MadelineMaureen

Adding onto Raixzen reply because I definitely misunderstood the assignment. (Also didn't realize how much of a "he fell first" trope kick I've been on recently until going through all my journals, and then alphabetically through my watched list. Didn't repeat any that were already mentioned)
1. One And Only (Chinese, period, age gap, part 1, sad ending)
2. An Incurable Case of Love (Japanese, Medical/Work Romance, age gap)
3. I May Love You (Chinese, orange flag couple, Workplace romance)
4. Our Secret Diary (Japanese movie, teenage, cute)
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Thai movie)
6. Delightful Girl, Choon Hyang (Korean, love the OST, oldie but good)
7. Destined With You (Korean, fantasy, past lives)
8. Doctors (Korean, age gap, Medical, former teacher/student)
9. Extraordinary You (Korean, fantasy, school setting, cute)
10. Fireworks of My Heart (Chinses, second-chance romance, doctor/firefighter)
11. Kiss Me (Thai version of 'It Started With a Kiss')
12. Hana Kimi (Japanese...literally any version)
13. Hidden Love (Chinese, age-gap, highly recommend)
14. Love Me, Love My Voice (Chinese, slow-burn, mutually like/admire each other, so might not fit your criteria)
15. See You in My Nineteenth Life (Korean, fantasy, reincarnation)
16. When I Fly Towards You (Chinese, teenage to adult, cute)

💀not keeping out the poor.
But that's really what it boils down to. His parents want a DiL who will take care of them in the their old age and pop out babies while keeping her mouth shut.
Her father wants his only child to live in a manner that she is accustomed to and be secure in her relationship. All I can say is look into ANY marriage where the man is "common" and marrying into a wealthy/powerful family. He eventually cheats on her with someone who can pump up his ego. Looking at you bodyguard guy who married into the Samsung family LOOKING AT YOU.

Hell hath no fury....

Shit's about to get real y'all. Hold on to your biscuits...it's going to be a bumpy ride.

10 more episodes to go. I'm like...to finish quickly or to drag it out a bit longer....?

Honestly one of Mile's best performances as a lead. They handled the office romance very well and kept it in the green flag territory.

The parents knew he had feelings for her since high school. When he does finally confess to her in the final episodes about how long he's loved her she is more willing to listen and understand. As at the time of ep13 she was still in the practical mindset even though she was really starting to fall for him. He's very patient and never went for her until she was ready to move on from her previous relationship. He never did anything that was deceitful or hurtful to get her. He presented her with an idea and let her think it over on her own.

Not in this one. All the guys are pursuing the women.

The "NO" I screamed in the final scene of the FL's best friend on the beach....just let it DIE! As an adult woman...their parents are right and just NO NO NO. Too unwilling to change or compromise it will be an endless loop until she eventually gets pregnant and they continue to fight over stupid things because pride and selfishness.

Don't know if I'm in the mood for a main martial arts male focused show atm. I tend to stick to the romance focused shows. when I do watch a more action show it's normally modern and a good mix of gender. don't exactly know why, just something I've noticed going over my watched shows.

At this point i'm just here for the pretty people and well built sets cause I am loosing track of all the different sects and bs. They spend so much time with side plots and yet I am non the wiser about what is actually going on. As I don't watch a lot of these types of dramas I'm even more confused and like I need a key to remember all the different titles/things.

Reason number 5,000 why I could never be an actor....I would never be able to keep a straight face while invisible effects "stab" me or come out of my hands. The Jedi hand wave is about as much as I can do without out completely breaking into laughter at myself.

What in the John Travolta looking...https://mydramalist.com/photos/QJBXJ5_3 please tell me someone else sees the resemblance.

I just figure that episode hasn't aired yet.

I think only one or two kisses so far in episode 13/14. I'm not 100% but either one hasn't happened(that i've seen...only just started episode 26) or they cut at least one kiss, based off of set photos.

I don't like this moving someone 2 hours away from their spouse instead of just changing teams. My parents worked for the government in the same building(same branch of government) but were never on the same work team. It was actually common to have spouses working in different divisions of the same department.
Also why would marriage make a situation worse? The fact they don't have a proper functioning HR department is the problem with this bank. Disclosing personal relationships is normally the way things are done so that spouses aren't put in a superior/subordinate situation to begin with.

Green leaf falling on ML's head at the end of episode 3 had me cackling. Green leaf=green hat...aka being cheated on....cuckhold.
I'm going to need someone more aware of Chinese cultural references to break down episodes so I don't miss anything else. Cause that was cute and clever and I feel like I might be missing out on a lot more references/winks because I don't speak/understand Mandarin.

What Sachapz said was confirmed by the writer. She didn't want the audience to feel like Im Sol's mission to save Sun Jae early on was futile because it was never depression in the first place.
The pills/drinks made it easier for KYS to attack and chloroform him the first time. It was deliberately staged and directed exactly the same to parallel the first death for the audience to infer that it was KYS both times that killed Sun Jae.

If you filter the reviews to most helpful or most recent you will see that most actually enjoyed the drama. The ones listed on the the front page are the people who review pretty much everything so this might not actually be their preferred genera.
There are many who got hung up on the mystery/crime aspect which is just a catalyst for their love story not the main point of the show.
I've read a lot of the reviews and most either missed the point or didn't understand something and nit picked it to death. The only ones I will say are valid are the ones who aren't giving just 1 star because they didn't really vibe with the show.

I love that people watching a 16 episode show always complain about the "filler" after episode 10. (This is because there has been a kiss or relationship development and the viewers want a wham bam thank you ma'am kind of escalation after, which rarely if ever occurs) There was some "filler" but not as much as other shows of the same length. I think a lot of people have gotten used to Netflix length shows and have forgotten or just have never seen OG Kdramas or Cdramas before. All I can say to some of these people is never watch a Cdrama if a 16 episode show is "too much" for you.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7Sp86QPYSK/?igsh=MWNiajl2OWphcGkybA==

filtering them to most recent or most helpful & it will show that the majority are positive 10 out of 10. it's the ones who review A LOT that are showing in the first few pages.