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Who cares? It served it's purpose and now Uk doesn't need it anymore.

Part 1 finished filming last month, they're filming part 2 now. But something will be edited in or out of the last episodes for "quality".

I'm wondering why the hell she keeps opening the door. Remotely to boot, not with a spell and gesture like the other Jins. Is it just her body's perk and Bu-Yeon is not conscious for this, or is there some plan Bu-Yeon has by doing this?

Shaman actress is called Shaman Choi in the cast section.

It looked like the blood of Cho-Yeon didn't help. It was Mu-Deok/Bu-Yeon again who opened the door, she was conveniently close by. And after that she again had trouble with sight.

No, it's another actress. The one in episode 1 is called Mystery woman in the cast section.

It's on kisskh.me as 16.1 episode. No subs though. And by the looks of it it's just a narrated recap of the previous episodes. Nothing interesting.

https://mydramalist.com/article/alchemy-of-souls-will-not-air-next-week

https://mydramalist.com/article/alchemy-of-souls-will-not-air-next-week

https://mydramalist.com/article/alchemy-of-souls-will-not-air-next-week

What's the point of getting angry at the actress? 🤦‍♂️Even if she's gonna replace JSM as FL in part 2, it's not her fault anyway. She didn't steal the role from under her or anything, it's just what the writers are possibly having in store for us. Blame the writers for this crazy plot twist, if it's gonna blow in their faces later, they're the only ones to blame.

And if you want to watch simply contemporary kdramas here are some nice ones of this year's:
-A Business Proposal
-Tomorrow
-Crazy Love
-From Now On, Showtime!

If you want something close to AoS by genre I'd recommend watching:
-Rurouni Kenshin Japanese movie series (best sword fights I've ever seen)
-Kingdom kdrama series

Historical (saeguk) type of kdramas:
-Mr. Queen
-Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist (ongoing)

And I'm sure there are countless wuxia cdramas out there similar to AoS, some people here may know some good ones.

So it needs to have romance?

If circulating rumors are true Naksu will regain her body and og Naksu actress will return to reprise her role.

Not earlier than December, as there are other shows scheduled up until that month, but most likely next year.
Just to give an example, another Netflix show called Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area Part 1 debuted at the end of June, around the same time as AoS. Part 2 with 6 more episodes is scheduled for release by the end of this year.
Alchemy of Souls part 2 will have 10 episodes, which is 4 more, and unlike Money Heist will have CGI, which also takes a lot of time to make. So I wouldn't hold my breath about this year, tbh.

That depends on what you've seen already and how old would you prefer. Ongoing, this year's, yesteryear's? Genre preference?

Yea, I feel like if this show really wants to break stereotypes about autistic people and show that autistic people too are capable of love, as autistic users keep commenting here, there's gotta be more from FL's side as well. Expressions of love are important, as well as trust in your partner, otherwise it'd feel one sided and hopeless. I get that FL's father already got used to this loneliness, but he's family, he won't go away anywhere. But FL needs to become less self-absorbed somehow, even if it's difficult for an autistic person, to keep ML happy by her side. I hope we'll see something more from FL in the upcoming episodes, not just a continuation of educational manual "How to properly treat autistic people".

It is, but there's part 2 with 10 more episodes anyway.

There are even younger support actors with characters like Dang Gu and Cho-Yeon who are doing much more admirable job. But it's fine if you like his acting. But some people are really in it only for his idol looks and they turn absolutely rabid if you disagree about him being, as they say, "fine af" 🤦‍♂️