a repetition of s1

the story and the pace were EXACTLY like s1. byul didn't want to do variety shows so she switched places with daeun and the evil bully teammate still bullied her while they added another guy bully and a male saesang ;/

for one thing Shin Jun Seop and Park Bo Yeon can't act. their dialogues are awkward and their expressions are frozen. it didn't help that they gave Park Bo Yeon weird contact lenses and that just made her 0o0 expression worse..

Lee Ki Taek was better but after a certain point his character got creepy, there's a fine line between flirting and being clingy. for one he was smart so he knew she was dating Jung Woo and she friend zoned him several times while also telling him "no I'm not interested in you" but he kept using their work for skinship ;/

and when Yoo Hwa In seemed like the most normal one she turned out to be in a one sided crush with jungwoo too, and sure she didn't act on it or get jealous but at the end she seemed desperate to tell him "I like you but sadly you're taken"


also the things the saesang said was alarming. is it just for conflict or is what kfans really think? becasue they shouldn't normalize that. idols are not puppets or avatars...

jisoo was the best part but again it was just too similar to s1 but with a more solid relationship, atleast the fans and the media left them alone

Leia Mais

when the movie started it seemed out of place, nothing happened until this voice (that was obviously Takahashi Issei) tells the fl follow your neighbor, and suddenly there's a swooosh and the real explanation happens.

Takahashi Issei really did a great job, he was his sweet usual awkward uwu but still he gave off a great confident smart guy vibes (that's until the climax)
Kawaguchi Haruna was a sweet calm type of fl, she heard a weird request but she didn't mind it until the voice disappears and she wonders "what the heck was that". so she talks to her neighbor and he mentions a time loop theory that honestly was so simple I'm still annoyed at those cheap attempts in TKEM.


but after the cute little dates while they hunt for answers, the self conscious side of Hirano Susumu jumps out and he breaks up with her, then to no ones surprise he realizes he's indeed the voice that saved her.
so they basically have this dramatic breakup, the fl lives her normal life while waiting for her d-day and boom the ml comes like, you were right, it was me and I like you. that was soooo underwhelming

then when she asks "why did your past self save me" he goes with "it was love at 1st sight".. so they never showed that 1st time alteration. sure he liked her, but like he probably witnesses her death and he'd be heartbroken, but why did it take him a year? why did he live in her apartment? how did he even know he could talk to her?
in the 2nd attempt he says "it's a miracle" becasue after changing his own fate he runs back to her house. but what did 1st attempt Hirano Susumu do? did the old landlord know something? I wish they elaborated on that instead.

like the breakup was unnecessary, though he did need a push to change himself, becasue he wallowed in self pity too much. so they could've just said, you follow your path and I'll meet you again when I find my dream like normal mature people ;D
the whole movie kinda felt like 2010s kdrama that I was surprised it came out in 2019, but again the time alteration was nice and the acting was better~

Leia Mais

I wish they'd stop making this xD honestly I had a hard time remembering the past seasons. I even had a hard time recognizing CBX, so this messed up with my memory xD


Han Jae In and Kang Yoon's story was horrible, he broke with her because he thought she was having a hard time, how smart ;/ so it was all a waste of time

Ha Neul and Ji Min were sweet but some point one would wonder did they like each other or did they just like liking each other?
haneul started the drama as if he didn't get over his bff, and jimin only wanted her fantasy guy, though it was cute that they started off as friends then slowly supposedly developed their feelings for each other.
it was nice to see Kim Sae Ron in a drama fit for her age, and it was I guess overall nice how they started off with a group of 4 that grew into 10..

Leia Mais

I wish it was a full drama

basically the story was weak, and the writing was worse since they needed 1 extra ep to try and wrap things up but the overallness of it was nice..

it had 4 of my favorite things, independent strong fl, sweet somewhat shy ml, sweet friendships and a rock band, but the delivery sucked..

the fl randomly opens a big cafe without hiring anyone and she can't even cook herself, so that's a recipe of dept and bankruptcy, then her brother scams these 4 aspiring artists so the fl gives them a job and they all randomly fit it.
one is a great cook, one is so hot he draws in customers and the other 2 do the coffees and dishes so their cafe becomes huge...

so like the fl from the start just needed to hire people and the fact that she didn't while the guys also randomly got scammed in that cafe was bad writing.

I wish they made it more casual. fl opens restaurant, fl looks for employees, the guys being starving artists apply as part time and boom the rest of the stuff happened.

also they wasted time on the hot guy's problem that they really didn't try hard to work on the romance between the 2 mains, eventough they were too cute.
plus who wants uncertain fame when they can mix their music and cafe and make it a live band cafe..

Leia Mais

this was such a refreshing little unexpected gem~ it was sweet and healing but also too short and abrupt, I wish it was longer or they made a 2nd season ;(


when the drama started I thought, ah Kuroki Haru and Takahashi Isse as a couple! but as ep 1 went by I wondered if he was a guest role, then if he was a 2nd lead, but the casting list confused me and I thought it was one of those 2ml gets the girl reversals, until each ep went by and slowly their stories opened up step by step.

in some ways everyone lives in their own bubble, or aquarium and in some ways we try to fit with others but every once in a while everyone needs a long vacation to better understand themselves away from the herd

but each vacation needs to end too and we need to step right back into society becasue the world continues to spin. in some ways the demolition of the little building was like forcing nagi to jump back into the world

each character had their own journey. and I think they did what was best, nagi finally saw the world from shinji's pov but still even if she ended her vocational self discovery, she still had alot of new experiences left in the outside world and I personally like to think after a while they could cross paths again as 2 more interdependent people who could swim alone besides each other (especially with Ryoko unexpectedly dating his brother xD)

overall it was sweet but I wished for a better in depth characters, but still I enjoyed it alot and I'll miss it~

Leia Mais

I don't want to change my 1st ratings but I'd give this a 8.5 after the rewatch

the ending was way too rushed and sudden tbh, and Director Kim being her dad made me go "wth" xD
also I didn't remember this had a near sexual assault! though thankfully the made it a reversal point about her past self so it went by ok.
though I also think 2 things made things too complicated, 1- if the son got sick becasue they switched the mom and the fls "genes" and it disappeared once she went back, then wouldn't that mean the incident with the daughter and the fl protecting her didn't happen?
like how much do they remember? how many things didn't happen becasue they reswitched?

the dynamic between the fl and her new "husband" was funny, finally though a ml that was sweet and not pushed over by his wife (real wife) xD he really did love and respect her, and they seemed to have a nice healthy relationship even though they had a shotgun wedding as teens (don't know how old the ml was) maybe wait, he was same aged as yeonwoo cuz he said he went to her class? so 39? and his wife was 34. so they got married when she was around 18 and he was 22?


I think this was Song Seung Heon best work, he should do more sweet mature roles instead of the crazy or immature roles.

Leia Mais

this was cute and short, they used the cliche evil 2nd lead and unfortunate fl, but this was the realistic approch, though she should've told the ml everything but I liked how she handled herself
+ xingback approved female lead, as a teen or an adult I really liked the fl, she was normal and realistic
+ short but enough story
+ friends to lovers

things I didn't like
- the flashbacks, you'd not expect a short 8eped drama to repeat every scene ;D
- the cliche evil 2nd lead and the silly rumors ;/
- the inevitable breakup, though it was probably for the better, they were too young for a life long commitment

Leia Mais

the story was simple and it was set int 2000(?) so the setting and filmography was basic as well, but I CRIED so much! more like ugly sobbed after the halfway mark. stories like this just break my heart, especially when kids cry TT_TT

they had a lot of sweet moments as the two got to know each other, while they let Gong Joo have a separate life in school to build her a solid personality and friendships outside of her time with her sister and grandma that added depth to her as a person.
they had a nice amount of comedic elements and interactions with side characters that I usually find scarce in movies like this.

I did have issues with the ending, but since it was supposedly in 2000 I will ignore them. Kim Soo An was a little gem, she was really really amazing and her crying broke my heart the most.

it was also nice to see Chun Woo Hee, Choi Soo Young and Jung Yoo Jin in one movie, I wish they'd reunite in another project together.

the music was nothing special and I never rewatch stuff~

Leia Mais

this was a well made movie, it had good quality though the editing sometimes were messy. just becasue it's aesthetic doesn't mean it makes sense. the 1st bullying scenes made me confused whether it was a flashback, something that might happen or a glimpse of the future, but the next scene clarifies that it was "the present"..

the plot was basically a chain of convenient events. girl likes boy, boy is nice to another girl, girl feels jealous and starts bulling other girl while guy is actually flirting with a 3rd girl ;/
I feel like if Xiao Mi bullied Yi Yao becasue she saw her get bullied by other people would've made more sense..

also, both Qi Ming and Yi Yao lived in the same exact neighborhood like 2 feets apart so I don't get why his parents were acting high and mighty..
and he was the worst of all, which was basically bad writings fault, he was friends with her but he never noticed she was bullied that severely? and he was in the same class as her. why? becasue he was so "in love" with Sen Xiang that he basically abandoned his childhood friend ;/

Gu Sen Xi was a cutie and the sweet type of ml that needs to be done more often. he was friendly yet awkward, and he was always there for Yi Yao. though they needed more, more depth to everything.

something I liked about these highschool chinese movies is that their actors are actually believable as teenage, I don't know if it's just becasue their fls are tiny and short or the fact that they film in a more zoomed fashion but I hate 20 or 30 year olds that look fit for uni act as highschoolers ;)


that running scene made no sense. (minor spoiler) the girl had coffee spilled on her and next scene she was chased by 3 shadows in an abandon area.. like how did she get there and why? (plus the subs didn't cover the texts so I kinda got lost on that part ;D)

the dubbing was so artificial they lost alot of emotions and they were plain robotic so I deducted that from "music", plus their ost was louder than their conversations.

I never rewatch stuff so it's either 1 or 10

Leia Mais

you know the movie naked gun? well this was that level of crime parody xD tbh, they were a little overboard with their childish comedy but it still made me laugh.

"what kind of pie? spy?" xD
"you always wanted plastic surgery, it's your chance to become pretty now" xD

my favorite part was the fact that they actually used the female lead as more than just a hostage ornament, she was hilarious!
it's also kinda like the reversed vr of accidental spy. honestly, crime dramas are all mostly the same, but this didn't take itself seriously and most of it seemed improv xD
overall it was a fun watch and it's a great movie to watch with kids or during a self quarantine and you just want to shut your mind and laugh a little.
also, I think that was haon's song at the beginning, so the ost was nice ;p

Leia Mais

combining historical and comedy together is actually a really entertaining watch. I wish they went a little more hardcore with the comedy, but it made me laugh a couple of times and smile all throughout the movie.

the appealing part of this was the unusual bromance between the king and obbo, and the fact that the king was actually smart, compassionate and cared for his family and his people.

the story was not overdramatic with the palace politics and instead made it into a "investigation" rather than betrayal and fights.

also I really loved seeing several of my favorite side actors, though I'd have wished they had a bigger part in the story -especially my girl Kyung Soo Jin- I did like the fact that this was just about the king and obbo~

I really liked their use of the pirate like dramatic background music, and the scenery was beautiful~


I never rewatch movies, so this was a fun 1 time thing~

Leia Mais

what better way to combine mystery and music~
a show that gives normal people that can sing a chance, a show that gives tone deafs a chance, and a show that's exciting, full of twits and great vocals~
the acting and story category here would not be considered for a variety show, but those contestants train for almost a year trying to perfect their background stories, and the writers are geniuses who come up with double identities for so many contestants... the only problem is that it needs more diverse guests, though there's nothing wrong with repeating their guest list ;)
this season had the highest ratings, which proves how this just keeps getting better and better... I'll miss this show, I can't wait to see what new twists they'll add to s7 next year~

Leia Mais

domino effect

it was well produced, well acted and high quality content but I felt the plot and the process were lacking and draggy, and I really hated the inconsistent ep lengths xD (also the way they didn't sub the texts, I deducted 0.5 for that!)

throughout watching this I heard things like "omg that was unexpected, everyone should pay attention to every detail or you'll miss everything" and well, it wasn't that unexpected and I also didn't pay that much attention to the side dialogs but I missed nothing ;D


it's like there are a few "twists" that can happen
- 1 or more of the mains were a figment of someone's imagination
- the story was a "what if", what if the teacher killed his in laws, what if the kids sent a letter, what if he didn't open the door, what if the sister died
- maybe "Yan Liang or Zhu Chao Yang" are actually the teacher's past self
- one of the kids will end up as a psychopath and kill someone

and so forth. and that's why I dreaded it, but it was actually a reversal, one of them did kill and it had nothing to do with the mind games of the teacher.
it some ways Zhu Chao Yang probably pushed his sister becasue he saw the teacher do it, and so everything was indeed a domino effect but tbh there were many many times I just screamed "they should tell the cops!"

they should've told the cops right away, their intention was never the money they were just too naive to write a "warning letter" to a killer telling him to live the rest of his life without killing.
pau pau should've told everyone about Zhu Chao Yang, she shouldn't have bullied the kid.
they shouldn't have blackmailed, they should've told the truth when the creepy uncle came about....

it's kinda like death note, at a certain point one wonders if they should root for the 1st main becasue they are usually the "hero" (not root for his murders but like after he lost his memories I always wondered if he's supposed to be "good" again ;D) and the kids were fragile and easily breakable.
before pau pau and Yan Liang, Zhu Chao Yang was an outcast, his dad never paid attention becasue he had another family, his mom worked hard to earn money while also hoping for a life of her own, and Zhu Chao Yang thought he could break away and gain their respect if he studied hard but everyone just hurt him more

so like I get the "thought provocativeness" of it but I do think they had too many filler scenes, yes I don't pay attention when I get bored, but attention is earned not given. if something is done well enough to grab my attention then they get the right to be called a 10 storywise ;D

I never rewatch stuff so ;)

Leia Mais

ever since the drama started I thought this would be better as a movie. sure they had a good plot, what will you do if you get a 2nd chance?
as a mom, as a daughter, as a sister, as a wife and as a friend. what will you do when your position is taken? how will the people react to that?

well, it didn't need 16eps, and they knew it that's why they added the side ghosts. and at the end of the day they served no purpose but to drag the eps.
sure they gave them a little sentimental value, but if they took them out, this could've been done in 4eps max.

I didn't have any problems with seo woo being played by a boy, but woojinie felt a little too mischievous and smart for a quite girl that was "behind" other kids. woojinie was too adorable and playful ;)

I think my favorite part was the unexpected sismance between Yu Ri, Min Jung and Hyun Jun. tbh if that didn't exist, my rating would've been lower.
also, they had a couple of sweet heartbreaking moments between the main dynamics, so that was nice as well

the ost was nice enough, and I never rewatch stuff ;)

Leia Mais