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Wow. How sad for everyone involved. Sad for the people he took advantage of who were just trying to keep themselves safe, sad for his family having to go through this on top of the fathers serious medical condition, and honestly, sad for him that he felt so desperate to help his father that he resorted to crime. As much as what he did was demonstrably wrong, it can’t be forgotten that these companies that put together these music groups are constantly taking serious advantage of the group members by not paying them a decent, livable wage and/or providing some sort of legitimate housing, etc. He is solely to blame for what he did to the people who were scammed, but it can’t be denied that these companies play a major role in driving people towards desperation.

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However many years later and I'm still dying to know what exactly happened to make this drama go so wrong. All the rumors and speculation and whatnot from the time have jumbled up in my head at this point, and I don't know what's true. Why did the producer decide to screw over the male lead like she did? Why did the story become so unnecessarily focused on the secondary male lead in the second half? Did the writing team actually steal their drama ending from the original manhwa writer forcing the manhwa writer to create a new ending for her story? And why did they want it to end that way to begin with? So many questions, and I just want to knooooooow!!!!!

I couldn't pull of Yi Na's look either. I'm much more modest, so some of her outfits are on the inappropriate side to me, but I'm also just intensely uncomfortable with the idea of being 'sexy.' For the right person, I want to be seen as sexy and alluring, but I don't know about for the general populace.

Thank you! I so wish we could get a season 3, but with one of the male leads ending up in a pretty serious scandal that he really shouldn't come back from for a while, and it now having been a couple of years since season 2, it just isn't likely at this point. Although maybe a movie could be doable? Don't think that would ever happen either, but I could see it being more likely than another full season.

Can't speak on the rest of their older dramas, but My Girl definitely has an intense melodramatic streak in the second half that makes you want to pull your hair out, lol.

Love the Hong Sisters and am on a mission to watch all of their dramas. I do have to admit though that I always find their endings disappointing. They know how to create really good characters and plots and forward momentum that gets you hooked, but they always fumble the ball in the final quarter, and it taints the rest of the drama. Getting an episode extension and then adding in a bunch of unnecessary plot elements (Masters Sun [I'm looking at you Mr. 'I met your ghost once, so that means we're gonna get married, right?']) or just purposely choosing to prolong the suffering portion of the story because YOLO (My Girl [We didn't Need five episodes of unnecessarily prolonging the lie past the point of logic. The Hong Sisters just Wanted it to happen.]) I will always appreciate their skill in creating really fascinating characters and worlds though, which I guess is why I continue to watch their dramas despite the flaws, lol.

The original is much more over the top, lol. This version has actually done a really good job in the first two eps of toning the story down and making it somewhat more believable, even if still far-fetched.

Personally, I would like a shorter version that cuts down a little bit on some of the dramatics (without cutting out any of the heart). The original is....pretty wild, lol.

Thank you! The costume team did a really good job of creating wardrobe's for the characters that reflected not just their personalities, but also what they were going through in their lives in both seasons, so they're outfits definitely left an impression on me.

Uuuuuummmm, yes please. The original Taiwanese version was my first ever Asian drama. I was simultaneously obsessed with it and driven nuts by it. (Tried to re-watch it years later and couldn't make it more than halfway through, lol.) Then I watched the Korean remake, and mostly enjoyed it. So, yeah. I'm definitely gonna watch this version.

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I've already got a running list of dramas I'd like to make future get the look articles for, lol. And girrrrrl, those mint shorts are my literal life. They looks ridiculously comfortable. Just wish I could find them IRL, lol.

Haha, I've actually added this to my re-watch list recently in order to give it another chance. I don't know, but I reallllly want to like this drama, lol.

I still can't believe I made it through 18 episodes of this. I could've sworn I cut and run sooner, lol.

One episode to go, and I love it. So compelling and well-written.