haha yeah sure japanese dramas often create spin off series alongside main series, often times for a side couple like they are doing with this kdrama. for example the jdrama kikazaru koi had an adjacent spinoff series for a side couple to expand their story. spinoff stories are made for romance jdramas often, usually for a side couple or side character. other examples of main dramas with a side couple spinoff that i remember off the top of my head are “ousama ni sasagu”, “can we warm up this love?”, “oh my boss koi wa bessatu”, and “love will begin when money ends”.
in kdramas i have rarely seen a spinoff happening, especially one airing right alongside/after the original main drama. but this same spinoff culture is kind of the norm in jdramas
also my original comment is not just referring to this spinoff thing, but also how recently korean and japanese drama industry seems to be collaborating a lot. there are many korean actors working in jdramas, japanese actors working in kdramas, and japanese producers taking up korean drama project, and vice versa. it is quite cool to see. so kdramas seem to be in their jdrama era lol i hope that makes sense
Dear Director, You freakin gave SYR a five minute death swan song, you cannot give me a 1 minute horseback rider…
for real i feel like they tried too hard to give all of the villains a sad backstory, it got a bit much with shuran and shen yurong, those two were straight up evil and black hearted. wannings story made her a little more complex, as well as the imperial diviner. and i didn’t entirely mind ruoyaos redemption. but now that i really look back at it why were all the villains getting a redemption or sad backstory 😭 it’s way too much man
Shen Yurong is one of the best villains in a long time. nuanced and grey and played with absolute precision by…
i also rlly liked wannings character, very complex and not just an inherently psycho kind of character, she had layers and a backstory and at least some motive in the things she did . and her death was very poetic in the sense that all this while she was trying so hard to be xue fangfei, so she received the same “end” that XFF faced too by the hands of her beloved , i also loved how she “danced” even in her last moments. id love them both to be recast as leads in smth together, their chemi was crazy good
in kdramas i have rarely seen a spinoff happening, especially one airing right alongside/after the original main drama. but this same spinoff culture is kind of the norm in jdramas
also my original comment is not just referring to this spinoff thing, but also how recently korean and japanese drama industry seems to be collaborating a lot. there are many korean actors working in jdramas, japanese actors working in kdramas, and japanese producers taking up korean drama project, and vice versa. it is quite cool to see. so kdramas seem to be in their jdrama era lol i hope that makes sense