DWA: Rich Man, Poor Woman (finale!)

[lastingdreams8]

Alrighty everyone, we made it!
Here's goes!
[Yay!]

• There are so many things that we leave unsaid, and when we hesitate, why is it that what comes out next is just like a;ldjfa;ljdsgh. Our heart is in the right place, the feeling we want to convey is there, but the words don't come out right. This is pretty cliched, but I think the Hyuga/Natsui scene in

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[ginzarhapsody]

I like you too much, I can't see you anymore

i really don't like the subs for this drama because they miss ALL the nuance. i dunno if you are getting this phrasing from the subs or not, but the phrase that hyuga was agonizing over was "suki sugite, tsurai" - "i like you so much, it's painful." and the message i got from natsui with this was that it was about her feeling inadequate next to hyuga. not in the sense that she wasn't good enough for him, but that she felt that after how much he had improved himself, how much he had changed and grown, she needed to do so as well. and so being with him was painful because it made her realize what she wanted to be and furthermore, what she could not get from him and could only get herself by becoming better/stronger individually. which is totally why i loved the ending and that he acknowledged that who she was an an individual with her own path was just as important as who he was (which is something he wasn't able to do at the beginning if you look again at the first episode).

i absolutely loved this drama because the character development was just first-rate - particularly in hyuga. yes, overexaggerated at times, but effectively shows the arc of change in him as he learns to appreciate everyone/everything and not be so insulated/selfish.

[lastingdreams8]

Hmmm, I hadn't seen it that way. I read "tsurai" as hard and not painful, but it definitely makes more sense the way you've put it. And yea, I've totally missed the nuance of her characterization and that's why it felt off. Even with wanting to grow individually, I still don't quite understand why you would deprive yourself from seeing the person you're happy with...but I guess that is her. Maybe she thought she would concentrate on him too much? Hmm, thanks for sharing that insight :)

I will agree that Hyuga's development was nice and evident (as I was blind to Natsui's xD).