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gears up for the next arc of random side characters

but at least there's only ten episodes left so we're so close to being done. i wish tjr got to keep playing as ji ling because he is struggling so bad as chi wen. the problem with chi wen is that we as an audience keep seeing different motivations (which as gjm lacks subtlety like a brick, we can pretty much tell which ones are real) which makes him hard to connect with. i do wish wu yi wasn't being shafted into a corner in terms of character agency but yeah sure we need to devote time to chi wen crying at 0.25 speed for the sake of the plot and for egregious water sequence as yan an tries to act as well as he can in the water as he does normally (which is not at all).

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The show is still good, but I've lost empathy with the male lead.

I'm having a hard time warming up to the ML, Gu Chan Seong. He has several traits that just annoy the heck out of me. First off, his first instinct is always to argue against whatever the FL intends, even if he has no clue about all the concerns and consequences involved. I guess he has some sort of oppositional defiance disorder? And then he has two very irritating tendencies. First off, he only asks questions that he knows the answers to - which the FL points out and gets extremely irritated by. Second, he doesn't ask the actual questions he needs to ask to fill in the giant gaps in his understanding of what's going on. He is arrogant in assuming he knows best again and again, when repeatedly it is clear he does NOT know best. He's like the stubborn husband driver who gets lost but refuses to ask directions. Finally, his worst trait is he keeps trying, more and more, to control Jang Man Wol. He keeps insisting on what she can and can't do.But that's not a good way to help someone. Despite dreaming glimpses of her past life, he seems to make no attempt to really understand why she is the way she is. What traumas led her to become the owner of Hotel Del Luna. He just arrogantly criticizes her constantly. She even tried to work with him to understand his dreams but he insisted on just snarking back at her to trigger her temper and that fell apart.Basically, he is kind of a jerk and not someone I would like in real life. I hope that the story gives him some character growth that will make him more likable.

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Not much pizzazz but still great

Junmo’s gaining gicheul”s trust since junmo saved gicheul twice now and we find out that the fishing trip was a chance to hand drugs to the Japanese to distribute. Now gicheul trusts junmo to collect a meth cooker named professor yoon who was an ex convict, only to meet with someone else. He drops the woman off to the the hotel and sees dohyeong waiting for him, and they discuss how gicheul has been handing drugs to the Japanese and donyeong tells junmo the reason that gicheul couldnt pick up the Chinese himself like usual, was because uijeong was able to distract him by asking him to meet up on the same day, which infuriated junmo since she was risking her safety, AND THE DAY BEFORE THIS JUNMO AND UIJEONG MET AT HER HOUSE SAFELY AND HE SAID HIS SORRIES FOR BEING UNABLE TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL AND IT WAS JUST SO SAD SINCE SHE WAS SO WORRIED. IF SHE CHEATS ON JUNMO IM GONNA TWEAK. Now when he was coming back from talking to do hyeong, and entering the hotel the Chinese woman who was supposed to proffesor yoon, entered in, we see oyama taking out his luggage from a taxi, THE RIGHT HAND MAN OF KANEMOTO?? WHY IS THE JAPANESE HERE.

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Great episode

This episode really sheds light on why Pobmek struggles with being a teacher he was never trained for it and you can clearly see he’s still learning, step by step, how to become a good one. It feels like we’re only scratching the surface, and there’s definitely more to unravel in the coming episodes.I knew it …there’s a deeper story behind that guitar. I’m so curious about Pobmek’s mom and the role she plays in all of this. You can tell Pobmek carries so much unhealed baggage… it honestly just makes you want to hug him. What makes it even more beautiful is how Solar senses that something’s wrong no big words, just quiet understanding and simple comfort that means everything. I really love their relationship.The small flashbacks to Solar’s childhood add another layer too, especially when Sun notices the tension between Pang and Pobmek. It feels like another puzzle piece slowly falling into place.And that mirror scene? Pobmek hugging Sun while seeing Solar’s reflection… absolutely brilliant. Director Dome never misses. Also, can we talk about Solar in his university days? Bold and completely on fire.I also love Jee and Sodchuen both characters clearly have their own stories. Jee and Pobmek’s friendship is so endearing now, with how they’re willing to help each other and Sodchuen brings a sense of warmth and understanding in his role as principal. Every character in this series feels layered, like they all have a story to tell and a lesson to share.I know some people are asking why the story isn’t focusing solely on Solar and Sun’s situation, but I honestly think this series was never meant to revolve around just one storyline. If the age regression is truly connected to trauma, it’s not something that can be fixed easily even with professional help. Healing takes time, patience, and deep understanding, especially when the root cause runs so deep.And let’s not forget there’s clearly something going on between Pobmek and his mom, and I really feel like that’s going to unravel soon.

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IM GONNA CRY

Continuing on from last ep, junmo does fire the gun but fails to kills manager cho, which lead to jong ryeol killing the man. After coming back from fishing, jeongbae and huiseong doubt junmo and that he could be a spy but gicheul brushes it off, saying that it was just a councidence. After, uijeong get’s involved by asking to meet up with gicheul, and they have drinks together and reminisce over their past, and uijeong tells gicheul that she got “divorced”, to keep her husband, junmo, safe. Later on, uijeong wakes up from her sleep only to find out her mother has died. Gicheul somehow finds out and tells junmo to come with him, yet junmo can't go inside or he’ll attract attention and may get recognised THIS SCENE WAS SO SAD BRO OUT OF EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY EUIJEONG’S MUM WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO ACCEPTED HIM EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A LOW EANKING OFFICER, SINCE EUI JEONG’S WHOLE FAMILY WERE TOP RANKING POLICE OFFICERS BUT EUIJEONG’S MUM ACCEPTED HIM FOR WHO HE WAS AND SAID THAT SHE’LL BE HAPPY AS LONG AS SHE SAW JUNMO SMILE. THAT SCENE BROKE MY HEART TO PIECES LIKE WHY’D YOU HAVE TO DIE. AND SHE WANTED TO SEE JUNMO AS WELL BUT HE COULDNT VISIT, SINCE HE WAS UNDERCOVER. AND JUNMO DIDNT EVEN FIND OUT ABOUT THE FUNERAL FROM EUIJEONG BUT FROM GICHEUL SUGGESTING SHE TOLD HIM INSTEAD. LIKE WHY WOULD YOU NOT TELL YOUR OWN HUSBAND. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU HIDING? AND GICHEUL PLANS TO MOVE TO EUJEONG AND TRY AND GET TOGETHER WITH HER AND GICHEUL EVEN HAS THE AUDACITY TO ASK JUNMO TO HELP THEM GET TOGETHER. After gicheul wanted to go “fishing” with jeongbae and huiseong (they do something big, but we don't know and it probably brings in money as well, but they disguise what they do to the others, and say it’s “fishing” when its not) but huiseong’s pregnant wife went into labour so he couldnt join and when they were going fishing, jeongbae, who was in another car, had gotten a flat tire, so he couldnt join. And then we see gicheul and junmo, (gicheul made junmo come with him since huiseong couldnt join) getting chased by dong hyuk’s right hand man and sun gi soo’s (the leader of the jaegeon group (a rival gang)) men who had teamed together to take down gicheul, and gicheul had a knife to his throat so junmo was forced to fire a shot at one of the thugs to save gicheul.

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i enjoyed this ep, even though i hated the…

i enjoyed this ep, even though i hated the scene with the parents who were gaslighting Qin all over again , adding to his truma & it only worked out, cause we almost at the end & needed to wrap up the issue & get a 'happily ever after' cause all the problems r solved - b.s. given those parents r the worse, just to cover up their mistakes & neglect they even now we're ready to brow-beat Qin back into silence - anyone in Duang's place would've shown them the door & not in a nice way. but that would just make the problem bigger & u couldn't just rush to solve the problems - so we got what we got. still a rushed job IMO - but it is what it is. at least the meeting with Duang's family was smoother & as personality wise they r different versions of Duang, it felt right. very warm & welcoming. **************************************************************************************************the bit that keeps bugging me (throughout this BL & this ep) that everyone keeps/kept thanking & treating Qin as if he is doing Duang a favor by accepting him as a bf. the one who lucked out is Qin - not Duang.

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