Flower Scholars Love Story (2023)

C'est le genre de sageuk qu'on imagine comme une comédie romantique pas terrible. En réalité, c'est un drama plus intéressant qu'il n'y paraît. Contrairement à Our Blooming Youth qui n'a jamais décollé, The Secret Romantic Guesthouse accroche dès son deuxième épisode.

Le quatuor est le meilleur point de ce drama. Il offre une dynamique intéressante et rythmée avec son humour, ses doutes et ses révélations.
Yoon Dan O (Shin Ye Eun) est une aubergiste sympathique qui tente de garder son auberge ouverte. Shin Ye Eun n'est pas une actrice qui me fait vivre de grandes aventures et ici, il lui manque ce petit quelque chose pour pleinement s'approprier son personnage.
Kang San (Ryeon Un) est un personnage qui prend tout son sens aux côtés de ses compères, notamment lorsque le Veilleur entre en scène. Cela dit, son personnage prend des décisions inexpliquées.
Jung Yoo Ha (Jung Gun Joo) est à mes yeux le personnage le moins travaillé alors qu'il y avait de quoi ajouter du piquant à son intrigue. Si l'acteur est bon, le personnage, lui, manque de charisme.
Quant à Kim Si Yeol (Kang Hoon), il possède l'arc narratif le plus immersif. L'acteur avait déjà marqué les esprits dans The Red Sleeve et il recommence sans aucun problème ici. Son intrigue aura suscité pas mal d'intérêt au fil des semaines - dont moi qui ne regrette pas un instant d'avoir voulu continuer ce drama pour ce personnage.

Mention spéciale à Hyun Woo en tant que roi Lee Chang. Les scénaristes ont misé sur le fait d'avoir un roi qui plonge vers la folie plutôt qu'un homme diabolique, une idée bien mise en scène et interprétée avec justesse.

Côté intrigues, elles sont bien amenées et dynamiques. On trouve quelques fausses pistes afin de perdre un peu le spectateur. Cependant, il reste malgré tout possible de démêler soi-même le vrai du faux.
L'axe narratif autour du Veilleur reste celle m'ayant le plus animée. J'aime les identité cachée et les super-héros. Le Veilleur était un peu comme mon super-héros mystère en ère Joseon ahah. D'ailleurs, ses scènes de combat sont entraînantes et lisibles, tout comme sa révélation qui reste poignante jusqu'au bout bien qu'on fini par deviner son identité. Cela arrive plus tôt que je ne l'avais pensé, c'est mon unique reproche.
Quant aux romances, je n'ai pas trouvé la romance principale intéressante, contrairement à la seconde qui était beaucoup plus brute d'intensité. Elle a totalement éclipsé la première à mes yeux.

C'est un bon drama avec des intrigues bien menées. Malgré des lenteurs et scènes traînant, la paire de personnages différents qui se complètent permette de donner vie à ce sageuk plus sympathique qu'il n'y paraît.

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easy watch, keeps you hooked

The best is the ending! Unlike most of the kdrama where the ending is rushed and you feel like missing something, this one was wrapped up so nicely that satisfies all sort of expectations.
Beautifully executed action scenes!
So many twists that keep you hooked to the end.
Multiple couples, so you can choose your favourite one :) if the mains are not your best.

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beautiful

I really recommend watching this it was so heartwarming and heart wrenching. ????? historical Korean dramas really do hit it so well. also love how he ends up with her and doesn’t choose to become king like this time he travels with the girl instead. which is so adorable BYE. also so glad the side man who liked her didn’t end up being a mf and became the king hehehehehehe so in love with this show. the watchman>>> and even the soldier guy who ends up on their side LOVE IT. everything in here was just so beautiful. I wouldn’t rewatch bcs it’s too long but i watched it and don’t regret

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Adaptation from a webnovel

I watched this drama because there was Ryeoun and Kanghoon. I was interested because the plot of the episode was pretty good and realized that this drama is an adaptation of a webnovel and all the actors chemistry are great. Then I read the webnovel as well because I was curious about the character Lee Seol was looking for. I realized that the drama writer tried to avoid plot holes and tried to explain everything. But the storyline become slow. The webnovel version focuses more on the gradual love story between FL and ML. There are several moments where the drama writer fails to convey the intent of the webdrama writer. There are some good scenes in the webnovel but the execution in the drama is not good.
Suprisingly, The male actors played very well. Cool action scenes and very good humor. Unfortunately nothing memorable from the female actress even though she got first credit.

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Meh

The show started out pretty good. I liked the different dynamics between FL and all three males staying at the inn. Each of the three men was different and brought something unique to the story. I also liked that the show did not fixate on angsty and long-winded love triangles. It was evident from the 1st episode with whom she will end up with and she had all the romantic scenes with him. However, even with all the tropey moments, their chemistry was still lacking and they spent most of the time just talking and hanging out. I wanted to see more.

Unfortunately, the story fizzled out pretty quickly. Each episode became a chore to watch. Nothing was really happening and the mystery was gone. I am less than half-way done and the show is already pretty boring with not enough story to keep me entertained.

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Nothing ever happened?

Gave it a fair shake, but honestly, this drama is just too long. Every episode felt like it was a rehash of the previous one because of how glacially slow the plot moved along. Everyone was constantly scheming and it felt like all of them were playing double agents in one way or another. The issue was, with all of this going on behind the scenes, in reality, there was way more talking than there were actions taken. Everyone spent too much time planning, and too little time executing those plans.

There was some solid acting (some were better, others worse), and as is to be expected with sageuks, the set design and costumes were beautiful.

I hung in there until the first kissing scene, hoping that maybe the romance aspect would save the show, but there was not even a hint of a spark to be found between the leads. And I just can't justify it anymore to keep wasting my time with a bland plot and chemistry-less couple.

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It's got a nice wind in its Sails

I love a good Joseon drama/love story! Took a chance on this one based on title only and after only 4 episodes, this has not disappointed me. The characters are excellent with some great seasoned veterans mixed in. The cinematography is first class and the backdrops are gorgeous and very much put you into that 1600-1700's feel. The main characters each have very definitive personalities and there are some special support roles that make this even more interesting.
Bad Guys have not disappointed! Can't wait for the following episodes as this, along with that quirky Divorce Lawyer, have become my two favorites thus far...and there's no April's Fool to that!

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With Ryeoun, what’s not to love?

Ryeoun is one of the best actors out there. He can do comedy and drama flawlessly. He puts everything into his roles like play the guitar and sword fighting. Everything just seems so natural with him. Plus he’s gorgeous.

This was a great story with a mystery and several twists and turns. You just had to fall in love with all the main characters. But, for me, Kang Hoon was the unexpected star of the show. He was superb with all of the emotions he had to portray in this role. He made me laugh and cry.

Watch this! It may start a little slow but it will be worth it for the second half. So good!

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WHICH ONE IS THE REAL PRINCE?

The star of this drama is Kang Hoon, he's cute and adorable. 3 guys with hidden identity renting rooms for their national exam in town hosted by Yoon Dan-Oh, one of the guy was the run-away crown prince's son whose gone missing many years before with the help of watchman. The Crown Prince's son Lee Seol was survived from the coup, his parent killed by his brother taking away his seat as the heir of kingdom. Lee Seol was helped by a watchman, a mysterious man who'd protect the king, since young he went hiding and lived surround people under different identity.

3 handsome men; Kang San, Kim Shi Yeol, Jeong Yu Ha were room mates, although they're not getting on well, they're pretty civil to each other. Kang San was good with his martial art and very tart, Shi Yeol is an easy going, gambler, playboy, Yu Ha was a serious scholar and like Dan-Oh but who actually were they? When the chief of Palace guard were looking for the 'golden dust (Lee Seol) his intention was to find the watchman because he believed if he find the runaway prince he certainly would find the watchman who killed his beloved son during the coup. He suspected Dan-Oh would know who it was among the 3 guys and struck a deal with house as collateral.

I guessed it wrong, I thought it wrong, which one was the real prince amongst 3 men. Eventually the King was determined not by the real blood but by conveniences. Good ending..all had their happy ending.

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Happy ending

Very first drama is good . Really it is very good . Every actors and actresses had done a great work . Though it had happy ending but still I wanted to see Kim Shi Yeol and and Hong joo's happy married life . I also wanted to see main lead's marriage and one more person marriage that Jung Yoo Ha's marriage. I think then it would be a perfect ending .

In the middle of the drama I had always been concerned about the character,Kim Shi Yeol . I worried what would happened with the character at the end and when only 2 episodes were to go ,I had started worrying about other two characters one is main male lead's character friend who became soldier along with main male lead to guard the king and another is Jung Yoo Ha . Would both of them had bad ending or not . So nicely the character did their acting that I was so much emotionally connected with them.
The one who played the role of cruel king ,his acting was also good though he didn't get much screen .
With one more character ,I connected emotionally was the fiance of Hong Joo ,his character was kind ,he was just doing his duty. What he had been told that was he doing, to protect his king . But he was protecting the wrong one ,as a consequences he lost his life.

About Kang san his acting had always been good . But when the watchman'secret was disclosed this character who played the watchman role started gaining equal attention from viewers .In order to admit in king's military ,inorder to win king's confidence kang Dan's character did lots of hardwork ,he cleared the military exam but still in sword fighting he always lacked behind from the watch man ,without watchman it had become difficult for him to fight . So this character become equally important.

Starting to end I enjoyed watching drama

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