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bosenin dan tertebak

menurutku cuma seru di episode 1, pas awal-awal cewenya lupa ingatan. terus makin naik episode kayak ga jelas konflik utama yang mau dibawain tuh apa, ga fokus satu masalah tapi kayak langsung serentak sama konflik-konflik kecil lain yang malah bikin ini drama makin awur-awuran😹 konflik balikin ingatan eunsae, terus pas emaknya taeha meningsoy, nenek taeha tetiba sakit parah, mafia-mafiaan, taeha berhenti boxing, flashback masalah pas baek saenggil muda, ada yang ketabrak dll hampir bersamaan, kayak ga coba fokusin disatu masalah utama.

sama yang jadi turn off lain tuh aku merasa pemeran utama gapunya kemistri yang bagus, terus kek maksa dibagian yang female lead, dan male leadnya kek mehhh. ibarat kek lu excited sendirian terus cowo lu iya iyain aja😹😹 idk mungkin ntuh sifatnya si go eunsae yang bubbly dan ceria cuma si taeha butut banget karakternya.

endingnya sangat tertebak, mulai dari endingnya villain, ending pemeran utama, aduh semua mid & biasa aja. emang susah bikin romance comedy yang bagus ya?🧐

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Deng Kai gives a legendary performance

I came here straight from Pursuit of Jade. Sui Yuanhai ruined me, and I went looking for whatever else Deng Kai had done. I did not expect to find one of the best male lead performances I've seen in a short historical, but here we are.

Yu Wen Sheng is a brutally difficult role. He is cruel, and he is in love, and the drama refuses to let you separate the two. A weaker actor would have picked one and played it safe: either the cold revenge prince or the tragic lover. Deng Kai plays both at the same time, in the same frame, sometimes in the same look. Watch what he does before he says something: the jaw, the breath he takes, the half-second where the man loses to the grudge. He acts more with silence than most leads manage with a full monologue. His eyes betray him constantly, and that's the point: Yu Wen Sheng is a man who has decided to destroy what he wants, and Deng Kai lets you see the cost of every single choice. It's a performance for which legendary is not too strong a word.

Li Mu Chen deserves far more credit than she got for Ban Ruo Shui. She takes a character who begins soft and ends up made of steel, and she earns every step of that change instead of flipping a switch. What she does is the backbone of the whole show. Put her opposite Deng Kai and the chemistry is genuinely painful, in the best way.

Everything else supports them: 22 tight episodes with no filler, gorgeous cinematography, costuming that serves the mood, and an OST that follows you around for days after.

This is a story built on hate, damage, and slow repair. It is designed to be unbearable in the first act, so if you don't like angst, you have no place being here. If you rate a 22-episode drama after three of them, you haven't rated the drama, you've rated your own discomfort. The show answers almost every objection people throw at it, but it answers them later on, not episode 3 or 4. Judging a story so early on isn't criticism, it's impatience. I don't rate anything I haven't finished, and this one rewarded finishing.

Dark, angsty, not for everyone, and a 10 from me without hesitation. Watch it for Deng Kai. Stay for what he does to you.

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One Drunken Kiss, One Forbidden Summer, and Two Beautiful Boys Who Were Meant to Fall in Love!

I watched the 57 minute movie version of The Summer You Kissed Me on GagaOOLala instead of watching the individual five episodes, and honestly, I am so glad I did because I absolutely cannot stand waiting every week for the next episode!

This was such a cute, adorable and surprisingly charming little BL. Wang Chen Rui as Gao Ran, an art student, immediately caught my attention from the opening scene where he is naked and drawing himself while looking into a mirror. Drawing yourself is already difficult enough, but doing it while staring at your own reflection takes some serious skill. And yes, his body definitely made that opening scene even more memorable!

Then Gao Ran meets Chen Zihan as Mosua, and their first interaction instantly turns into clashes, bickering and playful arguments. Their chemistry was so much fun to watch. For Gao Ran, it was basically love at first sight, and I absolutely loved how openly flirtatious and dirty minded he was whenever Mosua was around. It gave his character so much personality and added a really fun charm to their dynamic.

One of my favourite moments was when Gao Ran described Mosua as white and cute like a lychee and then basically said he could not wait to peel his lychee. 😂 That was an absolutely wild line to say, but somehow it perfectly suited Gao Ran!

Then they meet again at a bar, things get complicated, and they end up kissing. It was a drunken kiss, but the chemistry between them was intense and surprisingly passionate. What made it even more interesting was that this was both of their first time experiencing something like this with another man. They were clearly confused about their feelings and what the kiss actually meant to them.

Luckily, Mosua's flight gets cancelled, giving them another chance to see each other. I really enjoyed how the story eventually moved beyond the idea of a one night stand. Their confession towards the end was genuinely adorable because they realised they did not just want that one moment. They wanted each other.

"Can you only kiss me and only me?" 🥹

That line perfectly captured what they were feeling.

Overall, The Summer You Kissed Me is extremely short, but sometimes a short and sweet story is exactly what you need. It is light, cute, romantic and thankfully non toxic, with two gorgeous leads who have great chemistry. I really hope these two actors get the opportunity to lead a full length BL drama together because I would 100% be watching.

If you like good looking boys, love at first sight, rivals to lovers, a one night stand turning into something more, cute romance and a very flirty male lead, definitely put this on your watch list.

Another short but sweet Chinese BL that proves China can still surprise us with something this cute.

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At first, the story did not appeal to me at all. It looked boring, and I was not interested in watching it. However, after watching the first episode, I quickly fell in love with the setting, the costumes, and the story.

I especially like that the story is lighthearted and not as stressful as many other Chinese dramas that focus on women fighting over men, concubines, jealousy, and palace politics. Instead, this story is about an ordinary family trying to make a living and build a good life. I find that much more relatable and enjoyable.

I also appreciate learning more about the culture and history of my Chinese ancestors through this drama. The historical towns and traditional settings are beautiful and fascinating. They make me want to visit these towns in person someday and experience the history and culture for myself.

Certainly I would always treasure my grandparents who left China due to poverty. People had nothing to eat and constant war, killing, etc in China. This is a good story to learn about life through drama. Only Chinese would appreciate their roots.

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A painfully obvious, uninspired cashgrab

I really wish producers stuck to making sequels ONLY when the creators have an actually interesting, well thought out idea about how to advance the story instead of simply milking it for the sake of money!

This season was literally embarassing. Character development was all over the place (Ji-an going from being disgusted by her uncle's work to suddenly being capable and cold-blooded enough to lead a small army against Babylon in a span of two episodes is the most glaring example), there were so many plotholes that i won't even try to list them, and don't get me started on forced and frustratingly nonsensical deaths in a pathetic attempt to add some emotional weight to a painfully bland story! I was really hoping we'd get more scenes with season 1's characters interacting - they are already established, so it would've been really cool and emotionally impactful to explore their dynamics - but instead, we're bombarded with too many new characters that the writers didn't even bother to flesh out.

The only thing i liked about this mess is the acting, because it takes real talent to do it when the script either makes no sense or gives you nothing to work with. Lee Dong-wook is my favorite actor and i tend to watch most of his work, but no amount of great acting can save a drama when the writing is this abysmal. Needless to say, i really hope there won't be more seasons if this is what they're going to be like.

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It really isn't bad

After reading reviews after finishing the show I can see why some people didn't enjoy it. People talked about the ai but i lowkey didn't notice it only for like a scene I was like is this ai?

Plot wise it was great the only flaw is that the male lead lowkey is a support like everyone else. I think if you watch this with the mindset that this is Chu Zhao story and her journey of life instead of whatever the summary had for the drama. You will def like it more and not end up disappointed

Some people also felt like the rivarly between xie yanfang and deng yi went on too long but I felt like it was realistic. I really enjoyed the story tho it was obviously dramaified for a few parts where I was like ummm holy plot armor but besides that i felt that it was fine and wasnt too bad. We honestly can't expect everyone to stay loyal during this time when power was a thing most people wanted.

I will say for some of the other characters besides Chu Zhao their stories were not fully executed or well was not fully closed as we didn't get to know more about their character

The acting was good from everyone I wont lie and everything else was great. I think with more budget they wouldve had more episodes and everything wouldnt be too fast but this is great if u want a girl boss type of cdrama. I would say similar to the FL in pursuit of jade, Chu Zhao is strong mentally she doesnt fight much but if u dont want to watch a weak fl then this is it.

Sorry if this isnt good I was trying to say a lot without spoiling but this is great if you dont want to watch like 40+ episodes of a cdrama

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that summer we'll always remember

I almost didn't watch this because RIP WinnySatang but I am so glad I did!
this show had a great combination of good actors, a well-paced story, a solid soundtrack, and a sweet ending.

I'll highlight a few positives:
- WinnySatang chemistry delivered as always, as did the chemistry between MondRyu and NeoMint (at this point I'm convinced Neo would have great chemistry with a dead fish. he always delivers)
- casting Namtan as a princess and Gawin as a bodyguard was gold
- we get a wedding and babies (rare for BL to show an adoption)
- it was refreshing to watch a show with essentially no real antagonists yet have it remain interesting for the entire 10 episodes
- I like how they handled the second amnesia with it taking time for Wave/Davin to regain his memories instead of it all flowing back instantly (the cliche route other shows have done). under normal circumstances, I would have called out the double amnesia as a cheap plot point to create some last minute conflict, but it was executed so well that I actually really enjoyed it. plus, it allowed the story to stay away from other overused conflict tropes such as the royal family being homophobic or against Davin and Lava's love because he's a non-royal. (Davin's coming out was the sweetest scene, truly. "I'm a prince searching for my own prince.")

I do, however have a few criticisms:
- although I found the story to be refreshing for having no real villains, I thought it was odd that the assassination attempt on Prince Davin's life played such a minor part of the story when it also was the catalyst for the entire show. He only nearly dies twice (once right at the beginning and once right toward the end) and there aren't many fight scenes despite the royal monarchy being in peril. In fact, we hardly even see the monarchy be in peril. on one hand, I'm glad it didn't follow a typical narrative, but as a result something felt absent from this story. They could have had Wave/Davin leave without telling anyone where he went and a random accident causes him to lose his memory, stranding him on the island. No need for the royal takeover. but I digress.
- the boxing scenes. Felt really random with no payoffs whatsoever. I thought maybe Lava's boxing training was going to come handy when the assassins appeared, but as previously stated, they never had that climatic fight scene. Victor just shows up, shoots Davin/Wave, doesn't shoot Lava who was standing two-feet away (and thus allowing him to save Davin/Wave), and then dips lol. also I found it unrealistic that Lava was able to go from barely being able to box Tum to somehow winning an entire competition. it just felt really random and served no purpose.

all in all, though, it was a fun time and I finished the entire series within two days. if you like fluff (and can withstand the pain of WinnySatang's separation as a duo) give it a watch :)

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Chemistry was chemistriyng .?

Rewatched it , to be honest first and second time dropped after 3 ep.
Coulnd't exact find the flow , but renewed my Netflix account only for this drama. 💖
The 5 age gap .😂 in real lifr girls 16 date guys 21.
What was the fuss about age , the drama is so beautiful written .
First like a brother and little Sis who has a Child like crush.
And from that little sweet love restrained because age.
Developed a beautifull amazing story, with love that runs the bucket over.
So many sweet moments, uncertainties , dought , love that bloomed like a lotus flower in the mudd and grows .🪷 when the lotus seeing the sun and greetz is with a smile.
I cried watching this drama, and i never do .🥺 after all it's just drama.
But this love story, went under my skin , and touched my soul.
Zhau LuSi & Chen Zheyuan. 💯❤️

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When Your Friend Group Turns Out to Be a Gay Squad

I think very few people would argue with the fact that We Are is a comfort series.

Like, let’s not lie to ourselves here. Everything about this show is designed to be light, entertaining, and just silly. You’ve got university life, a friend group (a friend group with WAY too many members, if you ask me), couples slowly forming, and generally speaking, everyone is just vibing. The world is peaceful. The grass is green.

There isn’t necessarily a huge amount of depth, and sometimes the humor is a little too omnipresent, but honestly? It knows what kind of show it wants to be.

And because there are approximately a LOT of couples in this drama, I feel like the best way to talk about We Are is to go through them one by one.

★ Phum & Peem ★

I’m going to try to be as honest as possible here, even though I’m not going to lie: Pond and Phuwin were a big reason why I started this drama in the first place.

Am I allowed to admit that I basically came here to see their performance ? ¯\(ツ)/¯

Anyway. I loved this couple.

Their dynamic is genuinely fun, especially during the first few episodes. Their first meeting is iconic. Peem, his little ponytail, and that majestic sandal throw? Yeah. Absolute Cinema. That moment is permanently engraved in my brain.

Now, is turning your crush into your personal slave actually the best way to keep them close? Apparently...

And somehow, it worked.

The constant teasing between Phum and Peem, the slow progression, the little moments where they get closer and closer, and then THAT kiss that practically made the entire sky explode into fireworks… yeah, I was entertained.

Would I say this is Pond and Phuwin’s best performance? Probably not. But honestly, We Are is such an easy, light show to watch that it doesn’t really need to be more than that. You just sit down, turn your brain off a little, and follow along.

However, I do think Phum and Peem suffer from the same issue as basically every other couple in this drama. The line between:

“I’m hitting on you.” / “We’re dating.” and “You’re literally my boyfriend.” is WAY too blurry.

Like, at some point, Phum and Peem are practically trying to absorb each other’s souls through kissing, but because the show has sixteen episodes to fill, apparently these kisses are still not enough proof that Peem might actually be attracted to Phum.

No. We still need to ask for permission to hit on him.

PLEASE, Peem.

Stop communicating through words for two seconds. Your actions, and especially your lips, have already made your feelings VEEEEEERY clear.

But hey, we do love a BL with a little resistance before someone finally gives in.

I also want to give the director some credit for actually giving Phum a family background. Yes, it’s cliché. Very cliché. But at least it adds a little bit of depth to a drama that is otherwise very much committed to being feeeeel goooood.

The problem is that even though we can clearly see that Phum’s past weighs heavily on him, I feel like his reconciliation with his father happens WAY too quickly.

Peem tells Phum to open up, so naturally I’m sitting there thinking:

Okay. Here we go.

He’s finally going to talk about how his childhood shaped him. He’s going to explain how much having an absent father affected the person he became. Maybe we’re finally going to get an actual conversation about how badly he wanted a father figure in his life.

No.

They just eat together. Phum shares some food with his dad. And suddenly, we’re good.

And I’m sorry, but I found that a little… hypocritical? Unrealistic?

It almost feels like the show is trying to give us this very utopian version of how family problems are solved. Just sit at the same table, share some food, and boom! Childhood trauma deleted.

And because of that, the one storyline that could have added a little more depth to the drama ends up feeling almost as light as everything else.

Still, though. They’re cute. That’s undeniable. And I think they were probably my favorite couple to watch.

ALSO. THE MUSIC.

Shoutout to whoever decided that Pond and Phuwin’s voices needed to be part of this experience because seeing Phum and Peem slowly getting closer while their songs are playing in the background was just ridiculously cute for reasons I cannot even explain.

ARRRGHH. I loved the music !!

★ Q & Toey ★

So… No. I’m sorry.

It’s weird because I don’t even necessarily hate them. I just never managed to love them that much. ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚Milkshake boy and pencil senior ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚

I think the biggest reason why I struggled with them was mostly because of the way everyone went about getting them together.

Personally, I’m very much on team:

Your friends should not interfere that much in someone else’s love life.

And unfortunately, that absolutely did not happen here. The whole plan was basically:

hihihi, let’s make Q jealous so we can FORCE him to reveal his feelings.

And I’m sorry, but the plan was dumb.

Because in the end, forcing him to reveal his feelings only proves that he had them from the beginning. So why couldn’t we just let things happen naturally instead of coming up with some twisted middle-school-level plan ?

Anyway, I’m not gonna lie, the friends constantly being around was already giving me the urge to hit something. I wanted to scream:

IT’S FINE. HE’S A GROWN MAN. STOP SHOWING UP ALL THE TIME.

And then we have the whole: “You’re my inspiration.” “Thanks to our Post-it notes, we created a strong bond.”

Listen. It’s cute. It’s cheesy.

But I don’t know, I just struggled with this couple.

It’s completely personal and probably a little unfair, but I just couldn’t get into their constant teasing, which, in this case, I found a little too childish.

And then: “You’re my special someone.” Oooof. Okay. Sure. (That's 100% ragebait.)

★ Tan & Khaofang ★

This couple genuinely surprised me. I loved them.

There’s something really addictive about Tan and Fang’s dynamic. I absolutely loved the extrovert boyfriend × introvert and loving boyfriend combination.

The only thing I found a little disappointing is that they got together way too quickly and easily. Sure, it was cute, but because of that, their relationship ended up taking away from their screen time.

We didn’t get the whole blurry: "I’m hitting on you.” /“I’m dating you.” /“You’re my boyfriend.” phase.

And for once, as blurry as that line was for everyone else, they clarified it WAAAYYY too quickly.

The chemistry between Aou and Boom is INSANE. And honestly, that word might still be too weak. I can’t really explain it, but their kisses just hit different.

That’s why I think it’s a shame they weren’t given more attention. You could clearly feel that this couple was stable, and yet we apparently preferred giving more screen time to the THREE OTHER COUPLES 💀.

★ Chain & Pun ★

I’m going to be brutally honest. I hated this couple.

I found them unnecessary, awkward, and superficial. They add absolutely nothing to the plot.

Honestly, the presence of this fourth couple made me feel like this friend group was nothing more than a bunch of couples attaching themselves to each other.

Like, I don’t know. Can you not look any further than your own friend group?

First of all, Pun and his obsession with penguins. I could scream.

That was the moment when I realized just how simple the writing was. Even back on Wattpad in 2016, people were trying to create smoother progression for couples to get closer.

Chain likes Pun. Or the penguins. Or whatever.

And he constantly drops these awkward, heavy flirting lines while Pun remains completely clueless. Seriously, is Pun the only guy who doesn’t know that neurons are supposed to connect?

The result is this painfully awkward teasing where Chain drops a flirty line with a face that makes him look constipated.

(Seriously, it looks like keeping his feelings inside is physically making him tense up.)

And then his entire friend group teases him in this weird way while Pun understands absolutely NOTHING.

And I don’t even think I’m going to talk about the ending.

I watched the last episode at 2x speed, and I can tell you that I was twice as surprised when, within an extremely short amount of time, he kissed him and made him his boyfriend.

Once again, this couple has weird progression and somehow makes the entire friend group feel even less believable.

Seriously, does everyone just want to kiss each other?

The only one who managed to calm his pheromones was Beer, and honestly, I thank him for that.

★ Overall ★

We Are is still a good drama.

There’s no denying that you have a good time watching it. I would say that the first ten episodes are definitely worth it. After that, though, it starts to feel long, and maybe sixteen episodes was simply too much.

But it’s still nice to see healthy and cute love stories on screen. Maybe a little too healthy and cute.

And the friend group and university dynamics add a lot of warmth to the drama.

This drama is definitely utopian, though. Personally, I would not recommend forming this many couples within the same friend group ☝️.

And also.

WHY did they thank each other so much???

Argh, the writing was really simple.

“Thank you for loving me.”

“Thank you for allowing me to be in your life.”

“Thank you for being my special someone.”

....... (100% ragebait pt.2.)

Anyway, I’ll also end this review with a thank you.

Thank you for reading me.

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Reality

Car the garden, lets start therr bro is absolutely hilarous without even trying hard,bros existence itself is hilarous.
lee chae min, bro is like yeah sure i hate hiking but guess what i am young and healthy.

tarzzan young fashionable his presence is a breeze

My most favorite yoon do woon never have i ever seen any of this program
Dude made me fall for him
He ain't main not super funny he is normal guy from busan his accent and the way the dude is just so real.
He knows he ain't like others.

but i think thats why i loved the show they are just men being men. And the handsomeness of diverse characters of men makes it even more better, how each of them goes through the same but is different yet real is admirable.

The episodes i watched where perfetto. Want see more of yoon do woon and car the garden.

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