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An amazing article, which was carefully and thoughtfully written. Thank you for the introduction to an important director and all-around artist.

Thanks!

One of my favorites!!

Where did you read the manga?

Not even in the slightest!

I LOVED this article!! I feel like I've just had a university class in linguistics! LOL.

I have really enjoyed your comments on this show and I'll miss seeing them now that it's over. You should write a review!!

No. Everyone in this drama is portrayed as deeply flawed, or even broken in some way. There's no completely good character and no completely bad one either. I don't see any romanticizing of anything, frankly. That's what's so interesting about it.
Also, all of the characters lost something due to the choices they made. No one is "encouraging women to cheat" - which is kind of a weird statement to make, imo.

Wow, what a ride! And Itagaki Rihito continues to prove me right that he just might be the best actor of a new generation.

I don't agree with this at all - this drama certainly didn't encourage infidelity...for anyone. And maybe it was written this way (by a woman) because it said things that women there have wanted to say.

Ok. Whatevs. (Insert eye roll emoji here)

Why do you say that? (And not just cause you said so.)

I think that was on purpose, and their characters were meant to be that "cringy." (They weren't all American either.) Also, that's not a new plot device - where outsiders pay lots and lots of money to watch people kill each other, pretty much every death game genre movie/tv show in existence has that plot device.
Compared to most other K-dramas, (not Netflix and not new dramas) these actors' English and acting were actually tolerable. King2Hearts had the worst acting I've ever seen by non-Korean actors. It made SG look Oscar-worthy.
For the record, I still think the original comment was problematic. Are K-dramas only allowed to have Korean actors in them and must we hear complaints about "foreigners" every time they don't?

No foreigners?! WTF? If I remember correctly all of the characters spoke Korean. This question sounds very weird to me.

Not true. Stranger had two seasons, both with excellent ratings.

Have you seen all of the sequels as well?

Hmm. Thanks.

What?! No, I said that we were not OWED and did not DESERVE any of their private lives. If they want to share things with the public, that's on them. Not sure what you're trying to insinuate here but I'm not being contradictory. It's still not my business. Period.

I just started this and I have a question for you. Does the FL ever get less annoying? :-) I know it's a much older drama and it's very anime-like, but I'm having a hard time getting through her scenes (and you know by now how much I love J-dramas.) And does the borderline abusive/anime-inspired slapstick continue throughout the whole drama?

Your comment is all kinds of problematic...
We aren't owed anything as fans, except for decent performances onscreen. And no, I should NOT have access to an actor's private life every minute of the day!