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Hate to break it to you but logically she should have died. Why? Well, if you already watched the ending you would know. I would answer that why but it would be a huge spoiler and probably suck the fun out of the drama for someone who is watching.

I have to admit this one surprised me. I am used to not liking and sometimes even dropping chinese dramas with this amount of episodes and such a dramatic storyline. But this one grabbed me from the first episode. I smiled, I felt frustrated, I cried, I felt all kinds of things. I had my theory since the beginning and although it happened exactly as I predicted, it never felt predictable. The story was made in a way that even if I knew almost for certain what the final destination would be, I was never sure how it would get there. About half of the story frustrated me a little but not too much 1 - because I knew it was needed for things to happen as in the original timeline and 2 - because I was certain that sooner or later things would happen the way I expected.

Obviously there were moments that were very skippeable, especially since I was really invested in the main story, in the leads relationship and how things would progress, so I really did not care much about anything else. I will also say this is not a binge type of drama. I was able to enjoy it because I took my time watching it (only because I was waiting for it to be fully subbed lol). I do realise this is the kind of drama that does not have much re-watch value and if I do re-watch, it has to be a few years from now when I don‘t remember much about the story anymore. Why? Because this is not one of those fluffy kind of dramas that I love so much and can re-watch many times. This is the kind of drama that provokes all kinds of emotions, and watching it too many times or re-watching it soon after finishing it would leave me emotionally tired.

That said, I did love this drama. It was not my favourite and like I said I might never re-watch it, but it definitely holds a special place in my heart.

Yeah, when I said they might as well have made her the lead, I meant a proper one. One that gets most of the screen time, not like what they did here.

I liked the first half then it started to get a little boring and nonsensical, especially that last episode. The lack of kisses or even spending time as a couple made their romance seem less real. The second main couple spent more time together as an actual couple.

Yup, I knew it...machine translation aka impossible to decipher subs. My guess is English is not your native language if you have watched more than 5 minutes of it and found nothing wrong with the subs.

It is easy to know. Either the subs make sense or they dont. If they dont then they are machine generated and you can see this when you click on languages in the video you are watching and see if it says English or English (machine translation). I will check it out but if you are not sure then the subs are not machine generated, cause believe me, if they were you would know. XD

Thanks, I appreciate that. You too. :)

One of the worst thai dramas I have watched. Idk, the whole murder mistery thing was so amateur and old and the romance was barely present and overall I felt this was a complete waste of time and just skimmed through the episodes. Did not regret skipping those, cause it really wasnt my kind of drama.

Yeah. I am pretty sure most of it is the character he has to play on stage. I am suspecting he is already aware of things although he does not understand very well what is going on. And when he is in the shadow he is jealous and possessive of Dan Oh and seems to care more about her. The ending of episode 5 makes it even more likely that he knows whats going on and also played his part in changing the original scene. I have a lot of theories, so I will refrain from reading the webtoon just so I can be caught by surprise when things happen in the drama.

LOOOL, that is so true. Not only Do Hwa gave her strawberry milk because he felt sorry once he knew she might die any moment, there was also the cake with strawberries that almost fell on her and, if my theory is right and she is turning into the female lead, then she will be having all the strawberries she wants. ^^

I did like the human part about Hotel del Luna. I did feel sorry for and angry at some characters. The ghost part just really isn’t my cup of tea cause it takes out the realism of the story. I am ok with seeing ghosts in horror movies but anywhere else makes it cringy. I like Dan Oh in the drama but I guess it would make sense for her to be more melancholic since she has a heart disease and might die any moment. She probably feels that way in the webtoon since it’s a drawing and you can only imagine her voice and feelings. In the drama a living person is portraying her so it might feel that her character became more spunky because of that, or the script writers might have done it that way to make her character more likeable for teens watching. No idea. Anyway, so far I am liking it, but we never know what might happen in the future.

Ikr, I still remember the strawberry milk scene, poor her, let her have her milk. The writer did not even let her have a sip, so mean. XD

Proper subs or machine generated ones? I deleted the app because all the dramas I wanted to watch only had machine generated subs and they were so bad that I might as well watch it raw.

No problem, I mostly watch dramas for the plot, although I do have a few actors and actresses I like seeing on screen. I agree with you in everything you said, I also was fooled into believing Great was the main character and although I am indifferent to Diana, if they chose them as the main leads then I wanted to see THEM, not Joe. Might as well made Bua the female lead along with Great instead of making her his sister. This drama definitely was the definition of lead baiting.

Ikr. Ugh T T
And especially with the way episode 5 ended. So many theories running trough my head. I should have waited for episode 6 to be out...except then I would want to watch episode 7. The struggle is real. (Btw, I love your profile pic...Dan Oh looked so funny in that scene)

Well, knowing the story already makes it a lot less interesting for you than for people that are watching without reading the webtoon. I personally do not think this is the best drama or anything but it has been definitely interesting so far. Hotel del Luna in my opinion was a lot more hyped than this one. I mostly watched for the actors and IU’s outfits which were some of the best in drama history, I don’t think she even repeated any of them. The cinematography was also nice and the osts, but the plot, which is the most important thing in a drama, was not that good for it to be considered one of the best dramas of the year. It had a promising plot, yes, but it did not live up to it and the ending was a little underwhelming. For me, I prefer this plot because it has not been done enough times yet for it to be considered a cliché. Other than this one I only know W and Unexpected with similar plots. This is to prove that everyone likes different things and what you have watched/read and how much of it you have done influences how you feel about certain stories. Almost every time I watched a drama that I already knew the story, I never enjoyed it as much as I should because my expectations were set very high and already knowing what would happen next took out the fun of it. That might be what is happening to you.

This is a drama from 2013, but seems more like something you would watch in early 2000s. There are so many accidents, scissors conveniently placed there to cut the female leads hand, piercing objects laying around waiting for people to fall into them, everything is over the top. And I can’t get over the fact that the sister is setting the rules and controlling, or at least trying to control everything and for the the female lead there is never a limit to what the sister can do. As long as the sister says, she follows. The ending proves that. She cannot make decisions for herself, she waits for the sister to tell her what to do. The first 2 or 3 episodes made it seem like we would have a super interesting romance between the main leads, but no, because the sister is the one writing the script for this drama. I am surprised at how this does not have a lower rating.

Actually, she felt more like a main lead at times than the supposed female lead. Her character had a bigger presence and influence in the plot. In fact, when I think about screen time and role in the plot, Joe and Toom were the actual main characters. I definitely would not recommend this drama for the romance between the "main" leads.

You’re right about Joe being the true main lead. The whole story seemed to be written around his character. Every character has a connection with him or is there for the sake of him. The "main" leads romance felt very lacking because of that. We just did not see enough of them for us to feel connected. They met a few times, then they were dating, then he proposed and then they married.

I have a huge problem with this drama. The main leads were not actually the main leads. The story happens around Joe and every character is somehow connected to him or is there for the sake of him, especially women. The main leads had less screen time and their relationship seemed more like a nice friendship rather than love because of that. I just could not feel it. I liked that their relationship happened the right way - they met, became friends and got to know more about each other, dated and then got married. It was not a one night stand, a forced marriage by the parents, a marriage for convenience or for revenge. I liked that. But they felt like second leads.

The story was mainly about how Joe was a playboy and a jerk that always got away with everything, somehow was able to make every woman fall for him to the point of losing brain cells, finally finds one he actually "loves" (I would not call it love, but the writers want us to believe it was so...), but then marries her best friend cause she is rich and his family is in trouble. But don’t get me wrong, it’s not like he sacrificed himself for his family. He flirted with (and took to bed when possible) every women that came across his way. It takes him the death of his mistress and finding out his father is as much of a jerk as him and has a second family, plus getting shot and almost dying to finally realise hey, I am a jerk, I need to do something about it. The way he ended was not believable at all, but it seems a common ending for villains in thai dramas.

So yeah, the drama was centred around Joe and the "main" leads felt like supporting characters.