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A rare Cdrama I've re-watched many times. My preferred way to watch is picking out selected parts of the story, and watching all the related episodes, such as when Minglan sets her sister up to be caught in an affair, or when Minglan is chasing down the person who threatens her grandmother.

No discussion of "enemies to lovers" is complete without mentioning the kdrama, "Secret". This is serious melodrama, and although you would not want to be hated the way the ML hates the FL as the drama begins, you would certainly want to be loved the way the ML loves the FL by the drama's end.

This was a 22 episode show they edited down to . . . 15 episodes? Why? Why'd they do that?

Reminds me of something. Something, something, "Defending the Son"? "Decent of the Sun"? It's on the tip of my tongue . . . .

"That family is so poor that all they have is money", ep 4, might be the best thing I've heard this year.

What a drag that Viki isn't airing this (but thank God for the links below.)

If you see the guy you're interested in kissing someone else and then not two minutes later, he's offering to kiss you, too, do you? I mean, that's just unsanitary.

Way above average youth drama. Will definitely watch this again. Everyone is redeemed by love, which is my favorite theme.

Everything in the drama is so lovely. Except after about 13 episodes, I was so, so bored. This is a mature cast. Why wasn't there more heat? Why do a noona romance and then waste the FL's maturity and experience on a relationship that's so blah?

I think when I first put this on my PTW, the Wright Brothers had only crashed two planes.

So, it's 36 episodes of 24, spread out over 40-42 episodes, but then it became 14 episodes. Thanks for clearing that up :-)

yikes. Does anyone know how many episodes this going to be for real? Because the episode count is kind of all over the place.

maybe mark this as a spoiler. Not sure it's a good thing to amplify Always; the more exposure these lovely subbers get, the more likely it is that something/someone is going to pressure them to stop subbing.

Slow, seductive. This boy looks like trouble. He is constantly invading the FL's boundaries, taking any excuse to touch the FL, not necessarily innocently. Can't wait to see how this unfolds.

Made me laugh, too. About as descriptive as you can get.

If only there really was a legal system where the whole nation could judge in a trial. Imagine if a big cartoon hammer could clonk a terrible politician on the head, if the whole nation voted they were a buffoon. I'd pay more taxes if I could get that.

Your random capitalization rules are much more interesting than the drama was :-)

I've always really loved his character in "Descendants of the Sun". And his hopeless longing for Song Ga Kyung in "Search: WWW" was an entire mood.

The casting looks fabulous, but does this show have a story arc at all?

Keeping the intensity of the original version, while also updating for modern sensibilities is a big challenge for lakorn writers. Wimarn Sai will not be an exception. So far, several remakes of classic lakorns have been disappointments for me. Writers will probably change the rape in the original version to coercion or consent, but then they'll have to amp the intensity elsewhere. I haven't seen Esther do melodrama or intensity yet (romantic comedy seems to be more her thing), but we'll see.