Waikiki is one of those dramas that don't need long reviews.

It is a comedy - and it made me laugh more than anything else have done for say the last 10+ years, or even as long as I can remember. I am sure its the same for many of you too. This is easily the funniest comedy ever made, worldwide. Nothing tops this.

And for that only reason, this is a 10/10.

Last episode wrapped up everything just fine in my opinion.

There are also some deep messages about society problems. Romance is cute, music is good, a bunch of heartwarming moments as well.

The person writing the jokes/scenarios is a Korean national comedy treasure.

I can re-watch this when I'm down, stressed or anxious, for the rest of my life. This drama IS happiness.

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Suicide is a sensitive subject

And they did not fail in my opinion. I mean, it could have been a catastrophe. If you know someone who works with mental health though, you should probably not recommend them this drama... lol. But if you see it as pure fantasy it shouldn't bother you too much.

The good:
- The main cast.
- A few extremely strong episodes, for example ep 6 was amazing.
- Good production values and even the special effects were cool (but its pretty obvious they used up most of the effects budget in the fist couple of eps...).

The maybe not so good:
- Often overly dramatic to make it as tragic as possible, sometimes to the point its even silly.
- The formulaic format. Almost every episode has the same structure and is always magically solved in the end.
- Suicide is an extremely complex subject and sometimes it gets too simplified - for example the person saved by some fried chicken, or the eating disorder episode - the FL literally just talked to the suicidal person a few times and it was all solved... like magic. Thats not really how it works in real life...
- The comedy scenes. I don't think the comedic sense they had in this drama was funny overall, Sorry.
- Many weak/filler episodes, for example ep 7 or the one with the suicidal dog. It made me roll my eyes... The eps were overall very hit and miss, inconsistent.
- After all, the ending felt rushed.
(A bit too many "funny" costumes & heavy make-up in the underworld... but I guess thats just nitpicking, sorry, lol).

So for sure its a bit of a mixed bag - BUT definitely a drama worth checking out! A 7 from me.

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