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I love this so much I may have withdrawal symptoms once it ends.

Don't worry, it's a common thing people are confused about, because he won his last case which had a different accusation than the first one he lost, people assume he was found innocent in both cases.

Actually, Kim Hyun Joong was charged with physical assault, but not with "causing his ex-girlfriend to miscarriage", so this is different. Kim Hyun Joong was not entirely innocent (i.e. He admitted to physical assault and was fined and charged for it), Park Shi Hoo on the other hand was never charged with rape.

If only personality counts in love there would be no one who would continue to love someone even after they changed their personality. There are plenty of reasons to love someone, and "soul" itself isn't a reason for love because you can't possibly know one's soul, you can only tell by what they show you or by your limited experience of them AKA their personality, looks, the way they treat you, the thoughts they share...etc. Besides, even if we assumed that the king fell in love with Bong Hwan's soul specifically, isn't continuing to love the queen after the switch back means that he is in love with her too? People are capable of falling in love more than once in their lifetime.

I don't think it's "falling for the wrong person", because someone can't fall in love with a mere soul, you fall in love with someone because of their personality or looks or both because those are the only things you can comprehend. If they switched souls it would be like a spouse changing their personality after marriage, one might love them despite the change or fall out of love with them. If he kept loving the queen after she switches back with Bong Hwan, that means he loves her regardless of what soul she carries or what personality she has, or that he simply didn't mind the change, and may even like her more as his crazy wife would've stopped being crazy. So Bong currently has multiple personalities and that never stopped the king from starting to fall in love with her.

It's in episode 21. I recommend you do watch the whole drama or at least read a recap of the episodes you want to skip on drama blogs, it's really interesting.

I think Somin's "friend" was talking about what happened between Somin and the other friend, they said something about a guy who Somin had feelings for who instead dated the guest's friend and that's why they had a bad impression of each other. Since the members lied to the guest by saying that Somin insulted her behind her back, she was defending herself by saying that Somin was never wronged but had a victim mentality, in other words, she had no business with the guy in the first place, so she wasn't in a place where she is entitled to be angry at her. I think considering the situation the members put her in, she wasn't being mean.

Most people who avoid cousins nowadays avoid them because of health related reasons, or because it's "icky" to them. There is no religious rule about this. In the past, marrying cousins wasn't something frowned upon like nowadays.

You can find it on Wikipedia.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Running_Man_episodes

It's not new, there was a cartoon version of Running Man airing on SBS, where they made the original Running Man members (excluding JoongGi and including Jihyo) into their character animals.

It depends on your male friend's taste, but I would definitely recommend a historical drama as a first Kdrama. I recommended Iljimae to a male acquaintance and he loved it. If he is more interested in action or serious dramas recommend something else like Iljimae or Mr. Sunshine, but if he is someone who likes something quirky and funny this drama may be your first resort.

The cartoon version of Running Man is apparently coming to Netflix this Friday.

Don't be. I like answering questions. XD
It's definitely in the second half of the drama, but not at the very end, there were some episodes after he finds out.

I regret starting this while it's airing. This is the kind of drama that is perfect for binge-watching.

I think the only way this would happen is if the chef starts to regain the queen's memories, because he actually felt her feelings for the king for a moment when he started to recall the lake incident. That means that feelings are transferable and he might feel them too regardless of what gender or sexual orientation his soul has.

Then I feel like I was watching a different show, because I see romance everywhere. XD

True but it doesn't mean that the outcome is good though. I can't think of a successful movie or drama that has so many genres. It's just my opinion of the drama so far anyway, it may change over time.

There is certainly romance between the male lead and Mirae. Not to mention any potential romance the writers are pushing random characters towards. How is it political? The male lead is running for a seat as a congressman and it's not merely mentioned, in each episode they would update us with his progress in the political field. About the exaggeration, that one scene is kinda absurd, don't you think? Also there's the male lead who is mesmerized by her looks, had to run to avoid being tempted by her, and even recognized her when she was wearing a diving suit with head cover and goggles, his friend who was in disbelief of how pretty she looks that he had to say it out loud to himself just as she left, and the guy in the yellow car who had asked her 47 times, got rejected each time, and plans to ask her out again.

Yes, but usually a good drama has at most 3 genres, not all genres together. This one would've been much better if it was focused on the mystery/thriller but it's equally focusing on all other genres.

This drama is all over the place. Is it a comedy? Is it a romance? Is is a drama? Is it a thriller? Is it political? Is it revenge? Is it action? Is it crime? Is it investigation? Having all these genres in one drama is a bit confusing to me.
Also, every time the male lead goes anywhere the student coincidentally is there. That hardly ever happens in real life, and it's kinda annoying. That and the attention the student draws everywhere she goes. It's ridiculous, even when she is wearing hideous cloths and having messy hair. It's not like she isn't pretty, but she isn't that pretty (I mean to a point where it's impossible for her to go on her daily life without turning all heads). The female lead and the undercover special agent are very pretty but they don't draw this much attention. Even Hong Soo Hyun's character who is remarkably pretty and famous didn't have this much attention. So what's the deciding factor? I don't know, and I don't know why I find this annoying, but I do. It's like when they try to convince you that a character is ugly when the actress playing that part is beautiful. It just doesn't make any sense to me.