Boyfriend on Demand Ep 3 – First Love Revisited
‘The College Hero’ From a chaebol romance fantasy to the blush of first love, Mi-rae’s next foray into virtual dating takes her back to a college campus where she catches the eye of Big Man on Campus, Seo Eun-ho. Eun-ho is the star of the college kumdo team and the object of almost every girl’s…
Project Hail Mary Review
Would you sacrifice yourself to save humanity? What if it was between sacrificing yourself for an outside chance of saving the world, or living for another 20-odd years knowing that most of the population is doomed at the end of that period? That is the choice facing Dr. Ryland Grace, a disgraced scientist turned middle…
Boyfriend on Demand – Romcom meets VR Fantasy
Eps 1-2 Review: ‘The Chaebol Heir’ In today’s world where AI is slipping into every facet of our lives and the fate of companies are rising and falling based on how quickly they adapt, this series feels very apt. It revolves around Seo Mi-rae (played by Jisoo), a jaded webtoon producer with a non-existent dating…
Can This Love Be Translated-Eps 9-12 Review
I’ve never been so happy to conclude a romantic drama. There have been series where the ending has felt unnecessarily drawn out once the main issues have been resolved, and there have been series when the couples are so charming that I’m almost sad to reach the end of their story. But this one has…
Can This Love Be Translated-Eps 6-8 Review
This show is so frustrating to watch. Just when you think that things are finally moving forward and the show is settling into a nice, solid rom-com rhythm, it suddenly switches genres and turns into a psychological drama instead. Let’s get into it shall we? We pick up where we left last time with Ho-jin…
Can This Love Be Translated-Eps 3-5 Review
So Prince Charming (Hiro) turned out to be not so charming after all despite his leading man worthy entrance last episode. We now see the same scene from his perspective and it’s clear that he swooped in to catch Mu-hee, not from any chivalrous impulse, but rather to ensure that the red carpet (and therefore…
The Apothecary Diaries S2E46-48 ”Royal Guard/The Shi Clan/ The Beginning”
‘He sounds like he is reading from a prepared script’ – Jinshi Therein lies the key to unraveling the Shi family’s plot. After spending most of the backend of the season apart, all the key players converge at the Shi fortress. Jinshi, fully accepting his role in the royal family, leads the Forbidden Army to…
Alice in Borderland S3 Review
I have to admit I went into this review with a bit of a negative bias. I loved the source manga and thoroughly enjoyed the first two seasons of the show. But I have a pet peeve about adaptations that try to leverage their popularity and stretch out their stories beyond the natural ending points…
Can This Love Be Translated-Eps 1-2 Review
There are two main things I look for from any romcom – strong chemistry between the leads, and ‘awww’- inducing scenes between the couple. And so far…I’m not blown away on either front (perhaps an unpopular opinion). The premise is promising enough – a multilingual interpreter (Joo Ho-Jin) and a newly minted A-list actress (Cha…
The Apothecary Diaries S2E44-45 ”The Stronghold/Taibon”
‘If I stayed a doll, Mother would not become angry.’ – Loulan Lady Shenmei cuts a truly terrifying figure. She is not just ruthless, but cruel for the sake of being cruel, and quite unhinged in her single-minded quest for revenge. Yet she does not come across as particularly cunning or a master of manipulation…
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