TempestChani

That's the only thing I don't like about it as well. It makes her come off as hypocritical and indecisive too often. Having that moved would have made it make more sense.

See, for me though, why doesn't she feel that way toward SRQ? Where is the resentment she should be harboring there? She realizes right away after meeting up with PWX that PWX did not kill her in their past lives. She also acknowledges it was most likely SRQ who did, and that because of his scheming, she had PWX wrongly murdered. She shows she believes this to be true throughout by calling PWX her best friend etc. etc. But that would mean that SRQ manipulated her into thinking he cared ALL THAT TIME they were together, just so he could get revenge. It doesn't matter that he's not the same older version of himself. He's clearly capable, yet she never seriously considers this. It's like that whole thing was glossed over, so that while she comes off smart, she also comes off naive, which is one thing they tried really hard to prove she wasn't since she's got the mind and knowledge of a 40 year old. You're totally right that she's in denial, and I get with 40 episodes we need to have some sort of tension stretch on but man. They're really really stringing it on lol.

Ah, that explains why this was the best they could do with the character in terms of alterations for the show. I'm only on episode 14 because I was waiting for episodes to pile up, but I couldn't understand why they'd write these big sweeping breakthrough scenes (like him confessing in the rain and them agreeing from the start not to involve the other two parties they'd been involved with in the past) if they were going to make it seem like those discussions/agreements never happened in the next episode. Character development and growth is so important for the flow of a story and this is all over the place. My ONLY complaint about it 😂 Like, I can handle if one of the leads is a jerk, but the constant back and forth where she can't make up her mind or seems to forget an important lesson she just learned is so baffling. I usually like reading the novels after I watch the show but I'll be skipping this one for sure.

Thank you for letting me know! I appreciate it! Sounds like I'll be skipping the novel lol.

Not a spoiler but also might contain some references so please don't read if you haven't watched up to episode 14!

For all of you who've read the original novel, is she as hypocritical and wishy-washy in it as she's portrayed in the show? Don't get me wrong, I love the show, but at the same time, it's super frustrating constantly seeing them seem to make a breakthrough only for her to basically factory reset in the next episode. For example when they have that big convo in the rain and it seems like she understands she's always misreading people and them to agree to express themselves...only for her to go back and decide not to. Or her being so angry that he might have someone else in his heart, yet it's totally okay for her to constantly bring her crush up. Like I said, this aside, I'm still really invested in the drama, but I'm wondering if I should read the book after the show is completed to get a fresh perspective on her or not.