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Um dos melhores doramas já feitos, aborda muitos tabus coreanos com muita responsabilidade e leveza.
O final foi muito bem elaborado, mantendo a concisão de quase todos os personagens e suas lutas pessoais. Entretanto, o final do Jae-Hoon me incomoda bastante.
Culpabilizar um personagem que sofre abuso psicológico e está preso em um relacionamento tóxico é um péssimo exemplo. Maior parte dos casos de homens que estão em relacionamentos abusivos, não sabem que estão. Há um conceito machista de que a mulher, por ser "emocional", é incapaz de ferir o orgulho e autoestima de um homem. Durante o dorama inteiro o Jae-Hoon é vítima de quase todos os abusos psicológicos e mesmo assim consegue seguir em frente graças a amizade, mas tudo vai por água a baixo no último episódio.
Voltar com a ex que fazia horrores pra ele não enriquece o personagem. Na verdade é um desserviço às vítimas de relacionamentos abusivos.
Se não fosse por isso, seria o dorama perfeito.

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Clean the darn phones please.

This is a pretty good drama for just casual entertainment that doesn't require a lot of concentration or reasoning. The actors were good enough, the sets were pretty, the costumes of the leads were some of the best I've seen in a kdrama. There wasn't a lot of annoying love triangle or "we can't be together because of xyz" plot hooks, so that was refreshing. The male lead was funny and engaging without being overbearing and controlling.

Aside from being a fairly shallow storyline, it was a worthwhile watch...not epic, not great, but not terrible and good enough to pass the time enjoyably. There were some dark themes and a lot of the typical kdrama life wisdom lines. The relationship between the two main leads was fun to watch and it was nice to see them support each other through hardships. The chemistry was pretty good, though it clashed a lot with the female lead's overall stiff and wounded personality, so it was hard sometimes to see the chemsitry. When they got it right though, it was pretty fun to watch them interact.

There isn't a lot else to say. My only real issue with this drama were the landline phones. The phone handset in the gallery offices were always covered in weird slimy looking grime that really detracted from the clean set visuals for me. A lot of the windows were needlessly grimy too. Apart from that, the rooftop window had some weird visual effect on its crossbars that seemed to have been pulled straight from 1980s powerpoint.

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Muito hype, mas a série não tem nada demais

Eu tenho que começar falando que séries de romance, com triângulo amoroso e dilemas colegiais não são o meu tipo favorito, mas eu resolvi assistir True Beauty por alguns motivos: o casting e o hype.

A história não tem nada de inovador, inclusive o plot me lembra Betty a Feia, mas adaptado para os tempos modernos. Eu também li o Webtoon e tem algumas diferenças em relação a série o que me deixou um pouco desapontada com a versão para as telas. Apesar da história ser bem fraca ela tem muitos momentos divertidos e que vão deixar você entretido. No entanto ela foi conduzida com um favorecimento claro a um dos leads. Para quem gosta de uma série recheada de clichês, piadinhas, comédia do tipo pastelão, triângulo amoroso e dramas colegiais, True beauty é perfeito para você. Infelizmente não é muito o meu estilo.

Apesar da história não ser tão cativante para mim, eu tenho que deixar o meu elogio aos atores. Todos desempenharam muito bem os seus papéis, particularmente eu estava ansiosa por ver outra série com o Cha Eun Woo, porém ainda espero que ele escolha papéis mais desafiadores em seus próximos trabalhos, porque o Suho não explorou todo o espectro que o Eun woo pode entregar.

Outro ponto positivo é a trilha sonoro que está maravilhosa e dá ritmo a série.

Por fim, apesar de ter uma produção impecável, atores bons e excelente trilha sonora, essa série não entrou para a minha lista de favoritas e possivelmente eu nem teria assistido ela se o Eun Woo não estivesse no casting. Como mencionei no começo, acho que ela é interessante para quem gosta desses dramas mais adolescentes e para quem não leu o Webtoon.

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Top-tier KBL

After watching this amazing drama I felt the strong urge to write a little review. It left me so positively astonished that I just couldn't stay silent.
Coming from the manhwa, which is currently my favourite among those I'm reading, I had a very high expectation, especially after I saw the choice of actors (protagonists). The first time I saw them I just couldn't believe how perfectly they resembled the characters. I know it's wrong to make comparisons and that wasn't my intention at all, but it naturally came up in my mind that they were literally the real-life version of them. It was just apparent. I was surprised by their chemistry, they looked very comfortable with each other and totally gave life to the characters.
What I loved most were three factors (which I think are fundamental):
- The acting + the wonderful kiss scenes that made me drop my jaw, as it was the first time for me to see such realistic kisses in a KBL
- The mood, the use of lighting and colours in every scene
- The ost/the general choice of music
Every episode glued me to the screen and I couldn't wait for each episode to come out. I haven't felt this excited in a long time honestly.
I don't really have the right words for this and many people already expressed a lot of positive and even more technical comments, so I just want to HIGHLY recommend this masterpiece to everyone, especially to those who don't know anything about this story. The story is very good and very simple at the same time, and here I'd like to underline just one fact: it doesn't have any unnecessary drama or misunderstandings etc. To me, this is a great quality.
Semantic Error feels like a milestone, in some way I felt like witnessing something incredible in the history of KBL dramas while watching it. It deserves tons of recognition, love and attention.

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Not the typical flow of chinese drama

What I love about this drama is that the flow, characters are a little opposite from what chinese drama usually shows. The obvious part is woman empowerment & equity, that they didn't made the female lead to be an annoying, clingy, and seems-independent-but-not type instead they made her to be this strong willed, independent, but still her seeking for love showed her 'women' side of the story although she already met her male lead. How she actually pursued him, and she didn't flinch whenever she did it lmao that's a real character right there ? anyway, simon gong's character also can't be sided, I mean he definitely knew who she is but not like typical c-drama they didn't make it obvious since the beginning and he has a very soft side of him but also strong minded too, its great! Their chemistry are amazing on and off screen btw. But I have the feelings that this drama gonna be a little slow paced since its 35eps. Well, you can't expect too much since it is gonna be subbed SUPER late lol

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Seriously considering dropping this

So I am 6 episodes into this series and already I feel like I want to pull my hair out and virtually knock some common sense into these characters.

What annoys me the most is the way the wrote these characters to be completely senseless, ignorant and just plain stupid. Like stuff like this doesn't happen IRL. Like how do you not notice someone messing about on your PC and then not connect the dots as tho the fabricated footage that is released. Or how can you not suspect the manager for being up to something since in each episode he has deliberately tried screwing you over especially with all the smirking he does in the meetings (and as a president of the company... doesn't he find it suspicious that that this version of the recording is released just after discussing and who should be TL for the team?? like really now).

Each character is annoying in terms of just being so self absorbed and non nonsensical. I had high hopes but if things do not get better by episode 10 im dropping this series since right now my blood is boiling.

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Fun and bubbly drama with some darker parts

I really enjoyed watching this drama.
I started it a bit late (so that I didn't have to wait every week for new episodes) but enjoyed it thoroughly.
It was truly fun and interesting with surprising parts, interesting characters, and good chemistry.

What I loved:
I felt like the whole time-travel bit was quite nicely done (it made me think of Twinkling Watermelon). I always enjoy the Idol-fan trope, so it was very satisfying.
The music was exceptional, and I got really into it (I will definitely add some of the songs to my playlist).
The cast was so good; all the actors did well and had definitive value. They made the drama truly endearing.
I felt like the darker side of the drama was there but not too much and we got to have nice episodes too.
I liked that SunJae waited for the right time to propose and didn't just do what he wanted. The ring appearing was truly magical and sweet.

What I liked a bit less:
I found it disappointing that their first kiss happened when Sol was drunk, and that SunJae knew about it but still confessed and kissed her. I don't get why he was surprised that she didn't have any memories of it afterward.
I feel like the drunk kisses really have to go; they are way too common in K-dramas.
Some technical time-travel parts didn't fully make sense to me, but it's okay.
We still don't really know why the bad guy is a bad guy except that he is a bad guy...
I don't get why SunJae said that he didn't want her to erase his memories again... like, it was to save his life, not a fun little trip for Sol, so... yeah.

Anyhow, I loved this drama. The ending was so fluffy and satisfying; the main leads were cute and fun. I definitely recommend it!

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Non so veramente spiegare a parole tutto ciò che questo drama mi ha trasmesso, tutta via so per certo che nessun'altro drama mi ha mai fatto sentite in questo modo. Fin dall'inizio è stata una giostra di emozioni, se a inizio puntata si rideva e scherzava, alla fine ne uscivi sempre con le lacrime negli occhi. Ho adorato tutto di lovely runner, dagli attori, che hanno una chimica incredibile, dalla storia che anche se con qualche incertezza, mi ha fatto impazzire, ma sopra tutto per le ost. Ho visto più di 100 drama ma non davo mai conto alle ost, qui però è tutto diverso, ogni ost è bellissima ma sopra tutto ,speciale con un grande significato.. Concludo dicendo che questo drama, le sue vibe e tutto ciò che lo riguarda mi mancheranno e non riuscirò mai a dimenticarlo.
Grazie per aver prodotto questo capolavoro.

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A unique time travel romantic comedy drama

It honestly started off well, exciting, humourous, nail biting and everything.
The actors acted really well, the chemistry between the leads was amazing.

What I like about this drama-
* it hit every emotion really well
* It was soonworthy
* It was REALLY humorous
* The storyline was unique from other dramas
*It made you wait for every episode with excitement


What I didn't like -
* It was good and all but you never really got to know why kim young soo targeted im sol, why did he kill sun jae that day,kim young soo didn't hv any dialogues, the confusion wasn't cleared, they just said he's a psycho killer, no proper explanation.

* The 13 and 14 and 15 episodes were just meh, because honestly you wouldn't not want hear that 1 to 12 episodes were just a lie, the bond between all of the characters was erased, the characters had no character development, characters were just pointless it felt like they were written to fill the void.

* There was no need for I'm sol to run away from the train to save sun jae, I'm sol had no proper plan.


But yet overall this HIT the spot for me in summer vacation.

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This drama demands your full attention; otherwise, you might find yourself rewinding to grasp the storyline. Byeon Woo Seok, portraying Ryu Seon Jae, and Kim Hye Yoon, playing Im Sol, delivered outstanding performances. Keeping up with Im Sol’s character was a thrilling challenge—she truly had my head spinning. Byeon Woo Seok's mere presence and his gaze into the camera were captivating. The height difference between the two actors was notable; I hope he didn't strain his back! Kudos to all the actors and actresses for a job well done. I’ll never look at a wristwatch the same way again!

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"Memories don't disappear instead they all are smeared into your soul."

I am high on this show, engulfed by it. I am 10 feet under somewhere with hands on my heart coz it won't calm down. Finally a kdrama with such a perfect end. This is how you wrap up things, this is how! The audience should feel this much by the end forgetting all the sorrows endured by them and the characters throughout, forgetting the hiccups if there were any. I was guessing a lot while watching, wondering how are they going to answer these questions and if they could wrap it up with ease and they did. For me, they did.

"Memories don't disappear instead they all are smeared into your soul. Even if my brain forgets, my soul hasn't. It's been keeping every piece. of it"

The quote above by Sol's grandma encompasses the essence of this show. There were so many resets, changing plots, actions and whatnot, but Sun Jae's soul retained everything. His emotions were everywhere because his soul had memories but his brain didn't. My heart felt too much for him and Im Sol. They met many times and started their story together again and again only to end up with that fate. Push and pull to alter the fate in vain. Seeing Im Sol alone hurt my heart, but seeing Sun Jae falling in love again made it go pity-pat. The show wasn't about why things were happening the way they were happening or what ticked the killer to go after them like that. I believe that the killer was just a plot device to change the time, to show us the love Sun Jae and Im Sol had for each other across time and space. They were the centre of the story. One of the best romances in Dramaland.

Comedy in this one is gold, second-hand embarrassments that I felt for them and with them lol. The other characters supported the plot well. In Hyuk's reactions were everything. And I can only accept the love triangle like in this one. SML, you deserve all the happiness too. Acting is 10/10. PERFECT!

The music in this one is again top-tier, been listening on loop, obsessed. I mourned the loss of Sonaki too. I can name at least five songs I am obsessed with rn. Combining QOT and LR music albums, ig we are in the golden era of kdrama music.

The ending of this show had me giggling throughout, finally after all that angst ( I loved that too). Cried too many times and laughed in equal measure as well. All worth it. Deserving of all the hype.

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The Good:
- Their wigs are really nice. Hairlines look great and the hair looks real.
- The chemistry between our main couple is strong. Some skinship and cuteness abound fairly early on in the series and even in her innocence, those scenes give me tingles with how sensual they can be (and by watching Sifeng react to it). Their angst is also equally explosive, and I can feel their yearning, love, and hate viscerally.
- Cheng Yi. He smiles a lot more in this than he did in the last series I watched him in (Stand By Me) and is generally more expressive in his emotions, which I love. It's a shame his smile is so often guarded because he has a gorgeous smile that totally transforms his face. I also like that he gets to act a little off-kilter sometimes, like when he's embarrassed or unsure or transfixed by Xuan Ji's close proximity - it breaks away the otherwise cool-monotone exterior he tends to display and I really like seeing that.
-Motives are clear. I understand why the good guys do what they do, and why the bad guys do what they do. It's not muddled in misunderstandings and weak writing.
-Plot twists are really good. I found my excitement renewed a few times with each twist.
-The small bits of comedy are great. I love Teng Shi, the heavenly beast. His physical comedy cracks me up. Sometimes it's a little cringe, but I'll take the good with the bad, haha.
-Whump. Whump. Whump. It's yummy. I'll never get enough of Cheng Yi in physical or emotional pain.
- The chemistry between our FL and ML is great. They look genuinely in love, and their misunderstandings and grievances are warranted and painful to watch. I really enjoyed them as a couple.
- The villains are formidable, despicable, and easy to hate.
- WHAT BLESSED BL IS THIS?! Episode 55 + Hellllooo? Lmao. We stan for it.

The Not So Good:
- Have patience with the first quarter of the series. Misunderstands are pretty rife between our first and secondary characters.
- Have patience with Zhu Xuan Ji. Her ignorance without her six senses can be very frustrating.
- The Lover's Curse mask Sigeng has to wear is h i d e o u s and covers his face for way too long. I was itching to skip past the episodes where he wore it (dying to see his face again), but for the sake of not missing any story, I trudged through it. It takes a hot minute before you get to see his face again, but for the sake of not spoiling the plot, I won't tell you when, since its important to the storyline.
-The Lover's Curse mask is supposed to have certain consequences and it seemed like there were continuity issues with it in the storyline since there were instances that should have definitely called for it to react and it didn't.
- The CGI is Power Rangers lvl bad, but honestly, I'm used to it with the xianxia-fantasy series, and I was able to look past it for the sake of a good story and great casting.
- How many packets of fake blood do these poor souls have to put in their mouths and spit out? (I'm looking at you, SiFeng). It lost its effect after a while (and that's saying a lot for a professional Whumpee like me). I also had an issue with some of the close-up shots of the actor's and actresses' faces in regard to their makeup application. I could often see the double-lid eye tape under makeup, circle lenses, foundation lines, and lipstick (like when SiFeng was especially sick and wore that ghoulish pastey lipstick).

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So-so, but was hoping for better!

When it comes to Chinese historical/period dramas I like to give my review 10 episodes at a time, because they tend to be 40+ episodes long, and I don't want to forget my thoughts about the drama when I finally reach to the last episode.

Review for episodes 1-10
•This drama had little to no character development in the first episode, and it didn't captivate me because the pacing was way too fast. When I watch historical/period dramas, if there's romance, I like for it to be realistic, and to also have a good ongoing development between both characters. I didn't know until almost episode 3 that in episode 1, the female lead character "fell in love at first sight," it was not obvious to me, it came off as bad writing/script.
•Originally, I did not like the dubbed voice for the female character in this drama, although it's the same dubbed voice that I've heard in a lot of other dramas. I think it could have something to do with the body movement of the female lead actress. IDK.
•I like the storyline, but thus far the execution is a bit sloppy and rushed.
•In episode 2 at the 30:00-33:00 minute mark the leads joke about rape. I'm not sure if I will continue after this episode.
•Towards the end of episode 2 I start to like the female lead character. If you reason that she's probably 15 years old, and not a modern day 15 year old but a 15 year old living during ancient times (w/o technology and social media), then you would understand her behavior. Additionally, there's an intentional playfulness/humor in this drama that eventually I caught onto, but I wish they made it more obvious because at first I just thought it was bad acting. For example episode 2 at the 40-43 minute mark. I nearly spit the oatmeal that I was eating, out of my mouth due to laughing so much LOL.

I DECIDED TO DROP THIS WHILE WATCHING EPISODE 7

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