Reviews

A great revenge

Definitely worth watching! I don't usually watch trailers instead go off reviews or YouTube shorts. Initially, you think it's the female lead getting back with her husband but that's not the case. It's even better! The story is different to the usual as she seeks revenge not only on her husband but those close around her. The ending was perfect!

Beautiful chemistry between the both leads you can sense it from the start even with little interaction in the first episode - you know that male character is meant to be in the story somewhere.

Really easy to watch and has a good pace to easily binge-watch. I loved it.

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A unique "Yankii" romance concept that shows promise, despite a repetitive format.

I picked up Badly In Love looking for something casual to pass the time, and it turned out to be a decent watch. The premise is fascinating: 10 episodes featuring men and women who are former "Yankii" (delinquents) with troubled pasts, all gathered to find genuine love. The cast is the highlight; their growth and emotions felt authentic and real. However, the execution left a bit to be desired. The entire show is set in a school, and the "dates" became quite repetitive very quickly. Unlike other dating shows where couples travel or experience new things together to bond, being stuck in the school setting limited their ability to deepen their connections. It’s a great concept that needs better organization, but for a first season, it remains an entertaining, light binge.

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Sun Qian Xun break her goofy persona and elevates to the serious role

The plot and scenes are quite fresh. The interactions between the leads are very sweet, with plenty of romance. The emotional descriptions are delicate and have a progressive process. ML is gentle and steady. Although he has some unwanted romantic advances, he has a strong sense of boundaries.

This is typical of Sun Qian Xun's dramas, she's unlikely to suffer any losses. The villains don't do anything outrageous either. MLs mother is also one of the highlights of the drama, arguably the most adorable parent in the series. The costumes and props are great, though the filter is a bit blurry. Both leads are handsome and beautiful. ML's acting needs some improvement, but the FLs recent roles have been a real breakthrough; she's no longer playing the same old silly characters, and her acting has improved.

Recommended to see more serious romance for Sun Qian Xun without her comedic antics.

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Emotional Rollercoaster

Pungcopper presents such good chemistry that would fit so well in thriller/horror genre. During the show, they have made me go on a full on rollercoaster - i fear being a fan of them isnt for the weak. We will see how the next episode pans out, im just hoping that pung doesnt see a teddy bear in the episode😭😭

I do have to mention that the new challenge they implemented where a experienced "bro" gives advice was really interesting to watch, giving deeper insights on what they want their future to look like and their goals.

Also, its hilarious seeing how downbad north and ryujin are💀💀

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Was it the director's fault or the actors

This show was okay. The main problem is the lack of chemistry between the leads. Honestly, if you are going to star in a BL and there are intimate scenes, the kisses really need to look real. If this show was made 10 years ago or longer then chemistry might have been acceptable, but with so many LGBTQ shows and movies out there where actors/actresses are not inhibited by kissing/intimate scenes and they understand their assignments when hired for the job, these lead actors in this show are sorely lacking in understanding their roles of being in love and it shows when it comes to their chemistry. I would rather there were no intimate/kiss scenes than the ones we got, cause it was super uncomfortable and a cringe to watch how uncomfortable they were with each other. Lips barely touching or clenched tight is a total turn off. GMMTV is like the Hallmark movie channel, where everything and everyone is sanitized to the point of being sexless with just a few exceptions. If you are going to have couples like this in series, then the story itself needs to be exceptional and I am sorry to say this story lost steam half way through and never recovered.

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On love that is strong and perseveres through the dark

Before I say anything about the storyline, i must applaud the actors. It takes exceptional skill to carry a show like this and this relies not only on the main actors but also on the side characters. It is a responsibility shared by the creators who push actors pass their threshold. Every person be it the "Three D's", the malicious Kae, the rich boyfriend, the lecherous warden and his righteous son–all held their own onscreen. Mable and Pangjie as the titular sapphics of "Clairebell", were just perfectly cast—Pangjie perfectly portrayed Bell, with her soft but steely strength. And Mable, darling, so very unhinged I loved her as Claire. Of my favourite scenes is Davika, who is not only one of the creators but also plays as the teacher's sister, going through the phone. The play of emotions on her face from the painful joy, to the first jolt of revelation, then shocked curiosity proceeding to understanding, anger and indignation—superb.

Moving to the basic premise of the show, it follows Bell in prison after a wrongful conviction of possessing drugs. Prison is a whole new world in which she finds protection, and eventually, solace in another prisoner Claire. Imprisoned for murder, she widely goes by "Rabid dog", and she does justice to that name. Very like our canine protectors, she's fiercely protective but melts in the arms of Bell. The progression of their romance is a gift to watch–from slow trust to absolute surrender.

Beware that this show is by no means a light-hearted one, there's on-screen violence and blood with incorporation of topics like medical negligence, violent conflict, unchecked corruption and denial of basic rights to inmates–but a cleaner more palatable version of it. 95% of the show is set in a prison, where even the roses do not bloom, and this is possibly why the inmates from tightly knit groups. Love blooms in the darkest of times, and this is the central theme of the show–the love of a sister, a mother for a child, love that is fierce and strong and love that delivers justice, even at the cost of our own self. And in the darkest of times, the show is testimony to how a little bit of kindness can go a long way. There are no redemption arcs here, but it is humane in it's portrayal of such frayed individuals.

The production values are unlike any in a thai show, let alone lgbt shows. Easily matches that of Korean and western thrillers. It's much more important to produce short, well-made series than a 16 episode show. There's also a great score which carries us through the highs and lows. A 10/10, and may this herald even more sapphic shows in thriller setups 🥂!

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Applause for bringing decent Sci-Fi story even there is more romance focused.

It was rare to see sci-fi story, with decent werewolf theme but it's essentially a sweet romance drama with a domineering CEO and a pregnant child, disguised as a sci-fi story. The ML is the head of a werewolf clan (a domineering CEO), and the FL is a human chef.
ML's werewolf look is both handsome and cute, and the child actors' performances are quite good, especially their crying scenes. The chemistry between Zhao Guanyu and Lin Zirong are quite fine to watch.

The whole drama was quite lighthearted, and the romance was very sweet. It would have been even better if the misunderstanding hadn't been cleared up at the beginning and the male lead had admitted to falling in love with her.

Recommended to watch.

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FRIENDSHIT FOREVER

This is one of the best show I have watched from GMMTV this year. No one was fully innocent that is what I like the most.
Baikhaew was a murderer but Tulip and Namo was not a saint either. Q death was his own fault but Wawwa do not deserve to die but she was also not a saint either. Tao was the most innocent person in this show. He was also the most realistic person. He had done mistakes but he tried to do good that is what I love about him.
It is good for Tao that he no longer friends with Tulip and Namo. Atleast he will be away from their mess. He should only focus on his studies and future.
Tulip has become my most hated female lead ever.

What I like:
1. Pat and New acting was my favourite.
2. New really surprised me with his acting. This is the first time seeing him this kind of grey character.
3. New chemistry with both Pat and Emi was amazing.

What I dislike:
1. Tulip parents did not get the punishment for their crimes
2. How Wawwa got Baikhaew and Tao sex video?
3. Ending was sloppy
4. Show deserve atleast 12-14 episodes

I hope we get season 2 till 2027 🙏🏻✨

Season 2 plot:
1. Tulip,Tao and Namo has graduate and now doing job. Tulip and Namo remain as friends. Tao is in new relationship and move on from Tulip.
2. Tao should became the person for trying to take justice for Baikhaew and her family because he feels sorry for her.
3. Namo will be the villain because we don't know anything about him like where were his parents. Also why Baikhaew appear when he left the scene? Also why he killed her when he did not have to? It seems he was trying to keep her quiet for something.

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One of my all-time crime thrillers!

This was my first time watching Luo Yun Xi in a modern avatar, and he sure nailed it!

“The Truth Within” doesn’t skim on the suspense from Day One. It spins fast, and you have a moment to get caught with the characters before they begin their active investigations. Starring Luo Yun Xi, Cya Liu & Jiang Qi Lin as the “Magic Trio”, the show slowly evolves into a mesh wall of crime scenes originating from a single scenario. The catch is that main lead Qi Sizhe is the only one who suspects that his girlfriend’s murder mystery is connected to the current serial murders happening one after another. Han Feng doesn’t entirely support his theory, so for the first half they are at loggerheads. And despite that, both have a tactile understanding that goes beyond their strained relationship. The investigations are dealt in an intelligent manner, fast & swift!

Read the complete article here-

https://kcdramamusings.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/the-truth-within-series-review/

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Quite refreshing to see twins as ML but the plot *shake head*

I absolutely have to support Peng Yao's new drama! And the male lead is actually a pair of twins not the double lead of one actor. Quite refreshing.

Liu Chen Jin and Liu Chen Rui, who played the twins—one charmingly wicked, the other deeply affectionate—My face blindness are too severe in this drama. So I can based from their attitude and it quite works. The chemistry between Peng Yao and Liu Chenjin is sufficient.

Plot is quite believable since she cannot differentiate the twins (me too) even from their attitude and slowly she can distinguish the twins and it gradually becomes clear. After learning that she is pregnant, ML began to protects her.

The ending is bittersweet and well-deserved even though i feel it was too dramatic.

Personally think this is a work that I wouldn't watch repeatedly

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Full of nostalgia

If like me
🩷 the original Princess Pearl Series
🩷 memorised all the key scenes
🩷the CP lines of Zi wei-Er kang, Xiao Yanzi - Wu ah Ge
🩷 the original ost
🩷You enjoy alternate reality, fantasy, transmigrate stories

Who knew they would rehash the princess pearl series but insert a new character and tell it from her perspective. I didnt expect I would love this story, but I did. I expected the nostalgia but didnt expect to be moved once again by the main's love story and the friendship of the girls in this retelling.

Luo Yi Zhou surprised me by how expressive he is. FL is new to me but she did really well. She kinda reminded me of a mix of Kim Jiwon and Go YounJung.

Finished up the whole series in 2 days and I already missed all the characters. What an enjoyable albeit short web series

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I loved the way this story was told, switching back and forth between the mythical past and the present. It made the series really easy to follow and understand, even for someone like me who isn’t familiar with Korean mythology. The animated short-style narration at the start of each episode was such a creative and original touch, and it really helped make the story clearer.

I also enjoyed the playful flirting and teasing between the characters, especially Geumbok and Bi Hyeong. And that ending definitely hints at a possible second season, since a few loose ends seem to have been left open on purpose.

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FL is cement cold addict and ML is an enabler, and the story drags on about that

I was kinda ok with ep 1, but the drama was so bad and I watched 1-4 in total agony, ONLY BC OF PSJ. By ep 5, it was very clear to me why this kdrama is so HEAVY - it is "slice of life" in a rehab program of a chronic addict who fought tooth and claw against her rehab and ML kept cajoling her into it.
Yeah she "loves him" but not really, she loves her addiction more.

To make the drama a success, the drama should have shown her rehab start a LOT earlier, and on FL's own initiative,
should have shown a LOT of her initiative and effort to rehab,
and the era after the clean up should have taken at least a quarter of the show.
Bc the drama did not show that, and just focused on how abusive she was and how much he allowed it, the drama is a toxic kollywood FLOP.

The drama drags on in toxic circles bc ***** FL IS AN ADDICT **** who has no intentions to stop**** AND ML IS HER ENABLER. ******

This is actually the old sexist kdrama trope, a weak cowardly woman who keeps running away at the first whiff of discomfort, and a "loyal" man "in love" who "takes care of her" by behaving like a fatherly figure who cleans up her messes and chases her around like a paid babysitter / psychiatric help.
To the usual sexist anio!!!! plot and stupid mistakes, this drama added addiction to alcohol and sleeping pills, so this is one of the most toxic if not THE Most toxic FL ever.

Luckily, eventually, ML had enough of her messes and stopped helping her, he would not budge until she cleaned up. THAT IS THE ONLY GOOD PART OF THIS SCRIPT.

FL is so cemented frozen that nothing is working on her, until him leaving for over 1 yr and permanently!!!! and that death. *** FL is extremely extremely weak.

The drama is just a modern version of old kdrama sexism, a VERY SUPER WEAK COWARDLY WOMAN.

FL is a super extra weak person. At the slightest problem, she runs away to take some pills and / or get drunk. And she has NO INTENTIONS TO STOP THAT, and ML keeps chasing her to stop that, and she keeps biting him bc she has no intentions to stop. Like in Dynamite Kiss.

LUCKILY, unlike Dynamite Kiss and many other toxic sexist dramas, this ML was smart enough to say ENOUGH!!!!! unless you clean up and show effort and dedication to me, I am not yours. The mistake as usual is that he stays in love with her anyways and just waits. Never moves on...

I started watching when the drama already aired ep 10. I watched ep 1-4 for PSJ only and I saw that the comments here showed that nothing changed. And it was not worth watching even for him. So I decided I did not need to watch ep 5-11. I just watched ep 12 to see how they end it.

Imo the drama got killed by dragging the start of the rehab "get clean and sober" phase.

Seems like most episodes do NOT show how FL cleaned up. She eventually cleaned up, seems like in the last 2 episodes? but still, FL stayed a proud arrogant oblivious COWARD.

At the very very end, literally in the last few minutes of the last episode, FL finally makes a step forward ML. But it is too late - the drama is already ruined.

The drama should have shown FL doing her work a lot earlier .... and then show how they started again. Bc that phase has problems too. We need to see that FL is gonna fall apart again at the slightest problem.

The drama ends with a confession but honestly I am not convinced that it would work - to be successful, the drama needs to show some conflicts after they get together, to "test" if FL cleanup was genuine.

I just finished ep 4 and then watched ep 12. I concluded that watching ep 5-11 would be a waste of time bc I already know what will be happening. I read the comments and it is clear that FL kept doing her addict thing and ML kept being the enabler until the very end.

I do NOT need to watch a rehab program in great detail.

So my assessment is that the drama got ruined by rehashing the pride and power struggle between an arrogant willful addict and a soft meek enabler. Yeah in real life that goes on forever too... BUT then there is the phase of the addict cleaning up and putting effort and struggling... and then a phase of "new life" after the addict cleans up, and it is as difficult. This drama just glosses over it. Which made the drama a flop.

I gave it a generous 6 out of 10 bc I am a fan of PSJ past dramas and bc FL actress is great and there is some other good acting.
But the plot is 1 star out of 10. The music is nauseating.


The drama ends with a confession but honestly I am not convinced that it would work - to be successful, the drama needs to show some conflicts after they get together, to "test" if FL cleanup was genuine.

We never got to see HOW FL got clean and sober. She was addicted to alcohol and sleeping pills and then magically we see her running a company in the last 2 episodes or so. For all we know, she could still be addicted, just functioning better.

ANd we certaintly got to see that she stayed the same proud oblivious person until literally 5 minutes before the end of the last episode, i.e. I DOUBT that she did the inner work to become a strong person.

So would getting together with ML be successfull???

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I started watching this drama for PSJ and endured 4 episodes out of loyalty for him, but even he and excellent acting of FL actress could not save this TRASHY SCRIPT.

FL actress is excellent, PSJ could have acted deep love a lot better, and the plot is trash as it focuses solely on the phase "time to rehab and fighting it tooth and claw"

Overall, I am disappointed. This is such a western drama, all strife and no movement forward, Koreans just slapped a happy ending and Western audience is so deprived of anything positive that they will consider those last 5 minutes as a happy ending.

Heck no it is not a happy ending. It could be the start of yet another breakup. I am totally NOT convinced.

A real kdrama shows the redemption arc. There is no "miraculous happy ending" at the last minute like in western stuff.

The real kdrama happy end happens because of a genuine transformation PROCESS by self effort, team work, communication, self awareness and self reflection, etc.
In a real kdrama, a LOT of very deep stuff is shown in a rather comical, light, fun, warm, compassionate way. So VERY DEEP STUFF IS ADDRESSED. There are very stark honest conversations and self dialogues.

This drama is lazy. It focuses on so many episodes of the same trashy plot and then miraculously shows some inclination of a great change and happy ending. HECK NO I DO NOT TRUST THIS DRAMA ONE BIT.

FL is addicted to alcohol and sleeping pills and using and abusing ML as her babysitter psychiatric nurse and yelling at him and dumping him, lying to him, and then SUDDENLY!!!! MAGICALLY!!!! she is up and running on her feet. Pfsk trash soap. !!!! so unreal.

Watch Dream Life of Mr. Kim for an excellent drama about self transformation.

i dont know why PSJ accepted this role, but this drama is a waste. Good actors cannot make up for a TRASH SCRIPT.

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