Giorgia Romagnoli

Hi, the "love letter" that arrives at the beginning of the story was written by the "old Xun" in 2026, before he disappeared. If you go back to the first half of the first episode, you can see him writing the letter and then going to the red postbox to send it. He already knew that in the future he would write that letter, because he had already read it 35 years earlier when he was young.
Nevertheless, I can’t figure out how it’s possible that in the future he still had a sheet of paper from the library 35 years earlier — the one with the stamp on it. When and where did he find it? I clearly remember that in the past, when they wanted to reply and send the letter back to the future, they searched for another identical sheet, but Tang said they had probably already sold them all. So they decided to write on the same letter, since they didn’t have another one.
How is it possible that 35 years later he had an identical sheet, completely blank? Where did he get it? I honestly can’t answer that part... I hope someone can help us find the answer!

This isn't a J-drama, it's a K-drama: the production and both the screenwriter and the director are South Korean and most of the cast too (apart from two of the main characters).

Yes, it is on GMMTV channel on Youtube. Here's the link ----> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhSyfKC06J4

Anyone can tell me where can i watch this drama with eng sub?

I think this was the day when the first murder occured (if i'm not wrong).

For what i have understand, the main lead, three years before, had released an interview in wich he had exposed one of the most popular writer in Korea for having a ghostwriter. In this huge scandal, due to corruption and similar dynamics (which we know very well in dramas), instead of paying the one who actually made a mistake, he paid the price himself and was removed from the world of literature, because he had the gall to attack someone more established and powerful than himself. So, knowing that nobody would have published a book with his name on it, he became a ghostwriter himself, because beyond all this, he couldn't live his life without writing.
For the rest of the story, for me it has been all pretty clear. Yes, surely it could have been explained better, but it didn't give me the feeling that the writers of the drama were confused abut the reletionships between the characters and the developement of the story. So, i wouldn't say that it is a masterpiece, but i have enjoyed the journey after all.

I think that the Daesung cases they have talked about in the drama is referring to Hwaseong's real cases. In fact the serial crimes has been confessed by the murderer only 3 or 4 years ago, so when the drama end (in 2007) the killer was yet to be found out. If the Daesung facts they talk about is really Hwaseong's cases, it's not possible that the woman killed in the beginning of the drama was part of Daesung cases, because the drama started in 1975, and the Hwaesong cases started in 1986.

Although it has not been explicitly explained, I believe he was punished for concealing a corpse. It is true that she killed the girl, but he buried the body, and it is a rather serious crime, so it makes sense that he was punished too, even if he certainly spent fewer years in prison than her (given also all the mitigating circumstances).

Thank you so much, you're a lifesaver! And your subs are really great, terrific job <3

Yes, it's a true story: the case of Hwaseong serial murders is the most famous one in Korea, because the killer hasn't been caught in over 30 years, so until 2019 they didn't know who he was. The killer murder 10 persons and for one of the murder was charged one young guy (the one that you saw in the video), but he didn't really do it. He was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1988. As I said before, it was only in 2019 that the real culprit confessed to all the murders: he was already in jail from 1994 for another murder (he killed his sister-in-law).
Many dramas and films have been based on the case of Hwaseong, for example the film "Memories of murder" by Bong Joon Ho, or the dramas "Tunnel" and "Signal".