goofy goober

Once again, like I've said on another historical drama, I hate historical movies, dramas, manga, anime, and everything related to the historical era. I am beyond picky when it comes to fantasy and historical dramas, and I mean literally, I've only watched 2 historical kdramas in all those years, but what drew me to this kdrama was the people who watched and talked about it. I've been seeing it EVERYWHERE for the past few years, and I have finally managed to watch and finish the drama. Although I have a few complaints, overall I really liked this drama. Would I watch it again? Most probably not (maybe after a decade, LOL), not because I did not like it but because of the ending. I've been told that this drama is BEYOND tragic and will leave you scarred. TBH, I'm a sucker for these types of dramas once in a while, and I turned out to really hate the ending. Don't get me wrong; it started off really well, as people said, but it took a huge turn, and the drama became very dark. I knew this would happen before watching the drama, but I did not expect it to take this huge of a turn. Before I started watching the drama, I also knew that one of the main characters would die, but what bothered me so much was the fact that Hae Soo didn't get to see Wang So before she died because of a mere misinterpretation. I honestly did not have a problem with Hae Soo dying. I did go into this drama expecting this to happen, but I didn't expect her to die a death where she could not meet someone she'd been really longing for, and that really broke me. I really want season 2 now because of the ending, although that seems very unlikely to happen.

I hate historical dramas, mangas, movies, everything related to the historical era, but this drama was a banger. I came here with low expectations and left in awe. Every second and every minute had me hooked. I'm sure this drama won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it's mine for sure. Now coming to season 2, I feel like season 2 wasn't necessary, and it kind of felt draggy. They could have made a few more episodes on season 1 and ended it there, but overall, I have no regrets. This drama was worth watching.

Hands down the best kdrama I've watched yet; the suspense kept me on the edge of my seat, and I'm going to rewatch it soon. I highly recommend watching this kdrama if some of you still haven't watched it.

I watched the movie after reading your comment. I expected it to be extremely disturbing to the point I'd have to look away, like you said, but it wasn't as bad as I originally thought, but nonetheless, it was still a bit disturbing for sure. This movie definitely reminded me of the Korean movie Silenced, which was also based on a true story and had a quite similar story, but the perpetrators were their principal and teachers.