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i would say the only really toxic (barely) people in the series are the competing profs. no toxic "relationships" to speak of.

I am on ep 5 and still wondering why any of the relationships in this drama is described as toxic in the earlier comments.

I personally am okay with Hongmei's relationship with the president. It's not intrinsically a negative thing. I would love to see both of them grow and transform together as people. Same as I would love to see XM grow and transform with Su Xiao. This just made me reflect on how the guys don't really have character growth in this story and I would love to see that.

The proposal is a just and humane regardless of ideology. It's a great drama!

I thought it was about "walking a tight rope". His price for success was to let Su Xiao walk a tight rope (restrict her) or something like that. Meaning his success will have a long term negative impact on Su Xiao in the company or he is hurting her?

If translators pass by this page...why the use of "satan"? Satan is not a spiritual construct of Korean origin.

Well, I'll be damned. If this wasn't a great feel good drama... even though I wasn't strongly attached to the characters. Loved it and love the title as a metaphor!

Good review of the show. I have to disagree with your last sentiments tough. Life is hard for everyone in someway but it is unjustly harder for some (many) than it is for others (few). I also think that the word victimhood (essentially stigmatizing the victim) is a cop out many of us. This is why I appreciate Su Xiao's character so much - particularly how she dealt with the situation at TH. She had the means and capacity to help make a difference and to assist those with less capital/power and she did. Ultimately, she (really Xia Ming) used her power to empower others and not to have power over them.

This show gives me great feels and energy. Su Xiao is perhaps my favourite protagonist of all time. Fitting for a person of this century. It is so wonderful to see a person being impartial, fair, just and magnanimous - a person who, despite (or because of) having a good moral compass, doesn't look down on others who do not meet her moral standards. Her father is also an incredible human being. I only wish that they would have written her mother as having as breadth of a character.

wish i had read your review before starting the drama. i could have saved myself some time. thankfully, i got fed up with flaws by the episode 20 ... just couldn't continue.

I definitely like Mark Chao as an actor...and his charm. My heart skipped a beat when he showed up on screen. Can't go wrong with Betty Sun! What a treat to have these two on screen together.

i don't disagree with any of your considerations when assessing the situation. i just don't think there is anything inherently wrong with an age gap as a starting point, and, of course, i do believe that certain factors have to be considered in each situation and especially for those involved. for the example, is the relationship just or healthy.
i do not see her attraction to the ML as problematic since it can naturally happen. as for child grooming, as I saw in the series, he was not attracted to her while she was a teenager.

not sure how you deem this misinformation.
please note that i'm speaking of a 17 year old and not an 11/12 year old.
also, alcohol/tobacco is a whole other conversation imo since it is harmful regardless of age.
anyway, i'm not saying that the 17 year old should act on the attraction (and if so, it's really none of my business if they got together), i'm just saying that the attraction can happen both from a physiological and psychological pov and there is nothing creepy about it...unless you are socialized to see it as creepy or it is a personal preference. my schoolmate married a 28 year old when she was 18 after graduating high school. they liked each other when she was 17 and he was 27. both families were okay with it. he owns a business, she finished her undergraduate and became a lawyer. had their first child a few years ago when she was 30. i am aware of another couple who get married at 17/27 as the families were okay with it.
i can understand why another person may not appreciate age gap and that's fine, i just don't understand the need to take issue with it or to call it creepy.

this show doesn't read dystopian.

super hilarious thread. i agree that defendant was better than vincenzo.

Interesting article. *I really never understood why people take issue with age gap. Why is it creepy for a 17 year old to be attracted to someone around 30? The physical development of a human being allows it, and depending on the circumstances and socialization, the psychological development allows it.

This drama somehow rubs me in all the wrong ways. The plot is too tropy and convenient.

my love for e-sports dramas is back. episode 3 and I'm loving the down to earth feel.

i agree with you on all points. yeah, i saw YB years ago. There is always a family member who is neurodiverse that shows how saintly the mc is. Kinda hate the trope, but anyway, I did like YB when it came out. Apparently Red Shoes will follow this one.

never wanted a drama to be off air as much as this one. i'm surprised that i kept watching the previews each week trying to see how it turned out since I thought it was so bad from ep 1 but i think it was the name that did it. i am so familiar with TCOMC and seen so many versions of it that i couldn't resist to see a retelling which this was so not to the very end.