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This review may contain spoilers
The unsolvable case of whatever it is that the author wanted
(╭☞•́⍛•̀)╭☞ Disclaimer :
This review might contain spoilers, it's solely based on my personal feelings and opinions and highly influenced by them, it's not meant to encourage/discourage anyone from watching so feel free to agree/disagree with it.
Well, this isn't exactly how I expected my return to writing reviews to be but I'm a little glad it is. In all honesty I wasn't planning on watching this series, mainly because I have a mile long plan-to-watch list that has been shoved time and time again to the back of the drawer, but if anyone has happened upon any of my older reviews, you'd know I'm a sucker for the crime/thriller genre, regardless of how I feel about the intimate touchy feely scenes, suspense is one of my many addictions so I couldn't refuse this one, so now after all this pointless rambling and without any further ado, let's get on with the actual review:
Plot/story :
I hate to be the one to say it but this is this series' weakest aspect, don't get me wrong, the premise of it is highly intriguing and the potential this had was off the charts, but I can't help but find the inconsistencies in the writing very.... well, inconsistent. I'm unfamiliar with the author but it really feels like they don't have much experience in writing crime, however, if it's their first attempt in this genre, I would say it's an ok start.
The case was one of the weirdest written plots I've seen in a while, nothing about its proceedings or how it was handled made sense, it genuinely felt like children playing in an escape room rather than an actual case where corruption blurs the lines between truth and lies, evidence was being collected like Pokémon cards, the "villain" felt like an afterthought, Chaeha and Taesan's past being quite vague was also a little irritating, them supposedly being sex partners while having slept with each other only twice was a bit of a hmmm moment for me, and many many other things that I low-key forgot because I unfortunately lost my notes on the episodes, but nonetheless I digress.
My review might make it seem like I didn't really enjoy the show, but I can assure you that I very much did, definitely not my favourite series to date but I feel like if you take the plot as it is and just surrender your brain to the story and its nonsense, these inconsistencies wouldn't bother you too much, now, is this the most well thought out plot you'll ever find? No, but is it interesting enough to keep you coming back? Absolutely, and while I did side eye the minor oddities here and there, I wouldn't say it's that terrible, matter of fact, I kinda like the way this ended, because while some might point out the way it was rushed so we could reach that famous happy ending for our 2 miserable leads, the ending surprisingly was left open, yes you heard that right, this ending was not obviously or explicitly happy, the way it was filmed and Chaeha's internal monologue didn't exactly give off "happy ending", and the scene at the end was filmed and framed in a rather "ethereal" way, so while some may argue it's a happy ending, I interpreted it as rather tragic, it genuinely felt like Chaeha died and that scene was basically his wish playing out for us, so I'm a little surprised and slightly amused with the ending.
Acting :
Here comes the star of the show with its slight shortcomings, the acting.
The actors did very well, and our 2 MLs were honestly good, but I wouldn't say they were particularly amazing, especially Park Si Woo who at times turned the deer-caught-in-headlights expression to the max even when it was uncalled for and at some scenes felt like he was fighting every fiber of his being to say the next line, but other than that they did quite well, even the minor characters were decent.
I have no comments on the MLs' chemistry because they genuinely did well, I didn't perceive any awkwardness from either actors and their intimate scenes were very well done, so yeah, no complaints form me on their pairing.
Music/Ost :
K-BLs did it yet again with the BGM, I've rarely if ever had anything to say about the music in Korean shows because they genuinely know how to give you a solid playlist, so overall, very good BGM.
Production :
Honestly the production was decent, and while the opening with its AI-y elements had me side eyeing it a little, I can't say it was a deal breaker for me, the camera-work was good and the sets were neat, nothing too awe-inspiring but definitely done with effort.
So yeah, these are my 2 cents on this series, my review might come off as very disjointed but that's because it's quite early in the morning, I haven't slept yet, and I'm very much out of practice here, especially considering I accidentally deleted the actual notes I had stored on my notes app on this series while trying to look for them, but yeah, you'll probably get my general thoughts on this K-BL from this "review", I'm sure the rest of the reviewers will have more articulated thoughts to add to the general consensus on this series, so I would recommend checking their reviews out for more input and opinions, otherwise, the series genuinely would get a recommendation from me if you have a little free time on your hand and are looking for something fun and slightly dark to enjoy, definitely a good show to pass the time.
This review might contain spoilers, it's solely based on my personal feelings and opinions and highly influenced by them, it's not meant to encourage/discourage anyone from watching so feel free to agree/disagree with it.
Well, this isn't exactly how I expected my return to writing reviews to be but I'm a little glad it is. In all honesty I wasn't planning on watching this series, mainly because I have a mile long plan-to-watch list that has been shoved time and time again to the back of the drawer, but if anyone has happened upon any of my older reviews, you'd know I'm a sucker for the crime/thriller genre, regardless of how I feel about the intimate touchy feely scenes, suspense is one of my many addictions so I couldn't refuse this one, so now after all this pointless rambling and without any further ado, let's get on with the actual review:
Plot/story :
I hate to be the one to say it but this is this series' weakest aspect, don't get me wrong, the premise of it is highly intriguing and the potential this had was off the charts, but I can't help but find the inconsistencies in the writing very.... well, inconsistent. I'm unfamiliar with the author but it really feels like they don't have much experience in writing crime, however, if it's their first attempt in this genre, I would say it's an ok start.
The case was one of the weirdest written plots I've seen in a while, nothing about its proceedings or how it was handled made sense, it genuinely felt like children playing in an escape room rather than an actual case where corruption blurs the lines between truth and lies, evidence was being collected like Pokémon cards, the "villain" felt like an afterthought, Chaeha and Taesan's past being quite vague was also a little irritating, them supposedly being sex partners while having slept with each other only twice was a bit of a hmmm moment for me, and many many other things that I low-key forgot because I unfortunately lost my notes on the episodes, but nonetheless I digress.
My review might make it seem like I didn't really enjoy the show, but I can assure you that I very much did, definitely not my favourite series to date but I feel like if you take the plot as it is and just surrender your brain to the story and its nonsense, these inconsistencies wouldn't bother you too much, now, is this the most well thought out plot you'll ever find? No, but is it interesting enough to keep you coming back? Absolutely, and while I did side eye the minor oddities here and there, I wouldn't say it's that terrible, matter of fact, I kinda like the way this ended, because while some might point out the way it was rushed so we could reach that famous happy ending for our 2 miserable leads, the ending surprisingly was left open, yes you heard that right, this ending was not obviously or explicitly happy, the way it was filmed and Chaeha's internal monologue didn't exactly give off "happy ending", and the scene at the end was filmed and framed in a rather "ethereal" way, so while some may argue it's a happy ending, I interpreted it as rather tragic, it genuinely felt like Chaeha died and that scene was basically his wish playing out for us, so I'm a little surprised and slightly amused with the ending.
Acting :
Here comes the star of the show with its slight shortcomings, the acting.
The actors did very well, and our 2 MLs were honestly good, but I wouldn't say they were particularly amazing, especially Park Si Woo who at times turned the deer-caught-in-headlights expression to the max even when it was uncalled for and at some scenes felt like he was fighting every fiber of his being to say the next line, but other than that they did quite well, even the minor characters were decent.
I have no comments on the MLs' chemistry because they genuinely did well, I didn't perceive any awkwardness from either actors and their intimate scenes were very well done, so yeah, no complaints form me on their pairing.
Music/Ost :
K-BLs did it yet again with the BGM, I've rarely if ever had anything to say about the music in Korean shows because they genuinely know how to give you a solid playlist, so overall, very good BGM.
Production :
Honestly the production was decent, and while the opening with its AI-y elements had me side eyeing it a little, I can't say it was a deal breaker for me, the camera-work was good and the sets were neat, nothing too awe-inspiring but definitely done with effort.
So yeah, these are my 2 cents on this series, my review might come off as very disjointed but that's because it's quite early in the morning, I haven't slept yet, and I'm very much out of practice here, especially considering I accidentally deleted the actual notes I had stored on my notes app on this series while trying to look for them, but yeah, you'll probably get my general thoughts on this K-BL from this "review", I'm sure the rest of the reviewers will have more articulated thoughts to add to the general consensus on this series, so I would recommend checking their reviews out for more input and opinions, otherwise, the series genuinely would get a recommendation from me if you have a little free time on your hand and are looking for something fun and slightly dark to enjoy, definitely a good show to pass the time.
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