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Morally I just don't understand it...
This is a confusing mess... starting from plotline ending with the characters itself.
The story depends a lot on fate and fateful relationships, something which we, as viewers, don't exactly feel from the get go. More times than not, the leads seem to be 'prisoners' to the feelings induced by fate rather than their own choices in the matter. The plot rushes the natural development of chemistry, forcing us to believe there's a strong connection there because of 'fate'. That irked me at the beginning of the drama, but thankfully later on the relationships does progress more naturally.
The female lead is something else...besides being idealistic, she's also fearless (in a naive, too trusting way) and misleading. Her 'feelings' and 'actions' doesn't seem to match. I can't see where her 'attachment' to certain people comes from. The more story progresses the less I can relate to her. Although the male leads have their own problems, the maddest one seems to be the female protagonist.
There's a lot of black and white and somewhat forced search for the grey area in between.
Since we're dealing with a 'crime plotline' the drama doesn't shy away from being equal amounts of creepy and confusing. But we're not only dealing with a creepy plotline but also with a bunch of creepy characters. The morality in this drama is 'somewhere in between'. There are times when the characters or the 'atmosphere' of the scene assumingly tries to guide into feeling sympathetic towards the characters but I can't help finding the whole situation creepy and rather a bit distasteful. I went into this drama expecting a lot but I feel like i fell into a black hole.
So if you're going for the adorable romance, this is definitely NOT IT. Frankly, Lee Soo Hyuk's character is the only reason I held on. The ending was...I guess it was something to be expected, judging by the way the drama was going. Compared to the overall drama, the ending was even something one would expect out of a kdrama. It doesn't make it good or bad necessarily since the build up to it was...questionable and confusing. It just is.
Advice: try watching episode 1-2, if you don't particularly like it or 'hope' for things to get better - they don't. So, if you feel something's off, know that's it's gonna be off and more from now on so move on to somewhere else.
The story depends a lot on fate and fateful relationships, something which we, as viewers, don't exactly feel from the get go. More times than not, the leads seem to be 'prisoners' to the feelings induced by fate rather than their own choices in the matter. The plot rushes the natural development of chemistry, forcing us to believe there's a strong connection there because of 'fate'. That irked me at the beginning of the drama, but thankfully later on the relationships does progress more naturally.
The female lead is something else...besides being idealistic, she's also fearless (in a naive, too trusting way) and misleading. Her 'feelings' and 'actions' doesn't seem to match. I can't see where her 'attachment' to certain people comes from. The more story progresses the less I can relate to her. Although the male leads have their own problems, the maddest one seems to be the female protagonist.
There's a lot of black and white and somewhat forced search for the grey area in between.
Since we're dealing with a 'crime plotline' the drama doesn't shy away from being equal amounts of creepy and confusing. But we're not only dealing with a creepy plotline but also with a bunch of creepy characters. The morality in this drama is 'somewhere in between'. There are times when the characters or the 'atmosphere' of the scene assumingly tries to guide into feeling sympathetic towards the characters but I can't help finding the whole situation creepy and rather a bit distasteful. I went into this drama expecting a lot but I feel like i fell into a black hole.
So if you're going for the adorable romance, this is definitely NOT IT. Frankly, Lee Soo Hyuk's character is the only reason I held on. The ending was...I guess it was something to be expected, judging by the way the drama was going. Compared to the overall drama, the ending was even something one would expect out of a kdrama. It doesn't make it good or bad necessarily since the build up to it was...questionable and confusing. It just is.
Advice: try watching episode 1-2, if you don't particularly like it or 'hope' for things to get better - they don't. So, if you feel something's off, know that's it's gonna be off and more from now on so move on to somewhere else.
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