AnkitS

Thank you..

Is the Ml a skilled fighter?

Why hasn't this been selected for BIFF2025 ?

Kim Tae Hee too..

Did you not watch "Doom at your service" they both starred in it.

I get where you're coming from, but this is a revenge drama, not a romance-centered one. The entire tone and structure of the show are built around the protagonist's emotional breakdown, loss, and vengeance — not the development of a romantic relationship.

Having her as the main lead with extended screentime would shift the focus toward romance, which doesn’t fit the genre. Her limited role actually serves the story better, just like in other successful revenge thrillers. It’s not always about chemistry — sometimes it’s about what drives the plot forward.

"If she’s the girlfriend, she must be one of the leads" — this debate has been going on for months, and it’s honestly not that complicated.

Just because a character is introduced as the male lead’s girlfriend doesn’t guarantee she’ll be present throughout the entire series or be one of the main leads. Her role could simply be to serve as an emotional trigger — which often means a short or guest appearance, especially in thrillers or revenge-based plots.

We’ve seen this exact setup before:

🔹 Voice (2017) – The male lead’s wife is murdered in the very first episode. She’s his wife, yes, but she only appears briefly and is never part of the main cast. Her death drives the protagonist’s entire journey.

🔹 Sketch (2018) – The male lead’s fiancée dies early in the series. Despite being the love interest, she isn’t around for most of the show. Her death is used as the catalyst for the plot, not as an ongoing character arc.

The same thing could easily be happening in The Manipulated. Pyo Ye Jin being Ji Chang Wook’s girlfriend doesn’t mean she has to be a main lead. In fact, the absence of her name in the official lead cast and the lack of any major promotional focus on her strongly suggest a limited or guest appearance — likely to set off his character’s arc, just like the movie version where the mother was killed off early.

It’s a very common and straightforward storytelling choice. There’s really no need to keep going in circles over it.

It just got released in theatres. How do you expect it to be available on websites?

They haven't yet..

Did you?

Ji Chang Wook please!!

I think he's the brother or something of the senior Mi Rae talked about. ( The one who collected trash in her pocket. )

Plaza Wars

The story is a straight forward revenge drama... The older brother ( A lengend of his time ) quit the gangster lifestyle paying a price. But when his brother is killed he returns to that world to find out who killed him and why he had to die. There was no relevant female character in the manhwa.

They could not even if they wanted to, the story won't allow it

The original source material doesn't have a relevant female character to begin with.

The shooting is taking way longer than it was estimated.

Filming is officially completed as of today...
https://x.com/asia__wave/status/1918609904983507005

Where did you find the information?

I'm not wasting a second more on dumb arguments.

And it's pretty easy to share articles on the site, you're just too dumb to be able to do it.