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I've been wondering this since the beginning. This is so obviously Skam, so I don't understand why they went out of their way to say that this isn't a remake, when it so obviously is. Is it because they changed the Muslim character to a SEA character? I might be wrong here, but I think SK has a very small Muslim population, so this choice seems more one that was made to better adapt the story to those of the SK youth, and not one made with any malicious intent. Her personality and the racism themes are still intact, so I don't think this choice should immediately exclude them from being an official Skam remake?

When it was announced that this wasn't a remake, there were lots of rumors that it was because they removed the queer aspect. I've always doubted those, and I still do. Isn't this show aired on an online platform? So any censorship guidelines that the big networks have to deal with should not apply here (and this shouldn't even be cause for censorship in the first place). On the one hand, Kang San not being gay because homophobia sadly wouldn't surprise me, but on the other hand, I still feel like everything is set up for the final twist which reveals that he actually had a crush on Chan Seong.

It's a wait and see on the last part, but imo, no change that is made so far is even remotely big enough to disqualify them from being a Skam remake. Other remakes have made far bigger changes with no problems whatsoever. So I guess the mystery continues as to the real reason.

Darn, everything got revealed all at once lol. Kinda feels like that happened a bit too fast, but I guess that's the downside to trying to cram the 11 episodes of Skam S1 into 8?

Regardless, I really hope Mi Na realizes where the real guilty party lies here, and it certainly ain't Ji Yu. Seriously, Do Ha basically took advantage of Mi Na's naive persona & innocence, and also took advantage of Ji Yu's heartbreak. And then we haven't even mentioned the possible other girls he's been seeing, which was heavily implied last week. Can somebody confront him about all of this? I really need this to happen.

A Ra is the absolute best for checking in and standing up for Ji Yu when nobody else did. I love her. Also, I can't believe Su Ho just gave up his table for A Ra and Ji Yu, even the drinks were still full. I was expecting him to flirt with her in a big way, but instead he turns into a puppy that honestly even seemed kinda nervous? Very relatable honestly. For a character that's supposed to be based on the William character, that was the most unlike William I've ever seen him. I like it.

Thanks, I've been looking for this song for 4 weeks now.

I honestly think that's very in-character for Mi Na. I think she can be a pretty naive person in certain regards. It's pretty obvious in the bathroom scene. She's trying so hard to make herself believe that her boyfriend is faithful only to her, even when all proof points out that he's most likely a massive cheater. And she lashes out at people who actively try to point out that truth to her.

I'm 99% sure they're still doing the original storyline, but they just want you to think he has a crush on Ji Yu. The scene in which he confesses that he likes a "close friend", and that he's "confused" (and how she immediately assumed it was a "her") only made me more certain of that. Something about that scene felt not subtle at all.

Also, with the end of episode 4, we've reached the point where I think the Skam S1 story really started to take off, so I'm really excited for the second half here. I'm gonna be very disappointed if they don't adapt certain scenes though.

Not gonna lie, I think it's pretty hypocritical of Chan Seong to blame Ji Yu for lying and keeping secrets, when he's doing the exact same thing.

Also, they did the kiss! I've been wondering whether or not they would, and how they'd do it. It's still not right, but Ji Yu's relationship status feels rather ambiguous here, and the kiss doesn't feel that reciprocated. Feels more of a grey area here compared to how it was in Skam.

Also, whoever pointed out last week that Mi Na's boyfriend might be Do Ha, I'm fully on board with that theory now. It's gotta be him, right?

No, but seriously, who kisses somebody that is crying because she just "broke up" with her boyfriend?

I really don't understand why they gave him amnesia for over half a season when they could've just shown us all of this instead...

The fact that even the director doesn't know really says everything...

Nope, that's not even brought up this season.

This season is very enjoyable... Until you actually start to think about it and realize the show never actually bothered to explore, develop or actually answer much of anything. It's a lot of tell, but never show, which just leaves you with 500 more questions (which, let's be real, will never be answered).

ML's whole past of what happened between S1 & 2 that they keep talking about? Never explored. FL's whole brain-craving thing? Randomly dropped. Seung-jo's whole apparent relationship with the ML? Never explored aside from a single flashback. The betrayal and whole deal of Jun-taek's grandson? Never explored because he just disappears until the finale where they give you a single flashback. The ML & FL don't have any purpose to them outside of these underdeveloped things, because the show stripped away everything from S1 that was connected to them, and all your left with is their romance.

The actors carried this season on their backs, because the script was just incredibly weak.

This really annoyed me, because it was the only thing the FL actually had to her character outside of the romance. I thought this was interesting at first, but this is completely dropped after episode 3, because... idk, power of love? It's literally never explained. And afterwards the FL really became somebody who's only purpose was to be a love interest (not that the ML is much better).

Explained everything? Meanwhile I'm still waiting for the show to actually reveal what the heck the deal was between Maeda & the FL's mother.

Show: Has the FL call the ML out on him pulling the outdated "stay behind because a man needs to protect a woman" trope.

Also show: Takes away the FL's powers and then has the finale devolve into a story about how the ML has to save the FL.

???

Like, I can't be the only one who was waiting for her to somehow get her powers back and then for both of them to stand against that giant creature or something? Like, we saw them fight seperately, we saw them fight towards each other, so... why didn't we see them fight together? Heck, the S1 finale literally already did the "ML has to save FL" plot, but even there they fought together at the end. Like, I wanted to see them fight together with their powers, but instead of losing like they did in S1, they win instead. Could've been a full circle moment. But I guess not.

BIG SPOILERS:

Short story: she breaks up with him to find her own identity.

Long story: So, in the Skam storyline, Eva (Ji Yu) ends up kissing Chris (Do Ha), because she thinks her boyfriend Jonas (Chan Seong) is cheating on her (he isn't) with Ingrid (Su Jin, Ji Yu's former best friend - the girl who's very anagonistic towards her now). Chris is revealed to be a massive player who's also cheating on his girlfriend. It is then revealed that Jonas used to date Ingrid, but he cheated on her with Eva (that's how they got together). Big drama happens. Ultimately, Eva breaks up with Jonas to find her own identity. In seasons 2-4 they remain friends and on good terms, while Eva has a fling with Chris. At the very end of S4, Eva and Jonas get back together while Chris gets together with the girl Jonas had a fling with.

I don't know if this is exactly how it'll go down here, but I expect the overall story to remain the same, because the story is set up that way.

Well, A Ra is a transfer student, so all of that Noora stuff can very much fit with her too. I do think she's softer than Noora, but I also wonder if that's because they maybe softened the feminism aspect of her character. It's still there though: her reaction in episode 3 when Mi Na was talking about sex with her boyfriend felt very Noora coded. And much like Noora was, A Ra is also very much positioned as Ji Yu's best friend. Oh, and she's also introduced right after somebody talks about somebody being a slut (I had a good laugh at this because there is no way that wasn't done on purpose).

Ye-ri is the Sana character. The only difference here is that she's not Muslim, but from Southeast Asia. The whole racism theme and her whole personality are very much that of Sana. Honestly, both Noora and Sana do have some similarities in terms of personality, but I think from how both characters were introduced and set up, it's pretty clear as to who's who.

Skam is a 4-season show. They break up at the end of S1, but get back together at the end of S4.

Oh, that actually makes a lot of sense. Her being excited about Su Ho kissing somebody is really what threw me for a loop. It being Do Ha would actually be a good twist, and would make total sense with all the hints they've been dropping.

That episode 3 ending though...

They're setting up Korean Noorhelm with A Ra & Su Ho pretty early. Excited for what that's gonna bring. I don't mind some changes, but I do hope that her attitude towards him is gonna be like in Skam, and they don't tone her down all that much.

Mi Na's mystery boyfriend thing is throwing me for a loop. It seems like that's following the Skam storyline, but it also seems like it's not at the same time? So, who's the mystery boyfriend?