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time passages in k-dramas was always treated superficially and only needed for the sake of the plot. they don't make sense most of the times, ML-FL know each other from childhood/highs school, they separated/lost contact, both in their 30s now, single, they met again and start talking like nothing happened in between in their lives, somehow in the eyes of the writers and viewer this type of love/relationship is more pure and worthy

In the last 3 dramas i have watched with him casted as ML (Love All Play, Castaway Diva, Serendipity's Embrace) he was just the same, you could take his character/personality from those 3 shows and put it here and it wouldn't look out of place. Working full time in the service of FL there as well being a supper supportive green flag ML that does everything right. I don't think I'm crazy to wish for a bit of originality or creativity for these shows and characters, to move on from the same cliches and romance buildup tropes and interactions, same shoe tying ML's that run up with an umbrella or randomly appear every time FL takes a fart or is in slight discomfort. Can't they just already move from the same replicated dynamics and write some original characters and genuine non one sided interactions between them?

K-dramas writers really love to write a ''white knight'' ML character, i mean.. can't romance be developed other way around? I just see it as lazy writing if every other ML character is written to be this way. I feel like he's way too over the top and jumpy every time he gets the chance, like i know he's grateful for what he feels she did for him, but it just feels forced and too early. The interaction at the end of the second episode felt weird, he might feel a connection and be drawn towards her but for her he's just a stranger for as long as he choses to keep it a secret who he is and that they interacted before, but i guess that is kept for later episodes. If no FL-ML childhood connection/trope, grandma/grandpa must feel in, ok now that every character is connected romance is possible.

that guy already looked in love at the restaurant scene felt bad for him, could still be him though lol

when they first met i thought she has memory loss due to trauma of believing her boyfriend died 7 years ago but it didn't made any sense as no one close to FL recognised him, also towards the end i saw that there was another name that popped up for her ex bf and after reading some theories here it made more sense of a more plausible scenario of what happened

i thought he was her real bf and she forgot about him due to trauma of thinking he died

that would be dark af

lol

that table scene was weirdly uncomfortable

It's a little bit predictable. Most of the times a love triangle is inserted just as another attempt to create a bit of drama/tension, make it ''interesting'' or fill episodes up having a bit of a side story (aside the usual trauma). I don't have a problem with love triangles as long as they are not predictable, we already know that in kdrama land 99% of the time ML and FL end up together and SML or SFL are just there to be more of a support role than actual leads with independent stories and life. In this drama i don't see SML having a real shot with FL, and if the SML is a good guy like in this case up to this point, he'll just end up a character people will be sorry for or pity. It is still a nice feel good watch all together, i don't have a problem with FL's acting or personality, she is nice. I also like the dynamics between regular ML-FL characters, than poor clueless FL that is most of the times a doormat in front of CEO ML. I am still going to rate this pretty high just for the fact there is no ML and FL childhood trope/connection with endless flashbacks, that's already progress to me as long as romcoms go.

To me Maki has the most obvious motive, for now. Keisuke suggested to report it as the blackmail won't stop but she was worried that it will affect their son's school admission. It would be too obvious to be Keisuke as he went the last to talk to Sakuma, and it wasn't shown what they discussed, there was a scene where the camera lingered on Keisuke's visible concerned face by the fact Junichi suggested to open the capsule, i think it's just a bait. It could be someone outside the group as well, maybe someone witnessed what happened that day, or someone from the group confessed to someone about what happened or the gun's location. But if it's someone from the group i am thinking it's Maki, she also acts the weirdest among them. There is more to the story that it is shown now, likely the civilian killed that day is tied to the story as well, as well as the motive they decided to hide the gun.

I enjoyed it up until episode 5 or 6, with the last 2-3 episodes fell into total banality. I didn't like the Do Ra-Mi trauma plot, her manager found out about her other personality but just brush it off like it's nothing and watch her go out acting like that, ML as well was aware about it but didn't took her to get professional help as soon as he noticed she acting way off. So she is so famous all of a sudden after her first movie with a leading role, everyone across the globe watching her on their phones, got invited to lot of shows, but after she went to film the ,,reality show'' with the Hiro, she just freely roamed at night with the ML getting close or kissing with 0 press after them? I thought she was actually big and got interest on her. Just one picture taken of them could ruin the movie they we're filming at the moment. And what's the deal with Ji-Seon and her ex , why did they broke up actually? Did Ji-Seon get the ick because she felt like the guy considered it a chore to marry her and felt nothing for her, but also considering how easy it got for her makes me think that there were no feeling towards him to begin with and the writer just wanted to set her up with someone else, or am i missing something? Also did ML ever found out that his roommate is dating the girl she was not over for so long? I'm just fed up with these trauma sub-plots, they are so superficial and hard to believe because they don't have a real built up, they are just thrown at some point in the series to fill up episode and drag the show. If it's that hard to make a consistent good show for 12-16 episodes better stick to 8 episodes, most of the shows i have watched lately are just not as consistently good in the second half. Also for me romance felt off, most of the times FL chased ML but he didn't knew what he wanted or wasn't over the SFL, then they have the talk soon after Mu Hui spots Ho Jin talk to Ji Seon, FL still seems like she likes him a lot but ML took that at a rejection or that she's pushing him away, just too many dragging and misunderstanding for the sake of drama. Really unnecessary overcomplicated dynamics between the leads .

comment section full of unmarked spoilers of people who already watched the whole show, better not read comments if you want to watch this

i was more broken hearted at the half of last episode, i thought this was it

beautifull series full of emotion and with such good acting

Eventhough i watch more kdramas i stopped watching the korean version halfway through, i found it was too clichee filled and too superficial for my likings. I'm glad i watched this adaptation all the way to the end, no episode felt unnecessary or too long, human interactions felt so real and altogether this drama had so much feeling to it.

only on episode 1 and wanted to say that prosecutor is a POS for leaking that personal video and should be fired and not be able to work ever in the field. she wasn't even trialed and found guilty yet. and what's all about with Korea's obsession with media and hyping up every person and case possible?

Rescue team full non-persona mode like in every K-drama. It's not about finding them but to give them a few moments alone so romance develops. So unexpected. ML is breaking some limits or being inappropriate considering he thinks she is married. Fake marriage went for too long and it should had been resolved sooner instead of carrying the plot until now.

On episode 7 and getting annoyed by the constant occuring poor clueless and helpess female lead always getting into trouble and needs to be saved by the white knight in shining armour ML clichee. How romantic. Can't these drama writters think of anything new by now? Soon as the kid got lost in the woods and she started searching told to my self "this ain't about the kid right?". It started good with the first 2 episodes which could have been a movie but soon after it fell into banality.

Wished she remained constant if she was portrayed as a sociopatch right from the start. Forgot this is kdrama land and even bad mothers/grandmothers get redemption stories left and right. So from the last episode it seems like the writters are pushing for some redemption or at least trying to show us she's not that bad. But she's way past that point in my opinion. You don't get to change her in the last few episodes, just to make the star FL more likeable to the ''fan base'', it just take away from the consistency and credibility of the story and this is not your usual character growth/development story.