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You're forgetting that this is a Korean drama and thus set and is based on Korean culture, Korean laws, and Korean sensitivities.

Also, in many countries and cultures around the world, the reputation of women and their families are almost often tarnished or destroyed if they got involved in a sexual harassment case (victim or otherwise), so they often choose to keep quiet about it. (Not to mention rape.)

A very good example is Japan. Sexual harassment and rape is high there, but you won't hear or read reports about it. Foreigners won't even believe anyone, not even local Japanese women, that there is a high rate of sexual harassment and rape in Japan. The reason? Most victims are not reporting because they know nothing will happen and men will just talk about them.

For example. Here in the Philippines, the mere attempt to kiss Mirae falls under sexual harassment. If you have proof of that, the victim wins automatically (as long as it's conclusive it was a kiss attempt).

In some other countries, forcing your husband or wife to sleep with you when they said "no", is considered sexual harassment too (in yet some countries, "rape"). You can't force your spouse.

So, in this particular case, only the laws of South Korea matters.

It depends on your country's laws. The laws on sexual harassment varies greatly from country to country, so there is no answer for your question. 🙂

Exactly. It's not that children don't love their parents, it is the parents who have forgotten what it's like to be children.

When will the cycle end?

You know, they could use Mr. Strawberry Farm's assets and connections to equalize the playing field. That's what they are lacking in this fight.

Hosu's potential new law firm will be useful too, I hope he realizes that. They want to use him to fight against his former law firm and mentor, then he should use them to help support Mirae. Hosu needs to learn to draw a line. If he truly loves Miji, then helping Mirae is one way to show that love, but he has to draw the line against his mentor.

Who is more important? Miji and her family, or his undying wrongful worship of his mentor who is obviously destroying Mirae's life?

I thought Mirae was frustrating in E09 but it is Hosu who's frustrating.

He wasn't adopted. He is a Prince by blood, a legitimate one too. He is only using him to (1) legitimize his claim to the throne; (2) keep the legitimate heir at arms length.

It doesn't make sense, hehe. The story was.already written before they opened the audition for the characters. If anything, TaecYeon is probably the only one they specifically chose. As of E04, it appears that the story was written for TaecYeon, everyone else was auditioned.

At least that's how it looks. IU, YoonA, TaeRi, could've landed that role if they were interested in it.

🙂

Haha, I totally agree. And to think it was a 2018 production, they should've realized the concepts they're trying to convey are not popular (and even today in 2025). They should've have at least added short descriptions on screen like how other Kdramas are doing.

In any case, thank you. 🙇🏽 It just to happen I'm interested in these future tech what-ifs. I only hope I'm still alive when these things actually become a reality. 😅

As for the personal instance. It's a pocket dimension. In real world science, it has been proven that a pocket dimension is possible through mathematics. However, physically is it not yet proven. (Mathematics is only 50% of proving something, the other 50% is to-see-is-to-believe.)

Many fiction authors also love pocket dimensions because it gives them a very wide leeway to do the impossible. Like in Alhambra's case, hide a player and keep them unaffected even after a game reset.

"Instance" is simply a word used in gaming, but it's the same as a pocket dimension.

In the story, a "personal" instance or pocket dimension is only accessible by the highest player. And the rule there is the player can live indefinitely without needing anything.

Also, while the story did not hint anything, I think the time in Alhambra's pocket dimension is slower.than the real world, hence when the FL's brother, and the ML himself later, showed up, practically nothing changed. Loke the FL's brother, for him the call he made to the ML in E01 was only a few days/weeks in his perspective. He was surprised when he learned that he has been away for more than a year.

This is a common use of pocket dimensions in fiction, there is always a time dilation. The time is either faster or slower.

Oh, pocket dimensions, or "instance" as is called in gaming, is commonly used in Marvel and DC comics. If I'm not mistaken, they popularised it. Even Star Trek used pocket dimensions.

No worries. Those two things are the very fictional part of the story.

For the virtual weapons affecting the real world bug, I think we can compare it to Star Trek's holo deck.

In Star Trek, they learned that a holodeck needs a safety protocol because without it, the holographic weapons can kill a living being. They often used this idea in many episodes wherein they turned-off the safety protocol to defeat an enemy not familiar with the holo deck technology.

The explanation they gave was that a virtual or holographic weapon can induce electrical impulses to the body, most especially the brain. In real world science, our body is a little electrical. It's what keeps us alive. It's like a battery.

In other fiction, like in most Japanese manga and anime, for example in .hack//SIGN, they also developed a similar concept: a gamer is trapped inside a game because of a bug. In the real world, their body looks comatosed, they're not waking up even after the gadget was removed from them, but unlike a comatosed person, they have intense brain activity.

If a bugged player or NPC kills the player, they die in the real world. But as long as another player kills them, they just respawn.

I think it's similar in Alhambra.

When a player that got infected by the bug is killed, the system creates an NPC copy. In Alhambra, and I only realized this now, the bug is like a virus that transfers from setting a party with another bugged player. Like in the case of the ML's assistant, father-in-law, and the FL. (The FL made a party with him later, at least implied because he kept saying she should stay near Emma for safety.)

Wow. She and her brother are so close and sweet. They were able to maintain their kid-like closeness.

https://youtu.be/29C-iS2Sd9E

You can see that AYeong truly adores her brother. He's only a year older but the way she adores him, he's like 10 years older. So much respect in her eyes when she's interacting with him.

Not only that, their family.

Seriously! I can't believe a perfect family actually exist!

The shaman was AhYeong, right?

It's so hard to explain. One, there are two writers, the original writer of she trilogy on Wattpad; two, the scriptwriter.

Also, it was based on a Filipino's romantic, drama, type of story, not Western or Korean or Japanese or Thai or Chinese.

And lastly, men and women do fall for what you call a "bully".

Bonus: the 1ML is not a "bully" in Filipino standards. I'm a GenXennial Filipino who studied and grew up in the Philippines, the way the 1ML acted was not yet "bully" level as far as we are concerned. He is very close to crossing the line though, based on 2020s standards. Anyway, it's so hard to explain without comparing with other cultures.

The thing is, many are not aware that majority of the cast are newbies, and they intentionally chose newbies because we seriously need new blood. If we are not going to give newbies any project, then how can they grow?

All actors around the world started as everyone else in their field. Only a handful special ones had an innate talent in acting.

One of the most popular actor today started as a teen actor and was supposed to be a guest only. They saw she has potential so they kept hiring her for more and more episodes until she became the top choice.

She gained experience and learned her craft. Now she's well-known and in-demand.

These criticisms, they're just not aware majority of the cast in this show are newbies.

As for "why they do this", the answer is, it's just natural.

When babies are born many, if not most, parents generally use and teach Philippine English (official language) first before their kid learns Filipino (official language & national language) + another 3rd language (local/regional/tribal language).

Hence, code-switching and code-mixing is natural for Filipinos who grew up in the Philippines (but rarely for those who grew up elsewhere). Even foreigners with kids who studied here in the Philippines learn it (good example: Sandara Park, she can code-switch and code-mix Filipino, Philippine English, Mandarin, Hokkien, and Hangugeo).

We have:
- 1 National Language: Filipino (not Tagalog)
- 2 Official Languages: Filipino (not Tagalog) & Philippine English
- 8 Major Languages: Tagalog (not Filipino), Kapampangan, Pangasinense, Iloko, Waray-waray, Bikolano, Hiligaynon, and Cebuano
- 120+ languages
- 100+ dialects

Not to mention, many Filipinos have mix ancestry with mainland Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hokkien (locally known as Fukien)

And the influence of anime since the 1970s, many studies Nihongo.

And the influence of Kpop and Kdrama since the 1980s, many studies Hangugeo.

A Filipino who grew up here in the Philippines can speak at least 3 languages: Philippine English, Filipino, and their regional/local language.

So, say, someone who speaks Hiligaynon naturally and unconsciously code-switch and/or code-mix Hiligaynon words and sentences while speaking to a person who don't understand Hiligaynon, that person gets curious and learns Hiligaynon or reuse the same words.

In the end, we know words from various Philippine languages too. So, dialogues you might have heard in the Philippine shows or lyrics you've heard in music (Ppop) probably actually contains 3 or more languages. 😝 If we don't pay attention, we mix words (even sentences) from various languages, and well, it's natural for us, we don't notice it unless we pay attention. 😅

Yes, we naturally speak that way.

There are two ways we're doieg it:

First way: code-switching. This means a person switches from one language to another seamlessly. For example, Philippine English and Filipino.

It also applies to dialects. For example, from Manila-Tagalog to Batangas-Tagalog.

Second way: code-mixing. This means a person it mixing two languages in the same sentence.

There are two ways we do code-mixing:
a. Philippine English sentence with Tagalog words. (a.k.a. Englog)
b. Tagalog sentence with Philippine English words. (a.k.a. Taglish)

For us, we don't notice we code-mixing unless we pay attention to it because the flow is very natural. Or, if someone formed a very weird and often funny combination.

Code-switching is noticeable in non-casual conversations. But in casual conversations, it's generally not noticeable for us locals. It's so natural for us, we unconsciously code-switch to Filipino while talking to foreigners (even abroad). 🤣🤣🤣

Cliffhanger. If I remember correctly, S02 will be based on Book 2. I haven't read that one though, only the original when it was still on-going (I didn't even finish it).

Lifestyle, dynamics, dress, hairstyle, it's the same thing. A person, even non-Asian, can have the same for even up to 20 years or more.

As for schedules, since they are students, their schedule is pretty much school and home. And by the looks of it, they're in college/university, depending of the school's style, the fictional school probably was based on allowing students to choose their schedule and subjects.

I'm not defending them, maybe it was an error on their planning or maybe not. All I'm saying is that it is possible in an Pacific-Asian life and culture. We're not Europeans or North Americans where things change every year or so. This is especially true for students, student life, schedule, style, dress, hair style, dynamics, and everything else pretty much stay the same until our mid-20s.

By mid-20s, that's usually when things change. Second work/job. Better pay. More influences from more people (work colleagues, purchasing power). Most importantly, Pacific-Asians gets free from the restraints of our parents and immediate relatives, so we start to explore and assert "this is me" … to some extent (not entirely).

Again, I'm not defending them. I'm just sharing that in our cultures, what you observed is not uncommon.

They'll really do a time-travel afterall. 😅😅😅

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