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Well, they did a better job at writing ML’s connection to FL here than in the manga. The manga one was pretty weird and rubbed me the wrong way.

And while they're at it, they should skip that annoying "eew...an orphan, no history, no parents who would teach you a proper way of living". They're still treating such characters like they're lepers their children should avoid at all costs.
Very rarely a drama has nice parents who welcome an orphan bf or gf without reservations. I can recall only one, actually.

Yes, FL and the evil bish were from Busan, as well as all those schoolmates.

He confessed in the manga as well. He also constantly wrote to her neglected social media account after school and messaged to her old number. Also, ML there didn't have to find him, he came to the school reunion himself.
He then opened a cafe right next to where FL worked on purpose.
Talking about annoying.

Also, FL has skipped two rides in ML's car already ☹️

Don't even get me started about that "rich man's house"! I swear, it's been basically in every drama about rich people since the start of 2022. They probably rent it all year round to film kdramas now 😂 Just from the top of my head - Crazy Love, A Business Proposal, Little Women, My Demon.
And yeah, looking at crazy rich chaebols living in the same house one has two questions - are there no other good looking mansions in SK to film kdramas? And how rich exactly ML from Crazy Love was to be able to afford it? 🤔😂
And I think only in Crazy Love they showed the real interior of that house, which wasn't all that grand. In some other dramas it magically had way bigger interior with filthy rich decorations.

In the manga there's a lot left between the scenes. Live adaptation is more fleshed out and nuanced. Though some of the internal monologue is lost in live adaptation.
There are some differences already, but I see only one major thing that stands out so far - ML in the manga was way better looking, confident and five steps ahead of FL in terms of planning stuff to help her.

According to the manga the evil bish is so evil because of her bish of a mother. I guess the same can be said about Min Hwan and his obnoxious parents. Don't f*ck up your kids, guys! Or they may turn into all sorts of mentally sick people - from pathological liars to serial killers. Time and again this gets proven true in criminal stories.

Only difference being that both Yoo's are related and in cohoots.

I'm reading the manga now. Yoo Hee Yeon is basically the Fairy Godmother here with stuff she does for FL. With ML being the prince of course.

No, in the manga she was still a temp. And there was a whole plot revolving around her being a temp that allowed to dispose of that nasty Mr. Kim. She had a project proposal which Mr. Kim stole from her by threatening her and telling her it won't be accepted by the higher-ups because she's a temp. FL told her to give to him and arranged to fail spectacularly.
The only thing was that higher-ups knew who she was and she didn't face any consequences when Mr. Kim tried to shift the blame on her.

Btw, are they still gonna position Yoo Hee Yeon as ML's step-sister in the drama?
I'm not seeing any development about these characters that should have already happened according to the manga. In the manga FL was already mistakenly suspecting them to be in a romantic relationship at this time in the drama.

Don't worry, manga had a very happy ending. No reason for it to change in the adaptation.

How long did it take you to figure them out?

I'm not as surprised that people like the leech bish exist irl, as that there are people so blind like FL who cannot see a snake right beside them for years. I mean, even after a while, but 2+2 just adds together into something fishy, no? This is just sad, man.

I'm willing to give this grandpa a chance, but in my books the only good grandpa I'm ready to see in every drama is grandpa from ABP:
https://kisskh.at/people/1397-lee-duk-hwa
He's just the grandpiest grandpa.

Sounds like a good match, she loves to eat.

Well said, write it as a review.

No really, it the same set. They've even said they've build new AoS sets for further use in other saeguks. I've seen them a number of times already in last year's saeguks. But this badly done drama somehow just soils good memories. I probably should get off saeguks for a while until they either make something great again or change sets.

Some of the sets outside and inside. For example, the house where FL lived in childhood with all that slaughter later was Jang Uk's house in AoS.

Yea, the guy continues simping from the back seat. FL is much more confident and determined after returning from the future. What's his excuse? He gotta do it this time and win her over.