Love Mate (2023)

То что посмотрю еще не раз, а много раз

Просто в любимые и без лишних слов. Тем поднято много, но не хочу рассуждать об этом, так как все-равно будут великие критики, которым нужно было не все это, а то что можно до фантазировать. я даже предвкушаю эти повторные из раза раз слова. Ну да ладно, Не о них, а о дораме. Благодарю иностранных представителей дорамы, которые сразу объявили рейтинг-контента = 15+. То есть зритель сразу должен понимать, что здесь больше романтики, отношений, а не хот. Мне понравилась опять таки игра лицом. Взгляды, мимика - это Корея умеет делать превосходно. Химия отличная, даже включение и выключение света в нужный и правильный момент. А заключительные эпизоды? Ни кто себя не увидел? или знакомых? которые на отрез не слышат слово "НЕТ" даже если его (слово) кричат. Мне все очень понравилось. Поэтому и в любимые. Поэтому с удовольствием пересмотрю еще нное количество раз. Хён Мин и Хан Гель с ролями справились превосходно. Характеры героев показаны идеально.

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Entre Encantos e Pequenas Falhas

A experiência foi realmente agradável e encantadora. O casal principal irradiava simpatia, criando uma química excepcional. Embora a trama não tenha trazido algo revolucionário, foi interessante o suficiente para proporcionar momentos descontraídos e aquecer o coração. As atuações foram competentes, e embora a história não tenha inovado, cumpriu seu papel ao oferecer uma pausa leve.

No entanto, na minha perspectiva pessoal, senti que o personagem Seo Lee Joon poderia ter valorizado mais o Ha Ram. Eu entendo seus medos, mas em alguns momentos, a trama deu a sensação de que o foco estava mais em Ha Ram correndo atrás e fazendo esforços por eles.

O desfecho feliz em que o casal fica junto foi satisfatório, proporcionando um encerramento positivo. O dorama cativou com momentos fofos e apaixonados, destacando-se pela boa química e conforto em cena. A trilha sonora contribuiu para definir o clima, complementando.

Apesar dos pontos positivos, acabou não atendendo totalmente às expectativas. Algumas questões polêmicas persistiram, e houve uma sensação de que o enredo poderia ter explorado mais a fundo certos temas.

Em resumo, é uma opção decente para quem procura um dorama leve e encantador, apesar de alguns pontos que poderiam ser aprimorados e menos problemáticos.

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The story is both cute and extremely relatable. I think everyone has felt the urge to give up on love at some point in their life. And often times it's when we have given up that someone comes into our life and turns it upside down. The music was good, not truly anything memorable, but kept with the timing of the series. The cast was adorable, and while they are decent actors, my complaint is always when you can tell the bl actors are straight. Kissing scenes are always going to be your give away, and most of the time straight actors simply can't do a convincing kissing/intimate in Korean and Thai bls. Still, overall the story and acting were good and i would even consider this one rewatchable.

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Hate It

What the heck is this? Too bland, too boring, and too narcissistic. The only good thing about this show is the guy in the pilot episode who was rejected by the main character during their meet-up date. He is so handsome to the point that I wished that he was the main cast here.

The script is too shallow that I don’t even get entertained by any single scene presented in the show. It was cliche and overly romanticized. The bad thing is even the main characters can save their own show. They are lacking in terms of chemistry and those kisses aren’t enough to change how I feel about their love pair.

The team leader is annoying; he was hurt in his previous relationship yet still chooses to go around and have some casual fun with people who are looking for a serious relationship. The other guy is kinda annoying as well. He is too clingy that even went overboard and crossed the boundaries as colleagues by touching his boss without any form of consent. That’s it! I am too devastated with this BL hahaha

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Für mich ist Love Mate eine leichte Officeromance.

Nach den ersten Folgen fand ich die Serie kurzzeitig ein wenig schleppend. Das hat sich aber schnell wieder gedreht.

Die Chemie ist in Ordnung und das Acting ist auch okay. Nicht das Beste, was ich bisher gesehen habe, aber doch schon süß.

Als Fan von BL Dramen habe ich nicht all zu viel Auswahl, wenn ich mich auf die koreanischen Serien beschränke, weswegen ich sagen würde, dass man die Serie durchaus sehen kann. Es gibt deutlich bessere, aber auch deutlich schlechtere. Sie liegt im guten Mittelfeld.

Der Schauspieler von Ha Ram erinnert mich teilweise total an Kim Seokjin von BTS. :D

Die Musik mochte ich sehr gerne! Zwei Lieder sind auch direkt in meine Playlist gewandert.

Overall würde ich es als feel-good Serie einstufen. Es gibt definitiv auch ernste Aspekte und die Serie zeigt, wie sehr einen frühere Beziehungen verletzen und prägen können, aber auch, dass man durchaus heilen kann.

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The Cho Boys didn't knock The Parks Or Lees Down

The Parks (SEMANTIC ERROR) and The Lees (OUR DATING SIM) are two couples with the same surnamed that serves BL Fandom 2 great series. Did The Cho Boys do the same? I'm afraid not but they have nothing to be ashamed of.

So lets get right into it. This was an aggressive pursuer and equally aggressive resistor story and those stories are not for everyone. However that story changed quickly to one of mutual fondness.

We have the Team Leader who has a lot of baggage in his past of because of that he cut himself off from the world of love and dating and opting for a life of samples. Meeting men on apps going out with them once and then deleting them as if it was a sample in a warehouse club. Samples aren't there to fulfill but just to get a taste and its no way to live.

So in this vain the aggressive pursuer angle works to a certain degree because it pulled the team leader to get out of his own way. And aren't we glad he did. Team Leader had baggage with an ex that made him feel worthless. Like he wasn't enough so he adopted a lifestyle of one and done date wise.

HaRam gave the team leader the confidence to realize that one bad apple shouldn't leave you living an incomplete life. He gave the team leader a chance to confront his past and to move passed it. The past included a ego maniac that dumped the team leader by text after using him to make his modeling dreams come true. So allowing Team Leader to choose the restaurant and pouring that wine glass contents over his head and walking away with his head held high. Could have been better but the point was clear just as their DATE MATE scenario was coming to it's end and they officially became boyfriends. And the last kiss was nice.

So inclusion was it a great BL, no. But it was damn good. So not in my Top 10 but yet I have an appreciation for the story told. So Good Job Cho Boys.

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Barely finished it

The theme of the story was interesting, but that's the only good thing about this series, I'm afraid.
The plot had good potential, but the pacing and the portrayal of the characters ruined everything. For the first three episodes things were more or less stable, then from episode 4 onwards I found myself unable to follow the thought and emotional patterns of the characters. The way they changed their mind about certain situations or even about each other were not shown properly, so I found myself thinking "wait, how did we get here?" more than once as I watched. It felt like the writers were more concerned with showing Ha Ram's cute pursuing of Lee Jun than actually putting some care in their emotional growth and the development of their relationship. Things got even worse during the last two episodes, where I actually struggled to finish the whole drama (which is the reason why it doesn't even reach a 6 out of 10 for me).

The acting was decent from Lee Jun, but unfortunately I can't say the same for Jeong Ha Ram, who often looked like he was just faking his personality. Since Ha Ram wasn't explored in the least as a character, I was fully expecting some incredible plot-twist about him, but that didn't happen, so I guess that's just poor acting. Yun Do Kyung was the worst of all as he really looked like he was reading his lines out loud rather than acting.
The chemistry between the two main characters is not there either. The two of them never really bond with each other, so I wasn't impressed.
The production is nothing impressive, and the music isn't anything worth noting either.

Overall it felt like a waste of time. Can't recommend watching it.

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Cliche' Ex coming back struggle but still Very Cute and very fluttery

This Drama is very Cute, At the very least I am glad that they made the ending that way because it was really sweet and cute, like I feel like these two couples are my baby boys, you what I'm saying, like I wanna adopt them and take care of them 🤣 ..
my favorite part on this drama is the way the dominant lead aggressively pursues the submissive lead one, althought at somepoint in real life that is really really annoying , but since it is just a drama I have chosen to feel the fluttery effect of it.
the story is somehow too cliche' like why do they always make a story where the ex comes back and the lead struggles and so hinders their love story ? and also when the lead cannot move on to the past .. that is annoying .. I hope they wont add things like that again in the future.
I was surprised that this drama has a bed scene, like whoa .. for someone that is so cute as them they are like too young to do that 🤣 .. but anyways it is still good and it somehow happens in real life so two thumbs up for that. the kissing scene was good because unlike the other it is a bit saucy not dry ... and it is longer than we imagine, and the kissing scene is not just one on the entire drama and that is waht I like, for young actors like them they do not look too shy to do that and I really admire them as I admire this couple..too bad that BL couples in korea is not being shipped as in thailand where they even have names and so so strong fan club, If they are to have an official ship couple name I will be automatically member of the fan club to ship for them.
I'm gonna re watch this KBL one day, the run time is longer that I have expected I thought is was only like 15 minutes but gladly it was longer.
I recommend this KBL together with Our dating Sim, Unintentional love story, Roommates of Poongduck Villa 304 and so many more unforgettable KBL .l❤️
I really do hope they would star again in KBL as couple one day !

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a creepy and stalkerish handsome guy

the harassment tho.... a bit of harassment i let it pass but this is constant harassment that i see, everywhere he go he finds him stalking him and the guy will not take a no as an answer, im trying to not think too much about it as its just a serie, its all fun until its a real life situation it become a serious problem then, they choose a handsome actor and make people swoon and ignore the red flags.
that scene when they are in the bus he took it too far, he is leaning toward him and putting his hand on his hand on purpose while the other ML clearly doesnt want to be touched he keeps pushing him away, if you are trying to flirt with someone you dont do it like that, not being creepy and non con touching!! thats called sexual harassment/sexual assault depending on what you exactly did.
and he took a picture of him without his consent and then sent it later to him wtf
some people who love this serie feel defensive but its ok for you to acknowledge the flaws of a character but enjoy the serie as well instead of pretending like nothing wrong with the ML because some people are saying he is "only hitting on him" and "its aggressive flirting" wtf? he was clearly crossing his boundaries.. admitting that some things are morally not right is ok, if he was a woman those same people will not be saying those words
another unrealistic thing, how is he harassing his boss without any consequences, i dont get it , usually the person who has power is the one who abuse their power, but this guy is a new employee to work but he is harassing his boss, so weird concept...
the script is obviously bad, really bad, there is so much better plots than this one ,dropped

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BL Fast Food

My thoughts halfway through the series (just finished ep 4):

Concept:
This drama is what it looks like when you try to turn red flags into cutesy fluff. One side is stating a clear and persistent “no” and the other completely disrespects his boundaries by constantly touching him and making passes at him. It gives me SA vibes.

Characters:
The character construction is pretty shallow and generic, but the actors are managing to pull it off. I think I actually like them, which is impressive because how turned off I am by the overly aggressive flirting. I think this is a testament more to the skill of the actors than the quality of the writing.

Writing/plot:
The plot progression is probably the weakest aspect of the drama so far. Several plot points have just popped up out of nowhere without the kind of lead-up or framing needed to not give the audience whiplash. It’s clear that not a lot of thought was put into realistic character development or story building. That being said, the general concept of the story is decent and even cute.

Production:
It’s a Korean BL, so it definitely meets a basic threshold of production quality. There’s nothing particularly exciting or artistic in the camerawork, lighting or editing, but it does the job and it looks good.

Overall:
This is what I like to call a “fast food drama”. It’s easy and filling, although with very little substance or originality. It satisfies a lazy afternoon, but I probably won’t be able to remember anything of the story a month from now.

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romantization of sexual harassment

sexual harassment is not cute, not funny and definitely not romantic and SHOULDN'T be the base of a whole drama. two episodes and the sexual harassment, the stalking and the non-consensual touches keeps getting worse. it's unhealthy, bad and it shouldn't be normalized AT ALL.

and since i keep seeing people giving this show good ratings, imagine if it was you. also, don't even think this kind of harassment will come from good looking, young, "nice" guys and that will stop because you will somehow fall in love with them. it can be harmful in so many ways, can lead to SA and even worse things.

somehow people seems to believe is ok to put a lot of toxic things inside bl dramas because it's two men and it's even worse to see people really accepting it. it shouldn't be like this. if you saw a woman being constantly harassed in your workplace would you be quiet about it? if you saw a man going behind a woman inside a bus and touch her without her consent would you be ok? this double standard needs to end. it's NOT OK.

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Cuddly Polar Bear meets Angry Penguin. Unlikely pair that grows into a healthy couple.

One of the most uncontroversial controversial dramas I've watched. So much undeserved, nonsensical and misplaced criticism from people who didn't watch the whole thing.

A both lighthearted and intense comedy, overpacked with sugary sweetness, spicyness, tension and funny scenes. I've never seen so much cuddling, kissing and open honest conversations between two guys like this before.

You have to be willing to just sit back, relax and see where the ride goes without overanalyzing and self projecting your own experiences and biases, then you'll get to meet two flawed but realistic characters that grow into a very healthy couple.

Falsely accused by some viewers of the serious crime of harassment, Jeong Ha Ram is the sweetest, gentle supportive boyfriend that Jun needed.
There's so much tenderness and affection in the way that Ha Ram treats Jun that it makes me emotional. I wasn't expecting to cry with this unserious lighthearted comedy but I did.
By the end, their true colors appear and both characters have honest conversations about their previous mistakes and their willingness to change.

It's heartbreaking to read some comments after watching the whole show and getting to know both characters deeply.

The show doesn't take itself too seriously and is self aware. The characters themselves comment about the flaws and quirks of the drama.

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