serendipity

Personally, this episode was everything for me. I lived to see Dalmi confront the situation head-on and hell it did not disappoint. Moreover, it was at the very spot where they started their communication.
To the business side of things of Sandbox, I have one opinion
They do show it: Subtle but it is there. They are not a complete business drama focusing on only the office works and all of them working and tackling each and every problem that arises. Instead, in each episode, they focus on one aspect whose learning is far more
Example:
In Ep 9, the scene with Injae and the office workers, the assault: It is a situation we have that situation many times happening in reality and we got an insight to it from the business aspect. The selfishness of companies who focus on their growth and rather than the people who it affects. They even showed the reviewing of the products, how much support it can provide to a company and their focus on it
Even when Dalmi and Dosan were securing that investment, it showed just how tough it is for rookies to do things and how much they are misused in the industry. If it wasn't for that recording, they would find themselves stuck in court cases and the ultimate dissolving of the company.
I think naturally our focus is so much on the love story that we fail to recognise these moments at work. They are concealed under heaps of comedy, anger and angst.

Judging from the preview of Ep 10, I think the romantic lines will be resolved by then focusing on the revenge and the time skip.
None of the characters are flawless, they deserve the pain they are going through right now. ( just maybe not all of it).
Right now, I am just Team Dalmi, let the boys go to hell. We haven't appreciated how strong she was this entire episode.
That cute sismance moment which proves how much they still care for each other just made my heart swoon

I think it would be HJP who ultimately pressures Dosan into telling the truth or I think they would figure out that Dalmi already knows it.

there is a theory that the confrontation is Dosan's hallucination as he is drunk. I feel the episode would be focused on Dalmi spending time with her grandma, working on Noonshil while simultaneously understanding what is up with Dosan and HJP and HJP working on his feelings. That Dosan family struggle is going to be there too

I can't be more bothered about Cheolsan, that guy was so mean and problematic to Dalmi and never once apologised. He does bring in some humour but that too turns into cringe pretty early. In a way, I see him as very dependant on both of the other Sans and as someone who would have difficulty without the two of them. Even with Saha, he keeps showing this immature side that just makes me have a ton of second-hand embarrassment.

my personal favourite is While you were sleeping but Vagabond is not a bad choice. The problem was her screen time in that show, she had very little screen time and not much she had to portray. Her acting was not problematic tbh for me

her reasoning for why she picked the 15 year ago one was also given. She picked him cause she knew him and she understood him. She got comfort and support from him.
I think the kiss after that scene was to indicate that she was done getting to know him and was now sure of him. The same support that she got from the letters was given to her the second Dosan chose to stand up for her.
I don't think she is going to continue being with Dosan as easily knowing that he is not the same guy and neither do I think she will confront. It looks like she will wait and see the reason for their actions. She will try to keep that smile on her face till the day her grandmother can see

i get your point, they only showed us one meeting so far. maybe we would find out more when the entire revelation is shown.

Jipyeong only lived with the grandma for an year when Dalmi was still living with her dad. She only used to go to the corn shop to meet her grandma or the grandma used to come over.

same, injae is such an underrated character, Saha too. Apart from the two male leads, the rest of characters deserve so much more appreciation.

This is my appreciation to how Dalmi handled Injae's stepfather and brother and used him for her and the company's gain and how Injae was there with her alongside it.
That scene was something so realistic in the business world and how misused rookies are by the seniors. If they didn't have that recording as proof, they would be in some serious shit because the entire narrative was spun to their side. Moreover, she didn't pull out that trump card till they actually chose to humiliate Samsan tech and act like they were the victims.
That defeat was something I really wanted Injae's stepfather and brother to see because they had been acting way too cocky. Moreover, that proud smile Injae had on her face to see Dalmi stand on her own feet and win her battles, we stan a proud sister (ignoring the other problems for a minute).
That was the one scene that I thought needed more attention as we are starting to see the business side of things.
P.S Dalmi was not selfish for wanting lower DUA, getting higher DUA would put them in a position where they would not be able to handle what is on their plate. They needed the capital before expanding and Dalmi was trying to secure investments for the company.

She didn't reject those men cause they weren't Dosan. It was because Dosan had created a standard in her head which she accepted as a bear minimum. Subconsciously, she compared every guy to Dosan and if she came across a guy who actually did better than him, I dont see why she wouldnt have dated him

He offers a lot of support to her by simpler things, by believing in her and by listening to her. He stood up for her even when she was hurt at a point that could affect the future of their company. He continuously asserted the fact that she can and would be able to do it and that she should filter out what others say about her.
Sometimes, even the smallest gesture leaves a huge impact and that was the case for Dalmi and Dosan.
Dosan was not a tool for her to achieve her dreams, in fact she set off to Sandbox without telling anyone. She got the CEO position on her own and didn't need Dosan for that. She would have been able to get people on her team to work in the Hackathon. Yes, Dosan is skilled and credit him for that... he too would have been able to find someone to guide him through.

Dalmi's feelings for Dosan and Jipyeong right now haven't been clarified to us well enough and who holds more value to her. I agree the letters have a huge impact on the feelings but if it wasn't for Dosan being how he is, Dalmi would have not continued with her feelings

My interpretation of the love letters was very one sided. Jipyeong wrote the letters as a favour to the one sheltering him. He did not do it because he had liked her or something. They did mean something to him, maybe they did offer a sliver of support but nothing that stayed in his mind.
His romantic feelings only started appearing after Dosan came into the picture, and he started noticing her. I want him to gain his happiness and not just from a romantic aspect. I want him to first learn about the grandma and genuinely understand that when she chose to take care of him, the idea of debt in her head disappeared.

So now that the truth is out in the open, each of the guy's advantage or disadvantage is now levelled. Jipyeong gets the credit for writing the letters and Dosan gets the credit for being her support in the present.
Here is my idea of how the plot would proceed:
Dalmi is going to continue to pretend as if she doesn't know about this identity swap for her grandmother, Dosan had specifically told her that she didn't tell you because she wanted to see you smiling and Dalmi is going to heed to that. No matter how hurt she is by her grandmother being a part of this conspiracy, she will ignore it.
She will not confront now at least and try to keep find out why they chose to fake the person instead of Han Jipyeong just stepping up and admitting to it.
On the other side, Dosan would be going through his own pain and struggles with his family and the guilt would be significantly hurting him too. Now that Jipyeong is realising his feelings for her, he would go into his rightful spot as the Dosan from the letters.

I don't care who she ends up with right now, she will make a choice who makes her happy and who understands her. The kiss in ep 7 for me signified her completely understanding the present Dosan and falling in love with the guy who stood by her side now. However, now that JIpyeong would try and justify his feelings and spend more time with her, it might cause a shift in her emotions.
One thing I do not want is Jipyeong to be misusing the letters to garner love from Dalmi, he should be upfront about how it was her grandma made him write the letters and not him on his own will. Moreover, he had no feelings for Dalmi up till recently.

there is no possible way that Dosan knew at that specific scene that Han Jipyeong was going to reveal the truth, even we don't know... in a way, it is just our assumption. He might just have been jealous seeing them communicate or happy that they got into Sandbox

she is out of it now

are you on twitter? i feel like i have seen you there

THIS EPISODE WAS EVERYTHING

you just watched the episode?

it has happened before in the writer's previous works. In DH, she kissed the other ML first before ending up with Samdong