SimbiAni

Buahaha, I'm an EXTREME over-thinker xD Years of uber-analyzing & re-writing all kinds of scenarios in my own head & trying to make sense of crazy things! I agree, I too hope that the story has smth more to it, lol..

Yay @ being a fellow SelG fan! That's a nice & welcome surprise, hehe. I wish I had more BoF/YaB stuff, but gifs of them are sooo hard to find, lol. So I ended up with mostly Mary & R94 which I also super-love but I still want to represent my fave YaB/BoF moments, so I'll have to gif them myself at some point if I ever get some decent quality video files.. *shrug* Ditto for other faves like CP & Pasta, rotfl so many good moments but haven't found fitting gifs! (yet) tho I did just make some static promo pics that show off the love square of each of those series in a way I like ;P Now just gotta figure out ~where on my profile to add them in (& how!)..

And ooo, I can never resist a possible fan-recruitment! I already had even worked up a selection of fanvids for R94 to be watched in a certain order, haha (epic OCD makes me a list-maniac, lmao).. I shall post in a cmt on your profile to redirect the non-related fandom squee from this pg xD

LOL, yay! Mission accomplished for my profile then xD

Any specific parts of it that particularly set off the fangirl-ism?

// If the romance is mostly all flashbacks with the girl & her "first love", that'd be pretty confusing, not to mention even more depressing (the only mystery being WHY they fell apart in the first place, but likely yet another lame reason).

Also, where does the guy's sudden "desperation" come in- desperate to get a better job? Clearly not desperate to find love, since he is quick to ignore a potential soulmate, so maybe another mystery is what did he even marry the girl for?

Lmao, damnit, my curiousity addiction already is hooked by all these silly questions. Oo, what if he & the "first love" ~connect? But wait, who even is this so-called "first love"? Why are we in the dark about such an important 3rd char?

Gahh.. *headdesk*

O__o What kind of summary is that? A guy marries a girl he doesn't kno, ignores her til she randomly dies, then decides to deliver her ashes to "her first love"? Ouch!

Really hope there's a better story than that "melodrama".. (where's the "romance"?)

lol well I don't really "hate" ~her exactly, but the ~way she is written to totally OVERACT every single emotion & reaction, it's just beyond ridiculous & the way that the writers make her think about things is so ~illogical lol & actually, as I've progressed thru the series, I've seen the same style of bad writing happen to the boys too so it seems that they're not immune to it either, lol; but yes, the actors themselves are all good & doing the best with the material they have <3

NOTE: The eps listed here say 13x 70mins (910mins total).

On Hulu/DramaFever, they have been formatted into 20x 45½min eps (910mins total).

http://hulu.com/absolute-boyfriend
http://dramafever.com/drama/4540/Absolute_Boyfriend/

So if you use the "check-in" system here while watching from those sources, bear in mind it is not an accurate counter for them, as it is based on the original airing format.

I made the mistake of using it that way at first but I've recalculated my position on the 13ep scale with some math, ie 12eps x 45½mins each = 546mins divided by 70mins is just under 8.. meaning I've seen almost 8eps worth of said original format.

Hope it doesn't sound ~too complicated that way, hehe.. xD

EDiT: Maybe this might map it out better..

ep01 - 45½mins
ep02 - 91 mins - ep01 - 70mins
ep03 - 136½mins - ep02 - 140mins
ep04 - 182 mins
ep05 - 227½mins - ep03 - 210mins
ep06 - 273 mins - ep04 - 280mins
ep07 - 318½mins
ep08 - 364 mins - ep05 - 350mins
ep09 - 409½mins - ep06 - 420mins
ep10 - 455 mins
ep11 - 500½mins - ep07 - 490mins
ep12 - 546 mins - ep08 - 560mins
ep13 - 591½mins
ep14 - 637 mins - ep09 - 630mins
ep15 - 682½mins - ep10 - 700mins
ep16 - 728 mins
ep17 - 773½mins - ep11 - 770mins
ep18 - 819 mins - ep12 - 840mins
ep19 - 864½mins
ep20 - 910 mins - ep13 - 910mins

Haha, very welcome! ;P

I was actually curious about how much that particular actor is in (a few scenes? or many scenes, etc per ep) as I'm not really affected by "dragginess".. maybe you meant to reply to the previous comment instead? lol ;P (as it's more ~general)

Ahaha, what a description! xD

Ahaha, that's an interesting way to put it! ;P

Wish (finally) granted! So what do you think of the new one? It's from the Lotte Mag's Nov2014 wp section.. http://en.lottedfs.com/magazine/wallpaper04

Ahaha, right?? Some pics are just so ~awkward.. xD (still oddly cuute tho)

Yes, hopefully a better one will get approved ;P *fingerscrossed*

ETA: ..or not, lol. >.> More difficult than it seemed at first glance, hmm..

There should really be a voting system in place to pick them instead, it'd be a much better way & then they could even be rotated on a regular basis.. ^-^

ETA2: (20+hrs later) SCORE! XD Hope you like ~this one, loool..

The portrait is from the Nov2014 issue of this mag:
http://jp.lottedfs.com/magazine/magazine

& here is the full version:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3938/15492256618_f78352a8b7_o.jpg

Enjoy! <3

Is this worth watching just for Son HoJun aka HaeTae of R94? Altho I dislike the worst cliches being used over & over, which according to reviews/etc, this one seems full of, I do still enjoy watching cuute casts / side chars & since he doesn't have any other main stuff (that looks interesting to me) at the moment, I'm considering checking this out.. xD

but for times like these, translate.google.com comes in really useful xD
..even if it isn't always accurate, haha, I use it quite often now by ~habit;
also helps when replying to non-English cmts on my videos, etc because I like being able to both get the gist of what was said & to thank them too..

~ فإن المشجعين العربي من K-الدراما من المرجح أن تنظر ملخص مكتوب لتكون مفيدة جدا كذلك ~

The cast list says they were both in episode 09 playing young versions of some characters so this recap link might help: http://dramabeans.com/2012/08/answer-me-1997-episodes-9-10/ (it seems that they were the future moms, aww..)

Added a category for this series at http://fanfiction.net so if you have written anything for them, please share over there! The section won't show up in public until it has at least one story in it (added via the doc manager when logged into one's acct) but I have not written anything for it myself.. (yet) so I hope other creative fans can help spread the word ;P Thx!

~ the direct link is: http://fanfiction.net/tv/Reply-1994-응답하라-1994/

Added a category for this series at http://fanfiction.net so if you have written anything for them, please share over there! The section won't show up in public until it has at least one story in it (added via the doc manager when logged into one's acct) but I have not written anything for it myself.. (yet) so I hope other creative fans can help spread the word ;P Thx!

~ should be: http://fanfiction.net/tv/Reply-1997-응답하라-1997/ but there's currently a typo in the site link (is already notified & set to be fixed during next site update) so instead it's: http://fanfiction.net/tv/Replay-1997-응답하라-1997/ & as you can see it's empty now ~

Oo, discovery via friend-sharing-squee aka "the sly recruiting method" xD Nice!

I personally didnt notice any difference btwn the two series re: editing, but I was definitely more bored during A97, even was surprised to see the short running length tho it made them that much easier to breeze thru (thankfully, heh- whereas I usually wish for more time with chars I can't get enough of), & I ended up finishing it within a few days (I made R94 last just over 2wks) so it does seem more story/ char-related ie running time being noticed is rather ~subjective, based on which is more entertaining to a viewer.. I did like A97 tho, just didnt feel as ~connected.

And yes, crazy how time flies! For me, ~two years since I officially got into Asian dramas, lol (not counting the early 2000s anyways, ie back in the days of relying ~soley on foreign cable channels, hehe) thanks to Netflix & Hulu & CrunchyRoll & other various handy streaming services, yay <3

I had a ~similar situ.. got major "alternate-ship" syndrome a few eps in, LOL >.> ie, really ended up shipping the lead with ~his alternate potential match.. siiigh!