VictorL

The novel is fairly short, and the link for it is posted in the discussion section.

At least the character isn’t 13-15 years old!

It’s on the shorter side and available at readthedrama.com

Great review; totally agree with your wish for another role like in My Journey to You. In the case of this drama, blame the script writers for turning a very interesting character into something so much less. Pretty well all of your critiques, which I agree with, weren’t in the novel—the novel had such a unique way of each confessing to the other

Question: for C Dramas what distinguishes “idol” from “non-idol”? In K Dramas, it typically refers to one of the main leads crossing over from music to drama, e.g. Yoona or Sooyoung from Girls Generation.

Finally updated on Viki, but did take longer than on other platforms. I wouldn’t have noticed except for all the talk about it as I usually skip the intro until the last episode

Budget is a good reason, but same problem in the novel

Could be related to the fact that the novel doesn’t really have a proper ending

The book and the drama are so different that another adaptation is always possible. For a point of comparison, the drama is, in many ways, as different from the novel as *O, Brother where are thou* is from *The Odyssey*.

When talking with Ye Li after her attempted suicide, she said she fell in love with him because of his writings and music. Ye Li tried to tell her that the real Prince Li wasn’t like her image of him, but to no avail.

If one is looking for a particular disease, certainly a possibility. CFR is somewhere between 90 and 100%. I’d guess one would posit the bacterium arriving in rats with a food supply and then infecting the lungs instead of the lymphatic system

If you are comfortable watching only part of a drama, you could stop at episode 30 of The Double, which is what I did

If exactly the same, would they list based on date of birth and include year?

Could be a combination of factors—similar to the “swiss cheese” metaphor for disease prevention

Wonder what they will do about two actors having the same name (not allowed in the US or UK)?

David Tennant has an interesting story about this

Agree an explanation of why she was “okay” and others not would be nice.

However, immunology at the individual level is tricky. For example, in the case of the pandemic flu of 1918-1920, the case fatality rate in a group of Alaskan villages ranged from 0 to 90% (with exposure not being the determining factor). In a similar vein, if you get “into the weeds” of immunological studies you will find a range of immune system responses to a specific pathogen in a population, ranging from complete “protection” to no “protection”

If you want here are some possible reasons:
Had a disease similar hence immunity to this one (for example, cowpox and smallpox)
Had disease but was asymptomatic (Typhoid Mary is an excellent example)

Only used “Spanish” because it is fairly common (though inaccurate). 1918 H1N1 would be a name that avoids locations. If one accepts that it originated in the US, then “Haskell” Flu would more appropriately be its name as it may have originated in Haskell County in Kansas. The current “Ebola” outbreak is technically called “Bundibugyo” Virus from where it was first identified

Immunology at individual level is tricky. For example, in the case of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919, the case fatality rate in some Alaskan villages ranged from 0 to 90%

If you want here are some possible reasons:
Had a disease similar hence immunity to this one (for example, cowpox and smallpox)
Had disease but was asymptomatic (Typhoid Mary is an excellent example)

HE in the manner of a time travel drama, if that makes sense to you

Is there an English translation available?