Riko

Glad to know I'm not the only one. Hope you'll find answers here and I plan on pushing through for a few more episodes, i'll update you if I get hooked :)

Thank you ! that's good to know

Thank you for your reply :)

Hello :) I'm on ep 8 but so far the comedy isn't working for me and I'm not hooked. It may just not be my style. Should I expect a change in dynamic/humor/story or should I expect somthing similar for the rest of the show ?

I would be very surprised if his mother's case is reopened in S2. They wrote S1 without knowing if it would be renewed so the end doesn't really leave any open door for logical plot twists at this point. Any new element would seem too far fetched.

Non existant, the leads give off friends vibes for now but It might change in season 2.

I loved the ride but the end was a little disappointing for me.
The brother was too much of an obvious k-drama plot twist and was a little ridiculous considering that the brother was barely a teenager when he committed his first murder (with premeditation) . Not saying this can't happen but a child plotting the murder of a grown adult he'd never met before and then carrying the body and staging it as a suicide requires some serious strengh, intent and lack of empathy, which wasn't really portrayed by the child actor for JSJ or even by aldult JSJ once he was cornered. He seemed like a desperate person who was programmed by his mother to do everything for power but not like a psychopath.
Happy about S2 though.

My first thought when i started this drama was "I really hope it's not the brother because it would be way to obvious, please let this man be a good brother in a chaebol family for ONCE in the history of kdramas". 🫠
Nevermind then...

I'm really glad my take was useful to you and happy you got to discover this drama !

I'm actually so happy about this. I know a lot of people didn't like season 2 as much, for me it totally exceeded my expectations so can't wait for a 3rd one answering the remaining questions

I feel like they just re-used the script from the first season so far. It's pretty much the same exact story, and it's cute but that's not really the goal of making a new season

Totally agree. The ML was already hard to deal with and i was really waiting for the moment he would invest himself more and be considerate. Instead he became even more of an entitled and domineering character and the FL just complies with it. I don't get it . And the forced kiss was just too much for me.

I'm not korean and I don't pretend to know everything about their culture so i can only share my understanding : i've been told that some asian cultures and especially the korean one, are very community oriented. They have lots of social gathering with friends, family and coworkers. And refusing to drink with collegues may cast you aside in your university/work environment. So drinking is like a mark of socialization over there, even when you're shy or introverted and even in an environement where you have to be polite and obey like the workplace, being drunk is a relief that pulls you closer to people.
But again, i may be wrong and if anyone knows better, please correct me.

Not exactly but there's a short break due to external events

I think i was so into the rest of the storyline that i may have found the romance itself a little less original and therefore less eyecatching. But glad you enjoyed that part as well ! And thanks for the feedback :)

All the kids have parents with major negative sides. Even Tan Can's and Mingyue's mothers get caught up in their obsession of social status even though they do love their children. And the fathers all pretty much checked out of the hurt and the education of their own children.
I think the show doesn't dismiss the importance of having a mother/parents, but it's more so a lesson for all parents to stop ignoring the pain they cause with the excuse of "it's the best for my kid" and to stop being selfish and caught up in their emotional turmoil.
I think the show highlights that having blood bonds and love isn't enough, parents have to know how to express that love to really form a family.

I like that they managed to represent emotional abuse through LX's mom. Abuse is often much more subtle than the drunk father beating up his family but It's rarely represented differently.

It did feel like she was progressing there but i didn't interpret it as a full shift in the relationship, but maybe you're right !

Whether the transition is fast or slow, i feel like the audience should be 100% part of it. I think JJ probably discovered that she was attracted to LX and couldn't put a name on it and she called LX "brother" by habit (as you said very well) but at the same time, she didn't seem to be clear about him being her boyfriend yet in ep25. Since she has a slower and more subtle development, I would have liked to see the whole internal struggle she went through to accept LX as a romantic partner, but instead she suddenly labels him as boyfriend in ep26. But maybe it's only a label and the feelings will be developed in other episodes

Yeah i totally agree but in ep26 she calls him "boyfriend" when she seemed still very confused in ep25, so i felt like the transition was made a bit rough for JJ. We can see that she's confused but we don't really get to see the whole introspective process of her establishing a new role for LX in her life