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i only watch jibin on this drama and the killer's shopping list. on the latter, he was suspected as a killer but ended up to be a good guy.

any other drama that ji bin end up in an evil or villain role?

different people might have different feelings about this drama. some said good, some said bad. i guess it depends on each of our preferences. you should give it a try watching it and let us know how you feel.

my take on this drama: good action scenes, good acting of the cast, bad and disappointing ending, and bad presentation with all the confusing flashbacks.

the good acting performance is one of the best features of this drama. other than the leads, most of the actors are mainly new and not popular, but that makes them give their all in performing. this includes seo hyun-woo (who portrays seong-jo the sniper), geum hannah (who portrays min-hye), kim min (who portrays pasin) and ahn sebin (who portrays young jian), among others. not only the leads, but the whole cast really gave their all for this drama.

again, you should give it a try and watch it.

I have just finished up to episode 20. I love all the 3 of them (Sang Zhi, Jia Xu, Sang Yan) when San Yang came to Yihe and found out that they were dating, all their bickering etc. The brother-sister relationship between Sang Yan and Sang Zhi, the (now) boyfriend-girlfriend relationship between Sang Zhi and Jia Xu, and the buddy friendship between Sang Yan and Jia Xu is heartwarming! Amazing acting performances from all the 3 lead actors!

Another thing, the little Sang Zhi character is depicted to be 14 years old (8th grade), but the young actress portraying the character seems to be younger, around 11-12 years old, I think?

Her acting is awesome for a child actress her age, it's always a delight watching her on screen in the earlier episodes. I predict she will be an amazing great actress when she grows up.

Watching up to episode 17 now, and on-going. OMG, I really love this drama. Very light and heartwarming. The way the ML finally confessed that he wants to be her boyfriend instead of just brother, and the way the FL didn't immediately say yes but encouraged him to pursue her, is very sweet. Also, the basketball guy who liked the FL but then understood that she didn't like him back since she already had someone she liked, and he was happy for her -- so sweet.

I also love the actress portraying the FL (Zhao Lusi), she is very pretty, cute and adorable.

Watching up to episode 10 now. I love how FL is taking care of the ML while he's having the surgery in the hospital. Also the joke with the old man on the next bed.

Can't the ML see that the FL's feeling is not a "meimei to gege" feeling anymore? OMG you two, just admit your each others' feelings and start dating! LOL.

I have been watching this drama up to episode 5 so far. OMG, I love the storyline, heartwarming without any villains (the only villains are the schoolgirl bullies so far, lol). I love the brothers-sister relationships between the FL and her brother, as well as between the FL and her brother's friend with whom she is secretly having feelings. Love how they act as protective elder brothers to protect their mei mei from bullies. Love the bickering between the elder brother and the younger sister. Their acting is awesome and feels natural. This also applies to the child actress portraying the younger version of the FL.

Will continue watching and see how it goes...

I rewatched the earlier part of episode 16 after reading your points and you are right. Yoon Jin felt guilty after understanding that Arin missed her dad so much (even more than her mom) and that Yoon Jin was partly responsible for his death.

You also have good points on the reason why Jaewon cannot accept Teoh's relationship request, at least for now.

Thanks for your insights!

You're welcome. :)

He was kidnapped by Yoon-jin with Tae-joo's help, but then Yoon-jin's dad Young-ik took over and killed him by forcing him to drink pesticide. At that time, the FL was being framed as her husband's murderer.

Agree that it's quite unbelievable in real life. The husband cheated on her as an act of revenge due to fury and anger, since in his mind, he thought that his wife cheated on him by having an affair in the past, and even bore a child (Arin) with him -- and she never told him.

Which was not the case -- the wife never cheated, she was being raped, and she never had any recollection about the incident.

His father-in-law, the FL's stepfather, told him. That's when he regretted having the affair. At the same time, due to FL's mental illness state, at that point in time, she had temporary amnesia and didn't remember that her husband cheated on her.

Because of that, his father-in-law suggested the husband keep the affair secret, at least until the FL regains her memory again.

Yeah not only the plot twist, but the fact that the leads always lose against the villains is really stressful to watch. Just when we think the FL has an advantage, another tragedy happens. At certain points, the drama might make your blood boil up to the state that you don't want to continue watching the drama anymore. But then we still continue watching anyway because we are curious how it'll end. I guess that's what makjang dramas are for, LOL.

3. There is a possibility that Tae-joo killed Yoon-jin (by ordering to hit her with the truck).
6. He wanted to take revenge on Jae-won after finding out that Arin is not his biological daughter.

He was in fury, anger, disappointment and shock upon seeing the DNA test results. But yes I agree that shouldn't trigger him to cheat on her. It was his mistake which he regretted later (remember he was slapped by his father-in-law and also kneel down upon Yoon-jin asking her to keep the affair a secret from Jae-won).

But then, he was killed.

Yes, Jae-won was raped by Sang-Beom, who was Yoon-jin's husband at that time. Yoon-jin witnessed seeing Sang-Beom bringing Jae-won to a hotel room, got shocked and caused her to have a miscarriage (her own child with Sang-Beom).

Jae-won was under alcohol influence and medicine for her mental illness so she didn't remember at all that she was raped. All along, she thought Arin was Soon-young's daughter but in fact, Arin's biological father is Sang-Beom.

After losing her baby due to the miscarriage, Yoon-jin wanted to take revenge by taking Soon-young and Arin from Jae-won. She revealed to Soon-young that Arin is not his biological daughter (using the "AMI" anonymous text messages), and seducing him at the same time. Soon-young arranged a DNA test which confirmed that Arin is not his biological daughter.

Soon-young's shock, anger and disappointment over the DNA test results caused him to make a mistake: having an affair with Yoon-jin (presuming his twin brother's identity), to take revenge on Jae-won. After realising that Jae-won herself didn't know about the rape incident, and that she has mental health issues, Soon-young regretted his actions -- but then he was killed.

It's because he found out that Arin is not his biological daughter, and he blamed the FL for not telling him or keeping it a secret. In fact, actually the FL didn't know either. And the ML didn't know if the FL was having a mental issue.

I already expected a disappointing ending but I didn't know if it would be this bad.

Yoon-jin decided to pick up (read: kidnap) Arin at the airport, bring her to eat ice cream, and then she's just sending her home. Just like that, giving her up? I thought she had become a very bad villain who had reached a point of no return.

The next thing we know, she walked to a police station (to turn herself in? idk), tried to cross a road and let herself hit by a speeding truck. WTF?

One of the most despicable and abrupt turns in the storyline. Again, bad (or lazy?) writing.

The rest of the episode moves slowly after a time-skip, presuming to show Jae-won's effort to find closure and that (deserved) happy ending. This includes her seeing the actual psychiatrist that she often hallucinates, and confronting her mom (which is another hallucination since the mom is already dead).

Oh and to finally tell the truth to Arin that her appa is dead. And to let her relationship with Teo hang, just like that. Lol.

6/10, I guess.

Rachel sent Arin home alone (the airline's unaccompanied minor service) and then posted the details including the flight number on social media. I am sure she knows that the child is at risk of being kidnapped.

Jaewon went to the airport late despite knowing that a psychopath wanted to take the daughter from her -- yes the flight arrived 30 minutes earlier but if I have a very young daughter travelling alone and I know someone might kidnap her upon arrival, I will come to the airport 1 hour, or even 2 hours earlier!

And why did they decide to let the little girl travel alone on a trans-continental flight? Yes, a child as young as 5 can travel alone but it's quite a long flight, and she is in danger of being kidnapped (that's the reason why they sent her to the US in the first place).

Despite having the full recording as evidence, Jaewon still wanted to give Yoon-jin a chance despite knowing what she had done and how she was still a threat to her and her daughter.

The storyline just doesn't make sense. Very poor writing. And we the audience are suffering and stressed by watching the drama.

Yet I am still watching it up to episode 15. Maybe because I am still curious how the drama will end, and what will be the "happy ending" the title promised us. From what we can see, there are no "happy" things from episode 1 up to the penultimate episode. Only bad and stressful things.

This is the only movie in which I am rooting for a serial killer. She (Bok-nam) deserves to kill all the villagers on that tiny island for what they have done to her. Sickles are scary, lol.

It is sad to see her little daughter (Yeon-hee) die trying to protect her mom from her abusive dad. It is also heartbreaking that such a young girl has been constantly (statutorily) raped by her dad, only because she didn't understand and couldn't differentiate between paternal love and sexual abuse.

The Hye-won character, Bok-nam's childhood friend is just unlikeable. She was the one who left Bok-nam being raped by the 4 boys when they were teenagers. She doesn't try to help Bok-nam and her daughter flee the island even though she knows that she and her daughter are being abused. She also didn't want to testify when her daughter was killed by the dad.

Seo Young-hee, the actress portraying Bok-nam, is amazing and her acting performance in this movie is spectacular. The ending is a bit dissatisfying where Bok-nam had to die on Hye-won's lap (Hye-won killed her after Bok-nam tried to kill her earlier).

A very good thriller, with disturbing scenes in the first half of the movie, and suspense in the second half.