KimchiByTheSea

So the pacing is a little up and down, and the editing gets a little sketchy during one plotline, but overall does remain really good. I found myself a little disinterested in the multiple plotlines because it just felt like a bunch of bad stuff happening with nothing to grapple onto, but that clears up after they bring the different characters back together. If you get past those episodes though, the serious character development starts happening and it's fantastic. You really have to like politics, vies for power, and mind games though. The majority of this is her fighting the greedy powers that be, and ultimately winning but not without hardships.

So, this is a very good series. There is a lot of violence, but the way it's portrayed is the whole point. I think it's fascinating to see some viewers (no disrespect to the above review on it, to each their own) condemn the violence Justitia enacts when she does it to balance the scales. The difference between hers and the condemned person's violence is that Justitia's is all shown on screen at once, blood, broken bones, and all, whereas the abuser's is only implied or briefly shown. I think the stark difference of portrayal can make some viewers feel like it's too much, when it's really just an eye for an eye. Each person she hurts horribly did that exact thing to their victim(s), and so she does it back. It really gets nitty gritty with how many killers are shown as the big dark but at the end of the day, they're human and they bleed, and fear the same as everyone else. I thought it was a bit refreshing to see each abuser/murder, etc. be shown exactly what it was like when they terrorized their victims. Definitely not a drama for those that don't like entire scenes devoted to revenge though!

I've been avoiding the comment section on and off. It comes in waves rip

I'm going to be completely honest and say I love Zhao Lusi as an actress. Her acting has gotten even better here, but that aside, the writing is pretty decent and there's a lot of good subplots happening to keep a casual watcher entertained.

The drama itself is sitting at a sliding spectrum nine for me. I really enjoyed the beginning, I'm feeling towards the middle there's a bit of choppy editing and there's more characters that you follow as it continues, which, for me personally, detracts from some of my enjoyment as my attention span is that of a goldfish who's trying its best.

They are relying on some common angsty tropes regarding the mains, but tbh I can get past that because I know it's necessary for character development. The costumes are fantastic and if you're a fan of gradual obsession love stories, a strong FML, a devoted, smart, yet wholly dumb ML, and found family, then this has all those things. As a whole, the drama so far is really enjoyable and I find myself thinking about it when I'm not watching. As long as it remains consistent, definitely a strong nine or above.

Ep 18.

I'm catching up after trying to let some episodes air in advance, and ep eighteen broke my heart. Also the chopped scene where suddenly everything was happening threw me for a loop. I feel like I missed something and now I'm left tearing up 🥲

There's a novel, seems like it's not reliably translated all the way through though. There's a short thread discussion in "recent discussions" above about the link to it. I haven't read the novel, so I'm not sure of the ending

It will continue to change as people start it and rate it, then settle after it finishes airing.

I'm really enjoying this, but every time Duanwu gets hurt I get so frustrated. I need some wins for her 🥲

There's a lot of sheisty business in c-ent, especially with Youku. I wouldn't trust them with a ten foot pole and a bag of rocks. Sometimes other companies/dramas, etc pay for dramas that will be big to get little promotion so their dramas do better and have less competition. There's limitation of hashtags, paying so they won't trend or appear in searches, and more. They will also mute fanclubs from promoting too since that's a huge reason some dramas do so well. There is so much underhanded stuff that goes on in c-ent.

You're 100% allowed your preferences. They just don't have a place here. PSH is an actress, this is her job. Its disrespectful to be talking about her personal life when she and her husband obviously separate work from personal life. Jae Young is an acting partner, versus her husband who is a life partner. There is no preferring her husband over her drama coupling because there's no comparison. Completely different entities.

If you manually go to the plan to watch/episode number pop-up and input an episode, it will give you an option on the right to "rate/review this episode". You have to be currently watching to be able to do it.

Really enjoyed this, PSH and the rest of the cast really kicked this out of the ballpark 🔥

Tae Joon said in an interview recently that he and PSH separate work from home, and he respects his wife's projects. This really isn't a comment in good taste.

It does

Not the Sahara desert 😂😭

She unfortunately and consistently presents the most brick wall kiss scenes you've ever seen lmao

Crying at this description TT she did well in doctor slump lol guess I'll prepare myself for the dead fish

Really loved the majority of this! It definitely seemed to drag a bit more than necessary the last few episodes and many scenes could have been resolved cleaner, but tbh it was very in character for showing how messy every kind of love was. The characters are unlikable, silly, and selfish, and even when it was annoying, I kind of liked that about them. If you're a fan of found family and relationships that pull through at the end of the day, then you'll probably enjoy this.

Decent drama and pretty enjoyable as far as cases go. Loved the main couple once they found their stride. Not a huge fan of the way they tied some of the character arcs up and discounted some pretty bad behavior (drugged SA for heaven's sake, like bro fr, why is no one mentioning this?) in the name of a redemption arc. The ending felt very rushed and unnecessary to be honest, but I still enjoyed about 85% of the journey. Not sure I'd watch again, but I really liked the leads.