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I first watched Kim Won Hae in Strong Girl Bong Soon and his acting was spectacular. After that, I've also seen him in many dramas lol

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I finished Shadow Love, To my Beloved Thief, and Generation to Generation in a row. I haven't updated my list, but I gave 8 to the first 2 and 8.5 to the third one. I'm a picky rater😁... but they were very entertaining, with original romance plots, I'd say give them a try (of course, you'll need to watch at least the first 4 eps of each to be sure). I'll start A Splendid Match next week, crossing fingers....

bye felicia....Why are you here? Why are you even a member of a community about Asian shows? Let me judge you without knowing you, like you're judging KSH without knowing him and without having reviewed the evidence either. You have ONLY completed 7 shows, in almost 4 years, and the highest rating you gave was 2.5.... Your comment plus this 'evidence' shows that you're only here... to spread hate, and certainly not because you like Asian dramas or movies...

You created your account today, just to comment about the posted article. Please be aware that we, long-standing members of this community, know all about haters like you, that come to our community with the only purpose of spreading hate about many artists, and not to share our dramas' opinions.

Dear Perroamor, did you just created your account here, today, just to comment of this post? Let me inform you that we long-standing members of this community cannot report just anyone we want (to avoid haters) so we need evidence. But we can can report users who insults other members (the evidence is in your comment). Either delete your comment, or apologize to Lordzgrim, Or I'll report you.

I wrote: He's still so gorgeous, it means that he is still gorgeous. The comment about Get Karl Oh Soo Jung is a separate sentence (no preposition or conjunction joining both sentences) 😊 And I agree with you, still stunning at least in Never Twice which I started to watch but have it on hold.

Thank you!

Kim Se Ui killed Lee Sun-kyun, let's hope Kim Soo-hyun stays strong, and is able to sue all defamers.

Welcome, new member. Also, unless you have a fortune-telling certificate from Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association or the IMPART organization ---so we can try to believe your prophecy--- you and other haters like you will have to wait to see what happens.

It's definitely a very popular drama, although to be fair its verified rating in MDL is 8.8 (less than Hidden love, twinkling watermelon, flower of evil, guardian the lonely god, etc), and has only 26 thousand ratings.
But I think that the controversy started with the news of fabricated views by Tencent, here the google summary:
• The Glitch: Controversy began around March 7, 2026, when fans discovered a bug on the Tencent Video (WeTV) platform. Users reported that merely clicking on the show for a few seconds registered as a fully watched episode in their viewing history.
• Inflated Engagement: Chinese netizens observed the drama’s popularity index skyrocketing suspiciously, leading to accusations that Tencent (the platform) was manipulating engagement data.
• Data Manipulation Claims: Further serious allegations suggested that watching even one second of the show through linked Douyin (TikTok) content would register as a full view on Tencent and Yunhe data trackers.
• Response: Tencent acknowledged a "display error" on March 9, 2026, stating it was a technical glitch that did not affect internal or external "official" data metrics.
• Industry Backlash: The incident sparked a wider conversation about the integrity of drama ratings in China, with some media outlets calling for better oversight of "black box" data metrics, suggesting that despite the high numbers—sometimes reported over 3.4 billion—actual viewer engagement was being heavily debated.
• Suspicious Metrics: Despite the controversial high viewership of Tencent and Yunhe Data, the drama only held a 6.6/10 rating on Douban.

Viki is subbing it!

Good for you (seriously, without sarcasm) that your neighbor broadened your horizons. I was raised in South America which has huge chinese communities, I've lived in San Francisco and Los Angeles also with huge chinese communities, and I've vacationed in 39 countries around the world (more than once in several of them). But it was only in 2021 that I watched my first C-drama and I couldn't believe how gorgeous the lead was. I remember I got hooked in youtube videos watching the hottest chinese male models and actors (and sending them to my friends LOL)
And how tall they were!! Truly, I was so amazed that I even read a whole research article about how the chinese government started the National school milk program in 2000 in some major cities to increase the people's height (bones and nutrition) and then expanded it to a lot of cities. It was so effective that the chinese men gained a lot of height, the average 19-year-old increased in height by 8 cm (3 inches) and by 2019 the average height of 19-year-old men had reached 176 cm (5'9"). Amazingly, it's still today the fastest height growth rate globally in history. I guess I'll have to visit China in the future to broaden more my horizons because all that living and vacationing didn't work, never met a chinese guy who was gorgeous, not in parties, studying, working. I mean what a very rotten luck LOL

I don't agree that he by himself will change any stereotypes, BUT you're speaking nonsense because THERE ARE stereotypes in the US, where I graduated from college and currently live, Stereotypes not only about how chinese guys look, but about how guys from other countries look (latin, indian, etc). Also, at least in Spain and France (that I visit very often and have many friends there) is the same. In fact, every time that I show women friends and colleagues in the US and those other 2 countries, photos and videos of C-dramas male leads, they get so impressed, always saying they've never imagined chinese guys to be so handsome and tall.

Such a sweet and charismatic actor

Thank you so much! So many years being here and I didn't know about this, thank you for the tip!

Please apologize for calling me names or I'll report you. Here in MDL everyone must be respectful. And my comment was only in response to your blame game: "the poor girls life is over because of him".

Your comment makes me guess that you may be very young, because her life is not over because of KSH. She was 13 years old and the romantic lead of an actor 9 years older (her mother was her agent), maybe later on she thought that the age difference with KSH was normal. But whatever psychological problems, relationships or family, no one can blame other people for the choices we make and the decisions we take in our lives.
The "blame" game that you're using is not only very immature but also shows me that you (and the people who liked your comment) don't believe that we are responsible for our own lives and that we are the ones that have to change, seek help, face our problems, and grow.
She had enough self-control to participate in whole dramas, thus, she should have been able to realize her life was spiraling (below in this chat there's a comment by user RuxiTS who listed her problems, suicide attempts since she was 18, drunk driving, fired from her agency, few roles), especially after her short marriage to a guy who abused her according to her close friends.
I always pity, but also avoid, people who blame others for their problems.

So I was rating 10 the first 15 eps, then the script started to worsen really fast (plot holes, unbelievable actions, plot devices, cringy scenes), Episodes 30-34 didn't even deserve a rating higher than 3. At the end I averaged this whole thing and gave it 6,5/10. (sigh) Another overrated drama in MDL. Then I realized that my ratings may differ from MDL, but are usually similar to the local audiences (chinese Douban, korean Watcha, Nemu). Therefore, out of curiosity I asked AI about the gap in MDL ratings and other international sites, and got this:

"Ratings on kisskh (MDL) continue to face criticism primarily because their ratings are viewed as popularity contests rather than objective assessments of quality.

The platform’s scoring system is widely regarded as inflated and misleading, with users often rating based on emotional attachment to leads rather than acting or plot quality.

Key reasons for the ongoing criticism include:

• Fandom and "Stan" Behavior: High-stakes voting by devoted fans, particularly for idol actors can artificially boost ratings to a 10/10, regardless of the actual production quality. Conversely, "antis" or rival fan groups may vote-bomb dramas.
• Lack of Rigorous Critique: Unlike other sites with knowledgeable, professional or critical reviewers, MDL is driven by a base of casual users that often prioritizes romance, tropes, and aesthetics over acting, script, and technical production.
• Rating Before Completion: Users can rate shows before they have aired or before finished airing, allowing incomplete assessments to dictate a rating.
• Recency and Hype Bias: New, highly anticipated shows often receive inflated ratings while they are airing.
• Inflated Rating Scale: Many users interpret "10" as "I enjoyed this" rather than "this is a masterpiece," leading to an overabundance of 9+ ratings. Consequently, many users consider a 7.5 or 8.0 on MDL to be a mediocre or average show, whereas on other platforms with more knowledgeable members, these are strong scores."

So, what I'll do is to continue to use my excel list of users similar to me, and when none of them have watched the drama, I'll use local ratings/reviews for feedback and ignore the ratings here.

I wonder, at what age a person should stop blaming others and take control of their lives? You, as well, are blaming others for her problems. More ridiculously, you speak of justice, but she wasn't murdered. Everyone is responsible for their own decisions, for changing their present and future. True, her mother started grooming her when she made her be the romantic lead of an actor 9 years older when she was just 13.. I guess that by the time she had another relationship with an older guy she saw it as normal. But after her marriage ended, it is my opinion that she should have seen the signs that she needed help. Well, we don't even know if her family or husband tried to help her or not, this is all speculation, but the truth remains that we can't blame anybody for our decisions.