Tasnima_329
England
"You cannot know every single detail of your life, just because you know the last moment".
Watched this drama for Ok Taecyeon after watching him on Vincenzo.
I'm not exactly happy that I watched/started this drama, it's not the kind of drama I'd usually watch and not because it's a crime drama because the drama that got me into kdramas was a crime one. I didn't like the tone of this drama, the music, the voiceovers, the colour scheme and everything made it seem like it'd be a tragedy. The overall tone was depressing despite the fact that the only truly tragic charecter was the SML. I don't like dramas that make me feel depressed, I don't mind a sad ending, just not a drama that is overall JUST depressing. It wasn't even depressing because of the story line, but bscause of how they executed it.
I tried so hard to like the FL, I let so many of the annoying things she does slide, and at around episode 11, I finally liked her. She really annoyed me for the first several episodes and came off as the kind of 'strong female lead' that that I hate, a week woman pretending to be strong at all costs. She went too far to show her authority and status as an police officer in order to undermine a very non-cliche ML. At the very first episode she immediately and unreasonably so, trusts that the ML can in fact see people's deaths when he looks them in the eye, before knowing anything about him. But then for half the drama, after they've established a trust, she doesn't trust his foresight any more, she just goes "maybe" he's right, when he's obviously right looking at it from the evidence and not the foresight. (SPOILERS) If she had let the ML do what he first though he had to do to stop everyone's death, then they wouldn't have had to go to such extreme lengths to get the ending they got. But she didn't and so the happy ending, though happy, came off as sad.
In comparison the ML (Tae Pyung) is very easy going and down to earth despite growing in a a fairly wealthy family and later being raised by a very wealthy man. Despite the fact that he also sees death every day when he looks a person, including himself, in the eye.
There was no chemistry between the leads. Ok Taecyeon is a really good actor and he portrayed all the right emotions. He was perfect in his role. It's just the romance was a bit bland in this drama and I felt no chemistry between the leads even though individually the actors were really good in their roles. Yun Hee's character grew on me and towards the end, there was some chemistry. Thankfully, there is very little romance in this drama, it is more of a sub plot that was delved into really late. It's sort of a slow burn romance, but the ML seemed to have fallen in love at litteral first sight.
The SML, aka the villain had a really sad back story. I pitied him if anything. He was an overly emotional sociopath who felt very targeted emotions. His entire storyline of why he becomes the villain is why a person should not know how they will die in the future. I understood him to a degree as to why he blamed Tae Pyung for the way her turned out. It's why he gave up on himself as he saw his death as a criminal, to be inevitable. He didn't see the point in trying. Something that Tae Pyung himself believed in until the FL showed him that he can change the death he sees. But, by the time the SML finds out that he can change his death, he sees it as too late because he already became what he always feared of becoming.
The one thing I LOVED about this drama was that all the characters believed that the ML can in fact see people's deaths. I love how it doesn't take long for people to believe this and once they do, they'd do just about anything he suggests to prevent people's deaths. I loved how everyone slowly found all the proof of what Tae Pyung said would happen, actually go according to what he said. His foresight was really well used by everyone.
I'm not exactly happy that I watched/started this drama, it's not the kind of drama I'd usually watch and not because it's a crime drama because the drama that got me into kdramas was a crime one. I didn't like the tone of this drama, the music, the voiceovers, the colour scheme and everything made it seem like it'd be a tragedy. The overall tone was depressing despite the fact that the only truly tragic charecter was the SML. I don't like dramas that make me feel depressed, I don't mind a sad ending, just not a drama that is overall JUST depressing. It wasn't even depressing because of the story line, but bscause of how they executed it.
I tried so hard to like the FL, I let so many of the annoying things she does slide, and at around episode 11, I finally liked her. She really annoyed me for the first several episodes and came off as the kind of 'strong female lead' that that I hate, a week woman pretending to be strong at all costs. She went too far to show her authority and status as an police officer in order to undermine a very non-cliche ML. At the very first episode she immediately and unreasonably so, trusts that the ML can in fact see people's deaths when he looks them in the eye, before knowing anything about him. But then for half the drama, after they've established a trust, she doesn't trust his foresight any more, she just goes "maybe" he's right, when he's obviously right looking at it from the evidence and not the foresight. (SPOILERS) If she had let the ML do what he first though he had to do to stop everyone's death, then they wouldn't have had to go to such extreme lengths to get the ending they got. But she didn't and so the happy ending, though happy, came off as sad.
In comparison the ML (Tae Pyung) is very easy going and down to earth despite growing in a a fairly wealthy family and later being raised by a very wealthy man. Despite the fact that he also sees death every day when he looks a person, including himself, in the eye.
There was no chemistry between the leads. Ok Taecyeon is a really good actor and he portrayed all the right emotions. He was perfect in his role. It's just the romance was a bit bland in this drama and I felt no chemistry between the leads even though individually the actors were really good in their roles. Yun Hee's character grew on me and towards the end, there was some chemistry. Thankfully, there is very little romance in this drama, it is more of a sub plot that was delved into really late. It's sort of a slow burn romance, but the ML seemed to have fallen in love at litteral first sight.
The SML, aka the villain had a really sad back story. I pitied him if anything. He was an overly emotional sociopath who felt very targeted emotions. His entire storyline of why he becomes the villain is why a person should not know how they will die in the future. I understood him to a degree as to why he blamed Tae Pyung for the way her turned out. It's why he gave up on himself as he saw his death as a criminal, to be inevitable. He didn't see the point in trying. Something that Tae Pyung himself believed in until the FL showed him that he can change the death he sees. But, by the time the SML finds out that he can change his death, he sees it as too late because he already became what he always feared of becoming.
The one thing I LOVED about this drama was that all the characters believed that the ML can in fact see people's deaths. I love how it doesn't take long for people to believe this and once they do, they'd do just about anything he suggests to prevent people's deaths. I loved how everyone slowly found all the proof of what Tae Pyung said would happen, actually go according to what he said. His foresight was really well used by everyone.
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