ShortCircuit

It's kind of depressing in its first half, you feel like none of the MCs have any chance to win at anything. In the beginning it even appears to be the type of "what worse thing could happen to this beautiful human being today" story. But by the end it transforms into a hopeful story. If you manage to go through the first few episodes, it'll turn.

I wouldn't call it inspirational, and I don't know what your definition of inspirational is, but this is not a poster for feel-good dramas until the very end.

If you want a drama that will leave you with the feeling the MCs have WON something, that they've broken through to the other side... Then yes, this is it.

Okay, ep 14 is epic.

And his mother was a b!tch.

OMG it looks like KHW's initial fate switched over to KGR's prosecutor junior (is he Koo Seung Hyuk? There really should be more description for support charas, so that one could see who they were. There's more description for the guest roles LOL).

He even got to enjoy the killer's preferred goodbye speech. I bet that made KHW really mad.

So I guess we're starting the next ep with a good fighting scene. Or maybe Dr. K does a Count Rugen and runs away :D

But at least the story is finally moving somewhere. About time, too. Getting excited for the end game again, it definitely looks like MinSoo will probably turn, too. 6 more days...

Now, this is getting het up, LOL. I like it. I want more!

Also, I LOVE how small Shen Yi is in comparison to Du Cheng, and how often that bromance they've developed seemed to slide over a line, from time to time LOL, just because of how they stood in relation to each other.

I don't have prosopagnosia (I already knew about it since I was trying to make sense of my own problem) but I can never remember a face unless the person becomes special to me, and even then it doesn't last for long if we separate for a long time. I can't even fit a name to a face even if we meet daily (again, unless the person is important to me for some reason). I'd be the world's worst eye witness ever, worse than each and every eye witness in the drama who ever described a suspect for Shen Yi LOL. A portraitist's work therefore is no less than magic for me, so the drama was amazing due to that, too.

For anyone interested in the drama, do watch it, it's worth it :D

And one of the most hilarious things - when Du Cheng wasn't friendly with Shen Yi in the beginning and they're using the AI generated image of the suspect, LOL, they end up with a basically shapeless plastic-looking model... Du Cheng's disgusted face at that moment was amazing :D

Each and every portrait drawn in this drama is masterpiece-level (even when it gets to superhero levels of accuracy, I could find no fault for it.) I am ready for a second season and more pets for Shen Yi to gather!

She created a split universe when she sent KHW back in time. In the first timeline, she died, became a Reaper, sent LHW back. Whatever happened to that 'verse after KHW left it, is up to debate (like his corpse being found with meth and alcohol in its system, CTS winning at life, etc.)

The second 'verse is where we're at right now, when she's not dead yet, KHW has a magic knownledge helping him avoid certain things, and it's not guaranteed she'd die OR if she dies, she'd become a Reaper again. Because this time there's no need for KHW to go back again.

Every time I find a time loop or split 'verse story, I become amazed all over again about how well they dealt with it in Steins;Gate. That is a masterpiece on time travel.

I don't know, but I am kind of sure he would do it - I mean, if CTS wanted to get rid of her eventually, who would he pick but his own personal assassin?

Just to make it clear, I do not KNOW this happens, I only looked at the last manhwa chapter because I was curious. But I won't be surprised if that was what happened to her.

It's a good guess he's her brother (it's very heavily hinted at) and also he's the killer CTS keeps on retainer. I imagine that's why she became a Reaper in her first life, since he would have been the one to kill her too, or at least set it up so she gets killed. And why she was so revengeful.

This time around, who knows how it will all develop. But if it ends as in the manhwa, she probably won't survive this time either.

CKJ's father has an entertainment division, she was a rookie actress trying to make it big. She met CKJ at the party at the same time she met KHW, and they had a relationship. CKJ's father (or her agent that his company provided) convinced her to have plastic surgery and she became addicted to propofol, a drug used in short term general anesthesia.

Addicts aren't well seen in SK, so she risked her whole career if anyone found out. And CKJ used her and left her, so she was feeling wronged.

I kind of don't think WJ's dad is still alive. He would have found a way to at least watch WJ from a distance, they were pretty close, someone would have seen him, or WJ would have felt someone sticking around if it were the case. But maybe he hid the painting, then rigged the car to go in the water, then went off the grid before something happened to him. Or maybe he is still alive and just got real good at doing secret stuff. Or had plastic surgery to change his face.

Let's see if the drama placed those details just for that reason - having watchers come up with a certain theory, building up on it, then subverting expectations LOL. If it does that, I hope it does it in an intelligent way, not a deus-ex-machina kind of twist :D

It's just like WJ's dad weiqi playing style - they're setting up baits for us, and wait for us to take the bait :D

An episode with no fight, finally, LOL.

I don't know about you guys, but the true hero of this drama is Mr Oh, the poor investigator that KHW keeps working extra hours, LOL. If it wasn't for him, they'd have no info to act on at all.

I mean, he tracked down the steps of Old Fang so accurately after all this time, found the CD with the images and even managed to figure out how Old Fang fell. It was heartbreaking to realize the last call wasn't before he fell (as I had thought), but AFTER, and LJ was number 1 on his speed dial T_T

I loved to see him laser-focusing on it. And the restaurant owner is good too, he just opened up with no reservations and helped him. I like that kind of people.

Based on the boots the third person had on that day, he is DEFINITELY Mr Xu. Unless Monsieur as a different person just happens to wear that kind of distinctive boots too, which isn't all that much probable, Mr Xu is Monsieur (still no more noise from Monsieur's underlings concerning WenJie. It's clear it was all to get him in the game, and he's in, so they stopped. He's not really all that smart, Mr Xu). Then Mr Xu and the helpful thief put on that show for WenJie, to explain away the money Mr Xu got from DSH for WenJie's dad. I KNEW he was scum, and he keeps proving me right.

It looks like there's going to be a replay on what happened 12 years back, at least in part. I hope this time it won't be LJ calling out for help, but neither do I want WJ to be the one to get in trouble...

Only 5 eps left, so much time to wait until next week. I should eventually learn not to watch dramas while they're airing LOL.

PS I'm pretty sure WenJie caught on to Mr Xu, what with never asking about his presence in the warehouse and then with the small ~innocent~ remarks on his father's weiqi's playing style. I liked that thing about setting out traps and waiting to see if anyone bites - if he's doing it knowingly, he just told Mr Xu he's going to get him. Can't wait :D

This was SUCH a good ep showcasing Luo Jian :D (21).

12 years back, his police mentor (Old Fang) was trying to call him on the phone on the day he died, around the time he died. LJ was the last person he called, before falling to his death.

LJ first rejected his call, then tried to answer the second one and his phone's battery died before connecting. He didn't even know his mentor had fallen before getting back to the police station, hours later.

IF he were Monsieur, and wanted to get Luoshen, and WenJie's father was still alive and in hiding with the paiting, he (Mr Xu) would want WJ in the forefront of things, to catch WJ's dad's attention. It LOOKS like he's letting WJ think about things and make decisions - but HE was the one who just happened to "luckily" pick that person from a very long list that "just" so happened to be (more than) friendly and give them access to the auction and info on what's going to be auctioned... He's manipulating WJ and rather obviously too.

Now, IF he's the mastermind... His rather heavy-handed approach to pushing WJ in the direction he wants him to go might be a pretty impressive move in making WJ underestimate him to the end. If WJ gets the impression he can easily control Mr Xu, while Mr Xu is actually Monsieur, the intelligent and secretive thief, then WJ is going to end up holding the stick and Mr Xu will walk away no matter how this ends.

On the other hand, he might just be a low-level thief who just caught on to a great value possible robbery and would love to get his paws on the treasure.

I still feel he's Monsieur, and I really hope WJ and LJ set up a communication channel before it all started... then again, that's why it's so suspenseful. I just hope for a happy ending.

Mr Xu is scum, and his actions regarding Liao DeTong show it in detail. He didn't need to break his finger, he just wanted to. And since he already sold out WJ's dad, if he isn't Monsieur, he definitely is selling out WenJie right now.

WJ got a major case of stupid over Mr Xu. He knows he can't trust him, yet he wants to discover Monsieur so he takes risk after risk so easily. It's glaringly obvious that since Mr Xu entered the scene, there are no more subplots involving WJ and how to implicate him in thefts and more scummy things - they got what they wanted, he's committed to it and now even if it ends on a more positive note for him, he's part of the underworld. How could Luo Jian trust him after this? :(

I liked how this set of eps were VERY much slimmed down - it's WJ and Mr Xu on one side, and LJ on the other. No more clutter and other case details, no more thieves playing games, no more side-attacks etc. It looks like it's the endgame already. BUT exactly because of that, Mr Xu is more suspicious than ever. He already sent vibes of having his own plan, and he keeps pushing WJ to the front of things, a monkey's paw... He is either Monsieur, or his most trustful underling. I wonder what else will Ding ShengHuo is going to be doing from prison in their turf war.

Where did Luoshen come from, though? If it's disappeared with WJ's dad, then is WJ's dad the one selling it? Or is it a trap for WenJie so that, IF his father is alive, he'd come save his son?!

That message LJ got is probably from WJ, but I wouldn't bet on it being enough for LJ to forgive him, if WJ is working behind his back on this. Also, it's a scary paralel to what happened to LJ's mentor 12 years back...

Tomorrow there's only one ep, then another 4-day wait... Dammit, dammit, dammit...

WenJie just gets mired, deeper and deeper... This is going to hurt.

There's going to be an illegal secret auction including Luoshen, and WenJie got duped into going there.

And Luo Jian just found the note that was secretly passed to his old police mentor 12 years back, sending him to the site of the initial theft of the Luoshen painting, the one that WenJie's dad died for. LJ's mentor died that day too and it's probably in connection to the theft.

He didn't get to read the note before the episode ended. It's probably an informer's note - WJ's dad most likely - with details on the theft about to happen...

A beautiful bromance, the brothers-in-arms kind of bromance.