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Hmm idk about this one. It was good but I felt like something was missing. Almost everything about the premise reminds me of Bulgasal but the pacing here isn't as good. So much is happening while nothing is really happening? I really can't word this properly but this had the chance of being great but it (so far) wasn't.

Johan's stomach was torn and after a few seconds the screenwriter forgot it. :))

I feel that it didn't shame her but showed her worry as this line of work also has its dangers.. from unwanted pregnancies that lead to abortion which could make you then not able to conceive or use of birth control or even the danger of STDs and so on.. Also I apologise but I don't get your point about JW not being able to get drunk.. his power is regeneration so to me it makes sense that he can't get drunk - his liver can't be damaged and the metabolising of the alcohol doesn't cause drunkenness... so it goes in line with his power and going from that logic then his sperm count should be fine as well..
This tbh leads me to have the theory that the amount of stress that she's been through - the worry that her past job might be the reason she can't get pregnant and further the fact that she was worried to tell her concerns to JW were the big factors. And I'm actually glad it showed that being able to communicate with your partner is very important..

I think what she assumed about her past getting in the way of her pregnancy is quite normal. She is a human after all. But I think Joo Won is at fault here. His ignorance is what made her feel left out. He should have noticed how lonely she was. He should have talked to her.

I think it's actually the opposite. The show is pointing out that it doesn't matter what you've done in your past to survive. You are worthy to live and be loved. Their whole storyline centers around their internal struggle with their past/present selves ,and once they open up to each other they can overcome that shame and stigma.
They've never seen each other as less than worthy of love/happiness, but they have thought about themselves like that. He seems himself as a monster and murderer, she sees a hulk, hero and savior. She sees herself as a less than because of having to sell herself, he sees a kind and strong woman, a survivor, and someone worthy of his respect.

She was probably on birth control pills for a long time and one of the side effects is delayed pregnancy. I was sad to see her faking a smile every time Joo Won left for work. She should have just told him about wanting a baby. We saw how he cried after hearing that. He was sad to her suffer alone. In next scene BAAAAM!!! a baby. How it happened: BY TALKING TO YOUR PARTNER. That's the key. Any couple can go through hard times when they are together not but when they are alone.

Honestly the scene made me sad. I did not take it like a message to shame women who resorted to prostitution. It made me sad because I had the feeling, she thought she was doomed because she once was a "sinner". It is a wrong thinking she had.

Or maybe it was worse... her life as a woman providing special services to men led her to abortion because she became pregnant from clients who coerced or forced her to do it without condom. And it damaged her body. That still happens in 2023.

This scene underlined sad situations the women who resort to prostitution sometimes meet. It did not make me judge her as guilty of anything. I just felt her distress.

As for the man, he is supposed to be a super strong man with super strong spermatozoids.

No it's just the classic "new popular show therefore it's the best show ever" mindset

Bong Seok was practically dropped from the sky.

I feel like I am the sole person in world who actually really enjoyed this.

This drama also does such a good job at hiding symbolism, I just noticed how the people who stayed behind in borderland where people who aimed for control and domination meanwhile the ones that went back were willing to face the uncertainty of their life. So no matter how many times some characters where deathly injured they still wouldn’t die, because their will to live was too strong. And when the face cards leaders died they all said that they were glad to be finally free. I believe that when they accepted their citizenship to borderland they all had plans of grandeur and domination but deep down after a while they realized they weren’t as free as they thought.

There was no badly written character because every character embodied a thought provoking existential question. This is really about letting go of control and fear to face the hardest game of all, that is life.

This season is so much deeper than the last. The plot is just a decoy; behind it is a deep reflection on life, strength, perseverance, our existence and free will. I had to stop a few times to reflect on life and my existence as a player. I feel so bad for anti intellectual surface level watchers who can't see past the story and dialogues. Some will even say the dialogues are superficial, but I think they're only superficial if you want them to be. This is the kind of drama that I would encourage watchers to consume with introspection.

Why are you here? What is real? What keeps you alive? curiosity? spite? hope? do you even neec a reason? Why are you still playing? Where do you get your strength? What does it mean to be real, to be a human? is your existence fair? Why do you hate life/yourself? What's the value of a life? How valuable is yours?

This dramas raises alot of questions that will never get old, and for once instead of making you depressed afterwards it revives your will to exist, to fight and persevere.

I personally think they were still alive after getting injured so badly is because their will to live was the strongest. Even though Aguni wanted to commit suicide, he couldn't do it because at the end of the day he wanted to live. And we all saw Akane had the most difficult first game and still survived. I think she actually had the strongest will to live. Like she said she wanted to survive no matter what happens.

It might also have to do with the fact that all the people that got to live in real life even after almost dying or had died were people that had very strong minds and they wanted to return back to the real world. We don't know if Ann was actually dead at the end in borderland. She could have heard the voice inside her mind and gave the answer, and she must be very close to dying or giving up that's why she was in the worst state in the real world.

He was attacked and was even stabbed when he was a murder suspect. So he became traumatized. Hence the face mask, he is not narcissist. He is humble and sensitive. He feels guilty about the incident since he does not remember much from that night. He also carries a heavy burden of guilt since no one believed him although he was a happy and innocent soul back then

That scene infront of the laundromat was so cute!!!!!