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Edit of how Luke speaks to Flora and Jesu Cristo just watching this video made my stomach hurt https://www.threads.com/@pivovarova.p.v/post/DdChA2KkdV5

Men like Luke don't get better for the woman who leaves them. They get better for the woman they marry after her 🥲

Also she is falling into the Candy drama archetype: https://www.kdramastars.com/articles/10425/20130909/understanding-kdrama-whats-candy-girl.htm

Secret Garden, Master's Sun, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim. Not exactly the same plot but a very similar dynamic.

ETA: Fated to Love You is another one

ETAA: Coffee Prince too

I agree that classic tropes predate dramas but the specific way this story is so much like 2010s kdramas that it feels like the writers did it on purpose.

re: spunky, I'm thinking of ep 1 when she helps her roommate beat up a man and when she writes down all the crappy things Luke said in their interview. I feel like those scenes were deliberately put in there to say she may look timid but underneath it all she's actually a strong person (spoiler: she's not actually a strong person)

This drama feels like a 2010 kdrama with a jerkass ML and a naive yet hard working and spunky FL, just with a lot of sex poured over the top to make you think this is a modern story when it's actually a trope that's older than most of the people watching this.

The one with the glasses and Hawaiian shirts who managed the former child star.

Same! And I didn't expect it. But the confession was so heartfelt and sincere

I think that's exactly the type of person he'll be. ¡Un gran jodón! 😅

Maybe we'll get a scene in a future episode

😂😂 What a great choice for a character who is always so controlled. Let's hope we get that scene

The story is very basic but the acting is what makes it good, especially Watanabe Shu as Takoi. I first saw him as one of the managers in I Became the Main Role in a BL Drama and he was great and hilarious in a very different role. He generates great chemistry with his costars so even if the story isn't Earth shattering his acting makes it a must watch.

oh no, now I'll have to rewatch and look for it 😭

I think she's a pretty good actor. She has plastic surgery face but she can still emote/communicate emotion. Her face isn't frozen.

So for what it's worth I agree with a lot of this review but I did find the characters likable and deeply sympathetic. A lot of their behavior is questionable but understandable given their life circumstances. I'm not necessarily encouraging you to put it back on your to watch list because people should be able to make decisions about what they watch without getting crap for it but you may be pleasantly surprised by your reaction to these deeply flawed characters.

Probably what the director wanted from him. He needs to take on roles where he gets to be a chaos monster because I think that's his sweet spot. See Shopping King Louis and The Smile Has Left Your Eyes even though the roles are 180 degrees apart.

Just watch the plane scene in ep 7 and you'll see for yourself

Those of us who've been following him for years know how good he can be so it's incredibly frustrating. I don't think these stoic male leads are hitting his sweet spot as an actor. He's better when he gets to be a little chaotic.

That's like the old joke "What do you call a musician without a girlfriend? Homeless."

It was her behavior when she found out he was planning on moving back to the US. She had the best job of her life with a boss who respected her and helped her shine in front of senior management but she quit when she wasn't even dating the dude and hadn't confirmed with him that he was actually moving. Plus her behavior made things uncomfortable for her teammates and ruined their team retreat. Childish, selfish and unprofessional.