Beanie level: Water maid

I LOVE the entire subplot about Gwi-nam actually being a super miser and Ji-ah somehow stumbling her way into the truth hahaha. It adds on to the world building that I thought the webtoon lacked and is also super fun! Secretary Yang and Bo-ra are also really nice touches. The webtoon seems to focus mainly on the Young-joon/Mi-so couple, which isn’t too bad as well, but its world is considerably smaller as compared to the drama’s. So yeah, definitely looking forward to seeing Gwi-nam and Ji-ah in action more often!

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    Omg LOL her name is Bong Se-ra what am I doin’

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      Have you been watching Rich Man, Poor Woman…? That show does things to the brain.

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    Ahh Gwi-nam might be my favorite character now ~ I was totally expecting Ji-ah to be a manipulative maknae, but it seems like she’s the only normal one at the company.

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Dowoon, nuna loves you so much.

Ahhhh I still remember watching pre-debut you and now you’re a full-fledged musician who’s also super cute

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Wait what I’m a water maid now

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Despite not being a fan of bubble tea in general, this had to be done:



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Rewatching ep 4 of WWWSK because it’s on constant replay makes me appreciate how good the use of silence is during the bit where Young-joon sees Mi-so walk home happily after the huge fight with hyung

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    So good. He didn’t even really need to come in, he saw her and just relaxed. The silence amplified the whole scene.

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    He doesn’t realize it but he’s doing exactly what Mi-so said she wanted in a relationship – coming home to that one person that instantly makes everything better after a hard day.

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I think I can now consider “hearing the people next door getting it on” as one of the weirdest things that has ever happened to me. Seriously tho they were SO loud I think the whole hanok heard them

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    Could be worse. You could’ve been in the same room.

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    Oh god I know your pain, I had a flatmate like this. And then the next day around 1PM they start arguing cause she can’t find her bra and is late and WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT’S NOT HERE. I felt like the master of petty revenge – I knew they had left it behind the fridge. Didn’t tell them, moved out a week later.

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The culture shock for the Japanese trainees/idols and Korean trainers on Produce 48 seems to be very great

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      The difference in the dance/vocal abilities is a little too great to say that most of the Korean trainees don’t have an added advantage. Some of the Japanese girls are very charismatic though, which is something I find that the Koreans can lack in quite a bit sometimes

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Being in Korea now means getting to watch consecutive re-runs of WWWSK and I am not in the least annoyed at all because guess why



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Everyone seems to be nervous about the childhood acquaintances trope but I do truly think it was pretty well used in the WWWSK webtoon. Not that contrived, and I feel like it explains a lot about

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    how Young-joon became Young-joon (seriously, he becomes Young-joon) and the difference between he and Sung-yeon the hyung. It’s quite heartbreaking actually, because when the truth it revealed it turns on its head EVERYTHING that people have believed about the brothers previously.

    Like what the writer said, there are truly no run-of-the-mill evil characters in this drama. But hopefully the drama does show how people can do hurtful things when they only consider their own feelings.

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    I’m sorry, I know someone posted where we could read the webtoon, but I can’t find it. Would you have the link?

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      I think you can read the English version at Tappytoon! The one I read is in Chinese (and is quite a bit more ahead of the English one) here.

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Seems like they’re expanding Ji-ah’s story which is always awesome heh. Also: CHANSUNG LOL they really dialled down his character here but I appreciate the new (?) aspects they gave him as well??

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Knowing the backstory between the bros: Park Seo-joon is so good at the internally hurting thing, Lee Tae-hwan doesn’t yet have the same bite. But omg! So happy the conflict is playing out on TV

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I feel like they either conflated certain things into the library scenes or they were added in to further develop the relationship. Either way, I LYKE EET

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It is SO weird to hear Lee Tae-hwan refer to Park Seo-joon as his younger brother LOL

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    I almost thought that he’s Young Joon’s dongsaeng when he called his mother until he called Young Joon by name. What is wrong with casting director? Haha

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      The boy is 7 years! younger!!! At least he doesn’t look his age. Not sure if he necessarily looks older than PSJ, but in the story they are supposed to be only 2 years apart, so he’s what, playing mid thirties? I love kdrama logic…

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        Let me do the math. Mi So is 29 y/o and Young Joon is 4 years older than her and Young Joon’s brother is two years older than him. So Lee Tae Hwan is supposed to be 35 in this drama and he’s 23 in real life. LOL

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          I’m just going to pretend I don’t know anything and assume he was blessed with youthful genes that allow a 35 year old character to look like he’s still in his 20s. lol.

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Aaaaaanyway it feels like Park Byung-eun’s cameo has been given the info-finding role that Mi-so’s friend played in the webtoon, so I’m hoping we’ll see him soon again haha!

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I need to discuss the plot of the WWWSK webtoon with someone desperately hahahahahahaha

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    ME!!! although, I want all the chapters now. I can’t be stuck at 31 for another (almost) week!

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      Ahhhh where are you at the moment??? I’ve already got to the part where the whole hyung issue has been solved and they’re together but ahhhhhhh NOT ENOUGH

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        WHERE ARE YOU READING THIS? I need to know! I MUST KNOW! i’m only at the part where hyung has given her his new book T_T HELP!

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          It’s in Chinese though if you don’t mind: http://m.pufei.net/manhua/439/

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            T_T I’m not talented or smart enough to know Chinese!! thank you though!

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            @spicykimchi it’s alright!! The pictures are quite easy to tell context in and I can help if you wanna! In any case the webtoon takes an old trope and really uses it super well for our main couple. LOVE IT

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            @kumoiwa I might just attempt it! I may ask questions if i don’t understand something if that’s ok?

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            @spicykimchi sure thing! I also have a whole plot spoiler thing typed up so if you wanna look at that tell me too hahaha!

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            @kumoiwa YOU DO?!?!? Where do i read it? pretty please with a cherry on top!

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            @tspmasala I would post it here but I’m not sure if it breaks the no spoiler rules?????

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            @kumoiwa I think if it’s just between us – unless someone is lurking here reading this thread, they won’t see it. you could always warn off those that don’t want to read it by saying it contains spoilers? lol I’m desperate here T_T

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            @tspmasala ok DB said I posted an inappropriate word lol so here it is on Google Docs:

            https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-XbsDoltOTLmWrz3x1hAA5JNKemAmFUXLRCdagWfFso

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            @kumoiwa you ROCK! thank you! I’m off to read your awesomeness.

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            @kumoiwa– Consider my jaw floored. I saw some of the plot points coming, even the fact that YJ is more aware of things than what he’s letting on but OMG wtf is with the hyung? and can’t his parents set him straight? I mean, HOW is this ok fair to their other son? Also – what an awful thing to deal with as a child. I feel so bad for the poor kid.

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            @tspmasala yeah it’s a horrific thing for anybody, let alone a child, to go through. I wouldn’t blame his parents though—the main reason why he decided to feign amnesia was because he’d overheard his parents discussing how the psychiatrist had suggested sending Sung-yeon to the mental hospital for treatment if his condition didn’t improve. But still SO SAD

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Live watching WWWSK and LOL the name of the cow plushie he gives her is called 소고했어 HAHAHAHA what fantastic wordplay Young-joon

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Looking at the videos released for WWWSK so far, it seems like they’re speeding things along quite quickly indeed. Also looking forward to how Lee Tae-hwan will pull off his hyung role!

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If you’d like to read up to chapter 194 of the WWWSK webtoon: http://m.pufei.net/manhua/439/

It’s all in Chinese though!

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So I read all the chapters of the original manhwa for WWWSK and oh my god. I CANNOT wait for some of the scenes to be translated to tv agghghfhfhfh

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What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim is so wacky and funny! Really enjoying it and kinda hoping it’ll turn out to be like the CEO/secretary Taiwanese romance novels I secretly love reading so much hehehe

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