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Disgusting

Morally bankrupt characters

The series started out great and then progressively became worse. It has one of the worst male leads that I have come across in KDramas and that is saying something, considering Korean writers don't quite know what a man is, let alone a good man. At the beginning of the series, I felt sympathy for both Dong Ha and Bom Yi but as the series progressed that feeling became replaced with utter disdain. Dong Ha completely failed as a man, as a brother and as a father. He cares for no one apart from himself. No right thinking man could do the kind of things he kept doing, over and over again and the worst part is that not once did he feel any qualms about it, drowning in self pity. His performative victimhood became annoying to the point that I actually wanted to punch him in the face. Dong Ha, Bom Yi, Ji won and most of all the writer treated Dong Wook in the worst possible manner. He is the only character who deserves any sympathy. He is expected to lose over and over again and not just accept those loses but be gracious about them too. No one in this series cared for his feelings. It is a common theme in most dramas to treat secondary characters badly. Leads often use supporting characters and then abandon them because to the writer and supposedly the audience their feelings simply do not matter. Dong Wook is the only good character in this series and for that he has been skewered. Obviously he cannot make anyone fall in love with him or prevent anyone from falling out of love, but what he can do is cut ties with people who don't seem to care about him at all and his supposedly older brother should be the first on that list. I fail to express the disgust I felt for Dong Ha. He is everything a man should not be, should never be.

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What a waste of talent

From the very beginning I knew this series was going to break my heart. I believe it was on the first episode when the FL told the ML:

"Being considerate makes me feel like a better person. But walking on eggshells just makes me feel pathetic. And if I feel more pathetic, I'll be done for good."

The first few episodes made me feel a very deep sorrow, like I had never felt watching any drama--and I have watched a lot! I hated that feeling but I had to see it through to the end. Half way through, the sorrow turned into disgust. I was hating every thing about the drama, including all of the characters. This repugnance was aggravated by the length of the series, a side plot that took way too much of my viewing time, poor editing in some episodes--One episode felt like it was edited by the newbie in the AV club--, and people calling it reality. This story was very contrived. Only the beginning and the end felt real. Everything in between revolved around a ridiculous scheme.

I did not know how I wanted the series to end, but I knew I how I did not want it to end, and of course it ended exactly like that. Thirty minutes into the last episode, I wanted it to shut off my laptop. However, the last ten minutes or so did what the many hours before could not do: get my attention and not make me regret watching it.

The cast and the acting were superb, but it was all wasted on a mediocre story. It is not the worst drama I have seen, but I will never recommend A Love Other Than Yours.

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Drama is getting interesting by the day. There are so many layers to this story. First 5 episodes are all character development. Don’t let the first couple of episodes fool you. Things are slowing coming together piece by piece. FL does a great job portraying her character, came across as cold and annoying at first but that’s bc of what happened to her in North Jing. Director did a good job so far by toning down the brutal treatment toward women from Her first marriage. Overall, the story is quite good and it’s only getting better. Highly recommend it.

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Real life doesn't follow a script: In defense of a brutally honest work

I don't care if the directing or cinematography doesn't follow the flawless, polished standards we are used to in K-dramas. In fact, it is the raw visual style of this show that hits so hard. The direct camera angles, the dialogues delivered while staring into space, or the moments characters confess their deepest thoughts while hugging without making eye contact—these choices aren't flaws.
They are a perfect mirror of how we actually communicate when our pain is too heavy to face.
While many critics bash Lee Mi-do, calling her selfish, inconsistent, or toxic, I believe her imperfection is the show's greatest strength. The truth is, this drama doesn't exist to please the audience with idealized characters. Realistically speaking, how many people trapped in a draining ten-year relationship know exactly what to do? Who always has the right tools or emotional maturity? Mi-do suffers, makes many mistakes, and hurts people. This constant "push and pull" with Ho, this exhausting emotional limbo, is exactly what happens in real life, where people face messy problems with whatever limited tools they have.
On the other side, we have Namgung Ho, initially seen as the submissive "good guy" who sacrifices everything for others. In reality, Ho hides an abyss of trauma. As the son of a greedy mother who used him for scams before abandoning him, his resilience is heartbreaking. What truly destroys him from within is a crushing sense of guilt—bearing the blame for the death of Mi-do’s father, a heavy burden he carries despite being completely innocent. Seo Kang-joon’s performance is nothing short of flawless. His face remains guarded and cold, but his eyes speak volumes, constantly broadcasting his repressed agony.
This slice-of-life realism extends beautifully to the supporting characters, especially the lawyer, Han Tae-seung. Abandoned as a child, he was "saved" at sixteen only to be turned into a lapdog for a ruthless, high-profile lawyer. His evolution is deeply human. He doesn't decide to turn his life around because of some sudden moral epiphany; he tries to change solely out of his love for Mi-do. He attempts to become a better person just for her, offering yet another disarming and authentic portrait of human nature.
A Love Other Than Yours does not tell a romantic fairy tale. It chronicles the painful, chaotic collision of broken souls trying to survive their own ghosts with the little strength they have left. Ultimately, this unique style is a double-edged sword—you might love it or you might hate it—but it is undeniably honest, raw, and sincere. It is a brave, honest, and profoundly human story.

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Waste of potential

This could have been so much more. At first it felt relatable and realistic, it showed the reality of relationships, the torture of not knowing what you want. But I feel like the writers messed up.

1- I think they should’ve not tried to make Mido appear in a good light despite all the harm she caused, they should have make her appear like a real human who makes mistakes, shows regrets and recognize she was the one at fault. It was pretty annoying to see her always acting like the victim and trying to make people pity her, but especially Namgung. I don’t blame her for her mistakes, it’s real situations that happen, but her reactions were not relatable and just selfish which resulted in most viewers not liking her (if it was the writers intentions then it’s a success). I know she suffered and still suffers, but it doesn’t mean she can’t try to make up fort her actions (= letting Namgung be free)

2- Because maybe the problem was that she never really knew anyone but him, and I think it’s risky to engage with someone if you didn’t try with other people before. That way she would have realized that someone making her feel something doesn’t mean the person is right for her. But once again she wanted to have Namgung and still feel new things. In real life we can get in that kind of situations and I feel like it would have been a great lesson to show Mido make a choice, cause in life we often have to take difficult decisions that our heart doesn’t want to take and that we are thankful we made in the future. In this situation the best option would have been to let Namgung be free sooner, try new things, realize she messed up and a) he was the one and come back to him or b) don’t center her life around men and heal as a single person.

3- I didn’t like the fact that because she is a tortured person she has the right to hurt people. She was depicted as lost, but also selfish only thinking about herself. She stayed with Namgung because she felt guilty towards him and she was attached to him and their memories but I don’t feel like she really loved him (or maybe only as someone she knew her whole life, just like I love my sister). It was confortable being with him and she wanted to keep it that way, she gave him mixed signals, every time she came back she did not care if it hurt him or not. And she also often blamed him, gaslighting him into thinking he was also at fault when I don’t really see where it’s the case.

4- As for him, his character was plain, never taking decisions, waiting for Mido to decide, not realizing their relationship was toxic. I think he loved her but at the same time also felt guilty towards her and her family, and I think he could not break free until Mido made the first move. That’s why when she cheated he should have had self respect and leave her. And the idea of letting her explore her feelings for another man wasn’t a bad idea, but it shouldn’t have been a 1 month thing, they also should have had no contact and try to really connect with other people. Them being constantly in each other lives made it hard for them to really engage with other partners.

5- the two Sml are clowns without self respect. It wasn’t realistic at all, you can’t love someone so much that you always let yourself get compared to your partner's ex. Someone in their right mind should just not try to go out with people still attached to their ex, and WHO the hell wants a one month relationship like wtf. The writers treated our Sml like the biggest clowns on earth. And I don’t get why they didn’t let the characters get intimate with their new partners, there was no chemistry at all which makes the ending hard to understand. It feels like the trial month was for nothing but all of a sudden they want to have long term relationships with Sml.

6- The second male lead had so much potential. But once the trial month started they made him pathetic, he wasn’t the psycho he was before. I didn’t get why him and Mido got together anymore, she was only crying and not as chaotic as before. I think they should have gone all the way and make them have a passionate, toxic and self destructive relationship to a) teach Mido a lesson and b) make them stick to their character of selfish and toxic people. They didn’t have to show us the good side of the lawyer, that’s not what we liked about him anyway.

7- If I was the writer (which I’m not), I would have made this drama a realistic life lesson on the difficulties of love, feelings, feeling lost and I would have focused on the growth of the characters, making them understand who they are, what they want and maybe making them understand they have to see a therapist. I would have made Mido and Namgung break up, learn to love themselves, get away from guilt, and try to discover other people. I would have make them go through difficult things, specially Mido who always hid behind Namgung, so that she learns how to live by herself. I really think they should have broke up sooner and maybe by the end of the drama meet again to talk about how their relationship was a blessing and that the ending was an even greater one since they never learned to live by themselves before. The real act of love would have been to stay away from each other not constantly getting back to each other (or maybe a few times at the beginning and then realize they have to go no contact)

Anyway, it was a mess, I don’t even know why I wrote so much about it. I’m just frustrated the writers didn’t make it more relatable. I don’t think I wouldn’t like Mido if she was written differently. I like characters who make mistakes, but they never made her learn the lesson or grow. We, women, are so much more than tortured, selfish or emotional, we make mistakes, we learn from them, and it angers me to once again see this image of evil, selfish women in a show.

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The Lament of Autumn — When a Promising Dark Romance Loses Its Way

The Lament of Autumn — When a Promising Dark Romance Loses Its Way

A captivating beginning, unforgettable chemistry, and a story that slowly destroys its own potential.

There is something particularly frustrating about a drama that starts so well that you genuinely believe you have found something special, only to watch it gradually fall apart.

The Lament of Autumn is exactly that kind of drama.

The first ten to twelve episodes had almost everything I wanted from a Republican-era romance: political tension, beautiful cinematography, morally ambiguous characters, a strong female lead, and, above all, incredible chemistry between the leads.

I have never believed that every romantic male lead needs to be a walking green flag. Fiction allows us to explore complicated, dangerous, and even morally questionable characters. In fact, a well-written red flag can be far more fascinating than a perfectly decent man whose entire personality revolves around loving the heroine.

And Xu Chang Xuan, played by Cheng Lei, had all the ingredients of a fascinatingly flawed character.

He was intelligent, calculating, arrogant, ruthless, and undeniably charismatic. His military uniform was certainly an added attraction, but what made him interesting was the contradiction between his strategic brilliance and his emotional vulnerability.

Unfortunately, the writers eventually confused emotional complexity with possessiveness and character development with endless repetition.

A Strong Heroine Who Slowly Disappeared

Perhaps my greatest disappointment was not the male lead's questionable behavior, but what happened to Ping Jun.

Initially, she was everything I wanted in a female protagonist: proud, intelligent, outspoken, and unwilling to surrender her principles simply because a powerful man desired her.

The imbalance of power between the leads was obvious, but that was precisely what made their confrontations so compelling. She challenged him, resisted him, and refused to become merely an object of his obsession.

Then the second male lead entered the picture, and something went terribly wrong.

Instead of continuing to develop Ping Jun as an independent character, the story gradually reduced her to a prize in a competition between two men.

Her decisions became inconsistent, her resistance increasingly ineffective, and her personal journey almost disappeared beneath the weight of the male lead's obsession.

A strong female character does not have to win every battle. She can be vulnerable, frightened, contradictory, and even make terrible decisions.

But vulnerability is not the same as losing agency.

And unfortunately, that is exactly what happened here.

When Obsession Replaces Character Development

I was initially fascinated by Xu Chang Xuan's darker personality. I did not expect him to be gentle, morally perfect, or even particularly likable.

But I did expect him to evolve.

The problem was not simply that he was controlling or obsessive. The problem was that the story repeatedly presented him as an exceptionally intelligent strategist while allowing him to behave with astonishing emotional stupidity.

How could a man capable of understanding complicated political and military situations be so incapable of understanding the woman he supposedly loved?

His repeated coercion, manipulation, and disregard for her choices did not make their relationship more passionate. Eventually, they made it exhausting.

The battlefield briefly offered the possibility of genuine transformation. After experiencing tragedy and loss, he seemed ready to become a different man.

But instead of allowing that development to unfold, the writers returned him to the same destructive patterns.

Again and again.

And again.

At some point, repetition stops being dramatic tension and becomes lazy storytelling.

Amnesia: The Final Blow

And then came the amnesia.

Of all the familiar melodramatic devices, this was probably the most damaging to the story.

After everything Ping Jun had experienced, erasing her memories effectively erased much of her character development.

The romantic moments that followed might have been visually beautiful, but they felt emotionally hollow.

How meaningful can intimacy be when one character no longer remembers the history of the relationship, while the other controls the narrative of their shared past?

Instead of watching two complicated individuals confront their history and gradually rebuild trust, we were given another cycle of deception, misunderstandings, separation, and reconciliation.

By the time her memories returned, I had already lost much of my emotional investment.

So Much Historical Potential, So Little Narrative Ambition

One of the drama's greatest missed opportunities was its historical setting.

The Republican era provides a fascinating background of political instability, competing loyalties, military conflict, and social transformation.

The series occasionally explored these elements, and those moments were often far more interesting than the endless romantic misunderstandings.

Unfortunately, the political conflict increasingly became secondary to personal jealousy and revenge.

Even the supporting characters suffered from inconsistent writing.

The storyline involving the male lead's sister and her husband was particularly troubling. Sexual violence was introduced, yet its psychological consequences were barely explored before the story attempted to redeem the perpetrator.

Other supporting characters appeared and disappeared whenever the plot required another complication.

The opera singer's storyline felt disconnected, the repeated kidnappings became almost absurd, and the final episodes suddenly gave importance to characters who had received little meaningful development.

Meanwhile, the female lead, once the emotional center of the drama, became increasingly irrelevant to her own story.

Cheng Lei, Xu Ruohan, and the Chemistry That Deserved Better

If there is one reason I remained invested for so long, it was the chemistry between Cheng Lei and Xu Ruohan.

Their early confrontations were electric.

The tension in their conversations, their expressions, their physical proximity, and the constant struggle for control created the kind of chemistry that cannot be manufactured through romantic dialogue alone.

Cheng Lei was particularly compelling in the role.

His commanding presence, restrained expressions, and ability to shift between cold authority and emotional intensity made Xu Chang Xuan fascinating to watch, even when the character became increasingly frustrating.

Xu Ruohan was equally convincing in the earlier episodes, giving Ping Jun the pride and determination that made her such a promising heroine.

Together, they had the potential to create a truly memorable enemies-to-lovers romance.

And that is perhaps the most disappointing part: the actors delivered the chemistry, but the writing failed to deliver the emotional journey.

A Beautiful Drama That Forgot How to Tell Its Story

Visually, The Lament of Autumn deserves genuine praise.

The cinematography is elegant, the muted colors beautifully evoke the Republican era, and the production design combines traditional Chinese elements with Western influences to create an atmospheric and convincing world.

The use of shadows, symmetrical compositions, and carefully framed interiors often gives the series a romantic noir quality.

There are moments when the drama looks absolutely stunning.

But beautiful cinematography cannot compensate for a story that keeps repeating itself.

Nor can excellent chemistry rescue characters who stop developing.

Final Thoughts

I do not regret watching The Lament of Autumn, but I deeply regret what it could have been.

I wanted a dark romance about two strong, complicated people whose love forced them to confront their flaws and transform.

Instead, I watched a promising heroine gradually lose her agency while an intelligent, morally ambiguous hero remained trapped in the same destructive behavior.

Dark romance does not need perfect characters or morally comfortable relationships.

But it does need psychological depth, narrative consistency, and meaningful consequences.

Obsession can be fascinating. Possessiveness can create tension. But neither should be mistaken for character development.

The first episodes promised a compelling story about power, resistance, love, and transformation.

The rest of the series too often replaced those possibilities with amnesia, manipulation, repeated misunderstandings, and unnecessary tragedy.

What a waste of such extraordinary chemistry.

In the end, the real tragedy of The Lament of Autumn was not what happened to its characters, but what the writers did to them.

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Old Intern

This looks like just an ordinary movie, but I was surprised by how much I liked it. It is in my top 5 Korean movies of 2026. Too many movies want to be something extra and forget their identity. This film has many details, as the 2-hour 13-minute runtime shows, but it doesn’t try to be something epic or unusual. It doesn’t even pretend to be too original, as it is a remake of an American movie and copies most of the material from the original. It sticks to the office drama with a decent dose of humor, and it does that very well.

What impressed me the most is how human the movie is. The older intern’s experience brings a needed sense of balance to a chaotic, high-pressure company. It tries to show that everyone has value and can contribute to the common good. The natural chemistry between the intern Gi-ho and the CEO makes their relationship feel warm and believable. I enjoyed every minute of the movie, as it filled me with an inner joy that is rarely seen in modern media. Good job, Intern!

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cutely leaving with a brain damage <3

This is probably the worst drama I've ever watched. I was going to give it four stars to be reasonable but yk what fuck that. we are giving it one star. I'm not even going to pretend otherwise.
I don't think I'm in the right headspace to sit here and dissect all the good parts of this drama. Because at the end of the day I'm watching a drama to feel something, to have a good experience. And this? This has been one long exercise in frustration. a drama is supposed to make me feel things. GOOD things. not whatever the hell this was.
what bothers me the most is that somewhere along the way i subconsciously started rooting for the original leads to end up together. I don't think it was because I thought they were perfect for each other (clearly not) but because of everything they had shared. Years of love, care and attachment don't just exist in a vacuum. you can't simply get rid of all of that with two years of ~healing~ (I mean you can, technically but we're collectively going to pretend otherwise for the sake of this review)where the hell do you take this much love and history and just leave it behind dude? There was something about their relationship that made me want them to find their way back to each other.
their final day together was essentially closure for their relationship. that's what it was supposed to be. I understand that letting go was probably the healthier, more mature decision. I understand why they needed to move on. That's how you do things right? Well clearly someone didn’t like it….who could it be?? Do I look like I want you guys to be healthy and mature? I don't want you to let go of each other tf. be miserable and together.
but to my unpleasant surprise the leads eventually end up with the second leads. which, fine. maybe that's the right decision for them. I can acknowledge that without having to enjoy watching it happen. It's not even that I dislike the second leads. I actually like most of these characters individually (with the obvious exception of the sml who is a capital D bag). But put them together as couples and it's like watching a clash of atoms that are being forcibly fused together. The result is an explosion. of my brain cells.
But that’s not even the tip of the iceberg because the bigger devil was the sheer lack of clarity. For almost the entire series, the original leads remain frustratingly ambiguous about their feelings and where they stand with each other. Secrets, half conversations (tf do people go quiet after dropping bombs in dramas ugh), unresolved feelings, and so much emotional back and forth. And for what? If we take the last episode out of the equation, was there even ONE moment when these people weren't being ambiguous about their relationship? WHY ARE WE HIDING EVERYTHING FOR GOD'S SAKE? Aren’t we the viewers supposed to atleast know what’s going on? Where exactly are you going being this ambiguous broski come back and clear up what you felt during that kiss man.
Every ep you're waiting for someone to just SAY SOMETHING. To actually address what's happening. Btw they do address so much of fl’s emotions but the ml is our precious pushover isn’t he. So why would he spill the beans. You're practically hanging on to every episode wondering, ok did we finally get some answers? And what do you get? Another episode of ragebait that's seemingly just there to justify the title of the drama. “a love other than yours”. Yeah fuck that.
I suppose keeping viewers hooked until the very end is a successful strategy. Congratulations to the writers ig. But there's a difference between creating anticipation and making your audience feel like they're being held hostage by a series of unresolved conversations. It's great for marketing but disastrous for likeability. And I genuinely don't know how many people enjoyed that experience, although I'm sure some did. The point is, people are pissed.
And then there's the fl. God I am so disappointed with what they did with her character.
I might lose most of you here but aside from the cheating, I actually think she's a good person. Woah woah woah easy with the pitchforks there. she makes some pretty terrible decisions, but I never thought she was fundamentally a bad person. I was willing to understand her, even when I disagreed with her actions. Which is why I'm so heartbroken that the writers actually made her cheat. It almost feels as though they wanted to make sure the audience had a reason to hate her. Well congratulations. You have successfully succeeded.
And I don't mean that female characters should be protected from making terrible decisions. Quite the opposite. I want women to be allowed to be selfish and messy and sometimes downright unlikeable. But I also want them to be given the same narrative attention and consideration as their male counterparts.
As a woman i get frustrated when I see female characters being sidelined in their own stories. Where is her career? Where is her ambition? Where is the rest of her life outside of these men? And where is her boyfriend who isn't a D bag for once? Why does her entire emotional existence seem to revolve around understanding, accommodating and consoling the ML? Sometimes I genuinely wonder if the writer has some kind of personal vendetta against her and is actually writing her love rival.
Because I'm someone who subconsciously roots for fls. I love my women bro. I want to see them win. I want to see them have lives, ambitions and storylines that don't constantly revolve around some man. And I just cannot stand these writers doing them wrong.
Because that's another thing that bothered me. She is constantly expected to understand him, to make sense of his feelings, to be patient with him and to console him. Meanwhile he seems content to sit there and listen and nod along (every single ep btw). Bro I get it. You're the victim. But why is it that in practically every single scene I'm watching the fl console the heck out of the ml? Why is she always the one doing the emotional heavy lifting? Why does she have to be understanding of practically everything he does while we barely get the same consideration in return? Because im going to be the girl who cried ml isn’t entirely innocent either. He did do some deeds that were out of line with sfl before the cheating happened. Idk for someone in a relationship you need to set your boundaries straight. Even tho im all for protecting and respecting every woman and having opposite gender friends. But im not up for whatever they had going on.
hoenstly the last episode actually felt like these characters had finally grown up. But other than that one ep, every single one ep was just testing my patience. There were so many interesting things this drama could have explored tbh, so many directions it could have taken these characters. But I ended up watching people repeatedly fail to communicate while their romantic relationships consumed practically every other aspect of their lives. Plus so much complexity and jumbled emotions for an infidelity plot. It’s such a shame.
Maybe I've gone a little haywire with this review. maybe I'll come back to it when I'm less pissed off and realise I've been unnecessarily dramatic. maybe I'll even delete this once I've calmed down. But the one star is NOT coming down.
I voluntarily put myself through this every week and somehow ended up watching a drama that managed to make me this invested and this miserable at the same time. I understand what it was trying to do. I understand why the characters made the decisions they did. I can even acknowledge that the leads ending up with the second leads might have been the right decision.
But do I like it? Absolutely fucking not.
I just fucking hated watching it. I don’t think I need further justification for why I don’t like it.

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An intriguing premise that slowly lost its magic

I don't know where to start. I was completely hooked by the synopsis because I really like time travel and body swapping. And while I did enjoy the romance aspect of the plot, I expected to like it much more. In the end, I was left with mixed feelings — neither enchanted nor disappointed, just... sort of somewhere in the middle.

Surely you’ve heard (if anyone’s even bothering to read this review ) about the Butterfly Effect? You know, that whole metaphor about how the tiniest tweak in initial conditions within complex systems can completely flip the script and lead to drastically different outcomes. I know it, you know it, but our main characters clearly missed the memo. So naturally, they rushed into trying to change the future without thinking about the consequences and ended up completely blindsided.
And this didn’t just happen once or twice — it was a non-stop loop, which made the pacing feel super choppy. Even though the show is only 12 episodes, at times it dragged heavily. It felt like every time they went back to some point in time, my hype just dropped. Honestly, that’s probably why the story felt so slow and my enjoyment just kept fading.

To top it off, the finale hit me like a chaotic, cluttered mess. The whole resolution felt incredibly rushed. But hey, this is a Korean series. I’m used to it.

The romance was... meh. I didn’t feel the chemistry between the main characters. Yes, they were beautiful, in love, and ready to do anything to be together, but that doesn’t change the fact that I didn’t feel any sparks between them.

Yun Ha Ru was honestly such a cutie — hands down my absolute favorite character. He’s also the main reason why I bumped my rating up to a 5.5 instead of a solid 5. He was the kind of friend who didn’t hesitate to risk his entire future, throw away everything he’d built in real life, get injured, and completely change his career path just to save his bestie. Plus, his love story was just so incredibly sweet.

Alright… wrapping things up. My vibe completely shifted while watching this show. It started off feeling super fresh, but by the middle it was pure boredom mixed with a side of regret and frustration.

That being said, just because it didn’t hit the spot for me doesn’t mean you won’t like it. So if the premise sounds cool to you, I’d still say give it a shot!

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Drove Me Crazy

I was super excited to see William and Est in some new and exciting roles, since I loved seeing them in ThamePo and Me and Thee. They did a FANTASTIC job portraying these roles and their characters drove me absolutely insane. Every choice they made was perfect for their character but was almost always a horrible decision.

Dean (William) is a total playboy, never planning on getting serious with anyone. His life mostly involves clubbing, drinking, flirting, and one night stands. His best friend Ten (Barcode) has been trying to pursue Punn (Kinn), but Punn never shows up to the bar alone - he's always with the cold, standoffish Moth (Est). Moth has turned down every person that has tried to flirt with him, particularly because he hates when people approach him without being straightforward. This habit of Moth's is the exact reason Punn hasn't confessed his feelings he's been keeping secret for years. Ten tasks Dean with asking out Moth to get Punn alone; Moth gets suspicious of Punn's feelings and needs a way to make Punn move on. This leads to a weird situation between Dean and Moth, where two polar opposite psychos start seeing each other.

I think this show could've been called "Punn dodges a bullet" because JESUS Moth can't communicate anything and neither can Dean. Maybe they're perfect for each other because these characters had me yelling at the screen every episode. I don't mean this in a negative way at all though - all of their decisions made perfect sense for their "maniac" characters, I just couldn't believe someone could be so dense. I know a lot of people were upset that this show wasn't as "adult" as they wanted, but it's exactly what I expected from a 18+ GMM show. I thought the show was really well done and I LOVED the directing of this one! It was a super fun watch if you enjoy characters that have clear motivations but are (hopefully) unrelatable in the sense that all their decisions are stupid. William and Est did a fantastic job, and Barcode and Kinn were a great addition (although Ten was such a loser for most of the show). Absolutely worth watching!

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One of the best Cdrama all time! A must watch!

I only write reviews for drama that really struck me and this one is a harrowing gem
This drama is amazingly good. This is such a perfect drama. Can’t believe it took me so much time to watch it and nearly missed that masterpiece. This is like a discharge of emotions from the start. All characters are so good, every minute of the drama is great and entertaining. I couldn’t unhook, truly fire. It has everything, outstanding flawless storyline , perfect pace, great acting, beautiful frienship and love stories, poetry, majestic sceneries and costumes, as well as hilarious all perfectly orchestrated. Completely in love with Xian Liu my preferred one, like him so much, all the scenes with him are delightful!!!
Chemistry between Xiaoyao and Ling is amazing, love to see them together.
I so much enjoyed the show that it turns out to be my favorite of all times!!!

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layers and relationships a person can have during their lifetime

I was hesitant to watch it due to all the negative reviews online but since I had the time and I was bored, I watched it. I think the online debate missed the point of the drama. I did loved it. I think the message needs maturity to be understood. (With the title and by the third episode you will deduct the ending) In my perspective, it was never about who will end up with whom in the final episode and more about all the layers and relationships a person can have during their lifetime. Among the relationships presented in the drama there were: Lee Mi Do and Namgung Ho (main one of course) although, there are other relationships: Lee Mi-do and Tae-Sung and Namgung Ho and Park Su-ah (as couples) or Namgung and his mother, father and brother and the “love” he showed for each, Lee Mi-do and her siblings and parents, Park Su-ah and her relationship with her father and “friend” and Tae-Sung with his initial caretaker and later on with his “boss/savior” between all those there were also presented each relationship with co-workers, friends, and even acquaintances. To me, the main purpose was to present all the feelings, emotions that involved being a person and living. I think the ending was perfect since it gave them time to heal, reflect, closure and embrace those new relationships they were to have in the future without the pain, fear guilt and the bound they felt among each one.

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