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When I first saw her with those almost Dumbo ears, I thought she had cartilage injected into them to make them more prominent, as I know that it's the fashion right now in Korea and China (which is absurd, they look terrible, and in my country people who are born like that go and have an operation to get them put closer to their head). Because supposedly big protruding ears make the head look smaller, that for them it's supposedly better. My cat has smaller head than normal and (although I love her to bits) I don't think it's beautiful at all, every part of the body should be in good proportion to the rest, like ancient Greek statues show us.

Yes, we cannot put explanatory notes on Viki anymore when we edit the subs because of the new 100-character limit. It's very frustrating for us too.

Weeeelll... We all know at least two methods for actresses to get projects. One is using your body and the other using your family or political connections.

이운 --> Yi Yun*
김우희 --> Kim Wu Hui

(or Li Yun, as for this surname usually an exception is made in subtitles)
You can find the hangeul for all character names here.
https://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_Moon_River-cast.html

I don't know why everyone doesn't adopt RR so we're done with it! With the possible exception of the 5 most common surnames, because of usage: Li, Kang, Choi, Park, Kim.

How to ruin a perfectly good drama with a LOUSY last episode.

We like masala dramas with a bit of everything. Seriousness, fun, romance, suspence, all together. I prefer it that way. If it also had song and dance like Bollywood movies, it would be perfect.

Somehow like Romantic doctor Kim. The main lead is the same sort of person (someone with a big heart who doesn't do things by the book but in his own style); a bit less formal, but same style. There's more humour than in that drama, though, although it has its tragic moments. And less blood and gore of course.

https://kisskh.do

They were focusing on the "why hang important matters on the competition" (which is also a concern, but a different one). What I'm saying is they should have thought that the main rule of judging was completely absurd. Competitions of any kind should have judges with no conflict of interest, that's the ABC of competitions. Also they have an odd number (3,5 etc.), so that there is no possibility of a tie. A serious writer would have found another way to make a competition foul.
If webtoons have ridiculous plot holes, that's their fault, I suppose.

That was just an example from the episode I had just watched.
What about the cooking competition's main rule, that the two competing nations rate each other's dish? How absurd is that? Of course you will give a bad score to your rival, even if you liked the dish more.

We mean realistic within the boundaries of the time-travel premise. Even science fiction, even fantasy create a world and then, within that world, there are realistic rules that have to be followed.
In this case, for instance, they go get a special item for the competition with very little time to spare, but they choose to go on foot when there are perfectly good horses available (someone comes to get them back and they get back to the palace on horses). And the king takes only two men to protect him, instead of a whole guard concealed in the woods looking out for him.
And many, many little absurdities like that.

And to think that Viki doesn't allow us to translate anymore but they put hired translators who do everything condensed and Americanized, obliterating all cultural references! We can still edit (not all but most of the shows), but they pressure the Channel Manager to release the subtitles for translation into other languages without first editing them. Not only that, but they put a 100-character limit on every subtitle so that most of the time we cannot add explanatory notes to help viewers understand cultural terms. It sucks! We are extremely unhappy.
Accuracy, completeness, preservation of the Asian flavour and cultural explanation used to be Viki's strength, so why want to be like all the other platforms that don't cater to Asian drama enthusiasts but to a more general public?
(This is a general rant, Viki doesn't carry this show)

Just in case, I'll wait until it's over. It's only one episode, after all.

Do you remember "Love Rain"? There was the young couple and their parents couple, reuniting. There was a poll back then in Korea, asking viewers which couple should have a happy ending, as it wasn't possible for both to get together (get married), as there would be tongues wagging (and I don't even know whether it's legally possible, since they become family after their kids' marriage). The public voted for the young couple, so the old couple went to the USA and "remained friends". It was heartbreaking, after all they went through to finally find each other again. Now, we can put our imagination and think they weren't just friends, but that's what that drama delivered.
I wonder about this drama. Does it solve the dilemma in a similar way?
(If yes I don't want to watch it)
I put "spoiler" not for this drama, but for "Love Rain" - otherwise a beautiful drama, with Jang Keun-Suk at his very best).

She doesn't talk with a baby voice at all. (I am allergic to that!) She just speaks softly, but with a normal voice.

I am at episode one and a half and I am struggling. They seem so long, as if they were 2 hours instead of one hour each.
UPDATE: After the first two episodes it got better and better. I'm in episode 7 now and loving it.

I found the last episode unbelievably conventional and boring, definitely lower quality than the rest. But all in all the drama was enjoyable and the main actress was good, so I watched it with pleasure. The poor ML was even given some lines to say in the last few episodes, yay! His acting was nothing to write home about, but he delivered the brooding idiot vibe of his character decently.
Too bad the two second leads' story wasn't that developed - but I understand they couldn't start it earlier, for fear of ruining the SML's image and trivializing his feelings if he forgot his love too quickly.
One thing I appreciated is that the mother-in-law didn't do a 180-degree turn and suddenly become a good person, everything forgiven, Although there is a hint that Cherry will try to make peace between mother and son. Drama heroines often do that odious meddling, which is really dismissive of the trauma inflicted by such monsters.

That picture in the wallet was shown for a split second. It seemed a picture of many people. What was it and how did it prove Yu's love for Cherry?

Oh, I watched Lighter and Princess and also a Small little Happiness what was the name of that drama, and I don't remember such scenes.

No, I don't think it is normal. Two people who love each other support each other in good times and in bad times. It must be old-style mentality probably still prevalent in China.