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💯. Wish more people could see past Waikiki in the comments. He is doing amazing portraying that abusive ass

It's crazy how not only is Song Ha Yoon killing the role as Su-Min, the director, editors, and production team are nailing every aspect. From the actors to the camerawork and OST, everything is working together amazingly to show how twisted SM and MH are

That was so cute lol. You're talking about the interview when they were on the couch right? Everyone calling the dog and getting ignored then Bai Lu called out and he ran to her and put her paws on her lap. It was adorable lmao

Yeah I loved it except for the 2nd couple. She was super cringy and stalkerish until they finally got together, and even then, it seemed like he didn't give a shit about her and she was still obsessive. Without them, it would have been the perfect romance drama

It's also based on real life in Asia. There is a 16 year old CEO in Japan

King the Land kind of but not entirely. Gu Won didn't fully act all hot shit

Just finished 13 and holy shit if Suk-Min isn't more and more of a deranged psycho each episode. He is playing a perfect BBEG

I agree Song Ha Yoon is doing an amazing job playing Su-Min.

And sadly, yeah the typecasts still happen, but don't seem as common. The evil mother you brought up for example would be Jin Kyung. Even in this drama, people can't take Lee Yi Kyung seriously because of Waikiki

your last point is one of the biggest strengths of Asian dramas imo. Multiple seasons of shows are rare, so artists can move on to other roles and not as likely to be typecast. Western media, on the other hand, if a show is popular, it might run for 15 seasons and if you are the hated character on that show, without refusing to renew your contract, you are stuck in the hated role for all 15 seasons/years and can't get away from it

They could have but this isn't something new to the entertainment industry. Christian Bale lost immense amounts of weight for Rescue Dawn and The Machinist and looked even worse than PMY does here. A lot of male actors have to dehydrate themselves for DAYS just for a 2 second shirtless scene.

Lily Collins, who self-admittedly has EDs, had to starve herself for To the Bone. An Anorexic that they forced to revert to anorexia for a role.

Not saying it is right, but the entertainment industry isn't exactly known for having the actors well being as a priority

No worries on the correction lol. I said I may be wrong. I did read on here that they were sisters, but your explanation makes more sense seeing as how they are the same age so it would be nearly impossible to share a mother

Her ex committed some type of fraud so it was ill-gotten gains. It's already been mostly proven that PMY had nothing to do with it, and Dispatch is lying. But if it was true, that would make her an accessory to a crime which is why it would have been a big deal, in Korea or anywhere else.

Rewatched that scene and yeah, I completely missed that part. It was very enjoyable when Hee-Yeon basically said "oh, thats why she couldn't make friends then." lol HY calling her out like that

I read on here, didn't actually read the webtoon, but Su-Mins mom left her father because she cheated and wound up pregnant with Ji-Won so they are technically half-sisters or something and she is pissed at Ji-Won because their mom left SM for JW.

Might not be exactly right but something to that effect

She lost it for the role. First the cancer, then also because she is so stressed etc that she was sickly. They just finished filming recently and she is already back to her normal weight, so I think its going to play out that her "new self" is healthier due to all the toxicity leaving her life. Towards the end of the drama she will look like she usually does

It's more realistic too imo. Just coming back doesn't change who you are as a person. She is fixing herself to be a person able of doing the revenge instead of coming back and immediately somehow being a boss bitch

This is true. Everything she cooked up to get them together has failed. The scene in ep 2? where she tried to get them both at her apartment w/o her, the Indian lunch, etc

Think it was more her finally realizing just how manipulative Su-Min has been to her all her life. Realizing it at that moment and remembering how well it worked past life would be terrifying.

Even ignoring the cheating, Min-Hwan is so psychologically and emotionally abusive to Ji-Won that it is sickening. LYK is doing such a good job that I literally want to beat his ass through the screen. I thought it was bad when they were married, but he is just as bad, if not worse, now during the dating phase. IDGAF about Su-Min and can't wait until she has to deal with him, but I can't see how she is crushing on him when she obviously sees this behavior or at least hears about it from Ji-Won

That's exactly it! Thank you!