What’s with this guy? He’s a psycho for the first 2 eps then he’s full of emotions and even shows empathy and compassion in eps 3, 4, 5 and 6, when we are almost thinking he’s just a fugitive with a crazy family show remembers he’s supposed to not know about emotions. Really show.
I’m usually laughing whenever any kdrama character uses their superhearing ability but this was such a nice moment to have it and they just had to take that cheap route. If he’s such a cold fellow he should put his fake identity above everything. I’m supposed to believe the same guy who ran to cover his wife with that ridiculous sheet and the guy who thought he was sorry for her as he was almost gone, is the same person that replies he has never felt romantic love. I know what they are trying to do. It’s a cliche kdramas are very fond of, people falling in love and not realizing, I don’t even dislike that trope but this guy doesn’t fit that role.
My modest list of least liked dramas. Some of these I would have dropped in 15 minutes these days. I was so stubborn!
10% Prosecutor Princess
10% Pinocchio
10% Oh My Venus
10% Monstar
10% DOTS
10% Strong Women Do Bong Soon
10% Hotel De La Luna
10% BTLIOF
10% Nice Guy
10% Chocolate
Certainly felt DOTS was really, really overrated, though I don’t know if I’m willing to put into dislike category. Dropped HDL after 2 EPs, didn’t make it to end of ep 1 for Pinocchio. Kind of really regret Nice Guy, though I was mostly entertained and I probably wouldn’t have dropped a MCW drama + what a new face SJK was for me at the time.
I confess Chocolate and DOTS were the only ones from that list that I dropped halfway through, but I think they were detestable enough to earn their place kkk.
The only one I completely agree with is Monstar, I dropped Nice Guy after like 6(?) eps, and DOTS was okay-ish so I guess 30%? Most of the others I watched when I was fairly new to K-dramas so if not for their plot, then for the mere sentimentality I like them lol
I liked the main couple in SWDBS. I thought they had good chemistry. I thought it also had some great comedic moments.
For Oh My Venus, I mostly agree. It is a pretty empty show and the portrayal of fat people in that show is insulting.
DOTS and Pinocchio are irredeemable IMO. I watched Pinocchio immediately after W (which I loved and made me fall in love with LJS) and I was so disappointed with the dynamic between the male and female protagonists in this show (male protagonist is an asshole and always ends up on top, which makes for an intolerable combination, while the female protagonist is basically a loser who can’t do anything by herself). DOTS was so stupid I dropped it within 4 episodes.
Flower of Evil – Some excellent creepy vibes from Lee Jun Ki. He’s a fine psycho, evil little smirk, subtle menacing ways, superiority beliefs, switching personalities on a dime. Let him stay a psycho show! I don’t want him to have some evil parents or to be redeemed by the Power of Love! I’m very intrigued by how appalled his parents seem to be by his act and how he feels about his disguise. I wish the wife was as smart as she was presented to be, because as @larelle79 said, she should have valued more the reason behind the child’s acusation. I wonder if it’s MCW acting style, her superficial traits, if it was Kim Sun Ah maybe that smug smile could have meant she had other ideas about the culprit since the early investigation, but then again maybe that is exactly who this character is meant to be, a person that is only smart on a very superficial level.
He’s says she’s a simple person who only believes what she sees, and she’s already said that she would turn a blind eye to something that threatened her happy life, but I’m with you, if the child says it, you’d better believe it. Having said that, it occurs to me that so many dramas depend on the knowing child and the dumb adults.
My list has so many oldies, people probably won’t remember or know most of them. How similar are our kdrama preferences?
10% Coffee Prince
10% I Hear Your Voice
10% Reply 1988
10% Gaksital
10% My Girlfriend is a Gumiho
10% 49 Days
10% Go Back Couple
10% The World of the Married
10% Healer
10% My Girl
Honourable Mentions: Age of Youth, Prison Playbook, Queen In Hyun’s Man, Secret, The Greatest Love.
IONTBO Ep 9 – This ep had a bad taste. MY speeds up as if she would just smash the car on the pier, then she leaves GT on the side of the road. He walks away, apparently slightly amused. The way drama deals with emotional violence as comedy is disturbing. I want some generic cold jerk back as the lead, a thousand wrist grabs would be so much better. I wonder if people who still like her character so much were ever close to someone like her, were ever left somewhere. Because you don’t walk away as if it was just another tantrum, it makes you question things.
I just dont think too much about it since it’s a drama. That scene was a parody of I’m Sorry, I Love You as well.
I took Gang-tae’s smile as him being amused that Moon-young stopped to give him his bag at least. She would have left him there with nothing if it was the old Moon-young.
I remembered So Ji Sub saying exactly those words when that scene happened and I know it has been a parody on other shows because it became a classic moment, but there are two big differences. First, the original was a melodrama and it was done with SJS playing the role of a person who was out of control, it was supposed to be sad. Second, in this show we have her behaving the same or even worse, because she left him there, but it became something funny.
I think show wanted to downplay what she did so it made her toss him the bag a moment later and yes, maybe he did smile because he thought of that as kindness but that would only show how twisted he would have become.
It bothered me at first too, but then I remembered Kang-tae isn’t exactly normal either. He has a bit of darkness in him. Otherwise “normally” people would not be comfortable associating with someone who has ASPD as unfortunate as that is. That’s how society is. But KT connects with her somehow Bc he can relate to her. They have dark humor Bc they’re dark – they’re healing but that hasn’t disappeared so easily.
Yes, he has issues, but not enough so that he would not understand the danger and lack of respect of what she did. People talk as if he is not of sound mind, he is, just because he feels guilty and lonely and represses his feelings doesn’t mean he can’t understand when someone is acting like a lunatic, he’s had plenty of experience with that. It’s the exact same when she pushed her publisher from the stairs and the drama used it as a funny moment. Again GT didn’t think much of it. Violence and abuse should not be romanticized, or used for comedy.
The boyfriend cheats for 3 years and her best friend knows about this. She finds out and breaks up with both of them. Years later she meets former friend and apologizes to him kkk. People from SK must have some different ideas about loyalty. And once again Kim Ji Suk chooses a boring drama.
When I thought this show could not get any weirder it does this kind of thing. This episode redeemed the show from boring last week but made it even stranger. I wonder if anyone has any theories?
Should we even try to get an explanation? Was Gong Ji Chul some kind of immortal creature? How? He was shot in the head and somehow arrested, hanged and still survived and later drowned? Is psycho fiancee his daughter? No, that was just poetic license? How would the writer even know he would escape? I should have thought someone would get amnesia! I guess the gangster kidnapped CBJ and convinced him to kill prosecutor? Why? He could just use any thug, why bother taking care of him for a year? The cop is back! Genius! That reunion with older cop was hilarious.
One of my problems is I’ve never bothered to learn anyone’s name, so usually I’ve no clue who they’re even talking about! But which scenes are just from her book? Which scenes are real? Is it Wuthering Heights or Count of Monte Cristo? Who’s the bad guy? Are there any good guys? Is what’s-his-name just misunderstood? Is this show really good or really bad? Is it re-incarnation truly, or resurrection, or does someone with an agenda keep rescuing him? Is this mytery or supernatural? I’m going nuts. I’ve never been so clueless about a show. But that’s what I like…
Oh, yeah, and a lot of fans are going to be really made if she doesn’t end up with the prosecutor, but I think that would be a cheat ending. Can’t imagine how this is going to have a decent ending that will satisfy everyone.
Maybe: maybe Jang Beom is a clone? Maybe there are two clones? Or maybe one is an AI or a robot? I wouldn’t be surprised if they throw that scenario in.
I haven’t watched today’s episode yet, so I haven’t read through these posts yet so as not to get confused (hahahahahah—that was a joke) Anyway, I think the writer for this show is doing some serious drugs and has lost track of any sense of reality. Reincarnation is out the window with this. This is something else entirely. But, I am still watching and definitely looking forward to the craziness each week. This is definitely not a show that is predictable by anyone who is even half way sane.
@Lixie I have been watching from the beginning and still am unsure of the plot or the direction this show is headed. I assumed that the scenes of Gong Ji Chul escaping from the prison reflected the narrative the crazy author had written and not reality. Honestly, I cannot understand how he survived the shot to the head and then being hanged in prison. It just seems way to far fetched (and that’s saying a lot with this drama).
I did like the scene where Hyung Bin takes possession of Soo Hyuk’s body. I assume that the former has completely taken over now? Poor Soo Hyuk!
Heh? Is this coming up (I haven’t watched the last episode it isn’t subbed yet). Even if it comes up I probably won’t get it. This has to be the least linear story ever told.
@sirena Finally finished 12. My take is they’ve been reincarnated with the spirits/souls, whatever, to solve the mystery of the 80s murders and deaths. Once they solve the case, find the guilty party, the original souls will be at rest, so either the modern trio will die or their own consciousnesses will come back and they can live normal lives. Who ends up with who is a big question but one I don’t really care about.
@sirena This was an interesting idea but I think the answer was in episode 12. I liked the cop better so I’m glad he’s returned and we can have ressurrection and some time traveling because we didn’t have crazy enough already eheheheh.
@lixie The cop may have been a nicer, more pleasant guy to get along with than the prosecutor, but hey, I like the hairstyle on the prosecutor better, so I’m for the prosecutor. And with this show, perhaps the hairstyle is more concrete and stable than any of characters, the action, or the plot so far. (though I did notice in the latest episode that he was also messing with the hairstyle a bit, too— go figure)
A perfect ending. It’s so uncommon for kdramas to even manage to have decent endings that I am very surprised. I thought it would be good but nowhere near this. It’s also a lesson on how to make open endings that respect the story and exist to send a message and not to be a twist or to please everyone who might get anything they want out of the unsaid.
It was a good episode but I’ll be honest, I thought these people had learned a thing or two. It was a hard choice to make SunWoo be the most cruel of them. Even after the last events JY and Jenny became pawns in their parents fight.
I’m not against open endings but that was just lame. Again characters making all kind of choices that don’t match their history or personality.
Does anyone know where was that last place? Is it Seoul?
… hnngg
I actually liked the ending. It was thematically consistent.
“Again characters making all kind of choices that don\’t match their history or personality”
Could you expand upon this? From your POV?
I personally thought the whole point of the ending was how actions have consequences and how one moment of irrational, or fear or helplessness can effect everything. How desperation can lead to worse and worse decisions being made, even when it’s not actually what you want to do.
The way I see it they had 3 options for the ending:
1. total annihilation, both leads die because their choices lead to irreversible circumstances, depressing as shit, their actions ultimately destroy them.
2. a glimmer of hope. redemption is seen through a window. Jisoo turns himself in. instantly the weight is lifted from his shoulders. he takes the fall for everything. Gyu ri leaves alone.
or,
the one the chose to do, which I see as a combination of the two:
3. they are lost, and they can never go home.
Will they keep making decisions that spiral out of control, till they became like the brothel owner and her boyfriend? Will they become ever more toxic and dangerous for each other? Or will they get out? Will they make it through? Will they learn from their mistakes? We don’t know because right now, they are lost. They lost themselves and they are lost from everyone else. It is tragic yes, but it’s supposed to be.
Yes, I felt the idea for the ending was something like that but they could have achieved it in a much better way. I like any kind of ending really, as long as it makes sense for that narrative. My favorite endings of kdrama are probably 49 Days, which most people hate, and Reply1988, which is still a bit controversial. You talked abou a few possibilities of endings for Extracurricular but I remember imagining dozens and yet felt the chosen one was more of a cop out than a proper ending. There are characters that can just vanish and it’s poetic, it’s part of the message and the story being told, but I don’t think JiSoo was one of those, or Guyri. He’s been through a wild ride and we barely knew what changed in him or if anything at all, when he finally decides to turn himself in we don’t know if he’s finally questioning his moral choices or if he’s just feeling guilty about the teacher or the death of Mr Lee or if he’s just tired of hiding. We don’t even know if he’s the one who called help for Minhee or if he just left her there and what he thinks about doing any of that. Since the show did so little character development for the leads I thought they would at least give a proper closure to tell a story because this whole “bad decisions lead to worse actions” has been there from the start. This is the kind of story that needs to show us those consequences. And we can’t even be sure they are “lost” as you said because the story hasn’t been realistic from the start. The mobster got stabbed several times and suddenly had just an arm sling so Jisoo might have a passport hidden somewhere, got instantly better and fled to another country! He’s happily picking fruit somehwere while saving money to go to college in Sydney.
About the strange choices that don’t match the character’s personalities. I like all characters for being complex but don’t feel any of them was realistic, their decisions are dictated by the necessities of plot instead of natural consequence of their situation and personality. JiSoo is supposedly smart but he hides piles of money in his house, personal information on the work phone and doesn’t even bother changing the password to the apartment. He doesn’t know how to open a cafe door, or buy his own coffee, he doesn’t think to give Gyuri an excuse before running away, he calls the cops but instead of any other complaint he uses the minor working at the motel. Is that how a person who manages that kind of service would act? I’m not saying he can’t be inexperienced or socially awkward, but he can’t be so dumb and sloppy if he’s living that double life for over a year. One minute he acts docile and passive around the teacher and the other he is some evil mastermind pimp telling Minhee to choose if she wants the client to get beaten because he can’t pay the fine for his actions. I kept thinking, make up your mind show! Who is this guy? Then I thought, ok, nevermind! It’s kdrama so they … cont.
It’s kdrama so they can’t go all the way, he gets to be mean but also cute. It doesn’t work that way but it’s very entertaining so I’ll just not think about it, I’ll just take any crazy this guy does to keep the story going.
This not thinking business isn’t easy though. They keep acting crazy, he yells at her on the street when she gets his money stolen but doesn’t take his phone! It’s right there! Then next episode she’s back to blackmailing him for it. Instead of getting her money as compensation for what she did he not only accepts her as a partner but doesn’t even agree on how much she would get for it. He also shows her where he keeps that locker, giving her access to Mr. Lee, the money and later keep secrets in that sofa. They both know the gangsters are after them and still go back to their places and even to school, they never get suspicious about the box or the money. Guyri never had any courage to argue with her parents but suddenly she gets information on a silly thing, (those guys from boyband? Easily fired from such companies) and blackmails them for a lot of money. They were very controlling but just comply with her demands. Minhee was a week person that only cared about being accepted in her world, she was upset about being fired but she never questioned Uncle’s way of doing business that is until last ep, when she suddenly decides she’ll go to the police even if JiSoo has already told her he will turn himself in. I know she wants to blame someone for Uncle’s death but it still seems very much out of character. Guyri and JiSoo helped her before, why would she go that far? She might not get arrested but she would also get some consequences, would it be worth it? Again, no problem, if her story had led her there, if this was really earned. And we get to JiSoo taking the phone and instead of breaking it he just keeps the evidence. And opens the door for Kitae, who got his address quite fast and simply disappeared after the fight. Why would he even open that door for anyone besides Guyri?
I wrote too much already, guess I kept remembering how all that not thinking went ehehehhe. Maybe you’ll think it’s being picky but it’s a show trying to be in a realistic setting so the mind keeps expecting them to react as the characters being presented and it’s harder to ignore when they don’t.
Another explanation I forgot. That ending seems to have been made to please everyone, it can be understood so many ways that people who wanted them to get punished will imagine they are hiding and he’s maybe dead, while those who wanted them to escape can also easily imagine they are far away.
The premise is good but it’s a dark theme so when it tries to become cute it’s ridiculous. This guy is incredibly smart, he has great grades and manages a prostitution scheme but when he is around his love interest he becomes so shy he can’t open a cafe door. He doesn’t know how to pay for his coffee or give her an excuse before running away.
Oh, I loved the juxtaposition there that the pimp could sell women from the shadows with a fake name and voice but the teenage boy was incredibly awkward with a girl in person. I thought that was believable.
If he had just been awkward yes, it would have been amusing but it wasn’t just that. He lived a double life and had to lie a lot for more than a year, his job included exploring teenage girls and controlling an adult, it wasn’t enough to be intelligent he had also to be street smart to do it, which he proved when he called the police. However when he talks to the teacher and that girl he isn’t just awkward, he is docile, almost passive, and clueluess, it has no logic.
Where is the next ep of A Couple’s World?
Does anyone know another crazy show like that? The only other kdrama I remember was even close was Money Flower, which was rather good. Any others?
Thanks! I watched those. Sky Castle was pretty good, Last Empress not so much because I didn’t care for any of the characters after the first eps and they were not very realistic.
From those, I’ve only watched Mr Sunshine. It’s beautiful – I mean, really really pretty: all the costumes, locations, set design, even the actors, everything in it is a feast for the eye. The cast is amazing and the story is also interesting, but it’s totally black and white (Japanese=bad, Koreans= good, excepting a couple of despicable traitors)… And it gets a bit draggy in the middle.
Would I recommend it? Yes, if you like sageuks. Also, it’s the only one I’ve got to watch from this period, so that was interesting for me too… I’ve read somewhere that Nokdu Flower is from the same period, but I know it’s a cryfest and haven’t been feeling like watching too much heartbreak lately, so if you watch NF in the end, let us know what you think about it!
I remember you or Hello Monster is a good one. Children of Nobody a really good one, the other two I didn’t watch, but from beanies reactions and GIFs it looks like Nokdu Flower was really really good.
I’ve only seen Children of Nobody and I Remember You because I’m not the biggest fan of either KES or Sageuks.
Children of Nobody and I Remember You are both good and both worth watching. I Remember You is an easier, possibly more enjoyable watch. But the drama has flaws while the writing in Children of Nobody is almost flawless. I’d recommend both but watching I Remember You first and Children of Nobody second.
I’m one of those people who always disagrees with people on books and dramas, so I have to apologize beforehand for giving alternate opinions.
I got bored to tears with Mr Sunshine before 10 minutes.
I hated I Remember You for many many reasons. Like it is on my most hated shows ever list.
Children of Nobody was GREAT until near the end but ended terribly terribly bad. I just get angry thinking about it.
Nokdu Flower is the only saeguk I have watched in a long time. I only started it because of Jo Jung Suk. It is the only show I can ever count as perfect and flawless. But it was a very difficult watch. I always rewatch shows I have loved at least 20 times, but I know I will never be able to rewatch this one.
There! I had tried not to write these in my first comment but I guess social distancing loosens your tongue! Now I said it all!
You’re making me curious! Please don’t apologize for disagreeing! I don’t think anyone hated more popular dramas than me and I never apologize for that. kkk
I want to ask why you hated IRY but I don’t want any spoiler so maybe later! I’ll confess I did try Mr. Sunshine for 2 eps but I wasn’t really interested in the characters, since many people loved it, I kept it in my list. I think I’ll try the other 3 and find out which one wins.
This show did many things right and others have already posted all about it’s good qualities so I won’t say much about those. It’s all true. But it also tricked me, which is why it deserves a mini rant.
If you haven’t watched it yet and you’re in the mood for some time travelling romance, go do it now. There will be spoilers below.
The show started really slow, taking a long time to tell me in a dozen different ways how much FL missed her perfect boyfriend, though I liked her, I felt bored by the repetition, but at least I thought this was the kind of story that cared about exploring feelings in detail. The pace finally picks up on ep 3 and then it becomes funny and intriguing, the interactions between the characters were charming, cast was good and the many possible outcomes made it unpredictable. The only thing bothering me was a mystery that would become a bigger issue later. Where was Chen Yu Ru? She’s trapped in a box somewhere and the story forgets her for a long time, maybe to keep the audience from questioning HYX’s actions. Later, when their positions are reversed, CYR is almost presented as a villain simply for acting in her own body, though she was wrong to deceive others using HYX’s memories.
So much of what made me like this drama came from the fact that the character’s behaviour made sense, I don’t mind the craziest fantasy element or an entire alternate universe, in fact it’s my favorite type of show, as long as it’s believable. In SOOD it lasted until the airport scene. I know it’s a hugely unpopular opinion but I didn’t get why LZW would ever board that plane. It seems he never even considered where was the real WQS and if he had any right to destroy his body. Supposedly he died at that beach. But even ignoring that, merry happy people don’t just kill themselves without even trying other options. The 2 versions of LZWs could easily have convinced HYX to travel to the past. And even if younger LZW had killed himself, original LZW had no reason not to tell her everything before those 2 years.
After that, show spent too long on the awkward villain. I’m sure the writer felt the plot twists around him were very clever but he never really belonged in that kind of story. Even worse, the scene in which older LZW chases him and gets killed was so absurd that a dramatic moment turned into a cheap plot device. Any TOD would have made a better job.
When psycho is gone ep 12 finally gets back on track, CYR gets all the attention and it’s a great moment until it’s time to explain her murder. The last episode proves how useless the psycho was by perfectly explaining her reasons to make that choice, he could have just as easily been a product of her imagination. The only problem was the logic of the events. Did MJJ go to jail for finding a dead body? And later he jumped from the same place, for no reason. HYX said it was because he couldn’t save CYR but as she said herself, he barely knew her, she was just a fantasy and he had already spent many years in jail.
In a way, this last ep was a representation of the entire show. Great but flawed. The decision of the FL to erase the tape and give up her chance of being a part of their shared past and possible future was brave and touching but how can the same story come up that and forget to explore the consequences? CYR had a problem, she wasn’t just a troubled teenager, it’s shameful how dramas ignore mental issues and that was another example, instead of therapy she got a new way of feeling from a dream. It’s also never explained if she ever developed any feelings for MJJ or anything else about her. The loyal best friend MJJ, was also ignored, all it’s said is he remained friends with LZW. The original WQS gets no mention. The leads meet again and somehow fall in love but there is not a hint of how this happened, almost as if it was their fate, which doesn’t really fit the main story making the ending seem something rushed and incomplete.
No, thanks for posting. It’s nice to get other viewpoints.
I will say one thing though – HYX and LZW do NOT end up together. The show makes that clear. With the timeline linear and intact, he is an adult and she is a child. They do not fall in love.
The problem here is that, for whatever reason (unexpected popularity, the issue with the last episode getting leaked, whatever it was), the network decided to make some slapdash additional scenes as cheap fan service. It contradicts the rest of the show and I don’t consider it canon. This show was a metaphor for HYX moving through her grief and moving on without LZW. They don’t end up together, they do end up living their lives despite that. And that is what happened in the show itself and that was the point. I haven’t seen the additional scenes and have no interest in them, I’m pretty sure they just ruin it.
TBH if people wish to interpret that final scene as opening up the possibility of their future romance, then I get that. People will, just like some people insist on trying to read romance into My Ahjussi.
As for the other points, I actually liked the use of an antagonist. At first I was taken aback (the last thing this needs is a psycho villain) until you get to the punchline of that – the psycho villain was nothing but a red herring. The real villain was HYX and her selfish grief. The real antagonist was CYR’s feelings of isolation, abandonment and self-loathing. I liked that bait and switch myself. “Oh you thought this was about some psycho? Think again! It’s actually about how we feel about ourselves in the world after all!”
You can save someone from another person, you can’t save them from themselves. And that applies to MJJ too. He failed to stop CYR from killing herself so when the police – who already suspected him – found him over her dead body they arrested him and he didn’t defend himself because he felt it really was his fault.
And while there was no quick fix, HYX “solution” was not just the dream CYR remembers – it was her waking up to the knowledge her family didn’t abandon her and the fact she didn’t have to spend months of her life being told constantly that people liked her better if she was someone else. The things that took CYR from being a depressed teen to being outright suicidal never happened to her. Does this mean she’s “fine” now? No. It just means she has a second chance without that traumatic experience. Which is true of MJJ as well.
@ElleTea, the psycho as red herring is an interesting perspective, but I’m still not sold on the idea. Maybe if he wasn’t so extremely psychotic, it would work for me (I was really surprised by the twist of his older self talking his child self into madness), but he was a bit too much, wasn’t he?
I really like the way you explain MJJ’s and CYR’s struggles. Makes sense to me!
@leetennant
They don’t ? I was considering it as fact since the extra scenes were official, I was already thinking the bike ride in the end was hinting they would eventually find each other and the birthday moment was just fan service to make it obvious. They were around 15 years apart but they could still get together, when older LZW meets HYX for a brief period, they seem to be a couple again.
I had the same thoughts about the psycho being more interesting as red herring, which is why I wished he had taken less space and been just an invention of CYR, all his scenes with any other characters are pointless, he would be like a ghost, but audience would only know that in the last episode.
You think MJJ would falsely confess? That’s also a surprise, I’d never imagine that. If it was LZW, yes, maybe, because they had such a deep friendship but never for CYR. He seemed too honest and the grief and guilt he would feel about his grandmother would not allow it. If they wanted to go that direction CYR and MJJ had have another story.
I think maybe I like the show better if I go with this version, I don’t really usually like open endings unless there is a very good reason. Maybe some days I’ll remember one ending and other days another eheheheh.
“Extra scenes” aren’t the show. The show ends when it ends.
As for MJJ he doesn’t need to confess. Evidence that incriminated him was found at the first scene and then he was found over her dead body. All he has to do is not say anything and he goes to jail.
The ear thing? She explained about that evidence, he was cleared of that. There was no motive. If he doesn’t say anything he might just be in shock, who would put a kid in jail just for keeping silent? Though I know nothing of Taiwan’s legal system kk.
TBH what I really liked about the show was the lengths they went to to constantly have LZW and HYZ on the same level. They were always around the same age, always on the same level. To end it with the implication an adult man is waiting for a child to be legal just completely undermines that. God I hate this idea so much. It’s so Goblin. It’s so gross.
No, it’s nothing like that kkk. Besides he wouldn’t be waiting for her, the past was erased. I imagined the situation as @13infamyss described, they met again as adults much later.
Pssst, @Lixie, I see you’ve been giving this a lot of thought, I guess it means you really enjoyed this drama, gripes and all. I really liked it too! I’m happy that you shared your thoughts, because I’m dying to talk to someone about SOOD, yay!
I’ve also been thinking about some of the things that you’ve pointed out, like why did old LZW wait 2 years to tell her… That’s actually an easy one: he needed to wait until 2019, the year she told him she came from – he was respecting the timeline he painstakingly put together with all the info he could gather.
About WQS getting on that plane, same reason… if he doesn’t die, she wouldn’t have met him in the past, he takes it as the price to pay for the whole story to be set into motion… Ok, probably a real life person wouldn’t take that decision, but it makes sense within the logic of this world… I guess we like dramaland people because they make all this noble selfless stuff real people would never.
Personally, for me it’s harder to wrap my mind around the fact that there were two people alive at the same time sharing LZW’s personality, like, wasn’t it supposed to be in one body at a time? Again, that means that old LZW spent 20 years pinning for the FL and not once did he try to get close to her… Because he wanted WQS (that is, himself, but not him) to be with her and he respected the timeline – that’s real commitment to the timeline! 😋
Agree on the psycho guy being annoying and a bit random – like, was it really necessary to kill off the other girl for the drama to go forward? Hate it when women get killed off just to prove the point that the guy’s a loony. On the other hand, if he didn’t kill old LZW, HYX wouldn’t have made the final trip to the past? It was shocking and unexpected.
Finally, I feel that the original WQS was criminally brushed off. Like, CYR got to be in the box and learn about what was going on – actually, I think that it is an accurate metaphor for depression, that feeling of experiencing things but being removed from the world – but WQS simply disappeared. I understand that one more character would introduce more quandaries to the show, but I really feel that they could have come up with something for him…
Like @ElleTea pointed out, the show doesn’t tell what happens to the characters after their memories dissolve, so we really don’t know. I prefer to imagine that those 3 kids really become good friends and CYR gets better because she’s not alone anymore and has support to start figuring things out. I also like to think that sometime in the future adult HYX, after a couple of lame relationships, will meet a dashing older LZW and they will feel like they’ve known each other all their lives and fall in love forever and ever 😚
he needed to wait until 2019, the year she told him she came from – he was respecting the timeline he painstakingly put together with all the info he could gather.
Good point Fly Colours. Li Zi Wei did say in episode 4 that he had waited so long and he was about to mess it up when he read the text messages that Huang Yu Xuan sent to Wang Quan Sheng. I had forgotten about this bit as to why he had been thoroughly following the timeline…. and this ties back again to what he said in Episode 10 that in theit latest loop, he had stopped changing the course of events and was careful not to mess anything as per Huang Yu Xuan’s story from 1998 and his time travelling experience.
Personally, for me it’s harder to wrap my mind around the fact that there were two people alive at the same time sharing LZW’s personality, like, wasn’t it supposed to be in one body at a time?
Huang Yu Xuan at 6 and Hu Yu Xuan’s soul in Chen Yun Ru’s body existed at the same time in 1998. So when I saw the two Li Zi Weis met (Li Zi Wei in his original body and his soul using Wang Quan Sheng’s body as his host), compared to most beanies, I wasn’t really that taken a back. I had accepted it as a rule of this dramaverse. And I’ve seen this same bit happened in Tomorrow With You as well. They ran into each other briefly (the time traveller’s last and future self) and talked about something.
Good point, @13infamyss! I was also thinking if the “dreams” were really alternative repetitions of events and how repetition influenced LZW’s decisions
@flyingcolours
Yes, I really liked it for the most part, sometimes I talk so much about what I question that I don’t say anything about what was great. I am trying to fix it but I don’t know if I should, maybe it’s just my personality kkk.
I’m picky, like I told someone here these days, I’m probably the pickiest Beanie ever, which is probably why I don’t like when characters do any crazy noble acts they would not do in real life. About the waiting, I keep trying to come up with a reason they couldn’t change the loop and tell her everything 2 years sooner but there isn’t anything telling me she wouldn’t get the same results.
I asked about the 2 LZWs on another post and decided to just accept it. It kind of makes sense, almost kkk. Yes, the older LZW waited for her for 15 years, I’m glad he was erased with the tape!
Yes, I wanted original WQS to be in box too, maybe he could have been sent to the future in my country where he would feel a lot better.
That’s exactly the ending I thought would happen, HYX and her lame boyfriends, LZW as a dashing older bachelor. 😛
I don’t know about you being picky, I guess that it’s ok to think about what you’re watching instead of passively taking everything in… I tend to get super critical about the shows I enjoy: I totally get a lot crabbier at inconsistencies in those than in shows I consider not so great to start with. I guess it’s all got to do with expectations, right? Anyway, I really enjoyed the SOOD ride!
RE: Li Zi Wei letting Wang Quan Sheng get on that plane – they’re all stuck in a loop. And that included Wang Quan Sheng’s body that had to go missing from that plane crash over and over again everytime the cycle repeats. As Li Zi Wei kept emphasizing on Episode 10 – he didn’t want to leave Huang Yu Xuan’s side, he knew everytime he was on his 7th year living as Wang Quan Sheng, his death would always have to come. Everytime he decided to propose to her and stay with her, he was always a step late and she had left for Shanghai. And the tragedy happens again cuz he ends up following her to Shanghai. He couldn’t stop this vicious cycle. Li Zi Wei in 2017 had that same mindset that he needed to die so the loop repeats until something is changed in the past.
Li Zi Wei in 2019 did mention that when he finally stopped trying to change, a small change did happen to his 2017 self. And that gave him a hope that if he had to change one thing at a time, the loop may break.
To me, 2019 is still part of the loop because in order for Huang Yu Xuan to go back and change something, Li Zi Wei had to die…. Of course, the 2019 Li Zi Wei did not see this coming and the reveal that the shrink was part of this mess was not part of his timeline chart because he was already dead just after he had discovered the shrink’s involvement
The only problem was the logic of the events. Did MJJ go to jail for finding a dead body? And later he jumped from the same place, for no reason. HYX said it was because he couldn\’t save CYR but as she said herself, he barely knew her, she was just a fantasy and he had already spent many years in jail.
Mo Jun Jie did not say anything against his charges because to me he felt incredibly guilty that he couldn’t save Chen Yun Ru… Also this was dated back in 1999 and a setting in an asian country. I think it’s safe to say we have seen enough asian dramas to conclude that the police tend to wrap up cases as fast as they could. There was only Mo Jun Jie covered in her blood – did they really need to investigate further if he had admitted to his crime?
As for him committing suicide – Mo Jun Jie, like Chen Yun Ru, is not mentally stable. He is not like Li Zi Wei who could move forward, stay positive, whatever happened. Li Zi Wei could go through infinite loops of dimensions just to find a way to break it. He could wait forever just to get his timing right and meet and fall for Huang Yu Xuan all over again. Li Zi Wei’s high emotional intelligence is admirable just like everything is about him.
But not Mo Jun Jie.
Mo Jun Jie’s grandmother’s death on top of Chen Yun Ru’s death, the girl he fell in love with, became the trigger of his suicide….. it makes sense to me.
CYR had a problem, she wasn\’t just a troubled teenager, it\’s shameful how dramas ignore mental issues and that was another example, instead of therapy she got a new way of feeling from a dream. It\’s also never explained if she ever developed any feelings for MJJ or anything else about her.
She said it was a dream, but my take on this was, she had a near death experience. According to testimonies from who had experienced it, things change and you see life at a different light post-NDE. Now I am not taking her depression lightly and not that it can be easily changed, but when she talked about dream, NDE came to my mind. And tremendous things like NDE/Out of Body experience can cause a change for someone.
And I personally do not need to know more about Chen Yun Ru or whether she had fallen for Mo Jun Jie. The fact that she’s alive and will work hard to find her purpose in life is good enough closure for me.
The leads meet again and somehow fall in love but there is not a hint of how this happened, almost as if it was their fate, which doesn\’t really fit the main story making the ending seem something rushed and incomplete.
I do not understand why the “leads meeting again and somehow falling in love” ending doesn’t fit the main story? The title itself is Someday or One Day. The English literal translation of the title is “Wanting to see you”. To me the ending ties back to what “You’ll be back to me someday. One Day.” means.
They have said their goodbyes as the time travelling lovers, but they eventually had found their way back to each other because they were simply meant to me. Nothing need to be forced or manipulated, as I quote from E. It’s fate.
The chorus of the opening song was so fitting with the epilogue.
Impossible to stay away. Impossible to stay. You’ll be back to me someday. One Day.
I think I felt it didn’t fit the main theme because they spent so long trying to break the loop, to change destiny and in the end the happy ending relies on fate, it seemed ironic. Although drama did hint at the leads being fated to meet when LZW found the child HYX.
Thanks so much @leetennant@flyingcolours and @13infamyss for all the long replies and for helping me understand the show better and for being patient with my questions! 😛
To me, she had learned throughout these infinite cycles that there is more to it than trying to get back what already was lost. Ultimately she needed to move on with life and not dwell in the past. That to me was the hard lesson for her. Two beautiful people ended up as casualties when she did not move on. When she realized what actually needed to be done (like move on with life), She ended up saving three people’s lives, four if we count Mo Jun Jie’s grandmother.
As cheesy as this sounds I believe in karma.What goes around comes back around. She got something good or perhaps better for doing the “right” thing, so I def enjoyed that epilogue. Huang Yu Xuan getting her own HEA.
@13infamyss
I know I’m being stubborn about the loop. Maybe I’ve watched so many time traveling stories I keep trying to impose rules on SOOD, like they should have some proof she couldn’t go before.
About MJJ I replied above, but it was pretty obvious her death came from the fall and it would be impossible to know if he pushed her, unless he confessed which I don’t believe he would’ve done.
Hey Beanies watching this, can you maybe explain some things that happen in ep 10? I was so confused I decided to ask before the end of this ep. I think somebody else already tried to explain it to me but I forgot.
possible spoiler for ep 10
When the 2 Li Zi Wei’s are talking at the airport, how is that possible? I know we had 2 Huang Yu Xuang in the past but it was different, the little girl was in her original body with her original mind and CYR existed with the traveling mind of future HYX while the real body of HYX was asleep. I thought we could not have the same mind from the same body in the same timeline because how would one mind become two? Every time future HYX woke up she lost the body of CYR in the past and returned to her own original body. So we have LZW’s traveling mind taking the body of HQS and his own original body asleep somewhere, the moment he woke up he would have to regain his old mind and HQS would recover his original mind. How do they become two?
Also, if LZW knew about the plane crash why would he buy the ticket?
And too many major scenes are just being skipped for suspense in the last eps. HYX woke up and we didn’t get the change in CYR, and we don’t know exactly what happened with CYR or MJJ yet. It’s becoming too confusing to keep liking it the same way. I’m going to continue watching ep 10 but I doubt they will explain this.
Wait, WQS got on the plane and killed himself and let all those people die so he could feed the loop??? Why not just show himself together with future LZW and convince her to go back? Even after he dies, why would original LZW wait those 2 years if he could just show up and tell her everything?
There are two LZW because one is the LZW originally in that timeline and the other is LZW from the past in WQS’s body.
He bought the ticket because he wanted to follow HQS to Shanghai but he remembered what HYX told him about WQS’s death so he realizes the plane is going to crash.
Older LZW told him he can’t save the people on the plane but he can save himself by going on the next flight.
But WQS realizes if he never dies HYX will never go back to the past and the past LZW will never meet and fall in love with her and she will never meet all those people in the past who need her and possibly save MJJ and CYR.
WQS and LZW are different people in reality there is no reason for HYX to believe they are one and the same and I doubt she would want to go the past even if she did.
An older guy saying he is the man she loved who was the same age as her would sound far fetched if she never experienced it herself.
These are all my interpretations, could be all wrong.
Thanks!
I still don’t get not just tell her. He had more than enough proof. They are different? the whole story is based on the fact they have the same appearance, that alone would be enough to convince anyone and once they told her 2 people would die and LZW would never become WQS and meet her as she knows him, she wouldn’t think twice.
He’s not really so old, I think he was 37 when WQS died and HYX was 25, he is easily still the copy of her boyfriend.
Same appearance doesn’t mean same person. When HYX travelled back in time, she just knew that this LZW in the past was not her bf, hers is WQS, who was 6 or 7 at that time. She did not go and fell in love with LZW just because he had the same face, she just had the feeling that they are the same sometimes and tried to test him several times. She only confirmed that they are the same person after seeing the drawing LZW did was identical to the one WQS did in 2010. Even then, she still didn’t know exactly what happened, she still needed older LZW (who only can show himself at that moment) to explain everything to her. That he got into an accident in 2003, jumped into WQS body in 2010, lived as WQS until 2017, had a plane crash and his mind jumped back to 2003, two weeks after the accident. His body was in coma for 2 weeks, but his mind had lived for 7 years in the future. Then he continued to live as LZW from 2003 to 2019, binded his time until HYX came to the conclusion herself that LZW is indeed the man she loves. This is time travel, it’s very unlikely someone would believe this man who is completely different, only has the same face is the same person. They are not the same person, the one she loves is one and only LZW, she just didn’t know until now. She had to experience it and realize the truth by herself for her to believe it.
Since he lived from 2003 to 2019 as LZW, there had always been 2 LZW living in the same space during 2010 to 2017. One in WQS’s body, one in LZW’s body. Same as HYX, there were 2 HYX for a while in 1998, one in little girl’s body, one in CYR’s body.
About his decision to board the plane, LZW knew he would die, but he also realized that his death was the reason for HYX to travel back in time, for them to fell in love at the first place. He also needed to go back to 2003, so he would had the chance to save MJJ in 2008. Older LZW appeared to tell him that he can be selfish and board another plane, so he could survive and live with HYX. But young LZW still made the decision to go back because he wanted to try and save his friend and gave themselves the chance to fell in love all over again. He saw older version of himself, that’s why he was confident that there would be one version of himself in the present for her.
Sorry this got so long, but there is so much to unpack 😅
Yes, of course, I didn’t mean they were the same person in the past. However in the future he has the exact same face and he is almost the same because they are both LZW. The whole plane plot is useless, if your bf shows up with an older copy of himself and tells you the whole story she would believe him. And MJJ could easily be saved by HYX going to the past.
This is the question about whether you want to maintain the time loop or not. LZW’s choice (given to him by his older self) is to die and maintain the loop that brought them together or to break the loop without knowing what would happen next. It’s the same choice that HYX had later, except that in her case she chose to break the loop. LZW chose to maintain it.
@leetennant He was smiling. I can’t believe he would choose to die just to keep the loop exactly as it was. Let’s remember that particular version of LZW would die and he knew it.
But if he doesn’t maintain the loop then their relationship disappears. Their relationship is entirely dependant on the loop. He’d rather die and spark the loop that brings them together then live and for the whole thing to be erased. As frabby said on my blog, they weren’t together despite the terrible things that happened – they were together BECAUSE of them. If they avoided them, the time loop breaks.
So THAT’S why db has been soooo slow the past few days! I’ve always used an ad-blocker so I don’t see a popup but the page loading has become snail-slow and most times it times out and I have to refresh.
This is such a lovely drama! Every character feels real, I want them all as my neighbors. Except the parents. Nagi is already one of my favorite female leads, she is just adorable. Her evolution was so nicely done and her ex boyfriend’s too. The actors are great, subtle and so expressive. Also every time it seemed this show was going towards a cliche it turned around and proved to be better and really original. Every episode was a good surprise.
Why does Kang allow rich family to treat him like trash? I know I should not be asking for anyone’s reasons for much in this but maybe there was some explanation? Is he planning some secret revenge?
I thought that was it at first or also because his mom gave up so much. Now I wonder if it is as simple as that he likes being a doctor. That he wants to be the top surgeon. I dont think we will know until he opens up to someone.
He can work anywhere, he already had a good reputation before. After his issue he can still work on other places, why obey their orders and go there? I don’t even know she is there either.
My take is that he’s carrying out his mom’s wish for him to be successful and to assert his right to the family fortune. What ever the reason, it’s not worth it.
Yes, that’s what I’m thinking too. It’s just such a materialistic and stupid idea, he could have obeyed them only until he got the means to have a nice career away from this family. That would be understandable but the need to prove himself to a crazy woman because once his mom associated the idea of happiness to being rich is absurd.
Everybody cries and Tharn gets punched again. What’s with this guy, he is a magnet for trouble, even his best friend is a moron but not of the harmless type. This could have been interesting, if show wanted to explore how nice people have to careful, especially if they are pretty and charming like Tharn, because they attract all kinds of weirdos. Instead we got this boring plot with TarTum, they were already the worst part of LBC and here they are yet again, for no reason. This show already has 2 leads victim of abuse and doesn’t really deal with that so why bother with yet another? Besides Tar is too young, any kid trying to have a romatic relationship with an adult gives me the creeps. Well, at least Type kept his cool and didn’t punch anyone, though Tharn’s fake friend deserved it.
I would not call him a magnet for trouble because that falls very close to victim blaming. He is not a well rounded as he think he is and he is stuck in suck a cycle that there is no sign of it breaking. It is sad, honestly.
Yes, I wasn’t trying to blame him but it’s no coincidence. His issues make him unable to deal very well with P’San, or Type’s problems, guess he doesn’t know exactly what’s abuse or what is to take advantage, which in turn can make him the aggressor as he “almost” was with Type in the first eps.
I’m just like… the Tar plotline is supposed to be about trauma due to sexual assault (and that’s what the show is supposed to be about?) but instead this entire episode is just Tharn not coping or communicating and Type being a jealous violent baby (but at least he wasn’t the one to punch Tharn this time).
I found this episode contrived and annoying actually. Why would Tar pop up suddenly the second that Lhlong told Type about him?
But I had this weird moment when Type at the end is like “I’m going to sort that kid out” where I was like, “YES GO TYPE” even though that behaviour is not acceptable and he’s a violent baby but, hey, if there’s one person in this show that Tar should be talking to it’s Type.
Yes, that episode was contrived, from Tar suddenly remembering he wants to go back with Tharn and being so pushy about it to Lhong talking about him. Maybe it was just a long excuse to make Tar and Type talk about a similar experience. Anyway, after this and The Effect, I want my BLs to forget this plot for a while!
If annoying brother had made fun of Cha-young for her crazy obsession with a guy she met once as a kid, I’d have forgiven him for the bottle. And the pink suit. I mean, she is a loony so far, she is dating his friend, he seems like such a nice guy, and just because this other guy was kind to her once as a kid, she needs to run off to Greece. However this is written by the writer of Nice Guy so this should explain any absurdity.
That’s what I’m trying to understand. Why she’s so in love with him. I get that he somewhat inspired her career choice. I get her having a crush on him at that point in time but I don’t get where this love comes from. She didn’t even REMEMBER his name!!! Maybe a lot of her falling in love happened off screen and they’ll show us in the upcoming episodes. It’s one mess after the other but it’s YKS and I must persist!
It didn’t, take that moment when they are playing in the snow. She is just standing there totally crazy because of Kang, the guy she knows nothing about, she has been pretty honest about that. I think she must have some issue because of what happened to her family and became a bit delusional, but this is melo and show acts as if she was just a regular person.
I do confess ep 2 was absurd but fun, unlike the first, and that cliffhanger has a makjang vibe that appeals to me.
Lixie
August 21, 2020 at 5:51 PM
Flower of Evil ep 8
What’s with this guy? He’s a psycho for the first 2 eps then he’s full of emotions and even shows empathy and compassion in eps 3, 4, 5 and 6, when we are almost thinking he’s just a fugitive with a crazy family show remembers he’s supposed to not know about emotions. Really show.
I’m usually laughing whenever any kdrama character uses their superhearing ability but this was such a nice moment to have it and they just had to take that cheap route. If he’s such a cold fellow he should put his fake identity above everything. I’m supposed to believe the same guy who ran to cover his wife with that ridiculous sheet and the guy who thought he was sorry for her as he was almost gone, is the same person that replies he has never felt romantic love. I know what they are trying to do. It’s a cliche kdramas are very fond of, people falling in love and not realizing, I don’t even dislike that trope but this guy doesn’t fit that role.
Lixie
August 4, 2020 at 8:00 AM
My modest list of least liked dramas. Some of these I would have dropped in 15 minutes these days. I was so stubborn!
10% Prosecutor Princess
10% Pinocchio
10% Oh My Venus
10% Monstar
10% DOTS
10% Strong Women Do Bong Soon
10% Hotel De La Luna
10% BTLIOF
10% Nice Guy
10% Chocolate
asterell
August 4, 2020 at 8:32 AM
Certainly felt DOTS was really, really overrated, though I don’t know if I’m willing to put into dislike category. Dropped HDL after 2 EPs, didn’t make it to end of ep 1 for Pinocchio. Kind of really regret Nice Guy, though I was mostly entertained and I probably wouldn’t have dropped a MCW drama + what a new face SJK was for me at the time.
Lixie
August 4, 2020 at 8:38 AM
I confess Chocolate and DOTS were the only ones from that list that I dropped halfway through, but I think they were detestable enough to earn their place kkk.
Junie Bug
August 4, 2020 at 8:56 AM
The only one I completely agree with is Monstar, I dropped Nice Guy after like 6(?) eps, and DOTS was okay-ish so I guess 30%? Most of the others I watched when I was fairly new to K-dramas so if not for their plot, then for the mere sentimentality I like them lol
MeloMe
August 4, 2020 at 9:16 AM
10% (Hotel del luna). Enjoyed pinnochio when I watched it and while DOTS is overrated I don’t think it’s one of my least liked dramas. Its okay-ish
Yuyuu, The Drama Queen
August 4, 2020 at 9:21 AM
Gasps at BTLIOF!
Lixie
August 4, 2020 at 10:05 AM
In my defense I do like the ML and his friend in this drama. 😛
Midnight
August 4, 2020 at 10:47 AM
Awwww not Monstar
Eazal
August 6, 2020 at 10:12 AM
20% Prosecutor Princess and DOTS. I haven’t watched the rest.
Maq
August 11, 2020 at 7:23 PM
I liked the main couple in SWDBS. I thought they had good chemistry. I thought it also had some great comedic moments.
For Oh My Venus, I mostly agree. It is a pretty empty show and the portrayal of fat people in that show is insulting.
DOTS and Pinocchio are irredeemable IMO. I watched Pinocchio immediately after W (which I loved and made me fall in love with LJS) and I was so disappointed with the dynamic between the male and female protagonists in this show (male protagonist is an asshole and always ends up on top, which makes for an intolerable combination, while the female protagonist is basically a loser who can’t do anything by herself). DOTS was so stupid I dropped it within 4 episodes.
Lixie
July 30, 2020 at 11:18 AM
Flower of Evil – Some excellent creepy vibes from Lee Jun Ki. He’s a fine psycho, evil little smirk, subtle menacing ways, superiority beliefs, switching personalities on a dime. Let him stay a psycho show! I don’t want him to have some evil parents or to be redeemed by the Power of Love! I’m very intrigued by how appalled his parents seem to be by his act and how he feels about his disguise. I wish the wife was as smart as she was presented to be, because as @larelle79 said, she should have valued more the reason behind the child’s acusation. I wonder if it’s MCW acting style, her superficial traits, if it was Kim Sun Ah maybe that smug smile could have meant she had other ideas about the culprit since the early investigation, but then again maybe that is exactly who this character is meant to be, a person that is only smart on a very superficial level.
dramalover4ever
July 30, 2020 at 5:36 PM
He’s says she’s a simple person who only believes what she sees, and she’s already said that she would turn a blind eye to something that threatened her happy life, but I’m with you, if the child says it, you’d better believe it. Having said that, it occurs to me that so many dramas depend on the knowing child and the dumb adults.
Lixie
July 25, 2020 at 7:05 AM
My list has so many oldies, people probably won’t remember or know most of them. How similar are our kdrama preferences?
10% Coffee Prince
10% I Hear Your Voice
10% Reply 1988
10% Gaksital
10% My Girlfriend is a Gumiho
10% 49 Days
10% Go Back Couple
10% The World of the Married
10% Healer
10% My Girl
Honourable Mentions: Age of Youth, Prison Playbook, Queen In Hyun’s Man, Secret, The Greatest Love.
Credit to @purplesheesh
WishfulToki
July 25, 2020 at 7:12 AM
50%. Gaksitaaaal!
parkchuna 🍉
July 25, 2020 at 7:22 AM
60% yay!
Junie Bug
July 25, 2020 at 7:48 AM
40%!
beffels
July 25, 2020 at 11:08 AM
30% for me
Esther
July 25, 2020 at 12:51 PM
60% plus 3 of the honorable mentions!
pickleddragon
July 26, 2020 at 5:11 AM
20% for R88 and Healer!! But I haven’t watched 7/10 :/ Coffee Prince doesn’t make the cut in my books.
Lixie
July 19, 2020 at 5:40 PM
IONTBO Ep 9 – This ep had a bad taste. MY speeds up as if she would just smash the car on the pier, then she leaves GT on the side of the road. He walks away, apparently slightly amused. The way drama deals with emotional violence as comedy is disturbing. I want some generic cold jerk back as the lead, a thousand wrist grabs would be so much better. I wonder if people who still like her character so much were ever close to someone like her, were ever left somewhere. Because you don’t walk away as if it was just another tantrum, it makes you question things.
earthna
July 19, 2020 at 6:45 PM
I just dont think too much about it since it’s a drama. That scene was a parody of I’m Sorry, I Love You as well.
I took Gang-tae’s smile as him being amused that Moon-young stopped to give him his bag at least. She would have left him there with nothing if it was the old Moon-young.
Lixie
July 19, 2020 at 7:45 PM
I remembered So Ji Sub saying exactly those words when that scene happened and I know it has been a parody on other shows because it became a classic moment, but there are two big differences. First, the original was a melodrama and it was done with SJS playing the role of a person who was out of control, it was supposed to be sad. Second, in this show we have her behaving the same or even worse, because she left him there, but it became something funny.
I think show wanted to downplay what she did so it made her toss him the bag a moment later and yes, maybe he did smile because he thought of that as kindness but that would only show how twisted he would have become.
meltingfrost
July 19, 2020 at 7:09 PM
It bothered me at first too, but then I remembered Kang-tae isn’t exactly normal either. He has a bit of darkness in him. Otherwise “normally” people would not be comfortable associating with someone who has ASPD as unfortunate as that is. That’s how society is. But KT connects with her somehow Bc he can relate to her. They have dark humor Bc they’re dark – they’re healing but that hasn’t disappeared so easily.
Lixie
July 19, 2020 at 7:54 PM
Yes, he has issues, but not enough so that he would not understand the danger and lack of respect of what she did. People talk as if he is not of sound mind, he is, just because he feels guilty and lonely and represses his feelings doesn’t mean he can’t understand when someone is acting like a lunatic, he’s had plenty of experience with that. It’s the exact same when she pushed her publisher from the stairs and the drama used it as a funny moment. Again GT didn’t think much of it. Violence and abuse should not be romanticized, or used for comedy.
Lixie
June 4, 2020 at 7:19 AM
Unfamiliar Family ep 1
The boyfriend cheats for 3 years and her best friend knows about this. She finds out and breaks up with both of them. Years later she meets former friend and apologizes to him kkk. People from SK must have some different ideas about loyalty. And once again Kim Ji Suk chooses a boring drama.
Lixie
May 26, 2020 at 10:02 AM
Born Again – ep11
@linda-palapala @zzthorn
When I thought this show could not get any weirder it does this kind of thing. This episode redeemed the show from boring last week but made it even stranger. I wonder if anyone has any theories?
Should we even try to get an explanation? Was Gong Ji Chul some kind of immortal creature? How? He was shot in the head and somehow arrested, hanged and still survived and later drowned? Is psycho fiancee his daughter? No, that was just poetic license? How would the writer even know he would escape? I should have thought someone would get amnesia! I guess the gangster kidnapped CBJ and convinced him to kill prosecutor? Why? He could just use any thug, why bother taking care of him for a year? The cop is back! Genius! That reunion with older cop was hilarious.
Linda Palapala
May 26, 2020 at 10:46 AM
One of my problems is I’ve never bothered to learn anyone’s name, so usually I’ve no clue who they’re even talking about! But which scenes are just from her book? Which scenes are real? Is it Wuthering Heights or Count of Monte Cristo? Who’s the bad guy? Are there any good guys? Is what’s-his-name just misunderstood? Is this show really good or really bad? Is it re-incarnation truly, or resurrection, or does someone with an agenda keep rescuing him? Is this mytery or supernatural? I’m going nuts. I’ve never been so clueless about a show. But that’s what I like…
Linda Palapala
May 26, 2020 at 10:47 AM
Oh, yeah, and a lot of fans are going to be really made if she doesn’t end up with the prosecutor, but I think that would be a cheat ending. Can’t imagine how this is going to have a decent ending that will satisfy everyone.
Lixie
May 26, 2020 at 11:55 AM
I want them to be born again in another future, it would be my favorite choice for the last episodes.
Linda Palapala
May 26, 2020 at 2:53 PM
That might be possible – surely at least one of them will die permanently though.
Linda Palapala
May 26, 2020 at 10:52 AM
Maybe: maybe Jang Beom is a clone? Maybe there are two clones? Or maybe one is an AI or a robot? I wouldn’t be surprised if they throw that scenario in.
Lixie
May 26, 2020 at 11:53 AM
No robots! What’s next for them, vampires?
zzthorn
May 26, 2020 at 11:20 AM
I haven’t watched today’s episode yet, so I haven’t read through these posts yet so as not to get confused (hahahahahah—that was a joke) Anyway, I think the writer for this show is doing some serious drugs and has lost track of any sense of reality. Reincarnation is out the window with this. This is something else entirely. But, I am still watching and definitely looking forward to the craziness each week. This is definitely not a show that is predictable by anyone who is even half way sane.
Lixie
May 27, 2020 at 7:03 AM
@zzthorn Drugs are also a very possible explanation.
sirena
May 26, 2020 at 2:45 PM
@Lixie I have been watching from the beginning and still am unsure of the plot or the direction this show is headed. I assumed that the scenes of Gong Ji Chul escaping from the prison reflected the narrative the crazy author had written and not reality. Honestly, I cannot understand how he survived the shot to the head and then being hanged in prison. It just seems way to far fetched (and that’s saying a lot with this drama).
I did like the scene where Hyung Bin takes possession of Soo Hyuk’s body. I assume that the former has completely taken over now? Poor Soo Hyuk!
Linda Palapala
May 26, 2020 at 2:54 PM
Heh? Is this coming up (I haven’t watched the last episode it isn’t subbed yet). Even if it comes up I probably won’t get it. This has to be the least linear story ever told.
sirena
May 26, 2020 at 4:35 PM
@Linda Palapala It was yesterday’s episode. Sorry for the spoilers! When you watch please let me know what you think is actually going on!
Linda Palapala
May 28, 2020 at 1:25 PM
@sirena Finally finished 12. My take is they’ve been reincarnated with the spirits/souls, whatever, to solve the mystery of the 80s murders and deaths. Once they solve the case, find the guilty party, the original souls will be at rest, so either the modern trio will die or their own consciousnesses will come back and they can live normal lives. Who ends up with who is a big question but one I don’t really care about.
sirena
May 28, 2020 at 4:22 PM
@Linda Palapala That sounds very plausible. I honestly am not terribly invested in the characters so I too couldn’t care less who ends up with who.
Lixie
May 27, 2020 at 7:02 AM
@sirena This was an interesting idea but I think the answer was in episode 12. I liked the cop better so I’m glad he’s returned and we can have ressurrection and some time traveling because we didn’t have crazy enough already eheheheh.
Linda Palapala
May 27, 2020 at 8:30 AM
I still have two episodes to go, but I wonder if the bookshop “Old Future” is a clue.
Peridot
May 27, 2020 at 10:15 AM
It’s almost like the present incarnations were empty shells. Now, I feel like they are getting more personality.
sirena
May 27, 2020 at 10:51 AM
@lixie I almost expect a certain level of crazy with this drama. Still, the latest episode was the best by far.
zzthorn
May 27, 2020 at 11:29 AM
@lixie The cop may have been a nicer, more pleasant guy to get along with than the prosecutor, but hey, I like the hairstyle on the prosecutor better, so I’m for the prosecutor. And with this show, perhaps the hairstyle is more concrete and stable than any of characters, the action, or the plot so far. (though I did notice in the latest episode that he was also messing with the hairstyle a bit, too— go figure)
Peridot
May 27, 2020 at 3:12 PM
Perhaps cop and prosecutor have fused, resulting in our new “compromise” hairstyle.
Lixie
May 27, 2020 at 5:16 PM
Yes exactly, cop and prosecutor together achieved the superior hairstyle. 🙂
Lixie
May 17, 2020 at 1:35 PM
TWOTM ep 16
A perfect ending. It’s so uncommon for kdramas to even manage to have decent endings that I am very surprised. I thought it would be good but nowhere near this. It’s also a lesson on how to make open endings that respect the story and exist to send a message and not to be a twist or to please everyone who might get anything they want out of the unsaid.
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
May 17, 2020 at 2:06 PM
The best sort of ending, imo ☺️
Another Kdrama that did well in this is “Marriage Contract”
purplesheesh
May 17, 2020 at 7:50 PM
I couldn’t agree more. It was apt for the whole drama and I was happy that everyone was able to have their own endings.
Lixie
May 17, 2020 at 9:37 AM
TWOTM ep 15
It was a good episode but I’ll be honest, I thought these people had learned a thing or two. It was a hard choice to make SunWoo be the most cruel of them. Even after the last events JY and Jenny became pawns in their parents fight.
Lixie
May 11, 2020 at 12:39 PM
Extracurricular ep 10
I’m not against open endings but that was just lame. Again characters making all kind of choices that don’t match their history or personality.
Does anyone know where was that last place? Is it Seoul?
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
May 11, 2020 at 7:46 PM
… hnngg
I actually liked the ending. It was thematically consistent.
“Again characters making all kind of choices that don\’t match their history or personality”
Could you expand upon this? From your POV?
I personally thought the whole point of the ending was how actions have consequences and how one moment of irrational, or fear or helplessness can effect everything. How desperation can lead to worse and worse decisions being made, even when it’s not actually what you want to do.
The way I see it they had 3 options for the ending:
1. total annihilation, both leads die because their choices lead to irreversible circumstances, depressing as shit, their actions ultimately destroy them.
2. a glimmer of hope. redemption is seen through a window. Jisoo turns himself in. instantly the weight is lifted from his shoulders. he takes the fall for everything. Gyu ri leaves alone.
or,
the one the chose to do, which I see as a combination of the two:
3. they are lost, and they can never go home.
Will they keep making decisions that spiral out of control, till they became like the brothel owner and her boyfriend? Will they become ever more toxic and dangerous for each other? Or will they get out? Will they make it through? Will they learn from their mistakes? We don’t know because right now, they are lost. They lost themselves and they are lost from everyone else. It is tragic yes, but it’s supposed to be.
Lixie
May 12, 2020 at 8:57 AM
Hey Sicarius! Thanks for your reply!
Yes, I felt the idea for the ending was something like that but they could have achieved it in a much better way. I like any kind of ending really, as long as it makes sense for that narrative. My favorite endings of kdrama are probably 49 Days, which most people hate, and Reply1988, which is still a bit controversial. You talked abou a few possibilities of endings for Extracurricular but I remember imagining dozens and yet felt the chosen one was more of a cop out than a proper ending. There are characters that can just vanish and it’s poetic, it’s part of the message and the story being told, but I don’t think JiSoo was one of those, or Guyri. He’s been through a wild ride and we barely knew what changed in him or if anything at all, when he finally decides to turn himself in we don’t know if he’s finally questioning his moral choices or if he’s just feeling guilty about the teacher or the death of Mr Lee or if he’s just tired of hiding. We don’t even know if he’s the one who called help for Minhee or if he just left her there and what he thinks about doing any of that. Since the show did so little character development for the leads I thought they would at least give a proper closure to tell a story because this whole “bad decisions lead to worse actions” has been there from the start. This is the kind of story that needs to show us those consequences. And we can’t even be sure they are “lost” as you said because the story hasn’t been realistic from the start. The mobster got stabbed several times and suddenly had just an arm sling so Jisoo might have a passport hidden somewhere, got instantly better and fled to another country! He’s happily picking fruit somehwere while saving money to go to college in Sydney.
About the strange choices that don’t match the character’s personalities. I like all characters for being complex but don’t feel any of them was realistic, their decisions are dictated by the necessities of plot instead of natural consequence of their situation and personality. JiSoo is supposedly smart but he hides piles of money in his house, personal information on the work phone and doesn’t even bother changing the password to the apartment. He doesn’t know how to open a cafe door, or buy his own coffee, he doesn’t think to give Gyuri an excuse before running away, he calls the cops but instead of any other complaint he uses the minor working at the motel. Is that how a person who manages that kind of service would act? I’m not saying he can’t be inexperienced or socially awkward, but he can’t be so dumb and sloppy if he’s living that double life for over a year. One minute he acts docile and passive around the teacher and the other he is some evil mastermind pimp telling Minhee to choose if she wants the client to get beaten because he can’t pay the fine for his actions. I kept thinking, make up your mind show! Who is this guy? Then I thought, ok, nevermind! It’s kdrama so they … cont.
Lixie
May 12, 2020 at 8:59 AM
It’s kdrama so they can’t go all the way, he gets to be mean but also cute. It doesn’t work that way but it’s very entertaining so I’ll just not think about it, I’ll just take any crazy this guy does to keep the story going.
This not thinking business isn’t easy though. They keep acting crazy, he yells at her on the street when she gets his money stolen but doesn’t take his phone! It’s right there! Then next episode she’s back to blackmailing him for it. Instead of getting her money as compensation for what she did he not only accepts her as a partner but doesn’t even agree on how much she would get for it. He also shows her where he keeps that locker, giving her access to Mr. Lee, the money and later keep secrets in that sofa. They both know the gangsters are after them and still go back to their places and even to school, they never get suspicious about the box or the money. Guyri never had any courage to argue with her parents but suddenly she gets information on a silly thing, (those guys from boyband? Easily fired from such companies) and blackmails them for a lot of money. They were very controlling but just comply with her demands. Minhee was a week person that only cared about being accepted in her world, she was upset about being fired but she never questioned Uncle’s way of doing business that is until last ep, when she suddenly decides she’ll go to the police even if JiSoo has already told her he will turn himself in. I know she wants to blame someone for Uncle’s death but it still seems very much out of character. Guyri and JiSoo helped her before, why would she go that far? She might not get arrested but she would also get some consequences, would it be worth it? Again, no problem, if her story had led her there, if this was really earned. And we get to JiSoo taking the phone and instead of breaking it he just keeps the evidence. And opens the door for Kitae, who got his address quite fast and simply disappeared after the fight. Why would he even open that door for anyone besides Guyri?
I wrote too much already, guess I kept remembering how all that not thinking went ehehehhe. Maybe you’ll think it’s being picky but it’s a show trying to be in a realistic setting so the mind keeps expecting them to react as the characters being presented and it’s harder to ignore when they don’t.
Lixie
May 12, 2020 at 6:47 PM
Another explanation I forgot. That ending seems to have been made to please everyone, it can be understood so many ways that people who wanted them to get punished will imagine they are hiding and he’s maybe dead, while those who wanted them to escape can also easily imagine they are far away.
Lixie
May 7, 2020 at 12:39 PM
Extracurricular ep 1
The premise is good but it’s a dark theme so when it tries to become cute it’s ridiculous. This guy is incredibly smart, he has great grades and manages a prostitution scheme but when he is around his love interest he becomes so shy he can’t open a cafe door. He doesn’t know how to pay for his coffee or give her an excuse before running away.
miss h
May 7, 2020 at 5:09 PM
Oh, I loved the juxtaposition there that the pimp could sell women from the shadows with a fake name and voice but the teenage boy was incredibly awkward with a girl in person. I thought that was believable.
Lixie
May 7, 2020 at 5:30 PM
If he had just been awkward yes, it would have been amusing but it wasn’t just that. He lived a double life and had to lie a lot for more than a year, his job included exploring teenage girls and controlling an adult, it wasn’t enough to be intelligent he had also to be street smart to do it, which he proved when he called the police. However when he talks to the teacher and that girl he isn’t just awkward, he is docile, almost passive, and clueluess, it has no logic.
Lixie
April 30, 2020 at 1:46 PM
Where is the next ep of A Couple’s World?
Does anyone know another crazy show like that? The only other kdrama I remember was even close was Money Flower, which was rather good. Any others?
spazmo
April 30, 2020 at 1:57 PM
it airs friday and saturday…
watch the original british drama on netflix, Dr. Foster… a bit different but ACW is the korean remake.
Kairoskat 💐
April 30, 2020 at 2:05 PM
I can recall 2 mystery, revenge, whodunit dramas that I have watched…
1. SKY Castle is somewhat like TWOTM, but in a different setting involving families, their children and a tutor.
2. The Last Empress. An empress plotting her way to get revenge. It kept me eager to know what happened next.
Lixie
April 30, 2020 at 2:39 PM
Thanks! I watched those. Sky Castle was pretty good, Last Empress not so much because I didn’t care for any of the characters after the first eps and they were not very realistic.
Edgar Pordwed
April 30, 2020 at 3:52 PM
The only one I can think of is Secret. Have you watched it?
Lixie
April 30, 2020 at 5:31 PM
Yes, how did I forget Secret? The best crazy melo.
Lixie
April 2, 2020 at 7:48 AM
Beanies, I’m trying to choose an old drama, which one is better?
Mr. Sunshine, Nokdu Flower, Children of Nobody, I Remember You
Fly Colours
April 2, 2020 at 8:12 AM
From those, I’ve only watched Mr Sunshine. It’s beautiful – I mean, really really pretty: all the costumes, locations, set design, even the actors, everything in it is a feast for the eye. The cast is amazing and the story is also interesting, but it’s totally black and white (Japanese=bad, Koreans= good, excepting a couple of despicable traitors)… And it gets a bit draggy in the middle.
Would I recommend it? Yes, if you like sageuks. Also, it’s the only one I’ve got to watch from this period, so that was interesting for me too… I’ve read somewhere that Nokdu Flower is from the same period, but I know it’s a cryfest and haven’t been feeling like watching too much heartbreak lately, so if you watch NF in the end, let us know what you think about it!
marina
April 2, 2020 at 10:38 AM
Mr. Sunshine is an absolute gem!
Carolina
April 2, 2020 at 9:05 AM
1. Mr. Sunshine
2. Nokdu Flower
1tea1
April 2, 2020 at 9:40 AM
Children of Nobody.
Midnight
April 2, 2020 at 9:53 AM
Definitely Nokdu Flower.
BC
April 2, 2020 at 10:23 AM
I remember you or Hello Monster is a good one. Children of Nobody a really good one, the other two I didn’t watch, but from beanies reactions and GIFs it looks like Nokdu Flower was really really good.
Moonbean
April 2, 2020 at 10:26 AM
I haven’t watched them all but I Remember You has the most memorable Park Bo Gum role for me. IMHO it is worth watching just for him.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
April 2, 2020 at 1:07 PM
I’ve only seen Children of Nobody and I Remember You because I’m not the biggest fan of either KES or Sageuks.
Children of Nobody and I Remember You are both good and both worth watching. I Remember You is an easier, possibly more enjoyable watch. But the drama has flaws while the writing in Children of Nobody is almost flawless. I’d recommend both but watching I Remember You first and Children of Nobody second.
Lixie
April 3, 2020 at 7:52 AM
Thank you @flyingcolours @marina @1tea1 @midnight @kerouregan @moonbean and @leetennant for your replies! I’ll try Remember You first because of the cast and maybe for being lighter and easier at this moment!
Midnight
April 3, 2020 at 9:42 AM
I’m one of those people who always disagrees with people on books and dramas, so I have to apologize beforehand for giving alternate opinions.
I got bored to tears with Mr Sunshine before 10 minutes.
I hated I Remember You for many many reasons. Like it is on my most hated shows ever list.
Children of Nobody was GREAT until near the end but ended terribly terribly bad. I just get angry thinking about it.
Nokdu Flower is the only saeguk I have watched in a long time. I only started it because of Jo Jung Suk. It is the only show I can ever count as perfect and flawless. But it was a very difficult watch. I always rewatch shows I have loved at least 20 times, but I know I will never be able to rewatch this one.
There! I had tried not to write these in my first comment but I guess social distancing loosens your tongue! Now I said it all!
Lixie
April 3, 2020 at 5:01 PM
You’re making me curious! Please don’t apologize for disagreeing! I don’t think anyone hated more popular dramas than me and I never apologize for that. kkk
I want to ask why you hated IRY but I don’t want any spoiler so maybe later! I’ll confess I did try Mr. Sunshine for 2 eps but I wasn’t really interested in the characters, since many people loved it, I kept it in my list. I think I’ll try the other 3 and find out which one wins.
sirena
May 10, 2020 at 5:07 PM
Children of Nobody and Nokdu Flower and great.
Lixie
February 24, 2020 at 6:09 PM
Someday or One Day – Ep 13
Another small rant.
This show did many things right and others have already posted all about it’s good qualities so I won’t say much about those. It’s all true. But it also tricked me, which is why it deserves a mini rant.
If you haven’t watched it yet and you’re in the mood for some time travelling romance, go do it now. There will be spoilers below.
The show started really slow, taking a long time to tell me in a dozen different ways how much FL missed her perfect boyfriend, though I liked her, I felt bored by the repetition, but at least I thought this was the kind of story that cared about exploring feelings in detail. The pace finally picks up on ep 3 and then it becomes funny and intriguing, the interactions between the characters were charming, cast was good and the many possible outcomes made it unpredictable. The only thing bothering me was a mystery that would become a bigger issue later. Where was Chen Yu Ru? She’s trapped in a box somewhere and the story forgets her for a long time, maybe to keep the audience from questioning HYX’s actions. Later, when their positions are reversed, CYR is almost presented as a villain simply for acting in her own body, though she was wrong to deceive others using HYX’s memories.
So much of what made me like this drama came from the fact that the character’s behaviour made sense, I don’t mind the craziest fantasy element or an entire alternate universe, in fact it’s my favorite type of show, as long as it’s believable. In SOOD it lasted until the airport scene. I know it’s a hugely unpopular opinion but I didn’t get why LZW would ever board that plane. It seems he never even considered where was the real WQS and if he had any right to destroy his body. Supposedly he died at that beach. But even ignoring that, merry happy people don’t just kill themselves without even trying other options. The 2 versions of LZWs could easily have convinced HYX to travel to the past. And even if younger LZW had killed himself, original LZW had no reason not to tell her everything before those 2 years.
After that, show spent too long on the awkward villain. I’m sure the writer felt the plot twists around him were very clever but he never really belonged in that kind of story. Even worse, the scene in which older LZW chases him and gets killed was so absurd that a dramatic moment turned into a cheap plot device. Any TOD would have made a better job.
When psycho is gone ep 12 finally gets back on track, CYR gets all the attention and it’s a great moment until it’s time to explain her murder. The last episode proves how useless the psycho was by perfectly explaining her reasons to make that choice, he could have just as easily been a product of her imagination. The only problem was the logic of the events. Did MJJ go to jail for finding a dead body? And later he jumped from the same place, for no reason. HYX said it was because he couldn’t save CYR but as she said herself, he barely knew her, she was just a fantasy and he had already spent many years in jail.
In a way, this last ep was a representation of the entire show. Great but flawed. The decision of the FL to erase the tape and give up her chance of being a part of their shared past and possible future was brave and touching but how can the same story come up that and forget to explore the consequences? CYR had a problem, she wasn’t just a troubled teenager, it’s shameful how dramas ignore mental issues and that was another example, instead of therapy she got a new way of feeling from a dream. It’s also never explained if she ever developed any feelings for MJJ or anything else about her. The loyal best friend MJJ, was also ignored, all it’s said is he remained friends with LZW. The original WQS gets no mention. The leads meet again and somehow fall in love but there is not a hint of how this happened, almost as if it was their fate, which doesn’t really fit the main story making the ending seem something rushed and incomplete.
Lixie
February 24, 2020 at 6:12 PM
@leetennant
if you’re still curious
I guess it wasn’t such a small post, I tried kkk
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
February 24, 2020 at 6:34 PM
No, thanks for posting. It’s nice to get other viewpoints.
I will say one thing though – HYX and LZW do NOT end up together. The show makes that clear. With the timeline linear and intact, he is an adult and she is a child. They do not fall in love.
The problem here is that, for whatever reason (unexpected popularity, the issue with the last episode getting leaked, whatever it was), the network decided to make some slapdash additional scenes as cheap fan service. It contradicts the rest of the show and I don’t consider it canon. This show was a metaphor for HYX moving through her grief and moving on without LZW. They don’t end up together, they do end up living their lives despite that. And that is what happened in the show itself and that was the point. I haven’t seen the additional scenes and have no interest in them, I’m pretty sure they just ruin it.
TBH if people wish to interpret that final scene as opening up the possibility of their future romance, then I get that. People will, just like some people insist on trying to read romance into My Ahjussi.
As for the other points, I actually liked the use of an antagonist. At first I was taken aback (the last thing this needs is a psycho villain) until you get to the punchline of that – the psycho villain was nothing but a red herring. The real villain was HYX and her selfish grief. The real antagonist was CYR’s feelings of isolation, abandonment and self-loathing. I liked that bait and switch myself. “Oh you thought this was about some psycho? Think again! It’s actually about how we feel about ourselves in the world after all!”
You can save someone from another person, you can’t save them from themselves. And that applies to MJJ too. He failed to stop CYR from killing herself so when the police – who already suspected him – found him over her dead body they arrested him and he didn’t defend himself because he felt it really was his fault.
And while there was no quick fix, HYX “solution” was not just the dream CYR remembers – it was her waking up to the knowledge her family didn’t abandon her and the fact she didn’t have to spend months of her life being told constantly that people liked her better if she was someone else. The things that took CYR from being a depressed teen to being outright suicidal never happened to her. Does this mean she’s “fine” now? No. It just means she has a second chance without that traumatic experience. Which is true of MJJ as well.
Let’s not talk about poor bloody WQS.
Fly Colours
February 25, 2020 at 1:49 AM
@ElleTea, the psycho as red herring is an interesting perspective, but I’m still not sold on the idea. Maybe if he wasn’t so extremely psychotic, it would work for me (I was really surprised by the twist of his older self talking his child self into madness), but he was a bit too much, wasn’t he?
I really like the way you explain MJJ’s and CYR’s struggles. Makes sense to me!
Lixie
February 25, 2020 at 6:43 AM
@leetennant
They don’t ? I was considering it as fact since the extra scenes were official, I was already thinking the bike ride in the end was hinting they would eventually find each other and the birthday moment was just fan service to make it obvious. They were around 15 years apart but they could still get together, when older LZW meets HYX for a brief period, they seem to be a couple again.
I had the same thoughts about the psycho being more interesting as red herring, which is why I wished he had taken less space and been just an invention of CYR, all his scenes with any other characters are pointless, he would be like a ghost, but audience would only know that in the last episode.
You think MJJ would falsely confess? That’s also a surprise, I’d never imagine that. If it was LZW, yes, maybe, because they had such a deep friendship but never for CYR. He seemed too honest and the grief and guilt he would feel about his grandmother would not allow it. If they wanted to go that direction CYR and MJJ had have another story.
I think maybe I like the show better if I go with this version, I don’t really usually like open endings unless there is a very good reason. Maybe some days I’ll remember one ending and other days another eheheheh.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
February 25, 2020 at 11:10 AM
“Extra scenes” aren’t the show. The show ends when it ends.
As for MJJ he doesn’t need to confess. Evidence that incriminated him was found at the first scene and then he was found over her dead body. All he has to do is not say anything and he goes to jail.
Lixie
February 25, 2020 at 12:04 PM
The ear thing? She explained about that evidence, he was cleared of that. There was no motive. If he doesn’t say anything he might just be in shock, who would put a kid in jail just for keeping silent? Though I know nothing of Taiwan’s legal system kk.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
February 25, 2020 at 11:13 AM
TBH what I really liked about the show was the lengths they went to to constantly have LZW and HYZ on the same level. They were always around the same age, always on the same level. To end it with the implication an adult man is waiting for a child to be legal just completely undermines that. God I hate this idea so much. It’s so Goblin. It’s so gross.
Lixie
February 25, 2020 at 12:06 PM
No, it’s nothing like that kkk. Besides he wouldn’t be waiting for her, the past was erased. I imagined the situation as @13infamyss described, they met again as adults much later.
Fly Colours
February 24, 2020 at 11:28 PM
Pssst, @Lixie, I see you’ve been giving this a lot of thought, I guess it means you really enjoyed this drama, gripes and all. I really liked it too! I’m happy that you shared your thoughts, because I’m dying to talk to someone about SOOD, yay!
I’ve also been thinking about some of the things that you’ve pointed out, like why did old LZW wait 2 years to tell her… That’s actually an easy one: he needed to wait until 2019, the year she told him she came from – he was respecting the timeline he painstakingly put together with all the info he could gather.
About WQS getting on that plane, same reason… if he doesn’t die, she wouldn’t have met him in the past, he takes it as the price to pay for the whole story to be set into motion… Ok, probably a real life person wouldn’t take that decision, but it makes sense within the logic of this world… I guess we like dramaland people because they make all this noble selfless stuff real people would never.
Personally, for me it’s harder to wrap my mind around the fact that there were two people alive at the same time sharing LZW’s personality, like, wasn’t it supposed to be in one body at a time? Again, that means that old LZW spent 20 years pinning for the FL and not once did he try to get close to her… Because he wanted WQS (that is, himself, but not him) to be with her and he respected the timeline – that’s real commitment to the timeline! 😋
Agree on the psycho guy being annoying and a bit random – like, was it really necessary to kill off the other girl for the drama to go forward? Hate it when women get killed off just to prove the point that the guy’s a loony. On the other hand, if he didn’t kill old LZW, HYX wouldn’t have made the final trip to the past? It was shocking and unexpected.
Finally, I feel that the original WQS was criminally brushed off. Like, CYR got to be in the box and learn about what was going on – actually, I think that it is an accurate metaphor for depression, that feeling of experiencing things but being removed from the world – but WQS simply disappeared. I understand that one more character would introduce more quandaries to the show, but I really feel that they could have come up with something for him…
Like @ElleTea pointed out, the show doesn’t tell what happens to the characters after their memories dissolve, so we really don’t know. I prefer to imagine that those 3 kids really become good friends and CYR gets better because she’s not alone anymore and has support to start figuring things out. I also like to think that sometime in the future adult HYX, after a couple of lame relationships, will meet a dashing older LZW and they will feel like they’ve known each other all their lives and fall in love forever and ever 😚
13infamyss
February 25, 2020 at 1:49 AM
Good point Fly Colours. Li Zi Wei did say in episode 4 that he had waited so long and he was about to mess it up when he read the text messages that Huang Yu Xuan sent to Wang Quan Sheng. I had forgotten about this bit as to why he had been thoroughly following the timeline…. and this ties back again to what he said in Episode 10 that in theit latest loop, he had stopped changing the course of events and was careful not to mess anything as per Huang Yu Xuan’s story from 1998 and his time travelling experience.
Huang Yu Xuan at 6 and Hu Yu Xuan’s soul in Chen Yun Ru’s body existed at the same time in 1998. So when I saw the two Li Zi Weis met (Li Zi Wei in his original body and his soul using Wang Quan Sheng’s body as his host), compared to most beanies, I wasn’t really that taken a back. I had accepted it as a rule of this dramaverse. And I’ve seen this same bit happened in Tomorrow With You as well. They ran into each other briefly (the time traveller’s last and future self) and talked about something.
13infamyss
February 25, 2020 at 1:50 AM
The time traveller’s past** and future self
Fly Colours
February 25, 2020 at 2:02 AM
Good point, @13infamyss! I was also thinking if the “dreams” were really alternative repetitions of events and how repetition influenced LZW’s decisions
Lixie
February 25, 2020 at 7:21 AM
@flyingcolours
Yes, I really liked it for the most part, sometimes I talk so much about what I question that I don’t say anything about what was great. I am trying to fix it but I don’t know if I should, maybe it’s just my personality kkk.
I’m picky, like I told someone here these days, I’m probably the pickiest Beanie ever, which is probably why I don’t like when characters do any crazy noble acts they would not do in real life. About the waiting, I keep trying to come up with a reason they couldn’t change the loop and tell her everything 2 years sooner but there isn’t anything telling me she wouldn’t get the same results.
I asked about the 2 LZWs on another post and decided to just accept it. It kind of makes sense, almost kkk. Yes, the older LZW waited for her for 15 years, I’m glad he was erased with the tape!
Yes, I wanted original WQS to be in box too, maybe he could have been sent to the future in my country where he would feel a lot better.
That’s exactly the ending I thought would happen, HYX and her lame boyfriends, LZW as a dashing older bachelor. 😛
Fly Colours
February 25, 2020 at 11:54 AM
I don’t know about you being picky, I guess that it’s ok to think about what you’re watching instead of passively taking everything in… I tend to get super critical about the shows I enjoy: I totally get a lot crabbier at inconsistencies in those than in shows I consider not so great to start with. I guess it’s all got to do with expectations, right? Anyway, I really enjoyed the SOOD ride!
13infamyss
February 25, 2020 at 1:25 AM
RE: Li Zi Wei letting Wang Quan Sheng get on that plane – they’re all stuck in a loop. And that included Wang Quan Sheng’s body that had to go missing from that plane crash over and over again everytime the cycle repeats. As Li Zi Wei kept emphasizing on Episode 10 – he didn’t want to leave Huang Yu Xuan’s side, he knew everytime he was on his 7th year living as Wang Quan Sheng, his death would always have to come. Everytime he decided to propose to her and stay with her, he was always a step late and she had left for Shanghai. And the tragedy happens again cuz he ends up following her to Shanghai. He couldn’t stop this vicious cycle. Li Zi Wei in 2017 had that same mindset that he needed to die so the loop repeats until something is changed in the past.
Li Zi Wei in 2019 did mention that when he finally stopped trying to change, a small change did happen to his 2017 self. And that gave him a hope that if he had to change one thing at a time, the loop may break.
To me, 2019 is still part of the loop because in order for Huang Yu Xuan to go back and change something, Li Zi Wei had to die…. Of course, the 2019 Li Zi Wei did not see this coming and the reveal that the shrink was part of this mess was not part of his timeline chart because he was already dead just after he had discovered the shrink’s involvement
Mo Jun Jie did not say anything against his charges because to me he felt incredibly guilty that he couldn’t save Chen Yun Ru… Also this was dated back in 1999 and a setting in an asian country. I think it’s safe to say we have seen enough asian dramas to conclude that the police tend to wrap up cases as fast as they could. There was only Mo Jun Jie covered in her blood – did they really need to investigate further if he had admitted to his crime?
As for him committing suicide – Mo Jun Jie, like Chen Yun Ru, is not mentally stable. He is not like Li Zi Wei who could move forward, stay positive, whatever happened. Li Zi Wei could go through infinite loops of dimensions just to find a way to break it. He could wait forever just to get his timing right and meet and fall for Huang Yu Xuan all over again. Li Zi Wei’s high emotional intelligence is admirable just like everything is about him.
But not Mo Jun Jie.
Mo Jun Jie’s grandmother’s death on top of Chen Yun Ru’s death, the girl he fell in love with, became the trigger of his suicide….. it makes sense to me.
13infamyss
February 25, 2020 at 1:33 AM
She said it was a dream, but my take on this was, she had a near death experience. According to testimonies from who had experienced it, things change and you see life at a different light post-NDE. Now I am not taking her depression lightly and not that it can be easily changed, but when she talked about dream, NDE came to my mind. And tremendous things like NDE/Out of Body experience can cause a change for someone.
And I personally do not need to know more about Chen Yun Ru or whether she had fallen for Mo Jun Jie. The fact that she’s alive and will work hard to find her purpose in life is good enough closure for me.
I do not understand why the “leads meeting again and somehow falling in love” ending doesn’t fit the main story? The title itself is Someday or One Day. The English literal translation of the title is “Wanting to see you”. To me the ending ties back to what “You’ll be back to me someday. One Day.” means.
They have said their goodbyes as the time travelling lovers, but they eventually had found their way back to each other because they were simply meant to me. Nothing need to be forced or manipulated, as I quote from E. It’s fate.
The chorus of the opening song was so fitting with the epilogue.
Impossible to stay away. Impossible to stay. You’ll be back to me someday. One Day.
Lixie
February 25, 2020 at 7:43 AM
I think I felt it didn’t fit the main theme because they spent so long trying to break the loop, to change destiny and in the end the happy ending relies on fate, it seemed ironic. Although drama did hint at the leads being fated to meet when LZW found the child HYX.
Thanks so much @leetennant @flyingcolours and @13infamyss for all the long replies and for helping me understand the show better and for being patient with my questions! 😛
13infamyss
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13infamyss
February 25, 2020 at 8:28 AM
To me, she had learned throughout these infinite cycles that there is more to it than trying to get back what already was lost. Ultimately she needed to move on with life and not dwell in the past. That to me was the hard lesson for her. Two beautiful people ended up as casualties when she did not move on. When she realized what actually needed to be done (like move on with life), She ended up saving three people’s lives, four if we count Mo Jun Jie’s grandmother.
As cheesy as this sounds I believe in karma.What goes around comes back around. She got something good or perhaps better for doing the “right” thing, so I def enjoyed that epilogue. Huang Yu Xuan getting her own HEA.
Lixie
February 25, 2020 at 7:37 AM
@13infamyss
I know I’m being stubborn about the loop. Maybe I’ve watched so many time traveling stories I keep trying to impose rules on SOOD, like they should have some proof she couldn’t go before.
About MJJ I replied above, but it was pretty obvious her death came from the fall and it would be impossible to know if he pushed her, unless he confessed which I don’t believe he would’ve done.
Lixie
February 8, 2020 at 10:07 AM
Someday or One Day ep 10
Hey Beanies watching this, can you maybe explain some things that happen in ep 10? I was so confused I decided to ask before the end of this ep. I think somebody else already tried to explain it to me but I forgot.
possible spoiler for ep 10
When the 2 Li Zi Wei’s are talking at the airport, how is that possible? I know we had 2 Huang Yu Xuang in the past but it was different, the little girl was in her original body with her original mind and CYR existed with the traveling mind of future HYX while the real body of HYX was asleep. I thought we could not have the same mind from the same body in the same timeline because how would one mind become two? Every time future HYX woke up she lost the body of CYR in the past and returned to her own original body. So we have LZW’s traveling mind taking the body of HQS and his own original body asleep somewhere, the moment he woke up he would have to regain his old mind and HQS would recover his original mind. How do they become two?
Also, if LZW knew about the plane crash why would he buy the ticket?
And too many major scenes are just being skipped for suspense in the last eps. HYX woke up and we didn’t get the change in CYR, and we don’t know exactly what happened with CYR or MJJ yet. It’s becoming too confusing to keep liking it the same way. I’m going to continue watching ep 10 but I doubt they will explain this.
Lixie
February 8, 2020 at 11:44 AM
After more of ep 10
Wait, WQS got on the plane and killed himself and let all those people die so he could feed the loop??? Why not just show himself together with future LZW and convince her to go back? Even after he dies, why would original LZW wait those 2 years if he could just show up and tell her everything?
booming system up up
February 8, 2020 at 12:41 PM
There are two LZW because one is the LZW originally in that timeline and the other is LZW from the past in WQS’s body.
He bought the ticket because he wanted to follow HQS to Shanghai but he remembered what HYX told him about WQS’s death so he realizes the plane is going to crash.
Older LZW told him he can’t save the people on the plane but he can save himself by going on the next flight.
But WQS realizes if he never dies HYX will never go back to the past and the past LZW will never meet and fall in love with her and she will never meet all those people in the past who need her and possibly save MJJ and CYR.
WQS and LZW are different people in reality there is no reason for HYX to believe they are one and the same and I doubt she would want to go the past even if she did.
An older guy saying he is the man she loved who was the same age as her would sound far fetched if she never experienced it herself.
These are all my interpretations, could be all wrong.
Lixie
February 8, 2020 at 1:58 PM
Thanks!
I still don’t get not just tell her. He had more than enough proof. They are different? the whole story is based on the fact they have the same appearance, that alone would be enough to convince anyone and once they told her 2 people would die and LZW would never become WQS and meet her as she knows him, she wouldn’t think twice.
He’s not really so old, I think he was 37 when WQS died and HYX was 25, he is easily still the copy of her boyfriend.
stberry
February 8, 2020 at 7:40 PM
Same appearance doesn’t mean same person. When HYX travelled back in time, she just knew that this LZW in the past was not her bf, hers is WQS, who was 6 or 7 at that time. She did not go and fell in love with LZW just because he had the same face, she just had the feeling that they are the same sometimes and tried to test him several times. She only confirmed that they are the same person after seeing the drawing LZW did was identical to the one WQS did in 2010. Even then, she still didn’t know exactly what happened, she still needed older LZW (who only can show himself at that moment) to explain everything to her. That he got into an accident in 2003, jumped into WQS body in 2010, lived as WQS until 2017, had a plane crash and his mind jumped back to 2003, two weeks after the accident. His body was in coma for 2 weeks, but his mind had lived for 7 years in the future. Then he continued to live as LZW from 2003 to 2019, binded his time until HYX came to the conclusion herself that LZW is indeed the man she loves. This is time travel, it’s very unlikely someone would believe this man who is completely different, only has the same face is the same person. They are not the same person, the one she loves is one and only LZW, she just didn’t know until now. She had to experience it and realize the truth by herself for her to believe it.
Since he lived from 2003 to 2019 as LZW, there had always been 2 LZW living in the same space during 2010 to 2017. One in WQS’s body, one in LZW’s body. Same as HYX, there were 2 HYX for a while in 1998, one in little girl’s body, one in CYR’s body.
About his decision to board the plane, LZW knew he would die, but he also realized that his death was the reason for HYX to travel back in time, for them to fell in love at the first place. He also needed to go back to 2003, so he would had the chance to save MJJ in 2008. Older LZW appeared to tell him that he can be selfish and board another plane, so he could survive and live with HYX. But young LZW still made the decision to go back because he wanted to try and save his friend and gave themselves the chance to fell in love all over again. He saw older version of himself, that’s why he was confident that there would be one version of himself in the present for her.
Sorry this got so long, but there is so much to unpack 😅
Lixie
February 9, 2020 at 5:45 AM
Yes, of course, I didn’t mean they were the same person in the past. However in the future he has the exact same face and he is almost the same because they are both LZW. The whole plane plot is useless, if your bf shows up with an older copy of himself and tells you the whole story she would believe him. And MJJ could easily be saved by HYX going to the past.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
February 24, 2020 at 6:45 PM
This is the question about whether you want to maintain the time loop or not. LZW’s choice (given to him by his older self) is to die and maintain the loop that brought them together or to break the loop without knowing what would happen next. It’s the same choice that HYX had later, except that in her case she chose to break the loop. LZW chose to maintain it.
Lixie
February 25, 2020 at 6:20 AM
@leetennant He was smiling. I can’t believe he would choose to die just to keep the loop exactly as it was. Let’s remember that particular version of LZW would die and he knew it.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
February 25, 2020 at 11:15 AM
But if he doesn’t maintain the loop then their relationship disappears. Their relationship is entirely dependant on the loop. He’d rather die and spark the loop that brings them together then live and for the whole thing to be erased. As frabby said on my blog, they weren’t together despite the terrible things that happened – they were together BECAUSE of them. If they avoided them, the time loop breaks.
Lixie
January 21, 2020 at 6:44 PM
I had to sign up so I could use the fan wall again. I do not enjoy blackmailing.
Rumi~
January 21, 2020 at 6:55 PM
Use Firefox.
Lixie
January 21, 2020 at 7:46 PM
I do but the offer would always be there unless I signed.
Ally
January 21, 2020 at 6:58 PM
Sign up for what? A box? You don’t need to do that. Just get a better ad blocker.
Lixie
January 21, 2020 at 7:45 PM
No, just sign up to get the promo but I still think we should have the option to just say no thanks.
Midnight
January 22, 2020 at 1:38 AM
So THAT’S why db has been soooo slow the past few days! I’ve always used an ad-blocker so I don’t see a popup but the page loading has become snail-slow and most times it times out and I have to refresh.
Eazal
January 22, 2020 at 6:59 AM
I signed and then immediately unsuscribe.
Lixie
January 13, 2020 at 2:38 PM
Nagi’s Long Vacation ep 9
This is such a lovely drama! Every character feels real, I want them all as my neighbors. Except the parents. Nagi is already one of my favorite female leads, she is just adorable. Her evolution was so nicely done and her ex boyfriend’s too. The actors are great, subtle and so expressive. Also every time it seemed this show was going towards a cliche it turned around and proved to be better and really original. Every episode was a good surprise.
Lixie
December 14, 2019 at 7:08 PM
Chocolate ep 5
Why does Kang allow rich family to treat him like trash? I know I should not be asking for anyone’s reasons for much in this but maybe there was some explanation? Is he planning some secret revenge?
Beverly
December 14, 2019 at 7:32 PM
I thought that was it at first or also because his mom gave up so much. Now I wonder if it is as simple as that he likes being a doctor. That he wants to be the top surgeon. I dont think we will know until he opens up to someone.
Lixie
December 14, 2019 at 8:14 PM
He can work anywhere, he already had a good reputation before. After his issue he can still work on other places, why obey their orders and go there? I don’t even know she is there either.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
December 14, 2019 at 11:13 PM
My take is that he’s carrying out his mom’s wish for him to be successful and to assert his right to the family fortune. What ever the reason, it’s not worth it.
MeiDramaDreams
December 15, 2019 at 1:01 AM
You could be right. I hope though he would assert his rights, not as form of revenge but maybe build a foundation or charitable institution.
Lixie
December 15, 2019 at 5:36 AM
Yes, that’s what I’m thinking too. It’s just such a materialistic and stupid idea, he could have obeyed them only until he got the means to have a nice career away from this family. That would be understandable but the need to prove himself to a crazy woman because once his mom associated the idea of happiness to being rich is absurd.
Lixie
December 10, 2019 at 2:44 PM
TharnType ep 10
Everybody cries and Tharn gets punched again. What’s with this guy, he is a magnet for trouble, even his best friend is a moron but not of the harmless type. This could have been interesting, if show wanted to explore how nice people have to careful, especially if they are pretty and charming like Tharn, because they attract all kinds of weirdos. Instead we got this boring plot with TarTum, they were already the worst part of LBC and here they are yet again, for no reason. This show already has 2 leads victim of abuse and doesn’t really deal with that so why bother with yet another? Besides Tar is too young, any kid trying to have a romatic relationship with an adult gives me the creeps. Well, at least Type kept his cool and didn’t punch anyone, though Tharn’s fake friend deserved it.
larelle79
December 10, 2019 at 3:25 PM
I would not call him a magnet for trouble because that falls very close to victim blaming. He is not a well rounded as he think he is and he is stuck in suck a cycle that there is no sign of it breaking. It is sad, honestly.
Lixie
December 10, 2019 at 4:55 PM
Yes, I wasn’t trying to blame him but it’s no coincidence. His issues make him unable to deal very well with P’San, or Type’s problems, guess he doesn’t know exactly what’s abuse or what is to take advantage, which in turn can make him the aggressor as he “almost” was with Type in the first eps.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
December 10, 2019 at 8:42 PM
I’m just like… the Tar plotline is supposed to be about trauma due to sexual assault (and that’s what the show is supposed to be about?) but instead this entire episode is just Tharn not coping or communicating and Type being a jealous violent baby (but at least he wasn’t the one to punch Tharn this time).
I found this episode contrived and annoying actually. Why would Tar pop up suddenly the second that Lhlong told Type about him?
But I had this weird moment when Type at the end is like “I’m going to sort that kid out” where I was like, “YES GO TYPE” even though that behaviour is not acceptable and he’s a violent baby but, hey, if there’s one person in this show that Tar should be talking to it’s Type.
Lixie
December 11, 2019 at 5:30 AM
Yes, that episode was contrived, from Tar suddenly remembering he wants to go back with Tharn and being so pushy about it to Lhong talking about him. Maybe it was just a long excuse to make Tar and Type talk about a similar experience. Anyway, after this and The Effect, I want my BLs to forget this plot for a while!
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
December 11, 2019 at 9:30 AM
I just think we could have gotten a situation where Type and Tar connect without all this nonsense.
Lixie
December 7, 2019 at 2:33 PM
Chocolate ep 2
If annoying brother had made fun of Cha-young for her crazy obsession with a guy she met once as a kid, I’d have forgiven him for the bottle. And the pink suit. I mean, she is a loony so far, she is dating his friend, he seems like such a nice guy, and just because this other guy was kind to her once as a kid, she needs to run off to Greece. However this is written by the writer of Nice Guy so this should explain any absurdity.
IamPilgrim
December 7, 2019 at 3:57 PM
That’s what I’m trying to understand. Why she’s so in love with him. I get that he somewhat inspired her career choice. I get her having a crush on him at that point in time but I don’t get where this love comes from. She didn’t even REMEMBER his name!!! Maybe a lot of her falling in love happened off screen and they’ll show us in the upcoming episodes. It’s one mess after the other but it’s YKS and I must persist!
Lixie
December 7, 2019 at 4:48 PM
It didn’t, take that moment when they are playing in the snow. She is just standing there totally crazy because of Kang, the guy she knows nothing about, she has been pretty honest about that. I think she must have some issue because of what happened to her family and became a bit delusional, but this is melo and show acts as if she was just a regular person.
I do confess ep 2 was absurd but fun, unlike the first, and that cliffhanger has a makjang vibe that appeals to me.