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A dash of Spellbound, a sprinkle of CLOY...
To start with the positives- I love the main couple. ML is a green forest and their relationship progressing with mutual respect was very sweet. I adored the proposal scene. The side characters are great and impactful. I loved the entire prosecution office as much as they love Ma Gang-wook. And I loved Yeo-ri's subordinates. The cousin sis was extremely annoying and I was waiting for her to get haunted but her fam had a cute side by the end. OST was a tad light. The blooper reels with the final credits and the cards were a nice touch. I also liked the official website they built- it's cute.
ML's Granny left me wondering- on the one hand this world has entities that most people can't see but Yeo-ri and so we know the supernatural exists. And then granny's premonitions really did come true 99% so her superstitions... I was excpecting her to secretly be a great seer of some sort.
The negatives- I couldn't put my finger on what but something gets lost by the end, it was hard to stay interested. I was not expecting it to be Spellbound but at the same time- like, there being a tent in the room but no iconic tent scene!? It felt like a nod to Son Ye-jin with a lot of Crash Landing on You elements being there that multiplied by the end but that didn't translate that well. And Park Eun-bin too, sometimes it felt like she is trying to channel her inner Son Ye-jin rather than Seo-ri. The last few episodes were lacking in direction or editing, maybe but it just didn't have the same spark as the first half. Ong Seong-wu acted really well(considering a previous series I didn't like him in) and was super hot...but... I felt the SML's character became somewhat conflicting(?). Like, two ghost cases had foreshadowed exactly what direction he would take but I was confused with the SML. Also, there was something confusing about the boat accident's story shifting perspectives.
I was glad no grandmothers were harmed by the end of the drama but wished we had ended on a wedding scene.
ML's Granny left me wondering- on the one hand this world has entities that most people can't see but Yeo-ri and so we know the supernatural exists. And then granny's premonitions really did come true 99% so her superstitions... I was excpecting her to secretly be a great seer of some sort.
The negatives- I couldn't put my finger on what but something gets lost by the end, it was hard to stay interested. I was not expecting it to be Spellbound but at the same time- like, there being a tent in the room but no iconic tent scene!? It felt like a nod to Son Ye-jin with a lot of Crash Landing on You elements being there that multiplied by the end but that didn't translate that well. And Park Eun-bin too, sometimes it felt like she is trying to channel her inner Son Ye-jin rather than Seo-ri. The last few episodes were lacking in direction or editing, maybe but it just didn't have the same spark as the first half. Ong Seong-wu acted really well(considering a previous series I didn't like him in) and was super hot...but... I felt the SML's character became somewhat conflicting(?). Like, two ghost cases had foreshadowed exactly what direction he would take but I was confused with the SML. Also, there was something confusing about the boat accident's story shifting perspectives.
I was glad no grandmothers were harmed by the end of the drama but wished we had ended on a wedding scene.
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