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haha exactly, on viki it was the episode's thumbnail so i thought it would be somewhat significant but alas, nothing

yeah i arrived to that conclusion too but it was strange to me that she didn't get a tiny little bit flustered when she saw him or never thought about it again, i guess neither makes too much sense to me lol

little confused, was the kiss in episode 6 real or a dream?

it's a little frustrating but usually respect in east asia doesn't just come from age and accomplishments, but your family background and affluence. it's seen as a little humbling to have to serve your juniors, even if it's outside of the university grounds. plus, not always, but most of the popular and well-established students come from rather wealthy or respected backgrounds (like ML who has a doctor for a mom and a judge for a dad). in my opinion, it's more impressive to me that he can balance studies and his part-time work but i guess they view it differently. maybe just a cultural thing, like the implication of doing part-time work is that you don't have a family that can or is willing to support you?

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they agreed to meet with both of them holding yellow roses so they could spot each other- yurim panicked and gave the flower to yijin, and so na hee do misunderstood and thought that he was injeolmi

yes ! and the fact that when yurim lost, she had a massive support system, but when hee do won, the majority of her support came from strangers as opposed to her close ones (aside from yijin and her coach). she didn't fit the narrative of the victim and so she couldn't be one, but that made her a victim by itself. her own very much alive mother gave less support than her dad did from the grave. i also understand why yijin lectured her, he wasn't scolding her for the sake of it, but i think his timing was so off and insensitive.

i wish hee do said 'what did you even teach me?' to the national team coach a little louder, would be so satisfying

i don't think it's too early in the series for me to say that i just don't like yurim, as immature as that might be... at best, after her redemption arc, i'd probably just be indifferent to her. i really don't care about her and ji woong's romance either

i've never felt so vicariously wronged until i watched ep 7

ending is open to interpretation but i think yi yao died- there was much symbolism like the flowers and the massage chair, and it seems like people had been moving on from her death (qi ming moving, yi yao's mother leaving her profession, and sen xi changing schools). i think the very end scene might have been sen xi going to the site where they properly interacted and connected to reminisce and remember her?

not sure about byj dying but curious about their fate because of the recurring theme of 'the times' both giving and taking, and nhd's mention of comedy and tragedy ? also tying to tragedy, the romeo & juliet reference- i don't see that many parallels between them and romeo and juliet yet but who knows ?

unless when the grandmother said she saw him a month ago, it could have been like at a grave ?? the camera pan to nhd's face and reaction seemed to hint that to me.. idk it wouldn't be happier but at least you could say there wasn't a failing of the relationship itself ? :(

already fell in love with byj if anything happens to him i will actually quit kdramas i swear

yeah tbh i like the guy but i still skimmed through their scene in the hallway, i don't really care yet. her changing her demeanour depending who she is around is getting annoying, especially around the male characters ?

hhh possible but i'm not sure, his dad went to the extent of a sham divorce to protect his wife, and separated himself from his children so that they were less easily tracked. it would be odd to give up and blame his son after making such sacrifices, like you said though, i'm not confident about a happy ending

waiting for the next episodes is so painful but i can't wait until the drama is over to binge it :((

ohh i like this theory a lot, i hope so. that'd be very sweet and i could also imagine that would lead to a possible name change, since becoming a reporter leads to competition and people digging up information on you, and he might want to protect his family. some people have said he's too proud to change his family name though, so idk.

kim do han hate page

liked the male lead but tbh the fl was kind of insufferable