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The memory part I get, but how could she be reborn with necklace from her previous life though? It would make more sense, if she was reincarnated as her brother's daughter with only her looks, but only after meeting with Chen Che and completing the medailon, she would get memory of her past life back, but this trope was done before, so I guess they went with more ambiguous one. But I love the ending regardless, it's typical example of "emotion over logic" and the changes in end credits of the last episode were also nice.

For me it dragged so much I was actually thinking if this was made for young generation who watches series at faster speed. There was barely enough plot for five episodes and the rest was filled with fight scenes between two brothers and redundant dialogue when adult couple has high school level romance. I wasn't even able to bring myself to watch the last three episodes because it feels like a chore. I was looking forward to this because I like previous work of this director, but screenplay really brought this down.

How this series is supposed to continue for another 9 episodes when screenplay is running on fumes at episode 10 is beyond me.

You are missing the point here. It would only undermine all his sacrifice and accepting your fate thing, while it would achieve absolutely nothing. He would be probably taken off the plane and even if someone would get off the plane with him, their fate would be corrected in "Final Destination" style.

No one forces you to read the comments either. You keep defending this remake, even if you didn't see it, so your "watch it with open mind" approach is just as biased as "it can't be better than original" approach that seems to trigger you so much.

I appreciate Japanese movies are still trying to make people cry,
while Hollywood movies are trying to make people gouge their eyes out.

Some random village woman. She is shown being decapitated by one of the soldiers and he kills the soldier who killed her before he is killed himself.

I like how they introduced this overweight female lawyer to be more progressive and made her the most useless character ever. She even said something like "Are you surprised to see female lawyer?" And then she didn't do anything significant. Others came with ideas and she was just like "we can't do that" or "maybe this could work".

Male lead took initiave when he confessed his love after Christmas party and she rejected him. He tried again with clean slate after she lost her memory. I think he has done enough. Her previous memory came back so in her "new reality" she is still aware of his feelings towards her, because she remembers his Christmas confession. So if she wants to do something about it it's up to her. If she wants to find out what happened to her on that day it's also up to her. Like I said previously she has ways to find out if she wants to.

When she wakes up, she remembers everything what happened before her accident. She is depressed again and with suicidal thoughts. That's why she cries when she sees that video. Because she sees herself being so happy just couple of days before on day she doesn't even remembers. That's why she realizes she has to get out of her bad relationship. She knows about Male Lead confession to her because her previous memory came back. And you contradict yourself, because you blame Male Lead for not trying to start their relationship yet you believe she remembers that day thus it's her fault their relationship doesn't continue.

I disagree. I liked this ending. Female lead realized she had to end her relationship with her boss after she saw how happy she was in that video when she obviously wasn't with him. If she wants to find out who was with her she has many options. Receptionist at the hotel offered her he could find out who brought her to the hotel after her accident. She could get this information from the hospital, if she had any interest. She would also find out he saved her life. And she used his phone to call her mother so there is always possibility her mother will tell her about her phone call. If he left the message in her phone it wouldn't solve anything. She would think he forced her to record the message because he is a creep and he even stops the recording himself. Alternate ending shows her as she is ending her employment, she thanks him for trying to help her but there is no sign of her being interested in him or trying to find out what happened during that day, so I prefer more open ending where there is more hope. It's more realistic too.

I really don't get the high ratings of this series. Later episodes were dragging so much, it could be used as textbook example how to stretch two episodes into five:
1. Make main character tell to all side characters what happened in previous episodes.
2. Make main character tell to side character in detail what happened in previous scene, if side character wasn't present during that scene.
3. Remind main character via flashback what happened in previous scene,
even if that scene took place literally 3 minutes ago.
4. Make main character speak slowly and interrupt his speech by phone call,
so he can't finish it.
5. After character A leaves the house in which he was all day, make character B
to call him and make him come back, because he has something important to tell him.
6. If character A is not feeling well, make character B secretly call his friend
and tell him to ask doctor of character A about his classified medical condition.
7. Make alternative scene with the same dialog but in different environment
and use both scenes.
8. Make character to make useless phone calls with redundant dialog. For example:
- Hello? Where are you? I need to speak with you.
- I'm on my way to your place, because I need to speak with you too.

She doesn't have to live here for 30 days straight every 5 years. There must be some kind of portal she uses to cross to this universe. It's probably on train station as she is seen disappearing from phone booth once when train is passing by and they are waiting there for midnight even on her first day, when he already knows her secret, so there isn't any reason for her to be pretending to be leaving on the train. As for her visit to entrance of his former/future appartment, it's just another flashback of her last day as she is saying goodbye to the places they have been together before she heads for the train where she would be seeing him for the last time as she is "luring" him to approach her for his first time. As for scene when she is 15 it either takes place in this universe and she is wearing the uniform simply to blend in (it doesn't mean she is going to school here, she could be here only just for one day for another "vacation") or it takes place in her universe and she told him how to use portal to get there. Either way she must have somehow told him where he will find her in her 15, it's not like he would simply run into her accidentally and recognize her.

Only mistake you made is they meet 5 times. She gives him the box five years after she saves him, when he is 10 and she is 30. But I agree many people don't get this movie at all. She is not getting younger as some people claim, she ages normally in her own universe. And last scene is just another flashback, it doesn't mean they repeat the cycle over and over. It's not that complicated.