Rachel

So after starting this drama I fell in LOVE with Furuya Robin's acting and how handsome and sexy he is, so like I do with all my favorite actors and actresses I started researching him. I then found out that he attended the University of Hawaii at Hilo which I also attended for a short time (didn't graduate tho lmao) but then also he attended UMass Amherst in Massachusetts when I was born in Massachusetts and still live here today. Also, my dad is a UMass Amherst graduate himself! To find out all these things was super cool!

I wonder why he dropped out like that? I’ve heard in the comments that they’ve only filmed the trailer using him (which means that tons of scenes don’t have to be remade) however now they still have to recast someone and potentially reshoot a new trailer to get investors in on it with a new actor. Honestly, I think the best move would try to cast already relatively known and is they know is a decent actor. Especially if they cast a well known actor investors would be more willing to quickly invest money is my hypothesis.

oh, I didn't know that! hopefully, that's it! however, I did see a short clip of him somewhat explaining the situation and he was visibly upset?

From reading the comments and the excuse for James leaving the project “was to focus on his career”?? I’m guessing he and Net have had a falling out that they aren’t reporting to the public yet. Why would James drop out of an drama seriez that is part of his career as an actor whne this would have potentially done very good given the recent success of the other time traveling BL drama series. These are just my thoughts.

also, i had a strong feeling jinman wasn't dead!! :)))))))

i really hope there's a season 2!!

this photo does him no justice. in city of stars he looks so handsome and is really great looking!

My biggest dissapointing drama that I really wanted to do well was The Uncanny Counter season 2. I was not thrilled at all with the drama and honestly I barely finished it and skipped through a lot of it. I felt it had nothing going for it like in the original. The plot was not as fine tuned and it was just not the same energy. I was very impressed with Kang Ki Young’s acting as a villain and I was very hot for him! For the thai BL drama’s I wanted Middleman to be good bc I loved the main leads, however, I think the writing of the story really made it awful and it wasn’t their acting, but the way their lines were created. Hopefully we get another drama with them that is written better. For the Gangster Oppa I really love gangster/mafia/gang related materials, but this one was awful. Lastly, Kokdu and My Demon I had really high hopes and was looking forward to the bc I love supernatural stuff especially supernatural romance. In feel that in both dramas it started out promising, especially with Kokdu bc it was something different from what’s been done. I also really like how they leaned heavily into his supernatural powers consistently throughout the show, unlike My Demon, however as the story went on it just become drawn out and boring. For My Demon, again I liked I think the first 2 episodes, but then it became very cilche in the way that a lot of the stuff seemed like it appeared in other famous supernatural Kdramas. Also, Koo Won used his powers a couple times in the beginning and then it’s like the whole drama just turned into thriller/drama/comedy-romance with barely any fantasy or supernatural.

just to add I think some of the fans who are thrilled and loving the story might be new to kdramas or they have watched my demon before watching the other supernatural dramas like Goblin, Scholar who walks the night, or Tale of the nine tailed, so because they don’t know about those they might not be familar with the fact of how much this drama borrowed and to them this could be similar to us experiencing those iconic supernatural dramas. I have been actively watching Kdramas since 2014 so i was thankfully around when all of the iconic three i mentioned above were airing and remember the fondness of watching episodes each week. Also, I feel like good supernatural kdramas are still relatively “new”, but i’m still very happy we have writers/producers/directors still experiementing with this kind of genre in kdramas!

i really have not seen many better supernatural shows than Scholar Who Walks The Night, Goblin, and Tale of the Nine Tailed. This drama started off promising and I liked it for a short moment, but very soon it lost every bit of my attention. It was a struggle to finish this. It copied SO many other supernatural Kdrama's in so many ways. The only reason I gave it the rating of 7/10 was because of Kim Yoo Jung and Song Kang's chemistry, but honestly it was not at all a favorite show of 2023 for me.

a lot of the stuff that was mentioned was false and fake and most of it came from a woman blackmailing him

it might be bc at that time they were awkward with each other bc they actually had real feelings. They are a couple in real life and I think they might have been a little more "conscious" of their intimacy scenes bc they were worried it would come on too strong

i want a season 2 of this series showing a new plot but exploring more of all the different couples!!

Yes! I agree! When his friend is giving the pledge (which I'm pretty sure in the beginning Ji Yong was the head student who would lead the class, so him not doing it now shows how much his feelings have change) but the fact that all the students are raising their right hand to pledge but only Ji Yong is not and his solemn focused eyes is chilling. Also, they show shots of the professor watching Ji Yong during this scene and I'm almost positive they are showing that the professor knows Ji Yong is the real vigilante. The professor is a profiler and I'm sure he knows now, however, I think he chooses to remain silent bc now he also is upset at the way police handle the situation that he remains silent with his knowledge. I'm sure if there is a season 2, he will be apart of storyline maybe even helping and joining the "vigilante" team.

In regards to my post I just wanted to clarify somethings. Yes, I do know that Korea has stricter drug laws and not only was LSK being investigated for just marijuana use, he was also being investigated for ketamine. However, after he was tested the reports came back negative for both. In many reports I have read the police handling the case mistreated him in many ways 1. being they kept him confined for up to 19 hours. Also, in some reports it was reported that the police leaked his info to the press in order to get something turned up in their favor. The police were facing pressure to close the case bc it was such a big scandal and it was creating a lot of noise. Another thing to note is the woman who was blackmailing LSK was promised leniency depending on her testimony. I do understand that cancel culture does exist in western media for all those reasons you mentioned whether it be saying the N word, bullying, etc. However, from what I've seen you have more of a chance of still surviving in western industry after being "cancelled" sometimes the problematic person's problems are brush under the carpet or they even somehow hold on and remain in the spotlight. I found that in Eastern culture especially Korea after being "cancelled" it's more challenging recovering and the mental health stigma that is over there doesn't even let the person bounce back healthy because as soon as they experience these traumas there isn't even resources to help them work through what they experienced. Not to mentioned it's never forgotten, so most of the time the only logical or simple choice these people think they have is suicide. Also, I'm pretty sure the families become just as big target's as the person themself. In eastern culture, groups of people are very cliquey, so the moment somethings happens they cut off the odd duck and then turn against the person or the people associated with that person.

I agree with you totally. What hurts me is 1. Yes, his test results were negative. 2. I'm pretty sure that he was blackmailed even though he mutiple times said he was innocent. 3. I believe the biggest people to blame are the woman who blackmailed him, the police who were trying to quickly wrap up the investigation, and the korean public who so quickly turn into bullies when accusations appear. In Korea, it is innocent until proven guilty, but in my opinion that doesn't even matter to anyone because so quickly the fans, public, or even companies endorsing the person turn against them and harass, bully, or fire them without a trial first. If you look at the US, Jonathan Majors who was becoming the next big villain in Marvel as Kang had accusations against him and they didn't fire him until after he had his trial and conviction. Also, so many times in Korea we will see actual guilty celebrities get a slap on the wrist or make a comeback, where as the innocent ones are always hurt the most. If I was a celebrity in Korea, I would scared going to work everyday. I feel so bad for Lee Sun Kyun and his family and friends.

I'm so sad. I'm honestly holding back so many tears but when i watch the SBS awards, I know they will have a tribute and i'm gonna be ugly bawling. This man should have been protected, but the police and public failed him.

this makes me so close to tears it's honestly terrible how quickly the public turned against him. he was one of the first actors i was watching bc coffee prince was one of my first kdramas i watched. i wish he had been better protected. a lot of the korean celebrity's are not protected and the ones who are actually guilty or evil end up making it out better. i'm so upset for Lee Sun Kyun and his family and friends

this is the 2nd show produced by this company I guess. I love it a lot and it's enjoyable just like You Are Mine. I really liked You Are Mine, however, with the short episodes length and short number of episodes I'm seeing the same problem that happened in You Are Mine. They are dragging the story on and keep adding obstacles and then in the last episode the mains will suddenly get together and the ending will be rushed. I hate that this is happening again because if the story of You Are Mine I fell IN LOVE with the main leads chemistry and it was honestly the only thing that saved the drama, but due to the terrible story pacing, writing, production the ending was not what it should have been with the acting and chemistry of the actors. Again, I'm seeing this happen in VIP. The actors have AMAZING chemistry and are doing such a good job, however, it's episode 6/10 and in this beginning Liu Li gets sick but Gu Jing confirms when he's better he will tell him what they are while it's pretty obvious from their gazes and him holding his face they have real feelings. Of course, Liu Li get's better; only for an ex to show up and now we've almost wasted an episode. It was especially annoying because in the preview for ep 6 I'm pretty sure I saw them kissing and was definitely expecting this to be THE episode. However, now that they've suddenly done this I'm having the feeling they are going to follow the same pacing of You Are Mine and legit wait till ep 10 to have them get together and rush the ending and destroy it. It really bother's me because I feel this actors in both shows are being done such a disservice the way they are producing this kinds of shows where the actors are legit carrying these shows ON THEIR BACKS!!

also yeo jin goo and kim min jae could be the category of the brother from another mother