littleberry09

It really had no relation to the story, I was guessing it was more of a metaphorical thing where she joins in his freakiness.

This ML is not even red flag... He is black flagged. He gets even worse before he gets a little better for 10 minutes at the end 💀

Pretty sure that was when he wrote something like scarecrow___ on it. She got the hint

Because one is Korean and the other is Japanese. They are different ethnicities and racial background.

About Hae-jin, no her body was never found. Most of the drama is fictionalised, but this part must be based off the real serial killings, because in real life they never found the 8 year old's body either. She was the only one to never be found and the youngest of all the victims too :(

I agree with all this, although I rated it lower than you did. Ultimately nothing was resolved, and a lot of the victims don't get justice. The brief 'what if' ending might have felt better if it led up to more of a sense of closure.

6.5/10. Felt VERY frustrating and VERY stressful to watch especially midway through. The first half was quite good but I thought the quality of writing dropped in the second half. Also from around Ep 9 onwards it goes on unnecessary plotlines with no direction. It turned from a crime thriller into being entirely focused on corruption and internal family drama. This one wasn't enjoyable for me tbh, and I agree with others saying it could have been a shorter drama. Overall quite disappointing that even with 12 episodes nothing was really resolved and left a lot of unanswered questions, hence it left me feeling unsatisfied.

I did appreciate a lot of it though, like the scarecrow theme and how that comes into metaphorical play at the end of the drama. Also if anyone noticed they made little callbacks to film Memories of Murder? At the end of EP 8 - The field where Kang Tae Joo found a dead body in the canal is exactly the opening scene from Memories of Murder.

Even with a discount it's only worth it if you use most the year round, but I don't. I got the monthly subscription for a bit but I rarely tend to use IQIYI. Only a few dramas are out on IQIYI only

The Kdrama The East Palace? Yes all 8 episodes dropped at once on Netflix.

I'm way behind so not even going to bother 😂. Going to wait for this whole drama to release though and then binge it all in one go!

I'm glad it's atleast on Viki, I hate going to IQIYI as a last resort 😭

It has to be loosely inspired off him, the ML's mother was even part of the elderly victims who died. Not the only drama to do so. Through The Darkness (2022) also features this case heavily and dramatised some of the real events that happened in this case. It's one of the more famous serial murders out of Korea

I wish they elaborated on some things just a little bit more, like what happened to Ju Ran at the end? I think we were supposed to assume she just went into shock, kneeled over and died. But I wish they showed more of her going insane and dying to make it more satisfying. After all she had just killed Ho Ran who was her only family left.

Also I didn't fully get what was wrong with the Wunderkinder's? Pal Ho, Ju Ran and Ho Ran were said to be "imperfect" in some way and they wanted to be saved by the mad scientist they called Father. They also said at one point that ML was defective in some way. The whole thing with Pal Ho's arm slowly killing him, etc... I think maybe I missed something important but I didn't know what. Did the experiments they went through as kids mess them up somehow? But notice apart from Pal Ho, the 2 ladies and ML seemed perfectly fine and healthy.

I also wished they made it clear if ML really reunited with his Mother, because that scene at the end felt more like a dream sequence.

But apart from little nitpicky things this was a really good drama. It's not even my usual preferred genre but I thoroughly enjoyed this once past the first episode. A lot of excellent parts between Ep 6-8, that scene when ML froze all the bullets coming at him, turned them around and shot them back at the villains was SO COOL. Cha Eun Woo did so great here, Park Eun Bin was also amazing. The whole cast was amazing 🙌

I didn't expect to like this so much! It was just good in the first few episodes, but becomes excellent from Ep 5 onwards. Those last 3 episodes were such a wild ride! Kept me so invested. Honestly liked this more than some other popular dramas I've seen this year. Great 9/10 drama

Rang Rang has been the best tbf. I think the more intense stories tend to have male leads with more obsessive compulsions

It's not a triology series, they are set in the same universe but they can be watched individually of each other. You can still watch this one for example without having watched HL or TFF.

Poor HMH also looked so shocked and awkward, he did not deserve this.

I wouldn't say that long. In the First Frost he was already living with her very early on in the drama, by around Ep 3-4. He was clearly into her and soon enough so was she. He really doesn't fault her for the past eventhough she left him heartbroken and he felt abandoned. This is what I mean by Cdrama yearning, and it's usually always the ML.
In Sniper Butterfly too he acts tough against the FL when seeing her years later, but quickly moves to live opposite her and pursues her Loll.
Not that I'm complaining, I still had a good time watching those dramas.

Dropping it after Ep 5, the plot outside of the leads just doesn't interest me 😬. Even their comedy cannot save this drama IMO. I think you know quite quickly if you will like this drama or not. The concept is good but execution failed. Giving it a rating of 6.

This seems to be a growing trope in Cdramas where the leads reunite years later after a difficult past relationship. The ML is still obsessed with her years later and still just as in love with her. Seen it in The First Frost, and kind of similarly in Daniel Zhou's other drama Sniper Butterfly. They don't even have another girlfriend in that time, always yearning for FL despite not knowing if they will even ever see her again to make up with her.