I'm really not that fond of episodic dramas I keep trying them but I just get bored. I wish this had been a RomCom with KSJ being all jolly hockey sticks Judo girl, oh well.
I was sort of enjoying the silliness of this which kept me from being too critical of all the glaring plot holes but episode 6 sort of tipped me off the edge. I might go back to it.. or I might not
I don't blame you, the second half was much better than the first half though imo, if you wanted any motivation…
I'm not sure I can manage, I didn't like either of the leads (as characters the actors are fine) and the annoying voice in my head keeps saying things like "why doesn't he have brain damage" "Why isn't his nose broken and his teeth all knocked out?" "how did a skinny little thing like that chuck a big bloke around?" Never a good sign when your suspension of disbelief falters in the early episodes.
Kept me interested for an episode. Gave up after 3. Good for slightly dissipated nihilistic teen angst memories. Bad for form over substance. Homage to Ki ck-Ass?
Loved the first couple of episodes but it faded fast for me. The characters were the best part but at the end none of them felt properly explored and fleshed out. Could have been so much more.
Not a bad version though perhaps a little more morally flawed than others. As in the Korean version I reached the end of my tether when the online persona/grooming came up, though I'd already lost most of my compassion for the ML by then anyway. Up to about ep.30 it's ok but not great.
This keeps dragging me in and then spitting me out again. I quite the like the leads both their characters and acting but the rest of it ...not so much. If they could have toned down at lot of the background shenanigans and played with the romance a bit more it would have been better for me. Stalled at ep. 9 I don't know if I'll finish it..
Didn't realise we'd segued into season 2 which is nice. I don't usually watch as things air, I'm not a fan of C-drama, I'm even less of a fan of costume drama yet I'm waiting for new episodes with bated breath. Laugh out loud funny, swoon worthy in places and loads of people you love to hate - excellent stuff!
The thing about episodic dramas is that the quality of episodes usually vary and so I found several cases less…
Perhaps so but I think it applies more to stories tied up in an episode than to stories that span 8 to 16 episodes. You can cover plot points in more depth and build to an appropriate resolution rather than having to wrap it up too quickly. There are plenty of dramas out there with poor scores because the plot completion and loose ends are all left to the last episode and so cannot be tied up neatly. Episodic dramas are a bit like that every episode unless handled really well.
I wish this had been a RomCom with KSJ being all jolly hockey sticks Judo girl, oh well.
Recommended
Good for slightly dissipated nihilistic teen angst memories.
Bad for form over substance.
Homage to Ki ck-Ass?
Stalled at ep. 9 I don't know if I'll finish it..
I don't usually watch as things air, I'm not a fan of C-drama, I'm even less of a fan of costume drama yet I'm waiting for new episodes with bated breath.
Laugh out loud funny, swoon worthy in places and loads of people you love to hate - excellent stuff!
There are plenty of dramas out there with poor scores because the plot completion and loose ends are all left to the last episode and so cannot be tied up neatly. Episodic dramas are a bit like that every episode unless handled really well.