Amy

The article had some interesting theories, but I don't agree with the part where Chan Sung is supposed to die because he received a flower. When Chan Sung was trying to buy a lily from Ma Go and she said he already got his flower, she was referring to the blue flower from the Spirit Tree that she gave him, which granted him the ability to dream about Man Wol's past events. It wasn't about the death lily and he never received one. That's why I don't think Chan Sung is meant to die.

Tbh I don't think Man Wol deserves the 1000 years of punishment. Chung Myung and the princess were way crueler and directly/indirectly killed way more people, but they actually got to reincarnate (at least the princess did, and she was the mastermind back then). Man Wol was pretty much innocent, I know she sought for revenge but then it happened in an ancient era when seeking revenge was still broadly regarded as a moral act. The only explanation I can accept is that the Ma Goos were actually trying to save her from turning into an Ak Gwi due to her grudge. The 1000 years for her is more like a therapy to help her overcome her past trauma rather than a punishment, and Chan Sung is her therapist. Besides, being the CEO of a hotel with guaranteed customers and income and living a luxurious life is DEFINITELY NOT a punishment lmao...

This drama is the perfect example of interpositional storytelling done right. Interpositional storytelling is basically narration interspersed with flashbacks, where events are not told in chronological order. Usually it's easy for a drama that uses this technique to lose focus, raise too many questions before answering them, or cause confusion to the audience, but this drama executed the technique perfectly. The plot was easy enough for the audience to piece together by themselves and feel a sense of achievement while doing so, but intriguing enough to pique interest and remain unpredictable. There's nearly no flaw to this drama at least to the point I've watched, the only flaw is the lack of character depth and backstory of every other character except for the main lead. But, accepting this to be a drama focusing on a sole character, I would say there's nothing I can complain about at all.

This drama is a breath of fresh air! Love the dark humor and cult elements in this. Never once have I seen a romance between a murderer/kidnapper and a victim. It was so ridiculous but fun at the same time. Loved how the writer played with such a controversial premise and managed to make it entertaining.

Hahaha "make pizza for the entire planet for eternity" ROFL

The manga hasn't been finished so does that mean this drama is gonna have its own ending? I feel like this is one of those OVAs that serve to promote an ongoing manga, only difference is it's a live action.

Nothing tops Nine Time Travels for this writer. Mysteries of the Alhambra and W had the exact same problems, plot twists happened out of the blue and things often had no explanations. Nine was 10 levels above all her other works, which is why I'm disappointed in her recent works. Her concepts are still very groundbreaking tho cuz she thinks out of the box in her ideas and that's really rare in the kdrama field. I hope she can make something that's as good as Nine and as popular as W next time.

Just finished this and it was a MASTERPIECE. Some parts were actually a hot mess but the tragedy and the depth of the characters especially in the last quarter of the show established it as one of the best k-dramas I've watched. It is uncommon to see such intricacy and brutality of a plot in kdramaland, so this was a very refreshing experience. Will never forget this drama ever.

There's only one ending, though there are two versions. Both versions have parts that the other version doesn't, but the SBS version seems to have preserved more of the important scenes. You can watch the SBS version, then look up a compilation of the version differences afterwards.

I can't believe it either. Maybe it's because of how hyped this drama is, I felt like I had to finish it to see what was good about it. I saw many people who did that as well despite finding it boring, and they all agreed that ep.12 was where it started getting good. But then, imho, if it takes THAT LONG for a drama to re-capture its audience, then it's rigged. If you don't have the patience to sit through 8 more episodes of conversational fillers and bromance, you may consider skipping to ep.12 and start watching from there, you won't really miss anything. (Except for one plot point which you might have to know to understand ep.12-16, I can tell you in spoilers if you decide to skip to ep.12).

I think there is more negativity than usual because the drama is overrated. It's not that it's actually that bad, but since it actually made it into MDL's top 10, people have higher expectations so they were disappointed. I watched this long before it was this popular, and I loved it, but if I had watched it now, I would have felt it didn't live up to the hype too. I personally gave this a 9/10 in my standards, but I think an MDL score of 8.8 is too high. I think it's more like 8.5 or 8.6? But I'd still highly recommend people to watch it cuz a lot of the comments don't give justice to the fun of the story.

I remember loving it a long time ago. Rewatched it 4 times. But now that I have grown older, thinking back it was pretty lackluster. It's just an ordinary romcom with all the cliches. The main selling point is the cute romance, but that's about it. Plus they didn't really do the romance that well either compared to other dramas I've watched in these years.

There are generally three types of viewers for this drama. One, people who love this drama from start to finish. Two, people who think this is boring and can't even finish it. Three, people who manage to finish it with effort and think the plot gets better after episode 12. I'm the third type, and I only like everything that happens after ep.12, but I don't know if it'll be the same for you.

Glad that helped you!

The only scary ghost was the one with empty eye sockets at the beginning. That part scared me a bit but the comedy that filled the atmosphere made it better. All the other ghosts weren't scary at all.

It appears that romance is simply not your cup of tea. You can try watching k-dramas with no romance tag, like the OCN ones that they recommended you. You can also go to this website's search filter and choose the genres that you like and sort by rating or popularity. By watching the ones with a higher rating (preferably above 8.5 on MDL) you should have a higher chance of enjoying them.

Or if you want me to personally recommend you some mystery or suspense dramas, which seems to be the genres you prefer, here are some good ones:
- Signal (fantasy crime thriller about a walkie talkie connecting three cops from the past and present as they solve cases together)
- Stranger (two people team up to solve a serial murder case involving corruption)
- Nine Time Travels (a news reporter finds 9 incense sticks that allow him to time travel back into the past to correct his life mistakes - but for better or for worse? This one has a bit of romance in it but it's beneficial to the plot development)
- Tunnel (a detective travels back into the past to solve a case that he failed to solve)
- Life On Mars (crime investigator falls into a coma and wakes up in a world where reality and imagination is blurred, he has to solve a case to go back home)
- The Guest (this is like The Exorcist, people get possessed by demons and kill others and themselves, it's up to a few young men to defeat the demon boss and save the world)
- Save Me (drama about a girl trapped in a shady religous cult and some young men who become entangled into the circumstances whilst trying to save her)
- Circle (takes place in a dystopian future where people have to regulate emotions and aliens walk the earth - this has a bit romance in it)

It was likely put there on purpose. Hotel Del Luna is a ghost hotel after all XD

This drama is the definition of guilty pleasure *blushes*
Rationally none of it makes any sense but I like it anyway cuz it makes my heart flutter so much lol

I have a sudden thought... what if Chan Sung is one of the people Man Wol killed in the past, and in order for Man Wol to be free and become human again, she must repent for her past sins and get Chan Sung's forgiveness? Kinda like the grim reaper in Goblin, she killed too many people so she has to be punished by becoming immortal and serve the afterlife until her sentence is completed.

But then would that be kinda cliche, cuz it's pretty much the carbon copy of Goblin? I hope they can surprise me with some other plot twist that I can't think about haha

I also have this thought. The more obvious guess is usually wrong, so Chan Sung probably isn't Chung Myung unless they're going for the super cliche. Chan Sung being Yeon Woo would be a more reasonable plot twist.