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Episode 25: after leaving Bei, Xiaoxi meets Gong - who confess to her and ask her something like "even for a little, did you liked me or had a crash on me". Question: from their exchange of gazes it looks for me she somehow confirmed that; pls let me know your opinion on that scene.

so you are really into drama art :-) enjoy!

I think the intro spells the main theme: in modern society, adultery is inevitable, so that if you'd care about your partner, you should make it "perfect" aka undetectable. this conclusion could be really hard to digest for most people, so they mitigate it through 13th eps ending. Yet, it was an enjoying show, with some food for thoughts, some comic scenes, some dramatic performances... and introduced to my Nimura Sawa - I see her an actress with high potential.

Pretty much same opinion about this drama. I also had the feeling that last episode was intended as a moral lesson: if you sincerely repent, life/partner will give you a second chance. imo is a forced conclusion; the one emerged in 12th eps makes more sense for me.

Envy your patience. let's catch up when all eps are subbed. would you kindly share the link? Merci

Indeed quite confusing if you think of the drama name... and just in eps.7 you get why that happens. otherwise, was a slick move to catch attention of the viewers.

I would just nuance on "being strong and end up with herself": being strong and true to herself = as she clearly is attracted by Ureshino, she must ask him to stand his position (like "what am I to you") and keep him away as long as he is not sharing openly his feeling. As far as i understood from seen episodes, she is looking for a life partner; but then she need to be decisive in what is expecting and what is openly asking from her partners.

Gusik-ui = obsolete person ... sorry for being nasty to him

Thanks for details/insights. so, the director is "Gusik-ui" (61years old) and not able to adapt his work styles to current viewers preferences.

Goeun/Igeon - I share your opinion and just add my thoughts: they were actually yearning for each other all these 5/6mths and use the time to reflect on their deeds; the beating around the bush during their dinner I think is due to their thinking/prejudice(?) that "the first who love is the first to lose". I found it often as a common prejudice of young people especially in cultures with strong focus on appearance.

just 4 my clarification: the screening was before the villa reunion?

Goeun-Igeon meetings were also my focus in this sequel. From what I saw in SI series, Igeon was pretty red-flag and I understood Goeun decision to give up on him and I was curious about this 6mths follow-up. It was quite shocking to realize Igeon stupidly made himself a red-flag ... just because he was stupidly in love - you know, that love that actually made you stupid, blind, irrational towards your loved one. I am glad they cleared their minds and had the chance to convey their feelings to each other. Hope to get more news how their relations progress.

I understand you frustration - I feel the same. they confessed to each other, but she is calling him President even when they are alone in private time (!?), no real romantic skinship - just a kind of best-friend skinship (!!). IMO the only reason could be some red-line imposed personally by the actors (they real life partners are so jealous?)

Just the same feeling... quite often found myself thinking: that's just a chain/series of comedian scenes + decompressing fillers. However, I still watch it as it's a no-brain-er and I am fan of OYS.

Indeed S2 it's needed as last episode seeded several plots. I just hope the writers/directors will be more considerate towards viewers and deliver smarter plots. the ones in this K-drama were actually so childish - the great villain KSJ was blind towards LHJ, not even shadow him or intercept phone conversations. I was just having the feeling it was just a lesson about justice in Korea - how it should be.

you will get a kind of explanation in eps.6/7: in order to get/stay promoted, Shogo must have a good personal image - divorcee/divorced is a no go.
https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/konoai/lineup/202602/28912_202602112510.html

I totally share your opinion; Go-eun saw red-flags of I-gon: selfish/self-centered, quite a player (that's why she had fun with - she also is a kind of player), unable to speak his feelings (maybe he knows to do it only physically) - so you could have troubles due to lack o f communication. However, I do not think Sung-min is her type; she needs adult love. Curious if there would be some follow-ups on these people...

by mirroring and challenging: if you consider "normal" to have a wife and a mistress (both knowing about each other), why not accept a wife to have husband + lover (unofficial husband)?

could be a culture trait? like attitude towards risk: some culture is more risk averse. FL and ML do not expose/confess bcs they are risk/loss averse. I suppose they will do what need to be done only after they realize the could lose more or everything in their relation.

In last ep preview shows the surprise on hosts faces, like some pairs are completely different from their expectations. do you have idea what suprising changes would be?