the story should end!cast and ost is good enough but for me, Sometani Shota act as little brother it's quiet funny if you had watch his other drama, but everything he's doing in this drama is good.
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Fan Sevrice Drama For Mei Hata Fans!
my review is a bit bias on this dorama, but for Mei Hata and Shida Mirai fans, this drama is a must watch, the story is easy to follow and very straight forward with the conflict, it fills with some slice of life moment of the duo. Defo is a must watch!!Other than that, cast is quite good but Okada Yoshinori act as a single ojisan police, has a weird vibe, i think he more fits for role like father of the happy family, lol..
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Bullying is wrong despite of gender and positions they hold
Honestly i have started with low expectations but it indeed exceeded my expectations the story line is good also the connevtion between them is subtle yet important i love how they punished those bullies whenever thosescenes came i was so happy like theactors did good job be it the bullies who played role that is itWas this review helpful to you?
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Interesting At First Boring At The End, But Cast Great
Just to make it short, everything feels fine until episodes 6, the core of the drama is ichiban boshi act as mediator between perfecture if there's any crime located in the perfecture border that require two different police HQ to solve the crime, but start from episodes 7 until end, it just only tell to uncover the ichiban boshi brother scandal, like wth is this.. suddenly, and also episode 7 until end is very dragging as hell, i think director better bring one more case and just make the final act on episode 8 or jus episode 9.If it's not Tao Tsuchiya or Yuka fill the cast in here, i would stop watching at episode 7.
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The lead's impeccable chemistry, ML's undying love, and the FL's fiery nature
Am here almost a year late and went into this completely blind, having not watched any of Cheng Lei's or Zhou Ye's dramas, so as a neutral viewer am just gonna say I loved and enjoyed this one to bits! The premise itself throws in an interestingly political angle on women and their military rights- as she went in disguised as a man, it was the only way for her to build a career for herself. Lots of times, I tend to lose interest towards the tail end of the drama but here it got even more interesting because it revolved around the leads and their individual aspirations.This series is so easy to breeze past: their banters, teasing proximity, heated gazes keeps the viewer fixed to the screen. The male lead, Cheng Lei is a new addition to my list of fictional husbands because he isnt just dashing but also portrays the complexity of the character so well and his gazes subtly speak every single thing in the character's heart. The slow burn was beautiful and I loved the heroine's flintiness extra because the ml was so downbad that he declared his love for her to the emperor and announced it in court: "she graces my eyes, occupies my thoughts, and holds my heart"--such a passionate and beautiful confession of his soulful love for her. It took him time to accept his feelings but once he did, he was openly downbad for his girl and legit was told by others around him to control his gaze and love for her lol.
I do have to say though that I harbour particularly hateful feelings for second ML, Chu Zhao in my heart and did so from very early on. He came off as cunning and manipulative, and I skipped most of his scenes. Thank god for that, because just as our leads are about to marry, he completely takes the fl's agency away by imposing marriage on her. And here, the leads really shone as a pairing and as individuals: neither of them wanted to give up their careers and identities, so they chose to remain together irrespective of marriage. Of course they do end up getting married at the end but I really enjoyed seeing their dating era, especially because this was a period drama and we got some vivid and beautiful sequences.
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