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What? Nobody knew Ukrainians until recently. The evil white guys were/are usually Russians or Germans. In Western European movies and series, the evil white guys are usually Russians (mafia) or Italians (mafia) or Germans (nazis). US-Americans are always the heros. ;)

Isn't the nightclub scene in ep. 7? I think I watched it only yesterday. It was just a few seconds long when Won called Samir to invite him to his hotel. There wasn't anything special about that scene. You see scenes like that in every other Western series. The only difference is that the character was an Arab this time. At no point did the drama claim that Samir represented an entire culture, nation, religion or whatever.

I found him quite funny, especially in ep. 8. He was like a puppy looking for love, and he was also respectful in his weird way. He even learnt Korean!

@Sakura, you are absolutely right. We should send those ignorant people newspaper articles, so they can properly educate themselves on Arab culture. At the moment, a lot of Arab and islamic culture happens in open-air swimming pools in Western Europe. It's a shame that those Koreans ignored this completely and opted for some rich Arab prince who "represents" maybe 0.00001% of the Arabs on this planet. Oh, the Arab prince in this drama even learnt Korean, which is not realistic at all.

Fiction is fiction. And the main problem is that many people cannot tell the difference between fiction and reality anymore.

The problem with "the West" is that we feel so self-righteous that we see black and white only, especially in the USA. ML is wary of other women? That must be hate because it's not love. There is absolutely no other explanation such as being wary of woman because he is usually stalked by every other woman. No, no, must be hate because it's an Asian drama, which is morally inferior compared to the superior Western moral.

Jung Ji-ho, of course. ^^

Still no news on this movie? :(

I agree with you. When ML suddenly started to like her, I was like "wait a second, did I miss something here?". I wished they had invested 2-3 more episodes to develop the feelings.

Regarding the rest, well, those are typical tropes in rom-coms. I usually don't like them but I find this drama watchable. (There's currently no alternative to watch.)

I prefer to see Ji Sung in good dramas. Quality before quantity.

Uuuuuh, I watch a LOT of dramas. That's why I was curious if you managed to complete 300 dramas within 1000 days. That's 1 drama every 3 days. Let's say you only watch short dramas with 16 episodes, that's about 5-6 episodes per day. Each episode is about 1h long, so you have to watch at least 5-6h per day for 1000 days.

By watching, I mean actively watching, not "the dramas run in the background while I am doing other things". If you meant the latter, I understand why you are able to complete a drama every 3 days.

Omg, you are right. I completely forgot that the synopsis claimed the FL had APD. It was one of the reasons why I hesitated to watch this drama because it sounded like "Sexy ML heals FL's mental illnesses via true love". Eww. Being rude, selfish and arrogant does not automatically man APD.

I agree regarding the ending. It was refreshing to see that FL wasn't suddenly a good person but that she worked on herself to become a better person. She also did not make herself depend on ML.

Regarding the ML, I'm afraid that I don't remember anything about him except that he's supposed to be nice and good-looking. I don't know if it was due to the actor or because the character didn't have any special traits or development.

If ML had been ugly, FL probably would not have been interested in him. ^^

You are aware that both can be true: being a toxic bitch and having mental issues due to a bad childhood, aren't you? Or do you also excuse murderers with 'well, he actually didn't murder but had a bad childhood, which was explained in this drama, his behaviour makes sense, so he cannot be a murderer, the people just happened to die when he had the knife, which is a pure coincidence because he had a bad childhood, even the director said so'?

This drama got released in 2020. How on earth were you able to watch 300 dramas within 2-3 years?

That's a common trope, not just in K-dramas. Toxic FL (or ML) and a nice counterpart who discovers the loveliness and "heals" the toxic FL (or ML) with his/her love. Of course, the toxic FL (or ML) is always very good-looking. ;)

I agree with you. That's why I feel that allowing people to give a drama 0 to 5 stars is better than 0 to 10. At some point, one doesn't know anymore what the difference between "best drama ever", "I liked it" and "medium" is supposed to be. I always have to check against other dramas I completed and rated earlier because I rate other dramas relative to that.

To me 8 is a solid drama which I enjoyed but which had its flaws. Let's be honest, even good K-dramas often feel draggy around episode 12-14, which makes rating even more challenging. And it's not uncommon that certain aspects suddenly get dropped/forgotten within a drama. In comparison with other K-dramas, we fans tend to ignore those flaws in favour of a better rating. Otherwise, we would have to rate everything way worse, and other people, who don't watch K-dramas, would complain: 'Hey, why do you waste your time with all those crappy dramas? Almost none in your list has got a better rating than 6/10 or 7/10.' And my answer would be: 'I enjoy those crappy dramas a lot. Within all those crappy dramas, there are crappy gems I enjoyed more than others."

It's a dilemma but this is how I interpret the rating on this website because this way, the rating makes somewhat sense, or rather: The rating helps me filter for dramas I might enjoy. In the end, a rating system is not a natural law.

"Good" also depends on personal taste. The highly popular drama "Goblin" has got a rating of 8.8. The pedosexuality aside, I've never watched such a boring drama with such a good rating but there are many people who really enjoyed this drama and recommend it everywhere.

Dramas with a rating of 8+ are usually decent. If the synopsis sounds interesting, one could at least watch the first episode to figure out if one finds the drama as enjoyable as other people. The rating does not mean that YOU will love the drama as well.

Also, there are fans who give a good rating because they are a fan of one of the actors, not because they found the story good.

Dramas with a lower rating are usually exceptionally badly written. So badly, that even fans who give good ratings because of their favourite actors cannot rise the rating.

I wished the rating would range from 0 to 5. That would make rating dramas easier.

Oh, really? I must have missed the part where they mentioned her age. How old is she supposed to be?

Kim So-yeon is a wonderful actress. She is able to kill with her eyes. Just perfect for the role of Cheon Seo-jin.

If you want to hate characters and get angry every few seconds, this is the perfect drama for you. Greed, backstabbing, bullying, adultery, abuse, murder. I enjoyed this drama a lot.

I would have rated it higher if it hadn't been so lenghty from time to time. In my opinion, 16 episodes would have been sufficient for season 1. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to season 2.

That's up to you. If we recommended somebody, the drama would not be that interesting anymore. Pick your favourite character and hope for the best. ;)

Plus, fan subs often contain additional information, which is often relevant to be able to understand what's going on. In the past, I watched quite a few J-dramas, and Japanese people have a very unique way to talk. Without the additional information in the subs, I would have thought that Japanese screenwriters were just extremely bad at writing authentic dialogues. If you ever watched a J-drama with people beating the bush for minutes, you know what I mean. That's simply part of the culture. It has a meaning in their culture. As non-Japanese people, we cannot know that unless somebody tells us. As fans, we do want to learn about these details to be able to interpret scenes correctly. Most of us are aware that Asian dramas are not Hollywood dramas just with Asian faces. Asian dramas are a more or less unknown world we want to explore. Fans know what other fans need to enjoy a drama.

The worst I've ever seen was 형 translated to "bro" in the subtitles. Even if you don't know any Korean and don't know much about Korea and K-dramas, you SAW that "bro" made no sense in this context. The younger guy who called the older guy "bro" in the English subtitles was clearly admiring and respecting the older guy. They were not homies. If this drama was translated by a professional translator, it was done by somebody who had not the slightest clue about Korean culture.