MadelineMaureen

I watched 'A New Life Begins' to see how I would like Bai JingTing's acting, and I have to say, I am 10000% on board with him taking on the role of Sang Yan. He has that effortlessly cool vibe and playfulness that the character needs. Sang Yan is cold to outsiders, but has a snarky internal sense of humor that he lets out around his friends. He's very playful with his little sister, who was always able to see his soft gooey center. And watching Jing Ting in 'A New Life Begins' I was able to see how he could play those various sides subtly.
I dropped the show I was watching with Zhang RouNan, but that was because the writing was horrible NOT the acting. I think they both have the experience/freshness to portray our leads well.
Now all I have to be worried about is how the writers/director will put it to page/screen.

Confession very end of episode 6. Aftermath and realization Ep 7.

SAME! I'm like, FINALLY a ML who has to work to get back the almost blind admiration of the FL. Yes she always liked his talent, but now she's getting to know him more without those rose colored glasses.
And he NEVER only liked the FL for her appearance, which can't be said about the other men/boys in her life. ML always liked the truest version of the FL's personality and didn't even look twice at the beautiful popular girl....aka the FL in real life. He truly likes her for HER. Her brain, talent, and sense of humor and tenacity.
She's always liked him for his beauty first, and then got to know how talented he was in game making. Once he rejected her that beauty didn't matter and so, she gets to experience his unfiltered self too.
I love me an instant attraction, slow burn, just as much as the next person(if not more), but this is honestly refreshing in the rom-com area. Having them work through their misunderstandings instead of instant forgiveness. Because he did manipulate Dough Twist...and THAT is what the real issue is imo. Not the rejection, which was brutal, but the fact she thought she was speaking to a friend and that friend betrayed her with lies and omissions.

It's going to resolve soon, but their banter bickering is, at this point, how they flirt.

IDK, I kind of like the fact she doesn't just roll over and accept the fact that not only did Campus Hunk give her purposely horrible advise, but once Gu Xun KNEW who they were to each other he remained silent. She's starting to finally realize that he DID try to tell her, and that he might actually have genuine feelings for her in ep 15. She put a very big wall around her heart after that public rejection from him at graduation. She's just been focusing on improving her artwork and impressing her seniors.

The show is letting his actions speak louder than words. He can apologize till he's blue in the face, but until he can show that he understands how badly he hurt her and show that he wont repeat it....yeah, no. Boy needed to stew.

Ep 12 she finds out he's Campus Hunk. We are currently on episode 15 and she is finally starting to believe/understand that he might have feelings for her. All she could see in the moment of finding out he's Campus Hunk is the manipulation and continued withholding of the truth. So she's needing time to sort everything out, as she is currently working on multiple projects and trying to succeed in her work.

Karma is going to hit him in the face so hard he'll be spinning for weeks. But on the bright side, because this shows he doesn't like fake people or show interest in more than one person at a time...it could be seen as a positive trait. But he'll be paying for that manipulation of Dough Twist for a good long while.

It was somewhat vague in the editing styles. But they met in person for the first time playing outdoor laser tag with their department. Looks like it could have been freshman year. He saw he shoot her friends/teammates, but not them asking to be shot. So from then on he disliked her because in his mind she betrayed her friends/teammates to try and win the game.
This was the first time she saw him and started to like/pay attention to him.
It's unclear when they started playing games together exactly, but it seems to have been over a year prior to graduation. I'm going to have to replay that first episode again it looks like.

He was the only actor in the entire show who fit the body proportions of the rabbit masked guy. I'm still not sure WHY he did it, as he seems to have genuine feelings for her. Unless he saw the kiss and got jealous kind of thing.

The thing is, I'm not sure exactly what Jungwoo was intending to do to her. He honestly looked shocked when she went over. I just don't really understand his intentions behind it. Did his love for her go bad? Because, I think that at one point he truly did have genuine feelings for her.
I just hate how everyone that she trusted and called friend five years ago turned on her when she thought theft of IP was morally wrong. Mind you, Na Eon obviously never talked with her former bestie about what happened, causing Yoo Mi to completely misunderstand her. That's just so said. Moral of the story so far is, communication is key, and don't let others speak for you.

It's going to be hilarious because she's going to sound like a crazy person.

But the way he keeps reminding them of the little sister thing was like okay dude...we get it you're older...makes it more creepy not less.

Can I just say how much I love you treating the comment section like the viki timed comments wile watching the show. I go back and read them and have a nice laugh. Sometimes we're watching at the same time and I'll lose it even more.

I love how neither of them spoke up about their hand holding....😆😁

dude made a confession cake for his office birthday party....I'd say the boss did him a favor.

Also this isn't one of those shows where FL stays sad-puppy-pining for the love of her crush. Nor, does she forgive him the second she finds out who he is to her online. We love a FL who pauses and makes the person think about their actions so that they don't repeat themselves.

At the very end of episode 6 picking it back up at the beginning of episode 7 is the confession fail. He finds out in episode 7 either later that night or the next day when they all play together.

extra spoiler:
She finds out in episode 12.

Done. Sorry about that I thought I had it checked as spoiler.

They will both have the same art designer so be prepared to see some possible visual similarities as well when in airs.
The director worked on 'Hidden Love' and the currently airing 'Everyone Loves Me' so I already know I like her style.

If it's a slow burn with good cinematography, more than 24 episodes will be better. If that isn't the case, 24 episodes is the preferred. If it's going to dive deeper into the sports they play and kind of showcase them then a longer runtime could help let those scenes breathe a bit more.
I ended up deleting the list of modern set show examples of well done and not so well done shows at the different lengths as it was becoming an extremely long comment.
What it came down to is no secondary leads....longer length can be very good. Second leads, whether in their own pairing or foils to the main leads...the longer the show the worse they became.
EDIT: Looks like they've set this as 32 episodes. So fingers crossed for just extra lovely scenes of skiing and location admiration.

Su Zheng really trying to confess to a CO-WORKER in front of the entire office is wild to me. Are you not embarrassed? Sir, not only would HR be so far up your booty hole they'd be wearing you like a Barney costume, if she says no, but EVERYONE YOU WORK WITH WILL KNOW as well. Willing to risk getting fired just to shoot your shot on company time...wild. GX honestly saved him by butchering the cake.
Qian Ling, has been friendly with him, but not overly so.
I somehow always forget before starting a new "office romance" show that my HR trained brain is like ABOSOLTULY NOT. Whenever characters act inappropriately/unprofessionally.
Even Gu Xun pursuing QL outside of work hours is a big no no. It's more of a grey area at the moment as he isn't technically her direct supervisor, but still, forms need to be looked into.
Every company has their own guidelines when it comes to inter office dating, but HR just doesn't exist in Drama Llama Land.

Also with the childhood neighbor...repeat after me...no means no. Take a hint and leave her alone you creep.