Reunited Worlds (2017)

A Mixed Bag of Humor and Flawed Execution

"Reunited Worlds" attempts to blend fantasy and romance in a compelling narrative about Sung Hae Sung, who mysteriously returns twelve years after his death, seemingly unchanged. While the premise has potential, the execution leaves much to be desired.

There were several flaws in this drama. For example, the fact that none of the siblings showed the emotion of surprise. Your brother just came back from the dead, and everyone just accepted it like it was an everyday occurrence. And what especially bothered me was the absolute lack of chemistry between the main leads. I still don't get how they cast Lee Yeonhee for the role of older Jungwon when she looks NOTHING like the younger version. I also felt the drama was trying way too hard to make older Jungwon quirky and cute but failed majorly. Having a 30-year-old act clumsy like she's 13 only made me cringe and skip countless scenes.

In the later episodes, the drama does improve a little. However, even then, there are flaws. For instance, how do you expect me to believe that Taehun's dad changed overnight and apologized, even though he swore not to do that? We could've called that 'character development' IF the drama had dedicated time to the dad's changing views. Tell us why he changed. How did his heart get moved? Instead, so much time was wasted with unnecessary side plots, and the dad's change happened abruptly. That was so out of character and seemed like it was written by somebody who doesn't know a thing about proper character arcs.

Despite its many flaws, I gave "Reunited Worlds" 5.5 stars because it genuinely made me laugh with its quirky moments and absurd situations. The unexpected humor, especially in the interactions between characters, brought a lightness to the narrative that kept me entertained. Even when the plot felt uneven, those funny instances provided a delightful escape and made the experience enjoyable. For anyone who appreciates a good laugh amidst the drama, this show definitely delivers!

Overall, "Reunited Worlds" has moments of charm and emotional depth, but the inconsistencies in character development, casting choices, and pacing detract significantly from its potential. It’s a decent watch for die-hard fans of the genre, especially if you enjoy the occasional laugh at awkward moments, but it fails to leave a lasting impression.

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The story was great, and I cried many times, I loved the characters and the only reason I don't give the story a 10 is because it was a bit too long. I wouldn't have mind it if they’d made it a bit shorter; not much, but a little shorter.

The acting is great, and they make the characters believable, a reason I cried so many times was because of the actors. I rooted for them.

The music is not bad at all, but it's so repetitive, I quickly got bored of hearing the same songs over and over again... and I normally don't pay much attention to the music...

I don't find the series particularly rewatchable because the reason I wanted to watch it was to see how it all ended, and now when I know, I don’t see the point of rewatching it... but if a friend wants to watch it with me in a few years, I definitely do it, because it was a great series. I just won't watch it again by myself.

But all in all, the story is the most important thing to me, and I loved it, so I'll give it an 8 in overall. The repetitive songs and the fact that it was a bit too long are the only complaints.

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Good, but..

This is one of those stories where it's good on paper, but there's something missing. The story was pretty much solid for the first half, but then a few glaring plot holes appeared, which then in turn made the characters go from strong with individual purpose into a sort of 2D mess. However, the second half wasn't a total mess. The last episode was strongly emotional, and made me realise I had some lost love that was once again found. It's really difficult to pinpoint, because the acting was superb, so it kinda made me (at times) care less if there were problems with the story. For example, the reactions of someone who suddenly came alive from being dead were very bizarre in my opinion.

However, like previously mentioned, acting and cast were superb, so even if there were parts of the story I didn't like, the acting and cast were so good that it always kept me invested. Also the OST was really good, although a slight-bit overplayed. And the first half of the drama was mainly very interesting and the characters were really good and strong.

Whilst the first half is stronger, I think it's still worth to stick too, especially with that heart-wrenching final episode.

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Almost perfect

Story: From reading the plot of the drama to watching the first couple of episodes, I and hopefully others expect this to be a sad drama with a sad ending. The plot of this drama is certainly interesting that hooks viewers to keep watching. A man named Hae Sung who died 12 years ago is suddenly resurrected 12 years later but why. The writer does a fine job in the melodrama aspect with the details of the main lead Hae Sung. In the first couple of episodes, they give us enough details to feel sympathy to Hae Sung. Hae Sung was a 18 year old boy living in the countryside with his 4 younger siblings and his grandmother. Right away we see that Hae Sung is a person with responsibility that takes cares of his younger siblings and grandmother by with tasks such as cooking and working after school to support them. Charismatic and selfless and two great words to describe who Hae Sung is. He is a perfect ML to me but why is it that the perfect ML I like is dead.

Throughout the drama, the writer wants you to keep watching to find out who actually killed the boy in Hae Sung's class, who ran him Hae Sung over leading to his death, and how Hae Sung's family and friends are impacted by his sudden resurrection. The characters that were impacted the most to Hae Sung's sudden death are his 4 younger siblings and Jung Won. His younger siblings are now stuck with the tag of being a sibling of a murderer since Hae Sung was blamed for the death when he found the dead persons body at school and he wasn't alive to prove his innocence. His 4 younger siblings were not all on good terms anymore and each struggled living without their older brother. While Jung Won feels very guilty thinking Hae Sung died because of her. The day of his death, she asked Hae Sung to stop by at the school to pick up her wallet where events later lead to Hae Sung dying.

I loved everything about this plot but things that could have certainly made this drama perfect. First, the amount of episodes was just too much. I understand they last 30 minutes on average which is around half of a normal KDRAMA episode would be but 40 episodes is still a lot. So in the middle, the plot would not move and we just see fluffy moments between the 2 leads or so. My next biggest issue was that we did not get enough scenes of their lives 12+ years ago. I think after the first 10 episodes, they stopped showing anything that happened in the past. They do a okay job of explaining the siblings lives after the death of Hae Sung but not enough about his friends. I guess they wanted to express his friends better in the present timeline than the past where they would have not stood out as much? The cast that played the younger version of his friends except Jung Won, were barely used. I thought the actresses playing the younger version of Jung Won was more talented than the actress playing the adult version of Jung Won. It was a big let down not seeing more scenes of her. If I were writing this drama, I would have shorten the episodes from 40 to 16 with each being a hour long and start most episodes with flashback scenes of their lives back then. This would have helped for the mystery plot about finding who killed the boy in their class. Because later on, we get introduced to other new characters from their school that eventually leads to the suspect where my response was like "who?" It would have been helpful to get to know the other students/staff at their school 12 years ago to be able to react to the reveal. I just wished it was a character of importance than a guest appearance. I got invested into the mystery of who killed the boy in his class that I became confused that they also revealed that the person who ran over Hae Sung is a culprit that they need to find. I thought it was an accident and the person served their punishment. But actually someone paid a person to take their blame. This mystery was actually easy to solve.

I wished they had Hae Sung meet more people that were resurrected like him. He actually meets only one person that was resurrected Mr. Ahn and Mrs. Do a person that experienced a person being resurrected. I disliked the character of Ms. Do when it is revealed that she is wealthy and started to give things out easily to the leads. I was so glad the writer didn't forget about the money Mr. Ahn saved in his storage locker which played a key role for Hae Sung later on. Mr. Ahn was a better character that helped Hae Sung learn things than Ms. Do. I wanted Hae Sung to meet more resurrected people and learn a thing or so from them.

Another issue is the "love triangle tease". It is tagged as a love triangle on MDL and the cover photo of the drama makes you think so too. This was so not true. They tease it during the beginning but Jung Won never falls for Cha even though he likes her. They even had Hae Sung towards the end want her to be with him after leaves the world again. That was my fear at the beginning of the drama but thank god that didn't happen. I just wished I could watch this throughout without having to fear that she would have to end up with the SML. I don't get why the SML is in the cover photo of the drama. It misleads viewers thinking it is a love triangle. I would rather they had focused it on the 2 leads or include his siblings that played a more major role than the SML.

My last issue is how some characters are forgiven at the end. First lets talk about Young Joon. It takes all the way towards the end of the drama for him to acknowledge the existence of his siblings and rejoin them. He changes when he sees his youngest sister Soo Ji in pain waiting for a transplant which he coincidentally is the person who can provide it. It felt quick and not enough given how he was the last sibling to change. Before this, he reveals the truth to his ex's mother(the director of the hospital he works at) about him having a family of siblings that he abandon and 1 year later he and his ex are getting married again. Okay so I guess after Hae Sung was cleared of not being a murderer, the ex's mother just forgave him or something? Hae Chul's ex left him years ago leaving the child she gave birth to behind which Hae Chul decide to raise up as a single father. His ex wanted to take her back selfishly to America but failed so. 1 year later, she was forgiven by Hae Chul and they live together as a happy family now? Then again they never went into enough details to why she left her behind or how these even loved each other in the first place. Lastly it is Tae Hoon's father. He wanted to turn himself in for running Hae Sung over but Hae Sung doesn't want him to so others don't suffer(Tae Hoon and Young In probably). But he was supposed to atone for the crime he wasn't punished for only to see him smiling and welcoming Young In to their family as she and Tae Hoon will get married. Is he atoning for his crime by just accepting Young In? Very weak for these characters.

Acting/Cast: I like the actor playing Hae Sung. I admired the his bright smile he made as Hae Sung and his sad expressions. I only wished we got more scenes of him with the actress playing the younger version of Jung Won. Their chemistry felt more connected.

Music: The sad song/instrumental used was perfection. It hits you on the right moments you want to cry. For example, when we first hear it during the moments where Hae Sung is flown into mid air slowly as he sees Jung Won, his siblings, and grandma waiting for him to come home for his birthday only to die seconds later.

Overall/Re watch: After reading my negative aspects of the drama, you might think I hated the drama but I still loved it. The character of Hae Sung is one I enjoyed and is similar to characters that I like in other dramas. I would not mind watching this again in the future but it would be tearful. It is still a sad ending even if his loved ones are able to live better off now than before when he left the world. This drama could have been a perfect 10.

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He's dead.

The show tries very hard to ship the ML and FL which is the usual in K drama's. However, when the ML is dead it's pretty pointless... I just rolled my eyes whenever a supposed romantic scene started between the two leads.

They could have gone in a different direction, I mean. I would have found it better if the ML just returned as helpful ghost, sorting out his family and his friends lives but instead they try so hard to ship the dead guy and FL. Just a waste of time and because it feels like a waste of time it just comes off as cheesy and forced.

I couldn't stand the shipping... I wouldn't accept an ending where he comes back to life as that's "too happy go lucky" and I would feel like they tried too hard to make the ending sad by pointlessly shipping the two leads when in my opinion it shouldn't have been a part of the show to begin with.

So... not worth watching imo, why waste everyone's time and force romance into the show.

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Relationships

While this drama came out in 2017, I have seen it for the 4th time. I love Yeo Gin Goo's work and always watch his dramas/movies more than once. I am so glad that this is still available for viewing. Yes, it is quite sad but the relationships of the siblings and their struggles, the love between Yeo Gin Goo's and Lee Jun Hee's character was very touching. I am a big sucker for positive endings. While it is a movie, since I have lost 4 loved ones in the last 2 years, I contemplated the idea of "what if". When someone dies there is always regret, I should have done this, I should have said this. Yes, I cried my eyes out. All of the main characters did an amazing job. Thank you for the hard work. A new fan of Kdramas.

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I started watching this show bcoz of the story it has. I love fantasy.
Hae Sung is the most adorable human I have ever seen. He is selfless and always thinking about his siblings. Jung won is the girl who loves him truly. Mr.Cha is the best friend of these two. But he has feelings for Jung Won from the day he met her. But she refuses him bcoz of her love for Hae Sung.
After the tragic accident of Hae sung , his friends and siblings went through a lot. But he comes back to life after 12 years but no one knows how he came back to life. He was accused as a murderer and so he try's to clear his name by finding out who killed the student in school on that day.
During this time, he find out that he don't have much time to be here, just like he came,he needs to go back too.
I given 7 points for acting only bcoz of Hae Sung's acting. Others did it well too. But Jung won acting really needs improvement
Music is perfect and I love the missing you OST
I will rewatch it if I get some time
Watch this show if u like fantasy

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Surpresinha....

Nunca tinha ouvido falar desse drama, descobri pela filmografia do Yeo Jin Goo, e foi uma agradável surpresa. A história é envolvente e o enredo se desenvolve bem. A idéia principal mexeu comigo, acredito que muitas pessoas iriam querer que isso pudesse acontecer de verdade. O desenrolar da história é tão fofo e confortável que, quando cheguei ao último episódio, queria mais. O protagonista com aquele sorriso maravilhoso e um coração gigante, aliado aos irmãos e demais coadjuvantes, deram um ritmo delicinha pra série. Daquelas de ver com os amigos comendo pipoca pois, sem dúvida, celebra a amizade e a família .
Assistam esse dorama e compartilhem para que outras pessoas possam ter o coração acalentado!

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Tolle Serie

Ich wollte schon ewig mal eine koreanische Serie sehen und diese fiel mir ins Auge.
Von Anfang an hat es mich irgendwie gepackt.
Ich konnte nicht mehr aufhören zu gucken, in der Pause nach der Arbeit oder vorm Schlafen.
Wenns um übersinnliche Sachen geht, bin ich dabei. Doch es war nicht nur das.
Ich habe die Charaktere sooo lieb gewonnen, mitgefiebert, mich reinversetzt, mich geärgert, war traurig und hab gelacht.
Alle waren toll gespielt, dass ich ihnen alles abgekauft habe. Die Musik war echt schön und hab sie ständig im Kopf gehabt. Es war eine Gefühlsachterbahn vom Feinsten, auch mit ein paar Tränen.
Ein paar Sachen waren vorhersehbar in der Story, aber im Groben super umgesetzt.
Nach dem Ende hat mir richtig was gefehlt und ich hätte noch mehr sehen können...
Fazit: Eine echt gute Serie, die ich gerne weiterempfehlen würde!

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Me fez refletir

Tem cenas engraçadas, romance fofinho, amizades lindas, uma franja estranha, uns tabus de leve

Foi um dorama pouco comentado na época e ainda hoje quase não vejo falar nada dele. Não é um dorama dos holofotes, nem é cheio de marketing, tão pouco um dorama pra se ver só pra rir. É um dorama reflexivo sobre a morte e a vida, sobre família e amizade, sobre seus sonhos e os sonhos das pessoas que te cercam.

?Eu gostei bastante desse drama, talvez ele tenha se enrolado um pouco em algumas partes, mas no conjuto da obra é muito lindo.
E o personagem do Yeo Jin Goo é um ser humano perfeito demais.

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