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Ohhhhhh well that makes sense, thanks!

Woooowww you watched that too? It was such a fun show to see. I can let you know I know what you talk about with a few words: Red notebook.
The bromance in that series reached peak to the point that it almost looked like the serial killer was proposing a marriage. In another timeline than ours perhaps it could've been different and we could've had reformed serial killer overcoming his childhood issues with the chaotic office worker.

If we look for the same sort of stuff in dramas like this then we'll definitely meet again on another shows page!

The part about SH though... Yeah if SH learns about HJ saving him and still doesn't regret/shows no remorse I'm done.
There's 2 scenarios I accept right now:
-HJ dies but SH finds out the truth and shows clear regret and leaves GH alone.
-SH finds out just before dying and regrets his whole life.

Okay I'm gonna write my last thoughts about the upcoming ending down. This is just theories though.
So basically the LAST important question is ''who ends up living/resetting?'' I think detective Hyung Joo (HJ) doesn't stand a chance, he's dead.

This worry seems validated by the reflection imagery of the show which has been discussed. Basically that Lee Shin and GH have multiple reflections in the hall with mirrors and HJ only has one. This could represent multiple timelines vs 1 timeline (he doesn't get a reset).

Personally I think the best ending right now would be for detective HJ to die, although that does sound weird to say.
1. People seem to care about romance so much so lets first discuss that point. If HJ were to live and GH dies then he has to be the one to reset. Lets remember what type of person GH is, it took a long time for her to warm up to HJ (especially since he's a fanboy). If HJ resets and hugs an unknowing GH she's calling the police within a second. She'd have no reason to stay in contact with a stranger like him. Meanwhile if HJ died and GH reset she would be able to easily become friends since she's his favourite webcomic artist.

2. One of the most important points for me is detective HJ's mental health and his guilt. If he does live then he's gonna be carrying all that trauma with him. A reset done by someone else would be perfect since this would vanish his Sun Ho trauma and his guilt over saving a killer. GH has character growth in the form of learning to trust the right people but HJ has just been getting worse experiences every time and trying to cope. Dying and losing their memories would be bad for GH's character but not for HJ's character.

Mayby I'm wrong and GH dies or they both live but somehow it feels right for HJ to die and be saved from his pain. --I think he deserves a life without trauma. --
Also, the Japanese versions ending probably heavily influenced this upcoming ending. This also made me believe that HJ had to die.

I watched the Japanese version to compare and this is my conclusion.
The storyline is very similar but different enough, the plottwist is different from the Japanese one and more shocking. I also like Lee Shins character more than Kazama. I would say I prefer the Korean version overall since they added some new interesting elements.

I'm still not emotionally over the reveal.
Anyway, I get your point wanting to have detective HJ be the one to reset (it is romantic) but I would disagree for the sake of HJ's sanity. GH is way more mentally stable (although scared of course) at the moment than HJ. If HJ were to see the one he loves killed by the friend he saved he would probably have a mental breakdown.

I'm already expecting one of them to die and mayby that's not the case but it's likely at this point and I feel like GH would be better at handling it than HJ. Sure she would be sad but she is very set on finding solutions and doesn't have a crushing guilt in the back of her mind.

That's a mystery that will remain unsolved.

Unfortunately this is one of those untranslated cases where you either have to learn some Chinese to understand some basics or give up.

First of all, let's acknowledge that cutting any cute Sol Ah+Hong Jo scenes is a crime. Second of all, we needed more cute Hong Jo+Jae Sun scenes.
Jae Sun and Sol Ah don't provide cute moments together and thus I conclude that this isn't worth the time spent on it.
Also, that cat gives a better performance than some actors/actresses I've seen in kdramas. This ball of fur must be protected from harm.

Unfortunately true although I do understand their preference. I think minimising romance was a smart move by the writers because this is a survival scenario. I can't see them being on a date in one scene and researching a dead body of their friend in the next, it'd take away from the severity of the situation. Ga Hyun also seems way too down to earth to easily give into romance.
There's enough romance shows already anyway.

I kinda feel pressured to be hyped about this though. Like if we make this succeed we have a chance at more Korean BL. All it has to do is deliver a decent BL story with a good ending, can't be that difficult right?

Ok so I checked out the accompanying trailer for this and I think it's the wrong one... It's horror movie/drama about a mother and a girl who visit a haunted house and get a female ghost chasing them. Pretty scary stuff.

I was here for the bromance since Ep 1 but that didn't work out well to say the least. Now I'm just here to solve the remaining mysteries.

Well you never know what happens in the last episodes but I mean.. The serial killer confrontation probably takes priority. It's very likely that Ga Hyun and the detective will end up together though, even if it's in a new timeline.

Highly suggest watching 365: Repeat the Year too if you like detective stories with mystery and a bit of supernatural thrown in.

This is such a good plot-idea though! Reminds me of Irresistible Love from China. I can't wait but I'm also scared since the young rich guys in kdramas are usually very controlled by their parents. The BL-scenes are gonna be lit though. I don't expect Thai-level of BL moments (which can be very artistic/meaningful and are performed in longer scenes) but I'm curious to see what they'll bring. If Long Time No See is used as inspiration then the BL-scenes will progress quite quickly but be quite short.

Watch: 365: Repeat the Year if you want a current interesting drama with some mystery.

Okay I know most people here don't want to believe it but it's definitely a body switch that occured between the male leads after their death. Grabbing his eye in pain is not something they include for fun. I hope they at least make murderer-dude have a happier ending in this life, like having him be able to do something for the girl this time. However, I kinda expect the soul of detective-dude to get with heartproblems-girl in the end.
Who knows when they'll recover their memories though? They're entirely new people until they recover those memories so let's see what happens before they become their old selves again.

Serial killer Sun Ho is following the fate of the original timeline. In ANY timeline where Sun Ho lives he is the serial killer of the group. He finds out about resetters later but he would've killed them all regardless of whether he found out about resetters since it's his fate.
It's like finding a letter of the future that lists your next few purchases, obviously you were gonna make those purchases anyway so it doesn't change anything besides that you know about that future now. This is how Sun Ho feels but with murder.
There's no specific reason for the lack of new empty showcases, he'll probably get new ones if he needs to.

Lee Shin can save them but she has no empathy for the resetters. So either she starts another fate-experiment and they won't remember anything or it has to be one of the resetters who breaks free from their fate and gets to reset again.