TimiZero

Wow thanks for mentioning this drama. Looking forward to watch when all episodes are out.

Finally watched this drama. Personally I was not that impressed but I rarely watch Kdrama anyway let alone K-historical so I might be a bit biased.

In my opinion this drama main weaknesses are:
- Inconsistent writing with characters that can swing from brilliant to idiot in a split scene. The Emperor character suffered the most from this especially during the first half of the series, but others were also minorly inconsistent.
- Poor editing. For example, at one place already 2 nights and 1 day passed by, but at the other still 1 night.
- Clearly made disclaimer that the story will differ than the actual historical facts, so they never intended to stick with history in the first place, which a bit sneaky considering this was funded by ministry. Strangely, the novel writer claimed this deviate from actual history and the funny thing is the one that he worried was the episode involving horse incident while the drama made so many non plausible plots before that very episode.
- Distance between places can conveniently change according to the plots. Biggest LOL
- The arc involving local lord seeking revenge was so "Mexican Telenovela" that it's laughable.

On the brighter side though:
- Korean need to make more historical drama close to historical record like this. But they need to move away from the classic soap opera plot writing and try to make side characters more believable than "parrots".
- The battle scenes involved a lot of efforts and money so big credit for that. However, there were some questionable scene cuts editing mistake/overlook that downgrade my ratings.
- Maybe beneficial to Korean citizens (not the foreigner unfortunately) to motivate their patriotism and nationalism.

Strangely though I personally find the second half was better in terms of writing despite the soap opera formula. Many viewers felt the first half was better just because of the battle scenes only, but for me there were too many weird edits/cuts during the battles.

Overall 6.5 from me but I add 0.5 more because of the battle scenes (the effort) so the final rating is 7/10.

I don't live in Japan and don't involve in academic conference so not sure about your question, but even in my country there are many telecommunication towers. They rent the existing tall buildings like condos and offices that made them less prominent.

Oh I see. Thanks for the info!

I loved how they chose actors with close resemblance for the past and present characters. The good ones were Yuen brother, Eto sensei, Hachiro and Kam Bo mother.

LoL just Googled it and found out she was Matilda, but as far as I can remember the face wasn't shown in the last episode.

It was not so bad for quick watch/binge-watch. Half of it filled with funny moments and quirky dialogues. But the workplace settings felt too Gen-Z compliance (you will know what I mean if you have watched many Japanese work dramas and make comparison to this one). It's also felt like a bit of PR for tabloid magazine publishers. Either way, the poster did a good job in explaining what you could expect from this drama. I personally rated this 7.5/10 for its entertainment value.

Amazing drama with characters that 100 times more complex and interesting than any fictional ones. It's a shame that I'm not familiar with these comedians/artists (I only saw Shizu in random dramas and maybe Yama-chan doing cameo in Attention Please long ago), or otherwise it would be super amazing watching experience. The writing was perfect although I was not a fan of the back and fourth time jump. This is super highly recommended if you like dramas that portray realistic struggles and (strangely real) complex characters.

Considering the theme and how Jdrama usually handles it, this drama was not bad at all. I think the yankee portion was nicely minimized to avoid the overloading yankee cringe-ness. I personally think this is better than Ameku Takao as far as the Hashimoto Kanna acting goes.

Thanks for completing this series! It was an enjoyable watch!

First episode was kind of hard to digest with the unusual styles, modern language narration, cultural reference, etc. But as the series progressed the characters grown on me. It's a good slice of life jidaigeki overall.

Hi, I haven't watched the movie version so I don't know.

This is even better with a rewatch. Now I noticed the small details like you have to detach the "can ring" to open a "can drink"...lol I missed it during the first watch.

I think they did better on the musical part in this SP. Maybe this is best watched after rewatching the series. The continuity is superb you will feel like it was filmed right after the last episode. Not to mention most of the characters from the series are here.

D-O

You're welcome. I'm glad it helped.

You can at least download the subtitle from d-addicts (by registering) but you need to find the video files somewhere else online. Here is direct link to the subtitle:
https://www.d-addicts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=167049

If you want to get your hand dirty you can try download the video from streaming site like asiaflix[dot]net. The search function is broken there but if you browse the "Japan Section" you will see the poster of this drama. You need third party browser extension to rip the video. For example "Video DownloadHelper". However upon checking, I think the video files from this website are not in HQ. But it is better than nothing.

The safe bet is to subscribe to drama-otaku notification. Hopefully they will inform you when they are opened for new registration.

You can't watch directly at Drama-Otaku. They only provide links to the subtitle and video files, which you need to download and play it locally on your system. You have to have an account at drama-otaku.

If you can find the video files elsewhere you might as well register at d-addicts[dot]com forum to get the subtitle.

It's a short and funny binge-worthy drama with lots of thought-provoking witty dialogues (although some are twisted wisdom...lol).

Overall a good series to watch especially if you like work/career theme but I personally think it could be better without the romance (that felt like they just had to include it because it's a female POV story).

Before anyone asking, I watched with indo sub.