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I'm starting to question it too. On the characters' relationship chart there in an arrow from Boyoung to Jewook with 'one sided love/crush' name over it. Also there are way more scenes with Minho. But IF she will end up with Minho I will definitely be not happy. I mean, he treated her pretty badly in the past. He had his chance. Time to move on.

well, the change is not really fast tho. We are half way through the drama. He should regret all the stuff he did by now. So when in few next eps Tae Hee finds out the truth behind their relationship we can get the whole 'but I've changed because of you' sort of scene. We feel like his development was quick because the drama is REALLY quick paced.

Not really tho. She is not a complete villain not coz she shows some good but because she does not show the worse of her. I wish they either go full villain on her or start showing some serious progress. Coz if they will try to show some development in like last 4 eps, I will not buy it at all.

honestly, the only people who deserve happy ending (or at least do not deserve a bad one) are Tae Hee, Se Joo, Hye Jung and Kyung Ju.

I mean I get why they hate on him, I don't get why they hate only on him and treat Soo Ji as a queen. Or why people say he is worse than her. They are both bad, but Shi Hyun shows some good in his actions, Soo Ji does not

He does like her as a friend NOW because he his in love with Tae Hee. He was tho in love with Soo Ji before he got to know Tae Hee. People can fall in love many times in their life, and my stop loving someone. He literally asked her out in high school and she refused.
That's why I always wrote 'loved her' 'was in love with her' coz at the time of making those decisions that's how he felt. His feelings changed tho. That happens in life.

It is clear from the beginning that Shi Hyun likes Soo Ji and is pretty straightforward with it (with all the scenes from the past when they were in high school and he asked her out) but she plays it off as a big joke (probably coz she is scared of her feelings for him). They both played with each other feelings but at the end only Shi Hyun showed any glimpse of him trying to sort it out and be serious about it. Even Se Joo knows Shi Hyun had feelings for Soo Ji and I think that's why he did not try anything in the past.
I truly don't understand how is Shi Hyun more awful in anyone eyes. Literally every bad thing was proposed or decided by Soo Ji. When they started to talk about 'working on Tae Hee' Shi Hyun literally said he is not interested, and why must they go that far, which Soo Ji said 'Why must I be the only one miserable'.
Sure Shi Hyun was the one that suggested marriage first but it's obvious it was because he could not stand the idea of being Soo Ji's 'brother' because he had feelings for her AND because of her initial reaction to the news. That's why just before he said it there was a close shot of him looking at Soo Ji's injured hand. If anything I believe he was scared what she might do, if the marriage between their parents happens. When she said 'what will you do if I end up taking everything from you like my mom intended?' and what he says? 'take it'. coz he is willing to literally do anything for her at that point. The idea was stupid, since he had no grasp on what marriage and divorce truly mean. That's true. But he was not ill intended while suggesting it. But he said 'take anything you want, you don't want divorce later that's fine too'. At the end he suggested it, but let the decision to make for Soo Ji herself.
also he went for the kiss, SHE was the one that turned it off saying 'forget it'. He wasn't backing out of it. She wanted to see if he was capable of kissing her but she didn't want to kiss him. She used this situation into making Shi Hyun help her with Tae Hee. What she basically said: show me how you feel but not with a kiss, seduce that high school girl Tae Hee for me then I will marry you'.
They are both not the best kind of people, but I believe out of the two Soo Ji is the 'worse' one. And it all comes from the fact she is not willing to confront her feelings. She wants everything but she is not willing to risk too much in the process.

@Lita okay so I just checked some past ep and literally in 2 ep Shi Hyun says Soo Ji is 20 haha Problem solved hahaha

Korean age is 19 (we probably can assume they are 19, since that's the age majority of Koreans graduate from high school), international is rather 18 than 17. Shi Hyun is going to be 19 soon (Korean age 20?) since they said his bday will be soon. someone being 18 years old: still closer to an adult than a child. some responsibility for their life and actions is needed.
And yeah I don't think Shi Hyun is as toxic as Soo Ji, but still he is not an angel and he did some bad shi*.

Unpopular opinion: you can like Soo Ji, or Shi Hyun as a characters (like I myself do) but they are still trash that manipulates people, lie, emotionally abuse each other and others. BOTH Shi Hyun and Soo Ji are HELLA toxic, manipulative and they both suck as a human beings for the time being. Do I blame this on their environment? A bit, yes. But they are adults now (sorry, not sorry. 19 years old is NOT a kid) and they should fucking mature and take responsibility for their actions. Not everyone who grown up in a toxic and abusive home turns out like this. Their choices leads to who they become. Some people would go a different route, they migt think 'I grew up in a bad environment, surrounded by bad people who used me, I don't want to be like that'. They went 'my life sucked, I will only care about myself and mah feelings, become ruthless or die'. I mean Se Joo had fu**** up upbringing too, but he is NO WHERE as bad and toxic as Shi Hyun and Soo Ji.
Liking those characters since they are interesting is perfectly fine, I enjoy them myself. But when I see people saying Soo Ji is awesome and goals... why? She is a bad person with some serious mental problems. How is she your goals?

it's pretty obvious Ye Je Wook is the main here. Bo Young already falls for him and from the preview we see she also acknowledge her feelings. It will be whole story with Je Wook liking Bo Young back but because of his past he would not want to get into a relationship with someone he works with, and Min Ho will be like 'oh shit, so yeah I might like Bo Young after all' but she already moved on so here we have a love triangle: Je Wook likes Bo Young, Bo Young likes Je Wook and MinHo likes Bo Young. Tho we might see that 'drama wifey' that Je Wook was in a relationship with in the past show up... just to add more drama to this drama hahaha

@Table122000 physical abuse is not the only one, emotional is as real and way harder to notice. The whole scene 'go seduce this young lady for me and I will give you a kiss' <- typical emotional abuse. Using someones weakness for your own gain. IF she was able to go that far, it's easy to assume things like that happen from time to time. Also relationship can be toxic even without any abuse that is directly inflicted by one of the partners. Just the fact they are so confident in the fact it's the 3 of them against the whole world, and they don't need anyone else except from each other: this is so wrong it's crazy.
As for the whole plot and the fact Shi Hyun is suppose to fall for Tae Hee all I can say is: it's a drama. If I was watching dramas for them to be realistic I would have NOTHING to watch hahaha
And for your 2nd comment: I agree they are trying to show the relationship in a more positive light, especially 5 and 6th ep are like that BUT I have problems with that. They already showed that the 'friendship' is not as innocent and positive, so the fact they no trying to be like 'nah, everything is cool'... pick one. You can't show emotional abuse and how obsessively dependent they are on each other for like 3 scenes and the rest is just them having fun and acting like nothing happened. There is lack of continuity in this trio and how they are shown. If we were watching some drama with older characters and there was one scene of husband hitting his wife, and all the rest would be them being all happy and 'helping' each other I would be just as annoyed. I feel like the writers want them to have this toxic relationship as a plot point but they know majority o audience is in their teens (15-to probably like 21 top) so they need to make it less then it is. They are trying to make easily 19+ story into 15+, and that's why it looks as it looks.
Anyway I really enjoy Shi Hyun and Soo Ji's interactions and I want more. Those are definitely better and more entertaining than the ones with Joy. But if this drama ever would go in the direction of Shi Hyun and Soo Ji being happy in a relationship with each other (without any SERIOUS help from the outside world, aka clinical one) I would rate this drama 3/10 at best coz the lack of realism I can accept has it's limits hahaha

NORMAL teenage/young relationship: yes. This one if far from being normal tho. That's my whole point. If they were just some young, angst and rebellious teens who grew up in normal environment this would be totally fine and even tho at the time being probably would have some negative effects on them, on the long run it would most likely have no impact on their mental health and development. BUT they are already in a mental state that needs some clinical help. Both of them. By being in a relationship they will just alienate themselves from the rest of the world even more and incite more and more destructive ways of coping with problems they have.
, I could even see them technically helping each other out at this stage of their life <- this would work ONLY if one of them would already been past that stage and learn how to deal with emotions and would be able to teach the other one. Just the understanding is not enough. 2 alcoholics understand each other to, they understand why they drink and what they feel. Will thy stop drinking if they stay in that obsessive and closed to the rest of the world relationship? no. They can;t help each other because they have no idea how. She will understand why he have some aggression issues, he will understand why she has depression. none of them will know what to do about that.
THIS relationship has HUGE impact on how they will function in a world in the future. It's the last moment to truly fix their problems since the neuron connections in their brains and overall the cortical structures are still being developed. The longer they will wait to seek help the harder it will be for them to actually feel better.
Two dysfunctional people being in a relationship, having truth issues is the worst case scenario. Coz of they are together they will have no will nor motivation to even try to learn how to trust other people than each other and they will live in this obsessive world they created.
I can't say much more, since I don;t really know what you are basing your opinion on, but everything I learnt for the past few years why being clinical psychology and neuropsychology uni student tells me, this relationship is wrong.

Is it realistic: of course. Are they perfect for each other? NO. I will never ever in my life be able to state that two people who are abusing each other and ruining each other metal state are perfect for each other. Them not being with together does not mean they should be with someone else. The perfect match for both of them would be some 'hot date' with psychiatrist at least once a week. Just because they are not capable to be in a normal relationship at this time of their life, does not mean they should stay in this toxic one that slowly kills them. It's not healthy. The 3 of them have some serious mental problems, and staying in this toxic friendship may be 'comforting' for a short them but will lead to more trauma and deeper psychological problems in the future.

I have a question for people shipping Shi Hyun and Soo Ji: you like when people have extremely toxic relationship? Because that's what is happening here. I mean, don't get me wrong I love their scenes as much as any other, but I definitely do not ship them romantically since I want them to find happiness. Truth to be told, they have one of the most toxic and wrong relationships I have ever seen in dramas, and even to it's fresh and entertaining in it's twisted way, gosh I would hate if they end up together.

I am so confused about the fact I like it so much....

People who say Ji Soo Ho is your typical rich abusive and obsessive main lead do not pay attention to the plot at all. I see him as one of the more interesting main leads for the newest dramas. A character who has some serious psychological problems (and omg, depression is not the ed of it) who slowly learns how to have a proper and normal interactions and relationship with people, since he was denied creating any type of connection with anyone from the age of 9. Maybe I am over-enjoying it as psychology major, but I find his character fascinating . Truth to be told, the only one that I feel brings nothing much to the plot and can;t stand out on it's own is Ji Soo's father. There is nothing going on for him. All the rest of characters are quite entertaining and complex

I just rewatched about half of this drama (I refuse to watch 2nd half, I'm still annoyed with how they handled it) and I must say that I still think Yoo Jung is one of the more interesting kdrama characters written and probably my favorite up till now.

I was so hyped for the movies after what they did with 2nd half of the drama. But... the cast is way too old (or rather older looking). Even in drama I didn't mind Park Hae Jin being too old for the role only because he was perfect in portraying the character and he was surrounded by younger cast which made him... also look younger. But here THE wole main cast (except from Hyun Jin) is at least in their 30... it will be really distracting. I have no problem in casting younger actors to play older roles and older actors to play younger roles IF they can pull that off. Here it's impossible. While in drama they made mistake with the plot in 2nd half, here I think they made mistake with the cast.

I love how half of people hate it and half love it for exactly the same reason: clichés hahahah