Good Grief

this woman is so gorgeous! how does she not have main roles?

President Liu Qingying encountered a career crisis because she was devoted to her career and was bullied by employees and fans online. In order to save his career, he had to reach a deal with the city lord of Xiliang—crossing Xiliang to help the city lord survive the catastrophe of life and death. But Liu Qingying, the enterprising president, never expected that there are so many male pets in the harem of the city lord, and all of them want to sleep with them! In order to dissuade the male concubines from serving as bed servants, Liu Qingying decided to favor Zhen Wan, a civilian man who was forcibly brought by the city lord. But at this time Liu Qingying didn't know that the little fairy boy she mistook for, Zhen Wan, was actually carrying the mission of assassinating the city lord...

Because it is a ridiculous premise. Most people would struggle to read a text from 200 years ago, yet these people go thousands of years into the past and still know exactly how to speak, how to behave and how everything around them works. It gets even worse when after 5 min from arrival they get to outsmart the ancients because of their “superior knowledge” even though most modern knowledge would be completely useless in ancient times.
Very often the time-travelers are supposedly “modern” women, but instead of struggling with the role of women in the past (most of us probably wouldn’t survive a week without being beaten to death…) they usually fall for some backward buffoon who mistreats them.
Plus recently, far too many dramas are using this lame trope. It’s like the writers have run out of ideas.

I know its not realistic. But I like that there is no discrimination between men and woman in this drama.

My friends gave me a bad review about it, but I started watching it and I'm liking it. It is advisable to watch it yourself and have your own opinion. Our preferences are not universal.

It’s probably quicker to just unsubscribe from Netflix. But for those who won’t and can’t yet, contacting them is a good enough

I feel THE STORY OF MING LAN would have deserved a place in this list. It was written by the same author than LOVE LIKE THE GALAXY

Move to heaven came out 2021. Not this year.
Oscars are for films. Emmys are for tv series.
Golden Globes is films and tv series.

Oh, it's been on my PTW list this whole time... My issues is, I'm still trying to get through the rest of my 2021 list to getting into my 2022 list. 🤣😂😁

I liked King's Affection but compared to Pachinko, they are world's apart.

I haven't watched EAW yet but Pachinko was just one of those dramas that make you wish everything was this high quality. Lee Min Ho showed he can have a range and has grown into a quality actor as well.

Hope the best for them. It's about time the foreign community that watches these shows give up some decent appreciation to the entertainment and quality that they provide sometimes far and above what Canada or the USA, who host these awards, have been doing recently.

why do Korean dramas show middle class/poor mothers leaving their children alone? i have seen that in way too many dramas.

What was the point of the character Mutsuko (Tokiko’s ‘mannish friend’) if not for confirming that Taki had feelings for Tokiko? Mutsuko only appeared in that one scene when Taki confided her worries to Mutsuko. It was subtle and obvious at the same time. I’m pretty sure the school both Tokiko and Mutsuko went to when they were young was an all-girl school (I believe those were the only schools that women were allowed to join in that era) and do you remember how Mutsuko said ‘everyone was in love with Tokiko’ (she clearly stressed on ‘everyone’) and how she said that she understood Taki’s feelings? And do you remember when Takeshi said this story was about both Tokiko and Taki loving Shoji, Taki immediately disagreed saying that Takeshi didn’t have enough imagination? Did you notice Taki’s reaction everytime Tokiko touched her?

Is this movie gay? Yes, it is but only if you truly pay attention to the details because it’s extremely subtle. Poor Taki bringing that love to her grave, never talked about it even when writing her autobiography.

Edit: funny, after I wrote this comment I went to check this movie’s Japanese wikipedia and it said that Mutsuko was the one that introduced Taki to Nobuko Yoshiya’s novels (a pioneer in Japanese lesbian literature) which further proves that this movie is gay lol. that detail never happened in the movie though, as far as I remember.

It's subtle, and one sided, but there are clearly romantic feelings there.

Immediately after finishing the movie I took a look around the web at various comments and reviews and pretty much no one mentioned Taki's feelings for Tokito or found non-romantic excuses for it. There were either some mental gymnastics at play or somehow Taki's feelings were too subtle for most people to pick up on. Nhii's comment below mine says a lot more about a particular scene that's pretty blatant.

Wait how does he afford a suit if he’s getting paid at low rate? Lmfao really unrealistic. Where is his other income??

They should change the title with "Lawyer for broke people", or how a dude manages to give low fees to his clients and still able to pay his bills.