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Yesssss, i love Kim Hye Roon too and yes shes very likeable, i really tried to finish Secret Inspector but somehow i cant, but for you i will try to revisit it one of these days.

No worries, different shows are ALWAYS subjective and hit and touches people differently depending on a lot of situation theyre in. I actually read some of your reviews too and i can say some of it we are in the polar opposites (like i cant even finish Royal Inspector no matter how much i love Taecyeon) and some we are in agreement (like in A TIme Called you which I really loved). But thats the beauty of it, i cant complain when people tell me they didnt like my review. I have the tendency to be more forgiving and lenient to shows because i know it takes a village in making them. This is also why i tend to avoid writing really really harsh reviews to the worst shows Ive seen because i know even if i find it bad, some people may still like them.

Wow i understand your frustration with my review but thanks for reading anyway. What i meant to say is the writer has clearly made engaging characters that I cared enough to want to know what happened to them. A lot of other shows introduced/put characters, even main characters that i simply didnt care for. The fact that i was looking for some of the unfinished characters in this series meant that i loved them enough to wanna know what happened to them and are rich enough to warrant a longer story arc. I dont know what transpired behind this series that they decided to do only 12 episodes but i also understand that having that limitation meant some story has to go and edited out.

how cute is Noh to have a Phun and an Earn going gaga for him!?

My goodness i was screaming like a high school girl the entire episode! Very good start!

hi thanks for writing

and mine too!!! Thanks for writing

Looks like theyre putting a GL spin here

Amazing first 3 episodes, faster paced than the original but doesnt feel rushed at all. Very good main leads too. This is how you do a remake (im looking at you addicted heroin).

WHaaaaaaaaaaaattttttt? Just 2 episodes?!!!

i think its time we tell Thai producers to stop remaking well-loved international series... It makes me sad cause this is just a poor copy of both the previous version.

Koki is such cutiepie. I will miss this series when it ends

OMG War is so beautiful as a girl. Did she do the voice too or was it dubbed? It sounded so natural.

Hi thanks for commenting and writing and i appreciate the friendly posts!

To be perfectly honest with you, i became a K-drama fan mainly because of one actor- Kim Soo Hyun. I remembered travelling a few times to Singapore for work more than 10 years ago and constantly seeing his big cute Samsonite ads in the airport (there was a lot of big posters scattered in Changgi Airport) thats I started reasearching about him and watching his dramas. He made me a fan. Well also because Kdrams are much easier to watch than your typical US series at the time. Just about 16 episodes and you move on to the next story.

I like light and fluff series, something that makes you forget your reality even if its just for a few hours. regarding Cinderella type storylines, here are some that i watched that i can quickly think of that may fall into thie same richboy-poor girl category (please take note that this not in order of importance or quality):
1. Cinderella and the Four Knights
2. The Heirs
3. A Business Proposal
4, Boys over Flowers
5 Cheese in the Trap
6. Whats Wrong with Secretary Kim
7. King the Land
8. Strongwoman Do Bong Soon
9. Shopping King Louie
10. I AM Robot (maybe)
11. She Was Pretty
12.Are You Human Too
13. Bride of Habaek

Some historical/fantasy themed rich/poor girl stories:
1, Scarlet Heart Ryeo
2. 100 days my Prince
3. Rookie Historian
4. The Red Sleeve
5. Love in the Moonlight
6. Forbidden Marriage
7. Lovers in the Red Sky

im happy the ratings has finally gone upp to acceptable levels.

This is a good show, certainly better than the last few remakes we had/have in the past few months.

Hi @ilocanongtagalog, thanks for joining the discussion.

I actually thought it will be a very different show during the first episode. I even loved their break up dinners but as the show progressed it became eveident that i expected too much.

:) Thats great!

OMG im so sorry if i spoiled the story my bad i should have ticked the spoiler warning.

Im also sorry for the long reply. I understood that you were answering my question in my review about it being titled Cinderella at 2AM :)

hi thanks for reading and commenting! Dont get me wrong, i did finish the series and watched it weekly thats why i still gave it a high 7. God knows there were so many shows i had to drop in the middle.

I love the way you interpret the title! That made a lot of sense and i think you are right about it (actually made more sense than the show itself).

My little issue with the whole story was actually comparing the FL with Cinderella, cause she wasnt a Cinderella character. Cinderella needed saving - she did not. Thats what i liked about the series at first. She already saved herself and didnt need a prince charming to save her. There were a lot of instances when it was implied that she worked hard, saved hereself and her brother, even bought her own house through hard work. I thought what happened after she was confronted by the chairwoman and she accepted the money was her realizing her true worth and value. She was a full character in the beginning, but after their break up her character kind of diminished, to the point where she even had to give up her identity for that brat(sorry). In the end she had to give up what she was good at and be told what to do, and she was just ok with that. This is what i dont like about the series - instead of character development she had a character regression - intead of her realizing her full potential she just accepted her fate and became his submissive wife. She hated her mother for not being able to stand to her father but in the end she became exactly like her mother and she became a secondary character to her own life. It was all under the guise of a fairytale wedding ending.

it may have been mentioned in the last episode but the editing of this episode is so weird like it was jumping all over the place. They were already sleeping naked together in this episode, like where did that come from.