- Baek Hyun & Yun Nyeong - Woo Jin & Ji Yeon - Yoo Shik & Min Kyung - Wong Kyu & Ji Hyeon
I predict the joker participants (the male and female participant who joins the cast later in the season) will be a EX-couple. They'll join in the first half of the season, and therefore will have a greater time interacting with the rest of the group before they all travel to Jeju Island.
I assume majority of the cast this season are young, post-95 generation, and therefore I think we will have a lot of drama and couples bickering. Judging from the first two episodes alone, many participants this season don't seem afraid to step on each others toes - There's no girl-code or bro-code! We've seen the fiery personalities of Min Kyung and Ji Hyeon already, but I also believe Yun Nyeong has a bold personality to her based on what she has been saying in her interviews. Baek Hyun and Yoo Shik are firecrackers ready to explode, whilst Woo Jin is in a grey zone. He is calm but he will speak his mind. The only person who is calm and reserved is Wong Kyu. Ji Yeon is also calm, but she seems to be the type of girl who becomes territorial with the guy she likes.
I feel like Baek hyun is uncomfortable in the house (for the first 2 episodes anyway) and that he might look pissed…
His situation seems to be similar to Dong Jin from season 3. Dong Jin also had the feeling of discomfort and was always awkward in group settings, including interacting with the girls, in the first few episodes but slowly and steadily he became comfortable around everyone.
The rap song that plays at the end of the episodes when the credits roll? In that case, it's titled HOOD by Haon - However it doesn't seem to be out on streaming platforms (yet).
Note: I’ve not played the game - So, I’ve just finished watching this tv-series and my overall opinion about it is very divided. I don’t know where to start, I liked the first half but was left disappointed by the second half. The background of the storyline was laid down perfectly, we got a good introduction to our leads, and the series was packed with action scenes. However, in the latter half I got the impression that the production crew tried their best to cram everything in the last minutes, hence, a lot of unnecessary attention was given to smaller supporting roles and scenes were dragged on (instead of being cut out in the editing room) I’m aware that this tv-series is a character driven series, but, the amount of screen time Aiko and her daughter got was a bit too much in my opinion - Aiko had no purpose other than being a complete selfish bitch and the only time her daughter decided to do something was to run away… - Then them spending around 20 minutes on the character info of ”The Florist” was a bit lackluster, and another thing is why’s Majima being marketed as a main character when he barely showed up in scenes (though, I get the hunch he’ll get a ”more” important arc in the later seasons)
Oh, and by the way, from where did the romance come from?! I was literally caught by surprise! This was another example of waste of screen time as it added literally nothing to the overall plot.
In my opinion, instead of wasting away all this money and time on unnecessary plot-lines and characters - I mean, they’re working around the show with a total of 6 episodes so they better put their budget and time to use! - They should’ve focused on character-depth with the core 4, ’cause honestly speaking, by the final episode I wasn’t feeling emotionally attached to any of the characters unfortunately. The only character that was starting to grown on me was Miho, as I thought that she had the most potential of a great character development if the writers could pull it off, but oh well, they killed her off the show… But at least her death was impactful!
The bromance between the two male lead was a great highlight to the series and I really wished they focused more on that.
Sorry, but Yumi didn’t do it for me. Boring. They should’ve written her to be a bit more exciting, in my opinion.
And then, the ”father” being the original dragon was predictable towards the end, but I don’t care really as I didn’t get a wow-factor out of it as I wasn’t emotionally invested in his character either.
The reason behind why you lot dislike this series does not make any sense whatsoever. You lot keep mentioning on how this series is "too slow" have not truly grasped the storyline because it being "slow" is what's making this series unique. The Ogami family is an estranged one where they act more comfortably as strangers with each other rather than being present in each others lives; Hence, the only time we see the full family gathered is in the pilot episode and in the final episode - In total, 2 scenes. We rarely see them all together, and if we do it's only when the father Ogami Ryutaro summons one of them to talk. Since this series is heavily focused on Ryutaro (Tanaka Min) we as an audience get an insight in to how he's clueless about his children's personal lives and interests, because he's so caught up with his work-life.
There's no fault that this tv-series does not have the adrenaline boost that Imawa no Kuni no Alice has - And that is because the Ogami family's life is dull. There's no happiness nor love as there's always a grey cloud hovering over their heads at all times, and I think that's what's unique about this series because their emptiness is reflected in to the overall vibe of this series hence explaining why it's "boring" or "slow", as you lot call it...
Tanaka Min carries this series on his back! Despite his character being "emotionless" throughout the majority of the runtime, you feel what he feels with his micro-expressions and the small details. They've constructed the character of Ryutaro beautifully as an anti-hero where in some parts you're confused wether to have a hostile feeling towards him or sympathize with him - But it's a fact that Tanaka Min is the glue of this series!!! As for Mackenyu, they've definitely used his name and face for the boosting of promotion for this series and I agree that during this 10-episode time he haven't gotten the fair distribution as a credited co-main actor; However by the looks of the finale episode, that'll change soon as the hints are clearly being set up for him to fit in to the shoes of you-know-who ;)
Over all, I genuinely feel like majority of you lot have not given this series a fair chance. It's a fairly easy tv-series to follow along with, there's no complication nor major plot-hole and the acting is relatively okay - And the cinematography is wow-mazing!!! There's a true beauty to this "slow" series if you guys look under the surface carefully with an open mind and eyes .
- Baek Hyun & Yun Nyeong
- Woo Jin & Ji Yeon
- Yoo Shik & Min Kyung
- Wong Kyu & Ji Hyeon
I predict the joker participants (the male and female participant who joins the cast later in the season) will be a EX-couple. They'll join in the first half of the season, and therefore will have a greater time interacting with the rest of the group before they all travel to Jeju Island.
I assume majority of the cast this season are young, post-95 generation, and therefore I think we will have a lot of drama and couples bickering. Judging from the first two episodes alone, many participants this season don't seem afraid to step on each others toes - There's no girl-code or bro-code!
We've seen the fiery personalities of Min Kyung and Ji Hyeon already, but I also believe Yun Nyeong has a bold personality to her based on what she has been saying in her interviews. Baek Hyun and Yoo Shik are firecrackers ready to explode, whilst Woo Jin is in a grey zone. He is calm but he will speak his mind. The only person who is calm and reserved is Wong Kyu. Ji Yeon is also calm, but she seems to be the type of girl who becomes territorial with the guy she likes.
The background of the storyline was laid down perfectly, we got a good introduction to our leads, and the series was packed with action scenes. However, in the latter half I got the impression that the production crew tried their best to cram everything in the last minutes, hence, a lot of unnecessary attention was given to smaller supporting roles and scenes were dragged on (instead of being cut out in the editing room) I’m aware that this tv-series is a character driven series, but, the amount of screen time Aiko and her daughter got was a bit too much in my opinion - Aiko had no purpose other than being a complete selfish bitch and the only time her daughter decided to do something was to run away… - Then them spending around 20 minutes on the character info of ”The Florist” was a bit lackluster, and another thing is why’s Majima being marketed as a main character when he barely showed up in scenes (though, I get the hunch he’ll get a ”more” important arc in the later seasons)
Oh, and by the way, from where did the romance come from?! I was literally caught by surprise! This was another example of waste of screen time as it added literally nothing to the overall plot.
In my opinion, instead of wasting away all this money and time on unnecessary plot-lines and characters - I mean, they’re working around the show with a total of 6 episodes so they better put their budget and time to use! - They should’ve focused on character-depth with the core 4, ’cause honestly speaking, by the final episode I wasn’t feeling emotionally attached to any of the characters unfortunately.
The only character that was starting to grown on me was Miho, as I thought that she had the most potential of a great character development if the writers could pull it off, but oh well, they killed her off the show… But at least her death was impactful!
The bromance between the two male lead was a great highlight to the series and I really wished they focused more on that.
Sorry, but Yumi didn’t do it for me. Boring. They should’ve written her to be a bit more exciting, in my opinion.
And then, the ”father” being the original dragon was predictable towards the end, but I don’t care really as I didn’t get a wow-factor out of it as I wasn’t emotionally invested in his character either.
Since this series is heavily focused on Ryutaro (Tanaka Min) we as an audience get an insight in to how he's clueless about his children's personal lives and interests, because he's so caught up with his work-life.
There's no fault that this tv-series does not have the adrenaline boost that Imawa no Kuni no Alice has - And that is because the Ogami family's life is dull. There's no happiness nor love as there's always a grey cloud hovering over their heads at all times, and I think that's what's unique about this series because their emptiness is reflected in to the overall vibe of this series hence explaining why it's "boring" or "slow", as you lot call it...
Tanaka Min carries this series on his back! Despite his character being "emotionless" throughout the majority of the runtime, you feel what he feels with his micro-expressions and the small details. They've constructed the character of Ryutaro beautifully as an anti-hero where in some parts you're confused wether to have a hostile feeling towards him or sympathize with him - But it's a fact that Tanaka Min is the glue of this series!!!
As for Mackenyu, they've definitely used his name and face for the boosting of promotion for this series and I agree that during this 10-episode time he haven't gotten the fair distribution as a credited co-main actor; However by the looks of the finale episode, that'll change soon as the hints are clearly being set up for him to fit in to the shoes of you-know-who ;)
Over all, I genuinely feel like majority of you lot have not given this series a fair chance. It's a fairly easy tv-series to follow along with, there's no complication nor major plot-hole and the acting is relatively okay - And the cinematography is wow-mazing!!! There's a true beauty to this "slow" series if you guys look under the surface carefully with an open mind and eyes .
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