Reviews

Hmmm... A lot of fast forward but good comeback for KSH

So, I just finished "Can This Love Be Translated?" and I have a lot of feelings! I watch a lot of K-dramas, and sometimes you can guess what will happen next. This one had some of those familiar moments, but it also did some really unique things that stuck with me.

The Good Stuff:
The Main Couple's Chemistry: The two leads, Kim Seon-ho and Go Youn-jung, were amazing. Their romance didn't feel rushed. It was a slow build based on quiet understanding, which felt very real. Kim Seon-ho can say so much with just his eyes!

A Unique Story Twist: The coolest part for me was how the show handled the female lead's mental health. She has a dissociative disorder, and the show made her other personality, Do Ra Mi, into a real person that the male lead could talk to. It was a powerful way to show her struggle and made their relationship much more interesting.

It's a "Feel-Good" Watch: Despite the heavier themes, the drama has a warm heart. The side characters aren't annoying, and you really root for the main couple to find happiness.

The "Hmm..." Stuff:
A Few Predictable Moments: Yeah, there were some classic drama tropes. A big misunderstanding keeps them apart for a bit, and you just want to yell at the screen for them to talk it out!

The Ending Fell a Bit Flat: This was my main issue. The show did a great job building up the female lead's past trauma. But the way they solved it in the final episode felt too easy, like a quick fix. I wish they had gone with a more realistic ending about healing, which would have been braver.

The Parents' Storyline: Specifically, bringing her parents "back to life". For me, it didn't help and felt unnecessary. It took away from the powerful, real healing she could have had on her own and with the male lead's support.

Lastly, the breathtaking landscape - OF COURSE!

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It was ok

It was fine. A great way to pass the time by. The cinematography was ok. It didn’t quite feel like they were running on few actors, lol. But what did bother me was the lack of info about certain things in the movie. Too many plot wholes. I get the message and what they intended with the story, but the execution was meh.


SPOILER:
They didn’t talk about why the ml was sick. Judging from the beanie, he seemed like he had cancer. Or something that would be terminal at most because why was he practically living in the hospital that his mom let fl stay in his room?

Also fl’s background wasn’t talked about. Like why was she bullied when she came from Seoul? Isn’t it usually the other way around? Lol, if her family moved in the village, why did she stay at ml’s house?

Oh, wait. I remember a pic that fell during the last part of the series. Maybe they were childhood friends?

Although I did like how we were shown a ‘what if the bff lived’ scenario at the final part of the series. Just kinda worried about the ml’s health though because it was left kind of an open ending.

(lmao, congrats. you just read my thought process)

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it's basically giving message according to me that we must help others. even if we have nothing.

overall the series is good but the role of villain is literally very small and not too good script at last ,otherwise the series is good 👍🏻, the most imp is that it gives the message that we must always ready to help others. even if we have nothing, we must always be kind and strong to help anyone at anytime Inspite of sadness and grief Inside us , Cashero is an average series with a decent storyline but uneven execution. Some episodes are engaging and manage to build curiosity, but others feel slow and predictable. The concept had potential, yet it isn’t explored deeply enough. Acting is okay, with a few good performances, but nothing truly memorable. While the twists add some interest, they don’t always land strongly. Overall, Cashero is a one-time watch—not bad, but not impressive either. but have good values to be learn in life.

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The plot dragging... whyy? T-T

I started watching it because everyone was saying it was soo good, but then after struggling in the first 10 episodes due to the women doing baby voices, pouting, and the plot being nothing but the main girl acting so stupid towards the main guy when she's supposed to be a freaking powerful warrior, I saw comments insisting that the series gets really good, so I kept going. And it was true, the story finally starts to progress and becomes more interesting, but it doesn't last long, and the plot gets dragged all over again.
*spoilers* ...
The secrets and lies of the main girl shouldn't have last that long! It started to get sooo annoying, and the main guy not realizing anything at all for so long just made him look dumb. I was so disappointed by that, I couldn't even take his reaction and being mad about it seriously.
What mostly was getting on my nerves about the acting was the baby voices all the girls insisted on using when talking to men. Why is that a thing? I know the main girl was supposed to be pretending, but still, even when they finally fell for each other, their romance is so immature. They being two powerful warriors, I expected a more fitting behavior, I don't know.
And then my final point is the plot dragged. The main story is a cool concept, but all the side stories and then everything taking soo long to happen is just... Annoying. I dropped it at episode 26.
The acting was not bad, I liked the cast, I guess it was the directors choice to make them act too childish that ruined it for me. The fighting scenes were most good to watch though, except the cringing ones, of course. And heads up to the character 27, he's super charismatic.

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A perfect example for don't judge a book by it's cover

I never planned on watching this one cz i thought the actors were not handsome enough. I remember skipping them in "we are" too but then the reviews and edits said that this was a really good one so i gave it a go.

Yes i loved it🤭. The story was really good. It was a breath of fresh air and something new. I've never seen a drama with double memory loss and i usually get sick of memory loss dramas but i think they handled it really well. I cried ugly the entire episode 9😭 and 10. Dont worry it's a happy ending but a really touching one

I liked all 3 couples but my fav would be doc and village head. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ i really wanna see them in more dramas probably as main leads. Their story was really beautiful. I'm happy every single character got their happy ending.

I deducted 0.5 cz i felt the aranta kingdom's plot was like completely sidelined in a kinda odd way. Especially at the end. They showed us the plotting and scheming but then they didn't show us how the whole thing ended and just told us that it ended so that kinda made me feel like there was a gap.

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Imperfect, but Emotionally Resonant

Our Unwritten Seoul is a difficult drama to pin down because it does so many things well that you’re likely to be drawn in by its story and the range of themes it explores. It isn’t perfect, though, and it doesn’t always play to its strengths. The pacing becomes uneven, especially toward the end, where the final stretch feels rushed and slightly disjointed, even if it doesn’t completely undo the emotional journey built earlier.

One notable drawback is the way Mi Ji’s personality shift is portrayed across time. Her adult self appears much more bubbly and soft, in sharp contrast to her tomboyish, guarded teenage version. Rather than feeling like a fully earned evolution, the change can come across as somewhat inconsistent, as if important parts of her emotional transition were skipped, making it harder to clearly connect the two as the same person.

On the positive side, the casting is nearly perfect, strengthening every relationship and letting the emotional moments truly shine with a sense of real stakes. The drama explores a wide range of powerful themes — work pressure, unresolved trauma, loss, and complex family dynamics — and handles them with enough nuance to feel deeply personal and relatable. It may also surprise viewers with how certain character arcs evolve, offering growth that feels earned and refreshingly thoughtful in a landscape where such development is no longer a given.

The OST, while serviceable, isn’t particularly memorable, and the drama’s emotional moments might have hit even harder with a more striking soundtrack. Still, despite its uneven ending and music that fails to leave a lasting impression, Unwritten Seoul remains a genuinely engaging watch — emotionally rich, thoughtfully cast, and thematically layered in a way that may linger long after the final scene fades out.

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Another Thai BL enters the list of Iconic BLs!

This is a very biased review, and I do not care!!

ATTENTION: IF you're looking for a problematic BL with red-flag characters and miscommunication issues that will drive you insane, look elsewhere!

When I first started watching this BL, I already knew it would become my favourite PondPhuwin BL, but I had no idea it would become one of my favourite BLs of all time.

Khun Thee stole my heart from his first cringey moment, and he has burnt his mark into my heart and mind because I was also watching other romance dramas while watching Me and Thee and every time a character said something cheesy, my mind went, "Okay, Khun Thee!!" That's iconic!

The chemistry between Khun Thee and Peach made my heart flutter. There's something to be said about soft yet strong characters, and that's how I would describe Peach. He had to grow up faster than other kids in order to care for his nong, yet he didn't become bitter or angry at the world. Instead, he used it as a lesson to become a better person and always take care of others around him. Then enter Khun Thee, with his soap-opera-lovin' self, who had to grow up inside his glass castle with his bodyguard as his only friend. Khun Thee takes care of Peach, assuring him that he doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility alone and that he will always be there to support him and his younger sister. In turn, Peach helps Khun Thee step into the real world and realize there's more to life than just watching soap operas and having only superficial relationships. Khun Thee/P'Kian and Peach complete each other.

Favourite couple: Khun Thee/Peach
Favourite side couple: RomeMok
Favourite character: Khun Thee
Favourite side character: Mok


*My only complaint is that Tawan and Aran ended up together. Tawan DID NOT grovel enough, but whatever.

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Late Discovered Gem From 2013

1) Keep in mind this is from 2013. Don't hold tropes you've seen before against. This one probably came before.

2) Supernatural X Cinderella ---- Business Proposal with strong supernatural dimension. If you liked Oh My Ghost, Hotel del Luna, or Bring it on, Ghost there's a good chance you'll like this one.

3) I was hooked from the first episode and binged the rest.

4) This was my first time seeing Gong Kyo Jin playing Tae Gong Shil aka the Big Sun and I was very impressed. She exudes a very attractive down to earth girl next door charisma that's hard not to like.

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Fast, fun, and already fading.

Almost worked, but not quite right. The characters were fun, the set up was interesting, the chemistry did sparkle a few times, but why do I feel so unsatisfied with what I’ve got?

What I enjoyed was the curse of extremes - I liked how they presented both bad luck and good fortune as potential sources of negativity and isolation. On one hand Fukuhara Kota kept to himself, because he was afraid of affecting others with misfortune. On the other hand Naoya struggled with creating deep connections with people after countless bad experiences of being exploited because of his good luck.

The grass is never greener on the other side, it’s green where it’s taken care of. It was great to witness how the characters slowly come to that conclusion. They learned how to change perspectives as a way of dealing with their circumstances. Instead of running away from potential issues, they focused on the positive outcomes they previously neglected.

When I think about the characters as individuals though, Fukuhara Kota was quite confusing. Technically they told me he built a fake personality as a way to protect himself, but I don’t think they were truly clear about what aspects of how he acts were fake and what was real. The drama opened with him approaching Naoya with the “fake”, but later when he shows his true self, it’s not really much different - he still is bubbly, overexcited about certain things… The only difference is how he lets himself explore and present frustration which he was more likely to conceal before. That said, I did adore the inside voice commentary Kota kept giving whenever something he disliked happened, but he still wanted to play fake nice about it.

Then we have Shinomiya Naoya lacking some depth. I wish they dived deeper into his insecurities concerning his good luck and how he kept being used by people around him. We did not really get much of it and he was a bit too perfect for me liking. Patient, caring, nice - I cannot even name any flaw in the character. And the flaws are what makes them feel real.

The romance was surprisingly the weakest part. Kota was so hyperactive and animated it was hard to truly get into his chemistry with more laid back Naoya - they did not keep the tension between the characters, always breaking it with some overexaggerated reactions from Kota. While I did enjoy the few looks of adoration Naoya delivered, overall there was something missing… I feel like many scenes did not use the full potential of the set up presented and it was always somehow half-baked.

I did like all the performances, be it from the main cast or the supporting one. Even with limited screentime and their stories not being shown, Naoya’s friends did feel like distinctive individuals.

Overall, this was an extremely fun and fast watch that I will equally extremely fast forget.

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Best Romantic Modern Drama I've seen!

I've loved Song Weilong & Zhao Jinmai in this drama in everything I've been able to watch them in! They didn't disappoint me in this beautifully written and produced drama! I'm so tired of "romance" dramas that don't even hold hands until the last few episodes much less kiss! The kisses in this drama are WELL WORTH the wait! This drama may initially confuse or frustrate many due to a lack the back story that takes quite a while to be fully revealed. PLEASE don't stop watching after a few episodes because of confusion or frustration related to why each character is infatuated or acting the way they do! I was ALMOST frustrated myself enough to drop it but thank goodness I didn't! I'm watching it now for the second time which I've only done once with The Best Thing! The music, costumes and scenery are wonderful! I HIGHLY recommend watching!

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