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This was a really strong season! There were those ups and downs and misunderstandings and silent treatments that made it interesting to watch- but also it was full of fluff and flirting and natural chemistry as well as great friendships that gave the whole season a wholesome vibe. No spoilers but I'm very happy with how it all turned out too :)

The teaser for ep 09 seems ... so dramatic!

The thing that extra frustrates me about Min Woo is he's already successful lawyer at a successful law firm. Why can't he just continue to do his job well and then apply to work for a different company if he wants to? He's not even in a disadvantaged position where the only way to the top is through evil schemes he's just got to continue doing his job like literally everyone else!

Started watching the first ep but I'm thrown off by how out of place the ML is in a school setting. I'm very used to adults playing high schoolers (or transitioning high school to adulthood) in dramas but this actor in particular.... I'd say he totally cannot pass as even a college student let alone a high schooler!

I love how this drama doesn't dwell in and drag out issues through lack of communication- instead we get the emotional pay off of the characters actually working through the ups and downs of dealing with these problems. Lesser kdrama writers rely on lack of communication and one big deception carrying the plot and then things quickly come out in the last few episodes before quickly wrapping up. It's much more interesting to see the aftermaths of these truths being discovered rather than an entire drama which focusses on them being covered up.

Actually there ends up being a 3rd guy who likes her, her boss! But hes absolutely irrelevant and a waste of screentime.

But tbh yes the tennis player pops back up right at the end too, unecessarily. I ended up fowarding through the last 2 eps because of them.

How are people finding the leads' chemistry? I'm looking for a new fun cdrama to watch but I'm unsure whether I'll find their attraction to eachother very natural considering the age gap +++ the step siblings aspect...

(especially since I know AB so well as a grown adult from Keep Running and Guanlin as a still maturing young man from produce + other dramas and I can't wrap my mind around the two of them being a match)

Enjoyed this overall but the latter few episodes went a bit off the rails with obsessed 3ML, despite there being no tension because as a viewer you know hes not going to effect the main couple at all. So that was just... uneccessary

Aah I see thanks for letting me know. It's a shame, it's really thrown off the vibe of the first ep because it feels like we're not seeing a huge chunk of what's actually happening! (plus its a shame those who spend time with her get less screen time)

Just started watching the new season on YT. Looks like in the first ep there's a 3rd girl present who's been blurred out- was there some sort of scandal?

Question-

I'm considering watching this for HIY but while I can easily enjoy an older-woman younger man romance, I personally tend to avoid student-teacher romances because I'm icked out by the power imbalance and I don't love age gap relationships where the younger person is in a life stage where they're barely an adult. Can I ask how young HIY's character is supposed to be in this? Is he at least a postgrad in his twenties?

Nah the latter half of this drama is pissing me off. Kelan's mother is critically ill and Yu Hao is too busy sulking about being broken up with that he takes shitty care of himself and ends up in hospital himself- and then his uncle makes out like it's Kelan's fault? Yu Hao should be doing everything he can to make life easier for Kelan, including giving her emotional space if she needs it- not making this about himself in this moment.

Gah ep 17 was so sad.

School 2013.

Prison Playbook (maybe? Haven't seen it myself)

Eulachacha Waikiki (centred around 3 male friends though as the synopsis says, they are joined by ladies)

And then dramas which are focussed on close friendship groups which also have a girl in it:
Reply 1988 (friendship group consists of 4 guys and a girl)
Hospital Playlist (friendship group consists of 3 guys and a girl).

This was a warm comforting watch, where you just watch two couples fall in love naturally. 2nd couple especially were literally ideal for each other, a nice change of pace to have a female character know she likes a guy straight away and immediately start creating opportunities for herself with him. (And for the guy to cluelessly and cutely go along with that because he likes her back- he was too sweet!)

Wow this poster + plot summary sound like loads of fun! Looking foward to it.

"Hello Mr Gu (2021)" is a CEO Contract Marriage + "Perfect and Casual (2020)" is a Professor Contract Marriage. BUT I have to mention I only gave those 7.5 ratings and don't really remember them so to me they're good but not amazing dramas.

A workplace-ish related Cdrama which I enjoyed more is:

"Moonlight (2021)": Not CEO-employee but instead she's an employee of a publishing house, he's a difficult author client who she needs to wrangle + act as an assistant for, hijinks ensue. Not contractual dating exactly but they have to live together for reasons lol.

I was enjoying this immensely but then I reached ep 10 / 11 and the tone changes between the light hearted scenes and the violent nature of the new mystery they've introduced is giving me whiplash.

I'm watching this because I like Song Zu Er but I've never seen Z.Tao act in anything and was really worried he would be distracting - but these two have really amazing chemistry with eachother! He's pleasantly surprised me for sure. Truly I normally dislike "time travel but not time travel because of chinese censorship" dramas but in this case I'm really enjoying it because of the leads.

It was so satisfying to watch her say everything I was thinking in the confrontation. You go girl! I also think its good, as she's always admired him like he's on a pedestal but now that she's seen he can be foolish they're on more even footing.