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Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
I liked it. It didn't catch my eyes like others but I think it's because I had seen him in another show not to long ago so I kept thinking of him in the show. Other than that, it's overall a good show. I think I've watched one too many of these fantasy ones but I like the chemistry between the characters and I liked the story line. I liked the love story and etc but I guess I was kind of bored at times, like it has you jumping out of your seat but I personally wasn't paying attention so I may have to come back and watch it again. It's a dope show with a good concept.

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_blackheart1_20
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Overall 8.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

W: two world

As the dram name says w:two world it's really through me in another world like literally its one of my favourite drama as i was in lee jong suk marathon so i also watched this drama and after this drama i fall in love with him in more depth his acting is amazing in this drama as always but what made me attached to this drama is it's suspensive content and the chemestry between leads. You can't predict what will happen in next episode it's just 16 episode drama which will show you from many ups and down but always satisfactory
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cassey
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Oct 19, 2020
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

One of its kind kdrama with good OTP

No wonder W is one of the more iconic kdramas of the new era. It's high concept and way ahead of its time with the parallel worlds and cartoon characters transported into the real world. Even the visuals, how they depicted the webtoon stuff blending into real world stuff is impressive. It may not have executed all it set out to do without hiccups, but I had lots of fun going along for the ride.

Among writer Song Jae Jung dramas, I still have a soft spot for Memories of the Alhambra the most, yes it's also a mess, but maybe I watched it first, and Hyun Bin! He might be more well-known and dreamy in CLOY, but he was so good in Alhambra. I loved the Alhambra romance, but wished it had more like W, where the OTP felt more epic, Kang Chul and Oh Yeon Joo have been through a lot.

I love how the W romance has a little bit of everything: time-travelling partner concept, and pining for a loved one who lost memories of you, which I'm weak for. Song Jae Jung is partial to her 'very very nice to a fault' heroines but I have to admit Han Hyo Joo's Oh Yeon Joo had more to do, than Park Shin Hye in Alhambra. Solid W cast: Lee Jong Suk is still the undisputed king of aegyo acting, and tortured heroine Han Hyo Joo was good, but dad Kim Eui Sung shone the most doing dual roles.

I admit it got a bit all confusing there towards the end, with new 'out of nowhere' rules being introduced to make each episode more exhilarating, but this is such a breakthrough kdrama that I can forgive it for that. W just cements the fact I'll always be how 'Oh Yeon Joo is to Kang Chul' at every Song Jae Jung drama: I'll be the sucker fan who'll wish for her drama's happy ending, despite all the ??? in the end.

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MicheleCali
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Jun 21, 2024
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Overall 7.0
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Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 3.0

Pity...

A very nice concept stands as basis for this show's plot. Nice and original.
That should be enough as reason for a high rating. However, for the rest I might say that the chance to have something epic was just wasted. Pity...
The cast is good, the acting was more than convincing, the music good, also the CGI was well developed, but it was the story that at a certain moment started derailing towards a complete, confused anarchy. The solidity of a story stands into the presence of a structure within which the story itself moves. The structure was initially present, but episode after episode it was simply dismantled and the story potentially could turn into whatever without any logic or sense. Funny thing is that the final itself was "explained" as a consequence of the rules governing the interaction between the two worlds: someone should explain me at this point why someone had to disappear, while the only reason behind the reviving of another one was that the W. world started working independently... So, both of them could have been survived, because there no longer were any rules. Hurray for the fantasy, that's sure, but not for ridiculousness. To explain what I mean, I might say that a good webtoon is the one which has an actual story to tell, a credible one, where the rules and the boundaries are clear or it is just a waste of paper and ink.
In addition to this, some nonsense hit the villains' characters. I understand that the predetermined fate for each of them should be the reason for some illogical actions taken by the same. But the continuous obsession towards the leads, at a certain point became paradoxical and not well credible.
The free will that the W characters start showing and which should be the main reason for their changing from toons to humans, is itself incredibly not explained, not clarified, thus not convincing. Why, for what reason all of that happened? Why did they start acting and choosing on their own and no longer following the plot decided by their creator?
Who knows?
Pity, really...

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Softsoft_girl
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Jul 11, 2021
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Overall 9.0
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
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LJS's another masterpiece--

●W is a popular comic series in the series and ends up turning into real life when the girl gets sucked into the comic and basically she’s livin a fake life in a comic --
●This gets complicated when the plot of the comic happens next to next in real life and there is our villain who is all out to get them ...
●It’s super complicated because this girl is literally falling for a cartoon character who isn’t real
●THIS IS A MUST WACTCH FOR THE MYSTERY GENRE LOVER FANZs
●Rewatch value is more than average because it will have a spell on u after u start binge watchin this

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Jenna
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Jan 25, 2019
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
I wanted to say that this drama was amazing. I wanted to ignore all of the bad reviews and try my best to look at the drama with fresh eyes. I thought that the first half of the drama was amazing, the story was fast pace, and the world was interesting. I would say that the writer did a good job of building a world that was unique. The drama had a lot of potential, but failed in execution.

The last half of the drama lost me. It was confusing and felt unorganized. I felt that the romance lost my interest and that the story just felt flat. The characters never grew on me like I hoped they would. And the final episode was terrible, it left me with more question than answers. I gave this dramas story a 8 because I did really enjoy the first half of the drama.

The acting was good, Lee Jong Suk never disappoints me. Han Hyo Joo did a good job to, this was my first time seeing her on screen. I thought all of the actors and actress did a very good job.

The music was not good in my opinion. I really don't remember any song that stood out to me in the drama.

I have no plan on rewatching this drama.

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ltspada
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Nov 10, 2020
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Overall 8.0
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Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
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Slow in parts but still good

8/10 is my rating. This is a 2016 South Korean action drama with 16, 70 minute episodes.

Oh Yeon-Joo (Han hyo-Joo) is a resident physician with a famous cartoonist as her father. Yeon-Joo's father authors a very popular Korean webtoon titled "W". Many women are half in love with the dashing and charismatic lead in the webtoon, Kang Chul (Lee Jong-suk). Oh Yeon-Joo is not immune to the charm of the webtoon character and when she finds herself pulled into the webtoon world as the savior of Kang Chul, her interest in him grows. Kang Chul was an Olympic shooter whose entire family was shot in cold blood and he was the prime suspect and spent years in prison after being falsely accused of the crime by an overzealous prosecutor with political aspirations. He is eventually acquitted on legal technicalities and goes on to become the rich and powerful CEO of a company. He also fights crime through an organization he established during his quest to find the real killer of his family. The two worlds start to collide as the artist's tablet becomes a portal between the two worlds.

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ToadPops
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Sep 8, 2023
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Overall 7.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
I enjoyed this Drama my issue with it is that the first half of the series really grabs you and it grabs you quick. It gets right into the mystery action and romance. I was pleasantly surprised by this, but a problem came into play for the second part of the drama that unfortunately lowered the score that I could give this show. The second half of the show dragged a bit and I believe this is due to the "twist". Things don't necessarily slow down as much as they just start over in a way. I wouldn't say it's bad or boring but from the strong energy you get form the first half it just makes the second half of the series almost feel unnecessary till you get to the last few episodes. This in itself made it a bit of a chore to want to finish. However, this is still a great unique show that I would definitely recommend. It just didn't have the same hit in the end as it did in the beginning.

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RahlJ88
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Feb 18, 2022
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Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

Watchable, Memorable, but Not Exactly a Masterpiece.

I loved W as soon as I started it; charming lead actors and performances by the supporting cast carry the show and tightly woven storyline. Unfortunately I can't say that the storyline, as fully written-out that it is, is paced well. I felt like the story, which sweeps from intense event to intense event with uneven gaps in-between, is unique but tiresome.

W is a memorable story, exciting because of its new concepts with surprisingly fun action. I re-watched the series because the story stuck in my mind; or so I thought. The concept and settings of the story make it memorable, not the carry-out.

I recommend this drama as a classic action-fantasy day to day drama. It's not too emotionally deep which makes it a light watch. If you are a casual watcher of K-dramas, I bet that you'll enjoy it just as much or more as myself.

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Vixen96
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Overall 10
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Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

W - Two worlds

In my opinion plot for this drama was really something new. It is really a fun fantasy drama, there is, action, romance but also a time for crying. I am happy with the ending, Chemistry between Lee Jong Suk and Han Hyo Joo was perfect, I really like them as a couple. Cast's acting was also on point and many characters were likeable.
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aki_min
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May 21, 2020
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Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
W , this one intrigued me a lot when i read about the synopsis back when it just started airing , I usually don't go for on-going drama unless it's a bl drama or it's Lee -minho :p , so i waited out for this one until the week the last episode was supposed to air .Then "Let the show begin". this one would be the longest review i've written so far :p

So yeah Set in a comic x real cross world , this was very very very written if not taken :3 I admit it was executed good but there are some parts of the drama which just didn't work for me .

Lee Jong Suk's character in the drama is everything you should watch the drama for , No , Literally he's perfect ! Exceptional performance and utmost pleasing visuals , what-else can you ask for .. he's such a bias wrecker ! yeah so , his character goes through a lot and every bit , you'll feel it . but for the female lead , Han Hyo Joo is undoubtedly and exceptional actress , it would be very idiotic to say other wise but it didn't hit me for her in this drama , at least not until i went halfway through , she felt like a sister to him , if anything else ..

The romance is just there but like it's just sitting there , because it has to . The chemistry didn't really work out well.
The drama's strong point is suspense and it does justice to that untill .. 10th ? episode >.< it felt like a drag from there but until up 10th the cliff hangers are a thing and they'll literally make you eat off your fingers along with your nails lol In the end , wanna see Lee jong suk in a really really good role ? go for it ! even if not you can still watch this a time or two .

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tatianecruz
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Aug 18, 2023
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Overall 5.0
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 4.5
Rewatch Value 6.0

MUITO COMPLICADO E TEDIOSO

Muito dificil de entender a historia.
Trilha sonora achei fraca..
Eu dei uma chance pra esse dorama por ler muita gente falando que ele era maravilhoso, e eu nao queria dropar pq o prota é o meu favorito.. Nao dropei mas nao gostei.
Eu nunca havia assistindo um dorama com essa atriz e me surpreendi, ela é linda.
e fora a quimica perfeita que eles tiveram desde o inicio, o sukinho sabe como derreter coracoes.
O song bong carregou a comedia nas costas, ele é muito medroso e da muitos gritos estericos
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