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She'll learn it the hard way, because she thinks she can play Jae-Won's game without getting hurt, that she will be okay without the commitment from him. But boy, her own heart is about to betray her. Poor girl.

Boy, there is a TRANS flag at 33 mins into the episode. Outside the Laundromat.

Do-Hyun looks like a genuine sunshine-sweetie, whereas SK look borderline like a neurotic creep, with a dark side. Well, SK doesn't, but he delivers Jae-Won in such a manner. I like the directorial choice of making him look like the anti-hero <3
But yeah, if Do-Hyun coulda do it (the mean-streak I knowwww Jae-Won has hidden within him somewhere)... that would be so SO hawt, I don't think I'd be able to handle it either. OOF.

EDIT: About the 'believability' of SK looking like a player... I get it. He doesn't behave the part, while he looks it for sure. F-boys I have come across have always been charming (will-charm-you-out-of-your-pants kind) and usually are smooth-talkers, and have a dazzling smile. Their accidental touches seem oh-so-innocent in public, but they can always turn up the heat whenever they want. I think SK is doing the 'sultry' part well. But his public 'ladies man' persona, comes off very, VERY rough, and forced. His acting, LOOKS like acting. But I still stand my argument. Maybe he was picked because he looks like he has a believable 'mean-streak'. I can see that glint in his eyes.

I noticed the high EQ thing about Jae-Won too! Yep, he's perceptive and sensitive. But notice how he continues defending Na-Bi even while she's excused herself to the washroom? He has no reason to cross his 'senior' (the disgustingly condescending and sleazy guy in the alley) because A. Nabi isn't there so he has nothing to gain by defending her, because he won't be getting extra brownie-points from her. B. If the sensitive side indeed is a 'front' and a honey-trap for Nabi, then he'd have dropped the facade in front of the drunk senior.

I know, he's cultivated this thing as his pick-up game, where he makes his current 'target' woman feel like the 'center of his universe', he's conniving and calculating. Ugh, I'm so conflicted about him. He's a player for sure. But 'being nice' to Nabi, is that only a part of his game, or is it genuine? Istg, nothing about this guy is genuine. Even his smiles look fake. Like a means to an end (where he gets the girl into his bed) and then after that, he gets bored, and goes cold. But the question here is: Is Nabi special to him? Guess, we'll find out soon enough.
[The preview tells me maybe not, he's still going around making-out with girls in public, and on-campus. Ugh]

Boy: (after crazy-flirting and confusing the shit out of the girl) 'We are friends, right?'.
What the girl should say:
'No, we are not. You know next to nothing about me, and we just met two weeks back. We aren't friends. We are two adults who are immensely attracted to each other.'

What the girl does instead: *shrugs* 'Yeah.....'
-_-

Girl.... I was this girl. And there are many MDL-ers who were this girl. My heart hurts SO much for Na-Bi. :(

Same, Bestie <3 Thank you so much. As much as I love this song, I wasn't going to sit through more torturous episodes, just to hear this. Have been looking for this track, thanks :D
EDIT: I see all these Asian dramas use these catchy -af European/ Aussie indie band tracks. Do these guys ever get credit? :O If yes, then why aren't they ever listed on the official soundtrack released by the drama production? :O :O

I know, it's catch-22 at this point. I mean, should she just deny herself the pleasure, even though she's really attracted to him, just because he's a player? And if they both agree to sleep together and part ways, isn't that what both of them will want? Hence, win-win? But ugh, Na-Bi wouldn't want that, they have already established that by ep.2.

College is a weird place. Just because 10 people live the hookup-culture as their lifestyle, the remaining 8 are forced to try it out because 'you should live a little'. Not everybody is cut-out for this game, and it's perfectly okay. I wish youngsters would realize it sooner, that being the 'relationship' girl is nothing to apologize for.

Yeah, I had a similar thought. But it was more like, 'I'm done doing this push-and-pull once and for all, now. I won't say *NO* anymore. Just this kiss, and I'm going to get this beautiful boy out of my system.' Lol, she playing with fire now xD

33rd minute of the episode, the man walking outside the laundromat...
There is also a scooter, painted in the trans colors :D

So far, we assume it's only Jae Won who's attracting Na-Bi to him. But I think Na-Bi is also doing her fair share. The boy is a goner for her. He doesn't realize it yet. F-boys screwing over sure-deals just to lock lips with the other girl. I think JW's in trouble too.
I'm having too much fun watching this <3

She needs to sleep with him and dump his sorry ass.

This is why people do drugs. Or pickup smoking. They know it's bad, but then you're curious one minute, and addicted the next. Forbidden things have this weird power of attracting humans, and Jae-won might be that one forbidden flower attracting all the butterflies :)

Did you notice the TRANS flag painted on this one box? :O

Glad to see somebody feels the same way about DAYS as me. The indie/ post-rock soundtrack was good though, but coupled with the philosophical mumbo-jumbo, it was too wannabe, indeed xD

Jae-won only deserves Na-Bi once he's no longer a PoS. If the writers don't write his redemption-arc, I don't think I can root for this couple to be the endgame. Na-Bi deserves someone much better <3 But then, that would also make this is a 'sweet girl changes the playboy' trope, and I don't think Netflix woulda invested in this then :P

Yes. THIS.

You are right on j-doramas being more mature. Hirugao has a k-drama remake too, called 'Love Affairs in the Afternoon'. They kept the monologues there too, hence I wasn't too mad at it, however they considerably watered-down the storytelling pace, and changed the original ending which made it so visceral. Hence, the rec for the j-dorama.
I too love pensive characters, and had preferred books for a while, for this reason alone, because I could connect to the protagonist better.

I also think, the acting quality has dropped quite considerably in asian-ent over the last two decades, hence conflicts, dilemmas, angst, etc, is conveyed better via monologues, than physical-acting alone :)

Aha, RoI, I see.... since we don't yet know if the drama will be 100% faithful to the webtoon or not... maybe you could wait out till the finale/ pre-finale airs, and make your decision based on it. K-drama scriptwriters sometimes surprise us for the better <3

Monologues. Yes. They make Na-Bi a very different, and a much more interesting character than the standard, wallflower, cookie-cutter type introverted and shy girl. It's LOVELY to get an insight into her thought process. I wish more dramas did this. The monologues end up evoking viewer-sympathy -- and empathy-- especially when the protagonist is about to make *very* questionable decisions. That, afterall, IS the power of a monologue (which we get ample of, in the reading-format, aka novels and mangas, but it is criminally overlooked in drama formats)

If you have come to appreciate the power of the monologue, I'd highly.... HIGHLY recommend a j-dorama to you. It's called 'Hirugao'. The protagonist is kinda like Na-Bi here, except she's stuck in a crappy marriage. Her dilemma is she falls for a school-teacher, who himself is also in a similar situation, and her constant deliberation of whether she should give in to the temptation or not.... is quite interesting. She starts as an unhappy woman critical of anybody looking for happiness outside the confines of their marriage, to ultimately being faced with the same choice which could give her liberation. The monologues really capture the transformation of her thoughts brilliantly. Honestly, in works of art and media, her narration is one of the most touching and insightful ones, and I can't remember a book that has done monologues SO well.