This was actually one of the best dramas I've seen. I'm positively surprised. I did enjoy this a lot and nobody…
OMG how could I forget the smacking. The ML took smacking while he ate to a whole other level. I wanted to slap the shit out of him by the time I made it halfway through the drama!
This was actually one of the best dramas I've seen. I'm positively surprised. I did enjoy this a lot and nobody…
I'm the complete opposite. Here's why - **I'm sharing because you mention the ratings don't make sense, but I AM happy for you that you do NOT agree! It means you enjoyed yourself and that's a good thing!***
The humor was horrible. Didn't laugh once. I'm not even being facetious. I really didn't find any of it to be humorous. I've spent most of the drama annoyed, especially by the FL. She is dumb as rocks, naive, immature, stubborn and childish. The good aspect (singular) of the drama was the serial killer plot, which actually could have had great pacing had they not tried to draw the story out and throw in all the extra fluff surrounding it just to stretch out the drama. I usually love my romance mixed in but, again, the FL irked me so much with her stupidity and very childish behavior that I had no interest in watching the lackluster romance budding between the leads. Their chemistry sucked too.
BUT it's not that those aspects of the story are terrible! Not at all. They are just minorly below standard. So it's not those factors themselves that are frustrating me, it the dichotomy between the good and the bad.
I watched this before, years ago, and liked the serial killer aspect of the story enough to rate it a high 8.5, also because the things I didn't like (mentioned above) weren't as terrible as I've seen in other dramas. They weren't terrible but they were below average. But I'm watching it again now and finding that it makes it even more frustrating to watch. The aspects I like, I REALLY like, but the aspects I don't like just fall short. They are BAD but they are below average. So it's like this constant minor irritation that I keep wishing would just go away so I could really just enjoy the drama, but just wouldn't. I could be so engrossed in this thing if it didn't keep falling short in so many areas. Like I start flying high with the story only for it to sputter and dwindle then take off again. It's very frigging annoying.
Maybe it's because I binge? I dunno.
It could be so good but I keep trying to figure out if it's the writing or the casting or whatever it is that's off, but it keeps falling short. The only one delivering consistently is the villain, which he does in all his roles.
It's like the pacing is off too. Like they keep having to add all this filler stuff to get the episode count but then the serial killer aspect of the story is going too fast. Wildly enough though it feels like if they slow down the serial killer aspect it would ruin that portion of the story too. That just tells me the other aspects of the story aren't developed well enough to support and maintain the standard of the thriller storyline. They aren't up to par.
So I'm leaning towards the issue being mainly with the casting and directing, and also some of the writing. It could have been sooooo much better had it been done right!
This drama triggered the hell out me, so many dumb moments, lack of chemistry between the FL&ML and a whole hip…
OMG YESSSSSS! I watched this years ago and didn't give it a very high score but did make a note that I should watch it again because there were aspects of the story itself that I enjoyed. I've finally gotten around to watching this again and...I've slept through a whole lot of the first 7 episodes, been annoyed by what I did see, and fast forwarded the rest. I'm only nearing the end of ep 8 now and for the life of me the only reason I'm still watching is because I want to see how they catch the killer, because I cannot remember it. But they keep adding all this extra dumb storyline and fluff and stupid crap that I'm very frustrated while trying to get to what I actually WANT to see! For once it's NOT the romance! The FL annoys the bejesus out of me with her stupidity and naivety and childishness. The lack of chemistry between her and the ML is just ridiculous. He's just dead weight in the romance aspect. Like he didn't even bother trying properly. The cheap and ridiculous methods they use to draw out the story are super annoying too. The humor is NOT funny, not in the least! WHYYYY AM I WATCHING THIS! If I could just ff straight to what I want to see that would be perfect but NO! I have to keep torturing myself because it's sooo sparsely intermingled amongst all the dumb shit that it's like sifting through weeds to find it. UGH!
Can you tell I'm aggravated?! LOL! I even have to laugh at myself at this point.
He's not just accused of drugs. He's accused of sexual allegations as well and these were before the drug issues:…
Then later it comes out that there was bribery involved in the original case where his charges were dropped and the accusers punished. His agency dropped him completely after that. He's next level scum.
Yeah I find it weird how they make a big deal about drugs but when it comes to sex with minors or just any SA…
Y'all are ignoring the sexual charges and allegations as well. On top of bribery charges for getting the sexual assault charges dropped. This isn't one of those where it's just some light marijuana use or someone who was self-medicating. Dude sounds like he was absolute trash.
can you please tell me abt jung hae in is he a imp. character in the story or annoying?
You can barely consider him a SML. It's only from the romance aspect of the drama that he'd be considered a SML. All 3 leads are equally integral to the main storyline. It's very different from what you commonly see.
This is a well-balanced drama that isn't driven purely by the romance though. It's drama, thriller, romance, mystery, comedy and everything else rolled all together so you can't apply the usual romantic drama rules when drawing your comparisons. He's not one of those SML's they make look bad or make you feel sorry for or any of that. He wasn't pining away for her or hoping to steal her away. He's definitely NOT a simp at all. They are all 3 very close friends. He and the ML even acknowledged that they both knew he had feelings for the FL and they both accepted and moved past it.
I'll admit though, the more times I've watched it the more I find myself getting irritated at some of the writing. In very minor ways though. Things like thinking that had someone opened their mouths and said something in certain situation, aspects of the story could have been avoided or wouldn't have played out in the ways they did. Or like finding glaring issues with some of the logical aspects of how some cases and situations were handled. BUT, I emphasize these feelings last like split seconds unlike with other dramas where it actually gets irritating or even frustrating.
It's not a perfect drama but it's EXTREMELY entertaining, in so many ways. Still one of my favorites.
What on earth was that. Disappointed after the 1st season. It was so whack and funny and so typically Japanese!!…
I agree! It's completely pointless. There was no actual story development from the first season. None. 6 episodes that went nowhere. I feel like I just wasted a bunch of time for nothing.
This was completely pointless. Like someone else said, it should have just been a special episode. A sequel would have been better had it told their story of what happened after she graduated. I feel like I just wasted my time watching this.
This has been one of my all-time favorite series for a few years now so it's pretty wild to suddenly see all these comments from new viewers who've now found this gem and fallen in love with it too.
Let me tell you guys. I first watched it more than 4 years ago. Then I watched it again about 2 years later and loved it all over again. It's a phenomenal drama.
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The humor was horrible. Didn't laugh once. I'm not even being facetious. I really didn't find any of it to be humorous.
I've spent most of the drama annoyed, especially by the FL. She is dumb as rocks, naive, immature, stubborn and childish.
The good aspect (singular) of the drama was the serial killer plot, which actually could have had great pacing had they not tried to draw the story out and throw in all the extra fluff surrounding it just to stretch out the drama. I usually love my romance mixed in but, again, the FL irked me so much with her stupidity and very childish behavior that I had no interest in watching the lackluster romance budding between the leads. Their chemistry sucked too.
BUT it's not that those aspects of the story are terrible! Not at all. They are just minorly below standard. So it's not those factors themselves that are frustrating me, it the dichotomy between the good and the bad.
I watched this before, years ago, and liked the serial killer aspect of the story enough to rate it a high 8.5, also because the things I didn't like (mentioned above) weren't as terrible as I've seen in other dramas. They weren't terrible but they were below average. But I'm watching it again now and finding that it makes it even more frustrating to watch. The aspects I like, I REALLY like, but the aspects I don't like just fall short. They are BAD but they are below average. So it's like this constant minor irritation that I keep wishing would just go away so I could really just enjoy the drama, but just wouldn't. I could be so engrossed in this thing if it didn't keep falling short in so many areas. Like I start flying high with the story only for it to sputter and dwindle then take off again. It's very frigging annoying.
Maybe it's because I binge? I dunno.
It could be so good but I keep trying to figure out if it's the writing or the casting or whatever it is that's off, but it keeps falling short. The only one delivering consistently is the villain, which he does in all his roles.
It's like the pacing is off too. Like they keep having to add all this filler stuff to get the episode count but then the serial killer aspect of the story is going too fast. Wildly enough though it feels like if they slow down the serial killer aspect it would ruin that portion of the story too. That just tells me the other aspects of the story aren't developed well enough to support and maintain the standard of the thriller storyline. They aren't up to par.
So I'm leaning towards the issue being mainly with the casting and directing, and also some of the writing. It could have been sooooo much better had it been done right!
Can you tell I'm aggravated?! LOL! I even have to laugh at myself at this point.
This is a well-balanced drama that isn't driven purely by the romance though. It's drama, thriller, romance, mystery, comedy and everything else rolled all together so you can't apply the usual romantic drama rules when drawing your comparisons. He's not one of those SML's they make look bad or make you feel sorry for or any of that. He wasn't pining away for her or hoping to steal her away. He's definitely NOT a simp at all. They are all 3 very close friends. He and the ML even acknowledged that they both knew he had feelings for the FL and they both accepted and moved past it.
It's not a perfect drama but it's EXTREMELY entertaining, in so many ways. Still one of my favorites.
Let me tell you guys. I first watched it more than 4 years ago. Then I watched it again about 2 years later and loved it all over again. It's a phenomenal drama.
I'm so disgusted with this entire experience.