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Why? Are they making him work too hard? Or he needs to have a sandwich cuz he's super skinny now? T_T

Trash the romance-bit in this, or dial it down a notch (maybe TEN notches..). Fulfill character growth arcs and show us the *very real* struggles of a brand-new 'start-up' (and not some 'lucky-unicorn' version of it), and delve a tiny bit more into how Sandbox protects its baby-businesses......
Easily would deserve a 9 (within top-10 of MDL list)

ooof, yess! xD

Yup, a standout moment from the show... even when i think back occasionally to this, this is the scene that pops up so effortlessly!

The epilogues especially were amazing. With CLOY and 18Again, I'm pretty sure k-dramas have nailed their 'epilogue-game', esp ones that make you cry!

Use iQiyi, with a VPN, set your location to Asia....iQiyi is a legal distribution partner after-all! :D Both free and paid VPNs work!

When the show failed in its writing/ logic department, they had KSH flex his dimples *extra-hard*, to fuel us into finishing this travesty. They even gifted us the power of his *forehead* (which he doesn't like flaunting, dunno why?), just to have us soldier on after the time-skip. ^^

Absolutely. it doesn't pretend to be what it's not, masquerading as some *deep-thinking*, profound, HS-drama, about life and its challenges :D

Don't worry, we were all bamboozled. I still want a refund.

Correct...if the handwriting-analysis algo had a part to play (i mean, that was our logical conclusion right?.. otherwise why specifically a *handwriting* analysis algo?)....
then DM would have confronted NDS first, likely in their office, post-work hours (instead of spotting HJP at their birdhouse, retrieving the letter).....
which would mean NDS indirectly ended up being responsible for exposing the whole scam (by writing the algo in the first place)... and thereby ruining his *own* chances in the process (because let's face it, he clearly wasn't going to reveal the secret anytime soon ....
which is a lot more poetic way for things to have gone down.

Yup, the trajectory is def disappointing. Ntm, it exponentially got worse :(

I think the word you're looking for is 'sabotage'.....the writers sabotaged the plot. Torpedoed her characters and kamikaze-ed the potential!
I need a refund for the time I spent on this. :/

Nope, not even people. It was 'L-U-R-V-E'. <3

Suzy also has this concept around her:
'XYZ is as beautiful as Suzy', 'My girlfriend will rip out my eyes if I look at another girl, but it's okay if the girl is Suzy', 'What is your biggest wish Sir? I want to see Suzy with my own eyes, just once'.
The number of times I have heard random variations of these lines from the netz, fans, non-fans etc. is mind-boggling. Her 'beauty' is given analogies of, is also a kind of 'benchmark' in a way. I can't think of any other idol/ actress, whose 'beauty' is spoken of, in the same breath as Suzy.

I think a large part of it has to do with the universality of her appeal. Secondly, I have a niggling suspicion, if you were to take a statistical average and generate a hypothetical model of a female face with ratios and proportions of what Koreans think is pretty/ beautiful as facial features, we would likely arrive at a simulated model, that would largely look a LOT like Suzy (i.e. she has most/ all the features of an 'ideal' 'korean-beauty'.

Thirdly, as somebody who studies human facial aesthetics as a hobby, academic research papers have indicated a profuse liking among humans, for 'average' features (i.e. neither too big & prominent, and neither too insignificant). Humans are also programmed to find highly sexually-dimorphic features, indicative of one's fertility, to be super attractive (i.e. features that we associate with a particular sex; for ex. plump rosy lips, a heart shaped jawline, a slightly rounder forehead with shallow incline, big round eyes, etc for females).... Thus, Suzy's 'average-ness' of features (her universal appeal) is what makes her attractive.

[this has nothing to do with Caucasian or western expectations of 'looks'. To give you an example of 'averageness', look at Asian models of Chinese origin: Ming Xi (previously a VS model, a far more 'average' looking model) versus Tsunaina (a tibetian editorial model, an other-wordly, ethereal kind of beauty); both being extremely beautiful]

Hence, actresses like SYJ, PMY may be more 'striking' than Suzy... but then Suzy is a more 'comfortable', and 'easily achievable' kind of a beauty, and thus, a household name. Sorry, that's just science :3

Finally he didn't 'accidentally sign off his company', and that's a major progress imo. So yeah, he does get a tad more interesting! :)
Also, 'won' the girl..... Dalmi's sense of self-worth wouldn't really appreciate with her being allotted the status of an object... -_-
For folks waiting for a genuine resolution of his psychological disorders, I'd say 'nvm'. For those rooting for Dosan to fill his life with newfound luxuries, which never was his character's one-true motive in life (as we were made to believe).... might consider it a character upgrade :)

You should absolutely check it out!! Incase you are familiar with the concept of popular xianxia c-dramas like Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, or Ashes of Love, or the recently aired Love & Redemption, plus if you appreciate good artwork, then it's totally worth it.
I also don't have ANY problem with NJH's casting as Habaek (he actually looks the part, and is the best thing about the adaptation). In fact, the Legend of Habaek is rooted in the borrowed legend of the river-god Hebo, from the nature-worshipping Chinese, going as back as Qin dynasty (the first emperor of unified china), thus k-dramaland, which does not have the trend of 'elaborate xianxia-style' productions...should have left it alone. It afterall, has a historical/ fantasy setting.

Yes, you're right... the peach-blossom petal that flew in onto NDS's head in at the very end of ep.1, while the title track ran in the bg... indicated that Dosan's her soulmate.... I wish I got the memo earlier :)

My favourite Manhwa butchered so badly. The artwork was absolutely stunning!! But then again, BoH deserves to be a xianxia adaptation, and k-dramaland should have left it alone.

'the psychological side of the first part of the drama is one of the reasons my expectations were so high. '.... Ditto!

'You can't talk about deep things and then make a toxic relationship go as "true love". ': True-love is the hastily-put band-aid solution, that fixes all problems in drama-world for hopeless romantics!

'....where he didn't have to sacrifice his core values to fit with the other person. ' Perfectly put. He shouldn't need a plus-one to heal him.

'....I wanted her to regret one of her choices and to do business for the right reasons.' The potential!!!

'...I mean, he's successful, handsome and now emotionally available, girls will line up' *claps-madly like a walrus*

Can you believe it, I actually fell for the potential the show had in the first 4 ep, and KEPT hoping till the very end, she will do something wholesome with her life, instead of embodying someone who trivializes the entire start-up culture. Too bad, we never got her UberEats as the final epilogue.
I admit we have all have our own contradictions, as we are limited by our foresight and our abilities. But real humans aren't inconsistent, just like inspirational FLs, and that is where my problem was with her, since the 2nd ep.
And honestly, I feel HJP had nothing really to gain out of her. He's far better off with somebody who's on par with him. Sure, JiDal bickering was fun, but since she wasn't an exceptional FL, HJP deserved somebody far more solid, in their character and their convictions.
Infact since Dalmi's character lost purpose, as she slid down from being the protagonaist, to 'Dosan's Plus-One'.... and since Dosan had a debilitating need to have her, and her validation in his life (which they poorly packaged as 'love').... I am oddly content with them together. Meh people together, better than apart! :3