Meu Mafioso Predileto (2024)

It was TIMEPASS

After first episode , i dropped it. Then after few episode , I saw scenes clippings and there was nothing to watch after coming from office ..So, thought of watching it ...
It was okay.. Not too good and not too bad. TIME PASS

I will say normal Kdrama.Nothing extraordinary .As always , wrong person was liked by FL in the beginning, usual scenario "Childhood Oppa".
ML helping FL , drunk fl , back hugs, piggy ride ,over exaggeration of emotions from side characters and extraordinary good ML
Same as usual. So skipped scenes ...

Last few episodes were somewhat boring and and over flowing with overacting of emotions. I didn't enjoyed.

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Best Romcom

You wouldn't know what someone is good at unless they try.. The ML is just perfect in his roles and the FL is not doing bad either. infact all the characters in the drama are so good at it. I did not have any other feeling or regret in watching this drama.
I don't usually watch romance unless it's highly rated but when I saw this I decided to try one episode and I have been hooked. I'll definitely watch and rewatch because it's one of the 2024 best drama and I hope it wins an award when the time comes..

please ignore the ratings and give it a try and believe me you won't regret it

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Gangsters & Giggles: A Romcom That Will Steal Your Heart!

There's something truly heartwarming about stumbling upon a hidden gem that isn't overhyped or filled with big-name actors, and "My Sweet Mobster" is just that! This charming drama strikes a perfect balance between humor, a sprinkle of villainy, sweet romance, and themes of brotherhood and found family, all while delivering some strong moral lessons. Sure, it dips into clichés like childhood connections and cohabitation, but the well-crafted characters, ideal casting, and lighthearted tone make these elements shine.

The plot is simple yet clever, offering a fresh twist on the classic "opposites attract" romcom. The female lead is an outgoing kids’ digital content creator, which beautifully contrasts with the male lead, a reserved gangster-turned-food company CEO—what an intriguing duo! Uhm Tae Goo as Seo Ji Hwan really impressed me by stepping out of his comfort zone. He nailed the rugged gangster vibe, captured the loneliness of a boss, and brought the charming awkwardness of a love-struck guy to life. His raspy voice added an extra layer of charm, and knowing he’s a super introvert in real life, along with the fact that this is his first romcom, made his performance feel even more authentic and relatable.

Han Sun Hwa, playing Go Eun Ha, effortlessly captures the cute vibe, balancing kindness and understanding without sounding naive or pretentious. Their chemistry is off the charts, making even the cringiest moments sweet and enjoyable to watch. The blend of their extroverted and introverted traits really works like magic!

The subplots with the second and third couples were genuinely captivating—not just filler! Each couple and the rest of supporting cast brought a unique backstory that tied into the main narrative, adding real depth to the story. The Thirsty Deer gang absolutely stole the show! Yang Hyun Min (as Jae Su, aka Handsome No. 1) and Lee Yoo Joon (as Man Ho, Handsome No. 2) had me laughing with their clueless yet lovable characters. From the hilarious bookstore scene to the wild pregnancy test mix-up (who mixes that up with a COVID test?! LOL) and going on blind dates just to laugh at each other's jokes, their antics had me cracking up in every episode and brought genuine humor to the whole storyline. Even the villain, dubbed the "Kitty Gang," who runs a "Meow Company," was charmingly unserious, adding to the consistently entertaining ensemble of characters!

However, episode 15 takes a darker and more intense turn, as expected, since Seo Ji Hwan has to confront his troubled past. While I usually dislike such dramatic shifts, the script is excellently crafted, and Uhm Tae Goo's skill in the noir genre, along with the talented cast, really pulls you in.

All in all, "My Sweet Mobster" is a delightful MUST-watch that beautifully blends humor and heart! My only complaint is why they leave Bulldog, the French bulldog, outside—come on, he's an indoor breed!

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Snow white and the 6 mobsters

This has a some sweet, some over the top annoying, some adorable, some good and some meeh... But Id say all in all a pretty good balance between them all making it a highly bingable drama for all of those who love their cold meets hot, rich meats poor type pf dramas.

The gagsters gone good are adorable between the moments f over the top annoying, but mostly adorable. The friendships are top, top, top. And they even managed to sneak in some depth and character development between the silly.

Things that really are not my thing was the female leads voice and job, it made great contrast towrds the bigtough mobstes and sure who doesn't like seeng beefy men singing while wearing cute animal suits but other than that there was just to many high notes and. squeakiness for me. But the over all childishness felt really wrong. It could have stayed at playful byt was mostly not really my kind of cute? Seriously why would grown human beings without children watch content ment for small children?

What balanced this up was:

1. Former criminals/mobster in animal clothing (yes I may be contradicting myself here, but there is a fine line between cute/fun/playful/sweet show of caring and the korean Mickey Mouse Club).


2. The male leads extremely sexy voice and overall appearance. dude was a bit to posesive and did have a red flag or two but who cares about that... When he shows up with those muskels and says something in his 5 packs of cigerrate gngster hoarse voice...

3. Found family

4. The second couple

5. Cuteness overkill in the side characters: played by: Park Jae Chan, Moon Ji In, Song Seo Rin, Kim Hyun Jin, Lee Yoo Joon.

6. The female leads characters forwardness and overall coolness (between the annoying that is)

So all in a all a fun binge just mind the silly... and it should be fine

P.S. I will add a comment about the second male lead as comment marked spoiler.

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So Far So GREAT

At first I wasn’t sure as I wasn’t aware of the ML and FL. ML is cast perfectly! He fits his character well and good looking! I have not seen him in any drama before. FL is pretty good but hate her hairstyle. ML’s side kick is very handsome and tall! Story line is interesting. It will be interesting how this all ends up. Enjoying the funny parts of this drama too. I have high hopes for this one. Give this one a try. Will update my review as I watch more episodes. *Update* Highly recommend this drama! This is now on my all time favorite drama list. This will be a re-watch too.

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ONE OF 2024'S BEST. ??

I am SO GLAD, I waited for the drama to finish just so I could binge-watch it. This was such a ride!

Let's start off with the plot/storyline. Of course, there's a ML who is a big rich loser for the FL. There's obviously a cute FL, who is hated / irrelevant in her workplace. And obviously, there's some hospital scenes! Is it even a k-drama if there's not a single hospital scene?

And duh, her love life is related to her childhood! The FL and Hyun Woo were very close when they were young, but he vanishes one day and is never seen again. ofc she's been looking for him her whole life, basically. i mean, i wouldn't blame her, we got dozens of flashbacks and he was so sweet, nice and kind to her. if i was her, i'd be looking for him too. she even becomes a kid's content creator because of him! that was rlly cute to find out. but, there is a plot twist that we find out in like episode 6, but ofc the FL only finds out at the END of episode 13. so if you're not a fan of waiting for reveals, you will probably tear your hair out but i swear it's worth the wait.

the acting is superb. that's all i need to say.

the ML, our emperor penguin 🐧🐧, is WHIPPED for the FL. he's such a loser and binge watches her videos on her channel. the first few times they meet, the situation is so weird but i guess it adds to the comedy. usually, you'll catch me yelling through the screen at MLs for not confessing their feelings but emperor penguin looked genuinely confused, hurt and scared about confessing. his reasons were also so valid, i felt empathy for him. but be aware the confession takes until ep 10. for the actor, he did an amazing job. he portrayed every emotion so well and made it seem so real. if you watch interviews and other irl things of Uhm Tae Goo, you'll notice he is SO SHY. he barely speaks but he is very sweet when he does.

the FL, Eunha, isn't cringy, selfish or clingy. she's smart, makes up her mistakes, and stands firmly by the ML for majority of the show. ofc there are certain moments where she gets pissed off and they have their hard moments, but she would definitely choose him over any other guy. that's what makes her mature in my eyes. Han Sunhwa did a really good job too, her acting is amazing and not dull like many other actresses out there. :( I like that throughout the show, some of her outfits are repeated, making her seem like an actual ordinary/average person. idk if it was just my eyes, but i feel like her bangs look very different in episode 16, compared to episode 1. also, i think she has a few similarities in appearance to kim jiwon, just slightly.

Usually, I don't feel much during hard moments of couples in kdramas, but I definitely FELT for this couple. every bump they went on, it felt so real. you could intensely feel that they both care for eachother, it's just the problems that SJH faces.

NOW, the SML. This is one of my favourite topics from this drama. At first, i HATED HIM. especially in episode 6, like he was on my nerves... He's so obsessed with SJH and won't stop breathing down his back. he won't let the fact go that Thirsty Deer is made up of ex-cons who are just trying to live a normal life!! Instead of looking into the Cat Group, the real antagonists, he's hellbent on investigating SJH and thirsty deer, who have done nothing compared to the cat group. but then I started warming up to him in later episodes. he showed that he genuinely cares for the FL and just wants her to be happy. he doesn't try to manipulate his identity to her and make her believe false lies. AND he finds out who the real hyunwoo is and tells Eunha despite knowing he'll lose his chance with her. that's because he wants her to know the truth and not be manipulated. *cough cough, yoon eunseong from qot..* AND, he saves her and gets hit on the head by a BRICK. he even teams up with our ML to serve justice, so his morals are on point. and in the end, he supports the ML and FL's relationship and isnt a sour bitch. *cough cough, yoon eunseong from qot..* ultimately, he's genuinely a good guy.

now the SFL (she didn't have many scenes but shes basically the SFL), Kang Yena. Honestly, after I found out her motivations for "liking" the ML, she reminded me so much of Star Jin from my demon. they both have the sort of, loyalty to the ML and similar reasons for having that loyalty. but in the end, they're both good people even if they act like desperate bitches at first.

i think this is one of the dramas where i love the side characters (obv only the good ones). this drama did a GREAT job building on everyone's backstories and motivations for why they do the things they do. there's a huge sense of brother-hood in this. We witnessed Dong Hui's unfortunate history and the guilt he lives with. i'll mention that one because i found it quite interesting. also jae-soo and hong gi, any scene with them is never a dull moment. i was laughing so hard, i almost became ripped asf. and il young is like a smiley puppy, i love his smile omg.

the music used, especially in the intro, are quite catchy. i never skipped the intro for MSM because i love the music.

anyway, some people say this drama should've been 12 eps, i partially agree. certain bits felt drawn out, but overall it was paced really well imo.

also i was expecting the comedy to be cringe, but everything feels so natural. and its so funny.

BUT for the romance, there's not as much as there should've been. i wanted more kissing scenes and more heartfelt conversations so i was hoping the last few episodes would have more of that.

OVERALL:
this drama has minor flaws, but it really is great. the story is entertaining and the characters are built well. acting is on point and the comedy is just perfect and everyone lives happily ever after! i truly think this will be one of 2024's BEST. it might be a stretch to put it in the top 3 , just yet but its quite up there!

still, this is just all my opinion. you may think this drama is trash and that's fine because we are different people who are entitled to different opinions!

if you haven't watched yet and decide to, happy watching! :)

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Não prometeu nada, mas entregou tudo!

Nossa! Que história gostosa de acompanhar, me senti voltando na adolescência e assistindo meus primeiros doramas. Não que hoje os doramas não sejam bons, claro que não! Mas fazia tempo que não via uma história fofa, simples e encantadora, sem muitos floreios. E meu mafioso favorito foi uma grande surpresa para mim. Fazia muito tempo que não ria tanto!

Comecei assistindo sem esperar muita coisa, mas ainda bem que me deu essa vontade, pois foram momentos que pude vivenciar uma história leve e tirar um pouco a tensão do dia a dia.

E O QUE FOI MEU MAFIOSO FAVORITO, AMIGOS? Ele só demostrou que é sim possível fazer algo encantandor sem muitos rodeios. O engraçado que eu não acompanhava o trabalho dos atores ou atrizes que o fizeram, o único que já tinha visto em um dorama foi o promotor.

E o que falar de Uhm Tae Goo? Nosso lindo mafioso?! SENHOR, COMO EU NÃO O CONHECIA JÁ? Pensava até que ele não era muito conhecido, mas depois de pesquisar vi que ele é muito querido na Coreia, mas faz mais filmes. Que voz! Que atuação fofa! Eu simplesmente me apaixonei por um mafioso! Ele transformou um personagem com uma história complexa, num verdadeiro humano.

Outra coisa que me encantou foi o grupo que o acompanhava, sua família, me fez lembrar muito Pousando no Amor, aquela irmandade que você torce para que sempre permaneça junta. Eles me fizeram chorar de tanto rir!

Além disto traz uma temática séria, mas de uma forma leve: você pode sim refazer sua vida, se tornar uma pessoa melhor, é só se permitir!

Meu mafioso poderia ter tido mais capítulos que eu não iria reclamar! Pois o que resta agora são saudades!

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Not quite there!

I had very high expectation of this show, and was patiently waiting for all episodes to air so that I could binge watch it. The ML is a ex-mobster, now a stoic CEO running a company which hires ex-cons and gives them a chance to change their lives. He has a serious personality, and has no romantic experience despite being 36 yrs old. The FL is an online influencer who makes content for kids, does honesty work, but fails to garner the attention her company expects her to achieve. The interactions between our leads are all good till episode 10. There is an additional pursuer of the FL, who is a public prosecutor, good hearted, nice to the FL and weary of the ML. His interactions with the FL are great too. We see a love confession happening between the leads around the 10th-11th episode and that is when things start going south. In one scene we see the ML getting all awkward about physical contact with the FL, and in the next scene we see them acting all googly eyed, making finger hearts at each other and being lovey dicey to the point of being silly. Seeing the character of ML in previous episodes, this sudden change was a little hard to digest. Then there were unnecessary tropes added in episode 12-14 where we see the history of other characters, and problems being created because of them, which felt like they were added just to increase the screen time of the actors. I didn’t dislike the show, but I had to forward quite a lot of portions in these episodes because they felt stupid and unnecessary.

The serious, no-nonsense character suited the ML a lot, and I wish we didn’t have to see his silly romantic side. Serious romances are good too, given the age of the leads, that would have naturally looked better. The series got interesting again from the middle of episode 14 when things stated getting heated up between the ML and his dad’s gang.We see the silly side returning for a bit in episode 16 again, but thankfully it wasn’t as cringe as before. The FL was very pretty, but I didn’t like her kinky, super short bangs somehow. I guess Korean actors think that wearing bangs is the only way to look young, but looking one’s age is super elegant too. Anyhow, overall it was a good one time watch for me, I loved the serious ML, as well as the love rival prosecutor, the right hand man of the ML, however, was the best looking of all! Hope to see more of these guys!

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How old would I have to be to enjoy this, 13?

It's normal for romantic comedies to not be well written, or have a large number of cliches, as long as the romance is fluffy and fun & the rest not too bothersome, then it's not very difficult for me to enjoy them & write a positive review. With Mobster though even the romance is very lacking. Maybe part of it is me having kdrama fatigue, but good gawd this whole very shy elementary school tier romance involving middle aged people is really not doing it for me. It was enjoyable until they started dating, but after that it has gotten really bad. I'm sure the writer thought it would be fine, since the second couple's romance is more mature, but in my view the second couple barely had anything built up before their relationship shifts..
The triangle ends relatively on time, but the second ML is a really annoying character in the first 66%~ of the drama and all of his scenes are very skippable..

As for the rest outside of the romance, it's very very sad. It's super silly and immature, way more so than what we see in an average kdrama that is. Calling this whole mobster / not mobster shebang trash would be perhaps a bit uncalled for, but it's close. Most importantly, all this is not very funny.

The emperor penguin thing is cute, but that's like the only thing..

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Addictive Cough Syrup

Don't give up after first two episodes. This show really surprises me. Not gonna lie, the first two episodes are highly-cringe to the core yet, I'm keeping back for more. Why? The leads are just amazing. Both represents a stark difference aura but share the same kindness and care. I trust that they will deliver me a good story.

Story
Story wise in short is a bit predictable and I could guess some of the outcome. Again, cliché to the max, not a big fan over childhood bonding and long lost relationship, HOWEVER it fits well to a bigger narrative about how life is full of unexpected twists, turns and second chances. It dwells into social-taboo about people who made mistakes and their strive to get redemption and recognition from the society.

Can we really look past over people's mistakes/ crimes and moving forward for the future. It's a pretty heavy subject but the writer manages to balance its dark cloud and brings rain, bubbles and sometimes rainbows once in a while.

Cast
Uhm Tae Goo as Seo Ji-hwan is brilliant. I'm unfamiliar with his work before but boy, his aura really gives you the cold shiver to the spine. His comical and seriousness alternate in a surprisingly natural yet unexpectedly refreshing. I'm having a blast with his portrayal of a kindhearted, often misunderstood man with a hidden/ dark past.

Han Sun Hwa as Go Eun-ha is such a goody-two-shoes-natural, effortlessly lovely without being too obvious. She is believable as this kindhearted girl who always cheerful and thinks positive about other people, even when their malicious intent was made visibly obvious. At times, I do wonder could I have reacted the way she did, and my answer is yes. Just because I refuse to a confrontation, it doesn't mean that I'm weak. It's just that I chose not to waste my energy on people who doesn't deserve it. Agree to disagree.

As for Kwon Yul, I feel bad for him as second ML (Hyeon-u), who is doom from the start. His character is pretty predictable in my book. No matter how wonderful he is or how hard the writer will sugarcoat his lines in pursuing justice, I will naturally be on Ji-hwan side, if they ever face off with each other. For me, the story's weakness is the love triangle itself, which I think is unnecessary and can be overlooked from the start, but like I said, cliché in kdramas are unavoidable. It's like a sacred manual. It's hard to resist or to take another route. Just drink it like a cough syrup.

BUT our second pair of couple (Il-yeong and Mi-ho) are just purely fun and entertaining to watch. This is quite exceptional. The director/ writer excel in balancing their chemistry and manage to make both of them shine and stood out, and not over shadowing the lead couple. Tricky but it's doable. Kudos to that.

Other Cast
The Thirsty Deer Crew - Funny and very entertaining.
The Cat Gang - Almost equal to the latter.
Prosecutor's Office - Funny but can be forgettable.
Eun-ha's work colleague - Pretty solid and made you want to avoid in RL at all cost.

Music
Decent and quite pleasing.

As always, would I rewatch the series in the future?
Solid YES.

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