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Thank you so much Minnie!
I owe you one. :D

I second that! <3

Does anyone know the title of the song Jin Ah dances to at the end of ep.1 and beginning of 2?

Thank you! :D ♥

Ha!
Not as bas as me wishing to see more odious dramas so that I can write my reasons... :P
;)

This is when fans' MVs come in handy.: much shorter and to the point, lol. ;)

Your review and Marooya's comment sealed the deal: thank you for sparing me 16 hours of what I have the strongest ever feeling I'd hate. :D

Unconvinced.
If they had to change the cast, they should have done so with all of them. Park Hae Jin is basically repeating a role - he sure knows the script by heart and is not wasting time at learning his lines this time around (I'm a big fam of his, but I'm not sure I'm happy with his choice here). The main actress is just another pretty face whom I may have seen before or not; Kim Go Eun was different in a great way and created a believable character, regardless of what the webtoon drawing looks like.
Last but not least, I usually hate movies adaptation of a drama I have seen and enjoyed. Most plot lines are chopped and there's no time to linger on little details or a true character development.
I pass.

LMAO at Queen of the Ring.
Or not. ;)

While I can understand what you write, I can't reply in portuguese, I'm afraid.
So, thank you for reading me! I'm glad you aren't giving up on this lovely drama. :D

Oh dear, I've seen this one in Japan and it was incredibly funny, even understanding only a little of what was said.

"This drama just had a unique way of coming out of the screen and working on the inside of me."

At times a single sentence is so powerful it immediately lights up my curosity and the wish to watch the drama.
Thank you, Mike!

And we are a trio! XD
Sometimes reviews are a lot more entertaining than the drama...

Thank you for writing it, I enjoyed it immensely! :D

How could I forget our delicious discussion on Empress Ki? That drama was the best mean to get to know one another and share opinions on. :)
I'm actually sorry I've missed other just as interesting opinion sharing due to a very long slump I've finally come out of, so here's hope we will have another occasion - or two - to repeat the experience. ;)

Keep the good job!

Ah, finally a great, funny article I can relate to. :D
I'm definitely infected.

There's a couple of friends here, I always go and check what rate they have given to a particular drama after I've completed it myself - or before dropping it. For some unknown reason, I don't want to... disappoint them, or fully contradict them. It's double weird, since I usually couldn't care less what people think of me, my opinions, my taste or my choices. Because I respect and value their opinion, I end up questioning myself: "what the heck have I seen, that they haven't?".

The point I mirror myself in the most is the 1st. I've not yet regretted giving a drama a 3, but I have had second and third thoughts about a few of my 10s. The worst have to be the ones in the middle, say from 7 to 8.5. They feel like those multiple choice tests were, after wrecking your brain for half an hour on that maths problem, you cover your eyes and let the pen check the nearest box.

Great article, IwahashiGirl, thank you!

I think that, even without trying to find "justifications", each point raised to criticize the Japanese productions can be viewed as their special appeal.

Hello Alexander,
thanks for commenting on my review, I respect your opinion even though it differs from mine.

I actually know a lot of males who enjoy Asian dramas, so you're not alone, but I'm not your typical female either, that is, I'm not romantic in the common sense of the word. I couldn't care less for lovey-dovey chirping.
Which brings me to my main complain about this show: characterization, or lack thereof. There isn't a true growing of any of these characters except for the fact that they fall in love. I believe I do have solid ground for this critic, and another 20 episodes of them wrestling around wouldn't give them any more depth, unless they gave us a better insight into some of the issues raised and never solved: anorexia and abandonment among the lot.

Also, I've never said the female lead should stick to playing one type of role, I simply stated she doesn't have the physique du role for a weightlifter. You don't ask Kamenashi Kazuya to play a sumo wrestler without some "make-up", do you?

This said, of course this is my opinion. No amount of effort could ever make me able to express someone else's.

I doubt I'll watch the drama any time soon, simply because I'm in no mood for a crime drama, but the article is so well written I'll add this on my PTW list just thanks to it.
And you're not the only one who decides to either go on or stop very early on. At times, I don't even finish the first episode...
Thank you. :)

What are you going to do when all short, underhyped Japanese rom-com/suspense dramas from 2005 onward with a decent but not everpresent cast, a brief synopsis and useful comments and without a dying character have been watched? :S

Don't worry, my dear Lumi, it wasn't exactly my cup of tea but I finished it, after all, which is more than I can say about more - ehm - serious dramas. It's a sugar bullet, nothing lethal. ;);)