Great start and potential that was sadly absolutely squandered in the 2nd half

(Info: I don't know anything about the webtoon it's based on, so I'm just judging the show overall)

It started out as a fun and cute story with very charismatic characters and great romantic and platonic relationships, with the potential to have some of the best main 4 character group. The FL was quirky and great, with many heartbreaking and heartwarming moments. The ML also carried a lot of emotional moments due to his experiences and losses. The relationship of FL/ML was a highlight, no matter if it was the present day or the flashbacks to the FLs 18th life. The 2ML and 2FL were also good characters with a lot of potential, with a nice relationship setup and great and interesting relationships to the ML and FL.

But all of this was squandered in the 2nd half. As the wtiting became a giant mess of clichés, drama and mystery boxes without rhyme or reason. It even managed to remove much of the charisma of and chemistry between the characters.

The 2FL and 2FL and their relationship got incredible shafted and was basically the same scene or argument over and over again like a freespinning wheel.

The 'antagonistic' character of Mingi was not his own character but a plot device for a poorly thought out 1st life and an overdramatic cliché mystery.

The sudden focus to the boring 1st life mystery also negatively impacted the FL/ML relationship, as the development of their relationship took a giant step back and their moments became very lackluster after the reveal of her reincarnation.

The whole storyline of the abusive father/mistress/reincarnated mother was very messy and just a distraction and stealing screentime from the 4 main characters. The acting of the reincarnated mother was also not very good, as she never seemed to have the presence of a person remembering their former lives.

The acting, cinamatography and OST were very good, but they all couldn't save the very messy writing. What was a slamdunk 8 stars (with the potential for 8.5 or 9 stars), just crashed into a 6 star rating. What a disappointment :(

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Very average at best

The show overall is very average at best. The acting is by far the best part and is a sign of the quality of the actors because all characters were entirely one-dimensional. Their motivations were severely underexplained and multiple characters appeared without any kind of sense or impact, almost as if to pad the rumtime. Due to that the villains often felt like they were bumbling around, just waiting for the plot to happen instead of being part of the plot.

The fighting choreography was okay, but severely hindered by the directing and editing reducing the tension and not really enhancing the movements.

They had an interesting theme going in the middle with vigilantism vs. law vs. the media, but it became muddled in the last 2 episodes with the main point of impact being that systematic corruption exists.

Lee Joon Hyuk as the crazy fan copycat is a delight, though as all characters one-dimensional and almost a deus-ex-machina. But his scenes were the most fun.

Also a special shoutout to the pig scene. That was a thing I did not expect, and one of the few times I thought that the villains were actually threatening.

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Rewatch Value 0/10.

*Spoilers* I guess, though who cares about that garbage?

A Superior Day is beyond horrible, an entire nuclear disaster. Every aspect is just bad. The writing, the cinematography, the characters, the directing, and even the acting although people like Jin Goo and Ha Do Gwon where in it. It's boring, it's stupid, everyone was so incompetent although the story claimed they were threatening it was absurd.

I still have trauma from that raging pile of shitty stupidity whenever I'm reminded of it. And do you know? The main character was once a fireman. It's only repeated 10 times every episode. And the grand conclusion of this to this never ending mantra? The final "fight"(read: nothingburger) where the main character washes away the painting of the "Big Bad"(read: completely incompetent, stupid and untreatening) while he watches because he is already incapacitated (due to his own actions, not due to any of the good guys actions) with a fucking firehose. Wow. Such twist. Much awesome 🙄

Here are the only Good Things about it:

- with 8 episodes it's rather short in comparison to 16 or 20 episodes
- they were able to draw out material for a 2 hour movie into an 8 hour show. That's a skill I guess???
- you don't have to remember names, their only aspect (eg. father, daughter, killer....) is enough to know everything about the characters
- very surprising, because the stupidity of the characters is breath-taking
- good training, for you if you have children that will act in a school play. To finish the show you have to learn to sit through some interesting acting

TL;DR: A Superior Day is straight up garbage and shouldn't exist.

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