Wait until you hear about comfort girls and the rape of Nanking (assuming you haven't already). Thing's only got worse for everyone after the drama ends. There's a reason why everyone in the region still holds some resentment towards Japan.
For me, this was an okay drama, characters and actors were good, cliches were flipped but it just didn't require…
This is where I'm at right now. I came for Shin Se Kyung but I'm so bored with the FL/ML scenes now. The first 8 episodes I binged no problem, but the last 8 episodes have been hell to get through. The drama hasn't really changed in the second half, it just feels too long for what it has to offer story wise.
I also agree that I enjoy the second lead couple more. It's more entertaining, at least for me.
Why does the episode count here state 40 episodes, but Netflix has only 20 episodes? Are the last 20 episodes…
It was probably 40 episodes on MBC due to program time restrictions or some such. Netflix doesn't have to fight over time slots on TV so they combined two episodes into one. Whatever the reason may be, I can assure you that the 20 episodes on Netflix is the entire show.
It seems the FL character was portrayed as intelligent but despise having a family and raising children. I don't…
A bit late to respond but if you married royalty you had to give up your position as a scholar/historian etc. She didn't want to lose her job or the freedom she had to be a "pretty flower sitting at home."
A quick google search says women pretty much lost what little freedom they had once they got married. Things were muuuch worse for women than what is portrayed in these dramas. As for having kids and not being married...not happening in that era.
Hey guys, how many eps so I give it? I'm on the 2nd one and I'm having trouble getting into it
I hope and assume it gets better... I'm just about to finish episode 10 and I'm still not feeling it. I wanted to watch it because it was highly rated and I adore Yang Zi but the two leads are terrible characters so far. Tong Nian is supposed to be super smart and talented but they spend most of their time portraying the character as a teenage stalker. Han Shang Yan is portrayed as an old geezer nanny with an attitude problem. Han Shang Yan is apparently also very talented but about the only thing he's shown through 10 episodes is that hes violent and abrasive.
The story isn't helping matters because it comes off as a CCP recruitment ad for hackers. Is the whole story about extreme hacking/coding like its a world renowned Olympic sport? Gimme a break! Why would anyone choose to base a story around something so boring?
They couldn't even go a single episode without portraying someone else's country (Norway) as a violent, drunken, cesspit. I don't like using the word cringe as I feel its overused but this drama has been very cringe so far.
I watched the Chinese one but dropped it... but this I just can't ... this shows the power of kdramas...
Well the Chinese version was just a low budget parody. There was some funny bits but the other half of the time it was just lame fart jokes. I've mainly watched Cdramas up to this point but the Korean version was definitely better in every single aspect.
The ML in the Chinese version was also an irredeemable hypocritical shitlord so I also dropped it after like 6 episodes. Any time I saw his face I hoped someone would punch him.
This should be an easy question to answer but it isn't. Some find it happy and some find it sad. For me it was neither happy or sad but somewhere in between.
The first 12 episodes were amazing and I couldn't get enough. The final 4 episodes were a chore to get through since it was almost entirely subplots.
I feel like the part where the prince goes to the village to marry her and shes standing in front of that other guy wasn't funny. They tried making it funny but it was honestly heartbreaking and the 2 minute proposal at the end didn't make up for it.
Thought it was great until they turned the FL into a glorified babysitter for the ML. The flashbacks only served as a reminder of how good the drama was in the first half compared to the second. Then there's that convoluted mess of an ending...
I don't know what the deal was with Xu Kai's VA (Yang Tian Xiang) but I found him very annoying. You could hear the demon essence coming out of his nostrils every time he went to talk. I think the guy sighed and clicked his mouth more times than he had actual words to say.
I also agree that I enjoy the second lead couple more. It's more entertaining, at least for me.
A quick google search says women pretty much lost what little freedom they had once they got married. Things were muuuch worse for women than what is portrayed in these dramas. As for having kids and not being married...not happening in that era.
The story isn't helping matters because it comes off as a CCP recruitment ad for hackers. Is the whole story about extreme hacking/coding like its a world renowned Olympic sport? Gimme a break! Why would anyone choose to base a story around something so boring?
They couldn't even go a single episode without portraying someone else's country (Norway) as a violent, drunken, cesspit. I don't like using the word cringe as I feel its overused but this drama has been very cringe so far.
/end rant.
Why kill someone once when you can kill them twice?
The drama was rated an 8.3 when I first watched it and it boggles my mind.
The ML in the Chinese version was also an irredeemable hypocritical shitlord so I also dropped it after like 6 episodes. Any time I saw his face I hoped someone would punch him.
I feel like the part where the prince goes to the village to marry her and shes standing in front of that other guy wasn't funny. They tried making it funny but it was honestly heartbreaking and the 2 minute proposal at the end didn't make up for it.
Still a great drama overall.
I don't know what the deal was with Xu Kai's VA (Yang Tian Xiang) but I found him very annoying. You could hear the demon essence coming out of his nostrils every time he went to talk. I think the guy sighed and clicked his mouth more times than he had actual words to say.