Reviews

SDP,DAP AND RABGEL, ILOVEU TO THE MOON AND BACK

Ini versi keduanya alias lanjutan dari DAP, disini fokus nyeritain struggle story love Drake, Alys and Tripp, cukup rumit, kompleks, tapi juga so PROUD sama Rabin, Angela, also Zeke yang acting nya totalitas sekali apalagi si Angela, banyak scene nangisnya, marah-marahnya, top deh, and aku juga keinget kata-kata Tripp waktu Drake & Alys saying sorry of all the things happens to him, respon Tripp justru nyadarin aku akan sesuatu, setiap hal apapun yang terjadi pasti ada alasannya dan hal itupun yang membuat Drake, Alys and Tripp sampai dititik ini, dengan terjadinya semua itu kita jadi tahu siapa sebenarnya yang kita cinta, kita sayang dan kita perjuangkan, and Tripp saying that his not regret to loving Alys, JLEB BGT DAH, meskipun cape liat alurnya tapi begitulah perjuangan cinta, se luar biasa itu, sedih banget sih sekarang udah end, nemenin dan nonton dari awal dong SDP, dan nonton DAP pun Ongoing tapi memuaskan, dan Terima Kasih juga kepada my friend Rasy, sudah bersedia membaca atau mendengarkan cerita tentang DAP, he also my happiness too, tq ya, here the end, Dating Alys Perez n Seducing Drake Palma n also Rabin Angeles and Angela Muji and also direk christ, i would say, I LOVE YOU, TO THE MOON AND BACK!!!

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A Beautiful Drama to Imprison the Heart

I've been on a Liu Nu Ying binge the past couple of weeks and this drama has been one of the highlights. I may also start to binge Song Zu Er now as well, haha!

This drama had some of the healthiest communication I've seen between two leading characters. As someone else said, any misunderstandings or roadblocks placed in their way only brought them closer. UGH! AMAZING. Granted, all of this done while preserving what generally draws me, and others, to dramas like this which is a ruthless male lead. As he grows closer to Qiao Man, that edge is not softened but honed by her own gentleness and cunning.

The real star of the show, I will say, has to be Song Zu Er as Qiao Man. I'm someone that struggles with female leads because their actions are easy to judge (being a woman myself). I feel a lot of dramas reduce women down to their stereotypes (vapid, jealous, flighty, etc) or completely erase their femininity (overly masculine, aggressive, abrasive, etc). Qiao Man is written to be like water, soft, unassuming, but capable of carving through mountains. Her tenacity, intelligence, and wisdom are something I've truly never seen in a drama before (or at least I haven't found a drama like it yet). Actually, all the female roles in this drama are excellently written and portrayed. Even the more villainous women.

The main focus of this drama is the relationship between to the two leads. However, the world building, OST and music score, and cast are fantastic. The villains are also good, though I found them less villains and more victims to the circumstances pushed on them.

All in all, this drama was excellently written, performed, and filmed by all involved. Also, one of the sweetest 'first night' scenes I've ever watched.

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The power of great story telling

I thought I would wait until I finish watching the show before writing any reviews but I changed my mind.
Against the current is truly a masterpiece, in most drama that involves politics and romance story, we always look forward to the episode where both the Leads show how much they care about each other and how the romance part plays out, and usually come half way through the show,However we are over the half way mark and the lead haven't even star showing affection towards each other and we are loving it. So far no intimacy is use to move forward the story. Most shows by mid way loss focus and rely on the couple affection to continue to keep engaging the audience instead against the current great dialogue, realistic reaction to human emotions to convey their messages. The show is well written, and the actors are great, the supportive cast are also excellent and ever part of the story are interviewing into the main story then you not need nudity to convey the message.
We might get one or two kissing scene in this show before it's over but we already committed to coming back every day to watch without fast forwarding because we know we are going to be entertained anyway. If you are on the fence where you should watch pls do start watching, you will not regret doing so.Kudos to everyone involved in the project. I might even dear say the story line is better rewriting than in the pursuit of Jade, we had a great visual of leads in the pursuit of Jade however, against the current has fantastic actors and a better script .

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Come for the Heat, Stay for the Heart

Summertime announces itself very quickly as a Korean BL that is not interested in playing it safe. The sexual content is unusually explicit for a KBL, particularly given that the characters are 19-year-old high school seniors, and anyone uncomfortable with that should know it before starting. But reducing this drama to its provocative scenes would be a mistake. What surprised me most was how emotionally intelligent and genuinely moving it became.

Cha Do Hyeon and Yeo Eun Ho have known each other their entire lives. Their fathers were friends, their families are intertwined, and neither boy really remembers a life without the other in it. Do Hyeon has long understood that Eun Ho occupies a place in his life no one else does. Eun Ho, however, has never had much reason to examine their relationship at all. Do Hyeon is simply Do Hyeon—the person who has always been there.

That changes when romantic and sexual feelings begin forcing their way into a relationship that has existed comfortably for 19 years.

What Summertime does exceptionally well is take that disruption seriously. This isn’t simply a story about someone realizing he is attracted to another boy. Eun Ho has to confront what it means to suddenly see his lifelong best friend differently, what changing their relationship might cost them, and what these feelings mean for his understanding of himself. Even in a heterosexual romance, realizing you have fallen for a lifelong friend could destabilize a relationship you value enormously. Add an unexpected same-sex attraction, adolescence, graduation, and the uncertainty of approaching adulthood, and Eun Ho’s confusion feels remarkably believable.

Some of the strongest stretches of the drama are surprisingly quiet. Characters wander, think, avoid each other, remember, make terrible decisions, and try to understand emotions for which they don’t yet have the vocabulary. There is humor, but it arises naturally from the characters rather than turning the story into a comedy. One particularly funny sequence involving Eun Ho attempting to let chance determine his feelings manages to be adorable while also revealing exactly how desperately he wants a different answer from the one he already knows.

Kwon I Hyeon, a gay transfer student who initially seems positioned primarily as a romantic rival, becomes something more useful to the story. His presence forces some uncomfortable feelings into the open, but he also provides Eun Ho with a perspective he doesn’t have elsewhere. Importantly, he doesn’t hand Eun Ho an answer about his sexuality or tell him what he should do. Eun Ho still has to figure that out for himself.

The central relationship works because the drama establishes intimacy long before romance. Do Hyeon and Eun Ho know one another’s habits, families, weaknesses, and routines. They take care of each other almost automatically. That history gives even ordinary interactions emotional weight and makes the prospect of changing—or losing—the relationship feel consequential.

The chemistry between Seong In Ho (Do Hyeon) and Kim Do Min (Eun Ho) is excellent. It is certainly physical, and the drama does not leave much doubt about that, but the more impressive chemistry is in the quieter moments. Their comfort together feels lived-in. As Eun Ho’s understanding of Do Hyeon changes, the way he looks at him changes too, and that gradual shift is far more convincing than simply having the script announce that he has fallen in love.

The drama also understands that first love doesn’t happen in isolation. These boys are standing at the end of high school, when the lives they have always known are about to change. Questions about university, work, family expectations, self-worth, and who they want to become gradually become as important as the question of whether they want each other. For such short episodes, Summertime manages to explore a surprising amount without feeling like a checklist of coming-of-age issues.

It isn’t flawless. Some secondary characters remain fairly thin, and a few adults offer advice so spectacularly questionable that I wanted to climb through the screen and intervene. The short runtime also means certain transitions happen quickly. But the central relationship receives the attention it needs, and the writing repeatedly trusts small moments and behavior to communicate things that could easily have been overexplained.

And yes, the NC content is explicit—occasionally startlingly so. What ultimately impressed me, though, is that the physicality isn’t the drama’s substitute for emotional development. If anything, some of its most powerful episodes contain very little physical intimacy at all. Desire creates the crisis; the emotional consequences are where the story becomes compelling.

At only ten short episodes, Summertime accomplishes more character development than many BLs manage with twice the runtime. I started it thinking, “What on earth am I watching?” I finished it thinking about identity, friendship, first love, growing up, and how frightening it can be to discover that the person who has always been part of your past may also be the person you want in your future.

A surprisingly thoughtful, emotionally intense coming-of-age BL hiding underneath one very provocative first impression.

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Wow! The men are all good-looking! 😍🤣🤭🥰 Like, truly handsome. Not make-believe. Such a rare circumstance. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 esp. for a low-budget drama. What a feast for the eyes! 🤭👍🏻🤣👍🏻

I had trouble emotionally connecting with the story at first because I settled for an AI-dubbed version since it was in English, and so I didn't have to read subtitles. Geez, what a mistake!

Is it just me or what? I've never seen a man who doesn't have a romantic vibe such as the ML. 🤣🤣🤣🤣This is my first time watching him in a drama. He's undeniably good-looking and sure knows how to act, but it seems like he'd fit best in action, suspense, thriller, even (villain roles) or anything like that rather than romance. The second lead has a more romantic vibe than him--the ML. He looks like an intellectual. He can make a woman swoon, but isn't romantic. Sigh. I am not sure how to explain it well. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I feel like he has great potential, just in the wrong genre. I'll try watching his other dramas to confirm what I am sensing.

The FL is pretty convincing. I didn't like the characters this couple has to portray. They're not truly grounded in reality. The emperor? Tsk. Although none of them are truly morally upright, I find the supporting characters far more interesting than the main characters, like the second prince. His character is in the gray area, as is the crown princess. Their characters are more relatable than the others. A person can still be selfish even if they're not corrupt, and a good person may side with the immoral out of desperation for survival, but eventually return to their senses.

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The final episodes (9,10) were a disgrace to the actors and the viewers!

I do understand why many people are pissed at this series. Everything was just fine till the end of ep 8 and then it went really into the crapper... Why is EunHo so insecure all of a sudden? That pissed me off... he never acted like that and than "voila" he was. And then is the reveal, that everything was just EunHos imagination and a dream. I do understand why people feel betrayed. What did the screenwriter and director smoke to do it that way? What was the goal behind it? Is it just to be "true" to the original work? Or could it be for a S2 to make it all different?

So my rating reflect the "dream" EunHo had, which would have been fine if they had choosen not to reveal it. They did everything right and it could have been one of the stellar korean productions we have seen this year, but no, they had to ruin it. Production quality was good, the acting was good for the most part, the kissing and nc-scenes were done from sensible to hot. All of it is fine... only the dream story is not. When we think they get together everything breaks apart.

Also a word to the sentence "some scenes where made with the help of AI". I want to share a bit of light on that. They used AI for weather effects. So they did not waste tons of water for rain, they only watered a small area and let AI fill in the rest. Also when the weather was not as beautiful as required the AI helped with removing clouds or color the leaves. In this case the use of AI made sense, helped save budget and they did not do anything cringe or akward with it.

If you watch this, you will be disappointed. And if you have watched it, you felt like your time was wasted with a dream. We can dream for ourselves, that's not why a BL exist. Update: After I read some comments, even the Manwha did not end that way. So "STUDIO OAK" what was the fucking reason to make it that way? Gays can only be happy in their dreams? 🤬

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Underwhelming with No Emotional Investment

Not worth the watch. This is the 3rd drama that I've attempted to watch with Meng Zi Yi as the FL. She's gorgeous but her acting is mediocre and borderline terrible. The other two dramas (Blossoms of Power, and Royal Rumors) I dropped within the first 5 episodes, they were unwatchable. Princess Gambit I decided to try to finish, it was a chore with lots of skipping. Not one character provided any emotional investment for the viewer - I couldn't care whether anyone lived or died.

The Good (not much):
- costumes were beautiful

The Bad:
- Lead couple had zero chemistry, it's like they just existed next to each other in the scenes
- Villains were ridiculous with no credible backstory to explain their actions
- Low budget - when the Emperor, the Evil Queen any of the military attacks...their army was literally 12 soldiers on screen, it was laughable
- Odd camera angles - too many close up angles of their faces from above their head, zooming down to show half their face
- So many plot holes that insults the viewers intelligence. FL Princess with zero fighting skills somehow keeps surviving...fall down a cliff, not a small cliff, a HUGE mountain range, being poisoned which requires monthly pill to suppress it - but the flare ups only happen whenever it's conveniently to move the next scene forward, tortured in prison but walks away with a few cuts and is fine within days, and the stupidest of all a scene with explosions and everyone walking away looking battered, dirty including the male lead, yet the Princess walks away looking flawless - next scene she changes her outfit & hairstyle - where did that bright colorful clean outfit and new gold hair accessories appear from in the midst of a major battle when the town was literally on fire with dead bodies everywhere.

It was just all pretty bad. Don't waste your time.

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“Sometimes, the simplest gestures feel the most romantic.”

I was actually looking for a BL series that wasn't known by many, something different from what seems to be trending in the BL industry right now. I don't know why, but I suddenly found myself losing interest in more mature BL series. I just wanted something new and fresh, and somehow *Class Crush Crisis* appeared on my FYP. I don't even remember when or why, but my first reaction was honestly to laugh—not because it was bad, but because it was so unexpectedly funny and ridiculous in a way that immediately caught my attention. There was something about its simplicity that felt refreshing.

I think one of the biggest reasons I became attached to it was the cast. They're not trying too hard to act young because they're actually portraying characters who behave like teenagers. The awkwardness, the little mistakes, the weird reactions, and even the way they sometimes don't know what to do with themselves made their interactions feel much more natural. Instead of feeling overly scripted or polished, it sometimes felt like I was watching actual teenagers figuring out their feelings for the first time. And honestly, I didn't need anything overly mature from them. At their age, even the simplest gesture already feels romantic.

I especially loved how much their facial expressions added to the experience. Sometimes their faces were enough to make a scene funny or romantic without needing a big confession or dramatic moment. A simple look, a small smile, an awkward pause, or someone obviously trying to hide their feelings could already make me laugh or smile. The freshness of their acting, including the imperfections, somehow made everything feel less planned and more real. I know those things could easily be seen as flaws, but for me, they're part of what gave the series its charm.

After finishing *Class Crush Crisis*, I think what I appreciate most is that it reminded me that romance doesn't always have to be complicated, mature, or dramatic to be enjoyable. Sometimes it's the awkwardness, the innocence, the ridiculous moments, and the smallest gestures that make a story feel special. I started this series simply because I wanted something different, without really expecting much from it, but I ended up genuinely enjoying the experience. It may not be perfect, but there's something wonderfully refreshing about a BL that simply lets its characters be young, awkward, and themselves—and for me, that's exactly what made *Class Crush Crisis* stand out.

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This was insane and I LOVED it

ABO Desire is one of those dramas that is difficult to explain without making it sound completely insane. We have a near-future world shaped by a virus that created Alphas, Betas and Omegas, plus the rare and particularly dangerous Enigma. Add secret identities, obsession, manipulation, family drama, mpreg and two men who really should probably make better life choices… and somehow it all works.

Hua Yong ... what a character!
He is probably one of the most entertaining red flag I've watched in a BL; he is exactly the kind of character who makes you question whether you should be fascinated, concerned, or both. Elegant, beautiful and seemingly fragile, Hua Yong initially presents himself as an Omega who needs protection. Except… that is very much not the whole story. Watching his carefully constructed image slowly fall apart is one of the most entertaining parts of the drama. Hua Yong can switch from vulnerable and almost innocent to terrifyingly calculating with just a look. He is manipulative, obsessive and definitely not what anyone would call a healthy romantic partner, but he is also incredibly charismatic. I kept waiting to see what he would do next, which made his scenes some of the most addictive moments of the drama. His relationship with Sheng Shao You is equally complicated. Their dynamic constantly plays with the question of who is actually in control. At first, it seems obvious who has the power, but the more we learn about Hua Yong, the more that balance changes. Their relationship is definitely not a model of healthy communication, but that is also what makes it so interesting to watch. There is obsession, attraction, manipulation and genuine emotion all mixed together, creating a romance that is much darker and messier than it initially appears.
There are plenty of dramatic moments, but there is also a surprisingly good amount of comedy. Hua Yong's contrast between his innocent facade and the person he really is creates some genuinely funny situations. Sometimes I wasn't even sure whether I was supposed to be shocked or laughing, and honestly, I enjoyed both reactions.

The second couple, Gao Tu and Shen Wen Lang, deserves a special mention because their story is probably the part that frustrated me the most. Their relationship has plenty of emotional potential: hidden feelings, years of misunderstanding, trauma and the huge problem of Shen Wen Lang's attitude toward Omegas. Gao Tu's story in particular made me want much more from them.

Now, let's talk about the elephant in the room: the ending. Or, more accurately: the lack of time the ending was given.
I don't think the series needed a different conclusion, but it needed more episodes to get there. The biggest victim is obviously Gao Tu and Shen Wen Lang, but even the broader emotional resolution feels compressed compared with everything the drama spends time building earlier.
It's especially frustrating because the story had already invested so much time in establishing the characters' emotional baggage.
Then suddenly we're expected to accept that certain conflicts have been resolved because… well, we're running out of episodes.


Overall, ABO Desire is messy, dramatic, occasionally ridiculous and absolutely addictive. It definitely has flaws, especially when it comes to pacing and the amount of time given to some of its characters, but I was entertained throughout.
It is not a drama I would recommend to someone looking for a realistic or particularly healthy romance. But if you like morally gray characters, obsessive romance, complicated power dynamics, Omegaverse, beautiful men making terrible decisions and dramas that occasionally make you stare at the screen thinking “WHAT AM I WATCHING?”, then this is definitely worth trying.

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DISAPPOINTED

I never thought this would be the review I’m leaving while I was still watching the drama, but I just finished watching the last episode and the only thing I have to say is what the actual f*ck.
this was so good, I genuinely enjoyed every single second of it everything was nice, the acting, the chemistry, like I was over the moon with how adorable they were and the insane chemistry between them, until the end that is. at first I was so confused, like maybe he was just dreaming and will wake up soon, but the whole drama was the actual dream…? that threw me of so so bad, and is the only reason I’m giving this a 6/10. I could’ve easily given it a 9 or a 10 even but to think everything that happened between them was just a dream is NOT IT I don’t even know who came up with that idea and thought it’s gonna leave the viewers go “holy plot twist” because it just made me go “holy shit”.
I still have to give it to them though and say they did an amazing job and I’ll just pretend the last part of the final episode didn’t happen at all for my own happiness.

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ese final fue una porquería

la serie iba tan bien, si bien no es un guión original ya que se basa en un manhwa, me estaba gustando como iban adpatando todo y me tenía con las expectativas el final que podían darle ya que los últimos dos capitulos no ocurren en el manhwa y quería ver como desarrollarian eso, para que?para que nos dieran que al final todo fue un FUCK1NG SUEÑO?!!???? QUEEEEEE nada de sus momentos como pareja ni su evolución pasó, porque todo fue un sueño!!???? no hay peor final que ese, le iba a dar mas calificacion pero ese final lo bajo considerablemente asi que bueno eso

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Sweet, Innocent, & A Complete Fantasy

I adored this series. It is cute, simple, sweet, and innocent. I loved that they were young teens literally playing the parts of, well, young teens! What we see is the naiveness of their innocence rule over their decision making skills and impulsiveness coupled with heightened testosterone levels rule over their behavior. The flaw, however, is the fact that the direction of the story gentrified them too much. There was little of the angst of being a teenager. In other words, they sanitized the story too much. The entirety of this story is an idealized version of a fantasy. Every teenage boy dreams of being able to live on his own at a young age, away from his parents. Everything about this story is quintessential. I did appreciate the fact that the performers were all quite young. But in reality, you took away their youth and made them caricatures. They did not seem real to me. They seemed made up living in a pretend world. The organic aspects of just being a teenage boy are merely glossed over. Unquestionably, this is an entertaining, cute, bromance of puppy-love unions that is sweet and adorable. If only just a little bit of reality would have been thrown in to make this series just a little bit more relatable to the real world.

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