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More fan-service than anything else...

OMG that story was painful to watch. While I like fantasy and scifi this was so badly written, I could not imagine how bad.
If you see your lover dying and go to the other world to save him, you will not fall in love with someone else out of nowhere. That was incredible unbelievable. You have a sickness while somewhere on the ass of the world (means a small town somewhere in the jungle) and there is one book which describes where to find a cure. Of course there are berries nearby in the jungle and they could not find a stick long enough to collect more than one berry. But two berries heal you anyways, incredible.

This show is soooooo overrated because they had a lot of nc scenes which was fan-service at his best. They could have expanded on the story of the side-couple which was much more believable but of course they didn't.

So while the production value was high, the fan-service over the top, the story was really terrible. And everyone who says you should watch it, they lie.

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The best drama to warm your soul and bring joy into your life

This is the best drama I've seen in my entire life (whether it is Japanese/Korean/Chinese/....) I'm being serious. I never was fond of 'slice of life' genre because I always thought dramas are our escape of life so we should something that could never happen. I was wrong. This ddrama tought me a lot about life. It made me wish for a family like this!
Everything was perfect: acting, plot, scenario, scripts, color theme, lighting....... EVERYTHING!
I started it not expecting much but I ended up loving it a lot! My heart feels empty right now. I even was on the point of crying when they said "the final episode came in a blink of an eye?" it did come in the blink of an eye. It's my first time not getting bored of a drama and not skipping even a second. It has brought so muchf joy and meaning to my life that I wished it would never end.
spoiler: I cried a lot in the last episode T_T yes ... I'm such "a fragile" person
The actors did great but hats off to Toma (you've become my first favorite Japanese actor). If only I had an uncle like him.
I will definitely watch it again whenever I feel down.
Hontoni Arigato!!!

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What’s with all the hate?!

Reading all the negative reviews I’m stunned!

The message(s) this show sent were so clear, and quite simple to understand. Money will not buy happiness. Even after our main character survived the show, he was haunted by what happened to him. Begin only able to sleep and begin haunted by nightmares whenever he does, made it irrelevant if he had money or not. Because of the things he had to do for those numbers on his phone, he’s just as miserable. And the underlying message was said directly to us: life will go on. No matter what we go though, everything will continue as it used to.

Another criticism of this show that I’ve seen is that it’s „a cheap copy of squid game” which is just baffling to me. Squid game and The 8 game may tackle on the same issues on the surface but the way in which they do so is completely different. Squid game was fair, every player had the same ground-zero, it’s point was mainly the lengths people will go to in order to earn money (small squid game spoiler ahead) proven by how many players returned to the game. The 8 game on the other hand replicated the outside world with just 8 people, rigged from the start just as life is. By creating an ecosystem with a hierarchy we got sort of an „animal farm” scenario with everything returning to higher floors supremacy.

I do have my own criticisms of the show. However overall, for a tv show, this is brilliant. But again, looking at the reviews not everyone agrees with me. Not liking something is fine but the nonsense reasons I see are just insulting.

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SUPER FUNNNN

I can honestly tell you that makjangs are super fun dramas ?
Can't really explain it but my fellow makjang lovers would agree ?

This drama started out with the most inane plot twists and oh man they just kept one-upping it.. And I have loved every second of it.. Every episode is just pure fun..

But really it's just depends on your own perspective ?
I particularly love how I can appreciate this drama without getting attached to any of the characters and just watch it as it is.. A drama.. An act..

I honestly love how I didn't have to take a side in this drama because everyone was equally bad ?
It was kind of a worry-free drama for Me..
I was just so chilled watching it.. because everybody deserves what is happening to them here..

And the MOST FUN part you may ask??

The FOUR-people confusion - K, Matts, HS and JS
Oh god I tell you.. I had so much fun watching this drama because of these 4 people ????
(oh wait I have created a 5-people confusion now because who is Matts lol) ?????
you know what I mean, right? ?

Makjangs will always be my favorite and I am so soo happy I got to see my favorite ensemble cast once again ?

I hope they continue to work together and bless us ?

All the best to anybody who is just starting this drama.. just don't take this drama seriously.. that's what makes it fun ? I hope you also enjoy watching this drama ?

And to all of us who have watched it, WHOA what a crazy ride it has been ????

Be back after watching the final episode
Lett me know if there's a possibility of a 3rd season because I don't want to say goodbye to this cast just yet ?

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Not quite 1000 stars

So I finally got around to watching this classic recently and it was... fine. It has parts that I loved, parts that I hated, and on the whole I feel surprisingly neutral about the entire thing.
It starts of really well with great performances, solid cinematography and editing, and an interesting premise, but unfortunately loses its way somewhere towards the end.

The climactic conflict centers around the difficulties of living life on your own terms but rather than actually making a compelling point about self-determination, the story inexplicably does a hard turn in the opposite direction and completely muddles its message.
I strongly dislike characters martyring themselves for one another but here it could have worked really well if we'd gotten to see Phu and Tian communicate with another and actively work to resolve their problems both with one another and in regards to their respective personal circumstances.
The dreaded 2-year separation cliche could even have fit perfectly for the story if the whole thing had been Tian's choice, but no.
Instead we get a lot of incredibly hollow feeling rhetoric about valuing and living life for yourself all the while watching everyone around Tian make his every decision for him, often going against his explicit wishes.
The fact that Tian's parents face zero repercussions for their actions and that the damaging effect their behaviour has clearly had on Tian's mental well-being is never once addressed honestly made me so furious I couldn't even really enjoy the final episode, despite how delightful the ending is.

Mostly I'm just disappointed with how little this feels like a P'Aof show.
His projects usually skillfully address themes of class difference, privilege, and the everyday struggles of queer people, but here these themes are barely present, if at all.
There are also barely any female characters and those that do appear are pretty much exclusively used as plot devices before being discarded. (Poor Torfun deserved better)
There's also an incredibly off-putting scene in which the characters spy on a young couple during their wedding night which feels entirely unneeded and out of place.

I wouldn't go so far as to discourage anyone from watching the show - for what it's worth the first 7 or so episodes are genuinely enjoyable and are objectively quite good, both from a technical and a story-telling perspective.
As a whole, however, the series feels sadly hollow and lacking. Sort of like shiny, appealing packaging wrapped around an entirely empty box.
I'd recommend maybe watching it once if the premise particularly appeals to you, before moving on to other, better pieces of media.

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This kdrama just entered my top5

Past few weeks waiting for every weekend so I could watch new episodes was so much fun and even though it was only 10 episodes we went through so many stories with Unit 1 that I didn't even realize how short it is in reality!

I must say that all of those stories and all of the characters were so well done made. I was bit confused by the ending but then I did little research and found out that actors of detectives of Unit 1 aren't here with us anymore so that ending made me tear up a little not gonna lie.

Anyways, I'll miss weekends with you Detective Park, Detective Kim, Detective Cho, Detective Seo and Chief Yu! I hope that in some universe you're together still investigating and catching the bad guys! I promise that one day I'll come back and spend the time rewatching this amazing drama again! Totally loved it!

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FL overacting spoilt a drama of great potential

Though the story has its own flaws but in my opinion the flaws can be ignored if the performing artists are convincing enough ...
I have seen the ML in back from the brink and honestly his performance as a support role was way better than this one as the main role ..though he tried to maintain the composure of a fox demon and conveyed his emotions of rage quite well but the romantic scene were a little off ...
As for FL, she was disaster .. very non spontaneous though her character is comic and it demands spontaneity yet she tried to cover her horrible performance with over acting which made it even worse ... For example whenever she acted the drunk her performance clearly wanna apart ...
Chemistry between the leads is totally off .. even this kissing scene didn't resonate the emotions ..for some reason I felt they were not comfortable together...

Story was bit slow ... Dynamics of twists were missing ..comedy punches were weak,performed by even weaker artist.

Re-watch value zero

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First Drama Rating I'm giving

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One of my favourite dramas,the story in both seasons is good enough to make me remember it for a long time. Every actor from season 1 had much better performance on season 2 and i was surprised that i liked all of them. A really interesting drama something unusual i would say for me one to remember and stay on top of my watched dramas. Plenty of good things about drama starting with story, kinda sad about Mone-Do Hyuk ending it was bittersweet for me and it broke my heart, i really hope to see Lee Yu-Bi And Lee Yoon together again in another drama as they are one of my fav couples. Whole season was really good but i dont know what happend in last 2 episodes compared to the whole show, looks rushed af and i would give them like 6/10 didnt really enjoy them tbh mostly because of ending but if u gonna jump on this drama enjoy and have fun!

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