I really enjoy the fact that they changed the destiny animal from the webtoon and k-drama from a cat to a turtle:
1) turtles live longer so we don’t have to worry about the cat already being 10+ years old by the time our main couple are together. I honestly worried about this in the webtoon and kdrama - there was even a chapter in the webtoon from the cat’s perspective. It was super cute but made me very attached and worried about their eventual departure from the world. The turtle is going to be their kids’ eventual pet…may even get to see their grandchildren! (I hope we do too)
2) I think a turtle is very reflective of both Misa and Wataru as well as their relationship. Slow, enduring, patient. At least that’s the vibe I get from turtles (and them).
*disclaimer (I did post about this before) - this is, no way, condoning the action of taking a wild animal as a pet. Turtles are not easy pets either and his enclosure, while aesthetic, is unfortunately not adequate. Please do research if thinking about getting a pet turtle and if committed, please try to see if there are any rescues or adoptions nearby.
It’s so funny watching Reina and Tomoya say it’s all Misa’s fault to manipulate them but they are missing the part where they decided to be terrible people (exploiting Misa, having an affair). She may have baited them but their awful personalities are what made them make their bad decisions!
I was so happy watching episode 7 to see them crash and burn but when things started going wrong again in episode 8, I clicked off so fast 🤣 I will wait till next week when I can see a happy ending; I don’t want to spend the next 7 days in suspense!
Ooh, the ending for ep 4 was super good! The vibe is so different from the Korean version, I’m really enjoying watching how everything is unfolding differently.
I really enjoyed the webtoon and the Korean version and I like this one as well. It’s less comedy vibe than the Korean version. Unfortunately her fashion upgrade isn’t really doing it for me but I hope it improves. Intrigued to see how this unfolds considering it’s only ten episodes
No one probably cares but disclaimer for Kamekichi, the turtle: please do not take wild turtles to keep as pets! He should have been taken to a zoo or a rescue instead.
Also, his enclosure looks aesthetic but is not suitable for turtles - they need deeper water to swim in, a much larger enclosure, that lighting is probably not providing sufficient UVB or heating for him to bask and they’re dumb enough to try to eat those decorative pebbles.
Turtles are typically not social pets and live a long life (30+ years) so if you are inspired to get one as a pet, please do your research and adopt if you can, rather than buy.
I say this as a dumb kid who got a turtle when I was 10 because they were cheap and popular pets. Donatello is now 20 and still going strong but the amount of poop and filter cleaning is ungodly.
Don’t know how many times I have rewatched this. Every story is so important (suicide, bullying (both school and online), sexual assault, veteran appreciation, body dysmorphia, the story of the comfort women, loss of a child) and the endings for the villains are very satisfying.
Also, I can never stop admiring all of Lee Soo Hyuk’s outfits in this. The gloves, the capes, all black - chef’s kiss. The man was made to be a grim reaper.
I love Koo Ryeon’s pink eyeshadow on her and its significance but I don’t think I’d ever be able to pull off that look.
Very much a nothing burger after all that build up, teasing the male doll, looking for the island etc. I’m just glad Gi Hun can be put to rest because if he knew the games were continuing in the US (where his daughter lives), he’d lose his mind all over again. I wish there was something meaningful about Baby 222’s name and how she is the only innocent survivor in this history of the Squid Games but alas, I did not get that. Also, if they want to do an American version of Squid Games, continuing to use the Korean games really don’t make sense - one of the fun parts about learning the games in season 1 was the contestants’ childhood games were made into these bloody weapons to turn them into murderers. I dunno what is considered American games but I know the ddakji is probably not it.
Cannot get over him as Jinu in Kpop Demon Hunters on Netflix. For his first voice acting role, he was incredible! I’ve been obsessed since the movie came out on 20/06. Love that he got to sing a tiny bit too at the beginning! His voice is divine. Rewatching Business Proposal now because I miss him😭
Pity the producers didn’t include the novel ending where the Hei Feng - Bai Xi couple had a son (who was nameless…
Aw that would have been amazing! Also hilarious about not naming the kid. Just finished rewatching and this added a nice touch I felt the end of the drama was missing.
This isn’t a drama, this is idol-fan / reverse harem / step-sibling / cute innocent girl vs multiple persistent men kink and fan service central! It feels almost wrong watching it. Turn your brain off, ignore morals and prepare for a cringe fest. I will say, everyone is outrageously attractive.
Just what I needed - sweet and dumb! This is very much one of those dramas where you need to turn your brain off to watch. The villains are comical, the plots are overlapping and the schemes are at an all time high. I enjoyed it for the most part - the misunderstanding trope got a bit long for my liking but for most of the drama, I liked our main couple’s brains and cooperations.
Didn’t enjoy this as much as the first season. Sending so many people to prison really didn’t make sense at all and the advantages of the hidden stages were way too steep in my opinion. I also don’t think they allowed them to play to their own strengths in the game; instead everyone relied on alliances rather than natural talent. Maybe it’s just that they didn’t get to show their abilities but the casting wasn’t as good as the first season.
Was holding off until part 2 aired because I didn’t want to be burned again like I was in Lost You Forever but here I am, the Yang Zi pull was too strong 😍
Ugh, it’s so good even on the 3rd rewatch…actually it might be 4th, I don’t remember anymore. 🤣 Was looking at the voice actors - it appears that Wang Xing Yue did his own voice acting for this role?
K-Drama 
1) turtles live longer so we don’t have to worry about the cat already being 10+ years old by the time our main couple are together. I honestly worried about this in the webtoon and kdrama - there was even a chapter in the webtoon from the cat’s perspective. It was super cute but made me very attached and worried about their eventual departure from the world. The turtle is going to be their kids’ eventual pet…may even get to see their grandchildren! (I hope we do too)
2) I think a turtle is very reflective of both Misa and Wataru as well as their relationship. Slow, enduring, patient. At least that’s the vibe I get from turtles (and them).
*disclaimer (I did post about this before) - this is, no way, condoning the action of taking a wild animal as a pet. Turtles are not easy pets either and his enclosure, while aesthetic, is unfortunately not adequate. Please do research if thinking about getting a pet turtle and if committed, please try to see if there are any rescues or adoptions nearby.
Also, his enclosure looks aesthetic but is not suitable for turtles - they need deeper water to swim in, a much larger enclosure, that lighting is probably not providing sufficient UVB or heating for him to bask and they’re dumb enough to try to eat those decorative pebbles.
Turtles are typically not social pets and live a long life (30+ years) so if you are inspired to get one as a pet, please do your research and adopt if you can, rather than buy.
I say this as a dumb kid who got a turtle when I was 10 because they were cheap and popular pets. Donatello is now 20 and still going strong but the amount of poop and filter cleaning is ungodly.
Also, I can never stop admiring all of Lee Soo Hyuk’s outfits in this. The gloves, the capes, all black - chef’s kiss. The man was made to be a grim reaper.
I love Koo Ryeon’s pink eyeshadow on her and its significance but I don’t think I’d ever be able to pull off that look.
Rewatching Business Proposal now because I miss him😭
Turn your brain off, ignore morals and prepare for a cringe fest.
I will say, everyone is outrageously attractive.
I enjoyed it for the most part - the misunderstanding trope got a bit long for my liking but for most of the drama, I liked our main couple’s brains and cooperations.
Was looking at the voice actors - it appears that Wang Xing Yue did his own voice acting for this role?