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though to be fair, it wasn't like this always. Like I joined this page 10 years ago and back then MDL wasn't mainly only covering korean dramas. This is sort of a thing that happened over the last few years with korean dramas gaining more popularity.

It's so freaking good! I absolutely agree!
I dont truly get why the viewership dropped XD Howwwwwwwwww????? I'm on my seat each episode because it is os unpredictable.

So the first 8/9 episodes were quite good but then the big climax and conclusion felt very rushed as if the producers had suddenly run out of episodes and needed to leave parts of the story out.
There were moments with the romance story of the main leads that made you go hu??? How did we go from A to B. Especially since the first 8 episodes had this sizzling chemistry and then voila complete switch? It was a bit strange. Especially when comparing it to a backstory romance of two other characters. That one I suddenly ended up rooting for more.
Then also something happens to the ML and later on also the FL and suddenly we jump and we dont truly see how each impacts the other or how each thing actually impacted the characters themselves.
Very weird.
But otherwise its an interesting take on the social media and influenca world.
8/10

Maybe try "Watcher" from 2019.
It's also very gripping and very good. Makes waiting a little easier for next week ;)

And I'm refering to Inspector Koo & Maestra with Lee Young Ae, and Secret Life of my Secretary, Evilive, Guardians, Pinocchio, (somebody though this one is either a love or a hate for most watchers) and so on with Kim Young Kwang.

Trigger is only one :) which is why I said check both of them out some more.

It's a beautiful series but man.....you need some tissues next to you.

It was fun. Really entertaining. Acting wise I have to say both MLs were impressing more than the FL. Still it was fun
7,5/10

I do think he sees his own situation reflected in the FL and her daughter. So there is kinship. Not romantic but man....their chemistry is so good and so much stronger than what we are currently used to with romantic dramas.

check out both main leads previous dramas
honestly both of them always seem to star in really darn amazing unique dramas that are not always getting the attention they'd deserve.

tell me about it XD I've been waiting for this for the past 10 years.

no see. Super huge spoiler:
The FL and the ML are a team from childhood on to adulthood. He feels guilty for what his mother did to her, but in the end it is sort of all a plan of hers to make him her pawn. She is a sociopath.
And she uses him throughout her life to help her acquire a high position. And he does. he sees her bad side and he knows how bad she is. So the end will be about how he revealed all her shady deeds and all her wrongdoings and basically destroys her publicly. So she gets punished but she will rebuild herself. And 2nd ML, who is friends with 1st ML will also be facing a similar faith as 1st ML but since he comes form a similar background he doesn't truly care. And that is the story.
Both male leads are friends, both are more or less supportive of the other, and both know they are pawns of the FL but will still stay by her side to keep her under control. But FL is a sociopath. And she will not change.

the drama reminds me a lot of Woman of 9.9 billion. So Im sort of hoping for a similar ending XD

actually im glad Netflix didn't pick it up. This is a kdrama like how it used to be. With unpredictable twists and surprises.
korean dramas produced by Netflix rarely do that. they often follow the same storylines that focus on catching the attention of 15 to 20 year olds. This drama focuses on a bit of an older age group emphasised by the main leads age.
It's different.
Just like Lee Young Ae's previous dramas Maestra and Inspector Koo were, which were also not done by Netflix .

- no not truly any love triangle. There are scenes were both MLs are interesting in the FL but I wouldnt call it very strongly romantic. They are sort of addicted/obsessed with her.
- Neither of the MLs is as bad as the FL. And she will not regret what she did to any character.
- All main characters are bad people but the worst of all is the FL, who will not regret anything.
- so if the drama is following the webtoon then not truly a happy ending. the FL has a sort of revenge for what one of the ML decided to do but she is not a good person so that revenge is not a "good" sort of revenge. It is more a sad story where you hope for the FL to learn from what she did wrong, where she is sort of seeing her own mistakes but until the end wont.

the webtoon is so good. I'm so darn looking forward to this!

I'm sure there is a bigger picture why James had the story-arc episode 11 but.....it sort of felt off? Or out of line? It didnt truly fit with episode 4 no?

its like a Japanese drama but in korean.
if you like these types of drama you should check out more Japanese ones. (eg. Enjiya)

I'm so darn excited for this drama! The trailer looks fantastic and the storyline and characters super interesting.
Really I can't wait for it :)

Honestly it was not bad. It did feel very much like an anime though, even the storyline was very anime like.
But the case was interesting even when you could pretty much predict what was going to happen from episode 5 onwards
. Still well done 7/10

exactly