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A Korean Odyssey korean drama review
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A Korean Odyssey
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by Anto
Sep 1, 2022
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Not my type of humor

After the master piece that was Doom at Your Service, I started this show to try and fill the hole that one had left.

It had big shoes to fill, and it failed miserably.

I really struggled with the first few episodes and almost gave up. Everything would be going well, and then they'd add these horribly over the top scenes with extremely cringy, unfunny humor. I powered through because I saw potential on what the show was building with the main couple, and wanted to know how that would continue. Luckily, after episode five or so, the cringe lessened significantly (either that or I just grew desensitized).

As a whole, I have to say I think quite of bit of thought was put into writing this show. There were a fair number of characters and a ton of different plot lines, but somehow they all ended up being interconnected and tied together in some way or another. A lot of them I didn't care for, and wish would have been taken out for the sake of making the show shorter (I don't think this needed to be 20 episodes long). We spent a whole chunk of the show on storylines completely unrelated to them main couple and plot, but at least there was a point to everything that was added.

Lee Seung Gi definitely was the MVP of the show. His acting was fantastic. And him and Yeon Seo played quite well off each other. I really enjoyed every scene they did together.

However, coming back to the fact that I was expecting an epic, fantasy love story riddled with angst and heartbreak, this whole thing ended up being a huge disappointment. I went in fully expecting to cry, but I never even teared up.

If you're thinking of watching this and haven't seen Doom yet, go watch that one instead, it's better in every single aspect.
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