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both Ichijou Souta and the co-worker SUCK.
Her just being so pushy and not knowing boundaries is annoying.
Him giving her false hope knowing well he does not have any romantic feelings is wrong.

Mahiro deserves better overall.

But his level is pathological because it literally negatively affects his life and makes his work almost impossible to do (for example - how he completely changed the clients he takes because of that one case he "failed"). That's my point - he is not just highly sensitive. The difference between something being pathological or nor is whenever it hurts the person or people around them.

Basically to explain with FL's case - psychopathy is not a disorder, it's a mix of personality traits that exist among all people on different levels. But then antisocial personality disorder is a disorder because it crosses the line when it has highly negative effect on person or/and people around them. Same with empathy - being empathic is trait on spectrum, and whenever someone is externally low or extremely high in most cases not preferable and can be dangerous. Both having a lot of empathy and having little empathy have positive and negative aspects/consequences, and if someone is far on that spectrum, they will face more severe ones, and in most cases they won't be able to deal with them alone.

For you example of introversion - that's a personality trait. But in extreme cases we talk about Avoidant Personality Disorder, when someone's "introversion" is so high they themselves feel trapped in it. Feeling sad is not disorder, depression is. Feeling happy and excited is not a disorder, manic phase of bipolar disorder is. Extreme levels of any normal behavior are viewed as pathological because they negatively affect person's life in a long term.

because being this level of empathic as the main lead is literally emotionally exhausting for him and can lead to chronic stress and that long term can really deteriorate one's overall health.

Any personality trait that is on the far end of the spectrum usually have many negative aspects to it, no matter if generally people view said trait in a positive light.

In his case he is literally overtaken by the emotions of other people. Highly doubt they will talk about this in drama, but it can affect one's sense of self since it might be hard for them to differentiate between their own emotions and emotions of others, since they do experience them on the same level.

It's a bit like having a good memory is overall a good thing, but having photographic memory can affect someone's life on a really negative way, especially if it means they cannot move on from negative memories, since they never fade away (normal human memory will burr the past which means it will have less emotional effect on a person when they recollect it).

Most people cannot really imagine the negative effects of high empathy because they will never experience this level of being "in tune" with someone else's emotions. It's more than just "I will sad when someone else is sad".

this^ and show does perfect job at showing that he might be highly empathic, but he is not naive. Dude is really smart and can be cunning himself.

I actually truly love how the show clearly points out neither having high empathy nor psychopathic traits is all back and white - both have positive and negative aspects and one has to learn how to navigate if they are on far end of spectrum of either of these traits.

Technically speaking even psychopathy is not an illness, but just a character trait (or rather a mix of character traits that often exist together). Now, depending on what one might want to do in their lives both psychopathy and being highly empathic might cause troubles and would need some type of treatment (not necessarily pills tho, but a therapy would be needed). Being lawyer and being highly empathic is not exactly compatible. His character trait makes it harder for him to move on from case to case, accept loss etc. which could cause chronic stress.

Also, I think they made it rather clear he is not just highly sensitive - he literally feels exactly the same pain, loss, emotions that people he connects to. To the point that it negatively affects his life and that's usually how disorders are separated from just personality traits.

Everyone has some level of empathy and psychopathy in them, the drama points out how people on FAR ends of said spectrum would operate, work, behave and what issues they might face.

yep, 2nd episode was way better than episode 1.

I love Chan so much, he is so adorable and needs to be protected. Love how they established that he is the helpful good soul making sure everyone has what they need and helping solve the problems. So now him getting interested in Yeol so fast makes sense - here comes a guy who gives him compliments and asks if he is alright: things that so far he did for others.

The chemistry is great. Yeol is obviously lost and has no idea how to act in this new environment, but I appreciate how he is not a "cold male lead" type of a deal. He's just adjusting.

The missing scenes were especially evident in last two episodes. Damn the characters literally did not even talk about many important issues and plot lines at all...

To all the people who pointed out how far away from each other the characters are in the poster - you were right 🤣 Damn, now even 2gether's hi5 seems romantic and affectionate.

Not gonna lie, loved the first half and all the not realized jealously going on and the low-key angst and conflicts and misunderstandings built on that. But then the 2nd half was just a massive mess. Last two episodes? Laughable 🤡

My favorite part was when they did not even talk about Han Joon's mother being sick, as if it's not a huge deal 🙃 They did not plan the pacing well so we got close to no explanations and conclusions for anything...

out of curiosity, what made you think so?

I mean... he is less of an asshole than FL 🤣 now that I think about it... Han Moo Young is the only one with any sense of personal space and respect towards others and their boundaries 🙃

I think Yo Han's family is involved with the foundation/school Ro Um was kept in, but he himself want a way out and does not want to be part of the "bossiness". His mother wants to make him see where he belongs, but he wants to go his own way.

when the scammer gets scammed...

and the good guy is not top. There is one thing this show for sure does really well - present a highly empathic person as a strong, smart and collected one, instead of emotional mess who cannot handle any situation. I truly appreciate this representation. Han Moo Young for me is the most interesting character - someone who knows their flaw and how it might affect their live, really self-aware and honest.

While Lee Ro Um is fun to watch, I'm wary and not fully convinced. I'm not sure what she is supposed to be and I'm scared we will get yet another "psychopath, but not really, because they can be cured" deal.

Plot wise we still explored the context and the set up, and the true main story will only start from episode 5. The short cases they dealt with so far were rather simplistic, but they did what they were supposed to do - showcase the characters personalities, ways of dealing with issues and morals. Now they will start the power struggle - who will lead and whose idea of justice will be the one they will strive to achieve.

As for Yohan - I think he is "involved" with the foundation, but just by the family ties, and he does not work for it, he wants out. He is from rich family and his mother want him to know his place so it's obvious they are not on the same side and see things differently. So there is still hope he won't be an asshole. It's probably his family being involved, while him trying to go his own way.

Mo Jae In is still confusing as fuck. They better start explaining/hinting what her deal is next episode, because so far, there is nothing interesting about her character. Keeping her a whole as mystery does not work, because she is so boring I'm not even curious what her deal is anymore.

What got me confused this ep:
When Yo Han said Ro Um is much younger than Moo Young. She is not... they were close age when they were kids 😅

More of the supporting characters, Mo Jae In still stays as a mystery 😶
As for now, I fail to see how she fits into the picture, but with 16 episodes, I'm sure she will play rather significant role.

Love the dynamics between the characters (especially Ro Um and Yo Han) and I'm rather curious about the past case and explanation about the foundation Lee Ro Um was in, I cannot say the same about the side cases the leads get themselves involved in.

Breaking the 4th wall still annoys me 🙃 it just always feels extremely out of place.
Personally I prefer the more serious scenes, compared the comedic bits, especially these more "in your face".

Yoon Park cute as always.

I was pissed when she said she trusted him. There is a difference between saying: I trust he would not do this one specific thing based on what I know about him, and saying you trust someone overall. Whenever he raped her or not, the fact got her to the hotel and tried to convince her they slept together is a perfect reason to not trust him as a person. She was high on something to say she trust him.

i think if they did not include the childhood connection, it would make no sense for ML to get so involved. The only reason he decided to help her is the fact he knew her in the past and he does not fully believe she is a "lost cause" that can't get better. Otherwise, without said past connection, I don't think he would bother helping her to this extend. He would probably take the advice of his psychiatrist and stay away from her.

it was also gently inspiring without overstepping into preachiness. < this is one of the reasons I loved it, it left room for personal interpretations.

the only show i could think is a bit similar to this is Inspector Koo, tho it's stronger on comedy.

When Yoo Jae as if he can "dispose" the chocolates for Han Joon, I thought dude gonna take it to his home.
NOT THROW IT INTO THE TRASH RIGHT IN FRONT OF HAN JOON 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's so fucking cruel I cannot. Like sure, Yoo Jae was shows as rather egocentric person from the start, but he was always able to recognize that and apologize, but THIS MOVE WAS JUST ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF BEING A DICK.

"You're refusing my touch now" ah yes, that's so straight of you to say Yoo Jae 🤡
Am I surprised by the "kiss" on the wide shot? no.
Am I disappointed? Fuck yeah.

Well... yes and no. 180 IQ tells you close to nothing. It tells you some of her cognitive skills a far above average, but unless you know with which test she was tested, you don't even know which skills. Not to mention I highly doubt any IQ test was validated for people with photographic memory, so I would question the results anyway (majority of tests strongly depend on memory side of it).

It's also fair to assume she was tested only as a child, and these test IF they even measure any social skills, norms and awareness, are fitted for social situations kids are in and are not representative in terms of how said skills will develop later.

ALL that said... the show is painfully unrealistic and they do not care about consistency at all. For example, she got all curious about phone and was checking all the apps, but knew how everything works in casino (pretty sure shit would change in 10 years she was in prison).