Fun if you want something messy and a complete no brainer
The drama in itself is pretty bad. The storyline is messy and the characters have 0 development over the entire run. If you want to watch something that will make you think and be emotionally connected this is not it. This drama is a complete shut off your brain kind. Its fun if you want something messy that makes 0 sense. Its fun when you are just there to laugh at the situations that take place and wonder how bad can it even get.Basically not a good drama but a fun watch as a no brainer.
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Why is it so hyped???
This drama is BAD. The plot is cringy. The storyline makes no sense. The characters are bland and have 0 personality or a very stereotypical one. There is almost no character development. The male lead is narcissistic and the female lead although pretends to not take his shit, she still ends up giving in.But my main complaint with the drama is the acting. Its just really bad over acting. Even with such great actors present, the acting is a pain to watch. They do not put in any efforts to show any genuine emotions. And all the emotions they try to show are too much. Nothing is ever subtle and is always exaggerated.
I still don't understand how this drama has received the hype it has. It is not worth it at all and is a shame as such a popular kdrama recommended by many.
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Good effort, but falls short in many places.
The premise of the drama is good, it starts off well and intriguing, but the problems start showing on pretty early. It is a K-bl, so I did not expect it to be long at all, but even the run time that it has is not utilized well, sometimes things happen without motivation. For a crime drama there is barely any set up at times to many things, things just somehow fall into place at the right time, there is no background or introduction to substantial evidence, things just suddenly click and boom crime solved.Even on the relationship side it is lacking, they start off as sex partners but then suddenly start liking each other, and Taeson goes from hating Chaeha to suddenly liking him, we are not shown any reason as to why he would start liking him. Taeson says he does not hate Chaeha anymore because he is already miserable enough, but that is still not reason enough to start liking someone. And Chaeha liking Taeson also makes no sense because Taeson had been an absolute ass to him since the beginning.
The characters also feel hollow at times, Chaeha is always the damsel in distress and Taeson is the prince charming who almost always saves him. Chaeha is also stupidly resilient abuse and does not know how to stand for himself at times. Taeson is also super problematic, and forcefully kisses Chaeha the very first time, something that everyone seems to just glance over. The dialogue also feels incredibly shallow at times, not just between the leads but overall with all characters.
The ending also made absolutely no sense, the last scene felt like it was out of a romcom rather than a crime heavy genre, it also went completely off the aesthetics the drama followed in all the other scenes.
Complains aside, there were a few things I did appreciate. Like the effort to atleast dive into the crime genre (something that is not easy to execute, and often requires lots of efforts to be well done) with the small budget and run time that K-bls ususally have, so it was a good first try and I hope to see more K-bls in similar genres. Secondly the opening was also pretty well made. The setting and cinematography were also pretty well done, I like the darkness in the atmosphere throughout the drama, the gloomy weather, dark interiors, gave the heaviness of a crime show.
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