mngpanda

haha i bet the show is very profitable given all the product placements and sponsorship from Thailand tourist authority (ep10). The whole show is very commercial driven anyways.

same. ep10 is just a filler and i almost dropped the show. But ep11/12 got me back and just finished the final EP. Overall I enjoyed ep1-8 which is fun and entertaining (except the boring Arab prince plot). Feel pity that the writer didn't do a good transition of storyline to 2nd half and lost the focus, ep10 is a disaster and got backslash from local viewers. There are some good part in ep11-16 tho and last 3 episodes are quite intense and i like it.

yes many issues related to side characters didn't get resolved at the end. Its kinda like the main couple was living in a fantasy world where their issues and conflicts were non existed whilst side characters were living in reality. I got that the writer might want to depict flip side of work life thru side characters but those aspects were not properly connected to the main plot.

imo fine to keep Arab prince plot as it gave a push to main couple's relationship but gotta make it more entertaining now is kinda boring. Thailand plot - either remove it or cut it to 30 mins max. The main couple should have started the quest together for resolving ML's family and mother issues earlier but the writer overly focused on dating scenes in prev few eps.

The ML character maybe lack of depth as compared to previous roles that Lee junho has taken, but the show itself is a commercial success both domestic and global and it helps him rise to global stardom. From this pov, can understand why he has accepted this project, and most importantly even people have mixed review about the show but in general people praise his performance like you do.

Fairly speaking, Yoona's comedic acting is quite good here and her chemistry with ML in general is beyond my expectation. But the FL character itself lacks development thru out the show, like we suppose to see her transformation from fake to sincere smile but this part didn't elaborate, and her chemistry with people around her such as her friend, grandama etc wasn't as good as with ML.

Much better if they combined 9 and 10 to one episode, the plot will be tighter and more engaging.

yes it seems a big problem on how they do the edits. Like quite often one scene talks about the main lead and then next minute suddenly switch to FL's friends without connection.

Every drama including romcom should have plots, but just for romcom we don't expect very complex plot and twists like crime/ thriller series but still need a plot. KTL does have a main plot, the romance development of main couple is the plot, personal transformation of Guwon is a plot. But in few episodes e.g ep10 is totally plotless without progress and thats the thing people complaint.

same i really like the first 9 eps but almost drop it after the Thailand episode, but now Ep11 and 12 have me back..will give it a chance till the end tho.

It is much harder for non Netflix Original Series to top the combined chart. Congrets!

I think Guwon like Sarang since their contentious trip (ep3) where they had more time to communicate and get along with each other. He started to realise her beauty thru sincere smile (not fake smile) at the moment they got drunk. The love test that he did afterwards was more like his mind path of love confession. But for Sarang's feeling to Guwon.. i agreed that it was not built up too well in the show. She probably fell for him since he came to rescue her in ep 5 and their fun time being together in grandma's place, but her feeling was not explicitly expressed.

Look forward to it. Haven't watched any historical drama since the Red Sleeves, but this one interests me.

just 1 ep, the latest episode has gone back to double digit (¬11%).

true tho, the Saturday competition is very intense. Ep11 and 12 pick up my interests again, hopefully it will give a push of rating towards final episode.

i like this duo too haha

yes i know, a double digit in cable tv is very good rating for Romcom as it is not a popular genre nowadays in Korea. Just want this show get better results towards the end.

Lee Junho is a Baeksang best actor winner fyi, he was an idol but he is also a qualified good actor, not just a popular singer. Even Yoona some people criticized her in other shows but she is good in KTL. Fairly speaking, they have given the best as they could. The problem of KTL is obviously the weak script.

i love their chemistry. but they can't have like rest of episodes focusing on dating and kissing without other fun elements/ plot...even fans would get bored. I think jtbc expected kissing scene could help viewership so they shot alot. Yes it worked for 1st kiss in EP8 and that scene went viral globally but it didn't work for ep9-11. Obviously local viewers got fed up and didn't buy in (maybe they are more conservative..).

EP11 indeed has a good balance of romance, comedy and workplace/ family conflicts. And there was good messages delivered regarding employees' value in running a business. But guess some local viewers had dropped the show after watching the plotless EP10 so the ratings dropped (the reception of ep10 wasn't good in kr forum) tho international viewers seemed ok with that episode. Hopefully people still the show a chance till the end.