Both dramas have incredibly intelligent psychopathic serial killers (especially Gap Dong).
If you enjoy those kind of stories you will definitely like both of these dramas.
While Hello Monster has a really complex story with incredibly diverse characters, Gap Dong's story is way darker and focuses more on the nature and the perspective of the serial killer and his actions.
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In my opinion the actors for Hello Monster were all incredibly well cast which helped to improve the story and made it easier to portray the characters. In contrary for Gap Dong Lee Joon did an amazing job on portraying a coldhearted psychopathic killer, while in my opinion the other main roles were poorly cast/ badly portrayed, which didn't really help the storyline...
If you enjoy those kind of stories you will definitely like both of these dramas.
While Hello Monster has a really complex story with incredibly diverse characters, Gap Dong's story is way darker and focuses more on the nature and the perspective of the serial killer and his actions.
-----(minor spoilers following)-----
In my opinion the actors for Hello Monster were all incredibly well cast which helped to improve the story and made it easier to portray the characters. In contrary for Gap Dong Lee Joon did an amazing job on portraying a coldhearted psychopathic killer, while in my opinion the other main roles were poorly cast/ badly portrayed, which didn't really help the storyline...
I'll just show the summary but I'd say that it's similar with the questions of who could have done it then and are they starting back up or did they never stop, or is it possible that they're copycat kills.
"Moo Yeom is a detective. 20 years ago, he was a Buddhist monk, but he got into trouble with a man named Gap Dong. To cut ties with him and cut off whatever karma would arise from his involvement with Gap Dong, Moo Yeom became a detective. After the statute of limitations expired, Gap Dong appears once again. Moo Yeom sets out to catch him once and for all."
"Moo Yeom is a detective. 20 years ago, he was a Buddhist monk, but he got into trouble with a man named Gap Dong. To cut ties with him and cut off whatever karma would arise from his involvement with Gap Dong, Moo Yeom became a detective. After the statute of limitations expired, Gap Dong appears once again. Moo Yeom sets out to catch him once and for all."