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Awaken korean drama review
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Awaken
5 people found this review helpful
by AnnitsAnn
Jan 20, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
This review may contain spoilers
Despite the flaws, I personally loved this drama. Yes there could have been a lot more progression earlier on but I was just hooked in this the moment I started. The writer have written a group of strong characters partnered with capable actors in this drama. Where it falls through for me is the development for the most of them. There was so much potential for this to have been an excellent drama. It is already brilliant for what it is, but the potential of the first 4 episodes and the last episode further sheds some look into what more this could have been.

The romance between the characters, if we can even call it that, was a nice complement with the rest of the story at the start however it was clear later on that this was not going to progress into how it seemed to have looked earlier on. Again, could have been explosive but the reveal of the secret was flat to say the least. I was expecting there to have more angst in that regards but it was again obvious there was a lot more that needed addressing.

Overall, disappointing in some aspects but it was great overall. Every episode of this just flew by and despite things not always turning out to be as satisfying, every episode just flowed really smoothly. Each hour felt too short.

Looking at the ending, it has a potential for a season 2 especially with such a change in the atmosphere in the drama. But then thinking back to the main plot, there's nothing else that can defend a season 2 from that point of view. But again with how they put so much importance on the team's bond, I can see a season 2 ensemble focused drama, hopefully with actual romance there lol.

I really loved the cast especially Jamie and Jaewoong together. I also liked the reporter. Plus the OST, I wish they had more opportunity to have used it in the drama.

It made me feel so impatient waiting for this every week but I also enjoyed watching the episodes as they came.
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