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Actually really good
I’m surprised by how much I actually enjoyed this drama! I’m glad the ML was not a glorified misogynist he’s an actual flawed human! Just like our FL as well (to me tho shes perfect <33) the romance was indeed sweet but I think I was more immersed in the message of the drama, this FL is honestly perfect, she’s strong, smart and brave and seeing men support her was adorable but i do wish they showed women being supportive too! Her relationship with her ex is great as well! That guy grew on me, ML was annoying at first I can’t lie but I was surprised and proud of his development. I also love how short this drama is even tho the last few eps felt dragged, all in all a great watch! Highly recommend!!Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Fun rom com romp that hits in almost all the right places
This is a fun drama full of lots of the usual romantic comedy tropes with some new ideas mixed in. It will likely be compared to Business Proposal, but it reminded me a lot more of Crazy Love, a 2022 Kdrama that is a bit of an underrated gem and also feels a little bit B side track, in an enjoyable imperfect way.The good:
-Solid performances from lesser known actors that are also a bit older than usual rom com of this flavor
-Easily consumed candy like romantic storyline and plot
-Feminist message
What turned me off:
-Honestly, the first few episodes felt very disjointed and I was not connecting with the characters at all. Especially our leads. They felt like card board cutouts and the storyline wasn’t quite clicking. I pushed through that though trusting other reviews and I’m glad I did. But really, I don’t know why it had to have such a rough start, especially for an only 10 episode drama.
-Feminist message was watered down by making such an extreme character have to be a vigilante all the time, especially for her reasons of dating around more than is socially acceptable in Korea.
-The music mostly bugged me. Especially the American style scat, doodle dee bop style songs. Or whatever you call it. Played again and again in the intro, background, and “Don’t mess up the party”. ? It never stopped annoying me.
Overall a mostly enjoyable drama watch, and despite its flaws, does a much better job than many at meeting the requirements for a fun rom com of our day!
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A great time
Didn't know what to expect as I did not read anything about this drama beforehand and I was happily surprised, the 10 episodes were just perfect. Not too long and just enough to tell the story. Nothing really angsty or dramatic happens here, it's all very lighthearted and cute with an ending triple bow-tied and satisfying.Actors were good and I found myself really enjoying the leads as well as a lot of other supporting casts. Well done
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A super quick, fun ride!
Starting out, I didn't know what to expect from this drama. I saw some clips randomly here and there on TikTok and knew it was getting a bit popular and it looked a bit fun but that was about it. But wow this was really a short, quick, entertaining ride. I really was enjoying the drama and loving every second of it...until we got to the last episode. I just hated that it randomly switched to squeeze in one last breakup trope. I also hated how they decided to resolve it...how is it that the two main leads couldn't find a solution and the FL's ex just jumped in and saved the day? Although it was sweet and I loved that he did that, I just felt that entire episode lacking and our strong FL was suddenly a helpless damsel in distress. Didn't really feel true to the FL's character and just left a sour taste in my mouth.Other than that, this was such a cute and entertaining ride that was reminiscent of the old rom-com days. I, of course, also loved seeing a strong female lead.
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Refreshing, touching and funny!
From the cast, to the humour, to the odd cringey bit, to the empathy, to the sadness... I loved this drama.There were times I pre-empted what would happen, but just didn't care... the delivery was spot on.
It was darkly funny at times and a bit eye brow raising at others.
Our FL has seen most of the women in her life trodden down. She doesn't hate men, but hates marriage, love and relationships, the things she sees as their downfall.
Instead she hooks up with men solely for one-night stands; or friends with benefits, nothing more permitted. She is hugely independent, stands up for women that are bullied by men and can take care of herself via sreet fighting style martial arts.
Our ML is a squeaky clean, handsome, polite, top romance actor, loved by everyone. Everyone except our FL, who hates him after overhearing him having a rant, when his views almost melted her ears.
Humorous events lead to them having to interact more and more, with comical and sometimes touching consequences.
The supporting characters are diverse, from the FL's parents (of a generation where women are subservient, not meant to have any, let alone strong, views), to her best friend who has a knack for falling for the wrong men; to the ML's bestie and manager (wonderfully played by scrummy Kim Ji-hoon), who is so free and easy with both men and women (he behaves in a way rarely seen in K-dramas), that I honestly think the writers wanted people to question... is he gay?.... Is he?... I'm not saying!
The actresses surrounding our ML and colleagues surrounding our FL, are sometimes stereotypical, but never dull (I loved the older actress embroiled in a bitter divorce).
We get action too, with some great (if not always very believable), fight scenes.
I really liked how this drama doesn't get too heavy, kept things mostly light-hearted, yet still manages to convey the imbalance in both the attitudes and consequences to, men v. women 'behaving badly' in the eyes of society; and that 'fans' of celebrities have far too high an opinion of themselves and their 'rights' in the lives of their celebrity crushes, which needs addressing, but never really is.
Also, that taking words and actions out of context, can cause unnecessary conflict and hurt.
With a great cast to boot, it ticked all my boxes and was far more enjoyable and funny than I ever expected.
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First of all I had to praise Yoo teo's acting He succeeded to deliver me every single feeling even by his eyes
The drama was fast with solid story,
Brilliant romance, and amazing acting
What I didn't like about this drama were two things
1st: the end, I wish it had traditional happy ending (marriage) for the main couple
2nd: the 2nd leads' story was too fast
This drama should be at least 12 eps
Highly recommended to those who loved rom.com as me
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Molto divertente e storia carina.
Una storia diversa dalle storie commedie romantiche,anche se comunque ricca dei molti cliché da k drama. C'è un attore famoso che ha una repulsione che non riesce proprio a controllare nel confronto delle donne e per recitare accanto a loro ha bisogno di farmaci.E un maschilista e prepotente.Poi c'è lei una vivace e divertente avvocatessa che già dai tempi della scuola ha capito che le relazioni serie non fanno per lei e di conseguenza tratta gli uomini come farebbero loro.Le sue "vittime" sono quelli che tradiscono.Si incontrano e c'è antipatia al primo sguardo ma poi come da k-drama la star viene travolta da uno scandalo e da lì nasce l'accordo.Si parte con un misto di divertenti scaramucce e tra odio e amore loro si innamorano. Altro scandalo e si lasciano ma poi per fortuna arriverà anche il lieto fine.Molto divertente e simpatico da vedere e mi è piaciuto molto.
Consiglio sicuramente la visione visto che score fluida e veloce.
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Finally a realistic adult relationship!
A very entertaining drama to watch! Beautiful people, loyal friends, great pace, a WL who is living in the 21st century with her love life and not some prude, “shy”,anti sexual cheek who can’t express any sexuality whatsoever!I mean, don't get me wrong, I don’t like American style shows with all the hard core sex scenes, but although I love Kdramas, it is totally unrealistic that they show couples engaging in endless conversations, when we all know that for a couple in love and especially during the first period of the relationship, intimacy is number one priority and need!
This show finally gave us a real and deeply in love couple unable to take their hands off each other! It was very satisfying watching them play together and loving each other with such respect also!
Both FL and ML were excellent!
Let’s not forget the super handsome SML! What a hunk!
Watch this show! You will definitely be entertained!
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Underrated GEM! Watch it NOW!!
Not sure why there hasn’t been much buzz about this drama online, maybe because the actors are not that famous. I myself have never seen the 4 main casts in any other kdrama. But you HAVE TO WATCH this.. it’s SO SO GOOD!! Almost as good as Business Proposal! :):)Why? Firstly, it’s hugely entertaining! Your FL is not any ordinary femme fatale, or damsel, or chaebol etc.. she’s a fighter!! And a feminist. She fights the men who treat their women unjustly- yes literally beat them up! Lol… and she’s a lawyer by profession. As the story goes, she meets our ML who is a very famous actor, and of course there is a prejudice and misunderstanding between them. She somehow gets involved with his life.. from enemies to fake lovers, to real lovers ;)
Secondly, it’s hilarious!! Yes the kind of humour that I can get with. It’s smart and witty and really enjoyable to watch. Unlike some Kdramas where the humour is too slapstick and too put on it gets annoying. This one is done just right.
Thirdly- the chemistry!!! It’s only 10 episodes, so everything develops super fast!! We have a kiss at the end of Ep 4!! Both characters who previously hate each other start fake dating but as we all know, he’s already fallen hard for her ;););) Their romance evolved ever so smoothly and naturally, the way they joked around, teased each other etc..
Ending is a happy one. Felt a little rushed and I had hoped our ML could counter the cancel culture head on, but it wasn’t so. Nevertheless it was wrapped up pretty nicely. The second couple didn’t have thaaat much chemistry, but they were still likeable.
Don’t wait any longer! A very good and enjoyable watch!!
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The best way to describe this show is really a huge mess but kind of a fun one.
The harmony at the beginning of each episode is 10 out of 10!The production is really pretty but I expected that if its going on Netflix. Mi Ran is a weird character though I like her the way she dressed up in all black beating up a thief lol it's giving Revenge of others. Her dancing skills are top tier! and her interactions with her boss are funny af.
I love the bromance from Won Jun and Kang Ho! Now all I need is some sismance between Mi Ran and Na Eun <3
The show wasn't really funny the only funny bits is subtle scenes I don't know why because I'm big fan of over exaggerated comedic acting but this is just not for me also the entire plot is founded on Kang Ho liking Mi Ran because "she's not like other girls" and it genuinely pisses me off.
The way I feel about Kang Ho is literally the title, it's a love and hate relationship I really do love to hate him, I try not to because I know for a fact later on we're going to need to like him but sometimes he just opens his mouth and I'm just like can I sew it shut please!? I beg, what do you mean as a birthday gift you get to go in one date with me no-one wants to go on a date with you!!! But then they kiss and I'm like maybe one date won't hurt also I was side eyeing Won Jun so hard, what do you mean Mi Ran triggered Kang Ho's attack!! If anyone crossed the line it's him, all she did was kiss him back.
I'm a big fan of fake dating so everything before episode 5 I might just forget it and pretend that the series starts from there because so far episode 5 has been my favourite.
YES YES YES YES UMM YES!! GET THE BESTIES DATING IM ALL FOR IT!! BECOME MY FAV COUPLE RIGHT NOW YESSSSSS
Mi Ran has problems with men and doesn't get along with her dad while Kang Ho have problems with women and doesn't get along with his mum. The mummy/daddy issues are jumping out right now...
Na Eun was wayyy too into Won Jun just cause he's good looking like he is but please let there be some character development where she sees his good sides and He stops being kinda of a jerk, trust me I KNOW he's good looking but control yourself girl.
I feel like there was a better way for information to get traded in this series because why is Won Jun telling Mi Ran Kang Ho's entire backstory?? And vice versa to me its like a betrayal, total betrayal of privacy.
Kang Ho's before and while liking Mi Ran was too different there was no smooth transition, makes it almost unbelievable that he actually likes her. Might have been the goal but I don't like it cause we're watching this from a third person perspective not first. Kang Ho and Mi Ran's relationship was also moving too fast, I feel like I was missing something. Maybe I just didn't expect this from a Korean drama or it genuinely just had a shaky foundation.
I LOVE YOU?!?! Y'all just started dating for real TODAY!?! the pacing is so messed up... (don't get me wrong my feet were kicking and I was twirling my hair and giggling while it was going on but damn I love you already?!)
Okay the plot is "you're not like other girls" but it's more like "you're not like other girls I KNOW" (cause trauma) which still annoys me but I'll let it slide.
The baby voice kills me the second this girl is in a relationship her personality does a 360 lmao but Kang Ho baby talk "doenjang-jjigae" is way cuter than hers, it wins by a mile <3
The main character's respective best friends sitting down so they can crush each other's hopes in dating each other even though I'm pretty sure they like each other is the weirdest thing I have ever witnessed in a drama. It's like when couples say no you hang up first but instead it's no you crush my hopes in ever dating you, first please. Was weird but I like them so I'll settle for the scene but Na Eun, you play too many mind games.
The longer the show goes on the worst it gets tbh.
Won Jun and Na Eun please stay away from each other cause these games are actually stupidly annoying. The girl in blue with Won Jun at Kang Ho's party though damn, got me rethinking my entire sexuality how can yo u look so gorgeous!!
The whole secret relationship thing I also thought they could do it but why didn't they tell their friends that was the dumbest shit ever, you can't be vigilant 24/7 you need someone to have your back and I was trying to yell out all the time TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS!! And then after they created this mess, Kang Ho is here like hyung, otoke?? YOU SHOULD HAVE OTOKE FOR SOME ADVICE BEFORE!! Why does Won jun have to now clean up your mess, you did whatever the fuck you wanted before do that now. Now Kang Ho is trying to guilt trip his bestie into helping him, he was there for you before and you LIED, y'all don't deserve him for real.
Won Jun and Kang Ho fighting like children, I love them!! Tbh I have a love hate relationship with the entire cast except Soo Jin my baby does nothing wrong <3
I really enjoy Mi ran and her ex together a mess but a fun one.
The best way to describe this show is really a huge mess but kind of a fun one.
When Won Jun is on screen there's only three emotions 1 I am infatuated with his looks 2 laughing because he is hilarious or 3 I'm cringing like now as he shows up in the Limousine, literally paused and threw my headphones because what the actual fuck am I watching?? I can't do this, please stop! the second-hand embarrassment is too much. At least he's self aware so *shrug* it was cute... please don't do it again.
Won Jun and Mi Ran are actually pretty similar, the anger, the casual dating, the type they fall for, the exes woah.
I feel like I was settling down in a bad relationship because this is what I think is the best that I deserve!?! Why did I let half of the problems of this show slide?? and settling for mediocre plot just because they gave me a scene with the couple I like which by the way wasn't that great either. This was bad I don't know why I'm being soft about it, others might like it but I didn't and that's okay. If u hate clichés, me too but this wasn't as bad as I thought, though it's full of clichés, so still bad.
I swear some scenes are not on the script unless they are genuinely just that good; There is absolutely no way that the lawyer walking into the door was planned in script, when Kang ho kicks his slippers off and throws the photos to then accidentally hit a vase is my favourite scene it's so out of character yet still in character so cute!
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Binge worthy
"Love isnt bad, it's the people who are badWhen in love we are the purest in state" - Choi Soo Jin to Yeo Mi Ran
I was waiting for this drama since I saw the trailer. I love the pairing as I can relate to their age group. I love how Mi Ran tackles and interpret her self as a feminist. It's not too much and not lacking. Also I love how the series showed their perspective regarding with women having a lot of men to date with. It's shows how double standard our society is. When men do that, "they're just sowing the oats, and what to do? they're men, it's typical for them to engage eih several women" but if a woman did that, then they will be casts aside and be called names such as "promiscuous" or "wild women" when im fact, women also should have a choice and have a say with it as they're the one who's gonna spend the rest of their lives with a man. Remember you'll never know someone's true nature unless you learn to live with them in a house.
The series is matured, funny, romantic and quit realistic on my part. It's just saddening that 10 episodes are not enough as some parts were rush, maybe 12 or 14 episodes would be enough.
Anyway, I love the series and the casts! They did a very good job!
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Practically Perfect in Every Way
10/10 is my rating. This is a 2023 South Korean Romantic Comedy Drama series. It has 10; 44-63 Minutes. It is also known as Love Battle.First I will provide a synopsis then a review.
Synopsis
Yeo Mi-ran (Kim Ok-vin) is an attorney who is an expert in martial arts and is not beyond rendering some street justice. Mi-ran vehemently dislikes men who take advantage of vulnerable young women and will seduce them in order to get close to expose their unethical and/or illegal activities. It has made her very jaded about men in general and she is convinced when she first sees Nam Kang-ho (Teo Yoo) that he is just another man looking down on and exploiting women. Mi-ran's long time friend and roommate, Shin Na-Eun (Go Won-hee) tries to moderate Mi-ran's thuggish behavior and is one of the reasons she is willing to stick with a new job that violates nearly all of her principles. The law firm Mi-ran works for, caters to celebrities, among them Kang-ho. Kang-ho's manager and friend Do Won-jun (Kim Ji-hoon) also has his hands full with his friend/client as Kang ho does not like manipulative women and has been on a mission to reform the spoiled actresses he encounters in his film roles. Both originally misunderstand each other and are thus on a mission to take each other down. However, the more time they spend together they come to realize each is not that thing they hate and are in fact among the few genuine people. As passionately as they hated each other in the beginning the two begin to love the other with the same intensity.
Review
The only very minor critique I have is it was a bit chaotic in the beginning of the first episode. I worried that the story would not come together and those confusing elements would continue. They do not. It quickly moves to a very engaging, entertaining, and comical story. The chemistry between the leads is very convincing. The reveal of the motivations of the main character is well paced. It is a heartwarming romance with a strong action and comedic element. 10 episodes felt perfect to tell the story and I am not one that normally likes series shorter than 16 episodes. This is one of the very few I could see myself watching again because I so thoroughly enjoyed it.
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The second couple, which was both of their best friends, was very cute and it was unfortunate that we did not get more time seeing their relationship further develop. However, they were a side couple so the amount of time spent on them was understandable.
I loved Mi-ran's relationship with her female client/aging actress who is divorcing her philandering chaebol husband. I liked how she won her over from being who she was and how they were such great advocates for each other.
I wish that Kang-Ho had told Mi-ran what exactly his ex-girlfriend had done to him but it was not critical to the story that he do so. It was actually part of of what was so wonderful about him that he did not totally out his former girlfriend. Mi-ran was so smart and good at investigating it is likely she would find that out on her own at some point anyway.
I liked how she gained respect and became friends with the male attorneys. I thought it was unfortunate how quickly the leadership of the law firm turned on her when the scandal occurred but that was necessary to maintain a plausible story line.
The "I don't need no man" fit with this story line. It was a bit more sexualized and risque than I am used to with Korean dramas. I worry some that the American influence could bring in elements of feminism and sexual promiscuity that has become extreme in American content and which I hope does not become strong in the content that is created or featured on American streaming services. I like Korean dramas because they are more wholesome and would not want to see them transform to a more American style.
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