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The grandfather is making zero moves. I thought he was gonnna be bad ass and protect his grandson even if it meant him being evil but all he does every episode is frown. Meanwhile the evil step-mom is plotting to kill his grandson yet he allows her to sleep in the same household.

a lot of the romance depicted in kdramas are just unhealthy obsessions. You can see it in the way that when things don’t go their way they immediately start trying to destroy that persons life. If you sincerely like someone even if it’s one sided you don’t want the best for them.

I really would love for Korean writers to let go of the obsessed lover trope. Do we really need that obsessed SFL? Somebody let them know that it’s okay to have platonic relationships. Imagine, how interesting the SFL would have been if she was a talented BFF that simply cared about the ML? Same for the SML. He could have seen her simply as family and just been there to protect her. Just unnecessary characters that are meant to emotionally drain you. The trailer for tommorow id another example of how annoying the SFL is.

I have to say it was okay at best. Howver, it has no heart. the relationship between the characters are surface at best. The humor is missing. We didn’t get to see the relationship built between Genkai and Yusuke. She passed her powers to him and it was missing that major struggle he had in the cave. The competition to become Genkai’s student. if they were not gonna give us a nice plot like one piece they should not have bothered tbh. it was just too rushed.

I have to say that I disagree with some people saying that the ML was an unreliable partner. Both of them were working towards their dream. The ML worked just as hard as the FL. He even worked part time jobs to save for their upcoming trip. The problem is the FL is one of those bad vibe people. The type of people who allow their struggles and obstacles to bleed into every part of their life. Things didn’t go her way so she would be depressed & shit on the ML’s hopes and dreams. She never effectively communicated with the ML. She would just yell at him when something annoyed her. While the ML was the type that didn’t allow his struggles to impact his everyday life. He woke up with a smile ready to tackle his day. He actually did an excellent job of commminicating his hopes and desires with her & was vocal about how her words diminished his dream. In my opinion he deserves better.

The look the ML’s father gave to the FL’s mother solidified my initial thought the the ML’s mother died probably saving the FL’s mother. He might also resent her for coming back without her best friend. Something about the way she interacts with the ML gives me the vibe that she feels some sort of survivor guilt or that she’s feels she’s to blame somehow. You know in Korean dramas they love to take responsibility for every accident on earth even if their only fault was asking the person to meet up before they died. What’s kills me in kdramas is the level of alcohol these people drink. I’m literally concerned. I’m very close to calling for some type of intervention. It’s such a turn off to see them so intoxicated day after day.

I think the grandfather just didn’t want another obstacle for the ML. As we saw at the ending the evil stepmother saw that he actually cared about the FL and is now actively using her as a weapon against the ML. The grandfather know for sure a lot about the FL.

You start a drama thinking it’s gonna be a light fluffy and cute and out of no where it turns into a murder mystery. let’s see where it goes.

That’s interesting. You make a good point. I don’t remember if there was a big deal when Jeff Bezos cheated on his wife and married his mistress. I know she got one of the biggest divorce settlements ever but I don’t know if the average person cared. I feel like in the west we expect that celebrities and CEO’s (wealthy people in general) to have no morals. We expect them to divorce, cheat on each other and all kinds of illicit behavior.

I watched eps 1-6. These types of dramas really show you how useless police are. So many of the people who ended up being killed reported being stalked and the police didn’t even look into it after the fact. It’s so difficult to root for the taxi driver because of his stupidity and zero survival skills. The man got so many people killed along the way because he continued to make dumb decisions. I hate when kdramas have that character that is so nice that everyone walks all over and scams. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree as well cause his daughter is another nice stupid girl. Why would you meet up with a serial killer so that you can go with him to turn himself in. She got her friend murdered as well. The only intelligent person in this drama is the mother whose son was killed.

I’m really not understanding the family relations. In one of the flash backs when the ML was a child it looked like their was a memorial for both his parents. Also it seems like the stepmom used the ML’s mothers sickness to kick her out of the company. Was she the fathers mistress? It would be nice if the drama cleared up the family tree. I foresee that employee that’s in love with the ML to stir up some trouble and possibly align with the Stepmom. I love how he created boundaries with her and never entertained her crush. In kdramas the media and the public seem to care a lot about who the CEO and their families date or marry. I wonder if that’s true in real life. Are they treated like celebrities? In America no one really cares who CEO’s date or marry. Elon Musk apparently has multiple baby mamas and no one blinks twice.

I think I’m having a past lives fatigue. Almost every drama starts off with a beef steming from the Joseon period Somebody tell Korean writers that we need a break for the 2024 year.

The most annoying thing about past lives is that you have a bunch of arch nemesis you know nothing about. You are gonna find me in my 10th life cause of something I did in my 2nd life. I don’t even know you sir.

because people love to jump to a million conclusions and create their own narratives. they act like they are being forced to watch these shows.

the person at the end of the trailer that she’s in bed with is the ML not the SML. Look again and you will see that it’s him.

How do you know she sleeps with the SML? I didn’t see that in the trailer.

I see y’all are doing the same thing as the people in the drama. Jumping to conclusion about their relationship with barely any context. I actually thought that the FL might of broken up with him cause she found out his mother died saving her mother. I don’t know but we will eventually find out.

I enjoyed this drama a lot. it’s nice to have a solid couple for a change. I really tried to understand the older brother but I just could not understand him. He self isolated from his family because he thought his bio mom was kicked out. instead of directing any anger he had at his father or even grandfather he directed it all at his brother. Again, this is yet another instance where the father gets remarried and does a horrible job at integrating his son with his new wife and siblings.

You have a good point. The translations kept saying step-brother and not half brother. The way the grandfather was speaking at some point made me think he wasn’t a legitimate son. I hope the drama gives us a little insight into the family dynamics. Most of the time the mother tried to get her son into the top position but this lady seems like she hates her child as well and wants to position for herself. thanks for the explanation!

the younger brother referred to him as stepbrother and not half brother so it appears they are not biologically related. I understand that she’s entitled to some resources but it’s her entitlement for the family company that I don’t understand. Especially, her sabatoging her “stepson” and being actively hostile to him. That enough should kick her out of the house. He could give her nothing they do it all the time in companies.