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Lol read the article I linked... stupid or not, she fits the character type to a T! 😂

I don't wanna drop any more dramas though, but the FL is irritating lol

No, a Mary Sue is a type of stock character:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue

Basically a character who's WAY too perfect to be believable. Several k-dramas I've watched suffer from this issue...

I might drop Our Happy Days tbh, I haven't watched an episode in ages. 😂

Jang-Mi low-key IS a Mary Sue now that I think about it... no wonder why I prefer Seo-Rin and Hwa-Young to her! 🤔

At this point, the man has a bounty on his head for 2 billion won!

It's more lighthearted for sure.

I see...

I liked her in The Second Husband. She kicked ass (even if Seon-Hwa was annoying sometimes.) The FL in Our Happy Days is so frustrating, however... but Uhm Hyun-Kyung is a great actress, nonetheless lol

Bingo! Poor Hong-Ju was left in the dust... 😂

I'm pretty sure Hwa-Young is the second female lead, not Hong-Ju. She's chewing up all the screentime! 😂 Hong-Ju is basically a side character lol

Just finished this. Very interesting ending, idk what to make of it. I think it'll give someone a lot to think about. The actors all did a fantastic job, in my opinion. I feel like the pacing was a bit slow, and I personally wasn't too invested in Ji-Won, the news reporter. But I LOVED how Ji-Hun's (the husband) story ended. He got what he deserved! Someday I will watch the director's cut, though. My overall score is an 8.5/10. I recommend it if you like morally grey/villainous female protagonists.

So basically the popularity of k-dramas during the Hallyu Wave led to the structure of k-dramas changing in the 2000s/2010s? No wonder why there's no more Korean sitcoms anymore... like LA Arirang, the High Kick series, etc...

Han Eun-Jung wasn't in Second Husband, that was Uhm Hyun-Kyung!

The Promise is one of my all-time favorite daily dramas. Also, they kinda flipped the twin swaps trope in Wife Returns! (Very underrated, btw!)

12 to 16 episode dramas have always existed (especially 16 to 20 episode ones.) It's not recent...

South Korea didn't get rid of soaps? First Man and Pearl In Red are considered soaps. Daily dramas = soap operas basically. They got rid of a LOT of them, but not the whole genre. Also, viewership changed a lot. Daily dramas don't hit 15% anymore.

Again, they were insulting people and harassing them for WEEKS. Targeting them too. If you agree with that, then fine. All they've done is bash the show and people who like it for some reason? The viewers didn't personally offend them. 😭

Same here!

Yes, typically daily dramas are 100-120 episodes. Weekend dramas (not dailies) are about 50 episodes. There have been shorter dailies, though. The first KBS2 evening daily drama, Ruby Ring (2013), was only 93 episodes and the ratings were excellent. On the other end, Miss Mermaid (2002), was a whopping 250 episodes!

Back in the day, daily dramas ran from Monday to Saturday and tended to run for 200+ episodes, It's actually great that this has changed now. I rarely watch dramas over 120-ish episodes. I have to be *very* committed to finishing it to do so... and I'm not sure if I feel that way about this drama.