I am at episode 19 now and I am very confused. I think this is one of the KDrama I watched with a lot of complexity in the family trees and relationships lol lol.
OK, first, we have the Jin Jang-Soo family. Jang-Soo had a wife, Sun-Young, and a daughter, Soo-Kyung (now known as Su-Ji). Sun-Young had a friend, Yoon-Ja, who came to the family looking for a housekeeping job together with her little daughter, Na-Young. Jang-Soo had an affair with Yoon-Ja which made Sun-Young upset, and she left for work and planned to collect the daughter in 2 weeks. However, Sun-Young had an accident at work and her family couldn't contact her when she was at the hospital, and she lost her daughter Su-Ji to her father. Jang-Soo married Yoon-Ja, took Su-Ji and Na-Young with him, and had another son with Yoon-Ja, which is Do-Young.
Jang Family:
Bok-Sun (Jang-Soo's mother, Su-Ji and Do-Young's biological grandmother) Jang-Soo (Su-Ji and Do-Young's father, Na-Young's stepfather) Sun-Young (Jang-Soo's first wife, Su-Ji's biological mother) Yoon-Ja (Jang-Soo's second wife, Na-Young and Do-Young's mother, Su-Ji's stepmother) Su-Ji (Jang-Soo and Sun-Young's daughter, Do-Young's half-sister) Na-Young (Yoon-Ja's daughter with an unknown ex-husband) Do-Young (Jang-Soo and Yoon-Ja's son, Su-Ji's half-brother through father, Na-Young's half-brother through mother)
Now let's go to the courtyard restaurant. Sun-Young is now the chef there, and she lives together with Jung-Soon (not too sure what's the relationship, but Sun-Young call her Unnie) and Woo-Chang, Jung-Soon's brother. Sun-Young has two stepchildren, Woo-Ri (stepson) and Doo-Ri (stepdaughter). There's also the little girl A-Ra, who is not related to them by blood either since she was left there by her biological mother, but she calls Sun-Young mom, Woo-Chang as the dad, and Jung-Soon as the grandmother, so I presume the so-called "family" adopted her. As of episode 19, Woo-Chang had a love interest with Sun-Young but she didn't reciprocate because of her guilt in losing Su-Ji.
The Court Yard Restaurant "Family":
Sun-Young (the head chef of the restaurant, Woo-Chang's love interest, and Su-Ji's biological mother) Jung-Soon (whom Sun-Young call "unnie" or big sister) Woo-Chang (Jung-Soon's brother) Woo-Ri (Sun-Young's stepson, calling her mom) Doo-Ri (Sun-Young's stepdaughter, calling her mom) A-Ra (a girl left in the restaurant by her biological mom, supposedly Sun-Young's stepdaughter)
Then there's the director Han Jin-Tae's family, who is the director of the hospital, his wife Ma-Ri, who is the director (or owner) of the hospital's foundation and the daughter of the late founder of the hospital, and Hyun-Sung, their son who dated Su-Ji when they were in college.
Director Han Family:
Jin-Tae (father) Ma-Ri (mother) Hyun-Sung (son, who has a love interest in Su-Ji)
The writing goes down the drain on episodes 13-14, predictable plot at the end of episode 14. But I still love both the leads. The acting is incredible!
Biological. She treats her poorly because she blames her for the death of the 1st son.
Ah ok, thanks for the info. There is a flashback scene when little Haein sat at the back of the car with her mom, she tried to hold her mom's hand but she rejected her. I thought that was a scene when the mom picked her up from an orphanage lol, my bad.
There were also some flashback scenes when little Hae-in and her brother were playing at the orphanage as well, together with little Eun-Song and little Da-Hye.
I am watching up to episode 10 now. Is Hae-in the biological daughter or adopted daughter of her mom (Seon-Hwa)? I really can't stand how her mom treats Hae-in like trash, unlike how she treats her son. I don't see any maternal love at all from the mom towards the daughter, making me think Hae-in might be her adopted daughter instead of her biological daughter.
I am at Episode 7 now and I love this drama. OMG, I love the ML and especially the FL. Their acting is on the next level. I really hated the Hae-in character in the first 2 episodes but came to love her more and more in the next episodes. And the secrets revealed slowly on each of the episodes just want me to keep on watching more.
Have to be honest, the plot and storyline are not really that good, but the acting performance of all the actors is outstanding, especially the FL Seo Hyun Jin. The last scene with her daughter at the hospital, when she couldn't even remember her daughter's name and asked for her name, is particularly heartbreaking.
The ending is very vague with a lot of unresolved issues. Will the ML (the FL's dad) recover? Will she (the FL) recover (I don't think so)? Presuming that the FL's ex-husband has to go back to America afterwards, who will take care of the young daughter, and how a little girl that young will be able to take care of both her mom and her grandfather in such a state?
The pace of the movie is very fast, so we can see that the FL's condition deteriorates very quickly. Therefore we cannot really "feel" the progress of the illness and everything feels rushed. It may be good to make the movie duration a bit longer (or maybe make it a drama like "Oh My Geumbi") so we can feel more attached to the FL's situation.
Episode 11 is epic. Episode 15 seems to be the finale. Episode 16 is more like a filler to me.
Great great acting from everyone, especially the ML and FL. Also the reporter and the ML's sister. Also the main villain. Even the little daughter acts very well for her young age.
Great story with unpredictable plot twists. There are some unreasonable plot holes but still acceptable.
My prediction: he faked his death so that he could hunt and kill Bale, the root cause of all of these, while other…
There's possibility that Bale didn't know, and Jinman launched a surprise attack on Bale after using Jian as bait for all the mercenaries to target her (thus making Bale more vulnerable to attack).
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.
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OK, first, we have the Jin Jang-Soo family. Jang-Soo had a wife, Sun-Young, and a daughter, Soo-Kyung (now known as Su-Ji). Sun-Young had a friend, Yoon-Ja, who came to the family looking for a housekeeping job together with her little daughter, Na-Young. Jang-Soo had an affair with Yoon-Ja which made Sun-Young upset, and she left for work and planned to collect the daughter in 2 weeks. However, Sun-Young had an accident at work and her family couldn't contact her when she was at the hospital, and she lost her daughter Su-Ji to her father. Jang-Soo married Yoon-Ja, took Su-Ji and Na-Young with him, and had another son with Yoon-Ja, which is Do-Young.
Jang Family:
Bok-Sun (Jang-Soo's mother, Su-Ji and Do-Young's biological grandmother)
Jang-Soo (Su-Ji and Do-Young's father, Na-Young's stepfather)
Sun-Young (Jang-Soo's first wife, Su-Ji's biological mother)
Yoon-Ja (Jang-Soo's second wife, Na-Young and Do-Young's mother, Su-Ji's stepmother)
Su-Ji (Jang-Soo and Sun-Young's daughter, Do-Young's half-sister)
Na-Young (Yoon-Ja's daughter with an unknown ex-husband)
Do-Young (Jang-Soo and Yoon-Ja's son, Su-Ji's half-brother through father, Na-Young's half-brother through mother)
Now let's go to the courtyard restaurant. Sun-Young is now the chef there, and she lives together with Jung-Soon (not too sure what's the relationship, but Sun-Young call her Unnie) and Woo-Chang, Jung-Soon's brother. Sun-Young has two stepchildren, Woo-Ri (stepson) and Doo-Ri (stepdaughter). There's also the little girl A-Ra, who is not related to them by blood either since she was left there by her biological mother, but she calls Sun-Young mom, Woo-Chang as the dad, and Jung-Soon as the grandmother, so I presume the so-called "family" adopted her. As of episode 19, Woo-Chang had a love interest with Sun-Young but she didn't reciprocate because of her guilt in losing Su-Ji.
The Court Yard Restaurant "Family":
Sun-Young (the head chef of the restaurant, Woo-Chang's love interest, and Su-Ji's biological mother)
Jung-Soon (whom Sun-Young call "unnie" or big sister)
Woo-Chang (Jung-Soon's brother)
Woo-Ri (Sun-Young's stepson, calling her mom)
Doo-Ri (Sun-Young's stepdaughter, calling her mom)
A-Ra (a girl left in the restaurant by her biological mom, supposedly Sun-Young's stepdaughter)
Then there's the director Han Jin-Tae's family, who is the director of the hospital, his wife Ma-Ri, who is the director (or owner) of the hospital's foundation and the daughter of the late founder of the hospital, and Hyun-Sung, their son who dated Su-Ji when they were in college.
Director Han Family:
Jin-Tae (father)
Ma-Ri (mother)
Hyun-Sung (son, who has a love interest in Su-Ji)
Correct me if I'm wrong lol.
There were also some flashback scenes when little Hae-in and her brother were playing at the orphanage as well, together with little Eun-Song and little Da-Hye.
Does anyone know? Can put a spoiler if needed.
The ending is very vague with a lot of unresolved issues. Will the ML (the FL's dad) recover? Will she (the FL) recover (I don't think so)? Presuming that the FL's ex-husband has to go back to America afterwards, who will take care of the young daughter, and how a little girl that young will be able to take care of both her mom and her grandfather in such a state?
The pace of the movie is very fast, so we can see that the FL's condition deteriorates very quickly. Therefore we cannot really "feel" the progress of the illness and everything feels rushed. It may be good to make the movie duration a bit longer (or maybe make it a drama like "Oh My Geumbi") so we can feel more attached to the FL's situation.
Overall, a great movie.
Great great acting from everyone, especially the ML and FL. Also the reporter and the ML's sister. Also the main villain. Even the little daughter acts very well for her young age.
Great story with unpredictable plot twists. There are some unreasonable plot holes but still acceptable.
Great series, highly recommended.
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.