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Some peoples are just thinking too much. It was not that deep. Director Kim was not that powerful villain. He got bunch of useless thugs & was totally relying on Moo Chul. He wanted Oh Soo dead for almost no reason, yet he wasn't able to done it easily. Many of his guys got beaten by Jin Sung alone in previous episode.

Also in the end, he lost all his money. So that makes him even more weaker. Jin Sung could have easily turn the table when he threw that knife in front of him. Of-course he cared for his life more than anything, remember when Moo Chul trapped him in the car.

Also you might want to check Hee Sun character again & how much she cared for Oh So. She did anything she can & even asked money for him. It so easy to guess how will she react if she hear Jin Sung killed him.

& you missed something in my post. Which have answers for survival & recovery part. There was a time skip.

I'm not sure why many peoples are thinking it was an open/viewer imagination ending. They gave enough reason to believe for them to being alive. There was time skip. Dream ending doesn't need it & "Spring Next Year" heading.

Young got her sight back, was doing social activities & supported blindfolded ex-fiance for a moment. Not required for dream ending.

Jin Sung was not sad at all. We know how much he cared. There is no way he would be normal & tell Hee Sun to which flower we should get after KILLING him with his own hand. lol. So that call was for other Oh Soo.

There is no way Hee Sun would've been together with him (+ happy) if had really killed Oh Soo. No matter whatever the reason was.

Oh Soo was alive & gave his reason for not visiting. Again proving time skip. Not required for dream ending. I think that last whole scenario was just over dramatic happy ending. Not open ending.

I'm not sure why many peoples are thinking it was an open/viewer imagination ending. They gave enough reason to believe for them to being alive. There was time skip. Dream ending doesn't need it & "Spring Next Year" heading.

Young got her sight back, was doing social activities & supported blindfolded ex-fiance for a moment. Not required for dream ending.

Jin Sung was not sad at all. We know how much he cared. There is no way he would be normal & tell Hee Sun to which flower we should get after KILLING him with his own hand. lol. So that call was for other Oh Soo.

There is no way Hee Sun would've been together with him (+ happy) if had really killed Oh Soo. No matter whatever the reason was.

Oh Soo was alive & gave his reason for not visiting. Again proving time skip. Not required for dream ending. I think that last whole scenario was just over dramatic happy ending. Not open ending.

I'm not sure whether i should be happy or disappointed with last scene. I wanted a happy ending all along and i was like "No... what you did Jin Sung. why" and then he came back like nothing happened. So that last dramatic scene felt totally out of place with time skip. And no detail what happened after that. Did Jin Sung suddenly felt to save him. Then why he did that in the first place. He should've put that knife on president Kim neck and reversed the whole situation. There was only one guard, too easy for Jin Sung to handle.

Nonetheless overall very good drama. Just a bit over dramatic sometimes.

This drama deserve to take top spot because of it unpredicted situation on many occasions, unlike some other show called gaksital.

I'm actually thinking to write one but yes that will take time and effort as i would want to clear all my points, cliches and all wrong things which somehow considered as truly well written around here.

I partially agree on difference of opinion thing as i'm actually a bit lost there in my first comment. i wrote this whole reply so fast and posted it and when i re-read it, i was not allowed to fix mistakes.

I can actually go on and explain myself again better this time but considering my whole one post didn't went as i wanted because of these character/editing restrictions. i lost all my interest, neither i expect a good discussion here. So well good luck. No offense to anyone but i just hope drama community learn one day how to criticize stories rather than appreciating how their favorite celebrities did an awesome job.

I wanted to see some real tactics. NO. I was not expecting something great like LoGH but still a little bit from number one rated drama. I want to write a complete review about all things which went wrong, but i don't want to waste more time than i already did. I don't trust ratings much but still they proved helpful sometimes but i lost my faith completely in asian drama community and not just because of this but King2Hearts, Minami Sineyo and some other series as well.

(dang. this character limitation. it becomes 3 posts in reverse order and no bbcode support)

I started it with some good hopes and first 6 episodes were really great when i thought, yes. this drama really deserve high rating and it's getting better and better but how could i be THAT wrong, I'm surprised. I can't describe how many plot-holes this drama have, how many weak situations, resolves and poor execution were there that it becomes one of the most predictable story i have ever seen. I already knew how it will end and writer never proved me wrong. The only thing that actually surprised me about ending was Shunji's suicide. Many times Gaksital hit the Narm (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Narm) and i double face palmed. This story had some really great potential where you have revenge, hidden identity, war, leadership, uprising and get back your country but in the end i left really disappointed...

"a few people think "Gaksital" is just a hyped up drama which doesn't really deserve the #1 spot. it?s just a matter of tastes".

No. It's not matter of taste. I would've understand if it was about comedy or some genre which is not my favorite BUT an action plot, revenge and war setting drama? Yes. it's not taste of matter at all. I liked Iljimae, Princess Man is one of my favorite, Iris is one of my favorite, City Hunter was really good. BUT i can't even beging to compare this drama with them.

If i talk about taste, I can completely understand if Gintama is taking number one spot on MAL even though i didn't like it much. YES. That's matter of taste in comedy. I can understand if Haruhi Movie or some other anime series are taking top spots even though i don't agree much but that list is not completely off track.

I might sound like complete hater of bridal mask. but NO...

MDL Rank #1 The Bridal Mask (Score: 9.04): I completely lost my faith in drama community.

If 8.66 score (atm) for a rom-com story like that is not overrated then i don't know what the heck is overrated. It deserved 7.5 maximum average score in my opinion with all those cliched, predictable and bad acting moments. I know normally most people give higher rating to any form of media without a little bit sense of critic but i found it "hard to believe" on asian drama sites.

I will try to Osu! again after long time. :) it's fun but will take a bit time to learn.

You're watching JIN 2. i'm planning to watch first season, downloaded first 2 episodes yesterday. also i choose Densha Otoko, 1 liter tears and Code Blue from your list :) I think i will start with Densha Otoko. looks interesting.

I have played osu few times with few songs but was not clear to finish single one and gave up. lol.

by the way, the reason i sent you link or mentioned touhou was to listen and enjoy. not to make covers. :) you can make if you enjoy and really want to make one but enjoyment is the first priority. either way each game track have several and several covers from Doujin/Indie groups and they're increasing. i have more than 10 different version of this "midorime no jealousy" alone track. rock, metal, piano, trance etc, and same goes for all other tracks i like.

I will post a topic today about that. let's hope this shared drama and also that start/finish time request get fulfilled in next update. :D i use start/finish date option a lot on myanimelist. yesterday i re-watched kara no kyoukai movies and noticed first time i watched on 20 May 2010. nearly 2 years ago.

You should listen touhou music. great music tracks. ZUN knows how to compose and there are hundreds of groups, who make covers for those tracks. I can send you link to few. check this one. one of my all time favorite. awesomely done by xi-on. midorime no jealousy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtImwR1Zwbc

yeah. x100 times better. that's the reason i moved all list with in 30 minutes after checking site. :)

I just noticed there is not any option to cross check lists. there should be one to check shared drama and movies just like MAL. that's one of the great feature to recommend someone shows and also check which series i haven't watched from other users list. maybe i will post a suggestion on forum. I'm checking your list for japanese drama.

I will check your jap covers. did you also tried touhou music in your covers? or ever heard touhou music?

yeah. it's lagging for me too a little bit, but i hope admin get rid of this character limit setting. there is no need to make 2/3 comments when you can post everything in one :)

Yup. lol.. people take things too seriously. i don't though. if someone say they hate my favorite show or stuff. i don't mind. though if there are biased comments or weak argument then i will reply. :D

p.s: lol. there are spelling mistakes in my first reply. polite* not plice. lol.. well. i didn't proofread. this character limit is unnecessary here on MDL.

I have plan to watch 1 litter of tears and Jin. hopefully they will get me addicted to japanese live stuff. :) just like anime and jpop. i love jpop. my music collection is filled with jap music. my favorite bands/artists are asian kung-fu generation, perfume, kana nishino, kalafina, stereopony, flow, aqua timez, uverworld & lots more. :)

I just started my first taiwanese drama. Skip Beat. watching first episode right now.

I watched lots of bollywood movies but not anymore. it's been 9/10 years since i stopped watching as i used to. i watch one in a year or two. if someone strongly recommend to me or i get interested somehow. last time i watched 7 months ago.

We're very attached to our heritage and i love my country, language and everything. :) last year we visit back home.

Yeah. This movie looking good. had very good rating here. by the way, did you watch Three Kingdoms cdrama?

Oh i see. they blocked your access. mod power is really scary.

So you have same problem if you find interesting show.. :) i sometimes also try to watch one episode per week and mostly ongoing shows. I watching some good numbers of ongoing shows right now.

You're right. Japanese language is best. really police and soothing. And when i started korean dramas, i really can't stand that language.. it sound horrible and really bad and the way they scream. so annoying. i remember posting about it in a topic on mydramalist.info.. though now it don't feel as bad as in the beginning. probably i got used to it after watching lots of episodes.

Most unfortunate thing is that i still have to find a good japanese drama. I finished Hana Yori Dango. it was good, also Keikon Dekenai Otoko.. but couldn't find stuff where i start and don't want to stop. some amazing drama like my favorite anime shows.

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