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Am I really supposed to care about Mirr and Ogwi when the writers have put the minimum effort to flesh out their characters? Do they really believe they did something with this romance subplot?

The persistence of the director to show every single angel's reaction is killing me.

The Angels are fighting? Show them getting beaten, one by one

Taesan arrives? Have each one of them exclaim "Taesan"

Something else happens? Show every single angel's face expression

It's getting really comical, at one point I start guessing the order of how they'll appear

At least she gets the appreciation she deserves from Korean fans

The ending of Episode 1 with Jung I-Sin smiling in a creepy way gave me flashbacks of the ending of the first episode of Beyond Evil when Dongsik also smiled in a creepy way

Omg, another person who noticed the similarities with "Concerning Hobbits"

I think that some psychological thrillers require more episodes. For example, Beyond Evil and Black Out had good length (16 and 14 episodes respectively), otherwise the plot and characterisation wouldn't have been fleshed out. But I get what you mean.

I totally agree with the second part of your comment.

By getting a semi reunion of our favourite trio

I personally really liked the first episode. I love psychological thrillers and it seems like Queen Mantis will be good. The acting is absolutely stellar, this is my first Go Hyun Jung drama and she's absolutely KILLING it with her expressions, tone and body language. Her gaze holds so many emotions: sadness, sorrow, enjoyment, cockiness...I cannot wait to see her unveil even more.

The mother-son relationship is already complex and angsty and I cannot get enough of it. I am so curious to see how the writers are going to handle it.

Since this drama shares the same director with Black Out, I have more reasons to be optimistic. I hope it'll continue off strong.

It's so underrated

Black Out fans, we won so hard in the first episode!

Had it been written by other writers, I'm afraid they would have forced a relationship between Jaeyi and Joowon

Some series can survive without romance. Beyond Evil, Strangers From Hell, D.P., Navillera, Black Out and more dramas didn't include romance and were still good.

I am suffering with you. I am also watching Twelve and I'll give Queen Mantis a try, hoping it won't be a flop.

Han Joowon profile picture and Black Out mention. I salute you for your taste.

Aw, thank you so much! I am honestly very doubtful about this review because I'm afraid I didn't articulate my thoughts properly but your comment is very nice!

It's such a pity that Aema is doing pretty well among Korean viewers and yet it's so overlooked by international kdrama fans

THANK YOU. I HATE THIS TOO.

I couldn't agree more

I just read the plot after seeing so many people hyping it up. Cannot believe I would almost miss this. Love me an interesting psychological thriller and mother-son relationship.

I watched it recently without high expectations and I had fun, not gonna lie. Obviously the writing is kinda lackluster and the characters lacked depth but at least the series never pretended to be anything pretentious or sell itself as a deep gangster show. It was a pure revenge story with good action and fight scenes, nothing more, nothing less.

I really enjoyed Gong Myung, he nailed the role of the spoiled and arrogant brat. I saw him for the first time in Extreme Job and this time he played a very different character equally well.