Kannadin

You don't like his performance. I get it.

But I don't see how this is related to his performance in City Hunter. The only thing that this drama has in common with the original manga is its title. Everything including his personality has nothing to do with the manga... and that's not his fault, that's the choice the scriptwriters made ( and personally I'm glad they did because I sure am not a fan of all sexist and vulgar jokes the original manga is littered with).

Why are you blaming Lee Min Ho for playing a role the way it was scripted? If you didn't like this version of City Hunter, you should blame it on the writers and directors not the main actor.

THEY made the decision to change Ryo Saeba aka Lee Yoon Sung's personality in order to cater to the Korean market because this sure wouldn't have worked if they'd done it as the series was originally written.

I mean the whole story's different.
You didn't like it sure... But err just why blame it on the actor?

So NO you still "Told you so" absolutely nothing.

PS: Also not in his prime... Well dude's only 37, still looks pretty good for his age.

This drama would be PERFECT if it wasn't for these awful kisses...
It's not even like Japanese actors can't do it, look at "My Beautiful Man".
Ah... How I wish most BLs had Japanese flair coupled with Thai kisses, they would be perfect...

5 episodes in... and I'm currently giving this a 9.5

10 minus 0.5 points for kisses that suck but I'm forgiving this show.

2024 has been such a bad year BL wise, but they were still some hidden gems... Glad I stumbled upon that one.

Err. Aren't you hating a bit much?

He's a decent actor. Does what is asked of him. He just has a tendency to pick the same role over and over again. I haven't watched Pachinko yet, but out of all the dramas he acted in, City Hunter was the only one I truly loved. I dropped all the others. Not because he was bad in it, but because the stories just weren't my cup of tea. BoF's success is still puzzling to me but whatever, people like what they like.

It's not because they love his shows and you don't that others are necessarily rabid fangirls...

And I'm not saying this as a fan, I LOATHE AND DESPISE the Lee Min Ho mob or any fan mob for that matter. Can't discuss with hard core fans, they're a joke.

Now I haven't started this show... and I still wonder if I will since Gong Hyo Jin and Lee Min Ho tend to pick projects I dislike, so I'm on the fence on that one... and though I tend to not take too seriously comments or ratings of a show before starting it, the overwhelming number of negative comments here make the negative opinions hard to ignore.

This being said, most negative comments here haven't talked about his acting but how his character is a jerk and the story has issues.
You may not like his acting, but most people have no problem with it, just the story. You're basically hating for hating's sake, blaming this drama bombing on a single actor.
That's honestly pretty unfair.

You didn't "Told You So" nothing.

Here's my useless 2 cents.

LOOOOOOOOOOLZ🤣🤣🤣

I've got a VPN as well but you still need a paid account to have unlimited access. Most Viu shows are available on Viki anyway... Using a VPN in Europe to access content in Asia is only useful for websites such as iQiyi. So far this show is still not listed on Viki... Still crossing my fingers though, they have a tendency to add shows at the last minute on this website.

Nope Channel A. It's advertised like this because it's probably going to only be available on the OTT Viu in Asia... We still don't know where it's gonna be available for European audience...

When the hell is this photo ever gonna be changed?
He is SO CUTE IRL, that picture is a crime against humanity itself! CHANGE IT! How many requests have been made already????

At this point it makes no sense plot-wise. They're dragging it on purpose.

Ok finally finished episode 10... My mind kept wandering elsewhere because I couldn't bear the amount of time we spent with the villains. They were some very cute and funny scenes, with the Haona quartet of course, but they were too few in-between.

I don't think I would have finished this show if all episodes had aired... I feared the tropey plot would lead to tropey angst by the end... a fault I found in literally EVERY sageuk/fusion-sageuk I ever watched from South Korea ( even Alchemy of Soul which is one of my favorite became too political and angsty by the end)... and unfortunately... this show didn't prove me wrong.

It's turning angsty and annoying, and the romance, which should have been the focus of this show is not taking the front sit when it should have, at least 4 episodes ago.

Episode 10 ends on a cliffhanger... I don't care about.. I sure hope Deok Su knows what she's doing... But since I'm more invested in Jun Hwa blundering his confession, Eun Ho being in denial all the while low-key seducing her consciously or not and Su Ra low-key making fun of them, that cliffhanger like over half episode 10 went over my head.

Will episode 11 be better? I... doubt it given what happened at the end of episode 10. Sad and sad.
I understand if some people drop this show by now. It's not terrible but honestly it's not that good either... Instead of building up on its strength namely the Inn shenanigans, the friendship between the characters and of course the budding romance with its love triangle and petty jealous moment, it kept on building momentum for the whole tragic backstory nobody cares about.

Will I finish this?
I will. 6 episodes left and 2 episodes a week. It's do-able... But I'm probably gonna cut futures episodes in halves, otherwise they're gonna feel reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally long.

Sigh...

Actually scratch my previous post. This is why one should never comment without mentioning which part they've reached in the drama...

Also, at this point I'm suspecting the Minister of Defense is just playing stupid and has been playing everyone making them believe they were in control.

EDIT: No I don't know nothing... EXCEPT that I want my light hearted drama back! I want my Haona Quartet and my SANAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Deok Su and not all that plotting and backstabbing and whatever.

Starting to get REALLY annoyed with all the politics involved... Alas this show is tropey... and hence has both the qualities AND flaws of its genre.

I'm still invested enough not to drop the show but I'm getting REALLY annoyed at some of the choices made by the writer these past 4 weeks...

Actually no. I think you're right. Jun Hwa's dad's expression when he found the bodies in the courtyard was not the expression of somebody who had orchestrated everything. He probably wanted to take over in a peaceful way but something we don't know happen. I hope it's not the King's fault though.

Lol I wasn't implying I was going to drop this. I'm very much enjoying it in spite of its many flows. I've just given up on thinking about what's gonna happen. Before I'd assume they were smart. Now, I'm assuming they're all idiots so whatever goes, goes.

MY GOD!
Some of you ARE NOT READY for today's episode I'm telling you.
They turned up the dramaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
and I was SO hoping for more romance 😫😫😫

Can you believe it? They're gonna play that dumb card longer. After Jae On has sniveled out of that situation (the one at the end of episode 9) Eun Ho is STILL in the dark and STILL isn't sure she is a girl.

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Just stop that stoopidity by the end of this episode otherwise I'm gonna start getting angry with you show. Eun Ho not knowing to this point was already a stoopid enough choice, DON'T DRAG THIS OUT TO NEXT WEEK!

So currently watching some extract of episode 10 on Channel A's youtube channel...

Since it's Channel A, can we expect this show on Viki?

It's not an OTT drama. It's from Channel A which is cable.

BEST CONFESSION EVER, even if the other party is DUMB as hell and didn't get it. But they're ALL DUMBER THAN DUMB is this series so I've given up. I guess that innocent stoooooooooopidity is part of their charm.

That was so cute how he turned all flustered and all :D. I know he's not endgame but I feel for him anyway... Don't have Second Lead syndrome because I just can't see him with Deok Su... They have that "buddy vibe", he's literally been friend zoned since Episode 1, poor dude. Still my favorite character though.