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None of the mains are disliked (LJW's been cleared of his scandal), most knetz were complaining about the story, they couldn't connect with it, while others compared it to a super popular drama.
It's highest rating was the pilot (6%) and never reached double digit expected for a weekend drama. The drama it replaced achieved double digits and the drama that replaced it already reached double digits by 6th ep.

The drama had the potential to be extremely good and heartbreaking at the same time, but such opportunity was wasted.

The writers wanted me to think ml and fl had a strong love spanning all those years, but nope, its 2fl and 3ml. Their relationship, love and bond throughout the different lifetimes were the best. No wonder their parallel scene (w/ ml) in the fields was voted the best scene in the whole drama.
The best performance was also by the 2ml. He made the drama interesting when it became draggy (should've expected from The Guest writers).
The cinematography was good, but other than that, I wonder where the big budget went. This is my type of genre so I had high hopes, but it did not meet expectations.

Overall, this was not the original and unpredictable story I hope it'd be. It started well, dragged in the middle, with an underwhelming ending.

Watched the eps with the twins and the teams are perfect. Yunbok with GS and Hongdo with CS and ObGyne reminded me of wakanda forever and richardson out. lol

"but for me"
Exactly. It's different for everyone. Viewers feel/relate/connect to different characters.
He/she didn't say the other deaths were deserved or weren't sad. But the only one that made him/her cry was Joonyoung's.

It's good to see her working with veterans in the industry, esp. this one where their story is the main focus.
I saw the interview of the actor who played LLY's father and his words is just different from younger ones.

I think it's more about the scene's effect, not who or not deserves it.

I felt more emotions with Joonyoung's "Let's go home" and Woojin's "Keep doing archery" than everyone else's deaths combined.

South Korea. The cases I mentioned are specifically from there.
NK is North Korea.

Np. I'm from a neighboring Asian country so its kinda the same culture/society at some degree.
But yeah, SK is on another level.

I wouldn't mind them in a drama together. I heard they knew each other before AOUAD, hence the playful bickering.
Actually Yihyun seems to have chemistry with the other guys as well, even Insoo (that time with the blindfold game).

Following news in SK where bullying laws and womens rights is sh*t, it's realistic. The public even have specific term for those bullies. The term's image is so bad that when a celebrity gets labeled by it, it'll damage/end their career.

Patriarchy and reputation/saving face. The principal and teachers care about the school's reputation. There could be different reasons why victims don't fight back or report. The bullies could have something on them. And most of the times, its always the victim that gets judged or questioned (your comment) and not the perpetrator. Esp. girls/women, some will hide it like Eunji because they'd be shamed, judged, labeled, not marry well, etc.

And yes the bullies are violent. They've beaten a victim so bad he was bleeding and couldn't walk. There was one where bleeding was internal it resulted to death. Another jumped to death, leaving a suicide note of detailed bullying. Yet those cases are dismissed and bullies are protected, just like the school here did.
Just 3 days ago a student commited suicide after being raped by a senior. And Korean Supreme Court just said its not related.

So yeah, bullying and violence (mishandled, ignored and dismissed) in kdramas/movies is SK's reality. Just like molkas, nth room, burning sun, etc.

Same. Though I'm from a neighboring country, I wasn't into shows like SG because we have lots of that genre here but I unexpectedly enjoyed this one.
And you mentioned PH, its #1 and popular there it has so many parodies online and memes even posted on huge billboards across big cities.

It's not uncommon here in mdl to have the negative review as most upvoted. My recent kdramas here are the same.
I guess others expected tired, hungry and thirsty teenagers who are trying to be emotionally stable to act and think like adults in the span of 3 days. Even the writer avoided using some words as it will make him think from an adult's pov.

The teacher one was more of her human cells vs zombie virus fighting because she tried the animal first but it didn't satisfy her so she eventually went for the human. And I'm glad it was the teacher because it was deserved. Though she still threw up after.

But yeah, as someone who gets mad from the real life news/cases in SK about bullying and women in general, I wanted to see her get her revenge. If it can't happen in real world, at least on screen. But I guess the writer wanted to be realistic. Even in the end she (victim) was isolated from the world, while Gwinam (perpetrator) was free to continue hurt others. Damn.

Like many, I too waited for the face off, but based from the science teacher, it made sense. When she went out the school in a bike, it looked like for the first time she was was free. She was never a violent person, revenge was not her goal. Its not what viewers want but what fits the character. Even in the end, she was fine up until she got hungry.

Yeah, its the reason why the virus exist in the first. Its not supposed to be amusing, my take is its supposed to be uncomfortable/evoke emotions and be talked about (just like Sewol references) because its realistic just like SK's bullying laws getting buried/dismissed. Just 2 days ago, a student commited suicide after being raped by a senior. Not everyone gets justice/revenge.

And/or there's always S2.

It's a good tease. A reunion but not a proper one, or else it might look like a closure/ending.
And it worked too, now people are asking for more of them in S2.

It was never shown that Onjo was properly bitten (nurse). Its either a scratch or got hurt trying to avoid. If it was a scratch, nothing happens unless infected (Gyeongsu/Nayeon). And compared to Gyeongsu, her wound was treated/covered the whole time.

Yeah, so I thought you took my comment negatively.
I was saying he is fine. But others seemed to have expectations because of previous rumored castings.

I don't get what you're implying here but since you seem to be a fan of the idol, then my comment meant that there shouldn't be a problem despite him being a newbie since he's not taking the mc role.
No one is talking about overshadowing anyone.

Exorcisms had been done a lot but since it's an asian horror I had expectations.
Lots of gore, but personally, it doesn't work as a scare tactic to me. Though there were some good build up scenes, it wasn't scary.
The thing I found interesting is the setting. A Catholic priest in a country where Catholics are minority (seen as a cultlike) and featuring a country that is the exact opposite, where majority of the people are Catholics.

Overall, the acting was good but the story and ending was predictable and felt rushed/incomplete.
The actors made this watchable.

The pd really had S2 in mind with the ending. Even Lomon wants a "Thank you for being alive. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. I missed you" scene with Namra.

Main couple had a small misunderstanding when they were kids but none when they grew up. They have a healthy relationship from friends to lovers.
There's a slight triangle with ml, fl and 2ml, but only for a bit because 2fl was honest with 2ml. While 2fl didn't interfere with main cp, she liked 2ml from the start.
All 3 cps end up with their respective partners.