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Barrack O'Karma 1968
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by Tine
May 1, 2022
20 of 20 episodes seen
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Overall 8.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

Loved it, but it's not as good as S1.

The long-awaited second season of the supernatural drama Barrack O'Karma (金宵大廈, lit.: Twilight Mansion) has finally been aired. Since the second season is a sequel to the awesome season 1, I couldn’t help but compare them both to reach my final rating.

The story starts with Ella and Maurice who have been happily together for a while now. When he returns from a business trip to Taiwan, she suddenly discovers a wet umbrella in his luggage, even tho it was neither raining in their city nor in Taiwan that day. She assumes he might be cheating on her, so she follows him. Turns he has been at Twilight Mansion, where she finds him, but he seems to have suddenly lost all his memories and behaves differently than usual. Both are now eager to find out the cause. What exactly happened to him?

The concept and storytelling are the same as in S1: there is one big main story pulling through all episodes. And then, there are 8 eerie sub-stories, happening to the residents and shop owners of Twilight Mansion. This time too, the drama plays with the butterfly effect and the possibility of the existence of different dimensions.

What I disliked compared to the first season were the sub-stories. They felt way more random, and didn’t fit well into the main story. The pace was also a little unbalanced, with the first episode being a little slow and the second episode being too fast. I also didn’t get attached to the residents, which is caused by the main story: this time the main leads didn’t have much to do with the building at first, so they didn’t have many interactions with the residents. Thus the audience didn’t get to know them well before their stories started, which made it feel random.
The main story didn’t have enough screentime, in my opinion, even though it is the most interesting part about the drama. The story also started a little too fast-paced and didn’t take much time to explain or introduce. Maybe because they assumed the audience has already seen S1 and is familiar with the setting and concept. Which applies to me, but probably not to everyone.

I think the drama can be watched as a standalone, but it is definitely connected to s1; and some scenes make more sense if people watched s1 beforehand, especially the origin of Lam, the cat, and the main leads, lol. Anyway, I can definitely recommend s1!

Even tho this 2nd season had quite some flaws, I’m a very big fan of the concept and story. I love the fantasy and the mysteries around Twilight Mansion. I love that the building has its own soul and how it is portrayed. And I think the important roles of the cat and Lam are super cool. I adore the love story, and the big palette of genres, as well as the eventful and sometimes confusing main storyline. And I’m happy they made this season loosely a continuation of S1. I also want to praise Selena Lee’s acting in portraying 3 very different characters – 5 even, if we count S1 too. I liked the ending of this season very much too, but it left some storylines open and some questions unanswered. So, if they ever think about making a 3rd season, I’ll be right here waiting for it. Next time, please give poor boy Lam his own lovestory too. xD

So, all in all, it was lacking compared to the amazing first season. But the main story always catches my heart, and Twilight Mansion, Lan Bo, and Lam give me the chills -in a positive way.^^

*This time, there were some things that stirred up drama outside of the series; and some things that made me a little disappointed in the production team overall. But I don’t want to deal with that in my review – here I just want to focus on the series itself.

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Nao-chan wa Shogakusannensei
4 people found this review helpful
by Tine
Sep 21, 2021
6 of 6 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 5.5

Sweet and fun :)

Actually this short drama was quite episodic. Although the story seems to continue through the drama, every episode features a topic from the every day life of a kid. Here: the 4 best friends.

And the fact that grown up men played the roles of the elementary school kids made the drama both fun and also interesting.

The clothes, the games they played, the soundtracks and their innocence was funny and cute at the same time xD I guess lots of people will be reminded of their days when they were kids. The opening song "Young Japanese" by OKAMOTOS, singing "we are the young Japanese" was the cherry on top. haha.

The ending was a tiny bit disappointing for me. I wish they made a spin off or a special episode showing the characters as adults. All in all the drama was lovely und fun tho. :)

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AI Romantic
4 people found this review helpful
by Tine
Sep 12, 2021
30 of 30 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
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Lovely and addictive :)

Imagine you found an AI robot on the street and brought it home… and then? What would you do with it? Would you get attached to it or would you treat it as a machine only and buy a new one once it's broken?

■ Story:
Ka Yim, who works at an AI company, accidentally hits the latest ASI robot Bo on the street. Because he is afraid to get charged, he brings her to his home completely, lol, and hides her. There Bo starts to live with Ka Yim and his family (his dad, grandma and sister) - and changes their lives.

At first they treat her like an object and make her do the daily chores etc. But slowly they grow on her and start to treat her like family, which is very beautiful to see! Bo helps the family members with their personal struggles and forms a bond with them. As Bo has activated her self-learning program, she starts to learn about human feelings and eventually gains her own self- consciousness. She also falls in love with Ka Yim, who has feelings for his supervisor Dorian.

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■ Acting and Main Characters:
I started the drama only because I saw Billy Luk is the Main Lead! <3 I'm actually super scared of AI robots. But Bo and Rocky are not scary at all. They are the loveliest beings whatsoever! I got attached to all characters, because of their realistic portrayal, next to the comedy that is.

I really fell in love with Bo - Ali Lee looks stunning with this hairstyle! ❤️ Her acting is outstanding too! Those smooth but slow movements, her non-blinking eye movements and her slightly monotonous voice were perfect! Then there is the goofy and slightly dorky ML Ka Yim. His sister Ka Yee seems to be bratty at first but she is also a very lovely person if you get to know her. Especially the actors who played the robots did a very praiseworthy job at acting.

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■ The conflicts in the drama were:
▪ 1.) The robot-era of course with all the worries. And the question if robots and humans can be together romantically. At this topic, the drama was definitely more fantasy with robots getting feelings etc, which I loved of course.

▪ 2.) The love triangle: Although I really hate love triangles, it didn't bother me that much. It surely was annoying but since I already knew whom he's gonna end up with anyway.. xD And there were other interesting storylines that kept me watching - like the relationship between Bo and the family members :) And Bo in general. <3

▪ 3.) The family relationship: The development of the characters were not at the same pace. Bo's feeling-development happened faster than the feeling-development of the family, which led to some arguments. This was very well made!

▪ 4.) The virus in Bo's (and the other robots) system, which made her turn bad. The robots turned pretty brutal. On the side note, this is exactly my concern regarding humanoid AI usage in the possible future.

The conflicts were all pretty realistic and interesting. And I really loved all the characters <3 It was a fun but also emotional watch. I'm glad I gave it a try! The Romance was more on the slow burn side but that didn't bother me at all because the drama was interesting overall and the main leads were sweet together :3 I found the drama pretty fast paced, although it slowed down a little in the last 10 episodes.

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■ NOTE
The drama is not exactly what the pink poster and unoriginal title imply. It looks like some silly fluffy puppy love but that's really not it. I mean, yes, there is romance but it's also emotional at times. And the relationship between Bo and the family members is a major thing too, which gives off a warm family feeling. And then it also gets a little dark with action and suspense towards the end. Plus, they are not puppies, lol, they are all -30+ adults (luckily).

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Todome no Kiss
4 people found this review helpful
by Tine
Nov 17, 2018
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Time Travel at its best! :3

I loved it! I think it's the first time a japanese drama got me so amazed and excited! It is defenitely one of my favorite Dramas!

STORY:
Great storyline! At first I got a little bored at some scenes we already saw. But later on it got better and better and got me hooked up in the story. I think it was neither too long nor too short. It was perfect! It was addicting and interesting. With every episode I anticipated the next!

CAST/ACTING:
Kento Yamazaki is an amzing actor. He is very handsome and very talented. I believed every word he said. He fit his role perfectly. But it was Mugi Kadowaki, who got me surprised. I never watched a drama or movie starring her before. I didn't know her. But she is simply amazing! She didn't play Saiko - She IS Saiko! Saiko had an extremely interesting character. But I loved Otaros character developement the most! He changed slowly but unknowingly through Saiko. And only in the last episode he faced himself. That fitted perfect to his character too. And then there was Masaki Suda! xD He got me curious and at the same time was totally hilarious!

MUSIC:
Even now I listen to Masaki Sudas "Sayonara elegy"! Awesome song! After the 10 episodes I could perfectly sing along :D

ALL IN ALL:
A great Drama! Totally rewatchable! I got a little sad About the ending but happily there is "Todome no Parallel" ;)

Enjoy!

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Eternal Love of Dream
7 people found this review helpful
by Tine
Feb 23, 2020
56 of 56 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 6.5
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So beautiful (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧

My review of "Eternal Love of Dream" a.k.a "Watch God Dong Hua act like a kitten"

Actually I think the main story is the same as in TMOPB. Only the interpretion is different as well as the further story. Feng Jui still falls in love with Dong Hua when he saves her, and she still wants to return the favor by serving him as a maid and follow him to the mortal realm to help his cultivation. But everything else is different. It's more clear, more interesting, more beautiful! Also the cameo of Bai Qai makes this really look like a second season but you can still watch it without having seen TMOPB. The story is more entangled and deep than that. It kept my interest at the highest to figure out those mysteries (like Aranyas Dream).

It is as slow paced as TMOPB at the beginning. The main leads only meet in their real forms like in around ep 20. But that doesn't matter. Again, the story needs the time to unfold - to be told, and I love every single second of it. It's not boring at all. If anything I wish it had even more episodes xD.
AND! In contrast to TMOPB the side chicks aren't as delusional and frustrating! They handled them quite fast and they didn't even got the chance to annoy me xD.

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ACTING&CHARACTERS:
I dont think I have to mention that the acting is outstanding since they all are very good actors. Vengo Gao is playing 3 different characters and I didn't like the 1 of them but loved the other 2. But it's the same actor, lol. So he is amazing at portraying his roles! And Dilraba was great too! :)

I love the character developement here. I always wanted to see a different side of Dong Hua and I wasn't disappointed. He always acted cold, unreachable and distanced but as as he fell for Feng Jui he behaves like a cute mischievous kitten around her. He is so perfect! But also Feng Jui developed a lot and its amazing to see that.

Si Ming is still my favorite side character. Is it too much to wish for a 3d season about him? >.<

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MUSIC ♪
I LOVE the opening. The song is so beautiful. And althought the OSTs aren't my typically taste in music, I love the OSTs! Specially "Pian Pian"! They give the story the mystic and nostalgic feeling it deserves. I think the whole story feels like a secret legend. ♡ The lyrics are so fitting and meaningful - my poor heart..

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NOTES
I want to say that I love the themes and character posters. They are so pretty! (❁´◡`❁)

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FINAL WORDS
I just can't believe how much I love this drama! I mostly watch dramas with fewer episodes since I get bored easily and TMOPB was an exception. So I thought it would be difficult to be as good as this. But I LOVED this so much! One of the best dramas out there. I need some time to get over it. Hope this wasn't the last one. <3

Watch it! Enjoy

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The Spirealm
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by Tine
Apr 3, 2024
78 of 78 episodes seen
Completed 9
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.5
This review may contain spoilers

Welcome to the world of doors!

Oh my gosh, I loved this so much. I’m still pretty overwhelmed as I am writing this but I try my best to give my review a structure lol. There could be minor spoilers, but I won’t spill any major ones. :P

◢ What is the drama even about?
Ling Jiu Shi just quit his job and spends his time playing games, when he gets hands on an apparently very new game: “The Spirealm”. But as he starts playing he notices how real it feels and suddenly one day, when he opens a door in his apartment, he instead finds himself in a corridor with 12 doors, pushes open one of them and is sucked right into the game, where he also comes across veteran player Ruan Lanzhu.

From here on our journey starts. 12 doors being 12 eerie worlds to survive for them to pass the door and return to reality. As you can guess, there is no choice avoiding it, as the door can just appear anywhere and anytime. And if you die in the door, you also die in real-life.

◢ The Stories inside the doors are all kinda creepy - but never really scary. Perfect for a scaredy-cat with a thrill-loving heart like me. I found the stories all very interesting, intriguing and never dragging. I think they had a pretty nice pace. The 78 episodes were over super quick, I didn't even notice. Very binge-able!

Inside the doors, the “players” encounter a certain setting and have to try their best to survive by finding the key to the exit-door. They have to gather clues to the story and taboo-rules to comply so they won’t get killed by the creepy gate-keepers. Kind of like a riddle x survival video game.

◢ The Bromance was very strong in my opinion. I wouldn’t believe the main-leads were just acquaintances for even a second. Their bond was that strong. The things they said and the way they looked and cared for each other didn’t leave me with any doubts about their relationship. And knowing this being an adaption of a BL novel did the rest.

But the story also had other elements: like the progressing friendship of the members of ‘Obsidian’ - Lanzhus organization for helping people through their doors. There were many interesting and likable characters I enjoyed watching.

◢ About The Acting, well, I’m not an expert but I’m an average drama-watcher who also cringes at very bad acting - didn’t have that here tho. I personally think the acting of the main characters was pretty strong. Juishi was well portrayed by JunJie (Lan Zhu too, of course). All mains fit their roles, actually. Especially also the actor playing the twins with completely opposite personalities. The only ones whose acting wasn’t that good were some of the little side-characters. But I don’t mind.

The music was nice and fitting. Cao Giai's “I know” is still giving me flashbacks and heart-clenches.


◢ Novel vs. Drama
Of course there were some major and minor changes in the drama. The most obvious, of course, was the censorship of the romance - but also the toned-down horror-stories. In the novel there was way more gore…

Lanzhus character was also censored lol. In the novel he is a drama-queen who enters some doors in drag - which is super fun to read. Gladly, in the drama he majorly kept his personality traits, just, well.. toned down.

And then the whole game-setup. While the drama played with the theme of virtual reality, the novel was completely fantasy. The doors here were not a game or a curse even, they were a chance (although a morbid one) for people who were about to die to extend their life big time.

Other drastic changes were the ending and the twist. The twist in the novel is slightly different from the drama - with a very big impact tho, and more mind-blowing. It was better explained in the novel, but also a bit more confusing for me lol. Absolutely stunning! <3

◢ The Ending evokes rather complicated emotions in me - as it was not what me and others would have wished for - but it also wasn’t the worst outcome, I guess. It was pretty much up for interpretation. While the novel ending is super awesome in my opinion, there were also things to be sad about.

◢ So, what was better? Novel or Drama?
Generally, I prefer the novel because of the romance, the twist and the ending. Though the novel still leaves open some questions I had. The stories inside the doors of the drama were very close to the novel, so I liked them in the drama better as I prefer watching over reading when it comes to things like this. I liked that in the drama the friendship and bond between the members was more vivid as the viewers got more scenes with them to grow attached to. Of course I also prefer how the gore was excluded lol.

◢ When it comes to flaws, there was only one that bothered me: I personally found the differences between low-level doors and high-level doors too little. Although the danger increased, the taboos and clues were always on the same level. Most weren’t that hard to guess.

◢ The Spirealm has many good points: the interesting eerie survival games making the drama partly episodic, the clue discovery, the mystery, the bromance, the friendship, the twists... if you like all that, then you might give it a try. ;)

Now, after finishing the drama and the novel, I feel very empty inside. I wish I could forget everything just to experience both once more for the first time. I loved it very very much. One of the best dramas I’ve seen. :)

-Info: I watched the drama version that got taken down. Who knows what they will cut out for the new release on iQiyi etc.

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My Sassy Princess
4 people found this review helpful
by Tine
Apr 28, 2022
22 of 22 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 6.0

Light-hearted with nice chemistry!

The drama was about Princess Lui Ling who fell in love at first sight with commander Shen Yan, and thus she started to pursue him. And that’s pretty much it xD There were also some family feud and fight for power going on in the background, but the main interest-catcher and focus was clearly on the Leads and the romance. But I don’t mean that in a negative way: Because of this, the drama appeared very light-hearted and entertaining.

There were not many frustrating scenes or characters etc. Possible trouble was always played low and resolved fast. The interactions of the Leads were fun to watch, and didn’t leave any boring minute, because the pace was just right for the 22 well-used episodes.
An exception were the last couple of episodes, which were a little messy. Some things felt a little rushed. I assume they must have cut out quite some scenes here and there. Plus, the investigation part of the drama was a little boring overall.

The acting of the Leads was really good. The respective emotions of both characters were visible and understandable, without being over the top. They also had very nice chemistry. You could feel it in the air between them.

The Female Lead was sassy, had a princess-like temper (which I liked btw) and was flirty. But she was also kind, and had her own package of backstory to carry. I really liked the actress and the portrayal of the character. The acting was pretty normal – not OTT. You could also call her a little playful, as she was the one who tried her best to win Shen Yan’s attention.
Shen Yan, on the other hand, appeared cold from the outside, but is actually quite passionate. He was always pretty laid back, but I melted whenever he actually flirted back. He is definitely the ‘forever’-type.

Noticeable was also Lady-in-waiting Xu, who had a calm, intelligent and warm-hearted character. I absolutely adored her friendship with the FL. However, FL’s maid had a more cliché personality. The crown prince was pretty cool too, and even Tuo Ba Lie was kinda fun to watch lol. There were no too annoying characters, except the Lu family for which it was intended reasonable. The drama also included some cute side-couples.

All in all it was a not-so-serious, pretty light-hearted and fun drama, with likeable characters and nice chemistry. An easy watch, I’d recommend! :)

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Bad and Crazy
10 people found this review helpful
by Tine Flower Award1
Jan 28, 2022
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 6.5

Battle of Lunatics

So the drama is about the corrupt detective Soo Yeol, whose bad actions start to get interrupted by the mysterious "K", who is righteous and calls himself a hero, thus bringing trouble to our ML Soo Yeol. Soon he, and the audience, finds out that K is Soo Yeols alter ego/2nd personality. It's a fictional crime-action drama, close to fantasy, with lots of fun! :)

The best thing about this drama were the Main Leads! The interactions and chemistry between Lee Dong Wook and Wi Ha Joon were awesome. They are both great actors and fit very well together. In my humble opinion, roles like these are Lee Dong Wook's true calling, I tell ya. He's the hottest when he's crazy. ;)

The first half of the drama felt like a very long introduction. There was this one big drug case going on throughout the first half, which didn't seem like anything impressive or new. It seemed like the drug case was merely the stage for our both MLs performances, which I enjoyed watching a lot, of course. Well, surely everything going on was related somehow tho, but still.

Only the second half of the drama gave way for the main event: ML and his DID, his background story, and his enemy. This was really interesting! The scenes with K and Soo Yeol together were the best. They were fun, dynamic, interesting, crazy and exciting. I loved them A LOT! ❤️

What I disliked was the small bit parts of romance here. It felt super random. In dramas like this one, I actually prefer there not being any romance. Also, the truth is: I prefer Yong's character traits over Gyum's. xD

To sum it up, I enjoyed it a lot. The duration nagged me a bit. The first half felt a little lengthy, but the second half totally hooked me with our MLs story. Overall, it was a nice drama! (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ

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Giver: Fukushu no Zoyosha
3 people found this review helpful
by Tine
Feb 22, 2021
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

Weird but interesting - yet not for everyone^^

It took me a few episodes to get used to this drama. To the humor, which was dark, bloody and also more on the dumb-funny side. And to to all the blood... that was a little much. The vibes in general reminded me of a parody. :D
But after I figured out what's going on, I actually liked it. There was one "case" per episode, and they were pretty interesting. There was a twist at the end of each case to which I was always looking forward to.
I also liked the ML. After the first half they added some depth to his character but the drama itself is neither deep nor serious.

Still, there were lots of things that didn't make sense. But somehow I feel like most of it was intentional. Like they used it as their "style". The last episode was especially senseless. On the other hand, everyone can decide for themselves what it might mean...or if it has any meaning at all.^^ It makes you question the whole drama tho xD You decide ~

The review and comments on this drama are quite negative. But I'm glad I wasn't influenced, and gave it a try. I was pretty much invested even. Didn't skip anything. It was interesting for me.

Though, the humor and also the violence are definitely not for everyone. Be aware.^^

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For Love, We Can
3 people found this review helpful
by Tine
Nov 13, 2020
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
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Very beautiful!

What a heavy topic... but it's a very beautiful movie :)
It had melo vibes and a very great message. I have lots of thoughts about it and it also made me do some research.
What I liked the most were the characters and the story. The only thing I didn't like was that it was too short.

● I have a kinda splitted opinion on the HIV topic. It surely hits very hard getting this diagnosis. But I also think it's sometimes a case if irresponsibility. Just because you know someone really well doesn't mean you can assume he is clean and healthy. Thats got nothing to do with each other. And especially not with trust. !Please guys, always use protection! On the other hand I feel really bad for them... so... I'm not sure how I feel about this topic.

● The characters:
The MOM, OMG Jun's mom! I loved her and I wanna give her a hug. She was not like most parents in BLs at all. She clearly didn't like her son being gay... but she didn't say anything and just let him be. And this was also kinda sad. Jun is more the rebellious and impulsive character so he did his own thing and they didn't really communicate. And this of course makes it hard for the mom to understand. Her social environment wasn't the best either. Her friend still thought there is a cure for homosexuality. As we saw, this is all a matter of education and understanding. But looking at Jun's character, he probably didn't take the time to slowly talk with his mom. How can she understand then? So they were just living past each other, both not being happy.

And Michael was the opposite of Jun. Very kind and understanding. He took the time to actually talk to Jun's mom and treat her as family... this was so heartwarming! *sobs*. And this was what changed her... what she said in the last scene to Michael.. really brought me to tears. <3

And since Jun and Micheal are so different from each other - they match really well together. Giving each other what the other is lacking. :)

●The only thing I didn't like was that the movie was too short. It started more in the middle of Jun and Micheals relationship so I didn't really feel the depth of their relationship... like.. how serious, how far they are. I'd also love to see the whole story of them, how they met, etc. And also I would have loved to at least see some flashbacks of Jun's childhood with his parents. There seemed to be going on a lot. And in this movie the relationship between mother and son would be extremely interesting. So it's sad they didn't show any of that.
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● The ending:
Very happy ending :)...under the circumstances that is. Showed a lot of tolerance and development.

And because I'm also just a simple girl: daaaang, Jun is so hot xD

● All in all it was a very beautiful and touching movie! Wouldn't have minded it if the movie was a few hours longer.^^ I'd definitely recommend.

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Aozora no Tamago
2 people found this review helpful
by Tine
Jun 14, 2021
9 of 9 episodes seen
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Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

Beautiful! ❤️

Storywise it wasn't much happening. The 'cases' weren't anything big either. But the main point was clearly Toris and Sakakis relationship. And I enjoyed it a lot! It kinda had a slice of life feeling, which I actually don't watch much but here it was definitely interesting! It felt like they live in their little own world and we got a sight of it. ^-^

The tags say "extreme friendship", lol. Some might see it as friendship, some as Bromance and some might even say there is definitely something romantic between them. I think it's free for anyone to interpret. The important thing is that they will always be together.They clearly need each other and this was also very visible in the drama. It was very beautiful to watch.

I really liked Tori as a character! I got attached to him easily and the actor did a very good job! :)

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Big Mouth
6 people found this review helpful
by Tine
Sep 17, 2022
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 10
Rewatch Value 7.5
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Who is Big Mouse?

Big Mouth is a crime/thriller/noir drama about Park Chang Ho, an average lawyer, who suddenly gets framed for being the infamous swindler Big Mouse (BM) – whose identity is unclear. As all evidence is pointing towards him, he is sent to prison, facing all the criminals BM betrayed.

The Bad Part:
I hated the first episode. It's your typical introduction episode, introducing the characters and building up the story. I dislike such episodes since I find them incredibly boring. I prefer starting with a bang. So, I skipped a lot in this episode and was about to drop it, but something in the cliffhanger grabbed my attention, and I decided to at least give it a second chance – and watch ep 2 too, not expecting much.

The Fun Part:
The second episode changed everything. I got hooked immediately. The Main Lead, now in prison, decided to get himself killed as he saw no way out of his unfortunate situation. But instead of getting killed, his provoking attitude gained the respect of other inmates, lol. You can't believe how much and how hard I laughed in those few episodes. It was so much fun and I got hella excited. The story also started to get interesting.

The Interesting Part:
Soon everything calmed down and the drama got very intriguing. In order to survive among these criminals, ML started to pretend to be Big Mouse for real, climbing to the top. His whole character changed. While he was an average nice guy and loving husband before, he now had to be strong willed, violent, smart and badass – making a 180 degree turn. And I absolutely loved it. So, after all, this boring and average lawyer had a whole lot of courage inside him. Because that is what it takes to change your attitude from good to bad in front of everyone, and stand eye to eye with the prisoners.

There was a lot of stuff going on throughout the drama. To clear his name, ML also (with the help of his wife outside) tried to find out who the real Big Mouse is. While searching for the truth he came across lots of things, like fight for power, conspiracies, secret labs, crimes, two-faced people, and a whole damn network, etc etc. One clue was Seo's paper that lots of people were after. So what is written in there? Why was he framed, and by whom? Who is real and who is fake? What is even going on? WHO IS BIG MOUSE?

The guessing game about the real Big Mouse was so much fun. But the reveal was not as spectacular as I hoped. Mainly because lots of suspects got cleared one after another, not leaving THAT much options. But the road to the reveal was very entertaining. All the theories me and other watchers came up with… that was definitely worth the watch haha.

My Likes:
So, you probably noticed by now that I really loved the story and the guessing game. And I also loved how prison shaped ML to be a whole different (but sexy lol) person. I especially liked the background music, a lot. I also started to grow on most of the characters. Park Chang Ho, Ji Hoon, Warden Park and Jerry were my absolute favourite characters here! And the whole gang, ya know. While I first thought Lee Jong Suk would not be the best choice for this role, he surprised me with his acting big time.
The final resolve was a little bit easy and maybe a bit fast, but it was also kinda understandable. The actual ending was awesome tho!

My Dislikes:
I first disliked MLs wife, Miho, for being a pretty cliché character straight out of a romcom. I liked her role and character in general, but I just didn’t really love her personality – I found her rather bland and boring. Maybe it was the acting, or idk. I might have preferred a different actress. BUT after like… half of the drama, I started warming up to her. Though, sadly, I never felt their chemistry at all. Even though I never skipped her scenes, as they were important for the story, I was honestly a bit glad she didn't have too much screentime. That’s just my personal opinion tho.
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All in all, the drama turned out to be very intriguing and kept my attention the whole time (leaving out ep 1 lol). It did not drag at all. One of my favorite dramas of 2022 for sure!

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