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Great premise but very ragebaity
The acting was great, especially loved the ML's ability to switch between Gyeon oo and Bong su, it was very fun to watch. The female lead was also able to strike the perfect balance between cutesy and naive (necessary for her role as a lovestruck teenager to be convincing) all while being brave and daring enough to protect her loved ones without being annoying. Too many times these female leads come off as lowkey annoying in their pursuit to come off as strong, but that was NOT an issue here. In this aspect, the show was a 10/10. HOWEVERRRRR, the Yeom-Hwa thing irritated me to no end (10/10 acting by the actress). It just made no sense to me. I got the point that she was a grieving mother and was the spirit daughter of the General which explained why she was allowed to get away with so much but I literally do not understand what the motive of the writers and directors was with her character. Like, she was literally SADISTIC at the start of the show towards the male lead who was a LITERAL KID, had no qualms about manipulating the lives and spirits of people in order to achieve her goals or just be nasty just BECAUSE, literally caused her spirit mother to DIE and I'm supposed to just be cool with her getting away with it all because "Well, she regrets it now"?? Screw that! I was so bewildered by how unbothered they all seemed by her despite the amount of evil she was doing. She literally manipulated the spirit of a fallen child soldier, turning him into an evil spirit who ended up possessing the body of the human child she tortured and they just CASUALLY HAD HER IN THE HOUSE WITH SAID BOY WHO SHE TORTURED? Make it make sense! The General was upsetting me too because yeah, I get it, she's your spirit daughter. But at the end of the day, she is HARMING people and spirits and you KNOW about it. So why aren't you doing more to stop her?? While watching the last episode, I was just begging them to let her character *poof* because it made zero sense to me that she was able to just go on and live her life after all the harm she had done. If it wasn't for this absurdity, I'd give the show a rough 8/10 (1 mark docked for the rushed ending). But yeah, good watch but very rage baitey.Was this review helpful to you?
