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I agree how some parts of this were done for the plot's sake,

"but literally one scandal is enough to ruin a whole party. But here one part has XXX scandals, but no one minds it. Like, really? And if members dont seem coherent..would you vote for a party like that?"

but we don't see the opposing party's problems or scandals since the story is about "chief of staff" who is Jang Tae Jun hence we see what is related to him, so we don't know why people have voted for the Daehwan party, as long as they present a good image before the elections it's not impossible to win it again too.
Also the members were coherent on the farce which is only to be expected and seemed quiet realistic to me.

"There is no opposition here. Plus they made it like the whole country is about maybe 10 politicians, while no one cares about other. Ehhhh"

From what we were shown the whole country was actually all about those 10 politicians since every important position was filled with their people which again was quiet realistic to me. Everyone was taking bribes and somehow connected to one another so the real powerplay was naturally only between the upper crust of the crowd.

Of course reality is much different than dramas but in my country it's not less ridiculous. In actuality I've seen much more stupid and unbelievable stuff here even as a citizen, so who knows how worse it is behind the scenes.

p.s. "Plus its doesnt seem realistic at all. Korean people are sooooo judgemental and dont seem forgiving. So to have a politician whose two chief of staffs were having a scandal...and that politician can act like he knows nothing?mwtf? Why would someone bribe CoS if not bcs ot THE politician. Then all the scandals seem to be easily forgotten... in a country where you can be put to wall of shame if you dont bow correctly in front of others and suff.. like ehh."
Political scandals are commonly buried with celebrity news sooo idk, the weird part for me was how some of those scandals even made it to the news, I would've liked to see the real action from the opposing party maybe then it would've make much more sense but oh well.

I agree but weirdly my mind gets numbed after the first ten minutes or so and I only realize what I've watched after it's done, this has to be one of the best guilty pleasure dramas ever, it's so ridiculous that it's good XXD

That ending was really something, I mean I've seen it coming and I love when main leads' morals become questionable and essentially more realistic yet I wouldn't mind a bit fairy dust to make our leads a bit stronger.
Overall this drama is pretty good but it left me quiet frustrated most of the time, hopefully the second season will be able to solve the knot this season left in my heart.

I just stumbled upon this by pure luck and the pilot episode was awesome, what's with the low rating I don't know but I hope that the whole thing as well produced as the first episode.

edit: I've finished it and Tu Si Cheng was the cutest, what a shame that he was the villian but anyways him, cui xun and tu siya were my favourites.

Okay, episode 10 was the real deal, I love how they didn't drag things only to patch it up in the last 2 episodes or so.
If this tension continues till the very end then this drama is going to be one of those classic romcoms to watch.

My take was on the king and Yool Mu, one moment the king was a crazy tyrant and then, a complex misunderstood character( it didn't feel like we were peeling off his layers but again I've stopped in ep 9 so idk if it all made more sense later on)
And Yool Mu was just tragic, his personality twist/suprise was weird, there was almost no build up for his dark side, since there was no suspension about his character when he went batsh*t I was like " ookay",
Also like I said, I'm not mad about main leads desicions but the screen time that their romance/angst got in the capital and Yool Mu in that whole equation. I guess I just wanted plot to move faster.

I actually love political dramas but this drama's focal point shifted in a snap which threw me off a bit and even that would've been fine had they not included the half hearted romance angst along with it, imo they couldn't find the right balance to the point characters felt almost inconsistent.

After the villiage burned down I kinda lost all my interest, their seperation was useless and idk the angst was underwhelming while the comedy was no longer as pronounced.
I would've continue to watch it for the king but still overall story became too flat for my taste.

p.s. I adore kim so hyun's acting and actually the male lead was pretty damn good too but like I said ... the plot.. ugh whatever.

This drama is one those really special ones and it's gonna stay with me for a long time.

p.s. Hyangmi-yah, I'll remember you.

There are those times in life where you get an immense amout of comfort which you didn't even realise that you needed it, this drama was just like that.
I loved it to bits and if I had only a word to describe this drama it would be "hope". I think that was the overall message, no matter how hard life gets, the existence of any shred of hope is what propels us to live.
Sometimes, giving someone a chance, talking to them, forgiving them, helping them... all of those might be actually for yourself.
Just give drama a chance it might be just what you needed... or not and that's the beauty of life, you won't know it, till you try it :)

"The writer has issues too, he randomly abandoned her alone in a big ship when she finally accepted him (proves he's not worthy, it's not like they had never been through any danger together before, they went through tons it made 0 sense!) and then he wants her again just because she was being with another guy..." He sounds like a total jerk, are there any redeeming points to him? cause if not I'm not gonna even try to watch this and I'm in dire of something light hearted and fluffy.

okay, I almost didn't watch the extra footage after the credits, I love this series so far but those cuts make this even better. I really felt bad for Seri, I'm fine however her love line ends like but I really hope that her family can actually come to care for her sincerely.

I had zero expectations but the first episode was so much fun.

it was kinda funny how he was behind hee jae in that scene XD like hee jae at least is in omg wtf is going on mode but all he does is standing behind her, totally zoned out

um, did you forget how he choose not to disclose his father's fault in order to preserve his life, oh well, I don't hate him, actually he is my favourite character on the show but seoyun's death is on him.
He could've let her escape long ago but he did not because he had his own agenda which again I don't blame him for being this way yet all of his choices cumulatively caused seoyun's death, Nam Jeon might be the real preparator but Seon Ho was the one who enabled it's completion.

well, a timely death of Sunho's father could've saved all of them from a needless heartache but gotta be consistent with the historical dates

I kinda agree but still he should've done all of these before sh*t hit the fan, like from the very start he should've owned his faults and gave up on his position, at the end of the day he tried to fix something he was the cause, it wasn't some heroic self sacrifice but a much owned debt he had to pay

This was wonderful, I'm in love with all of these characters, it's been such a long time since I really cared about the characters themselves, I'm glad that producers chose actors that can actually carry the plot, ugh be still my heart, this has become one of my favourite dramas

p.s. The only downside for me was the OSTs, they were mediocre at best and I think a good OST completes the drama, unfortunately in this case it was the opposite.

I'm beyond confused and in desperate need for a second watch but I think KSY out performed himself, it was just awesome and I think I might just love this movie.

Most of the time I see him as just lady kim and "her" scenes with dong joo are like out of a yuri genre, their chemistry is on fire and Nokdu looks too hot in women's clothes more so than in men's which is why I'm beyond confused while watching it. XDD
This drama took me by suprise and I hope it just keeps the quality consistent down by the road cause so far I'm in love.