The World Cup is still on this week so a bunch of shows got preempted again so that's why once again I wasn't able to watch as many as I normally would!
KDRAMA
Ugh guys the worst part about not being able to binge something is that you end up somewhere really fascinating but you have to stop cause the episode ended and like yeah yeah that's how tv shows are supposed to hook you but hardcore I binge so much now that I can't help but want all of it at once! I was surprised that it took Mi-Ka a whole episode to dump Do-Ha but I guess it makes sense cause she'd need time to process it all. Honestly I'm more excited to see what happens during their breakup than I ever was to see their relationship and I know eventually they'll get back together but still! I was also surprised that Mi-Ka didn't tell her friend right away what was happening cause it was clear she wanted to confide in someone but like Sung-Hee is the only one who knows so it was strange. I'm still living for Jae-Yoo being the best part of this and I can't even tell you why. I loved his dry commentary throughout this episode as he called it like it was and I think it's kind of hilarious that he went from someone I thought was going to be the second male lead to the bestie of the third (?) female lead and it's slaying me. All that talk about never being in love did make me wonder who he will fall for cause come on it's a drama! I was also kind of impressed with how Mi-Ka finally got Do-Ha to let her go by reversing the situation and saying that he was stealing her time cause that was so smart cause everyone and their mother knows that he would have been like whatever take all my time if she told him the truth! But honestly can we talk about how much it sucks to date a rich guy in these dramas? Like as much as I would love to say that I would fight for my love, I think it would just hardcore exhaust me and no man is worth losing my self respect.
I'm struggling with this show guys really I am. There's so much potential for this show to be good but it's sort of treading into murky waters for me. I really don't like romance between robots, AIs, etc and I'm seriously getting that vibe from this show cause Nam Shin III is so human-like and clearly has emotions even though he shouldn't. I can see a romance forming cause he's probably one of the only people in the world who's been kind of So Bong which makes her struggle to remember that he's not human all the time and treats him well so I feel like it's only inevitable that they fall for each other. On the plus side based on the episodes that aired this week it sounded a bit like Ro Ra wants to move Nam Shin III's memories into Nam Shin when he wakes up so I can see that as a way to allow So Bong to end up with the real Nam Shin. Other than the meh romance, I'm still loving Nam Shin III and how he views the world. I do wish we could see a bit more of our good guys outsmarting the bad guys cause seriously Nam Shin III is a robot but he always seems to make the worse decisions which leads to an interesting idea that humans are the only ones able to look at a range of options and pick the best one for a situation though to me writing it out like that makes it seem like an easy programmable fix for a robot too!
So much craziness is going down on this show and I know I say this every week but that damn reporter has got to go! If she doesn't die or get ruined professionally by the end of this show I will be so disappointed. I did like Jae-Yi's brother calling her out on being another version of a psychopath cause she is. Unlike Hee-Jae, her weapon of choice is her words and articles and she does not give a single shit about who she hurts or how she hurts them. I knew that Jae-Yi and Do-Jin's feelings for each other were going to get out by her cause she dug into that story from like the first moment we met her and I'm already seeing myself getting pissed in the future when the public starts blaming Jae-Yi and Do-Jin for all of Hee-Jae's murders AGAIN. Like for the love of everything why is it so hard to place the blame on the person who deserves it rather than everyone else in the world?? I get more and more pissed every week when Jae-Yi's brother lectures her on how terrible Do-Jin and his family is cause not only is he doing the blame the family thing I hate but when he's around Jae-Yi shuts down and I like her when she's more confident. I need her to say something to him before the season ends. I am also getting a little tired of this show constantly shitting on Do-Jin and Jae-Yi like can they please get a moment to be happy? I compared this show to Just Between Lovers when I first started watching it but in JBL we at least got trauma mixed with romance and humor and cute moments. This show is starting to feel like torture porn and I'm not a fan.
Handsome Guy and Jung Eum/The Undateables (18/32): Hoon-Nam knows about love theoretically, but he rejects falling in love. Jung-Eum wants to fall in love, but, due to her difficult situation, she gives up on finding love. Hoon-Nam and Jung-Eum meet and develop a relationship romantically.
This week's episodes were a mixed bag cause there was stuff I liked and stuff I didn't like which is pretty par for the course for this show. I loved watching Hoon-Nam and Jung-Eum's relationship grow and seeing how completely adorable it was and how embarrassing Hoon-Nam flailing about the gallery was. So much for being a relationship guru cause the second he actually fell in love he became putty and I'm living for it! I am glad that the bet thing is now out of the way cause I hated that storyline and though Jung-Eum wants to break up I'm hoping that next week she at least listens to Hoon-Nam explain. Why would you even listen to Yook Ryong in the first place? He is a bigger asshole than Hoon-Nam could ever be. I'm hoping that after this week Coach Yang will change her mind about it. I'm also not thrilled with the appearance of a second female lead cause we have enough with the bet to ruin things but I wonder if she appeared to be Jun-Soo's future love interest. Speaking of it's still weird to me that Jun-Soo just magically grew feelings for Jung-Eum now after 30 years cause unlike in Fight My Way where Ae-Ra was into Dong-Man for years, in flashbacks these two are pretty platonic so I can't even complain that he waited too long and missed his chance. Also I'm sorry but those note things that he pasted all over the way home was more creepy than cute in my opinion but that's probs only cause I like Hoon-Nam more. I'm also not thrilled with Hoon-Nam moving into the same house as Jung-Eum and Jun-Soo cause that was so cringy in the not fun way. The worst though was Jun-Soo acting like a jealous boyfriend for two episodes like get a life man. I did love that it led to Hoon-Nam showing how much of a great boyfriend he is though cause instead of commanding Jung-Eum to stop seeing Jun-Soo, he was straight with her (even if he still played those dumb I'm better than you games with Jun-Soo later) about how uncomfortable he was with Jun-Soo and Jung-Eum living together after Jun-Soo admitted his feelings. I still wish we could go back to the Undateables cause I want to see Hoon-Nam and Jung-Eum being cute while matchmaking instead of whatever relationship nonsense we're getting. Who wants this??
This week's episodes were a mixed bag cause there was stuff I liked and stuff I didn't like which is pretty par for the course for this show. I loved watching Hoon-Nam and Jung-Eum's relationship grow and seeing how completely adorable it was and how embarrassing Hoon-Nam flailing about the gallery was. So much for being a relationship guru cause the second he actually fell in love he became putty and I'm living for it! I am glad that the bet thing is now out of the way cause I hated that storyline and though Jung-Eum wants to break up I'm hoping that next week she at least listens to Hoon-Nam explain. Why would you even listen to Yook Ryong in the first place? He is a bigger asshole than Hoon-Nam could ever be. I'm hoping that after this week Coach Yang will change her mind about it. I'm also not thrilled with the appearance of a second female lead cause we have enough with the bet to ruin things but I wonder if she appeared to be Jun-Soo's future love interest. Speaking of it's still weird to me that Jun-Soo just magically grew feelings for Jung-Eum now after 30 years cause unlike in Fight My Way where Ae-Ra was into Dong-Man for years, in flashbacks these two are pretty platonic so I can't even complain that he waited too long and missed his chance. Also I'm sorry but those note things that he pasted all over the way home was more creepy than cute in my opinion but that's probs only cause I like Hoon-Nam more. I'm also not thrilled with Hoon-Nam moving into the same house as Jung-Eum and Jun-Soo cause that was so cringy in the not fun way. The worst though was Jun-Soo acting like a jealous boyfriend for two episodes like get a life man. I did love that it led to Hoon-Nam showing how much of a great boyfriend he is though cause instead of commanding Jung-Eum to stop seeing Jun-Soo, he was straight with her (even if he still played those dumb I'm better than you games with Jun-Soo later) about how uncomfortable he was with Jun-Soo and Jung-Eum living together after Jun-Soo admitted his feelings. I still wish we could go back to the Undateables cause I want to see Hoon-Nam and Jung-Eum being cute while matchmaking instead of whatever relationship nonsense we're getting. Who wants this??
Lawless Lawyer (12/16): When Bong Sang-Pil was little, he lived with his mother in Gisung. His mother worked as a lawyer and she took on a case that Judge Cha Moon-Sook got involved with. Judge Cha Moon-Sook was the most respected person in the city. One night, Bong Sang-Pil witnessed his mother get killed by Judge Cha Moon-Sook's subordinate. Bong Sang-Pil got out of Gisung and went to live with his gang boss uncle Choi Dae-Woong. Bong Sang-Pil decided to become a lawyer to take revenge on those responsible for his mother's death. 18 years later, Bong Sang-Pil works as a lawyer. He sees news on the TV that a detective was arrested for killing the mayor of Gisung. The detective holds a key to the murder of Bong Sang-Pil's mother. Bong Sang-Pil returns to Gisung for the first time in 18 years. He opens up a law office there. Meanwhile, Ha Jae-Yi is a lawyer with integrity. She beats up a judge in court and gets her law license suspended. Ha Jae-Yi returns to her hometown of Gisung. There, Bong Sang-Pil approaches Ha Jae-Yi and gets her to work at his law office. Bong Sang-Pil holds a secret related to the death of Ha Jae-Yi’s mother.
I was not a huge fan of the episodes that aired this week cause everything was really somber throughout the episodes and I was really irritated by a bunch of things. First of all Jae-Yi shouldn't blame anyone for Mama turning out to be her mother cause damn girl you really should have recognized your own mother and honestly Jae-Yi has always been emotional but she always listened to reason before jumping to conclusions so I wasn't thrilled that she automatically assumed Sang-Pil was using her mother though then again she gave him the chance to explain and he refused cause he's feeling guilty about dragging her into his fight. Secondly how annoying was it that her mom told Sang-Pil the truth and then not only asked him to lie to Jae-Yi "for reasons" (aka when there's no real reason other than plot demands it) but also wanted him to stay away from Jae-Yi as if it's not too late for that noble sacrifice nonsense. Like I got that vibe that Sang-Pil felt really guilty all of episode 11 so for someone else to voice his fears clearly affected him. But what I don't get is that everyone already knows that Sang-Pil's one and only weakness is Jae-Yi now that his uncle died and she's way too involved in this whole mess as it is so I doubt that breaking up with her or breaking her heart would cause her to stop fighting when in fact she might just go fight on her own. Thirdly the mess with Judge Cha made no sense. She was just like whatever come at me I'm still running for Chief Justice and then planned a whole thing to make her look sympathetic. If this was real there's no freaking way she'd have any chance of being Chief Justice anymore cause in order to become one you need to be squeaky clean! Other than that I did enjoy the fight between her and Mayor Ahn and that it turned out that Cha was actually behind everything and brought Sang-Pil to her city to get rid of her allies. I also loved that Scorpion is clearly on Sang-Pil's side (cause he needs all the people on his side that he can get) and now they're curious as to why the number 2 guy was so hellbent on believing Sang-Pil killed his uncle (cause he's greedy af.) Like I said I did expect a breakup eventually cause the couple got together so quickly but I hope we don't have to wait until the final episode of Sang-Pil and Jae-Yi to get back together cause I'll miss their cute moments! Honestly I don't care if Jae-Yi's mom dies but I want her to be okay cause if she does die, Jae-Yi will never find out the truth and will probs blame Sang-Pil so I hope she's rescued next week.
I was not a huge fan of the episodes that aired this week cause everything was really somber throughout the episodes and I was really irritated by a bunch of things. First of all Jae-Yi shouldn't blame anyone for Mama turning out to be her mother cause damn girl you really should have recognized your own mother and honestly Jae-Yi has always been emotional but she always listened to reason before jumping to conclusions so I wasn't thrilled that she automatically assumed Sang-Pil was using her mother though then again she gave him the chance to explain and he refused cause he's feeling guilty about dragging her into his fight. Secondly how annoying was it that her mom told Sang-Pil the truth and then not only asked him to lie to Jae-Yi "for reasons" (aka when there's no real reason other than plot demands it) but also wanted him to stay away from Jae-Yi as if it's not too late for that noble sacrifice nonsense. Like I got that vibe that Sang-Pil felt really guilty all of episode 11 so for someone else to voice his fears clearly affected him. But what I don't get is that everyone already knows that Sang-Pil's one and only weakness is Jae-Yi now that his uncle died and she's way too involved in this whole mess as it is so I doubt that breaking up with her or breaking her heart would cause her to stop fighting when in fact she might just go fight on her own. Thirdly the mess with Judge Cha made no sense. She was just like whatever come at me I'm still running for Chief Justice and then planned a whole thing to make her look sympathetic. If this was real there's no freaking way she'd have any chance of being Chief Justice anymore cause in order to become one you need to be squeaky clean! Other than that I did enjoy the fight between her and Mayor Ahn and that it turned out that Cha was actually behind everything and brought Sang-Pil to her city to get rid of her allies. I also loved that Scorpion is clearly on Sang-Pil's side (cause he needs all the people on his side that he can get) and now they're curious as to why the number 2 guy was so hellbent on believing Sang-Pil killed his uncle (cause he's greedy af.) Like I said I did expect a breakup eventually cause the couple got together so quickly but I hope we don't have to wait until the final episode of Sang-Pil and Jae-Yi to get back together cause I'll miss their cute moments! Honestly I don't care if Jae-Yi's mom dies but I want her to be okay cause if she does die, Jae-Yi will never find out the truth and will probs blame Sang-Pil so I hope she's rescued next week.
Miss Hammurabi (9/16): Park Cha O Reum works as a rookie judge. She is in her mid-20's and follows "an eye for an eye" principle. She does not accept prejudice or blindly follow authority. Dealing with cases, she and her colleagues, including Im Ba-Reun, grow as people.
This show continually surprises me with how solid it is week after week. We're more than halfway through and though some of the earlier episodes might still be my favorite of the group, the two this week were really interesting cause we got two cases in one for the first episode and the second was another where Oh-Reum went off the rails again. The first was an attempted suicide and hardcore it was hard to watch cause everyone involved in that guy's life was just horrid. The stuff depicted/portrayed is the stuff of work nightmares and the mom being such a helicopter parent would kill me. I was a bit worried when I saw how much Ba-Reun seemed to connect with the case cause it was super unlike him to get so emotional but it was also strange cause it didn't seem like he was depressed as well and we never did get an explanation on why he cared so much. On the other hand I enjoyed the second case a lot more cause it also showed us more of Judge Han's home life which was fun. The best part of the episode though has to be the final scene when Ba-Reun played guitar for Oh-Reum's mom and she was humming along to it while Oh-Reum was sobbing. I almost started crying myself! Episode 9 was fun though I'm not sure if I love episodes where the court is called into question cause like I've said before Oh-Reum's ideals are there but she always charges into situations head first with no thought or idea of consequences. I mean luckily Ba-Reun is there to put the brakes on but she doesn't always listen. And seriously she needs to stop lecturing him about poor people cause I know she's struggling now but it's not like he's a rich kid either. Sidebar I don't know if Ba-Reun lost it after Oh-Reum rejected him but I was dying during all his snarky side comments towards Judge Han that hardcore felt a bit out of nowhere.
FINISHED Revolutionary Love (16/16): Byun Hyuk is a son from a wealthy family who runs a large company. He lives a happy life without any specific goals. He is confident around women and he is also naive, with a warm heart. Byun Hyuk begins to live in a studio in a poor area. He hides his background. Baek Joon lives in the same area. She works part-time jobs to make ends meet. Baek Joon graduated from a good university, but she was unable to land a job at a company and started taking part-time jobs. She is positive and full of justice, but her life changes when Byun Hyuk appears.
This show was so strange for me cause I started it and thought the first two episodes were really good but then the next like 3 or so were so awful that I almost dropped this show but I decided to give it another chance and started watching it again and I ended up really enjoying it. The humor in this show was touch and go at the start but as the show progressed it became funnier and funnier and my kind of humor. I really enjoyed watching the characters grow especially our main Hyuk who started so naive and seriously dumb that it was because of him I almost dropped the show. The second lead was just as annoying cause he spent all season whining about how unfair it was that rich people had it better but it was like dude if you hate this, quit and do something else! Hyuk's father was written to be such a strange character cause it's like he was the absolute worst, greedy and abusive, but at the same time he had all these amazing moments of humor and genuine love for his son that for a while you wonder if maybe he's just playing Hyuk to make him better only for the show to reveal that yes in fact he is the worst. Hyuk's brother was even worse than his father I'd say cause he did everything to ruin Hyuk's life just cause he was worried Hyuk might take his spot in the company and while the father was brought to justice, Woo Sung was just played off in the end like oh well that's Woo Sung for you. What won me over about this show though was not only that Hyuk's mother was the sweetest kdrama mom ever but I loved Hyuk's relationship with Joon. Unfortunately their ending was super weird and like all season Joon was pushing Hyuk away "for reasons" so much so that I couldn't even tell if she liked Hyuk or Jae-Hoon better. Overall I had a fun time watching the main trio and all the cleaning staff plot out plans and then do them but there was really no substance to this show for me to latch on to. I'd give this show an 8 / 10.
This show continually surprises me with how solid it is week after week. We're more than halfway through and though some of the earlier episodes might still be my favorite of the group, the two this week were really interesting cause we got two cases in one for the first episode and the second was another where Oh-Reum went off the rails again. The first was an attempted suicide and hardcore it was hard to watch cause everyone involved in that guy's life was just horrid. The stuff depicted/portrayed is the stuff of work nightmares and the mom being such a helicopter parent would kill me. I was a bit worried when I saw how much Ba-Reun seemed to connect with the case cause it was super unlike him to get so emotional but it was also strange cause it didn't seem like he was depressed as well and we never did get an explanation on why he cared so much. On the other hand I enjoyed the second case a lot more cause it also showed us more of Judge Han's home life which was fun. The best part of the episode though has to be the final scene when Ba-Reun played guitar for Oh-Reum's mom and she was humming along to it while Oh-Reum was sobbing. I almost started crying myself! Episode 9 was fun though I'm not sure if I love episodes where the court is called into question cause like I've said before Oh-Reum's ideals are there but she always charges into situations head first with no thought or idea of consequences. I mean luckily Ba-Reun is there to put the brakes on but she doesn't always listen. And seriously she needs to stop lecturing him about poor people cause I know she's struggling now but it's not like he's a rich kid either. Sidebar I don't know if Ba-Reun lost it after Oh-Reum rejected him but I was dying during all his snarky side comments towards Judge Han that hardcore felt a bit out of nowhere.
This show was so strange for me cause I started it and thought the first two episodes were really good but then the next like 3 or so were so awful that I almost dropped this show but I decided to give it another chance and started watching it again and I ended up really enjoying it. The humor in this show was touch and go at the start but as the show progressed it became funnier and funnier and my kind of humor. I really enjoyed watching the characters grow especially our main Hyuk who started so naive and seriously dumb that it was because of him I almost dropped the show. The second lead was just as annoying cause he spent all season whining about how unfair it was that rich people had it better but it was like dude if you hate this, quit and do something else! Hyuk's father was written to be such a strange character cause it's like he was the absolute worst, greedy and abusive, but at the same time he had all these amazing moments of humor and genuine love for his son that for a while you wonder if maybe he's just playing Hyuk to make him better only for the show to reveal that yes in fact he is the worst. Hyuk's brother was even worse than his father I'd say cause he did everything to ruin Hyuk's life just cause he was worried Hyuk might take his spot in the company and while the father was brought to justice, Woo Sung was just played off in the end like oh well that's Woo Sung for you. What won me over about this show though was not only that Hyuk's mother was the sweetest kdrama mom ever but I loved Hyuk's relationship with Joon. Unfortunately their ending was super weird and like all season Joon was pushing Hyuk away "for reasons" so much so that I couldn't even tell if she liked Hyuk or Jae-Hoon better. Overall I had a fun time watching the main trio and all the cleaning staff plot out plans and then do them but there was really no substance to this show for me to latch on to. I'd give this show an 8 / 10.
Ahhh guys!!! We almost got our first kiss already but the aftermath of the almost kiss was the best part!! I was dying and the sound effects didn't help. I really didn't expect for them to basically admit their feelings this week cause I expected both Mi-So and Young-Joon to be confused for a longer time but I love that since they've got so much history together, it's like turning the page in a well loved book rather than opening a new book completely! I adore the two of them together and I swear to you that I would not be half as in love with Young-Joon as I am if another actor played him. Park Seo-Joon brings this wonderful quality to him that makes him seem more naive and earnest rather than an asshole. Speaking of assholes, I cannot stand Sung-Yeon. I wanted to give him a fair shake cause as of yet we haven't seen anything proving it, but I'm almost completely sure that he's not a good guy based on the vibe I get off of him and how Young-Joon seems to react. It doesn't help that he's trying to lure Mi-So just because Young-Joon likes her especially through a power play (like I hate in dramas) where he's like come spend time with me or I won't do insert task here for you. I also didn't believe it when they said that it was Sung-Yeon who got kidnapped cause first of all Young-Joon is the male lead so it obviously has to be him but secondly when Sung-Yeon told the story about being tormented by his brother and his friends I got a weird feeling like somehow Sung-Yeon has taken Young-Joon's memories for himself either on purpose to make himself look better to Mi-So or by accident like a mental break or something. I also feel kind of sketch about Mi-So's psychiatrist sister cause all she seems to do is badmouth Young-Joon and put down Mi-So cause like heaven forbid that someone's actually into her sister for more than nefarious reasons. Normally I would agree that rich people aren't worth their family drama (hello About Time) but Young-Joon's parents are so adorable and they love Mi-So so I don't think there will be any drama on that part.
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Legend of Fu Yao (6/66): Meng Fu Yao, a woman born from a divine lotus petal. She journeys through the five continents towards the heavens in search of a secret order and to reveal a conspiracy originating from the heavens. In the process, she falls in love with the crown prince Zhangsun Wuji.
This originally wasn't a show that I was going to watch or was even curious about but it popped up on my drama feed one day and the first two episodes were subbed so I figured why the hell not check it out. It stars Yang Mi who I only knew from The Negotiator and I hated her in that cause she was so emotionless/expressionless throughout the whole thing but I always like to give actors more than one chance cause sometimes they are just directed to be stoic and in another show it might be different like how I basically fell in love with William Chan in Mystic Nine after being meh about him in Only Side By Side With You. It's too early to tell if I enjoy her better in this show but at the very least her lack of emotion hasn't bothered me yet (I might start to struggle when the romance starts) and I'm enjoying what I saw so far. I loved that she knew that the heir apparent was a fake from the start cause it cuts out the drama about lying. Their chemistry is great so far and I love them together. The show started out with a lot of political intrigue but then somehow turned into more of a Harry Potter Goblet of Fire/Hunger Games type of situation though I think after the sixth episode we're probably going back to politics which ugh. I hope there's more of a quest in this show the way the synopsis leads me to believe. Also the sect that Fu Yao grew up in is terrible. When she gave up the fight politely, they embarrassed her and then when she won fair and square, they called it cheating. Ugh. At first I struggled with all the characters we were introduced to but I'm slowly starting to understand who is who. I do still struggle with the world we're in though. There's supposedly 5 kingdoms as the synopsis leads us to believe so does that mean each kingdom has a different ruler? Is the sect part of the kingdom the evil guy and the heir apparent is from or is outside of all the kingdoms? Does it produce all the martial artists in the kingdoms and then the people get to pick where they go or do they all go to the palace where the evil guy wants to rule and each kingdom has their own version of the sect? Is Fu Yao the heir apparent (as the rainbow in the clouds seemed to indicate) to another kingdom or this one? Does the fact that she's born from a lotus petal (what does that even mean tbh) mean that she has special blood and could that be a way for others to recognize who she is? So many questions, so few answers!
What a strange ending to a strange show. There were highs and there were lows. At some points I was so enthralled in the story and then at other points I was basically fast forwarding through the episodes. I think my biggest struggle was that there was nothing really about this show that I loved to pieces. Even if a show is average if there's something I can connect with I fall in love! Honestly I'm really easy to please so it's always disappointing when a show doesn't work for me though clearly I sat through 44 episodes so it wasn't that terrible. I liked the outsmarting each other aspect of the show cause you know I love watching elaborate plans play out but other than that there was nothing much that caught my attention. I loved Shao Yang's relationship with Jin Yuan and Dou Dou only for it to dissolve into a mess with drugs and then when we thought we were finally in the clear, he was killed just as he said that he didn't care who Jin Yuan was working for cause they were his family. It broke my heart! I also wanted to love the relationship between Jin Yuan and Dou Dou but there was no chemistry there. I mean our leads never even kissed once and we're supposed to believe they had a baby together cause like a whole show about gang violence is okay but heaven forbid there be any kissing on screen. I wonder if I just don't like Luo Jin as an actor cause this is the third show I've seen him in and I'm still not a fan. The end of this show was bittersweet cause we lost pretty much all our main characters and I kept waiting for Jin Yuan to show up at the end cause Dou Dou was so sure he was alive but nope so I'm like is he dead or not? Why is that the cliffhanger? I'd give this show a 5 / 10 and honestly unless you really do have a lot of time on your hands, I'd say skip this show cause it was meh.
When I first finished this show I couldn't decide if I liked the ending or not but as I thought about it more I think I actually liked how it ended full circle. It's poetic that this time Pi Pi is the one to remember Helan and that he's the one who has to fall in love with her after he spent centuries getting her to fall for him. Even now there's a clear case of falling in love at first sight though Pi Pi was much smoother at playing like she never met him before than Helan was at the start of the show. I also kind of don't mind that he's still a Fox and she's human cause now her life span has been returned to normal and his eyesight has been returned to him as well so they can continue meeting across time without having their time cut short anymore. I mean I still kind of wish there was a way to make Pi Pi a fox too but such is life I guess. I don't really understand how the amnesia thing worked though cause he forgot everything but he's still a Fox as far as I know so eventually he's going to need to come back and rule the Fox Clan but without any memories it'll be weird. I wonder if they'll come back as time goes on? Xiu Xian and Kuan Yong turned into foxes was unexpected but not so terrible cause they'll return to being human in the future as well and maybe they'll start waiting around for Xiao Ju when they return although she never did make a choice between the two so I'd like to imagine that they'll just have a three-way relationship cause it was hinted at all season. I'm still disappointed in Zhao Song's abrupt turn to evil and then abrupt turn to being good again. I'm sorry boo but after you raped Qian Hua I lost my love for you so sucks to suck and I'm just upset that Qian Hua died with him. Overall this show was fine but probs not one that I would ever want to revisit. I'd give it a 6 / 10.
So I'm a little disappointed in myself for not having watching this show when it first aired back in March cause I'm so in love with this show! I have this thing against asian period dramas (especially Chinese ones) cause I don't find the long hair (pulled back or down) the men have attractive and that pulls my focus a little from a show but I'm slowly teaching myself to ignore that cause I've been on a bit of a period dramas kick. Another struggle is that period shows are usually all about politics for the throne and every synopsis I find is the exact same as the next so I can never tell which shows I'm going to enjoy or not and that's what happened with this one at first but recently I saw it pop up on my drama feed again and the synopsis had been changed (possibly cause it was done airing) and it caught my attention which I'm lucky for! I'm loving pretty much everything about this so far! Literally all the characters are fascinating and the world is fun to learn about. There's politics but I'm not drowning in it and by allowing us to get to know the characters and a bit of the world first, when the politics started happening I was actually interested and I love that it's dispersed throughout the show so it's not like 30 minutes of evil plotting like other shows I've watched. I also love the martial arts aspect of the show and watching Ru-Ge slowly become a badass. The most awkward thing about this show is that Yin Xue is supposed to be the best looking on the show but I personally think Zhang Vin who plays Zhan Feng aka Ru-Ge's ex is so so much better looking but I do love how much Yin Xue loves Ru-Ge and their chemistry has been pretty good so far. I know he died a few episodes ago but honestly I'm pretty sure he's the male lead so I think it won't be long until we see him again and I can't wait for Ru-Ge's reaction to his return!!
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FINISHED Home Sweet Home (34/34): When a group of strangers end up living under the same roof, they come with their own personal baggage. Wu Xiao Li is a mother figure who rents out rooms in her house to a group of young people. Ji Yan Xi faces tremendous pressure from his family but tries his best to go after his dreams. Xiang Yi Yang is a likable, easy-going young man despite all the hardships he has faced. Wen Xin and Xiang Yi Rou are both trying to grasp the things they want most out of life. Can the group of housemates support one another through life’s many challenges and learn the true meaning of a family?
I started this show hoping for either a cute show like Age of Youth or a sweet family show like My Father is Strange but instead I found a show that started out super boring then ended up making my blood boil pretty much every episode only to turn around and make me smile with happiness. I fell in love with our main characters and wanted nothing more than all of them to be happy although surprisingly only two of the four really ended up in happy romantic relationships but that's okay cause sometimes happiness is in finding yourself!! My favorite part of this show was Yan Xi and Wen Xin's relationship almost from the start! I loved watching Wen Xin melt his heart and I loved how quickly he admitted his feelings and then was open about them cause you know I hate the cold male lead who hides his emotions! I also loved watching Wen Xin fight against her feelings cause she had some unfinished emotional baggage of an ex but couldn't help but fall for how sweet Yan Xi was. And of course the ex showed up exactly when she was almost ready to move on cause that's drama but I loved loved loved that she didn't waver back and forth between her ex and Yan Xi for episodes and quickly figured out her feelings unlike in Pride which ruined my enjoyment of the show! Their engagement did feel a bit rushed cause it took forever to get Wen Xin to say yes to date him but I loved that he started to call her baby! The stuff that made me seeth with anger was that Kelly was the worst kind of rich boss character at the start. She literally forced poor Yi Yang into being her slave after following him around for weeks just cause she liked him and then used money to tie him to her side only to be shocked when she realized how much he hated her. I despise relationships in tv shows where there is a power struggle (like boss/employee or teacher/student) cause I hate when people are forced to do things out of fear. But she was redeemed for me when she dialed back the crazy and honestly I loved that she ended up with Lucky cause they had a much better relationship from the start and he was there for her from pretty much day 1 and she relied on him so much. I really did think that she would pick Yi Yang and my heart would break but I was thrilled with what we got! Even Yi Rou's relationship grew on me even though for most of the season I was meh about her but when they broke up and he cried thinking about how he'd never see her again, my heart melted and I was a bit disappointed that they didn't get back together but I loved that her happy ending was about learning how to grow herself. I was not a fan of all the Wang household nonsense cause honestly rich people politics are so boring so that was the least interesting to me but it wrapped up nicely too. Overall I did enjoy this show and I feel like it grows on you the more you watch so I'd give it a 6 / 10!
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FINISHED The Confidence Man JP (10/10): Dako is a con woman. She stays at a suite in a luxury hotel and schemes to take money from vicious wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan and Richard. Boku-chan is a sincere and timid young con man. Richard is a veteran con man. Dako is able to master knowledge from various professions in a short period of time and disguises herself as someone working in that field. Along with Boku-chan and Richard, they carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.
Guys what an awesome finale for a hilarious show! Even though I always know there's some sort of twist coming, I always fall for our crews' tricks! I loved the idea of the final episode being one where they're caught so to speak and how it followed a different format from the normal episodes! It might have been one of their best plans yet and that's saying something cause I still have a fond spot for their first heist! I loved that we saw the camaraderie between the three during the episode and I believe a lot of it was real even if the whole thing was planned out. I still think Dako and Boku would make a cute couple but I didn't mind that they were just subtly hinted at. This episode might have redeemed the whole show for me if I'm being honest cause the last few episodes were a little boring in my opinion. This episode brought the whole show full circle and ended on such a high note so I would love if there was a season 2 of this show! I'd give it a 9 / 10!
xoxo AllieGuys what an awesome finale for a hilarious show! Even though I always know there's some sort of twist coming, I always fall for our crews' tricks! I loved the idea of the final episode being one where they're caught so to speak and how it followed a different format from the normal episodes! It might have been one of their best plans yet and that's saying something cause I still have a fond spot for their first heist! I loved that we saw the camaraderie between the three during the episode and I believe a lot of it was real even if the whole thing was planned out. I still think Dako and Boku would make a cute couple but I didn't mind that they were just subtly hinted at. This episode might have redeemed the whole show for me if I'm being honest cause the last few episodes were a little boring in my opinion. This episode brought the whole show full circle and ended on such a high note so I would love if there was a season 2 of this show! I'd give it a 9 / 10!
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