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it is honestly one of my fav MaxNat series. like KinnPorsche, it has a perfect balance between drama and action. the actors are super talented and I personally love to watch their personalities change over the series. For example, I recently watched "The Eclipse" and, even if Jumnan and Jao are actually two different characters, Pak is COMPLETELY different from Two Worlds, and this is how it should be. He is a really good and cool actor. All the actors always manage to interpret their role and character perfectly and this makes me really proud of them. I've seen Max and Nat gradually grow up, and they are my fav couple rn, so seeing them now, so improved, is reassuring !!
they all did really well and I am sure they'll keep doing well, improving every day ❤️

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Know the value of yourself.

I really can't explain haha cause heosbsjwosgenwsiwhbwosnsysosnsbsishshsi my gosh King you're already in to Uea ! I would love to recommend this kind of series to my friends for sure. How's the story began and run through this oh my ikenut mga be ! HAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHA tigil ko na paghinga ko chariz basta grabe tong series nato nakakaano ng puso jusko mahal ko na din ata si King eme ! HAHHAHAHAHAHAHA Basta antayin ko na magkaroon kayo ng Fanmeet dito for sure this time makakaattend nako legit mga be ! Sabay sabay tayo mag manifest this year kaloka ? pakinggan niyo mga hinaing namin MANDEEEEEEEEE ! HAHAHAHAHA we're hoping na mapasama to sa mg wishlist namin huhuhuhuhu

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My Concern about this show

"Jo teenager fairytale ke colourful world se asliyat ke grey world mein apne aapko dhalna shuru kar chuke hain, unko ye adbhut show dekhna chahiye. Conspiracy, Politics, Ethics, Morality, Business - in sabki acchi samajh hone ke baad, woh ye show samajh sakte hain ya in saare factors ko samajhne ke liye woh ye show dekh sakte hain."


Content :- Sim Eun Seok is an elite judge with a prickly personality who hates juvenile offenders. After she gets assigned to a local juvenile court, she tries to balance her aversion to minor offenders with firm beliefs on justice and punishment, as she goes out of her way to break custom and administer her own ways of punishing the offenders.

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A type of story that can make you sad and happy at the same time.

{I have not finished this drama yet (i am on the 14th episode). I will update the review after i have finished watching this.}

the first 8-9 episodes were very fun to watch. It showed us how childhood is different from adulthood, the growing pains, expectations, friendship, love goals and many more.
I was surprised at the child actors who conveyed or portrayed their character very well. their acting seen natural especially the child actor playing the character of child ver. of Lin ZhaoXi.
this story seems different from the type of Chinese drama's (time travel or parallel world concept) I have watched so far.

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Slow Climax

This series started extremely well. I was interested and wanted to know more about the characters, but then I lost all interest soon afterward. There is no satisfaction in this long lagging storyline. It doesn't look like it's rising to a CLIMAX! It's stagnant, which loses views 18 episodes in. If I stop watching, it's okay. Maybe after all the episodes have aired and comments have been posted, it will be doable. I couldn't navigate around the lacking episodes. This series drags unmercifully. It's painful to watch at some points: cute storyline but AWFUL screenwriting.

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I cried when I watched the series

As a fan of both actors, I was excited to see the series. However, once the trailer was released, I questioned this excitement. The truth is, I wasn't a big fan of Bedfriends (its predecessor) for two main reasons: the acting and the editing. Today, it is these very aspects that bother me.

I believe the director of this series has significant issues in directing the performances of his main actors. I realized this after analyzing that the character Jade in Bedfriends—despite being peculiar—had a much more focused, stable, and profound personality, which is not present in this continuation.

In Middleman’s Love, we see how the Jade we knew disappeared (not to mention the one from the novel). I know that Yim can act because the Jade he portrayed in Bedfriends was a good character (and the same with Syn in CutiePie). Jade (Bedfriends), Jade (Middleman’s Love), and Syn (Cutie Pie) share the commonality of being strange, awkward, and even a bit weird characters. However, Jade in Middleman’s Love is the only one who doesn't achieve those characteristics because he ends up being absurd, foolish, and almost like a five-year-old child.

On the other hand, Tutor had the easiest job since his character hardly speaks in the series (he does, but every time he does, they overlay him with unbearable music). This is a point I want to make clear. Whoever edits at Domundi (excluding Cutie Pie) doesn't know how to do it. Anyone who knows a bit about shots understands that for a fast-forward or flashback, you shouldn't use the same shots in a row, or the effect won't work (and if you're going to do it, you must know how to do it, or it ends up being a failure). They abuse this in the first episode.

In addition to that, there is a problem with the editing. The music is excessive on many occasions (not to say all), they cling to this resource and don't let go because there is not a single second where you can hear the characters simply talking. The music is always there. This is compounded by the maximalist style of editing, leaving the audience exhausted after a few seconds.

I could go on because they clearly lowered the quality from Bedfriends (the only good point in that series), but honestly, it gives me enormous sorrow to see what Domundi turned the series, its plot, and characters into. The favoritism towards certain actors is evident, and it's clear that their directors have no idea how to make a series work. Outside of shows where their favorites appear, they don't make even the slightest effort.

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Just a little strange, with a lot of nostalgia

The drama is very pretty in terms of visuals and the scenery, though it feels like the directors are relying rekindling visual nostalgia of another one of their drama that aired a few years back. The story is not anything new - it's the same genre of the long ballad and any other story with the same narrative. Gong Jun's acting need a lot of work - his line delivery ain't great, but the VA dubbing is alright. But he just looks uncomfortable and annoyed, and awkward - which if that's suppose to be the crown prince's vibe then fine - but it feels like I'm watching Gong Jun play a role. I've seen him be better than this.

Dilraba is fine for playing the overly sugary sweet good at everything type of gal - but the childish ways her character behaves with the crown prince is just..it feels weird... and the VA has such a high pitched voice that makes her sound like a child which is super jarring - it just doesn't fit her face and makes it difficult to listen to. I don't get why directors put her in such positions - it feels like the same historical romance roles she has played many times before just with a different hair style and clothes.

Liu Yuning is pretty decent - he's very controlled and intriguing in his performance and scenes so far.

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Rom-com is for sure rom-coming!

I need to start saying that I loved this drama but it wasn’t 10/10 for me as it was for some people. Fortunately the issues that I had didn’t make me hate the drama but I still need to talk more about them here. First, I don’t know if this is a unpopular opinion or not but Sol’s best friend relationship with Sol’s brother was SO ANNOYING. The relationship was annoying and the characters were also annoying. I usually love second couples in rom-com but I seriously disliked them here.

Second, I felt like the villain had too much importance in the story but we practically don’t know that much about him, which was a bit disappointing and made the character lack personality. I get it that this is mainly a rom-com but he was too superficial. This lack of personality and involvement made me start to think that he was dragging the story down and being a totally uninteresting character. The writer tried to create a scary environment for him which was working in the beginning but then becomes boring later on. And I also felt that 16 episodes were a bit too much. The writer wasn’t developing the main characters that much, the side characters, not even the bad guy, so it was really needed to have 16 episodes? I think 12 episodes would’ve been better and would make the story less draggy.

But being honest with yall, as I said in the beginning, even with these issues that I pointed out I still enjoyed this drama SO SO much! I think the main reason for that is that Lovely Runner have everything that I like in a romcom and everything that makes a rom-com good for me. We have a super chemistry between the main leads, we have cute and funny scenes, we have ML being the cutest puppy handsome guy (personally I just love when a Ml is over heels for the FL, like a completely loser) and amazing OSTS (I will listen to them A LOT). Also the story wasn’t perfect but I think it’s exciting enough until a certain point. A positive point for me as well was that the SML doesn't interfere too much with the main couple, which is great.

Lovely Runner was a drama that I found myself eagerly awaiting new episodes every week and I became obsessed with the main couple. If you like the biggest romcom clichés with a cute couple and plot that intrigues you enough (with you ignore some main issues), I think the chances of you finding this drama at least enjoyable are high.

PS: I am completely in love with Wooseok, gosh this man is everything!!!!

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Vibe: This is most definitely a slow burner. I saw the female lead smile genuinely in present tense for the first time in episode 12. That being said you should know by that expression that this is it a sweet and loving fairytale. This is a female that is borderline depressing. I have yet to see any upbeat or genuine heartfelt moments. I also find it somewhat confusing so far. The series starts off with or female lead returning home after being away for many years. She has a very sharp chip on her shoulder and snaps at almost everyone except 1 person. Mood of a total slow melodrama.

The writers have revealed a glimpse of a major issue that happened before the female lead left home and I must admit that it has somewhat altered my feelings toward one of the male leads., not a pleasant one. The writers revealed a glimpse in the past where our male lead was aggressive towards the female lead. Of course this happens early on and in the past however when our female he reentered the scene he is a sweet loving person. I on the other hand I have a hard time saying oh I like him after witnessing it.

Music: I will say in all truth that I normally don’t pay attention to the music or sound effects during most shows however I noticed it during the series. Due to the nature of this series and the events that are taking place I found that the music that was playing during certain scenes just did not fit. Our two leads are having a conversation. The facial expression of our female lead is one of indifference with a touch of sadness. The music that was playing during her talking was bubbly if not Corky tones that often went along with something funny that happened or something slightly humorous. It was strange and just felt really out of place.

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So many questions, so many pasts, so many potentials

"Different reincarnation vibe than Story of Kunning Palace..."

That's the first feeling I got from this 6 episodes, maybe I was a little bit disappointed coz the last thing I love from Zhang Ling He is Story of Kunning Palace... I love a dark hero kinda vibe in a story, as I read The Princess Royal's summary makes me imagining back to the previous drama (maybe I haven't move on yet? hahahahaha). But here, the ML shows the usual patriotic hero of a kingdom character (for me personally, less interesting).
Zhang Ling He is a talented newcomer actor who, I must say, earn my praise, his acting in SoKP marked my eyes on him. But in this drama, I saw him in the new light again. Not much that I can say for these beginnings, but the story's definitely intriguing makes us can't stop wanting for more. The potentials are there, so hoping the team creator can execute it well.

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