Reviews

Beautiful drama about friendship and youth.

First of all, the plot can be simple if you think about it in terms of 7 different individuals being friends.

It was beautiful watching them become friends and how the friendships evolved with time. All of their stories are engaging in their own ways, and when the story cannot advance more they just let it go, like it happened with Jeha's and Hwan's backstories.

Acting is extremely on point, I am amazed by how well the 7 boys actors played their roles. Specially Jung Woojin, the boy is extremely unlucky with his acting projects, first of all this one is released in an obscure website that probably has many people not watching, and second, his Aquaman drama is in the limbo due to financial issues. I hope the future is bright for Woojin, the guy made me cry with his backstory.

What I really made me go sad it's the fact that due to the mess this drama has become with the constant reshoots, I heavily doubt we will see season 2, and I think it was calling for a season 2 badly. I know the whole time travelling plot is really complicated in the original story, but I feel we got so many loose ends towards the end, to be completely satisfied. And while I get Hwan manages to time-travel and go back to when they were all friends, and still keeps his memories, I don't know I feel it would have been interesting to watch him try to save his friends. I still don't get why he decided to kill Ceein's mom all the same.

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A twisty-turny drama about corruption and those that pretend not to be corrupt

Wow, just when you think you know what's going on, they throw in another curve ball. This, for me, required a lot of attention, because there were a LOT of moving parts, and the "good guy/bad guy" dynamic changed quite often. I thought the script was excellent, the actors were great, and I'm SO glad I watched it. Below are random musings...

1) Woo Do Hwan as Kim Min Joon. There are moments you think you might want to hate him and his selfishness, but you just can't. I think Do Hwan is the centerpiece of any show that he is in. There is something so charismatic about him that just commands your attention. His vulnerability, his bravado, his humor, his looks. This man is the whole package. You might forget to breathe when you see him smile, but when he cries, you would like to hold him.
2) Yoo Ji Tae as Kang Woo. He was great in this as the leader of the Mad Dog team, how he wanted to be a lone wolf, but the others wanted to help him and keep him safe.
3) Jo Jae Yoo as Soon Jung - I just have to say I loved seeing him as a good guy. I'm used to him as the baddie.
4) Ryu Hwa Young as Ha Ri - I really like this actress. She reminds me of Park Shin Hye, but personally I think Hwa Young is a better actress and actually has facial expressions.
5) Park In Hwan as the professor. I love this gentleman, he's just so sweet looking. If you haven't seen Navillera, watch it. He was amazing!
6) Jung Hyuk Jin as Moo Shin - he was amusing, and I'm glad he was on the side of good throughout.
7) Choi Won Young as Hyun Gi. He played a good bad guy, script wise, but I kept wishing they hadn't made him so obviously bad. Between his unfortunate haircut and his bad styling, from the moment I saw him I knew he'd be the big bad. Those stupid shirts with half of the tie going up through the collar, I kept thinking he needed to fix his collar! Not a good look. I would have much preferred that they had written him as someone that it was a surprise to find out he was bad.
8) BTS on Min Joon's ear buds when he was jogging. BTS is always a good thing!
9) The "romance" between Moon Jin and Ha Ri - I thought this was really well-written. Very understated, flying under the romance radar. The team knew that they liked each other, but the two of them had no clue. And when he sat across from her at the table and said, "I just want to sit here for a minute and look at you" - be still my heart! And she was looking everywhere but at him.
10) Soon Jung's crush/relationship with the nurse. I loved watching that relationship develop, and I loved that she was part of the team at the end.
11) The developing relationship between the members of Mad Dog and Min Joon. Here was an already tight team that suddenly had to deal with Min Joon's questionable motives. I loved the trust and caring between the team members and enjoyed watching them slowly drawing Min Joon into their circle. And when Min Joon finally called Kang Woo Hyung, all was right with the world.
12) This drama had a good mix of tension and humor.
13) My only complaint was the overabundance of corruption. A couple of people, maybe, but the corruption was rampant in this one.

I can highly recommend this one.

I normally don't care for second seasons of shows, but I'd love to see more of the Mad Dog team.

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Leas actors carried the show

Honestly, veteran ML Ji Sung and Kim Min Jung are the powerhouses of this show. Their chemistry and cat and mouse game is palpable with tension of love/hate. I LOVED their morally ambiguous characters, it was a fresh take to the other drama tropes out there. Id seen Kim Min Jung in Mr Sunshine but WOW i think she deserves an award for her portrayal of Chairwoman Jung. Its not an easy role to play with her complex and sometimes contradictory emotions and i think Kim Min Jung portrayed it to a tee. The show could not have done without either actor. Jinyoung did a good job but he's nowhere at the level of these 2 veterans though... maybe with time and experience he'll get there. The story is fast paced and keeps you on your toes. It's set in a dystopian theme so bear thay in mind when watching and dont expect everything to be super realistic. Overall a great show with superb acting, cinematography, OST and satisfying plot.

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Cute romantic comic entertaining

Story is about past classmates who meet again under different situation so like most chinese shows this story is also backed by a plot in the past.

OST and closing soundtracks were one of the best?

Entire cast is impressive ... Leads have good chemistry ... The ML character is quite calm and collected whereas the FL lead (one of the twin sisters) is bubbly funny sassy talkative ..NENE did amazing job playing tye double role ... I personally feel there are very less chinese actresses who can play comic roles ... Most of the times their comic act turn into sort of over acting but not with this actress ... She totally convinced me with ...I was laughing loud ...and i even watched various scenes on repeat cause she was genuinely funny ??? ... ML character in contrast to hers added beautifully to their chemistry like you know "calm male bubbly female couple" duo are always the best ...

The story has different shades of white and black like comic ..crush ..romantic ... Friendships.. then to the contrast it has events of assualt...rape ... Abduction .. suicide ... Attempt to murder .. I mean to say a full package ...

I think it worth watching

Re-watch value ...that depends on the individual

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COMFORT DRAMA

If you're looking for a drama that doesn't have over complicated, difficult plot or any other shenanigans going on, and you want to relax with a slow burning romance, I DEFINITELY DEFINITELY DEFINITELY recommend this drama...We all know, HOW AMAZZZZING our main leads are, but what I wanna talk about is the OST....??❤❤❤❤That legit is one of the best OSTs of 2024...
Besides this, the overall cast is fantastic, I KNOW I KNOW, many of them still need character development, but that's why we're here, to see them become the BEST versions of themselves....
Sooooooo, If you're into such dramas, this drama will surely feel like, "HOME" to you...♡♡♡♡♡♡♡



byeeeeee♡♡♡♡♡♡ (I'll update this after I finish this drama...xoxo)

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Well portrayed feels without words. Joon hee made me go all the way towards end.

Screenplay was superb, that sometimes even without dialogues you could not fast forward and watch the scenes(first 7-8 episodes). The storyline is about a woman in her late 30s who have dated many men and couldn't find true love. Though FL faces many issues related to family, work and bestfriend her performance was also a bit off towards the end. And I can't just bring myself up to justify the FL's action in last 2 episodes,.. FL's mom is definitely a mood breaker but her acting was good. FL's bestfriend (ML's sister) was real, no dramas and understandable..
FL's character was like a little off at times, you can't really feel the truth in it.. Times when she can date other person within a short period of three months (portrayed without any explanation), how she handles her bestfriends misunderstanding, her work issue.. Though knowing all these, a man(Joon hee) who is completely head over heels at her is an ideal man appears only in dramaland :(..

ML's character is just wholesome and his acting was just awesome. And I personally think he is the only reason most of the viewers watched till the final scene.
I finally feel that the theme is not portrayed properly. What exactly is the drama trying to convey? love beyond everything? true love always ends happy? I m sure they'll breakup again after the final episode patch up considering the FL's character. And I really got no happiness in the ending though they both ended together. Felt bad for Joon hee :(

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Undervalued For Me

I've had this drama on my watchlist for a couple years and haven't started it due to the adopted siblings romance and the many bad reviews, but this drama not as bad as it's made to be IMO as the adopted siblings romance between FL and ML works for me because they don't feel like siblings 1: ML never saw the FL as his sister at all from the age of five, 2: the Su Parents always told him to protect her so ML sees her in a romantic view from the start and not as a sister. people also complain about FL leaving her adopted family when she realizes the truth and I also was upset about it but then I put myself in her shoes, she was a young sheltered girl who just learned her family is a lie and her family isn't her family at all (although us viewers know Su Parents love her)

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