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https://kisskh.at/article/jung-da-eun-to-continue-the-role-of-kim-sae-ron-in-the-upcoming-netflix-series-bloodhounds

A hot mess plot wise. And don't even get me started on the 'acting' or lack thereof.

Not really, all episodes at once (in my region).

It literally says it above. It even uses the word 'adapted'. Viz: "Adapted from the novel "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. "

When I saw her watch him on the edge of the cliff, thinking he was the murderer/chicken thief (with zero reason to) I thought "Of no, here we go again . . . that trope where the FL starts beating up the ML like someone demented" and then . . . it didn't happen.

He does look young - he's only 25. But we're talking about a time in history when people married at age 13, so 25 doesn't seem out of place for a young, 'maverick' doctor.

Does anyone know who's narrating the first bit of episode 1?

I was so startled when Master Lee popped up . . .

She is annoying and her character is very inconsistent for a long while - she is meant to be an upright copper but she constantly breaches the law in her stalking of the ML and worse still she beats him up, tasers him, threatens and blackmails him. If she was playing a bent copper it would make more sense. But the rest of it is pretty good, particularly Kwak Shi Yang.

In Why Her? the female character is meant to be 7 or 8 years older than the ML, so I don't think that's an issue, but I know what you mean. In this drama and in Jinxed at First they've cast actresses that look significantly older than the character they are playing and in both cases part of the plot is that they're 'younger' than the very-youthful-looking male lead. Its jarring - like bad grammar or spelling in in a good story; your eyes keep getting drawn to it. In contrast the FL in Alchemy of Souls (despite being IRL 7 or more years older than her reverse harem) (a) looks to be of an age with them and (b) isn't set up to be 'younger' in any case.

"The sisters are too nice in the books"?

Does that mean that at least one of the sisters will be a violent, screeching alcoholic as so many 'strong' women are in kdramas?

I'm still watching this with pleasure but I do think both the leads were miscast and the writing of their characters is a bit off. Na in Woo, who was such a great antagonist in Mr Queen seems to have one expression (mournful staring on the verge of tears) all the time. And Seo Hyun is just too mature-looking to convince as the child-like Seul bi - though I'm enjoying the calmer, plotting version of her in the 2nd half. The veteran actors are nailing it, though - particularly Jeon Kwang Ryul. And the market folk are charming.

Another drama with a badly-written female lead, though the rest was a joy.

So before the 1960s men respected women? Are you sure?

"I didn't like 2 successful , handsome MLS grovelling over her , she isn't some extraordinary character (don't get triggered )."

Yeah, for an otherwise realistic show that was super unrealistic fanservice.

"I guess it’s why men don’t respect women like before." When and where was that then? The time/place when men respected women?

The original is family and slice of life. Romance is only a minor note (though previous film adaptations have screwed with that a bit). There are things you can call major incidents though - the family has fallen into poverty because the father has guaranteed a loan for a dodgy friend, he joins the union army as a surgeon, he is eventually hospitalised and almost dies, Beth contracts scarlet fever and later does die.

Kaneda's simpering twittishness is wearing on my last nerve.

Maybe the 'major incident' is the reason why one or both parents (and/or the Beth character) are out of the picture? In the novel, for example, this formerly wealthy family is poor because their Dad has guaranteed a debt for a dodgy friend. I can see that working in a Korean context.

This was my first ever k-drama, so though I can see its (many) flaws, it still makes me smile. And then I made the mistake of checking out the real story of those of the main characters that actually existed . . .