Kissable Lips (2022)

Mentally not okay anymore

I was warned that this would break me, and it did. I do get why people tend to give this a lower rate, due to the fact that it felt really rushed. The series is 8 episodes of just about 10 minutes and i watched it all in one sitting. If they gave me an 8 hour long series about this drama, i would still love it with all my heart.

Im not really a big fan of sad endings, mostly because i want myself to maintain happy, but i think this story needed a sad ending. It was pretty obvious that one of them had to die. Min Hyun would not survive if Jun Ho decided to drink his blood. Although i think it would have been a beautiful ending if Jun Ho decided to drink Min Hyun's blood and Min Hyun survived, leading to the fact that they were now both human and could live together and have a happy ending, i think it would have been way to cliche. So thanks so much to the writer for me being able to still love a sad ending story.

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The ending surprised me

I don’t even know what I liked about it. There was a lot of things I didn’t like, I can tell you that, but I am finding it hard pointing out what I liked. The music was nice. The basic plot was interesting, but the execution was not good. The production value and acting were not the worst I have seen, but they weren’t amazing either.

As I said, the plot had potential. But they didn’t really develop the characters enough, both the main two characters and the side characters. There was a lot going on that either didn’t make sense, was not properly addressed or it was just added in without any explanation. The flashback being shown a few times was unnecessary, especially for such a short series.

Kim Jun Ho & Choi Min Hyun: one is a vampire who is dying for killing a human, and the other is a human with pure blood that can turn a vampire into human. Jun Ho is someone we are supposed to feel sympathetic towards, but I found him very unlikeable most of the time. He had some good sides, but he was very hot and cold towards Min Hyun. I also hated how he strung Hae Soo along for hundreds of years. Min Hyun was sweet, but extremely naïve and with no regard for his own safety. Even after knowing the truth, knowing everything, he would still do whatever he felt like doing. I can understand why his brother wanted to know where he is 24/7.

The ending was not what I expected. And I really liked it, it made a lot of sense due to everything that has happened both in the past and present. I do wish it would have been done a bit differently, but I am not going to complain too much about that.

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I wasn't prepared..

Normally, I will look at reviews before watching a series, not necessarily to get spoilers but I do want to mentally prepare myself if a show will have a happy or sad ending. And, well, I didn't do that here and I'm kind of regretting it.

Overall, it was a beautiful story about the struggle between self preservation and self sacrifice. At first, Jin Ho is all about self preservation and willing to trick Min Hyun into feeling for him in order to turn human. Then, as Jin Ho himself starts to catch feelings, he questions whether his "life" is worth the risk to Min Hyun's life. Meanwhile, Min Hyun struggles with the idea of losing Jin Ho and is willing to take the risk to try and help him with little regard to his own safety.

It may be a short series but it is filled with deep themes and potent emotions that leave the viewer wanting more. That being said, I wish the ending had been a bit different but I sort of see what they were going for. But it doesn't make for a high re-watch value for me, unfortunately.

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Decent, for what it has

I was looking for some short series to fill some time and discovered this little show hidden away in the corners of someone’s favourites list.

It’s a short show and I feel like the vampire lore/history isn’t very fleshed out, and the effects aren’t very good, but it’s still a nice wee show. The actors were actually really decent, and I didn’t mind the extremely rushed relationships because the actors managed to pull it off. It even has it’s own ‘Goblin’ moment that was devastating.

I think if this show was full length and not just ten minutes per episode (you can binge the whole series in an hour and a half) it would have been so much better; however, I do believe it does its job in being a neat mini series.

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Time too short and plot inconsistent and confused!!

I think this series it started bad and it ended worst!! And i tell you why is like this: when first i read the plot on a website, my expectations were high, but then when i started them became low and in the beginning i thought i could give it a chance, probably it's only the first episode and usually it's not very good sometimes; but every time for me it was like a torture!!
But the fault it's not for the actors, but the plot's inexistence!!
And whenever i watched the new episode i felt losted because they added random and useless characters and the time per each episode was too short to make a good storyline.
Eleven minutes per episode is too short for explain new things or adding new characters .

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This show was hilariously bad

As other people stated, the characters were all dumb. Another thing, this show was just way too melodramatic. It was so cringy. That's the only reason why I would recommend this show so that you can laugh at the theatrics.
Because the show was so short, the couple wasn't really something you can ship that much. Like I couldn't believe they "loved" each other, but at least I could feel chemistry.
The worst thing about this show was the ending, lmaoooooooooo it was so bad. Like the plot had potential but they did so bad.
I think the show tried to pull people in with spicy scenes, but it's Korea, those scenes were barely anything. So overall the show wasn't that good and was a waste of time. At least the actors were adorable.

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A happy ending would've gotten an 8/10

but here we are. I have a real talent for picking BL's, blindly, that has a main character die in the last episode!

The acting is good and the actors are handsome! The plot gets a 7.5 since the ending is sad. Like most K-BL's it suffers from one thing: too much plot and not enough screen time. I'm not sure where this issue originates, but it's so common I don't put all of the blame on the show if they do a good job with what they're given. By all accounts I think this show succeeded given the time allotment.

However, since this ending is sad I'm GLAD I didn't get more time to get attached to the characters since I hate a sad or unclear ending. 😭

I think it's worth watching once. Not the worst thing I've ever watched by far. It was something different and interesting!

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Cute but stupid

This series is cute but stupid. With a total time of only about 80-90 minutes, you can easily watch it in one sitting. The actors are all adorable, and the romance is almost believable or as believable as it can get in such a sort series. The production quality is alright, and the glowing eyes is a nice touch.

The thing that made me internally scream is the plot. The vampire pretty much just let himself die being unwilling to drink from his lover. Humans can lose about 50% of their blood without dying, and about 20% or so without even feeling any major side effects. Just do the blood drinking outside of a hospital or something and you're fine after some medical intervention. Better than one of you dying.

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DAMN THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING!!! ??

Another short ass BL that had a great potential! If it weren't for how short it is, it would be amazing and compelling. This one is quiet unique from other BL being with supernatural characters which one of the main leads is a vampire. The pacing of the story is hella fast but i think I can follow. There were just like “this is the story” then they have been putting a bit of other story like another vampire guy who loves Jun Ho. I get it, Jun Ho needs a pure blood human to make himself a human but I don't understand the logic of being a vampire here like unaffected with the sunshine. They could have just made him afraid of sunlight and dislikes garlic or something like that. One I don't really think I get is that sucking another human with pure blood in the past then hunts another one which is Min Hyun which means like he's just another victim like he was not that special. I like the cast, I really do especially the main leads. The acting, is great you could tell. I really do like the chemistry of the two. The Osts are no joke!! Dream by SWAY made me cry so much (like shit, I can't) and the other osts of this drama are also good. I was really intrigued with the story but I think, it could have been better if they did not rushed it just like Enchanté and Star In My Mind. I think it's rushed. The story needs more polish and clarity. That's just the problem, how the story lost my interest for being such a short drama with short eps and running time. The director and the ones created this drama needs more time creating series just to see the full potential of it.

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I watched this in the past,but dont know why,i wasnt in the vibe and didnt gave it the needed attention. it was me,not them :)) Now i got back to it and i enjoyed it. all in all,the serie was good. Not great,but good enough. Some dumb plot holes here and there, the acting is ok'ish and the visuals are there. The episodes could've been longer,but the story was still well told mostly and it was somewhat fresh even though it's still familiar(are you confused yet?:D),not the same old tale of vampires you meet everywhere. Prepare your heart though for the endingjust saying!
thank God i now have Roomates of Poondank with these 2 actors so i can soothe my broken heart.

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