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I was actually not disappointed in Hee Doo and Yi Jin not ending together because I didn't really feel there was romantic chemistry between them. I actually think this drama would have been better if they left the romance part out. I also know there's a lot of people complaining because they didn't end up together at the end but since the first episodes evidence that the daughter was not Yi Jin's was given so they let us know they were not going to end together which frankly gave me the strength to continue watching since they were not going to end together. I think the last episodes where also not handled well as they felt rushed and we didn't really get to much of an explanation how Hee Doo reached the current time line and this also takes me to another issue which was to have the present timeline and the past one, I really believe they didn't need the present timeline. It was enough with the past timeline as the present one didn't really added anything to it as the only "interesting" thing was Heed Do's daughter conflict in wanting to quit dancing but it wasn't really that important nor really talked about it that much. By adding the current timeline they created the need to explain better how the past timeline moved in order to reach the present one, but the drama lacked all those explanations. Lastly but not least, I felt cheated by the previous synopsis that was on MDL for this drama as it said "They first meet when they are 22 and 18 years old, fall in love when they meet again at age 25 and 21" so this made me think we were going to have some kind of time jump where but no it was the whole story from Hee Do's 18 to 21 and Yi Jin's 22 to 25 which also made the romance harder for me to accept since he fell in love with a minor. So there I was watching each episode hoping for that time jump that never happened and that also let me down a little.

I have so many comments on this drama, but definitely this was not my cup of tea.

I loved this drama so much!!! I'm really hoping they make a second season of this. The story, the acting, the pace everything was great and done right. I think Yokoyama was perfect for this role, I loved his interaction with Kotaro. I highly recommend watching this if you're looking for a lighthearted drama.

Actually I called them hints but for me the lastname at least was definitive evidence he was not the father. If they really wanted to string us along they would have never mentioned the girl's last name. (I did saw 500 days with summer). I'm also not saying I agree with the ending, the break up was not handled right, it felt rushed and something was off. They made the wrong call to add the current timeline because that didn't really added nothing good to the story infact it worked against the story overall. Because with having the current timeline they created a need to introduce and at least give a brief explanation on the FL's husband and why she married him which they didn't. The final scene for me doesn't mean the ML never got over the FL it just explains and corraborates the she was his fist love. Because the fact that his secret security question which he chose 15 years ago for an account which he hasn't used in years was "who is your fist love" doesn't mean he's still in love with her, it's not like his current email pasword is her name or birthday or something like that.

Agree in everythinf you write except the part of "being invested in the question of who the girl's father was" because if I remember correctly on the first episodes she calls his daughter Kim Min Chae so the last name was one hint the ML was not the father and also in other episode the FL's mom tells her she saw the ML so that was also another hint he was not the father.
Aside from the I agree with you this went downhill and got weird on the last episodes.

Totally agree with you on both. Specially the 2nd one, I still don't understand what kind of relationship was the one Shishio proposed to Izumi?! There was really no nees for that "declaration / proposal" as you said they coulf have stayed best friends relaying on each other like any other normal friendship without the need to stablish a couple kind of relationship but at the same time platonic. Because for me it was like Izumi compromised with the idea of being ok with her one-sided love as long as she sould stay beside Shishio, but that totally led her straight to a road where she would never be in a love relationship and will live with her one-sided love forever.

I'm so disappointed with the so call suspense plotline here because it started so good and it actually had lots of potential not to mention we had great characters at the police station. But after the twin came into the picture the suspense plot line was totally lost and that was mainly because our OTP couldn't car a damn about it neither of them were following that plot and it was just at the back part of the story. I felt like it was being developed without us being informed. And at the end it was almost as everything had to be solved and told by the twin at the last minute. There were no "aha" moments. I think they wasted such an interesting plot and such interesting characters as the twins. What a shame this was and instead of that we had lots of uninteresting moments with the OTP and other side characters which honestly I couldn't care less about. Like the rich woman that hired the twin brother, what was that all about?? She appeared and disappeared without further explanations. So many unexplained characters were there just for the sake of moving the plot but they were just thrown out there. Also who was the guy who was sending the FL's mom stuff? We never got the chance to see him and at the end I got the impression he just disappeared in the air. So much things I can rant about but I'll leave it here.

This went downhill and then crashed and burn. I have several complains here but the most important one is: what's wrong with the OTP?? I mean they were so childish when they interacted with each other and I think they were in their mid-thirties and on top of that they were sooo cheesy as a couple. Never in all my drama watching history had I watched a couples this corny at the level of wanting to close my eyes.

This drama reminds me of Suspicious Partner regarding the part that this drama wasn't sure what kind of genre it wanted to be. But at least Suspicious Partner didn't leave the suspense part in the back seat the problem there was it didn't feel integrated with the romance plot line but here it didn't feel integrated and it was almost completely ignored mid-way on.

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Actually that last episode was the only one that made sense to me, it was the only one where the defendant actually benefited from his defense attorney.

Kame's character would have made more sense if he was a prosecutor because I didn't really saw him helping his clients with reduced sentences and such he was more about finding the truth which in most cases was not favorable to his client so if he was a prosecutor his actions would have had more sense to me.

Don't really get the idea of this, if this was focused on the prosecution side it would have made more sense to me.

Totally agree with this, also it was obvious the stepmom was bad for her since she was so scares of her. Remember that scene at the hospital were she screamed at her stepmom and then apologized lime a little child for making her stepmom angry? Her relarionship with the stepmom was not healthy at all and adding the fact that she killed her sister it was definitely healthier for her to cut ties with her. Thar made me so mad!

Entertaining story and also nice acting, the OTP had great chemistry and the story kept me interested all the way through. Also I almost caught the dangerous SLS, so that means both male leads were great. Also I loved the friendship between the FL and her two friends, they had great rapport.

Well said!

I totally agree with you on Doom at your service and The devil judge. I dropped Doom at your service I couldn't understand what was actually the plot there. And for The Devil Judge I have so many things to say about it, somethings were really left out there unexplained and just there for the sake of the plot but they really didn't have a real explanation. I agree with you, the bromance was not natural and looked forced. The reason Ga On had to go and live with Yo Han and specially that he stayed there almost all the drama (when he said he never wanted to leave his house as it remembered him of his parents) was not that believable. And there are other things I can tell about this drama that just didn't make a click to me. I just finished it watching it for 2 reasons: because I was hoping for the big reveal, a plot twist on the church's fire and was really let down and because of Ji Sung who gave an outstanding performance.

1. I did get the sexual asault hint, but my actual doubt is waht kind of evidence did she have? A video, pictures a voice audio?? What strong evidence did she have to actually be able to control the chairman of the foundation because her word wouldn't be enough to do the trick. And how did she get to her position? Did she become a secretary due to the blackmail? Was she a maid to the chairman and then after the assault became the secretary? Was she the secretary and then the asault happened?? And I think a 5-10 min flashblack would have been enough to explain all this.
2. The thing with Ga On wasn't a big plot twist for me because I suspected Professor Min since the beginning so the fact that he was revealed as the bad guy wasn't shocking the only surprise factor was that he was controlle by Su Ah but since my expectation of he being a bad huy was right the twist didn't have a big impact to me.
In my case I did needed more explanations and not just hints here and there and the need of your on faith on the script. Like I said what was so powerful that made Su Ah control the chairman, a man in such high powerful position that could have crushed anyone with one order. At one point I thought they will make Su Ah his secret daughter who was conceived due to a sexual asault or something like that, that would have made sense for me. And like this other things were left unexplained to me.

I was actually referring to Sung Ah who I believe is a main character. How did she reached the position she had? Why, how and when did she leaved the maid position on Yo Han' house? What kind of evidence did she have that was able to put the chairman on his knees and have him under her control? What kind of twist are you referring regarding Ga On? Do you mean that at the end he betrayed Yo Han? Because I didn't see that as a twist.

Such a disappointment! I feel so cheated with with the secret about the fire, I was waiting for a huge plot twist and got meh! Also there was such a lack of background stories from other characters to really understand where they were coming from and why they acted the way the did. Ji Sung was great!! He's the reason I continue watching, he's such a good actor that made his character interesting. Kim Min Jung's character was over the top she exagerated so much, I expected more from here but was a let down.

Isn't this based on the teather play "Trees die standing"?

It's on the same level of the drama "Hope" that it's also in this list. The FL of Shiro demo kuro demonai plays Go.