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They're saying yuanbai/圆柏 though? All the Chinese subs (at least as far as I watched) also just say 圆柏 and I think many Chinese viewers without botanical knowledge wouldn't know 圆柏 can be translated as Sabina
Edit: Oh sorry, nevermind, I just rewatched, I missed that short second where they showed on the computer screen that it's called Sabina, I only paid attention to the dialogues first time watching

Seems it will be on the ChinaZone Youtube channel in a few days, no date yet (and no word on subs but since there's some international interest they will probably put them sooner or later) but they're uploading all the promo so it seems likely. I think their subs are usually better than Mango TV

It only has 3 ratings so far (apparently 2x9, 1x4), that's not a representative amount of ratings at all

It's not dubbed... Did you watch on the original WeTV page? Might be a technical problem of a ripped video

The motorcycle, the two leads who seem to be former friends now at odds, their dead friend, 35 minutes in and I'm getting so many School 2017 flashbacks already

Just read an article released in my country stating Squid Game is popular because BTS made Korea popular and that groups like BTS (calling them "androgynous looking Ex-Hip Hoppers"?!?!) and Blackpink are part of a "trend that started with Japanese mangas and anime" (WTF does Blackpink have to do with Mangas and Anime?), that "internet is leading to an androgynisation of fashion" (whatever that means... Well, that statement comes from a "Japanese futurologist" but what does a Japanese futurologist talking about androgyny have to do with Squid Game?) and that "despite nationalist propaganda South Korean trends now even managed to reach China" ("Now" managed to reached China?! Dude Hallyu was big in China way before BTS and way before the West cared and never really went away. Of course, mention of the recent "feminine men" thing but no mention of THAAD, because that was before Western journalists cared about Hallyu and before the trade war.) Now that was a WTF trip through random pretty much unrelated standard Western journalist takes on Korea, Japan and China

Haven't watched this drama yet so I don't know how bad it is, but you know acting is a very important part of dramas/movies?! Actors not being able to move their faces is a very valid criticism of the art.

I think it's partly because yeah, "dark" shows with "shock factor" tend to have it easiest in the West (which I don't really like that much and is one reason I prefer K-Dramas, though once in a while I do watch "dark" Asian dramas too - but well-dosed among a sea of others, and with the "shock factor" ideally being on the subtle side). I also think part of it is that compared to other "darker" Korean Netflix Originals this plays somewhat stronger into those "Weird, quirky Asia" stereotypes of the West - like you know that obsession with "weird" Japanese game shows.

Tbh I can't help but feel a bit disappointed because I've been watching K-Dramas for almost a decade, have been wishing for K-Dramas to become huge and bigger and bigger for almost a decade, and now after all those years of waiting... there's that huge hype happening and I can't feel part of it at all because it's just SO not my type of drama.

I mean there are people like that in real life, and it'd make sense for them to date someone younger (though lbr with less than 10 years difference, in any drama with the genders reversed the guy would be super mature and the age gap never brought up anywhere.)

I already hated Welcome to Waikiki and dropped it early because I thought it was too gross/childish/too much toilet humor but wanted to give this one a try because the international conecept seems fresh but I guess not :/

Actually back then during the Tang dynasty Uyghurs did have a complicated relationship with other Turks, there was constant infighting between Turkic tribes and Uyghurs did usually ally with Tang against the Goktürks back then

1 episode a day 4 days a week is literally the normal publishing schedule of this drama for non-VIPs though, Word of Honor is the same (now even at 3 days a week. Though it also has subs for its VIP episodes now that's only been like that for a week and most I-fans don't seem to have a VIP account and seem to still be watching on the non-VIP schedule)

The sound quality for dubbed vs. not dubbed is always very different. Maybe it's because I grew up with everything international on TV dubbed so I heard a lot of examples of dubbed vs. undubbed material throughout all my life but for me it's usually really easy to recognize whether something is dubbed over just by the sound of it without even having to see the image and how it matches.

In China I think it is (among the general public there probably even more so) but internationally not

Some characters including the female lead (as well as second and third female lead, the glasses guy, some other side characters) are dubbed, for other characters it's the original on set sound (no dubbing, also not dubbing with own voice)

From what I've seen the "glorifiying sexual harrassment" comments of K-nets are because of the gisaeng place's name being a reference to the Burning Sun scandal

Apparently it is on WeTV but so far it seems to be region-locked for most countries (according to some comments on here and Twitter it seems to work in most of South East Asia like Thailand and Indonesia and with VPNs set to these areas), not sure if/when it will be available for more countries on WeTV

I think the 5 years might actually be a hint to confirm he is indeed alive. 5 years is a significant time span for cancer because due to the difficulty of labeling a cancer case at "healed" cancer survival rates are usually given as the 5 year survival rates, it's precisely 5 years because those alive after 5 years would most of the time be cancer-free or have a good chance at beating it, aggressive cancer usually kills before those 5 years, cancer recurrence rates also strongly decline 5 years after the first diagnosis. So choosing exactly the most significant time period for cancer survival rates out of all possible time spans seems like he is indeed alive.
In another comment my theory was that he didn't deliberately ignore her all this time but lost the contact data, possibly due to his mother deleting it and only then felt ready - maybe healthwise - to return to Eunpo by himself.

The ending seems kind of open rather than happy or sad and needs further interpretation
Sad, but maybe the interpretation that makes the most sense overall -> it's really her imagination, or possibly his ghost
Happy interpretation that makes the most sense -> Jun had a very bad phase of illness, possibly falling into a coma, during which his mother deleted his phone contacts etc. for whichever reason - because she still disliked Rara after all, wants Jun to leave behind his previous life etc., once he fully recovered and was able to leave he came back personally looking for her in Eunpo