This continues to be a fun, fluffy watch for me. The fashions for Yoon Eun Hye's character can be amazingly ridiculous—the shoulder pads! the neon leggings! the leather butterfly vest thing I have no words to adequately describe—and I'm very much enjoying Yoon Sang Hyeon as Seo Dong Chan.

That said, I'm not sure I'd actually recommend this, since I know a large part of my enjoyment comes from the butler trope.

... I kind of love that there is such thing as a romantic butler trope.

( Spoilers can be depended on )

Again, not the best drama ever, and yet I find myself eagerly anticipating each episode!

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(original title: 9회말 2아웃)

The title translation's supposed to be something like "Bottom of the 9th inning with 2 outs."

Hong Nan Hee is turning 30, and she's still unmarried, living with her mother, and she hasn't done anything about her dream of being a published writer. (I am not sure if the living with her mother is a bad thing in Korea; my guess is the stigma isn't so much living with your mother so much as being unmarried?) And she's dating a baseball player 8 years younger than her. Her best friend since childhood, Byun Hyung Tae, isn't as worried about turning 30, although he is a bit of a womanizer, probably due to Backstory Angst.

They end up living together due to unforeseen circumstances!

Like most trendy dramas, you know where this is going. The pleasure lies in the characters, and luckily, I like all of them so far. The bonus is that the first few episodes almost feel like the middle of other dramas because Nan Hee and Hyung Tae have known each other for so long; there's no meet cute or getting to know you phase to go through.

Both Nan Hee and Hyung Tae's characters aren't as interesting as the leads in Coffee Prince or Dal Ja's Spring, but so far, the series makes up for it in charm. I love watching Nan Hee and Hyung Tae talking to each other; there's a palpable sense of trust and comfort that's very enjoyable. I also like friends-to-lovers stories, so this show hits a few buttons of mine as well.

The baseball player Jung Joo is surprisingly cute, and I think the writing does a good job showing both why Nan Hee's attracted to him while also showing the problems with dating someone at a different life stage than you. The current other side of the quadrangle, Hyung Tae's co-worker Jin Su, also doesn't annoy me, and the show gets around my squicks about working romances (she's an intern, he's a mentor) by having them hook up before she starts work there.

Also, did I mention how cute Nan Hee and Hyung Tae are together? They lounge around the apartment in sweats and glasses and bring each other food and call each other all the time! I'm sure Big Misunderstandings will come in sooner or later, especially when both of their first loves show up, but for now, I'm enjoying just watching them hang out.

So far, this isn't a stellar or groundbreaking show, but it's comfortable and cute and fun, and that's really all I'm asking for right now.

Watch this (legally!) at Drama Fever (US, Canada only)!

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Lee Ha Ru is a high school girl who used to competitively skate before an accident five years ago. But now she wants to try again, and to get a good coach, she needs to move to Seoul. The problem is, the only person she knows there is the 30-some stepbrother who wants nothing to do with her.

Despite the premise, the story isn't actually about Ha Ru. She narrates the beginning and ending, but much of the focus is on her brother Shin Hwal and his two friends/housemates, Jo Hae Yoon (played by Lee Seon Gyun!) and Kang Hyun Tae.

I've been looking forward to this drama ever since I heard about it—figure skating! Lee Seon Gyun! Coffee Prince's PD!—but sadly, I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep watching thanks to a specific character.

The show starts out as low-key and charming, and I very much love Ha Ru's developing relationship with her brother (platonic siblings, people, no incest!). I also love the focus on Ha Ru's skating and the guys' work creating ads. However, the non-Ha Ru female characters aren't faring particularly well. I keep wanting to whap Choi Su In, and I tend to be very forgiving of the "mean" female character! It's just that she has about as much backbone as a wet dish rag when it comes to men, and little personality to boot. She's best when she's coaching Ha Ru. Kang Sang Hee has a lot of quirks, but also very little personality. Like Hae Yoon, we never know what she's thinking, and so far, she seems extremely peripheral to the plot.

As such, all my favorite sequences happen in the house with Ha Ru goofing off and all three guys acting as gruff, vaguely amused, and/or pampering older brothers.

( Spoilers are annoyed )

So... does this get better? Or will I keep wanting to throw things? (Potential spoilers in comments!)

Oh, also! I am in the mood for fluffy romantic comedy dramas, preferably without gender politics that make me want to spork someone. Any recs? I liked Dal Ja's Spring, Coffee Prince, Fantasy Couple; I thought Kim Sam Soon was ok; and so far am liking My Fair Lady. Bonus points if it's available on Drama Fever! (Also, I don't really want to watch Goong, but if enough people are convincing, I will consider it.)

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(Original title 아가씨를 부탁해, also known as Take Care of My Lady)

Kang Hae Na is the extremely rich heir to the Kangsan Group; she lives in a giant, castle-like manor and has been going through butlers like Kleenex. Seo Dong Chan is an ex-host-club-host currently part-timing at the flower shop of his childhood friend and auntie. They meet! She tries to run him over! He makes her do community service! And after all that animosity, he decides to become....

HER BUTLER! As one does when one must pay off a massive debt.

(Or possibly valet, a la manga. It's hard to tell. The Korean is "집사" if I heard it correctly, but I have no idea if it's the same as a butler or if there is a Korean traditional role that is more a blend of butler and valet.)

The other sides of the romantic rectangle are Lee Tae Yoon, a human rights lawyer who has disavowed his rich family, and Yeo Eui Joo, Dong Chang's aforementioned childhood friend. Amazingly, I actually like all of them.

So far, the series isn't amazingly good or anything, but it amuses me to see Yoon Eun Hye trying to be snobby and mean while wearing fashions that make me raise an eyebrow (I'm not sure what's worse, gold lame leggings or largely patterned leggings). Dong Chan is also buffoonish-ly likable, probably because his attempts to seduce Kang Hae Na are terrible. And they butcher a ballroom routine.

Also, I'm interested in how it turns around the usual drama trope of the snobby rich guy and the poor hard-working and earnest girl. In most dramas, Tae Yoon would be the hero (although he would be meaner) and Eui Joo would be the heroine. It reminds me a great deal of Fantasy Couple, except here, the poor guy is transported into the world of the rich, as opposed to vice versa. (And Yoon Eun Hye is not as good as the hair-tossing and nose-in-the-air as Han Ye Seul.)

I was also wondering why it is that the rich heroines are always snobby and jerkish and abuse everyone, whereas rich heroes are more frequently played as desirable and mean to the heroine, but nice to others. At least here, Hae Na has Secret Angst that explains her meanness, much like most kdrama heroes.

And finally, Dong Chan constantly saying something like, "Of course you can depend on me. I am... your butler!" amuses me every single time.

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( Spoilers had to take an emotional break for a while )

In conclusion: I am not sure what to say at all! I very much dislike the final episode and have a billion rewrites in my head, and yet, so much of the rest of the show feed into all the things I love.

Some of my lack of throwing things is also because I have yet to watch a kdrama that sticks the landing: most have ranged from very disappointing to mildly annoying to "Kind of weird, but not bad!"

So with that caveat, I loved most of this series. It has anti-imperialist politics, albeit not too in depth; my favorite female character in a drama so far; what the costumers seem to think are 1930s fashion but actually are not (I love it anyway); swing-influenced kpop; and did I mention all the LONGING and ANGST and NOT-TOUCHING? And yet, I am tacking on that really big caveat!

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I admit that I may have watched basically every single angst-laden scene between Cha Song Joo and Lee Su Hyun two or three times in the past few days.

But! The UST! OMG! They just exchange significant glances questioning each other and then they do that whole not touching thing and clearly neither of them is capable of expressing their feelings on pain of death! And then they not touch some more while exchanging significant glances AND significant words that could be read differently! And then one of them invariably quietly leaves the room!

It is awesome. I love it.

Emo porn! Frequently better than sex!

( Spoilers are very spoilery )

In conclusion: there is no way I am not requesting this for Yuletide.

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This continues to make me so happy!

Question: is Wan's last name 선우/Sun Woo? I had originally thought he and his brother's names were 우민/Woo Min and 우완/Woo Wan, but I keep hearing "선우씨/Sun woo sshi." Sorry about the romanization! I keep going with the romanization in the subtitles, which I'm pretty sure is not following any system whatsoever.

I joke about dramas improving my Korean vocabulary and pronunciation, but it's true! I think I am getting a better feel for when to use different endings. 죠 especially, as it was extremely hard to wrap my head around with only textbook and teacher explanations and not enough examples.

More importantly, now I can recognize various formations of 죽다 (to die), such as "죽지마" (don't die) and "죽어싶어?!" (do you want to die?!). Sadly, I do not yet know how to say "お前を殺す" (I will kill you) yet.

( Spoilers must live )

Finally, Wan wears what might be the absolute worst outfit I have yet seen on this series: neon yellow shirt and black vest. It beats Hyun Bin's terrible neon green shirt + white vest and pants from Kim Sam Soon! I would say the worst kdrama outfit, but I have seen screencaps of Goong!

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This drama is a very odd combination of revolutionary politics and trendy drama romance sequences. Amazingly, this combination works for me, although I sometimes wish there were more revolutionary politics. But then Wan is cute and wins me over.

I am such a marshmallow at heart...

( Spoilers learn about revolution )

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Wow, this keeps hitting so many of my buttons! I mean, I adore trendy dramas, but I feel it's fair to say that most of the ones I've watched so far do not involve police questioning, intrigue, or spies.

Also, Cha Song Joo continues to be made of pure win. Possibly even more than in the first three episodes, which I didn't think was possible!

( Spoilers trick the police )

... contemplating Yuletide prompts for this now.

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I know I say this about pretty much everything ever, but this is really the BEST THING EVAR OMG! At least so far!

It's the 1930s, and Korea has been under Japanese occupation for about twenty years. Sun Woo Wan is a playboy and all-around wastrel who doesn't care at all about liberating Korea, but unfortunately, he's briefly mistaken for a resistance member by Na Yeo Kyung, an old-fashioned young woman who is extremely idealistic but occasionally naive. Then there's the gisaeng Cha Song Joo, who seems to be platonic friends with Woo Wan, and Security Force member Lee Su Hyun, who seems nice but has secret backstories and works for the Japanese.

Together, they... overthrow Japanese imperialist rule?

At least, that's what I'm assuming will happen!

Even though this is a historical drama, the draw for me is how different it feels from the few sageuk I've seen (Damo, some of Hwang Jin Yi, some of Dae Jang Geum, one episode of Painter in the Wind, and... does Legend count?). First, there's the fact that it's not set in the Joseon Dynasty! Also, as opposed to what I hear about most sageuk, historical accuracy is... really not the strong point of Capital Scandal. I can see this as being very annoying to some people, but I am mostly enjoying the ridiculous outfits that are supposed to pass as 1930s clothes, the bad swing dancing, and the slapstick.

My favorite outfits so far are the bright red fedora paired with a turquoise suit jacket, the pink fedora paired with an all-pink suit, the fedora made out of what I assume is Korean or Japanese patterned silk, Song Joo's awesomesauce red dress (sadly paired with a pink hat instead of a frothy little red number with a veil), and of course, Yeo Kyung's schoolgirl (?) hanbok and Song Joo's gisaeng hanbok. And Yeo Kyung cross-dressing in suspenders and... formal shorts. And maybe Song Joo's patterned black dress with a slit up to her hip. And maybe Woo Wan's lavender shirt when he is boxing. And maybe Su Hyun's tidy three-piece suits with pastel ties.

shewhohashope has picspam of episode 1!

So far, Woo Wan and Yeo Kyung are the antagonistic slapstick couple. She mistakes him for a resistance fighter! He loses his stash of porn to her! She punches him in the face! She pulls a gun on him! She steals his shirt! He stops her from punching him again! She headbutts him! Also, he takes on a bet to woo Jo Ma Ja (her nickname meaning "Joseon's last woman") not knowing it's the woman who's tried to shoot him twice! And if he loses, he has to become an independence fighter. We all know how this will end...

Cha Song Joo and Woo Wan seem to have a platonic relationship right now, though I have no doubt that they will either pretend to be in love or be mistaken as a couple in order to further the plot. I actually very much enjoy their scenes together, particularly when Song Joo orders Woo Wan to walk Yeo Kyung home or help her out because she's staked several bags of rice on his bet.

Yeo Kyung and Su Hyun so far have one of those "nice guy meets nice girl" relationships, although I think that will change once she discovers he's working for the Japanese!

And Su Hyun probably has the best role so far, since he has angsty backstory not only with Woo Wan (it involves a sepia-toned photograph of DOOM!) but also with Song Joo!

I was a little surprised by what I assume with be the secondary couple (Su Hyun and Song Joo), but once I learned the drama was based on a novel written by the same person who wrote the novel Coffee Prince was based on, I was surprised no longer. As such, I'm guessing there will be a similar dynamic with the ingenue-ish character and the womanizer as the main couple, and the slightly older couple with history having a little more angst. I'm very much hoping that both of them are handled well and am now more confident of this after knowing the Coffee Prince writer is involved.

The bonus I hadn't been expecting was Song Joo helping Yeo Kyung out at times, and I really hope the two of them will get more scenes together. The world-weary courtesan keeping secrets for the idealistic young independence fighter! Awesome.

And I am sure it surprises no one that my favorite character so far is Cha Song Joo.

( Spoilers have angsty backstory )

I just hope the rest of the drama stays this awesome!

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I went to my old library yesterday, and I knit and watched Project Runway S2 (hate Santino SO MUCH), and it was excellent and I had nothing due!

This morning, I went back to my old farmers' market for the first time in what feels like forever! I now have entirely too many peas, strawberries, blueberries, Garnet cherries, and a fruit tart. I tried some of the Bing cherries but wasn't overly impressed and don't particularly have an impression of the Raniers. There were also raspberries, although I passed those up, as well as very early peaches, which I also passed up.

I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of white corn, which is currently in Safeway.

The heat wave makes it not so fun to walk around, but I don't care! It's summer! I HAVE FRESH FRUIT!

I also got to see rilina and thistleingrey today, and we had a tasty brunch, cupcakes, and watched the first episode of Painter in the Wind. I don't think any of us have any idea what is going on, as I have failed as distinguishing nearly all the male characters and have no idea as to what rank everyone is and how they all interact with each other. Still, there has been cross-dressing, the requisite bathroom scene, jumping off cliffs, a tiger nature scene, shounen painting commentary, an animated brush painting of a half-naked guy, a painting competition in which people drag paint brushes nearly as tall as they are around a room, a woman scandalously going across the veil separating her from the guy, and a possibly cross-dressing ninja-type (is there a Korean equivalent of "ninja"?) person who has bangs emo-ly flopping over her (his? her dressed as him?) eye who seems like she belongs in a drama not about painting.

It was extremely fun, and I am looking forward to more!

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I watched the first eight episodes last year around Christmas and was not particularly inspired to finish until my group did a kdrama parody skit for Korean class.

To recap: Han Tae Woong is a genius mathematician who turned boxer and renamed himself Deuk Gu after the suicide of his high school friend. Kim Bo Ra is a rich, spoiled, somewhat suicidal woman living with chronic illness. They meet, and she is cold and bitchy, though he manages to melt her exterior in scenes involving many references to "The Snow Queen" story. So far, I think there have been several Big Misunderstandings, several cases of mixed-up identities, three suicide attempts, one instance of kneeling at your parent's feet, and two instances of waiting in the rain. (I may be a little off, because I watched eps. 7-8 a year ago.)

In these 10 (or 8, see above parenthetical) episodes, we add a major case of identity reveal, a tragic wasting illness, running away from home, more kneeling at your parent's feet, lying to your loved one and hurting them for their own good, and about 5 changes of heart. Sadly, there is no secret incest, cross-dressing, or amnesia (the one trope we forgot to put in our parody skit).

( Spoilers, although I am not sure it is possible to spoil this show )

As you can probably tell, there is no redeeming feature in this whatsoever. The plot is horribly hackneyed, Hyun Bin has about two expressions and horrible hair (although he's at least dressed better than he was in Kim Sam Soon), the actress who plays Bo Ra has about two expressions, everyone develops undying grudges then forgives and forgets as the plot dictates, there is the merciless tugging of heartstrings, and mean, cold Bo Ra turns into a saint. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Still, it has a cold heroine whose heart is thawed by the Power of Love (and maybe by Hyun Bin's facial scruff), references to "The Snow Queen" (the manhwa tagline: "Gerda came for Kay, but who will come for the lonely Snow Queen?"), and I loved every second of it and cried buckets until I could not breathe through my nose even as I was snorfling at the nineteenth cliche the writers were piling in on the last ten minutes.

So: not recommended, but damn, that was fun.

Gourmet is based on the same manhwa the movie Le Grande Chef was based on, only it's much better than the movie.

Sung Chan and Bong Joo are both the sons of Chef Oh, the owner of Un Ahm Jung, but Sung Chan was actually adopted. As the drama opens, the question of who will inherit Un Ahm Jung arises. Chef Oh is a descendent of the last royal chef of Korea, Un Ahm Jung embodies the traditions of Korean court food, and according to tradition, everyone expects Bong Joo to inherit. But! Chef Oh isn't so sure and decides to throw a contest to determine who will inherit Un Ahm Jung, along with the old chef's knife passed down from the last royal chef.

Because cooking contests are always the best way to resolve inheritance disputes, of course...

Most of the contest episodes are, unsurprisingly, very shounen: it's all about surpassing each other with skills and ingredients. It's also a competition of talent vs. skill, as Min Woo (a handsome but smarmy chef) and Bong Joo have vast amounts of skill, but Sung Chan has lots of raw talent, and, of course, even more heart. I admit, I laughed hysterically at all the tropes, from the heirloom chef's knife to the dramatic sports-movie music during the cooking montages to the completely over-the-top taste reactions. And I love it all! I especially love how the tasters will go into exposition overload when it comes to explaining the strengths and weaknesses of each and every food preparation choice.

( Spoilers )

So far, the female characters aren't great (I wish there were actual female chefs, for one), but Sung Chan is immensely likeable and charming, and I'm also curious about the fate of Bong Joo.

Plus, food porn galore! I have been craving Korean food for a good month or so, thanks to watching these episodes.

ETA: rilina has a few screencaps of the food porn!

So you know how some sageuk start out with the protagonist's parents' story, or with multiple episodes of the protagonist as a ten-year-old? (Or, uh, possibly I extrapolate from having seen the beginnings of four sageuk.) Legend takes this a bit to the extreme and starts out with its protagonists' past past past past past for two thousand years' incarnations.

Note: all romanization is completely screwy, as I've been watching with Chinese subtitles and various internet sites have various romanizations. Also, I think my episode numberings are wonky, as they don't seem to correspond to episode write-ups I've seen online.

Basically, we have the beloved son of god, Hwanung, who decides to have a heavenly kingdom on earth (I can't figure out of the echoes of Christianity are just because creation myths tend to have many similar elements or if it's deliberate). Alas, the Tiger tribe doens't particularly want to join said kingdom and fights back. Their leader, Kajin, has the power of a fire goddess, and she runs around in animal skins and looks fierce and shoots people with arrows. I think she is awesome. Also, I feel rather sympathetic toward the Tiger tribe's skepticism toward Hwanung and his heavenly kingdom. Sadly, Kajin falls for Hwanung, but she can't get her people to stop fighting his.

Meanwhile, one of the tribes that joined with Hwanung, the Bear tribe, has a lovely girl named Seoh. She runs around in animal skins and shoots people with arrows but then weeps over all the death, and I do not find her nearly as cool as Hwanung and the narrative do. Of course, she ends up with everything.

Tragic things happen to set up conflicts that our current protagonists must overcome, and Hwanung eventually says that there will be a king of Jushin (the area roughly covering the Korean peninsula, even though most of what happens is in Goguryeo) descended from him, who will be born under a particular star. Fast-forward to our present day (374 CE), and we have the bright star in the sky, only not one, but two boys are born under it. One's born to a politicking couple just as the star is about to fade out (I am not quite sure how the astrophysics of this works), but one is secretly born ... in a manger stable! Hogae (the first) and Damdeuk (the second) are cousins and grow up as friends, as no one knows about Damdeuk's birth circumstances.

Kajin is reincarnated as Kiha, who is kidnapped by the leader of the Hwacheon (descendents of the Tiger tribe), and Seoh is reincarnated as her younger sister Sujini, who is raised by a much kindlier set of people. Sadly, Kiha doesn't get to be as fur-wearing, arrow-shooting, and fiercely-glaring as Kajin, but I root for her all the same! Plus, she has kickass martial arts and is cute and solemn as a kid. Sujini ends up being a charismatic troublemaker, and while she is fun, so far, I am not as interested in her because I'm pretty sure she will end up getting The Guy and the Magic Amulet. By the way, spoil me and die! This includes any hints whatsoever for future episodes.

I'm also secretly rooting for Hogae, whom I feel gets the short end of the stick through no fault of his own. Actually, he reminds me a bit of Karna from the Mahabharata, though sadly, no living armor. I am hoping he at least gets to retain honor and not be evil, as history tells us Damdeuk is going to ascend the throne no matter what.

Oh! Kiha has a mysterious servant, Saryang, who looks like an anime character (he's the one with the silver hair). I feel he should have a giant tragic backstory, as clearly I have been conditioned to react this way to his scar and possible missing eye (tell-tale hairstyle!) from manga.

Continuing watching in the vain hope that the writers will change something up in the reincarnations' relationships (again, NO SPOILERS!).

Jang Geum is known as being the only female royal doctor in Korean history; we know of her from brief mentions in Annals of the Joseon Dynasty (which, btw, from the book on Joseon royal court culture that I read, is a pretty freaking amazing document in terms of breadth and scope and effort). From what I got off Wiki, some people speculate that Jang Geum in the Annals is an amalgamation of various female court physicians.

The drama opens with a plotline that I think could have been cut, though it gives a good sense of the intrigue and politics that we'll see later on. Eventually, when we are introduced to Jang Geum, she's a court lady in the royal kitchens.

I mean, I knew she was going to be a doctor and I vaguely remembered something about the royal kitchens, but no one told me about the massive amounts of food porn! There are scenes of the court ladies serving banquets to crowds of people, each individual getting their own tray. There are close-ups of a court lady creating a midnight snack for the king from scraps of ingredients. There are bits that are straight out of shounen, in which the various young court ladies are tested to determine what ingredients a dish is made out of by a single taste (of course Jang Geum is the bestest).

So far, I am not invested in any of the characters so far, largely because Jang Geum is too perfect to be interesting. All her flaws are ones that demonstrate how precocious and good she is at things, though I have to say, I am glad that while there are female rivals among the court ladies, frequently there's a challenge to the kitchen as a whole, and all the kitchen court ladies must team up and figure things out.

I love the details and the looks into the daily lives of people in the palace, no matter how dramatized they are (big crisis: the princess will not eat!), so will stick with this a little more.

Also, it helps that my library has the DVDs ;).

( Spoilers )

( Spoilers for Coffee Prince and Dal Ja's Spring )

I like this series a lot. I'm not sure if it's replaced Coffee Prince as the kdrama of my heart, but I rank the two equally. I think Coffee Prince is more flawed, particularly the ending, but it benefits a lot from not having the jealous, scheming women that Dal Ja's Spring does. That said, though I wouldn't call Dal Ja's Spring feminist, it feels proto-feminist in a way (yes, I am totally making that word up), particularly in its emphasis on "older" women (as in, 30+, though I was pleased to see 50+ women as secondary characters), on relationships between women that don't all center around the main character (it passes the Bechdel test easily), on the role of women in the workplace, and the general focus on the women and their issues. There really isn't any Male Angst Hijacking that appears in so many other works (kdramas, manga, books, and Western tv), and I can't begin to say how pleasant that is.

Also, Tae Bong for the win! He is up there with Han Kyul and Han Sung as my favorite love interest, though much like the two shows, he doesn't have the same "OMGSQUEE!" moments, but he also is more even. Plus, if he actually existed, I would totally date him.

I should stop making comparisons with Coffee Prince, but it's very hard not to, as both shows hit the same "Awwwwww!" and "Yay good female characters!" buttons in me.

Now I want to go rewatch all my favorite bits...

( Spoilers )

Oh kdramas! I forgot how happy you make me!

I watched 14-16 some time ago, so I may have forgotten stuff.

( Spoilers )

*wanders off beaming*

Even though I now have an all-purpose dramas icon (I really need one for TV too), I had to make a Dal Ja's Spring specific one because I heart them so much!

I alternately want to binge on these or spread them out, since each episode leaves me in such a good mood that I want it to never end.

I adore Tae Bong, who's just awesome and knows the value of waiting, not pressuring.

Though I continue to have some gender issues, particularly in the realm of female competition and jealousy, I love that the show has so many women and so many and so many varied female relationships.

( Spoilers )

Ha, you were all fooled by my poll!

Instead of not posting on kdramas, I left them off the list entirely because I am going to post about them no matter what! The (relative) quiet of the past few days was only brought about by nearly 6+ hours of figure skating saved up, plus programming homework. But now I'm back on track and mainlining again.

( Spoilers are too cute for words )

In conclusion: only in kdramas would a key romantic moment be undermined by constipation.