The Gentle Moon Tiger

me too 😔😔 I only memorize the main leads' and side characters' (who show up often or have a very unique name) names... otherwise I have to guess who they're talking about based on context

exactly!

I need them toooo, but at the same time I know that I would not get anything done if they were out, I'd just be stuck to a screen for a few days and regret watching it so fast 😩😆

I think it's for her privacy/safety

I personally like to watch while it's airing, because it's so fun to share your live reactions or read others' while we're all watching the drama at the same time! Also, you have to avoid spoilers like a ninja if you put off watching a popular drama that's airing 🥷👀

For reaaaal! I could only smile in pain during this scene, because Changning is still a little kid, can't blame her, but aaaaghhhhhhhh!!🤧🤣

I'm glad that I only allowed myself to watch ep 16-17 trailers 👀

I knowwww, I was waiting for them to come back too! They're like Chang Yu's minion squad hehe

I'm pasting this from Wikipedia ("liang" is another name for "tael"):

"Modern studies suggest that, on purchasing power parity basis, one liang of silver was worth about 4,130 yuan RMB in the early Tang dynasty, 2,065 yuan RMB in the late Tang dynasty, and 660.8 yuan RMB in the mid Ming dynasty.[citation needed] As of February 2024, the price of silver is about 254 yuan RMB/liang of 50 g."

soooo I don't know which time they're at exatctly, buuut let's count how much that would be in early Tang dynasty - one tael then was about 4130 yuan.
4130 yuan = 513 euros or 597 dollars.

multiply that by 30 and we get:
123900 yuan = 15 393 euros or 17 927 dollars

that's a lot 😳😳

good point

agreed!

They might be immune to it at this point? I'll admit that with the way the ML was completely covered in snow at the beginning for who knows how many hours while being hurt, I'd not expect a person to survive. But hey, at least we get insanely pretty cinematography because of all this snow 😁

I've thought about this too, especially considering today's toxic body standards in China. However, in this case the stereotype of a butcher in most people's minds is indeed someone who is strong and isn't very gentle. Add this to the context of ML having a reputation of straight up refusing other girls (even the princess!) and it makes sense why his friend made such an assumption in his head 🤔

Trueee

I was not expecting this to be SO GOOD!! I am actually hooked 🤩

I really like how it's going so far! It's so nice to see Ha Ran slowly opening up again, not afraid of being friendly with other people 🥹 Sunwoo Chan is also very cute, can we appreciate how he's trying to help her with her trauma while overcoming his own?? They both heal each other ☹️☹️❤️‍🩹

I wonder if by the end they'll become the golden retriever couple 😆🦮

I think it might have been possible to do if he was a side character. Then they could cut down his scenes, leave only the significant ones and replace his face in them. But since he's the lead? It's basically impossible. Or it would take a lot of effort, money and years to do it and it most likely wouldn't be worth it 🤷‍♀️

yeahh, that's a possibility too 😕😕

Look, I like Esther's acting and singing too, BUT there's absolutely no reason to trash on dramas where she is absent! You haven't even seen the drama, only the trailer, so it's too soon to judge. I suggest to give it a chance once it comes out and if you still feel like it didn't meet your standards, then please work on refraining your disappointment and don't write such harsh comments. I'll give you an example of how you can still voice your opinion without bringing other actors down: "I feel like Esther Yu would have been a perfect fit for the this FL role, I wish they picked her. I can also totally imagine how her beautiful voice could work well on this cdrama's ost! "
That's it! You can always praise others without bringing others down ☺️

I just finished episode 4 and I have doubts about continuing it... I felt like it started off pretty good. The mix of korean and japanese cultures seemed promising. I also don't mind a chill, slow love story with side plots (like cooking in this case) and I thought that this was gonna be the vibe of the drama. I expected them to get to know each other little by little and not just hook up after like 3 days of knowing each other? They have just started the relationship and are still pretty awkward with each other. Overall, it's starting to feel like it will get annoying or boring.
I don't know if this has anything to do with the fact that it's a jdrama? I've dropped so many of them for similar reasons - there's no actual meaningful stories except the leads hooking up, breaking up, having misunderstandings and then making up.

I think I'm the wrong audience, so I might as well just rewatch "Love Me, Love My Voice", the chill, slow cdrama with no drama, only good vibes ✌️