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Thank you for the details. Yeah, I was also angry that the FL and ML pretty much led an unhappy life since they were never able to be together. The FL had it particularly hard seeing everyone around her dying. I dont know why the writers had to be so cruel. T T

I definitely watched a few but I cant remember their names. Lakorns have specially hard to remember titles.

I watched everything up until the older sister dying and the son becoming the emperor, did not watch the part where he was forced to get married. So the kid that became the emperor in the last episode was the son of one of the consorts. I thought he was the son of the empress.

But anyway, I dont get how he ended up sleeping with another woman when he loved someone else. I guess it happened before they met again, since he was already the emperor by then and had probably already got the consort pregnant. Since it was a childhood crush and he could not guess he would meet her again, I can accept the whole sleeping with the other woman, he needed an heir anyway and she was probably a nice person which is why he chose to sleep with her instead of the empress or the other consort.

Anyway, thank you for clarifying. I skipped entire episodes near the end because I knew it was going to end in tragedy and just wanted to get it over with.

I know, right? Not even her son could be happy. They killed off his kid with the woman he loved, then than woman also died and then he got sick and died too. The female lead was left pretty much all alone, no love, no son, no nothing. Only the spawn of a spoilt brat that will probably be hard for her to manage since his mother will not be setting a good example for him and might even make him turn against his grandmother.

Also, I skipped a lot so I probably missed that. I get why her son would be forced to marry a woman from a certain family to become the empress, but they had a son, which means he slept with her...but wasnt he in love with someone else, why did he go and impregnate this brat? Or did she use some sort of trick like getting him drunk or something?

I think so. I have only watched a few episodes but it seems like there is something going on with Peng Pai. She probably liked him in the past and he still likes her but it just didnt work.

I am adding Tragedy as one of the genres because pretty much everyone dies. (sorry if you consider that a spoiler but the seeing Tragedy up there can be a spoiler itself, a good one, one that can prepare you for what is about to go down) T T

This starts with everyone unhappy and ends on the same note. Very depressing drama. If you are looking for romance, you better go look for it somewhere else. When it comes to romance, most of us are looking for a romance that is like honey, but the one on this drama is just like lemons. I am not talking about the main leads only, no one is ever happy, at least not for long.

If you cant handle some onion cutting, you might want to skip this one. They cut enough onions to feed a 1000 people. Dont say I didnt warn you.

The way the drama starts kind of tricks you into thinking this is a romance focused drama, with some hints of Romance of Hua Rong (you know what I mean if you have watched that drama). BUT, as the synopsis states, this is more about the male lead’s journey studying at the Academy and getting a second chance to prove his worth and show his talent. Sure, there is romance, pretty much in every episode you will get at least a romantic scene between the main leads, but the drama is not about their love story, and that becomes clear after you watch the last scene of the drama.

Overall, it is a good drama, I just personally felt bored often after the first few episodes. I was not a fan of the Academy being the stage for most of the story.

Yeah, I have noticed. XD

After watching the trailer, I think they took the whole kabedon thing too far. In case you dont know, when it comes to dramas/anime, kabedon is like when the male lead hits the wall and kind of corners the female lead in a way she cant get out of there.

In the trailer I saw the male lead doing this 3 or 4 times. LOL

Yeah, I think this had potential that was wasted. Oh well, I hope you enjoy the rest of the ride to finish this drama. It will be a bumpy one, so keep your seatbelt on. LOL

The first half is actually not that bad. It starts going downhill like around episode 10 or something. But yeah, if I was you, I would still keep watching no matter what other people say since I already invested so much time.

I personally hate to drop dramas so even when things go downhill I tend to force myself to watch until the end just to find out if it gets better or even worse. XD

Yeah, In Time With You is a really frustrating watch because of that, though I believe only the male lead was sure of his feelings and the female lead realized much later, but I could be wrong since I watched it a while ago.

About this drama, I never watched it so my comment is based on the synopsis and on comments from people that watched.

But even if they did not fall for each other right away, my guess is they kept dating other people for reasons like feeling guilt for their current partner, fear of it not working, and so on. So it would still be annoying to watch.

I don't mind slow-paced romances, they actually seem more realistic than those where the main leads just get to know each other on the first episode and on the next episode are already dating. BUT I dislike when the main leads only get together in the last episode or really close to the end. If I had to watch several episodes of misunderstandings and them being apart, the least the writers could do is give me some sweet scenes between the main leads before ending the drama. Is that too much to ask?? LOL

Not really. And by the end you will be left with a lot of questions and anger. The amount of plot holes and pseudo incest with a twist that everyone is able to predict a lot of episodes before it is "revealed", all that makes this drama one of the worst, if not the worst time travel dramas I have watched.

I think they were trying to do something cool and different but ended up with a big mess that not even they could fix by the end of the drama.

He is definitely a great actor. I can really feel his care for his wife and kids, something that would not be easy to pull of when you are only 25 and have never been married or had kids.

Yeah, I know, the first 2 kisses were kind of tame, which is why I was not expecting the 3rd one to be so much more passionate.

And I was not talking about the age gap between the characters, I meant the age gap between the actors. She is 42 and he is 25, he could be her son, so I imagine it would be a little awkward for them to film those kissing scenes.

They are both adults, so I dont really care, but I wonder if the actors felt it was challenging for them to film those scenes.

LOL, I was legit going to comment that and then saw someone else said the same thing a few hours before me. That face was priceless. XD
And that kiss, damn, I thought they would be a little more chill because of the age gap but boy, was I wrong.

Seriously? I went through 122 episodes to get that scene that lasted less than 2 minutes in the last episode?

There were things I liked about the drama, I mostly liked the first half or so, but at the end of the day I dont think it is worth watching and I would have probably have not watched it if I knew what I know now.

I have watched several daily dramas, even longer than this one and the story and romance was a lot more interesting. I am mostly disappointed with the romance and with how long it took for them to be together for real.

Also, the title of the drama is misleading, there is no affair (probably would not have watched it if there was one). So if that is the only thing keeping you from watching it, then you dont need to worry. I dont recommend this drama tho.

Oh ok. No wonder I could not recognize the initials. I skipped on that one. Idk, I was not able to get past the first episode and then reading some comments made me feel like it was not worth watching. I am not a huge fan of slice of life and only a few dramas have managed to make me watch until the end and even give a high rating.

18 Again was the other way around. I did not have any expectations as I already knew the plot and was worried about how much filler moments they would be adding since they were turning a movie into a 16 hours drama. BUT, surprisingly, I have barely skipped a scene while watching and it is actually the Korean drama, from the ones that are airing right now, that I feel most invested in.

Oh ok. Thank you for letting me know. I was so sure it aired Tuesday-Wednesday, but when I think about it, being at home for so long no wonder I cannot tell what day of the week it is.

ROY? What drama are you referring to? I usually identify them just by the initials but I have no idea about this one. Maybe I have not watched it yet.