Kn0cturnal

this review is based af. I disliked toxic relationships in this drama but what I disliked more is that show presents it as something normal and tries to justify it.

I hated 2d ml. He was so hard to watch being abusive, jealous, overall so toxic but many characters in this show were really awful people for no reason. The worst thing is that its kinda normalized and accepted behavior and in the end they just brush it all up and everyone is together. Thats just crazy to me.

What I am saying is simply that you can like theme and enjoy a show but still see many flaws in production, execution, acting, etc. Just because I liked 1 or 2 aspects I am not like wow that's a 10.

I enjoyed many shows with flaw and gave them like 6 or 7 but here it's like its either a 10 or 1.

That is just my opinion and in cdramas scores seem to be more inflated compared to others and all over the place.

I never wanted to drop kdrama that was scored over 8 on ep 1 but with many cdramas some niche and mediocre stuff is rated higher in comparison.

Basically I am just flustrated looking for very well produced and acted cdrama and it's harder to find when it's so deluted with mediocre stuff even at high ratings.

2nd ml makes this unwatchable

Because plot needed that to happen. Don't give writters too much credit to come up with a reason.

I haven't found cdrama that I didn't drop. This one is barely mid and highly over rated and I dropped it in ep1. I liked Crush the best so far, it started out great but got ruined in last 1/3. I am trying to get into cdramas but I either can't find the good ones or they are not for me. I tried high rated ones and they were not good, like baffling bad and some amateurish. Many productions and dubbing is off-putting and acting in many is stiff or just weird. I didn't have that issue with kdrama and jdrama.

If that is all that it takes to get high score then I understand why so many cdrama are so over rated.

Legit first 5 mins show otherwise. She is tapping keys like crazy randomly yet nothing is on cd, she is swiping mouse as if that makes sword strike in same motion but mouse is used for movement / pointing spot on screen where you attack or last hit, etc. and not for emulated sword movements. Also she uses keys that are not same as keybinds to her skills. They try to hide this in some shots but you can see it not matching. Even if this was bad editing it doesn't excuse most of these things.

I watched some more and dropped it. characters are either toxic or unlikeable or both. Idk why kdrama glorifies or tries to justify some of the awful things or traits.

I only watched ep1 so far but something feels off with this production. Its feels kinda scuffed and amateurish at times. Cuts / editing is weird, camera makes no sense sometimes or borderline causes motion sicknes, color grade is awful for rom com and doesn't fit, audio / dialogue sometimes sounds like its picked from internal camera mic, etc.

I wouldn't worry about kisses in future ep 🤣

What is the american version called ?

Kinda ok at start but ruined after ep 4.

This is one of the worst things I ever watched. It's so unbelievably bad and makes no sense.

People who like gaslighting might enjoy it I guess.

Sure I get what you mean just for future so people are not confused if you use that because it is not what hidden gem means.

It's great show, one of my favs, but it's definitely not a hidden gem.

This comment made me skip this drama.

How do so many cdramas that are so mid get such high ratings. In this one FL can't even act and for show focused on gaming they can't even use mouse and keyboard.

Problem is the format where they shove it all in finale and make previous few episodes drag.

Imagine not having template story that requires break up because writters sure can't.