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That's true. I personally never liked his acting since the first time I saw him in "Cherry Magic", and I don't find anything special about him, not even a cute side, so I guess I just don't like him. ^^. We all have different tastes when it comes to people and acting so nothing "bitchy" about sharing that. ;)
I'm a little disappointed though, because I think the drama will be good, especially with the very good impression I have from Kondo Shori, but I will not be totally into their interactions and flirting because of that.

I'm really not a fan of Yutaro, as an actor, so I'd have like a different pairing, but Kondo Shori is a nice surprise and seems to be a promising actor (and definitely an eye candy too, which is great ^^). Japanese really bring the most original, weird and fun stories haha. I look forward to the next episodes.

After reading your comment you got me worried for Han Bin's future, I didn't realise that regarding his agency.

It's a survival show, not a charity gathering. Of course Han Bin is right to take the main place. It's a one time life experience for him jusy like the others. It's not like their will be another chance to be the main vocal of the final of a music show, most likely. So why should he gives up on it when he can do it and deserves it ?
It doesn't mean others don't deserve it either, it's just that he is better. Fake pity isn't going to change anything.
Objectively, the ranking will not change depending on their position in the group for the performance anyway.

You pointed the elements that are bothering since episode 3 indeed: weird editing, with long, slow sequences and, suddenly, a jump in space and time, and an acceleration of the story, but without real logical link with what was shown before or whatsoever, no explanation, just some hints, but not even always.
It's actually a surprise for me that not more people point this here, in the comments, because it's particularly annoying, and disappointing considering the expectations the first two episodes offered.

It's not fair and objective for your first paragraph. Like any society, Korea isn't perfect, but I personally never experienced any bad treatment from Koreans as a foreigner, on the contrary, they are very understanding and supportive towards people who try to speak their language and improve their Korean skills.
But I agree that there is a lot of work to be done when it comes to translation (being from Korean towards other languages or vice-versa), considering the importance international audience is becoming for all Korean cultural contents in general now.

Are people imitating K-Pop companies, or K-Pop companies are just doing what people are waiting from them ? ;) Companies do music to make money. Of course, they will try to do what will appeal to their consumers, just like any other business.

This is why I like him so much as an actor:

"As long as you are doing this job, you have to take care of the ratings and the number of views. Still, if you are trapped by numbers, there is a possibility that only works that imitate hit works will be mass-produced, and diversity may be lacking. I want to challenge more diverse works from now on and make various dramas. I myself want to pursue my own color as an actor."

From his latest interview: https://with.kodansha.co.jp/article/interview-jichangwook-1

Kim Gyu Vin is still number 7 ?! And Han Yu Jin number 5 ?! Seriously, when people will open their eyes and ears ! They are definitely not talented enough to be part of the final 9. I pity the others if they have to make a boy group with these two.

They are trying too hard to do something different and it's totally falling apart for me. I'm losing interest since episode 3. Too bad because the start was really good.

Not exactly the ending I expected for it, but it's a really beautiful story and a great drama about love and redemption. A 10 for me. Loved the characters and the cast was brilliant.

Kim Mi Kyung is in it too ! This cast is becoming more and more perfect.

That's quite annoying that the Special Edit Version and Eternal are out only in cinema and in Japan.

Yes, I agree.

According Soompi: "The third “Boys Planet” global vote will close on April 7 at 10 a.m. KST with the third Survivor Announcement Ceremony being broadcast live on the Mnet K-POP YouTube channel this same day at 2 p.m. KST."

Biggest joke of today: Kim Gyu Vin receiving all stars. Seriously, he isn't talented enough to be part of the final group. People should stop being biased by look or personality when it comes to this kind of shows. Objectively, he has just average skills as an idol.

Oh my, I regret to have started this drama so much now... These characters are totally illogical and stupid, and the acting is really not the best, so it doesn't even balance the crappy story. And the bland kisses will kill me before the end if it keeps going on like this. Seriously, what's the purpose of the story ? Free love ? Free sex life ? That's really not well portrayed and made if that's the case.
I wish I could just forget about it but I'm the kind of people who watch till the end when they start something, even when it's totally stupid like this one.

Well, they lost me with episodes 3 and 4. Too bad, it's disappointing.
Suddenly things keep happening with no real logic, and moods change like nothing happened before with no reason. It's like looking a totally different story from episodes 1 and 2. Very weird. And they went too far with the annoying and irritating secondary characters for me.
It's not totally bad but I didn't enjoyed these episodes as much as the first ones.

This drama is wonderful.
For me episode 13 was perfect. Han Dong Jin is seriously one of the best characters I have seen, the world needs more people like him. ^^ He is so well portrayed by Kim Young Kwang.
I was surprised he just left like that in episode 14, but it makes sense in the end, and the rest of the episode was good. I really look forward to the last episodes next week.
Roy Kim’s song, « Flower », is really beautiful and perfect for this drama.

Totally agree with you. While watching the first two episodes it never occurred to me that Ji Hyun was the one drowning, as all the references to Jae Won's little brother death and his probable trauma from this event were very clear for me. We will see in the future but I don't buy at all the crazy theories here. And I have read a lot of comments of Koreans who have watched the movie on websites and blogs (through Naver): not a single one mentioned the death of Ji Hyun, or even a sad ending, on the contrary, most of them commented how sweet the romance was between them and the chemistry between both actors top-notched.