Watched 2024

02/01/24 - 03/01/24

Interesting plot and cute romance. Quite funny in certain moments but ultimately somewhat lacking.

Recommend: ▲▲◭△△

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge

04/01/24

Fine quick watch. Nicely shot, would've been nice as a movie. 

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️ 

Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge

14/06/23 - 07/01/24

Extremely cute feel-good romcom. It's not serious and that's a good thing. Simple but wholesome story, cute main characters, and an overall fun watch!

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️ 

08/01/24

Extremely unique. Loved the dystopian scifi setting and the filmography was honestly spectacular for something so short. Most intriguing is obviously the choose-the-ending aspect of it, which was quite interesting and unlike anything I've seen before. It did tread the line between serious and crackfic which was a little strange but still funny.

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, Miniseries Challenge

08/01/24

Very simple and low budget. Even for a 3 ep drama, it left quite a bit to be desired. Main FL was underwhelming but the romance had promise to be cute.

Recommend: ▲◭△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Miniseries Challenge

09/01/24

Fine for what it was. Romance was lackluster (I blame censorship), main characters were quite fine for a minidrama. The plot was interesting and the setting was nice.

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△

• Used for the Miniseries Challenge

09/01/24 - 12/01/24

Amazing. Though it suffered from a handful of issues, most being the short runtime, it was a refreshing and amazing watch, would highly recommend. The sword fights/fight scenes were fantastic, the setting was unique and the plot was interesting! I really enjoyed the urban fantasy premise, it looked like an anime in the best way.

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲◭ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge

My review

13/01/24

Spontaneous watch but surprisingly cute and wholesome. Pretty good for what it was, wholesome, and left me wanting more! <3 Admittedly it's very short so the story is brief

Recommend: ▲▲◭△△

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, A-Z Challenge

17/01/24 - 20/01/24

A fun, fluffy romcom. It had some unfortunate downsides but overall, I really enjoyed it. Characters were mature and interesting, the romance was cute (and the mains really worked well together as a couple), didn't drag on for too long and I had quite a few laughs. 

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge

25/01/24

Simple and cute. Not much of a story to go around 

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Drama Discovery Challenge

25/01/24

Supposedly choice-adventure story like AORB but it wasn't formatted like that. Had a couple of laughs, and FL was cute and assertive. Plot was utter nonsense, but overall fine. 

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌

31/01/24

Had the possibility of being good, interesting plots and ideas but overall underwhelming. 

Recommend: ▲▲△△△

• Used for the Miniseries Challenge

04/01/24 - 31/01/24

An alright watch, the premise is interesting and the hints of lesbian romance are very endearing. Overall, didn't like it. Far too many plot holes despite it being an alright production, characters were average, music was good, performances were alright, story was meh-- overall, underwhelming but fine. 

Recommend: ▲◭△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Drama Discovery Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

02/02/24 - 03/02/24

A fun, cute, and surprisingly coherent minidrama with refreshing takes on the lead couple and quite an alright plot. Really enjoyed the leads and their dynamic <3 

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

My review

15/01/24 - 03/02/24

Went downhill halfway through. Though an interesting psychological thriller with an interesting overarching theme and main character, one is left with far too many questions unanswered to be overlooked. 

Recommend: ▲▲△△△ | Not worth the time tbh

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Drama Discovery Challenge

06/02/24

Very endearing minidrama about depression, healing, and friendship. Nothing wow, but it's a quick watch (less than 30 min total) with good cinematography and a cute story (and an adorable pupper!) 

Recommend: ▲▲△△△

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge

08/02/24

Very disappointing. Absolute nonsense, a weird message, a convoluted yet confusing plot, no character development, etc. The kind of movie that makes you wonder "Why was this made?" - Terrible subs didn't help 

Recommend: △△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the Color Challenge

08/02/24

A bit lacking in certain areas but overall a simple and cute watch! 

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Movie Challenge

10/02/24

Filler watch, not very deep, not much story to go around, heavy on the product placement but cute and fluffy. 

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌

11/02/24

Surprisingly nice! A story about healing and depression with sci-fi elements. I was expecting very little but ended up positively surprised. It's short, straightforward, cute, and has a good message. 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge

12/02/24

Goodness, what did I like? FL was cute, ig. Yeah, product of its time and all that ish, harassment, bullying, abuse, toxic af ML who gets the girl are all kinda framed as ultimately not that big of a deal... Only watched it for the MDL challenge cuz I refuse to watch any of the longer adaptations lmao 

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Movie Challenge

11/02/24 - 14/02/24

An interesting drama. I really enjoyed the sci-fi setting as well as the production value which was amazing (CGI, cinematography, locations, etc). Unfortunately, all the characters suffered from being very stupid and the plot went downhill with weak villains which made the second half of the drama quite mediocre... Still enjoyed it.

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△ | It was okay

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Mandarin Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

My review

02/09/23 -29/02/24

An absolutely stunning drama with great production and a stellar OST to accompany a compelling plot and unique characters (with a well-written and refreshing FL)! The romance is so mature, character relationships and dynamics are all interesting as is the plot, all tied in wonderfully by a compelling and well-executed villain! Also strong on the feminism and has very good representation of women (as villains, heroes, and anything in between!). So worth the watch! 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲◭ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, Color Challenge, Mandarin Challenge

02/03/24 - 03/03/24

Production-wise, it was very solid. Plot-wise, it was confusing, to say the least... Character-wise, it wasn't all that strong, and moral/message-wise? Absolute garbage. Overall, I'm left unsure of how to feel- Wasn't a fan of the way sensitive subjects were addressed 

Recommend: ▲△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Mandarin Challenge

My review

03/03/24

Very nice cinematography and aesthetic. I was so here for the obscure dark folk fantasy vibes and they so delivered!! Plot was very weak and though the characters were endearing, I believe that was mostly just the actors. Overall, really enjoyed it but it wasn't great 

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△ | It was okay

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Mandarin Challenge

04/03/24

A cute but very mediocre story. The premise is endearing and so are some of the elements but little to nothing makes sense and overall feels very lowkey and low effort. 

Recommend: ▲△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge

05/03/24

Confusing and quite thin plot and a mediocre representation of female characters. I liked the setting and the possibilities for a great story were definitely there but in the end, the plot was too much of a mess to be salvaged. Really liked ML and his cute prince in peril shtik 

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the A-Z Challenge

My review

09/03/24

What a refreshing treat! Mini drama done RIGHT! Despite the short duration and small budget, they really made a one-of-a-kind unique drama with compelling characters, great performances, an unusual world, an interesting plot, and a unique feel. Save for the cliffhanger ending, it's a surprising gem I'd highly recommend!

Recommend: ▲▲△△△ | Interesting if you can handle very low-budget minidramas

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, Color Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

10/03/24

The cinematography was absolutely stellar. The movie is a small masterpiece with some extremely interesting shots and editing. The story didn't resonate with me but yeah 

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△ | Mostly because of the cinematography

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Movie Challenge

10/03/24

Honestly, they just wanted a reason to film an epic sci-fi skateboarding sequence and I can't even blame them. Not only was it beautifully shot, but the skateboarding was epic and the premise was hilarious! 

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

10/03/24

I honestly have nothing bad to say. It was a simple and thoroughly heartwarming treat of a short film <33

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Movie Challenge

13/03/24 - 18/03/24

Overall very solid drama but unfortunately seemed to be more interested in plot twists than character development. Main antagonist's goals and overall character was lackluster and the narrative edged viewers constantly, focusing more attention on red herrings and plot twists than a cohesive and fulfilling narrative. Still really enjoyed it, good OST and actors. 

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️ (Very good whump)

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, r/KDRAMA Challenge

20/03/24 - 25/03/24

Kudos for the attempt? It was an alright romcom, pretty much all the couples were cute, however, the overall writing was unfortunately extremely mediocre. The plot makes little sense, the stakes are low, actors are meh, the characters are 2D cliches that we barely get to know, the plot is overambitious with social commentary and an extreme premise and it delivers on none of it. They mixed two vastly different stories into one which just made a weird combo that's just disappointing and extremely lacking 

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️ I had my reservations but it has quite some good things and it's unique.

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, Thai Watch Challenge

31/03/24

Not too bad. Started out promising but ultimately fell short. The romance felt quite disjointed from the rest of the story and the climax was kinda glossed over and the ending felt inconclusive. Humour was pretty hit or miss too, was really hoping to laugh a lot more than I actually did... Guess it just wasn't really what I was hoping for... 

Recommend: ▲▲◭△△

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge

06/04/24 - 07/04/24

Such a treat! Interesting lead characters, plenty of whump, interesting setting (that I haven't often seen before), a genuinely powerful FL, fun dynamics with lots of role reversal and even an intriguing plot!! Definitely of the better minidramas out there! Admittedly, the story did go downhill near the end and some decisions were made for sure (maybe not good decisions but decisions nevertheless). 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, Drama Discovery Challenge, Movie Challenge, Mandarin Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

15/04/24

Difficult to rate since it's a collection of mini stories. I honestly quite liked it. Production quality was good, acting was for the most part solid as well. Some stories were a bit slow and/or confusing but overall, not bad at all.

Recommend: ▲▲◭△△

• Used for the Color Challenge, Mandarin Challenge

13/04/24 - 16/04/24

For such a highly rated drama, I must say I was disappointed. The best way I can describe it is as pretentious. The story tries  and thinks itself to be clever but it's honestly just badly lacking. The drama somehow manages to be too slow while still making things rushed. Side characters are only plot devices, final bait and switch was cheap to say the least, story progression didn't make a whole lot of sense, the list goes on... Acting was by far the highlight, I am literally in awe with everyone's performance. 

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△

Full Review

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, r/KDRAMA Challenge

16/04/24 - 17/04/24

Watched it without watching the prequel. Overall, it's an alright minidrama. Something about the two lead actors makes them very shippable with their costars so that was very nice. I enjoyed the dynamics they had in both 'arcs' and the story was nothing special but definitely of the more coherent minidramas. 

Recommend: ▲▲◭△△ | Average minidrama 

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge

26/04/24

Lacking in pretty much everything. Plot made little to no sense, jokes were mostly a miss and it definitely doesn't help that the audio quality offered where I watched it (youtube) was atrocious. I didn't hate it but that's about it. 

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge

26/04/24

Lives up to the hype, ngl. Short but impactful. Production quality was very nice, acting was all around solid, story was surprisingly complete. Heartbreaking, yes, but that's to be expected, ig. Leaves you pondering long after it's over

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲◭ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Movie Challenge, Mandarin Challenge, Legendary Tales Challenge

27/04/24

Cuteeee bonus content. I especially liked the first story where FL helps ML go through the haunted house <33 Missed these two so this was a treat.

Recommend: ▲▲△△△ | Only if you watched the OG drama

28/04/24

Cute for the lil add that it was. The dynamic between the two characters was quite cute ngl

Recommend: ▲▲△△△

29/04/24

Another healing microdrama. Simple and cute. Wasn't the biggest fan of the oversimplification of depression in the drama though 

Recommend: ▲▲△△△

30/04/24

Adorably endearing minidrama about healing and plants. The story was simple, well-executed and endearing. An easy watch

Recommend: ▲▲△△△

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, r/KDRAMA Challenge

30/04/24

Watch the trailer and you'll miss nothing. Just boring, uneventful, uninspired, weirdly low budget but at the same time not? Could've been good but was meh

Recommend: ▲△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Mandarin Challenge, Legendary Tales Challenge

06/03/24 - 03/05/24

Ngl... disappointed... Maybe it's 'cause everyone hyped it up so much but the fanon version of the drama was better than the actual drama. Lead couple were adorable, ML was a 10, FL yelled a lot which got old but I liked her otherwise. Other than them and their dynamic (and effortless flirting and chemistry)... I liked the brief story between the princess and the assassin and the overarching feminist message. Everything else overstayed its welcome after the first couple of scenes. An excess of supporting characters that only add overbearing humour and occupy a lot of screen time at the cost of the MCs, so much toilet humour... like so much, an irritating (yet fairly tame compared to other dramas) love triangle, a villain which was lame and insufferable the first time only to be brought back a SECOND time, painfully low stakes, MCs luck out at every turn... etc... etc... I know it's a comedy and maybe I'm overthinking it, but I've watched plenty of historical cdrama romcoms that aren't nearly as irritating as this one. I really wanted to like it, I tried but I couldn't

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△ | Refreshing at least

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge

04/05/24 - 05/05/24

Interesting story, especially the plot twist but unfortunately subpar execution. I'm usually quite tolerant of low budget dramas but this was bad in ways it shouldn't have been. Acting was largely really bad, dialogue was unbearably mediocre or outright initiating (the amount of "huh"s or "what"s that are included with long pauses is shocking). Even at x1.5 speed it was too slow 

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌

• r/KDRAMA Challenge

20/07/23 - 06/05/24

Solid mystery drama. Thoroughly enjoyed it and all its characters. Had some very interesting character dynamics and portrayals! Especially satisfied with a female led narrative about a badass detective woman and also the main antagonist was so unique and well acted!! Would've loved for a bit more development of certain threads and some prominent characters were unfortunately underused but very solid, still. 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations

07/05/24 - 12/05/24

Honestly can't believe this flew so under the radar... It's so much more than just another crime/thriller. It has everything that makes a great drama, interesting and fleshed out characters, good dynamics, strong and intimidating villains, good fight scenes, very good OST, great performances, intriguing plots and ESPECIALLY interesting plot twists-- My complaints are mostly nitpicks (like yeah, it's paced more like a mystery/thriller than a crime/thriller). Highly recommend.  

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲▲ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, r/KDRAMA Challenge

13/05/24

Absolutely phenomenal! Such a heart wrenching story about betrayal and losing oneself because of it that delves deeper into one of the main characters and her past relationship with a supporting character. 

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△ | Only if you watched theOG

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Miniseries Challenge

15/05/24

A simple but cute comedy with an interesting premise, social commentary, quirky characters and actually funny comedy ^-^

Recommend: ▲▲△△△ | It was okay

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Movie Challenge

20/05/24 - 24/05/24

An honest mess of a drama. Time travel concept was messy, timeline was all over the places, far too many main characters that added nothing, extremely over convoluted plot that somehow had an even more confusing ending and the worst offender of all, EXTREMELY boring, NOT thrilling at all. The good thing were the performances and the OST which had some cool tracks

Recommend: △△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the A-Z Challenge, PTW Challenge

24/05/24

Pretty solid movie. Very unique story, well-executed with quite some funny moments. I enjoyed it

Recommend: ▲▲△△△ 

• Used for the PTW Challenge

27/05/24

Just watched it to complete the 100 eps bonus difficult of the MDL challenge. It had some very mediocre role reversal which was about the only passable thing. 

Recommend: △△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, PTW Challenge

30/05/24

Very solid movie! The music choice was actually so hecking good? Interesting premise, execution and message. Very bittersweet and lovely <3

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the Movie Challenge, PTW Challenge, Spring Cleaning Challenge

30/05/24 - 09/06/24

Phenomenal minidrama! Omg, the chemistry? The characters? Both leads were so lovely and refreshing? Green flag ML and a strong yet gentle FL. Interesting supernatural elements, good progression, good production value, cinematography, etc. Overall, fantastic watch! 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲▲ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, Mandarin Challenge, PTW Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

09/06/24

So cute and funny. A refreshing take on a topic not often talked about, much less shown, even LESS so from this role reversal perspective. Genuinely really enjoyed it. 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Movie Challenge, PTW Challenge, Spring Cleaning Challenge

12/05/24 - 10/06/24

What a snooze fest. I couldn't believe a horror mystery/thriller had be dozing off. Only finished it because I was co-watching. Nothing makes sense, things just happen for no reason, characters have no chemistry, interactions or development, plot is inconsistent, shallow and boring. A genuine infuriating watch... I seriously cannot NOT recommend this enough.

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Drama Discovery Challenge, Spring Cleaning Challenge, r/KDRAMA Challenge

22/06/24

A pleasant surprised. I enjoyed the performances, the plot, ideas, etc. The fantasy world especially was so unique, I would've loved a full length drama or even movie just about that. The cinematography and CGI was also phenomenal. The biggest downside was the fact that it basically follows two different narratives which it didn't need to and doesn't end up adding a whole lot. Also how we get very little context as to what is happening and why both in the beginning and in the end. After everything we still don't really know what's going on or why...

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, PTW Challenge

25/06/24

Surprisingly endearing. I enjoyed the approach to the supernatural connection between ML & FL. Wasn't a big fan of the ending and how they kinda just left both mcs hanging with a weird ending and wrap-up but their progression in a long-distance relationship where they constantly affect one another's lives was very cute. Good OST too. 

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge

01/07/24

A heartwarming film about disability with lovely characters and dynamics. The bond between the leads and their families was the highlight. I also enjoyed how quiet the movie was, really emphasizing the deaf representation! 

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Mandarin Challenge, 

01/07/24

It felt like watching a documentary but with more narrative structure (not a lot). Visually breathtaking, stunning cinematography, great acting, good fight scenes & production value, etc, etc. The story however was... every distant. It really felt like reading a textbook. We learn little to nothing about the characters' wants, goals, morals, etc. Things kinda happen without a whole lot of context and then aren't really resolved. Character moments aren't that prominent, a lot of the show takes place in fields with only ML who we still don't learn a whole lot from... yeah, unfortunately not that engaging.

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△ | If you like stunning documentary-style movies

• Used for the PTW Challenge

18/07/24 - 19/07/24

Interesting premise, some interesting plot twists but overall, very mediocre. Not the worst minidrama out there but definitely not a good watch either. Very messy.

Recommend: ▲◭△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, PTW Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

21/07/24

Messy plot with a needless amount of back-and-forth between what's really going on with FL's identity which is just overly convoluted in a minidrama. I still somehow liked the ending despite the lack of clarity about the relationship. The rr was present but not as much as I would've liked. 

Recommend: ▲△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the PTW Challenge, Spring Cleaning Challenge, 

Full Review

26/07/24

Short and teeth-rotting adorable. It's a simple and fluffy watch while still telling an interesting story. The premise is unique enough to get you interested and the drama is cute enough to keep you staying. It helps that it's under 30 minutes so it's a quick watch (and could've easily been longer)

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Miniseries Challenge

30/07/24

Cute concept. Nothing wow overall. It has some cute life lessons and I thought the cat-like behaviour was quite adorable but it's very short so overall okay.

Recommend: △△△△△ | ❌

05/08/24

So good! Bold, interesting, and heartwarming. I honestly wasn't expecting to love it as much as I did. I really liked the perspective and the underlying themes regarding other social issues (inclusivity, rejecting gender roles, rejecting labels, etc). Very daring choice and honestly so lovely executed! 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, PTW Challenge, Spring Cleaning Challenge

06/08/24

Easy, quick watch. Most were alright, some were bad and some were actually quite interesting! 

Recommend: △△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the Back to the Past Challenge

10/08/24

Unlike anything I've seen before! The plot twists were so many and so refreshing! I love the initial set up and the plot twists kept making it more and more interesting! I love the story, the messages and the conclusion. Such a refreshing watch! 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, PTW Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

27/03/24 - 11/08/24

Thoroughly thrilling. The characters and dynamics were a highlight. Loved ML's character development and how everything unfolded. The ending was a bit lackluster though, antagonists won until the last 5 minutes, why bother. FL dying of sudden disease was good plot-twist but I wasn't feeling it. On me, though. Loved the main theme! 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Actors Watch Challenge, Spring Cleaning Challenge, r/KDRAMA Challenge

18/08/24

Loved the fantasy world and the setting, plus the premise was fun. Characters were honestly so hilarious. I especially loved the baby-obsessed noblewoman xD Main couple were cute and their dynamic + the kid was adorable. Overall a cute watch but nothing special. 

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△ | It was okay

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Legendary Tales Challenge, Actors Watch Challenge, PTW Challenge, Spring Cleaning Challenge

25/08/24 - 27/08/24

Overall lacking. The horror, occult, story and conclusion were serviceable, the cinematography and editing were very good. Everything else was mid to bad. Actors overacted, not a fan of the adult/minor dynamic parading as romance and how it was approached, the audio editing was bad, and a lot of the plot didn't make sense. 

Recommend: ▲▲◭△△ | It was okay

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, PTW Challenge, Thai Watch Challenge

26/08/24

Seemed to be heavily focused on praising Win (ML's actor) which got a little old. Especially when Prim (FL's actress) got so little attention by comparison. Same with all other supporting actors and crew. 

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Thai Watch Challenge

26/08/24

Nice! 

Recommend: ▲▲△△△ | Only if you watched the OG

15/08/24 - 30/08/24

Overall very solid. A bit lacking in the horror aspect and terribly lacking in the villain department. Some of the dumbest goofiest villains I've seen in a while. Everything else was most enjoyable. Loved the characters (ML was especially a pleasant surprise), the plot, cinematography, thrill, etc.

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲◭ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, r/KDRAMA Challenge

19/04/24 - 30/08/24

Where to even start? Interesting leads, phenomenal performances across the board, side characters that are interesting and matter, a world that feels vivid and real, good theme song, beautiful shots, quite a thorough level of realism, formidable and badass villains, high stakes, interesting drama, shippable romance, wholesome bromance, strong female characters... was a bit slow and the ending especially wasn't quite as strong as the rest of the rest of the drama but I'm very satisfied with this watch and would recommend!!

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲▲ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Mandarin Challenge, Legendary Tales Challenge, Actors Watch Challenge, Spring Cleaning Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

29/08/24 - 31/08/24

Not as great as season 1 but still very good. Focused a bit too much on the politics rather than the zombies but the ending was so good so it balanced itself out. Villains were still dumb asf 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲◭ | ✔️

• MDL Watch Challenge, r/KDRAMA Challenge

01/09/24

Honestly not even sure why I watched this. Ended up using it for the MDL watch challenge but my god, I don't think I liked anything about this drama save for maybe the outfits?? God, everything was so awful. The plot, 'comedy', acting, delivery, dialogue, themes, messages, progression, romance, hell, even the portrayal of certain stuff seemed sketch at best. Ended up watching it at x2 speed and ffing and it was STILL too long

Recommend: △△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, PTW Challenge

01/09/24

A good side story. It was a bit more boring than I was hoping, especially the beginning (which funny enough was my favourite part) and the subject matter was very dark and disturbing but overall an enjoyable watch. The actress nailed the role

Recommend:▲▲▲△△ | Only if you watched the OG

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Movie Challenge

04/09/24 - 07/09/24

Good production quality, absolutely fantastic performances (especially from ML), good OST, good story, fast pacing, interesting themes, and good fight scenes... Still, it felt a bit lacking. Shallow, a bit try-hard... I still enjoyed it though (very gratifying for those hungry for justice). Quite a solid watch

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

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08/09/24

Short but lovely. Chemistry was good, ML was mesmerizing, the story was good and well executed. Still though, it was a bit 'eh'

Recommend: ▲▲▲△△ | It was okay

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11/09/24 - 15/09/24

Can't believe I stumbled upon this by accident. Criminally underrated supervillain origin story. Everything from the performances to the aesthetics to the OST to the cinematography, hell even the CGI and practical effects were spot on! Genuinely has to be one of my favourite drams this year!  

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲◭ | ✔️

• Used for the 24 Drama Recommendations, MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Drama Discovery Challenge, MDL Exploration Challenge, 

16/09/24 

As phenomenal as the first time!!! God, what a lovely minidrama. I wish the leads would get together again for another drama!! Anything from them every year would be amazing! I noticed a lot more details on my second watch... Like how the first scene and the scene where ML confronts his brother are mirrored. God, that steamy scene still hits so hard- O M G 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲▲ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

16/09/24

Heartwarming and LOVELY!!! Such a good take on RR with the actual height difference, augh. I loved how they approached serious topics through a fairly lighthearted lens and showed the difficulties of gender roles. That dance scene at the end between the two leads where they switched the roles??? 10000/10!!!! Will definitely go back and watch that again

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Spring Cleaning Challenge, r/KDRAMA Challenge

19/09/24

Simple story. Cinematography was quite nice but the overall production felt very dated (even though it is supposed to take place in the 2000s). Story is honestly a glorified music video and it didn't feel particularly rewarding. 

Recommend: △△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge

20/09/24

I kinda just watched it to kill 20-ish minutes and I was quite well entertained. It has the wacky over-the-top antics of the manga which were so cutely translated into the movie. I wish it were longer 

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

• Used for the Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Movie Challenge

23/09/24

Tja, not sure what to even say... It was like 11 minutes so not offensive in its duration but it's a cheating story spun into polyamory? But also not really 'cause it's open-dended... 

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌ 

23/09/24

Extremely lackluster. The whimsical looking setting was quite nice but the story felt extremely draggy and overall dull as hell. No characters were engaging either. The final plot twist was interesting and the aesthetics were unique. 

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌ 

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Miniseries Challenge

12/06/24 - 23/09/24

Started out very strong but after the midway point became exceptionally tedious. Not as much brotherhood as I had hoped (though what was there was endearing), excruciatingly long war strategies, mediocre music, draggy love plots, pointless side characters, lackluster attention to female characters, open-ending (yeah, ik there'll be a 'season' 2 but still), and tonal whiplash (from extremely dark to cringe comedy). The setting however was very cool, quite refreshing for historical fantasy cdramas, SML was awesome, loved his character and his dynamic with his wife (<33). 

Recommend: ▲▲△△△ 

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Spring Cleaning Challenge, r/CDRAMA Challenge

24/09/24

Very interesting. I love the over-the-top dramatic setting, it's unlike anything I've watched before. The fight scenes were very cool and especially the parkour scene was epic! Story was alright, definitely interesting but overall rushed and left inconclusive. A pleasant surprise nevertheless, if one ignores the various sexist/pervy moments which were ENTIRELY unnecessary and a big yikes (I will also say that I thought FL's role in the story was going to be different from what it actually was... She's not nearly as assertive nor badass as she seems in the posters)

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, Back to the Past Challenge, A-Z Challenge, 

26/09/24

Quite an interesting watch! I put some soft jazz music since it was a silent film and watched it slightly faster (not much is lost). The storytelling is simple but charming, the plot twist was actually quite interesting. Ended up being more tasteful than I thought.

Recommend: ▲△△△△ | ❌

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Movie Challenge

26/09/24 - 28/09/24

Really not what I was expecting. The drama had a lot of good things for sure but it doesn't hold a candle to A Familiar Stranger (by the same writer & director duo). I liked the premise, the fact that the leads were an established couple and some of the arcs were tasteful but overall, very underwhelming and disappointing 

Recommend: ▲▲△△△ 

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22/07/24 - 28/09/24

My first TV Show and honestly, I really enjoyed it! It was quite exciting and thrilling and overall entertaining. It helps that it wasn't too long and the production quality was impressive. A lot of it was, tbh. Like those hunters were FAST and when they parachuted? Very nice!

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the Color Challenge, Miniseries Challenge

02/10/24

An endearing short film. It was very short so there isn't all that much to say but I thought the approach to disability was quite interesting. I wish it would've been longer. Even 30 minutes would've told a more conclusive story. Still though, very cute

Recommend: ▲▲◭△△

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Movie Challenge

02/10/24

As far as those micro tiktok dramas go, this one wasn't bad. ML did really good and the plot was fairly coherent. Hell, even the relationship progression was somewhat believable. The worst offender has to be the constant product placement T-T but even that was somehow woven into the plot so it could've been worse. 

Recommend: ▲△△△△ | ❌

04/10/24

Didn't watch the drama so maybe it's super cute as an extra but as a standalone, very mid. 1/3 of the runtime is spent on a montage from the drama and the, another 1/3 is spent on a setup and the leads only interreact for the remaining 1/3 T-T It was also NOT rr which was the only reason I watched it. I'll rewatch it should I ever choose to watch the drama and see what I think of it then.

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌ Only worth checking out if you've watched the drama

06/10/24

Cute, fluffy and endearing. The story is simple, similar to a lot of the other CEO FL dramas with contract relationship but rather well executed and with added welcome death. The leads have very good chemistry and comedic timing. FL is also very charming, love to see it. Hilarious, fluffy and surprisingly refreshing! 

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

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07/10/24

Only enjoyable cuz FL is tall and 'cause of the RR. Unfortunately made on the budget of pocket change and a dream so it's very short and very low budget. Would've been awesome if it had even a minidrama budget T-T They also kinda fumbled the ending and focused more on the company shit than the couple which was a miss ngl

Recommend: ◭△△△△ | ❌ Only worth watching for the RR elements

11/10/24

A rewatch was way overdue and BOY WAS IT GOOD!!! God, the steamy scenes are something else. Sheesh <3

Recommend: ▲▲▲▲△ | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge

11/10/24 

Such a quirky watch. Living for the girlboss x malewife vibe, the leads were adorable! Overall, I enjoyed it, there was a lot to love (premise, shots, characters) but the drama was ultimately unfortunately incomplete. Not only were plot threads left inconclusive but they cheated us from a proper ending T-T 

Recommend: ▲▲▲◭△  | ✔️

• Used for the MDL Watch Challenge, Color Challenge, A-Z Challenge, Miniseries Challenge, SPOOKTOBER Challenge, r/KDRAMA Challenge