Repetitive until the end...
I, as an avid Yoo Seung Ho fangirl, was especially excited for this drama when I first found out about it. Although I rarely watch dramas without a romantic plot line, I was willing to give the drama a chance because I’m also a big Sherlock Holmes fan, and, come on, Yoo Seung Ho is in it. How could I not? Alas, this drama was very disappointing and continued to decline in quality the longer I watched it. Though I partially blame myself and my horrendous memory with names and faces which may have caused lots of confusion about the plot, I cannot deny that the repetitive nature of the drama also got quite dull toward the end. It went something like this: Baek gets lead on the eraser, he falsely accuses someone of being the eraser, the eraser turns out to be someone else. Rinse and repeat this sequence about 5 times and you’ve got just about the dullest crime drama in existence. I mean, come on, why are you even TRYING to convince me that they “revealed” the identity of the eraser on episode FIVE? There would be no drama if they figured out his identity so fast, and if the writers (I realize this is based on a Webtoon) really thought they could pull this stunt on me multiple times, they clearly needed to do a better job hiring. While this is obviously not a romance drama, I honestly didn’t feel any chemistry between the leads. It FELT like the fl (already forgot her name oops) was mostly babysitting Dong Baek the whole time rather than treating him as an equal which kind of made the vibe of the whole drama feel a little off. Overall, though, I have to admit that I was really engaged with the storyline up until the 5th or 6th episode, but, as I said, it got quite dull and repetitive toward the end. I honestly can’t say I would recommend this drama, as it lacks just about everything that makes a Korean drama great: a good soundtrack, good lead chemistry, and even an interesting/original storyline. Gotta admit though, I love both actors separately, and the side characters themselves were very well written.
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