Luna

Duh we all now Korea is plastic surgery crazed, you don’t have to state the obvious. But we literally saw this girl grow up on camera. She’s a child actress ffs, and she’s always kept her signature features since she was little. That’s why I called her a natural beauty. She probably does some maintaining here and therr like everyone else, that’s it.

I swear half of MDL comment sections is just some losers complaining about lead actresses looks, especially if it’s natural looking Korean actresses. I personally prefer naturally stunning, memorable faces but to each their own ig.

lmaoo I wrote that in like 2017, idk if the drama is worth watching nowadays, I barely can remember what happened

For every Bloodhounds there’s always a Cashero.

It’s astonishing how Netflix keeps doing these dramas and pour money into them only to make the most nothingburger drama to exist, I mean the premise was interesting. Making a good deed now costs money? A moral dilemma that’s worth thinking about.

Then they just give him infinite money he throws anytime he needs it in and yup, that killed this drama in episode 1. Dead on arrival almost. The drama lacked a proper narrative, things just happened randomly, no clear goal, nothing that draws you in, just nothing. The action meaningless and lame.

Don’t get me started on the characters, probably some of the most one dimensional, flat, cartoonish characters ever. The biggest abomination being this monster of a girlfriend Min-f*ing-Sook, she had not a single redeeming quality. Is she supposed to be relatable? Adorable even? Wtf is going though the minds of writers when making characters like this? This women was a bigger sociopath than my girl Ahjin from Dear X.

A waste to of time you should only watch while multitasking, if at all. Man I miss Bloodhounds now, that was actually well structured and exciting.

Some people on this site only like gays when they cater to their sexual fantasies. But I’m guessing many anti lgbtq+ people don’t watch them in first place.

I read that some bigoted losers on this site are offended by the inclusion of LGBTQ+ flags so they’re actively downvoting lmao

I’ve always been a non-fantasy girlie regarding Hong Sisters catalogue, so I’m excited. This will probably be a character driven drama so I hope for some interesting relationship dynamics and interactions.

It’s not like they’re only doing fantasy, just their latest three works. I kinda prefer the non-fantasy ones though, especially the 2000s ones. But not sure if I can recommend them to new kdrama fans.

Same! Finished it in a few days. The leads dynamics is really engaging, definitely the main selling point. I could’ve watched even more episodes of their endless bickering lol

Not to be pedantic here, but can people please stop calling this kind of drama "makjang"?? I've seen it mentioned too often here, but it's literally not. Makjang dramas are those with exaggerated acting, crazy characters & twists, dramatic violin music, more than often found in daily morning dramas. This is a weekend family drama. The inclusion of a lost sibling plotline doesn't make this a makjang.

Imagine waiting 10 years for season 2 and then somehow this happens 🫠

I kinda wished they waited with exposing his a** until this was released. Not that I care about that guy, but thinking about the poor cast and production members/staff working on this drama day and night just to have their hard work erased/postponed/cancelled breaks my heart.

I feel like people miss the point here. In life good does actually not always prevail, nor does evil always lose - and that’s absolutely okay with me. Fiction does not always have to cater to our emotional wants and desires. This drama was not perfect, but the message is consistent.

It’s a nihilistic point of view, which is refreshing, because most k-dramas, even dark thrillers cannot refrain from being morally correct and preachy to make the viewer feel good. The title of Ahjin's film literally being “Amen to Nothing” makes this message obvious, almost too on the nose. Sometimes things aren’t good or evil, a good deed does not always breed another and a bad one likewise. Ahjin just does whatever to survive and probably will still do in future, regardless of anything. The ending encapsulates her life until now perfectly.

“War comes from hatred. A revolution comes from love”

Choi Moo Sung absolutely ate with this role! I’m disappointed he didn’t receive an award for this. He was very convincing as the General and totally stole the spotlight. This quote may be debatable, but it will stay with me.

I’m glad I finally finished this, definitely a great historical drama. The last few episodes were not easy to stomach but I’m glad it ended on a hopeful note 🌼

What dragged the score down a bit was the inconsistent writing of Baek Yi Hyun. In general, it was hard to follow his thought process, his intentions and his passiveness was questionable at times. Like the second-to-last episode when he *surprise pikachu face* was shocked about the fact the Japanese invasion's goal is territorial extension instead of making Joseon a better ally country. It should have been clear to him long ago, they’ve been hinting it constantly even before JBJ told him clearly. But he still needed that Takeda guy to spell it out for him. I mean the signs were all over the place. He was supposed to be super smart but just came off as gullible idiot instead. After every realization he had he fell into apathy and did absolutely nothing, so frustrating. The potential was there but they dropped the ball somewhere.

After Shunji killed Mok-Dan and later himself, they are reunited in their next life as characters in a family drama with happy end.

The irony of seeing this pairing again considering how Bridal Mask ended lmao, my crack headcanon:

Contrary to what most commenters seem to think to me Joo Da-hae was not a compelling or interesting character at all. Essay incoming.

My main problem is that there were barely a conflicting interests inside her, she was just extremely greedy in a one-dimensionally written way, that’s it. I mean if having a comfortable or even posh life away from poverty and step-father troubles was what she wanted I could have understood her. Or if she simply had no other choice. But it wasn’t like that, her single motive was greed and more greed for the sake of it. It’s just so lame.

There were times she could’ve stopped. She truly had everything at one point but still yearned for more. Why? If anything it made her look short-sighted and unintelligent how she always challenged others for more for no reason. Just because she grew up in extreme poverty she’s bound to be greedy to the core? I don’t really buy it. So I could not root for her, despite having rooted for many k-drama villains in the past.

And she was not really as smart as they tried to portray her, in most situations she was simply lucky and/or other characters were quite dense. I hated they tried to portray her as somewhat regretful which she obviously wasn’t. She was just sorry she got caught - end.

I guess it was out of love and loyalty for that Jeon Min guy. They wanted to show us that she puts her partner above all and is an extremely loyal person. Even above her chef career. But I felt like deep down she kinda expected him to return the favor and deny it/go after her but he didn’t, so she was rightfully angry with him.

It’s just a bad writing choice to show us her sacrifice and how much she loved her ex bc we as viewers don’t care for him anyways. It would’ve made sense if a situation mirroring the sacrifice happens with Beom-woo, and she is conflicted about doing it again/has trust issues or something but nope! - it was more about reconciling with that dude and helping him. It felt jarring tbh.

The last part really makes me think about Yoojung's own experience as child actress. In the 2000's or early 2010's they probably didn’t put in as much thought or effort to hire mental health consultants for children, so it sounds like no one cared enough for her lingering emotional distress. It’s great she’s looking after the kids and striving for more rights and care for child actors.

I came here from Dear X since I felt like watching another antihero/morally questionable female lead drama. Back in 2013 when this aired I could barely tolerate darker dramas so missed out on this completely. Let’s see where it goes~