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Couple or Not?!

Ok so it's at this point in this story where I get confused about Makino's feelings. She seems to like Domyouji but at the same time she likes Rui... And it's at this point in the story where I start disliking Rui as well because it's obvious that Makino is his rebound girl. Favorite scene: When Domyouji gets a call from Makino asking him out on a double date and he yells NO!! and he hangs up all happy just because she asked him out on a date. I was like LOL and WTF at the same time. Worst part: Any time the stupid mother is onscreen, the lady is pure evil I tell you. For some reason in this version of the drama I can bear with Makino's family. I don't know how long that'll last, I usually ended up fast forwarding through scenes with her family with the other versions of this drama I watched. Love this version so much. I love how there is hardly any scenes where you're like... Why am am I watching this... It's not relevant to the story at all... But I hope that this drama incorporates the whole love story with Makino's best friend and Domyouji's playboy friend. I liked that side plot a lot in the Kdrama. :)

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I think I am done!

I think I am done watching this until it is completed. I rly thought maybe it will get better in the next epi, but it didn't. I can't take it anymore. I will finish this drama only b/c I have invested so much time in it alrdy! Then again I may not even finish it if I read the reviews & they don't get better. This drama has just dragged on and on. I can't tell who has real feelings for who except Ga Young. The rest r just users. @ this point I am just wanting Ga Young to just leave them all & find a way to make clothes away from all these ppl. I just don't know what the heck is going on here!!!! Nothing is happening. I bet this is one of those drama's where it is all slow then the last 2 epi's everything happens in them that prolly would have taken like 4 epi's to explain appropriately. I am going nuts!

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You go girl!!

Finally, a female lead to my liking. She doesn't just sit quietly whining about her misfortunes: she takes the initiative. Well done, Hee Jin!

Her poor manager will have a hard time from now on. Not only her protegee has publicly declared she has a bf, but this bf happens to be a little older than his looks suggest. lol



The confrontation between Boong Do and Jo was hilarious. She questions him about his background, education, family and he doesn't even need to lie!! Haha



I love the juxtaposition of past and present as it is presented here. When a scene in the present is interrupted by one in the past, it looks like they are happening at the same time: while Doong Gu walks on modern Jeju, the guards look for him in the same place.

It's as though past and present were both existing at the same time, as if they were separated by space, rather than time.



Which obviously raises the most classic of questions: since Boong Do didn't die as he was supposed to, is the future going to be changed forever?

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So lala...

For such a highly anticipated drama it?s surprisingly lame and episode two truly follows in its predecessor?s footsteps.



Plot: ?Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.? (Dorothy Thompson)

I wished for the identities of the remaining Mirai Nikki owners to be revealed at a later date in order to leave the drama sufficient room to develop a feeling of tension and paranoia. Judging by the current situation the drama will evolve into a cat-and-mouse game in which the participants are (at least) vaguely familiar with each other.



Mirai Nikki episode two is still lacking action and a mystic feeling to it and the Dead End messages which are presumably supposed to trigger suspense ultimately don?t even seem worthy enough to pay attention to.

Or who believes that the protagonist is going to be killed in episode two?



Thinking backwards (and forwards) I find the story revolving around Arata?s father unnecessary. If staged correctly Mirai Nikki could be engaging without the additional motives of tragic family loss and revenge.



Arata: Okada?s performance is more realistic than in episode one, his facial expressions not as quirky.His character?s bewildered reaction to his father?s disappearance is justified but I still can?t sympathize with him.

And just why does a person (naively) run to a place where another human is being held captive? Surprise, surprise ? there is someone else present, someone with ill intentions!



Yuno: Yuno resembles more and more an irritating puppy that gets mad when it doesn?t get its treat.



I find Haruna intriguing but hope that her role in the drama is not as apparent as it momentarily presents itself to be. I also found Megumi and her motives plausible but a little distant.



(On a side note: Does Gengar aka Deus aka the purple speaking app have a mind on his own or does he serve as a transmitter only?)



To make it short: I still can?t sympathize with a character nor root for any of them, no, far from it: I just don?t bother what happens to them. And that?s the death of every good thriller.

But why? Script? Actors? Settings? I suppose I will figure it out at a later point but for now I dare say that it?s a mix of all of them.



Ah no, that?s not quite true that I was totally left out in the cold. I was, let?s say, hoping that Megumi would accidentally shoot her arrow ?

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