One of the rare kdramas that gets better and better towards the end. Makes sense since the webtoon also maintained its high quality all the way throughout.
Episode 7 and 8 have changed everything I thought about whatâs going on. Previously there was a sort of âominousâ…
I think the show is a combination of two things - psychological warfare + systematic oppression like you mentioned. The culmination of the paintball game is the perfect metaphor for this.
nahhh getting beaten by your dad because your twin died in the belly is crazy
His thing was she ate her brother in the womb and he really wanted a son. He only has daughters as you can see in the scene where the family members were lining up waiting for Dayeon to get back home.
Sad love stories aren't just about death, queer love stories have focused on the impossibility of two people being together just because of gender.
You're going with a very heteronormative view of tragedies.
Also a relationship can still be tragic without it having to have Romeo and Juliet level stakes.
The author of the webtoon also went on to write a sapphic vampire webtoon.
Glad it was changed to a majority female cast.
There are other popular Thai GLs which also have very cliche storylines but people are willing to overlook them because of a lot of NC.
Hope they keep the good momentum for the final episodes. If they do, this has the potential to rank higher than 8.5