1. The CEO. He wants to drop him because he's becoming a headache. He's willing to risk the drop in share prices…
Yeah, and it's doubtful he doesn't have access to his place. Or, at least haven't thought of quietly waiting for the ML to open the door, like what those toxic fans did.
Not related to drama…just noticed that Sooyoung and Kyungho both are acting as lawyers in currently airing dramas
LOL. I was going to say this too. The 12-year couple playing the same role. And someone thought it will be cool to have their shows premiere one after the other. It actually works, they kind of helping each other indirectly. Fans are talking about them and their shows more.
1. The CEO. He wants to drop him because he's becoming a headache. He's willing to risk the drop in share prices because he expected it to be closed fast. Unfortunately for him, there's a fierce attorney who's prolonging it.
2. The Manager. Out of all the people around him, he's probably the one who's most angry since he's the one who has to endure everything.
3. One of the staff. Three of them did say they want to kill him and were holding pointed objects.
4. The father(?) of the prosecutor. As he said, their job is to pick a suspect and force them to confess regardless if the confession is true or not. He probably heard the comments of the disgruntled staff and so he set the ML up.
5. The father of the ex-girlfriend. They haven't shown him yet but since they're wealthy, her father probably hated that they were dating. He was probably the reason why they broke up.
6. That angry band member, the drummer IIRC. The victim didn't struggle, as the police said, the victim knew the suspect. And since the victim is also intoxicated, more reason he wouldn't think the suspect would actually stab him.
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Why I think the ex-gf is not the suspect: - She was paying attention to the case. - She studied the profile of the prosecutor. - She met the prosecutor pretending to be interested in him, but she was actually fishing for information at the same time planting doubt and leading him to other possible scenarios.
However, I suspect that she knows something. She probably knew who the suspect was but she's too afraid to share the information with anyone because she'll get dragged into it.
Again, only up to E03 as of the time of this writing.
The English title "Idol I" doesn't make any sense.
아이돌아이 is: - Revised Romanization: aidolai - translation: an idol child
The best choices are: 1. An Idol Child 2. Idol Eye
"Idol Eye" is qualified based on the premise of the story from episodes 1 & 2. It was further established in E03. The "eye" representing the following: - things from the perspective of an idol - the things the ML witnessed while drunk and has forgotten — basically, he is a witness to a crime but his drunkenness combined with his trauma of witnessing it resulted in his brain sealing those memories to protect himself
"Idol I" doesn't make any sense. Well, if we wanted to stretch it, the meaning of the English title might be the selfishness of the ML, you know , "I". But that's stretching it and we know from episodes 1—3 that the ML isn't selfish at all.
The English title should've been «An Idol Child» or «Idol Eye».
But to summarize, it is a law originated from Emperor Justinian of the Roman Empire. All countries adopted the laws he made and adapted it to suit their respective cultures. Some were updated to catch up with the times, some still not updated. And each country has varying levels of "updates" too per law.
I wouldn't be surprised if your country also have a similar law or used to have one. There is no country today whose laws did not originate from the Roman Empire or was not heavily influenced by it. It is commonly called today as the "Civil Laws".
Secondly, the law was created to protect the Family Unit. The basic unit of a society is the Family Unit. The State relies on a healthy Family Unit to survive. Thus, the integrity of the Family Unit must be protected.
The problem is, society changes. Our sensitivities and beliefs changes more or less every 50 years. I was born in 1982, it hasn't been 50 years yet I can no longer count how many things are no longer acceptable today than back in the 80s and 90s. Unfortunately, we are slow in updating laws to catch up with the changing times.
The immunity of family members from suing each other is one such Civil Law meant to protect the integrity of the Family Unit. Underneath this category are other laws like immunity from suing each other related to finances, which was the law discussed in Episode 8.
Unfortunately, like I've said earlier, each country have varying levels of updates and cultural factors also comes into play.
In my country, the Philippines, a similar law was amended multiple times in my lifetime, and often it was to add a provision to bypass the said law. If the provision is triggered, then the law won't apply.
In South Korea, due to their heavy Confucian culture, their version of that Roman-based law was left untouched for 71 years. Remember what I said earlier that changes in sensitivities and beliefs usually happen more or less 50 years? 71 years is clearly overdue.
South Korea have two options. 1. Completely abolish that entire law; or, 2. Amend it so that its scope is not too broad or there's a clear path to bypass it
The second option is what other countries usually choose, and what the Philippines chose repeatedly. This is so that members of a Family Unit won't end up suing each other just because of some small issue, like say, total amount of a month's salary.
The first option, if that entire law is abolished, the Family Unit can be opened to all sorts of issues/cases where family members sue even for the smallest things, which obviously will lead to more broken families. Remember, if the Family Unit is broken, the will State suffer too.
South Korea's National Assembly has up to December 31, 2025 to amend that specific law touched in Episode 8. If they don't submit an amendment, the court's decision to permanently suspend that entire law will remain. Will it end up good overall? No one knows. The world will definitely watch if there will be an increase of cases related to the absence of that law and what kind of cases those are.
If there will be an increase in cases, and the cases are not petty but actually serious, it means it is fine to abolish that specific law entirely—at least in South Korea. Other countries will study it and see if the same can be applied to their own countries.
But since the National Assembly is very busy with their political turmoil, the deadline will like pass and that specific law will forever be suspended in its entirety. So, that's something to watch how it will affect Korea's family unit.
I feel like he is a lookalike - meaning a doppelganger... That's my theory because Kang Dawit kept on saying that…
LOL! I didn't realize that. I thought it was a reference to another thing.
That was a very good easter egg. I wonder if it was only an adlib from the ML. 😅 Or, maybe it was both their idea for him to appear as a reporter so they can later make an easter egg about it.
I think cdramas should take a turn to by talking some serious issues happening there instead of only those God…
Yep. The Kdrama industry discovered what the Western industry has forgoten: live-action fiction as a medium for exposing social and political issues.
It's why Kdrama is attracting because it is resonating with everyone globally.
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Yep, it's a big risk. They have to play with well so the Party won't intervene. I think in her case, the Party can't deny that mental health is a real issue so they haven't stopped her.
I think cdramas should take a turn to by talking some serious issues happening there instead of only those God…
It's too dangerous in PRC to write about social and political issues. It probably won't get approved. Unless they can prove it will benefit the State to expose the maltreatment of their talents. But then again, it will send the message that it is okay to raise such issues, which the Party doesn't like their people doing.
It is sad that they can't do anything about it on the mainstream level. Maybe indie but likely overseas.
Depending on which side you are on—absolute abolition or remove only the excessive ones—airing this episode…
Anyway. It is also correct that the law originated from Rome. It was codefied by my favourite Roman Emperor, Emperor Justinian in «Corpus Juris Civilis».
All States in the world today adopted it. However, there are different levels of amendments to update it to today's sensitivities.
For example, here in the Philippines, instead of completely aboshing the entire immunity of relatives in intra-family financial cases, like what was depicted in E08, provisions were added so it can be bypassed.
That is what the December 31, 2025 deadline is about in South Korea. To give a chance to only correct the obsolete ones but still retain those that makes sense. We don't know what effects it will have if the entirety is abolished. It's actually scary.
I mean, these laws were invented for a reason, the best course is we should update it for our times. The main reason the Romans deemed it necessary to create laws protecting the family is because if the family unit breaks, the society and the State will suffer as well.
But we know now that we can update some provisions without putting the family unit in danger. However, abolishing it entirely is like abolishing all laws. It can open up the family unit to all sorts of cases and lead to numerous broken family units, and the one that will suffer is society and the State.
If that happens, we might have to resort to human cloning and test tube babies. Especially for a country already suffering from low birth rates.
Yes, it really is hard to strike a balance. We don't want exploitations, but at the same time, we need to ensure a healthy and functioning family unit.
E08Actually, that Korean law was declared unconstitutional in 2024 (or was it 2025?). The National Assembly was…
Depending on which side you are on—absolute abolition or remove only the excessive ones—airing this episode on December 28, 2025 was a good move for those in favour of absolute abolition. 😆
But then again, the politicians often surprises everyone.
Actually, that Korean law was declared unconstitutional in 2024 (or was it 2025?). The National Assembly was given by the court up to December 31, 2025 to amend it, otherwise, that entire law will be permanently suspended and invalidated.
So far, there are no updates if the National Assembly is working on it. They're busy with all the political issues. The deadline will likely pass and by January 1, 2026, that law will be unconstitutional forever in South Korea.
If anything, it's much better to amend it so not all provisions are removed. This is usually how laws are updated to catch up with the times. But if they don't pass anything by the deadline, all of it will be forever gone.
have they completely given up on due processes and replace the rest of the show with feel good speeches?
I doubt the show was about serious court proceedings, it never gave that vibe from the start. So, no, they haven't given up anything, it's the way it was written from the start.
Have you watched the previous episodes? Like the two Koreas sharing the same boundaries? Those arguments will never happen in real life. It was completely ridiculous. In no country will that argument win a court case anywhere, not even in China who always favor the citizens before the capitalists.
Don't take the court proceedings seriously. Just enjoy the show, really. Just laugh.
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2. The Manager. Out of all the people around him, he's probably the one who's most angry since he's the one who has to endure everything.
3. One of the staff. Three of them did say they want to kill him and were holding pointed objects.
4. The father(?) of the prosecutor. As he said, their job is to pick a suspect and force them to confess regardless if the confession is true or not. He probably heard the comments of the disgruntled staff and so he set the ML up.
5. The father of the ex-girlfriend. They haven't shown him yet but since they're wealthy, her father probably hated that they were dating. He was probably the reason why they broke up.
6. That angry band member, the drummer IIRC. The victim didn't struggle, as the police said, the victim knew the suspect. And since the victim is also intoxicated, more reason he wouldn't think the suspect would actually stab him.
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Why I think the ex-gf is not the suspect:
- She was paying attention to the case.
- She studied the profile of the prosecutor.
- She met the prosecutor pretending to be interested in him, but she was actually fishing for information at the same time planting doubt and leading him to other possible scenarios.
However, I suspect that she knows something. She probably knew who the suspect was but she's too afraid to share the information with anyone because she'll get dragged into it.
Again, only up to E03 as of the time of this writing.
아이돌아이 is:
- Revised Romanization: aidolai
- translation: an idol child
The best choices are:
1. An Idol Child
2. Idol Eye
"Idol Eye" is qualified based on the premise of the story from episodes 1 & 2. It was further established in E03. The "eye" representing the following:
- things from the perspective of an idol
- the things the ML witnessed while drunk and has forgotten — basically, he is a witness to a crime but his drunkenness combined with his trauma of witnessing it resulted in his brain sealing those memories to protect himself
"Idol I" doesn't make any sense. Well, if we wanted to stretch it, the meaning of the English title might be the selfishness of the ML, you know , "I". But that's stretching it and we know from episodes 1—3 that the ML isn't selfish at all.
The English title should've been «An Idol Child» or «Idol Eye».
https://kisskh.at/profile/Mizuhira-san
https://kisskh.at/785270-pro-bono#comment-24621290
But to summarize, it is a law originated from Emperor Justinian of the Roman Empire. All countries adopted the laws he made and adapted it to suit their respective cultures. Some were updated to catch up with the times, some still not updated. And each country has varying levels of "updates" too per law.
I wouldn't be surprised if your country also have a similar law or used to have one. There is no country today whose laws did not originate from the Roman Empire or was not heavily influenced by it. It is commonly called today as the "Civil Laws".
Secondly, the law was created to protect the Family Unit. The basic unit of a society is the Family Unit. The State relies on a healthy Family Unit to survive. Thus, the integrity of the Family Unit must be protected.
The problem is, society changes. Our sensitivities and beliefs changes more or less every 50 years. I was born in 1982, it hasn't been 50 years yet I can no longer count how many things are no longer acceptable today than back in the 80s and 90s. Unfortunately, we are slow in updating laws to catch up with the changing times.
The immunity of family members from suing each other is one such Civil Law meant to protect the integrity of the Family Unit. Underneath this category are other laws like immunity from suing each other related to finances, which was the law discussed in Episode 8.
Unfortunately, like I've said earlier, each country have varying levels of updates and cultural factors also comes into play.
In my country, the Philippines, a similar law was amended multiple times in my lifetime, and often it was to add a provision to bypass the said law. If the provision is triggered, then the law won't apply.
In South Korea, due to their heavy Confucian culture, their version of that Roman-based law was left untouched for 71 years. Remember what I said earlier that changes in sensitivities and beliefs usually happen more or less 50 years? 71 years is clearly overdue.
South Korea have two options.
1. Completely abolish that entire law; or,
2. Amend it so that its scope is not too broad or there's a clear path to bypass it
The second option is what other countries usually choose, and what the Philippines chose repeatedly. This is so that members of a Family Unit won't end up suing each other just because of some small issue, like say, total amount of a month's salary.
The first option, if that entire law is abolished, the Family Unit can be opened to all sorts of issues/cases where family members sue even for the smallest things, which obviously will lead to more broken families. Remember, if the Family Unit is broken, the will State suffer too.
South Korea's National Assembly has up to December 31, 2025 to amend that specific law touched in Episode 8. If they don't submit an amendment, the court's decision to permanently suspend that entire law will remain. Will it end up good overall? No one knows. The world will definitely watch if there will be an increase of cases related to the absence of that law and what kind of cases those are.
If there will be an increase in cases, and the cases are not petty but actually serious, it means it is fine to abolish that specific law entirely—at least in South Korea. Other countries will study it and see if the same can be applied to their own countries.
But since the National Assembly is very busy with their political turmoil, the deadline will like pass and that specific law will forever be suspended in its entirety. So, that's something to watch how it will affect Korea's family unit.
That was a very good easter egg. I wonder if it was only an adlib from the ML. 😅 Or, maybe it was both their idea for him to appear as a reporter so they can later make an easter egg about it.
Posted here: https://kisskh.at/discussions/785270-pro-bono/147202-episode-8-case
It's why Kdrama is attracting because it is resonating with everyone globally.
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Yep, it's a big risk. They have to play with well so the Party won't intervene. I think in her case, the Party can't deny that mental health is a real issue so they haven't stopped her.
It is sad that they can't do anything about it on the mainstream level. Maybe indie but likely overseas.
Don't repeat our mistake, hahaha. 15 years, we kept on holding back, Fate got tired of waiting. LOL.
All States in the world today adopted it. However, there are different levels of amendments to update it to today's sensitivities.
For example, here in the Philippines, instead of completely aboshing the entire immunity of relatives in intra-family financial cases, like what was depicted in E08, provisions were added so it can be bypassed.
That is what the December 31, 2025 deadline is about in South Korea. To give a chance to only correct the obsolete ones but still retain those that makes sense. We don't know what effects it will have if the entirety is abolished. It's actually scary.
I mean, these laws were invented for a reason, the best course is we should update it for our times. The main reason the Romans deemed it necessary to create laws protecting the family is because if the family unit breaks, the society and the State will suffer as well.
But we know now that we can update some provisions without putting the family unit in danger. However, abolishing it entirely is like abolishing all laws. It can open up the family unit to all sorts of cases and lead to numerous broken family units, and the one that will suffer is society and the State.
If that happens, we might have to resort to human cloning and test tube babies. Especially for a country already suffering from low birth rates.
Yes, it really is hard to strike a balance. We don't want exploitations, but at the same time, we need to ensure a healthy and functioning family unit.
But then again, the politicians often surprises everyone.
Actually, that Korean law was declared unconstitutional in 2024 (or was it 2025?). The National Assembly was given by the court up to December 31, 2025 to amend it, otherwise, that entire law will be permanently suspended and invalidated.
So far, there are no updates if the National Assembly is working on it. They're busy with all the political issues. The deadline will likely pass and by January 1, 2026, that law will be unconstitutional forever in South Korea.
If anything, it's much better to amend it so not all provisions are removed. This is usually how laws are updated to catch up with the times. But if they don't pass anything by the deadline, all of it will be forever gone.
Have you watched the previous episodes? Like the two Koreas sharing the same boundaries? Those arguments will never happen in real life. It was completely ridiculous. In no country will that argument win a court case anywhere, not even in China who always favor the citizens before the capitalists.
Don't take the court proceedings seriously. Just enjoy the show, really. Just laugh.