Sinasina

I just started this & Claire looks like the Paintress in episode 1. Coincidence?

No. (though I'm yet two watch the special episodes)

Right, taming the playboy is always the side couple ark.

Does this have a happy ending?

I agree that if he has indeed bonked a 17yo at his age that is quite deplorable & against the law, BUT THERE IS NO WAY FOR YOU A RANDOM PERSON ON THE INTERNET to actually know if it actually happened, this is what we have the courts for. Yes, courts occasionally err, but they are still better on average than netizens. In this case there are conflicting narratives in a society where even supposedly grieving parents are known to occasionally do absolutely anything for free money. (as a non Asian most people wouldn't understand this)

However speaking of education, this is not pedophilia, being a pedo is all about being attracted to prepubescent children. The term you were looking for is maybe ephebophilia, but it's not a well known word, because most men can be attracted by a pretty 17 yo if they pretend to be 20. Knowing it's wrong & ignoring that natural biological attraction is what makes you a law abiding normal non sociopathic member of society.

Not saying it's right, but in Korean society high school bullying is so commonplace that probably over 50% participated in it at least once in their life. So watching a production that has no -former- bullies in it is kind of impossible.

He could be trash, he could not be trash, there is literally no way to know at this point.
However we do know that Tom Cruise is a member of the cult that is the church of Scientology, if he is not cancelled, why would Kim Soo Hyun need to be cancelled. Might as well enjoy the art not the artist, right?

How unearned money is treated on Korean TV is basically self censorship & is always treated like this.
Thank you for the review, I'll pass on this drama after reading it.

ok so spoilers please, when do they get together & when does the high school part end?

I would be willing to bet 10% of my net worth that in the Korean version that character will be way way way more extreme, with more screen time & the usual love triangle crap.

In my experience after watching 100+ kdramas -the majority of them in the old 16 epi format- it does not matter what the format is. Most kdrama writers will completely escalate the plot near the final episode whether that starts in episode 10-11, 14-15, or 97-98 doesn't matter, the ending most of the time will be rushed with the plot lines poorly resolved. Why are the endings often so bad? It's because there is no financial incentive to care & it's not even just the writers, often the editing & acting is of a lower quality too in the finale.

Knetz love cancelling shows & people, but no writer has ever been cancelled for not wrapping up their show properly. As long as the audience shows up for the finale & watches all the ads, the drama is a success, there is no incentive to make them feel good about it.
Or rather the industry as a whole should care, but they don't, that is one big reason why cdramas are gaining so much traction, despite their lack of emotional impact & stupid dubbing.
Cdramas are always preproduced & the quality of the ending is important during the censorship pass.

Just 2.

I'm sure there will be more of it, but I'd be surprised if the romance turned out to be better. Two men are on the poster & we have the second lead man in the casting list that has not been present in the original. It seems clear to me what the Korean production team wants to do.

The big Korean productions during their run are usually upvoted by bot armies or something similar to that effect, so anything below 8.4 either doesn't have the bot armies or is horrible.

And yes gone are the days when the ratings meant anything, if you are curious about a drama read the non 10 point reviews to see what's going on.

Thank you, I guess I have to wait it out for the post high school part to start, if it starts too late, then skip :P

Is this a high school drama, or university life with flashbacks?

I'm of the seemingly minority opinion that in the 16 episode format this would have been much worse.

Do we know if he had an acting major even? Even if so, I don't know. I think his works speak for themselves lol.

Education is important in the acting space, unless you are Jennifer L., but transitioning to professional acting & then being able to take romantic comedies seriously are different matters.

which cdrama?

I would say draw the line somewhere, because there are occasionally outside forces trying to revise history in Korean media, this has happened before. Here though, it's so obscure that it can be ruled out with certainty.

>That level of collective scrutiny could be directed toward real problems, you know what I mean?

Korea has many highly educated housewives, who have very little hope of re-entering the workforce. The Korean society has a tendency to ignore them when it comes to the real problems, so this leads to weird psychological pressures that occasionally manifest in strange ways, such as bombarding TV stations or the internet with crap like this.