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Episode 9, man. Episode 9. 😔

It’s a powerhouse. As I mentioned under the comment below, it belongs to a parent company that has hugely talented children companies and subsidiaries that work together to bring us some of the best k-dramas. For example, Studio Dragon (a subsidiary of the parent company) has produced most of the TVN dramas listed above. The in-house talent and resources the parent company has to offer through its different branches is insane.

Facts. And when you realise they produce all of TVN’s dramas and share the same parent company as TVN, you realise why we’ve been gifted with so many k-drama standouts. It’s like having a gifted family all under the umbrella of CJ ENM (parent company). They own or have as a subsidiary: Studio Dragon, TVN, OCN and TVING.

Fr, if you scroll through the TVN tag here on MDL you’d be astonished to see how many of the big titles are under its name.

Goblin
Crash Landing On You
True Beauty
Flowers of Evil
Alchemy of Souls
Vincenzo
Reply 1988, Reply 1997, Reply 1994
Hospital Playlist
What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim
Twinkling Watermelon
My Mister
Under The Queen’s Umbrella
It’s Okay Not To Be Ok
Our Blues
Hotel Del Luna
Tale Of The Nine Tailed
Castaway Diva
Marry My Husband (any PMY dramas tbh)
Doom At Your Service
Prison Playbook
Home Town Cha Cha Cha
My Roommate Is A Gumiho
The Devil Judge
Crash Course In Romance
See You In My 19th Life
100 Days My Prince
He Is Psychometric
Our Blooming Youth
Mr Queen
Mr Sunshine
Signal
Mother

To name a few

Yup. Stuff’s about to go down next episode. 😥😭😭

I was discussing this with someone recently. About how TVN has probably produced the (most) best romcom k-dramas of any other channel or studio. The topic came up because I realised how all the k-dramas that are all time favourites, I can remember hearing “15” at the start of each drama and so I went back and checked to see if they were TVN and they were. They should get a lifetime achievement award or something.

“Has the mandatory 30-day waiting period passed?”

This was the one I was wondering pondering myself but a lot has happened. I’m thinking it’s been a few months since Germany.

Ok, I thought so. It’s worded so weirdly.

Quick question: Does this mean they are still filming the drama while it’s airing? Or is it that the information in this article is translated weirdly?

Ok, I thought this was going to be something different tonally.

You’ve actually commented the three things I was going to say.

*- The production and visuals are good.

*- ML is a decent actor but his portrayal of the character doesn’t fit the tone. If it was a straight up comedy it might fit. He really feels like he is playing a role rather than inhabiting the role. The FL is carrying the show atm. I think she does a good job for her version of secretary Kim.

*- I don’t feel the romantic chemistry between them so far.

It’s a light watch and palette cleanser between the heavier dramas of the week and this is the biggest appeal for me. So in that sense, I’m enjoying it.

🤣🤣🤣👌

A rare occurrence of the MDL rating being reflective of the drama.

Yup

I wholeheartedly agree with your commentary about Weak Hero Class 1. There are some dramas I recommend because they are badass, well acted and entertaining, like The Glory and then there are some dramas I think NEED to be seen, like Weak Hero Class 1. I think dramas like these are so important.

I wasn’t aware there was a novel so I’m going in blind. I kind of expect it to have a happy ending. Most Taiwanese bls do and nothing indicates so far that the ending will be sad. Although I suspect it will be an emotional ride, as it has been so far.

I know any country bl can have sad endings but if it were a Japanese bl, if one of the characters ends up being sick or have a health scare, that character’s dying for sure. The sad ending would be a certainty. 😅

Now that the obligatory break up and reunion is out of the way, next up is the illness/health crisis Qian is sure to face. I’m bracing myself for this one. All I can say is, thank God it’s not a Japanese production or we’d be set for a sad ending.

I got to around episode 7 before I realised I’d seen this before. It’s interesting watching this in my thirties compared to my twenties. I found that I related more to the FL’s father (both in his observations of the FL & ML’s blossoming romance and also how funny his realness is). I used to think it was just nostalgia but they really don’t make them like they used to. I sat and easily watched this 20 episode k-drama and this was the second time around. These days I can’t even get through a 12 episode drama of the newer series without fast forwarding through some of it. I watched a 2016 drama for the first time two weeks ago and it was so good. Have all the directors and screenwriters from 2014 - 2019 retired or something?

I think they responded because it takes very little these days for the Korean public to turn against actors/stars. It seems there’s an entity that is REALLY trying to bring bad publicity to this drama. Two weeks ago it was the car controversy (equally stupid but just as potentially damaging).