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I know, what you mean. If you look into history of European monarchs (for example Habsburgs of Spanish and Austrian house, but you can see it in every noble family tree), you find out, that they married with own cousins. People didn't know anything about genetic and genetic diseases, on another hand there are theories, that incest is banned because rivality into clan and weakening of clan, not because genetic issues (Freud, Leslie White, Levi-Strauss). Anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan in 19th century described kinship and bonds between relatives (I'm not sure in which type kinship Thais are, Hawaiian or Iroquois). Nowadays Europe and North America use Eskimo kinship, where isn't important, if you have cousin from your blood uncle or aunt. There is term parallel and cross cousins, "a parallel cousin or ortho-cousin is a cousin from a parent's same-sex sibling, while a cross cousin is from a parent's opposite-sex sibling". Thai is mostly patrilineal, so child belong to father and his origin. Every man in clan has same name (surname), but women go away and join to another clans and their original surname disappears. You can see, that in lakorns grandparents want children from their sons, not daughters, because children only of male descendants belong to clan, men for whole life, women until marriage. Marriage can be in Iroquois kinship only between cousins of different names (cross cousins even in first generation). I think, in Austen's Pride and Prejudice Mr. Darcy should marry his first cousin too, or you can find plenty of incests in literature of South America, for example Garcia Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. Interesting fact is that anthropologist Morgan also married his own cross cousin, it was quite normal in western culture until end of 19th century, people didn't have chance get to know people from another classes or regions. My family in 18th and 19th century was honorable rich farmers and in every generation most of daughters married into the same families. From view of modern people our generation it's weird and dangerous. I'm sorry for my bad english.

Very beautiful and realistic ending (in love line), I wondered whole show, how writer can handle two women of main hero. There are resemblances of real history, viewer has to accept, that there won't be fairy tale. I'm not sure only in one thing, name of this show was Shine or go crazy, Wang So from real history was king of nobleman's fear, but I waited some information about future reign of this Wang So in this show, but there weren't. Was Wang So weak king or strong king (I'm worring because of his look to the end), can he shine without her or only with her? On the other hand sad personal life is helping to focuse on great goals, but this assupmsion goes a little bit against tone of this drama. Last scene was afterlife, I suppose.

The most terrible rule is - every comedy have to contain kidnapping? Quite funny lakorn, they didn't hurt each other stupidly and they were cute, but plot with kidnapping were like from another world.

If I can judge by 4 episodes, I really like it. It reminds me Sungkyunkwan Scandal (which I love) and JH's character is little bit similar to his previous role in Fated to love you. Both main characters are disguised (gender bender and rich-poor) and both have quite interesting behaviour, she is curious, emancipated and playful, she doesn't seem like weak female lead (she's like female lead in Joseon shooter in early episodes). He is brave and quite inteligent, but he's pretending, he's dull drunkard. I don't know in which way I can find it boring. Maybe, first episode was too hasty in the first part, so it seemed little bit odd, but now speed is good, there is lots of ways of developing of story. It's funny now, but it can be sad in the end (like Arang and the Magistrate, maybe)! I suppose that there will be lots of intrigues, but it's bookish trilogy, so it should have shape. I think you like (according your list) action dramas, this could be one of them.

I like, that you can write different comment than others, because there can't be all people, who love this show. I loved this drama until episode 8th, then it was entertaining without my fascination. Now I like it, but I'm worry, that I will forget it easily. I don't like, that it is changing from superman into chamber play, it's too much common relationship between heroes and villain now. Maybe, in the end, I will find, that it's excellent, but now I think that it's little bit overrated. It has higher rating than City hunter, which i loved (though I don't like LMH), but on the other hand the character of Park Min Young is more believable in Healer. I can recommended it, but it will never be in my top dramas, it can be in 25 position in row of my 75 completed dramas.

Scriptwriter placed parisian attack into this drama! I suppose, it's first fictional drama in the whole world, which have used this event yet. So fast.

If I had to compare Pinocchio to Healer, I think both are very good, but I prefere Pinocchio, it's deeper drama. Why? Pinocchio reminds currently world-wide problem of journalism, single word can change world and thinking of people, it's sharper then the sword. I think, scriptwriter devised this topic around the ferry tragedy. In my country (Europe) I never found out, why ferry sank, but I know, that captain was "bad character" in this case. Whole world hated him so much, that people wanted him to death sentence... Vice-principal of school committed suicide. Every single tv spot blamed crew of crimes, but the real background you couldn't see. I don't know, how lived family members of culprits after this accident, but I'm worry, that korean people can be very avid, hateful and resentful to them. This is reason, why I see Healer like "simple" action, excitement show, but Pinocchio like chilling or disturbing drama (in its nature) with roots in raw reality.

Viki, but subs are up to episode 12. But there are chinese subtitles on Internet too.

You can have right with one thing. Revenge and justice was same name in history. But even if she avenged to him, it will nothing change on his guilty act. Everything in this case can't be fake. And none can't blame victim for her fair revenge.

Jail? There is plenty of complications and I think he will never go to jail. Why? He's celebrity, he can go to army, pay bail... and he can say, it was in affect (psychological state of lost control and anger), this is extenuating circumstances (I suppose in korean law as well). There doesn't exist case of domestic violation with abuser under affect effects, none abuser is under influence of affect, he wants "control" whole his partner. And it can be also found, that he can lost control because of any disorder. Abusing didn't last so long and it was without lasting consequences (I think) - it's all points for his happy ending. I noticed cases of worse violence with quite mediocre punishment, so I suppose, that the worst punishment won't be from judge, but from people. I don't want to take his side, but there are worse crimes (murderous attacks on civilians) without so sharp comments (Gaza, Ukraine,...). So KHJ's main guilt isn't that he's abuser, but that he berayed our trust.

There is possibility of fracture human's ribs. Firstly, when you didn't eat calcium, folic acid,... like child, your bones are fragille whole life (I had six fractures of my bones from my five to my twenty years, fingers, legs, arms, for example my finger broke during volleyball, my arm broke during riding the chute (=slide), my leg broke during walking through winter countryside,...). Another example, if you make resuscitation, effective heart massage can cause breaking of ribs - so, you can see, ribs are not so much solid.

Nice comment, I can say, what viewer feels, who thought, that it will be modern Pygmalion/My fair lady (Shaw) - because of barchelor's theme and spunky girl (so I had realy high expectations). I dropped it after episode nine, main couple was interesting and I loved his mother (yes, in episode nine I missed her so much!), but another 4 young characters (especially Han Yeo Reum and dull Lee Hoon Dong) were so anoying for me, that I can't watch it until end (cursed korean love triangle). But, I have to say, I realy liked opening scenes with anticipation.

This is the writer of I need romance (1-3).

This drama is sophisticated and quality, but each character acts before he thinks. I feel like I'm watching trench warfare (threats, but sitting and waiting, then wrong move, threats,...). There is problem, that hero hadn't thoughtful revenge scheme (you can compare it with Féval's The Hunchback, hunchback was disguised so good). But this hero came and... yes, he had no plan, he had luck. Thirteenth episode was the first realy exciting part for long time, but twenty two episodes... I'm worry.

Sixties was golden time of highest (top) world's cinematography in most countries.

Difficult, cruel and beautiful and not so much similar with the remake.

I think, this drama has great potential. I can say, that I really love character of JSI so far. But there is only one thing I don't like (OK, this villain is immortality like others villains, but it's normal in this genre) - this thing are scenes from forest. This scenes have really bad distances - army is so close, that neither mouse can't escape, however heroes and villain escape (how?!). Gunner is a few steps behind, but main couple in white dresses escape him into darkness?! I'm worrying, director makes this mistakes, how can it continue? I noticed in last months - KBS could have got good story, but it skimps on production/output. Some their works are lacking effort of people behind (not in front of) camera. I saw TBS of Musa (http://mydramalist.com/1262-musa-the-warrior), there someone says - there had to be everything believable in the action scenes, viewers didn't want to look at digital blood and tricks. I can say, even makjank can be believable, if production is able.

Thank you for your comment. Yes, I have to say, despite of this crazy (and irrational) plot every single situation is psychological and the behaviour of characters is quite logical. You make me think, why I'm so disappointed. My english is bad, so that my thoughts are mostly untranslated. (How I mentioned before, the first thing is, that I had to read a lot of trash literature of last 250 years, so I really hate this model of family relationships. When I started watching this show, I supposed, there will be one - or two - surprises, but not so much! So, this is my first clear makjang, and I hoped, that there will be some changes from the previous models of cheap literature 200 years ago.) Second thing is, that I have strict conception of morality. Yes, writer makes extremes in story now, but there will conciliatory ending, main characters must not have bad blood. But it's so populist! In the history of morality, you can find (in european medieval philosophy) Peter Abelard. He said, that there is not important, which will be the result of your behaviour, if you had made all for good result (ethics of intentionality). But ethics of opus was popular last 2400 years (important is only result, motives are unimportant). So I can't accept, that these revengeful, cruel, cold-blooded and selfish parents are not "murderers", only reason, why they can't commit crimes is CJW. Why is there thought, if there are bad intentions (profit, revenge), but something happend and these intentions can't come into reality, so that is everything OK (with your blood/origin)? (I don't include the case, if you had wanted to do some bad, but you changed your mind because of your conscience.) So this is whole reason, why I can't get into second part of this drama.

It reminded me this quote of O.W.: "To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable."

It's interesting, that I write comments only If I upset. My patience is over. At first I realy love AMN, but I can see now, she's really puppet - she is crying, repeating pathetic sentences about protecting CJW,... In the first episodes she managed overcome all obstacles to get into the hotel, she was strong, crazy, cute, now she is only vulnerable (Mary Sue). It's her only one "improvement". At first her degradation looks like she will become mature. But in the last few episodes she's only running to general manager (with frightened expression) during working time. The second bad thing is birth secrets, if it was only case of father, it can be, but mother?! It's like from cheap plebeian novel from 18th/19th century... or from makjang of 21th century. But OK, I mastered similar situations in other dramas, but ... there have to be friend from childhood, or... AMN is CJW's sister, then she isn't... so I found, if you have bad father, you can bet, that your mother will be even worse. Whole drama is too serious, you can not even tell that the theme was a joke of life. (I think, I'm little bit cynical, because I was laughing whole episode 26.) For me it's over the top, too bad, I quite like the first 20-23 episodes. So I can say in the end, I'm not friend of makjang. (At first 10 episodes I gave rating 9,5, 10-20 7,5, now 6,5.) My profile - I'm not fan of MAGNIFICENT love (and tears of love), I like irony, strong but picaresque female leads, I don't like unexpected sensational surprises.