ShortCircuit

OMG has it been a full year already?!

He was a bit infatuated with YCW but when she got on with PY he eventually remained a good friend. Then BXS fell for him and pursued him (which he took pretty shyly to, LOL). Sadly, the writer decided more drama was needed so they don't get a HE).

He's the best of the best. But don't expect a HE for him.

Things happen even faster in 2x speed LOL. I find that in 2x speed this is almost watchable.

I reported all the comments but they're way too ugly so in the end I just blocked the user.

You bet he is. That hand is a young man's hand or a middle-aged woman's but looks more man-like. The empress is a candidate, but she's highly involved in her own dynasty ruling, why would she place her reign in peril? So it's not a woman.

And he was way too fixated on his sister (I actually pitied him for how he found out but thinking back, he's kind of creepy.) And he's a merchant, he could sell all that salt. He HAS to be a linchpin of the whole business.

Even for the clever way of sending clues, he didn't deserve that. I am spitting mad right about now, so don't anybody talk to me please.

And as for the last twist: Shangguan Lan. That is all.

The age difference starts being of less importance for adults, as they're growing older. As in, she was around 12 and he was in, or about to get out of the army, but they can also go or be called anytime from 18 to 27. I think he was closer to 18 than to 27 when he was serving. I really doubt MOST SK men wait as long as they can before enlisting. So the age difference could be anywhere from 10 to 15 years and that's really eecky when one is a child, but when she's 25 and he's 35 it doesn't seem all that awful.

Oh, DoRa's money is probably already gone - what money management would the older brother learn from his mother?! None, that's what. And I bet she's buying everyting pricey with DoRa's money.

I wonder where the maknae is.

Myself, I can read between the lines. (Maybe I've read too many yaoi manga in my time LOL). And also the acting is very good, so a lot of actual innuendos and unspoken feelings of the characters come through very clearly, despite the lack of words.

The drama is too short to develop the backstory, and that's where it's the weakest, but the present timeline is actually good.

And yes, when it comes to BL, I AM that shallow, LOL, I do watch it for the pretty (and all other good reasons, but the pretty is one of them). Seriously though, the way Miyata moves and smiles is definitely way too sexy, LOL. And Iwanaga's quietly stated love declarations aren't a joke, either.

And a picture of his lover sleeping naked and photographed by the person who sent the message.

And being unable to actually contact Iwanaga (mainly because he also destroyed his own phone in a fit of anger, but also Iwanaga never tried to look him up either, which definitely would point to a teenager that the message was the truth and it was all a sick game). I totally understand his reaction of being humiliated and made to reconsider his own worth. If he was shy (as he appeared to be at the time), that would be a double dose of soul-death for him. If it were me in his place, I'd find the deepest hole to hide in and lick my wounds and then drag some dirt over me to better hide, too.

As for the Iwanaga' relationship with his secretary or whatever is his place - they were both consenting adults and it doesn't say it happened when they were actually still in an teacher/student relationship. Or so I seem to remember.

I don't think he was on the death row (based on kdramas he should have a red prisoner name/tag? I might be wrong on this.) But even if he was, the power of the scriptwriter to write any nonsense for this drama is sky-high.

I don't even care anymore, I'm watching this because I like how smoothly Miyata moves (glides? floats? Who cares, he does it). And his smiles are killers. Even if it turns into PWP, I don't care. This man is fine.

This is a weekend makjang drama. It will take forever. There are going to be twists and turns and love stories and breakups and probably a lot of accidents and plotholes and some bad acting and some good acting, and it will definitely have a HEA because of reasons. And if we're really unlucky there definitely will be some amnesia plot because why not LOL.

If you're into other kind of soap operas, think about it like it's a telenovela or a Turkish drama (but obviously a South Korean drama).

I did rate it a 7 because I managed to finish it and didn't skip anything. I think it was pure trainwreck-watching kind of entertainment for me, but now I wish I never started because I actually liked LJW in AoS and now I'm kind of fearful for his future projects. Oh well. We're in another universe than kdrama stars anyway, LOL.

KTO's mom fell and died when his stepfather was granted a short out-of-prison time (for reasons). He immediately went to find her with some hints from KIH, but when she saw him she got too scared and basically fell off a high step of a rock stairs all by herself and died.

The dad returned to prison to finish his term (for having killed her all those years back).

As for why KTO helped KIH, it's because of the scriptwriter. There's no sane or even plausible explanation coming off the plot except that he had a dream of making it big and wanted to get there by agreeing with KIH to help each other. In the end, it's shown - pretty boringly - that KIH actually only has dog underlings and he asks for complete trust and loyalty, so whenever anyone shows any - the smallest - hint of doubt, he gets rid of them. Which probably should have imparted that when KTO was dissatisfied with KIH's backstage arrangements he lost KIH's trust too and was thrown to the side.

Lazy writing, lazy plot, no acting needed from anyone, boring drama. You did well to drop it.

Think about it like this: that's a 12 hours investment. Too long for what this drama offers (nothing.) Don't do this to yourself.

So in the end it was a total waste of time LOL. None of the characters connected, none of the actions made sense or even mattered in the end, none of the cast showed a bare minimum of acting skills - maybe the NK ex-spy turned hacker, I'll give him a pass. The only character who was almost bearable (if you chose to forget the first two thirds of the drama) was the total failure second son.

I actually have nothing much to comment on this drama, except that I want my 12 hours back. I could've watched any other idiotic drama instead and maybe had been entertained. Hindsight is 20/20...

I finished this. I feel like there needs to be a badge for finishing this drama, no fast-forwarding either. Where's my badge?!

Now I'm curious who she was married to - he would've needed proof anyway, since she hadn't even given birth when she went to jail. Ugh, prison for adultery - divorce is simpler and cleaner.

RE the dog - I think he really is a psychopath. The orphanage also burned down some ten years back... wanna bet he'll have something to do with it? Maybe when he hit that dog while saving HHI as a kid, he found out he liked the feeling. Or he felt justified into checking out the value of life, even with just animals (for starters). And his non-drinking adoptive family died in an "accident". This man is carrying a scythe with him, LOL.

But he also wanted to kill the dog he couldn't buy from the people on the hunting grounds (I really REALLY hope he doesn't get to do whatever he wants with the chaebol family's properties, because those hunting grounds go with it, and so does the dog, legally or not).

And his mom GLOATED on the Chairman's impossibility to talk or move. And she acted like a doting "mistress" for decades, nobody totally normal could keep it up for so long (even DaHye is cracking, and she's only been in it for a few years, having to fool mostly the least intelligent member of the family too, while YES's mom had to fool the whole family, most of whom hated her). I guess he does inherit things from her...

Ah, I see, thank you! Wow, pretty high rating... but also Wu Lei (never got the WL fever myself.)