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I was wondering why he was put there when he appeared in so many episodes, lol.

Maybe they didn't like the ending or they have really high standards. As someone who doesn't watch a lot of Korean dramas, I find this one very good and well-written.

Yes, I agree. Constructive criticism isn't bad. :)

I disagree. Most machine subs are really bad and make the story difficult to understand, especially when it's a historical or fantasy drama with lots of complicated words. It also really decreases the chance that a good subber or subbing team revises the bad machine subs. (Do you know the drama Love Better Than Immortality? Its official subs are hardly understandable and don't do the drama any justice, but I doubt the subs will be edited and improved one day. Sigh.)

That's why I'm glad this drama got picked up by a good subber. I think they deserve to get paid for their efforts!

Your observations about the hate towards female leads are so true. Many viewers tend to be very critical with the female leads but lenient towards male leads. And the hate usually comes from a female watcher, too. It really makes me wonder why.
If the female lead makes a dumb mistake or isn't "perfect" in their eyes, she gets called annoying, weak, useless and more. But male leads are not judged as strongly even if they have lots of flaws, make mistakes and aren't perfect.

I usually don't pay attention to ratings, but I think the low rating could be because the story is hard to follow if you don't watch it from the beginning on. This means viewers who weren't there from the start have no incentive to watch it and the ratings can't get higher.

Hope you'll stick with this show because it's pretty good. The FL can be too emotional but I'd cut her some slack, lol. I find that us viewers are overly critical with female characters sometimes.

They look a bit like older sister - younger brother. If they have a sibling-like friendship in the drama, I would watch it, but it's most likely going to be romance.

I agree with you. The script writers should plan out the stories better. Cutting down more than 10 episodes sounds like there will be too much content lost.

I've heard these kinds of dramas aren't considered "real" historical dramas.

They are web dramas released only on the internet, usually with short episode counts or video lengths. Many web dramas are known for having cheap production quality and shallow plots. (There are exceptions, of course!) Not sure if this is a good comparison but I think it's similar to small-budget indie movies versus professionally made Hollywood movies that are released world-wide.

It's not that the industry decided to target young teens. It's that there are simply more web dramas nowadays. In the future, just avoid web dramas with low-quality posters if you want to watch good productions, lol.

I don't read the comic but I can see why some fans aren't happy with the casting choices. Objectively speaking, the male actor has a more youthful and "boyish" vibe than the comic character.
However, this drama hasn't even been released yet. Perhaps the performance of the actors will convince the sceptics they're the right choice for the roles they play!

I think the misunderstanding (FL thinks the other guy is her true love and ML is her brother) makes the story and the interactions between FL and ML more entertaining to watch. Without it, the storyline would be completely different and maybe not as popular among the fans. But to each their own!

Also, I understand disliking stupid characters and being annoyed by them but not everyone on earth is smart, so I personally don't mind having clueless FLs sometimes.

Thank you very much for the summary! I'm looking forward to watching how this story is adapted for TV.

Um, why do you think they don't appreciate the actor? Just wondering. Or is this only a random guess from you?

Thanks! If you explain it like that, it make sense.

From world A (the one with the hair down). He asked the two policemen which station they were from and was still pretty calm. Then one of the man shot his gun, making the passengers panic, and suddenly he also panicked and ran away.

This didn't make sense to me because he knows he didn't kill the drug dealer, so doesn't running away make him even more suspect to the police?

I have a question about the story; trying to word this without giving away a spoiler:

At the end of Episode 03 when he was on the train, why did he suddenly run away when two men wanted to apprehend him? I re-watched the scene and still don't understand what he was thinking.

Not a perfect drama but I really like how the script treats the female side characters and how they interact with the female lead. There's sisterhood and friendships instead of the same old petty love rivals who only exist to make the female lead's life hard and pine after the male lead. There's one love rival but I can live with that. Moreover, they actually have their own aspirations and their lives don't revolve around a man.

If anyone knows more historical/fantasy dramas with such female characters, feel free to recommend them to me!

You can use kisskh's search function to filter out Chinese dramas with romance genre.

Can anyone give me spoilers about the novel, please? I managed to find out what happened at the end but how does the plot go there?

The novel sounds good, but I don't think the drama will adapt the heavier and darker stuff.