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No matter what project he's in, or who his character is, I can never unsee Kim Byung Chul as the hideous ghoul from "Goblin".

The bottom line is that no matter how dumb the plot is (it's pretty dumb), or how much you want to throttle the ridiculous loud and silly second FL (you'll want to, trust me) you stick around for the ML, who is charismatic, elegant, sexy. and hot. 24 episodes of the other nonsense is completely worth it.

At least it's earlier in March, and not the end of the month. Now watch Netflix drop the episodes two at a time so it takes a month to release all of it.

Stylish. A bit confusing, to start. ML is way over the top with attitude and rage directed at FL for no discernible reason. My biggest issue is the terror of the FL. She's in a scary situation, for sure, but I don't think I can put up with 24 episodes of her trembly, breathless panic. Watching her being bullied by everyone except the neighbor's goat and wondering what it would take for her to tell one of them to fuck right off. I want to watch that show instead of this one.

I'm not a cardiac surgeon (I just play one on TV :-), but organ transplants are pretty big deals. Post surgery, there's a huge amount of medicines you take, several for the rest of your life. Diet and activity are also likely to be closely regulated, and while you'd be in better shape after your transplant than you were before it, you're not 100%. I think the writers should have clued her in earlier in the drama than they did, so that people like me don't come along and think she has no practical sense.

Still, and this is the important part, your comment is really excellent.

Great list! So sad that I've watched almost all of them.

You might add "Secret" from 2013. The first half of the drama, the ML is obsessed with making the FL's life as difficult as possible, and his interest in where she is, who she's with, what she's doing is off the charts. The second half of the drama, he still obsessed, but now it's because he loves her.

Ronda Rousey, undefeated UFC until her match with Holly Holms, is a champion judoka. Many MMAs have a background in Judo and wrestling, and if you train in BJJ, you will get at least an introduction to Judo.

Cruelty, violence, aggression or ruthlessness have nothing to do with any sport, including martial arts, and are also largely forbidden in combat.

Competitively, no. If she exhibits a maiden's heart on the mat, she's going to get beat a lot in matches. Martial arts isn't like running track or swimming. It's a sport, true, but underlying the sport is combat.

This a good comment.

I don't know what "having the heart of a young girl" actually means, but aren't young girls immature and rather silly? That doesn't mean the same thing as stupid, of course, but immature and silly isn't a good look on martial artists.

All kinds of FL's are acceptable, but if they're given a character such as martial artist [or heart surgeon or whatever], the writers typically undermine that by also making her silly, dumb or clumsy, or stupid around the ML. It's awful and we should call that out when we see it.

I'm four or five episodes in, and I like the cast quite a lot. Struggling a bit with the story/plot, though.

If the ML was the recipient of her brother's heart, ergo heart transplant, why, when she sees him shirtless in the bathroom, doesn't she wonder why he doesn't have a scar? Even if he'd had the operation a decade before, the scar from a heart transplant is pretty large and noticeable. Unless she's a complete half-wit, shouldn't she be connecting some dots by now? [i.e., the ML plays basketball competitively, doesn't appear to be taking post surgical medication, has no scar, etc.,]

Is this bad writing, is it a plot point, or are the writers just drawing another dumb and clumsy FL?

She can absolutely have the heart of a young maiden, or a penguin, for that matter.

But, you know. I guess a female judoka who has the heart, mind and muscles of a warrior would just be too unfeminine. I mean, how else would we know it's a Cdrama if the FL isn't cute?. Bonus if she's clumsy, too!

Yikes, this is so tiresome.

This plot device is completely worn out. Even if everything about it was completely excellent, it would still be a Cdrama that uses traveling into a game so that they can do time travel.

This is a hard pass for me, and so are the 352 other Cdramas coming that will be just like it.

It really does! Thanks for the link.

The synopsis annoys me so badly, the show itself can only be a step up. I mean, she's a "judoka" with the "heart of a young girl"? Awful.

No rape. That we know of.

Well, then.

You may feel, like I did, that the show is out, and you're going to watch it because you can't wait. But if you do that, when it ends on episode 8 and episodes 9 - 16 won't air for three more months, you may want to scream in shocked impatience, like I did. So just know that.

A rare, rare show that lives up to expectations. The bad guys are very bad, and the good guys are, uh, also bad.

It's fabulous.

With you on this. I'm 2/3 of the way through, and it's taken me days to get that far because I keep pausing to do other things. Song Joong Ki is almost always worth watching, and you have to admire that he looks like he's 15 in this drama which comes in pretty handy for the plot, but after 11 long episodes, I'm wondering if I have what it takes to go all the way to the end.

I think it's underwhelming and disappointing, and I doubt it'll get better.

Drama is extraordinary, in all possible ways. Beautifully made. The fight sequences are terrific.

(In RL, I question whether Shi Eun would be targeted by bullies, who typically prey on people they perceive to be weak or compromised in some way that keeps them from fighting back. An attempt might be made, but Shi Eun is much too fierce to be desirable as a target, and bullies are skilled at picking that up right away.)

The ending left me feeling empty and sad.

Mine, too.