6.0/10 - Getting there!

That whole thing with the new mean fair was harsh. Real harsh. It also shows us that poor Chang Heng is a prisoner and that Orchid is in real danger if it's ever revealed that Chang Heng cares for her. YIkes! Boy, the writer is definitely trying to show us why Chang Heng can't be with Orchid. Though . . . I can't root for him any more!!! Taking away Orchid's memories of 500 years ago!! WTF! I hate it when the male leads make huge discussions and violations for the FL all to protect them. Taking away their free will. Just be honest with her. Let her know that if she's open about her affections your bro will kill her. He-he. I also think Dongfang Qing Cang shook himself. Giving her air after she pulls him off into the water to avoid the search. So dramatic! Orchid was so shocked, but poor Dongfang Qing Cang didn't know that he was cursing himself with his little kisses of life. Poor boy.Wow. Orchid. I think she's starting to realize that she does have something for Dongfang Qing. She already pulled him off to safety cause she thinks Chang Heng will win in a fight. Then upon realizing he's Moon Tribe, but not his full identity, she wants to send him away. hmmmmmm. She even admits that she will miss him and the whole sweet taste thing is brought up. She now loves his company.The sad thing is that while Dongfang Qing is definitely cracking. His root or emotional tree, that's the tree we've been seeing!, is coming back to life and there's a bit of greenery budding. All his sweet words and comfort doesn't feel real though. Because of the curse he wouldn't feel his way. Random thought. But isn't it heart breaking that both Dongfang Qing and Chang Heng are hurt and imprisoned by those who should love them?

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7.0/10 - Very good.

Yao finally gets to play with the team against another team. She uses K to recklessly get a win. It's interesting watching Cheng observe her. He's clearly interested and at this point I do believe that Yao only sees her as her captain and mentor. So far. Of course Yao discovers that Cheng is from a super wealthy family and that his family owns ZGDX. The best part is off putting K becomes human. He stays behind while everyone goes out to party. He-he! Guess what K does all alone. Why he listens to music and dances it out! Just like the rest. Poor guy though. He's finally able to cut loose and Yao's parents show up. It was actually really fun and it was great that Yao and her parents resolve things. Yao's dad realizes how serious she is and leaves her a sweet note. While Yao's mother is calmed down by the first meeting with Cheng. Or mama match maker's wheels are turning. It was really fun getting to see more of Biscuit. I meant the team! The team and Yao getting more comfortable with them. It was interesting fans getting more curious to meet the girl member of ZGDX! I'm very curious how her first camera streaming will go. How her fanbase is going to be. Not to mention when Mom and Dad are leaving? Am I right about her mom deciding it's better to have Yao get a chance with Cheng? Hmmmmmm?

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10/10 - Exceeded all expectations.

Exceeded all expectations. Truly brilliant. It did not give me some lame sappy ending with the monk friend, though I felt it came a bit late. I did want more resolutions and reveal as to what happened to Jung Hee after she started to move on. Gi Hoon and Yoo Ra relationship was revealed over time, while the romantic in me cries, it was refreshing to see how it all goes for those two. While my heart screamed it's sappy self out and I wanted things to go silly between Dong Hoon and Ji An the truth behind this drama came out: "What a wonderful relationship you have with him. And so precious, too. If you take the time to think about it each and every interpersonal relationship is quite fascinating, and precious. You must repay them. Live a happy life. That's how you can repay the people in your life."My Mister is a drama of how we touch each other's lives. The relationships and connections that we chose to keep and cherish. Personal happiness and sorrow. It's truly beautiful.To be quite honest I think the biggest pay off of this ending episode was Loan Shark. Lee Gwang Il. When he could hear Ji An's honest words about their past and present relationship. That she did understand that his father hurt him and even though he knew his father was bad he mourned him. The girl he knew was being wronged and he cared for, killed a horrible man whom he loved. He was wrinkled by life too. He was also unwrinkled by Ji An. I hope she knows he sent those flashdrives. I would have liked a quick check in on on Ki Beom [Ji An's best friend]. Who is the only character who is truly left out. THe only reason I keep bringing him up is because he is pivotal to the entire plot! Yet works as just a quiet and silent little used character. Which does credit to the writer. I also would have liked to have more confirmation on Kang Yoon Hee. From the pictures and what he says Kang Yoon Hee and Park Dong Hoon are still together. But now she lives where their son is . . . so now there's a huge distance between them. How does that fix a marriage? Either way this is one of the most impressive and down to earth dramas I have ever watched. It's lovely and beautiful. With all it's harsh edges and . . . grit. I adore this drama and I do feel that it's utterly underated despite it's high ratings. As I type my review for the last episode My Mister sits on the highest ratings on this site at 9.2 tying with Signal and SKY Castle. Signal happens to be a favorite of mine so that high praise. (Haven't watched SKY Castle yet.) When I switch from ratings to most popular it's on page freaky 11!!!!!! It's all the way back there with it's #1! I just needed to rant. Because this drama is spectacular. One of the best endings with no let down. No slowing and the writer/director never lose there way.

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Rough start, but very enjoyable.

Rough start, but very enjoyable. I do believe that this will be very enjoyable for me. It also doesn't hurt how happy I am to see Lee Hyun Woo again! I truly loved him in To the Beautiful You. With Joy (of Red Velvet) really bringing the Joy to her character So Rim (I know, I know I went there) I think they'll be a great pair!



Overall I think this first episode could have done a better job at bringing the story together, but the basics are given. It was enjoyable.



I really loved the flash dance/band performance to confess ones feelings. (Though I felt so bad for the confessor!) Not as bad as the girl who got the flowers taken away after she picked them up! Poor girls.



Oh, and the fanservice tease has already began! Han Kyeol dancing and taking off his shirt, but we didn't get a body shot. ^_- They're playing the fans already.



Overall a fun start. I'm very curious as to how much the Crude Play member will be part of the story and such. I do like the basic concept and think this could be another great music drama. I really like how all the cast members play off each other in this first episode and expect great things later on down the line.

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Protect your walnuts. Bong Soon is coming.

Wow, I'm glad Bong Soon stood up to her mom. However, I think her mom could seriously get arrested for spouse abuse. That's scary, and to me not funny at all!



So I guess Bong Soon has finally learned to control her powers. So when Gook Du got tossed it was only moderate strength. He didn't seem too shocked, though his backside hurt. I'm wondering if he already knows she has super strength or not? With both guys running to her rescue at the end of this episode I can only hope that all will be revealed.



Random things I enjoyed was the background war Bong Soon and Min Hyeok had. Along with Bong Soon saying "How dare you bother my kinds." She's enjoying be gang leader a bit too much. ^_-



Again I feel like the plot and story is all over the place. Bringing in a marriage contract thing, addressing the worries and hate crimes against women through the kidnappings, and so on. This episode didn't feel quite as choppy as the last one, but it's still there.



I do truly like the humor and crazy use of the OST for this drama. But no matter how entertained I am it's flawed. I know a lot of people think I hate it due to the rating. Nope I hate it when it 1 to 3, I have a different rating scale then others. *shrugs* Overall I love the antics and I'm accepting Strong Woman Do Bong Soon for what it is.



Oh, and I love how she crushed those walnuts and the gang leader is all like "I must protect my walnuts" with his hands.

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Can't believe there are only 3 more episodes!

Can't believe there are only 3 more episodes! Tang is finally getting fully drawn into the plot and we're seeing his true colors. Though the reality is Lin Man is no innocent. Tang took advantage of an inexperienced and grieving widow. Leading her down a bad path and then forsaking her.



Yi Ting has his revenge. I was so happy when his mom came and confessed that only Xin Yu could get through to her. To show her that she was wrong, and that she was a bad mother to her son. That she gave up when things got rough. That said it was creepy seeing Yi Ting being so happy and jubilant. Maybe because we know it's forced?



The most heart breaking thing about Xin Yu leaving is that doesn't want to be with Yi Ting because she doesn't like who she is becoming with him. Xin Yu made Yi Ting into a better person, to see that there could be happiness and redemption. Xin Yu can only find negative emotions and the desire to hurt others.



Xiao Yue needs to hold onto the instincts to tell Xin Yu the truth first. I hope she can.



Tang hasn't realized the enemy he has created with his own daughter. She might like Zi Ting enough to risk turning him in. Especially when she realizes that Tang may have killed the man she thought of as a father.



Everyone is telling Xin Yu it's a misunderstanding. But it is grave. Yi Ting was seeking revenge to help him cope with his own guilt. He was seeking redemption through sin. While it's good to make the bad guys realize there are consequences. He hurt Xin Yu, she forgave him so much and just wanted him to tell her the truth. The opening song is very right. Yi Ting needs to take responsibility, and the only way I will feel satisfied is if he shows emotions and begs for forgiveness to her. Full confession.



Though from the previews I'm very nervous what Xin Yu is going to do once she finds out her friend betrayed her and that everything truly was a setup. It's enough to drive anyone crazy, but she doesn't want revenge.

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Off the island and two more survivors. But waht was with that ending?

Off the island and two more survivors. But what was with that ending? I couldn't tell if it was a preview or a weird time warp jump. I'm going to assume it was the previews. Really weird though.



Well finally we're getting off the island and that should be the end of that tale. I think. Tae Ho turned into the horror story bad guy that never dies. I mean clinging on to the side of the boat in freezing water. Then stay under the tarp to slowly kill off the crew and island survivors. Boy won't die. I need him to have a seriously gruesome ending when all of this wraps up.



"When many lies come together, I guess that becomes the truth." - Bong Hee



Well said Bong Hee. I love that she has the guts and courage to accuse the head woman of the special investigation team of knowing full well what the truth is. For letting her know that blaming someone they believe is dead because it's easier--and clearly lines her pockets--is wrong. Bong Hee is such a brave girl. I love that she sticks up for what she believes and survives.



I'm glad that Tae Yeong still believes in her and is helping. Also, I was hoping those two other survivors would be them. Of course they were together! I hope they can finally date and get a HEA. It's also great that now even more members, ones who can't be swayed, will be there to support Bong Hee's story. With enough people the truth will come out.



Solid episode, but very predictable. I'm hoping that now that we're off the island things will become more exciting and less predictable.

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This was a magical episode for character development.

This was a magical episode for character development. So many deep and cute moments. However, the best part is that the serious and stoic Yi Ting rode on the back of the bike with Xin Yu peddling!! Holy awesome sauce. I loved everything to do with the bike scenes.



So there it is. Yi Ting actually did bump into Xin Yu in the past. To be honest I was waiting for it. Considering that he had sought out Lin Min before it seemed an obvious thing to happen. I like that Xin Yu saved him from being hit, even offering him a handkerchief to clean up. If you thing about it this episode kind of broke some gender role barriers.



In the last episode we saw how much Yi Ting understands Xin Yu. Now we get to see that Xin Yu really understands Yi Ting. She knows he doesn't like explaining himself and he doesn't like being seen as weak. Though if he would take the time to explain he wouldn't garner hate and that causes all kinds of problems of there own.



The biggest help is seeing Yi Ting warming up. Relaxing. It's wonderful. His enemy An Sheng even realizes he acts different in that bike moment. Qian Ren loves is brother and realizes that Xin Yu can change is brother. He wants is brother to be happy and he feels that she can do it. Normally I hate it when one of the love interests can so easily toss the girl aside. However, Qian Ren realizes his love for his brother is greater and he wants him to heal. (Oh, and that gave us the "so that's what it's like to push someone against a wall" moment!)



Also it shows us how wonderful Xin Yu is. Taking Qian Ren and Yi Ting's mom out for fun and her friend. Xin Yu may on the surface be what would seem an annoying characters, but the character depth explored makes her one of the most loveliest female leads I've had the pleasure to watch.



The Tourette's syndrome is still present and I like that there where real human moments when they were being chased for the kidnapping scheme. From the cell phone moment to Xin Yu's fantasy! (Ha-ha, best fantasy ever! Especially since Yi Ting was aware and adding feedback.)



I love that Zian Ren realizes he loves his brother enough to let the girl he loves go to him and heal him. Though I agree that Xin Yu and Qian Ren are too much alike. This was wonderful episode for revelations and character growth. This also highlights what a smooth player Xia Yue is for helping Yi Ting with Xi Yu. He really should have thanked her. (You know he secretly wanted to.)

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Dealing with comunication issues in a new relationship is so realsitc!

Dealing with communication issues in a new relationship is so realistic! However, why does everything blow back as being Shan Shan's fault.



Issue one Valentine's Day, instead of hurting her by simply saying he doesn't celebrate it would have been more to the point to say that his parents died that day. Shan Shan immediately understood when she found out and felt bad for pushing it. She's kind hearted enough to give up Valentine's day for his feelings. Yet everyone keeps acting like it's because she wants to celebrate so bad. It's simply stressful because he won't talk to her.



Shan Shan's revelation is that she has to hear about everything from everyone else. Yet, it's her fault because her boyfriend has to be patient with her. When the reality is that he's not communicating. So the longer Feng Teng won't talk to you about important matters the more important you are to him? The thing is Shan Shan can't always be the one to compromise, waiting to hear from him kills her. That's one thing I've never been able to stand in a relationship, a partner unwilling to communicate. I believe in getting your thoughts together, but when you have to go to others to find out how your signifigant other thinks is too much.



This was a great episode to highlight the budding issues of communicating in a new relationship. However, I don't like how Shan Shan and everyone else makes it see like it's her fault. She's the one required to be patient for Feng Teng to tell her anything! Overall I don't like it when it's always the woman's fault. This type of thinking is why women always come off as over thinking things. Because the other person isn't communicating.



Feng Teng is holding her at arm's length . . . creating the thoughts that the trail period of their relationship is coming to an end. I find myself more frustrated by this drama and wish it would take the unique ideas to better places.

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The end, but life goes on.

A lovely ending. There's a lot of layers, just like onions. Lair Song's can't stop lying. In this case though it helps someone. Though poor Ye Eun's problems are just starting. Yi Na unfortunately can't see the right guy! Eun Jae finds closure, but I think she made her boyfriend secure in their relationship. Maybe not his looks!



Anywho I loved all the tie ins and "endings" for everyone. There's closure, but they're lives are going onward.



I even like the joke at the end that we all end up old and in diapers anywho. Ha-ha. Or maybe I just read too much into it.



I could go for another season, but I fear if they do go for it they may have a whole new cast or some new girls with the old. I think if they did do the same cast that it would be fine. The writer has enough talent and we care enough for the characters to move forward. After all the drama was entertaining before the big secrets came in.



Great ending for one of the best dramas I've seen in while.

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Meh. What was with the scene cutting?

The bromance, great! Visuals, still stunning. OST, blowing my mind. Yet the plot is still spinning its wheels.



Sunny and Wang Yeo may have met, but nothing is happening. It's frustrating. Not only that buy I still don't like what Kim Shin and Eun Tak relationship is. It's super immature and childish. While it's cute to some degree, I find it unrealistic. Not to mention that I could go on and one for plot holes.



I still feel the development of them suddenly loving each other. Face it. It's instalove, and I feel cheated.



Not to mention what is with all the cut scenes? Where it cut and repeated the scene again, but slightly different. The one at the end when he's apparently jumping into the future to "see" was okayish, but the ones before it felt off. I actually had to go back and see if it was Dramafever skipping again, but that normally either skips ahead or backwards, never repeats.



I still have faith and I can't really quit this one, but I still desperately want MORE from the writing.

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You're either in heat or love.

The nose and lip thing was too funny. Oh, yeah she's thirsty!! Water is not gonna quench her thirst.



Oh, and that whole ambush! That was fast. Though at least the whole hair clip thing came out and Pi Ya Nuo didn't try to lie. I love that she admitted it was her. Though I wonder why she didn't say her cousin was there? Why teacher? (Is this a culture thing I'm clueless about?)



I love the kinship I feel with Pi Ya Nuo over our similar tastes in bras!! Ha-ha!! Bonding through bras.



Despite it all Du Zi Feng's sister is way awesome and loving. She's right the power of love can change everything. Her discussion with him was awesome and I love their love for one another.



Hold up people why would a laid back girl, courageous, unpretentious, and someone who upholds justice equal a tomboy? Any type of personality can have those traits.



The test people! I loved how stone faced We Qing Yang was, didn't even blink when Du Zi Feng said he was testing if he liked men. Then when Du Zi Feng said he didn't feel attraction towards him that subtle and calm release of air!! Ha-ha! So perfect. Not to mention that Wei Qing Yang hit it right on the nose. They're not acting like buddies, it's more than that. On lookers can clearly see it. There's no "restrictions in love", well said Wei Qing Yang.



The whole chase thing was hilarious with the boxes full of peanuts. What luck! So when the paint gun came out I really thought they were going to use it as a real gun. So it was a paintball but why would they just hang around there? What if the paintball was the distraction and the real assassin was all like "here I am fools, your brains will be covering each other soon! Mwah-ha-ha."



That said I love how open everyone is to homosexuality. I'm wondering if Taiwan is more open about such things? Either way I always love it when gender benders have the male leads falling for the girl while still thinking she is a he. It makes the love feel real and more intense.



That said I love--LOVE--Pi Ya Nuo's cousin!!! She's so awesome, I want her more in the drama. However, I'm bummed that they writer is throwing an obstacle in front of Na Na and Wei Qing Yang's love! Let them be happier longer please.

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I feel like a womance is gonna develop, or . . .

So I feel like a womance is going to develop between Jin Myeong and Yi Na. If this was a US show or UK I'd say they actually become a couple. Which I'm actually cool with either way.



It's so cute that poor Eun Jae can only see the bullying of the guy. Not that he likes her and actually moved some of those girls out of the way for her. Even cuter is how she looks up to Ji Won! Ah!



Poor Ji Won though. She's awesome, but I guess confident and outspoken (AKA loud) girls aren't that popular in Korea. Sometimes they can be intimidating. I hope she doesn't change herself and will find a guy who loves that about her.



I appreciate the frank out look that Yi Na has on her lifestyle/job. Also, I'm very curious to see more of her male friend that's in the same line of "work". I hope she doesn't move out, I think she realizes that it will change something completely if she does. It's refreshing that Ji Won and Eun Jae don't really care about what Yi Na does. Overall it doesn't bother them. (That we know of.) Ye Eun is just one of those nosey characters who deals with their unhappiness by picking and bullying on others.



The ending was rather creepy, but I don't think that guy is a stalker. Instead I think he's a private eye or police officer. The talk of aurous and ghosts feels odd, but it is a good tool to hint that all the girls have secrets to be revealed.



Episode highlights for me: When Yi Na was reminiscing when she was naïve and said that guy was "dangerous" thinking back on the guy in the sailor getup! Girl sailor getup! Ha-ha. Also, that kiss! I love that the one thing the boyfriend asked about was if there was tongue.

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The truth is we're all weird. There's no such thing as normal.

I've long ago learned never to judge someone by first impressions and that everyone is human. Most likely that person isn't rude, they just are afraid to say what they think. They're not cold, they're shy. There's always more to a person and in reality in many ways we're all alike and vastly different. It's confusing.



I love the idea and concept of this first episode being Eun Jae as the fish out of water. New experiencing can be scary and everyone has to know when to jump back into the water. Just having the courage to say something can be hard. While other's don't even blink and can take the plunge. I know I'm one of those people who get's super nervous. But I always make myself speak up. It might be scary, but life is usually better when you have voice.



This first episode is (hopefully) the model for this show. I love the realistic aspect of it! All these girls are so fun and real. It's true when you're rooming with strangers they are strangers. You need to speak up. Hopefully you'll live Stranger Ville and start entering Friendship Zone. The reality is with strange roommates you may never know each other or become friends.



I'm very curious how the relationship between the characters will grow. While we don't know a lot, and we're just at the stereotype phase of development, I think it's a very promising cast. I'm really excited about this drama and I'm pretty sure my MDL friends are right that this was exactly what I was looking for.



(Ye Eun's boyfriend antics are gong to be source of much giggling I'm sure!)



Eun Jae is definitely a character I want to cheer on! I want to see her grow and I love that she already is sticking up for herself. I want to be there for her journey as she becomes stronger and can face life with more courage. After all finding words for yourself and using them is hard, it's just matter of the degree.

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Ah, I get so sad when it's the end of an epiosde!

I really love the humor in this drama!! It's going the stereotypical way of dramas with the general plot, but it's kind of making fun of it. Which helps it out a lot.



Not to mention that they're spicing things up with murder!!! Ah, I don't want that character to die.



I think that's why I love this so much the drama is making fun of drama tropes and using it's humor and pacing well.



Not to mention that Joon Jae and Shim Chung are starting to get some chemistry. Up until now I just felt like the chemistry was just from their Joseon era characters.



The slow reveal and hint of things is also hard to stay patient for. Is Shim Chung that old and she chose to forget things? Or is she a fully reincarnated mermaid that is here in the future. I thought maybe the reason why her present day scale colors were different was because she was that old. Though I'm starting to think reincarnation might be it. She did act pretty surprised when she had legs on land in the present day.



It's so cool to keep guessing about it. Though I thought the cut in for the Joseon timeline was really off from where we last left them, but after a bit I realized it fit as they skipped it from the last one. (Yeah, totally confusing but I don't know how to explain it.) Poor Nam Doo's past life! I cried out for him. I'm wondering when we'll meet Tae Oh's past life? It's so cute that Tae Oh thinks Shim Chung is cute!!! How could he not!



I loved the ending scene this time! Not only making fun of dramas, but it was a pretty sweet scene. Heck even the extra at the end was making fun of dramas. It works.



The Eastereggs where really good again and I can't wait to spot more.

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