Simplest adaptation
I think is the 3rd jdrama I enjoyed watching . Tho , i still had problem with the pacing but i think cdrama , kdrama and jdrama pacing of relationships are different and they wanted to wrap this drama fastAren't most J-dramas around 10-12 ep? I wonder why they finished this one earlier. the manga is still going on , maybe that's why
I was able to relate with fl's "good girl" persona , and when she said that "I was child of convenience more than a good child" I FELT ITTTTT
Yes, ML had a broken childhood, but I am glad he is surrounded by good friends now .
Also, the female lead's acting was hard to watch sometimes , and the age gap was less evident , i think it is the major part of the story , but both of them looked of same age (I mean, they even are , real life )
I will read the manga if I am able to find it in english , because the characters had potential.
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Nonsense drama
I watched this last yar since i like Teng Zewen and having drama marathon for her. Not a fans of Tian Xuning acting and i feel his expression in here is so unnatural and the acting is so obvious. The chemistry actually barely exist despite few good kiss scene but the plot is utterly nonsense. The emotion feels so lacking. But for the anti-climax is the few last episode. I just saying what the hell was going on?For simple summary, FL was mute and ML hates her. ML has amnesia and having mistaken FL identity to SFL(typical plot). ML tortures FL since FL is ML secretary and use her to get leverage for his client. Anything ML did has no redemption. For some reason ML got intimate with FL and FL was pregnant with ML son, makes SFL angry and she scheme with SML to harm FL baby. ML got his memory back when FL wants to divorce him. FL loses his baby and the rest is wife chasing which doesn't looks sincere for me.
Supporting casts acting was questionable especially SML like his existence are just suddenly appear and make everything messier than actual story,
Wont recommend this drama even you have low tension.
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It didn't meet it full potential
This drama started strong, very refreshing romcom with time travel plotline, it was solid till it wasn't, half throughout show, the series lost the consistency and got so many plot holes , the characters writing become inconsistent, the villains were boring and useless actually,the going back and fourth to joseon era didn't make much sense,having tragedy every episode just for sake of it, shin seori was so fun, i loved her a lot, loved chemistry with saegyi, overall the drama didn't reach it full potential with such writingWas this review helpful to you?
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8+0,5 for Jin Zhao
This drama is very special to me. It caught me right from the beginning and also carried me through some tough times, and I could relate to the story in certain ways. At first, I ended up binge-watching so many episodes.Jin Zhao / He Yu really carried the drama for me and raised my standards lol. I overall really liked his character. Despite many opinions, I also enjoyed Esther Yu’s acting and Jiang Mu’s character. I liked her “princess treatment” from Jin Zhao and her pampered behavior, although it might have been a bit too much at times. The chemistry between them was also very good.
The visuals, story, and OST were also pretty good. I also really loved the symbolism and hidden meanings throughout the drama.
I watched until around episode 20 and then stopped for a while because it felt a bit too long and stretched out, and I didn’t want to reach the conflict, which in my opinion was somewhat unnecessary. After a longer break, I started watching it again and was able to pick the story back up. However, the later episodes also felt a bit stretched, and in contrast, the best part (the wedding) felt a bit too rushed and too short. But I really liked that all their friends reunited with them at the end.
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Cried from happiness
This series definitely deserves much more recognition and popularity. It is a sweet and comforting series that is like a warm cup of honey tea. I will be definitely rewatching it again and again, and I can really recommend this short series. If you like a cute bl with beautiful scenery and the greenest of the green flag characters, you will definitely love this one.Things I liked:
1. Ryuji. If there was ever a competition for the most mature, kind, and sweet BL character, Ryuji would get first place every time.
2. So many cute and adorable moments.
3. Amane's growth. I'm really proud of him and everything he achieved.
4. Communication, communication, and even more communication. Amane and Ryuji are the best example of how to communicate and be absolute green flags all day.
5. Gorgeous scenery.
Things I disliked:
1. Didn't affect my rating at all, but I would really love for the series to have at least a few more episodes.
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We love you Weng Weng
Words cannot describe how much beautifully demented joy D'Wild Wild Weng brings me, an utterly deranged Kung-Fu Western featuring Tribal Dwarves, Mexican Banditos, and even a detachment of ninjas for Weng Weng to murder. It's just as gloriously chaotic as the two Bond parodies that make up the heart of his tragically limited filmography. Naturally, Weng is magnetic, spending the film up to his usual antics, employing his diminutive stature in ever more inventive ways before sliding across the floor and kicking a bad guy in the balls, but this time he gets to serenade a young lady too, and it's magical. Surprisingly, the most unusual thing is the comedy relief sidekick because he can't talk. There are obviously a number of conceptual problems associated with the character who can't talk; certainly, giving him most of the exposition was a mistake. The bigger issue is the potential for irritation, but on balance, it's seldom more annoying than it is fascinating, so I'm on board all the way, especially when things start to get weird. Sadly, it seems the holy grail of Weng Weng adventures is currently being withheld from us mere mortals, but for what it's worth, there isn't anything better than watching Weng mowing down enemies with a Gatling Gun.Was this review helpful to you?
An ode to artistry and perseverance
For a film which revolves around sex, Viva Erotica doesn't feel the least bit sleazy or grimy, instead offering an electrifying meta-filmic takedown of both the absurdity and sensationalism of the world around Category III filmmaking. It throws out the window any typical expectations you have, delivering a provocative satire that pokes fun at the film industry while celebrating the people who keep it running. It certainly helps that the film has a tremendous spirit of style with some wonderful direction and photography, plus a terrific sense of humour, with its tongue firmly in cheek, featuring witty dialogue, cheeky references, and guest cameos that ground the film in a slightly offbeat existence. The different styles reflecting different moments, within its realm of porn, there's a lot more colour and movement, but it slows down when it's brought back to reality. It dips into the classic retrospection of filmmakers, moving flawlessly from moment to memory and back again, while thriving on capturing the typical heart of low-budget indie cinema, just with extra nudity and sex thrown in. Leslie Cheung gives a great performance, tackling his role with abandon, embodying the turmoil an artist endures when his ideal must be compromised to meet the reality of the market. He's flawed, but in a very natural and relatable way, as people can't always make the right decision at every turn. All the while, Shu Qi is doing a parody of bad porn acting, resulting in cinematic gold. It helps that they're backed by a fantastic support team, a mix of different personalities who all have something to add, originally out digging into artistic integrity but evolving into becoming a family and together, trying to create something great. Although at times, Viva Erotica seems precisely like the soft-core sex flicks it's trying to skewer, starting with a literal bang with one of the most enthusiastic bonking scenes ever witnessed, yet it all comes together in a surprisingly heartfelt examination of filmmaking, artistic compromise and the struggle to survive in a commercial entertainment industry.Was this review helpful to you?
What A Masterpiece Drama, Strong and Smarl FL, BEST INK related CDRAMA Ever!
What an incredible series! It easily deserves a rating higher than 8.5, as the storyline, performances, and cinematography are flawless. Yang Zi delivers another phenomenal performance, solidifying her status as a top-tier actress. The emotional family dynamics involving Li Zhen, her grandmother, and her grandfather were deeply moving and brought me to tears. I also loved the evolution of Li Zhen's relationship with her uncle, Li Jingdong, shifting beautifully from rivals to him becoming her ultimate support system. Though the male lead's character frustrates me, the actor himself did a great job and looks fantastic in historical attire. His quest for family revenge is continually foiled because his enemies constantly outsmart him, and despite serving under a general, his combat skills are weak. Ultimately, this show is a must-watch. In my opinion, Yang Zi and Zhao Lusi are currently the absolute best A-list actresses in the C-drama industry.Was this review helpful to you?
Good but nothing special
It was an okay watch—perfect for passing the time when you have nothing else to watch.The story was decent and the acting was solid overall. My favourite character was Bang UI—he really brought life to the screen every time he appeared. The horror atmosphere was well done and added a nice layer of tension to the drama.
That said, it wasn't anything particularly special. Nothing about it really stood out or left a lasting impression. It kept me entertained, but if it had been more than 8 episodes, I don't think I would have had the patience to finish it.
I did like our main couple and their determination to save each other. That was probably the most compelling part of the drama and kept me invested enough to see it through.
Verdict: A decent time-filler. Nothing groundbreaking, but enjoyable enough if you're looking for something light and short. Worth a watch if you have nothing better on your list.
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Impressively boring and shallow.
I was so excited to watch something light and cute, but I ended up scrolling through half the show because I was so bored.Look, I love some fluff with zero drama, but Duang With You is nothing like that. It romanticizes a childish and surprisingly toxic relationship, drags on for no reason, and is filled with annoying clichés, cringe dog-fetish humor, and painfully unfunny sound effects.
The characters have zero depth. There’s a lovable sweet boy who’s obsessed with a cold, introverted guy. That’s it. Twelve plus hours of the same thing. This show could easily be cut down to a 20 minute short film.
Let’s talk about the romance for a second.
To give it the benefit of the doubt, it did make me smile a couple of times (even though the acting was pretty average and the chemistry between Duang and Qinn was lacking). But.
It’s so freaking toxic and borderline abusive. Qinn acts like an asshole in pretty much every episode, and the show explains his behavior in the dumbest way possible (yes, sad childhood trauma, as usual).
He’s so distant, cold, and emotionless toward Duang that even his confession feels forced—almost like he’s doing it out of pity. Duang, on the other hand, seems to have zero self-respect, putting up with Qinn’s behavior over and over again, while the show desperately tries to present it as pure, innocent love with pretty lighting, blur filters, and slow music.
Overall, Duang With You might work as a one-time watch if you’re just trying to kill some time.
Just put it on 2x speed.
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Fluff with no substance
This is a series for beginners. I first watched this less than a year ago when I first started watching drama. I had seen maybe 30 at the time, and I found it cute and easy to watch. Now, I've seen almost 300 dramas, and I decided to rewatch this series because I couldn't remember Teetee in it, and I wanted more of him and Por after finishing Duang With You, and I remember really liking Por in this series.Boy, is it a hard rewatch. And Teetee was barely in it, so I feel like I just wasted my time. I watched it at X2 speed most of the time, and my attention wandered so much that I thought about watching a compilation video of RealHia and LeeKlaijai (is that his name?) moments.
One thing that didn't change after the rewatch is my love for Real, Hia, and Lee, and Teerak's grandpa. Muenfah was alright, and I didn't like anyone else.
But let's start with the positives!
--While Kong's acting isn't the best, everyone else did a good job. Por was especially impressive.
--Auau and Save have great chemistry, and so do Por and Teetee for what little we see of them.
--The RealHia moments are the only thing that got me through it. I also really love their difference in height.
--School work was more involved than in most dramas I've seen.
--Thomas and Por look enough alike that they are believable as brothers.
And that's about it! Now I'm about to rant & there will be spoilers!
--The plot is so straightforward that there is no suspense about what will happen next. To summarize, boring.
--Oh, played by Mike, is just creepy. He also looks a lot older than everyone else, which doesn't help. Everything with him and his mother is also just dropped, and they both exit stage left like they never existed.
--Lee's relationship with Teetee's character (His name is difficult) is something they spent little to no time on and was just tacked on an episode here and there.
--This show could have easily been 8 episodes. The passing would have been much better if they hadn't stretched things out into 12 episodes. Cut out the filler and some of the fluff, and honestly make the NC scenes shorter.
--One of the things I hate most is stupid or immature characters. This series has them in abundance. Teerak, Joy, and Type only have a few brain cells between them, and Teerak never seems to be in possession of them.
--Teerak's character is one of my least favorite main characters ever. His character was made to be a pure innocent bottom that you want to protect. And everyone tries to from his family, to his friends, to the boys crushing on him. His friends and love interest are doing it because they see how naive he is, so they don't annoy me as much. His family, however, raised him this way. I think the parents or the sister thought that he needed to grow up at all, but stay a sweet little boy forever. The result? We have a 19/20 year old boy with the personality and emotional development of an 8-year-old. He's an adult. He shouldn't be begging his father to kiss his head and pouting when he doesn't get it. He has to look up the simplest things to do with dating, like how to get to know each other, and how you know when you like someone. You know obvious things, and then for some reason, he doesn't have to look anything up about kissing or sex. He jumped into it like it was his job.
--Babe is a character that I only liked because she's supportive when Teerak really wants a relationship with Muenfah. Everything before that point pissed me off. (I don't know if she did or said anything about Miu, so I can't really compare how she acts when Teerak is dating anyone, so this is just a comparison of when he's being pursued.) Babe is very aggressive, toured Muenfah, and is overly protective of Teerak as soon as she thinks they are dating. She goes right to Muenfah and demands answers. She then tries to shut down any "couple" moments, even though she knows it's fake. Thankfully, she backs off once Teerak tells her he wants to have a relationship with Muenfah. But she acts this way to Muenfah, but does and says nothing to Oh. I don't care if he's a senior. If you are this protective of your brother, that won't matter. She literally acts like a third parent to Teerak when they are only a year apart in age, so why is it that when he's actually having problems with someone, she does nothing? She saw that Teerak was uncomfortable about Oh giving him flowers and gifts, but didn't do anything because why? Teerak told her not to? Then we have the birthday party, which she either shouldn't have let him go to simply because it was Oh's or gone with him. She does neither, and her brother would probably have gotten worse than sexually assaulted if it hadn't been for Muenfah, the one she's giving a hard time. So yeah, I don't care for her at all.
--Teerak's father was stupid for thinking that putting Teerak under house arrest and driving him to school when Babe couldn't until he broke up with Muenfah was magically going to fix that his son was gay. My dude, look at how you raised your son. I'd be more surprised if he were straight.
--Lastly, I couldn't care less about Teerak and Muenfah's relationship. I was so bored with them; it was all fluff and filler, and I was more interested in literally anything else. They had okay chemistry, especially in the more intimate scenes, so I'd like to see them in more things in the future, and I really hope they don't turn out to be another MaxNat (Naughty Babe) for me. I've watched almost all of MaxNat's shows, and while I can see improvement, I still have yet to actually like anything that they are in.
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seriously disgusting
not enough people talk about the amount of SA in this show. why is it being romanticised and not taken seriously?after reading some of the reviews it seems to me that the show doesn't address this issue in the later episodes but i admit i can't know for sure because i couldn't even get halfway through it. at first i tried to ignore it (which i shouldn't have) but by episode 6 or 8 it was making me too uncomfortable, i had to stop watching. all of the kisses were non consensual and one of the MLs kept forcing himself on the other ML while there was some romantic music playing in the background. it was disgusting as well as just... confusing, i guess? i mean, there's really nothing romantic about sexual assault.
i also think the gang rape at the beginning is very overlooked. there was really no chance for me to like chi cheng's character or root for him in the slightest after he allowed that guy to get raped. i don't have a problem with characters being flawed, i don't have to agree with them on all of their choices but one of the MLs doing something so horrible really threw me off.
ah seriously... i don't really know what else i could say at the moment. i'm genuinely just mad that this show gained so much popularity and also the way people talk about it, mostly ignoring these issues. so so disgusting.
!! i would also like to add that if you, by chance, enjoyed this show and want to recommend it to someone, please make sure that you mention the SA elements.
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Maybe not for me
A lot of this show involves sitting in a certain level of misery which made it hard to watch when there was little relief. Dong Man’s “craziness” is meant to at times offer some comedic lightness but I found it very awkward and cringe. I mostly enjoyed his interactions in Eun-A but also found their relationship hard to believe and confusing. There were some parts of the story that didn’t quite feel finished (whatever happened to Knock Knock Knock?) or rushed/odd at the end (DM struggling to maintain control of the set so the solution is a fist fight?). I was surprised everyone was so happy for Dong Man after all he’s said over the years about their own work.I can understand why others liked the story, and in a way I did too. It was new and not your typical drama, but I think this was just not quite my style.
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Dead-Fish Kisses Found Dead in a Ditch
Yowzaaa. What the hell did I just watch?I found The Revenge of Begonia completely by accident and ended up inhaling the entire thing in one sitting. This drama is a perfect example of why short-form C-dramas deserve far more respect than they get. While many viewers dismiss them as low-budget fluff, this show proves there's some serious talent working in this space. Is it campy? Absolutely. The second half is packed with over-the-top villains, dramatic misunderstandings, and enough damsel-in-distress moments to make me roll my eyes. But these dramas operate at maximum intensity, and honestly, that's part of the fun.
What elevates The Revenge of Begonia above the crowd is its two leads. Hong Xiao and Yan Zi Xian have some of the most ridiculous chemistry I've seen in an Asian drama in years. Not good chemistry. Not great chemistry. Ridiculous chemistry. Every scene between them crackles with tension, attraction, and emotion. The romantic moments feel passionate rather than choreographed, and the relationship benefits from small details that make it feel surprisingly real. Hong Xiao is fantastic as the conflicted Yan An Ning, while Yan Zi Xian brings exactly the kind of presence and charisma the role demands. The man can act, he can carry a scene, and yes, he can kiss. Very important.
The plot is entertaining enough on its own, but let's be honest: the romance is the main event. If you've spent years watching dramas where the leads seem mildly inconvenienced by each other's existence and kiss like dead fishes, this feels like a breath of fresh air. It's short, bingeable, wildly entertaining, and somehow had me giggling at my screen like a teenager. Give Hong Xiao and Yan Zi Xian a full-length drama together immediately.
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A Sweet and Heartwarming Family Rom-Com
This is a simple, sweet, and fun rom-com that makes for a perfect quick watch. It feels like a spiritual sequel to *Love Trap* since it reunites the same lead actors, and their chemistry remains just as strong as ever. Having seen them together before, I already knew they worked well as a pair, and they didn't disappoint here.The biggest highlight of the drama is the adorable children. They bring so much charm, energy, and humor to the story, and many of the funniest moments come from their mischievous antics. The bright visuals and colorful wardrobe also give the drama a warm and cheerful atmosphere.
Both leads deliver solid performances and effortlessly handle the romantic, emotional, and comedic moments. Their chemistry is natural and engaging, making it easy to root for them throughout the story. The supporting characters, especially the family members and the assistant, add even more warmth to an already enjoyable watch.
Overall, this is a lighthearted and heartfelt drama with a lovable cast, plenty of cute moments, and one of my favorite pairings in Chinese short dramas. If you're looking for something easy, entertaining, and full of charm, this is definitely worth checking out.
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