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Something About 1 Percent (also known as 1% of Anything) is a 2016 South Korean romantic comedy that takes a classic "fake relationship" trope and injects it with a healthy dose of humor, family drama, and heartwarming moments. Buckle up for a review of this charming series!

The Plot:

Lee Jae-in, the arrogant grandson of a wealthy conglomerate, needs to get married to inherit his grandfather's fortune. Enter Kim Da-hyun, a kind-hearted elementary school teacher who becomes the unlikely candidate for a six-month contract marriage. As they navigate their pretend romance, sparks fly, secrets unfold, and both must confront their true feelings.

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The Heirs, also known as The Inheritors, is a 2013 South Korean drama that takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the lives of wealthy high school students. It's a captivating blend of romance, comedy, and drama, exploring themes of class differences, family pressures, and finding your own path.

Heirs of Fortune, Heirs of Destiny:

The story centers around Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho), the exiled heir to a vast empire, and Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye), a working-class girl thrust into his world. Their chance encounter in Los Angeles sparks a connection that defies their contrasting backgrounds. Back in Korea, they attend Jeguk High, an exclusive school for the children of chaebols (conglomerate families).

Love Amongst the Elite:

Eun Sang navigates the unfamiliar territory of wealth and privilege, surrounded by other heirs like the arrogant Choi Young Do (Kim Woo Bin) and the poised Rachel Ryu (Kim Ji Won). Tan, meanwhile, grapples with his family's expectations and his forbidden love for Eun Sang.

Beyond the Fairytale:

The Heirs isn't just a fluffy romance. It delves into the pressures faced by these young people, the burden of inherited wealth, and the struggle to forge their own identities. It tackles societal issues like bullying, family manipulation, and the pursuit of happiness.

Sparkling Cast and Compelling Characters:

The drama boasts a star-studded cast who deliver captivating performances. Lee Min Ho and Park Shin Hye have undeniable chemistry, while Kim Woo Bin and Kim Ji Won add layers of complexity to their characters. The supporting cast also shines, bringing depth and humor to the story.

A Touch of Whimsy:

Despite its serious themes, The Heirs doesn't shy away from lighthearted moments. The comedic relief is well-balanced, offering a welcome escape from the heavier topics.

A Must-Watch for K-Drama Fans:

Whether you're new to Korean dramas or a seasoned fan, The Heirs has something to offer. It's a well-crafted story with heart, humor, and social commentary. So, grab your popcorn, settle in, and prepare to be transported to the world of Korea's privileged youth.

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Amidst a Snowstorm of Love: A Heartwarming Rom-Com That Melts Even the Frostiest Hearts

"Amidst the Snowstorm of Love" is a Chinese drama that premiered in February 2024. It tells the story of Lin Yi Yang, a former snooker player, and Yin Guo, a nine-ball pool player, who meet by chance during a snowstorm.
Their chance encounter leads to a blossoming romance, but their contrasting personalities and life goals cause some comedic clashes along the way. As they navigate their individual journeys, both in love and in their careers, they discover hidden strengths and support each other's dreams.
The drama also features heartwarming friendships and family relationships, adding to the overall feel-good atmosphere.
If you're looking for a lighthearted rom-com with a touch of sweetness, "Amidst the Snowstorm of Love" might be worth checking out.

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heart fluttering screaming dammm

usually i don't like to rate 9.5 but for this drama i really want


1 . story is normal not very twisted or much complicated .
2. i have already finished reading the novel soo i felt execution was really good and there some story fault some things were left very vague it was also same in book we can ignore that fact main couple story was always in centre so other cast story really blurred out

3 pace of drama in starting it was damm good in between 30 ep it was up and down but i loved it

4 the eye romance was soo dam good between them there were so many little little thing they left to decipher

5 acting and all cast were soo good

6 i really love male friendship they hate each other but not that much they want each other such rare it really good to see them together

story was not that much abnormal so u can relate small small events


just if u want to smile just go and watch




its give u laugh screem joy sadness respect every emottion u can feeel

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Gorgeous Couple, Interesting Mystery, Cute Ending

This is a short drama (less than 4 hours total) with two gorgeous characters solving an interesting murder mystery in a detective game. The ending is cute and not cliche either (I will spoil it at the end of my review). I wish it would be subbed soon, but it seems like Tencent prioritizes subbing their romance and dynasty costume dramas over non-romance and Republican-era dramas, especially if the leading actor/actress is not popular. It will be subbed eventually, so you can enjoy it.

I would've rated it 8.5 if I completely understood the dialogue details (for me, the crime and Republican-era cultural word terminologies are rather difficult to understand).

STORY:

There is no synopsis on MDL at the moment I wrote this review. So here it is:
The Female Lead Nan Yu (Snow Kong) was originally a player in a matchmaking game to match as many couples to win the game. However, one day, because of a game glitch, she found herself in the Republic of China era, and her character is a forensic examiner. Nan Yu learned that she must solve a mysterious murder case to return to her world. Not only that, she also shared one body with the Male Lead Gao Han (Li Ge Yang), a player from another detective game, to solve the case. With different personalities and strengths/weaknesses, at first, they compete with each other to control the body. But then they work together as a team. But in the end, only one of the two can return to his/her own world.

The mystery murder case, although only one, ends up being interesting and quite complicated with several victims and several suspects, it's only solved in the final episode.

CHARACTER:

First, I thought that Nan Yu was a ditzy Female Lead when she played in the matchmaking game. But she was quite calm when seeing a dead body for the first time, lol, while being guided by Gao Han to do the autopsy. Her bickering with Gao Han is cute, too. I can say Nan Yu has a high EQ while Gao Han high IQ. Smart and mature Male Lead and Female Lead.

VISUAL:

With gorgeous Republican-era costumes, Snow Kong and Li Ge Yang really look good-looking together. Their visual is the reason for me to keep watching the drama. The costumes, props, and sets look well done considering this is a short-length series with a lower budget than mainstream dramas.

OST:

The ending theme is nice and catchy titled "Starlight Is In Your Hand" (星光在你手上) by Ye Xuan Qing (叶炫清)

SOME SPOILERS AND THE ENDING (Scroll down below if you're curious)















- The alternative title "Twins Detective" doesn't mean Nan Yu and Gao Han are twin siblings, but two people share one body.
- At first, Nan Yu and Gao Han share one body, but then Gao Han breaks the game system to enter the game with his own body. Thus, they become a detective couple.
- There is a slight romance blossoming between Nan Yu and Gao Han later in the drama. Cute, but doesn't take over the mystery plot.
- There is a SML (Second Male Lead) but he is a nice one. Unlike tropey jealous SMLs common in romance dramas, who are good first and then turn bad.
- Ending (scroll below):









A cute happy ending. In the beginning, since they shared one body, only one can return to his/her own world. Gao Han hacked the game system to enter the game. He also used a lot of his game energy to save Nan Yu's life. The game designer said only Nan Yu could return to her own world. He needed a lot of time to fix the game because Gao Han hacked the system. Since Nan Yu doesn't want to separate from Gao Han, they end up staying in the current Republican-era world while the designer fixes the game, and they open a detective agency together with homophone (same sound different meaning) of their combo names Yugao (that literally means "fish cake") Detective Agency. SML gave them a congratulatory gift, an item similar to the thing that they investigated before, lol!

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Intense Love Story ??

This rom-com has everything from love at first sight ( which I absolutely love) to second chances. The drama main focus is about Lin Yi Yang (Leo Wu) who runs into women’s 9 ball pool player Yin Guo (Zhao Jin Mai ) during a snowstorm and instantly falls for her ❤️❤️.
With the help of her cousin, he starts hanging out with her and gets to know her. However, he has his own past as it seems that Lin Yi Yang himself was once as a professional snooker player who ended up offending a referee during his last professional match.
Frustrated with everything that went on, he took an early retirement and since then has been drifting through life trying to find himself until he met Yin Guo. Leo Wu played the character who is a good person but has abandonment issues really well. With the help of Yin Guo whilst chasing after her to be his girlfriend, he decides to move forward and make a comeback.
The pacing of this drama was well structured, from them meeting, getting to know each other to him dealing with his past with the help of Yin Guo whilst in a long distant relationship and finally finding glory together. Was done perfectly.
Alongside the 2 main leads, was the amazing cast which includes Wang Xing Yue, Dai Si, Dong Zi Fan and Chen Jing Ke. And they all did amazing job at their roles.
This drama demonstrates that with no matter how low you fall, with good mindset and positive attitude along with positive people around you, you can get back on your feet at any age.
The fact that both of the leads learned the game as well is so impressive and made it look realistic.
Absolutely fabulous drama and is defiantly 10/10 and a rewatch from me. If Anyone is thingking about watching this drama then go for it you wont regret it.👌

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Tried to extend my patience to this show but eventually dropped it. They changed too many plot points from the webtoon and totally ruined the plot (especially the truck scene because wtf was that!!!). Not only that, the leads totally have no chemistry at all, and the FL actress doesn't have the spunk and fierceness that the FL has in the webtoon. The only saving grace for me of this show is the actress who played the sister of the ML, who has the similar sunny and protective personality as the one in the webtoon. Kinda wished that the budgeting of this show went to the budgeting of Perfect Marriage Revenge instead because that show has more potential if they had the same budgeting and marketing MMH has.

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This show just keep getting better and better!

To be honest, I enjoyed this season more than S1. Can't wait for S3! The challenges production gave to Paik and his crew did not make the show stagnant and boring. Also instead of relying on the same menu to cook & sell every day which if it was in this case the show would be boring but Paik & his crew were creative and put so much effort to cook & sell different kind of delicious menu everyday in the span of 10 days which in doing so was a challenge itself .

I enjoyed watching each of them from the cast to the part timers. They're all so hardworking & genuine . They gave their all in making this show entertaining while introducing K-foods and at the same time the viewers could learn many things about cooking and selling process too. Paik especially, there's nothing he could not overcome. He could solve LIKE every problem. The title of this show is very well fitted indeed. I have so much respect for this guy.

So, my favourite worker in this season was the same as the last : John Park. Just how many languages he excelled at?! I loved listening him speaking Spanish here like when he speaking Italian in S1. What a talented guy.

To conclude my review,I would recommend this show to all K-food ethusiasts, fan of the cast and also food bussiness owners . If you enjoyed S1 surely you will enjoy this season too! BEWARE : watch it during eating or with full stomach only :)

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Not enough romance for me

Disclaimer: this is my own opinion. Everyone's tastes are different. If asked, I wouldn't tell anyone to run away from watching it, but it was a disappointment to me. I think it was the writing that let this show down for me. It was drawn out, and often uneven. Was it a comedy? A drama? It couldn't seem to make up its mind. The story was somewhat interesting, but, in my opinion, could have been improved with some editing.

What I liked:
Kim Hye Yoon as Kim Jo Yi. I really like this actress, and her voice is great. I liked them turning the tables and making a woman in a historical show be the strong one. She was strong, outspoken and was willing to fight for what she wanted. Sometimes her wide-open, doe-eyed looks were overdone.

OK TaecYeon as Ra Yi Eon was okay here. I've never been blown away by his acting (I think I need to watch Vincenzo), and he managed to portray a wide-eye innocent well here. Some of his expressions were over the top, which worked when they were trying for comedy, but not when they were attempting seriousness. The scene with him and the bad guy (one of the MANY bad guys) on the edge of the cliff was seriously overacted.

Choi Tae Hwan and Park Do Soo. Hated him with a passion, which was the intention. This was a character that was definitely a hamburger short of a happy meal. Absolutely no conscience, he kind of lived in his own psychopathic world. His smiles at absolutely inappropriate times were chilling.

The friendships. The sidekicks, the friendships made along their journey, found family. I liked watching these relationships develop.

What I didn't like:
Way too much palace intrigue. I was surprised, because by all the clips I'd seen, this seemed like it was going to be very light. It started out that way, and then turned pretty heavy for most of the rest of the episodes. And how many scheming bad guys does one show need?

The romance felt like it was added as an afterthought at times. We got some cute scenes of them realizing that they liked each other, then episodes full of neither one of them wanting to get married, then a rushed, unsatisfactory ending.

They talked about how all he wanted to do was cook, that's what he wanted to do with his life. Suddenly, it was forgotten. We never got to see evidence of that passion until the very end, and even then, I didn't think it was portrayed correctly.

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Marry Me, My Queen is a nice romantic comedy miniseries done within a historical setting. Although it is not a high value production in matters of costumes, background, and palace furnishing, the drama has a nice plot and the story develops nicely. Although not all actors gave great performances, the leading couple and their closed supporting cast did well bringing their characters to life. The female and male lead have very good chemistry and there are some really funny moments like when she is fantasizing about their relationship and some other incidents with her consort Yun Fei Ran. Overall, the drama is entertaining, enjoy it!

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BEST CHINESE MODERN ROMANCE DRAMA!!!

I have watch Chinese modern romance drama, but this is the BEST. From the actors/actress, story line, acting and the beautiful places. A drama worth watching again and again.

Leo acting is superb, his love for Mai, I can feel it while watching it. The way Leo look, kiss, hug & take care of Mai, is every girls dream from a guy. LEO IS A GREEN FLAG.

After watching the first episode, I was already hook and can’t wait for the next episode. A breath of fresh air from common Chinese and Korean drama.

There is no typical 2nd lead actress that would fight for Leo’s love to Mai.

Highly recommended drama. I can watch it all over again.

Please another Leo & Mai modern drama. More kisses, joke!!!

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A wonderful story with actors with absolutely gorgeous chemistry <3

I could say that the story was a bit rushed but the chemistry of the main characters made me love this drama from the very first episode. I really liked their outfits, especially ML, he looked gorgeous with that hairstyle, that jewelry and the way he was dressed. I also really liked his character. A very loyal man to the woman he loves as any woman would want..
I love everything about this short drama, and also the ending which was very cute and romantic.
As for the music, I gave it a 7.5 not because I didn't like it, but because there were 2 scenes where the music suddenly changed, and it was noticeable that there the scene was cut. But that doesn't change my good opinion of the drama.

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If you're into slow burn romance then this is your kind of thing. People in the comments said the Romance tag shouldn't exist but I don't think so?? Romance isn't all about kisses and skinship. For me Xie Bin Bin did a really good job at portraying his character. You could see his love for the FL by the way he was looking at her and that was enough for me. When the confession and kiss scene came along it was all worth it.


This is obviously a medium(?) budget drama, some edited scenes were too dramatic with the camera work but i didn't really mind? I don't know when this was filmed tbh but it gives me 2017 vibes which i kind of miss. Personally im the kind of person who mostly cares about romance so some parts that didn't make sense in the plot didn't even bother me. Overall it's a good drama i got hooked from the first episode and i think you shouldn't mind the negative comments and give it a try yourself.

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So much potential

Premise was great, execution was meh. I really liked the three main actors; Park Sung Wong as the pampered action star Woong Gwang was excellent, and the bromance between him and agent K (played by the very suave Park Hai Jin) was pretty funny. Kim Min Jung as Cha Do Ha was endearing as a fan turned confidante with the older action star, who came off as kind of a father figure. But Agent K was a terrible spy, with pretty much everyone on to his spy status, but tromping in and out of his spy hideout, the whole secret agent idea did not seem very secret.
The romance between Agent K and Do Ha fell flat as well. As many reviews have stated, there was very little chemistry between K and Do Ha, and the rationale for the romance was kind of flimsy. I think it would have been good to lean further into her conman upbringing and her suspicions of Agent K. He apparently used romantic entanglements with gullible women to achieve previous missions; Do Ha's street smarts and quick wit should set her apart and explain his attraction to her.
I dropped it because the plot was getting very repetitive. The spy missions were not that intriguing and I lost interest by the third mission.
Individually, I did enjoy the three main actors and hope to see them in other roles.

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