kura2ninja

Yes, that's Matsuda Ryuhei for you. But the deadpan expression worked, somehow.

What a gorgeous couple. Congrats, I guess :D

Haven't watched the two episodes, but from comments that read here and there it sounds pretty crazy. I'm just going to add "melodrama" to its genre and "makjang" tag, then, so that people would get an idea what they're going to get.

Thanks for the heads-up! I've just checked and the subber has uploaded the Indonesian subtitles for ep.1 to Subscene :D

Nah, definitely not a romcom. Probably a melodrama. This screenwriter is a queen of makjang :D

Oooh, this screenwriter's specialty seems to be makjang? Okay, I'm going to tamp down my expectations and be prepared in case it ends up being crazy.

Nah, not avocado. Avocado is too . . . normal. I'd say this drama's more like durian. Tastes like heaven for those who love it, nasty and disgusting for those who don't.

One of the writers is a woman. And just because a screenwriter is a female, doesn't mean she can't be misogynist i(n her treatment of her female characters). But you're right, they just didn't write good, coherent story.

Wait until it finished airing and only then decide to watch it or not.

Or just watch it anyway and use the fast-forward button if you need to. Believe me, I have been in the same dilemma as you are, and that simple but often unthinkable solution has helped me a lot.

You mean the long hair? I loved it, though. A bit disappointed when he eventually had it cut, based on the stills.

There seemed to be a baseball match and it got long, so yesterday's episodes got cancelled. That's my guess anyway, based on KBS's Twitter page.

They're totally going to be an item by the end. I mean, the drama itself wasn't so subtle about their getting together ;)

Re: portraying YJ unapologetically. Yup, I agree with you there. But like you said, because domestic viewers hated her, it's like the screenwriters thought, "Hey, you're right. She's a bad person so we're going to punish her. Let's pile misery upon misery, make her suffer to put her in her right place."

Well, to be fair to him, it seems that so far in their relationship, her reason to call him and hang out together most of the time was that she just broke up and needed a place to vent . How did he know that this time it's because of a serious health issue and not just the usual failed relationship?

Anyway, I don't blame Soo-jae or any character in this drama, really, because the screenwriters clearly decided that it's better to prolong or create unnecessary conflict, to better heighten the melodrama and keep us poor suckers hooked!

(Sorry if I sound bitter.)

Your guess about the screenwriters deliberately making YJ pitiful because viewers hated her makes sense. It didn't even cross my mind before you mentioned it. But you know what, if it's true, it makes me even angrier at them for manipulating us so blatantly.

Full disclosure: I'm much more sympathetic to YJ than most commenters here. Before full melodrama of recent episodes unfolded, I could picture them both of them becoming more mature, reconnecting, and then finding out that they're more of a fit than they were younger. But now--it'd be great if they could be good friends, but lovers? No way.

Anyway, this drama is stupid and doesn't deserve the brainpower that we use to analyze it. But I'm still watching so the joke's on me, I guess.

It's not enough that Yeong-jae lost her child, now it seems Joo-ran has cancer or something? Wow, thank you, sadistic writers.

Is the tag "melorama" always there? I swear I didn't notice it. If I did, it might lessen the mounting rage and disappointment I felt with every passing episode.

I'm going to paraphrase what the recapper at Dramabeans said: Yeong-jae doesn't need Joon-yeong. She needs a therapist, period.

Thanks for the article. I hope people will be interested in the drama after reading it.

As someone who had watched the Japanese original and liked it very much, I'm pleasantly surprised that they manage to keep spirit of the original work--not an easy feat--and still make it very much of a Korean drama.

Matrimonial Chaos is a romcom, supposedly, and it is quite funny, in parts, but I often found it very painful to watch because of how real it is. I know that a lot of people hate Suk-moo (Cha Tae-hyun's character), but of the four main characters, he's the one I can relate to the most. He's all about putting barriers and self-preservation, which explains the constant sarcasm and negativity. But in order for a relationship to work, you have to be willing to be vulnerable and you need to be really honest with your partner--something that he's not capable of at this point of the story.

Suk-moo and Hwi-roo are still very much in love with each other. They care about each other, and they care about each other's well being. But as much as the romantic in me want them to get together again, love is not enough.

The Japanese version, Saikou no Rikon, has an open ending with optimistic tone. But they eventually made a one episode special, in which the main couple split up for good. I'm curious to see which ending the Korean drama will choose. Sorry it got long ;p

She was sort of blacklisted after a plagiarism scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoon_Eun-hye#Plagiarism