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Oh right, I did not know about Love Reset.

FLs from Love Next Door & Alchemy of Souls are not the same character I think, however it is the same character with This Is My First Life, but she is half assing it now compared to back then.

I have not dropped it yet & I've gotten further, but I agree with this. Hogu is one of my all time favorites & Beloved Summer is also great, but he seems miscast / wasted in this role.

I think it's alright for a drama to have many statistically improbable but still possible events or characters. At the very least the drama should respect its own established rules, the writers shouldn't just randomly retcon things in as they go. They should show a basic level of respect toward the audience & not pretend they forgot their own plot and world-building from earlier episodes. Also sudden character rewrites are almost never okay & unfortunately these are very common in live filmed kdramas.

With that said, these things don't apply very strongly to this show. (at least where I'm currently at) It has other problems..

Really? I loved him in Hogu & Beloved Summer.

He absolutely is, but this role does not great for him specifically. (I only watched a few episodes thus far)

The brother has some nice plots & I think you are judging parental love distribution a bit too early here, but it's your call.

You managed to not watch the only good one, Tangerines.

Is this an awful triangle makjang? The premise is super sus.

The triangles mostly went away shortly after I wrote this comment. (not that I'd recommend this show, see my review of it here: https://kisskh.at/36013-first-romance/reviews?sort=recent)

If a typical romantic comedy has 10 units of romance & a crime thriller with a predominantly male cast has 0, then this show is about a 6 in terms of romance content.

While I think you are overly generous in your final rating, I think not only are you bringing up great points but also the emoji use-❌✅- is really great. I think I may follow suit too :P

It's unlikely that we would see new works from Lusi. This drama's fate is up in the air, I think Lusi getting replaced has way higher odds than her returning to filming. Though without knowing more I'd bet on cancellation.

edit: Perhaps I'm wrong, now that Lusi is singed by Alibaba anything's possible.

I somewhat agree that Somin's acting has been low effort of late, but calling Lee Minky extraordinarily talented is missing the mark in a big way. The robotic character he played in This Is My First Life is like the only character type he can pull off very well, at least that's been my experience regarding his acting.

I'm watching e1 & I'm thinking gawd this is the most fake succulent nursery I have ever seen & then they talk about how these plants coexisted with the dinosaurs. It frustrating that the writers either didn't bother to fact check or thought it's more important to land that one line in the script.

In e2 ML said these plants existed for hundreds of millions of years. Well plants on the whole did exist, just barely :D

Yeah well, It's not looking good. Maybe she has one more drama in the pipeline, but it's a big maybe & following that it's possible her carrier is done. At any rate I'd be surprised if that weren't the case, as sad as it is.

What gives us a little hope is that this drama has been a big hit in China, so her chances of being banned went from 99% to 80%+. (and the fact the relevant bodies even let this drama air ..)

edit: Perhaps was wrong, now that Lusi is singed by Alibaba anything's possible. (or rather a super low probability event already occurred, so fans can rejoice)

Ok so this drama is mostly about the "divorce era". So what makes it interesting?

Is there a triangle?

Yeah, but this generally a big problem with variety shows & celebrities that are trained in on-camera behavior. Not all of it is fake, but statements are always the boring agency talking points.

Not that we know if she hasn't been single not that long ago. Marriages can happen quite fast sometimes, it's just not that likely.

I think you have a point, yes kdrama writers should do a better job researching foreign themes or just not go there if not paid well enough to do so.

However I don't think if someone is serious about about their Muslim faith they should be watching kdramas, there are so many themes in these shows that go directly against most varieties of Muslim teachings, that I find it hard to empathize with Muslim viewers that only show up to be butt hurt about something specific that's related to the Arab/Muslim world. Especially calling out the name Iblis like this, I think that's just silly. Blaming the actors? That's just wrong.

In Chinese society it's very difficult to break with family. What you are describing would be very difficult & is super rare. Tuition is not a problem, but even just signing up for college without your family's consent may be impossible, at least when you do it from within the regular high school system.