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I hated this drama. I forced myself to watch this because of all the rave reviews. I’ve attempted and dropped it a couple times previously so wanted to give it one more shot... and it was so painful. Excruciating. Way too much violence against women, the irritating aegyo acting of the main character (especially the airy breathless whining and crying she does whenever she’s distressed... which is a lot) who was not likable to me at all (more on this in next paragraph), the whole tired “inept and incompetent police getting outwitted by the villain” trope, and the overall attempt to layer cutesy romance, slapstick humor of side characters, and the dark and sexual nature of the villain preying specifically on small dainty skinny defenseless young women ... terrible.
The biggest reason I was disappointed by this drama was because there was so much potential here to say something meaningful about the perception of strong vs weak women. Instead strong here is personified by whoever can physically beat the crap out of someone else (see also her mom and how she treats her husband!!). Lately I’ve been watching dramas with strong female leads that are empowered, independent, quick-witted, true to themselves, and these traits are the thing that attracts the leads to them. While strong is the premise of this series, I felt that
the protagonist, despite her superhuman strength, was very much never really in control of anything. It felt like she only used her strength impulsively based on her emotions (which made her come off more like a passive-aggressive bully teaching people lessons than a hero).
Another thing that really bothered me was that the lead was almost like being passed back and forth between the two male leads, never really standing on her own and relying on them throughout the series. They both empathized the desire to want to have someone to protect (eye roll) and they were both constantly chasing after her as if she were a child running with a pair of scissors who couldn’t do anything properly on her own — and she goes with it quietly!!! Obliges, even when they yell at her. Come on!!
So many other dramas that are more riveting and do what this tried to do so much better.
The main guy is cute. That is the only redeeming thing here. +1 star for as he got me all the way to episode 12.
The biggest reason I was disappointed by this drama was because there was so much potential here to say something meaningful about the perception of strong vs weak women. Instead strong here is personified by whoever can physically beat the crap out of someone else (see also her mom and how she treats her husband!!). Lately I’ve been watching dramas with strong female leads that are empowered, independent, quick-witted, true to themselves, and these traits are the thing that attracts the leads to them. While strong is the premise of this series, I felt that
the protagonist, despite her superhuman strength, was very much never really in control of anything. It felt like she only used her strength impulsively based on her emotions (which made her come off more like a passive-aggressive bully teaching people lessons than a hero).
Another thing that really bothered me was that the lead was almost like being passed back and forth between the two male leads, never really standing on her own and relying on them throughout the series. They both empathized the desire to want to have someone to protect (eye roll) and they were both constantly chasing after her as if she were a child running with a pair of scissors who couldn’t do anything properly on her own — and she goes with it quietly!!! Obliges, even when they yell at her. Come on!!
So many other dramas that are more riveting and do what this tried to do so much better.
The main guy is cute. That is the only redeeming thing here. +1 star for as he got me all the way to episode 12.
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