Kim Yoonmi 김윤미 金潤美

Lighthearted and funny, Love You Seven Times (also Xianxia) should be better and have a more solid ending if they follow the outline of the novel, which shouldn't be difficult to cram into 40 episodes.

Yeah second half was kinda odd. The director made odd choices on episode distribution and some of the cuts made no sense. Cinematography was good to communicate emotion, but sometimes the directing felt a bit off. Not saying how since that's a spoiler, but it didn't click for me.

The directing choices were odd along the way more than the writing. I felt a lot of the things blamed on the writing alone were directing. The distribution of episodes was an odd choice.

I don't fault the acting, but the direction was all over the place in small ways that didn't make sense to me.

I've watched a lot she's been in, but she needs a new stylist. They need to put the time into putting her in different make up to fit the character so it doesn't limit her acting range. I think if she pushed her make up, she could also push her acting range so she could embody more character types. It frustrates me a little to see her acting the same with the same make up almost every historical drama. Find something new, different to embody the character.

I understand it as a time loop. It will keep repeating over and over and there will be no end to the child neglect.

Basically, they used Javascript, but Jaavascript is not a programming language. You can't hack anything with it. They wrote some nonsense and didn't do research for the ending scenes.

They didn't use "actual code" they used HTML with embedded Javascript. I was hoping they would use C variant or that godforsaken perl no one should use (I hate it so much, makes no sense) or something, but they used a scripting language instead. AND embedded in HTML, so it's really sloppy. lol var market. You'd use a terminal to hack and look at IP addresses. Their jargon written was also wrong. You'd use an FTP to delete the files, but once they are gone, they are gone, but most sensible programmers have a backup server. There is no restoration. If he's at the literal server, then it's really gone because he can delete the backup to the backup some services give. But if he had the password to the FTP the whole time, he could have done it from any computer since he owns the website and the server owners wouldn't necessarily have access or the password. It takes days for them to fix things.

At least PHP, which you can't hack anyone with?

Javascript is about as dangerous as your grandma's pinky toe twinging in a rainstorm. It's not even a "true" programming language. Jquery is somewhat better, but you wouldn't embed it into an HTML document in better practices. You'd do an include.

Summary I wrote up by watching the first and second episodes: Natsuki is a worker in Kubrick Dining in Kichijoji. Between Lunch and Dinner the diner turns into a movie set. Everyone participates in the filming process except Natsuki. Natsuki originally wanted to be in the film, but instead finds herself on the sidelines doing meal prep for dinner.

BTW, I understand Japanese well enough to write it, so if you're asking at the time of this writing, where is the second episode sub? Dunno, I watched it raw.

ikr? He's literally called the God of Evil, but they are so willing to question the Devil's Fetus' existence? Why?

Japanese handle copyright issues differently, though. Like when Lion King was put into question for its odd similarity to Kimba the White Lion, all Japan asked for was recognition of the similarities. In addition, Japanese and Chinese relations right now are kind of tense, so if Japan brought it up, it probably would be ignored. Thus why Chinese citizens likely stepped in to ask their own country to do better.

When China pulled it against Korea, taking some shows close to wholesale, without copyright permission, they closed a lot of the relations thereafter. (as in the government). Korea, though, tried to sue, but the suit didn't go much of anywhere.

So there's also politics involved. But this is yet another reminder, Chinese citizens and the government aren't the same entities and they don't all think the same.

The copyright violations were probably over the show's similarity to Rikekoi, a Japanese manga/drama. BTW, really good and had uncharacteristically dry humor. So I suspect they had to rework the show to stay away from the similarities. I'm glad Chinese citizens called it out.

The cast listing has her end up with Izumi, my non-canon ending is she runs off and becomes a Buddhist nun if these are her only two choices. There are better teenage Japanese romances than this story. You need a bunch?

Nyahh, then Yamato gas lit her to hell. That's an action. And then Izumi victim blamed her, repeatedly. That's also an action. And then she couldn't figure out that she was assaulted and melted to the floor and blamed herself. "OMG, I cater to others too much." Because it's an abuse story without recognizing the abuse. She should become a Buddhist nun then. Best option.

Ki (Introduction)

So say after Akari meets Izumi and goes on a date, she meets Yamato and finds out he's Akari's brother. She tells Izumi right away that she once dated Yamato and this is part of the plot (kishotenketsu). This leaves Izumi to wrestle with the fact she's dated Yamato before.

Akari is honestly murky on the circumstances of their break up, and feels like Yamato forced her into a break up, but doesn't know why. This still leaves the problem of the past brother.

Izumi asks Yamato if it's true that he dated Akari before and why they broke up. Yamato reveals about Haruka, etc. He can still have a teenage fit of angst about it, but he comes back to Akari and says he trusts her, but asks her to sort her crap out with his brother on the circumstances of their break up.

Sho Development

Izumi's steadfast trust gives Akari all of the feels and she falls more for him than before. Izumi stays nearby by Akari's request while she sorts out the drama with the brother.

She feels devastated that she misread the signals from Yamato and when she thought it was about him trying to break up with her it's was really him feeling overwhelmed and not being able to take care of his mother.

This cements her feelings that Yamato isn't for her because Izumi has better natural communication. However, she checks in with Yamato and tells him her honne, inner feelings.

Meanwhile, chasing an art degree, she makes headway and gets noticed by college admissions for a scholarship. Big claps, except it is in Hokkaido. She feels uneasy about this and doesn't know what to tell Izumi.

Yamato tells her she should give up the relationship with Izumi because he wouldn't communicate with her over that distance, and it's not likely Izumi would either.

(The whole Doshiyo thing for the teenage angst.)

Ten [Twist]

Akari then tells Izumi her dilemma, and Izumi reassures her that no matter where she is he would communicate with her.

Meanwhile, Yamato is hoping Akari and Izumi break up, but finds out they don't. Akari justifies it to him which makes Yamato realize why Akari and Izumi are better matched. Haruka (if you need her) can realize they are similar sorts and she needs a life outside of boys and relationships [or give her a better motivation for her relentless boy chasing ways]. Akari and Yamato settle their differences.

Ketsu [Result--though some of this also takes from Jo-ha-Kyu]
Years later, Akari is in her hometown and meets Yamato and Izumi. Yamato has moved on and they laugh over their past saying they are glad they dated, but also they broke up, while Akari and Izumi reunite and smile at each other.

You still can get all of the teenage drama, the premise, and all of that, but none of the toxic and it would also follow the formula of Kishotenketsu much better because higher feels and a better use of actor talent.

This is how I would shine that turd.

I still think it could be improved... based on the premise. You'd just have to up the EQ and IQ of all the characters.

So... I'll give it a shot with a quick write up. (Not the plot, but plot improvement)

I've seen drama versions that vastly improved the manga to the point where you're like--the manga version doesn't exist.

Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo, for example, vastly, vastly improved the manga. The nurse terminology was correct, the character make up was improved, and they completely changed the ending of the drama so the characters weren't wishy washy. Early on the drama writer put up what writers call "Hanging a lantern" to tell the audience that she was going to change the entire script. And the audience loved it. The manga is trash and shouldn't exist type of psychology because the drama was SO much better.

If the drama writer is good they can keep the spirit of the manga yet improve on it. It's not a matter of got to be faithful, but the skillset of the writer. In addition, I understand Japanese. So I understand well enough that the Japanese being used isn't that great either... so it does come down to the skill of the writer.

Izumi is the Lead actor, due to cast listing, so it's not going to happen. Switching male leads is rare. The story problem is the writing isn't quite to the level to be able to smoothly justify it.

I don't doubt they have better acting power, but some of the direction is awkward, and the writing is fairly bad (not the worst ever, but pretty terrible). And I can feel the actors phoning it in a bit. Meh.

I can write better event chains than this.

I'll still finish it even if we know the ending to see if the writer becomes more self-aware, but I have doubts.

See, that also makes no sense. The writer is lousy. The same story could have been written better with the same character without turning Yamato into a class a class A AH, but for some reason the writer isn't self-aware enough to figure out they've written in sexual assault and doesn't have to be this way. One can amp up the drama on emotions rather than purely on events which is the whole point of kishotenketsu (story structure) in the first place.

Because the writing is mind numbing? The site I'm watching it on, people are all actively hate-watching the series together.

*sighs*