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Yes, Ryu Hye Young plays Lee Dong Wook`s sister in this drama. I wonder If the love interest for the protagonist will have an important role in this drama. I hope there are other casting news because we`ll find out more informations about the relationships of the main characters.
I just looked at the writer`s past dramas. He doesn`t seam to use the actors from previous works like other writers or directors but who knows? We`ll see who they cast for the female lead. We also did not know for sure if Yoo Jae Myung and Jo Woo Jin will appear in it after all. The news article about their cast was removed.

The writer created him to continue the story in the third season and now we know that there is a very high posibility that the story will be centered around mountains gods.
Personally, I would not have put him at all in season 2. If they wanted a third season they could easily presented him there.

I don`t know why they killed Do jin. I know that they told us that his death had meaning. At least he saved that child and his other colleagues but I wish they worked better on the story. Probably the writer did not know what to do with two male protagonists. I thought that Do jin was not utilized much in the story in the first season and I thought in the second season it will be different. The appearence of childhood friend was a red herring (I kind of sensed that he was not the culprit) but what was the point of introducing this new character? He investigated on his own about the arsonist and he did not even bother to talk about his suspisious with his friend who was a firefighter involved in the case. I guess we`ll see him in later episodes where he will be the expert in explosives and other pyrotechnic materials instead of Do jin.


I am not mad that they killed Do Jin. I am just disappointed. My favorite character is Ho-Gae but I liked their bromance. I can`t say I am satisfied with the story either. I will finish the season and I hope there are better cases.

I was emotional after the farewell of Do jin and I laughed in episode 4 how bad the storyline was. They showed the team of firefighters and investigation team together and all of the sudden the military team came. The fire alarm rang but nobody in the building responding. The team has to go door to door to evacuate people and there were only 30 minutes left. So many people involved but Ho Gae caught the `infamous` arsonist on the roof. Too much noise/show for nothing. The arsonist was a pathetic joke. His reason was to create haos and a bigger fire to honor his fellow colleagues! Jeez. They should have used Choi Won Young`s character more. He appeared only a few minutes in ep 1 or 2 but he was more believable as a villain. Yang Sang-Man met his ex wife on the roof and told her that she will become famous. LOL Why she left her coleagues when they faced a serious crisis to go meeting him? Twice!

I did not watch the first season but I wanted to see Lee Joon Gi in the teaser. He is like a fish in the water in this kind of genre.
LJG has a more mature face than SJK? Well, I thought that`s why Joon Gi was cast in the drama, to look more matured.
A funny fact. When I started watching kdramas (like 11 years ago), I often confused Lee Joon Gi and Song Joong Ki. LOL. I was not familiar with them or watched them in a drama so I found them similar. Not anymore, of course.

I read that this drama will start filming in the second half of this year or early next year and broadcast in 2024.
Lee Dong Wook just finished filming for drama The Killer`s Shopping Mall, I guess. Or he is still filming.
I hope there are some news about the other cast.

I know what you are saying. But there are peaple at 40s with that much grey hair. I know people who in their 60/70 that don`t have such grey hair. LOL Sometime it is genetic but there are studies which imply that this aging-related process is closely associated with our psychological well-being. There are people who turned white hair after a shock. It is not something that it is not possible.
We`ll see. It was only one scene.

Maybe they will reunite after 23 years. The dream when they meet at the sea, in the sunset, could be interpreted in their older days or they will meet in death? Either way, it is a tragic love story.

If it is indeed a woman then she is Yoo Gil-Chae.

We don`t know that. Shin Yi-Rib is looking for Lee Jang-Hyun and he is questioning someone who was closed to the Crown Prince and assumes that that person is waiting for Lee Jang Hyun. But he doesn`t know who is that person.
It could be a woman. The translations said " it is him" when he arrived to see the person. It could be a mistake in translation. The micro movement of the body sugests it could be a woman.

I thought it is Lee Jang-Hyun .

Kato wants it and they work for him. But I`m sure they want the magical objects for themselves too for aditional powers.

My answers for your questions:
1. Yes, it will have a happy ending.
2. Short: A a cold-blooded business man who is sick received a second chance to life due to a heart transplant and gradually changed to a warm guy because of his heart. The drama hints the theory of cellular memory when the personality changes following heart transplantation, the recipient acquiring the personality characteristics of his donor. He finds himself inexplicably drawn to the famale protagonist and he falls in love with her.
3. There is chemistry. You should not expect to see a sizzling love story. It is a warm love story. The male protagonist is the star of the drama and his character is funny and larger than life personality. He is the persuader. She is calmer, smart, and she is just an ordinary woman. She gradually start to open up to him but it is understandable because her heart was heartbroken when her fiancee died and she has to heal emotionally. And, in the end, she will accept and love Min ho (and not because of the heart). Short: They work well together. I say she is like the champagne base and he is the sparkling of that champagne. I hope I make sense.
4. Yes, there are a few kiss scenes.
5. There won`t be a love triangle.

Why not start watching and see for yourself if it is something that suits your taste. To each its own. I personally like this drama.

That`s her Japanese name. I think her mother is Japanese, if I remember well. Her father was a collaborationist.

You will understand just fine the second season without watching the first.

I am glad Kim Tae Hoon will appear in this drama. I hope he will be the first lead again in the future.

YES.

No. Watching S2, you`ll know/remember the important things from S1.

She could have all the power but not the physically one, is that what you say? Hong Joo is not a human woman, she is a mountain god and it is equal to the other deities. Why do you see her powers as exagerated just because she is a female and you did not see the same thing in the others? Even Lee Rang who was not a mountain god could changed his shape in a baby and has very good abilites and he was strong. They all have different powers and have strenghts and weaknesses. Hong Joo can`t get drunk and is strong physically. That`s it. But she is not unbeatable. For exemple Taluipa is a female but she is stronger than all the other mountain gods or other deities or monsters. In the fantasy word it is possible for a female to be as strong as the men or even stronger. It works because it is a fantasy and not the ordinary world.
For me, that was one of the interesting aspects, to see three equally strong mountain gods fighting each other, having some issues but not really wanted to hurt each other.