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I kind of assumed they would not take that chip out at all from the sis if the other kids don't join.

I don't think they changed the writer, there was not news about it as far as I know.
but yeah, I think at some points plot lines were just happening without care if they actually make sense or not

the only reason I am "against" this bromance (tho against is too hard and hella not fitting word) is the fact I just don't get what tvN was thinking making a clear borderline queerbaiting bromance between them, when Ga On looks like Yo Han's brother 🤣 For me the idea of finding someone who looks EXACTLY as your siblings just such an abstract and ridiculous concept 🤣
So if I ignore the connection between them created by the resemblance of the looks, yeah it's strong bromance. But my brain stops me from ever shipping it 🙃

Yo, the fact this drama shows us morally gray dilemmas, is suppose to make us question our own judgements and current state of the social and politic aspects in the world but people focus so much on bromance and the tiny romance Ga On and Soo Hyun might get 🙃🤣

bish he literally saved and replayed her asking to marry him. you do shit like that only if you are in love 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

funny thing is for most dramas they turn out to be no correct, but it's still fun to write them down 🤣

Well, I actually love that love line. It's serves a perfect contract to the thrilling and at times over the top (in a good way) plot lines. Otherwise I would be exhausted watching the episodes. For me it evens the pace. Ga On and Soo Hyun represent the normality and the reality that should have been.

And the romance is minimal. Even for them as possibly future couple, they are mostly shown as friends and partners with only slight hints of love going on here and there.

but it was not one sided from the start, he loves her too. It's not like they will drop him having feelings for her out of nowhere, it's been there from the start.

On the other hand, I hope they will not make the "bromance" between Ga On and Yo Han weird, coz at the end of the day Ga On looks like a copy of his brother, but I already see so many people "loving the bromance" and shipping them together.

I kind of thought he might be pedophile. They said he is a VIP "somewhere" and that especially his daughter would be disappointed - it made me think he might be buying sexual favors from minors.

So my interpretation on the characters.

3 characters are rather set with their morals, goals, ambitions and plans: Yo Han, Sun Ah and Soo Hyun. Ga On is a bit all over the place, but I feel like that's the point.

Yo Han does shady things for his understanding of justice. He is on his revenge trip, but his morality "limits" his actions. He tries to cheat the system to get what he wants.

Sun Ah doing shady shit for power and control (might be also motivated by her sense of justice and trying to create a society she deems just, even if it's fueled by resentment). She wants to control the system and make it what she wants it to be.

Soo Hyun represent the normality - how the system should work. Doing what is just. She gets involved not because of her personal reasons, but because that's what she should do as a police - investigate the crimes. She cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.

Ga On knows the system does not work, but still tries to work within it, not approving of the shady schemes happening. But he is being swayed by different sides and we witness his journey to getting the answers and making his own judgements.

As for the romances and bromance. I love the chemistry Yo Han and Ga On have, but with Yo Han's story ain't possible to "ship" it. The strong connection is there coz Yo Han sees his dead brother in Ga On. They will form a strong friendship and partnership, but I can't see more.

Yo Han and Sun Ah - ain't no romance happening there. She is obsessed, Yo Han has no feelings for her. The tension is there, chemistry is awesome, but it's on the "testing your oponent" type of way.

I love Ga On and Soo Hyun. From the start it's obvious they both like each other, but Ga On is "denying" himself a chance to be with her, for whatever reason. As if them being happy is an unobtainable dream in a current reality.

I like first 3 seasons the best. The quality of production got better with each season, but it also became more predictable, the guests less funny and the contestants less talented/tone-deaf...

Duo Duo. But I honestly did not ship her with Fan Xian. They had massive BFFs energy for me.

As for Princess Agents, I actually liked Yuan Chun's arc a lot. How she was literally drove into madness coz her innocence was used against her over and over again. For me it was well written sub-plot. She was not a strong female character, she was a tragic one. While Wan'er was... well... nothing 🤣

I did not mind her acting, but the character was just poorly written, especially compared with literally any other female character in the show...
And I was not a fan of this childish romance... like falling in love coz she ate chicken? What is this? elementary school and boys liking a girl that is "not like other girls" lol

About the ending:

I love me well written open ending - this ain't that. I get that there will be season 2, that will explore the plot lines and conclude them BUT as a viewer I still want some type of closure for the 46 episodes I have seen, and I've got none. But here... they just kept opening new door with all the plot twists, not closing majority of them.

There was no climax to the story too. For me, the best seasonal shows are the ones that provide both finished stories for the separate seasons AND an overall plot linking all the seasons together that gets resolved at the end.

It's especially infuriating, taking into consideration season 2 was confirmed only months after season 1 finished airing, which leads me to believe it was more of a chance: if the drama gets popular it will get season 2, if not - we will not produce it. This level of open ending should be used ONLY if the production team is 100% sure they will be able to deliver another season.

YJ and SH friendship[ feels more fleshed out because it's better written, not because the directing focuses on it more.

They had to somehow fit SB as YJ romantic partner and main character but they failed into making her a stand alone well written character, so even the portray of her relationship with YJ suffers.

The directing itself if far more focus on the main couple and not the main friendship. There were episodes 70% focused on SB and YJ, and SH barely having any interaction with YJ.

I was not reading the webtoon at first too. I was only watching the show, and started reading the webtoon on a steady pace one episode ago. So my judgement does not come from comparing, coz for the majority of episodes I had nothing to compare to.

The drama does need to have love triangle and unreasonable behavior for it ot be romance driven. If a show has good 70% content center around the romance, and some characters existence literally has only romance behind them, it is a romance driven show. Does that mean it's only romance? No. But the romance between So Bin and Yeo Joon does take a center stage here.

I compared it to ordering one and getting something else coz that's what I've got: the synopsis does not match the content. For all the descriptions of the show from different website, the only one that even mentioned romance was viki, but even they failed coz it made it seem like it's gonna be between the main 2 characters. And yet, the drama is good 70% romance.

What many viewers expected was friendship, character development, overcoming trauma, healing, striving for better, but in the show all of this is overshadowed by the romance which is not even good, coz So Bin barely represents anything and exists mostly to be Yeo Joon's love interest.

Also, for someone who says there are more important things in life than complaining, I find it amusing how you decide to write a comment basically complaining about people complaining.

They don’t owe us anything < well that's wrong. It's their job and we are consumers. Would you be be like "the chef of this restaurant does not own me anything!" after you've got a burger when you ordered sushi?

Also... if you are watching it on paid streaming service... they do get the money from it and they are profiting of it 🤣

Putting aside webtoon, many people have problem with it outside of the fact it's not like the source material. I only started reading it good few episodes in the show, so I initially went with no bias... still found it mediocre. Had great beginning, first two episodes... and after that it became yet another romance slice of life when it could have been more.

Glad you are enjoying it, but let people voice their criticism if they want to, instead of saying they should stop complaining.

Well, the biggest mistake she made recently was following a guy into the university room alone after the whole Yeo Joon being beaten up. Like, the idea she should feel safe coz it was around the university is just dumb, coz Yeo Joon was also beaten up in the university, in front of many people.

Like, I'm fine with making her a main character, but... make her main character 🤣 They can't just give her more screen time but don't put actual content and story in it.

If they want a stand alone drama they should have made a new script and not try to profit out of an already existing fandom of a webtoon, but then change the story to such an extend it hardly resembles the original work 🙃

OR how about adapting one of the slice of life romance driven webtoon, there are many. I just don't get the mindset of adapting a webtoon that is not focused on romance, and then change the story so it's driven by romance. Like... what's the point? Just make an adaptation of rom-com webtoon if that's what you want.