The writer is a person named Seo Jung per Namuwiki. They don't have a page linked to their name, but I did more…
Same here. I'm actually taking a break from this but I will probably end up dropping it if it's going to just be the Pi family getting abused as "comedy"....
I really hope it picks up soon because I really like Sowoo and Taeri's characters
This title doesn't have a writer. Can we assume it's AI? That would make a lot of sense if nonhumans were writing…
The writer is a person named Seo Jung per Namuwiki. They don't have a page linked to their name, but I did more research they also wrote another Shim Yiyoung drama, My Wonderful Life
ngl I was kinda eh on Sungho being in kahoots with Jiseok, but I love seeing him interact with Eunchong 🥺 it's so heart warming. I'm looking forward to episode 19 getting subbed later. Looks like he's dressing up as Santa and visiting Eunchong's kindergarten lol
It's clear that Sungho knows more than what Myeongji (aka the root of all evil) wants him to ... he better not show the cards in his hand aka let them know that he is investigating Eunchong. I say that because there is a high chance of him getting killed off if it that gets revealed...
Dang! They actually showed Dunas corpse, so she's not "dead", she's dead. It was nice seeing the flashback though...
I'll bet all the presents under my Christmas tree that the woman that Duna met was Myeongji. If so, Myeongji is hands down the most evil character in this drama. How greedy do you have to be to kill your own niece?
Ji Suwon stays booked and busy for a reason, she's soooo good at playing villains like this
Here's something interesting, I also lurk the soompi forums thread for this drama, and some users have speculated that somehow Seyoung isn't actually blood related to the Yoons. I can't say I agree or disagree, but it's clear that Myeongji doesn't love Yunjin as her aunt. She clearly doesn't love Yeojin as a sister-in-law since she's willing to cause her psychological pain JUST so Seyoung can inherit Hyesung. (And let's be real, Myeongji is not above lying about the father of her child. So I can potentially see Seyoung as not being blood related, despite her last name also being Yoon.)
I was not expecting for Eunchong and Yeojin to potentially find each other that quickly, but it's a pleasant surprise. This drama has been moving at a nice pace so far.. next episode looks intense
Sidenote: The hotpot (?) place that is sponsoring this drama (where Seyoung and Jingoo met in episode 16; Hana and her friend eat there some times as well) looks so good. I'm adding this to my "fast food places I need to go to in Korea" list
(For the other daily drama watchers, Frank Burger and Stella Ddeobokki are also on that list ðŸ˜)
the hypnosis is confusing me who is yujin then does mydramalist have it wrong?
she's the original daughter of shin yeojin. she disappeared while playing with Seyoung on a boat, and ended up in an orphanage... Got adopted by a family in America. She gets renamed to Duna in the orphanage since she's close to Hana. (Hana & Duna = 1&2)
She's Eunchong's mother, and she allegedly died in a car accident. Most of us, myself included don't think she's actually dead though. Her official bio on the website actually states that her car accident "questionable /suspicious", and it's implied that Seyoung and/or Myeongji were behind it. Her character has also been excluded from the posters and she wasn't in the official cast list when the drama first started, despite her importance, so we speculate that the screenwriter is purposely trying to hide her identity for story-related purposes.
KBS and MBC (SBS stopped making dailies like 3 years ago iirc) would rather invest more money into the prime time…
Hard agree about the overacting in desparate ms Seonju. I am actually taking a 2-3 week break from the drama with the hopes that the story picks up lol
Secret House is so intense, I'm on the part when Jihwan is negotiating with Taehee's family to marry her. It's like a switch flipped in him and I love it because you can tell he's had enough of taehyung's shit. I like the guy who plays taehyung too (and his mom, if theres one thing that actress will do is play an evil chaebol mother well!) I hope next year get another daily drama with a male lead
And we sure are! With the holidays coming up and with all the days off, I'm definitely hoping to catch up on my soaps 😂
KBS and MBC (SBS stopped making dailies like 3 years ago iirc) would rather invest more money into the prime time…
I cannot wait to watch the og version... I hear it's a pretty legendary drama in its own right.
Choi jung-yoon is the sole reason why I am putting up with it. Funny enough, her current drama is kinda similar to amor fati, but she's playing the antagonist this time. So far Amor Fati's been pretty eh and I've been neglecting it for this & secret house lol
KBS and MBC (SBS stopped making dailies like 3 years ago iirc) would rather invest more money into the prime time…
omg I'm currently watching Phoenix 2020 JUST for it's bad reputation. (I plan to watch the og version right after) Seo Hajoon is my favorite part of the drama...
Amor Fati was the daily that aired directly after Phoenix 2020, and I'm also currently watching for it's bad reputation. If you thought Phoenix 2020 was hard to watch...
If Yunjin is dead I think Seyoung can still be held accountable. Hana saw and spoke to young Seyoung. She would…
I'm actually surprised Hana didn't recognize yoojin's picture when she came to Yeojin's house, but with 85 episodes left I guess it's too early for any dots to be connected
I don't remember if they brought up CCTV footage or not (even though that footage would be 20+ years old at this point) but I guess that could be used as proof too
KBS and MBC (SBS stopped making dailies like 3 years ago iirc) would rather invest more money into the prime time…
Yes, it's hard to gauge what's considered as prime time as an international viewer, since we don't live in Korea and most of us watch these episodes hours after they air
I hope you like game of witches! I think if you're enjoying Cinderella Game, you'll enjoy that one
And thank you! It's the name of an old jpop song lol
WOWOWOW I'm pretty sure Yeojin's husband is the guy backing Jiseok. This just got interestingThirty minutes later:I'll…
I was wondering what had happened to him after he ran off!
I was expecting for him to show up as a gag character and open a fast food store or something, but this is way better! he definitely has a reason to team up with Jiseok
chaebol scheming is my favorite genre of makjang (next to fake daughters). This drama actually reminds me a bit…
WOWOWOW I'm pretty sure Yeojin's husband is the guy backing Jiseok. This just got interesting
Thirty minutes later:
I'll edit my comment instead of leaving a new one. Episode 15 we finally get some crumbs of details about Duna... per Eunchong's video for school, she "died in a car accident when he was 1". I knew I remember reading that somewhere!
I wouldn't be surprised if this car accident is linked to whatever event happened "six years ago" (the scene where Myeongji was paying off the detective), and if so, I wouldn't count Duna out.... this is a makjang so you aren't dead unless the body/death is shown. I've seen waaaay too many fake funerals and mislabeled urns.
Like...
I've seen makjang dramas where a character gets into a car accident, disappears for a while, is presumed dead and is later revealed to have survived because a chaebol's assistant (you know they can make ANYTHING happen) dragged her body out and discreetly sent her overseas to recover.
I don't even know anymore 😂 I'm just going to trust in the screenwriter and hope this all makes sense at the end
chaebol scheming is my favorite genre of makjang (next to fake daughters). This drama actually reminds me a bit of the drama Game of Witches, so I'll leave that as a recommendation as it also features fake children and chaebols scheming over a company. But I really wanted to talk about the scene where Yeojin scolded Jiseok for the contract cancellation!
I have a feeling that jiseok's revenge is not going to go the way he wants it to. He may even have the wrong idea. He comes off as emotionally immature (how he treats Hana) so he might have jumped the gun with blaming Yeojin. He was a teenager when it happened too, so who knows....
Anyway I'm on episode 14 and Jiseok is getting sloppy with his schemes so Seyoung and Jingoo are on to him. Right when they get THIS CLOSE to exposing him, that will be when Jiseok pulls out his trump card... Which is... he is going to lie to hana and turn her into a fake Yunjin to throw all of them off.
I was mistaken and I thought they had said that Duna/Yujin died in a car accident. I'm now in the camp of "Yunjin is going to come back, see Hana living as her, and they will become enemies for a short while until the truth is revealed and they become allies to take down the bigger evil"
Also I want Yunjin to be allive because as another commenter said, if she dies, who's going to hold Seyoung accountable for what she did? Hana could confront Seyoung, but it wouldn't be the same.
But that raises the question of what happened to Yunjin and why is the screenwriter intentionally trying to be vague? That's probably the biggest mystery in this comment section rn lol
Sidenote: I don't know how the timing for k-drama awards works but as soon as this drama is eligible, the kid playing Eunchong needs to win an award for best child actor.
Curious Question - why are the daily dramas usually with high number of episodes - have different kind of cinematography.…
KBS and MBC (SBS stopped making dailies like 3 years ago iirc) would rather invest more money into the prime time dramas, the ones that usually tend to go viral and bring in the views and money. Especially if an international audience is involved. Think those "hallyu wave" dramas (example: Penthouse, Revenge of the Seven etc). They have a higher return on investment.
Meanwhile, for dailies, the target audience is usually middle aged house wives - the morning ones air at a time where most people air at school or work - while dailies have a following on mdl, ie, the comment sections can get really exciting, that's not really representative of the kdrama community as a whole... mbc/kbs are appealing to a shrinking audience. Much like in America, the soap opera (makjang) is slowly turning into a dying art. I think mbc dailies are slightly higher quality (cinematography wise) than kbs dailies, but Cinderella Game and Scandal both look good.
The only daily drama I've seen with a relatively high budget is Game of Witches. That show is shot beautifully and the sets are crisp. I'm well beyond the halfway point in that drama (usually when the budget shrinks) and I still get blown away by the cinematography. Now if you want to see a daily drama with absolute garbage cinematography, watch Amor Fati. No wonder SBS threw in the towel after that one. Worst shot kdrama... Hands down the worst cinematography I've seen in my entire life.
I really hope it picks up soon because I really like Sowoo and Taeri's characters
It's clear that Sungho knows more than what Myeongji (aka the root of all evil) wants him to ... he better not show the cards in his hand aka let them know that he is investigating Eunchong. I say that because there is a high chance of him getting killed off if it that gets revealed...
Like you said, the revenge would be more satisfying if Duna was the FL..... but we'll see
I'll bet all the presents under my Christmas tree that the woman that Duna met was Myeongji. If so, Myeongji is hands down the most evil character in this drama. How greedy do you have to be to kill your own niece?
Ji Suwon stays booked and busy for a reason, she's soooo good at playing villains like this
Here's something interesting, I also lurk the soompi forums thread for this drama, and some users have speculated that somehow Seyoung isn't actually blood related to the Yoons. I can't say I agree or disagree, but it's clear that Myeongji doesn't love Yunjin as her aunt. She clearly doesn't love Yeojin as a sister-in-law since she's willing to cause her psychological pain JUST so Seyoung can inherit Hyesung. (And let's be real, Myeongji is not above lying about the father of her child. So I can potentially see Seyoung as not being blood related, despite her last name also being Yoon.)
I was not expecting for Eunchong and Yeojin to potentially find each other that quickly, but it's a pleasant surprise. This drama has been moving at a nice pace so far.. next episode looks intense
Sidenote: The hotpot (?) place that is sponsoring this drama (where Seyoung and Jingoo met in episode 16; Hana and her friend eat there some times as well) looks so good. I'm adding this to my "fast food places I need to go to in Korea" list
(For the other daily drama watchers, Frank Burger and Stella Ddeobokki are also on that list ðŸ˜)
She's Eunchong's mother, and she allegedly died in a car accident. Most of us, myself included don't think she's actually dead though. Her official bio on the website actually states that her car accident "questionable /suspicious", and it's implied that Seyoung and/or Myeongji were behind it. Her character has also been excluded from the posters and she wasn't in the official cast list when the drama first started, despite her importance, so we speculate that the screenwriter is purposely trying to hide her identity for story-related purposes.
Secret House is so intense, I'm on the part when Jihwan is negotiating with Taehee's family to marry her. It's like a switch flipped in him and I love it because you can tell he's had enough of taehyung's shit. I like the guy who plays taehyung too (and his mom, if theres one thing that actress will do is play an evil chaebol mother well!) I hope next year get another daily drama with a male lead
And we sure are! With the holidays coming up and with all the days off, I'm definitely hoping to catch up on my soaps 😂
Choi jung-yoon is the sole reason why I am putting up with it. Funny enough, her current drama is kinda similar to amor fati, but she's playing the antagonist this time. So far Amor Fati's been pretty eh and I've been neglecting it for this & secret house lol
Amor Fati was the daily that aired directly after Phoenix 2020, and I'm also currently watching for it's bad reputation. If you thought Phoenix 2020 was hard to watch...
I don't remember if they brought up CCTV footage or not (even though that footage would be 20+ years old at this point) but I guess that could be used as proof too
https://youtu.be/8QReJHGGdec?si=ckPMqs1w69TXaQwI
I hope you like game of witches! I think if you're enjoying Cinderella Game, you'll enjoy that one
And thank you! It's the name of an old jpop song lol
I was expecting for him to show up as a gag character and open a fast food store or something, but this is way better! he definitely has a reason to team up with Jiseok
Thirty minutes later:
I'll edit my comment instead of leaving a new one. Episode 15 we finally get some crumbs of details about Duna... per Eunchong's video for school, she "died in a car accident when he was 1". I knew I remember reading that somewhere!
I wouldn't be surprised if this car accident is linked to whatever event happened "six years ago" (the scene where Myeongji was paying off the detective), and if so, I wouldn't count Duna out.... this is a makjang so you aren't dead unless the body/death is shown. I've seen waaaay too many fake funerals and mislabeled urns.
Like...
I've seen makjang dramas where a character gets into a car accident, disappears for a while, is presumed dead and is later revealed to have survived because a chaebol's assistant (you know they can make ANYTHING happen) dragged her body out and discreetly sent her overseas to recover.
I don't even know anymore 😂 I'm just going to trust in the screenwriter and hope this all makes sense at the end
I have a feeling that jiseok's revenge is not going to go the way he wants it to. He may even have the wrong idea. He comes off as emotionally immature (how he treats Hana) so he might have jumped the gun with blaming Yeojin. He was a teenager when it happened too, so who knows....
Anyway I'm on episode 14 and Jiseok is getting sloppy with his schemes so Seyoung and Jingoo are on to him. Right when they get THIS CLOSE to exposing him, that will be when Jiseok pulls out his trump card... Which is... he is going to lie to hana and turn her into a fake Yunjin to throw all of them off.
I was mistaken and I thought they had said that Duna/Yujin died in a car accident. I'm now in the camp of "Yunjin is going to come back, see Hana living as her, and they will become enemies for a short while until the truth is revealed and they become allies to take down the bigger evil"
Also I want Yunjin to be allive because as another commenter said, if she dies, who's going to hold Seyoung accountable for what she did? Hana could confront Seyoung, but it wouldn't be the same.
But that raises the question of what happened to Yunjin and why is the screenwriter intentionally trying to be vague? That's probably the biggest mystery in this comment section rn lol
Sidenote: I don't know how the timing for k-drama awards works but as soon as this drama is eligible, the kid playing Eunchong needs to win an award for best child actor.
Meanwhile, for dailies, the target audience is usually middle aged house wives - the morning ones air at a time where most people air at school or work - while dailies have a following on mdl, ie, the comment sections can get really exciting, that's not really representative of the kdrama community as a whole... mbc/kbs are appealing to a shrinking audience. Much like in America, the soap opera (makjang) is slowly turning into a dying art. I think mbc dailies are slightly higher quality (cinematography wise) than kbs dailies, but Cinderella Game and Scandal both look good.
The only daily drama I've seen with a relatively high budget is Game of Witches. That show is shot beautifully and the sets are crisp. I'm well beyond the halfway point in that drama (usually when the budget shrinks) and I still get blown away by the cinematography. Now if you want to see a daily drama with absolute garbage cinematography, watch Amor Fati. No wonder SBS threw in the towel after that one. Worst shot kdrama... Hands down the worst cinematography I've seen in my entire life.