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After episodes 14 - 16 annoyed me with their constant empty meetings, I grew to love this drama again in the following episodes. ML Han Ting gave the valuable hint that you can actually be too early in the market with new developments. I have experienced this myself. I also have to recognise that Tan Song Yun is able to portray complex emotions with her facial expressions. The way she brought to life in her facial expressions the conflict between wanting her girlfriend and her ex to do well and being hurt was a great acting performance.

I've reached ep. 15 and I'm bored almost all the time now. The constant meetings preeching slogans of faith and trust are getting on my nerves. Nothing is happening there. The meetings I attended for years were all about specialised questions, hard figures, facts and specifications. For me, watching meetings in this drama is a waste of time. They are also not necessary for the further development of the story: I already understood what it was about after the first one. Hallelujah, my patience is really being stretched here. The only drama that took it to a similar extreme was Only for love with Dylan Wang.

I mixed up two Dramas. Why women love is a noona drama which takes place in business world. It‘s quite nice. But the noona drama I like to recommend to you was Falling into you. Thats the one with the athletics trainer 🫣

I love Something in the rain bit it dives deep in problematic relationships and questions of tolerance. I like the Chinese Drama why women love. Its about a relationship between an athletics trainer and a student.

Thanks, I will keep this in mind!

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation! I find the drama very appealing except for the ending. The two leads are really great. I agree that the ending was a conscious decision. I can't understand these discussions about age differences as long as there are two adults involved. I've read that having concubines is still commonplace among officials and businessmen in China. I assume that an age difference is quite common in this constellation.

With one more full episode, they could have left it all behind without a doubt and resolved it without time pressure. I do think that there would have been opportunities to save time for a fitting ending over the course of the episodes.

It's a pity, the film version of this novel was so good on so many levels up until then!

I don't want to spoil the fun of this drama for anyone. Beware spoiler warning, if you were satisfied with the ending you should NOT read the following:
It's a shame that the ending was so cryptic. In my opinion, the lovers deserved a clear ending. Instead, we are left with an ending that offers little scope for a happy ending but also lacks the courage for a clearly bad ending. The ML battle scenes were aesthetically pleasing and impressively done, but offered no chance for our hero's survival. The attempt to offer a happy ending by adding a few minutes to an episode that is not even available together with the others via streaming services is simply cowardly. If there is a sad ending, then it should at least be carried through to the bitter end. This drama really doesn't deserve this walk on eggshells at the end.

I have and I like it.

I wasn't expecting anything from this drama and was pleasantly surprised. I binged the first 10 episodes and felt thoroughly entertained. For me, 2023 was the year of disappointments. Some dramas with top-class casts weakened so much in the middle, that I lost interest completely. 2024 seems to be the year of positive surprises, because dramas I wasn't expecting were a hit for me. Hopefully this drama will end as well as it started.

Ep 9: Finally a breakup for understandable and absolutely correct reasons! No strange misunderstandings, no bad character, no intervention by a third person, but their lives simply diverge.

I like this drama from the first episode to the last. The characters are complex and believable, as are their motivations and the resulting actions. I find the setting interesting and believable. I now know the Korean education system a little better. But some things are also similar in the education system in my country, the parents who put pressure on children and teachers, the inadequacies of the public education system that lets everyone down, the personalities of the dedicated teachers who sometimes remind me of crosses between self-promoters, therapists and drill sergeants, the struggle for the joy of learning and much more. One springnight and Something in the rain are on my favorites list, Midnight romance in Hangwon joins them. I appreciate that despite stylistic similarities, all 3 dramas are not reproductions but completely original.

I like this drama and the MLs. It's a nice story and a detailed movie adaptation. What strikes me, however, is that actress Tan Song Yun likes to pass on dubious wisdom to the audience in her dramas. My favorite one right now is: "No individual can remain unharmed when the group is in danger." Wow, this statement can be used to sacrifice an individual if the group decides that this is for their protection. Long live the communist committee!

Top 10 Asian Drama
1. My Dearest
2. My Deares Part 2
3. Itaewon Class
4. One Springnight
5. Crash Landing on you
6. Something in the rain
7. Story of Yanxi Palace
8. Lovely Runner
9. Reply 1988
10. Because this is my first life

Top 10 Chinese Drama
1. Yanxi Palace
2. Amidst a snowstorm of love
3. The rise of the Phoenixes
4. Falling into you
5. Master of my own
6. The rational life
7. Blossom in Adversity
8. My Boss
9. Road home
10. Why women love

I didn't expect much when I started this drama, 70 episodes later, after an intense journey, it has earned itself 9.5 points and has landed at number 7 of my all time favorite dramas. So good!

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Yes, the scene in which the director kneels to beg forgiveness had Quentin Tarrantino vibes for me. The music added to the effect!

That really makes sense 👍🏻

I had two perfect dates every week with this drama. I wasn't bored in any episode and then finally a perfect last episode. WOW!