Trashmi

I want to read your article when it comes out, can you reply to this comment when you post it<3

Really thrilling and entertaining

Oml you're literally me. I ship all these same sex couples with even the tiniest hint of romance. Obviously historians would say they were best friends lol. Can't wait for our wishes to come true <3

There's no such ban in South Korea, I think you're referring to the ban in China. Well Chinese censorship sucks and I have no expectations. I'm referring to Korean dramas.

When I commented, I was reffering to main stream korean dramas that air on national television with main stream actors and have 12-16 episodes. There's so many short series/web series with LGBTQ characters but that's not enough personally for me as I don't feel enough acceptance or relatability. As for the LGBTQ dramas on viki, please do recommend me one with a lesbian main female lead, I'd love to watch as long as they are not just side characters.

Sameee, I've been imagining this for so damn long. It would be super interesting to see a bisexual female lead as well that ends up falling for a female love interest. I can't wait for our story plots to actually happen on main stream dramas.

Oml, main character's best friend is gay? Slowly, the main love interest would be LGBTQ as well and then ONE DAY we'd have our own LGBTQ main lead. Can't wait for this growth in kdramas.

In my opinion, it's morally alright to 'fool' people that don't understand your wishes or expects you to do whatever they want you to do. Like I genuinely wouldn't mind fooling a homophobic family to help a homosexual struggling in such a shitty society with a family that doesn't even try to understand. Plus marriage is very subjective, in a way marriage is of sort a contract and marriage might mean or feel different to many people. If you can use this social construct to earn money, why not?

It felt like I'm doing homework rather than actually enjoying the drama, I just didn't want to be too quick too judge lol. But you're absolutely right, I'm going to drop this and watch other WAY better dramas that I actually enjoy, thank you <3

I'm suicidal and I couldn't get past episode 2 without feeling absolutely horrible and frustrated about not being understood. There's so much that could have been done better psychologically. I feel like they haven't properly researched into how therapy works before making those two episodes. I really don't know whether I should keep watching..

I definitely do understand your point but in the last episode Maeum confesses that she knew her close friend(the opponent) has an injury and she hit her right at the injury in order to win. I believe it's more of a self battle rather than anything cause she knew that she took advantage of the opponent's injury and it turned out to be way more serious than it should. Obviously from a sport standpoint, it's not morally wrong to take advantage of something like that for the win but mentally, it took a huge toll on her. I also do understand that the whole parent's forcing their dream on their child is cliche but I equally believe that it's important to be shown cause it's still happening irl. I think what's important is how it's portrayed. Thank you for reading my comment and also for being understanding. I have so many complaints about this drama and so many parts of the drama I disliked but her backstory was something I genuinely liked :)

I kind of felt like Maeum cared more about the abusive mom than Dae Ryuk who truly is the one that needs help. I feel like it's a flash of Maeum, I come from a traumatic family background and I've seen that when I disrespect my parents, most of my friends who come from a non-abusive family try to condemn me. I feel like Maeum falls into this category, she can't empathise enough with Sin Dae Ryuk and deems the "elderly sick mother" more pitiful. Whereas in our eyes, it's them forcing a victim to meet their abuser. Like you said, THERAPY..... IT'S THAT SIMPLE ARGHH

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. I could see that she worries more about the random mom that appeared than Shin Dae Ryuk. He's the one who needs help the most and no I'm not talking about webtoon help, I'm talking about proper mental health. So yeah, like you said I wish they considered a psychiatrist rather than forcing a bond between a victim and their abuser :/

My trauma almost got triggered when they kept trying to force him to meet his mom. Like holy fuck, the anxiety I got. Also how come none of them thought that therapy might be a great choice for Shin Dae Ryuk, he really seems like he needed it. If I had the resources and money, I'd love to get therapy too.. sigh. It's like a trend in kdramas where you see characters having severe depression or any kind of disorder but they never bring up therapy. I guess it's still ostracized in SK?

I respectfully disagree. The arc and story behind her guilt was absolutely beautiful. I couldn't stop crying when she told her father that she's a different person with different goals and interests. My parents did the same, just like typical Asian parents, they tried to fulfill their dreams through me. It's just the fact that maeum's words, her father's slow acceptance and her finally confronting the opponent she injured, all of those helped me feel so much more better about myself. If I felt that way, I'm sure someone else out there also was able to relate. Which is why I believe this was a wonderful addition. Believe me or not, I quit my profession for the exact same reasons as maeum. You'd say it's a combat sport so injuries are pretty obvious but that's not how trauma works. I could be working at a funeral parlor and see death so many times, yet be affected by it. People are different and even my fellow colleagues felt guilt for things that aren't even their fault, so did I. It's just the fact that, I won but with the cost of what? My precious friend. That's what Maeum felt, she felt guilt for betraying her friend when its really not even her fault. This was portrayed so well and gave me so much strength to feel better about myself. I hope that helps you understand that importance of this beautiful addition because if it weren't for that I might not have even been here to comment this <3

Same, I felt like it was handled really bad. There's so many other ways this could have been addressed and it frustrated me watching this happen

There's many webtoons and manhwa's with the same art style.

I think this art style is super common when it comes to manga so I was very confused by why people kept insulting the art style.

I'm not Indian and I understand Lmaoo, we've all had the Indian soap opera phase

I shall also join in as a witness with expert opinion regarding the emotional distress and psychological affect we've had.