Unmemorable thriller(with no thrill)

The movie wasn't good but it also not bad. It was something maybe I could watch in the background while doing some laundry. It was a textbook "serial killer" movie. The stalking, thinking the victim initiated it and the memorabilia, but what it lacked was any information about who the killer. The build up is that the true identity of the killer is the detective's son, but it turns out that he was his victim.
The character arch of the female lead made no sense, she was the quiet, every-woman and (I am using this term quiet often because that is the exact opinion I felt) but suddenly she becomes this badass strong avenger.
And the cherry on the top. No character dies. Yes there are deaths of his previous victims but no character we are introduced to dies. The father who she thinks dies, doesn't so...... it becomes a happy ending(this is a personal choice, I need me some misery).
I have been going on about what is bad, but there are two good things:-
1. Im Shi Won - though his acting skills could be challenged in much more way( again, though he was great, his acting was average.
2. The POV of the phone - the movie has multiple instances where the POV that the audience gets is that of the phone which is a cool cinematographic quirk,

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the charecters were so utterly beautiful.

This drama is the definition of "short and sweet". It's about rebelling, not only against society and government, but also family. It felt like an inspiring drama about two characters who wanted to take control of their lives and do what their heart pleases than the people around them. The adultery part was a bit icky for me, but the circumstantial effect of the time period made it so that i could overlook it.

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the lead charecters seem unrealisticly obssessed with each other

I haven't finished the series so i don't know if things improve drastically in the later half of the series but up until i saw, the characters seem to live in their own bubble world, while stuff around them is falling apart. This is expected in a romance based light-hearted series, but the topics this show covers(abandonment, effects of crime, anti-social behavior), i expected an intense romance with at least a bit of realism. The characters just seemed unreasonable to me and weren't quiet in the moment. P.S: i absolutely fan-girl over booth Seo In Guk and Jung So Min, and hence found their acting phenomenal.

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