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I totally agree with you. I gave it a 6,5 just for the sake of the cast that tried its best to overcome the plain characters, the stupid plot and the cheesy romance.
Lee Dong Wook can act so much better ... I don't know what he is paid to play in such stupid dramas. lol

There is no chance to replicate Goblin ( not even in a second season with the same cast) because Goblin wasn't about the story, the cast, the production the costumes, or even the end that it sucked, but it was about its surrealism. It was like watching Almodovar at its best... lol
I have watched it multiple times and every time I discover another surreal interaction between the main leads that has nothing to do with the plot. They improvised and they had fun and that became obvious from a point and on.

Chimera was the offspring of Typhon ( typhus ) and Echidna (female viper) and was the sibling of Cerberus ( the three head dog that guarded the entrance of Hades ) and the Lernaean Hydra the nine head monster that was killed by Hercules.
I would suggest to enhance this drama with a bit of mythology to justify its title.
What is a serial explosion?

I didn't like the first season that much in order to bear to watch another two. No ... thanks!

I have watched most of his films and I also have most of them on my collection. My favorite film is Ran but I recommend to everyone to watch Ran and also Dreams on a large screen and in HD. Or in a theater if it is possible. His direction, music, cinematography, colours, scenes, costumes, sets are from another planet. These were two of his latest movies and due to the higher budget he was able to put on film his vision without restrictions.

This drama legalizes and gives excuses with the most sneaky and underground way, psychological abuse, domestic violence and cruelty towards the most vulnerable people.

Most of the viewers of this drama didn't probably noticed/realized that behind the fairy tale like story with the nice sets and costumes and the poetic dialogues, was an unashamed and blatant promotion of the worst kind of violence.

I'm still wondering who allowed this drama to find its way to the public.
And for those of you who think that Ye Hua was a great romantic and handsome character I have to say that I - personally - wouldn't approach such a guy not even from ten miles away ( with or without peach blossoms).

I have put Korean dramas on the side for quite some time now but not because I have any particular preference to the actors. The main reason is that Kdramas are inconsistent on their plots and that makes very difficult to know if the kind/genre of drama I chose to watch is going to belong to the same genre up to the last episode.
I like for instance mystery/spy/legal/ thriller dramas but the Korean ones start usually as such and end up as romances or melodramas! lol
This puts me off to say it politely. I find it completely frustrating to spend that much time to watch a movie or drama that is supposed to be a thriller to end up on the last episodes watching the lead couple exchanging flowers and kisses.
Jdramas are very consistent on their plots and they don't deviate from the initial intentions. And they have a sense of "economy". They go straight to the point by telling the story without adding unnecessary dialogues, sub plots, flashbacks, the background stories of minor characters, useless scenes that don't add anything to the plot etc. In other words they don't add "fillers" in order to cover a standard 16 episodes running time.

I think that the drama with the most horrible end is the most popular one.

Goblin! Why is not in the list?
The reason why the end is horrible is that defeats the purpose of the whole drama plot... lol

Kim Shin wanted to die for 14 episodes straight and the whole plot is all about him falling in love with the mortal woman that would pull the sword from his chest and released him from the curse that doesn't allow him to die and rest in peace etc etc etc.

And the show ends up with him becoming for one more time an immortal that is in love with the third fourth -I've lost the counting-incarnation of the same mortal woman.

Is that horrible or not?

It is not that much about their weight but about their facial features. It is not a coincidence that they all have similar faces. It seems that Japanese film producers cast the lead roles to guys that have this particular look that is probably very trendy in Japan.

But beauty standards change in time and of course they are not all the same from country to country.
So the saying that "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" is quite valid in this case.
It relies on the viewers to like or dislike this particular look, and depends a lot on their own cultural background and beauty standard.

I agree. Please check what I replied to Vargnatt below. :)

They look alike but Satoh is somewhat thinner ( in fact very thin) and that is the reason why they look somewhat different. But if Satoh gains a bit of weight they are going to look like siblings.
I'm not impressed though as I've noticed that Kimura Takuya looked like both of them when he was younger of course. He could easily play their father now!

It seems that this is one of the two three different male beauty type standards in Japan and that is the reason why most of the most famous male Japanese actors look like they are relatives. lol

If the real life S. Korean cops are as incompetent and stupid as they depicted on this series then S. Korea is the most dangerous country in the world! lol

Koreans make their dramas with the Western audience in mind. Their aim is to export their culture.
Japanese on the other hand are more straight to the point on their productions and they don't try to appeal the western audiences. Jdramas are of the kind that you either like or not. There is no middle ground.
I personally prefer the Jdramas. The main reason for liking them is that they are very "compact" . The 8-10 episodes that they usually have, are enough to have a decently developed story but not that many in order to not remember what happened to the beginning or expand with details that are irrelevant to the main plot. As for instance extensive references to the background of the one or the other minor character, constant flashbacks, non ending conversations that don't add anything to the plot, scenes that make no sense at all etc.
These kind of additions are IMHO a big part of the disadvantages of Kdramas, that in some cases can't fill the duration of their standard 16 episodes and rely on such additions instead of going for less episodes.

The main disadvantage of Jdramas is their subtitling.
It is a pity that Japanese producers don't bother to subtitle their productions themselves. They lose this way a big part of the non Japanese speaking audience.
They don't seem to understand that this audience wouldn't know Kurosawa and his movies were not subbed back in the day that happened. Kurosawa became a legend because his films were subbed. And Toshiro Mifune got an international career because Kurosawa's films were subbed.

Same applies to Japanese books if course. I recently read Nocturne of Remembrance by Shichiri Nakayama which is its one and only and single book that has been translated in English. Though I'd like to read more of his books these unfortunately are not translated in English or any other language though Nakayama is a fantastic writer and this book has already been adapted to a series that I intent to watch.

After watching the fifth episode I have the notion that the experiment was some sort of cloning with the use of somebody else's DNA . And I came to this conclusion by the Russian fiancee's saying, that they were waiting him for 1400 years to come back.
So they probably took the DNA of some ancestor who had these sixth sense/ clairvoyance abilities and made a clone or they planted it on this guy.

It is mentioned after all that only some ancient tribes had these particular abilities as an extra protection from danger and that modern humans lost them due to evolution.

That is the reason why he has the abilities but not his own memories, by neither the other person's ancestor messiah like, memories.

And that is also the reason why she didn't know his name but he doesn't know his name either.
Perhaps she was also the product of cloning too.

I think that he is the guinea pig of some sort of experiment that took place on a ship. ( the best place to hide an illegal laboratory away from any state interference ). He is someone who had the appropriate genetic background and was also given the sixth sense gene and then escaped from the laboratory with his memories lost as a side effect of the experiment.

The reason why I prefer Jdramas is that they go straight to the point. No unnecessary subplots, character backgrounds, melodrama scenes, flashbacks and such things. The only problem with Jdramas is with their subbing. But even this is not that much of a problem for me as I prefer to watch dramas that are already completed.

Probably from a brain hemorrhage ( Epidural hematoma) that damages the brain if it is not treated on time. Many people have died several hours after hitting their head and some of them were left with permanent damage. The most well known cases are those of Natasha Richardson who died several hours after a ski accident and Michael Schummaher who is still living but he is in a coma .

It's not only weak. It defames in a manner of speaking Japanese social services as I wrote on my review above.
Domestic violence is a very serious problem, and the way that is shown on this movie is at least unfortunate.
But I was glad to see that Takeru Satoh who is in my opinion one of the most underated actors on regard of his acting skills, is trying to get rid of the "pretty boy" "action hero" typecast/label that is hunting him. His recent movies show that he understands that real acting demands more than having a pretty face and doing your own stands. He is trying now to play more challenging on regard of pure acting roles. This guy needs desperately some stage plays.
I don't know what is he waiting for. Don't they have theaters in Japan?

I personally found the situation that is described on the film as impossible. The children were so brutally beaten up from their father that the hospital that provided medical help to them wouldn't have allowed them to return home and would have informed the authorities about the incident. Both their parents would have been questioned about what happened to these children.
The domestic violence incident is so exaggerated that it can't provide a believable foundation for the rest of the plot.

The entertainment industry doesn't work this way. Young actors and actresses have to work hard as long as they are young and their looks help them to get new jobs.
But Takeru Satoh seems to take every role he is given. He could be more selective because he is a good actor. As I wrote on another comment on this board, the first three Rurouni Kenshin movies were his best work because he could support among other things the action scenes. But the drama/ series that followed were at least average.
He needs a couple of very good movies carefully selected ( perhaps some international productions ) and some stage plays at this point in order to advance his acting reputation and move on from the flower boy twenty something guy type of roles.
If he doesn't do it now he will have problem later on to establish himself for his acting skills because he has already typecast himself.

The entertainment industry doesn't work this way. Young actors and actresses have to work hard as long as they are young and their looks help them to get new jobs.
But Takeru Satoh seems to take every role he is given. He could be more selective because he is a good actor. As I wrote on another comment on this board, the first three Rurouni Kenshin movies were his best work because he could support among other things the action scenes. But the drama/ series that followed were at least average.
He needs a couple of very good movies carefully selected ( perhaps some international productions ) and some stage plays at this point in order to advance his acting reputation and move on from the flower boy twenty something guy type of roles.
If he doesn't do it now he will have problem later on to establish himself for his acting skills because he has already typecast himself.