First Love for the Third Time (2022)

Um drama muito bom, porém passageiro.

First Love Again, foi um drama que eu demorei um pouco para começar porquê eu não olhei as informações dele e achava que era super longo, hoje quando peguei para assistir, vi tudo de uma vez só, consegui nem parar para ir no banheiro. É muito viciante, e por ter eps mais curtos você pega muito no embalo. Mas a minha opinião sincera, é de que ele é bom na hora que você assiste, depois você meio que esquece dele. Não passou nem 1h depois que eu terminei e eu já nem lembrava o nome dos personagens. Tentei lembrar aqui o que aconteceu no final do primeiro ep, mas simplesmente não vem na cabeça. Mas eu me lembro de surtar bastante, achar muito fofo, e gostar demais de tudo. Então essa é minha conclusão: na hora que você assiste (e quando termina), ele é incrível, você fica apaixonado, mas depois que o efeito de êxtase passa, você não lembra de mais nada, só que você gostou. Claro que isso aqui é a minha experiência!

Sabe, eu até que gostei da história, mass não acho que a plot foi totalmente explorada, acho que faltaram algumas explicações. Porém, eu entendo que é um drama mais curto, então pensando nisso, acho que eles fizeram um bom trabalho em relação ao desenvolvimento. A atuação eu gostei demais, principalmente das cenas mais emocionais, os atores deram tudo de si. E queria fazer um comentário a parte para o Changha, que fazia o Hayeon, como ele pode ser tão fofo??? Sinceramente, um dos seres humanos mais adoráveis que eu já vi em toda a minha vida, não tem como não sorrir olhando pra ele!! E esse foi seu primeiro drama, ansiosa demais para os próximos!!

É bem gostoso de assistir, e como eu disse, bem rápido e viciante. Então recomendo muito, só não vá com o pensamento de que vai ser um bl que você não vai parar de pensar depois. Pensa nele como algo para passar o tempo, talvez até como um drama para te tirar da ressaca.

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The drama needing to be fleshed out more i.m.o.

For me, I think this miniseries needs to improve a lot in the execution of the plot/drama and the acting skills of the main lead. They have a little bit chemistry but it didn't add much to the flow of the series. The drama is rudimentary, there's not a lot of in-depth things here. I was really interested with the plot because it's easy to follow and not that complicated. I just hope that they add more eps. This is the opposite of Dew the Movie. The girl reincarnated in a man's body just the way I like it when it comes to that supernatural thing. Not really care much about the series, even in the end I was okay. I thought this was not bad but basic. That's about it.

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well

Let's start saying that they had BIG good points, they have a story so well tought out, BUT, in my personal opinion I don't like theses ideas of return from death or born again, like.... Sounds like they open a space to say that BL couples could be straight couples in another lifetime.... Let's move on with theses ideas. The actors are pretty good and they kinda serve, but they don't have a good chemistry, I mean like the villain is WAAAAAY better couple with the uke than the seme. The music is average, the rewatch value is good but... Being honest I didn't like this one.

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If it was longer, maybe it would have worked.

I liked the concept of the story, but with 6 episodes coming in at 28 mins, they really didn't have time to develop anything. The leads relationship rushed to the point we felt no attachment to them or really cared. I didn't really like the actor that played Yeon Seok. He was kind of stiff to me. Plus his outfits were ugly. How cold was it at the time of filming that he would wear that moth bitten shirt, then a long jacket, THEN a suit jacket over the long jacket? The stylist did him dirty. I did enjoyed watching the actor that played David though. He was just adorable and his crying face was too cute and funny. The one that did a good job was the actress that played Sin Bi. She was really good in her role, even though she didn't have that much scenes. Other than that, this was just your basic k-drama where the uber rich heir ends up with someone. If this was at least 12 episodes and ore character development, maybe this would've been better.

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Simple and Fun Show

**Brief Synopsis**
B (Editor): Jeong Ha Yeon
T (Writer): Yeon Seok

Beginning: B is an editor and T is a writer under him. This isn’t their first life together. B is the reincarnation of T’s lover in a past life. T has been searching for him for a long time and has only found him. At first, he is disturbed that his lover has been reincarnated as a man, and acts extremely cold and rude to B because he is confused as to what to feel. B, on the other hand, was instantly attracted to T and even applied for a job as an editor to work with him. Thus, he is saddened by T’s attitude. Just as he thought he had made a mistake and runs away, T realizes he doesn’t want to go through life without him, catches up to him and confesses. B agrees to his confession.

Middle: They spend time together as a couple and is happy for some time. They might not be super intimate but it is obvious from witnessing their interactions that they really care about each other.

End: Before they could have their happy ending, B accidentally saw the picture T keeps of his past lover and realizes that he was only the reincarnation of her, which was why T had confess he loved him. He confronts him and asks him if he really likes him right now or simply likes the girl in the picture and he is a replacement. T, not having had time to think about the details, is unable to answer and B, saddened by his lack of response, breaks up with him and runs away. T tries to find him but to no avail. And when he does find where he is, he runs in to B’s friend who tells him that B has agreed to go to the States with him. Shocked by this news, he leaves before seeing B. For 1 month, he remains in a state of sorrow until he hears the news that B is going to leave that night. Knowing he can no longer wait, he catches up to B before he leaves and begs him to stay. The series ends after he confesses he likes B as a person and not replacement for anyone. They reconcile and happy ever after.

**My Opinion**

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT
- I like the concept of reincarnation and past life. I like this show’s premise and in general, I think they delivered on what they had planned to deliver.
- The actors playing B and T are really good looking and look great together. They also have great chemistry and they do were depicting sadness and confusion. When ever I see B cry, it really breaks my heart. He really cries beautifully.
- The angst is introduced in a novel way. Sure they plot is predictable and from the moment we see the picture, we know what role it will serve, but for once, it’s not angst because of misunderstanding or lack of communication. It’s because both characters did not truly understand what they were feeling.

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE ABOUT IT
- The plot is predictable and without memorable moments. It’s full of cliche BL tropes. If it hadn’t been for the rather novel concept, this should would have been rather boring.
- Some plot points doesn’t make sense. Why did T leave before seeing B after hearing he was leaving for the US? Why doesn’t he make an effort to find him before his departure date? He catches up with B just before he enters the car. Any later he would have missed him.
- The acting might feel a little unnatural in certain scenes but that’s mostly for the ensemble cast. The main leads do a great job at displaying the character’s emotions, which is crucial in a show like this.

**Conclusion**
An okay watch that won’t be revisited.

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A show with extremely high potential suffering from the typical Korean BL conundrum

I was not prepared to like First Love, Again as much as I did. And yes, maybe it's solely because of the fact that I am a SUCKER for reincarnation and especially soulmate AU, but I promise its not just that.
This show just had so much freaking potential that despite the fact that it didn’t really fulfill it, I still love it for having said potential in the first place.
The thing that stuck out to me the most was the acting; a bit of a surprise since most lower-budget shows tend to suffer the most in this exact area. But Gun and Changha did SO well in their roles that it was their acting and chemistry solely that won me over (rather than the story... which started off well enough, certainly, but **definitely** took a hell of a dive in the last episodes).
Apart from that, the show is really aesthetically pleasing in that typical kdrama way, the OST is really solid, and the premise of the show is so unique and lovely.
The only place the show really falls apart on (for me), is the story: which felt rushed and awkward solely because of the awfully (typically) short runtime of the show.
So yes, the show ends up being quite mediocre overall, but there's definitely something inexplicably charming about it.
And it definitely makes for a good, fluffy, lighthearted watch when you don't want to be thinking too much, so do with all this information what you will ♡

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Ahh a Coréia e seus doramas fantásticos sem lógica.

Primeiramente, sempre me preocupo ao ver doramas com temática sobrenatural, ainda por cima quando se trata da Coréia, pois os BL's coreanos geralmente são curtose os eps raramente ultrapassam a casa dos 20 minutos, então construir um plot convincente, cativante e que não termine cheio de buracos é realmente difícil.
Falando especificamente de "First love again", posso dizer que a história é cativante, isso somado à ótima atuação, uma bela fotografia e uma ost encantadora, formaram um conjunto que deu certo e apesar dos furos, a história foi plausível e teve uma final lindo. A parte fantástica é meio ilógica, 300 anos atrás ele alimentou um gato, que era uma espécie de fada, e seu pedido foi poder reencontrar sua amada e viver seu amor, mas partindo desse princípio, como se deu sua vida, infância e juventude? Ele nasceu com a consciência de que era sua terceira vida, e sabendo o motivo desse fato? Também ficou faltando o desfecho de Mikael, que agora cumpriu sua missão e não tem mais obrigação de ajudar Yeon Seok. Quando Ha Yeon viu a foto, de imediato soube o que estava acontecendo? Essa parte ficou meio que sem lógica, principalmente no ep seguinte, quando Yeon Seok relata para Mikael que Ha Yeon não entendia se ele o amava realmente ou amava quem ele foi em vidas passadas, essa parte foi muito sem lógica. Mas pra que lógica com um casal tão lindo e fofo? Até o empata love, amigo de Ha Yeon no final foi super legal e não teve como não gostar da série com uma história tão leve (apesar dos furos), e do carisma dos atores.
Recomendo muito! É curtinha e vc maratona rapidinho.

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This is a great "short BL series...

This is a great "short BL series...First of all I'm older and from the USA. I think the rating for this series is too low. I don't know why the episodes where only 22-25 minutes each. I wish they were longer. I don't know why there were only 6 episodes. I wish there was more. Jeon as Jeong was just adorable in his character. He made me smile and laugh many times. I believe Jin and Yeon was very strong in his portrayal and he was very believable in the 3 lives that were presented. Jin's crying scene by the broken photo was awesome. Kim, Jung and Song were all very strong in their performance and in characters as scripted. I believe the basic story was great and how it all tied into how they meet up in present time was very cool and appropriate. The flow was good. My only wish was that the episodes were longer and I think they could have gotten 8 episodes easy and even stretched it to 10 to 12. This series is very likeable and is even a good rewatch.

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...eh

I went into watching this after seeing the plot summarised on instagram, and I was super excited because, wow, what an amazing concept! Unfortunately it fell short of the mark, and while there were some good elements to the plot, they were often quickly forgotten. The conflict towards the end seemed wholly unnecessary, and while I can understand the character was shocked, it's difficult to understand why the incident would have caused as big a falling out as it did, especially since it came from seemingly out of nowhere. I will give credit where it's due and express that this was a very interesting premise for a show, and the first few episodes did keep me entertained, however that entertainment did not last as the show progressed. In terms of LGBTQ+ Korean Dramas, the concept was refreshing and intriguing, and I love to see more Queer additions to Korea's television scene! And I absolutely LOVED Sin Bi's character, they were so fun and the actress was really quite good, just would have liked to have seen more done with the characters and plot. All in all, not a bad watch, just not necessarily a great one either.

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Love the Music! ♫

I found the show to have an interesting twist, and it was refreshing. I will say that the actors have much more chemistry than the show allowed which was a blunder. I've had the toughest time finding the music unfortunately, Shazam and Google don't recognize any of it. Any tips?

The furthest I've gotten is that I BELIEVE SiHyun Jeong & Manfa are involved as they have a similar song to that "Call My Name" theme called "Call It LOVE [Prod. TrophyCat]."

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