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Yea, I agree, it’s been done to death and is never a pretty sight.

This trope is common since forever, dramas didn't invent it. More classical name for it is "the dog in the manger" - the dog doesn't eat the grain himself, but prevents others from eating it too. When it comes to relationships it usually means a person gets jealous and realizes his feelings only when his love interest gets interested or is about to be taken away by somebody else. There are countless plots about it.
Personally, I hate love triangles in general, no matter how they arise. I hope they're not going to drag this shit until the last episode. But I've heard from people who read the webtoon that there's ML's gf on the horizon as well, so soon it gonna turn into a love square 🙄😒

🤷‍♂️ Pride maybe?

They don't have much time here, indeed. It's just 12 short episodes, while webtoon is still ongoing. Which is not a bad thing though, means the plot will condense everything that is diluted in these typically over bloated webtoons. I just hope they'll manage to do it competently.

I typically don't like these sort of snoozefest slow village life dramas, but this one has something interesting about it. I dunno, maybe because it's based on a webtoon, which usually have more structured sub-plots. It does look like each episode is about something new. Also, that this drama is short helps with tightness of the plot, there's barely any overly prolonged scenes or unnecessary sub plots. And for once, this type of drama doesn't have any dark secret shared among the villagers or soapy sad background story for the leads.
I also like that it's about a vet, I like animals and it's interesting to learn something about their job in the country.
All in all, looks like a nice light short drama that feels like watching someone's summer vacation in the country.
And actors are fine and their characters are cute, but for some reason some people sure are specifically nitpicky here 🙄. Whatever.

It's based on a webtoon - ML does have a gf in it.

There is romance between ML (Choi Sun Woo) and FL (Yoo Mi Seo).
Also, diner owner ajumma (Jeong Haeng Ja) is weak for pretty faces, so there's tiny something between her and the hippie hobo (Kang San).

Yea, AoS definitely is one of the highlights of this year. Can’t wait for part 2.

Ahh, what the heck is wrong with Shin Dae Ryuk's mom? No matter what happened, you can't chain a person like a dog! Basically, she substituted one painful memory with an even more terrible one. Kids are not dumb, you can explain what is prohibited to them. And accidents leave deep impressions on them, especially if they are scary and life threatening. And better yet, she could have asked her neighbours to look after him at the very least.
Also, why didn't she make contact with him way earlier? Sorry, but I just can't accept how easily she's forgiven here for chaining him up, abandoning him and then returning only when she's on the verge of forgetting him due to dementia. She's a very shitty parent no matter how you look at it.

One of my relatives had a similar experience when she was a kid. It left such a deep memory of what happened and how parents scolded her later that she still recalls it up until this day. It also made her self-conscious of how wary she is never to repeat it.

Wait, there's a dreaded time skip in the preview or subs are off?

EDIT: Scrap that, there wasn't, subs were off.

Suspense and drama were ok, but too much dumbassery in the technicalities of the plot, namely, security protocols, handling of the situation by the authorities, how viruses work and are handled, piloting of the airplanes. 6.5 overall.

A Business Proposal, Tomorrow, Military Prosecutor Doberman, Adamas, Crazy Love, Alchemy of Souls, Stock Struck, Big Mouth.... There are two ongoing ones that seem to be good as well, but gotta watch more episodes when they air to say anything definitive - Little Women, Once Upon a Small Town.

They may conveniently retcon her still being a soul shifter after returning to her body. Or the way that she’ll return may make her no longer a soul shifter.

One thing I've learned after watching AoS that almost none of the theories fans came up with turned out to be true and the show surpised the audience with its plot twists now and again. So what I'm saying is calm down, don't wind yourself up and stop trying to figure out where it will go as it most likely won't go the way you think it will.

Personally, I just hope they will resolve many loose ends from part 1. Killing Jin Mu is just one of them.
There's also big unresolved Bu-Yeon plot - will she really die just like that or will finally return to Jin clan?
Then there's Uk's destiny as King's Star and his confrontation with envious CP.
Yul's health problems and his fate.
The fate of the ice stone and soul shifters.
Dang Gu and Cho Yeon's relationship now that their wedding is ruined and marriage in question.
Park Jin and maidservant Kim's relationship resolution.
And finally, the biggest one - what will happen to Naksu? Will she and Uk get a happy ending? Will they have to live on the run from authorities or clear their names?

Some of you guys are so quick to paint Hye Soo as a villain. But most of this show's characters are never so simple, or black and white, their motives are not on the surface. Yea, she's a smart, calculating and morally grey woman. But I see what she's been doing lately from a different perspective. Her passive attitude changed immediately after she confirmed that her late love was killed. She now acts to exact revenge - manipulating people to kill the whole Kwon family, taking their stuff and company is justice.

And did she suddenly invent this whole "taking over" plan on her own by using the circumstances to her advantage? Or are her goals still aligned with Woo Shin with whom she talked at length prior?
I think she's gonna lure team A into a trap, to a final confrontation with SIH. And that crazy bitch Sun along with her mute sister will die as well.
But even if she did invent this whole thing on her own and will take over Haesong - still props to her, good job 👏🤣 .

Also, called it that Adamas is in the toy 🙄.

P.S. Team A stashing dead bodies in barrels with cement in an abandoned building is a dumb idea - somebody will find them eventually. Should have just buried or dumped them at sea, they're already prepped for that.

The only thing she's killing is my desire to see that actress anywhere else. Don't like nor her character, nor her acting.

She wants him to remember her.

There are at least 7 kdramas I like this year, but there are as many if not more that are just plain bad. Which is fine, for they can’t possibly all be a hit. I guess me criticizing those garners more attention than positive feedback of the others 🙄. Or you never watched any of those good ones.

I'm sure there won't be as much as in recent Alchemy of Souls 🙄 , I survived through its endless love polygons, I can survive watching them here. Though I do hate love triangles...

I see, as usual those mangas are endless 🙄.
The drama adaptation won't follow it to the letter then, because it only has 12 short episodes and will have to have a definitive ending.