Jefferson Medeiros

A random thing in ep 7. (happened in earlier episodes too)
"Why u cant be honest to me? "Friends" share good and bad things"
Say the girl that BLOCKED him from her life.

When i see going public with their relationship will be the last scene (by the time left on the episode), i think the same. But i maybe understand why they end like this.
The hate will happen, as always, both of them know it, but even with that Oh Han Byeol chooses to endure it, that's why she agreed to reveal herself. Prob because of that they don't need to explore what happened next. They will be fine, no matter what.

Ok, they end together. happy ending yay.
5 minutes of happiness in the ending wasn't enough to get away all the bad decisions they made me watch for hours :P
Break-ups can be necessary in a realistic way, but the reasons need to be atleast less cliché.
But ofc, is not soooo bad. I will never watch again, but i dont regret that i watched.

Oh, i read this drama was filmed in 2016. Is not a new one, they just let it go after 6 years.

About the ban: Hallyu Ban, an unofficial ban that was in effect in China to restrict all forms of Korean content due to the political disagreement between China and Korea over THAAD.
THAAD is a US missile defense system. (its real politics :P)

The way that episodes are presented are really good. The analogies with forecasting themes, i like some works of both main actors (PMY, SK), but there alot of boring parts. like 60% of the entire drama. The childish decisions, the break-up reasons, they are cliché. If u dont wanna know if is happy/sad ending dont read the next comment. Its not a major spoiler, just a expected thing...

It's not that Maiki, that's a political problem.
In china anything need government approval to air, i'm not sure if is a "announced" ban, but if u film anything with a korean actor/actress they will not approve it. Is Since 2016 if i'm not wrong, and i never tried to find the reason.
Official china streaming platforms like iQiyi removed the korean dramas from their catalogue after 2016 too. I read they are starting to put some of them back this year. I didnt open to check it. (I prefer watch any drama subbed to my language, so i dont use much iQiyi)

There much "realistic" things that happened.
Chang Hee "break" with Ji Hyun Ah. In the dramaland they will force a way of them get together again.
Some ones are just passing, like her "cheating" boss that always makes her life harder. In the dramaland, they will show him get punished in a brutal way, prob from Gu Ja Gyeong. (he always tried)
But things just passed by, like on every peoples life.
See when she says she that she hoped never get paid from her ex-bf, thats the mood of this drama, and as you say, dramas likes this, they dont force those fluffy romance that everything is happiness, is just the life.
My Mister/ A piece of your mind are more of this "scary" realist dramas.
Those uncertains are much more scarier for me than a real "horror" drama.

"He is married to Chinese actress/singer Stephy Qi, and have one child." he can be a special exception. Maybe for korean actors with no "bounds" to china will remain the same. We should wait and see.

The good point of this drama is that is 4-5h lenght. Considering the normal ones (16ep) Search:WWW has the same vibe. 3 strong female leaders that are not really "friends" , but in rival companies. Has a romance, but is not the point of the drama.

Just a fun fact: In the last scene when Seo Hyun Jin walks with many faces in direction of Lee Min Ki, the last "face" before show herself again is Jeon Hye Bin, that did Oh Hae Young#2 in Another Miss Oh(2016) with her. A show about two girls with the same name, that cause many misunderstandings. A good one too :)

In the last episode when Sung Joon get the pictures from the old camera and start crying with his regrets, i feel bad for him, not because i like him or any of his actions, but because in this moment he truly realized what he destroyed.
"My Mister"(also on netflix) is kinda this type of a adult show, with greater character development too.
I got to rewatch vip on FF today (take 2 hours), and will do the same with My Mister, thats why i came to see some comments ^-^

In middle of 25, but she still dont know he is her father. After discover it (end of 25) she dont meet him until now (end of 28).

Her biological father said through Xiao Zhao he will be there anytime she needs him. Atleast he is not a bad person.

Last two episodes in 4 days.

tbh, 21-22 are painfull to watch. Not only xu lin. the fact that Mu Ting Zhou forgot her too.
The end of ep 23 is the "new beginning". So after ep 24 things will be better.

She also dont want him to know this side of her. As she always acted strong, but she considered that he got invited to study too, and maybe she thinks he refused because of her. There are some reasons, but she also said later on "i'm scared to repeat the same mistakes", talking about the breakup.

Suzy too
https://i.mydramalist.com/6Bw22_2f.jpg

Yes. at 28, but is "justified". Could be different, but the risk is too high.

16 with 2ep a week is the standard(2 months) but sometimes can be 8-12-20 or an ordinary number. This not change much if the drama is going well or not, because when they air the show sometimes the filming is over. The standard for china is 24ep 30-40min each with 6ep ea week. The same 2 months.

Some people are immune, even in contact they cant be infected. Not like a superpower, just antigens.

I feel exact the same when watched "Vagabond", and in the middle of the last episode instead of answers, every scene come with more questions.

If there's no time to develop a romance, just let Lili alone for now. Mr.Policeman just did his job, ofc need to be a "non rich" guy to show that she grew up, but it's forced alot.

"2 complete strangers encountering by chance."
and this remember me of "Dinner Mate", a k-drama too, FL/ML acting is one of my fav, but the story is slower, so people don't like much slower dramas.