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Yes HJP was a coward all his life but he decided to finally do something for himself by going against Grandma and confessing. He regrets not saying it sooner and knows he is too late :(
Now that the cards are on the table and HJP has taken a step closer to SDM, it is her turn to "find him" like she says in the letter.

Regarding your first question, people don't prefer HJP because he's rich and perfect and NDS is poor and imperfect. There's so many dramas with awkward, flawed MLs that I love like When the Camellia Blooms, I'll Go to You When the Weather is Nice, Do You like Brahms, etc. My main issues with NDS are his behaviors and lack of (upwards) character development.

The Miji ship is the Titanic and we Miji shippers are all still clinging to the broken door, trying to stay afloat. That being said, I will still take any crumbs I can get.

I've been a Seojun shipper since the beginning and looking from the cast, they probably won't follow the webtoon

I noticed the ratings dropped this week. Do you know how Koreans are reacting to the drama?

I would love to watch an entire series of him watering his plants, working out on his treadmill, eating noodles, driving around mindlessly....

I don't think JP actually lived with Grandma. He lived in a room inside her corn dog shop, not in her actual house, and I don't think DM knows this either.
Sadly I don't know if JP will ever develop a friendship with the SST guys since DS sees him as a rival and the other two are obviously defending DS. I really want JP to have friends and a family :(

they are at work and should act professionally, not letting their personal emotions get in the way. and just because you're friends, you don't blindly defend them even when they're wrong and hurt other people in the process. obviously DS's friends don't care about dalmi's feelings when she is the one who was hurt and is even preventing the team's MENTOR from talking to dalmi, the CEO of the company he is mentoring. besides, why are you always bringing up the fact that HJP has no friends to attack him when it's not even related to the point?

sounds like you just hate the character for no reason then... in this episode he was honest about the letters and his feelings & was even concerned about her wellbeing by checking in with Grandma

Hotel Del Luna gave me serious SLS but that guy never really had a chance - I just liked him better.

Not sure why you're so adamant that the letters aren't genuine. Literally in the 30 minute mark of the first episode, you can see HJP smiling while reading SDM's letter alone outside the birdhouse. Obviously he enjoyed reading and writing to her, even if the letters started because of Grandma. You see Grandma helping HJP write the first letter, but it does not mean she sat down with HJP for every single letter after that to write every word. HJP includes his personal thoughts and information in the letter - like his birthday. So it's not like everything was fake. He even keeps all the letters after so many years, so obviously the letters meant SOMETHING to him.

Besides, HJP only gave a brief explanation to SDM because anything more will just be an information overload that will overwhelm her. If she wishes to know more details, she can ask HJP or Grandma directly. And he told SDM what happened from his own perspective. It's true that HJP offered NDS investment money in exchange for him to attend the networking party, so that is what HJP assumed to be NDS's motive to attend. Whether this is true or not, SDM will have to ask NDS, but HJP did not lie here. He told SDM what he thought to be true.

this episode was called Demo Day but they showed like 5 minutes preparing for demo day (over like 2-3 days) and the day didn't even arrive yet lol

what did HJP do that irritated you in this episode? he had like 10 min of screen time, half of it was his confession

I was really rooting for Sa Ha as an independent woman who doesn't need a man - especially one that keeps harassing her. She has NEVER shown any interest in him yet he keeps bothering her even after she rejects him. Then all of a sudden she develops feelings for him? So unrealistic.

Of course they didn't pass the message! Do San's minions aren't gonna help the enemy get the girl! I was literally so annoyed that they stopped Ji Pyeong from meeting Dal Mi and then they make out Do San to be some knight in shining armor when he interrupts Dal Mi's conversation with In Jae.

They can give all those cheesy lines about stars and making wrong turns or whatever and have pretty backgrounds but there is zero chemistry. Meanwhile SDM and HJP are oozing with chemistry when they simply look at each other in the meeting room or while eating noodles.

I really dislike how SDM does not realize how HJP is always caring for and supporting her on the sidelines. She really does not deserve him.

Seo Dal Mi deliberately told Nam Do San to not meet her outside of work. She feels betrayed and needs alone time to process her feelings yet he follows her like a lost puppy and eavesdrops on her entire conversation at the restaurant! Nothing about that is romantic; if a girl tells you to leave her alone, you leave her alone.

Can they at least do an Itaewon Class ending where IU shows up at the last episode as a love interest for HJP?

I'm still rooting for HJP but I think NDS redeemed himself a bit in episode 10. Like he tells his dad that they shouldn't be each other's pride because then you'll end up worrying about disappointing the other person. Maybe this means he decided not to make SDM his dream? Idk. NDS came clean about wanting to start over and for SDM to see him for who he is and not who he was at the networking party (the fake NDS).