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I've seen very few CH5 titles. Usually CH3 or CH7 lakorns get subbed. At one point subbers were reluctant to sub CH3 lakorns because they kept getting taken down/accounts getting banned due to copyright issues (CH3 was very aggressive about pursuing copyright issues), so some subbers switched over to subbing CH7 shows and I guess that's also when a couple of CH5 lakorns were given a chance to get subbed. I never really noticed them before that tbh.

I usually associate lakorns as the more dramatic soap opera like stuff. One of the ways to tell them apart is by the network they air on. CH3, CH5, CH7 = lakorn (typically). GMM is mostly series, but they also do lakorn. It's a mix.

Facebook Groups are another source to watch subbed dramas. Some subbing teams will upload/share their post to the group.

Yeah, it was interesting. A lot of it focused on mediation between two parties. I think one case was about law reform.

lol, I could actually picture that. I do see that you're going with a younger cast in general, so maybe Kim Ji Won does seem appropriate.

Haha, this is awesome. I loved the novel. I can't picture Kim Ji Won as an antagonist though. It would probably have to be someone who often plays negative roles.

This is gonna be weird if it's romance, but I'm down for a good father/son friendship. :)

It's a low budget webdrama made by somewhat amateurs. You get what you expect. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think I'd have more fun making fun of it than watching it by myself, but there aren't enough timed comments yet for it to be amusing.

The backing against the wall thing is called kabedon. It is a Japanese term. From my experience, a ton of people are into it though. :P

Haha, I need to clean it up, but these days it's for waiting on subs (slow fansubbers but still active projects) or variety shows.

I used to give dramas a 6 episode chance (or 1/4th of series), but these days I'm getting better at predicting if a drama will be mediocre and the plot trajectory judging from the first episode so I'm better at dropping. I HATE dropping because i NEED to know the ending. I've resorted to just skipping to the last couple of episodes to find out how it ends and then drop. That way I feel less guilty about dropping it. Then there's my On Hold list....which is really just a glamorous drop list that I'm pretending I'll get back to watching one day.

Ah, yes. Aggressive product placement will be the bane of my existence. The language thing doesn't bother me because I do that a lot. It is not uncommon to slip in a word or two of another language while speaking, especially when certain sayings/expressions in other languages exactly capture how you're feeling. Or sometimes it's just more fun to switch it up and use another language just because.

I dislike forced romance too. I'm perfectly fine with dramas not having any romance at all, but unfortunately these days the audience kind of expects/demands it (we are shippers at heart). I've sort of settled when it comes to the fight against love triangles. I actually like them when there's no clear male lead...i.e. you don't know who she's going to end up with cuz there's a 50/50 chance. The Reply series is a good example of this.

This is not a romance, so no kissing. The main characters have a mentor/mentee relationship.

You probably figured it out already, but it's not just that he performed with Song Ran, it's the song that they performed together. That was the piece that she had selected to perform with him in the future. When she heard about the performance and it was that particular song, she was like "That was meant to be OUR song." It sort of felt like a betrayal.

Rawee is my favorite character. She is too precious.

Younger sister of his cousin? Does that make her his cousin?

I noticed Fantasy listed under Genres. Maybe that has to do with the costume depiction. o___o?

Good to know. Thanks!

Sounds like a Chinese historical version of What's Wrong With Secretary Kim.

The second half gets kind of draggy, but I loved it for the cats! Also, this is probably the most wholesome lakorn I've ever seen. No crazy villains, no backstabbing friends, and no antagonists. It's very fluffy, just like the cats. The romance does not follow the usual romance trajectory that you are probably used to and is probably more reverse harem.

lol she's kind of supposed to be a genius so not until she's motivated to achieve greater heights...i'd say around ep 20-25. She has to be separated from Zhen Yan to focus.