ShortCircuit

Ah, the Youku airing schedule shenanigans began LOL. I have PTSD from the airing schedule of TTEOTM already.

But thank you for posting the updated schedule :D

I think the sound is a problem on certain platforms. Someone said a while back they were watching on Amazon Prime IIRC, and there were sound problems. There weren't any on NF that I can recall. It might be a technical issue...

Every kind of drama takes a little getting used to it, depending on your experience with other Asian dramas. I don't find the acting on TU to be cringy, and it actually helped getting me into cdramas after a very long time (the last I'd had seen before was from the 90s, some wuxia old story). But it definitely is different from other countries' styles and also, not every genre is to the taste of every watcher. Give it a bit of a chance, if you will, maybe you'll actually like it in the end.

Given how bad the first 4 were, the next 4 being better doesn't even mean that much, LOL. (And I mean technically better - better edited, better flow, some actual progress to the plot, etc. Not that they suddenly made a better plot or had some of the cast act better.)

He wanted to be the kingmaker and dealer in the shadow of the throne, and underestimated what KIH is capable of. Also, KIH turns out to be way smarter than he ever let on, preparing a sidekick for shady deals, and also being extremely ruthless even with anyone who DOES do his bidding.

I guess he got really pissed off by HTO dismissing his intelligence throughout the years and he let HTO "manipulate" him as it was the easiest way to get where he wanted to with less effort on his part, but once he got in, he didn't need a handler any more.

What doesn't compute is that the fact he picked the FL because it was a way of getting back at HTO and not getting caught while hurting him, but then he seems to be jealous over HTO being with her for that night? Because why? If he was only watching them for some material to feed Inju and let him force HTO into submission, why would he care they actually got one night together?!

Maybe he did fall in love with her in the end and now he's been forced to see he's no. 2 again, he cracked even more than before.

Anyway - HTO is kind of too focused on his own set goals and never realizes the bigger picture. For a supposed genius, he likes wearing eclipse glasses in front of every small light of truth that comes his way.

I wonder if they CAN solve the whole mess in just 4 eps... and/or if they were supposed to prepare for a possible second season? I mean, the last 4 eps are basically The Count of Monte Cristo (if he ever manages to get out of prison, LOL), and that book is huge :D

First 4 were a hot mess, middle 4 are a huge improvement. It'll have to be a wait-and-see game before we know if the final 4 save the drama or not.

So KIH is a back-stabber (no big surprise), no-romance part of the drama still works perfectly, I just hope it doesn't end with ~everybody ded~.

Also I really really hope KIH won't hold HTO's mom over his head, since I highly doubt she could find out about such news in that monastery she's been in for the past who-knows-how-many years.

As for the FL, well, you reap what you sow.

Another two good episodes - why couldn't they do this for the first four, too, since obviously they're capable of doing it right?!

Oy, oy, oy, what WAS that episode?!! Finally they're bringing on the heat! I salute them!

I think Shiraishi is playing Twisted Cupid for them, LOL.

The whole plot is totally random.

That makes sense. Thanks!

I just have to ask - why is it ALWAYS 2PM's Lee JunHo? He has plenty of dramas under his name, he's recognised for his acting skills, is he even that active in the group? I mean, his name probably has more recognition on its own that in the group's name. Or is that it? Are they trying to bring the group somewhat into the light whenever LJH is mentioned?

Also, is there some term for when the drama would be aired?

Eeshh... this is the moment to become a vegetarian.

They hinted a it already. They lost a child (unborn, I guess).

When While You Were Sleeping was airing (back in 2014 or so), there were Kia Sportage cars everywhere (ML even crashes one and everything). I wanted a Kia Sportage since forever (now they're old models already, obviously), never got one (too big, I like smaller cars). But the yearning remained, LOL. Whenever I see one on the street... I want one.

PPL works sometimes. And TBH, I never noticed what kind of car they're driving in QoT, they're all a mass of black SUVs and that's all that registers LOL. Maybe they just want to grow brand awareness or something.

And then there's the times when PPL really gets annoying - I'm never ever going to set foot in any Subway anywhere in the world, LOL.

Well, the critics are obviously right. These guys are billionaires, at some point HaeIn is mentioning the islands she's bought and never got to visit yet, I guess it has to be said: they should just walk everywhere, like billionaires actually do in real life. Right?

Though hey, there's that time when a bike (an actual bike, not a motorcycle) is used - what brand was it? :D

SMH...

I think he looks VERY much like Lee JoonGi.

Also played WuXin in The Blood of Youth - that's where I really noticed him first, and he was shining. Part of it because he's bald in it LOL.

He knows poetry too. And can ride a horse. I bet he knows calligraphy too. An all-round Ancient China gentleman :)

Dammit, the secret master in the shadows will turn out to be Jiang's father, won't he? And he said he has the means to control Jiang, too. Maybe he'll control him the same way Gu Yong controlled his own son...

The princess is a cool-headed woman and doesn't need/want another woman's man, yay for cool-headed royalty!! I thought the palace mastermind could be some old spy or old woman but it turns out to the princess herself, LOL. AT LEAST she's not some useless figurehead enamoured of a handsome man who knows poetry.

PY has a lot of trauma, dammit, at the end of ep 12 I thought he had been enlightened, but it was a fake out - shame on you director, shame on you!! BUT - and that's a huge plus - he's aware he's being unfaithful to CaiWei's memory,.. which means he's starting to recognise he DOES have feelings for Zhi! :D

XiaoSheng borrowing Jiang's sword in order to bully everybody else in the Ghost Market into giving her silver is so XiaoSheng LOL. I want Jiang-ge to fall for her forever and ever :D

Still - highlight of these two eps, Zhi and Jiang tricking PY into being the festival's mascot and making him ASK to be given the role, then him being all pleased with himself for having won the day, all the while they're coordinating with each other into pushing him into it hahaha~ Those two need to keep apart or they're going to swindle PY into whatever they want to do, every time, all the time :D

There IS a palace mastermind, LOL. Only not what I expected :D

PY happy as a clam getting swindled by two shameless swindlers is cute as heck, LOL. He didn't even realise what was happening to him hahaha~

Are we witnessing the birth of the second CP? Yes please!