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So yeah, I agree completely that the last 13ish episodes were unnecessary. Hard to rate this drama cause the first half was fantastic, and the second very skippable and unmemorable. Don't regret watching it, but wish I didn't try to push through the end. It's just very boring. If they felt that the main couple is getting boring, they could have builded a nice story arcs and tension for secondary couples, unfortunately they turned the story towards a different direction.

Wow, this series is looking so good from ep 1. The cinematography is fantastic. I just came from AJTL, and while everything else is great, the cinematography was lacking. Here it's a pleasure to my eyes.

It's a bad ending because it feels forced and the leads are acting out of character. It's rushed, and at the end there's a cop-out with the kid scene as if the creators didn't want the public to be too mad.

I'm not sure, they definitely had some kind of connection behind the scenes, but why did the grandpa send her away then?

I was thinking something along those lines too. But I would imagine he'd rather choose a suitable lady for Tae Ha himself if he wanted to show his power over him and control him even more? Would make a bit more sense I guess...

Did I miss sth, or are we still waiting for a reason why grandpa was insisting on Tae Ha's marriage? Considering that he was planning to ruin it from the start

That part was funny and heartworming? It actually made the 2nd brother seem like a weirdo and loser at the same time. It was not moving at all, it was very very creepy. That was the worst part of the original by far.

I watched the chinese version. The 2nd brother tried to date her and it was very out of place and weird, even if he actually admitted that later on. It should have never happened. That's why I don't want it here.

It sounds interesting, but after Mr Queen I promised myself to never watch a time-travel drama where the leads are separated in the end. No thank you.

That's why I think that people who consider the ending to be a HE, and think that the main leads survived and escaped, have a point too. Because an ending like this, RY's suicide, just doesn't make sense... her surviving doesn't make sense too, so choosing your own canon ending is ok for me ig...

It's a 2 weeks wait actually

It's a standard, okayish kdrama. Nothing groundbreaking, but it's cute. Very similar vibe to business proposal, if you watched it. But if you want something new and fresh, you won't find it here unfortunately.

Nah, it's been only 5 days mate 😅 But the pain makes it feel like forever, I agree

I think they said that he had gambling debt?

Kisses yes, steamy - not really

In the recent drama landscape, there's nothing like this. A mature romance that gets a lot of screentime and development, rather than the leads getting together in the second to last episode because the screenwriter doesn't know how to write relationship post getting together (other than creating drama through forced breakup).

I love all the little moments that are unique to this drama. That's when the drama shines the brightest. Like RRY picking clothes and jewelry for NYZ. The squad watching every romantic scene between our leads and giving advice to both of them (which makes perfect sense, they are forced to spend 99% of their time on a very limited space!). RRY not hiding her identity at all from NYZ (even though if could serve as 'you lied to me, I can't be with you' later on, classic trope in most dramas). RRY coming back right away after she was attacked by the squad. RRY being a badass lead, but embracing her feelings and femininity at the same time - it's not like she was written like a male character, which tends to be the case when writing strong females. Flirting, so much flirting! There was no unnecesary, forced drama between the characters for the majority of the drama.

I definitely don't want to say that it doesn't have any flaws. I wish it wasn't crammed up, it needed those 10 eps more. I am very very salty about it. But when I think about refreshing dramas, that take well-established tropes and reverse them, this one comes to mind. This year was mediocre for dramas, and this is definitela a stand-out.

One thing tha keeps bugging me. How they address each other through those nicknames. "Mourning clothes", "trickster", like it might have been funny a few times, but rn it's really weird. Dunno, maybe it would be less weird if I were Korean?

I was PRAYING that PSH gets mainstream roles after coming back from military. Him and Rowoon on screen will take a toll on my poor heart.

I have high hopes for two couples instead of a love triangle

There's a big room for improvement compared to the original! It had a nice chemistry (expecially between on the fathers-children front) but can definitely be improved: no love triangle, if they want a romance, make it more engaging (and less creepy), and so on. I have high hopes.