I can't get over Wave! Must-Watch
All I can say is the whole show is just so cute and adorable!I love the dedication of Duang and his unique approach to what giving up means. Qin's personality is such a great contrast to Duang's, which is probably why they fit together so well.
As for Jamie and Mavis, I actually like that they didn't get too much screen time—mostly because they totally deserve to headline their own series!
And then there's my Wave 🥺
Wave is my absolute favorite among the DMD actors, and my heart still can't quite get over him.
My heart completely broke when he couldn't find a partner on DMD Friendship, so seeing him here with a potential partner (and knowing he'll have a new series with them as a side couple, I think!) just makes my heart swell. I really hope things work out for him, but if not, I wish him all the absolute best.
Getting back to the review: I love the choice of songs—they fit the whole series and the characters so perfectly.
And the art?
💯
It was so refreshing to actually see real artistic elements, like having actual art scenes when the characters are studying art, rather than just focusing exclusively on the romance. Plus, the cinematography is simply to die for!
As for the NC scenes, they manage to be sweet and sensual at the exact same time without feeling over-the-top.
If you want a series that is light, sweet, and filled with cute-y vibes, this is definitely your best go!
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A start of something but....
This drama left me with a strange impression. I really enjoyed the beginning, and I absolutely loved the first 10 episodes because I really like stories about characters with hidden powers who join an academy and do a group of friends. But very quickly, we end up with several different storylines being introduced, and everything moves way too fast. The whole process of entering the academy is almost brushed aside.When I finished this drama, I felt like I had watched the beginnings of several different stories, but that was it. I was missing that sense of character development and accomplishment, as well as any real depth to the characters. Very quickly, the drama moves from one action sequence to another, jumping from one situation to the next without really taking the time to properly establish the story.
Yes, it’s true that the CGI is really well done. It’s beautiful to look at, but that’s not enough to carry the whole drama. The writing has some major issues. It’s quite frustrating because, as I’m writing this review, we’re in a period where there’s a real lack of good xianxia dramas, and I feel like this one is such a waste of potential. While the first 10 episodes had me completely captivated, the rest barely managed to hold my attention.
In the end, I’m going to try to focus mainly on the positives so I don’t feel too frustrated. Ju Jing Yi is still as beautiful as ever and a good actress, while Song Wei Long is, as always, very good. It’s a shame they weren’t given something better to work with.
Now I just need to find a xianxia drama I’ve somehow missed so I can satisfy my current craving.
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All Fun and Games, and Seo Kang Joon's Visuals Are DEFINEEEED
I got a heart attack every time Seo Kang Joon was on the screen. His visuals don't make sense. Even wearing a school uniform just looks right on him. And his eyes... I got lost in his eyes.I was in a reading slump and in need of a light, fun K-drama that could lift my mood. While browsing Viki, I stumbled across this one and was curious to see how the story would turn out. On top of that, I had watched Teach You a Lesson not long ago and really liked Jin Ki Joo's acting (although she screamed a lot in that drama, which I wasn't a fan of). And of course, it had been a while since I last watched Seo Kang Joon in a drama, so that was another reason for me to give this one a try.
And honestly, this drama delivered exactly what I was looking for. It was fun! The comedy hit the spot, and I especially loved the NIS team. They were such a great addition to the comedy and made the whole thing even more entertaining. The acting was also great, and the antagonist really did look crazy and psychologically unstable.
That said, I wasn't really here for the plot. At the end of the day, this was never intended to be a serious drama anyway, so I didn't take the story too seriously. I even kinda guessed how things would end, including where all the gold was hidden. But honestly, it didn't really matter because the drama achieved what it set out to do: entertain me and lift my mood.
And surprisingly, the school ghost stories were also quite scary, haha.
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Help! My Online Love Partner Is My Boss
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WHEN YOUR ONLINE SWEETHEART SIGNS YOUR PAYCHECK
OVERALL IMPRESSION🌟This was an excellent, funny, and delightfully cheesy workplace romance. Although predictable, its humor, sweetness, and charming leads made it thoroughly entertaining and addictive.
WHAT I LIKED💖
• I love, love, love Xiang Yun Jie! She was absolutely adorable and perfectly suited to this role.
• The FL was sharp-tongued, witty, and quick on her feet. Although she appeared confident, she was also sensitive and simply hid her hurt very well.
• The ML’s contrasting personalities were hilarious. As her boss, he was demanding and full of nonsense, but as her boyfriend, he was affectionate, caring, lovable, and wonderfully doting.
• The FL’s tangled web of lies created one amusing situation after another.
• The leads shared charming chemistry, and their expressive reactions made the workplace enemies-to-lovers dynamic even more entertaining.
WHAT I DISLIKED⚠️
• The FL’s dishonesty about her past created unnecessary misunderstandings.
• The lack of communication became frustrating, particularly because it slowed the romance considerably.
PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCES🎭
• Xiang Yun Jie and Zeng Hui delivered top-notch performances.
• Their facial expressions and excellent comic timing elevated the humor throughout the drama.
• The brisk pacing, short runtime, and continuous comedy made this easy to binge.
FINAL THOUGHTS💭
A funny, romantic, and wonderfully lighthearted drama with delightful comic chemistry. I gladly recommend it to viewers who enjoy online romance, workplace comedy, and familiar short-drama tropes. My rating: 8/10.
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My bad for comparing it to 'The Day of the Jackal'
The premise is quite intriguing. How does a sniper live her daily life as a wife and mother? And that too, while being married to a journalist who is basically chasing her.When I heard this involves a sniper, my mind immediately went to 'The Day of the Jackal' series. It was a pretty good series, and it actually shows that even a legendary sniper can fail, get busted, and end up being chased, wounded, and hurt. So, I had my expectations.
This drama was going fine until episode 6, where it started to go south, I would say. Yoo Bo Na started acting alone, being very stubborn and basically ditching her teammates. She thinks she is unstoppable and unbeatable. To me, it was such a stupid move for her to expose herself in the casino without any proper undercover disguise. She was looking all suspicious in all-black clothing and a black hat, and oddly enough, in such a high-profile, well-guarded place, no one seemed to notice her. I know this is just a drama, but this kind of thing is annoying once you notice it.
What bothers me more is that, on top of being a good sniper, she is also a good fighter? Now it’s becoming a classic superhero story.
OH, and her mother-in-law is shit! Good thing she has a good husband who stands up for her.
Anyway, I am still going to continue watching this drama because I want to see her husband’s reaction when he finally finds out that she is Kingfisher.
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The Boy and I Who Will Break Up in 100 Days
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An unflinching portrait of 2 flawed humans
This is one of the most raw explorations of love I've ever seen. It doesn't sugarcoat it, but it doesn't try to be dramatic either. It's just an unflinching peek into the human psyche. I'm amazed at how deep this was, considering it's just six 20-minute episodes.If you're like me, you start out feeling closer to Kasuga. Although he's the one pushing the lie, it feels like he's doing it for good reasons. It's only at the end, when each person opens up, that we realize the lie wasn't just the documentary; it was the whole relationship.
Kasuga's monologue in the final episode had me reflecting on my life quite a bit, noticing where I sometimes have the same unhealthy traits. But Itsuki's final words just blew me away. They were sharp but honest - exactly what we've come to expect from his character.
I think it's an interesting social experiment for the viewers as well: if by the end, knowing what we know, we still wish that Kasuga & Itsuki could have found their way back to each other, what does that say about us? We see the truth about their incompatibility but a part of us still hopes that all those problems can be wished away, just like Kasuga. Or maybe we just choose to ignore the problems and lie to ourselves about what we know will happen. This is why I resonated with Kasuga's speech about doing it all over again, even if he knew it won't work. It's not smart, but it is human.
The cinematography was PEAK. The shots were beautiful. You can see the thought put into the composition in certain scenes. It was quiet but grounded.
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Big disappointment
I love historical dramas and I can't believe this drama is rated so highly. Almost 17 hours of practically nothing. The romance was mediocre, the secret organization and conspiracy plotline even worse, and there weren't even any decent fight scenes. The first few episodes were great, but things started going downhill around the halfway mark; by the last 3 or 4 episodes, I really regretted that Viki doesn't have a playback speed-up option.Was this review helpful to you?
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—March 25, 2025 [Sunny] Happy Birthday to You.
I was all hyped about this drama even before it started airing because of two reasons, one being their height difference and second being a post on twitter saying how the ML begs for the FL to come back. I thought, "oh! a cute rom-com." Boy, was i wrong.ZHOU WAN : I love this girl immensely. She's the embodiment of someone who suffers silently with a smile on their face. One thing that became very apparent to me by the time i finished watching episode three, is that she's very hard to read. As for me as an audience i couldn't really anticipate or figure out what she was going to do. And, it became even more evident in that one episode where Zhou Wan lost to Lu Xixiao and he told her to beg him if she wants to make it to the team. And, i'm sitting there thinking what she's going to do? Is she really gonna beg him? And, then BOOM that power move master card she pulled made me instantly fall for her. And, i'm really emphasizing on her being very hard to read because during the first episode we see her shyly smiling when Lu Xixiao is running around, naturally i thought that she liked him but the next moment she treats him so coldly and rejects him so quickly that i started questioning myself if i was wrong about her. Still, i kept a firm albeit fleeting belief that she liked him first though that belief grew precarious with each episode. But, then the last episode hits my screen as hard as it hits my heart. And, that's when i further cement my view that Zhou Wan was truly an unreadable protagonist. I couldn't figure her out even though i'm watching everything from her point of view.
I've seen a lot of people misunderstand her character and it truly pains me. This is just an eighteen year old girl, A CHILD that is bearing the burden all alone on her tiny shoulders. She saw her father getting trampled and beaten, the factory being destroyed and eventually saw him passing away at such an tender age. She didn't even properly come to terms with his death, when her mother abandons her. She takes this abandonment to heart blaming herself, that she might've done something to make her mother leave. Then, just at fifteen she gets to know that the only person who loved and care for her might die. How can you expect her to make mature decisions when she has no one to turn to or guide her through the big shambles of her life. One might question, that she shouldn't have used Lu Xixiao like that—she wouldn't have if she didn't see her mother repeatedly ignore her calls after she swallowed her pride to contact her after years. What choice did she have? And, even then, she repeatedly asks others if she's a bad person or that she has become a bad person because inside the guilt was gnawing her.
I look at her character and see a woman who had to sacrifice her childhood in order to grow up quickly to take care of the person who mattered to her the most. That particular scene after grandma dies, she's facing the ocean and then she turns back with a smile was very powerful because in that moment Zhou Wan reveals what kind of person she is—someone who'd repeatedly assure others that she is fine with a smile on her face so as to not burden them with her worries. And, it saddened me to see how an eighteen year old girl has gone through so much that she has internalised this firm belife system that being vulnerable or being honest with one's feeling is wrong. Which is why, i was so glad to see her having a mental breakdown at the hospital because she needed that.
"I'm only eighteen." Yes, inject that poisonous pain in my veins again.
Realistically, she has been through a lot. I don't want to repeat everything again but with her father and grandmother dying, her mother abandoning her, getting hit by the truth that her father could've lived for few more months, having to go against her morals to use and hurt the boy she loved the most and then watching that said boy nearly die because of you!! I have no idea how she remained sane for so many years which is where my theory comes that if it weren't for the revenge she was planning and the sheer will of destroying everything that Lu Xixiao's father had built for himself, Zhou Wan would’ve truly gone maniacal. That one montage where she was casually aura farming under the rain while glaring at him is etched it my memory forever. Zhou Wan's mother was cunning and a very shrewd lady albeit being one of the most gorgeous woman on earth and truly they'd made an undefeated pair if her mother's head were in the right place. Instead, Zhou Wan was clever, manipulative, observant with a hint of cunning nature. 2016 Zhou Wan was cute but 2026 Zhou Wan was so cool and so, so, gorgeous. I get why Lu Xixiao couldn't move on even after 10 years because i wouldn't too.
LU XIXIAO: My boy only wanted love and that was his tragedy. Lu Xixiao is introduced to us as a carefree guy with an air of arrogance around him. He portrays himself as a nonchalant bad boy but in reality he can't stay one second without being chalant. He's has big heart inside his chest that thumps and bleeds rapidly for people he considers dear to him. It grieves me that no one actually cares for him in his family expect for his aunt and his nanny. His father is a piece of absolute shit who locks him up in his room and controls his phone stopping any form of communication time to time whenever he needs him to behave. His grandfather never truly cared for him but only wanted him because of the LU name, like you're telling me your grandson ran away and the only person visited him was his aunt. Then, there was Zhou Wan's mother who feigned that she cared for him but only wanted him to get away from the family so she could peacefully marry his fatger without any protest.
When his phobia of heights was intriduced, i thought it was comical and kind of quirky because you're telling me a guy who's close to 190 cm is actually scared of heights. But, as we progressed and the answer slowly revealed itself that's when it hit me how much of trauma this boy must've been carrying after seeing his mother jump right infront of him and not being able to do anything about it. He must've beaten himself up for it. Her suicide to him felt like an abandonment. The only person whom he thought loved him and was truly by his side was suddenly jumping off right infront of him with a tear streaked eyes. He must've resented her for it especially since he was a child and couldn't really formulate what led to that fateful moment and yet, he loved her in his own way. Although, he felt his mother left him, he couldn't bring himself to leave her which is why he grasped at every little thing his mother left behind starting from the big house to the paintings. He picked up the paint brush and stroked the canvas with colours in the same way his mother had trying to get a closure, trying to find her remnants.
So, it was especially endearing to see this boy risking it all to save a random girl who was trying to kill herself like his mother. Even though he was so, so, scared he couldn't just stand by and watch and i think it was one of those moments when Lu Xixiao shone bright as a character, so contrary to the notion of him being introduced as a typical bad boy trouble maker. He was much more than that, far more beyond than what is present at the surface level. He was trembling yet he still reached out without knowing if she'd ever grasp it or not.
Lu Xixiao as a character wears his heart on his sleeves. He is just so honest and that it actually hurts seeing him go through whatever he went through in the show because at the end of the day he was also a child. The confusion he must've been going through after witnessing Zhou Wan's hot and cold behavior. He suffered so much and was truly being used as a pawn by everyone around him. When Zhou Wan came to his life, he thought he finally found someone who understood him and was willing to stay by his side only to get betrayed. Many people disliked him for going on a few dates with Li Na but i actually liked it that they added it to his character. He was boy who was going through the worst period in his life. He took a knife for the girl he loved without hesitation and she left him behind. He made that choice of dating her out of pure anger. As a woman, i hated how he used Li Na who had genuine feelings for him but as a audience i understanding why he did it. 2016 Lu Xixiao was reckless and would pick a fight but 2026 Lu Xixiao was rational and this character development was noticeable during that one scene when Zhou Wan recounted her near sexual assault. Like any other typical ML i expected him to be angry and bang on something then go beat up the guy but he was extremely calm and logically dealt with the matter, first by telling her to take the day off and then exposing that said person. I liked this development a lot.
CHEMISTRY: i believe that there are three kind of chemistry—𝘰𝘯𝘦>when there is no chemistry between the actors but they're forcing it on us to think that they have, 𝘵𝘸𝘰> when there is a lot of chemistry between the characters and the actors but you could feel that they're acting at certain junctions, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦>when the chemistry is so good that you feel like an invisible omnipresent entity watching two people fall in love. The chemistry between Zhou Wan and Lu Xixiao or Baobao and Zhou Keyu falls into the third category. It was effortless and natural that it didn't even feel like they're acting.
2016 WanXioa were new to the feeling, hesitantly trespassing each other's emotional threshold yet they're so strong and understood each other so well that it didn't feel like they've known each other only over the summer. Lu Xixiao jumped from the terrace despite his fear if heights only for her and Zhou Wan after waking up in the hospital, the first thing she assured him is that she didn't try to kill herself knowing how much his mother's death has cost. They're so sweet together even though there was always a hint of bittersweetness around their relationship. The parallel image of them blowing the dandelion and him removing his hair from her palm that was very profound in my opinion.
Lu Xixiao knew that Zhou Wan loved him even though she left him, afterall which girlfriend would hide a keep safe where she wrote prayers for him to have a peaceful and happy life that was the last thing given to her by her late grandmother—which is why he was so adamant in making her say that she loved and when she didn't, in that moment he resented her.
2026 Lu Xixiao is such a loser in love because what do you mean "Zhou Wan, don't let me see your face again or else i'll make you beg and cry for me." he says and then begs and cries for her two days later. Literally, falling down from the sofa while clinging and begging her not to leave. And, the way i laughed when he nonchalantly slinged his jacket over his shoulder and strided to HER HOUSE to repeat the exact same words like a messenger pigeon during a war. Brother that's her house, you'd definitely see her there. And, what makes this scene even more comical is that he completely ignores Jiang Yan out of pure jealousy but the first thing he says, "Is that not a lot of food. Are you sure you can finish it?" Were you expecting to get invited for dinner A'xiao. Not a single rigid nonchalant bone in his body stand stalls the moment Zhou Wan appears, he becomes like child in need of her constant attention and coaxing.
Jokes apart, but the damage episode 20 did to my psyche is unrepairable. I love my girl Zhou Wan. I'm ready to take a bullet for her but girl you're supposed to only traumatise your husband not us innocent bystanders. Someone said people usually plays hide and seek for a while but Lu Xixiao has been playing it for years, 10 YEARS. And, then that schizophrenic episode of him hallucinating her and dancing with actually no one completely broke me. I heart was hearting so bad that i had to stop and take a long break before i could continue watching it. 2016 WanXioa had chemistry but 2026 WanXiao was full of sexual tension. That one episode where he wanted to paint her had so much heat that it was practically radiating off my screen. I felt like i shouldn't watch because the scenes were so intimate. And, just when i thought that they couldn't get any hotter BOOM episode 26 dropped. The confession, the slow reasoning and the intimate kisses were top notch. I've never felt so my butterflies explode in my stomach before. The way this scene was so viral that you couldn't escape it even if you tried to. And, whoever decided to put Baobao in that backless dress needs their hands to kissed because it made the scene even more hotter.
Lu Xixiao was such a freak. He never let my girl rest like on the bed, on the sofa, on the table, while showering and then ON THE CHAIRS?? Brother, consider the size difference between the two. I just wish that the last interview was shot on a Saturday because after knowing that girl he loved and yearned for ten years had secretly loved him for thirteen years, i don't think Lu Xixiao is letting her slip out of the bed.
This is once in a lifetime chemistry and shouldn't be wasted on single project, give me fifteen more of them right now.
I love, love, love Never Ending Summer. I've never felt so empty after watching a show. I couldn't move past them for more than a month. Everything about them was holding me down from their cinematography to the music.
Sunburn by Brian Cheng, you deserve a grammy.
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Watch it for Ke Yu!
The first half of this show was seriously addictive. It's like the male version of Hidden Love - I just always enjoy watching someone have secret feelings hahaha.Zhou Keyu really brought out the contrast between his younger vs. older versions. I feel this should be considered one of his career highlights because of how well it showcased his range. He really brought out the whole boy-to-man transition without needing to be overly cute/childish in the first half (which is a criticism a lot of people have about Zhao Lusi in HL).
That said, something changed drastically in the latter half. It's like all the life was sucked out of the story. My theory is that it was just way too long. It may have been better with 24 episodes. The 2nd couple didn't add much to the story, so that would have been an easy plotline to cut.
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are the writers incompetent or do they just hate people?
Yes, the acting is good, so is the music, but did anyone ever tell these writers that they created a world were everyone ends up as victims of sadistic monsters and the only people who would truly enjoy heaven are selfish assholes? The moment you realize how the afterlife works here, it would take a moron not to notice that. You will eventually be thrown in hell, either you got 6 strikes in heaven (which is guaranteed if you are there for eternity) or you chose reincarnation and risk hell again, where you cannot get out unless they eradicate you from existence. And what you see there... lets say it like this: They condemn religious cult leaders, but that is how this comes across, like the canon of a sadistic religious cult. The show throws almost everyone into hell and, once again, no you cannot get out of it. And we get ridiculous justifications for all these tortures (which seems to contain a dose of sexism) and even if that somehow doesn't bother you: They make it clear that hell, a place of alleged just punishment, lets the worst offenders live for many decades so they can sin even more and hell can "punish them" even more, aka the writers seem to have been fine with he worst criminals hurting people for a long time. That is in no way a just system, that is just an excuse for torture. And its not as if hell (or heaven) even follow their own rules. Inconsistencies are the norm in this show and it seems to rely on cheap emotional tactics instead of a compelling story. This show is in no way worth watching, not when it contains such evil messages.Was this review helpful to you?
SeaKeen y el resto del elenco
¡Amé el storytelling! La química de SeaKeen jamás decepciona porque es increíble, pero no solo ellos, ¡todo el elenco estuvo maravilloso! 💙 La historia mantiene la esencia del libro y se nota muchísimo todo el cariño, dedicación y esfuerzo que pusieron en cada detalle. Cada personaje se siente especial y la adaptación logra transmitir las emociones de la historia. ¡Por favor, necesitamos más historias así, con tanto corazón, calidad y amor! 💙😭✨ ¡Estoy deseando ver más! P'Champ y Staff graciasWas this review helpful to you?
Only character that hit was Gangster Head
I went into the drama because I am a fan of Jung Hae In's acting but this one.... it didn't hit. Maybe its the script, maybe its the FL's overacting that's super distracting, either way I was tempted to drop it.The only scene that hit was ep 12 (started end of ep 11)
Heo Sung Tae (Gangster Head)'s acting was really good. The piano score sounded so beautiful.
The whole drama was kind of a bust for me but that one scene made me glad I watched it through.
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Amazing actors ? Poor edit
First: I absolutely adore Tutor and Yim and I think they are more talented than some of the more famous actors, though I'd never name names because that's cruel. This would have had a higher rating for me if it wasn't for the very awkward, bad cuts from obvious censoring. I would have loved it as a wholesome slice of life romance and I'd have loved it as a super spicy romance but it ended up being neither, just some strange spot between. The director it had and the fact it's freaking TutorYim who create some of the hottest nc scenes in all of BL means it was probably very hot and steamy and then got ripped apart in editing to make it suitable for a lower age rating and that kinda destroyed it. It was constant build ups and the delicious tension we're used to seeing from TutorYim but then awkward cut straight into the next scene as if you accidentally skipped it which made it anticlimactic over and over again. Again, its a slice of life and would have worked great as a wholesome, family friendly romance if thats what they'd wanted and id have loved that or it could have been a super spicy passionate romance setting our screens on fire and id have loved that. However, it seems like they filmed the latter and then tried to squeeze it into the former harder than the step sisters tried to squeeze into cinderellas glass slipper.Was this review helpful to you?
A healing romance teaming with symbolism
If you like a good slice of life drama with well fleshed out characters that have a purpose, tons of character growth, and is very healing, then you’ll love this drama. Every action has depth and underlying meaning and symbolism. It’s full of heartwarming friendships, fierce loyalty, strong family bonds, and teamwork. If you’re looking for an action packed adventure drama or a silly romcom, then this is not the drama for you. But if you like healing dramas that warm your heart and have depth, then you’re in for a treat.The male lead:
He’s a very honest straightforward guy that knows what he wants and goes for it. And he wants the female lead the moment he meets her. I love a man that takes the initiative like he does. He’s very understanding with her too. She’s pretty shy and inexperienced with men so he takes things very slowly with her. His biggest problem is that he’s lost and doesn’t know where he wants to go in life. He even buys a necklace with a compass pendant that has no pointer on it because it symbolizes how he feels. But the female lead is exactly what he needs and helps him to find direction in his life. So he had a pointer added to the compass that correlated to her name. There’s lots of symbolic gestures with deeper underlying meaning like this sprinkled throughout this drama which makes it so interesting and meaningful.
The female lead:
She’s a shy, sweet and kind girl from a good family. Shes also very smart, confident and knows exactly where she’s going in life. Her strength and confidence inspires the male lead to let go of his past and pursue his dreams. She’s a strong female lead and a badass billiards player that even defeats a cocky guy that needed to be put in his place. I love her sassiness when she’s provoked.
The storyline:
This is a story of overcoming the past, letting go of your pride, and pursuing your dreams with everything you’ve got. There’s not tons of action scenes or lots of comedy in this drama. But there are a lot of great characters that you’ll come to love, with interesting stories to tell. There’s a lot of happiness, some sadness, some thoughtful moments and lots of redemption. Overall I really like the storyline, it has a lot of depth if you’re really paying attention.
The romance:
The romance takes off pretty quickly. They get together early on but take it very slow. So you get to see the main leads together throughout the whole drama. It’s very romantic with lots of hugs, kissing, cuddling, hand holding, etc. I really enjoyed getting to see them together so much, it’s a rarity for that to happen in an Asian drama. But it’s done right because you see them gradually fall in love over time.
The acting:
I have to give high marks to the acting. The male lead is so thoughtful and the way he tilts his head in contemplation all of the time felt so genuine. The female lead was such a refreshing breath of fresh air too. And their kissing scenes were absolutely perfect, I have zero complaints there. The whole cast were amazing actors, I loved every single one of them.
Final thoughts:
The male lead says he’s like the guy in the movie “The Truman Show” where his world is fake and everyone knows it but him. Then a girl appears and tells him the truth. He says “I’ve been creating a false world for myself for over a decade. It looked nice but it’s not what I wanted. Then you appeared in my life and brought me back into the real world. You gave me the courage to go back into reality. Thank you. You’ve given me so much.” It’s words like these and scenes like this that make the drama so good. It has depth, symbolism, character growth, and so much more. I highly recommend it. And did I mention that it revolves around professional billiards tournaments? I loved the originality of the profession they pursued. It’s definitely not your average office romance in some boring office building. But that’s what makes it so good.
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