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I never watch dramas as they air, but I am so hooked, I am not sure I can stand it. Might try to take a break and restart closer to the finale. :(

wow.

Yeah, "trops R us" 😜. I guess separation is a standard for this sort of c-drama. I wonder why

? where? All I see is accolades - and well deserved.

Me too . And I too worry not only about the tropes but that they could give us one of them tragic endings for no reason, like they did with the A Journey to Love.

WOW, so the director is one who did Blossom, and the writer Love like the Galaxy and Rise of Phoenixes... No wonder this drama is so good in every possible respect.

cinematography is jaw dropping.

They are like an integral part of a scene, I don't even have words to properly express how amazing the look of this drama is. And everything else, it is not just looks, it is the whole thing working together. The director is a real talent.

I can't get over how visually brilliant it is. There is not a single detail out of place, and the way they work with lightning - it is just wow! It's like Along the River During the Qingming Festival come to life.

Just started to watch, and the opening ep is exceptionally good. Camera work, story exposition, pacing, characterisation, acting. I have one question though, it all looks like it has been prettyfied into a fairy tale book illustration quality. Lighting is unusually warm and brilliant, colors are extremely vivid, faces don't have any lines , nor pores, they look plumped up into impossible smoothness ... Are they using some sort of filtering or post editing?

He is fantastic, she is ridiculous. I have never met a surgeon or med student in real life who spoke in ingratiating little girl voice and making all these pouting faces . Its like main leads are doing 2 different dramas - he realism, she cutesy pootsy cheesy romance. Plus her role is written in such an exaggerated way! A passive aggressive ungrateful shrew with him, and at work a saint, with all that flaming altruism, sanctimony and dedication, and a god like ability to diagnose at a glance when everybody around her seem clueless. And even giving all her money to a post treatment patient and herself living like a vagabond! What is she going to do when a next needy patient comes in, sell her kidney? She wants to be an rescue doctor and a neurosurgeon both - do writers know that the two take completely different set of skills and abilities, and training and lifestyle? Neurosurgeons protect their hands like national treasure, they avoid all risky sports and activities that could injure fingers, they don't jump off of buildings and pull ropes! This drama is so horribly fake.

Some people make snide comment about actors to make themselves feel they are a part of actors personal circle. Pathetic.

Just started, this drama seems so promising! Some grown up stuff for a change, instead of highschool angst. She is exquisite, and I adore LYN.

Well, it was a little awkward to watch . Not because of the age difference but because of the initial relationship of a guardian and a child. And because he is so inexperienced, and because he comes across as obsessed with her. I read, that in the novel he kills himself when she dies, I am very glad they didn't make the drama so dark, but it makes sense: he was an abandoned, deeply wounded child who sees her as the only anchor in his life - when she is gone he is lost again. ML is very good in this role, and she is believable, but the story was a little bit off for me. It is strange because I have never had this kind of reaction to any other drama with a significant age difference, not to Hidden Love, nor to the superb Korean drama Secret Love Affair, they all worked for me.

actors are, but not their roles.

Is criticism supposed to be equitable and extend to everybody? You like her, others don't. You don't like SK others do. Do you think dissing him will suddenly make people like her more?

What an enchanting and poignant drama! I loved how real it all looked and felt, how real - and beautiful - their faces were. How understanded and realistically it portrays the land, its people, their conflicts and struggles, their love, honor, past and present. And I loved the ending. It was perfect for this story. Special kudos to the camera work, it is exceptional. This drama is going to stay with me for a long time.

It is called 'flooding the board", not a generally admired behavior. . But whatever floats your boat.

If you are set on projecting 2026 sensibilities on a story set in a very different time, if you don't want to understand the dynamics and the code of behavior of that time, than this drama is not for you. Just drop it ... and miss one of the best drama of the last year 😊

He repeatedly promises her that he will kill all her family, and spare only her. Would you not scheme? I would. Also "All warfare is based on deception" - that is the simple fact and reality of it.