TianQi

It's what Salsa Mia said, but I just want to add that the comedy is very well-timed. This drama pulls at your heartstrings, but it's not trying to have you depressed the whole way through.

In East Asian cultures, traditionally, you're supposed to be at least married at 27 and have a kid on the way if you don't already have one. So, once you move into the householder stage, that's considered 'middle aged' (about 27-47ish). 47-65 you're like an elder, but not "old" in the western sense. After 65, you're just old.
I hope I explained that right. lol "Old" in East Asia isn't related to how close you are to the average life expectancy (which is highest in Japan btw), it's more related to whether you're old enough to be a grandparent. lol

" it could have been better if there was more questioning/wariness from the other characters"

I think there wasn't more questioning/wariness from the other characters because of the circumstances of those characters themselves. The only people who 100% knew the nature of Minato and Shin's relationship were Shin's sister and Asuka. Shin's sister knows Shin better than anyone and Minato's a familiar person that they've all known for years. Yes, the age gap is there, but if there's any old dude she'd be ok dating her brother, it's Minato. Then there's Asuka. He's a happy-go-lucky high school senior who has a crush on a (albeit younger) teacher himself. He's not likely to judge so hard. He's also Shin's best friend and has known Minato since he was a kid himself (at the beginning Asuka knew Minato a lot better than Shin did), so he knows both of them well enough to know they'd be good for each other.

Shu might have known, but didn't care enough to mention anything about it until literally the last two minutes of the last episode. LOL

Minato's teacher probably caught on too, but if you listen to his talk with Minato in the last episode, I don't think he actually condones their relationship. He just says they should both be happy. I can't imagine he does condone it either.

It goes in circles just a teeny bit, but it's a nice and easy watch. The views of the beach were great. Asuka brought lots of great energy and Inaba Yu is such a beautiful man...even if he never once smiles.

Choco is the goodest of the good boys.

The most horrible thing about the draggy Chinese dramas is that by the time you get all the way to the end, one (or more!) of three things has happened: your favorite character has died halfway through, the protagonists end up worse off than they started, or the evil antagonists don't get proper justice.
I love Chinese history, so I've put myself through a lot of these dramas and....yeah, 'torturous' is an excellent word.

I agree. 25 episodes would be enough if they're going to go into a romance with the Crown Prince. Personally, I like it how it is now, but I'd prefer more drama attached to the main stories we have going on like the whole treason plot which forms entire foundation of the show and is given too little screen time imo. The romance of the CP really isn't needed at all. This show is about the Queen and how she keeps everything from falling apart. No one really can really care about anything else.

For real! She's worried about who's gonna be the next king and I'm just like: It's the 16th century, what makes you think you'll live long enough to see that? lol

For real! She's worried about who's gonna be the next king and I'm just like: It's the 16th century, what makes you think you'll live long enough to see that? lol

That was the implication, but she wouldn't dare to reveal that because no matter what at this point she wants Ui Sung on the throne because it means she'll have more power at court and the queen will step down.

Ok, Hell hath no fury like woman scorned and all that, but this queen dowager is ridiculous. No, you didn't get to be queen, but your son got to be king and the position of queen dowager is essentially queen with all the benefits and respect and none of the responsibilities or obligations. All she needs to do is sit there and be old and rich for the rest of her life. No one's threatening her position and no one has the rights to it even if they could. She needs to be sent to Jeju Island to retire officially.

I'm having so much fun watching this one. Every episode is better than the last. Episode 10 was especially good.

Somebody's probably already mentioned this, but I think the actor who plays Milk looks like Ja (Leo from Don't Say No).

So happy to see him be able to come out with the support of his friends and co-workers.

This is an extremely kind, yet hilarious way of putting it.

This was a light, fairly uncomplicated show. My favorite thing about it was the comedy, but the romance was great as well.

Thank you very much! ^_^

Yeah. He usually wears jewelry in his roles, but this necklace makes an appearance in every role I've seen him in, so it must be really significant.

I really liked Kusakawa Takuya as Rokkaku in Cherry Magic and I'm really liking him in this as well. ^_^ So glad I'm finally getting around to watching this.

For real. This wig is arguably worse than Ja's wig in Until We Meet Again. Do you remember that sh*t?