And the studios as they grow bigger can have more power to get actors (especially new ones) on "Slave contracts" and/or "bury" them if they are inconvenient for any reason.

After Portugal its time for France, Spain and most likely for few others to enjoy the summer. One thing that others not much notice that weapons add much to the climate damage too. And they do add a lot. Lots n lots of drills with friendly neighbours, alliance partners go every year around. You can eye on the petrol usage of common man but military use of oil is always high. Air forces have to have lot of practice and those fighters jets and those carriers and destroyers guzzle oil like its water.

Then if you lounge around in swanky suits, eat popcorn, do a few handshakes and go back to your usual business, you achieve nothing, perfect lip service and so be ready to face a slight wrath of your own made.

Heat is for you. You deserve it. Cant cry, can't whine. Can only take action, you never.

I rewatched it 2 months ago. Still enjoyed it as much as I did the first time.

Thanks for the rec! It's coming up on my watch list. I'm in a bit of a drama lull and really feeling the downside of live-watching: greater excitement and anticipation for the next episode leads to greater disappointment when it goes awry, and there's no fast-forwarding fix for that. Ahem, Kiss Sixth Sense 👀 I have enough uncertainty in my real life!

I’m halfway through the first episode but I had to keep stopping because the childlike innocence was too much for me. I’ll probably give it two episodes before I give up but at this point I am unconvinced.

I dropped the drama because I couldn't stand the FL acting very childish. It was cringey and not charming. Maybe SeoHyun is not able to pull of this character or the character itself is supposed to be like that, because I do remember watching and enjoying dramas with mythical characters getting lost and wandering in human world only to be reluctantly adopted by the ML, who later falls in love ( E.g., "The legend of the Blue Sea", "High school Love On" ).

I fell asleep at half of 1st ep. Hoamm.... drop

Hope that she feels better soon. I guess she is on a mission to build up her immunity by getting every bug going now so when she is older she will not be known as Teflon as nothing will stick while everyone else will be taken down by the seasonal bugs.

Oh poor kiddo. I hope she's feeling better soon.

Take care of your hydration while you are doing the 24 hour sauna standoff. It sounds like the landlord will be relaxing with his AC turned up full blast not caring at all.

I thought pest control measures were pretty quick these days how frustrating that they are in the zone to enjoy the cool conditions whilst you are not.

Hope you find another proscriber for the meds issues.

I hope you can get some of these sorted soon (the prescription and mice and the AC - I don’t think anyone is going to sort gun control and the excessive burdens on teachers anytime soon 😢) - it sounds exhausting!

Everything here is too much right now. I'm amazed at the lack of decent health care and beyond disgusted with "our" unwillingness to address gun control.

I hope you find a new MD (my area has lost so many good providers this year), find a way to get cooler, and get rid of the pests.

sit in a tub of cool water, or take cool showers and don't dry off...

Start just it to see the cute Cells and find out how much you like them. Then their novelty might wear off and you drop it before you get a broken heart or you might love them so much you won't care.

I am the exact same. It actually took me.until this week to finish the first season because I didn't want to watch Yumi and Wung break up. I thought it was a really realistic break up and I nice nod to the fact that just because you're of an age and ready to marry doesn't mean the person you're dating is it. The break up was sad but while there was no cheating at all they Introduce you to BaBi the next seasons love interest and start laying that foundation. I enjoyed it and I love BaBi and while I don't love love triangles I hope we haven't seen the last of Wung. I haven't watched or read the webcomic/toon (I dunno) it's based off of so I don't know how it ends but I really like it.

I think you'll probably get your heart broken more than once :( But it's worth it! in my humble opinion...

Yumi's cells is more about Yumi's growth along her relationships than the relationships themselves. She's the main character and it's her journey of growth. I too was totally on the Woong ship last season and frankly didn't like Babi as much as we saw him, but... The show had other plans. They made me like Babi from the get go. It took me only 2 episodes to root for him. But if you keep the show's focus on Yumi in mind, you wouldn't bother with her ML's changing. That's what the show says too, there's no ML here there's only one lead.

Interesting article,

Most Asian dramaland fans will likely agree with it too, many of us were fans long before netflix,disney and the rest of their ilk came along and muddied the waters, and we were drawn to them because the stories and characters were relatable but still very much created for their countries audience (be it Korea,Japan,Taiwan etc).

I've never much cared for the "K-content" created by western companies and a lot of drama fans feel the same.

Im glad that other people are noticing though

Thanks for sharing this interesting piece. I agree the dramas that are made for the western audience are usually the ones I don’t like, they just feel off.

Interesting read about the difference between what Koreans in Korea watch as opposed to what suits international tastes. I don't see that it is about what is "real" Korean, although it is asking if the international demand for K content is taking control of the Korean narrative. I guess Koreans will simply vote with their feet. If it speaks to them, they'll watch it. If it doesn't, but captures the imagination of an international audience, they'll rub their hands together and say thank you. It seems to me that in all areas of creativity, throughout the whole history of Korea, Koreans have borrowed, adapted, and made their own, putting a unique spin on everything they have produced, remaking it anew. Long may it continue.

I am glad you have given yourself permission to do only what you feel to do rather than putting yourself under pressure. There are a lot of Beanies who read and enjoy the content and post very little if anything.
Take care and enjoy the break from writing for as long as you need and know we will be here when/if you post again.

Toner makes no sense, most people don’t use it. Cologne would be better as some have an unpleasant scent if you don’t like some of the ingredients.

“Toner” in Korean is usually referred to as “스킨/skin”, so there may have been some confusion there for the translator?

Oh no! Hopefully it stays low key. Take care of yourself and rest so your body can prioritise healing over everything else. Be prepared for days of fatigue when the worst is over.