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[snowystingray]

So Iljimae, that show that was pimped to me as "kdrama Robin Hood"? Yeah, I'm three episodes in AND IT'S TOTALLY GREAT.

However.

I'm three episodes in and it also totally has its own Guy/Marian brewing

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[snowystingray]

Iljimae: historical drama, Joseon dynasty. Not quite sure the exact years? So far it is half adventure/comedy and half angst/torture (so... kind of like BBC Hood) but I think it turns into more romance/drama later. DUDE YOU SHOULD WATCH. SUFFER WITH ME. (I mean, it is actually good, but I am just anticipating future suffering because LIFE HAS TAUGHT ME TO DO SO.) Here, I will entice you with pretty.

Geom/Yong/Iljimae (THIS DRAMA HAS A LOT OF IDENTITY CONFUSION, OKAY) is just plain cuuuuuute and retains a playful edge to the Robin Hood archetype AND DID I MENTION THAT HE IS SUPER DUPER CUTE. HE EVEN HAS A WEE PONYTAIL.

[an_lagat_glas]

. . . that kind of looks awesome, actually.

I don't have any happy things to help you recover from Mockingjay, unfortunately! Unless you haven't seen Ouran High School Host Club, in which case you should do so directly! Anime is hilarious and fluffy.

[snowystingray]

No, I have not seen it yet! I've never really gotten into any anime series but perhaps that would be a good starting point.

AND DUDE ILJIMAE. I wish we still did capslock_hood rewatch Saturdays because I would totally pimp it all over the place. There are a couple of similar series, too (Return of Iljimae, Hong Gil Dong, maybe more?) that I cannot waaaaaaaait to watch YES, KOREA, THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU. ♥ But, anyway, in case the star-crossed, furtive-longing-glances, taboo-but-not-really-taboo love was not enough to entice you, episode four also brings us this: