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I have thought about this a little more and the imagery that the drama has created around Yeo Ri. She has created for herself multiple shells, but are these shells to protect the people, herself, or both. First, she lives in an isolated home outside the city. She tells the ghosts that if they want to talk with her, they must find her at her home. In this way she protects the living people from the ghosts. Now, to protect herself from ghosts within her house, she sleeps in a tent. It is at her home that Prosecutor Ma first sees a ghost. So is the shell protecting people from her or her protecting herself from other people?

Secondly, when she goes out, she buys up the tables around her. This creates a visual shell. When she lets Prosecutor Ma and his friends join her, her shell is broken. By taking off her gloves at this time, she shows that she is ready to grow and change. Prosecutor Ma has broken her shell, and once a shell is broken, it can't be put back together. The seed either grows or dies.

Finally, even her clothes are a source of protection. When she goes into the world, she wears thick, heavy clothing, including gloves. When she is at home, she wears thin flowery dresses and pajamas. Is she wearing the thick, heavy clothes to protect the people around her or herself?

Just like stairs and doors, shells go two ways. They protect from the outside as well as from the inside. She has created a shell to protect people from her, but also to protect herself from people.

Thank you for the discussion. Happy drama watching.

During the drunk girl scene, she talks about the gloves being a part of her shell. Shells are for protection, but with enough force, they can still be split. She is just being extra careful to make sure she doesn't infect anyone. Also, she makes the analogy that people wear clothes as part of their shell as well. Her gloves symbolize the extent of her shell.

After everything that she experienced in college, she chose to live a lonely life style. She wears gloves to protect people from ever holding her hands directly as that is how the people begin to see ghosts for a month.

Started watching this due to all the hype about it, and it was worth it. It reminded me a great deal of Hollywood's Back to the Future (I loved those movies).

How this works: There are several places where you can look for k or c dramas. Some you may need to pay for, others you can get for free. Here is a list that I use.

Tubi: It is free with commercials.
Viki: Some dramas are free, but others you will have to pay for with a subscription.
Kisskh: Is free with commercials.
Netflix: Subscription

Also, any of the stations found in the country or origin. Look for this in the top right hand corner under Original Network.

If you still have questions, let me know.

I am glad you enjoyed TPoB. I dropped it after 28 episodes.

I am sorry to have confused you. The powers that be want to keep the law the same. The people want it changed. If you can't change a law, then change the mindset of the people who make the laws and the people themselves. Get people to think about these pairings 14/19, 17/22, 19/24.

If the age of consent is 14 without restrictions, this means that 14 year old daughters of the law makers are affected by this law as well. They could date anyone 14 and above and parents couldn't say anything. Now, would the law makers want their 14 year old daughters dating a 19 year old? A 30 year old? It's perfectly legal.

Now, there is also the 14 year old girls. Show them that yes, it is great when older guys pay attention to you, but first get an education, get work experience, live life before having a sexual relationship with someone.

What about from the older guy's perspective? Shame him (call him a dog) for having thoughts about wanting to date someone 14 or even 17. This is brought out at DJX's graduation. When his friends ask who she is to DJX, he hesitates because he really likes her, but at that moment she is dressed in a baby doll dress and looks like a kid. So he says she is his sister. Everyone is okay with that. In episode 23, DJX admits that he liked her when she was 17. Everyone turns and looks at Sang Yan to see if they should be pummeling DJX. Sang Yan says that it is okay, and everyone is relieved.

Most viewers see this as a simple, fluffy love story about a 14 year old girl with a crush that after the passage of time turns into the real thing. It is, but it is also a cautionary tale, not every guy is DJX.

A friend of mine has said that I should write the importance of The End of Eternity is to the drama Hidden Love. Maybe I will do it before I get busy with school.

Hope this helps and happy drama watching.

Actually, I really don't get why people think he died, revived, and got dressed in like 10 minutes. In episode five it clearly shows that they resuscitated him and that some time has passed (the clouds moving across the moon). When Prosecutor Ma comes across Yeo Ri in the garden, he seems pretty confused and puzzled as to why she is still there at the hospital. So I am thinking he has had a good sleep, wakes up, gets dressed, goes outside for a walk, and runs into Yeo Ri. What we don't know is how much time has passed. It almost seems like it is almost dawn when he comes out and the nurse later on says he will have to stay for the rest of the day and night in order to get the test results back. Then he goes back to work the day after that.

Glad I could clear things up for you. Happy drama watching.

You've read The End of Eternity! Most people have heard of it, but have never read it. I am reading it for the second time. It explains so much about Hidden Love.

Love Like the Galaxy is written by the same screenwriter as this drama. For me, LLtG is even better than this. Many viewers have enjoyed Prisoner of Beauty and The Double.

Not a problem. The social commentary is on the age of consent at 14 with no restrictions. First, because of the way the story is structured, they needed a smaller actress to play 14 year old Sang Zhi to show how much she grew during the first temporal node. Secondly, by using a smaller actress, it reminds people that 14 year olds are still children and need to be protected from older people, even those just five years older. Third, because of Sang Zhi's small stature, next to DJX he looks like her dad. So if they dated, it would look like a way older guy dating an elementary kid. This is intentional because they want the audience to see that 14 year olds are still children. Remember not too long ago, it was quite natural for 14-15 year olds to marry someone older to change the status of family. This drama is trying to change that mindset.

The novel Hidden Love starts when she is 13, a true minor, and progresses chronologically. If the drama had followed that structure, Zhao Lu Si could have played the 14 year old part as she has done it before.

Now, how do I know this is a social commentary, the novel at the beginning of the drama The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov. It is a social commentary on the use of nuclear energy. You should read it as it will explain why many people see the predator side of DJX.

Happy drama watching and see you on Spooky in Love.

I just rewatched the movie, and actually, they don't. They expand upon it in order to fit the drama format. The basic plot of the movie is the love story between magician Ma and Yu Ri and healing her from her survivor's guilt through the use of their horror magic show. The magic show is all about finding the guilty party and giving justice to the victim all while entertaining the audience with magic. Each performance brings us closer to the final performance when the ghost haunting Yu Ri accuses her instead the "plant" in the audience. Then we finally get the full story as to why the ghost is haunting her so aggressively.

This drama appears to be doing the same thing, because of the longer format the two can actually solve individual ghost cases together. If you notice the ghost stories have a theme to them. At first it is all about getting justice for violent crime victims (the magic show's purpose). As the love story develops, the cases switch to being ones about love, jealousy, obsession, and theft. Those cases reflect what is going on in Yeo Ri's life at the moment, but also seem to be building up to the big reveal as to why she went overboard in the first place (her healing from Ji Hwan's death).

The screenwriters have done a good job of keeping the original purpose and focus of the movie. They just expanded upon it for the different format. It is a very good movie.

Hope this makes sense. Happy drama watching.

I am not a huge fan of musicals, but I do enjoy Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (most versions). For me, this is the Korean version of Willy Wonka and it did not disappoint. The visuals are stunning. The acting is superb from all the cast. Most of the musical numbers left me wanting to hear more, and I am not musically inclined. Every detail down to the setting catapulted this into a charming, sometimes dark, adventure on growing up and becoming an adult.

My only complaint was the dubbing in English. In any Kdrama that I have watched, the dubbing in English has never matched the subtitles in English which makes it hard to read and listen at the same time.

Otherwise, I loved this drama and worth the watch.

Also, yes, Yeo Ri can see ghosts, and in the first two episodes where we are introduced to the two main characters, the ghost stories deal with her getting justice for victims of violent crimes. But that is not the focus of the drama. The romance is the focus.

Once their romance begins, the ghost stories change theme and become ones on love, jealousy, obsession, and theft. They reflect on what is happening in Yeo Ri's life with her family. They also seem to be foreshadowing the biggest mystery of all. Why was she in the water, resuscitated, and now sees ghosts? Her first ghost is her friend Ji Hwan who is the boy lying next to her on the yacht.

This drama is based on a movie, and the screenwriters have captured the spirit and plotline of the movie wonderfully. But they have also made it their own.

Happy drama watching.

Very little to none.

Yes, but it is for a good reason.

Um, your synopsis of the golfer mystery is entirely wrong. The golfer pretends to be the flight attendant and checks into the hotel room next to the deceased. He crosses over into the deceased room through the connecting balcony to avoid the CCTV cameras. Argues with her. Kills her. Stuffs her body into the suitcase. Goes back over the balcony, and out his hotel room. He then takes the elevator up to the roof and puts her body in the water tank. There is no reason for the maids to find her body in the morning as he disposed of it the night before.

As for episode 5 and he's not dead. We don't know how much time she spent in the garden. It only appears that he popped up quickly for the cliffhanger. We didn't know whether he is alive or dead at the end of episode 4. They clearly show the doctors resuscitating him. Then they show the moon and time advancing. We just don't know how much time has gone by. They never show us him lying in bed sleeping after he has been resuscitated.

Also, what twist are you talking about. Everything has made perfect sense up to episode 6, so don't see where you are coming from at all. So I am glad you dropped it.

Happy drama watching.

This drama is based on a kmovie Spellbound. The movie is on Tubi. The screenwriters so far have captured the spirit (pun intended) of the movie and its plotline. So it should have a happy ending. However, in dramaland anything can happen.

If you feel the romance is boring, that's okay. This drama may not be your cup of tea. Again, that's okay. We all have different tastes.

Since I am not really sure what you are asking when you say, "what is the fantasy?" I can only tell you this. Yeo Ri is able to see ghosts and if she holds someone's hand they see ghosts for a month as well.

Happy drama watching.

I just rewatched the movie. The drama really did keep the spirit of the movie and even used some of the scenes just in a different way. The movie version is much darker and the main ghost is much scarier. Ji Hwan's ghost in the movie reminds me of the girl ghost who haunts Prosecutor Ma and tries to scare him all time. I am sure that is their homage to the movie ghost.

In the drama, for me, it looked like Ji Hwan's ghost was trying to let her know that he was there. I found it interesting that when he first appears she is sitting in a class and they are talking about the different types of graves and their meanings. The writers did really pay attention to the little details.

Also, if you'll notice the ghosts don't really talk with Prosecutor Ma as Yeo Ri has told him not to talk with them. The only one who communicates with him is the one who wrote on the mirror. So why the different way of communicating with him?

Thanks for the discussion and happy drama watching.