Really cool Gender swap Romantic thriller!

I heard Kim Jieun (FL) saying that this show is a Romantic thriller in a radio interview and that's what it is exactly! A really interesting one at that! It has short 24 episodes of almost 22-25 mins each. Easy to watch, mostly light-hearted and quite well acted. Picks up pace after Ep 4.

HIGHLIGHTS :

1) ACTING: Actually I have become a fan of both FL and ML (Lomon) and went back and watched most of their old shows because of how good they are here! When they gender swap the change is so smooth it's like they actually swapped! They both have done a really great coordinated job here! ??

2) CHEMISTRY : It's simply Fire! Both the leads look so hot together! ? And I am sure many of you are here because of those kiss scenes YT shorts! ? But mind you, the actual romance part is really subtle, don't expect fireworks romance and sweeping declarations, you just have to imagine those things yourself! ? LOL (EDIT: Now that I have completed it, I can say that romance gets more visible towards the end and for that I am infinitely happy :D)

3) STYLISH SHOW: When you watch it you will realise they have added all elements to both aesthetics and the plot to make it modern and stylish. All the Marketing ideas they come up with in each episode is so new and cool and overall very interesting and I really enjoyed those scenes in each episode!

4) I personally like a no nonsense strong headed FL and here she is perfect as one! she's no saint and don't go expecting her to be one either you will be disappointed! She's superbly grey! (EDIT: For people looking for character growth, let's just say they all become better versions of themselves in the end.)

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5) It's a thriller so be ready for huge plot twists! Things may not be as they seem in the first 3/4th half of the show! ? But they are totally worth it! Accept things as they come, it gets better and better! (EDIT : It's certainly all worth it in the end! *HEA* <3 )

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Totally Loved it!

I really loved it because the main actors were superb! They both behaved like adults unlike most c dramas where adults behave like teenagers most of the time! Here the situations were very much real and their reactions too. Just minus 1 point for uninteresting secondary couple. Just skip their scenes!
If you like mature drama with ML and FL having a really healthy balanced relationship who actually take time for each other and clear any misunderstanding they might have the very next moment it happens, then here is the show you are looking for!

Music was awesome too! Especially the starting song!

9/10 from me! Highly recommended!

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Cute romcom!

Generally, I love J dramas mostly for their Detective dramas as I find their romance dramas (except few exceptions) not very strong, especially I mostly find the FLs acting in most J romcoms very cringey and seldom cute like most others seem to find... But this show seems to a pleasant exception as the FL doesn't do the usual J drama childish acts and acts quite mature but in a cute naïve way.

The Ml and Fl got decent chemistry. The cast is good overall nothing exceptional but decent enough acting by everyone involved, including all the supporting cast. Title and ending music is catchy.

Story is ok, not very great but a nice tropey finding your childhood sweetheart again kinda romcom. He is an upcoming drama/movie star and she is a elementary school teacher who accidentally becomes his celebrity manager. There is a small love triangle just for namesake but you know it wont matter much in the end. Romance is sweet and at the same time angsty just the way I like it! Comedy was hardly there, so nothing to mention about it. Overall a decent time pass drama.

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Better version of all!

I have watched 3 versions of the same story- Korean, Chinese and Japanese. And J version seems to be the best of 3 because they have removed all the unpleasant things from the other 2 versions which will generally bother you namely the amount of rudeness the ML shows the FL for no apparent reason! Here the ML is more sensible and therefore more likeable of all 3 versions of the ML. And since it is only 10 episodes there are no unnecessary fillers which is a huge plus!

Acting wise : In Korean version, the FL's acting was over the top, ML was good, in Chinese version, the FL is good actor, the ML has no expressions at all! In this version FL is good and ML is OK but needs to improve a bit. I have watched him in anime based movies where exaggerated reactions are necessary but here he should have toned in down in certain scenes but overall this version has both leads who act well.

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Interesting and Inspirational sports- business drama

I had no interest in watching this initially thinking it was fully about sports and I am kind of that lazy person who is not really fan of any sports and has no idea about how Baseball works. Lol But I read some article about it recently and thought to give it a try now (Feb 2024) and I was pleasantly surprised because I really enjoyed it.

STORY:
It is basically an inspiring story about how a sports club which owns a Baseball team is going through bad times and how a new strict manager turns their luck around. He changes the whole system, weeds out corruption, etc etc. Even though it is kind of predictable, the story of how these things are achieved is the highlight of the drama.

Acting is stellar and has many heart warming scenes. I was happy that there was no romantic feelings b/w the leads and it was only a strictly business relationship b/w them as I kinda shipped the 2nd ml with Fl. :)

Overall a good pick me up drama !

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Not the legal drama I expected it to be.

So I guess this is a case of high expectations ruining the fun for me because I went in with a really high expectations as I really like the actors from their previous works and I really love Legal dramas, but what I saw didn't meet my expectations.

I really liked the characterizations of the leads but I expected a legal drama where more importance is given to legal cases and its investigations, but here that seems to be a very small part of the story. It gave a more melodrama feel than a legal drama feel to me.
Even the cases seem very melodramatic than interesting, especially the episode with her friend's father's inheritance, the ending seemed very illogical to me the way he still gave those evil people his money!

Then there's the repetitiveness of the whole whale scenes... It seemed quite interesting in the beginning of 1st episode, watching the big and beautiful creature flying and jumping and her interesting trivia on them, but by the 4th episode, I was tired of watching it again and again.

I feel this would have been a a really nice movie though and I do hope that they make a movie with the same basic story and characterization where the Fl & Ml are jointly solving some interesting cases. Maybe she can set up a private practice and he can be her partner and they can be those underdog lawyer/paralegal team who go and win against some big mean corporate ones. That would get a 9+ from me but this is unfortunately only a 6.5 rating from me.

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Cute, funny with great chemistry!

*Just a small midway review. *

Watch it for the lovely chemistry between the leads, some really good acting and an really quirky story!

STORY : Went in with minimal expectations but was pleasantly surprised by how funny the story is! The story is actually something I have not seen before even though it is mistaken identity, revenge, contract marriage, etc, it has a very different approach to it all. Things are quite light hearted and FL and her friends are crazy hilarious bunch!

First episode might seem confusing, but just continue watching and it gets clearer.

Just don't expect too much logic and stuff, it's just like most of the other C dramas in that aspect. If you you don't take it seriously you will enjoy it.

ACTING : Have liked ZYX (FL) since 'love at night', so checked it out for her and she has a nice quirky role in this. ML is also really good and I am planning to check out his old shows now!

CHEMISTRY : Both the leads have a very cute and sweet chemistry. ML is a total sweetheart especially as the episodes go by. (I want to write more about it but it might be a spoiler, so I am going to resist writing about it! Lol) Either way watch it for them!

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