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True.

It means tthe streaming services. When a drama doesn't get broadcast on TV first, but directly on the internet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-top_media_service

Yes, I wasn't impressed either. Trying too hard to be funny to counterbalance the boring palace politics. And the male actors are not top-notch.

I thought it was the dowager queen, though. His grandma.

Lately some shows come already subbed in Portuguese and or Spanish. For instance, the Japanese drama Eye Love You that comes on April 19th will be pre-subbed in English and Portuguese.

Intercourse doesn't make you ugly and fat, though...

Of course, they put them young and handsome for the viewers' enjoyment. Although the kings of that time very rarely lived long enough to become fat oldies - they were assassinated much before that by scheming Left State Councillors and by their own relatives. Generally the life expectancy at the time was quite shockingly low. The only ones who lived to old age were eunuchs (I read a study about that!)

In the past centuries it was much more than that, all over the world.

What do you mean exactly by this? There will be Portuguese subs, as there always are. Portuguese is one of the most popular languages on Viki, after English.

Usual 30 minutes? Where? This only happens when they split one episode into two parts so that they can put ads in-between. But that was only for a couple of years, then they came back to normal, which is 60 mins for k-drama. Whereas Chinese dramas are typically 45-min (of which 5 min opening and ending song, so basically 40')

So you probably have already watched Mr. Queen, 100 Days My Prince and Tale of Nokdu, since they are older. Have you also watched Forbidden Marriage? That was a lot of fun.

Now (April 2024) it's free on Viki.

Apart from the cut itself, I think they used too much of a blow-dryer from inside to outside. Thus the poofy top. Maybe they wanted to make him look taller? But he doesn't need it, he's tall already!

Ah, ok. :)

With black hair he would look even paler.

Is it only me who hates that yellow permed hair on the male lead? His complexion is a bit more wheatish (slightly tanned), so he would have looked 10 times more handsome with his natural hair colour and style. Not a big deal, but every time I look at it, it bothers me a bit.

But we are not talking of illegal streaming. Even the legal streaming sites have very little Japanese content. Speaking of Viki, it has only exclusively rom-coms, school romance, some sexy rom-coms. With the rare exception of series such as Midnight Diner Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo, Deliveries from the Heart - True stories from Mercari and Osaka Loop Line. Nothing else! Social, psychological, thriller, action, historical, nothing!
The illegal streaming sites have much greater variety.

Most of his thoughts are very basic, one could get the gist. If you hear him say that she's "ippuda" or that he "chua-he" her, and he "pogeushippo" her, then you don't need anything else really.

Oh, then your "craziness" is more than mine. Since 2016 I've only watched 368 dramas and 111 movies - not counting the many dropped, of course.

If I were her, I would have started learning Korean as fast as possible. (Haven't watched the show yet. Maybe she did that?)