Reviews

Note: Will be posting reviews per episode.

This is a really good BL series! I can't stop re-watching EP1. It is not your typical "I'm only gay for you" BL, rather, the main character is already a gay person. What I also like is that they gave us a preview of the other couples, which can definitely give more depth to the storyline.

Cast and Acting- All are good looking! You'll be able to see how hard they worked from their workshop. No awkward scene at all, unlike other BL's where in EP1 it is like really awkward. We'll see in the next episodes. <3

Music- Their OST is really nice too. Waiting for it to be available in Spotify lol.

Leia Mais

It is WAY too cliche

To be honest, I have watched many dramas and this kind of sucks. This is just my opinion but though the acting was not bad but first there is nothing interesting bout the plot so far and its quite annoying seeing the intense triangle and not going to lie its just ANOTHER one of those annoying dramas that is the same shit nothing special AT ALL . I did not enjoy the drama at all as although there was some scenes that makes u laugh but it just gets more and MORE cliche and boring to the point where u are NOT even going to want to continue the drama at all. So just before u watch it, here are some things to take note of
1. Another typical boss employee drama exceptionally with nothing special just that the FL can be abit funny
2. If u have watched multiple dramas u can probably guess whats going to happen next sometimes
3. If u cannot stand having two cool male leads and are indecisive of which DO NOT WATCH cuz you are going to have a hard time with those love triangles
4. one of the only things that may make u continue watching it is the ML as his visuals are not bad and u prob seen him in many other boss employee dramas
OVERALL, im going to continue watching the drama and see if the other episodes might get better

Leia Mais

Slow

This drama is definitely for comedy purposes. The guy playing Lu BuPing got on my nerve alot because of how whiny he is. Half the time, the second daughter is coaxing him like a kid. His behavior is like a kid. Complaining about every little thing when he is living on their house, has food and roof over his head. It is very slow based drama and by the time i reached ep 6, i was skipping parts. Now sure if i want to continue. The acting is a little too dramatic and do are the music and sound effects.. It is like when someone tried super hard to make this drama funny but it is just boring to see and watch at this point

Leia Mais

Lovin' It !!

Being a Big fan of Kim Soo Hyun, I’m thrilled to witness his return to the screen after a three-year hiatus. His performance up to Episode 2 has been nothing short of spectacular, capturing the essence of his character with finesse. Kim Ji Won, though not someone I follow closely, has also delivered a commendable performance. Her roles in ‘Crash Landing on You’ and ‘Descendants of the Sun’ were my only encounters with her work, but in this drama, she’s truly doing a good job.

The narrative has been engaging thus far, and I’m optimistic that it will maintain its momentum without resorting to unnecessary fillers. I’m eagerly anticipating how the plot will unfold and have high hopes for the drama’s continued success. It’s a story that has captured my heart, and I can’t wait to see where it takes us.

Leia Mais

Dont believe all these fake positive reviews!

I was shocked at all these fake positive reviews, they must have been watching a totally different show or they havent really watched a real good action fantasy wuxia drama before...like Eternal Love (2017) or The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1997)! I could not even watch any further beyond episode 3! I keep it short and sharp how bad this Fights Break Sphere show is and how different these reviewers are proclaiming it to be...

1. Acting - Suck!
2. Dubbing - Suck!
3. Sound Effects - Suck!
4. Special Effects - Suck!
5. Fight Choreography - Suck!
6. Chemistry among actors & actresses - Suck!

I ask all you fake positive reviewers to compare this show with actual great dramas like The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1997) or Eternal Love (2017) and tell me with straight face if this show is as great as you claim it to be and show me the comparisons, because from what i see, the difference are like Heaven & Earth!

Leia Mais

This drama is simply awful.
I should start by the promotional poster. A stethoscope on her head? Is this supposed to be funny or is it telling us she's an air head while he is the one using this instrument in a wrong way. I don't get it.

About the story:
She becomes a nurse because she has a crush on a guy she sees once.
A completely normal decision. /s

She becomes a nurse because he's a doctor (gender roles must remain the same /s)

She's inept and confesses to him the first time she sees him.
Because all women lack skill and can't do anything other than caring for babies and cooking and cleaning at home. The other skills have to be bullied in with intense training./s
He's the best doctor ever (because men are always skilled professionals /s) and a complete asshole who treats everyone (except his patients and small children) like garbage. Treats her even worse and bullies her to give up on nursing which turns out to be one of the many episodes of negging we'll probably see in this drama.
Oh yes, such a lovable guy /s.
A true love story.
A true misogynistic, domestic violence leading "love" story

I thought we had enough of these.
Why are we still making them in 2020?
We don't need to bring every manga to life.

Not even my admiration for Sato Takeru will make me watch this.

Leia Mais

LOVE THIS DRAMA 100%

Ahhh I've been waiting for this drama for quite a long time, almost 2 years... thank God, now I know it. I was quite surprised when I found out that Jujingyi would act with Chenzheyuan. I thought it would be a great work. Extraordinary!! even his chemistry with chenzheyuan made me get carried away with the storyline. Czy also acted well playing an innocent primitive child who doesn't know the outside world.. this film reminds me of how Czy is a Tarzan. Lmao, I was shocked when I saw a flying pig, really cute😂 this drama is quite fun you must give a score of 10!!!

Leia Mais

I just can't...

I'm going to preface by saying that I'm a fan of older woman/younger man stories but right off the bat, I wasn't feeling this drama at all. Here are my initial thoughts and a few reasons why I couldn't watch more than 2 episodes...

1. They're step siblings?! I'm sorry, but I'm just so weirded out by this - even if they are not blood-related and did not grow up together, I still count this as incest. It's especially creepy when the ML picks up a random lipstick in the airport scene and just assumes that it belongs to the FL, and instead of giving it back to her, keeps it in his pocket. So weird and creepy. He didn't even say anything when he found out her name and obviously pieced together the fact that she's his step-sister. Ugh.

2. ML's bad acting. I started this drama because I love Angelababy - I think she's an amazing actress and always acts effortlessly, making all of her roles very natural and HER. Despite this, I couldn't continue watching because of the deer-in-headlights look that is permanently plastered on the ML's face. I get that he's extremely young and a "rookie" actor, but bro, can't he give us more than 3 expressions? Being cute can only get you so far - someone give this kid some acting lessons.

3. Lack of chemistry. Yes, I only watched 2 episodes, but I don't sense any chemistry and I also don't understand HOW the ML started liking the FL. At no point in time did the FL do anything to make the ML fall in love with her besides maybe....drop her lipstick???

I want to close out by saying if you want to watch an older woman/younger man done right, I highly highlyyyy recommend "Rational Life" - it's one of my all-time favorites in the category. A strong female lead who couldn't find love, and a young man who is just starting out in his career but is very mature and smart and finds his way into the FL's heart. Their story gradually develops and takes the audience in for a ride with laughter, so many emotions surrounding the taboo of dating a younger male in China, and many sweet and funny moments. The romantic scenes don't seem forced and the ending is *chef's kiss*.

Sorry for going off on this drama, but seriously, the difference between the two dramas is wayy too tangible. Maybe my expectations were too high because of Angelababy but even she couldn't save the wet napkin that is the ML.

Leia Mais

A few episodes into the drama and already I know that this drama is not for me. The weird Three Stooges type of background music, sound effects, and humor are not my cup of tea. The humor is going to be at the toilet level I am afraid: there’s already stereotypes of male gay characters, and the FL in her disguise, uses browning/blacking of her face and having short curly hair to appear unattractive. These horrible transphobia and overt racism are a big no for me. The truly sad part is that this came out in 2021. I am dropping this drama like a hot radioactive potato.

Leia Mais

Hits the mark with Comedy and Romance but it just feels like there's something missing.

(No Spoilers.)

Behind Your Touch plays on several elements seen in the likes of Strong Woman Do Bong Soon and Crash Course in Romance, wherein a relatively contained level of world-building fuels romance and comedy but also throws in a complicated hint of mystery and crime. However, it executes this plot much better than the other two dramas. So far, it appears to keep you on your toes, never giving too much away, but also creating an environment of bitingly comedic romance and more. I'm a bit worried about the stagnancy of the plot as comedy-mystery-type dramas often miss the mark when it comes to keeping a balance between fast pace and deliberate devices to stall the plot. I'm also... thrown off by the script and waiting for the slapstick character development.

Story:

The plot of this show revolves around a hilarious incident in which our protagonist, Ye-bun, is given the power of being able to see other people's memories by touching their... rear end. I know this is a plot device to create light-hearted, comedic situations but... Yes, a little perverted. Even weirder if the roles were switched around and it was a man gifted such a power. Which does put you off a bit at first as a brief ethical question that leaves room for criticism.

Our protagonist Ye-bun has an interesting set-up as a vet with a dotted past. She's young at heart, despite being in her mid-30s, and immature as well as innovative. Such a rowdy personality is balanced by the male lead Jang-yeol who is sharp, equally comedic given the occasion and is an outsider to the small town, desperate to return to Seoul for unknown reasons. The second male lead, Sun-woo, is presented as that handsome yet quiet outsider that Ye-bun hilariously drools over.

I'm reminded of The Killer's Shopping List in terms of the balance between having such comedic main characters at the forefront of a plot with silent crime lurking in the background. You'll be left howling at the hilarity of some of the situations, secretly loving the townspeople as no detail goes unnoticed with their developed personalities that are present enough to make an impression but not too strong to steal away from the main three characters. At the same time, there is plenty of seriousness to go around.

However... this is what it's been like for the past 5 episodes. I'm still waiting on the character development or at least just something. I don't really know but it just feels like something is missing from this drama to give it that one final push into being good?

Plot-wise, it's those typical procedural dramas with an extra plot brewing in the background. You'll be seeing a lot of new faces, and sometimes you'll have to move on to the next episode being a bit like "Wait, what's gonna happen to X? What happened to Y?" I think that's just because this show goes through characters so quickly.

Additionally, I did not like the side romance LMAO involving Ye-bun's aunt. I thought it was ridiculous and annoying. Sorry not sorry. The problem there was that they made her character so unlikeable in the beginning and a little bit irritating, and that the actual romance between her and the police captain is unnecessary (in my opinion) and felt like they wanted to beef up her character and the level of world-building in the small town. (You can skip these scenes, as I did. They're super short and feel like filler if anything.) They made her a "supporting character" but you honestly didn't need to make her life revolve around romance of all things.

I'm only halfway through the drama but so far I'm finding it fairly good. It's not overly amazing or anything, but it doesn't have to be, it only has to be watchable to be enjoyable in my opinion and I love the consistent humour and brewing love triangle. I will admit I got bored around Episode 6 but only because there was a much greater shift in tone from the "comedy" that felt like I was watching a completely different show. I'll give Episode 7 a try and see if it improves.

Acting:

I think everyone's acting is pretty on par with their characters. Suho, former EXO member, has had a few main lead roles here and there but you can tell he's fairly new in terms of creating an elusive character like Sun Woo, who is always with a smile and a quiet mind. Especially because his previous dramas haven't received that high ratings. His character is a complete contrast to the other male lead, which I think he does greatly with his mannerisms and pale expression. Han Ji Min plays Ye-bun with a smiley face and dramatic fashion. I think there were some scenes where I wasn't too sure about whether she had the "right" expression or not. But that might also be due to the comedy element of this show. She's energetic, whiny and a great character with a distinctness to her that separates her from the likes of other female characters.

As for Lee Min Ki, who plays Jang-yeol, he has an extremely tired face, but a definitive attractiveness and certain "arrogance" to his expression that helps capture Jang-yeol's personality in terms of his dynamic with Ye-bun.

Scriptwise, I understand they were working with what they were given. Imagine opening up the script to see you have to be fondling the rear end of your co-star. I'd be howling. Anyway yeah, sometimes the script felt like it wasn't for the same show. It just seemed to be flat at times but also nothing really... nuanced or hard-hitting. Sometimes you need a script that actually makes the scenes memorable, but because of how quick things go, it just feels like one thing after another.

Music:

I love the music in this drama! In fact, that's what got me hooked after the first episode really. The OST is modern and upbeat, which greatly emulates the youthful themes of the drama but also the correlation of the main leads' dynamic.

Here is the link to the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Wx4aY3oPM6Z3CGH9u5IHL?si=ca6ee3e44c184347

Rewatch Value:

Possibly a 6/10. I imagine that once we have those big grand reveals towards the end of the drama in terms of who is good/bad, who is doing what etc. then the drama feels a bit obsolete if you know what has happened. However, this drama sustains itself because of how strongly developed the personalities are as well as the tons of things going on in each episode.

Usually, the showrunners think that having plenty of plot is what keeps the audience engaged, but they always compound it too quickly and make it hard to differentiate or process the events. Behind Your Touch manages to avoid this problem. As the scenes don't drag on for too long which makes you kinda forget stuff that has already happened.

Overall:

I'm not going to try and sell this drama as more than what it is. But it is really a funny yet interesting watch. I did get a bit... bored by Episode 6. Only because there was a shift in tone due to the plot. I don't think it's the best thing yet because the balance between comedy and thriller is a fine line that can't be dragged out and I'm a bit worried that this show might do that.

Leia Mais

My thoughts, two weeks in

So far My Merry Marriage is much more of a slice-of-life than many of the Kdrama dailies I've watched. It has all the elements other dailies have and that you expect—a central family with a grandma, her middle aged children, and their 20-and-30-year old children; plutocrats who are "just like us"; a mom who abandoned her kid mystery; cohabitation, rich man/poor woman, childhood friends, workplace romance romcom hi-jinks. But it isn't really "about" any single one of those things.

Home for Summer (KBS1, 2019) was "about" adopting a kid. The Second Husband (MBC, 2021) was "about" getting revenge for a murdered grandma and kidnapped baby. The Love in Your Eyes (KBS1, 2022; my favorite daily) was "about" Youngyi falling for the man who got her late husband's eyes through organ donation. Suji and Uri (KBS1, 2024) was "about" kids separated from their moms due to makjang shenanigans, finding their moms, and healing.

But two weeks in, My Merry Marriage doesn't really have a central driving premise so much as it has a group of characters who are all going about doing their best and mostly failing to live their lives. The individual stories they're in are recognizable as what makes up a lot of daily dramas, but so far, they're not driving narrative arcs—Gonghee's an intern contract worker who wants to be hired as permanent employee and become a clothing designer, but the show isn't focused on urban workplace dynamics like Sunny Again Tomorrow (KBS1, 2018) mostly was; Dansoo is a chaebol with a tragic past and sunny, playful, insouciant/cheeky personality whose doting grandma decides he needs to actually earn a living and become an adult, but the drama isn't like Mother of Mine (KBS2, 2019 weekender) where that was a major romantic conflict; the mom, Myungja, has a husband who quit being a cop and hasn't helped financially since and mother who still lives in the country being a farmer, but most of her scenes are devoted to her lifelong competitiveness with her frenemy, Joori.

The bones of a typical daily are there, but My Merry Marriage is interested in all the petty little things that make up our daily lives—rent increases, a mean boss, loneliness, trying to get your siblings to care about an ageing parent, life after divorce, a failing practice; and all the ways we meet that pettiness—crying in despair because no one in your family seems to understand how much you all need money to get to the next day, having a crush on the boss who's nice to you, taking a poetry class, teasing your lifelong crush and being a total brat even though you're traumatized, sad, and scared.

For example, in today's episode (episode 9) after having a fainting spell from seeing blood (which reminded him of the night his father died), Dansoo sits out on the balcony and plays a guitar and sings a song. Gonghee comes out to listen to him and we get a montage of Gyungtae laying back pensively alone in bed, "Audrey" (no doubt Dansoo's mom with amnesia who he thinks abandoned him) alone in her shop, and then back to him signing about a breakup while Gonghee listens to him quietly. That's not a scene from a typical daily! It's too quiet and without an immediate narrative payoff for most dailies. And I love it.

Here are some other things I'm enjoying about the show:

—The frenemy rivalry between Myungja and Joori. Imagine having a frenemy since your high school days and you're now in your fifties with two grown kids! That's a relationship that's been nurtured, lol.

—Dansoo is surprisingly layered for a bratty chaebol, and I confess I thought Park Sang Nam would be a bad actor but he's...good??? He's believable and commits to Dansoo 100%. As for Dansoo as a character, I delight in his floppy haired immature antics, but it's all underscored by how genuinely sweet he is and can be—how he helped Kyungsol when they were abroad and living on the streets, how he helps Gonghee by telling her mom he's a contract employee like her when really he's a full time employee (and also the owner's grandson 🙄), how he pays a year's worth of rent when he hears the Maengs are struggling financially, and how he visits his dad's grave and asks him for courage and help 'cause he's scared.

—I don't know if I enjoy the second leads, but I'm...intrigued by how b*tchy Kang Ji Na is. She is in love with Mingi, but she was so *mean* when she turns down his marriage proposal. I want to know the story there.

—Dansoo's grandma and her secretary. I've always had a soft place for Yang Hee Kyung ever since Dalja's Spring, and she's hilarious here as the chaebol grandma who constantly needs her secretary to remind her to stop coddling her full grown man grandson.

I think the show set out to be a lighthearted healing romcom type drama, and it's pulling it off.

Leia Mais

Pretty hot, despite the rain

This may be one of the best BL's of 2023. I enjoyed it from the first second to the last and never did it get boring or uninteresting.

Despite the original fantasy-themed plot, the actual bl-story is quite predictable. That's not a big deal though, since I like to see BL-tropes (well, most of them anyway) and these come with predictability. The rain triggering soulmates ability to communicate while being deaf to everything else is a great find to build on. The MC starts off a bit awkward, but once they start kissing, the chemistry is undeniable for everyone. The way Saengtai looks at Patts during NC scenes is absolute fire. These kisses are hot hot hot.

The synchronicities between Tai's parents relationship and his own are pure realness. So are a lot of other scenes. The slow change in Somfon from his first love and savior to his real heart and feelings is wonderful to see.

I did not care for the sudden outburst of aggressivity in Patts, and it irrtates me that this was not addressed at all. Besides the fact that it came from nowhere and was blind rage, it did not fit the character of Patts so far. He had said he had a temper, but there was never any other outbursts before that. And nobody tells him off for it either. For me this would be an absolute turn-off on a guy, but that's me.

Some of the dialogue is a bit stiff or not toned right. But these are very minor flaws compared to the overall mesmerizing experience of this BL.

I loved the atmosphere, the pace, the theme, the completeness, the family, the NC scenes, the handling of tropes. In some parts it reminded me of TOATS or ITSAY (It not as good as these tho!!). I will put this one high on my re-watchable list.

Leia Mais