Dorama

On rewatch and still, Park Jin is my most unlikeable character.

The real Hongrang and Jaeyi are half-siblings. They have the same father but different mothers. That's why Lady Min hated Jaeyi. The character of LJW is an impostor, they are not blood-related. Even the 2nd ML is also not blood related to Jaeyi as he was adopted by the father to succeed him.

I'm glad Lee Jae Wook reconsidered and finally accepted the role. He was born for costume dramas.

And Kim Jae Wook, as I said before, really embodies all the antagonist characters he played.

but it's a 10/10 for me. It has a dark and vague tone so a happy ending(where the couple lives happily together forever) is unlikely to happen. I kinda expected it since the first episode and confirmed it on the episode where they said all the children abducted by the snowman were bathed/soak in water full of chemicals.

Watch it though.

yes died. He was poisoned as a result of prolonged exposure to alum. and arsenic when he was a kid.

The 2nd ml also die.

I always like Kim Jae Wook when he plays the antagonist.

each to their own. In my opinion, their chemistry is 5/5. Jo Bo Ah has good chemistry with all her ML.

costume drama Pledge of Allegiance (main role) and Ancient Love Poetry(support)

yes, that's why I said "one of the reasons" and not the main.
Thanks.

yes I understand you. What I mean is one of the reason it got a license is because of the drama becoming a hit. They got many endorsements a d collaborations requests. They changed the title for part 2 to circumvent the 12 months interval per season.

yes, this drama is a hit, they even change the title for s2 to find a way around the new regulation. Hope to see it this summer.

They all just follow the novel. I preferred the first adaptation (Taiwanese) more, then Thai, and Japanese, then this. Though I already know the ending (and I detest sad endings) like the fool I am, I still watched this, and now I'm heartbroken.

So how was it?

no, but PBG was nominated in the Best Actor category at the Baeksang Arts Awards. If Park Hae Joon had also been nominated, then the 2 would have vied for the same award.

I'm on my (I believe) 4th rewatch and this time I edited my rating 1 pt higher than the first.
When watching a drama, you have to really expect the unexpected, most especially for fantasy genre😅

I'm just an avid watcher, so I give k: story/plot-ok, setting-ok, costumes-ok, characters-ok, actors-ok. It piqued my curiosity and got me hooked til the end.

My one (of 2) complaint is that why did they allow them to reunite just to be killed off, separating them permanently? And, 2nd I don't really like the way ML humiliated the FL at her wedding with the general. He just broadcast to the public that the bride had already slept with him, shaming her.
Aside from those 2 reasons, I can say it's a nice watch. I'm fine with 58 episodes.

during its run, it was consistent on the list of top-buzzworthy dramas. Check first if you like this genre period of age. And also, this focuses on traditional music/Pansori and Gukgeuk.
WLGYT is highly rated due to its plot and story. That's why it won Best Drama at the Baeksang Awards. But here Kim Tae Ri portrayed a wide range of acting, a truly spectacular one.

it's still #1 (9.4) followed by Twinkling Watermelon at 2nd spot with 9.2 rating.

I read a melon that they'll air this summer of 2025, just waiting for approval from Chinese censors.

But if we follow the new regulation that multi-season dramas are to air one year apart, then we'll get to see it next year, just like Lost You Forever.

+1 to this

He won the Best Supporting Actor for his role of Bu Sang Gil in this drama, while Jung Sung Il his co-actor in Uprising won the Best New Actor Award.