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I'm sorry, I can't remember! xD

Ah yes. I hope they give some reason for that to be the case with the bomb, though I fear there won't be one. It's a shame, I'm going to need to call on my sense of disbelief and ask it to suspend itself.

I just finished episode 17-18 (or 9, however you look at it) .. and I will give, the story is dragging a bit/slowing down. But it's not getting pushed aside by romance.

She was trying to not love either of them, because she didn't want to get in the way of their friendship. It was a question of who she looked more comfortable around... and the introduction in the first few minutes gave it away as well. The prince's love was a bit too obsessive, and he didn't get her nearly as much as the friend (I've forgotten their names, it's been a while. And I didn't finish it.)

Hah. I've recently been looking at how all stories are similar - all have similar elements, and folk-tales and myths and novels have been doing the same things for centuries all across the world. Many have similar themes and messages and situations, and have been thought up completely independently of one another. I find this claim a bit... far-flung.

Stranger is one of my favourite dramas of all time, you won't be disappointed.

Well that did happen some point into episode 2, and the shares did drop, but uh, clearly they recovered.

I liked this at the start, but then there were the plot devices and dramatic events out of nowhere. It began to feel like it was trying too hard to be tragic. I love a good melancholy atmosphere, but I feel like Chocolate lacks a degree of much-needed subtlety.

It's trying to make me cry for the sake of making me cry, and it's not working.

Thanks for the reminder and on calling me out on it. Hate is a strong word and shouldn't be used lightly. I don't hate people who play sport. Just like people are entitled to hate classical music, as a violist I don't hold it against them, and hear it surprisingly often.

If my comment hurt or offended you, I'm sorry.

I've been watching too many thrillers. When he opened the trunk of the car at the end of episode 1, I thought it would be a dead body! Ahhaha

I love this, but I always watch the ending for a tragedy and make peace with it before I continue, otherwise I'll be preoccupied by the eminent death and disregard the present. Therefore, I intend to wait a few months for it to be fully released. And then I'll enjoy it. I can easily see this as the first Cdrama I actually finish (and enjoy), it's that good.

oooh this feature is something we needed!! It'll be interesting to see how these lists are ordered, vs popularity in a regular search.

Life on Mars has the comedy tag, and it's all about police. Would it have a place here? It can also be pretty serious.

I'm interested, I don't get into the hype because that only ever leads to let-downs, but certainly, I'll be watching this.
For those who are commenting about lack of originality, I beg to differ, I haven't seen this exact scenario before, and I don't watch Kdramas for their originality in the first place. I like something refreshing, sure, but it doesn't need to be completely new to be refreshing, it just needs to be well done, and that's what I'm hoping for.

She's been pretty good in her other roles that I've seen. I think a lot of it is in the writing.

Kim Seo Hui is a character who is not particularly bright, and with little/no ambition. She clearly doesn't want the role others around her have given her; she's not interested. And she's very stressed and sad, and again, not particularly bright. She strikes me as a go-with-the-flow character who's used to being in the background. Typical bystander material.

Until her husband gets kidnapped, and she's forced to be proactive. Something she's clearly unused to.

I was irritated by her, but I don't think the full blame lies with the actor. Maybe a little, but a lot felt like the writing. I noticed that the only other major female character was the detective, and she was a little odd in the head too.

The writing for his dramas are getting progressively worse. It's a shame, but there's always time for something to break the trend. I hope it's soon.

The reason I can't seem to get past episode 2.

No, it gets revealed eventually. Naturally, everyone is in shock. I meant that the kids all genuinely believe they father is Byun Han Soo - until they find out that their family name and history is all a lie.
I like the way they resolved it, the latter end of the drama was about the father coming clean eventually. There was a legal case, but much to the public's consternation, Joong Hee decides not to pursue persecuting the father for stealing his real dad's identity. The ending was pretty good, they pay for their crimes, but live happily ever after.

" The story of a man who became a neurosurgeon though he dreamed of becoming a cook."

Medicine is hard to get into, and then neurosurgery is hard again. I'm of the opinion that that profession is hard to get into if you want to - and impossible to get into by accident. I was sceptical of this description until I watched the first episode, and the way things happened it sort of makes sense.

As for the female lead, it's too early to say, but I'm wary of her intellect, or apparent lack of it. She seems impulsive, and not the brightest tool in the shed, but hasn't proven herself a total moron, so it could go either way.

I loved the first episode. The atmosphere was good, I hope it keeps up.

The main lead is so rash, by episode 7 it really got on my nerves. I dropped it, but I think I'll give it another go, for the atmosphere is good.

I remember vividly, this was the first kdrama I went into completely blind. It was late in the evening, and the second episode was going to be aired in a few hours. There was very little information about it, but the cover was striking, so I gave it a go. I was eating dinner. For once, I'm glad kdramas have this habit of blurring out gore and sharp things; it made watching someone gouge out their own eyes that much more bearable.