Kyubin

Simply one of the best actors, whatever the genre or character he plays, because of his capacity to play emotions and make you empathise at such a deep level. Looking forward to his next projects and roles, especially excited to see him in a sageuk again after ten years.

I disagree with your comment, not because it's not true that actor is a job, but because it doesn't take in consideration what happened and what he said for the last seven years since "The K2".
On one side, there are some fans that are stuck over his roles in "Healer" and "The K2" and dislike and criticise everything he has done since then, emphasise that especially since his return after military service he only choose bad scripts.
There are two problems with that though.
First, he still had a steady and even growing fan base since 2016. An actor choosing bad projects for seven years don't become more and more popular over the years just for his good looks, he is slowly outcast and forgotten. It's seen everywhere and since cinema exist (even theatre!).
And secondly, if all his projects were flops since 2017 (some were, for sure, but not all, far from that actually), he wouldn't keep receiving offers, and for such a high salary.
On the other side, there is Ji Chang Wook, who expressed himself many (many !) times through interviews and clearly stated that he wanted to try as much different characters and stories as he would like, depending on the offers received, and wanting to explore many sides of humanism.
Did he lack offers since 2016 ? Considering his filmography, no. And Korean news already informed that he is one of the highest paid actors in South Korea right now, so he has no problem to get a job and be (very well) paid for it.
His latest interwiews are not pleads for anything as he has the same speech about this for the last seven years.
At some point, people just need to move on if they only liked him for two roles in 2016 but dislike everything he has done since then.

That's common sense, I agree, but there are different degrees between things that aren't rational and cannot be overlooked in a drama or movie, depending on the genre, and of course it also differs from a person to another. This car accident was the one that was too much for me.

Why choose an original subject when you can simply take the story of the king with the most dramas and movies about him and just put it at the feminist sauce by centring it on his wife ?
It might be good, I hope it will actually because it's interesting to see this story told from the point of you of Lee Bang Won's wife, but the lack of originality when it comes to the subjects and plots of sageuk is a little bit disappointing.

I may have a too rational and logical mind, but the car accident was a big let down for me in the final episode.
Ki Chul is arrested in his office in Gangnam, to be brought to Gangnam Police Station, but Joon Mo who hear about it much later in an hospital not located just find them at the perfect time at an intersection and causes an accident that don’t kill Ki Chul nor hurt him that bad, and they flee together.
Nope, not buying that sorry, too far-fetched for me.
That’s the biggest flaw in the story, amongst other things, unfortunately. Too bad, I expected a better and thorough production and story development. It was still a good drama, the acting was flawless.

Well, with an extreme high fever a normal person is lying in a bed, not travelling around town (and doesn't look as good as Yamato on this bridge ^^), so that's still doesn't make sense for me.

The "I forgot I confessed and kissed you because I was sick" thing was actually stupid because it's totally unrealistic, but apart from that it's very good. I particularly like that they still have a frustrating relationship even if they say things to each others quite honestly, compared to stories where it's all misunderstandings until the finale episode. That's a very strong point I like in it.

Well, the overall acting wasn't that bad, it was actually quite okay for Nine and Mill. The production isn't the best neither but it's still pretty okay too. And history wise, it isn't worse than the crazy Thai Bls dramas and their all over the place plots and stories developments, it was actually interesting and new. So actually a nice one to watch, not the best but far from being bad I think.

Episode 8 was a big letdown for me because of the story development and characters actions.
It wasn’t justified at all that Eui Jung involves herself even more with Ki Chul. It doesn’t bring anything to the mission and, on the contrary, it makes things more difficult for her husband. Especially when it was obvious that it would logically lead to the car scene. So I’m not happy with this development because it looks that the "love triangle" is forced in this story.
And it’s the same for Joon Mo. Does his undercover mission really justifies that he has sex with Hae Ryeon ? That seems a little too much. But in the same time it was obvious that it would lead to that by pushing the flirt card, so it’s stupid, once again it feels forced for nothing. In his case I think it’s even worse because despite all his flashbacks and desperate looks, he was only « saved » by the interruption of Kang Gun, otherwise it seems he would have gone all the way. So just for the success of the mission ?! Seriously, I find this too loosely done, the character deserved better.
Episode 9 was better, but I’m not so sure about the last 3 episodes now. We will have to wait and see next week.
It’s still a good drama objectively, as the acting is flawless and the production amazing, but I didn’t expected this kind of characters developments, I didn't liked it.

I don't know why I missed it until then but I'm glad I finally discovered it, and so watching the 5 first episodes in a row was a blast. As always, it proves that Japanese BLs are superior to others. Once again, a simple plot, setting and story development, but so deep and emotional, with great production, and of course the aesthetic is superb.

The first episode wasn't that interesting for me, nothing really happened as they were installing the story and the characters, but episode 2 was really great. I like that it is not "filtered". It's violent, for sure, but at least it looks real and not faked. I look forward to the next episodes.

Once again, Japanese showing why their BLs are on another level with this one. It's not only beautiful (the settings, the colours, the depth of the feelings and the interactions between characters), it's also always clever, in many ways, even though the storyline seems very simple, like here.
As always, the only problem is that it's too short. Just 5 episodes for this one ?! Ah, such frustration. ^^

It is still one of the best BLs I have ever watched, but the last episode wasn't totally satisfying for me. It wasn't bad at all, it just felt a little bit too bland compared to the start of the drama, like something was missing. Of course the characters will not change their personalities overnight and it's good that they remain the same until the end in this simple setting. But they could have add a little bit more passion for the final, or make the episode a little bit longer.

I personally don't think there is anything hidden with this character, and I don't see any hint that he would also be an undercover policeman. From the start he has killed so many people just only on screen that it wouldn't make any sense if he was in an undercover mission, and for so many years. All the gang members have been checked by the investigators for Joon Mo's mission too. So that theory doesn't have any logic and would be a huge fault in the plot in my opinion. He is just a ruthless knives specialist. That's why he was recruited by Ki Chul in the first place, to help him in his boss knockdown and be the the torture guy and the hangman of the gang. You always need one. ^^

We will have to wait and see how the story evolves in episode 8, but for me the story development in episode 7 was a little bit weak, because too convenient, compared to before. The way Jeong Bae is « framed » (of course he is not totally innocent neither) and everybody believe it, Ki Chul and Eui Jung that keep meeting when it doesn’t really seems necessary for the investigation, Joon Mo that ends up on the rooftop, under the rain, with the « private detective » that just discovered everything, and him falling etc. It can makes sense in a way, but it seems too convenient, to support the story, which is something I always find weak with this kind of story. I hope the next episodes will make up for this feeling because the first six episodes were perfect for me.
Reading some comments here, however, really makes me realise that people have clearly little attention to the plot and production of a drama sometimes and just focus on the silly tropes (like the "love triangle" here), and fangirling/fanboying for whatever silly reason, not even trying to use the characters names (those stupid, for me, abbreviations ML/FL etc.), like they don't even pay attention to the details and just watch the interactions and faces of their "fav", without even trying to listen and understand the dialogue and what's going on. Feeling a little bit hopeless seeing that.

You can dislike him for whatever reason you want (even if I don't see the point of this comment here), but don't write wrong things.
He did six months of public service instead of eighteen months of military service because his father was a Vietnam War veteran (he died when Kim Young Kwang was a child, from post-war symptoms, but it doesn't matter to you obviously). That's one of the many reasons someone can serve as a public officer instead of a soldier, and there are also many reasons to be totally exempted of any service too. Every year, many famous or non-famous Koreans are either exempted or serve as public officer. There is nothing to criticise here. That's how the system is in South Korea, and Kim Young Kwang didn't "ditch" or "skipped" the military service, as a public service worker do the four weeks military training too. He did his service to his country, so stop badmouthing him with groundless information.
Should all Korean men that are either totally exempted or do a public service instead of the military service received such criticism from you, when they are just following the laws and respecting the system of their country ? I doubt so. That's really stupid to bring this here just because you dislike him and want to write something negative.

Yes, that's what I immediately understood with the balcony scene where Fan Ze Rui is looking away and his grand-father dialogue, they have clearly hinted it.
But still, that's something that is so overused, as Nachi wrote, even when it's fake it's still quite boring, especially as it always happens during the last part of the drama, so it's not original at all and you can totally predict everything that will happen in the last episodes.

Ohlala, memory loss is really one of the worst tropes ever, it's a total letdown for me. I liked the drama very much but now it's becoming kind of boring, even if it's indeed heartbreaking for Bai Zong Yi and things are moving on between Chen Yi and Ai Di.

Interesting, thank you. The frustration of the short format is still there though. ^^

I have mixed feelings now. Loved the episode and the whole drama so far (it will be one of my favourites for sure). From the acting to the characters, their points of view, developments and dynamics, this story is quite unique even if it's very simple. But, I'm really annoyed by the fact that such a good drama, with such good actors, is again such a very short one, with very short episodes, when they could have developed the characters and the story much more, and not wait the last episode and the few last minutes to clean up the misunderstandings and make them be openly together and true to each others. Of course the tension and the frustration is what makes this kind of drama so good too, but, in the same time, for me, it's becoming very annoying to feel so much frustrated by the very short format of the best BLs (from my point of view at least).