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i am glad that you decided not to skip the scenes with the child actors. not only it's important to give background for the drama's storyline, but yeah the child actors are doing a good job, not only they're cute, they act very good as well.

I understand what you are saying and I am disappointed as well, but for me I would still continue to watch it because my expectation from the beginning is that it won't match the original. And with a reduction from 40 episodes (or 46 episodes for the TV version) to just 16 episodes. I already expected that not only the pace will be much faster, there will be some things that will be gone as well. So I will still continue watching.

Good assessment, though, I fully agree on what you said.

Yes the mother in Go Ahead is even crazier. It's the same plot.

It was not yet known what happened to her. I guess we shall see in the later episodes.

Have completed watching the first two episodes and I love this drama dearly. I also have watched Go Ahead and I also like the drama very much, as long as you understand that this is just a remake, not a replica, with a shortened 16 episodes instead of the original 40 or 46 episodes, you will appreciate how good this drama is. Good writing, and spectacular acting of all the cast including the child actors, a bit fast-paced compared to the original, obviously, missed certain details, but still one of the better Korean dramas out there compared to other dramas released this year, really.

The child actor portraying little Sanha (Shin Seo-woo) is spectacular. I really can feel his sadness, just from his facial expressions. He's also so handsome and cute.

OMG, how can a mother be so cruel???? Blaming her young son for her daughter's death.

Yes, she misses her daughter dearly, but does that make it right for her to hate and despise his young son very much? Up to the point that she's angry to see her son happy with a full stomach? I can understand if the son is a teenager or an adult, but he is still very young. Didn't he also come from her same womb?

The scene when the mother leaves and just "gives" Sanha to Juwon to be her oppa (which implies that the mother doesn't want to have anything to do with her son anymore) is heartbreaking. Yes, Juwon was happy to have an older brother, but we can see how sad the boy is when his mother decides to leave the family. He even begged for his mom's forgiveness the night before despite his sister's death not really his fault. (I would say it's the parents' fault for leaving two very young children home alone).

How can a mother be that cruel to her own son?

And I am just watching half of episode 1 and my heart feels warm already. The kids are so cute. Juwon and Haejun decided to fight the other two boys to defend Sanha is cute and heartwarming. There were some sad and heartbreaking scenes as well earlier, including the flashback scene when Sanha lost his sister.

Loving this drama so far.

Juwon's father reminds me of Lee Kwang-soo from The Killer's Shopping List. But I checked the cast list, it's not him. They really look similar.

And Eun-Seo opens the drama in the first scene of episode 1, lol. Love this child actress very much.

It's out in Viu now. Oh they released 2 episodes at once!

Even though they are raised in the same family, if they are not blood related, it is OK for them to fall in love and have romance. There's nothing wrong with that. It happens in real life and it's OK as long as they are not blood related.

It's the same case with childhood friends (like in Love Next Door) -- the boy was raised by the girl's mom because the boy's mom was busy, so they spend childhood time together just like family. When they are adults, they fall in love. As long as they are not blood related, it's OK.

Same with the case in the Suji & Uri drama as well -- Suji was separated from her mom, and then the mom adopted Uri. When they are adults, Suji found her mom, so Suji and Uri became siblings. But they are not blood related, and at the end, they fall in love.

However, if they are blood related, even though they are not raised in the same family, then they can't fall in love and get married.

So the issue should be the blood line, not the family bonding.

Yes, that's what I thought as well.

But Ji-on and Su-jung are siblings, I believe. Hyun-Oh is not.

>HyeonO has a younger brother Ji-On and a younger sister Su-Jung.
>But not the same mother?

Ji-on and Su-Jung were Hyun-oh's next-door neighbours. May be cousins but definitely not siblings. They have different dads (both dads were gambling addicts in debt to the gambling den boss grandma) and different moms (both moms left them because of the husbands' gambling addiction).

I miss this drama already, lol.

There is a short scene between Hyeri and Joo-yeon at the end of episode 6, but I am not too sure if it's Hyeri or Eunho.

I'm so happy to see Moon Woo Jin as the teen version of Hyun-oh in episode 6, he's one of my favourite teen actors. Love him in The Atypical Family (as Park Soyi's crush) and Castaway Diva (as young Kiho). His acting here is also spectacular.

I also recognise Lee Si-on as Ji-on, Hyun-oh's neighbour who has the same issue -- gambling dad and missing mom. He was also in The Atypical Family (as young Gwi-ju), as well as in Strong Girl Nam Soon (as the young Ryu Si-o).

Does anyone know who's the child actress portraying Su-jung, Ji-on's sister? I think I saw her before as well but couldn't remember where.

thanks for the info 👍

Agree, you are right. the main leads, the second leads and the supporting characters each have fair share of plot/storyline and screen time.

i thought episode 15 is one of the best episodes in the drama. episode 16 is good as well but not as good as episode 15 imho.