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four episodes in and i am currently loving this series! i may have been so biased that this is another park jihoon masterpiece but seeing all these familiar faces especially the ones that are usually on villain roles, doing crazy antics and hilarious reactions when they eat kang seongjae's cooking, makes me want to bump my head on the wall !! it's honestly so damn good. hope it will manage to sustain until the very last episode! *cross fingers*
everybody say "thank you tvN" <3
Adaptations & the Audacity 😤
I’ve been meaning to scream about this for a while, so here we go:
Adaptations of novels, mangas, manhwas and webtoons — when done well, they slap. When done badly, they feel like a slap. 😮💨
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🔥 Solo Leveling
(Just to clarify, I’m referring here to the original domestic Japanese release, not the international version.)
I get that the anime was made by a Japanese studio. I understand the choice to make the MC Japanese.
BUT BRO.
There are tons of anime with American/European/whatever-nationality characters that never felt the need to localize them this hard.
After people complained, they kinda… retconned it by making the subtitles reflect the original story while keeping the audio as is.
Which is wild.
It’s genuinely frustrating to hear one thing and read another. I’m not fluent in Japanese, but I understand enough to know when something’s off — and yes, it does affect immersion.
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🥴 ORV (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint)
I have no words.
Okay, I do, but they’re mostly screams.
First of all, thank god the new trailer finally included swords because that “Omniscient Reader’s Gunpoint” BS was criminal.
BUT — and this is a big but — I’ve literally seen fan artists on TikTok and Insta animate Bihyung better than the actual trailer.
Also? I love Kdramas. I’ve watched them forever. The actors? I respect them.
But they do not fit the characters. At all.
This isn’t just a mismatch — it feels like whoever greenlit this adaptation just said:
“ORV has a huge fandom. Let’s make money.”
It feels disrespectful.
No heart, no understanding of the characters — just cash grab energy.
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🐉 The Beginning After the End
Honestly? I’m fine with the art style. The webtoon feels better but I guess it can reflect the early webtoon aesthetic and grows with Arthur.
BUT.
The tiny changes in the details?
The absolutely soulless fight scenes??
Why was it way cooler to read than to watch??
You know how upsetting it is when you finally see a beloved fight scene animated — and it’s dry, stiff, and completely lacking the energy the webtoon had??
It’s like ordering a cake and getting a rice cracker.
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💍 A Business Proposal
Business Proposal: If I hadn’t read the webtoon first, I might’ve loved it.
But because I did? I just sat there going, “Where is half the plot?”
The acting was great. The vibes were fun.
But so much was removed that it felt like a parody of the source material. 🙃
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🎬 In Conclusion:
Adapting a webtoon or manhwa into an anime or drama isn’t a bad thing.
Sometimes, it even turns out beautifully.
• Fullmetal Alchemist? Great.
• Tokyo Ghoul?… Anime who??
But if you’re going to do it — DO IT RIGHT.
Don’t:
• butcher the plot for “easier pacing”
• miscast characters because of clout
• strip the fandom’s favorite details for convenience
• or change entire contexts because you’re too lazy to animate them properly
If it’s too hard to adapt well?
Then maybe give it to another studio or just don’t touch it.
Respect the source. Respect the fandom. Or just… don’t.
LOVE TRACTOR [EP 7 vs CH 43] Manhwa by Angrymonster, hmmyongyong
Yechan bringing musing back to Yul. And bringing Yul back to his piano. My favourite scene in the series and one of the definite favs in the webtoon.
Yes, I have a serious thing for scenes involving piano/keyboard or anything of that sort and characters expressing themselves through their instrument (hello Zhou Shuyi, hi Yoon Sang Yi)
@sollucets you're probably not watching this series but the scene in manhwa is all in your colour so I'm tagging you out of basic decency ;>
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WHO WAS GONNA TELL ME MARRY MY HUSBAND ALSO GOT A KDRAMA ADAPTATION????
Marry My Husband has gone down the drain with it’s messy storyline and nothing gets done with Jiwon’s revenge. Suddenly Soo min became 2nd fiddle villain to Yura and so many events still remain to be seen. 😩😑ep13-14.
I recently (binge) watched the k-drama “Nevertheless,” on Netflix and I have thoughts!!
Overall, I did really enjoy it, I thought it was quite different from the “usual” k-dramas, especially because it featured a friends with benefits relationship instead of a more romantic one.
I think it brought a lot of freshness to the k-drama scene, both because of the nature of the main couple’s relationship, and because of the side characters’ relationships (like the wlw/ lesbian relationship… which was the best one lets be honest uwu 🌈).
However, I was not surprised to know it kinda flopped locally… I’m aware South Korea is a more conservative country, and as such perhaps the typical audience for a k-drama might not want to watch a show about two people in a casual relationship (to say nothing of the aforementioned wlw relationship). But I also found the pacing of the story quite off-putting. There were so many times where it felt like the story was just being dragged and I felt like things could’ve been sped up a bit. Tbh I found myself caring more about the side characters and their shenanigans compared to the MCs who just went around in circles…
Not to mention the awkward transitions to the secondary characters where NOTHING happened (e.g. there would be scenes where one of the characters would be shown walking to class or something and then it’d switch to an unrelated scene).
It felt like it was all over the place and it was trying to show several relationships and their progression, but the execution was quite messy and confusing at times. A good example would be the relationship between Min-young and Kyung-joon: I did love these two characters and I did like seeing their relationship evolve, however they didn’t add much to the general story and their scenes felt completely unnecessary.
I also have to bring up how useless the character Seol-A was… she only had a few scenes and they were usually of her just sitting down or walking to greet Jae-eon, and it felt super random… when she was introduced I thought we would get a glimpse at her and Jae-eon’s past together, but their relationship and dynamic was barely mentioned and it felt unimportant.
As for some of the tropes:
K-dramas love the “casually walking around and just happened to overhear you” trope, but I honestly felt like that kind of scene was happening every two seconds (especially in the last couple of episodes). Also, at times it felt like the MCs had more scenes about watching each other rather than them actually being together…
I was also not a big fan of the love triangle. Rarely do I come across one that’s actually well executed. I liked the potential love interest for Nabi, however I felt there was no point in even rooting for him when I already knew who she would end up with (I mean… it is still a romantic k-drama after all, and no one watches 10 episodes about the main couple just to have one of the main leads end up with someone else at the last minute…but still).
Having said that, this was my first k-drama where the female lead partook in a casual relationship, and I liked seeing that kind of “rep” (I’m not a k-drama expert by any means, but I don’t think it’s common). I do wish they would have shown more nuance in regards to why it wasn’t a good decision on her part (we do get one scene where Nabi overhears (ofc) two male students talking about her being “easy” and mentioning how her reputation was ruined by getting into that kind of relationship with Jae-eon; however that never gets mentioned again and all the side characters still treat Nabi the same way so… it felt kind of pointless).
Also, I usually don’t care about product placement and sponsors, however they weren’t smooth with that at all 🤣 on several occasions we were hit with a useless scene of Nabi doing her hair or makeup just to show off the products, and it just took me out of it…
I feel like I complained a lot about this drama, but overall I actually had a good time watching it!! I was definitely hooked and I did want to know more about the characters. I do wish we would’ve seen more of Jae-eon’s past though (even after finishing it I still don’t really know what to make of him and what his motivations were throughout the story…).
However, my favorite couple was hands down Soljiwan 💖 I honestly could’ve watched a whole show dedicated to them:
- angst ✅
- secret mutual pining ✅
- friends to lovers ✅
need I say more?
I also really loved Bit-na’s and Gyu-hyun’s dynamic and the progression of their relationship was also incredible imo.
He’s always there for her when she needs him and loves her for who she is, but at the same time feels insecure by her polyamorous tendencies and her lack of interest in being in a serious relationship. I love that he tried to be in a friends with benefits kind of relationship for her, but eventually realized it’s not what he wanted and was able to put boundaries into place and respected himself (and her) by walking away.
On the other hand, I like that instead of being pressured by him to change her “romantic priorities” she organically comes to realize she actually really loves him and misses his company when he’s not around and therefore decides on her own that she wants a relationship that’s more than just sex.
Despite its flaws I genuinely recommend checking this one out!! If I were to rate it (which I guess I am lmao) I would give it a solid 7.5/10 (in terms of enjoyment it could also be an 8, but the pacing was just plain bad).
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