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Curious and different
There is originality to this series that is mesmerizing. The storyline is gripping, emotional, exciting and mysterious - all at once. The male actors have also done an outstanding job and their emotions are worn on their sleeves masterfully. That said, it is not perfect. The female lead with her childish and immature behaviour is frequently annoying. However, what is most difficult to digest is why there was a need to bride-match a high schooler who behaves like a 12-year-old with a man who is in his mid-30s and has lived for over 900 years. It is this dichotomy that somehow really becomes and stays a thorn in the viewing side. Comments could be made regarding the skillfulness of the main actress, but perhaps this is fully a matter of personal opinion. And then there is the matter of the ending - what a letdown. To get our hopes up only to be so brutally disappointed in a manner that made little to no sense - it was a true storyline letdown. It is still a pleasurable must-watch for lovers of Korean series.Was this review helpful to you?
It was actually amazing and good ngl, but rlly overrated
A small review without spoilers -It was nice good, humourous and all but it's overrated, overrated part makes it even worse, but yet the drama was good the chemistry between the leads was amazing, the bromance was to die for... But you'll be disappointed tbh, overall it's a above avg or a mid drama
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It started off rlly well, it was funny, romantic, broo the bromance 🤌🤌🤌, the main leads were literally the story was going really well, it had me almost in tears and had me laughing it was going really good.
The relationship between the main leads was developing really well, loved the cool guardian and grim reaper vibes.
Loved how they both cared for eun tak.
It was a nail biting, romance, it makes u so excited to watch the next episode.
Ngl everything was going well the relationship between yoo in na and going yoo was going well siblings rivalry and all.
But lol there's always a but from the moment lee dong wook was recovering his memories it started to go down hill
Why did kim shin hate Wang yeo sm, I hate how Wang yeo was left as a sinner and how he blamed himself,
When did lee dong wook and yoo in na ever have a proper couple screentime.
After all this, the two reincarnations of couples were stuffed in 8 frickin minutes like how what tf do u mean, and bruh if kim shin is immortal, ji eun tak is a human she's Bound to die someday, how many life's will she take on to be w someone immortal.
No proper storyline tbh
the first half was chef kiss🤌🤌
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Second lead relationship definitely more ship-worthy than the first lead relationship in this drama.
To me the story dragged, the chemistry was quietly simmering throughout in a beautifully shot drama. Rather than situational conflicts, the drama was more about character interactions so relied more heavily on proper acting. Fortunately, the leads were well-cast and met those expectations.
Had to force myself to finish this one. To me slightly overrated but still a good show and worth watching if you have time on your hands.
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Not Great, But Still Very Good
I did enjoy this drama. The cast was flawless! Its not often that a drama's lead and second lead couples are equally strong and with the added bonus of a bromance that was every bit as compelling as the romances. The story is beautiful and well told, yet something about it just misses the mark for me.I guess I didn't quite understand why the Goblin was being punished so severely. And is it me, but was there A LOT of crying? I felt like I cried A LOT. I don't mind "the feels", but by episode 9 it started to feel almost gratuitous. Goblin had many funny scenes as well. The casting was superb! But was there one episode where at least one character did not cry?
I must mention that the OST is AMAZING and definitely contributed to "the feels". I looked forward to hearing Never Far Away each and every episode. 16 episodes was perfect and Gobllin is definitely worth a watch, but this is not a drama I would rewatch, not even for certain scenes. Solid drama, but it's one and done for me.
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Best effect ever still in K-Drama
Good story line, effect, and pointed characters.How they build each character as well as the story line followed up were good.
This romance-comedy-fiction drama you can not forget even time passed.
They start with reasoning why this story line happened. Every path you walk by has a reason because of no one but your choice.
If you like fate-kind-of story, this is relly good.
I replay this every time missing sungjae since his acting/character present best here. rather than other drama his ever play.
I personally like this
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Overrated , Underhated .
It feels a little pointless to write a review so many years after this drama’s release, and I doubt many people will stumble across it now, but here it is anyway.To be blunt: the pacing is /atrocious/. I actually went and read a bunch of other reviews because I didn’t want to be so negative based solely on the first episode… but wow. I should /not/ be reaching for the fast-forward button during the initial episode of a series that’s supposed to hook me, yet the fast-forward button became my loyal companion. The first 50 minutes were spent spoon-feeding information that easily could’ve been delivered in under 20. And don’t even get me started on the curse explanation why did that need to drag on for 35 minutes?
On top of that, what exactly happened with the kid at the beginning? Why did the all-powerful god-of-war goblin just let him be thrown overboard? We’re shown that he suddenly has full control of his powers right after gaining them, but apparently not enough to save the child of the man who was basically a grandfather figure to him? It made absolutely no sense.
And then… the age gap. Oh my god, the age gap.
The moment the narrator said, “The Goblin’s bride has been born,” I already felt uneasy. He’s a 900-year-old man “saving” an unborn child who’s supposedly destined to be his wife? I tried to brush it off there are weirder fantasy tropes out there but then they meet again, and she’s in /high school/. I thought they’d wait until she was an adult, but nope! His fated wife is a teenager. Even if she’s 18 or 19, he was pushing 50 before he died, has been wandering the earth for nine centuries, and we’re supposed to swallow a romance between him and a high-schooler? Absolutely not.
And honestly, reading other reviews, people have pointed out something I wholeheartedly agree with: the director missed a huge opportunity for something more meaningful. Instead of defaulting to tired romance tropes, this could’ve been a heartwarming story about a lonely girl who lost her mother and never knew her father finally gaining a stable parental figure who cares for her in a genuine, non-romantic way. But nope. It just had to be romance.
Then there’s the length. Why are these episodes over an hour long? The first episode was a complete snooze fest . I barely clawed my way to the one-hour mark. My eyes physically hurt from trying to keep up with rapid subtitles, overly complicated lore, and the sudden introduction of not one but two dense, lore-heavy characters Reaper and Goblin at the exact same time.
And while we’re talking about plot choices, let me just say: they really wasted a brilliant setup. When I started watching, I genuinely thought the Goblin would be the antagonist and the Reaper the protagonist. The narration about Goblin’s curse sounded furious about the blood he’d spilled, so I assumed Reaper’s job was to stop him from killing needlessly. I imagined the Goblin on a revenge mission, hunting down the people responsible for the deaths of his family, comrades, and wife, while the Reaper tried to prevent further tragedy. I thought maybe the Goblin’s “bride” had been prevented from being born for centuries, adding a tragic twist. Eventually Goblin needing to come to understand that killing reincarnations of his wrongdoers was a wrongdoing in itself. And maybe the King or the advisor who corrupted the king would've also became immortal and he could've been the real antagonist Goblin was chasing after.
Honestly? That story would’ve been so much more interesting. Scrap the forced romance, remove the high-school-aged love interest entirely, and instead focus on the dynamic between Goblin and Reaper two lonely, morally gray characters navigating fate, guilt, revenge, and redemption. Goblin seeking justice; Reaper bound to stop him. They could’ve formed an unlikely companionship, slowly learning to understand each other. Maybe the final twist reveals that the mythical bride always dies before birth, making his quest both tragic and impossible.
But instead… we got another romance filled with clichés and uncomfortable implications.
Maybe someday someone will create the version of this story that actually lives up to the premise. Until then, this one just wasn’t for me and I'd only recommend it to someone that I hate simply to waste their time.
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Good but not amazing…
Mostly great things to say, I did find some episodes to be a bit slow and took me a few pauses to get through each episode, I wish they were a little bit shorter in length. For me around episode 10, is when it started to get really good. I couldn’t get past the age different between the leads and it kinda creeped me out. I almost liked the sub plot with Sunny and the Grim Reaper more tbh. The ending felt a little bit rushed but inevitable, and I’m glad Sunny and Grim Reaper finally got to be together finally. I also loved the friendship between the Goblin and Grim Reaper, it made the show so much more enjoyable. The cast and the acting is really what made this show what it is.Was this review helpful to you?
Fun to watch but
It is mostly fun to watchSome stuff is slapstick comedy that I found rather cheep for example fights between Goblin and Grim Reaper
The lesson about karma is a powerful lesson
Also the lesson about being a gentleman. He KNEW that the kid was his bride and she kept saying it, but she was too young so he left her alone.
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I liked the grim reaper and sunny story more than the main couple. Goeun acting was cringe, like which teenager acts such a way. She ruined it for me.
I liked the grim reaper and sunny story more than the main couple.
Goeun acting was cringe, like which teenager acts such a way. She ruined it for me.
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So after seeing those two videos on Youtube I went to watch the first episode.
The story of how Goblin came to be was intriguing and seeing how the Reaper worked had me as well so I became giddy thinking this was going to be an excellent watch.
Man how wrong was I??? The main FL became annoying pretty quick. I was hoping against hope that this wasn't going to be a dimwitted female who will fall in love quickly without having any relationship buildup and there it was....the dimwitted female who quickly falls in love with a guy without having a relationship buildup. It's why I became to hate Korean romance dramas in the first place.
The oozing sappy cliche romances always grate my nerves and I truly steer clear of them. I have, however, watched some Kdramas that had romance in it that was barely tolerable but this one...I felt it was just going to be the same throughout the whole series.
I tried going back to finish the first episode but I just kept pausing and haven't been back since. I can't say anything else about this drama because I barely finished the first episode. From reading other reviews that had the same feelings as me, I don't think I'm missing anything.
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