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I hope so, they should at least bring the story to a satisfying conclusion after making us wait for several years, but since the rating seems to be low, we can't be sure.

Well, I hope they wrap it up nicely, otherwise it won't be worth a rewatch.

Does anyone know if this will be the last season, I've forgotten the previous seasons, so if this is the last one, I'll rewatch them and then watch this, but if this isn't the last one, I'll wait until it's finished and then watch all of them, I don't want to wait for another year or so and forget what happened.

I haven't watched this yet, but I doubt he will be smarter than "Nirvana in Fire", "Joy of Life" or "Rise of Phoenixes" male leads or smarter than "Story of Ming Lan" or "Story of Yanxi Palace" female leads. If you've watched any of these, let me know if you think he is as smart as any of these leads. I've actually been looking for a smart lead for a long time after watching these dramas and so far I haven't been successful in finding one.

There is a focus on romance, but it's done really well and it's not the main focus. The story itself is one of the best I've come across, it's really well thought-out with a lot of attention to detail. the cast have done a remarkable job as well, cinematography, music and everything else is also done really well. Like you I also don't trust this website's ratings anymore, just a few days ago I dropped a drama that had a really high rating. In my opinion trust the rating of this one, this is too good of a drama to miss.

This was perfection itself. Loved every moment of it, the final episodes had me at the edge of my seat. I would love to see a second season, but only if they can make one as good or better than this, otherwise I think they should avoid making one like so many other dramas that get ruined after the first season.

If you want to use the zip file with the subs, You'll need to first install a program like "Winrar" on your PC and then right-click on the zip file and choose extract to extract the subtitle file, then You'll need to download the episode from a website (I'll give you the links to a few websites you can download them from), then you'll need to install a video player like "PotPlayer" on your PC.
First play the episode you downloaded with potplayer and then drag the subtitle file you extracted from the zip file onto the PotPlayer windows.
Here are 2 website I know and download the episodes from:
https://mkvdrama.org/arthdal-chronicles-the-sword-of-aramun/

https://minidrama.net/arthdal-chronicles-the-sword-of-aramun-k-drama-2023/

The second website still hasn't uploaded the episodes, it will probably upload them by tomorrow.

I assumed it was easy and didn't need any explanation.
I'll give you 3 websites you can watch online with subs, maybe one of them will work depending on your country. If you have VPN, you can watch it from anywhere you are, and some of these websites offer several servers to watch from, change the servers until one of them works.
https://kisskh.co/Drama/Arthdal-Chronicles--The-Sword-of-Aramun/Episode-1?id=7552&ep=133865&page=0&pageSize=100

https://kissasian.cam/arthdal-chronicles-season-2-episode-1/

https://ww3.myasiantv.ru/arthdal-chronicles-the-sword-of-aramun-2023-episode-1-english-sub/

https://subscene.com/subtitles/arthdal-chronicles-the-sword-of-aramun-the-sword-of-aramun-aramuneui-geom

The writer has written such a great story with so much attention to detail, this is also why I don't think he would make such mistakes in writing. We'll probably get so many more details if we rewatch all the episodes. I'm waiting for it to end to rewatch it again, It is too good of a drama to watch only once.

For me both the parents and the kids stories are the same, every single episode is so well written and executed.

It probably wasn't dumb writing. Watch that scene again, after hearing that Doo Shik knew about the stack of files, Mi Hyun took a sigh of relief saying "the op has failed then", she was relieved which means at some level she wanted to fail. her failure was intentional since she's a good person and her conscious can't accept playing with people's emotions, but since the order came from director Min she had no choice but to accept the op. Near the end of that same episode Doo Shik told Mi Hyun "An intentional failure can't be a failure", I believe he wasn't just referring to her past op which she intentionally sabotaged, Doo Shik knew she used the same stack intentionally and was referring to both failures as intentional. At least that's what I got from those scenes. I could be wrong though, I'll know for sure if I rewatch them later.

Everyone's preferences are different, But what I can say for sure is that the story is really well thought out with a lot of attention to detail, the first 7 episodes cover the present time with really interesting characters and story, and after that each 2 episodes covered a beautiful love story of the parents. it's really well done and it is definitely in my top 3 dramas of this year. I think it's definitely worth the time and you shouldn't miss it. If you like thriller, It has it's thrilling moments, but you have to be a bit patient in the first few episodes until the story picks up and then you'll be rewarded for your time. It hasn't ended yet but I trust the writer, It's been so good so far, it can't end badly. Just watch the first 4 episodes to know for yourself, they're only 40 minutes long.

I haven't watch Behind Your Touch, I should go watch either that or something else. "Moving" is great but I'll have to wait 3 more days for new episodes.

I was also watching "My Dearest" while watching this, and that one has a rating of 8.7. I can't believe such an amazing drama has almost the same rating as this crap. this show doesn't deserve more than 6 or 7 and that's probably being generous.

Exactly, Finally the torture is over. I should've dropped this after the first few episodes, but I kept watching in the hopes that it would get better, I can't believe the crap I watched, there are literally so many plot holes and wtf moments that it's hard to keep count. I'll never go near any of this writer's work.
I've always been against giving dramas a rating of 1, but I finally understand why some people give such a low rating to some shows, It's because they feel betrayed after so much trust in the creators of a show, after 3 years of waiting this is what they give us.
For the first time, I'm going to give a rating of 1 to this show and to each individual episode of this show because it doesn't deserve a rating of 8.5.
And to all those who also didn't like it, give a low rating to each individual episode too, so that other people will be dissuaded from wasting their time watching this.
And to those who may now say that if I don't like it I shouldn't come here and write something negative and ruin the experience for others who enjoyed this, I can only say that for one I have a right to vent my frustration and also I personally consider negative reviews and comments useful whenever I want to decide whether to watch a show or not, and I'm writing this comment to be helpful to those who haven't watched it yet.
If you haven't watched it yet, please trust the negative comments and reviews, don't waste your time and go watch something else.

I like the 1st season more than the 2nd season. Dr. Kim is the main character of this show and if you watch the 1st season you'll better understand him, there's even a special episode with his first love.
In my opinion, watch both seasons before watching this, it's definitely worth it.

I agree, I'm not just annoyed by him anymore, at this point I feel disgusted by his character.

Me too

Personally, I won't drop it just because of him, but I'm also very frustrated by cha jinman's character, I understand that he's a villain but there's no need for a villain to be this annoying.