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Thanks for sharing! I'll watch it.

Yeah, could be but its just assumptions. He has high Yin energy and can cross, so is yang important or not? Is it special to him or not?

Could anyone with Shamanic abilities just cut open their necks, go into the spirit realm and come back when they pleased? Seems so..

Thank you for replying.

Yeah, the more I read answers, the more I think her spiritual ability may have made it possible, I guess..
The blood thing could be possible except, he only puts his blood on the peach stick in ep 1 so that it would travel to the other side with him, and she also puts his blood on the Jujube branch so it would appear in the spiritual realm in ep 2 or 3 making me believe HE (and his blood) is important to traveling to that realm. But then she just smears her own blood on her head and just travels there. Might be more logical if she smeared herself with his blood or went with him the first time.

I'm grateful for your input, thanks.

It could be the yin/yang thing but I don't really think so.
They just said she has a lot of yang energy and he had a lot of yin, that's it, no explanation as to how it would help her die and go to the gwi world.

I know she can hear spirits, that's her unique ability, same way seeing is his but in the first episode, we are told that after being under water for over 15mins and being thought dead, he came back to life and can now see spirits as he's neither fully human or spirit and can travel to both worlds, whereas she was born with the hearing but is fully human so how does that translate to her just throwing herself into water and hoping it works..

I'm just overthinking it.
Thanks for replying.

I guess that could be it but I wish show had given a logical explanation, it was sort of a big deal.

Thanks.

True. I decided to not ask deep questions and just enjoy the watch. Though a few still cross my mind..

Because who did he rush to fight at the end there and how did he get out? What was his deal with the primordial gwi thing? Why is he still chained? Are they hoping for a season 2 or just have no explanations?
Why did Saeng Gang's mom never speak to her before she drank the poison? She knew her kid could hear spirits, why not warn her before she gets close to the grandma, even cryptically?!

In ep 3, when the girl ties herself and enters the world of gwi, are we given an explanation as to why she can do this? I though Gu Cheon could because of the thing with his mum as a child and he clearly says, you have to DIE to go there and he seems to possess this unique ability as he "died" and is said to be neither fully human nor spirit but then she just does it in episode 3 with no qualms or repercussions whatsoever?
We don't see that she's afraid to DIE! or any doubt at all about drowning without knowing if she'll either make it there or come back. Seriously wouldn't regular people die after being underwater for more than 10mins? Then she does it again in ep 8 and I am just tired. If everyone can just tie themselves to a tree, drown, die, go into the spirit realm and come back out when they are done then what is the use of Gu Cheon, just send your soldiers with peach sticks to stop whatever is plaguing you.
I didn't understand or like that oversight and it wouldn't leave my brain. So, I'm asking if someone had any explanations.

Good show but I have a question for those who have watched this...

True. And what was his office or function asides from office clown? Why was he there?? And why did it seem like the ML almost couldn't see him?
They would be in a scene with the GM being serious and he would start jumping around and there would be no reaction at all from the GM. Is that possible? Whether a smile or a "pls sit down", nothing. It was so weird to see and it lasted from the beginning to end and created a weird dissonance in the scenes.

Thanks for subbing and sharing this with us. It is a short and sweet story and I'm glad I got to watch it.

The show is well-done and the story is very interesting and I think it was all really greatly elevated by the acting especially from the three MLs.
From the first time we see him, Si eun is a powder keg waiting to blow and you watch waiting for it to happen and when it does, its done so so well. But then watching him slowly diffuse thanks to his forming friendships was really lovely.
Su ho was just too competent and charming to not like and the actor played him so very well.
But my absolute standout is Hong Kyung as Beom Seok. I watched this actor in the movie "Good News" last year and I really liked his acting but watching him here really increased my respect for his talent. He played BS with such layered nuance, he was timid, sad, lonely, irritating, jealous, pathetic, resentful, idiotic, confused and cowardly all at the same time. He felt like such a fully fleshed mess of confused, broken, lost, uncommunicative teen. And while his character is easy to dislike, I could never fully hate him at anytime which is WILD! and is thanks to the actor's skill.

My absolute favorite is his nephew Ren, I have no idea how they got that baby to be so free-spirited while still being firmly a part of the production but he is cute, his singing ad dancing of the Bug Ranger theme was stupendously endearing and he was just a lovely addition to an amazing show.
It was an easy watch, funny and lovely, conveying so much in just 5episodes without feeling unfinished or underdone, I have no idea how they do this but I love it very much, wouldn't add or remove a thing!
And well acted all around!

Thank you for subbing and sharing this.

Thank you for replying and sharing that link. It was a good read and made alot of sense. Certain things are clearer like the scene in ep.11, Yan Liang's death being a fact and what really happened to Pupu. But somethings I still don't get, like when the police officer Chen Sheng is supposed to have died and how we are to infer that without reading the book and why he is shown saving Yan Liang in ep.12, because even if it happens in the mind of ZCY, the question is why?
Infact, somethings are way too vague to be inferred and so just felt like too much was happening there at the end. I'm really glad someone shared all that info though now I'm not sure if it improved the show or just showed its flaws.

I like how this movie takes on the idea of identity and how it shapes us. How much a name and where we are from matters, at least in society (as we see with the brother who is near obsessed with who he is as a Taniguchi and an heir and an inn-owner and all that and also with Kido's in-laws saying he's alright since he is sufficiently removed from his Korean heritage by a few generations. Those things don't tell who a person is on the INSIDE but they are markers by which society engages with itself).
And it also shows how much the PERSON matters regardless of their name or where they are from, like with the son saying he just misses him, not the name or the identity but just his dad. And his wife affirming that their time together was real even if his 'identity' was not.

I loved the scene of Makoto crying on the road, it was such a depiction of immense helplessness and desperation with no other way to let it out in that moment, it was a moving scene and made it all the more clearer why he would do what he did.
And I liked the end scene.

A really great movie with a poignant message.

I'm glad it did.
It was my first of its type so it was quite new to me, this snappy deadpan ridiculous type of dialog is something I'd see in a book but not really in a drama so it was fun to watch and adding the strange normalcy of life even with all the ridiculousness was just icing on the cake.
Have you watched Brush up Life?

I have a question for those who have watched the show?

Please what does the scene at the end of ep11 mean? It is shown after the end credits and I don't understand what we were meant to see there especially as we've seen some of it in an earlier episode so it just looks unnecessary to me. But I would like to know if I am missing something.
Thanks.

It was ridiculous right??
I actually believed for a second there... *smh*

Hope you're enjoying the show?

Okay, I understand that and I thank you for responding.

I do think their relationship was restrained but I figured it was because Karasuma couldn't let himself open up fully to someone whose ideology about their chosen career he didn't and couldn’t fully agree with.

Even with understanding Kujo, he doesn't totally agree with him especially when it comes to defending the yakuza. And the thing about situations like Kujos', is that it will probably keep going till it reaches a head which might be detrimental. And I don't think Karasuma is convinced that defending those criminals (Mibu included) is a "truly helpful thing he can do" and so he sticks with his own beliefs.
He does ask Kujo to stop several times but ultimately can’t let himself get sucked in further.

I think the drama tried to show the lengths people go, to live out their beliefs and some of the consequences (good or bad) that come with it. I think Kujo also respected him and reflected on some of his questions and words and probably tried to protect him there at the end from the consequences of Kujo's own beliefs.
Maybe if there is a season 2, we will see Kujo reshaping his ideals or following it till whatever end. Or maybe Karasuma reshaping his and opening up better to Kujo but with their current situation and beliefs, I thought their respect for and desire to protect each other was shown well enough.

Thanks again for sharing your perspective.

I really enjoyed this one. A story of sticking to your beliefs and all it entails, good or bad, for Kujo, Karasuma and Arashiyama. I have no complaint with the acting. My only gripe was with the pacing for the case for ep 6&7, it was a little off but everything else, I really enjoyed!
I hope they make a season 2.