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This drama had me completely captivated! Despite my usual aversion to scary movies, this one wasn't too intense for me – as long as it didn't involve vampires or zombies, I was on board. Bai Yu, the main lead actor, impressed me with his performance, especially considering his character had no background in martial arts. His portrayal exuded humility, and it marked my first time witnessing his acting prowess.

As for the main lead actress, Ni Ni, she was truly remarkable in her role. Even if she isn't well-versed in martial arts, her acting suggested otherwise – she delivered her character with such finesse. I particularly admired her costumes. The set design and the depiction of the world above the parallel world were nothing short of spectacular. The animations were commendable, and I must give Turkey a high five for the excellent execution, earning a solid 10 rating.

The turtle animations bridging the worlds were a personal favorite, and I found myself contemplating if they were linked to those that disappeared. Admittedly, I did close my eyes quite a bit during the intense moments – it's all part of the experience! The ending was perfect, and my gratitude extends to the writers; the music played a significant role in elevating the overall appeal. Just a side note, snakes and spiders are not my favorite either!

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Although Baek Hee Sung is hiding a dark secret surrounding his true identity, he has established a happy family life and a successful career. He is a loving husband and doting father to his young daughter. But his perfect façade begins to crumble when his wife, Cha Ji Won, a homicide detective, begins investigating a string of serial murders from 15 years ago. Ji Won notices changes in Hee Sung’s behavior and begins to wonder if he could possibly be hiding something from her.

The director has woven the story with fine narrative. Till midway, the audience kept on wondering if the hero is the real perpetrator or if someone else is behind the master plan. A subtle yet sweet love tale is hiding perfectly beneath it.
The journey is propounding warm yet suspicious.

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Downhill fast

This started out as a pretty decent story. I actually was interested in it before it started airing.

Since the 3rd episode to now the 6th it has drastically gone downhill. Too many long flashbacks that just set in stone that Him wasnt great to Blue. He so far didn't abuse him physically but ghosted him and basically set him aside when ever anything stressful came up. However Blue is very clingy and co dependant on Him.

Nail is confusing me cause he's heard on numerous occasions that he looks like Blue but when he actually sees a picture then he ignores Him? Like you should be going to find out whats going on.

The whole thing about where Blue is currently is getting old. Either say he died or he is actually somewhere other than "out west" especially since it seems Te is acting like he died.

Speaking of which, dont get me started on Te. That man is a red flag who needs to take a long walk off a short pier.

Overall the slowness of the episodes and the fact that I dont learn anything new and havent in at least 2 episodes is making me see drop the series until its finished. I'm no longer getting my hopes up to look forward to this show any longer.

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Do you believe in destiny? Do you believe that destiny can changes the direction of your tale? Destiny holds the immense power of changing everything you have been hoping and putting you in a complete different atmosphere.

2023 has been a year of short yet sweet dramas and the latest Casteaway Diva gives a sweet tale while dealing with serious issue of domestic violence.

The first episode opens with Mok Ha dreaming to become singer and share the stage with her idol Ran Joo. She seeks help from her fellow classmate Ki Ho who even takes charge for sharing his bike with others. Life in Chunsam Island does not seem like a dream as violence erupts in the life of these kids anytime.

Mok Ha gets lost in ocean while trying to run away from her abusive father. She lands up in a deserted island and her wait to meet her dreams starts.Pen behind the lovely story has gifted us beautiful tales like Pinnochio, While You Were Sleeping and the recent Start Up. Park Hye Run always makes a strong girl but holds her back with an unprecedented weakness. Mok Ha is no exception. She sings like a diva. Her talent earns her a spot with Ran Joo when she was sixteen, but destiny betrayed her mercilessly.

The biggest twist is the confusion of Woo Hak and Bo Gyeol. Audience were waiting eagerly to meet Ki Ho, but the twist with the entry of Woo Hak in the frame who has forgotten his childhood memories puts us in dilemmas too. As we try to read eyes of Bo Gyeol, our heart gets drawn to innocent Woo Hak who tries to bring in his memory. The sweet revelation at the end will tear your heart.

Love, a small yet such an important emotion which rules our life. Why has been divorce increasing this days, is it because life has become tough or we are changing into worse? The answer is varying from one to other. But definition of violence has always been the same. People who hurts their own person does not deserve a second chance in life. They are responsible for causing emotional damage and nothing can explain that.

Director Oh Choong wan, who previously helmed tales like Big Mouth or While You are Sleeping always reflects on a major social trouble while sketching a heart warming love behind. Casteaway Diva, glammer through the light of stars that shines across stage. But he did not limit himself in the light. The lens brought alive the darkness that fades the singer as they cross the age bracket. People do not stop living because failure but the darkness eats them through and makes them feel hopeless.

The Director brings in a musical satire with the viciousness of entertainment industry that tends to forget talent over age. But is age everything and even dominates over talent. What if you are a great singer and you find your stage at the age of thirty? Why it is said that audience will not resonate with you because you are old now.

We are living in 2023, isn't it time to tell the world to put the bracket away and give warm embrace to the talent or the abilities?

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The latest South Korean drama helmed by the man behind epic love tales "Romance is a bonus book" or "crash landing on you", this story is an elusive reminder that not all love stories are destined for happy ending. An unconventional tale of love has an undeniable charm of its own.


Doon (aka Suzy Bae) appears at the opening scene with lots of applaud ad cheering and soon loops into water. The opening scene does not take time to plunge into the deep sorrow and impending loneliness that has been eating the shining star. Enters Woon Jun, a civil engineering student who does not seem to be bothered by her presence. He harbors a long crush for her childhood friend Jin Joo. Life would have been so easy if Won Joon and Jin Joo had confessed their feelings in time but we all know destiny always had a cruel plan in its sleeve.

Yang Se-jong portrayal of shy yet caring and determined lover- Woon Joon is like the melted butter we need on hot chips like Doona. She is eccentric, vulnerable and highly selfish. But there is a little child inside who is seeking a warm hug fir herself. You can scold her but cannot hate her. The brief kiss at the beginning which put the loner hearts at turmoil to steamy romance which deciphers desires of two young hearts touch today's love chords. We fall in love quick this days, but scares to live in it.

Jin Ju and Woon Joon reminds us how failing to understand what we want makes us lose the person we want most. The warmth that friendship shared throughout is something to be envious of. The vivacious Choi I-ra, one lovely piece of Woon Joon's childhood, her cute banter with other two house mates -Yun Tae and Jeong Hoon gives the much needed break needed in this poignant tale.

If you are looking for a mush romance, then this is not your room. Its a far away tale from Cinderella romance or "celebrity" set up. It is a reality check of hard life which even million heart winner celebrities faces.

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Boring and repetitive

I think this is the worst kdrama I’ve watched.

Cómo empiezo? Son 16 capítulos en donde se repite lo mismo. Primero la protagonista saliendo con su novio y ambos discutiendo como por 5 capítulos mientras buscaba al protagonista. Luego ella terminando con su novio y él sin aceptar que lo terminaron, como por 10 capítulos. Luego los protagonistas por fin saliendo, pero escondiéndose porque no está bien visto que ellos salgan, como por toda la serie.

En serio qué serie tan aburrida, repetitiva y con falta de comunicación y comprensión. Había leído que los protagonistas se comunicaban y así arreglaban sus problemas, pero yo solo veía cómo hablaban y no llegaban a nadaaaa y seguían desconfiando de ellos mismos.

Me decepcionó mucho que no me gustara y que fuera taaaaaan malo, porque Jung Hae In es uno de mis actores favoritos y odie esta serie.

Sin duda alguna, si tuviera que elegir entre esta y SITR, me quedo con la segunda, porque por lo menos ahí cambiaba un poquito la cosa y no tardaron en aceptar sus sentimientos y dar el siguiente paso.

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The plot feel flat halfway through

I only stopped at episode 10 after I binged watched it in one go and after I slept it off, I am thinking of picking another kdrama.
It's a shame really how it started good despite some issues. It has potential but I knew already from the first episode that this will be a letdown in the end. The directorial seems very good with action scenes but was hasty, ill-paced and shifty with the other scenes. There are scenes that left me confused if my app was bugging as the next scenes and pictures are just introduced so suddenly and sometimes I just felt that they should prolonged some scenes and shorten some. It really felt like it had a newbie director.
For a serious tv series, it sometimes pull some excessive scenes to build up the plot which was sad because the plot only has one main plot and it's disappointing as there could still be areas that the story can grow and with more plots to developed.

The reason I watched this one despite its lack of hype after it finished airing all the episodes was because of the two main leads which I am both a fan of. They are really the reason why I had stayed for ten episodes and after the revelation and resolution of MLs past , I just don;t have a reason to continue anymore. Firstly, I think the script and direction has made their character hard to portray justifyingly. They are both good actors but they are given a stale characters. Hwang Min Hyun's character was mostly wearing a mask all through out episode 8, couple with his messy hair, it's really hard to like him as I can see him just a random person without seeing his face and it's hard to see his emotions and feel for him. Kim Soo Hyun's character was boring, it was given some back stories but it felt shallow.

The plot also were only focused on MLs past and they were milking it all throughout. That reall made me disappointed how the writers ability was just that much and the director can't even suggest to elevate the story and made the plot more than just a single plot that can be resolve in a few episodes without putting so much filler scenes in between just to add screen time and to finish the whole 16 episodes.

I really miss Legend o the Blue Sea and Goblin's plot progression as I hardly find it in Kdramas nowadays, they made so much potential and they exceeded what was expected by creating so many plots, and interesting one too, all through out the end.

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Love Rain (2012) - all I can remember of this drama is that I was watching it late at night while trying not to sleep because I just want to finish it. The story was pure romance and about love and maybe at that time I was not really into romance that is why I didn’t really appreciate the drama. I was on the verge of not watching it, but my friends encourage me to finish it since I already started. The story was really dragging and sad and mostly I didn’t remember much of the scenes of the present scenes (*in the drama) but I remembered the past scenes much clearer.

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The second installment of the scientific horror is not only dull and mundane but a cold watch.

Song Kang starrer Sweet Home is back with fresh new episodes. Stemming from where it ended three years ago, the story is still delving through monsters and political threats. But the latest version fails to catch with the viciousness and suspicion that the first one played to keep the audience hooked.
The series which starts where it ended in the previous season. The monster series has returned with special infectees and a headquarter who is running test to develop a vaccine. Hyun Su who has been abducted by monstrous Sang wook is not ready to give up on his humanity yet. But with numerous people standing on brink of life-will humanity survive the wrath time?

No, no, no, no, no....

Ever since the trailer dropped audience has been waiting with bated breath to catch on where they left. But the fresh season seemed to have lost track of time. Untimely death Ji Soo followed by Eun yoo searching for Eun Hyuk frantically, the story goes disarray every second. As the uninfected people are made to shift to a complete new location and made to undergo test, conflict about saving them or discarding them comes in fore. At the end, only matters is who is going is make it alive. People are losing sanity and its just not monsters but living who are attacking others. Let's see who gets to survive till the end-

The latest installment is a huge disaster. From losing narrative to over dragged performance, it could not offer a single element to make the audience stay.

1. Plotline: The story felt dragged since the second episode. The old characters are moving through the old curve. The director did injustice to them by giving nothing new to do. The new characters re not warm and entrusting like the previous set. You often fail to understand= what they are really planning to do. The story goes like a brake failed vehicle on loose. It lacks the necessary grip which helps in keeping the story aligned.

2. Characters: Characters of s story play a decisive part in holding interest of audience. Adding fresh set made nothing new in the story as proper narratives are not given. Lack of proper grid and poor availability of background story makes the characters lost in the concrete jungle full of monsters.

3. Monsters: They are the hero and also villain of the story. IT was necessary to build them with utmost acre. But they are less vicious and more dirty in this installment.

After watching All of us are Dead, Sweet Home and Duty After School, its okay if you want to skip this story.

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Reply 1997 (2012) - honestly, I only watched it because of Infinite’s Hoya but I didn’t regret watching it. It was one of the peculiar dramas I have seen. At first I didn’t really understand the whole situation in the drama but as I watched it per episode, I came to fully understand the situation. The story is a typical story but because it is ordinary it became extra ordinary and because of the series I came to appreciate kpop and friendship more. The last two episodes are just the best episodes and I really like how the story ends and how they put a thrilling part of it. I really like it.

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King of Dramas (2012) - the drama itself is a refreshing topic for me, seeing the behind the scenes in how to make a drama. I was amaze and it was interesting to me, and see how meticulous it is to form a drama. Though there are a lot of quite unbelievable parts, especially on the conflicts part, I must say they put the extreme problems that a drama could encounter. Main leads are a hit, good acting, great characters as well. Siwon shined in this drama for me as well, I know it is his usual roles but I like this role of his. I find the ending or latter parts boring especially at first it was really appealing to me as a watcher. Still, it was a nice overall.

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The Strongest K-Pop Survival/K-Pop The Ultimate Audition (2012) - other than the two main leads, and the 'old' actors in the drama, I felt like the others are lacking in terms of acting. The story itself is not original, I could see a Hana Kimi-Dream High in one. Dealing with kpop and their dream, the target audience is with teens and at that time while watching this, I was young so I did enjoy watching this. I did feel the chemistry between the two main leads and felt their chemistry. I was just sad that this drama ended in a rush, 14 episodes in total. They should have extended this one. The ending was disappointing.

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Oh boy this sucks

I don't normally write reviews due to the amount of words needed but boy oh boy do I have words for this series.
First the story, oh my god its all over the place with plot holes and twist that make no since. However I wont lie and say I didn't keep watching it because of said plot twist. The stupid plot twist are the only reason I kept watching because of how stupid it was. I guess they did a good job at pulling me in to keep watching but I found myself skipping a lot of the story due to it being poorly acted.
So that brings me to the acting and boy oh boy this shit is cringy. I get it, its a Thai BL its gonna be cringy but DAMN this acting is unbearable at most and unlikeable at least. The decisions that the characters make are so unrealistic and make no sense. While all the characters are so unrememberable so I cant tell who from who.
Now onto the rewatch value. For me it has none, the story is full of scenes that add nothing to the story. They try to be apart of the plot but fail. Things happen so unexpectedly without any reason.
But yeah that the end, watch it if you want it sucks but I kept wanting to watch however I don't think I'll be watching it ever again.

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