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love as the only way of salvation
This is a beautiful drama that develops on two fronts, one is that of the revenge of a woman who saw her parents killed by people who wanted to take over the family business in an illegal and violent way and the other that of the love's story that develops between this woman and the man that has indirectly was the cause of the death of her family. We have complex main characters, no one is completely good or bad, all struggle with their ghosts and past hurts, and are rooted in dysfunctional families that deeply mark their behavior. RaEl the absolute protagonist of this drama is a woman marked by the pain and loss, for a period of 13 years she puts first her firm will to take revenge on those who ruined her life and that of her family. Yoon Gyeom Kang the male protagonist is a man marked by the murder of his mother, by the contempt of his father and by the deep loneliness in which he grew up. SoRa is the anti-heroine of this drama, she is the daughter of a psychopathic killer who killed her mother, mistreated her, this man used and abused economic and political power to bring profit to her miserable life. Seo Eun Pyung is the sweetest character in the quartet, an orphan boy who is a human rights lawyer, is kindhearted and an eyewitness to the disaster that happened to RaEl's family. He becomes a politician to eradicate corruption and refinds RaEl after 13 years and falls in love with her. Then there are a number of very complex and well-made secondary characters that I will not describe due to lack of space. The pace of the drama is good, maybe a little slow and sometimes too swirling, but overall it keeps you hooked and curious about what's to come. Basically it is the lead couple's journey on a healing pafìth that will lead RaEl to give up revenge for the man she loves, Yoon Gyoem Kang to give up the desire for power and money for RaEl's love and sake and find peace together by stopping to hate and to feel anger as the only way to be happy. The big bad guys pay everyone for their sins, so in the end comes revenge too. Great acting of Seon Ye Ji and Yoo Sun magnificent in their respective roles , I also loved Park Byung Eun in this dark but charming starring role and Lee Sang Yeob does a good job as this kind hearted guy who has unrequited love but still tries to help RaEl even when he knows the woman's heart who he loves will never belong to him. I recommend it and give it a rating of 9.5 / 10.
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