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A BL That Feels Like a Warm Hug

Fourever you is honestly one of those BLs that just wraps you up in a warm blanket and lets you breathe. 💗 It’s so sweet and calming in the best way possible. Nothing feels heavy or stressful—you don’t have to overthink anything, you just sit back and let the soft, gentle vibes wash over you. I really love this kind of BL, where the story flows naturally and gives you that light, comforting feeling. Every moment feels cozy, like watching something familiar and safe. The romance is cute and tender, and it makes your heart feel full without trying too hard. One of my favorite things is the group of friends. Seeing them together adds so much warmth to the series. Their bond, the little interactions, the laughter—it makes everything feel more real and wholesome. It’s not just about romance, but also about friendship and being surrounded by people who care about you. Is the kind of series you watch when you want to relax, smile softly, and feel at peace. It’s gentle, lovely, and definitely a comfort BL that stays with you long after the episode ends. 🌸✨

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This show suffers from sluggish pacing and a lead performance that never quite lands. The female lead’s stiff delivery, awkward mannerisms, and constant evasiveness make the character difficult to invest in, and the repeated lingering stares at her boss add more discomfort than chemistry.

The male lead, by contrast, is far more engaging, charming, grounded, and genuinely pleasant to watch, which only highlights the imbalance between the two. The production leans heavily into the overly polished, makeup‑heavy aesthetic common in many C‑dramas, resulting in visuals that feel artificial rather than refined.

Overall, the slow pacing, uneven performances, and overly stylized presentation keep the drama from reaching its emotional potential.

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The story was okay overall, and I genuinely enjoyed watching the friendships develop. The way the characters supported each other felt natural and was easily the best part of the drama.

Where it completely lost me was the female lead. This is my second show trying to like Zhao Jin Mai in a romance, but she still doesn’t work for me in these roles. Her acting comes across stiff and awkward, and the character is written to behave quirky and childlike despite being an adult. On top of that, she’s constantly secretive and lying, which becomes frustrating instead of meaningful. I understand wanting privacy, but the drama drags the lying out so much that it overshadows the romance.

To be fair, there were a few cute moments where the chemistry peeked through. But overall, the romantic dynamic felt unbalanced. Every time he tried to hug or kiss her, she pulled away, making the relationship feel one‑sided and awkward. He’s clearly the more affectionate one, and she never matched his warmth or energy. It made the romance feel forced instead of sweet.

Honestly, I struggle with a lot of C‑dramas for this exact reason—the romance scenes often feel weird, stiff, or unnatural, and this show was no exception.

Because of all this, the romance never clicked for me. The friendships carried the show, but the female lead’s characterization and the lack of natural chemistry held it back from being something better.

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It started with a bang. It was fun to watch at the beginning. That love hate relationship was very cute at beginning but as you watch more, you realise that story has lost it's steam. This should have been 10 or 12 episodes Kdrama instead of 16. As a result story do stretch unnecessarily in the end. There are few filler episodes in the end. And also ending doesn't make much sense. It seems to me that they didn't know how to end this Kdrama.

This is why first few episodes were best part of this Kdrama after that you wish that it should end quickly because at times it feels that story isn't going anywhere in the middle. And it doesn't help the fact that story basically ended in 15th episode and they tried to explain too many things in the last episode and it didn't quite work out as a result you do feel that they ended this unfinished as you don't get any answer of how their relationship would last since one isn't human so virtually immortal and other one is mere mortal!!

So yeah, it's kind of disappointing in that sense despite the strong beginning! I think the writers must have figured we have two pretty leads - we don't really need a story so they read the trope book and filled in the blanks with illogical nonsense.

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I went to watch this show with absolutely no expectations as the reviews weren't that great but OH MY GOD!! I have no words, this drama was so good. First scene of FL and I was hooked. We see a strong ML all the time but seeing such physically strong FL felt like a breath of fresh air. It was very fascinating to see the leads fighting together, gave me adrenaline rush everytime they would beat an army of people singlehandedly.

Many didn't like this show because of too much palace politics but imo it was quite great. Feng Lanxi was always ahead of them, it showed the power of Fountain abode. Umm another great thing about the drama was that FL wasn't some helpless lady for whom ML would always need to worry about. Bai Fengxi was hands down my favourite character, so lively and carefree with best kind of martial skills.

Some of my favourite scenes of this drama were -the first interaction of Hei and Bai, then another where both of them are playing Cuju and Langhua said that they are flirting with each other. It was cute. Then the war scene where Lanxi said that they hurt my women and went on to attack Huang and Yu. Another one was when Feng Ju's army attacked Lanxi in court room and it literally took him just 2 seconds to defeat them. The face of both mother and son was laugh worthy.

There were some drawbacks too ofcourse. I think there were too many instances where the drama could have been more dramatic, like when Xiyun's identity was revealed or two of them being in love and stuff. And oh such shortage of romantic scene, like you are watching two of the most good looking people and there is hardly any romance, please this actually sounds like a betrayal. Also I was actually a little hoping to see how Huang Chao and Hua Chunran's life is after marriage.

Who Rules The World is really a unique drama. It shows well how not to underestimate someone. Both the ML and FL are strong and the compliment each other. Even though there are less romantic scenes they are neither greasy nor cheesy. Even the palace politics are clearly shown and are not overly complicated. In short it is worth watching. All in all, I personally loved this show. It kept me on edge of my seat specially in the first 20 episodes. Rare show where I didn't skip any scene. If you like a FL who is as strong as the ML, relationship with no misunderstandings, too much plotting and planning from all sides then this is the show for you.

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I WILL NEVER EVER GET OVER THIS SHOW.

Its been a year since Ive watched this, and still: nothing can fill up the hole this show left in my heart.
I cant find any other drama that made me feel the way i felt when i watched this. This is definitely one of my favorite dramas of all time, its a must watch. If youre thinking about whether or not to watch this because the reviews are mixed, it doesnt seem your cup of tea or you think its too old: WATCH IT. You wont regret it.
That being said, good job to everyone. The acting was fantastic, the writing, everything.
Ill always remember this show fondly!!

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Legend of Anle started out as such a fun drama and I loved Dilraba and Gong Jun together. It was my first historical cdrama where I didn't find ep 1 or 2 boring. Gave it a solid 7.0 because this drama storyline could have been more !! AND I MEAN IT BECAUSE it had lots of great moments, and the plot overall was trying to maintain that "legend" quality to the storytelling. There were some seriously perfect characters in this drama. The main leads and even some of the lesser characters could do no wrong, and got away with stuff other people would literally have died for. Also people were just too self-sacrificing at some points. I know they're all supposed to be nobles, but still....

The plot got draggy at some points. The whole second quarter of the drama, where they focused on the Princess competition and the bogus Di Chengen, could have been reduced to a 3-4 episodes. Whenever they kept to the Anle storyline, it was much better. I feel like they should give more scenes to LengBei/MoBei and AnNing rather than Di ChengEn. Their storyline has a lot of potential but they make it so shallow and meh. AnNing's death outcome is also so messy that I don't even see the Emperor's reaction.

The only thing I really hated about this drama was the way they wrote the story for the character Lin Lang. I feel like they turned her into a plot device instead of a character, a thing instead of a person. She never got credit for all the things she did to make the leads' plans work. The fact that her feelings were never acknowledged by anyone, in particular the 2ML, was just wrong, but I especially dislike the way they just "disposed" of her as a way to ensure that the bad guy was quickly caught. Even at the end, when the 2ML reminisces, he quickly glosses over her loss to concentrate on Ren Anle . So sad.

Overall the first half of the drama is actually really good and even the middle episodes however the ending of all other characters is very disappointing..I also think that the drama really slowed the romance down at the end when they should have given us more sweet moments. You should watch the extra scenes (I think they’re on YouTube) because they give us some of what was missing. Overall a fun drama that just falls off in the second half

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Fun binge-watch, nothing deep tho.

Was a really good modern social media revenge story, but honestly... it just felt kind of like a worse 'The Glory'.
Nonetheless, this show had me glued to the screen. I really liked A-Ri as protagonist for the social media setting too.
What I did not like was the ending though, which felt kind of rushed.
I also wish there was more development between the main couple, as in the end i could not really understand Ari for liking that guy and moreso felt like he shouldve ended up with Si-hyeon, as they had more screentime and chemistry together.

So yes, watch it if you just want something fun to watch that you can binge, but do not expect any depth or message behind it.

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AWFUL.

Wasted the set-up of season 2, copied "The platform"s ending but in worse.
Literally, the ending did not make sense. It didnt have to be a "the baby or gi-hun" and in order to get story to that in that last game, all the deaths were super forced. Characters didnt make sense anymore. It was stupid.
If they wanted to sacrifice Gi-Hun, they couldve done so by making a final game something where no matter how things turned out, only 1 person would survive from the beginning or just kill him off at a less expected time. Because once again, this was more than predictable.
Not to forget: the baby came out of nowhere. It shouldnt have been written into the story. And if they did, then at least make it obvious you had planned to since the beginning of season 2. With such a popular and big series you would at least expect them to plan 2 seasons properly and use some foreshadowing.
Also, the attempt at making gi-hun into a morally grey character was more than terrific, also how fast he switched up to being the good guy again. It felt rushed, as if they didnt have time for moral dilemmas and character depth.
But hey, at least they had symbolism with the entire baby ending right? Yeah no, if its not executed well, you cannot even appreciate that or the thought behind it -- it just all felt cramped and forced. Thats the best summary I can give for this season.

Also, what even was the sense behind the policeman side story? If they left all of that out and only did small clips, they probably even wouldve managed to write a more fleshed out story. But then again, maybe that was on purpose a filler to get the extra 2 seasons and more money.

In summary: i wish i hadnt watched this. In my mind the series ends after season 1 and Gi-hun did something from the outside world in collaboration with the police and his money to save other people going through the squid games. Wouldve been a great narrative: a new main character and squad for the squid game perspective and something actually useful happening from the outside world perspective through gi-hun (instead of policeman storyline. They couldve even worked together).

That being said: Netflix, if you need somebody to rewrite season 2 & 3, contact me.

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Warm, beautiful romance

To be honest, there’s nothing special about this drama, but that’s exactly what made it stand out for me. They took the regular “boy meets girl, falls in love, chases her and they live happily ever after” and made something extraordinary out of it. The story was executed perfectly well and you could almost feel every emotion the cast was feeling. SWL as usual was phenomenal in this show as we could clearly see the battle between his head and heart when he was chasing the fl. He executed the role of a man falling in love beyond his own will perfectly. He’s supposed to hate her, he knows in his head that he’s supposed to hate her, but he can’t stop his heart from falling and that was just beautiful to see because it was as if his heart was way ahead of his head. If there’s a role ZJM knows how to play well, it’s the role of a younger, shy, innocent girlfriend. She played it well in Aasol and she did it well here again. Given that her taste in men was abysmal at first lmao, we can see how she subconsciously goes from this bright, shining light that isn’t afraid to express her feelings to becoming guarded because of her experience with her first love. Another thing I really enjoyed about this drama was the fact that they gave the fl enough time to heal and move on from her first love, and they cleared all misunderstandings between them before they started dating officially. The romance was cute, their banter was amazing and the chemistry was just everything. The side actors also did a phenomenal job at portraying their characters, (I hated the sml for real😂), I also liked how they didn’t just give up on her relationship with her father but instead tried to mend it as much as possible. Her mom was a total baddie, I want to be like her when I grow up lmao, and I think her cousin might be my favorite character on the show.
The cinematography was meh at the beginning (I legitimately cringed at the horrible green screen) but as we moved on, it became so much better. A friend of mine commented that this show should’ve been called Eat on me and I agree because they were always eating 😂.
The best thing about this drama for me was the music, all the OSTs they used were phenomenal to say the least. The sounds fit perfectly into the story without disturbing the scenes.
The only downside about this drama for me were the company scenes that felt boring and a tad too unrealistic. While I understand that her family owns a chunk of the company’s shares, it didn’t make sense to me how a young recruit that just joined the company already has so much knowledge about everything and was even taking on and heading projects on her own. She didn’t have a single superior coworker and was reporting directly to the GM(which was also her boyfriend). It felt too much like y/n and the CEO for my liking. Apart from that, everything about this drama is wonderful and it’s perfect for those who are just getting into cdramas or for anyone wanting a light watch.

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MEH.

In comparison to season 1, this one was really disappointing.
It had a lot of potential, but I remember watching this when it just came out and being bored. Its not a thrilling story anymore, moreso just "oh i know this and that will happen, gi-hung and his group cant die anyways because its all big actors and blablbla". It was just way too predictable and the characters were in comparison to season 1 way too shallow.
In season 1 Id be crying for every character, here id just think "oh well saw it coming" or i dont care enough about the characters.
And theres no excuse for that, as season 1 had the same amount of episodes and introduced + concluded the entire squid games, while this game needs 2 seasons to do so and doesnt deliver. Its still a fun watch, though predictable, but you have hopes theyd use season 2 as a great set-up for season 3 (spoiler: they didnt).

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Ugh

I am very late to this cdrama because this didn't really appeal to me until a couple of days ago when I finished watching The First Frost and saw that this was sort of connected to it. I don't normally like cutesy female leads who can barely talk like a normal human being and this had exactly that. We start off with 8 episodes of the teen FL pining after the ML. These episodes were so boring and cringy and just kind of strange at the same time. I'm not sure why they focused so much on their interactions when she was underage. At least they changed the child that was playing the FL in the beginning cause that was super weird. Tbh even with the actress change later on, it was borderline creepy at times because the actress was doing this ridiculous voice that made her sound like a child. So I was just weirded out by their interactions. I pushed through since I can get over some dubious shit in dramas and I can ignore it somewhat if it's not too much. So I got through these 8 episodes and finally made it to the adult life bits excited to finally see some actual romance. And um, the same childish cutesy behaviour is there. Unlucky me I guess.

I still persisted and hoped that the romance would make up for the first 8 episodes. And nope. The romance is bad. I didn't really buy their chemistry. The fixation on the age thing seemed so strange. He's 5 years older, not 50. Although based on the immaturity of the FL, I guess the age difference seems larger and more significant. I don't think him falling for her was shown properly. They have some interactions and all of a sudden he likes her I guess. He wasn't really conflicted, didn't hesitate at all and just went for it. His flirting was so cringy lol. I guess when you don't buy the chemistry, it's bound to seem cringy. And the FL is still acting in the same way as before. It's so jarring, at times it honestly seems like she might have some developmental disability. Feels pretty harsh, but that's how it looked like to me.

Anyway, I still persisted and wanted to keep watching to see what this relationship will look like once they start properly dating. And ugh. I think their relationship is so weird. Her juvenile behaviour is so jarring and him being attracted to her when she is so childish is giving me the ick. I also really hate the way he keeps bending over to study her face from up close, it's so odd lol. I genuinely think that if she had an adult woman's voice and behaviour, it would make this much less weird and tolerable.

Now I'm at the end of episode 18 and I can't persist anymore. He's just bent over AGAIN to get close to her face and talk to her like he's talking to a child and that was the final straw. I can't take these two anymore, it's time to drop it and move on to something I'm actually enjoying.

I knew I wouldn't like this back when this first came out and everyone was raving about it. Nothing about this appealed to me and my instincts were right. I blame The First Frost for this lol. If I hadn't liked it, I would have never watched this.

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