Kannadin

Can't really tell... I haven't read the novel myself. I was just really dissatisfied with the ending and read a comment mentioning the books so I just checked the end of the book... which was much more satisfying. Personally, not being familiar with the books prior to watching the drama, I didn't feel like I was watching filler scenes... So well.

Anyway back to your first comment... Based on the books, the sacrifice really felt like a sacrifice in them... But obviously there's reincarnation and all that, so there's always some form of happy ending somewhere.

Actually the end is a happy ending but it was VERY VERY rushed in this last episode... From what I've heard, C drama can no longer be longer than 40 episodes due to some legislation so if they really wanted to follow the book, they would have needed some extra episodes which they obviously didn't have... If you google it, you can easily find the novel, somebody has translated it entirely in English and the end is way better explained in the novel.

I doubt it... In that case, the bad guys would have had to know that Yeo Hwa and her brother were training in the forest yet it doesn't seem that any of them are aware she can fight. They would not have been able to guess that the sword was supposed to be hers... Also they'd have to know about their secret place and again... it doesn't seem like it, because when Yeo Hwa's came to take her sword, she was already a widow... So she had already married, yet the reason she actually got married was because her brother disappeared... So they must have "killed" him - if we're assuming he's dead, but I want to see the body first otherwise I won't believe it - before she got married.

It could even be that Yeo Hwa's uncle who married her off got threatened by the Prime Minister and decided to protect the rest of his family by getting rid of her putting the unalive but alive brother in a precarious situation. Well, I don't know, I'm getting a bit ahead of myself here....

BUT I have another prediction for my theory... It's a bit far fetched... But one can dream... In the preview for ep 9, we see the Yeo Hwa's father in Law threatening to kill his son and they seem to be in a forest...
Well, I predict the son is going to be miraculously saved by a masked man who will turn out to be Yeo Hwa's brother.

The more I'm thinking about it.... The more I think it's possible. That would make a nice plot twist :D

I refuse to believe that Yeo Hwa's brother is dead. She received the sword... So he must be alive. I'm going to believe he was miraculously saved by someone and lost part of his memories or there's another reason why he couldn't reveal himself.
Otherwise, it's too tragic for Yeo Hwa.
I've decided to believe he's definitely going to pop up at least in episode 12.

Agree... Death is too easy a punishment... but this is a sageuk... so we're probably going to get a simple death for this scumbag.
Loving this show, but the Father in Law is nasty piece of sh***. Can't bear the sight of him anymore.

I also really have no sympathy for the mother in law. I understand she misses her son, but she's expecting the same kind of devotion from a woman who never even met him. That's just sick.

I'm more sympathetic toward the son, now that we know the whole story. He just wanted his freedom, he didn't know he would ruin a girl's life because of his parents...

Crossing my finger the marriage gets officially annulled and Yeo Hwa and the Captain get together... They don't have lots of scenes together but my God, does they know how to make viewers feel butterflies.

That was really interesting. Thanks for the explanation.

I haven't watched the 2016 movie....
My understanding is that the 2016 was so successful that they turned it into a drama so basically the 2018 drama is the 2016's movie in a longer format. One of the ML was also recast.

But basically, you can watch it or not... It doesn't really matter, since its the same thing ^^

Basically
1. 2016 Movie ==> Skippable
2. 2018 Drama
3. Love and Die Movie ==> following of the 2018 drama.
4. In the Sky Drama ==> A kind of reboot of the 2018 drama in a different settings... That one confuses me. Its supposed to be canon, yet doesn't involve one of the ML from 2018 Drama but whatever.
5. In the Sky Movie
6. Ossan's Love Returns ==> Follows up to the Love and Die Movie.

According to comments here Basically if you start with this drama, you should watch 2 to 6 BUT 4 and 5 are canon not canon.

Can't really confirm. I've only watched this drama so far so I can't really give more precisions, sorry.

As expected, the two last episodes had about 20 minutes of important stuffs in total and the rest was fillers。
Still, I leave this show with warm feelings overall... So I was wondering if I should give it a 7.5, but I will settle for 8.

This being said... Gu Won's return felt like a Deus ex Machina... and a bad one at that. If God was to play Cupid at the end, shouldn't she have sent Gu Won back as a human and not a demon?
Poor dude is going to stay his beautiful self while his wife is going to wither and die... So he's literally condemned to see her die and reincarnate for eternity. What a bummer...

But I'm going to brainwash myself to believe that Gu Won will find a replacement for his demon work at some point and that he'll turn into a human. Or that God turns Do Do Hee into a demon to assist him. She probably has several demons working for her anyway since Gu Won has only been working in South Korea.

Mostly enjoying the show but I'm currently on ep 15 and basically, up to 57mn in, it's only fillers or things we already knew... Not saying we don't learn anything new ( nice to have Wolshim's point of view for instance) but WHY make it so long and so draggy?

Now My Demon has always indulged too much in the pretty and the fillers but episode 15 is by far the worst.

Most problem with K-dramas is not the overused tropes ( though I hope 2024 stops the trend of reincarnation because 2023 has gone too far ), when it comes to originality, very few dramas, novels, movies you name it... have high concepts.
Most of them are retelling of the same stories albeit repackaged so originality is really not my issue here。

But man... I wish Koreans did like China: Episodes of 45 minutes or 50 minutes at most。 Most K-dramas would benefit from the shorter length.
They did get better compared to the early 2000s, when the stapple was 16 to 20 episodes ( or even 24) for mini-length dramas。 Now it's not rare to get series of 12 episodes or less... But the length is definitely hurting most shows。

With all the fillers in My Demon, we could probably remove 3 episodes and that wouldn't have changed a thing plotwise all the while giving a tighter story with enough time to let in moments where characters could breathe。
Alas, Korea is enamored with its long a** too long episodes and by the time you get to the final albeit for a few shows, people get mostly tired and rant about how bad the show is because they're just fed up with the dragginess。

Haven't seen episode 16 yet, but I'll probably give that one a solid 8. I loved it but I'm removing 2 points for all the useless fillers。
I fear episode 16 is going to be worse.

EDIT: Scratch that. Probably gonna be a 7.5. I'm just too disappointed by ep 15. I've seen way worse show to which I gave the same ratings but the disappointment is just too huge. Song Kang, I'm sorry. I know lots of viewers are saying you have no talent and just a pretty face and those who like you are only teenage girls... Well I'm no teenage girl, and I think you're a terrifc actor... but this drama is not it.
Also keep on using that pretty face and great body of yours as much as you can. It's not gonna last so better make use of it while it's still here. You'll have plenty of time to act as an alcoholic police officer whose wife has divorced him and left with the kids in future years。

It's the haircut ^^ But he does mildly ressembles him.

So.... Watching 3 currently airing dramas... and they're ALL finishing their run on a sad note this week. What a bummer...

So...
Japanese humor... not for everyone.
This drama is hilarious, but I completely get why the ratings are so low. I myself struggle with Japanese humor when they go the over-the-top route. It works well in anime but in drama form in can be really off-putting.

This one works for me, but I really need to be in the mood particularly because it's 100% Japanese hyper-energy, no holds barred. If you're interested, watch the first episode...Basically this is what you're gonna get albeit slightly toned down in following episodes. If you didn't like it... no need to stick around.

On a side note, currently Vikii has the three main series but not the movies.
If you want to watch the whole package, including the 2016 original movie which laid the foundation for this 2018 remake, head over to GagaOolala.

Yes
( I don't know how the story ends but I bought the book and checked and there are sweet epilogue stories so here you go).

I agree with the Mountain God part... No grovelling, no excuses no nothing... That made it a very bitter pill for me to swallow.
This show was good for most of its run, but the last 4/5 episodes were a huge let down. The last episode felt like a filler episode more than anything. I would have preferred 30 minutes of cute and at least 30 minutes of grovelling on the Mountain God's part. Also given the fact that he is a guardian supposed to protect his Mountain or whatever, isn't there supposed to be some consequences for him leaving his duties?

I also felt very sorry for the Uncle. They played it as something funny, but I don't see what's funny in a poor dude who can no longer speak...
Also, lack of coherence here. In the previous episode, he was supposed to have forgotten human speech hence he could no longer type messages on his phone, yet in this episode he typed one to Hae Na as he was barking.

Talk about a let-down.

That's a 7.5 for me because it was still very good at the beginning, I'm just very disappointed by what they turned it into.

Unpopular opinion:
Started this one 3 days ago and thoroughly enjoying myself. It's cheesy as fudge but gotta give it to Idol Factory to deliver something different. BUT I really have to put my brain cells off whenever the investigation aspect comes in, too much exposition and too much telling not showing. Probably comes from the fact that they always stick to 12 episodes... which arguably is longer than what you would get in the rest of Asia when it comes to BLs but still too short to cover a whole novel.

I find the show strangely addicting though and I've got to say...
It does deliver...
On the abs front. And the veeryyyy well shaped muscles. They probably only ate salad and chicken for 6 months to get these bodies. I salute their efforts.

I would be very embarrassed if I were in these actors' shoes but on a PURELY ARTISTIC point of view, I do appreciate the... anatomical display.

I think it's pretty clear she didn't bring them, they followed her. Anyway, understandably she made a lapse in judgement... but who would blame her when the life of the father of her child was threatened?
It's just very poor timing all around. The guard should have told her that he would release Seo Won and none of this would have happened. Unfortunately he didn't, she ended up making a mistake she regretted but it was too late, she could not longer backpedal...

My main issue is with the Mountain's God writing though... Now that we know the whole truth, he seems even more like an extremely stupid vengeful a**h***
Can't feel even a thread of empathy for him.

Currently watching ep 13 and I spoiled myself for the last 10 minutes because I couldn't bear Bo Gyeom.
I hope we get A HUGE AMOUNT OF GROVELLING on his part next week, otherwise I think I'll remain pretty pissed at this drama.

I actually watched the live action before the anime... Personally liked both versions but I preferred the live action.

It's not a love triangle.... but yeah it's difficult to have any empathy for the villain starting from ep 11 and it's spoils the whole series. I'm hoping they'll bring back the cute for the final episode at least.

@Colum H

As a long time K drama watcher ( Been watching them since 2005), I'm interested in how dramas are doing nationally because of only one thing: There used to be a time when dramas were cut shorts if they didn't fare well nationally ( the reverse was also true btw but it hurt the shows less then being cut shorts)...
Wild Chives and Soybean soup for instance was cut short to 26 episodes when it was originally planned for 50...
There was also Moorim School... which originally run if I'm no mistaken should have been 24 episodes and not 16.
The list is actually quite long though only these two exemples come to mind as I'm typing this... They were both butchered because of national ratings in spite of being pretty good shows when they started. They just weren't even given time to get a decent fanbase and became lackluster show not because they didn't have the potential but because channels decided to cut them short in the name of "ratings".

This was at a time when streaming wasn't available and it wasn't surprising to have shows with over 20% of ratings... Some such as Coffee Prince and My Girl when up to more than 30% and I'm not mistaken Jumong ( a long long lonnnnnnnng time ago when traditional sageuk were way more popular) even achieved an average ratings of 50% ( which hurt the show in my opinion, moving from 50 episodes to 60 than 80... I personally dropped it around episode 60 at the time... It was subbed by a team called WithS2 which was the biggest k drama subbing team in the 2000s... Javabeans one of the founder of Dramabeans was one of its translator but I digress).

These days however... as you said, with streaming websites, it's less relevant but as mentioned by Jovana Du, national ratings are very important for actors. I'm still checking national ratings out of habits more than anything. It always pains me when a show I truly love is faring poorly nationally. But yeah, on that front I'm like you, I don't care for social media either... but I do feel attached to lots of these actors particularly those who are around my age ( nearing 40) and whose career I've seen flourishing over the years ( or not... some stellar actors faded into oblivion and others strangely for unknown reason no longer get main roles even though they were star actors in the early 2000s). If their show do well, I'll be lucky enough to see them in other interesting projects... not so much if their show doesn't work nationally.

I'm not really into fandom mode, too old for that, but I do like some actors more than others and tend to check their dramas even if they're not in my favorite genre.