SenpaiSuki

See the spoilers above!

Yeah they do.

Overall, both ML and FL are super selfish and toxic and so is their relationship. The dialogues almost made me puke, if someone treated me like how the ML treats her, I would dump his ass faster than the speed of light and not romanticize the gaslighting!

Second Book: They get together, then he breaks up with her out of the blue. She gets with his cousin after trying to let go of him for two years. Comes back to PH and the ML starts proclaiming his love for her again and there is a whole bunch of push and pull while FL is in a relationship with ML's cousin. ML's excuse for dumping her earlier was for her sake coz he thinks she cant live her own life coz she loves him too much! Then she gets back with the ML and even gets civil ceremony married with him, who by this time has gotten another girl pregnant yet still wants to be with FL. Mind you in the first book when his stepmom gets pregnant there is a doubt he is the father but he strongly proclaims he is saving his first time for the FL (His dad is the father, ML is not) LOL... The FL goes on a suicide drive when she learns he is gonna be a baby daddy when they just got back together and gets in an accident with ML's cousin in the car and the cousin goes into coma and FL loses a baby she had with the ML. She feels guilty about the cousin and moves away to States to find where he is recovering, and she even sights ML's son with his ex who had cut off ties with ML coz he married the FL coz he didnt want to marry the girl he got pregnant. She finally gets back with the ML at the end and they get married officially.

First book: So the ML is in love with the his soon to be step mom who basically used him to get to his dad to get out of poverty. They (ML and stepmom) even kissed while she was prepping to marry his dad and is super jealous of him talking to other girls so much so that he had to transfer schools and come to FL's school. This lady finally becomes his stepmom and the ML is still hung up on her while being with the FL for quiet sometime. The FL also falls for a guy (ML) who is just using her and then acts like a doormat until the end.

Not sure if they will go by the book but the novel is definitely toxic in multiple ways!

Good Lord! I thought Book 1 was toxic but Book 2 is worse! Red Flags all around, their relationship is like watching a dumpster fire... Happy to provide spoilers for those looking

LHC just isn't working for me as XZ. From what I remember from the novel, she definitely flirted with him, but it never felt like she was constantly playing hard to get. In contrast, the drama makes it seem like she's deliberately stringing CLZ along, more like a cat toying with a mouse. The lack of portrayal of genuine intimacy, likely due to the actress’s personal inhibitions, only adds to the sense of emotional disconnection between her and everyone else. I really wish they had cast someone else as XZ, someone with better on-screen chemistry with WAY.

Get ready to see just one dumb expression on her face in the entire drama!!! Girl needs to go back to acting school. My dog emotes more than she does!!!

The fact that WWII happens in about three years from the start is really dampening my spirits, especially given that he is in the Navy. I am still at Ep 1 but for some reason I feel uneasy.

I am confused! Isnt the Lord Master here the current Queen's (not Queen Dowager) relative? Why does he want to collude with Queen Dowager and dethrone or harm the current King and his offsprings?

What BS excuse that SY was a child! What after that? She was evil up until Ep 98, you cant expect any sympathy from me. I hope she rots as a spinster for the rest of her life with not even a friend by her side. JS would be a real simp if he still wants a future with her? Like she doesnt have a single redeeming quality until now that would make any sane person fall in love with her to the point of forgiving all the evil she has participated in.

I really dont think Se Young deserves any sympathy at all. Her mom is right, she was thrilled to learn Du Na was dead. She is helping her mom till the end after everything that has happened. So even if she brings evidence at this point, she doesnt get any brownie points from me.

There are sites like GoMovies and 123movies. Otherwise you can signup for HBO Max.

If you are a fan of medical dramas, you HAVE to watch The Pitt. I know its not an Asian show but an American one, but thats the closest representation to an actual hospital/ED setup any show in the history of medical shows will come to.

I think I will have to wait for The Pitt to get hazy in my memory before I start watching any doctor/hospital related show, American or otherwise. Coz they all look kitschy and cliche compared to The Pitt. Some might say its an unfair comparison but you cant look past the brilliance of The Pitt. The rawness is unreal.

Girl she turned 18 in Feb 2025, they shot this before that when she was 17 and a minor!

Have to disagree with you on the incompetence, pettiness and ridiculous behaviour. I have spent my fair share of time in rural developing countries in my childhood and to me the potrayal was pretty accurate, especially in the 80s and 90s. Most of these folks were not educated and the way of thinking was rather simplistic (when you have so little and are fighting with a lot of others for resources, its surprising how reductive human nature can become to basic negative emotions) . Again, not looking down on them, just the way things were owing to less development and less education. My parents dealt with people like the villagers and factory workers day in and out and the frustration of them not being able to convince people of their own good was palpable in our daily lives.

SMH!!!

Even less than 10 years is too much for a child her age. Maybe a couple of years max. She is literally a child!!! Good lord...