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There is actually at least one such similar group in-real-life. The group is benevolent, but their methods and systems were used for crimes in fictional dramas/series.

The idea, they only search for genius people. If you pass their extreme tests, you become a member of a secretive organization who tackles certain hard world problems and see if the group can contribute on providing solutions to it.

There are other similar groups, but I only participated in one. I passed multiple tests until I reached a roadblock. 🤣 One such group, there were leakers. LOL.

So, my theory is that those masked kidnappers were probably just another fictionalized version of such benevolent real-life groups who are only looking for geniupaths. 🤪 After all, a benevolent group wouldn't be interesting in storytelling, it's better to make them a crime syndicate.

My theory is:

There's a group of geniupaths who kidnaps children who are geniupaths as well. They find their particular skillset and hone it.

The FL appears to have escaped and is on the revenge mode.

The FL remembers who were the other kids and is forming her own group. Fail that, she will take down those other kids if they are "bad" or still doing the goals of that group.

Meanwhile, that group is probably behind some of the best crimes in world. Some of her targets were probably their clients once. For example, Mr. 50 billion won was probably connected to that group one way or another, as well as to GuHo.

Or, that group probably dissolved, lost its way, or was taken over.

Confidence Man JP

It's only Amazon Prime which titled it to Confidence Queen. The original title in Korean if properly translated is «Confidence Men KR» or «Confidence Man» as shown in the official title card. Western OTT tend to create titles very different from the original title.

Anyway, I'm just surprised with the clean scenes. This is the first time I actually saw a foreign prod maintain their style of filming and level of quality. Usually, the local prod and authorities demand so many things, foreign prods have to settle with local style, quality, and whatever sh*t they demand (inserting their families as extras, making some local actor have a dialogue, and all those "we need some creative control demands).

I'm sorry, but it's true, and I hate that "X deal" system. It's that very system that has kept Philippine prods stuck in the 90s style and quality. Too many people and authorities you need to appease.

Those airport scenes were something. It is not easy to film clean scenes in Philippine airports, especially not during daytime. It tells you the local prod they hired knew how and what to do.

And if the outdoor night street food scenes is a tell, they filmed around October to December with all those Christmas lights. Which means airports are very busy, and street night life are jam-packed.

PMY filming in the Philippines? She has a huge fanbase here. It wouldn't be easy to film those clean shots, it's going to be stressful.

I'm not saying Filipinos are like Koreans, far from it. If it's business, fans do flock. If it is personal, only a few arses are rude, the majority keeps their distance. Filming is business, so yeah, expect fans to flock.

Wnoever they partnered with in the Philippines, they should work with them again. Same crew. They know what to do to make it authentic. And they know how to film clean scenes.

The few Filipino lines were also perfect. It wasn't just perfect, it's the correct way we say it. In some foreign prods, they just translate without actually considering the nuances and context and how it should be delivered, which makes it weird.

But here, the pronunciation were good and the proper words and delivery were very local. So, there's no doubt a local prod was involved, and not just local, high quality local prod who aims for accuracy. Someone who deserves a pay raise for paying attention to the things usually ignored.

Wow. They actually filmed in the Philippines, and what's new is that the shots are clean.

Usully foreign prods partner with local prods to make things cheaper and help them with local laws and practices, which usually end up getting local-quality scenes, extras, dialogues, and unnecessary local actors. The usual complexities shooting abroad.

But this one, none of it. It was as if they brought all their tech and prod crew in the Philippines, including extras, and blocked off a 5 km radius or forced everyone to sign an NDA.

I can't tell if a local prod was involved in any part of the Philippine scenes.

Unless, there is now a Philippine-based Korean prod company that's why they can maintain Korean-quality shoots?

It took me a while to settle my thoughts. The way they filmed the last scene

ML: For me, love is

*Then title card showed up: Esquire*

Me: Ooh, that's a tricky way to summarize it. Esquire, esquire, dear writer, what are you thinking, what are you trying to tell us.

20 minutes later

Me: Ahh! This is it! The process. The moral lesson in each episode. The analysis of the FL were pointing to it. The ML simply summarized it.

Me: Really poetic, dear writer.

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It just suddenly made sense.

Thank you! 🙇🏽

The whole objective of the series is this:

«Love is esquire»

"Esquire" is used here in the context of young lawyers who are still learning the ropes. It is similar to old English "squire" (there's an etymology connection there).

"Love is esquire" means that love is an endless process of learning, just like an esquire must always learn to become better lawyers. (Or a squire to become a knight.)

No matter what form love takes, «love is esquire».

Ahn, in that case, they indeed could've done that since they're translating as the other party speaks, instead of translating after.

Time travelis a very common genre globally. If this show is a copy of Mr. Queen, then Mr. Queen is a copy of every other time travel fiction out there.

> Were they eating non spicy, bland food

Ehh. Non-spicy ≠ bland. 🙎🏽

Bland = no MSG.

It's the current demand in productions, proper language for a foreigner who don't speak another language.

Even in Western and on Japan, it is the demand.

It is now frowned upon if a character who don't speak a certain language is suddenly speaking it for the sake of making it easier for the actors and the audience.

Next week's highlight:

Cooking Jewel in the Palace Team versus Chūka Ichiban (China's First / Cooking Master Boy)Team

Who will win?

JiYeong, the Exotic Master Chef who conquered the most prestigious cooking competition in 2025

or

the famed Super Chef Liu Mao Xing who conquered every prestigious cooking competiton on East Asia?

The stakes are high! The Joseon Dynasty will forever be rewritten or the Ming Dynasty forever shamed in the annals of history.

Come one and all. Witness new history as it unfolds!

You should watch Cooking Master Boy.

They don't speak it, they memorized it. This is very typical whenever an actor (or regular person) speaks a language not their own.

Koreans speaking Tagalog or English. Americans speaking Japanese, Korean, or Tagalog. And so on.

I don't know how O WiShik can keep himself from laughing with his dialogues. 🤣 His delivery and facial expression are very good as well.

Whenever he's in the scene, I get ready to laugh. 🤣🤣🤣