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arashinta
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 5, 2019
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
This is the first Korean Drama I've watched since I don't know when :D

Korean is not really my cup of tea, so I didn’t watch it much. But, thriller is my cup of tea genre, so when one of my friend recommend this k-drama to me, I’m willing to watch it. I watched this on 2016, BTW :D

The plot is beyond my imagination, which I like it because it’s anti-mainstream. I love when the movie / drama contains any psychological issues and this drama provides a lot of it. Not only that, this drama have a twist plot which makes it even more better for my taste ^_~

Now for the casts. I enjoyed the interaction between the hero and the heroine. At the first I didn’t feel so much chemistry between them, but as time goes by their chemistry built and I feel pleased with that ^_^

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korea_updates
2 people found this review helpful
May 29, 2015
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 5.5
This drama was really good at the beginning, but idk why I found it quite boring after episode 10-ish. Not the best drama but can be a good drama, the main couple was so cute though! The mystery was really intense but it is actually quite predictable who the serial killer is when I first watched. I recommend this to people who love rom-coms with a little bit of mystery! But I may not rewatch it again i just dk why lol :D okay maybe I would rewatch it when I'm really bored haha
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Dropped 16/16
bibi
2 people found this review helpful
Feb 5, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 3.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 2.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
droped!
I liked the history, but the female protagonista is just so anoying" And all thouse anoying noises she makes... I cant continue!
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Yumiko
2 people found this review helpful
Oct 21, 2016
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
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Un début de série assez chaud... pour poser l'intrigue qui est assez intéressante. Ce drama que l'on peu classer dans la section Policier, l'est aussi en parallèle dans la section Romance compliquée ...
Les acteurs jouent vraiment bien et le "méchant" (je vais pas spoiler pour ceux qui ont pas encore regardés) est vraiment effrayant jusqu'au bout ... sa personnalité fait meme un peu pitié je dirais sur la fin mais bon c'est l'histoire; lol.
En même temps c'est quand meme un tueur en série hein ... L'actrice joue tres bien, et le concepte des odeurs transformées en micro objets colorés est vraiment intéressant et novateur.

Pour l'histoire d'amour, les deux protagoniste forment un joli couple... un peu décallé. Elle avec son odorat hors du commun et lui avec sa perte des sens. Après avoir terminé cette série je passe d'une note initiale de 8 (en cours de visionnage) à un 9. Une série qui m'a au final beaucoup plu avec une fin comme je les aime ....
Une série en somme assez simple mais bien dévellopé. Si vous aimez les énigmes à résoudre foncez, ce drama est écrit pour vous.

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Cakaloca
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 21, 2022
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
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Right blend of RomCom, suspense/crime/mystery to make a very entertaining story

Right blend of RomCom, suspense/crime/mystery to make a very entertaining story.

Being connected by a tragic past is nothing new with this type of genre but it's still very refreshing, not having a jilted best friend turned evil. It has a straight forward love story, from their tragic past to meeting again by accident, to being friends then turned to lovers.

What was weird was the mystery part. For televiewers, knows who's the main villain for most part of the story while the so called detectives goes round and round on finding the culprit.

I like the actors, I think they gave theirs characters justice. Even the ML and FL had a good on screen chemistry.

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Pandiko
1 people found this review helpful
Sep 26, 2016
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
Nam Gung Min. You will learn this actor's name by the end of the drama if you don't already know it. This drama was entertaining but 90% of this was due to Nam Gung Min and his incredible acting skills that made Kwon Jae Hee come to life. When he's on screen you can't take your eyes off him, and when he's off screen you're left wondering when you'll see him again. He's one of the types of villains that you love (not love-to-hate because I can't even remember a moment where I disliked him) and sometimes he's so darn cute acting-wise and looks-wise that you can't tell whether it's a good or bad thing to get kidnapped by him. Many times in the drama I thought people were trying to get kidnapped by him just for this reason. Trust me. I thought I was going crazy, but reading the comments of other people, I came to realize that I was not alone.

As a side note, I'll mention the other actors as well in case you're curious. An honorable mention should go out to Park Jin Joo for being an amazing side actress. Although I was never really bothered by it, many people have commented on Shin Se Kyung's emotionless face when she acts. Compared to her roles in HIgh Kick Through the Roof and Fashion King, Shin Se Kyung has improved quite a bit on this, and somewhat on her laugh. I've seen Yoo Chun in Sungkyunkwan and Rooftop Prince as a lead role but neither really like or detest him. He seems to always just be there but never gives a memorable performance, though I liked him some in variety shows. Unfortunately his comedy in this one sort of annoyed me and both the writing for his character and his acting when carrying the script out made me side with Kwon Jae Hee and dislike him even more. The romance in this drama was something like that of a side-couple in another drama. It's there, you watch it, but you're really waiting for the main character to get back on screen (Kwon Jae Hee). Another reason many seem to side with Kwon Jae Hee is that the writers made the detectives seem stupid. Many times they would just stand around and wait for someone who wasn't even a detective to do all the work while someone was dying. Yeom Mi was the only semi-intelligible one.

That being said, since I gave this drama a high rating, you can see how much Nam Gung Min carried the drama. I didn't plan to watch the whole thing in a couple of days because I thought it would be a weird drama from the title but this is one of the few dramas that you end up marathoning. Yes, some parts with Oh Cho Rim and Choi Moo Guk like the theatrical parts are odd, but the villain makes this drama well worth the watch.

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vivee
1 people found this review helpful
May 16, 2022
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
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Good balance between romance and suspense

I really enjoyed this drama. The story is a big unique in terms of the special abilities/conditions. It has enough romance to satisfy romance-addict like myself while also keeping the non-romance crime suspense storyline. The pace was good, not too slow but not rushed either. It also has a couple of great reveal moments.

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My only complaint (and this is totally personally petty me) is that although Namkoong Min did a good job, I don't like seeing him as a bad guy just because I like him and tends to want to root for him.

Oh and this drama has one of the most unique, creative, and sweetest proposal ever.

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NitaTarigan
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 29, 2015
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 6.5
well, i'm a huge fans of yoochun and i dont hate shin se kyung, but this drama is not work on me, i dont know why.. i found the story is really interesting and very great storyline but their romance is just nah.. for me.. i dont know why but i found it too cheesy and dont get chemistry between them.... its either too typical or they force it too much or both of them.. thats the feeling i get.. but i still like the storyline though..
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Coco
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 29, 2016
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
I don't love love love this show, but I don't dislike it either. It was cute, but nothing special. The acting was pretty good, though I felt the romance was somewhat awkward at parts. It was also really predictable. I would recommend this drama to someone who just wants to relax. It's a likable show, but it's not mind blowing. I do like the strong female characters, though. A good show overall.
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Haneka
0 people found this review helpful
Oct 10, 2020
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

The girl who sees scents

If I had to speak the truth, I gotta say that I was actually beyond shocked to see all of the low ratings. Although I was late to watch this show, I am still totally in love with it. I believe that this is truly such an amazing drama, but it is just underrated. I really wished that there would be a season two to this drama, but sadly there isnt. I also really loved the two leading roles, and really hope that they end up togther in real life. Other than, this is such an amzing drama, and you should totally watch it in the future!
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Paul Bayada
0 people found this review helpful
Aug 22, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

You don't know the outcome

Enjoyable to watch in my opinion. Congratulations on the crew who were involved in making the series. The interaction between Park You-Chem and Shin Se Kyung was superb. The support actors were great. The comical scenes had me in stitches laughing. It was suspenseful, but at times a little far fetched in places, e'g stakeouts. A light hearted murder mystery. The title through me, but once I got into the series I warmed to it. It was a series of a different nature, unbelievable it may be, but it was different. It was nice to see a happy ending, as most endings end in tragedy. Good entertainment for me. Left me thinking at the end that there maybe a sequel up and coming. Looking forward to it if there is.

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naoseranjo
0 people found this review helpful
Jan 6, 2022
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

Story smells week with one of the worst kisses i have ever seen...

This is a story about a couple that is different from usual dramas, but not very developed. The beginning is promising, but it does not deliver.
We also have a villain that is very precise and intelligent as a psychopath normally is, but does some things in the end that are completely opposite from his character.

STORY - Choi Moo Gak lost his younger sister to a psycho and lost his ability to feel anything. He worked in a aquarium and now is a police officer.
Oh Cho Rim is a girl that, due to an accident, develop the ability to see smells, but lost all her memories. She is the only witness to the murder case that involve the psycho that killed Moo Gak’s sister, Known as the bar-code murder. The accident ocurr while she escaped the psycho who murder her parents.
They meet and they help each other. He becomes a police to find his sister’s murder and she became an actor in a small comic theatre company.
They start to have feelings for the other and they kissed… and, for me, another murder occur. The end of any romantic possibility between this couple. Even Wall-E, C3PO or BB-8 kiss better!!!!
The psychopath is interesting almost until the end. The plot is ok, but there is not much juice…
Her ability should been explored more …

ACTING – not bad, but there is romance between two robotic persons. I hope that they will find happiness in real life without the necessity of romantic gestures! The other cast is ok. The psycho and the police force is good.

MUSIC – maybe not bad, but not my kind of taste.

REWATCH – no, there are dozens of better dramas in this genre.

OVERALL – I was interested in the way the murders would or not be discover. There is some tension and unpredictability to support going through until the 15th episode. Cute scenes in the last episode, but too long, as well as all this drama.

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