Lee Evanie

I highly agree, I know this will sound rude to some people but when I saw how the FL behaved and how she dressed I was like it's not surprising she gets bullied like that by everyone, like did they really need to make her that...unlikable in a way? Being utterly unstylish and awfully meek is like the greatest way to turn yourself into a bully magnet and make even the none bullies kinda look down on you even if they try hard to hide it to not be mean lol

Also yes as usual I end up falling hard for Im Si Wan, he is so flawless I can't handle it <3

I also would love to have such a shirt with different colors lmao

The ML is so freaking adorable, love Siwan and can't help but watch everything he acts in, he is such a gorgeous man with a very chill, likeable, and peaceful vibe <3 not gonna lie first episode was boring as hell to me even though lots happened in it, but the second episode was pretty cute and funny.

Of course everyone in the town will judge and dislike the FL since she is a young loner woman living alone blah blah they love judging women, especially unmarried ones everywhere it seems and her meek ass personality gives them more of a reason to bully her. Even fellow women will say shit about her lmao

I'm worried about the ending of second episode though, hope the glasses dude won't turn out to be a creep who will bother her somehow, and I always wonder why they love having super rude and annoying teen girl characters with shit attitude in lots of Kdramas? Like why?! I seriously despise this type of characters to death.

100% agree! I prefer mature and realistic romance than the overdone ones they keep torturing us with and make me feel extremely uncomfortable while watching. I believe only very young audience will find their cringe appealing honestly.

Even if it's a romance between two literal adults like office romance dramas the adults will act like 13 years old teenagers for some reason, and it just pisses me off greatly.

Oh, I see! Thanks for answering.

Oh, then that's hella odd for them to let her become the crown princess when she is on the verge of dying soon...like why?!

Your comment made me laugh due to how accurate it is, yes the amount of characters that I highly loved but ended up dying out of the blue, or bad non suitable endings for both main characters and villains is apparently a thing in Chinese dramas. They love to make everything so tragic, unfair, and depressing for some reason. Also they basically use the same character tropes and romance clichés over and over and over again.

And for some reason most of the time my favorite character isn't the main character and they end up dying for the sake of main character or something of the sort.

Especially if it's a romance focused drama and if their happen to be bromance moments the ML will have more chemistry and romantic moments with this best friend/second male lead/rival than the FL lmao great examples for this lack of enough chemistry between the two leads but great bromance/friendship are Ancient Detective, Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain, The Taoism Grandmaster, Fighter of the Destiney, and My Roommate is a Detective.

For some reason in all these dramas cases the ML has some seriously romantic and sweet moments with a fellow dude than he has with the supposedly FL (Though to be honest I prefer BL/bromance over straight romance so I guess it doesn't bother me that much, it's just ironic lol).

Exactly! Just cause they like the culture of some country, it doesn't mean they should mindlessly glorify it and it's people, and you don't need to watch that drama, not only is the first episode painful to watch, but the drama overall was garbage with a very bland and bad-written plot and characters.

Yeah about the idol going to Africa, that was Sh**ing Stars, I mentioned it in one of comments in this same discussion about how racist it was.

And I still don't understand what is the relation with the murder thing and the filter...how come they didn't use said filter before in like the 10000 other dramas where they murdered people?

Especially when filmed in Korea they never do it. It's known why some countries like USA use this damn filters and so I think it's better to not do such a thing that could lead to getting backlash that could easily be avoided even if they wanna use the "to fit the mood" excuse because what is the point? The drama's ratings aren't gonna tank if they show a country the way it really looks like and the whole mood thing really doesn't make sense at all no matter how I think about it and be open minded...
Let me ask you again do you also believe the same thing about American movies that are filmed in Europe or USA itself compared to ones filmed lets say...in Mexico since it's a very well known example? How come they tend to use yellow filter in the Mexico ones but not the ones in their own country? Why the "MOOD" thing only applies to Mexico in this example?!

In this day and age it's easy to know what's wrong and what's right and what can be considered offending so shouldn't they bother learn about it at least instead of using lame excuses or fake ignorance they keep using over and over again.

Also do you see me saying all their dramas are racist? No I talked about this drama and that other drama and why is that? Because they didn't do this filter or overall racist crap in many other dramas.

Besides when the people who are offended by said racism due to it giving negative reputation to their own countries and making them uncomfortable, I find it quite displeasing when people who aren't affected at all by it/from other countries to say that they just wanna apply racism in everything since it's basically victim blaming in a way.

I don't know myself why they do this. I guess some things will never change even if they do not make sense.

Then why they don't use these non colorful sad backgrounds while filming in Korea itself? Most of their shows are filmed in their country and many of these shows are thrillers/action/crime...etc filled with sad and dangerous shit, how come they don't use said yellow gross filters to fit the mood then, but use them when it comes to other countries?

They should show things/places the way they really are cause they represent them in their dramas to the whole world and their own country to see, and so they should make a decent, realistic, and respectful representation, and just cause a country looks pretty it doesn't mean it's not proper for filming action/dramatic stuff.

With all respect to you here, but what kind of an excuse is that? Don't forget that South Korea is indeed filled with racism and xenophobia to the core especially from the older generations who rule the country and it's overall mindset. Even many of the younger generations like Kpop idols do and say lots of offending racist stuff and get called out for it daily, we can't pretend to not see it when someone does wrong thing no matter what country they are from even if we love Kpop/dramas or like Korean culture overall.

Yeah I also felt uncomfortable while watching that part, I hate these freaking filters. Just like in Western shows when they show Mexico/Latino, third world countries, and Arabian/middle eastern countries they use this gross looking shit making them look dusty, retarded, and depressing.

That reminds me of first episode of Sh**ting Stars, that episode pissed me off so much due to how awfully racist and rude it was to all Africans, but there were some people who would just tell you to get over it as if it's not an actual issue all because they themselves weren't Africans, yet they tell the Africans who felt offended to shut up.

Just cause some people are obsessed with Kpop/Kdrama or Korean culture overall they would go as far as trying to defend their clear flaws, insulting and wrong behavior and mindset sadly when South Korea is filled with awful issues that shouldn't exist in this day and age to begin with. I also love Kpop/Kdramas...etc but I won't pretend to be blind about all problems related to the country or their entertainment industry as a whole.

I honestly hope that hag dies indeed, and yes she made it clear that Uiseong isn't the king's son.

Can you please tell me what sickness she has? I didn't pay attention to that part so I don't remember.

50 episodes will make it too draggy and I know since I went as far as watching many 60-100+ episodes historical Chinese dramas and I almost lost it sometimes due to how torturous the dragginess could get with them.

Maybe 25 episodes isn't a bad idea though, I actually prefer this fast pace cause most historical dramas can be awfully draggy to the point where I lose interest completely at the end like I said before. I even got tired of the whole crown prince selection part at the end so am glad we are already done with that and they didn't waste too much time on the crown princess selection thankfully since it is the part I don't care about the most lmao

This fast pace keep the watchers hooked and focused to not miss any details so it kills the boredom factor.

Wait what sickness? Is she sick? How come I missed that and which sickness?!

Yeah that's exactly what is ruining this drama for me, it's more of a boring slice of life show at this point, and they repeat the same thing every episode, some cute scenes at the end of episodes, some scenes of them being sad silently and staring at each other and that's it. Like I can't even get into sad mood over it cause I mostly just either feel bored, or blank.

There is barley supernatural elements apart from Koich being a corpse, and I thought that girl with magic abilities would actually add something to the plot and help explain what's going on. But she just exists...

Same, the plot feels hollow at times and I find myself a bit bored mostly, just like someone above mentioned, they don't even bother explain what's happening to Koichi and how he is able to stay as a a corpse blah blah, it's just scenes of them going to school, being silently sad, and having few lovey dovey scenes at the end of each episode. I can't even get sad or anything, just feel blank, but I admit their chemistry is great at least.

So Ai's mother appears out of the blue after all these years, then Ai believes her bullshit and lash out at his parents who properly raised and took care of him since he was young?! I mean if she cared that much why she didn't appear sooner? She just remarried and had another family and decided to forget Ai's ass till he became adult, and she even made it painfully clear that she is doing just for the sake of her daughter and yet Ai just goes with the flow, say crap to his fathers, does the surgery and leave with her to unknown place as if he is 9 years old...

At least they made her take off her mask to show her ugly true face pretty quick, but Ai still went and did what she wanted all for the excuse of "You gave birth to me so I'm paying you back" Like if it's a favor that she gave birth to him when it was her decision not his to begin with, especially after she basically abandoned him afterwards.

I know this may sound cruel, but if I was in his place I would be like "save your daughter on your own, it's not my responsibility since you made it clear that I wasn't your responsibility, pay the price for your shit on your own bitch and never show me your face again nor bother interacting with me!" then left instantly.

Now she decides to take revenge and go as far as telling Nhai to break up with him as if he is supposed to listen to her and that her opinion matters!

Also when Ai made it clear he didn't want to talk to his sister and Nhai kept insisting to let her in and even went to sit with his mother, I was like really? Why would you bother when even your boyfriend, her son made it obvious they made him uncomfortable and miserable?!

Both Nhai and Ai are dumb as fuck, and at this point I'm even tired from their lovey dovey repetitive cringe scenes, there was no plot at all till episode 9 and now they do this odd crap to add pointless drama when the show is about to end, do they hire people from street o write their scripts or something?!