Fumiko

I have watched episode 7 now:
Ieharu annoys me so much.
I really hope that Tomoko ices and ignores him completely.

Spoiler:
In history Ieharu had a son with concubine Ochiho who never became Shogun since he died age 18.
With Tomoko (main character) he had two daughters.
With Oshina (maid of Tomoko) he had a son who died in infancy.
Ieharu thus had to adopt the next Shogun Ienari. This means nobody won.

I also think that Oshina's son will likely not be Ieharu's since she only recently slept with that Ooku employee.

Same, Myung Ha I think might plan something awful in the finale. He has been a jealous guy and harping on the death of his traitor father for way too long and it has to lead to something…

I think that Myung Ha will plan some dumb action that will finally get him killed since despite him harping on his traitor father‘s death he was forgiven until now but he doesn‘t know when to stop.

Su-min is similar to Park Yeon-jin with being the most entertaining part and MVP in their respective series (sorta the break out character) . Both terrible persons and they learn nothing until the end.

I think that Yura will get the car crash.
Su-min will end up in jail with Ji-won visiting her one final time most likely.

I love Sei Shonagon's introduction so far. Since her thing with Tadanobu is mentioned I hope that her other rumored affairs are also included (Fujiwara no Yukinari and Fujiwara no Sanekata).

My favorite character overall is Machida Keita as Kinto so far and I hope that just like the guidebook mentions that when Murasaki starts to write Genji he will become interested in Murasaki's writings.

Fumi had some messed up or antagonistic characters early on in her career: Noriko in Brain Main, Hana in My Man, Chacha in Gunshi Kanbei was also a villain.

I could see Mayu matching the Su-min character a lot.

One thing that has to stay is that the Su-min character and the Min-hwan character have to be a trashy couple XD.
Wonder who they could cast as Ji-won expy and Ji-Hyuk expy. I hope that they choose good actors for these roles.

I at first thought of Nikaido Fumi since she is good with characters that can be awful however for a Su-min expy she is likely too tough for the seemingly innocent facade.

I would love Matsuoka Mayu in this role since she is really good at acting and I would love to see her as such as mean character since she can look super innocent and sweet.
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An expy of each of them would be awful to have in your life (and likely could easily happen in reality). Ji-won is however really exceptionally punished to have these many toxic people around.

Both Su-min and Min-Hwan are so insane that they are ruining each other now XD.

Su-min should have told Ji-Won that her mother is venting out her frustration on her. They could have talked about Ji-Won‘s mother and Su-min‘s father and Su-min could have stayed with Ji-won and Ji-won‘s dad as often as possible. But that would have been a normal reaction on Su-min‘s part. Instead she wanted someone who feels more miserable than her around.

The grandprince surely will be successor since not only was that promised but he also seems very dutiful already and seems to even put his own wants and needs behind if it is expected of him.

It has to be lack of confidence - thinking it won't get any better. In Ji-won's case it took her to die once so that she was able to start loving her life and throwing away the trash.

Min-hwan in a scene with Ji-won said once:
'No one would want you.'
I do think that that was quiet telling.

Joo-ran I hope takes example from Ji-won and gets rid of her garbage husband and gets with the decent guy as well.
Interestingly Joo-ran at the beginning of the show said to Ji-won once that she is way too good for Min-hwan thus she subconsciously likely thinks the same about her own situation as well but is not able to act on it yet.

I think Su-min despite being a horrible person is really interesting to watch. Curious what her mother will add to the picture 😅.

I think Yura will be gone soon. However Min-Hwan now has money due to Yura, Su-min will likely leak the relationship between Ji-won and Ji-hyak. This allows Su-min and Min-Hwan to portray themselves and even Yura as victims ('Ji-won is the mistress of Ji-Hyak' etc.).

In Ji-won’s case (with her mother‘s story and with Su-min and Min-Hwan) despite knowing that Jihyuk is a good guy I actually would have feared for a brief while becoming the other woman. Basically while he might not have any affection for Yura that he might still give in to his family and has to marry her.

The prospect of not being good enough for Jihyuk‘s family and having to compete with Yura (who is violent) in a official wife vs. sidewife/concubine way does not sound good.

Of course she will change her mind later on and bounce back.

I love that every minute Su-min and Min-hwan + plus Min-hwan‘s mother are spending together is awful.

I assume that Yura is giving Min-hwan money and training so that he isn‘t broke anymore and can try to ruin Ji-won‘s life. I also assume that Min-hwan will soon have an affair with Yura setting Su-min over the edge.

I dislike the ex-fiancee trope so much. A 30+ woman always still insisting on some vague promise adults did when they were children and despite the guy saying that he doesn't want this is just always rather pathetic. In this case they were never even a couple in the first place. BoA should have gotten another brief role maybe at the office or one of the classmates.

Of course it's the wedding of the year after all 🥹🤣.

What I really is that even seemingly simple exchanges like the young grandprince wanting to learn baduk are turned into sorta nerve wracking scenes the tension rose pretty fast in the last episodes.

They will get their comeuppance and are totally punished with each other XD.