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Personally, I feel uneasy. Even though its a happy ending here, I cant seem to shake off the fact that WW II is right around the corner and it wasn't a very good time for the men in military.

Personally, I feel uneasy. Even though its a happy ending here, I cant seem to shake off the fact that WW II is right around the corner and it wasnt a very good time for the men in military.

Has anyone read the manhwa and can spoil it for me?

I know bad cops exists! But they don’t go against people with backing unscathed or without losing their jobs. No matter how you twist it, his character just doesn’t make sense, in a drama or realistic sense. And again, that’s on the writers. Not on the actor.
If an NYPD cop went against a politician or a gang member with strong backing, even the union would kick him to the curb real quick. And NYPD has one of the strongest union and they protect even their bad eggs with a vengeance.

That’s also another supporting argument to everything I said, he shouldn’t be a police officer if he ain’t right in the head! He is sticking around so far coz of his own selfish reasons putting himself, his team and civilians in danger!

This drama is getting really hard to watch. The storyline feels like it's dragging, and neither the villain nor the protagonists are particularly clever. The villain keeps provoking Dong Ju, and Dong Ju falls for it every single time. It's become a repetitive cycle.
A lot of people argue that Dong Ju isn’t supposed to be a perfect lead, and that’s fine. But I think they’re missing an important point - context matters. Dong Ju isn’t just some hot headed rando off the street, he's a police officer. That changes everything. His impulsiveness and lack of control don’t align with the role he’s supposed to play. If he were just a regular civilian, his behavior might make more sense. But as a cop, especially one without connections, being this reckless isn’t just unrealistic, it’s implausible.
Even in the real world, no matter how corrupt a department is, someone like Dong Ju wouldn't last. He’s a liability with no backing and too unpredictable, plus he is going after people with power and influence.
This isn’t necessarily the actor’s fault, but the writing is definitely weak. The character doesn’t make sense in his professional context, and that’s on the writers.

Yeah it sounds like they took all the plot points from everywhere and jammed them together. Some of their conversations were so cringey, the FL is literally a doormat for the most part. And the ML gaslights so much.

See spoilers above.

Drake really likes his stepmom and she likes him too although I think she is like 4-5 years older than him. But then she meets his dad and sees she has a better future with Drake's father due to him being rich so she becomes his fiancee and is gonna marry him soon. But she is still jealous of all the girls Drake interacts with and they have kissed several times so far.
Its unclear from the novel how exactly it started or maybe I just dont remember.

I am suspecting her sister had a reputation based on what little is shown of her so far. She was definitely hanging out with shady characters and it looks like she had ambitions of being a movie start or something. In small towns, all of this is frowned upon. Things have improved significantly but back in the days, women in movie/modeling industry definitely did not have good experiences and were mostly suspected to be promiscuous to get the roles.
I also think she probably died of AIDS or something (whether it was transmitted via intimacy or through hospital) and parents really want to erase that part of family history given it would "sully" the reputation for the rest of the siblings. Also given the time period they are in, it makes a lot of sense for AIDS to be such a taboo. Especially in smaller towns like theirs.

I hope not, coz in the books, their relationship is so toxic, both Book1 and Book2.

Haha, I also started watching for Rabin, I think he is getting better with every role. But after I read the story, planning to drop this one.
I will keep monitoring the comments, to see if they change the story from original to make it less icky! I know a lot of people might not find some of these things as repulsive but I personally cant take it.

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.