Tedious and irritating to watch. Cowardly MLs not cool.

I guess I'm one of the few that find deliberate lack off communication a boring plot device in a "Romance Drama", If a man is to cowardly to court the woman its all on him and it's boring to watch.

The 1st half was really tedious to watch, the cowardly ML kept waiting for the young inexperienced lady to make the first move.
Both men and women are afraid of rejection. The irritating ML didn’t declare their relationship publicly but got angry when other men made moves on FL.

I watch short web dramas for romance, this kind of story is better suited for regular full length drama.

Zero rewatch for me.

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Legitimately The Funniest Drama

This is legitimately the funniest drama I have ever watched, that includes K-Drama & Hollywood, and thank goodness there was no slapstick humor as is invariably the case,

I suspect Zhang Zi Lin improved some of her lines, she carried this drama on her beautiful delicate back. Bravo young lady or should I say Xiǎojiě / 小姐

The story was also very well written and acted.
A great rewatch.

These are some of her funniest lines below.

***SPOILER BELOW***

She told SFL about breaking engagement- “ you picked up a sesame seed and threw away a watermelon”

After sneaking to check ML's morning erection "I probably should be paying to look at this"

She told a SFL- “I chose you because you’re brainless instead my sister who is evil”

She told evil aunt- “A lot of people around your age are dead, why are you still alive? Are you immortal?”

Another good line "As long as I have no morals, no one else can kidnap me with morality"

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Perfection For The Romantic In You.

Where do I start, a truly timeless love story that will stand the test off time.
My one tiny gripe is I wanted more of the first couple, that should have been 2 episodes at least.
The second couple the male actor was a little lacking in visuals.
The director as usual struggled a bit in the 3rd act which is par for the course.
I would have loved to see a wedding or pictures at least.
Maybe a few episodes the couple and son trying to reconstitute their family and the struggles they probably will face.

Overall everything was excellent, The three female actors were perfection in casting, the male lead’s sister was gorgeous.
I loved that the director and script writer kept it simple and linear with no new fangled techniques.

The ingredients/story-idea a 10
The kitchen/script a 10
The restaurant /production-value a 10
The service/waiters/actors a 10+
The chef/director a 10

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Great idea, poor execution

I love the story pitch but disliked the execution. They should have just told the story in a liner fashion with only a few flashbacks for exposition.
The director tried to hard to be artistic, jumping back and forth between the present and the past making it difficult to follow, and he did not use any technique to let we the audience know which was the present and the past. To a directors out there not everyone is a Christopher Nolan.
I was so excited after reading the synopsis, trepidation set in once I saw the title card “one year later” that always signals doom for the clarity in storytelling.
I wish they had focused on situations that displayed his so called quick wit and fighting skills with a dash of romance to enhance the flavor.
The right ingredients where there, the kitchen/production-value was decent, restaurant/actors very good, but the chef/director & sous-chef/script-writer failed the diners.

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ML secretly loved FL since high school and they flash wed story

FL: Shi Tong aka Shi Pingting

This is a version of “ML secretly loved FL since high school and they flash wed story”, Wang Gege , Ma Le Jie & Zhang Shan’s respective versions where better because the MLs all had a warmer approach then Ben Wang.

My issue with Ben Wang aka Wang Haozhen is that at the beginning of each drama he always has a cold depressing demeanor, not fun to watch.
If Shi Tong wasn’t so cute and beautiful, and the production was top notch I would have dropped this like hot smelly sack of potatoes.

The other side characters were good also.

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I wish I never started, promising but goes off the rails.

Just avoid this one in my opinion, because it’s the worst kind of drama that promises better but self sabotages. At least dramas that set no expectations and stink are much more palatable because you don’t feel deceived.

It pretty much goes off the rails after episode 65, quickest way for a writer to ruin a show is to make the leads unlikeable and making them a doormat that protects their enemies in addition it guarantees you lose empathy for them..

Adding in using lazy plot devices like lack of communication and pure stupidity, you guarantee frustrated viewers.

In addition I am yet to find a “Lee Yoo Ri” drama with a nice satisfying ending, the ones I’ve seen all end with a whimper, I suspect she’s an ego trip in real life.

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Watch at your own risk.

Watch at your own risk.
I suspect the screenwriter, director and a few of the lead actors decided to come together and end their careers. The male lead actor for sure must have been in some sort of scandal or the lead actress sucks at selecting projects at least.
And toxic parent of the century goes to 🥁 “Hong Baek Hee” my new favorite bad guy, she even has 5 goons working for her. SML is really clueless and willfully ignorant going to mom for help, he doesn’t deserve FL.
Clueless chairman award goes to 🥁”Choi Jin Bok”, plus I’m fuzzy on what the company actually does..
The true stars of this drama are the secretaries, and the chairman’s cook/house-lady.

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Another lazy script writer, lack of communication as a plot device.

KDrama sucks at “Comedy of Errors”, if you ain’t Shakespeare or haven’t properly studied him just don’t, for Pete’s sake,
So basically, no one communicates with each other.
Fiancé has no idea where the in-laws live? He brags about her shows ultrasound but never shows her picture?
Another fiancé doesn’t call his sister to go home and watch his newborn?
Mother tells her son nothing happened last night the woman is alive?
A so called chairman doesn’t know what’s happening around him? Also your son asks you a simple yes or no question “did you buy my fiancé’s family house” and you don’t answer?
A family is caring towards a stranger and let’s him move in but they don’t have a single family picture with a dead daughter/sister?
I guess zero communication is this writers go to plot device.

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Good different.

I have to say this oddly turned out to be one of favorite Japanese dramas.
Japanese dramas tend to start off nice and normal then they veer off into some highfalutin pretentious concepts, in my opinion going for “trying to be different” pathway, that inevitably turns into jumbled up mess (I’ve dropped more JDramas than I have watched)

This show on the other hand takes that inevitable turn that most JDramas do and some how manages to pull it off.

It’s simple and old fashioned, but modern and edgy at the same time. It’s not something I’ve quite seen before.

In summary I recommend this because it actually manages to do different well.

Menu= Synopsis/Concept ~(10)
Ingredients/Recipes= Script Writer ~(7)
Chef= Director ~(9)
Flavors/Taste= Actors/Performances ~(9)
Restaurant/Decor= Wardrobe/Costume-Design/ Production-Value ~(7)
Waiter/Service= Editing/Pacing/Cinematography ~(7)

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Nice and crisp, girl power without toxicity.

Menu= Synopsis/Concept ~(8)
Ingredients/Recipes= Script Writer ~(10)
Chef= Director ~(10)
Flavors/Taste= Actors/Performances ~(10)
Restaurant/Decor= Wardrobe Production-Value ~(10)
Waiter/Service= Editing/Pacing/Cinematography ~(10)

Starter/1st Act ~(10)
Main Course /2nd Act ~(8)
Dessert/3rd Act ~(9)

Lee Bo Young delivers and shows why Korean actress should just be given all roles in all dramas worldwide, I’m purposely being hyperbolic.

The secondary romance plot was an unexpected and welcome surprise.

The 16 episodes go by pretty quickly.
Nice show but no rewatch.

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One Of The Best Vertical Dramas Made To Date.

This is one of the best vertical dramas made to date.

Rebirth & revenge, no prisoners taken, no excess saliva and protracted bullying scenes, best enemies to lovers.
And it's a rebirth/revenge that actually has decent romance

It had alot of the standard tropes, mall shopping bullying, radom bullying, jealous exgirlfriend and stepsister, severing family-ties, spiking drink, framing, and the inevitable kidnapping, but what made this stand out was how it was all handled, all the bad guys got retribution swiftly and appropriately, even some lost their lives and it had the appropriate amount of blood spilled to satisfy viewers.

No antagonist was allowed to hang around unnecessarily, ML clearly & swiftly rejected all green tea females, and they were not allowed to linger irritatingly.

Even when the ML nanny was bullied the resolution was satisfying.

Yao Yu Chen's smile is he icing on cake and Zhou Hang played the most masculine character I've ever seen.

Great rewatch, I’m adding this drama to my all time favorite list along side dramas like, My Love From The Stars, Five Enough, Moving, The Man From Nowhere, Healer, Etc….

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Hard to rate, a 9.5 if you like Yoona.

I don’t know how to rate this drama, if I remove about 75 episodes, I could give it a 9 or 10.
I had to skip a lot of random episodes to enjoy this.

Yoona did a good job carrying the bulk of this drama considering it was her first go as a lead and she was 18 at the time.

The ML had an weird facial expression( he has the same expression in “Tale of Two Sisters”), it takes you out of the scenes he is playing.

The other ML’s anger issues became tiresome after episode 2.

The writing was amateurish/lazy at times, using the “lack of clear communication” plot device to stretch out the story and create tension, drama and comedy. Introducing characters to fill time.

If you focus on the Yoona episodes it’s an enjoyable watch.

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My 2nd Favorite JDrama

I just rewatched this so I thought I’d write a brief review.

The story is one we’ve all seen before, but the screenwriters take on it with the twist of the female protagonist as the heroine and the male protagonist as the antagonist was well executed.

It’s a feel good story with some light life lessons sprinkled in.
I would classify this a medical procedural with the love story in the foreground.
Most episodes had a medical problem that had to be dealt with, so the negated the need for a big bad to dealt with by the protagonists.

The FL rode in with her on self interest to be fulfilled but wound up helping others.
Her being called a hero started out as a joke but she ended up living up to the name, it’s a reminder for us to characterize ourselves in a positive light and then strive to live up to that characterization.

I would term this show as a ode to the timeless a true power of femininity to lubricate a community and smooth out the rough edges, which makes that community livable.

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