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What happened to his enlistment? It was reported last fall he'd enlist first half of 2023, but he hasn't?

I think it was always 반짝이는 워터멜론 in the native Korean. But the English title was first translated as 'Sparkling Watermelon', then recently changed to 'Twinkling Watermelon'. The latter sounds less natural in English so it was a bit of a weird change, but oh well!

Filming seems to have concluded for both seasons now after about two years in total. I really hope this will be the well-written, well-directed blockbuster historical action drama that everyone's expecting. Season 1 in December this year and then probably Season 2 in first half of 2024! 🥳

This guy pops up in everything and he always plays a weirdo 🤣

Either it's a mistake, or the final 6 episodes will be released later, or the show was re-edited into a 10-episode format for Netflix. I'm leaning towards it being a mistake, but who knows.

Not generally, but in Korea I guess it works because such rumors (dating/marriage) are for some absurd reason seen as "scandalous", so people are always "embroiled" in them.

I ended up liking this drama quite a lot. But I didn't really feel any romantic chemistry between Hong Jo and Sol Ah. I honestly enjoyed the chemistry Hong Jo had with Jae Seon more. Lovely, supportive bromance. He also seemed to understand Hong Jo much more than Sol Ah ever did.

Why did I think this was a comedy. The magic cookie and the high school setting, maybe.

It's a high-scale production with many filming locations, including in Europe. They're filming in Korea again now, and probably want enough time in post-production, too. Worth the wait.

This drama is gonna cause a superhero drama boom in Korea.

Joon-mo's face when his wife says "long time no see" to Gi-cheol and they get to chatting 😂

Official synopsis: "Countryside detective Junmo goes undercover within the rising Gangnam Union, unaware of the complex relationship between his wife and the gang's boss." - Sounds JUICY. 👀

Might binge this in January, but there's no way I'm spending 14 weeks on this. Absurd decision.

I love how Kang-min became an ally to Sol-hee and Do-ha and that they didn't drag out the usual boring pining SML stuff, but rather focused on him as a detective and a friend. Also Seo Ji-hoon is a babe.

I have my KBLs for fluffy gay characters, so I'll take my interesting gay villains. I find the offensive OTT portrayals of screeching gay characters like in Strong Woman Do Bong-soon worse tbh

Another week with two great episodes, can't wait for the final two! It seems the explosion may have put a stop to Sol-hee's abilities, and her potential freedom from the burden of hearing lies could be a nice parallel to Do-ha finally being free from the murder allegations. Excited to see how it ends!

If the culprit really is Deuk-chan I wonder about his motive. Did Jae-chan hurt/kill her first with his brother just helping burying the body? Or does Deuk-chan have a crush/obsession with Do-ha? The replacement ring throws me off, because I don't see why Jae-chan would want a couple ring Do-ha picked out for them, even if he liked her. But I also don't think Deuk-chan would be stupid enough to put down the number for the wine bar when purchasing it. Also how did the ring end up buried with Eom-ji? Was it planted there to frame Do-ha or left there by accident? I need answers!

Do-ha's face when Sol-hee started making up lies to the guy looking for Jae-chan 😂

Excellence award for Twenty-Five Twenty-One! So deserved.

Hm, I thought it was getting pushed to 2024. I guess we’ll see pretty soon.