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Cute Rom Com With Great Chemistery!

If you are familiar with me, you may be aware that I frequently blog about the D/s element in various shows. However, I desired a break from that. I desired something that was cute, romantic, and amusing, which would serve as a distraction from the intense content that I am currently observing. This fit the bill perfectly, and I'm glad I gave it a shot despite the reviews. The fun parts made me giggle, and the romantic ones made me sigh. If you enjoy Rom Coms, then you will adore this hidden gem.

Please refrain from paying attention to other reviews on here that are comparing this show to other shows that aren't Rom Coms and making disparaging remarks. You're comparing it to genres it's not in, it's like comparing a horror movie to a dance show. It's a Rom Com! Maybe don't watch Rom Coms if you don't like them!

I found the chemistry in both pairs to be excellent, the acting felt comfortable and there was never a point in which it felt fake or forced. I didn't have moments where I was thrown out of the series, but in fact was immersed in it. Not only that, but I stayed up far too late to finish it. As far as the story line? I, personally, enjoyed it, it was realistic in a way and there was smooth delivery. Plus, the character communication was chief's kiss. Seriously, ignore these other people and listen to me! It's cute! It might not be Semantic Error cute, but it fits with My Love Mix Up cute.

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kinda disappointing (and i have a lot to say about this show)

honestly had no expectations for this show and i'm a huge fan of yangmi so naturally i was looking forward to this show. i read reviews once the first few episodes were released and thought everyone was being a little bit too harsh like y'all were saying the age gap was weird and whatever and how she 'practically raised' him and stuff like that but i honestly thought the first few episodes were pretty solid and interesting enough to keep me wanting to watch the show. whoever is complaining about the age gap stuff are the same people who will giggle and support the couple if the man was the significantly older one while the female was the younger one so i'm not gonna talk about that. y'all just don't like older woman-younger man dramas LOL.

then in the middle of the show it started getting repetitive and it was like the same storyline was repeating over and over again, he saves her, she saves him etc etc. it was VERY boring and much different from how i expected the storyline to play itself out. the cgi, the fight scenes and the progression also started getting sloppy, then i found another show to watch and lost interest by the time tushan hong hong lost her memory so i just ended up skipping to scenes with yangmi only. didn't even watch the last 2 eps because i saw the ending on weibo anyway LOL

another thing is none of the characters were very engaging, probably because i didn't know much about them at all. the plots were very there and then based and none of them were given any character development. that being said, i dare say none of the love lines in this show had chemistry with each other except butai and that guard but well that didn't end well. the love lines weren't developed properly which is so unfortunate bc in the first few eps i thought yangmi and gongjun actually had chemistry, like the TENSION WAS THERE but it fizzled out so fast due to the lack of development in their love line (at some point they HAD to let tushan hong hong and dongfang yuechu have some moments but all of which i can't seem to remember except when he made the fake snow and the fireworks thing but that was in the earlier episodes if i remember properly. other than that they gave us crumbs, making it extremely hard for me to even see that they were even the main couple LOL.)

i do like the soundtrack and the costumes but other than that i find it hard to say anything positive about the show. they had an amazing cast but they wasted it with a horrible screenplay and i definitely feel like they could've done so much better. maybe i'm being too generous with the score but yeah!

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I would like to compliment the leads on a lovely job they did for this season. Kim Rae Won really portrayed his character so well I was able to feel all his emotions and his trauma as my own. The dynamic friendship between the male leads was a breathe of fresh air. This show portrayed the friendship between the male leads so beautifully. The relationship between the male lead and the female was beautifully written as well. This show could be easily be one of the best Kdrama of it's time. The characters are so well written. I loved every episode. The plot and twist were most definitely worth it. The cliff hanging ending tho. I am a little worried but really excited for Season 2

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This is one of the dramas where I was in splits and peels of laughter watching the characters of the sidekicks and the monk. The story kept me sane all through and I did not skip the scenes as I usually do in many dramas. Every scene of the drama seems to be contributing it and did not seem useless. Many of the modern drama cliches were avoided and in itself it was refreshing. Ok Taecyeon for me was the visual highpoint of the drama and at the same time so hyun managed to be pretty and cute not overdoing it. On a whole it was a great experience and I highly recommend this drama.

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Shooting Stars (2022) - one of the kdramas of 2022 that is so famous in social media that’s why I watched it ongoing. It’s romcom and its fun. I think it got overhyped because of the cast and the never-ending cameos. I didn't really fall in love with the drama, it's fun but I'm not so hyped up by it, and the love story is really not my type. I think that the role of Taesung as the top star in the drama is not really well conveyed? I don’t know I think something is missing that I can't point out exactly. The revelations within the drama is what I like but I think after the revelations, I lost my interest towards the drama. I am happy with the couples that end up together in the drama but I think I'm too old for the this type of drama.

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It defends horrible people

The movie starts out funny and takes a dark turn. I typically don't view a lot of Japanese live action media, unlike anime, I just don't like a lot of the humor, so I stepped out and tried it, since it was a movie not a show and I was highly upset at the message at the end of the show, there was nothing that was going to save it. Honestly if you defend the message in this story I would like to see your defense of Weinstein, it's the same thing.

Cinderella did nothing wrong in this story and it's a great to see how many think self defense is "wrong" as if anyone would honestly do anything to men in power who violate women.

The spoilers is that the hair cutting is an allegory for S.A. and Cinderella was a victim who defended herself against a predator leading to his death, but he somehow isn't the bad guy even though everyone knew he was violating women, but as long as he keeps the ruling class looking pretty who cares how many women he violates. Never again. Honestly

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I watched this series months ago, but never wrote a review, since I was at loss of words. Part 2 is most likely my favorite, because of Ta Gon and Tae Al Ha. Those characters and actors are just incredible. They aren't the good guys, but you can feel for them, and I enjoy how both play their games, how both have a strong will to succeed. Ta Gon is a truly tragic character. Both are, their upbringing and their fathers made them who they are, and that's why they are a good match. We got great fight scenes in those episodes too. Not to mention episode 12 which was one of the best of the whole series when everything came together, the tension was insane.
Again: Brilliant.

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I thought this drama was great. The cast was likeable, the cinematography was great, the fighting was impeccable, and the story line was decent.

I however, was more drawn to the chemistry between the two leads. The story line seemed all over the place to me, and confusing. At times, I'm still not sure who Fuyao is, and where she comes from. After reading the reviews, I finally realized there are moments where Fuyao blacks out = breaking seals, but there were times where she blacks out and it was more than 5x. When the last seal broke, I thought it was like the 6th or 7th time.

I pretty much just enjoyed the cast.

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BROMANCE!!!

FREAKING LOVE THIS ❤️ ?

I'm not a big fan of romance stuffs. So at first I was looking for a drama with no romance and I found this by chance. I knew this drama from a fb post and I searched it to see what type of drama is it. And I have watched it just in 1 day.

I can say that this is one of the most motivational high school drama. Not only for studies but also for life. I love their friendship ❤️

The most important thing is there is no romance. I've been fed up with those high-school romance sweet dramas and this one is exceptional.

And I want to say one thing. It's okay if you see the reviews comments before watching any darama series. But most importantly don't think that drama is boring and that one is good based on other's thoughts. Cause it's different for person to person. So watch yourself and decide. Good luck!

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Uma história fofa com personagens bastante realistas!

Bom, pelo menos na minha visão, 2 Moons não teve todo aquele mimimi de clichê BL em que os personagens sofrem sozinhos e não contam pra ninguém o que está acontecendo. Isso realmente me incomoda enquanto telespectadora, mas 2 Moons não me fez sofrer isso, felizmente! Claro que houveram conflitos e clichês, mas eles foram muito bem resolvidos em espaços de tempo quase perfeitos, isso me agradou muito!

Bem, sobre a história, ela é bastante simples. "O garoto que usava óculos no ensino médio e passou a se cuidar depois de levar um fora agora é um dos mais bonitos da faculdade", simples e adorável. Tem esse concurso na faculdade do Yo pra eleger "A Estrela e a Lua" da escola, e essa é basicamente uma referência à um conto tailandês que eu não cheguei a pesquisar direito, mas no contexto da história é um show de talentos pra decidir quem dos novatos é mais popular. Okay.

Demorou pra eu entender o significado do título da série, e acho que não conta como spoiler dizer que o Yo é apaixonado pela Estrela do ano anterior da faculdade, um menino que estudou com ele no ensino médio. A coisa é que esse menino não reconhece ele sem óculos (efeito Superman mesmo), dai eles começam a tretar já no início da história.

A única coisa que me decepcionou nesse drama foram as caras e bocas do protagonista (risos). Ele faz umas caretas estranhas que não parecem bater com os sentimentos que deveriam ser retratados naquele momento, como se o rosto dele tivesse dado bug por causa do crush ???????, não sei. Isso não atrapalha taaanto a história e, num geral, o resto da atuação é bastante boa.

Eu estava (estou) assistindo mais dois dramas enquanto via esse, mas chegou um ponto que eu simplesmente não queria mais ver outra coisa além de 2 Moons, foi hipnotizante! É um drama muito fácil de ver e divertido, valeu muito a pena.

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Between TeamWin & DeanPharm

Listen, it goes without saying that the storyline of DeanPharm had so much appeal that could have been further tapped into during this series. Dean was such an alluring character. Very attractive. Reserved, intelligent, respected on campus. Pharm was an absolute sweetheart. I would've enjoyed exploring the story of these two.

That said, TeamWin was also quite interesting. I enjoyed their characters separately, however something about them just didn't mesh well together on the screen for me. When writing these interviews, I try to keep in mind that just because something does not mesh for me, does not mean that's truly how it was. It's my opinion and I try not to judge a series/movie based on a clear opinion. Others may have found the chemistry between TeamWin quite powerful. Towards the end I enjoyed the very emotional scenes with Team & his past. It was quite emotional and brought tears to my eyes. Very well executed.

Also, I wanted to mention PrinceBee. They had a very cute relationship. I cannot express how attractive Bumblebee is and his smile is beyond adorable. Another relationship that had legs and could've been explored more.

Taking everything into account, this was a great series (in my opinion) acting, plot, value, execution, on topic, emotional response...ect ect. It's worth a watch for every BL fan.

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A really intimate and beautiful slice of life

Before you start watching this you MUST know that is a real slowburn, if you are not a fan, than you'll probably be bored. But also I, particularly, am not a fan of slowburn but this one just sits so right.

The best thing about "My 12%" , in my opinion, is the Coming of Age and Slice of Life aspect of it, you see Eiw and Cake grow and how this growth changes their really strong, deep and also pure friendship, one that I may say, is one of the most beautiful ones I have seen in this kind of genre. Their relationship make this drama feel so warm and intimate that is really hard for you to not get involved.

Earth and Santa just went above and beyond with their acting and chemistry. I could read in their foreheads what Eiw and Cake were feeling, and this is really powerful. Even if for a lot of people Eiw was somewhat annoying for the amount of crying, I didn't see as something really out of place, Earth had so many moving, touching and powerful scenes and he really delivered then very well. Santa also did a beautiful job portraying Cake (the bed scene destroyed me and it's mostly his fault).

I didn't bother with the confusing time and the scenario details being out of the timeline (like the fleabag poster), but one of the things that I call a downside for the drama (that made it not be a 10 / 10 for me) is the plot on the last 2 episodes. The 13th episode wasn't even that bad, but the 14th was just a stretch of it and I got bored. I felt it was a little bit out of placed, and disconnected with the main story and plotline. "My 12%" should've been only 12 episodes, with a good wrapping, like we saw in the last minutes of episode 14. The other one was the bad writing on Eiw's confession scene, Cake's lines could have been way better then what they were, but it didn't made me hate the scene, however made it not be as good as it could been.

In the end, this drama made me feel A LOT and I loved watching their chemistry and intensity on screen, Eiw and Cake are one of my favorite BL couples, not gonna lie...

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Must watch

It's jus luv...I jus wanted that this drama won't end. The ML and the FL compliment each other so we'll. Their coordination, acting, chemistry is do good. Also the luv story of second lead is to good. Every concept is expressed so nicely. This is going to be on my top list among all the Korean dramas I have watched.
The relationship between a soldier and a civilian is shown so wonderfully that you can literally feel the happiness, the pain, the excitement, the love, the separation, the parting they go through.

Even the other characters are interesting, every character has their own story and views.


Do watch. Must watch.

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This is the first kdrama I've watched where I actually like the main characters with the side characters! Overall a great k-drama! It was impossible to stop watching. I finished it in less than 2 days! I wish the relationships wouldn't have escalated so quickly but it was still good in the end! I couldn't help but smile at all the cute coulpley moments! So cute!! I can't wait for season two! There's so many questions that aren't answered and i need to know these answers! I hope it comes out soon cause I don't know if I can wait much longer even though I just finished it about 10 minutes ago!

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