Brogana Sunfrog

Unsatisfying. No revealed motive for main mystery & the "link" gets limited use

I tried it because it was on Disney+ & I had a free month of it.
It was nonsensical to me that everyone was trying to keep secrets that if shared or if taken to the police, would have helped. Dropping it this early still has me wondering what happened to /who is the sister, but I'm really not enjoying it a whole lot now & looking at the reviews, I don't see a reason to continue when there is alot of other dramas that are more enjoyable.
so other reviewers mentioned :
By the end you need to use your own interpretations to fill in the blanks (plot holes)
The motive for the missing sister is never explained.
main couple separate/ distance themselves from each five+ times.
The link seemed to just be for crying and fear most of the time

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Takes empathy & sympathy too far. 3 year separation!

Though a bit on the creepy side, It seemed like a decent drama, until I got suspicious & cheated by looking ahead at the episode synopsis & read some more reviews. From everything I read, it has a "happy" ending , BUT how it gets there is why I'm dropping this drama. I don't like time skips or enforced (couple) separation/ I have even less tolerance for couple separation by choice under the guise of "noble" sacrifice. Add in a soul switch or soul sharing ,( especially mixing the genders of the souls ) & my interest level drops to zero.
From Episode 7 to the end, the plot revolves around these things.
not worth the investment for me.
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To me it takes empathy/sympathy too far to have
Seong-A take Bong-su 's spirit into her own body in order to protect him.
AND go into hiding for 3 years ! leaving Gyeon-U behind !?

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desperate shirtless men who have sand for brains, selfish unlikeable slappy women

OK so there are shirtless guys wearing tight pants-fine, if that is all you are interested in-enjoy. I'm not into watching sports of any kind but I started this as a way to unwind & it DID start out very sleep inducing. Then it actually got interesting. I actually found myself caring about the wrestling matches & rooting for the Lead. Still, I started to lose interest around Ep. 7, when the build up of community gossips, and Plethora of women slapping men became over done. This is becoming more & more a cultural divide for me, for which I cannot stomach. Why is this "comedy" ? It's a trope that's past it's expiration date. I started losing serious interest in Ep 8. You've got a whole town of aggressive, loud, slappy females & it's tiresome. The the lead female repeatedly puts her own agenda over supporting the male lead & it's pathetic & sad. She is selfish & undeserving of the male lead's affection. But, apparently all the men in the community are desperate & stupid, deserving thier fate as punching bags because it what they choose. By Ep. 8 the sweetness of the story soured. I pushed through to the end, and have to admit that it ended well. If you removed all the female slapping/hitting men, cut out the males lead's irritating family scenes, AND trimmed down the amount of wrestling scenes a bit- I'd give this a solid 8.5 . Sadly, there is just no fixing the unlikability of the female lead. I would re-title this : they had sand for brains.

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handsome deadpan male lead But Female centric stories

If you are here for the male lead, he gets alot of screen time, but this is about mutual respect & problem solving with the leads giving each other meaningful looks & preference rather than anything overtly romantic.
By episode 16 it's starting to feel draggy , and by Episode 20 it's clear what's weighing this series down :WAY too many "mysteries' revolving around injustices to women. Since the start they have driven home the fact that women in this era are unequal & down trodden. {yeah, we Know, it's kinda "built" into the genre!} But, the drama is bloated with the issue & it's become tiresome. This is yet another strong female centric drama where she's the champion with special privileges & the male lead is basically in awe of her audacity. (& of course her looks.) he's the romantic, she's pragmatic. The trait that endears him to the female lead is his ; "what ever you want I defer to you" attitude. Afterall, he does not fight. He uses his mind. That said, his cleverness IS part of his charm AND the female lead IS a champion for ALL underprivileged ,(not just the female ones). Still, with so many episodes left and it NOT being a romance (in the traditional sense), I'm wondering just how they are going to fill the episodes since I feel like it should be able to tie up loose ends within an episode or two. So far the mysteries have been diverting, but not enough to keep you awake if you are sleepy & 1/2 through an episode .The leads are attractive but both are stuck in a character that aren't given much variety in what they do. Hoping the remaining episodes surprise me with fresh plots & character mold breaking.

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Heart wrenching, crises driven drama...so far

up to Ep. 5 and it's alot of sad melodrama that tries it's best to make you cry at some point in every episode.

I love the cast & it's done really well, BUT it is a VERY crises driven drama & by that I mean that there is a crises in every episode, which makes it heart wrenching, so not an easy watch.

I mean is the acting good ? yes, but is it enjoyable ? not sure- crying or watching the actors cry is not my fav kind of entertainment. You know there will be a happy ending, but so far it's alot more heartache than I find I need in my life

Picking it up every now & again because the cast is very charming & endearing & you can't help but be fond of them & cheer them on.
In Episode 7 the mood lightens significantly & gives me hope that it will not be such a heavy drama going forward.
But will I end up rating it higher by the end ?

(Note: am I the only one that sees the male lead as a perfect in a drama playing RAIN's younger brother!?)

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Unlikeable female lead & nonsensical villain

There are better dramas out there for me to invest my time in. I tried to like this but not even Lee Jong Suk could save this drama. As it was I had to push through to episode 7. I kept telling myself that surely the female lead had some qualities that were endearing. Yet by episode 7 I still loathed her. The whole story hinges on her reconnecting with who she was when she wasn't such a ________ . They try to make a comedy out of her flaws, but there is too much to dislike about her.
The second big issue was with the romance pairing age gap. 10 years !
They try to make a joke out of it as the younger person is more mature & responsible than the older one, but there isn't any chemistry & it feels distasteful & forced..
Thirdly; the alternative male lead, who is a better age match for the female lead, is written so poorly & his attraction to the train wreck of a woman is inexplicable as she is rude, thoughtless, selfish & manipulative and he knows it.
The villain is appropriately intimidating, but as of Episode 7 while you see how clever he is, you also are blinded by the fact that his reason for viciously committing murder was because.......the guy made him angry ? The real reason will be revealed at a later date (but as of Ep 7 you have no clue) and yet, when you do know, it makes his actions beyond stupid.
Once out of jail, instead of going off into obscurity, he's intent on committing murder for the same reason. It helps that the police are mind numbingly out of touch with what thier job is.
SO here are the problems:
1) Female lead gets a grade D for personality
2) Male lead gets A+ for everything except accepting that female lead is a waste of time
3) Leads have no chemistry & the 10 yr age gap is ridiculous
4) Villain is somehow both clever & stupid as he seems to have a one track mind but no sense of self preservation


Is the age gap trope of very young male paired with much older woman something that was common when this was first released ? Was it supposed to appeal to the fantasy of the highschool boy or the older single woman ?
I'm remembering that HighShcool King of Savvy (2014) also had this trope & it also didn't work, though it was a better set up than this because at least the female lead was nice.

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a calm, non stressful visual feast . Male lead shines. Romance lacks payout

I watched this expecting it to be a visual feast & a mostly calm drama that wouldn't be stressful & it was just that. The female lead played the same sort of ditzy character that she does so well. Her childishness can be irritating, but thankfully they also make her brave & endearing-(though often nonsensical.) The male lead, ( also playing a character type he's played in other dramas), really impresses with his range of expressions. As an actor He really is evolving well .
I enjoyed the soundtrack as it went well with the genre. This is a leisurely drama & they used alot of piano & traditional instruments which enhanced the atmosphere.
Side characters are boring. There are dull/boring/useless episodes & the way the drama ended was lacking. While there were many touching moments throughout the drama between the couples, the resolution/reuniting of the main couple is only ok as it had no embraces or kisses.(if you have ever seen the American movie musical My Fair lady-Audrey Hepburn version- this drama ending is reminiscent of that one).
You will need to watch through the credits to get the warm fuzzies you have been anticipating & it's barely enough payout for our investment in their relationship ,though The main couple Does show thier strong bond through out the drama, But I require a satisfying traditional happy ending .

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Skip this & watch The King Eternal Monarch instead

Lead male & female ruined this series. I got to episode 7 & found little incentive to continue. If you haven't started this then I urge you to skip it and watch King eternal Monarch (2020)instead because it is a time travel romance with the same male lead;Lee Min Ho. What pushed me over the edge to drop this ? Lee Min Ho's wooden acting. His acting is just so poor in contrast to the others actors. Where other actors around him wear thier armor well, ( "owning it"), he just looks awkward .Having seen Boys over flowers (&hating it) and watching him in 7 episodes of this, I was completely stunned when I saw The King Eternal Monarch because his acting was SO much better than I expected (I watched King Eternal Monarch about a year before watching this) In this drama, I found Lee Min ho unappealing. I actually found the King (Ryu Deok Hwan more attractive & interesting. Some of the production was not well done. The bad guy Yoo Oh Sung had very short hair-while 99% of other males had very long hair. Lee Min Ho's short pony tail was somebody's bad idea as well (more cute than suitable for a general)! Kim Hee Sun's character was intolerably annoying. She endlessly ranted like a angsty 12 year old & seemed like an older Noona rather than a love interest for the male lead. Romance? Leads had NO chemistry. Ending: was not my definition of happy. There is a 5 year time skip and the leads are reunited and they are so happy that they stand 15+ feet away from each other, just looking at each other until the camera fades out. Tedious & underwhelming waste of time sums up this series.

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Cast is wasted on this unsettling woke agenda made in 2014

for as old as this is, it has a surprising amount of Woke social awareness issues as well as alot of unsettling shock & awe .
Both lead characters were totally unappealing. I got 44 minutes into the 1st episode & found it disgusting.
Initially, I was very interested to see D.O. in an early drama role, BUT, I did not need to see him in a men's room peeing & checking out another guy that stood next to him.
I was completely taken off guard & confused that the female lead constantly (so far) defended people with deviant behavior-even as they assaulted her (& she wanted & needed help), she was still on the side of the mentally disturbed person (to the point of physically defending him against the person actually trying to help her. It was meant to be funny (why?). They discussed gender dysphoria ....so however you feel about that, there it is. The male lead was a sexual predator- a "player" who seemed to just like conquests. There was bloody knife Violence (well, it was a fork used as a weapon ) but all that I just mentioned was in the first 44 minutes.. and it was enough for me to drop it as the leads, as they presented them, are not people I can care about & want to see together.

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