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This history is extremely complex to understand. There are not enough Korean resources, translated into English. If you ever visit Korea, go to the Contemporary History Museum and the Korea War Museum. You really need to go back 150 years to get the full picture of how the nation ended up in the situation is in now. I honestly can't do it justice on my own explaining it in detail.
There is a very interesting group on FB called the Korea Heritage Society. If you like to learn more about Korea's history, it's worth joining, people share lots of interesting things they find on it, you won't see it elsewhere.
Side notes- At the end of WW2 and Japan was required to give up all the lands and territories it claimed before the war. China and Russia were responsible for the North, US, and UN nations aided the South. Russia and China had already embraced communist-socialist ideals and while the US and its allies were fiercely against it. This is very similar to what happened to Germany post WW2.
The US wasn't looking to get into war again. NK invaded the South killing 100,000s civilian men, women, and children in just a few days. They took over 90% of the peninsula, basically, l BUSAN was the only area under the South's control. I believe it was 3 days before the US and several other allied nations like the UK were able to step in. Eventually, they were able to push the NK and Chinese armies all the way back to the border of China. In an effort to settle the region "peacefully, the Korean Armistice Agreement was established and signed designating two new nations with the division of the DMZ.

The years that followed were full of fear, terror, and corruption-based leadership on both sides of the borders, in the South one dictator after the next took power. People were often accused of being spies for NK or working to dismantle the current government. There were many atrocious actions done by people in power to silence those who spoke out.
A dramatic turn started in 1979 with the Assassination of President Park. He had aggressively suppressed the democracy movements during his 17 years in power. The voices he tried to shut began to cry out again for a change in 1980.
The Gwangju and the Seoul Station student protest were the sounds of an awakening giant that year, many others followed.
In 1987 -June Democratic Uprising, it was the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak. There was a fear that the protests would unsettle the already planned 1988 Seoul Olympics, it forced the ruling party to hold elections and reform their government. Honestly, it is widely believed if it were not for the Olympics, Korea would have been a completely different country today.

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Question:
I'm debating between 3 different airing dramas at the moment. Is this filled with lots of unreasonable angst or is it more on the lighter side?

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My point was about the way the data is collected, just by looking at the ratings for each age bracket the total should be well above what we see on the main page...8.71-9.19. It should be closer to a 9 not 8.2.

The ending could have been longer and more detailed, otherwise, It was a memorable journey, one I am sad to see end.

It's lighthearted, heart-wrenching, and heartwarming the couple has to endure a lot of past and present challenges together as a result of an accident in episode 1. Still, I highly recommend it. One of the most touching c- dramas I have seen to date. You may need some tissues on hand.

You can always goggle translate the synopsis of the written description of the next episode for better clarity on what is coming....https://www.fujitv.co.jp/renaimangaka/story/story08.html

Originally, The unsubbed version could be found on Chinese-based platforms on Sun and Mon, while Netflix is releasing the subbed version on Tue. It may be different this week since the number of episodes released has been cut in half each week. It looks like MGTV will release 4 on Tue like Netflix this week.

It has only been subbed up to 9 by subbers via YOYO ENGLISH Channel and that is the fastest for human-made subs.
YOYO FUN STATION on YT has 9 subbed, but it's computer-generated by google translate
The subs are released 1 episode per day on
YOYO ENG CHANNEL Thursday - Sunday, 1 episode per day at 20:30 (GMT+0800), YOYO FUN STATION subs are released Tuesday to Friday at 12 o'clock (GMT+8)
VIKI also has subbers working on this drama, but they are also delayed by several days.
They have up to 8 completed.

It's identical. The only difference is where the story starts and stops in each episode. The Youtube episodes run longer, thus the fewer total in the series.

I don't understand the rating system. It seems like it should be higher based on the data collected.... https://mydramalist.com/50135-the-imperial-coroner/statistics

Me also. I felt like it got better as I watched it.

I liked Introverted boss. It wasn't perfect, I still enjoyed watching the two extreme opposite manifestations of trauma balance one another out. I'd watch again in the distant future on along flight if nothing else was available. There are many more dramas I could add to my frustration list.
The rest of your list I couldn't agree more with you on.

No, it is not comedy, I don't care for those either. I am not a fan of historical c-dramas.
IMO the story is 70% mystery/detective story and 30% romance. Personally, I don't find the romance aspect a slow burn, rather an even-paced (sweet) addition to the script. It's just more on the innocent and caring side, I am not bored with their relationship, I feel like it fits the story and the nature of the characters well.
Anyway, I find this drama both engaging and charming. It may be one of my favorite c-drama of the year, so I won't hesitate to suggest you give it a try. If you don't enjoy it you can always drop it.

The YoYo Fun Station page Peach Blossom suggested only offer google translated auto-generated subs. You will find lots of confusing phrases and errors. I guess if you don't mind those it's not an issue.

However...Professionally done subs should be a big improvement, though they are a bit slower coming out.
Up until ep 7 is done on so far on the YOYO ENGLISH channel on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVhL4CGmono&list=PLTB73Ibi_X3F4akxkDk4cR6WEd_Hv4HdB

Yes.

I know. I am not even a cat person (allergies) and I was heartbroken. :(

LOL Right! I'm trying to get used to it, but it's testing my endurance a bit.

There are way to many other dramas out there unsubbed and in need of fan subber. It's being professionally subbed by WeTV and Viki volunteers, it wouldn't be logical for someone else to invest their time on it. We will just have to wait until next week for the drama to be completed.