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Ok, MAJOR SPOILER WARNING for my comment though if you clicked "spoiler" to open this comment then you can't say I didn't warn you.

Final thoughts, the drama is good, but for me it was so damn depressing watching the last three episodes that I'd probably never watch it again. Almost the entire main cast of good characters get brutally murdered in episode 6 and 8, aside from the two main guys and a few of their allies. None of the group who were there at the start are there in the end. It didn't feel like a victory. Like, I'm sure I'm supposed to feel satisfied that they caught Myeong Gil in the end, but honestly I just wanted him dead after all he did. Prison is nothing to a bastard like that.

I am going to watch Bloodhounds season 2, but I'm crossing my fingers that it's not as depressing as season 1.

In my opinion, it's definitely better than the rating implies. My personal rating is 8.5, I really enjoyed it and would watch it again. It reminds me of Hwayugi, a human and immortal going from enemies to lovers but having a cursed fate. I really enjoyed Hwayugi except for the ending, and this drama definitely has a better ending than Hwayugi.

I don't get why this is rated below 8.3 or even 8.4, unless there was some weird sociopolitical reason that made people rate it low because they were angry about something. This drama was really fun and had me laughing and crying. The final episode wasn't quite the satisfying wrap-up I hoped it would be, but at least Iblis and Ka Young were happy in the end.

I swear there are people over in SK whose bread and butter depend on trying to dig up whatever dirt they can (real or imagined) on famous people just to cause a stir. More than half the time these accusations turn out to be a false alarm. And it always seems to be winter time when most of these muckrakers come to the surface.

Don't worry, lol, I'm 100% sure Woo Bin and Min Ah will never know and never care that this random person on the internet thinks that their marriage won't last.

If he actually dodged the draft he'd be in legal trouble like Ravi from Vixx, but In Woo literally just didn't receive the summons within the allotted timespan, so he was eligible for exemption (and it's not like he's the only person where this has happened, we just hear about it because he's a public figure). This is basically like in the US where if you are summoned for jury duty you have to be on call for the given time period, but if they end up not needing you then you don't have to go. It's not that deep.

This drama was really good from beginning to end. I'm happy that the final episode was allowed to be almost a "what came after" episode, it was nice that it was a bit slow paced and happy. The finale with the concert where they played Woo Seong's vocals for his part reminded me of SHINee's tribute performance of From Now On to Jonghyun, and it made me want to cry.

My only gripe was the Gold Boys' CEO and La Ik's mother got a sudden redemption arc that felt 100% unearned. The CEO was scum for 90% of the story only to U-turn in the last episode and express remorse that apparently he'd had for a long time for how he'd exploited Ra Ik, and Ra Ik was way too forgiving of someone who practically abused him. Same for La Ik's mother, who sucked her son dry of money for most of his life and ignored his pain.

There was an extended director’s cut of the series, it’s on Hulu. I’ve seen gifs on Tumblr from the extended scenes but can’t find the extended episodes anywhere other than behind Hulu’s paywall.

I tried reading the novel, I got to chapter 98 out of 178, and I gave up. This is a rare case where I think the drama is honestly better/more enjoyable than the source material. Beware of spoilers and possible trigger warnings ahead.

Wei Shao in the book is so much less likeable, though probably a more accurate representation of how men acted in that time period. Almost 100 chapters into the book and the relationship between Wei Shao and Xiao Qiao is best described as turbid. Wei Shao is infatuated with Xiao Qiao, but it's more lust than love. He treats her mostly as a precious pretty doll that he gets to have sex with, regardless of whether she wants it or not. There are several non-consensual sex scenes in the novel where Wei Shao forces himself on Xiao Qiao, essentially r*ping her (including once while she's in a drunken stupor). Xiao Qiao is not in love with him at all at this point (which is over halfway through the novel!), and also she's like 14 when she marries him at the beginning of the story so...underage sex. Weirdly enough, novel-Xiao Qiao is a modern woman reincarnated into the past but that plot point is so meaningless, because most of the time she's just acting and thinking like a woman of the times she's living in, that it's a wonder to me that it even was included in the novel.

It's a happy ending for the main couple, but it definitely feels rushed. The final two episodes feel like an olympic sprint to the finish rather than a satisfactory resolution to all plot threads. Xiao Qiao barely shows up in the final episode except for like a couple scenes with Wei Shao at the end. But overall I thought the drama was excellent.

I believe he received a suspended sentence and two years probation. He also offered to serve for four years in the military instead of the normal two mandatory years. I miss him 😭

Love in the Turquoise Land
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My favorite comedy dramas are Chief Kim, Fiery Priest (season 1 and 2), and Special Labor Inspector Jo. A couple other ones I enjoyed were Psychopath Diary (much funnier than the name would suggest), and Eulachacha Waikiki 1 and 2. If you want 100% low stakes, Eulachacha Waikiki is the best option. The other ones I mentioned have more of an overarching serious plot with tons of great comedy mixed in.

I genuinely enjoyed this drama from beginning to end, even if there were a few draggy parts in the middle. Sang Yeob blew it out of the park with his performance.

I liked this show, but for the high rating it had, I was expecting much more. It was funny and the characters were likable, yes, and I understand that this was a comedy-focused show, but I've watched other comedy dramas that managed to have a much more solid overall plot and more engaging characters than this one. I reached the end of this show feeling like I barely knew the characters better than when the show began. Each character was a caricature that represented a stereotype, and barely developed much beyond the bounds of that establishing framework. This is probably a solid 7.5 for me, not bad but not good enough to watch a second time.

Ah, I see. Did they film all 40 and then they had to cut it down to 36 because of the network?

Damn, that ending felt rushed as hell but they managed to tie everything up for the most part. I think they could've had 37 or even 38 episodes instead of 36.

Qiao Yue (ManMan's uncle) is such a sleazeball, I hope he dies by the end of this drama.

They all have happy endings! Tbh I haven’t watched season 2 of Let’s Shake It yet but if I recall from reading up on it the story has a happy ending.

Everything I listed in my previous comment is a kdrama. For Chinese dramas, I watched Eternal Love (2017) as my first ever, and it was quite a culture shock as at the time I didn't understand anything about ancient Chinese culture, the xianxia/wuxia genres as a whole, or Chinese mythology. I fell in love with it all anyway, haha.

The fantasy cdramas that have been especially memorable to me are Eternal Love, Love Between Fairy and Devil, Ashes of Love, Back from the Brink, Let's Shake IT! (absolutely wild, ridiculous and hilarious), The Eternal Love 1 - 3 (not to be confused with just "Eternal Love"), and most recently A Dream Within A Dream.

I don't usually enjoy modern-setting C-dramas, but I have liked three so far; those being Moonlight, My Girlfriend is an Alien, and 19th Floor.