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I agree with everything you said, esp. "They could have let her be a bad guy that goes through character development because she is convinced to live another way." I wish they had skipped the tragic backstory but morally grey male leads always get them so I guess they thought they had to do the same for the FL.

I also agree with your take on the kiss being "let the games begin." I described it as kissing between frenemies, they have a bond but Gwiju doesn't trust Da Hae and she's scared of him and his family while also still trying to manipulate them. So the kiss was Gwiju's way of throwing Da Hae off balance while also testing out his own feelings.

I'm not convinced that the marriage certificate was a lie, I wonder if she's telling the truth or if Gwiju will eventually make it true in the future.

Also, it's obvious that they cast actors older than Park So-yi to be Ina's classmates in order to emphasize how emotionally vulnerable she is because of trauma from her mother's death and her family's neglect. But I understand OP's discomfort, Ina is tiny in comparison with everyone else and it's hard to watch sometimes.

She's turning out to be such a great character after the terrible start with all the fat jokes

I see some people unhappy with the kiss because the couple isn't really in love yet when it happened but I kind of like it that way, it's kissing between frenemies, they have a bond but Gwiju doesn't trust Da Hae and she's scared of him and his family while also still trying to manipulate them. So the kiss was Gwiju's way of throwing Da Hae off balance while also testing out his own feelings.

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My theory is that eventually with Da Hae's help he will be able to save his hyung from dying in the fire.

I agree with everything you said here. No matter how shit the teacher is her behavior was way over the line

I think it's to make her look vulnerable but I suspect she's going to turn out to be the most powerful person in the family. I love how the production thought through all of these details.

I think it's a version of what's called a colatec: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/in-daytime-discos-south-koreas-elderly-find-escape-from-anxiety. It's a place where older people go to dance. It's not primarily about flirting or pickups though I guess that could be happening.

The mother warned Gwiju not to marry his wife because she didn't see a future for them but he did it anyway. Meanwhile she's pushing Da Hae on him. So I guess it's a tragedy that Gwiju didn't listen to his mother but if he hadn't married, Ina wouldn't have been born. It's all sad and very interesting.

I think that's still very likely to happen.

Yes and especially because she didn't remember it at the start of the drama.

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes has a ML like this.

You're not supposed to have sympathy for the villains yet, that's coming later. Following the daughter is supposed to be creepy.

What are some examples of morally gray FLs? The only two I can think of are Hyena and It's Okay to Not Be Okay. I think that there are a lot of MLs who engage in outright criminal behavior but you're right, it's far less common for the ML to be a player or have a lot of (or any) previous relationships. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes is one example.

In real life a 33 year old who's never had a relationship is a big screaming red flag. I said the same thing about Lovely Runner 😅

Toilet humor is very popular in Korea. If you watch older dramas there's a lot of potty humor. It's toned down a lot in the past ten years or so. (I don't like it either and I didn't like the elevator scene)

The sex scene was also hilarious and yet also sexy, I enjoyed the convenience store to the bedroom arc way more than I expected. I hope this stays funny, sexy and charming.

I see people who are dropping because they dislike the FL. I don't like her much either but I'm not dropping because she's interesting and it's obvious she's going to get character development. I'm very interested to see how they turn her around from a grifter who sleeps with and marries her victims to a genuinely caring person. It's nice to have a morally gray FL esp. because all of the characters are deeply messy and no one is wholly good except for Ina.

I would stick with it to at least ep 3 because there was a very interesting plot and character development at the end of ep 2 between BDH and Grace.