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i thought it was fantastic . the main guy is super duper cute i really really like him. i understand that the way it handled suicide could have been better-- they seem to show recovery and survival that can be achieved with a few words of encouragement and self-affirmation, but i mean really IMO i think they just suicide as a vessel to discuss broader topics of sexual harassment and structural sexism . they talked about comfort women, returning ladies, kisaengs, and more modern examples such as workplace harassment, outdated r/pe victim laws (and accompanying social stigma), idol industry, etc. like these are tons and tons of examples of where women are oppressed under the state and i think even if the theme of suicide wasn't as nuanced as it could be ,the purpose of the show was to bring in light to a completely different topic and by focusing more on depression/mental health/etc it would actually take away the focus from these themes. yes these topics are still important but it makes sense why they took more of a secondary role in this drama. anyway that was just my opinion. i think its a very solid show. my only criticism is that they occasionally spoon feed you plot information like they just dump a whole bunch of lore (spoiler: when the grim reaper enters his own dream LOL) and i think they did that cuz they were running out of time lol and so it feels a tad lazy (this only really appeared towards the end).
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