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Haha! Yeah, cultural differences.

It's also slightly different with Japanese culture. In Japanese restaurants, they'll cook it at your table so you can watch (or at least it's very visible).

And indeed, it does look like you were ripped off when you have to cook it yourself and pay expensively for it. 😆 Like, "I'm paying for the food, not the experience! We can just do this at home!" 🤣🤣

When this Korean dining experience first reached us here in the Philippines, it was generally ignored by us. Only Koreans appreciated it. Our thinking is similar, we love grilling at home and we invite people at home to just eat (and drink). It's so common and regular, the idea of doing it in a restaurant was so off-putting. Like, "Why?!"

The only time we do that is when we're traveling because there are places where you have to buy raw food, prepare it yourself, grill or cook it yourself while appreciating the view and laughters.

I think it took 3–5 years before the Korean dining experience was embraced. 😂

Truth! It's good they're doing it early instead of the old-style of introducing twists midway or in the 3 episodes.

A good way to set the right expectations too. Now we know it isn't just a regular law + comedy, there's a deeper plot.

Yep. The Supreme Court surely did not mean it to have such an effect, but will be used by those who wants to abuse the law. Until the lawmakers waste more time in revising the laws or making new ones to resolve the misused precedent.

Then the cycle begins again, those who wants to abuse the law will find ways around it again, and will wait patiently (or probably create a scenario) for a new precedent.

Indeed frightening.

The story is good and has potential. But the ML is making it very hard to watch.

I hope I can finish this. 😭

Then his crush warned him multiple times. And he was like, "Naah, I don't believe you". Who knows better about the town than the natives?

The same goes for the assistant professor. She was so brave and was dumb enough not to hide when they were scouting the mountain. Her student had to pull her down.

She acted that way because "What are these fools doing?" "I only believe in science, these people are murderers."

Never ever dismiss what locals tell you just because it doesn't align with your beliefs. Even if you only want to believe in science, you learn to listen and respect to natives/locals say so.

Every belief, legend, whispers, had a source and often based on some truth that science is to explain. Dismissing it is the surest way to get yourself killed.

Another, he didn't even make the connection about the murder.

Seriously? He immediately agreed to go visit the town after watching the murder news. They even saw the scene of the crime.

He forgot all about it because the guy introduced himself as the brother of his crush?

ROFLOL. He was lucky the guy wants to use him. If he was there to kill him, he's a goner.

Example.

When the power was being demonstrated to him, his first reaction was to touch it. Not even kids will do that. Kids will stay away especially since it is black and looks ominous.

But him? He rushed to touch it. That was stupidity and foolishness combined.

My only comment re: ML is that there's a limit po being naive and stupid and being a fool, and you don't combine any of those together. The ML is the epitome of a complete and utter fool, stupidity, and naiveness raised to the 666th power.

He's not dumb, he's graduating from college.

If he isn't dumb, then naiveness, stupidity, and foolishness, are the only ones left. Normally, you only pick one, not two, and definitely not three. But the ML? He's all three raised to the 666th power.

The snake is biting him on his face, making itself obvious and visible to his eyes and all his senses, and he still is ignoring the pain and the snake curled around his face.

E03

Yep. There seems to be a very serious plot behind.

Although, I'm hoping that Ms. Building Owner is a relative of the FL that she doesn't know, and is simply preparing everything for her … that way the show can remain funny and light.

Truth.

I've been in middle management, and I don't want to go back there. I'm now just, "finish today's tasks, go home and relax". Once you realised life vs work, you stop caring about promotions, you just want to get by with what you currently have. Not to mention, promotion = more work = minimal pay increase = increase doesn't justify additional load = they just want to milk your skills, they don't really care = you realise that's how capitalism is all about.

Oh! It reminded me of the famous Star Trek quote:

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

It was the best scene in E02 for me. And considering the other restaurant guests were lawyers too and they were listening, made it realistic (instead of the usual "other guests are annoyed" scene)—they were nodding their heads and all that.

The ML sees the ripple effects, the bigger picture. While the FL sees the effect on a specific case/family, living in the moment.

Both indeed are valid and not something that can be balanced because the law is binary, there is no middle ground (at least in this particular case).

Hahahaha! Good point! They're promoting Korean food, not Korean cities. 😂😂

We'll see if it changes in the next episodes, but very good point!

True!

Recently, there were shows were good discussions started, but when the rude (and often "fake" accounts) started leaving their usual comments, I stopped checking the comments since it's always them, and the real discussions got buried or invaded.

Yeah, despite MDL's flaws, it still is a good place to discuss shows. We just need tools to filter out rude and troll accounts (like removing the limit on the block feature).

Yes, nothing wrong with actually bad writing or acting. But more often than not, the rude comments were coming from a personal fantasy of how the story should be or.how they should act their characters.

Like in some shows, there were characters which were written to be like a wall. And the actor was suddenly branded as not knowing how to act. Luckily, the other audiences defended the show. 😁 Sadly, these accounts seem to be dominating these days. I'm starting to think that those who also love discussions either left or stopped reading comments, gave up already. 😭

I have a Twitter account but I rarely check it. I primarily use Plurk, Fediverse, Bluesky, and sometimes Threads.

Hmm… in the times I posted Kdrama reactions on Twitter, I haven't so far gotten the crazy group. It's in the Kpop scene that I encounter them. 😅 They're too overprotective to see things objectively (in one incident, I was even accused of being a fake IU fan, and I told them she won me as a fan when she debuted when all others laughed at her, it shut them up lols).

This looks interesting.

I wasn't aware Disney+ is doing Jdrama too.

Another possibility is she was a former trainee. She got greedy or was rejected by the General. Now, she wants to.prove herself and take revenge against all shamans.

Then the FL was adopted and now has the potential to be the next subject of the General.

It's similar to the Shogou Amakusa arc in Rurouni Kenshin. The former pupil failed, harboured ill feelings, and planned a long game of proving himself the best as well as revenge. Meanwhile, his former master found a new successor, a kid, and adopted him.

I'm suspecting she's the biological daughter of FL's adoptive mother.

Something happened, they got estranged. Then she eventually was tricked by an evil spirit that wants to ascend as a g-d.

If it is the usual trope, she wants to be the heir of the General but she failed and was rejected completely. She then left.

The General then have to find a new heir, and the FL was adopted.