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The 2019 adaptation is hands down my favorite! It just hits and warms your heart in the right places. How they presented the story through visuals and the screenplay, it was very grounded and down to earth. The 2021 version was decent, but for me, it failed to express that melancholic feeling that I got from reading the novel and the 2019 adaptation.

The original novel's good! It's my guilty read haha I'm a sucker for stories that depict young love and secret crushes.

Decided to watch the first 20 minutes and the comedy's really pulling me in! The cinematography and direction seems to also be well done. I particularly love the scene where it transitions from the murder mystery game to a bird's eye view of the male lead transmigrating to Dafeng. Will let it marinate for a while before I continue watching.

I am so attached with Unrequited Love that I'd literally watch any and future adaptations no matter how subpar they are. 🥹 Regardless, Xin Yunlai's such an eye candy.

Currently on episode 9 and my heart is breaking for Li Haichao. He didn't have any ulterior motive for fostering both Ziqiu and Ling Xiao, and yet we have these kids' parents carelessly throwing monetary compensation at him. It's so disrespectful and downright insulting.

Whenever I see Haichao and Heping doing their usual banter, I go: 🥹🥹🥹

I initially came for Tan Songyun but was hooked by the found family story. Li Haichao's actor never fails to amaze me every episode! I might just check out his work.

I remember watching season 1 five years ago but never got around to continuing with season 2. Given the casting change from Chen Feiyu to Wang Hedi, is this sequel worth watching? Does Wang Hedi give justice to his portrayal of Ning Que?

Time and time again we're reminded through this drama that powerful families will amount to nothing without their respective matriarch.

May I ask if it's common in the industry to have a confirmed cast while there's no finalized script or direction yet?

I've been so obsessed with Ren Min these days! I trust her eye in choosing good scripts, so I'll be tuning in for this one.

Thanks for the info!

I'm currently on episode 7. Does anyone know if the First Master of the Luo Household has been introduced by then, or no? Just wanted to make sure if he already appeared on screen and I just missed it.

This would've worked better as a limited series. The premise was interesting and yet the characters lacked the depth to truly evoke emotions and make us, the audience, connect with them and care about their survival.

You've got Sometani Shota playing what could've been an interesting character if only the story was fleshed out.

I'm also shocked that this was almost a two-hour movie; the pieces are right there but how they weaved it and presented it to us leaves room for improvement. Then I learned that this was some kind of prequel/sequel(?) to a previous movie that the director made. I don't know, it was rather surprising for me to see the creator of The Grudge do a piece of work that seems to just... exist. The scares were great, though (and glad I stayed until the ending credits to see Araki Towa wake up inside a claw machine lmao)

Either way, Sana's just unhinged through and through. She's evil for evil's sake. There's no deeper explanation, and I love that. She's definitely the star of this movie.

Imagine my shock when I found out he wrote Ossan's Love. He's versatile

This was so all over the place, especially the second half. The first 20-30 mins made me tune in, but I found it messy how they let the story unfold. The interspersing of every bystander complicit to the crime could've been presented better in my opinion. Because of everything that was happening in the climax, I wasn't able to properly absorb the reveal (i.e. how Tong was assaulted by her stepfather).

Honestly, the ending was okay until they slapped that horrendous scene of Tong in juvie. That was so unnecessary. It ruined my good impression of the ending. I just wanted Tong to be free, physically and metaphorically. 🥹

Is this an original screenplay or was it adapted from a book/manga?

Thanks so much for the detailed explanation! That's super great to hear. And such a relief that Japan's finally catching up with regard to streaming and OTT. 😊

Thanks for clarifying! I just wanted to know if they still go with that branding for that particular timeslot as I've read an article a few years back that the dramas under getsuku haven't been pulling good number than what the station has been used to.

Does anyone know if Fuji TV's advertising this as a getsuku drama? Does the getsuku timeslot still exists or no?

This makes sense. I'm just overthinking then.