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THIS SERIES WAS TOP TIER AMAZING!!!! until episode 9 part 3......

THIS SERIES WAS TOP TIER AMAZING!!!! until episode 9 part 3...... I would advise everyone to end there and just pretend the last part doesn't exist.

Ok now to a little more thorough evaluation:

EXCELLENT THINGS: Their chemistry was sooooo freaking real I was shaking. Like you can't tell me otherwise. I think I fell in love with Akk❤️?❤️ Like my standards has been lifted to heavens now?. He's such an incredible character throughout the whole series. (Theo is gonna be in the awful section, sorry not sorry). Also the acting of almost entire cast seemed extremely realistic to me and I never felt uncomfortable or awkward with them (exceptions mentioned later). And actually the plot twist came out of nowhere and got me totally startled, like I FOR HELL DIDN'T SEE IT COMING LIKE WHATSOEVER!!! And I absolutely adore them as a couple (shame it lasted just few days.....??)

TERRIBLE THINGS: I absolutely detested Theo's parents who fell extremely awkward and just not how parents would behave. And sorry Jimmy, but I struggled with his acting already in Vice Versa, but the presentation of Sun was very painful. Plus they put him in a very unfortunate position between an already established couple. I HATED SUN AT THE END EPISODES. Ok but now lets get to the climax of all horrible: THE ENDING. LIKE WTH, I thought there's nothing the directors could mess up, but they surprised me tremendously. THEY COMPLETELY RUINED IT!!! So much so that I'm gonna just pretend it ended after episode 9 part 3 and they stayed as a GORGEOUS CUTE ADORABLE couple in Thailand. I cursed Theo throughout the whole 10th episode. LIKE WHAT AN ASSHOLE!!!!!! Made the whole Enchanté thing just to then leave his boyfriend forever after few day after finally getting together!!! I LOATHE YOU THEO, I HOPE YOU GET TO KNOW IT!!!!!!!!

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Étant super fan de dramas mais aussi de l'Espagne, cette série était faite pour moi.
Ce drama est un bijou tant au niveau des images, du suspens que de l'histoire. Le rythme haletant vous entraîne épisodes après épisodes, pas le temps de reprendre son souffle!
Les rôles principaux jouent vraiment très bien et incarnent parfaitement leurs rôles mais les autres rôles sont aussi excellents, j'ai particulièrement aimé la relation entre Hyun Bin (Yu Jin Wu) et Lee Re (Jeong Min Ju, la sœur de Jeong Hee Ju) pleine de tendresse et parfois aussi très comique.
La romance n'est pas très présente sur le début mais s'impose petit à petit sans devenir le point focal du drama ce qui n'est pas gênant vu l'intensité de l'histoire première.
Beaucoup de points positifs donc... MAIS, je me dois malheureusement de nuancer mon jugement pour deux choses: tout d'abord, la fin est à mon sens très frustrante! Sans spoiler ceux qui n'ont pas encore vu le drama, j'ai plus l'habitude des fins qui ne me laissent pas sur ma « faim » - sans mauvais jeux de mots- et j'ai trouvé cela fort dommage mais pas si grave non plus.
J'en arrive au deuxième point, beaucoup plus grave, et toujours sans spoiler, vers l'épisode 13, on peut voir une ÉNORME faute de scénario, ce qui m'a fait perdre le fil de l'histoire, j'ai comme été éjecté.e de l'action et je ne suivais plus rien tant j'étais occupé.e à essayer de comprendre ce qui s'était passé en pensant que ce serait expliqué à la fin, mais non... Sans en dévoiler trop et pour aiguiller ceux qui veulent savoir de quoi je parle : c'est quand Yu Jin Wu raconte de quelle façon le frère de Jeong Hee Ju à été blessé et surtout l'endroit où ça se passe...
Bref, à cause de cela je ne peut pas lui mettre une note maximale même si j'ai vraiment beaucoup apprécié ce drama.
Maintenant, à vous de vous faire votre avis.

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Lighthearted romance, easy watch, but cringy at times

[NO SPOILERS]
I didn't read the description, so going into this, I didn't know what to expect. I had heard on Twitter that the HIStory 1 series was basic and simpler than the others, so I was prepared for a fluffy romance.
For the most part, we got that. The beginning was really confusing, I didn't quite understand what was going on and, on episode 2, had to rewatch the first 10 minutes of the series to better understand who the characters were. Although we didn't get a clear understanding until the very end of the show, I made some sense of it and was able to continue with little problem. Once the show established everything, the pacing was really good. I can't complain at all.

If you are looking for a pure homosexual BL, I wouldn't recommend this. Despite the 2 main leads being male, one of the characters is a female in a male body, so the element of BL is lost slightly. But, it is still a quick, fun watch.

As you can imagine with there being an FTM body swap, there is a bit of toilet humour. I did find it funny but I also found it a bit uncomfortable to watch. As a female, I've always been uncomfortable with urinal scenes, and BL has so many of them unnecessarily, but that's what you get for watching a male-focused drama.

[SPOILERS]
I found the ending 50/50 satisfying. I was really hoping during the last quarter of the show that Lan Xi would realise that Hero doesn't love her anymore and that staying in Gu Si Ren's body will just upset both of them. So I'm glad that she selflessly let Gu Si Ren return to his body and accepted that she is dead. In that sense, it had a satisfying ending. But there was a straight kiss that was longer than the gay kiss, so I was pretty annoyed about that...

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Besties for the Resties

I enjoyed the overall plot. Not many surprises or shock factors, but that's fine. The ending was satisfactory, and it didn't leave me with many questions.

The best part of this show was undoubtfully XiaoYu, love that the dude who was raised by a handful of the most baddest baddies turned out to make friends and gain the trust and affection of everyone left and right. His brother on the other hand.... was a little boring, lol (I still adore him tho).

I loved the scenes between XiaoYu and HuaQue, they had great chemistry, I just wish the show had spent more time building their brotherhood/brotherly bond. We basically just got them spending one birthday together, and then boooom they're besties for the resties.

Other Pros:
- I really, really loved the supporting characters. They were all so lovable!!! Especially little fairy, Hei ZhiZhu, Mu RongJiu, and Ms. Gu!!!!
- The YiHua Palace aunts hold such a strong presence whenever they're on screen, they were never boring! Love them!!!
- Many of the scenes with the ten great villains were so hilarious, I just wish we got more out of them towards the end...
- Su Ying and Xiao Yu are a great pair!
- The romance between Hei ZhiZhu and Mu RongJiu!! They were my favorite pairing on this show, so cuuuuuute!

Cons:
- Tie Xinlan was both the most annoying and most boring character on this show, I felt like skipping every scene with her. I honestly can't even think of one thing I enjoyed about this character. x.x Her romance with WuQue was boring, they're the only pairing on this show that I straight-up disliked.
- The show overall would have benefitted from focusing more on the brotherhood.

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Not for me

I'll say up front that you should give this show a try yourself and come to your own conclusions.

This was a really hard one for me to rate. My rating is based on the way this drama made me feel. I found myself unable to separate my feelings from the overall intent of the show, thus the low rating. As I feel I have to say so people don't attack me, this is just my personal feeling/opinion. This rating serves the purpose to remind myself what I liked and didn't like about the drama.

Story: Very interesting concept. I thought the way the story was woven together, with people's lives intertwined, was well done. As you go further into the story, we find Yi Jae inhabiting bodies of people that he's encountered before. We also see that his downward spiral was the result of his first encounter with someone's death. This drama embodied the concept of "every action has an equal and opposite reaction". I thought the story became more meaningful when it was personal, concerning his girlfriend and his mother. I just couldn't get past all the evil/darkness/bullying/violence. I probably would have enjoyed it more if time was taken to develop some of the characters more, to see why they became the way they did.

Acting: Can we just talk about the cast? I'll admit, that's what drew me to this drama. Each person was excellent in their own right, but the standouts for me were:
1)Kim Mi Kyung as Yi Jae's mother. I love this actress in everything she is in. Here, she embodied someone carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders after her son's death. Her slightly stooped posture, her slow, mincing gait, and her facial expressions (or lack thereof) showed us that she was walking through the world by herself, after losing the person most important to her. I felt her despair. Watching her face, her flat affect, a lone tear running down her cheek, it seemed that it was all she could do to just keep living.
2)Seo In Guk as Yi Jae. I'll admit that he's one of my favorite actors. Here, he hit all the emotions (even if there were only brief moments of happiness shown in flashbacks). Anger, fear, frustration. Watching him moving from hopeful to hopeless, wow.
3) Kim Ji Hoon as Park Tae Woo. Sociopath? Psychopath? His portrayal of an evil man masked as a successful businessman just gave me all kind of creepy vibes.

This was filmed in a very dark way. I understand that it was part of the whole experience, but some scenes were so dark, that if you watch it in a well-lit room, you won't be able to see what's going on. So, watch it in the dark.

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Action & Speed

This drama was really done, in terms of the action scenes and driving skills.

I Loved the Main Lead in this drama, which was why I probably this watch. I did get the Robert De Niro vibe from this, which was not so bad... Although dark, violent and gritty, it is also ADDICTIVE, COMPELLING and POIGNANT.

The story is basically around revenge seekers who cant get closure from a loved one killed or being bullied or a mishap taking place in either personal or work life, Every single member of team avengers carry their own chilling backstories - crimes committed against their loved ones where the perpetrators never truly received the punishment that they duly deserved.

I have truly enjoyed Lee Je Hoon’s performance here, in what is his best work to date, the team work and the way stand together is also a major plus in the drama, each of the characters have there own painful experience and story to share and of course the fight scenes and driving skills were really done well. Taxi Driver's message is that revenge is never the answer, and neither is locking up criminals and throwing away the key. karma always comes back to get you in the end.

As for the production -- well, a thousand and one kudos to the cast, the writer, the director, and production team of Taxi Drivers for a job beyond well done, but especially to Lee Je Hoon, this drama wouldn't have worked as well as it did without him.

Overall: A really good action drama which is a definite to watch!!

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To be honest, I initially started watching Joy of Life because of Xiao Zhan and I was slightly disappointed to learn that he would only show up in the final 5 episodes or so. Despite this, I quickly fell in love with all the other characters, especially Fan Xian.

Joy of Life is a fast-paced show with very little boring moments. It is also very witty, filled with puns (that are difficult to wrap your head around sometimes) and scheming characters. There is a nice balance between the light-hearted comedy and the darker politics of the palace. Not all characters are who they seem to be, and the true enemy is hidden in the shadows, only revealed at the very end. While I think the plot is overall cohesive, the genre fluctuates slightly. Is it a historical fantasy drama? Mostly. Are there themes of science-fiction? Yes. It is difficult to summarise Joy of Life into one genre, because it has hints of several genres, including wuxia and science fiction.

Out of all the female characters, I think Fan Xian and Li Waner have the weakest chemistry. The show thrusts us into a sort of "love at first sight" between the main couple, and then slowly builds chemistry. I think they are cute together, but the chemistry between Fan Xian and Haitang Duoduo was much stronger and believable in my opinion. In the book, Fan Xian's relationships with the women is extremely different (from what I've heard, Fan Xian has a harem), but has been changed in the show. Quite a few things have been changed in the show (because of censorship), so the plot is slightly different from the novel.

Overall, a good show that balances palace/country politics as well as comedy.

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Please watch it without having high expectations

You should watch it without any spoilers or expectations because, wow, this might just become one of my favorite BL shows ever! Initially, I thought it might be a cheesy comedy, but it turned out to have a much darker twist. The way Yeo Woon mirrored Myungha's real-life experiences truly shows how Myungha is attempting to help him overcome his past mistakes. I found myself in tears when Myungha's mother refused to acknowledge his existence and the realization that the game was created to bring him happiness, not for anyone else's benefit.

The depth and complexity of the characters in this show are truly remarkable. Each episode reveals new layers of their personalities and motivations, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats. The chemistry between Yeo Woon and Myungha is palpable, and their evolving relationship is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching to witness. The intricate storytelling and stunning cinematography make this BL show a must-watch for fans of the genre. So, grab some tissues and prepare to be taken on an emotional rollercoaster ride filled with love, friendship, and redemption.

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Amazing! Full of emotion and excitement

The dynamics between the couples is great! I love both couples, they both go through struggles and discover their feelings towards each other in a well progressed journey that is full of excitement and spice. The actors were cast really well and have great chemistry. This is a must watch for BL fans, it has everything you could want in a series, emotional scenes, tasteful love scenes, lots of skinship and some emotional scenes.
I really liked the part where rain had difficulties in handing in his assignment and had to attempt it again which is a relatable problem which ended up in helping to build his relationship with payu.

Sky has some emotional scenes and there's some painful emotional parts that really pull you in and make you feel for him. I love how prapai develops and their relationship becomes wholesome and healthy.

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Best drama ever

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