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RECOMAND DIN SUFLET!!!

Prea frumos să fie adevarat. Tristețe, dramă, iubire, acțiune, tot ce vrei! MINUNAT! Am plâns de multe ori, am râs, chiar a fost tot ce mi-am dorit eu. FIX GENUL MEU! Căutam de mult o așa dramă, și mă bucur că cineva mi l-a recomandat. Băiatul căruia îi aparține rolul principal este unul din actorii mei preferați (de acum), am început să-i vizionez toate dramele, fiindcă, persoana lui face orice dramă mai dramatică. :))))
Fata, în schimb, este prima dată cand am văzut-o, și chiar m-a impresionat, este frumoasă si talentată, dacă mai gasesc vreunul in care ea joacă, nu voi ezita si il voi viziona. RECOMAND DIN SUFLET, persoanelor cărora le place actiunea, dramele cu lege (procurori, avocati, detectivi).

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Great chemistry, heavy themes, and a love-it-or-leave-it vibe.

Blank is one of those shows wherein I enjoy the actors' chemistry and acting more than the show itself. I say this because the show's conflicts, drama, and themes feel like a reincarnation of GAP, and we all know GAP wasn't the most perfect show. It managed to get me through without experiencing the struggle to get myself to finish the show because it was THE pioneering Thai GL series. However with Blank, it is its downfall in my opinion.

Which brings me to my main concern which is the recurring conflicts that I'm pretty fed up in seeing in most GL shows which are internalized homophobia, societal judgement, and family obligations. This is not to say these issues are not worth having their representation, it's merely just me expressing how I would rather not watch a show with these themes because it's not entertaining to me but rather uncomfortable. I intend to share this since I know a lot of people also hate having to sit through a show with said conflicts since it evokes some unwanted familiar feeling which most people like me wish to escape from when watching fictional shows as a form of escapism.

Now that I shared my feelings as to why I had a hard time finishing Blank despite me absolutely loving the chemistry between the main leads, let me now share what I think this series did well and kept me interested. 1) Khun Nueng as a character with a lot of unresolved internal conflicts was portrayed well by Faye. You could clearly see the inner struggles Nueng was facing like lack of self-acceptance and feelings of unworthiness. 2) This show served as amazing representation for a lot of age-gap relationships, especially regarding the concerns surrounding. 3) Blank showed us that it takes a hurt individual to heal another hurt person. Anueng and Nueng worked because they understood each other despite their relationship being problematic to the eyes of others. 4) Faye and Yoko's chemistry.

To sum everything up, for me, I feel like Blank is the type of show that needs someone to have subjective bias to the themes as well as to love scenes (because trust me, this show has tension and love making like never before) it has to be considered a good show by the watcher. This show may not have been for me, but I know a lot of people may appreciate it for what it delivers.

2024 GL Ranking: https://mydramalist.com/list/Ln8MOBO4
My Top 10 GLs of All Time: https://mydramalist.com/list/4vGQqnb1

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Captivating , a good watch!

The quality of a good drama is back in this one. Starting from the opening scene “Blossom” is captivating and intense. FL comes across as smart and witty knowledgeable ahead of her time. She commands her household like a four-star general. This is a big production on a grand scale, and you can see it. The trailers did not disappoint. I personally appreciate the cinematography and visuals on display in this drama. The special effects, although brief are visually captivating.

The ML is intense and somewhat barbaric with his frightening presence as if he has lived a full life at a young age. It is clear that his soul has weathered with time as his hair is fully grey. He comes off as smart as FL commanding a stealth army and on a mission.

The director draws you in from the very beginning setting up the entire plot in the first episode. The back story and some main characters are introduced. Right away you know what has happened and what is at stake for the two leads. You can sense that the two strangers were meant to be together. Fate has brought them together and oddly they share the same fate with both being poisoned and dying together then reborn. The FL retains her memories but not the ML.

The next set of episodes explores the FL living her new life trying to change her fate. It makes for an entertaining watch and suspenseful waiting for the two leads to meet again.

The cast is well-chosen and their storylines are interesting. The story is smooth and moves at a good pace. I do think that the writers could have spent a little more time on the character development of the other cast members. Some of them deserved a little more background to add more to the story. The costumes are well made and fit that time period.

What is disappointing is that the confidence that “Shou Gu” and “Yan Tang” had in the beginning episodes gets lost somewhere. So as a reborn drama, (IMO) I felt the leads could have been smarter, making us question the directors' choices about where the show must go.

This was a good quality drama which has been hard to come by lately. So, don’t miss out.

You will like this drama if you like:
Big productions
Costume drama
Different twist political plots
Harem and concubines’ hierarchy
Strong FL and ML
A love story full of romance

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Waste of time

wen peng screwed thats useless captain whole family and even kidnaps his lady from hospital and in this whole season the useless captain running like mouse here and there from cat, and that useless mouse even not able to protect his girl

i never seen such crying useless hero in a season . like his girl mom was in icu and he starts complaining oh i am useless like girls. go boy sit in your mama lap hahahaha

i wana write an essay on this useless season, a single guy made whole city police on the dance and the whole city police not able to captured a mad pig with such hifi advanced technology

in the last few episodes wen peng made useless hero 1000 times fool , i guess by birth that useless captain is fool
useless season

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A must-watch drama series!

I would highly recommend this drama a must - watch, although it's a bit lengthy and the first episodes are quite agitating but this drama is wholesome! This is a realistic one which it portrays true to life events that happens basically in love. If you pay attention to the storyline itself you'd truly appreciate how beautiful this drama is. Moreover, I personally like the overall of this drama, it shows strong relationship with friends, loyalty, and it has great humor too. Besides the events that occurred in the drama happens in real life, it's not just butterflies in the belly and all those beautiful moments but we also experience the downside of love, frustrations, pain, and heartache. The casts are good and perfectly match. I super love it and you should watch it too, just be patient with the plot. Lol

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Did my best … finally DROPPED - You’ve been Warned!

What started as a cute, cheeky rom/com… eventually showed as (another) rich, dominant (multi-)male, typical drama series, with a dumb/ignorant, cute FL.. who is pushed around, cornered, bullied, etc..
At ep 9 now… intermittent draggy scenes has me skipping the multi-flashbacks/cutesy etc scenes. Storyline has apparently left the room.. as there isn’t any concrete (or even flimsy) reason as to why she’s still at the complex… as her weekly ‘missions’ were complete..without any new ‘mission assignments’ for the last few episodes… also-> lots and lots of casual invasion of personal space, and spaces all around.
The Director’s lazy(?) lack of attention to many details have become irksome.. ie: 1. Why is hair damp/dry, after being soaked in the rain, or full body swimming. #eyeroll 2. Civilians are NOT casually allowed in construction sites. Etc etc!!
Debating whether to Drop this series…..
Ep 10 ~ can’t tolerate this limited budget, poorly executed drama series anymore! DROPPED!

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I’m so obsessed with this series

I finished this show really quickly which I love since I don’t have a lot of free time, but it’s something about this series that makes me want more. I’m so obsessed with the intro in both season 1 and in season 2 because the song was a bop and the intro with the main leads all dressed up was so nice to see because that made the intro not boring. I will warn you that there may be spoilers so be aware.
I feel season to was very different from season one because Mob is not going to stay in the background anymore and will finally choose his feelings and not ignore them because he doesn’t want to date a guy. The funny part was that Mob witnessed Kikuchi kissing another guy once he realized his feelings. The guy who he kissed was his ex boyfriend which makes this situation so crazy. One day Mob got injured and that made Ayato concerned and scared because he thought he lost his memory, but Mob realized that’s how he’s gonna get Kikuchi’s love and it worked, but Kikuchi was upset because that’s not how he wanted Mob to get his attention in the end they became a couple, but Kikuchi was going to leave so it ended with them saying goodbye in the airport. I also am still obsessed with Ayota and Toujou because they are literally so adorable. I also love the fact that if they fight or get into a disagreement they will make up right away and won’t let that ruin their relationship. Also shout out to all those couples that had only 2 minutes of screen time, but I’d be fine if they became a BL couple in any drama because they’d be cute. Also I love Kakei and Yamazaki’s relationship because they were super cute and also Yamazaki looks so good as a girl that I was surprised that he’s actually a guy because he looks so pretty as a girl. Overall, this season was so good that they needed to make a season 3 and I definitely recommend this because it’s such a good series because each couple are so good and it’s very short and convenient for those who don’t have a lot of time to watch shows.

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It's Lovely To Run Into Someone You Love!

Not too much Spoiler.

I watched this series while it aired and to date it's still one of my favorite Drama I watched
in 2024. I came on this page to comment on how the OST still lingers on in my head and what
alerted me into writing this review was a very misleading review about the FL's character name
Im Sol that she does not care about anyone but the ML Seon Jae which is untrue.
I don't want to spoil much but I must say this that Im Sol cared for others and may be
the most selfless character in the series, She helped her mom, grandma, brother, and best
friend on multiple occasions. So it was not the ML she cared about, but the series is based on
IM sol trying to save Seon Jae so honestly why would anyone want to act as if they were apart
of the crreative writing team. I think some people purposely trying to bring down a very greatly
made series and draw attention to themselves as only a negative review would garner attention.
If you have not watched this series yet, please read the synopsis first, it's got multiple time travel
for most of the series. So if you thought it was only a few episodes, it's not.

The series is based on the FL trying to save the ML through time travel
and each time she tried and failed, she kept going back to save him until she could not go back anymore
where the story conclusion in the last two episodes, you see them in the present time and that is
how they both discovered they met in the time travel.

I want to add that after visiting Seoul in 2024 and saw how much love Koreans have for the ML.
His face is everywhere you cannot miss him and I loved it. Imagine his face made you buy coffee
just cause lol. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the series as much as I did.

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These violent delights have violent ends, we just have to wait for Season 3

I'm specially puzzled as to why people don't get that it has been hinted all throughout Seasons 1 and 2, that the world outside of the Game Island is way bigger and much more powerful than what has been shown.

Yes, Season 2 it's not as novel and exciting as the first season and we know for a fact that "these violent delights have violent ends", so we can all agree that this game will not end in pretty terms, but world builing of this scope, requires more time to be fully developed than what can be shown in this limited number of episodes.

**** Some spoilers ahead ****

However, I believe there is now a very good idea of how unlikely a hero Gi-hun is and how powerful the game structure is, given how he and Jun-ho have become forcefully isolated even mocked about their claims of their past experience at the Island. In order to show that, we need to be patient.

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