Muttery Monkey

Agreed. Now that CP has died, I hope Hyo Ying can heal and move on and hopefully find happiness with someone who is actually kind to him. And we all know who that could be ;-)

My guess is, it will be mixed. I don’t see a redemption arc for the Crown Prince happening and it’s sad because the Sixth Prince just wants to have a good relationship with his brother. I assume that he’ll die eventually.

But there is no way I’m accepting anything else than a happy ending for our main couple! I’ll be all OR ELSE together with you 😆

I think he regrets sending the guard away and is jealous of the sixth prince who now has him by his side. He’s never learned to show his love in a healthy way and maybe he doesn’t even recognize it for what it is. The only way he knows how to deal with his jealousy is cruelty.

I’m guessing this “love” story won’t have a happy ending. The crown prince might realize his mistakes at some point but it’ll be too late. Also, I doubt he survives…

The promotions seem to position the crown prince and the guard as a couple, but after seeing all this, there is no way that is actually happening, is there? The crown prince just seems cruel through and through with no compassion left in him - let alone the capability to love. If anything, the guard has a one sided crush.

Seriously, even if he saved his life 17 years ago, it doesn’t excuse all the constant abuse. The prince is so stupid, too. Why be cruel to the people who are the most loyal to you? Why mock him by handing him an empty piece of paper with the “antidote”. All the phyiscal and mental abuse is just too much.

They could, of course, spin this into the prince showing his jealousy in a very twisted way. He was the one to send the guard away to spy on his brother and now he regrets not having him by his side and is jealous af. But, man, that would be one hell of a tocix way to show love.

After all the sh*t he’s pulled, there is no way they allow him to survive, right? Right??

Maybe because the first episode throws you right into the action with a lot of characters introduced all at once, flashbacks and many things going on. I could understand that some people might feel overwhelmed and might drop it. But after the first episode the story and the characters are actually quite clear and it gets better and better. I was still a bit on the fence for the first few episodes but by now I’m very much in love with the series.

You should appreciate historic dramas, though. The genre is not for everyone I guess.

I believe that this is the origin story of the Luminous Solution. The Luminous Solution is about some people that stumble upon a magical cafe that grants wishes - at a price. They never explain the origin of the cafe but there are a few hints about the original cafe owner. This seems to be his story.

I haven’t yet watched the first episode of this one but I expect that the stories are largely independent from each other.

I liked the first three Secret of Us series. Some more than others, but I found them all decent. But this one wasn’t for me.

I assume it was supposed to be an intelligent play on how their film and their reality rub off on each other and mirror each other - which allowed them to re-write their ending to mach their actual feelings. It’s a good idea, but unfortunately the execution seemed lacking, and in the end it just felt lost. Lost in Kyoto, I guess ;)

Nevertheless, I’m looking forward to the next Secret of Us production!

It used to be 12, then it went up to 15, now it's 18. I just want it to end 🤣

Ahh, thank you, very helpful! I don't have a Twitter account and recently Twitter has made it much harder to access any posts without an account. I wish the streaming platforms would publish schedules directly on the platform itself.

I guess I will have to keep relying on kind users as yourself to find the info. <3

Where did you find that info, please? I was looking for it but came up empty. I just watched the finale 😍 but I would still like to know for next time.

The problem is that it's not just one episode once, but it's become a really common pattern (especially for popular series) that there are fast tracks or special episodes that cost extra. It really adds up. I'm lucky that I can afford paying for IQ, WeTV, and Gaga (and the occasional month of viki). Not everyone can afford that many subscriptions.
I'm fine with weekly episodes. I'm fine to watch a week later than the people who stream illegally. But why delay the last episode even more? I actually don't even know when it's supposed to be available or whether they made any announcement about it...

I expected it to become free today as is the usual rhythm. I'm a bit upset that they still asking us to pay. I'm okay to wait for my weekly episode but if they are now delaying it even more it feels a bit malicious.

I'm paying for all the series that I watch - which means multiple subscriptions - because I want to support the artists and producers. But this kind of delaying tactics from the platforms seems like they want me to head over to youknowwhere and watch there instead... :'-(

I miss him too. They didn't even give an explanation, just said that everyone is single. Like, what happened?? I need to know!

Did you like the first season? It seems to follow pretty much the same concept: https://kisskh.at/759779-kiseki-chapter-2

Don't get confused by the name, Kiseki Chapter 2 is actually the prequel to this one.

In case you haven't watched it already, you might want to start with season 1: https://kisskh.at/759779-kiseki-chapter-2

I can't wait for them to meet! So I thought I missed a scene or something X-D

I'm only aware of the version on Gagaoolala. It seems to be a pretty low budget production. So you have to be able to look past the quality issues that can come with low budget, if you want to enjoy it. If these quality issues put you off, it might be better to find something else to watch. I'm afraid that the production quality won't improve.

I'm usually able to overlook quality issues if there is some other aspect in the series that I enjoy. But I can totally understand how quality issues can be too distracting to enjoy it.

May I ask what you are basing this on? We haven't even seen the main couple interact with each other?

Sounds like you jumped from the end of episode 3 (where Akin didn't want to go for drinks) to the beginning of episode 5. Did you maybe skip 4 by accident?

Jin's agency is known to be ruthless, doing anything to hype the stars working for them (which is why Akin refused the offer to work for them). We have seen them manipulate things in Jin's favor before. We get to see preliminary results when Akin and Jin are few votes apart. But this is before the results are officially announced. It's implied that Jin's manager manipulates the results same way that he has previously done.