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Tjv
4 people found this review helpful
Apr 28, 2018
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.5
This is the best ever crime .... suspense...drama that I have watched in my drama history....its superb
.....I really like to congratulate the writer......it's too great ????????......I wish the writer to write more suspense,thriller................................

But there was one mistake...were the heroine didn't see the shadow inside leo (actor in the drama) when it was the grim reaper ..... actually it comes in the place where she check whether leo was gonna die....I am still not sure with that plot.....anyway thanks for such a great drama

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Chau Nguyen
3 people found this review helpful
Oct 8, 2018
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
This is by far the best tv series I've ever seen in entire life. The level of drama, plot twist and adrenaline-driven is almost out of this world. Every scene is beautifully executed without redundancy nor typical meaningless Korean style. It is also emotional and has multiple level of meaning which drive me empty after finish watching. I rate 10/10 and would recommend it to anyone intelligent and fond of action-mystery-thriller-slight romance movie.
The series is quite long with me finished after 3 consecutive night, but it totally worth it.
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Yoli C
3 people found this review helpful
Jan 3, 2018
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
I loved this drama.
In the end, Black is about choices - the everyday ones that we take for granted.
I found that it made statements on the state of society; how people relate to one another, and how far ambition, self preservation as well as love can motivate.
All of the actors contributed to making it a wonderful watch; Crazy Dog is really a likeable character.
If I may make a comparison, the plot lines reminded me so much of the mystery novels by Elizabeth George.
Will definitely watch it again!

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spinzgirl
3 people found this review helpful
Mar 18, 2018
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.5
I'm not going to go into a lot of detail but I binged this series in two days. Honestly, the twists and turns kept me locked in and I wanted to see if I guessed the baddies correctly. Overall it was a fun watch.

However, I will say that the ending felt like a cheap cop-out. I was ready to rave about the series to my friends but honestly I haven't been this disappointed in an ending since Kado. If you've seen that series you know what I mean. Otherwise I would have given the show around a 9.0.
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Anne Young
3 people found this review helpful
Jul 29, 2018
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.5
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 5.5
I will say that when I first started this drama I was super excited for how it would turn out and end. I was like "holy shizzle, GRIM REAPERS, yes!" The plot was interesting and the conflicts that arose had you wondering and anxious for how they were going to be confronted or resolved in the future. But once I neared the conclusion, I was pretty miffed about the way they wrapped up the story. There were a lot of questions left unanswered and general plot choices that made no sense what-so-ever, so in the end I was left dissatisfied with the show and felt like it hadn't really 'ended' at all, or at least, that nothing had really resolved in a way that made sense. Good actors, and the story kicked off really well, it's just that they weren't able to maintain it and things started falling out and getting lost. It's still fun to watch though, but be warned, there is high potential that you'll sort of rage at the end of it.

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KhanUmar
7 people found this review helpful
Dec 10, 2017
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.5
Firth I love watching fantasy dramas..
well I know from the trailer that this drama gonna be big hit man and Song Seung Heon/black acting was very great and he was funny and he have handsome face to and Go Ah Ra/ha.ram acting was also good and she's aslo very cute and I have read comments that she can't or she's annoying..I don't think so her acting was good in this drama and ever I m not Korean but I really support her and I will and u guys who says she can't acting or she's annoying as u..ur guys r korean and yet u say those things about her I mean she's ur own civilian and u say those words about her if she read those comments won't that hurt her fellings man and also u guys hate her but I don't hate her and don't be like that and if she wasn't good actress then why they pick her in this drama..there is a lot k-drama's actress who's very good at acting..so they could pick on of those but they didn't.. they pick Go Ah Ra cause she fits for this characters..so what I m trying to say is don't complaining about her acting and just enjoy the beautiful drama...

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Jay noona
3 people found this review helpful
Mar 4, 2018
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 10
first time to watch SONG SEUNG ?
i really fall for him deeply

about the drama
not first time to me to watch a suspense one
but this was Definitely a brilliant choice
i loved every min. in it it was also funny in many scenes
although i am fond of romantic stories and the romance in it was in the back seats
but it was cute & fluffy one i liked it so much although sometimes it was lukewarm
but still loving that romantic part much enough to keep me going on to know how it is going to be end
all the characters were well connected to each other
the events was soooo fast so u won't even feel that the drama was too long for 18 ep.
the drama full of surprises & u can't even guess how it'll go
it's a real roller coaster
i also love the character of 444 i saw it impolite in a funny way LOL
....

my thoughts :

i wish the end was different to be more cute & have more romance
& also the end has many flaws that's y i rated it 9
but i guess as usual the weakest part at most KD was the end
just very few dramas that satisfied me with it's end

inspite of that still amazing drama highly recommended

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lylaa
2 people found this review helpful
Oct 27, 2020
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 4.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Started well, but ended as a trainwreck

I started watching this series because I found the plot interesting and the reviews were also recommending it. I found the first few episodes a bit slow, and leaving the inconsistencies aside, I think the story developed pretty well up until episode 12, but from there things started to go downhill. Everything seemed to be on fast forward post episode 12, the scenes had no flow in between, the story started to make no sense, things weren't explained anymore, they just happened, the cringe started to kick in and ended up with a last episode that was supposed to patch things up somehow, but personally it was like watching a bad comedy. There were also inconsistencies in the last 10 minutes of the last episode - his sentence versus the last scene doesn't make sense. And the last scene - I understood you wanted to show it's winter time, but in what normal house it's so cold that condensed air comes through your mouth when you speak?
My second problem with this series was the main female lead. I don't know how she played in other dramas, but here she was grasping for air at least once per minute when she was on the screen. The constant panic and hyperventilation she showed throughout the series were very annoying. Plus, her character was one of the dumbest female leads I've seen in kdramas. It seemed like a little kid who saw a candy and would pursue it no matter what, without looking right or left, just to have it. She never learned from mistakes, always had to be saved and managed to say so many "Oppa"s per minute/phrase, that I have seriously considered muting the sound each time she and male lead were interacting. And *spoiler alert* there was a scene where the roof fell on her boss, he jumped to save her, got injured and she walked by to check if a total stranger is alive or not, without any "thanks" or "are you alright/injured?". That left me speechless - what kind of human being does that? You want to save others so much that you discard everyone else who's close to you? Makes no sense to me.
Leaving aside the many things that didn't make sense and we never got a valid story for, the male lead, 2nd male and 2nd female characters were ok and did the job as best as they could. The additional 2 grim reapers had their funny moments too and at least made the show bearable after episode 12.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this drama to anyone, unless you have time to spare.

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Patchouli
2 people found this review helpful
Jan 26, 2021
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 4.5
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Sigh

Ok, so here's the thing... when I first started this I wasn't too sure how I was gonna feel about it, though I will admit as it went on, towards the middle, I became fairly invested in it trying to figure out who actually killed who and whatnot. Now a few takeaways from this...

-Idk if it was the character or the actress but I really didn't vibe with this FL. She was just straight up getting on my nerves at some point and even her face would annoy me. I haven't seen any other work of hers though, so I can't say for sure what's the cause of it.

-Second female character also annoyed me A LOT. The fact that Joon even liked her blows my mind... I wish she had disappeared from the show right at the beginning, tbh.

-This was my first time suffering from second male lead syndrome. It's not that he was the best character or anything, but compared to everyone else he was by far the most likeable (and good looking). Having Ha Ram reject him was I guess understandable but disappointing.

-My biggest issue with this story.... THE ENDING. Honestly they could have wrapped it all up by the time they figured out the reporter guy was the killer. Why make it so he can't stay in prison? Why have the whole thing surrounding Joon's death and whatnot? They could have wrapped it up much more neatly with less twists and less episodes. And don't even get me started on the final episode with her forgetting about Joon, her life restarting, and the scenes of her being old... The ending was honestly the worst out of all options they had. If she had died it would have been better, if Black had stayed as human it would have been better, if she had chosen SML it would have been better.... ANYTHING would have been better than the actual ending they chose. Overall, it turned out to be quite the disappointment, though thanks to the middle bit I can still say this is definitely not the worst drama I have seen so far....

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zimzalaminho
2 people found this review helpful
Nov 13, 2019
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10
This drama has EVERYTHING that a K-drama needs: romance, fantasy, supernatural, life and death and also, the point of everything , the crime and thriller storyline.
Rarely I put a drama into my top favorites, but this one needs to climb till the first place!
I loved the story, which is pretty different from the classics crime drama where all the questions go into a court.
This one has the end at the very start, so the first 20 seconds of this series is crucial to understand the end, there is a lot of plot twist and they didn't let me take my eyes off the screen till the end.
I loved the intro music also, but probably the end needed a better explanation, because yes is made a few years later after everything comes to an end, but it was very rushed like they needed to close the season and nothing more.
This drama, which is also underrated needs to bet rewatched a ton of times, totally worth every second of vision!!

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ara-minta
2 people found this review helpful
Aug 26, 2018
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 9.5
After reading the short summary, I envisioned something completely different than what I've just watched. But it still didn't disappoint at all. I quite like the Grim Reaper characters in tv shows so this was a must watch for me. The formula for success is dark, handsome and clueless main characters, apparently.

STORY
Throughout the first seven or eight episodes I was completely confused. It may seem like at first nothing really makes sense or the story isn't really going anywhere. But if you stay until the end, only then will it make complete sense. It also seems like a cliche, a detective falls for the woman who helps him solve the cases, but it's really not that simple. The last two episodes had me bawling my eyes out. It's emotional and the crimes are cleverly intertwined and it grabs your attention from the start. The first scene in the show makes so much sense in episode 17. I was a bit disappointed by the last few minutes though. Not the most satisfying ending to an overall great show.

ACTING/CAST
There isn't really much to say about the casting choice. Everyone is really good at portraying their characters and my favorite would be either Detective Han or Ha Ram's father. Although, I wish we got to know his side of the story a little bit better. All the supporting roles are amazing as well.

MUSIC
There was this one song that each time it played, I prepared myself for a heartwrenching moment. It's a nice soundtrack, the music isn't that important since the story itself is always progressing and gripping that you don't have time to pay attention to the background noise.

OVERALL
It's a great show that I'll end up rewatching again. It's not for the faint of heart since it has a lot of gory scenes, details and deaths. The climax of the story is amazing, but the end fell a bit short for me. Still, recommend it to those who like detectives and crime stories.

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Beta Cancri
2 people found this review helpful
Sep 23, 2020
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

Non spoiler review

Alright this is going to be really quick, the setup was great the story started as a mystery/thriller and then was just a thriller, the only problem was that in the last episodes they tried to make a mystery because they had more episodes to make and they had no more story to tell, around the episode 15 everything went to the downhill fast, really fast, the end was pull out of thin air and the "plot twists" were so cringe that insulted my intelligence, watch it at your own risk, is not bad but they really messed it up hard at the end.
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