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This will be one of my comfort dramas I rewatch a lot
I never mention or care about the music in a drama, but the music in this one was absolutely amazing. Every single song was truly touching and memorable. It really added to the atmosphere of the whole drama. I’ll definitely be buying the soundtrack.
The Storyline
What stands out in this drama is its originality. There are no cliche childhood connections between the leads, obsessed second leads, helpless females needing to be saved, love triangles, or any other common cliche storylines. It was refreshing to have an original storyline about two people connecting over their shared love of murder mystery games and matching wits. And the murder mystery games were high tech AI games that were fun to watch. I loved the originality of the storyline, it was refreshing.
The characters
I liked that the female lead was strong, confident in herself and always stood up for what she believed in. She was also very smart and figured a lot of stuff out before the male lead did. He respected her intelligence and even relied on it. The female lead is stuck in a boring job that fails to peak her interest or challenge her intellect. She learns that it’s okay to put herself first sometimes and decides to switch careers despite her parents opposition. Her journey is about finding what she wants out of life and making the necessary changes to achieve her life’s goals. The male lead had a traumatic childhood and wants to clear his father’s name and avenge his death. He trusts no one and is so focused on the past that he’s isolated himself from everyone. His journey is about rectifying the wrongs in his past so he can start living for his future. He also has to learn how to trust others and communicate better if he wants to have meaningful relationships.
The Romance
The romance in this drama is really well done. There isn’t any insta love or love at first sight. The relationship grows organically and there’s no noble idiocy either. And I like that they don’t wait until the last minute to get together. They get together midway through the drama then have to work on communicating and understanding each other better. There’s also lots of hugs, kisses, princess carrying, piggyback rides, etc. If you like lots of skinship in your romance dramas you won’t be disappointed with this one.
Character growth
I appreciated how every character had depth and was well fleshed out. Everyone had immense growth as the drama unfolded too. Character growth and development is important to me in a drama. Shallow characters that never learn a lesson make a drama boring. This drama was anything but boring.
Overall thoughts
This drama had an excellent storyline, there were no cliches, it had a little bit of angst but not too much, the romance was excellent, the acting was top notch and the music was really good. My only complaint is that it got a little slow in the middle. It picked up in the last few episodes but the middle dragged for me. For that reason I’m giving it 9 out of 10 stars. It’s almost perfect but not quite. I highly recommend it. I expect this to be one of my comfort dramas I rewatch when I want to lose myself in a great drama.
The Storyline
What stands out in this drama is its originality. There are no cliche childhood connections between the leads, obsessed second leads, helpless females needing to be saved, love triangles, or any other common cliche storylines. It was refreshing to have an original storyline about two people connecting over their shared love of murder mystery games and matching wits. And the murder mystery games were high tech AI games that were fun to watch. I loved the originality of the storyline, it was refreshing.
The characters
I liked that the female lead was strong, confident in herself and always stood up for what she believed in. She was also very smart and figured a lot of stuff out before the male lead did. He respected her intelligence and even relied on it. The female lead is stuck in a boring job that fails to peak her interest or challenge her intellect. She learns that it’s okay to put herself first sometimes and decides to switch careers despite her parents opposition. Her journey is about finding what she wants out of life and making the necessary changes to achieve her life’s goals. The male lead had a traumatic childhood and wants to clear his father’s name and avenge his death. He trusts no one and is so focused on the past that he’s isolated himself from everyone. His journey is about rectifying the wrongs in his past so he can start living for his future. He also has to learn how to trust others and communicate better if he wants to have meaningful relationships.
The Romance
The romance in this drama is really well done. There isn’t any insta love or love at first sight. The relationship grows organically and there’s no noble idiocy either. And I like that they don’t wait until the last minute to get together. They get together midway through the drama then have to work on communicating and understanding each other better. There’s also lots of hugs, kisses, princess carrying, piggyback rides, etc. If you like lots of skinship in your romance dramas you won’t be disappointed with this one.
Character growth
I appreciated how every character had depth and was well fleshed out. Everyone had immense growth as the drama unfolded too. Character growth and development is important to me in a drama. Shallow characters that never learn a lesson make a drama boring. This drama was anything but boring.
Overall thoughts
This drama had an excellent storyline, there were no cliches, it had a little bit of angst but not too much, the romance was excellent, the acting was top notch and the music was really good. My only complaint is that it got a little slow in the middle. It picked up in the last few episodes but the middle dragged for me. For that reason I’m giving it 9 out of 10 stars. It’s almost perfect but not quite. I highly recommend it. I expect this to be one of my comfort dramas I rewatch when I want to lose myself in a great drama.
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