I was crying so much when it ended!

Seriously Joseph did a fantastic job playing Wu Xie, one of my absolute FAVE ULT CHARACTERS and that's why the ending was so devastatingly beautiful and intense cause you know in your heart you're basically breaking up with the cast ㅜㅜ

And boy did he look SMOKING HOT in those shirts every time he took off his coats and sweaters, bruh those forearms, and just the way he's built he's FIT.

And okay I ASSURE YOU despite that Wuxie Ning story line THIS ONE IS SO MUCH GAYER LOL THAN OTHERS and I loved every second ^^


But okay now for my second favorite character, which used to be Fatty or Qi Ling - BLACK. I was HOOKED when Baron Chen played it in Providence and this time Liu Yu Nang aka Hou Du from long ballad played it so well! In fact both Liu Yu Nang and Yu Han as Xiao Han (Yu Chen) their bromance was just as epic as Xie - Qi Ling.

In fact, if I'm being completely honest I MIGHT HAVE DONE SOME WUXIE - XIAO HAN SHIPPING you know when they were solving the riddles together and getting angsty and hurt ㅜㅜ like that whole 'neither of our lovers are here tonight' vibe they had


And omg fatty and his mpreg jokes about Wu Xie doesn't he know he's just giving us ideas lol like that wouldn't even be Fatty's baby ffs okay I'll stop


Seriously well written script and the ending was so much more like a proper ending even though Xu Kennedy don't do proper resolution of arcs so by now I'm used to it, you know take it or leave it

Xu Kennedy loves leaving us stranded even his main 'bromance' is one naive sweet boy and a super hot ghoster ffs and Black is basically Qi Ling with one liners lol let's face it he ghosts the characters just as much.

So, after every season I have to break up with the cast and its brutal and this time it was no different! And I hated it.

Will for sure re watch again soon!

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Really disappointed because the first half I was feeling it but then just became tedious and lost its touch. Even the ending didn't make me feel a thing. The writers fell short on everything. Just a bunch of cute scenes and meandering that bored me. The literal only bit i still felt for was Phu's brother and the actor who played Kao was basically the only I felt mildly interested in, otherwise though the actor was not bad, even the character of Gui started to bore me with his vanilla ass. I guess not terrible but makes the mostly plotless My Gear And Your Gown seem so much better jn comparison XD cause at least theres one couple I still want more of. And jn fact BOTH Gear Gown couples are memorable at least even if the plot is 2moons level flimsy the couples are memorable in both 2moons and gear gown. This show failed to do tht.

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This show is so good! Adorable leads and even the supporting cast I'm in love with. The main couple has chemistry like you won't believe. Honestly, it's torture waiting for the next episode but now that I know this will end I'm having even more anxiety. Its just the right amount of emotional and rom com with a thoughtful script. The other couples too I'm completely in love with, but there was not enough story for Tin Can and the brothers, and a spin off would be amazing because I can't get stop obsessing over these characters. But from all the news I've read so far there's no chance of a sequel. So, that is the bit that ruined it for me. Still, I'm giving it 9 stars for Ae Pete. Another thing that really turned me off was that I was totally shipping Tin Can but Can ugh his disdain for Tin was just borderline homophobic especially combined with the way he totally didn't seem into it when Tin kisses him even though it was completely consentual! And a few minutes ago Can seemed into it. He even spent time thinking about Tin so why this silliness. It totally just ruined the experience for me. So yes, Knock and Korn retain their position at the top because the kind of epic chemistry they have I just don't find anywhere else. But Ae Pete definitely came close.

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So MIAO RONG GETS TO GO SCOT FREE AFTER ALL THE SHIT SHE PUT EVERYONE THROUGH AFTER CAUSING SO MUCH DAMAGE AND GETS AN HEA BUT ZHAO XIAO GETS PUNISHED?

See, it wouldn't have been a problem for me if they let her off because they wanted to show that evil people get away with things or something, but dude everyone else got punished but her!

The woman made The Princess's life hell, and was THE MAIN REASON A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY DIED OF FOOD POISONING, she was almost going to get Li Qian's sister get married to an evil person with several concubines, And even Li Qian was like no biggie, let's just put someone else in prison because she's a GIRL. I don't even know what level of stupidity this is. And why of all the people, Li Qian let her off! So much of what she did also directly ended up hurting him too!

And seriously Qing Tan was the only villain who was actually entertaining.

So yes, her character and Zhao Xiao's characters PETTINESS was the most frustrating thing for me. Like they wouldn't fucking DIE

And in general the writing is not that great, which is the main issue here. If they didn't have the budget to show the serious stuff in shows like Novoland and Long Ballad, they should have just made this a sweet romance and just focused on the couples which I really liked them all.

The problem for me at least, was the really petty squabbles being the main focus and poor Joseph didn't even get enough screen time toward the second half when literally him and Jing Yi were the reason I kept watching till the end.

And okay now that the rant is over lol I'll tell why I'm still rating it 7 and not lower.

So let's face it, Joseph Zeng gets a lot of criticism over his acting and I agree, before Ultimate Note, I understand the criticism, but seriously I saw him in Ultimate Note and the improvement in his acting made me fall in love with his version of Wu Xie and now after Zhu YiLong's Wu Xie his is my favorite version! That's how good he was especially after a few episodes.

But in this drama, HONEST TO GOD, the kind of CONFIDENCE and PASSION with which he was acting, made me so happy! Our baby's grown up now :') so yes, I'm literally just going to mention that. But his passion and dedication was wasted on the telenovela like storylines and general weakness of the writing. And my favorite moments were definitely the couples moments, but also when he gets tortured and hurt, ffs he broke my heart in those scenes much like he did in Ultimate.

So, that's all I have to say about this one. I just think you should watch it, if you like the actors.

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I could watch Pure Folk for daayyyyyssss lol
Fiat his acting is so on point, his body language, the way he looks into Folks eyes - it just WORKS.
The acting in the show does get a bit overboard, overacting like the Mew Art story in WTD XD but honestly that didn't bother me then and it didn't bother me here. I can overlook these issues for a good plot and characterization.
But this one was just way too simplistic for me plot wise and even couple wise Pure Folk had waaaaay better kissing and just got me involved but the main couple were really lacking even though all the boys were really cute!
So, all in all not terrible but just okay.
And someone better be signing a petition somewhere for a Pure Folk spin off XD

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Great family drama and bromance

Just loved this lakorn so much! And okay the male leads were both SO FREAKING GORGEOUS AND ONLY KEPT GETTING BETTER LOL buuut as far as I'm concerned I love the plot and the crime aspect and most of all the love hate bromance omg sooo mucccch feels !

And sure you can argue that this isn't perfect when it comes to technical greatness but it's not shoddy either. Especially the fights and the action is done so well! But the thing that completely blew me was Pons acting okay.

He's so expressive! His dialog delivery, everything is on point. And also this show gave me another sls XD but at least they didn't completely destroy his character like most asian shows of this type, and they didn't completely make him evil.

And now, the problem I have.

The females lead okay I've seen worse acting so that didn't bug me. What did bug me, was her manipulative nature! Exhibit A - She's romantically involved with Santhrakat but she goes to KHIREE when she wants to get married!!!
Exhibit B - she's MAJORLY ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED WITH SANTHRA FKING KAT BUT SHE KISSES KHIREE - ON THE LIPS FULL ON - JUST TO KEEP HIM AROUND BECAUSE HER AND HER STUPID ASS MOM WHO BTW COULDN'T STAND KHIREE WHEN HE WAS POOR - let's face it her manipulative ways were what got Khiree in trouble in the first place! If she hadn't made him a target for the step father, her step father wouldn't have wanted to ruin the boy's life!

Second MAJOR THING THAT BUGGED ME TILL THE END - Why the hell didn't Khiree even ONCE tell people what really happened that night! This whole miscommunication bs was so pointless. It would have been ok if he'd done it for like a month or even two episodes but anything more was just so frustrating! Because how can anyone including his brother TRULY understand what that man did to him? They kept saying it was Khiree's fault and he NEVER ONCE corrected anyone that he didn't turn up at the wedding because he was being kidnapped and tortured!

Anyway those are all minor gripes and none of this changed my overall enjoyment of the show. Especially when they as a family kill the villain - was that cathartic af lol

So yes. Anyone has recs like this one please tell me XD

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I know this is being compared to Lost and coming from someone who used to be a die hard fan of the show at one point, when you grow after watching things like Lord of the Flies and Japanese fiction you find something like Lost very trite and lacking in complexity. Because any time you put a bunch of people stranded on an island the comparison is rather unavoidable. But apart from having some minor similarities with lost tbh personally you know what I was reminded of? BATTLE ROYALE. Which is basically Lord of the Flies Japanese version with teens instead of younger kids. The reason why you're stranded is never important in any of these masterpieces, the whole point is to tell a story that's sincere, raw, poignant and powerful and Stranded delivers on all these aspects. The characters portrayal is realistic, and the writing so honest you'll be an emotional wreck in no time. Something that gets lost when you 'Hollywoodize' any story. Not knocking on it if that's your taste, just feel like sometimes it's good to watch something like this, if for no other reason than to see things from a different perspective.

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I honestly don't know what it is about Demekin that feels a bit superficial tbh. Something about the relationships is very surface level but it's entertaining for the most part. It was mostly about friendship between the two main leads but I felt like they were not very expressive toward each other in the right way, they kept saying a bunch of stuff but you don't feel their bond. They just didn't do it right imo so it just fell flat on the whole. Over Drive with Mackenyu suffers from the same but at least the way Over Drive is made is very entertaining and especially Mackenyu not only sold me on his character but you see that love hate thing going on in his eyes, so you feel it too. But Demekin was very trite and even annoying in places. But the final showdown that was done well and so is the violence and most of the action so like I said, it's not terrible either but you won't be missing anything if you didn't watch it.

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Okay this drama I really loved it and watching Miura in this role is such a treat no doubt, but some of the writing in the drama is just excellent. And the first three episodes were so seductive and enticing, because you didn't have a clue what was going on so you were just constantly on edge! But the reason I'm rating Aku No Hado ten which was another crime drama airing at the same time, and Dying Eye 8 is because even though the beginning of both dramas was epic, Dying Eye sort of lost steam once the main mystery was solved a couple of episodes back. And even that would have been fine but then the ending of Dying Eye just didn't work for me. It was way too typical and preachy and cliche is bearableif done right but preachy gets on my nerves, like you know the whole 'crime bad' spiel Lol like bro we get it. You don't have to be so self-righteous. Aku No Hado on the other hand maintains its suspense till the very last minute and isn't all preachy.

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Th at last scene rose the mo vie to a whole other level!
I'm a huge fan of Izumi Takahashi and this one was really good though not my favorite. Basically it's a depiction of evil you don't usually see. I was involved with the main character but tbh I was a bit disappointed with the actor. Regardless I was able to enjoy the movie.
Basically this film is about how trauma changes you and makes you helpless. And if you run you just hurt others in your path who're innocent.
That's why if you do decide to get involved in someone's life you can't just do it halfheartedly because your actions have consequences.

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That scene where Andy (Jack) picks up 'Shortie' so casually over his shoulder, it was obvious Chris couldn't stop laughing when he was supposed to be serious in that scene considering what Jack just confessed XD omg I was laughing and crying legit.

I know I keep saying HIStory creators always get better and it's the same with Trapped. The right amount of skin ship, cuteness, angst, and passion for a perfect guilty pleasure watch and as always the chemistry between both the couples was through the roof! I really enjoyed this story gangster and cop is one of my favorite tropes.

But even though its supposed to be a tropey guilty pleasure watch the writing and dialog is so damn good.

Seriously, I got just as attached to both the couples!

Absolutely loved it!

So naturally felt like it ended way too soon. But not because it felt rushed or anything, just because I got super attached to the characters.

And ok word of caution, there are some dark turns in this one like Obsessed. Nothing too dark and the overall mood is hopeful but angsty.

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