Mr. Plankton (2024)

This is a dark light comedy romance drama

“Plankton includes plants and animals that float along at the mercy of the sea's tides and currents. Their name comes from the Greek meaning "drifter" or "wanderer."” Dictionary

Mr Plankton is a very artsy drama, which is well cast and well written. The cinematography is through the roof, with brilliant subject framing, great camera angles, and great lighting. The OST is American Melancholy.

The objective to be answered with this story line is so evident in this quote from Mr Plankton.

“Why do tragedies keep happening to those who are already suffering?” Male Lead

This is the story of two tragic lives who come together, circling in the same universe. It is great film making. With all this brilliance, one problem for me is the loads of cursing in the beginning.

Mr Plankton turns into a light comedy later on. This is not evident while viewing episode one. I don’t mind tragedies. This drama is a darker comedy, however. Mr Plankton has so many of the elements I love in a good drama. It checks a lot of boxes. There is some powerful acting in this drama. I could nominate both leads, Lee Yoo-mi and Woo Do-hwan, for a Baeksang Arts Award. I think that Woo Do-hwan may get a nomination for his performance, though.

Mr. Plankton is written by Jo-young who penned ‘Its Okay Not To Be Okay’. Even before finding this out, for me the drama had ‘Its Okay Not To Be Okay’ written all over it.

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Best short kdrama this year

Faith in good kdramas restored with this one. Ive recently been leaning towards more cdramas since lately it has been hitting and a lot of kdramas have either been ridiculous or a once a year release that ends up being memorable like this one. Last year was Twinkling Watermelon for me and this year was Mr. Plankton.

It's just good to have a tragic story that doesnt really impose itself as one, no forceful emotional scenes, no dragging and is just well written. Characters are not forgotten in the story, and made to connect with each other to correct and conclude their stories. There's also this majestic ahh OST that plays in some scenes and I think this made this drama more heartfelt and real. Story is coherent, not dragged and the destination was as expected but it didnt bore me one bit. Outstanding storytelling.

It took 11 months for kdrama gods to give birth to something good but yes, best kdrama this year btw

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Long time no see Netflix

I"I think I haven't watched any Netflix Originals for almost a year because their shows aren't interesting and often contain too much violence. I don't like it. It seems like they believe that if they add a lot of blood and violence, people will watch it. (Did you see the Squid Game Season 2 trailer?)
But this drama's story is unique and also somewhat similar. It’s about a man trying to find his father, and because of his fear, he ends up taking the girl who is his ex-girlfriend.
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Firstly, at the beginning, I thought their relationship was sweet, but the female lead (FL) has a lot of problems. Yes, they are in love, but this love is very toxic. She is always yelling, like a child. She doesn't think about Eo Heung's emotions; she just wants to find a safe place. She has never grown up. In their relationship, Hae Jo always has to take care of everything.
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And why does everyone keep punching Hae Jo's head? Dude, he is ill. Why do you keep punching him? Jae Mi and Ju Ri always use violence. Every time I think, 'Okay, now he's dead. Stop punching!!!
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In the story, my favorite character is Yoo Gi Ho. I thought he would be a very bad character, but no! I'm shocked. Even though he is dying, he tries to save Hae Jo. He also found Hae Jo's sister.
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Actually, I thought Hae Jo and Heung would be brothers because Heung's father has children and could also have a connection to the clinic. The glass guy is also one of them, I think. They didn’t focus on his story very well.
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And finally, I want to talk about the ending. I'm not the type of viewer who loves bad endings or 'create-your-own' endings. It should be a happy ending. If it isn't a happy ending, why should I watch dramas? I watch the news or documentaries. Sorry, I know it's real life, but I want to escape real life. We already see enough bad things in the real world. We deserve a happy ending in dramas, at least.

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What the hell bro...

I don't even know what to say. I'm not gonna spoil anything, but beware the last episode. They got me good, sniveling like booboo the fool out here. Woo Dohwan, the actor that you are, really....

I have nothing else of value to say so here are some extra words to reach the minimum 500 characters; Cornstarch. Amphetamines. Supernova. Limousine. Rottweiler. Defenestration. Christmas. Cerebellum. Tonsillectomy. Is this enough? I seriously underestimated how many 500 is.

It's not??? My god, someone put me out of my misery. I don't wanna go into more details about how I felt about it, the last episode drained me of all emotions for at least the next week, and a critic I am not. I am a simple woman, don't make me go bonkers.

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hooked from the start...crying by the end

What a beautiful show. The acting was incredible. I had seen Yumi in the Strong girl show and had not been impressed, this performance however, was magnificent. Do hwang had so many depths to his character, I just couldn't stop watching. At many time throughout the show I thought..."are they really showing this?" "are they swearing again?" the script was so realistic and natural, it did not feel 'cleaned up' for Korean audiences.

The majority of this drama was pretty light, having deep elements added little by little. I must say at some point I started to dread the ending. You know what is coming, but I still needed to see it for myself.

A beautiful story and beautiful performances. Melancholic, funny and simply beautiful.
I totally recommend it.

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First of all, i wanna say that i really love the photography of this kdrama, i hardly ever see this result about the color grading, they never take the importance in this aspect, and this really makes the different, that combination of blue, yellow, red gives the drama a total differrent of quality. Another thing that i really love Is the OST, "California Dream" was a excelent choice, the scenes whit this song were everithing. It has a plot that we have already seen, but quite entertaining. And i loved the performance, especially woo do-hwan' performance, he never disapointed, he's a shuch a good actor.

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I literally went through every emotion watching this

This was a show i was really excited to watch and honestly it exceeded my expectations. I wish i could just forget the entire thing just to watch it again😭 i literally love every single cast member and omgggg THEIR ACTING?!?!? Amazing. I expexted the ending although it was really sad, i liked how it was a realistic ending and not one where he would magically find a cure ALTHOUGH I DID WANT HIM TO LIVE. I dont even know how a show is capable of making me die of laughter one second and make me ball my eyes out the next😭 The ending when Haejo said "Youre the last scene of my life. Well then i guess i had a good life" absolutely broke me. I hope i see them in another Kdrama together❤️❤️❤️

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