ShortCircuit

Where did KyuRi go? Did she miss getting into the same uni?

I actually think KHW has the best chemistry with HanMi, I don't feel it (or not yet anyway) with HeeAh. If there's a romantic plot at all, I hope KHW and KHM either become lovers, or best friends at least.

None of them pull the rejuvenation makeup except for LJG, LOL. If those are first-year law students (or in the process of getting through law school), they're all either admitted on their 10th or 20th try LOL, or the makeup artists couldn't do anything with how they appeared so they just... gave up :D

Bad-Shinigami-no-cookie-girl-in-red said she would be found next to CTS in the second life, so she's not there yet... I was expecting KHW to meet her in law school. It's still early, maybe it'll happen.

So, now CTS's son died instead of KHW's parents, is CTS going to go on an eye-for-an-eye approach and try to get KHW so that his parents also lose their son? LOL, bad target in that case :D

Who is the man with his face hidden in that bar? Is he the same as the killer (also un-rejuvenated) following KHW on that bridge?

Side-note: that was the flattest beer to ever beer - no foam, no air-bubbles, no fizziness, nothing. I pity the actors who had to drink it. Is that normal for Korean beer, I wonder, or did they need it to be that way for continuity reasons?

Waiting for what's next :D

Second episode is much better. I guess I'm okay with a not-too-deep-but-action-filled LJG drama. The selection process probably went like this - LJG decided he needed to stretch a bit and show off that black belt LOL, so AML was picked. No complaints from me.

And I have this impression this revenge rebirth story actually does have a System - that's what Lee Min Soo is there for, LOL.

He won't be. He can REMEMBER he was, though, so that's what will definitely count.

Just my 2 cents on the follow-up plot lines, based on how this usually works. I'd love to see it derail :D

Sorry for over-explaining then, LOL, I'm quite fond of such tropes, as I've already said (in anime, webnovels, dramas etc.) It's probably easier to notice the tropes and fit their meaning if you've seen enough of them, though I hope they adapted the manhwa well enough for everyone to understand the underlaying motifs, too, even if they're not familiar with the genre. The MC will try to change the rules or events so that painful things don't happen, and he's allowed to, as long as he works toward the scope he's been set in order to be given that second chance at life. Sometimes that will lead to completely different outcomes, or will save / sacrifice different people than those that were involved in the first life timeline, or the MC won't be able to change those most important plot keys because then he'd never get to the second chance life timeline setting.

I think that's why some of the lighting of the scenes is washed out, at times. Like it's in a "fantasy world", so it doesn't have to feel "real". And I have to say I like the theme, I have this feeling I've already heard it somewhere else, LOL.

It's off-screen and only implied, you don't get to see it. The drama itself is warm and cozy for a long while, then it gets a bit bittersweet at the end, but not on the romance side - which is on fire.

Do give it a chance :)

Nah, in revenge rebirth manhwa stories, it either goes the way of superpowers (like in Rugal, for example), or normal-powered human with foreknowledge of fated moments / seminal incidents (this looks to be the way for AML).

Mr. Queen is not based on a revenge manhwa, but is more of a historical rom-com type (and not a manhwa at all, though TBH I'm not sure).

Loops are only happening in very specific types of stories - a very good Chinese drama using that plot is Reset. Origin stories that involve seminal incidents usually have some kind of time paradox or "fated moment" that can't be prevented so that the MC HAS to go the way of revenge. (Though I hope the parents are saved here, I really like the actors and want to see them more). Signal has a part that uses that trope in a very good (and pretty hurtful) way.

From experience, I enjoy the dramas based on manhwas more than the manhwas themselves, usually because of the art... But that's just me. If you get to the parents' hit-and-run in the manhwa before tomorrow's ep, please spoil me on their survival please :D

Err, judging from ep 1 only and with no knowledge of the manhwa it's based on, no, that summary doesn't work for this drama.

Or do you mean to say you're looking for a drama that had that particular plot?

Usually in a reborn/transmigration/isekai story, there are some rules the MC can't ignore, of they'll be swept back to the original version of their life and die/disappear/something bad will happen to them anyway.

I haven't read this particular manhwa, but I'm pretty addicted to the reborn/transmigration type of stories, and I really really hate not having a cheeky System in this drama, too :D (If you're okay with BL, you can check out the donghua of Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, LOL, that's the perfect example of how this genre works.)

So yeah, it's cheating, but it's within the "rules" of the genre.

It got really interesting in the second half of the episode, when LJG had a chance to show some emotions again. Though TBH, LKY spouting those lines about caring for gender issues and not forgiving sexual harassment/assault (in his CTS persona) did leave a sour aftertaste.

Also, I don't want to see KHW falling slowly into the sky like Miles in Into the Spiderverse, LOL. Somehow the action sequences of the intro fell flat for me.

I don't want to see a time paradox /seminal incident (because I like Park Min Chul, I want him to play the dad role for longer!), can someone who read the manhwa spoil me on this, please? Is the accident preventable at all?

Highlights:

KHW as a bad-ass prosecutor: Facing up with a prosecutor with a weapon for more than three minutes is participating in organized crime. Resisting arrest in such cases means a fine of up to 50k dollars. **smirk** I just made that up.

LOL!

Bad-Shinigami-no-cookie-girl-in-red: Make him suffer!!
Reborn KHW: I want to learn maths. Teach me the ways of maths!

(Watchers: She meant CTS, not YOURSELF!)

(Also, maths teacher): How long has it been since you last learned maths?
Reborn KHW: Some ten years, I think.
Myself, trying to do some quick calculations in my head: Dammit... it feels like it's been a lot longer than ten years LOL.

It might become interesting, but so far it's nowhere near the adrenaline rush FoE gave me. I hope it does get at least up to that level. Let's go, AML!!

I'm not yet wowed. But I kind of expected it from a story adapted from a revenge manhwa, they tend to get pretty formulaic. More under the spoiler.

What did you do now, you put that imagine of Bilbo running from Bag's End in his hairy feet, yelling "I'm going on an ad-ven-TURE!" in my head :D

Thanks for the spoiler, oh well, I'm a sadist at times, and that first gif is... interesting. So I might binge this sometime soon :D

Thanks for the rec!

This looks a bit like Hunter/Wolf Hunter (2021), which I liked a lot (in terms of being rather gritty, not as a plot. Though I highly encourage people who like gritty/frontier's people/morally gray characters to take a look at Hunter, it's worth it.)

But spoil me on this, please (because I hate to get involved and watch characters I like, die): does the MC survive? I like Chen Fei Yu (and he was good in Ever Night), is his character just a tiny bit likable, so that one can root for them with no restraint? :D

It's never going to get easier, but it'll be less present, over time. Not that it'll happen very soon. Hang in there, it does eventually get better, though they're always going to be missing.

Just remember the good memories and don't shy from mentioning them whenever you think of them. Keep them with you and they'll never go away completely.

Be well!

Yeah, I'll remember that line LOL. It works perfectly in any and all circumstances. I'm just going to have to work on delivering it with that extreme seriousness of Dr. Gu's LOL.

LOL, Pepsi China branch doesn't waste time :D

What is it with the bamboo shoots on the label though, is it a special flavour or just a marketing trick? I'd try some bamboo Pepsi myself, though I bet it's regional :(

Love is Sweet - Luo YunXi and Bai Lu. It's not as lovey-dovey as OoL but it is dopey-lovey LOL. Also lots of clichees, but who cares, they work, and Bai Lu is beautiful as always while Luo YunXi's smile is to die for. (Yes I like him a lot. Does it show? :D)

The Romance of Tiger and Rose - it's also not too lovey-dovey but more cutesy-flirty LOL, watch it for the fruit theatre (yes there's one, and it's crazy LOL). It's a costume drama, and more female-centric, but worth the watch (and the laughs).

If you're okay with (very much hinted but nowhere explicit) BL, you could also try The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty. That one's also a hoot - you get a drop-dead-cute gluttonous MC, a stern soldier MC (who is the best cook, and yes, cooking scenes are included, yum!) who can't resist the cute glutton either LOL, and the most mischievous and lovable third wheel who basically steals the show whenever the mood hits him. I loved that drama :D (and yes it's romantic. But as I said, not explicit, not even as much as The Untamed).

One that is less liked on MDL is A Girl Like Me, another costume drama where the ML is basically slowly falling for the FL, which is a bit of a hothead. Still, they're good together and the romance and mutual understanding is good.

I didn't catch that (though I found both the little boy and the little girl adorable)!! Is the little boy QiuQiu? Awww ~~

I admit defeat. It's raining outside (an early spring thunderstorm at night), and I have spent the past three hours playing Life is as Warm as Light ( 生命温暖如光) on repeat. I love this theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny1hbhVh1cI

(Also for some reason I didn't realize before that TOoL composer, Luo Kun, also wrote the OST for Guardian. Well, now I've learned and told you, too.)

They both were honest to their respective wives - Gu Wei told ZhiXiao, Lao Lin told his wife. They just didn't acknowledge it out loud so it didn't spoil the festive mood. I was so happy when I realized it won't be a secret even if remaining untold - yes, they can learn from past mistakes! That gives me hope.

The eps felt like a long good bye to Lao Lin, but at the same time, marked LZX's transformation from a girl to a woman. These last two eps were her and her father's, just fit for a pre-wedding atmosphere.

(Side note: I have no intention of getting married, but I really really want to take a walk through that wedding emporium. It felt so grand, I loved it. I'll only window-shop a little, promise!)

Side couples somewhat re-started their respective relationships, hopefully more careful of the other's feelings this time around. Gu Xiao being cute and trying to help the bride out with a peek-see at the groom's vows made up a little for his leaving SanSan with no explanation and disappearing altogether. Oh well, he's going to come back to her, so good luck.

Those little flower boy and flower girl in the wedding procession were ADORABLE! Especially the little girl. She was ON A MISSION and nothing would deter her :D

The seven years time skip served a purpose, but I'd have wanted to see some more immediate marital bliss. (But the baby boy is so cute, too :D) Just saying, but a whole new lot of BTS with - maybe - NGs of kissing moments wouldn't hurt right about now, LOL.

Overall, a very romantic rom-com, and one that didn't shy from actual skinship, go go go Dr Gu and ZhiXiao!

I'm wishing both the main actors much good luck in their next projects, together or apart, and I'll come back to watch them :) Jiayou!

PS I still think the original vows the bride wrote would have been just... PERFECT! :D

Oh no... it's done. I am happy and sad at the same time. And also, most pleased. The ending didn't disappoint.