this concept would’ve been so much more satisfying if it was a mother-daughter duo instead
100% agreed! I think a daughter's angle would have worked so much better. It would also be interesting to see the lead trying to balance empathy for victim's of the people murdered and getting justice for the people murdered because of being a woman. I dont think a ML can bring that level of complex moral conundrum to life here.
Why is it that Im feeling a wee bit sad for GC - he doesnt deserve it one bit!
Are we watching a different show? He deserves all of it and more. What kind of man forgives his mistress for killing his own little boy? He didn't even flinch when he killed JI's dad and suppressed any humanity in him after they ran over DY's sister. He helped send his grieving wife to mental institution even.
I think the most pitiful out of all characters is JI's mom so far. Yes, she tried to frame her son for a murder but when you look at her whole life, it is truly pitiful. Her husband just brought home a random child without telling her his origin and poor thing had to raise him as her own. Her husband could've just told her it was his sister's child and I am sure she would have still raised him but with less resentment. She only resented him because she thought it was another woman's child that her husband had an affair with. Plus her SIL secretly plotted to make the child the heir instead of her daughter to the company. Then she lost her husband, her house, her wealth, almost lost her daughter, lost her grandson and now has dementia and slowly forgetting things. And top of that, KSR traumatized her by making her a witness to an almost murder. She even got tricked and kidnapped.
I am sorry but what was the sorry a$$ excuse from the ex-wife? Even if the ultrasound didnt look promising, she owes it to the ML to tell him all the medical details before taking the decision. What did her dumb mind thinking would happen by hiding it until now? It wasn't even like she was taking the blame for anyone here. I really dislike her 'holier than thou' attitude with the ML. She is self victimizing to make the ML feel bad about himself, gaslighting him all the way.
Same with the FL's mother. She should be saying those things to both her daughters, not just the one she WANTS to make amends with. Also while she is at it, she should also apologize to her sister and BIL. Such a weak closure to the arc!!!
The one thing that worked for me in this episode was ML beating the $hit out of the animal abusing psycho and the police overlooking it. That was so satisfying.
The plot surely have down sides, which is the pay they must price for trying to make a somehow "unique"…
Hard disagree. There’s a big difference between storytelling that invites the viewer to read between the lines, and storytelling that’s simply incoherent. In this case, it's the latter. The writing and directing fall short on several fronts. Take Yeomhwa, for example, her motivations remain murky even after multiple episodes and plenty of viewer speculation. The same goes for other characters, their choices often feel inconsistent or poorly justified. A complex or “unique” world isn't an excuse for basic narrative gaps. A compelling story can be mysterious without being confusing. Unfortunately, this one hasn’t struck that balance.
In the novel, at the end, they have a daughter, I think at one point someone also propose naming her after their pet rabbit when they were little. But they end up going with a diff name.
Episode 5 got me thinking what accounts as "smex" as per the glasses? We know for sure kissing and getting a little frisky doesnt count given Seon A and her recent fling dont share a thread. Also what about LBGTQI folks, specially lesbians?
Reina's character was so well written in this version. Also quiet poetic that Tomoya died in car accident taking Wataru's place and Reina died falling from a high place taking Misa's place in this new fate. What I really liked was it wasnt the main leads leading to the demise of the villains, it was the villains themselves., so it felt less morally ambiguous to cheer for the main leads vs the Korean version.
Then she lost her husband, her house, her wealth, almost lost her daughter, lost her grandson and now has dementia and slowly forgetting things. And top of that, KSR traumatized her by making her a witness to an almost murder. She even got tricked and kidnapped.
Same with the FL's mother. She should be saying those things to both her daughters, not just the one she WANTS to make amends with. Also while she is at it, she should also apologize to her sister and BIL. Such a weak closure to the arc!!!
The one thing that worked for me in this episode was ML beating the $hit out of the animal abusing psycho and the police overlooking it. That was so satisfying.