the mystery part was completely predictable, but it's nice to see simple korean movies suitable for the whole family~ also, I don't like "in your face" comedies, and I kinda wish they went a little more hardcore with the story but it was overall heartwarming and a light simple watch~


Lee Sung Min and Kim Seo Hyung should reunite with another movie/drama, maybe even something with romance ;p
I might even watch this again with the kids in my family, it'd be a nice easy movie they wouldn't hate xD
I was surprised that I recognized all of the voice actors, I'm getting really good at voice recognition~

Leia Mais

in the land of many annoying cliche romcoms, especially the ones with horrible characters, this was nice.
+ a mature female lead (the fl had a few frustrating moments but atleast she was a grownup that could think)
+ 2nd leads used well~ (I honestly loved the new approach to the usual 2nd leads, they actually had character)
+ cop girl and cop guy (plus her littler romance, my ship sailed)~
+ the overall big plot of the evil guy was actually "threatening".
+ the dumb kidnapper xD he really made me laugh
+ the mom ;)
+ the last scene ;p
+ the last "business" project
+ the way normal people actually found out about holo

the bad:
- overly traumatized characters
- the past connection (literally every romcom has the same back story)
- the jerk male lead (he was a jerk for too long)
- her "love-line" with holo. (I'd have preferred if they just called it deep friendship or one sided love from holo)
- it got too dramatic in the last few eps
- not enough actually lovey dovey moments with the main leads...
- the fast team switch(?) ;p
- the way everyone was ok with a love line with a hologram ;)


the ost was all great and I never rewatch dramas ;)

Leia Mais

I preferred this season over the 1st. mainly because they focused on the other girls more.. and
for some reason I could remember the 2 other girls' stories as I watched this season, but I couldn't remember the main couple's story xD
I specifically liked Hee Sook and Ha Tae Sung. webdramas have the best noona romances ;p
the overall theme of friendship is so heartwarming, especially when Woo Kyung said "I wasn't with you guys from the start but thank you for letting me meet precious people" TT_TT
and the food looked so delicious! ;)

my rewatch values are 1 or 10, but I'd love a 3rd season~

Leia Mais

Don't be fooled, 99% is about a cult

A traumatic past made the fl detached, she connected with her friend over this exciting outer being. It became her core memory that when her bf left her, she thought he must've been taken by aliens so she goes on a hunt

She stumbles on this crazy cult that worshipped aliens. They wanted the big father light to take them to salvation
Then suddenly it turns out they randomly have the picture of the fl and they think she's the key


So random chasings, huntings, kidnappings happen. And then the ending ep comes and pretends that yes aliens are real. But I don't believe them, as a plot move. They were all high and the bf that was missing cuz he tried to kill himself suddenly sees aliens too.. so what's the connection? Traumatic ppl

The biggest scam since the light in your eyes. It wasn't the lack of oppa that made this boring. It was the lack of that big green thing in the poster

I thought this would be a cute rescue mission where the 2 fls try to help a lost alien and develop a cute friendship
But nope. This was about a crazy cult that wanted to commit mass suicide and thought the fl was their key to the aliens that'd take them to salvation

So yeah I gave it a 4/10. One for nana, one for yeobee, one for Thomas and one cuz the production value was nice tho all completely wasted on that cheap plot

Leia Mais

everyone probably heard about the beautiful glamorous clothes, the hair, the makeup, or the beautiful aesthetic scenes that made me personally take +130000 screenshots, but the most beautiful aspect of this drama was the acting! both IU and Jingoo are top tier actors, and every scene with them was magical.. granted, every actor left a huge impression on me, I think I'll have to add a few to my srs list -especially Kim Soo Hyun! ;)
they had the best teamance, and those final scenes with them was beautiful...

the best compliment I can give a drama is "I wouldn't have been able to writer a better drama than this"...
this is my soulmate of fantasy dramas, the best of the best! probably the only real fantasy I truly enjoyed from start to finish~

one of the things I loved about this was that they didn't make the plot the only point. usually they give us a glimpse of "conflict" at the start, then forget about it and bam last ep is here and everything is solved...
here the characters -all of the characters- were the main focus! they solved their plot gradually ep by ep.. and each side plot was related to the characters journey. by the time we get the last two eps (minor spoiler) they got their sweet time to solve the final chapters of the main characters stories and that was beautifully done~

I actually want to brag and compliment this drama way more, like manweol is my perfect woman, and chansung is a dream....
and so I'll end it with this: this is what happens when top notch acting meets top notch characters, plus a well balanced well thoughtout story~



my rewatch values are 1 or 10, but I'm already planning my rewatch of this~

Leia Mais

by ep9 I just cried becasue I had to double back the pain of the ep count and watch 7 more eps.

I loved the 2nd fl! she was just ADORABLE! I loved the potential of the FL and I really liked the actress but they wasted her worth. the sismance was 1000% better than the romance.


loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong draggy plotline, no real character depth or growth, not enough solidarity in the romance, not enough 2fl, 2ml was a wasted potential (I had a serious crush on him after WOTM and running man but here he was just an old man obsessed with his dog.)
not enough teammance, not enough connections, like mad dog survived on the team, this was just random people going after a vague thing? not enough evviiilll, or scheming, I even watched a little from a next or nextnext ep and it was just one old guy nagging that he schemed stuff


at some point the ml was just selfish and a loser, he blamed the fl when he did more wrong to her. and basically I just stopped caring, I thought maybe a fast being would help but I don't think I ever paid attention to anyone but the 2fl

Leia Mais

I love how each Sim 4 You reflects each member's individuality. in this season, we did not only get to see/listen to Chen's high quality live vocals, but the whole show was like an unfiltered behind the scenes of Chen's healing journey of music.

I loved seeing Chen meet new people, make new connections, learn about music and eat delicious food~ I'd love it if he goes on more adventures like that, even if they don't film it ;P

Ko Young Bae was my favorite guest, he made Chen loosen up and feel more comfortable teasing the remaining guests, plus he is a super talented vocalist and I wish they release a duet together soon, also he is a natural "variety show" star xD

Leia Mais

basically this was my 1st variety show, I started it sometime in 2013 with ep135.. it had my newly discovered bias Siwon, and the legendary Jackie Chan~
afterwords, I kept going back to watch the rest of suju eps and later I watched the eps with the other idols I liked.. soon I started watching this daily (I'd watch from ep100 until I reached the 1st new ep, then go back and watch the previous 50 and so forth ;p) just for the members, while watching the newest eps weekly too.. and I'm also rewatching my favorite eps daily now~

it was a cultural shock, but a good kind, I've never seen comedy like this before xD it really helped me get through some tough times...
and after everything I really love this show! and even though similar variety shows come along, they can never replicate running man's 9 years of experience and bond~

Leia Mais

this was a total scam! iu is not a main! she only lasted the 1st ten mins, but dang her story was so much better than the whole movie ;(
I can't even say this was "exotic" cuz it was a film, it was just the ml talking to a bunch of random people.... I get the deep meaning of it but sometimes showing by action is so much better than spelling everything out with words, like if they showed us each character's story without any talking it'd have been so much more rich


on the other hand, not only was IU amazing! lol her story surprised me, but the thing she talked about, marrying the guy after 2 months, him dying early, that'd have been so much more engaging.

Leia Mais

since this is 4 stand alone stories in 2parter I'll combine the review for each one here. long story short I loved 23 and 29's stories and I hated 35 and 42's stories


aw ok, so this is not a "sismance/female centered plot"

the 23
I loved this one, it's like the writing of a webdrama with a drama special's quality.
the relationships and the emotions were really realistic, and it really captured my attention though if I knew the whole thing was going to be resolved in 1:40 hours I'd have started it later cuz the pacing was really great and full of info
also this is a great example of "age appropriate" casting, I wish they'd stop forcing 20 year olds with 30 year olds and just give us more "college" dramas.

in some ways, the fl got scared with her "one" true love so she used the other guys to fill in the void, and in the process she belittled the guys to make herself feel like she's not wrong (otherwise she'd feel guilty and is forced to admit the truth)

and once it got out of hand (ie she was discovered) she again blamed the guys for "using" her becasue that'd make it easier for her to leave them too.
but I'm glad she didn't switch to her friend right away, both needed a little time and she needed to accept her feelings for him and take a risk ;)


the 29:
I also loved this one, in some ways it was about a really "quiet" go with the flow character that suddenly reached her breaking point and needed to escape from everything and with that she became her most honest self, she finally stopped trying to not cause problems in what looks perfect on the outside.

the relationship with her mother was the real problem, she was burdened with the fact that her mom was young and alone that she took the responsibility to "raise" her mother and that resulted in over attachment that when her mom wanted to live her life, the fl felt lost and scared.



the 42: *spoilers*
I reeeaallly didn't like it, it's like those movies where the kids accidentally hit someone and they think he's dead so they bury him but it turns out they killed him while trying to cover up?
so basically the fl thinks her husband is cheating so she starts doubting him and their "happy" marriage that she snaps and jumps to conclusions without asking her husband or listening to him. and the husband never really tried to convince her so in the end she goes to cheat back with the husband of the woman she thought her husband cheated with and worse they let her cheat when her dad died so it's just another reason to make the fl look like garbage...
and honestly that writer throwing in hints that her husband might be cheating. like why are people so sick to want to ruin a happy marriage ;/

the 35:
I couldn't get past the 1st part, it was boring and 1d without any real worth or plot ;/

Leia Mais

the worst thing about this is the lack of consistency. s1 and s2 are just one complete 12ep drama that had a whole year between them.

with the way things ended here, the possibilities of a 3rd season is high, but the cliffhanger wasn't as abrupt as s1.

instead of getting any character growth that comes with a seasoned drama, we just had "events" surrounding those characters, they didn't have much base, they were just there for the sake of the plot..

instead of rewatch value we need character depth/development becasue I don't want to reduce the acting mark, but I do think the characters were lacking.
for example, Seo Bi felt miscast or just badly written. she felt too timid, too juvenile, too unfit for a mature strong 40 year old that was also incredibly smart. it came in some of her mannerism, she'd suddenly be too quite in certain occasions as if the writers didn't want her to "steal" the thunder.
Lee Chang was yet another cold/calm/strong prince people followed, and he kinda lacked a bit of humanity? emotions?
they spent so much time building up the queen, and suddenly it was all for nothing.. honestly, what good would another woman's son becoming king do for her? she said "if I can't have it then no one can", but jokes on her, every main character survived, and the son she stole became a king while she died. I kinda thought that would be her at the end but I was disappointed..

I could go actually complain more about the characters, but I'd still watch s3 even if it's just for Lee Chang's bearded look ;p

and honestly, this was like a chain of unfortunate events and battle scenes, so I don't think a rewatch would be necessary..

Leia Mais

there are character driven stories, and plot driven stories.. but this drama made me realize there's a 3rd type "acting driven story"... this show had neither plot nor deep characters... but the acting from everyone (especially from kang joon and his intense eye acting) were fantastic, the ost also was the most "thrilling" part :)

for me personally, it's been a long time since a crime thriller drama grabbed my attention every second of the drama... and here we just had 2 plots, who killed the mom/cut the fingers, plus the whole dragging mess of the ledger and the secret society.. I have to say it's really predictable.. it's not really spoiler to say, the 1st people you'll doubt are the "bad" people, so I don't get how it took them 16eps to finally "uncover" the truth...
honestly, the first 4 eps and the final 2 eps are everything you need...


there are also "good vs bad" dramas and those who don't want to be that simple so they make their "heroes" the bad guys, and here they walked a fine line right in the middle... it way literally walking on the edge that it seemed as if their characters had "dark" qualities just so they are not completely good, but they also didn't want them to be bad...


my rewatch values are a 1 or a 10 so ;)

Leia Mais

I never watch "daily" dramas, so I don't have much to compare, but this is the only (maybe best) family drama I'll ever watch... their bonds and yuri were the only reasons I watched this...

it's funny that even-though I never watched this type of dramas, everything in this is a big cliche..
- mean rich naggy mother in law? check
- mean rich dad and the runaway son? check
- misunderstandings? triple check
- birth secrets? check
- fake incest? long check that it got super awkward
- fake identity? check
- secrets? a million check
- useless uncle and his side family? check
- bad blood between the in laws? check
- jobless older brother that's studying? check
- bullied younger sister? check
- shallow maknae sister? check
- sickness?
there's more, I mean this is a 50+ drama ;)

Mi Yeong and Joong Hee were the cheap "star crossed lovers", the "we can't even admit our feelings for blah blah reasons"... I can't believe it took them 40 eps to reveal that.. and then everyone was ok with it as if it never happened, ie a cheap move to keep them apart and cause conflict.. they were cute enough, that move was unnecessary...


my rewatch values are either a 1 or 10...

Leia Mais

A cliche that did well

this felt like the writer opened the "big book of cliche" every writer has and tried to color outside the lines

this was more than "who the ml is", that was never a question, it was just the fans' desire. the true value of this was the metaphor of love. love is a feeling, a relationship needs work


jojo had feelings for sunho but she got too scared, it was overwhelming for her so she ran away, the moment she got the shield her heart felt safe, people didn't have the upper hand on her, they couldn't judge her for her feelings. sunho was burdensome for her

I feel like that's how I usually see the typical "rich guy, poor sad lonely girl" dynamic. sunho was too dominate, he always screamed and demanded attention. he went head 1st without looking at the people around him. he kissed jojo when he knew his best friend liked her, he kissed jojo again when he knew she was dating his ex friend, and he never did that to show his affection, he wanted to see how she'd react

Hye Young was at times too supportive that it was a burden of it's own. he was almost nearing a doormat level, but he also took a step back when he got hurt, and he went after her again becasue he wanted to even when she told him to wait. and I think that balanced him out


to the shallow bitter people, even though sunho wasn't a 1st main, he still had his own love line and I'm happy for that, usually 2nd leads are mistreated..

sunho lost his love become he was too aggressive and he lost his friend becasue he never looked at them, he also lost the only (figuratively) girl that liked him even though he mistreated her too, but I'm so glad he learned that love isn't just a burst of feeling.
love is working for a compromise, love is waiting and understanding, love isn't at 1st sight, love doesn't stay if it's not taken care of.

I'm so sure jojo and sunho would've had a worse ending if they stayed together, he always wanted her attention he didn't try to pay attention to her. she was just something he wanted that was taken away from him...
I also didn't like all the tragic pasts and the parents, but as I said it was as if the writer was working from a book of cliches, that's why s1 sucked xD

anyway I liked this more than the 1st season and I think by now we should learn, kdramas will never stray away from the 1st ml, and Hye Young is the 1st ml

I also liked the length, the ost and the aesthetics. I didn't mind the ep length when the "dragginess" was to show us pretty scenes.

Leia Mais

I think the lacking part of this was that they over complicated the "relationship" chart... but on the other hand it might've been easier to have one big "evil" company and gather everything in TL rather than having several difference companies which would result in more "bad guys" and also more people to "catch"..

I really hope this shed light on those cases, or any work related crime... it was incredibly heartbreaking for me to see this... and most of the victims were kids or people in their 20s and seeing their parents fight for justice just so their child's death isn't ruled as their own "fault" is too heartbreaking...

now on a drama's point of view, it was wrapped up in a good balance of "solving" the crimes while also leaving a small hint of "everything can't be solved so easily"...
and this was my fault for not focusing when and how it happened, but I appreciate the change in the typical typecastness of the "evil" ones..

my rewatch values are a 1 or 10, but for some reason I'd want to give another shot, though I feel like it'd be too heartbreaking...

Leia Mais