This is a drama for the illusioned like me that pretend to enjoy crazy action but truly love romance. If you watched "The K2" you gonna like this much more. The plot is very catching and the chemistry between Chang Wook and Park Min Young is undeniable.

I really enjoy the way how things happened in the story and how the characters are solid and strong. My major disappointment here was the character Kim Moon Shik (Park Sang Won). I thought they could develop better his plot and close with more emotion. Sadly his ending was kinda tasteless considering how much he interfered in so many lives. But, put this behind, I liked the possibilities that the ending can give to us, what was different in "The K2" with your rush ending (I'm comparing a lot because I thought the male lead pretty similar in both dramas). But I expected that they could resolve the things with more details. I think this plot was so freaking insane and the end kind let an empty feeling, don't enough to call as a "gap" but that taste of "I could see more".

It was a great time of entertainment and I'm happy that I finally end this drama that so many people talk about. I'm happier because we have more that one song here! This is amazing! LOL. If you are looking for something cute and funny but also exciting and interesting, this will be a good choice for you.

P.S.: I already say that I love Ji Chang Wook? Aigooo, this cuteness!

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I think that was the crazier plot that I saw in dramas until now. This isn't a bad thing, at least not for me, but I think that some people could think that it's too much. I thought that it was the most unreal drama about mental health that I watched too, but if you read my posts you gonna see that I always soften this kind of story. It's romance and this kind of topics are always hard to approach in dramas, but I have to say that the way how they develop the relationship between a psychiatrist and a patient without even put a little more of doubt or regret in Oh Ri Jin's mind make me a little uncomfortable. But let's skip my annoying considerations now, haha.

I think that what more impressed me was the performance of the actors. I have to make a big mention here to Ji Sung (Cha Do Hyun)! Interpretate a character with multiply personalities isn't an easy job and this man just crush it! Even his way to look change with the personalities and this was absurd, he was amazing doing this! For me, he was the star of this drama. About Hwang Jung Eum (Oh Ri Jin) I maintain what I said before in the "FIRST IMPRESSIONS": I thought her expressions and attitude a little (to not say a lot) exaggerated. Sometimes I got scared with her expressions, for real. But In the moments when she needs to show tension, I just loved her performance. About Park Seo Joon (Oh Ri On), another great surprise here! The way how he changes between the no sense brother to the mysterious one was very good and real for me.

Continue about the plot, I thought that in the middle of the process the story was losing the high. I had to force myself in episodes 8 until 13 for keeping watch, and when we get in the final episodes everything happens in once. I think that the script could be made more careful to keep the audience's attention during all the drama. This really was a crazy plot, but I thought very differently and fun. Besides the script error, I think that worth my time. The ending was simply beautiful. I cried like a baby seeing all the "goodbyes" (no more spoilers) and seeing how Cha Do Hyun and Oh Ri Jin healed themself together. The message behind this drama is touching and made me reflect on many things.

I finish with a sentence from the last episode:

"Your fears are the size of your imagination. Don't waste time imagining what already happened, reserve the imagination to your future."

Don't kill, heal.

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I'm all Kim Seon Ho these days <3 You guys know that I'm always staring at some actor that made my heart pounds, and it's time for Seon Ho shines, haha. I'm in love with his story as an actor and with his personality. Watching 2D1N I can see a lot of him and I'm really cheering for his career. Fighting, Seon Ho oppa! <3

But let's talk about this special drama. It's a special with four episodes with thirty minutes each, and I found this after seeing a mention on 2D1N. The kissing scene between Kim Seon Ho and Lee Yoo Young has more than 12 million viewers on Youtube and is pretty popular in Korea. It isn't my favorite kiss scene in Dramaland, but it's pretty bold considering the most scene that we can watch.

The story of the drama spin around the life of Kim Rae Wan (Kim Seon Ho) and Lee Yoo Young (Han Eun Song), that meet each other eight years ago and turn into best friends. The situation changes after they get drunk and sleep together. The episodes show how they will fix this situation and discover their feelings.

I thought the chemistry between Seon Ho and Yoo Young pretty amazing! I really believed in their friendship and the way how their feelings were exposed was very natural and beautiful for me. Particularly, I love stories with friends that become lovers. I think that is a simple way to show a real love story. The performance of them as main roles was nothing different or amazing, but it was pretty good and cute considering the script.

The story wasn't unexpected, but I really enjoy the process and the fact of the episodes be short. The ending wasn't that good for me, and because of that, I will put this as a GOOD ONE, walking to a PRETTY GOOD ONE (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★/2). If you wanna something short, fun, and cute, go for it! If you wanna see Kim Seon Ho's previous work and smile with the Prince Dimples, just watch it!

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A very good surprise!

I love stories based on mangas and also the surrealism that can be put into the adaptation. With "Strong woman Do Bong Soo" I could see a little of this, but in "W" it's just amazing. The editions, the way how they decided to show the two worlds and mix them, I thought this was very fun! The thriller was in the right place, I take less than three days to watch the whole drama because I was seriously involved.

I don't think Lee Jong-suk is the best actor, but this is the role that I most appreciated of him and I really like the character Kang Cheol. Sometimes I really believed that he was a manga character! Oh Yeon-joo (Han Hyo-joo) is a very good female lead for me too. She has all the stereotype of a "Cryer girl" in the beginning, but in the process, she's gain much strongness and courage, and I love seeing how the drama doesn't focus just on the romance but also in all the story.

I was really surprised by this drama and this is so good!

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Slow and heavy.

About this drama, I have to say that I expected more emotion in the process. It was a very slow plot. Until I was immersed in the story takes a long time, half of the episodes actually. And still, not a good trip for me. Things began to happen in fact after episode 20 and had moments where I wished to enter the scene and make something. I just finished in a short time because my account on Viki expired today and the show will be blocked.

Besides that, I had a very bad feeling watching this drama. I'm used to watching heavy dramas, but this one made me feel really disturbed. I don't know exactly what in the plot did this, but I watched with the sensation that my energy was dried. Does anyone feel the same?!

About the actors, I really appreciate Moon Ga-young (Choi Soo-ji), for me she was the best doing her character. I was expecting more about Woo Do-hwan (Kwon Shi-hyun), but in the last episodes he can show more of his abilities.

This isn't a drama that I strongly recommend but isn't the worst either. It's just something that I gonna pass by and it is that. Oh, and attention! This is a drama with some triggers, so be warned!

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Drama and comedy just right!

I confesse that I started to watch this drama without big expectatives about the plot. It was seems just like a regular drama with some funny jokes and cute moments. But I was tottaly wrong! The question in the drama's title can hold you for all the sixteen episodes and still makes you chocked.

When we see Lee Young Joon interpreting a rich and powerful man, we can think theres nothing different about his character, but in the pass of each episode, a new side from this misterious man it is revealed. I really enjoy the fact that a so traumatized man can turn into a powerfull man, even with a hard personality, and how the love (it is always the love hahaha) makes with him could face his past with other eyes.

We have some really funny moments in this drama that makes you laugh, and also very emotional moments that can make you cry. Nothing exceptional, but good enough for the proposal. The hint of fantasy in exaggerated editions makes us smile without forcing anything.

If you are looking for a drama that will make you have fun and enjoy a interesting story about traumas, love, forgiviness and family, you won't regret to watch this one.

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I have no words to season one of "Hospital Playlist." I felt like the best of "Grey's Anatomy" was mixed up with the best of k-drama and music, and then we had the cutest show ever. So I was pretty excited with season two, and just devoured it in a few days, but let talk about some points here that made me realize that season two wasn't so good compared to the first one.

I can't talk too much because of the spoilers, so I'll try to sum up this as much I can. The first season was full of possibilities and everything was new, so we came to episode 12 expecting many things that were solved there. Some plots were left open, but I think the development in the first half of season two wasn't so well done.

Some stories really made me frustrated, and I'll just mention the characters and tools. The time gap is a common tool in dramas, and although I'm not a big fan of it, I understand the need. But in season two I thought the time gap was a little confusing. There's no clear warning of the gap (only when Uju talks about the new semester) but we have almost two years passing in this season. I just realize this when Song Hwa (Jeon Mi Do) sings and they say "wow, I can't believe this time already passed." I understand that is obvious that time pass, but the way how was retracted made the progress of some characters imperceptible.

The first one affected by this was Yang Suk Hyung (Kim Dae Myung). I love the way how his personality was introverted and they started to develop it, but the way how we saw it, was like he just changed by nothing. Again, I know real life is like this, we change day-by-day, little steps, but if you are doing something to the audience, we need to see interactions that justify the change. Kim Jun Wan (Jung Kyung Ho) and his relationship was another low point to me. After seeing the relation of the two of them in the first season, I really didn't swallow the way how they (mostly her) did things here.

But Song Hwa and Ik Jun (Jo Jung Suk) was my highlight. I love the way how everything works for them and loved the conclusion. Yes, I'm saying conclusion because I really expected that they don't create a third season. I love Hospital Playlist, but when we have an amazing season, the expectation for the next one is always higher, and this is why many show end up losing the audience. The first season was so amazing that my expectations were equally amazing. I love season two, but not even close to the first one. My feeling is like they could make an amazing drama with 16 or 20 episodes and end everything on season one.

Because of that, I'll put this as an amazing drama (★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ) and of course, I'll recommend it to everyone.

P.s.: The OST is a show that we can also recommend separately. I like the OST from season two better :D

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My glycemic levels are on the roof now. What a sweet (SO SWEET) drama! I already shared some thoughts about my first impressions, so go for it before reading this: https://mydramalist.com/profile/8270201/feeds/Rz3VkcP This is a spoiler-free review!

As I said before, I like romance a lot, but it's not all the time that I'm in the mood to watch this kind of extreme romance. I think that I was needing detox my mind after so many heavy dramas, so it wasn't a terrible experience. This drama isn't for the kind of people who wants a deep story with realistic problems at all. I turn off my thriller mind and totally embraced the silly stuff here, so if you want to start it, have this in mind.

The main couple it's pretty cute. We have all possible cliches here: meeting in childhood, male lead total devotion, a common female lead that attracts all kinds of powerful men, wealth... It's totally a cliche party. The scenes are exaggerated (really exaggerated), and I laughed a lot in many moments because it was so unbelievable, but as I said, I embraced that and was letting my romantic side bloom. About the performances... Guys, I don't think that the actors were worried about win an award for this. It's a short drama, with an audience that wouldn't seek a masterpiece, but just something cute to spend their time, so it fulfilled its role.

Although I loved the main couple, I have to say that the second couple was the gold for me. I wasn't liking the attitude of Zhou Cheng Cheng (Huang Yi Lin) in the beginning, but after some time I felt that they start to change the fool behavior into something solid about her personality. The same about Wen Rang (Lion Li). His personality was being developed in the process, and these changes made the interaction of these two very interesting. When I realized the predictable formula of the main couple, Cheng Cheng and Rang Rang were my focus.

I give the position of "good one" (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ) for this drama. It's not a masterpiece, but it's very cute, the scene editions are pretty beautiful, and it's a good drama to make you forget about the bitterness of life and came back to your teenage believing in all kinds of love cliches, LOL.

P.S.: The kisses are a sideshow. The cute couple is not so naive...

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A sad but value lesson

I don't know yet how to describe my feelings about this drama, but I'll start by saying that this was the saddest drama that I watched until now. I already know about the ending (no spoilers here), but I'm talking about the entire process and plot.

Starting with the performance of Seo In Guk, this is my second place in my top five of his dramas. His performance as Kim Moo Young/Kang Seon Ho is totally heartbreaking and I felt like crying every time that I saw him on the screen. The character was incredibly deep and make us think about how life can be tough to some people and how trauma could change everything in your life for good if you don't find out some kind of fortune in your path. With Yoo Jin Kang, the story goes the other way. I caught myself thinking many times who was the pitful one, and in which position I should prefer being if was me, but I really couldn't decide. Yoo Jin Kang had scars as Moo Young did (literally), and she was repressed by the wall that she built around her emotions as the same as him. Jung So Min is amazing, and I already say here that I love her. I really hope that she can shine in dramaland beautifully. The ahjussi Yoo Jin Gook was the most difficult part to process in this show. I begin loving him, and then I started to hate him, but at the end of it all, I finally comprehend him. He is the third traumatized in the main plot, and he let his trauma overcome the sense, confounding his fear with his love for Jin Kang. Park Sung Woong did an incredible job being cute and terrifying at the same time.

This is definitely not a drama that will make you happy and light, but will push you through a deep analysis of life and about stereotypes. The saddest thing to me was to think that this is real life in most part of cases. People who are hunted by its ghosts and aren't able to deal with it without struggling like crazy. It's a big lesson and a big warning.

This is a drama with many triggers, so certify to watch if you are feeling good with yourself and in a good moment. For me, definitely a chosen one (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★) and definitely a drama that will be printed in my mind for a long time.

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A funny cliche to make you laugh!

Finally I finished this cutie and I'm pretty happy to see a cliche that isn't cheesy or boring. "High School King Of Savvy" is a refreshing comedy to the silly ones like me.

Starting from the characters, I will say that Min Suk is the second best character of Seo In Guk for me until now. The way how he put all the stereotypes of an eighteen years old boy in such believable form makes me think that he really had eighteen and was just being himself. Min Suk was intense, adorable, funny... I'm almost thirty as Jung Soo Yeong, and I think I would easily fall in love with a young guy like him (mostly if he had the face of Seo In Guk). The personality of Jung Soo Young matched totally with Min Suk, and I'm so happy that they didn't make a transformation in her appearance! Min Suk falls for her because of her weirdness and she stayed like this until the end. Soo Young was one of my favorite female leads. She was tough, even when she seems so fragile and silly. I loved her personality and the way how she perseverates in what she wanted. The last episode was the most incredible to see these things. Seo In Guk and Lee Ha Na were amazing and their chemistry captivated me little by little, even this kind of plot involving underage disturbing me a little bit.

The support roles were also pretty fun. Lee Soo Hyuk and Lee Yeol Eum didn't have much time on the screen, but they had their charms. I liked Lee Yeol Eum's role, she was definitely the cute stalker, and I would like to see more of her interfering in the couple. I had the sensation of a too-easy resolution. An honorable mention to my harabeoji, the greatest grandpa ever! Another honorable mention to my favorite bromance ever, Seo In Guk and Lee Soo Hyuk <3

As I said, this drama is a big cliche of switching places but is a pretty fun and cute one. The perfect type of drama to clean your palate and laugh a lot. Inside its proposal, I'll put this in the position of a good one, almost an amazing one! (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★/2) The cliches and some holes in the script (like the fact of Min Suk sees Soo Young and Yoo Ah in the neighborhood and after that forget that she was her sister) made me decrease some points, but it's still a good drama to enjoy.

See you soon!
XOXO, Mari.

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Finally, I watched one "Reply" and all I have to say is: how I lived so long without seeing this? I didn't write my first impressions because I watch everything in two days, so I didn't have time. But let's start with a brief resume.

"Reply 1997" tells the story of a group of friends that grow up together and how their relationships develop through the years. The main plot involves Yoon Yoon Jae (Seo in Guk), an orphan that was embraced by the family of Sung Shi Won (Jung Eun Ji), and a third person that I won't mention because is part of the process find out this. I choose "Reply 1997" because of Seo In Guk and because I already knew who was the couple. I hate love triangles and hate fall in love with the wrong couple, so this made me enjoy the process without any tension. Maybe this could be a big factor to put this drama on my favorite list now.

The edition of the drama with the flashbacks and flashforwards was very captivating and make you travel in time. I was born in the '90s, so this also has a nostalgic side to me. The fact of you don't know what is going on and the surprises in every episode make you attached to the story and yearning for the end. As I said, I already know the spoiler of the main couple and yet for me was an incredible journey. If you don't mind with the possibility of frustration, I suggest that you watch without spoilers, but if you already know something and thought that it wouldn't be fun to watch like this, give it a chance.

I'm now preparing to watch the 1988 version (and yes, I already know who is the main couple) because I really enjoy the way how they put everything together. This is a drama with almost ten years, but it's amazing how only the edition can say that. The themes and relations are pretty different and developed in an incredible way, without the shadow that you usually see in this kind of old drama.

If you are looking for something fun and well-done, go for it! This is a chosen one for me (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ) after a long time! Yay!

See you soon!
Mari.

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A CLICHE, BUT NOT ANY CLICHE

Finally, I finished it! As I said in my first impression about this drama, we have here a lot of cliches. But this doesn't make the experience of watching it less enjoyable. We had themes pretty heavy, like murders, stalking, mental disturbs... But we also have relevant themes, as the pressure lived by the celebrities in social media and how this can affect their lives. These themes are embellished by some moments of fun and by the soft personality of some characters. Besides the relaxation, I would put this drama in the hall "adult drama", because we don't see just superficial matters being the focus, but truly and deep issues that can bring a good reflection to the audience. Even I could reflect on the influence of the comments in social media that many times we think that don't affect the artists, but that ends up creating an absurd pressure many times.

| ABOUT THE CHARACTERS |

LEE JUNG HOON, THE DREAM MALE LEAD

I confess that the character of Lee Jung Hoon was my favorite in this drama. I like the male lead as an introverted guy, but to me, Jung Hoon was tailor-made. His disease makes he has a cold behavior and in the first episodes this is highlighted, but for me, the gold was his interaction with Ha Jin, at the pace of her seduction to him. The man has fire in his eyes, you guys! He is super determined and mature, which made me feel safe knowing that I wouldn't see (almost) any childishness in their relationship. I loved so much the way how he thinks about all the questions that were inside his mind and understood that he needed to make a choice about his life. The character captivated me! It was my first drama with Kim Dong Wook, and although he isn't the stereotype of the male lead that I'm used to, I liked so much his performance! I really looked at him and could see a man tormented by his memories.

YEO HA JIN, THE CRAZY GIRL THAT WE LOVE

Ha Jin's personality was pretty refreshing for me too. It is common to see female leads full of joy and fun, but Ha Jin has something more in her ambition and impudence. Her first scenes trying to attract Jung Hoon was a mix of shame and pride to me and made me so excited. It isn't common to see women making the first move in romance, mainly in Asian dramas, in such an open and persistent way. In the final episodes, I end up getting disappointed with some points, but in the general, she was a character that I really enjoyed. Moon Ga Young is amazing and I'm anxious to see her in another drama (cheering to the confirmation of "Link" with her and Kim Seon Hon happen soon).

MOON SEUNG HO, THE CRAZY MAN THAT WE LOVE TO HATE

This is the kind of character that pissed you off. I don't use like the "psychopaths" that we see in the most of dramas because of the exaggeration and no sense, but with Moon Seung Ho I don't have any complaints. He isn't a psychopath, by his profile, we could fit him in the paranoid spectrum, with erotomania: a person that has a delusion conviction that another person (mostly someone who is untouchable) is in love with her/him. Buring the drama I hated Seung Ho with all my strengths, and I think this shows us how good is this character. We can see the consistency in his delusion until the end, and the way how he shows up to Jung Hoon and Ha Jin even after all those years, keeping his delusion, is so convincing! I understood very well his plot and I thought his circle closed in the right way. Joo Seok Tae did a great job here, as the most part of the support roles that he makes (I liked him so much in "Tale of the Nine-Tailed" as Mr. Choi).

HA KYUNG <3 IL KWON

I need to do an honorable mention to this couple that almost stole the scene here! Guys, how I laugh with these two! Ha Kyung is love, always defending Ha Jin and taking care of her, many times putting herself behind and following her sister's wishes because she knows that one day Ha Jin would need her badly. So, when Il Kwon showed up and start to interact with her, I got so excited! Il Kwon is the classic support role that makes you fall in love. Super cute and helpful. Their chemistry is amazing and made us cheering all the time for their happiness.

| LOW POINTS |

How I mentioned above, a thing that we don't miss here is a cliche. Even getting surprised in some moments and with a heavy story, I still feel the taste of "I know what will happen" in others, mainly in the end. I don't care about cliches, even because I wouldn't watch Asian dramas if I do, but for some people, maybe this could be too much. Something that for me wasn't pretty done was the plot of Ha Jin's stalker. We get curious about all the thriller that the drama makes putting three potential suspects and reviling just in the last minute who was the true one, but... I don't know. After we finally find out, I just got kinda "hum, okay". I think this could be better done, but I understand that they also wanted to save some time to develop the story of Seung Ho. Anyway, these were the points that made me bothered. If you want to read some spoilers about the end, open the comment below!

| FINAL CONSIDERATIONS |

Although all cliches and low points, I really enjoy the experience of watching this drama. It was a new story, very different from what I'm used to watching, and also made me very exciting to finish soon and find out everything that would happen. I believe that if you watch this with low expectations like me, and focus on the high points, you can have a lot of fun!

For me, this is a "PRETTY GOOD ONE"! (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★) You can watch this one on Viki (Viki Pass Plus) or in Kocowa (free), both of them only with English subtitles.

See you soon!
XOXO, Mari.

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As you guys already know, I'm on a Kim Seon Ho's vibe these days, and one of the dramas that I wanted to watch the most was "Catch the ghost". One thing that catches my attention was the fact of this drama don't be in any stream and don't be mentioned in the Dramaland as others. I heard that Netflix will add it soon, but we don't have any date confirmed until now. Considering my first impressions, I thought that maybe some gossip made the drama flopped, but I didn't found anything. I'll start with the fact of this drama doesn't fit any specific gender. If you look toward the posters, you will see that each one has a different perspective and theme. Comedy, action, thriller, romance... We can see everything here, but the comedy keeps stilling the scene. This is a drama for everyone who enjoys a good laughing but also an instigating plot. "Catch the ghost" tells the story of Go Ji Suk (Kim Seon Ho), the chief of the Subway Police, a calm officer that just do what his job tells him to do, and Yoo Ryung (Moon Geun Young), a patrol that dreams with getting a place in the same department. Both of them know each other in the subway, after a mistake made by Ryung, and when the officer applies herself to be Ji Suk's partner in the Subway Police, their lives are shaken by their extremely different personalities. The extreme care and wisdom of Ji Suk and the impulsivity and sense of justice of Ryung are a disturbing combination, but very effective. The officers do their best to solve the cases of their department, including the big mystery of the murders that are happening in the Subway by the criminal known as "Ghost". The main plot spin around the Ghost case, but in the first episodes we can see other small cases that shows up in the day by day of the Subway Police.

Let's talk about the characters:

GO JI SUK, THE SURPRISE BOX

The personality of Ji Suk is one of the high points of this drama to me. The way how he puts the care with your mom as a priority is something very impressive and remarkable, even with all the sadness that this brings to him. Ji Suk is extremely responsible, but because of the need to keep his job, he ends up as a rigid and lazy officer, losing his passion for the purpose of his role and turn into an accommodated civil servant, that doesn't want to get out of your comfort zone. The mother of Ji Suk develops Alzheimer when the detective was close to being promoted into Metro Police, making him chose a place less dangerous and with a flexible schedule to take care of his mom. In the first episodes is hard to see all the nuances of his personality, and only in episode five he starts to show what he really wants and thinks, and this happens because of Ryung's influence in his life. As I mentioned in the beginning, I'm all Kim Seon Ho these days, and I have to mention his performance. You debut too late, baby! I wish that he had all the opportunities that he deserves. Seon Ho is a great actor, and I think that this comic side is the gold for him. His expressions and comic attitudes aren't forced and I always laugh a lot when he does something funny because is so natural. If you don't know this fun side of Seon Ho, I recommend that you watch some videos of "2 days and 1 night". Besides the funny, he also delivers a great emotive performance, mainly when he is interacting with his mother. My heart was broken every time that he shows up all dressed up.

YOO RYUNG, THE NO SENSE

Okay, this character was a little hard for me to accept. The personality of Ryung isn't something that captivates me at the first sight. During the episodes, I started to understand her attitudes, but yet... I think that she acted many times with selfishness and zero trust for anyone. In the first episodes, we found that Ryung had a twin sister with autism and her suspects are that her sister was the first victim of the Ghost (this isn't a spoiler, is in the beginning). Because of that, Ryung passes through the rules and even the people, as Ji Suk, to get what she wants. I get so upset in some moments when the character just messes up everything to her chief and didn't show any regret about it. As I said, the traumas are acceptable, but yet I felt that she has no empathy with Ji Suk's feelings. But some high points of this character is the fact that she is very brave and determined. Her overkill did with Ji Suk got out of his comfort zone, bringing balance to both of them. Moon Geun Young is a remarkable actress in Dramaland, mostly because of her role in "Autumn tale", but I never had seen her perform before. This was her comeback after four years and I liked very much her performance, mainly with her job doing two characters and one with an especial condition. I hope to see her in other projects from now on.

HA MA RI, THE UNWANTED

Okay. Can anyone explain to me this character? Because I gave up on her from the beginning, and I got so mad because I hated a character that had my name. The detective Ha Ma Ri (Jung Yoo Jin) is the ex-girlfriend of Ji Suk and chief of the Metro Police. She was also the partner of Ji Suk when he acted in this department, but when he asked for a transfer to the Subway Police because of his mother, Ma Ri didn't accept this and broke up with him, saying that he was weak and with no ambition. In another hand, Ma Ri didn't have the entire fault because Ji Suk didn't tell her anything about the situation, but even so. Her posture in the episodes was just ridiculous. She didn't take any responsibility for negligence in the missing of Yoo Jin, and starts to act in a very offensive way with Ryung and Ji Suk, being just unbearable many times. We can't see regret in her posture, a change of thoughts... Nothing. She just goes with the road and starts to cooperate in some moments because she didn't have any choice besides that. Anyway, this character was totally unnecessary and terrible for me. Jung Yoo jin is amazing and I wanna see her as a female lead in a great drama soon.

THE DETECTIVE SQUAD

I not gonna mention one by one, but the detective team, Subway and Metro, was very cool for me. The subway officers were very funny and useful to the plot, making the story fluid and soft. I will do an honorable mention to Kim Woo Hyunk (Ki Do Hoon), that even with no chances in the love triangle, was a consistent and interesting character.

FINAL CONSIDERATIONS

I didn't like some details in the plot, mostly in the ending, but I won't give any spoilers here. If you wanna know about it, I'll let the link of my blog in the next post with this text in Portuguese and with the spoiler part. As I said at the beginning of this text, I thought this drama was underrated considering the story and the development. I don't think it is a perfect drama, but I also think is necessary to exalt the good points. I believe that the success of Kim Seon Ho will push this drama into the middle of Dramaland.

I will put this as a GOOD ONE (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★)! If you are looking for something fun and at the same time intriguing, you probably gonna like this one.

See you soon!
XOXO, Mari.

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Mini-dramas have a warm place in my heart. When I am overwhelmed with dense plots and sad dramas, the mini-dramas help me to breathe a little and discover a fun and simple story. So today I gonna talk about "Kiss goblin", a mini-drama that conquered many people last year.

In "Kiss goblin" we know the story of Ban Sook (Bae In Hyuk), a goblin who wants to turn into a human. To make this happen, Ban Sook needs to kiss ten girls who the Queen Goblin (Lee Jung Min) determined. At each kiss, Ban Sook wins a new human emotion, and this makes his journey more and more complicated. In the middle of his mission, he meets Oh Yeon Ah (Jeon Hye Won), a college girl who works in a pub to pay for her studies. Yeon Ah finds out the secret identity of Ban Sook and decides to make an alliance to help him with his mission and be helped by him with her rent and domestic activities. We have twelve episodes approaching 10 minutes each and a funny story that makes you finish everything in the same day.

Starting with Ban Sook, I have to say that I love the character and Bae In Hyuk's performance. The way how he starts with no emotions and begins to show little by little in the following episodes is very fun and interesting. In Hyuk is very cute and plays this role exactly how he needs to. Oh Yeon Ah is also very captivating. She is a soft character and how Ban Sook says "A very cool girl". Jeon Hye Won is a young actress, but I think this girl is already a big promise to Dramaland. I enjoy her cameo in "True beauty" as a bully, and I think this versatility is the beginning to make a good career. I will cheer for her! The chemistry of the main couple is also pretty good!

About the plot of the Exorcist and the Queen Goblin... Maybe we will have a season two here? I think that will be interesting, but the point is they do their job as support roles. I think may the Exorcist could be a little more "persistent" in his mission to kill the Goblin, but I think that was a script choice to make things easier and fun. The scenes when he chases the Goblin and Yeon Ah keeps blocking him made me laugh a lot. The end is pretty predictable but doesn't leave any lacks.

As a relief and a break in heavy themes, I think this mini-drama is a pretty good one! (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★) If you want something fun to pass your time without compromise with another extensive drama, go for it!

See you soon!
XOXO, Mari.

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WHAT THE FOX SAY? (sorry, but I couldn't let this pass)

I have to learn when to stop with this kind of drama. Since the beginning, I had the feeling that I would cry as I did with "Goblin" and my expectations were totally right. I saw the last episode yesterday and my head still hurts because of all the cry.

As I said on first impressions, I'm not a fan of fantasy dramas, but some points catch my attention in this one and made me keep going. One of the things was Ji Ah (Jo Bo Ah). How I loved this girl and her personality! Ji Ah wasn't a common female lead at all! Her courage was impressive and the determination to find her parents and keep at Lee Yeon's side was a high point to me and make me wanna see how everything would end. Lee Yeon (Lee Dong Wook) also was a great character. I always laughed at his sarcasm and his intense protection for the people he loved. Lee Rang (Kim Bum) was a beautiful surprise, I caught myself cheering for him even when he did bad things, only because his charism was amazing. These characters moved me until the end, and of course my baby Jung Shi Yool. I LOVE THIS KID! The plot with Ki Yoo Ri (Kim Yong Ji) and Gu Shin Joo (Hwang Hee) didn't make me fall in love with them. I loved Yoo Ri's personality, but I thought their relationship kinda forced in some moments. I thought cute, I smiled, but wasn't a remarkable thing.

The story caught me many times and make me very anxious about the next episodes, but my big problem was the last episodes. I won't spoiler it here because this review is spoiler-free, but I'll let in a comment below finalized with SPOILER (if you are reading this on the page of the drama, you can search this post on my profile). Besides the last episodes, all the story is very consistent and very good writing. I think that for a Korean person that knows all the culture and legends, everything could make more sense and be more clear in some points. I noticed that sometimes I was lost with all the stories because I wasn't familiar with the legends, so I just didn't catch many details. But this wasn't important to follow the story, I thought that maybe just could give me a better experience.

I'm not sure how I'm feeling about this drama after all the process, but I never rate a drama only based on the last episodes. This definitely was a "pretty good show" walking into "amazing", so I'll put an 8,5 (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★/2).

I will write about "Start-up" soon! I finished many dramas these days so I'm a little overloaded, but tomorrow I'll write and after that, I'll write my first impressions of "Her private life"! Many things to the next days! Follow the posts and share them!

If you wanna know my opinion about the end WITH SPOILERS, you can read the comment below. If you didn't watch it yet, save it for later!

See you soon!
XOXO, Mari.

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