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Yep, being altruistic with other people's money. There is a reason dad got in this $$ pit mess in the first place.

Yep, I'm watching a different drama where the ML is almost perfect. It's an okay show but it is hard to sustain interest in a 16 episode romance centric drama when a character doesn't have much depth.

I love the hair! It's no the same ole same ole and it suits her.

When I first started checking out reviews here several years back, I really don't remember people getting that irked at the ratings but now it's all the time. It's not that serious and people should read a few reviews to figure out if something is worth a try.

I think the drama is going just a tad bit overboard that he is new money which is stereotyped as brash, uncultured and loud. The yelling seems to be calming down and he has a good heart so I don't mind him at all.

I mean she was living on her own in a foreign country so I think she was functioning, but - yeah - he left her in a real mess.

Nope, I caught it when I read my comment again but it wasn't planned. :)

I feel like the second chance to live story has been done to death the last # of years so I hope the writing is solid.

Sometimes I still can't believe Miura is not with us anymore.

This is based on Manga so if you don't like many of the quirks of that world (see some of the spoiler comments), this is probably not for you. It was overall much more toned down than the stuff from even 5 to 7 years ago in terms of how the female lead was written. She does grow as the drama goes on and the guy is the typical tsundere. Pretty short and easy watch.

Whoa! I had no idea. Thanks so much for the info.

The tone of this drama reminds me of Sung. Scandal.

I thought the guy was basically writing what was going on though I'm not totally sure.

I faded on Bossam around the halfway point. So you think it is a good idea to jump back in? It was kinda getting repetitive for a few episodes but I do love JIW!

There are plenty of people who don't like KES. I give her and her writing team (the writers in Korea do usually have multiple people working away) for writing some addictive dramas over the years. I respect that even if I know I'm watching a cheesy romance. At the height of it's popularity, I dropped Goblin at episode 9. At a certain point, I realized she was losing the discipline because something happened at the beginning and the end of an episode but the middle was often filler...and these were always over an hour long episodes. I maintain if she'd stayed steady with an hour episode, that drama would have worked better. I think the problem now is she is seen as hit or miss and some of her tried and true stuff seems very stale. I admit to not bothering with her last one.

There are plenty of people who don't like KES. I give her and her writing team (the writers in Korea do usually have multiple people working away) for writing some addictive dramas over the years. I respect that even if I know I'm watching a cheesy romance. At the height of it's popularity, I dropped Goblin at episode 9. At a certain point, I realized she was losing the discipline because something happened at the beginning and the end of an episode but the middle was often filler...and these were always over an hour long episodes. I maintain if she'd stayed steady with an hour episode, that drama would have worked better. I think the problem now is she is seen as hit or miss and some of her tried and true stuff seems very stale. I admit to not bothering with her last one.

While I do appreciate that it didn't run for 40 episodes like some contemporary C-dramas do, the shortened length didn't solve the flaws in the story. It is a basic cliche romance but, if you are in the mood for that, go for it. I will say the lead couple had sizzle and the director knew how to film romantic scenes to heighten romantic tension.

No, please, not the time skip. I can't take that one anymore.

I thought he was kinda like a city councilman.

The director of the movie she had a part in was asked during promotions about this scandal. His response was (paraphrase) shouldn't the one who didn't do his work be more to blame" or something like that. That to me was a clue that outside social media, she was seen as an alleged toxic girlfriend who got caught up in a contract battle that didn't actually involve her. Also known as, there's a heck of a lot of diva pain in the tush celebrities and we can't cancel them all. I think she's a good actress but I'm not her particular fan or anything. I think it shows that in the 7 to 8 years I've paid attention to K-Ent media, scandals seem to be having a shorter shelf life.