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It was mentioned a few times in earlier episodes that captured women were expected to kill themselves because they were a shame to Joseon. A woman coming back cannot prove that she is still "pure".

It was exactly the same in Western countries after, for example, WW I and WW II. Women slept with the enemy (for various reasons) or were raped, and they were shunned or even harassed by the "pure" people around them. See, for example, "horizontal collaboration" on Wikipedia. Or "Rhineland Bastard" where the result was obvious.

When the Russians came and raped thousands of German women, the result was not obvious but if it was known that you were raped, you were a fallen woman. Same in other countries, of course, but I heard horrible stories by old German women who were either raped by the enemies or who knew women who suffered and aborted with clothes hangers after being raped by an enemy. (I attended an "interesting" birthday party of an 90 yo woman a few years ago, and suddenly she and her older friends told us younger people all kinds of disturbing stories.)

After WW II, those stories were a huge taboo in Germany (and the rest of Europe), and everybody tried to keep it a secret. Nowadays, we are able to talk about it because women are not worthless anymore just because they are not virgins anymore or just because they were raped.

The only difference between East Asia and Europe is that suicide has been a taboo here while, in East Asia, it is/was an accepted solution for various problems. Here, nobody would have told a raped woman that she should kill herself. It was expected that she disappeared somehow, so the rest could pretend that nothing has ever happened.

So true. Even though she knew that he abandonned her, she was faithful to him until the end. He doesn't deserve her.

Very underwhelming compared to the original French movie. The comedy was rather immature, the romance basically not there. The French movie wasn't the best romcom either but, at least, it had some unpredictable moments. Unlike this movie. It's okay, though, if you just want to watch a some silly romcom. The actors did their best, so it's not a complete fail.

Lee Kyung Young plays the same role in each drama. He's a walking spoiler.

It's quite surprising that you enjoyed part 1 as most episodes of part 1 contained "doom, gloom, slavery and torture". Not sure what you expected of part 2.

Good grief. I only watched newer dramas with him and found his face so creepy wondering why he is so popular. I've just checked 'My Girl'. His old face was completely different and quite handsome. I hope he doesn't destroy himself further. :(

Everybody is aware of Cha Eun-woo's limited acting skills but in a webtoon romcom, looking as handsome as possible is usually more important than everything else. He wasn't randomly casted. In "A good day to be a dog", he has got a few more facial expressions than he had in other dramas I watched, so I hope that we'll see more character development and improved acting.

I agree. I watched other dramas with him and hoped that he'll improve his acting skills. In this drama here, it was nice to see that he had a few more expressions that involved more than 1-2 muscles in his face and didn't just show this plastic/botox face around. I hope he keeps working on his skills and does not hold himself back fearing that he might look ugly if he doesn't show his approved facial expressions.

It's probably secret knowledge but an actor is not equal his role. There is a lot to criticise about Cha Eun-woo's limited acting skills but it is not his fault that he's casted for the same roles.

I'm relieved to read that. Unfortunately, you are a rare exception. If you read the comment section below a drama with a popular, young and got actor in it, you'll know why I misinterpreted your comment. You replied to Dinny criticising the other user for comparing this drama to another one. There was no indicator that you meant it as a joke.

This story does not play in the 21st century. The value and destiny of a woman was occasionally mentioned in a couple of episodes: a widow cannot remarry, a "tainted" woman is expected to kill herself. FL is not naive. She knows that ML is unreliable. If he decides that she's too boring for him, he could easily leave her, and she would not be able to build up a new life. FL is not stupid.

There also was no social system. What about FL's mentally disabled father and the little brother? Who would provide for them? Lee Jang-hyun who disappears and reappears whenever he wants? Who had never reached out in months to let her know he's still alive?

If the husband allows her to be with Lee Jang-hyun, is he expected to keep feeding her ex's disabled father and the rest of her family while she's with her actual love?

Apart from that, he has something to lose because he married her (despite she was actually "tainted" after spending the night with Lee Jang-hyun). Him allowing her to move away with another man would have made him look weak in the eyes' of the society. Back then, looking weak was not a good idea because the weak get killed. That's probably one of the reasons why he went alone to save her because if she got "tainted" he could not accept her back due to society. Without any witnesses, he could do that.

Goo Won-moo, FL's husband.

Sitting on my comfortable couch in my own flat in my peaceful country, I totally agree with you. I would have bravely fought for my love, and I also would have killed all barbarians myself because I'm a great fighter. I feel it, so it must be true. I used to do martial arts many decades ago but the sad reality is that I'm now a weak woman who is currently fairly fat. I would like to claim how brave and heroic I was but I have a rather realistic view on things including myself. I don't care about karma points, and I find virtue signaling fairly pathetic.

Also, I know my share of cheaters who didn't cheat on me but who told me their "love stories" which often included them to be heroes who saved some female from a relationship (read: the other guy was too boring, and the female was too selfish to leave him before having a new guy in her life). Some stories even included friends who helped the cheaters. To me, Goo Won-moo's reaction made sense.

Random women are not necessarily noble women. Both Yeon-jun and Goo Won-moo might have known about the random women but probably not about the noble women because, otherwise, they would not have allowed their wives to leave the house anymore. If you know a bit about Korean history, you know that most women were worthless slaves. Only a few were a bit more valuable: noble women. Almost nobody dared to touch a noble woman because she usually belonged to a powerful man, either husband or father or both.

That she keeps her promise to be a good wife. A good wife doesn't run away with her lover. I think that's what most decent people agree on: Faithfulness is important in a relationship.

Omg, somebody wrote he doesn't like this drama as much as another one, so he must be a hater? For some people, only black and white exists, and they seem to believe they are mind readers and clairvoyants.

I expect him to die a heroic death while protecting FL.

Good grief! I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that and not the only one who was bothered by that. I was so confused, and I really don't like to be lied to. While I understand that the writers want to build up tension, there are other ways to do that without having to include misleading scenes.

Is he really naive? Actually, he seems to have learnt a lot since his first appearance in part 1. We don't learn much about him, though, but we know that he seems to be learning the enemy's language and trying his best to be a good crown prince, protecting his father. The king does not appreciate what he does.

There certainly were men who wanted more rights for women but most men were lowly peasants or even slaves. If you read about Asian history, you'll notice that there were only a few people who had power. They fought and killed each other, and every few decades, there was a "purge". Or there was a war.

Back then women were basically worthless because one woman could produce multiple children including more women who could produce more children including more women, and so on. Unlike women, men cannot duplicate themselves. For this reason, it makes sense that there were basically no rights for women back then because most men didn't have any rights either. Nowadays, you can see the same in other overpopulated countries where women produce more than 2 children. And in certain other countries you can see that women become more valuable because female children were aborted or abandonned, and there are more men than women now.

Learning how to fight wasn't possible either because most women were poor peasants or slaves, and they had multiple children (often 6+). There was no time to learn how to fight because they had to take care of the children and they also had to work. In part 1, you could see that even men were basically incapable of fighting. Oh, and people were constanly dying from various illnesses, which is something this drama does not show either.

At first, he did not know that she was kidnapped. Then ML's friend claimed that she was kidnapped, which sounded like a lie to him. Why would he believe ML's friend who he doesn't know well? He wasn't aware that the barbarians also take non-escapees including noble women with them. Him going after FL when he heard about the kidnapping, thinking it was a lie, would have implied that he would kill FL's actual love or maybe even FL instead of letting them escape. I mean if he think that the kidnapping was a lie and FL ran away again to be with FL, what do you think he would have done if he found them? Wishing them all the best?

Don't forget that he took her back even though she ran away with FL and spent the night with ML. He still married her and treated her well while being well aware that he is "just" the husband, not somebody she loves. I think he is somebody who does love FL and who wants to live in a dream with her. He seems to hate lies, though, which is probably the reason why he told her that he doesn't mind if she secretly loves somebody else as long as she's his faithful wife.

I found his reaction very relatable in part 2, and I'm very curious what will happen when he finds her. I think he'll die a heroic death while protecting her.