Reviews

The local lawyers at your service

I finally got around to watching this little gem.

When I initially began watching, I didn't really feel like I'd like Haneo's character, but they really helped clean up his image by the end of the show. He was still the same annoying little brat, but his motivations were pure. So he gets a pass from me. There were many times were I was laughing at silly antics. I'm glad they quickly dropped the post it note gags. I liked that they included anxiety into his character to give it more depth. I think they could of gone more into his relationship with his sister and father but I know that would of probably hurt the feel of the show. It just felt like how the father's storyline was introduced as a big deal, then every consecutive scene where he was shown he diminished in importance.

Speaking of tone. I think Ishiko was the perfect embodiment of what the tone of this show was. Heartfelt when it counted, silly when they are discussing matters and introspective about people's plights. One thing that strongly spoke to me was her willingness to support Oba even when he admitted to the arson. Kasumi's banter is always S tier in all her shows and this was no exception. There were general moments were her performance was leagues above anyone else in the show. The linking of her deep judgement of her father coming out over several cases building up was subtle but well timed.

For the supporting characters, I liked that they didn't forget Ishiko's father existed lol. He put in some good scenes here and there. Oba grew on me and I wish their dynamic at the ending episode would of been how it was like the whole way through. But it felt good seeing them working so well together by the end. Oba and Ishiko's relationship was completely shoehorned in and only existed to setup the beautiful final scene. Completely added nothing to the story. The only thing I can think of was it was used to show Ishiko's growth to let people in.

That final scene was a chef's kiss. What a hell of a callback to the umbrella scenes. I guess the message of the show is: We will shelter you from the rain." It's a really beautiful message for a show about helping people. I think my favorite thing about the show were how the cases were handled.

The Yamayoko kids in episode 7 was definately the stand out episode. I felt it had the strongest set of supporting actors. The restaurant review episode was also actually very intriguing from a legal standpoint. It's something I've never thought of as a reviewer. The series asks a lot of good questions and if the info is correct, the legal information was actually really interesting.

Alongside the interesting storylines, I was enjoying the clean cinematography. There's some nice scenic shots sometimes and some scenes involving Ishiko have some fantastic lighting.

One thing I will mention is the theme song is good but personally I didn't think it fit the show. Something about the beat and tempo. It has a good life message but I don't think I'm a fan despite it being Radwimps. I also did not appreciate the dumb gavel drop sounds. It was used very awkwardly and added nothing to the scenes. At first I was like oh it's used as a setback sound. But then later they just seemingly put them in randomly.

Overall great show. I enjoyed my time with the show and wouldn't mind a second season.

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Don't watch this with your brain on.

I remember when this drama was come out on the first time everyone was hyping it but i didn't feel the same since the plot was quite generic and Yu Jialin acting was not my cup of tea.

It's a revenge drama riddled with plot holes and lacking in logic; you can't watch it with your brain. The makeup and styling are okay, the costumes and props are average. Wang Haozhen only has two outfits throughout the entire series, but he still looks quite handsome. FL is also quite pretty. It's not a romance drama, so there's not much interaction, and there's no sense of chemistry between the leads even the hot kisses was not helping it.

This creates an interesting cliché: how the ML manages to distinguish between the two women (actually the same person) and the fake one, constantly reflecting on his own actions and wondering why the people around him seem different.

Maybe you need to empty your brain to enjoy this drama. I cannot enjoy this drama due my brain is overload with work related.

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Post-Apocalyptic Scam while this is cheesy drama plot.

I was quite interested on Wang Haozhen being in zombie drama and it turns out it was scam.

I'm quite interested in post-apocalyptic superpowers, but unfortunately, the drama didn't showcase them as a highlight. They only showed a few characters awakening their powers, introduced their names, and then that was it. I feel like being scammed.

Why tell a generic CEO romance novel disguised as a post-apocalyptic story? It's the apocalypse, can't we stop with all the romance? There's even this male-female rivalry, and I have to endure the constant banter in this post-apocalyptic setting—it's really ridiculous.

I want to watch post-apocalyptic stories to see humanity's will to live in the face of zombies, and to explore the depths of human nature in the face of life and death? Who wants to see the protagonists just being love-struck idiot? And the post-apocalyptic living conditions are just too good! Electricity is one thing, but there's also a bathtub, steak, cake, wine, cigarettes, and a helicopter—it's really impressive.

The only redeeming qualities are the good makeup and styling of the ML and FL.

If you want to see generic romance go for it but if you like Zombie Apocalyptic, don't watch it, this is scam

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More Like Eternal Suffering!

Ninety-nine percent of the suffering could have been avoided by the tiniest bit of communication, but that's drama life for you. Forget about love triangles—Eternal Love featured love dodecahedrons!

Yet, for all the angst, the story was compelling, and the cast was captivating. The costumes and sets were beautiful. The CGI lacked only in the water scenes, where it was apparently fake (I can handle most fake mountain and orchard scenes, but fake moving water is so apparent). The OST enhanced the experience with poignant lyrics.

Kudos to Maggie Huang who played Su Jin, a character I loathed deeply. It was incredibly satisfying to get to the eye scene (you'll know what I mean when you watch). I had envisioned that scene and anticipated it for far too long! How gratifying when it actually happened.

Mark Chao was a new-to-me actor. He lacked the pretty boy image of many K- and C-drama leads; a masculine man was a nice change of pace. He was able to convey emotions well, even within his stoic character. As for pretty boys, they were in abundance: Gao Wei Guang with long white hair, Vin Zhang all dark and dangerous, and Yu Meng Long, Leon Lai, and Zhang He.

The series was long at 58 episodes, but it held my attention and soaked my hanky. "Tearjerker" should be added to the tags. It ended well, and I was left with a happy afterglow. Upon reflection, it's odd I felt pleased, as only about 2% of the characters had a happy ending! But they were the 2% I most cared about, so I'm good with that.

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a good revenge story.

This is one of those revenge story where you actually see the revenge plot unfolding. I didn't have high expectations from this show, but to my surprise the plot was executed very well.. you will like this series if :
1. you don't like stupid misunderstandings that goes through the whole series ( there was no misunderstanding between the fl and ml.
2. healthy relation between the fl and ml.
3. strong and independent fl who can hold her own in the battle.
4. understanding ml.

The only place where I thought the story was lacking was the villein's motivation.

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so many emotions

This drama was horrifying, heartbreaking, haunting, gut-wrenching, yet beautiful, mesmerizing, moving, and unforgettable.

This was one of the best written dramas I have ever seen. The cinematography, the music, the pacing. Everything was impeccable. And don't get me started on the ACTING! Obviously the three main leads, Tseng Jing-hua (Li Jen Yao), Moon Lee (Chiang Hsiao Tung) and Alice Ko (Hsia Tien Ching) were absolutely outstanding, but also Lyan Cheng (Lai Yun Chen), Ann Lee (Yen Yao's mother), Chiang Chi (Chou Pun You) and also the main bad guys performances were absolutely incredible.

This drama will be with me for a long time, I have nothing but praise for this. May they find each other in their next life.

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Never understand the FL's womb logic in this drama.

I watched it because I really liked Peng Yao dramas.

Wang Nian Jiang Cheng's white hair look was really good. It was supposed to be a sweet little drama, but somehow it turned into a complete mess. The romance wasn't smooth either; everything felt inexplicable.

The premise quite new since FL is reborn with her womb, and the first half is incredibly sweet. If you cut out all the scenes with the SFL, this would be a super sweet romance. Unfortunately, the screenwriter can't write a script without adding melodramatic female rivalry, ruining a perfectly good sweet drama. The premise of traveling with a womb is initially appealing, but the screenwriter treats it as if the child isn't there, resulting in various inconsistencies in the plot.

For example, plot point of a FL getting pregnant and having a child during time travel is just too much. It's terrifying to think that a college freshman would be pregnant. And then there are all sorts of other things that happen afterward. If a college freshman gets pregnant, the child must be incredibly resilient.

I almost dropped this drama due the Inconsistencies and tried to fasten 2.5x speed for better review.

Maybe if you're not plot driven and still hardcore fans you can enjoy this.

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Quite conflicted with Jinzi Bratty Princess persona.

I watched this last year and actually Jinzi is the first version i ever watched before Tian Jiu Luo and it was nice decision for me.

The plot is significantly better than the first version, more complete, with more reasonable details and better distribution of screen time, thus establishing the characters of the ML. Even in this drama they mostly focused on Zhang Tingrui and Jinzi moment.

This drama show the younger brother is a sickly puppy, General Huo is a proud puppy, Young Marquis Xie is a frizzy puppy, and the prince is an aloof puppy. Too bad the Prime Minister appearance almost non exist in this.

The thing that i don't like in this drama Jinzi characterization is she showing Bratty princess instead of Dog trainer. For Zhang Tingrui, his acting ability was show limited in this drama. But the Marquis Xie has really best comedy technique in this drama and his screentime was almost same as Zhang Tingrui.

It seems like they're planning a second season since the novel is still ongoing, but it's hard to guarantee a good short series. If you don't mind a bad ending, you can watch it. The plot is much better than the first version, but for FL characterization

Still decent watch though.

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amazingly drawn horse to poor drawn horse meme

okay not really but it is VERY noticeable how the first half of it was super catchy interesting and had you screaming but then it just gets.. not that catchy..? i think the narrative falls a bit and presents some plot holes or unnecessary moments like get over it!! grow up (as a character)!!
now, the first part is REALLY good, the plot is not really catchy but the controversy around their relation drawns you in and i have to say it works quite good WHAT CAN I SAY their chemistry is insane, specially in kissing/nc scenes which i found daring and exciting for a kbl

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Wang Yilei solely good acting cannot save this drama.

I remember when i watched other version the plot was so-so but the acting was so adequate to make me engaging on that drama. This drama ruined my view experience. Even my friends saying this version was the best, i completely never agree with her. The production of this drama feel sloppy.

I wont say Wang Yilei acting cannot acting (but Yang Shuyu stills has no improvement and it was making this experience more worse) but the ML looks misfit as someone older, FL didn't look too mentally strong and somehow they are miscast on the adaptation. It feels he works alone in full of group assignment. but the result still got F-.

Dropped.

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Average Plot with Awesome Acting.

I watched this drama and for the adaptation nothing could beat this version. The age gap looks so real but somehow it fits the drama. The chemistry between the Feng Ming Chao and Meng Na is excellent. Their kisses are emotional, logical, and psychologically engaging.

For simple plot, FL was being orphan and raised by the ML. They appear to be siblings, but are not actually related by blood. FL has secretly loved the ML since childhood, and he has always doted on her, seemingly waiting for her to grow up. So overall, it's very sweet, with no angst.

Meng Na was truly beautiful; even that hime-cut looked good on her. She could be both cool and sweet, very sassy when dealing with scumbags, and very sweet when facing ML. I liked her when she hugged ML it was very naturally cute.

Feng Ming Chao was too thin but he seems well-suited for this type of aloof, domineering older man. His acting skills, having experience in long drama are unlikely to be bad. And his real-life as a father also lends him an edge in portraying older characters.

Supporting characters are just so-so. The various villainous female supporting characters and extras in the short drama are nothing special, but there aren't any particularly bad either.

This is obviously on-budget drama but the acting was decent to watch.

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UNEXPECTED

This series is an harmonic paradox. Taken separately, actors, music, directing, screenwriting are athetesis and yet together seems meant to be. Also, the hilarious fragments carefully planted are priceless. Can't stop watching. The intimate scenes are sensual and not cringy even though highly censored. Love it. Thumbs up to the opening song.

このシリーズは調和的パラドックスです。俳優、音楽、演出、脚本は神学的なものでありながら、一緒になると運命のように思えます。また、慎重に植え付けられた爆笑の断片は何にも代えがたいものです。見ているのが目を離せない。親密なシーンは官能的で、厳しく検閲されているにもかかわらず痛々しくありません。私の好みです。オープニング曲にグッドスタンドを送ります。

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