On episode 14 and I really like the show so far and the characters. Everything except Chen Guo. I think this is the first time I disliked a female lead so strongly. I really hope she improves. And I really hope there is never a romance between her and YX.
Like why is he minding everyone else's business and not tending to his own
I'm on episode 5 right now and he is my least favorite character. That's including the ex and the secretary. Sir, mind your own business. She's just not that into you.
I'm on episode 9 right now, and I'm going to be honest, I don't like the female lead. I don't think she's a good cop. She can be competent but she's overly aggressive in situations where she really doesn't need to be and she makes rash decisions. Maybe I'm biased because she's getting in the Male Lead's way in his investigation and is making things harder, but she is also kind of hypocritical, saying that she should be in charge because she has legal authority to do so, but then she breaks laws whenever she wants (breaking into male lead's house, stealing male lead's stuff, taking male lead into custody despite evidence of the killer. . . ) I really hope she grows as a character in the coming episodes, because as she is now is a big no from me.
I agree with you in many of the things you have said, marriage needs tolerance, empathy, solidarity and a lot…
I don't think it was because he didn't trust his feelings for Yumi. I think it was because he was in a long distance relationship with her and barely got to see her, meanwhile he saw DaEun all the time because she lived next door to him and he wanted to put distance in that relationship.
I don't think enough people understand that when you're in a long distance relationship, it is really hard to maintain a relationship. People in long distance relationships, no matter how committed they are to each other, do more often than not end up developing some feelings for other people, even if it isn't completely romantic, it isn't always platonic. You can have those feelings and not do anything about it. But they can make you uncomfortable, and not want to encourage it. Moving is an understandable decision. Babi is alone in another city away from his girlfriend most of the time, and wouldn't want to make it awkward or encourage anything in DaEun or himself. I'm not saying he would cheat on Yumi, but seeing DaEun more might encourage him to care more for her beyond platonic feelings, which is how he began to waiver. He would want to nip that in the bud. It's not any different than stopping seeing someone to bring some distance in the relationship. As to Babi lying, yes he shouldn't have lied, but also it is understandable. He wouldn't want to make it awkward or make Yumi feel insecure or anything. He also wouldn't want to deal with the side eye about every interaction he has with DaEun, which can happen. The hate he is getting is out of proportion to what he did. Which is barely anything. But that's just my opinion.
Honestly, I like DH, but he is doing way too much for someone he isn't in a relationship with. It isn't certain that NB wants to be with him, and while the gestures are sweet (decorating the area for her and being super romantic), it might be considered overkill and make someone uncomfortable. Those are gestures that should be saved when the relationship is confirmed, otherwise people can just feel obligated. I hope in the next episode that they are either confirmed or he is let go. For both of them.
I like how jae eon and bitna are shown to be the parallels of each other and i really liked the conversation between…
I really liked that scene too. BN and KH are the same as NB and JE. BN and JE are both uncertain about their relationships and don't want to close up other options in case the relationship ends. They also don't want to get too close and risk the relationship completely if it ends. What JE said in this episode was really indicative of his feelings ("Close enough, but not close enough to hurt each other") Neither he nor BN want to lose NB or KH so they don't want to keep them to close so that if it ends they will never be able to be friends again. Of course that doesn't really work because the other party is invested, but as seen with NB and JE, they did gain some friendship when they ended their friends with benefits. Whereas if it was a sincere relationship and it ended, they may not have been able to do that (at least in JE' and BN'sPOV).
The toxic thing about him is that he’s very manipulative and every single move he makes is clearly calculated…
I (respectfully) disagree. I don't think playing hot and cold is necessarily manipulative, especially if the person doing it is known for it. He admitted to playing the field, and made it clear that he wasn't committed. If he was sincere from the beginning then it would be different, but he wasn't and she knew. Again, this doesn't mean that NB doesn't have the right to feel used, because she is being used. He is clearly using her (for sex, distraction, a feigned relationship that he won't commit to...) but she was consenting to be used. And when she no longer felt that the relationship was fulfilling, she ended it. Her disappointment that he didn't fight for them or that he wasn't ready to commit, while sad, is her responsibility. She knew, and he had been honest about what it was from the start of their liaison. I'm not saying that emotional abuse isn't a thing, I just don't think that was what was happening here. Becoming emotionally invested in someone or in a relationship doesn't mean that you are being manipulated.
Maybe my standards are lower because I watched Cheese in the trap and countless other dramas with toxic men, but I don't think JE is that toxic. Yes his relationship with NB is not healthy, but it was a 'friends with benefits' relationship. That was known from the beginning when she kissed him right after he kissed someone else. She knew. I'm not saying she's not right to be mad at him, because her feelings are very much valid in this scenario and everything she said during their 'break up' was right. But honestly, I think the worse thing he did in the relationship was lie to her about whether he was seeing other people (right before he was punched in the face for that lie by another girl's brother).
JE obviously uses intimacy as a shield and a distraction from real feelings and sincerity. Every time NB tries to open up with him about himself, he uses sex as a way to divert the conversation. Since they don't have an established boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, this isn't necessarily toxic behavior.
Idk, maybe it's because friends with benefits break up then become boyfriend/girlfriend have been so normalized (with movies like No strings attached, or Friends with Benefits), but I guess I don't think of this as toxic behavior.
Now that might change, if JE becomes possessive and mean. but so far I don't see that. He has had an instance of jealousy which NB has called him out on, but I think there is a very obvious difference between what is going on between JE and NB and what was NB's ex-boyfriend (who was clearly abusive and toxic).
Either way, the show is going about to show that he is trying to change. Whether or not that is true is something we'll see in the next half of the season, but so far he hasn't done anything really bad. Yes, he's flirted with many girls (in front of other girls he's flirting with) and at worst that makes him sleazy, but everyone knows what he is. But it's clear he's changing because the last episode said he no longer hung out with women, and the other students find him more approachable and honest.
I'm honestly pretty excited for this show. I think it's really good. the way the director shows tension is amazing, and I honestly think this is my favorite SK show so far.
I really hope she grows as a character in the coming episodes, because as she is now is a big no from me.
As to Babi lying, yes he shouldn't have lied, but also it is understandable. He wouldn't want to make it awkward or make Yumi feel insecure or anything. He also wouldn't want to deal with the side eye about every interaction he has with DaEun, which can happen.
The hate he is getting is out of proportion to what he did. Which is barely anything.
But that's just my opinion.
I hope in the next episode that they are either confirmed or he is let go. For both of them.
Of course that doesn't really work because the other party is invested, but as seen with NB and JE, they did gain some friendship when they ended their friends with benefits. Whereas if it was a sincere relationship and it ended, they may not have been able to do that (at least in JE' and BN'sPOV).
JE obviously uses intimacy as a shield and a distraction from real feelings and sincerity. Every time NB tries to open up with him about himself, he uses sex as a way to divert the conversation. Since they don't have an established boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, this isn't necessarily toxic behavior.
Idk, maybe it's because friends with benefits break up then become boyfriend/girlfriend have been so normalized (with movies like No strings attached, or Friends with Benefits), but I guess I don't think of this as toxic behavior.
Now that might change, if JE becomes possessive and mean. but so far I don't see that. He has had an instance of jealousy which NB has called him out on, but I think there is a very obvious difference between what is going on between JE and NB and what was NB's ex-boyfriend (who was clearly abusive and toxic).
Either way, the show is going about to show that he is trying to change. Whether or not that is true is something we'll see in the next half of the season, but so far he hasn't done anything really bad. Yes, he's flirted with many girls (in front of other girls he's flirting with) and at worst that makes him sleazy, but everyone knows what he is. But it's clear he's changing because the last episode said he no longer hung out with women, and the other students find him more approachable and honest.
I'm honestly pretty excited for this show. I think it's really good. the way the director shows tension is amazing, and I honestly think this is my favorite SK show so far.