Is LE SSERAFIM's Kazuha Watching 100 Days of Deception a Win or a Risk? Fans Split

Asked on Weverse what she's watching, LE SSERAFIM's Kazuha answered with three words: 100 Days of Deception. The tvN drama is a spy romance about Korea's resistance to Japanese colonial rule, and Kazuha is from Osaka.

A fan had simply written, "Kazuha, how are you doing? Are you watching any dramas?" No elaboration followed, and none was needed. Korean fans clocked it fast.

100 Days of Deception is set in 1932 Gyeongseong, now Seoul. Kim You-jung plays Lee Ga-gyeong, a pickpocket who strikes a deal with a Korean independence group and goes undercover inside the Japanese Government-General of Korea. It airs Saturdays and Sundays at 9:10 p.m. KST on tvN, and streams on Netflix and TVING. It has also reached Japan's Netflix Top 10 TV chart, which is a little surprising given the subject matter.

Kazuha is currently on LE SSERAFIM's "PUREFLOW" world tour. The group finished its first European leg last month and played Macao on Nov. 7 and 8. Taipei is next on Nov. 14 and 15, then Singapore and Manila.

On theqoo, the thread got a mix of warmth, worry and some pointed skepticism about Japanese viewers in general. Here is how it played out.

What theqoo users said

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   It's a hit show, and one commenter hopes people who never learned this history pick something up from it.

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   Another says nobody, however dim, could watch it and think it was made up. They add that her watching it counts in her favor. But they worry that because she has been praised as an idol with a good head on her shoulders, she could face backlash for mentioning works tied to right-wing controversies, or more precisely works by creators with that background.

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     If people have the energy to go after Kazuha, they should protest in front of the Japanese Embassy instead.

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   Simple and positive: she's likable.

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   One user wonders what she's thinking while she watches it.

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   A more sarcastic guess: she probably thinks it's a fantasy.

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   One user isn't inclined to see this positively, because Japanese people watch dramas about the colonial period with no real thought or critical awareness. Her view might change, they allow, but they've met Japanese people who watched Mr. Sunshine and still insisted Japan had no need to apologize to Korea.

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   It's good that she's watching, and there's nothing here to hate.

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   Even if she watches without thinking much, is there really anything to criticize when a Japanese person mentions a drama that shows Japanese atrocities?

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   She's free to watch it, but this commenter still wonders what goes on in her head while she does.

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    This user is blunt: they criticize Japanese people watching it because, in their view, nothing is going on in their heads.