Didn't read the webtoon so I'll express my opinion based on what I have watched: This S2 is totally anti-climatic and uh, weak (cough 🤣) compared to S1. For example, in S1: - In ep 1, we can 100% feel ML's rage when he beat that guy. He just wanted to be left alone, and the guy wouldn't let him!!! - In final eps, again we can feel ML's raging rage (and sorrow etc.) when he hunted for that MMA guy. When he smashed the weight on that guy's foot, it's no joke too. Awesome depiction. In this S2, everything gives off a feeling of ... done in a half-assed manner. Like, hey oh it's another cool fight. Ok cool bro. Another ep, another ... ok-to-watch .. fight? Final fight leaves not that big an impression too. (Even as someone said, 2 vs 1. And we can't feel the "fire" needed in those moments, like the 2 instances I listed above.) You might say it's because of the story - we can't force a sad reason (like Su Ho's situation). Well, that's what makes a film good or bad too, so my opinion is that it's not good.. Still somewhat ok, but can't live up to S1. (Rating is another story 😂)
Good series overall (might even be worth a rewatch), but of course, there are plot holes and it also lacks depth too. But it serves as a fun, light watch (though it has action scenes) Some observations: - Missed chances for Ye Na - student council pres. There could have been more romance built around her. It'd require more eps too, of course. But maybe that might just lead to more misunderstanding and mess the script. I just feel bad that she had so little screentime and lines (she's very pretty 🥰, but it seems she's at her early stage of learning to act, tbh.) I know people can get really anti-romance in these genres but I'm kinda interested in the whole interaction of ML, Yoo Jeong and her. - FL has had a few main roles (I liked her in My Perfect Stranger too), but it seems she's still mostly suited to cutesy roles (with maybe less depth??) But that's a little bit overanalyzing. - Some "comedic" moments with the teammates were totally over-exaggerated 😅 Like, what agents would be that kinda noob and careless? But again, it's a nitpick thing.
If South Korea is really like it’s depicted in this series.. I am sorry to say they are on the way to extinction
I haven't actually watched it, just read the comments. But to reply to your comment (about extinction), there is a video from Kurzgesagt (a very famous science channel) that talks about just that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufmu1WD2TSk Really, Korea's future does NOT look good 😅
Some people say that there is too much negativity around the trio's environment/coworkers. I'd say that, to some…
About the Arab thingy, yeah, it's kinda disrespectful of the director/scriptwriter to have not done research or preparation around that (as I heard, Indian actor for that role, oh dear...) Some Korean movie makers are just like that. I have also seen many movies where they showed quite a condescending tone to other countries. Let's just ignore that and watch the drama.
Some people say that there is too much negativity around the trio's environment/coworkers. I'd say that, to some extent, those things might happen in real life. Not to that extreme level, but might just happen (actually, I did encounter worse coworkers than that.) Anyway, like in Love Scout, the rival/enemy is a bit "weak" and has no real strategies at all, but you must remember that these series are mostly about lovey-dovey moments. Like, how ML just goofs around all week/month (or 95% of the time) and things get solved automagically 🤣 To my personal taste, I can't stand Business Proposal (although they might look very alike in genre and format) but I can empathize with the support roles here (not that much skipping) and the series overall. Although there are also too many tropes/cheesy stuffs but it's ok to spend some time watching (some scenes are just too much so of course I fast forwarded).
Good show with cute moments. They are good when they stick with that slow-paced, cute moments and become cheesy,…
- Rival/enemy surely has no brain or strategy whatsoever. But again, the show has "Love" in its name so it's ok to be mostly about lovey-dovey stuffs 😂 Some important things just happen without being explained at all. - Some cheesy, over-the-top moments like when FL took his daughter to buy her a "princess" dress and presents for her friend. And the brief jealousy part (with that "handsome" client) too, boring. - The whole situation with him, FL and her dad is understandable, but gets resolved a bit too fast/easily. Makes the reconciliation right after that look cheap.
Good show with cute moments. They are good when they stick with that slow-paced, cute moments and become cheesy, bad, trope-tastic when they stray from that path. So overall, IMO, I'd say it can't compare to some of the better ones (again, IMO) like Hometown ChaChaCha (just one example) but still holds a nice position in my list (maybe comparable to Crash course in romance or My sweet mobster). Some complaints below 😁
Well, a good series, but.... not to be taken seriously 🤣 As I mentioned in some previous comments, jumping out of the windows from the 4th floor in earlier episodes and then in episode 10, he basically became SUPERMAN himself by flying around (while having serious injury in his leg), so ... yeah, don't think about it too much. (I understand it's a webtoon and secret techniques are cool and all, but physics rules and common sense are there for a reason 😂) TBH, went a bit downhill from ep 7.
I have a few questions and I absolutely don't mind spoilers.could you answer em for me please
#1 and #2: the wives kinda had a hunch about it during the middle episodes, but only at the very end (last 2-3 eps) that they found out about it. And don't worry, there's no cheating. The man is good to both wives but didn't cross the line with the rich wife. #3: IIRC it's the very last ep, the time reverse. (might be last 2 eps, but I think not that important)
I have a few questions and I absolutely don't mind spoilers.could you answer em for me please
Yeah you were right about that - his soul was sent back to the rich guy's body. And yes he's kinda juggling between two wives. Mostly rich wife first, but later he tried to go back to poor wife. Everything got a bit confusing there but at least he did nothing wrong (only a small kiss with rich wife near the very end.) About the ending, it's a happy one, but it's super ... illogical (because as I mentioned above, the scriptwriting is all over the place.) In particular, the grim reaper reverses the time to before poor guy died (!!!!) Thus, technically speaking (in terms of the director and scriptwriter's intention), the poor guy is safe and the rich guy somehow gets the memory of BOTH men. All problems are solved thanks to that memory, both families reconcile. There were some fun moments with the wives and the one husband during that confusing time, and he tried to improve the rich family a lot (took care of the children and showed affection to the rich wife) while also providing support for his old, poor family. Again, as I said, a better director and scriptwriter would improve these moments by 1000%. But that we can only wish...
Series is good and keep me hooked wanting for more, but some complaints 😋 - Red lips for male actors are quite ridiculous, hope Korean directors would stop do it like that. Makeup for films is understandable, but that level is annoying - they do not look more handsome or better in any ways, just ridiculous. The long-haired school security guy looks like madness with those lips. - As said in another comment, over-the-top is to be expected from webtoons, but jumping from 4th-5th floor and be ok is a no-no. It goes beyond ridiculousness; I know most of the series fight scenes involve exaggeration, but that one's too much.
The funniest thing here is that they're never red after a fight or a blow. I'm pale-skinned myself, and if I put…
Webtoon/manhwa series are almost always over-the-top, exaggerated. Did you see that episode where he jumped out of the window from like, the 4th floor (5th?) Only Superman would survive that 🤣 I stopped caring about realism from that moment (or maybe a bit earlier)
This S2 is totally anti-climatic and uh, weak (cough 🤣) compared to S1.
For example, in S1:
- In ep 1, we can 100% feel ML's rage when he beat that guy. He just wanted to be left alone, and the guy wouldn't let him!!!
- In final eps, again we can feel ML's raging rage (and sorrow etc.) when he hunted for that MMA guy. When he smashed the weight on that guy's foot, it's no joke too. Awesome depiction.
In this S2, everything gives off a feeling of ... done in a half-assed manner.
Like, hey oh it's another cool fight. Ok cool bro. Another ep, another ... ok-to-watch .. fight? Final fight leaves not that big an impression too. (Even as someone said, 2 vs 1. And we can't feel the "fire" needed in those moments, like the 2 instances I listed above.) You might say it's because of the story - we can't force a sad reason (like Su Ho's situation). Well, that's what makes a film good or bad too, so my opinion is that it's not good..
Still somewhat ok, but can't live up to S1.
(Rating is another story 😂)
Some observations:
- Missed chances for Ye Na - student council pres. There could have been more romance built around her. It'd require more eps too, of course. But maybe that might just lead to more misunderstanding and mess the script. I just feel bad that she had so little screentime and lines (she's very pretty 🥰, but it seems she's at her early stage of learning to act, tbh.) I know people can get really anti-romance in these genres but I'm kinda interested in the whole interaction of ML, Yoo Jeong and her.
- FL has had a few main roles (I liked her in My Perfect Stranger too), but it seems she's still mostly suited to cutesy roles (with maybe less depth??) But that's a little bit overanalyzing.
- Some "comedic" moments with the teammates were totally over-exaggerated 😅 Like, what agents would be that kinda noob and careless? But again, it's a nitpick thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufmu1WD2TSk
Really, Korea's future does NOT look good 😅
She's very cute in King the land 🥰
I have also seen many movies where they showed quite a condescending tone to other countries.
Let's just ignore that and watch the drama.
Anyway, like in Love Scout, the rival/enemy is a bit "weak" and has no real strategies at all, but you must remember that these series are mostly about lovey-dovey moments. Like, how ML just goofs around all week/month (or 95% of the time) and things get solved automagically 🤣
To my personal taste, I can't stand Business Proposal (although they might look very alike in genre and format) but I can empathize with the support roles here (not that much skipping) and the series overall. Although there are also too many tropes/cheesy stuffs but it's ok to spend some time watching (some scenes are just too much so of course I fast forwarded).
- Some cheesy, over-the-top moments like when FL took his daughter to buy her a "princess" dress and presents for her friend. And the brief jealousy part (with that "handsome" client) too, boring.
- The whole situation with him, FL and her dad is understandable, but gets resolved a bit too fast/easily. Makes the reconciliation right after that look cheap.
On another side note, Gyu Rim is cute. Love her 🥰
So overall, IMO, I'd say it can't compare to some of the better ones (again, IMO) like Hometown ChaChaCha (just one example) but still holds a nice position in my list (maybe comparable to Crash course in romance or My sweet mobster).
Some complaints below 😁
As I mentioned in some previous comments, jumping out of the windows from the 4th floor in earlier episodes and then in episode 10, he basically became SUPERMAN himself by flying around (while having serious injury in his leg), so ... yeah, don't think about it too much. (I understand it's a webtoon and secret techniques are cool and all, but physics rules and common sense are there for a reason 😂)
TBH, went a bit downhill from ep 7.
#3: IIRC it's the very last ep, the time reverse. (might be last 2 eps, but I think not that important)
And yes he's kinda juggling between two wives. Mostly rich wife first, but later he tried to go back to poor wife. Everything got a bit confusing there but at least he did nothing wrong (only a small kiss with rich wife near the very end.)
About the ending, it's a happy one, but it's super ... illogical (because as I mentioned above, the scriptwriting is all over the place.)
In particular, the grim reaper reverses the time to before poor guy died (!!!!) Thus, technically speaking (in terms of the director and scriptwriter's intention), the poor guy is safe and the rich guy somehow gets the memory of BOTH men. All problems are solved thanks to that memory, both families reconcile.
There were some fun moments with the wives and the one husband during that confusing time, and he tried to improve the rich family a lot (took care of the children and showed affection to the rich wife) while also providing support for his old, poor family. Again, as I said, a better director and scriptwriter would improve these moments by 1000%. But that we can only wish...
- Red lips for male actors are quite ridiculous, hope Korean directors would stop do it like that. Makeup for films is understandable, but that level is annoying - they do not look more handsome or better in any ways, just ridiculous. The long-haired school security guy looks like madness with those lips.
- As said in another comment, over-the-top is to be expected from webtoons, but jumping from 4th-5th floor and be ok is a no-no. It goes beyond ridiculousness; I know most of the series fight scenes involve exaggeration, but that one's too much.