Chun Mo Rionnag

Your Result: Xianxia/Fantasy

Your life is full of fantasy and magic, you are a dreamer and idealist. In face of difficulties you always try your best but deep inside you know that higher forces are involves and that in the end what will come will come for the best. You believe in eternal love and destiny your other half will be the one or will not be at all. You are very friendly and kind.

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Destiny is spelt wrong, but ... hey.

The description is right, but I wouldn't live in a fantasy drama to be honest.

I admit I've watched all of the dramas in which he appears for which their are English subtitles, and have appealed to independent subbers to add subtitles to the remainder.

I just finished it and found the same thing. Some timings were blink and you miss it.

Um ... I liked Not Me, Manner of Death and Triage - to a degree, but Chains of Heart is a dumpster fire in comparison.

"To My Star: Our Untold Stories" has a bed scene when they are about to go at it (an article of clothing is removed), but are interrupted by a neighbour.

That's Cheon Ji-Hun from the drama, One Dollar Lawyer.

That scene from "Ghost" is coming. See the previews for the next episode.

I was hoping Go-Tae's tattoos would appear. I liked them in the manhwa.

Heesu in Class 2 is one I've been waiting on for (what seems like) a very long time.

I've been asking in various places, so far there doesn't appear to be an English translation.

Han Ji-Woo is not on the spectrum, but rather has an affective disorder, or depression albeit high functioning. Having lost his parents at an early age, he seems to have shut himself off from people and his social skills receded. He is not good at communicating his feelings; lacks courage; he has built walls so as not to form connections, and doesn't communicate in case it means he loses someone he cares about again. That discussion about the clothes had to be dragged out of him by Kang Seo-Joon. It was a minor thing, but Han Ji-Woo was reluctant to discuss this small matter, showing us that discussing relationship issues would be too much for him altogether.

Kang Seo-Joon's parents left him because they couldn't handle the harassment from the press every time there was the smallest scandal, not just ones related to health which, as you may remember from season 1 was hidden from everyone (including his management team and friends) until it was revealed in the security tape.

Having watched a lot of Korean dramas, it seems that if there is an issue with one person, their whole family - often for generations - must bear the burden with them. I hope this explains the attitude of the villagers towards Han Ji-Woo.

As to Kang Seo-Joon's persistence in trying to win Han Ji-Woo back, it's because he knows that he will never have a love like that again. He says so in the voice-over having eavesdropped on Han Ji-Woo and Jung Sung-Yoon's conversation outside the store [Right before he leaves telling Han Ji-Woo he lost.] Kang Seo-Joon is one who gives it his all before admitting defeat.

I do hope this helps make things clearer for you.

You wrote, " So he was going to use the photograph to blackmail Seo Joo to give him the money to get his family out of debt by not sending the photograph to a news outlet to publish?"

Yes. Kim Hyung-Ki wanted to blackmail Kang Seo-Joon for money and he wanted Han Ji-Woo to do so as well because he wanted to break them apart (jealousy). Kang Seo-Joon had stated he solves (some) issues with money, and given that a gay relationship would be the death of a top star's career, Kim Hyung-Ki felt he couldn't lose. Then again, he didn't understand that Han Ji-Woo had already developed feelings for Kang Seo-Joon.

Were English subtitles ever done for all the episodes of this?

If so, is there a link to where they can be watched?

It is unfortunate that WeTV had the worst of the translations. A lot of the dialogues were more subtle (less brusque), which I only discovered by watching both seasons across several platforms.

Have you watched both seasons?

You may wish to watch Season 2 which delves deeper into the characters of Han Ji-Woo and Kang Seo-Joon leading to a better understanding of why they both act the way they do in season 1. The episodes are longer in Season 2 as well.

You may wish to watch Season 2 which delves deeper into the characters of Han Ji-Woo and Kang Seo-Joon leading to a better understanding of why they both act the way they do in season 1.

I'd be interested to read your review of Season 2 should you decide to write one.

To be fair, unless you watch various translations of this series, some scenes may not make much sense. I watched it across several platforms now, all with different interpretations of several dialogues. Believe me when I say it took a lot of rewatching and comparing before I understood some of the interactions between characters.

You are correct in that watching Season 2 explains a lot of the actions of Han Ji-Woo and Kang Seo-Joon in season 1.

Re: Kim Hyung Ki, the owner of Oak n Odd

During a Q&A session for season 1 of the series, the director Hwang Da-Seul confirmed that Kim Hyung-Ki did have feelings for Han Ji-Woo but never acted upon them as he suffered from an inferiority complex (which can be inferred from his dialogue and actions in the series).

The restaurant isn't failing. His father's business went bankrupt and is in debt, their house and all its possessions having been seized, so Kim Hyung-Ki - being the only member of his family who has an income - takes out a high-interest mortgage on the restaurant, but he simply can't pay all the interest let alone the principal of the debt. Hence the reason he opts for blackmail when he obtains the photograph from the Dispatch reporter.

Does this make it any clearer for you?

Re: The Incident that Sent Kang Seo-Joon into hiding

Yang In-Woo was cornered by reporters with injuries and he stated it was the result of a falling out with Kang Seo-Joon; subsequently, it was reported that Kang Seo-Joon had beaten him up and Kang Seo-Joon had to go into hiding until the matter was resolved satisfactorily. Footage from outside the restaurant was obtained by the reporters and this was used as evidence as seen at the beginning of the series (episode 1).

On the night of the incident, Kang Seo-Joon paid to obtain the CCTV from inside the restaurant to cover up the fact he suffers from panic attacks at the sound of things breaking. He does not want anyone, other than Dr Kang and his parents (watch Season 2) to know about it. In the end, because Yang In-Woo is dishonest about the incident endangering Kang Seo-Joon's career, Kang Seo-Joon released the tape.

I hope that clarifies the situation for you.

We may all live on one planet, but each country has it own set of laws regarding copyright, content ratings and censorship, and general distribution rights. There are also other issues such as some production houses being tied to one platform giving them exclusive rights in certain territories but having to negotiate with other platforms for release elsewhere.