I only feel bad for Heo Tae Yun. His father(and mother) keeps trying to kill his Hyung. His Hyung wants to kill their father. His Hyung and Nuna are in love with each other. And his grandfather's secret love child is being brought into the company/family to take his place as heir. The kid just wants to study and eat ramyeon with his gramps while his family tree turns into a wreath.
I've dropped it, someone spoil it for me. What's dongjus real identity?
He is the son of Heo Il Do and a college classmate of Yeo Eun Nam's parents. All 4 parents were members of an activist group. His mother was still an activist at the time of her death, which I'm assuming is why she had to die. Heo Il Do did not know that his college lover had their child. He thought that the child was Yeo Soon Ho's biological child. Someone falsifies DNA results to trick Heo Il Do into killing all 3 of them. Cha Deok Hui, Yeo Eun Nam's mother, thought her husband and their college classmate had a love child. So someone manipulated Cha Deok Hui, and Heo Il Do into believing that they were betrayed.
So though Dong Ju and Eun Nam aren't biological siblings they are step-siblings and share a younger brother in common...ah classic Makjang....gotta love it.
Wait I just realized dongju considered the sister to be his sister 🥹wait so did dongju get her name from her.…
Spoiler for identity
She named him. He showed up on their doorstep asking for food. He could only remember his name. She corrected him and said your name is Dong Ju....when she asked for a younger brother from her mother they always said his name would be Dong Ju. He isn't related to them. It was by chance. Her mother was going through a mental health crises and just adopted him into the family without contacting the police about a found child.
Honestly kind of love the modern classic Kdramas coming back.
Love Scout had the classic romcom but with a kind of gender reversal tropes. Now this one is bringing out all Makjang classics. I feel like I need to dust off my old K-drama bingo card....cause this one is almost at blackout.
Perfect Marriage Revenge is another banger of a modern Makjang-light. All the classic elements without the heavy or drawn out drama...short and sweet.
Seriously, just lean in and go for the ride guys. I've been enjoying watching the performances and seeing what the next pretzel shape the writers will come up with. I really need to try and find my old notebook with the bingo graph I made.
So far the acting from everyone has been amazing. Every single character in multifaceted and has secrets that pop up later on. There is good foreshadowing in episodes that actually lead to things...there was one that didn't lead to anything, but it's whatever.
I just wish I had a bit more clarity into Eun Nam and Hwi Cheol's relationship. Because they live in a studio apartment aka one room. Yet every time they are on screen together she doesn't want to be so much as touched by him. But she "lovingly" fixed his tie....They talk like he's confused as to why she no longer likes him, when from day one he knew she was in love with someone else and was pretty much forced to marry him. I just wish there was more clarity on things. I get that their relationship isn't actually important to the plot of the show but they keep dancing around things. There marriage is important to the plot, but their relationship is very vague.
People not acknowledging the fact that prior to less than a week ago this drama was labeled as a Romance had a synopsis of romance, and then complaining about people questioning where the romance is in a show that was supposed to have romance....are yall okay? The gaslighting in the comment section. Blaming viewers for not enjoying a lack of romance when that's what was advertised....
If that wasn't in the previous description/tags it wouldn't have been an issue at all. Please stop blaming commenters for asking questions when a product isn't as described. And has yet to deliver on plot points with 5 episodes left.
hmm as expected the comments section has turn toxic right before the drama airs its last episodes, this is at…
When a drama goes into it's final act viewers are more able to gage how the drama has preformed. Opinions are being finalized and expectations are either being met or not. There is more information to base opinions on. Also people who prefer to watch back to back episodes have caught up to current release...etc.
Which actor are you talking about? I didnt start the drama yet so I wanna know
Having a PHD doesn't magically make his acting better.
I current have a President that is an idiot and doesn't even know what a tariff actually does and yet he is still some how in charge of running my country.....into the ground straight into fascism. Just cause someone was hired for a job doesn't make them good at it.
So many other things happening and you're still going on about romance. Do you NEED romance in every drama?There…
When I first read your comment it was much shorter. There wasn't as much information in the original comment so I added examples in a separate comment to address the new points.
Right now in the back half of the show it's moving closer to a low 6 to high 7 something as it's kind of lost…
I can see from teasers that some characters we met in the past(women she's helped) will come back to help FL, but yeah I've been saying it since about episode 19 or 20 that they are moving like they have 40 episodes instead of 30.I wouldn't have any complaints(other than some bad acting from FL's father) if the show was in fact 40 episodes.
I'm mad at the writers and pacing of the show. It's moving like a 40 episode drama instead of one that only has…
The women become important later and were necessary to her story, but again....they needed to sprinkle in some time with the ML and FL debriefing or something.
So many other things happening and you're still going on about romance. Do you NEED romance in every drama?There…
K....looks like you edited on an entire new paragraph or two to your comment so let me address some things. And give examples of how to portray romance properly in a revenge story while keeping tension.
Best more recent example is Blossom...34 episodes, slight enemies to lovers, rebirth revenge(for both leads). Tension was kept throughout production. Small moments, looks, acknowledgements, team work, backslides and then progress. All while maintaining 2 separate family issues(revenge) AND royal political plot. Well balanced and paced.
The Double, had it's flaws, but chemistry/tension wasn't one of them. The leads maintained a constant cat and mouse game, testing each other and being each other's willing pawn. But the love and interest was always there....even though the FL stayed laser focused on getting revenge for not only herself, but the for the girl whose identity she took over. We got longing and we got revenge. We even got a somewhat sympathetic villain when we were able to see why the princess was the way she was. You do not see a non-married couple kiss in the ENTIRE show. It's all camera angles and suggestive imagery.
Can't really use Love Like the Galaxy as an example because they were working with 56 episodes of runtime. Even Love of Nirvana 40 episodes long kept a better tension with the leads. And that actor doesn't kiss on screen. Kill Me Love Me....kept the tension better....shit ending but still....My Journey to You....etc. etc. etc.
I really need a good review of this drama because some are praising it a lot and some are degrading it so bad??…
Right now in the back half of the show it's moving closer to a low 6 to high 7 something as it's kind of lost what got me interested.
The cinematography has disappeared and we are left with overacting supporting characters and little focus on the leads. They maybe get like 5 to 10 minutes an episode, if that. It's no longer the solid 9 it was at episode 15-18. There is a LOT to wrap up in 5 episodes and some plot points were completely dropped or have been left to stagnate.
So many other things happening and you're still going on about romance. Do you NEED romance in every drama?There…
Dude....the show was listed as a Romance...in the previous synopsis that is no longer on this page there was an entire paragraph about how the lead couple love and trust each other and help each other reach their goals..... So YES, I NEED romance in a show that was listed as a ROMANCE. This is like calling something an Action film and they ride a bike once.
I know alot of people are mad at the lack of romance, I was too, but I like their little sincere moments, like…
I'm mad at the writers and pacing of the show. It's moving like a 40 episode drama instead of one that only has 30 episodes. aka everything is going to be shoved into the last few episodes.
In The Double it focused more on their team work and helping each other reach their goal. There was more tension and understanding...it was also 40 episodes long so it could be slow moving with any type of romance, and we were given an separate epilogue by production that expanded from an open ending to the HEA the leads got.
Which actor are you talking about? I didnt start the drama yet so I wanna know
Yu En Tai playing Zhuang Shi Yang the FL's father. Every time he's on screen it looks like he has loose dentures the way he constantly moves his jaw/mouth. He is playing a twofaced character but his acting is so poor that it makes everyone around him look dumb as hell for not catching on that he's behind everything.
The whimpering, pouting. fake crying and sucking up is too much and because it has dominated the back half of a drama where the audience was promised an enemies to lovers romance...his bad acting has become more egregious as the plot moves forward.
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The kid just wants to study and eat ramyeon with his gramps while his family tree turns into a wreath.
Heo Il Do did not know that his college lover had their child. He thought that the child was Yeo Soon Ho's biological child. Someone falsifies DNA results to trick Heo Il Do into killing all 3 of them. Cha Deok Hui, Yeo Eun Nam's mother, thought her husband and their college classmate had a love child. So someone manipulated Cha Deok Hui, and Heo Il Do into believing that they were betrayed.
So though Dong Ju and Eun Nam aren't biological siblings they are step-siblings and share a younger brother in common...ah classic Makjang....gotta love it.
She named him. He showed up on their doorstep asking for food. He could only remember his name. She corrected him and said your name is Dong Ju....when she asked for a younger brother from her mother they always said his name would be Dong Ju. He isn't related to them. It was by chance. Her mother was going through a mental health crises and just adopted him into the family without contacting the police about a found child.
Love Scout had the classic romcom but with a kind of gender reversal tropes. Now this one is bringing out all Makjang classics. I feel like I need to dust off my old K-drama bingo card....cause this one is almost at blackout.
Perfect Marriage Revenge is another banger of a modern Makjang-light. All the classic elements without the heavy or drawn out drama...short and sweet.
Seriously, just lean in and go for the ride guys. I've been enjoying watching the performances and seeing what the next pretzel shape the writers will come up with. I really need to try and find my old notebook with the bingo graph I made.
I just wish I had a bit more clarity into Eun Nam and Hwi Cheol's relationship. Because they live in a studio apartment aka one room. Yet every time they are on screen together she doesn't want to be so much as touched by him. But she "lovingly" fixed his tie....They talk like he's confused as to why she no longer likes him, when from day one he knew she was in love with someone else and was pretty much forced to marry him. I just wish there was more clarity on things. I get that their relationship isn't actually important to the plot of the show but they keep dancing around things. There marriage is important to the plot, but their relationship is very vague.
If that wasn't in the previous description/tags it wouldn't have been an issue at all. Please stop blaming commenters for asking questions when a product isn't as described. And has yet to deliver on plot points with 5 episodes left.
I current have a President that is an idiot and doesn't even know what a tariff actually does and yet he is still some how in charge of running my country.....into the ground straight into fascism. Just cause someone was hired for a job doesn't make them good at it.
Best more recent example is Blossom...34 episodes, slight enemies to lovers, rebirth revenge(for both leads). Tension was kept throughout production. Small moments, looks, acknowledgements, team work, backslides and then progress. All while maintaining 2 separate family issues(revenge) AND royal political plot. Well balanced and paced.
The Double, had it's flaws, but chemistry/tension wasn't one of them. The leads maintained a constant cat and mouse game, testing each other and being each other's willing pawn. But the love and interest was always there....even though the FL stayed laser focused on getting revenge for not only herself, but the for the girl whose identity she took over. We got longing and we got revenge. We even got a somewhat sympathetic villain when we were able to see why the princess was the way she was. You do not see a non-married couple kiss in the ENTIRE show. It's all camera angles and suggestive imagery.
Can't really use Love Like the Galaxy as an example because they were working with 56 episodes of runtime. Even Love of Nirvana 40 episodes long kept a better tension with the leads. And that actor doesn't kiss on screen. Kill Me Love Me....kept the tension better....shit ending but still....My Journey to You....etc. etc. etc.
The cinematography has disappeared and we are left with overacting supporting characters and little focus on the leads. They maybe get like 5 to 10 minutes an episode, if that.
It's no longer the solid 9 it was at episode 15-18. There is a LOT to wrap up in 5 episodes and some plot points were completely dropped or have been left to stagnate.
So YES, I NEED romance in a show that was listed as a ROMANCE. This is like calling something an Action film and they ride a bike once.
In The Double it focused more on their team work and helping each other reach their goal. There was more tension and understanding...it was also 40 episodes long so it could be slow moving with any type of romance, and we were given an separate epilogue by production that expanded from an open ending to the HEA the leads got.
The whimpering, pouting. fake crying and sucking up is too much and because it has dominated the back half of a drama where the audience was promised an enemies to lovers romance...his bad acting has become more egregious as the plot moves forward.