MayanPanda

It feels like behind the scenes, the writer just kind of checked out between eps 30 and 40, and the rest of the series was scribbled lackadaisically by assistants. The main story became bland and dragged on, the interesting side characters did not get enough time, and I had expected the lukewarm ending, but there was one loose end I thought they would wrap up with Yeon Doo's uncle donating his sperm - maybe I misunderstood the shaman's message. Or maybe the studio decided it wouldn't go over well with the Korean audience so it was cut out of the story. At any rate, for some reason that was the only thing I was waiting for while watching the last two boring episodes at 1.5x speed and it never happened. This is a drama where problems are solved through the characters inexplicably changing their personalities completely instead of developing through the story which is pretty unsatisfying.

I really expected SJ to be better at manipulating people. As a villain, she's quite disappointing. KS and MR are such passive idiots, it should have been really easy to break them up. KS had almost no reaction when he found out that SJ was alive, and she was his first love. He spent ten years hoping to find her, then thought she had committed suicide. Wouldn't he at first be elated that she's actually alive, and then really angry that she hadn't contacted him all that time? There were no questions or curiosity or much emotion at all. The story had potential for real drama, but the characters are so weak that I'm not really feeling anything.

This was a fun bit of fluff to pass the time here and there when I wanted to turn off my brain. Watching Luo Zheng made me think of Lee Dong Wook so I guess I'll have to go watch Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 now. The series was fine even with all its faults, but the very last scene was extremely jarring. I'm pretending that it never happened.

How is it a copy of Hot Fuzz? So far they are nothing alike, not even the directing or cinematography are remotely similar. Is there a synopsis somewhere that says the villagers are murderers bent on winning the best village award?

Yes, I'm aware of that. My cats and dogs have always been that way as well. But a dog won't think to itself that you're getting up to go to work in order to buy it food and feel guilty that it's a burden on you. The dog doesn't have a concept of why his human gets up and goes out every day. If you don't scold it for pooping indoors, it won't feel that bad that you have to clean it up even though it knows it made a mistake. Not to the point where it will think you'd be better off if they were dead. If you offer it food from your plate, it won't think that you're going hungry in order to feed it. The idea of dying so that you don't have to sacrifice for it will not enter its head. Even in my darkest hours, none of my pets stopped eating or going for a walk with me out of anxiety. I guess we can say that the man's dog is extremely sensitive. Though the man was happy to take care of him, maybe the dog sensed his poverty induced stress and stopped eating and going outside because of that. But the way Ye Bun explained the dog's reasoning for its behavior was not that. She said that the dog intentionally decided to die so it wouldn't be a burden anymore. And it's pretty unrealistic for an animal to start eating again after days of starving itself just after a pep talk that the animal could not possibly understand, but I guess you could say that the man changed his thoughts/emotions/energy at the end so the dog was suddenly willing to eat again. So anyway, that's why I said that they're portraying animals as having the same logic and reasoning as humans. Sure, they react to our emotions, actions and tone of voice, but they don't think in the same way. Maybe it's all part of the comedy. It seems like we'll get a lot more of animals thinking like humans in the next episode.

Despite portraying animals as having the same logic and reasoning as humans, (that dog seemed to understand Korean as well since he immediately changed after that conversation) the series is really entertaining. I really like the two leads, so I'm looking forward to seeing how things develop.

I think it'd be entertaining if Ju Pyo won Jan Di over and Mi Rae and Kang San broke up to let them have a potential future together just as Chan Ran gave up on marrying president Dong. Jump forward a few years and the teens break up and go their separate ways. It'd just be an ironic repeating cycle.

Seriously, though, I'll be disappointed if Kang San leaves Jan Di behind in any way. Even if Seon Joo returns and claims her position as mother, Kang San is the only parent Jan Di has ever known and for them to be separated just because they aren't blood related would be ridiculous.

I do like the Ju Hyuk/Ye Joo pairing. Although there's no way such a big jerk would have been able to completely reform himself so instantaneously, I'm just suspending disbelief and going with it.

I really wanted to drop this after episode 9. I found Tai to be really unlikeable as a person. But I'm glad I stuck it out to the end, watching at 2x speed (as the writing was really not interesting in the last few episodes) because the very last scene was the most entertaining of all.

JH had such an attitude that I didn't think it would be possible for him to even fake bonding with his father, but I hope you're right. That would make it more interesting.

I think I have whiplash from the turn around the Dong father and son have made. I'm all for character development, but when it happens instantaneously, it's a bit jarring.

It makes a bit of sense why they gave us the fluffy love story scenes in those filler episodes now that they're going to take it all away in episode 13. I understand the concept of it even though the execution was lacking which made for a boring few episodes in the middle there.

I really enjoyed the first eight episodes. Then 9 and 10 felt like filler. I just watched at 2x speed. Episode 11 had a few interesting scenes and then the story started picking up again in episode 12 so I have hope that we'll get some plot and character development in the last four episodes.

I don't know why the driver would let Jang Se Jin enter an address into his GPS that is well known to him already, but oh well. Granny's affection toward Yeon Doo and the baby has me wondering if Yeon Doo's mother is Strawberry. Maybe there's some kind of instinctual recognition.

The story so far is a little bland, but I've seen worse. I just wish that Dunk was a better actor. The only reason JoongDunk has chemistry is because Joong is chemistry itself. It would be amazing if he was paired with someone who could emote well. I sometimes wonder if the actors playing the support roles get frustrated when the actor who has a main role is way behind them in terms of skill. Dunk seems sweet, but he still isn't ready for a main role.

My problem with it is that if Jeng's transgressions were so egregious that Pat decided to cut him out of his life, then why did he get over it so suddenly just because he found out that Jeng hadn't arranged for him to get the karaoke promotion job? Pat never valued their relationship enough to talk out their issues. To him, Jeng wasn't worth holding onto. So without even talking in depth about the past, Pat is suddenly all good with Jeng? Acting cute and not being able to eat hot porridge unless Jeng tells him to blow on it first?

Two years is a long time to be angry and a ridiculous amount of time to drag out a grudge. Pat shouldn't have shut Jeng out completely. If he's angry, he should use his words and make an effort to work things out together. That's what people who care about each other do. But he obviously doesn't actually care about Jeng; Pat is too busy being self absorbed. I wish he had grown up a little in those two years, gained some experience and confidence, and realized that Jeng never meant to hurt him, and thus be open for reconciliation. The way it was handled was very strange. I'm actually so disgusted with both characters. I don't know how someone like Jeng would ever be attracted to Pat and why he still has feelings for him after two years. He seems to have a kink for childish brats.

Pat basically sulked for two years while blocking Jeng, then suddenly everything is okay without any deep conversation, but he's upset that Jeng doesn't text him immediately after he's unblocked. Then wonders why Jeng thinks Pat hates him after treating him like trash. If their conflict was so easily resolved, it was ridiculous for Pat to be so extreme for so long, not caring about Jeng's feelings at all, never having enough growth to see things from Jeng's point of view and at least be willing to communicate. He acts like a spoiled brat who the world revolves around. I mean, he literally acts like a young child. Well, they won't last long. Pat will eventually get mad at Jeng one day, blow everything out of proportion, leave him, block him and spend years sulking. And if Jeng still has feelings for that brat, then I guess he deserves to be a doormat. The side characters should have gotten more than brief mentions. Overall, very unsatisfying drama. 4/10

The first half of the series was good, then it stalled in the middle and drastically got worse. I cannot stand Pat. He literally acts like a child so his dynamic with Jeng feels more like father/son than lovers which made their intimate scene really uncomfortable to watch. I've never wanted a couple to not end up together more than I did this one.

Maybe I'm remembering it wrong, but I thought that Jen broke up with his boyfriend and then approached Jaab, but Jaab rejected him. I was confused as to why since I thought Jaab wanted to be with him. Other than that, I like Jaab. I agree that Put isn't great, but I think he got his act together (albeit too late) so I wish him a happy ending. You're right, Pat isn't a horrible person, but I just can't stand him. >.<

I am so tired of these characters. If I had my way, after the two year jump, Jeng will be in a healthy, loving relationship with a mature partner and Pat will spend the rest of his life crying and making weird faces while he remembers the one person who had had enough patience to put up with his BS, yet he pushed him away. Jen will return home with a Japanese husband who is not all hot and cold on him the way Jaab was, and Jaab will spend the rest of his life watching their happy story unfold. Put will find someone who cherishes him, and he'll be thankful that Pat rejected him - he really dodged a bullet there! That is my happy ending.

Why not apologize for lying? Why not just say, sorry I deceived you to spend the entire day/evening on a date with a kid who I know likes me, in effect, leading him on and letting him kiss me in the rain (let me tell you, I've avoided many unwanted kisses and it's not hard) because a) I just felt like it and I have no respect for you or our relationship, b) I might like this kid, c) I was letting him down easy, but just forgot to let him down, d) I'm exploring the idea of polyamory, after all, you two hear each other too, right? Since they were yelling at each other while fighting in the rain before Tai "cured" everyone's hearing loss, it was pretty obvious. Why no one finds meaning in that, I don't know.