Firefly88

Quite right. I've read a few stories about the reunion of parents with their children who've been kidnapped as little kids, and these events ruin people's lives, they never stop searching.

I saw one story about a Chinese girl who was trafficked and when she finally found her sister, she discovered her parents had already died. After years of searching, going from train station to station, flyers, they became depressed and committed suicide. And another story I saw of a mother who had been reunited with her daughter 44 years later who had been kidnapped and adopted out to the US.

At least when someone dies, you get closure, but with a missing child, you can't stop searching so you never get that closure.

That's the point. The viewer is supposed to feel the confusion of the FL, and how the ML can't control himself around her. He knows what he should do, but he can't stop himself.

He did have a real name given by his slave owners, but it was disgusting. Rodent Scraps. Then of course he became known as the Soul Reaper.

"K trauma" 😂

I watched it on Netflix, it wasn't dubbed. You just have to change the language settings?

For real. The fight scenes were amazing. Not just amazing choreography, but beautifully filmed too.

I think maybe because it's more of a mature drama. For some viewers, mature dramas are "boring". Then they skip a lot and don't understand what's going on.

Also, I can imagine some had an issue with the taboo themes in this drama.

I watch a lot of C dramas, if you like I can make some recommendations.

He always knew his identity. He was a slave boy who ran away and later kidnapped by the prince before running away again.

Same here! I'm surprised by the negative feedback. For me it hit the mark in all ways!

Speaking of cruelty, you should try C dramas. C dramas excel at dark, angsty stories lol.

The fact that this is undiscovered for so many years implies it's an unused well.

Same. I was hoping for a baby and also a longer reprieve when they are in the mountains. He's a fertility talisman, come on lol. However, being bathed in arsenic and alum as a child probably didn't do much for his swimmers lol.

The Sim guild leader was given an ultimatum by the Min woman to kill his lover. So, he sent an assassin. She was pregnant, survived but the baby died. At this moment she crosses paths with our Hongrang imposter who is fleeing the horrors after being kidnapped and made into a talisman. They form a union both wanting to seek revenge. She adopts him, but she is consumed by revenge. They form an order of assassins. For her sake, he becomes this imposter in order to take down Sim and Min. Meanwhile, they are also searching for traces of this abuser who is kidnapping young boys.

What plot holes have you noticed?

Personally I think this storyline was extremely fresh and daring even considering how taboo some of the themes are

Yeah, the story is not the same, but there was a kind of dark mysterious style of filming that was a bit similar.

Definitely! There was a similar dark, spooky vibe. I also occasionally got Bulgasal vibes.

Yes, they revealed it near the end when he was exposed as a slave boy. It was Rat (something) can't recall exactly.

I had the same feeling about these actors, but their performance in this is award worthy. It is nothing like Alchemy of Souls. It's dark, gritty, mysterious, incredibly intense, heartwrenching, violent, and the sexual tension is 🥵🥵🥵
The cinematography and OST is art.
This is not a typical K drama... I think it will win awards. I've watched soo many K dramas, and this I think is one of the best. Be sure to pay attention, there's a lot of details and you'll get lost if you don't pay attention.

I went into this drama with low expectations, but the first episode had been completely hooked.

Same! I'm obsessed!

I loved it!