OK, to be honest, at the end of episode 1, I felt him a bit creepy when he said to the girl that he wants to marry…
OK, have watched all 10 episodes.
I have some mixed feelings about the ending -- the findings at the end of episode 8 that it was not reincarnation, but just Takae "borrowing" Marika's body, is sad. That means the existence of Takae is only temporary and she can't stay in the body forever, and I can already predict how the ending would be like.
Nevertheless, the last 24 hours of Takae spending her last time with the family is bittersweet. :) I'm happy to see that Keisuke and Mai can finally get closure and accept that Takae had to go and they have to move on. It's quite unbelievable though that they kept the little girl awake until the next morning with a packed schedule, so they can make use of the last 24 hours, lol.
Overall, it's a heartwarming drama with a unique storyline, which is different from "See You In My 19th Life" (I stand corrected). Great performance of all the casts -- and I will not get enough to say that the child actress is the shining star of this drama with her impeccable acting skills: as a dominant (and jealous, lol) wife, as a caring mother (to Mai), as a caring elder sister (to Yuri), as a forgiving daughter (to her dementia mother), and a confused child (when she became Marika instead of Takae).
For those of you who avoid this drama because of the title, you don't have to be afraid and just watch the drama. Yes, the plot is a bit weird (I would still say that their initial plan for the husband to marry the little girl when she reaches 18 is indeed creepy), but there are no romantic scenes between the husband and the little girl -- even on slightly more romantic scenes, the adult Takae will take over the scene instead of the little girl. It's a heartwarming family drama that the whole family can watch.
OK, to be honest, at the end of episode 1, I felt him a bit creepy when he said to the girl that he wants to marry…
Seeing Marika's mom telling her daughter that she wishes for her to disappear (after her husband left them) really boil my blood! OMG I am crying in tears. Poor little girl. :(
OK, to be honest, at the end of episode 1, I felt him a bit creepy when he said to the girl that he wants to marry…
At episode 5 now. Well other than the creepy thing I mentioned in the spoiler above, I really love and enjoy this drama. Again, the child actress really stole the show with her impeccable acting skills.
I'm starting to watch episode 1 now. The reincarnation process is similar to "See You In My 19th Life" where the…
OK, to be honest, at the end of episode 1, I felt him a bit creepy when he said to the girl that he wants to marry her when she reaches 18. Is that the minimum age to get married in Japan?
I'm starting to watch episode 1 now. The reincarnation process is similar to "See You In My 19th Life" where the girl only remembered her past life when she was around 10 years old.
The child actress portraying their reincarnated deceased mom -- Nono Maida -- is amazing. Great acting skills, reminding me of Yuna of The Kidnapping Day.
I think they are referring to when she is 14 and he is 19 and then again when she is 17 and he is 22. When she…
"if modern dramas reflect the society rules, it appears that people in China are not considered adults until they are 21 which is when they can legally get married. "
I might be wrong, but from what I understand, China has a similar culture to Japan, Korea or Singapore in terms of dating. Yes, they might need to be at least 21 to get married, but I'm sure they don't need to wait to be 21 to start dating or to start having feelings for someone.
"Also, at 14 she looked like an elementary student."
That's because the young actress portraying little Sang Zhi was only 11 at the time of filming. She portrays a character 3 years older than her age (and I think she did it very well) and that affects your assessment and judgement of the situation. We should just need to see a 14-year-old girl (character) in the drama, not an elementary student character, while watching the drama. Same with the fact that we should just see a 17-year-old or 19-year-old girl in the drama (even though it was portrayed by a 24-year-old actress).
"meeting her the first time planted the seed of love."
I beg to differ. He pretended to be his brother because he wanted to help her in meeting her teacher. Even if there's a seed of love involved, it's more of a brotherly (brother-to-sister) love rather than a romantic (boy-to-girl) love. The way how a brother treats a sister is similar to what Jiaxiu does, and there's nothing wrong with that. A brotherly love doesn't have to come from a biological brother. It can come from a stepbrother or even a brother's friend (like the case for Jiaxiu).
I guess that's what made you confused. You can't differentiate between a brotherly love and a romantic love. From the outside, it's pretty much the same on the surface -- and I can assure that it's normal. Really.
I think they are referring to when she is 14 and he is 19 and then again when she is 17 and he is 22. When she…
"if modern dramas reflect the society rules, it appears that people in China are not considered adults until they are 21 which is when they can legally get married. "
I might be wrong, but from what I understand, China has a similar culture to Japan, Korea or Singapore in terms of dating. Yes, they might need to be at least 21 to get married, but I'm sure they don't need to wait to be 21 to start dating or to start having feelings for someone.
"Also, at 14 she looked like an elementary student."
That's because the young actress portraying little Sang Zhi was only 11 at the time of filming. She portrays a character 3 years old her age (and I think she did it very well) and that affects your assessment and judgement of the situation. We should just need to see a 14-year-old girl (character) in the drama, not an elementary student character, while watching the drama. Same with the fact that we should just see a 17-year-old or 19-year-old girl in the drama (even though it was portrayed by a 24-year-old actress).
"meeting her the first time planted the seed of love."
I beg to differ. He pretended to be his brother because he wanted to help her in meeting her teacher. Even if there's a seed of love involved, it's more of a brotherly (brother-to-sister) love rather than a romantic (boy-to-girl) love. The way how a brother treats a sister is similar to what Jiaxiu does, and there's nothing wrong with that. A brotherly love doesn't have to come from a biological brother. It can come from a stepbrother or even a brother's friend (like the case for Jiaxiu).
I guess that's what made you confused. You can't differentiate between a brotherly love and a romantic love. From the outside, it's pretty much the same on the surface -- and I can assure that it's normal. Really.
I think they are referring to when she is 14 and he is 19 and then again when she is 17 and he is 22. When she…
(1) It's normal for a girl to develop a crush on boys even when she is 11-12. Girls mature earlier than boys. When she was 14, she might have had a crush on him but he didn't reciprocate and didn't have any romantic feelings for her at all at that age.
(2) Not too sure about China, but in my home country, 17 years old is considered reaching adulthood and it's normal for a 17-year-old to start dating at this age (even though in reality, in my home country, many teenagers already started dating when they were 14-16).
Therefore, a romantic relationship between a 19-year-old girl and a 24-year-old boy is normal. There's nothing wrong with that.
I want to watch this drama but it’s kinda unsettling to me how she saved his number as brother no.2 and he went…
It is normal for a teenager girl to have feelings to boys older than her. And the boy also didn't reciprocate the feeling until she went into university.
In my home country, many teenagers start dating even at younger age (like 15-17), and girls tend to have feelings or admiration for boys even younger (like 12-14) and that's normal. Girls usually are matured earlier than boys.
Even from the boy's point of view, it's normal for a 24-year-old boy to start having feelings for a 19-year-old girl, even though he knew her since she was 14 and treated her as a little sister before.
I'd recommend watching Season 1 if I were you bcuz there's a backstory of the two brothers and why their relationship…
Thanks - decided to complete watching season 1 first, it was good! Now at episode 4 of the 1938 season, yes I agree with you that without watching season 1 first, I won't understand why Rang hated Yeon and who is Ji-ah, lol.
Thanks, now in the process of binge-watching the season 2 (1938 season).
Watching episode 13 now. For those of you saying Jo Bo Ah's acting in this drama is miserable, I beg to differ.…
Have completed all 16 episodes of season 1. I have mixed feelings about the ending. Episode 15 was the climax and I found episode 16 to be a bit boring and dragged. Rang was my favourite character in the drama and I'm a bit sad that he had to sacrifice his life for Yeon to be reincarnated.
The brotherhood chemistry between Yeon and Rang is the best feature of this drama, much better than the romantic chemistry between Yeon and Jia. Kim Bum, the actor portraying Lee Rang performed awesomely making me fall in love with his character. That said, Lee Dong Wook and Jo Bo Ah also did a very good performance, and so did the remaining cast, especially the ahjummas portraying Tailupa (the god in charge of between life and death) and the Snail Bride restaurant owner. The child actress portraying young Jia (Park Da-yeon) also did a great job.
Have just finished watching up until episode 11. The brotherly chemistry between Lee Yeon and Lee Rang is admirable.…
Watching episode 13 now. For those of you saying Jo Bo Ah's acting in this drama is miserable, I beg to differ. Her transformation between her normal Ji-ah and her villain side when she was possessed by the imoogi is outstanding. Her acting is on par with those of Lee Dong Wook's and Kim Beom's.
I wish and really hope to see the below in season 2:
- Flashback scenes where a slightly older little Jian grew up with her uncle (the same amazing child actress Ahn Sebin at her current age can portray that). I loved their uncle-niece chemistry. - Jinman vs Bale fighting scene (in the parallel timeline with Jian's fighting in season 1). - Sequel events after season 1: what happened to Minhye and Pasin, how the adult Jian runs the shopping mall with her uncle afterwards).
I think this has one of the best ensemble cast I've seen in a while, (the villains excluded of course, they were…
The cast are great, INCLUDING the villains. Most of them are new actors, but that didn't prevent them to give their all for this drama. I agree that this has one of the best ensemble cast I've ever seen.
I wish and really hope to see the below in season 2:
- Flashback scenes where a slightly older little Jian grew up with her uncle (the same amazing child actress Ahn Sebin at her current age can portray that). I loved their uncle-niece chemistry. - Jinman vs Bale fighting scene (in the parallel timeline with Jian's fighting in season 1). - Sequel events after season 1: what happened to Minhye and Pasin, how the adult Jian runs the shopping mall with her uncle afterwards).
I hope Bale is still alive because we deserve the Jinman vs Bale scene. So, I think Jinman escapes from Bale,…
They can always use flashbacks similar to season 1. So Bale might already be dead at the time when season 1 ends (when Jinman came back to Jian), but the timeline of season 2 might be parallel with the events in season 1.
I wish on season 2, in addition to Jinman vs Bale scene, I also want to see more scenes when Jian grew up with her uncle. Ahn Sebin portraying a slightly older little Jian in season 2 would be good! :)
Have just finished watching up until episode 11. The brotherly chemistry between Lee Yeon and Lee Rang is admirable. Kim Bum does his part very well. His acting skills are beyond words.
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I have some mixed feelings about the ending -- the findings at the end of episode 8 that it was not reincarnation, but just Takae "borrowing" Marika's body, is sad. That means the existence of Takae is only temporary and she can't stay in the body forever, and I can already predict how the ending would be like.
Nevertheless, the last 24 hours of Takae spending her last time with the family is bittersweet. :) I'm happy to see that Keisuke and Mai can finally get closure and accept that Takae had to go and they have to move on. It's quite unbelievable though that they kept the little girl awake until the next morning with a packed schedule, so they can make use of the last 24 hours, lol.
Overall, it's a heartwarming drama with a unique storyline, which is different from "See You In My 19th Life" (I stand corrected). Great performance of all the casts -- and I will not get enough to say that the child actress is the shining star of this drama with her impeccable acting skills: as a dominant (and jealous, lol) wife, as a caring mother (to Mai), as a caring elder sister (to Yuri), as a forgiving daughter (to her dementia mother), and a confused child (when she became Marika instead of Takae).
For those of you who avoid this drama because of the title, you don't have to be afraid and just watch the drama. Yes, the plot is a bit weird (I would still say that their initial plan for the husband to marry the little girl when she reaches 18 is indeed creepy), but there are no romantic scenes between the husband and the little girl -- even on slightly more romantic scenes, the adult Takae will take over the scene instead of the little girl. It's a heartwarming family drama that the whole family can watch.
It is highly recommended!
The child actress portraying their reincarnated deceased mom -- Nono Maida -- is amazing. Great acting skills, reminding me of Yuna of The Kidnapping Day.
Will continue watching and see how it goes...
I might be wrong, but from what I understand, China has a similar culture to Japan, Korea or Singapore in terms of dating. Yes, they might need to be at least 21 to get married, but I'm sure they don't need to wait to be 21 to start dating or to start having feelings for someone.
"Also, at 14 she looked like an elementary student."
That's because the young actress portraying little Sang Zhi was only 11 at the time of filming. She portrays a character 3 years older than her age (and I think she did it very well) and that affects your assessment and judgement of the situation. We should just need to see a 14-year-old girl (character) in the drama, not an elementary student character, while watching the drama. Same with the fact that we should just see a 17-year-old or 19-year-old girl in the drama (even though it was portrayed by a 24-year-old actress).
"meeting her the first time planted the seed of love."
I beg to differ. He pretended to be his brother because he wanted to help her in meeting her teacher. Even if there's a seed of love involved, it's more of a brotherly (brother-to-sister) love rather than a romantic (boy-to-girl) love. The way how a brother treats a sister is similar to what Jiaxiu does, and there's nothing wrong with that. A brotherly love doesn't have to come from a biological brother. It can come from a stepbrother or even a brother's friend (like the case for Jiaxiu).
I guess that's what made you confused. You can't differentiate between a brotherly love and a romantic love. From the outside, it's pretty much the same on the surface -- and I can assure that it's normal. Really.
I might be wrong, but from what I understand, China has a similar culture to Japan, Korea or Singapore in terms of dating. Yes, they might need to be at least 21 to get married, but I'm sure they don't need to wait to be 21 to start dating or to start having feelings for someone.
"Also, at 14 she looked like an elementary student."
That's because the young actress portraying little Sang Zhi was only 11 at the time of filming. She portrays a character 3 years old her age (and I think she did it very well) and that affects your assessment and judgement of the situation. We should just need to see a 14-year-old girl (character) in the drama, not an elementary student character, while watching the drama. Same with the fact that we should just see a 17-year-old or 19-year-old girl in the drama (even though it was portrayed by a 24-year-old actress).
"meeting her the first time planted the seed of love."
I beg to differ. He pretended to be his brother because he wanted to help her in meeting her teacher. Even if there's a seed of love involved, it's more of a brotherly (brother-to-sister) love rather than a romantic (boy-to-girl) love. The way how a brother treats a sister is similar to what Jiaxiu does, and there's nothing wrong with that. A brotherly love doesn't have to come from a biological brother. It can come from a stepbrother or even a brother's friend (like the case for Jiaxiu).
I guess that's what made you confused. You can't differentiate between a brotherly love and a romantic love. From the outside, it's pretty much the same on the surface -- and I can assure that it's normal. Really.
(2) Not too sure about China, but in my home country, 17 years old is considered reaching adulthood and it's normal for a 17-year-old to start dating at this age (even though in reality, in my home country, many teenagers already started dating when they were 14-16).
Therefore, a romantic relationship between a 19-year-old girl and a 24-year-old boy is normal. There's nothing wrong with that.
In my home country, many teenagers start dating even at younger age (like 15-17), and girls tend to have feelings or admiration for boys even younger (like 12-14) and that's normal. Girls usually are matured earlier than boys.
Even from the boy's point of view, it's normal for a 24-year-old boy to start having feelings for a 19-year-old girl, even though he knew her since she was 14 and treated her as a little sister before.
It's not weird.
Thanks, now in the process of binge-watching the season 2 (1938 season).
The brotherhood chemistry between Yeon and Rang is the best feature of this drama, much better than the romantic chemistry between Yeon and Jia. Kim Bum, the actor portraying Lee Rang performed awesomely making me fall in love with his character. That said, Lee Dong Wook and Jo Bo Ah also did a very good performance, and so did the remaining cast, especially the ahjummas portraying Tailupa (the god in charge of between life and death) and the Snail Bride restaurant owner. The child actress portraying young Jia (Park Da-yeon) also did a great job.
Overall, I enjoyed watching the drama.
I love them.
- Flashback scenes where a slightly older little Jian grew up with her uncle (the same amazing child actress Ahn Sebin at her current age can portray that). I loved their uncle-niece chemistry.
- Jinman vs Bale fighting scene (in the parallel timeline with Jian's fighting in season 1).
- Sequel events after season 1: what happened to Minhye and Pasin, how the adult Jian runs the shopping mall with her uncle afterwards).
(shooting early 2023, broadcasted early 2024).
- Flashback scenes where a slightly older little Jian grew up with her uncle (the same amazing child actress Ahn Sebin at her current age can portray that). I loved their uncle-niece chemistry.
- Jinman vs Bale fighting scene (in the parallel timeline with Jian's fighting in season 1).
- Sequel events after season 1: what happened to Minhye and Pasin, how the adult Jian runs the shopping mall with her uncle afterwards).
I wish on season 2, in addition to Jinman vs Bale scene, I also want to see more scenes when Jian grew up with her uncle. Ahn Sebin portraying a slightly older little Jian in season 2 would be good! :)