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They really missed to make Jun Ji Hyun and Ji Chang Wook as an absolute power duo. I didn’t even understand what was JCW's purpose in this movie???

This is why I always get skeptical whenever a very popular show gets a second season. Somehow the writers always forgets from where they started to,the motivations behind the characters and ruins the whole vibe. You're telling me,Jinman,who spent years creating the shopping mall with high level security,hiding it very much successfully from Babylon and Jian,made a whole act of him dying and came back after executing everything successfully....... Didn’t even understand the supposed "mole" that sending them emails were actually fake?????? Why is he so dumbed down in this season? How is Jian who wasn’t even present most of the time in Murthehelp suddenly made CEO, sent to negotiate with Babylon and gained nothing, failed miserably???

And till Bale was alive,there was always a personal animosity which was so thrilling to watch. Bale was THE chaoes in this story. That Q girl cant even hold a candle to Bale. She's dumb. And her boss Kusanagi is just like cosplaying joker. Trying so hard to play a scary crazy villainess but failing miserably.

Imagine Kusanagi's brain and Bales chaoes combined together, what a deadly villain duo we could get.

Kusanagi and Bale together could be a deadly villain duo. Don't know why someone like Bale who is so important to the storyline had to die so early.

True. I don’t even understand the need of that negotiation,they gained nothing from it.

I just hope You're right. I'm just afraid cause realistically, Jian has been out of this mess for quite a long time and they again grabbed her into this chaos. She still has a lot to learn,she still prioritises her emotions,thats why Jinman always has to remind her that dialogue " leave the hand thats already damaged,protect the remaining one". I hope they don't ruin her character in the final episodes by pulling some other stupid stunts.

I think the best thing the writers could do is to combine Kusanagi's skill with Bale's chaotic personality instead of killing Bale way too early. Now they don't even have some real personal threat instead of some stupid gunfight. Whole Q-J storyline and making Pasin a spy sounds unconvincing to me.

I also feel like all the girl characters are kind of dumbed down in this season. Both Jian and Minhye was fire on season 1...kinda miss them in this season. Even though they showed some character development of Jian in the negotiation part...but sending Jian who is still an amature instead of Jinman doesn’t make sense. And about the villains... The Q girl lacks brain,I'm telling you. She has no dialogue,no thinking process,just doing whatever she's told to do,no background check..... And of course Kusanagi...she belongs straight to mental asylum. Even Bale was far more scary,unpredictable and psychotic than her.

I sincerely don't believe Pasin would betray them that easily. He saw Jinman straight up went to Thailand to find Atti,he was the one that trained Minhye and Jian,how can he kill them or betray them??? Its more like the writing doesn’t make sense,Pasin could easily send them a note somehow to tell them there's a hidden camera and speaker inserted in his body,his sons life is in danger. Pasin is one of the most loveable characters in shop for killer,if he actually betrayes them,this is gonna cost huge for the popularity of the drama.

I feel really bad for Jian...poor girl got into all these mess only for Jinman...lost her parents, her childhood,her whole life got destroyed....now when she finally found peace again and someone like Woojin by her side...this Babylon showed up again!!!)

They really killed three important characters in one single episode???? J,Bale and Woojin???? Is Jeong Jinman himself gonna be alive at the end at this rate???

And the way they established Jian calling Jinmans name three times every times she's in danger and he always shows up....absolute cinema!!!!

After finishing it,I really thought if kttph had enough budget,promo and a proper aged fml to avoid controversy, it could have the same level of fame as poj. It was even more intense than poj in terms of war scenes and palace politics imo.

Also, the voice actor for Xiao Wuyi deserves a round of applause. To be honest when it was announced HMH cant dub because of his health issues...it was really upsetting. Cause dubbing always plays a big role to make a drama enjoyable and the way minghao feels every emotions of his characters and dubs accordingly, a character like Xiao Wuyi definitely needed him. But I was surprised how much similar the voice actor sounded like him,sometimes I had to double check if its really minghao or not.

Well...even though some of your points are completely valid....i'd say,you better keep watching. Cause i was also skeptical about the love triangle and most of the things you said....but the way they unfolded the story later without ruining the core of the characters, it was quite pleasantly surprising to me. So if you want...you can continue for some more epis.

Lol...loved to see a generel actually blood soked with lots of martial art action war scenes and also taking active part in palace politics. He was actually intimidating in some scenes, such a pleasure to watch.

Yeah,that part also.wasn’t clear. Why would they add that part if they wouldn’t make it a part of the plot lol

So lejun and Li mao both were legitimate part of imperial bloodline? I was confused at this part,thanks for clearing.

And yeaah,that poison part was abruptly cut,it left questions unanswered. If lejun had to take it,what stopped Xie Jiayu from taking it? Was it something xiao wuyi did? Or she just simply wasn’t affected?? I guess we will know.

I'm still confused about some things...

1. Can someone clear me the real relationship between Li Mao and Li Lejun? I know they're siblings,but as we know Li Mao is The Grand Tutors son but how did Lejun came to the picture? I think I missed this bit while watching.

2. Do we know anything about Xie Jiayu's past? She is the adopted daughter of grand tutor and princess.... But what about her real parents?

3. Was'nt Xie Jiayu given poison by the eagle king before the final battle? What happened after then? Why wasn’t she poisoned?

Finally finished watching....loved it. A General who actually General-ed,not some pretty face only aura farming lol. Now I understand why HMH was so excited about this drama,this is actually well written, well paced and well acted. One of the best in HMH's career, ngl. And Aimi also did really good,I was worried about the age gap and how they would portray the relationship without being intense. Thankfully they did really good and Xiao Wuyi did carry the heavy burden by yearning and everything so it wasn’t uncomfortable to watch. Definitely worth watching.

This drama is written beautifully, ngl. HMH and all other casts are great.But I think Aimi's character lacks some depth. I mean.... She is a a teenager irl acting like a teenger,but the story is indeed intense,so she seems somehow misplaced. Her acting is great... But her antics,idk.

I think they should've made more plotline for that north korean brother instead of making Ju the final villain,he was stupid af....never understood his place and went after Kim again and again and finally lost everything. His character just was'nt interesting enough. The final fight among three leads was underwhelming too. In the middle the plot kinda went all over the place....But still the Ajusshis with glasses saved it. Loved their chemistry so much. But Minji,Taehoon and Dabin should really had a scene together. Hoping for season 2 with more actions with Appa's and their children.