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People are going to come at me now. *sigh* Proceed further knowing that it's different strokes for different folks. The original Taiwanese drama is hands down better. Every aspect is miles better than the KDrama remake. Be it acting, story beats, themes, or soundtrack. Some would whine about the production values. You choose your poison. Do you want fancy sets or a very grounded story combined with fantasy? For perspective, SOOD is way better than LR, even though the latter is simply fabulous. Watch SOOD first. If you are dissatisfied, then watch the remake. You know what's ironic? I admire the leads of the remake from other projects. SOOD was truly a labour of love. I wasn't able to go past the first episode of the remake, and kept fast forwarding while I was at it. However, be warned you have to pay attention to every little detail. You can't just be a passive viewer. SOOD made me feel nostalgic, even though I have nothing to do with South East Asia in any shape or form. To sum it up, it's a beautiful drama. 🥰

P. S. : I also developed a special fondness for Taiwanese Mandarin. It actually helped me develop a taste for the Beijing dialect. Now, I like listening to both. However, still love the sound of the Taiwanese dialect a lot more than some other languages that I am familiar with. (No offence. I like the sound of some languages better than others.) It somehow sounds very relaxed and almost musical. If language is an issue, then, I don't really have any advice but to soldier on for the outstanding story.

Poor kid. 🤪

Oh. Thanks!

Ooh. Cool. I get your point. I am never in favour of many episodes, so doing the E13 twist a little sooner might have been more palatable for the majority of this drama's audience.

ROFL. I think it's safe to assume that our bumbling, jewellery fashion-challenged Sun Jae bought it for himself. 🤣

Which drama is MPS?

I understand your perspective but I feel had they been too quick to make him fall for Sol without his memories from the past timelines would have been too jarring. I have never been a fan of the instant love trope. This way they showed no matter which timeline Sun Jae would always be attracted to Sol. He does come off as a bumbling brat but, honestly, his personality isn't bad at all. It's just his behaviour juxtaposed with Sol's grief does come across as a little callous. Also, misery does add more depth to a person's life. I'd know.

Someday or One Day

Jokes aside, it's telling that his love life was pretty unsuccessful.

Honestly, I am glad that its success is akin to that of SOOD. Otherwise, instead of truly organic scene construction, we would have been bombarded by Kopiko, Subway, random cafes, clothes and other items that high schoolers or college kids would never have been able to afford.

Yeah. It's all fake PPL by Sun Jae, LOL.

I finally have a theory about the pocket watch. The preview shows Sun Jae holding it outside of Sol's office. I think when she quit, she left it behind for Sun Jae knowing how stubborn he sometimes can be. It was her way of hoping he lives a long life despite them accidentally running into each other. This is because she has been forced to believe that as long as they are in each other's lives, Sun Jae is doomed to a tragic end.

In my country, there is a saying that something can be "both pain and medicine". I think it's applicable to the creative decisions taken by the production team. The events of the drama are painful, however, to reach to a satisfactory conclusion, these events must happen, akin to taking medicine.

Yeah. If only KYS dies, can they both live in peace.

Oh, yes. His deceptively cool physical appearance ruined by definitely uncool actions and reactions. 🤣 His visceral dislike of the Year of the Horse due to Sol's ridiculous lie is so dang funny.

Their school was segregated. So, it's not that difficult. Just as Sol integrated herself into Sun Jae's life when she first time travelled to the past, in this final travel, she must have done many things similarly. However, she made sure to keep out of Sun Jae's line of sight, and that honestly is not that difficult to do when she doesn't even exist in his life. Just how OG Sol was oblivious to his existence, with him pining for her from distance, in this new timeline the tables have turned. Also, In Hyuk and Tae Sung were not even close friends in the OG timeline. They ran in different circles. Perhaps, in this timeline, both of them developed a deeper friendship given Sol's intervention and him not slacking off of school. In Hyuk must have been aware of Tae Sung's female friend. To put things in perspective, Tae Sung had many fangirls in school. In Hyuk may not have paid much attention to any. However, Tae Sung's friendship with In Hyuk endured by virtue of them being in the same school and in the same band. If you remember, despite Tae Sung being in the band, both he and Sun Jae were pretty much unacquainted.

I finally have a theory about the pocket watch. The preview shows Sun Jae holding it outside of Sol's office. I think when she quit, she left it behind for Sun Jae knowing how stubborn he sometimes can be. It was her way of hoping he lives a long life despite them accidentally running into each other. This is because she has been forced to believe that as long as they are in each other's lives, Sun Jae is doomed to a tragic end.

Also, this drama is so similar in tone to SOOD, the latter being one of the best dramas that I have ever watched.

Finally! We are in the minority!

Copying and pasting my earlier comments.

Absolutely loving the creative decisions. Because LR was never supposed to blow up, the whole team was not bound by similar beats that most dramas of this genre usually have to go through. Contrary to most, I loved episode 13 and all that it promises to lead us to in episode 14. The first timeline illustrates Sun Jae still loving her despite his regret and guilt, the second timeline illustrates his love despite there being no tragedy to tie him to her, and the final timeline illustrates that despite Sol eliminating the pivotal event that started it all, Sun Jae will still inevitably fall for her. Both their fates will intertwine with or without any intervention by Sol. Sol was never meant to attend the award show, she never intended to collide with anyone as she hurried up the stairs, yet, eventually she did end up reuniting with Sun Jae. Moreover, it's hard to believe that being in the entertainment industry he had no detractors, yet, Sol's supposed dislike seems to throw him off-kilter and sparks his curiosity. Fate has been both cruel and kind to Sol. It forced Sol to let the love of her go and still created a random opportunity for them to meet.
From this moment on, deja vu route would be the most fitting. If we can buy into time travel, why not buy into resurfacing of the memories of each timeline lived? What everyone seems to forget that all the involved have lived through all the timelines. Their memories may never have been created, yet, they did experience it once.

I think it's safe to assume that our bumbling, jewellery fashion-challenged Sun Jae bought it for himself. 🤣 The pendent exists simply to reiterate the point that no matter what Sol does, the most significant events of their lives will sooner or later catch up to them. In other words, they are fated to meet, fated to go through similar beats, and fated to confront that taxi driver. And yeah, Sun Jae's fated to like that revolting piece of jewellery. In this timeline, he bought it for himself. *sigh*