you mean TVer? It can be watched live, it has JP subs too, so it can be translated live too.
Thanks! I see Ballerino_KAI's instructions below which are fantastic, however, all they say about subtitles is that "I'm just making do with the auto translated captions." Someone else said, "turn on live caption in your browser," but that too mystifies me. I'm imagining something either like YT, where it's a setting in the video player (sounds too easy) or is it a new feature of Chrome that I'm unaware of. I even have the Google Translate extension, but it's for selecting ... stationary text to translate. Any ideas? I'd love to live translate literally all of the videos I'm watching at times.
You can watch it on TVer with a VPN set to Japan (but it does not have subtitles, so you have to use Google Translate…
When you say "turning on live caption in your browser" what do you mean by that? Is it like YT where it's in video, is it another extension, or is it a new feature of Chrome that I'm unaware of?
Didn't really like it. There were points I was engaged and wanted to know what happened next, but they kind of made the good guys bad and the bad guys good. Like the male lead, who was all happy go lucky turned out to be a revenge-obsessed, lying hater, and the main character was an absolute asshole, and somehow had the male lead fall in love with her, even though she acted like the toxic male lead of a kdrama, and what character growth she had didn't make up for her shitiness beforehand. Yeah, she was remorseful and apologetic, and made one or two nice decisions in the end, so all is not lost, but considering all she did - to him, her friends, her colleagues, her clients, esentially anyone who stood in her way, I still hated her at the end even if we got like an episode and a half of her being a good person.
ALSO, their gay character was just a caricature of society's view of a gay man - shallow, self-obsessed, and handsy. Gay men do NOT want to feel up, get handsy with, or cling to every cute guy they meet! Just like if you're straight, you don't feel like doing that to every person of the opposite gender. You didn't have to show him feeling up the male lead EVER! That was a CHOICE the producers made - either out of ignorance or homophobia. It's 2024, you &@%$! You even had 2 actors from BLs in your cast. You have no excuse.
The drama had potential, though. At least it had a queer character and it dealt with issues like discrimination in the workplace (not that that's new in kdramas anymore sadly). I also have to give the main characters props for their incredible acting. Props, Props, Props
Is it just me, or did I completely miss the part where he says, "Your sister is cute" then they start a relationship? Was it in the opening credits? All I saw is him walking in, complimenting her on her domestic skills, telling the brother he likes that about Mai, and then starts talking about how he wants to call his girlfriend by her first name. This is 3 minutes in. Where did they become boyfriend and girlfriend? I thought he must have been talking about someone else because they'd barely interacted.
hmmm...he looks exactly the same as in his other shows. How can you mistake that cute, distinctive mouth as belonging…
(I'm not talking about his appearance but his personality (character he's portraying, it's personality is so different from the other roles I've seen him in. Hella good acting, that))
Though this is a minority opinion (understandably), I thought I'd add an alternative take for viewers. I still like the newer remake better. In this one, Takashi starts out too sleazy for my taste, but then again, it allows us to see his extraordinary character development. Overall, I liked the plot point changes the remake made. I won't mention them so as to not include any spoilers, but they have a lot to do with the ending and characters' choices.
However, this one, I loved how they explicitly discussed the unique form of their relationship, and I do feel like I felt their bond more in this one (yes, some would call it chemistry, but their relationship isn't a conventional romantic relationship (maybe something deeper, we might say), so the word bond is a better choice). I will also admit I cried almost three times and that is very rare for me these days when it comes to dramas.
what was the off screen issue? (Will it make me sad, because maybe then I don't want to know...). And how good is the romance in the anime and source material? WHich one is best do you think?
I have a question about episode 14/15 (it's hard to tell which it is as I'm watching it on YouTube). Warning:…
Do we know the context of those flashbacks (probably at the beginning of ep 15, but maybe at the end of ep 14)? Well, first of all, what do we know about Feng Shiye's deal with Qingchuan? We know he tortured her, but then we see her in his residence (maybe after he released her after they made the deal?) The first flashback shows him rape her. And in the second flashback, we see her drinking on the roof and the servants yelling about protecting the child - which leads her to consider and take the step to abort HER child. I really just want to know what the deal/agreement between them was.
If it was to marry him, having sex with someone against their will, whether they're married or not, is rape, so marriage could have been part of the agreement, but then, from the flashbacks, it doesn't look like her departure was ever part of his plan. So maybe the drug that hindered her cultivation was part of their deal in 'allowing' her to return? But this is all just conjecture. This is based on a book, right? Anyone know what it was in the book?
Re-watching - Episode 8 - My heart belongs only to you.....two pair of Swans that could not take flight.This is…
You're going to hate me, but could you check the spoiler box for this one too. I'm so happy I was able to read your insight. It helped me understand and appreciate the episode better. I hope everyone can see it. Just hopefully not before they watch episode 8.
I know, right? I want people to watch it so bad! they worked so hard. went through so much while making this series.…
Is it on any other platform other than Gagaoolala and Youtube? Because for me, the Youtube translation was so horrible, I literally bought a month of gagaoolala just to understand what was going on. (and because I wanted to support the series)
ALSO, their gay character was just a caricature of society's view of a gay man - shallow, self-obsessed, and handsy. Gay men do NOT want to feel up, get handsy with, or cling to every cute guy they meet! Just like if you're straight, you don't feel like doing that to every person of the opposite gender. You didn't have to show him feeling up the male lead EVER! That was a CHOICE the producers made - either out of ignorance or homophobia. It's 2024, you &@%$! You even had 2 actors from BLs in your cast. You have no excuse.
The drama had potential, though. At least it had a queer character and it dealt with issues like discrimination in the workplace (not that that's new in kdramas anymore sadly). I also have to give the main characters props for their incredible acting. Props, Props, Props
However, this one, I loved how they explicitly discussed the unique form of their relationship, and I do feel like I felt their bond more in this one (yes, some would call it chemistry, but their relationship isn't a conventional romantic relationship (maybe something deeper, we might say), so the word bond is a better choice). I will also admit I cried almost three times and that is very rare for me these days when it comes to dramas.
If it was to marry him, having sex with someone against their will, whether they're married or not, is rape, so marriage could have been part of the agreement, but then, from the flashbacks, it doesn't look like her departure was ever part of his plan. So maybe the drug that hindered her cultivation was part of their deal in 'allowing' her to return? But this is all just conjecture. This is based on a book, right? Anyone know what it was in the book?