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And Naota's defence explanation is so full of holes. Once Nara takes a look at his phone and see the call history lots of questions will be raised (he likely already deleted the message from Makiko)

Junichi also a poster boy status at school, one got look up to, envy or love. So actually the 2 leads are a matching pair at school.

Meaning Junichi not likely can be a detective at the end.

Google silent truth romance you will see this is inevitable. Recipe for tragic ending. Only saving grace is she got a young child who needs a father in future.

It is so good but so bad that I have to wait for another week for another 45 minutes extremely short episode.

Everyone around her fell for this 6th grade junior school girl! The gun is the key for the current murder and at this stage I trust Naoto of course not Keisuki. From the expression of Makiko it is quite possible that she heard the conversation between Junichi and Keisuki that Keisuki has a wife. The romance is certainly in the forbidden love territory between the 2 leads.

So same happened in Pro Bono finished in early January (where many shipped for the supporting fl). The production team put a very attractive photo of the 2 main leads in Allure December issue, where the above 40 ml put his head on the shoulder of the above 30 fl, both dressed like a special agent.
I did learn my SLS lesson back in Start Up. Since then I tried paying attention to what the production team is telling us (telating to usual kdrama tropes), rather than using chemistry nor attractiveness of actor/actress

From the very old Reply 1988, even the 2020 medical drama Hospital playlist of the same writer, multiple ships always there in any drama with a romance line and prediting the EG always divisive. Thats part of the fun in forums. And even though romance is a tag in this drama there is actually no certainty that it will have an EG!
Just a joke the FL labelled herself an old virgin in the beginning of the drama. Would she at all interested in male's body shape?

I actually found the storyline not that interesting to me thats why I still haven't watched it.

Sorry the kid I referred to is the real life child of Park Sh.

With 2 great leads how do you like My Youth?

Pretty much yes. Whats the chance of the super star Park SH at 35 years old with a kid, to have an EG with a 23 years old new actor in casting? Her previous dramas all have older or very closed age famous actors. And Go KP never lost to 2nd ml in his previous dramas.

You got it right according to google which seldem wrong. Hope those disappointed wouldn't rate the drama poorly at the end.
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And Mao Inoue one of the top awards winning Japanese actress since her days in Boys Over Flowers. And when you see a drama matching her with Ryoma this is meant to be something special.

Almost every drama forum is flooded by SLS viewers. This one no exception.
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There are still 8 episodes to go no need to progress any romance too fast. And I am one who preferred romance to serve a function in the drama, not just for romance.
And chemistry is very individual, typically one sees what one wants to see , so totally not reliable. More should focus on what the PDwriter actually intended.

It is quite true. Now the characters of Junichi and Keisuki are quite clear. Makiko is an unknown factor. The drama will turn dark if her character turn dark suddenly.

Now I do agree with you. In ep 4 Makiko is actually being used as a tool of temptation to clearly show the character differences betwen Junichi and Keisuki, one is a great character not cheating neither his gf nor his first love, while one is evil, cheating on both his current and ex wives. With Naota occuping minimal screen time he probably won't be the main culprit of this drama, while Keisuki is likely now. I can't recall the exact details of what happening 23 years ago and Keisuki probably cannot be excluded from being the possible killer too. Might be the brother of Naota knew some secret of Keisuki causing his death.?
In defence of Makiko now knowing her loved one no longer available she is within her right to do anything with other single man, as long as not cheating.

I can only think of 1 possibility that Junichi likely the killer of the rober 23 years ago (not a punishable crime now but still a crime, although morally probably right), which caused him to put a stone wall surrounding him, especially long relationships with women.
Also read a press release that both leads are not totally upright, meaning they both done something in grey areas.

Basically agreed totally with what you observed, but with the long wait for next episode just add a bit more of my opinions as this is my current favourite drama.
Ep 4 is short only 45 minutes long and it spent most time in the character description of Keisuki, Makiko, and a bit of Junichi and his gf, that's kind of minimising the probability that they are the killer of the shop owner. The quadruple love relationships is all laid bare here too. Makiko's getting physical with her ex is a kind of reaction to her huge disappointment that her chance of a future with Junichi is dashed totally, and imaging what Junichi and his gf would be doing living together. But with 6 episodes to come, this likely would setup the stage later for the 2 leads to get closer considering the drama description with the detective ml meeting his first love in a criminal case ( but this need some dramatic events for this to be possible). But as a jdrama, ending is never predictable.

So far it is a perfect blend of murder mystery with kind of controversial romance (multiple relationships, detective vs his suspect etc) in the background.
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