Emma

I thought this was going to be a cute, fluffy, wholesome but awkward love story. This was not that. Very realistic and I'm actually really glad that they did not end up together. I felt like they were two very incompatible people. He had communication issues, trouble with opening up, and was more reserved. While she was a bit immature, demanding and bit selfish (which honestly made me sad since I did enjoy her character in the beginning but I didn't like how she acted in their relationship a lot times). He definitely wasn't perfect too, he as well had many flaws and could be a very frustrating person to date. Basically two incompatible people and not even due to cultural differences (in my opinion).

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Do you have something against women or something? Because there are numerous kdramas where the guy sleeps around while the girl is still hung up on him. Go away with these weird double standards. Drop the drama if it's bothering you this much and move on with your life.

Not necessarily though. It depends on what kind of asshole you are.

I was thinking the same thing. Please don't use that trope

I wouldn't call him a red flag personally, just a big asshole😂 I do think some of his emotions are very understandable. Immature and unprofessional? Totally, but understandable too.

She's not a psychopath (since that's not an official diagnosis) but more likely on the anti-social personality disorder spectrum. And she actually really fits that one really well. You can still feel emotions like anger, boredom or sadness (depression and being suicidal is actually quite common with ASPD). But it's more rare, difficult to feel emotions like happiness, empathy, joy etc. It's also a spectrum so everyone is different. The reason why a lot of people call her a psychopath is because that's what most people would call her, even though it's technically not the correct term. They probably don't know that and to them she probably feels like a psychopath. Also, I believe they stated in one of the earlier episodes that she has ASPD (but correct me if I'm wrong).

I probably didn't explain it well in my initial comment but there is a whole history, decades of horrible transgender representation in media. If you look at researchers for instance from GLAAD, you would see that transgender characters were cast as killers or villains in at least 21% of the catalogued episodes and storylines. They're often portrayed as murderers, sociopaths and sexual predators. And often, just like in this case, them being mental instable deranged killers that is often linked to trauma and them being transgender. It's an actual thing. Simply because you not being aware of it doesn't mean it's not actually happening. It's a continuing pattern. And both La Mante (which I haven't seen personally) and Queen Mantis are following this problematic rhetoric and trope.

A couple of examples I could think of that follow this pattern are: Silence of the lambs, csi, pretty little liars, Dressed to Kill, Sleepaway Camp, Psycho, Troubled Blood a book by Robert Galbraith/J.K Rowling, Sleepaway Camp, Ace Ventura.

So the horrific representation might not be as known as for instance the bury your gays trope in media, it's still a very common thing. It's also not to say that a transgender character can't be a villain if it's well done. If it doesn't follow the rhetoric that someone being transgender is a reason or another way to explain how someone could be deranged enough to do such a thing. It functions solely as a shallow problemaric toxic harmful psychological profile, that the media has used over the years. And the kdrama does this as well. I did appreciate how they made lil comments or hints about other transgender people. But that doesn't take away from them still using a harmful narrative about transgender people in medias. And that is sadly not disappearing (Emilia Pérez is another but different example of harmful bad representation of trans people). And now should be the time for uplifting good transgender representation where characters aren't solely defined or presented as victims or murderers.

Just say Frech..... not all of Europe is the same....

IT'S FREAKING 2025..... WHY ARE WE STILL TURNING TRANSGENDERS INTO VILLAINS. This harmful trope should have died out by now..... truly appalled and disappointed. Kinda transphobic as well. Stop villainizing trans people..... also, why is nobody talking about this?

I kinda hate that it's following the original show............. it was on its way to become like a 9 but now it's dropping to a 6

So far my only complaint is the episode about a character with an eating disorder, cause that's not how that works. Girlie desperately needed psychiatric help to overcome it and even then it still stays with you in some sort of way. They totally didn't handle that one correctly.

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Yeah, I definitely agree with you on that as well. I also don't like the double standards.

I think they're under a trial period at least that's what they send me when I edited some of the information.

Meh, it's not horrible but it's also not that good. I did have to force myself to continue watching it.

Ngl the last episode deserved to be more ridiculed and hated on. Everything else was an interesting makjang trainwreck that was sooo entertaining. The people responsible for the last episode (and a half) should take some more writing classes and courses.

I don't know where you got the information from that the animation was produced in Korea. It literally was Vancouver & Montreal. Canada and not South Korean at all. No Korean studio was involved in making this movie. Besides, not everyone involved in making this movie was Korean too. The voice cast is though.

Why is this on here? Why is this allowed? Because if there was one Korean animated that should be Lost in Starlight for instance. That actually has not only an entire cast of Koreans but it's also entirely made in South Korea, unlike kpop demon hunters that has mainly been created in the United States and animated in Vancouver & Montreal. Also, titles like these were never allowed before. I don't like the double standards simply because something is popular. Add all Korean animated movies to the database then or none at all.....

Can we not use headines like these please