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Taho! I hope they'll offer taho in future episodes, not just halo-halo.

The guest chef was right, if you remove certain things to fit the Korean palette, then it loses its Filipino-ness. You can adjust it up or down but don't remove anything.

I think they intentionally chose celebrities without an experience to make the show more excitong and challenging. If they chose just one with experience, it will totally change the flow and vibe.

It's fun to watch. It's like watching a group of friends who decided to open a restaurant with no one to guide them but their daily experiences. We rarely see that today because there are training programs now.

Pausing E03, first customer = I'm getting nervous for them. 🤣🤣

Confirmed shared universe?

Korea is also not into superhero genre. This is just another attempt or experiment, and it was a success (one of the few successful works).

Besides, experimenting on children and they gain superpowers can be traced back as far as 1950s. So, Stranger Things or whatever should also include "inspired by" if that is mandatory. 😁

Ideas, and general concepts, are not propected by Copyright. Thus, there is nothing binding any creator in including "Inspired by".

I can write a story that looks like Battle Royale but isn't Battle Royale, and people will demand I credit Squid Game but was not inspired by any of those because "Last Man Standing" is an ancient genre. 😆

Including "inspired by" is not a standard practice or mandatory in the industry. Every text shown in screens have a corresponding value in money and time. So, if it's not important, then it shouldn't be there.

There is nothing new under sun, everything was inspired by something. 😉

It's called "open ending". It is standard practice on creative writing to leave room for imagination. It just so happen that Korean writers rarely used open endings until a few years ago,it was even rarer ten to twenty years ago.

It is also advantagous for the production company, they can later create a sequel instead of rebooting it, fans generally hate reboots.

But, as it currently is, don't read into it. It's just an open ended story. Kdramas rarely do sequels.

Yep, I agree with that. It's in the title. The title should've set the proper expectations.

This is one of those rare cases where Netflix didn't give it an incorrect English title. I would've understood the OP's reaction if this was another Netflix show with an English title that sets the wrong expectations. 😁

It's called "open ending".

It's a standard practice in creative writing to leave some room for imagination. Korean writers only recently learned about it, that's why it looks like it's "new" because it's not common—although there were some highly popular works with an open ending (and some fans are milking by creating fake trailers).

It also has the advantage of a potential future sequel if the production company wants to, avoiding the dreaded reboots which fans generally don't like.

Epicly hilarious. Highly recommended.

It's up and downs. Just when it looks like it's smooth sailing, they'll crash and burn again.

Do you know why I keep on watching this? I can't predict the stories of each character. If you've watched and read a lot stories, as well as studied creative writing (not to mention if you came from a clan of writers), you can predict plots, twists, and even dialogues; because of it, stories need to have something to keep you hooked, and one such is it should be less predictable.

That's problematic because stories come from our experiences, things we've seen, heard, read, watched, and even those that we subconsciously absorbed throughout our lives. In other words, nothing is new under the sun.

A work such as this being very unpredictable is rare.

I wish it was a 16-episode series because as it is, there was not much "meat". It is only like a children's version of 《The Last Empress》, another fictional and alternate reality Korea where the Monarchy was continous and Korea was never split.

Beyond that, it was still a fun watch. Their acting matched their characters and dialogues, and their love story—or stories, plural—is everyone's fantasy.

Shey did that because they don't want people to pronounce it as "Ian". Western audiences usually have a very nard time pronouncing Yi, so common practice is to make it "I". But if you write it as "I An", most Westerners will read it as "Ian". But if it's "I AN", it forces the reader to say it as: ee·an.

But it's actually pronounced as yi·an.

Since you waet to pursue this.

Exactly the point, because she did, it might have happened.

See: https://gcdnb.pbrd.co/images/Okld7fHFAUnX.png

If the FL moved her head to the right while slanted that way, where do you think her hair pin would go? Also, it's clearly near her eye.

I did say this: "The grandmother might have gotten pierced by the FL's hairpin. It's a good thing the FL didn't move her head around".

So, I'm confused why you think I need reassurance.

Also, not because it was props does it mean those who gets troubled or triggered won't be. It's clear you haven't met people who do because you're thinking that the trigger has to do with it actually happening or if it was a soft props. They all know that and they still get triggered.

Lastly, all they have to do is to skip a few seconds. So, I'm not sure why we're discussing this. This is for them. It's just one scene that won't change anything.

You might laugh or dismiss it as nonsense but I've met people who gets troubled or triggered by it. Also, it wasn't a "touch". They hugged, and there was a scene the piercing end of the pin could have went straight to her eyes if the FL moved her head to the right.

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The grandmother might have gotten pierced by the FL's hairpin. It's a good thing the FL didn't move her head around.