Moon

It's overexaggerated.

I let the "bad" reviews of Game of Thrones, Attack on Titan and Venom (MCU movie) sway me and planned to never watch them. But when I picked them up because I needed things to watch, I became addicted. They were amazing and appealed to me in their own respective ways and I regret harboring such thoughts.

I almost let the swaying get me this time as I was already interested in the case and plot. I hope that anyone that comes by here who is considering in watching this show can give it a chance. It's not your typical romcom just because romance and comedy are tagged, and it should appeal to anyone who adores the action, crime and mystery with hints of romance here and there. There are many comedic scenes between leading man and lady, and a good level of suspense. There may be concepts you don't understand but the more you watch, your questions will receive answers. I'm still questioning a lot on the concept rather than the plot, but I'm in for the ride that this drama has to offer.

Late on the hype since I only enjoyed Goblin casually and not avidly, but I very much loved the first episode. Pacing's good and there's plenty of good humor that had me laughing and cringing (in a good way, because secondhand embarrassment jkdljadlk). I think casting Yoo Inna is very much wise since she's not too much criticized for her acting which can allow her to be a little more goofy with her acting in this drama.

My only issue is that I hope they can change the way they handle post-production stuff, the editing. There were too many camera angles being shown when Yunseo was ranting to her manager in the car. I don't see what emphasis is made to show 5 angles of them conversing. The transitions from when Yunseo successfully made it to work on time which suddenly cut to Jungrok somewhere else is a weird way to introduce the second female lead because her presence was redudant on episode 1 when her major appearances happen in episode 2. And that scene was rather short before going back to Yunseo interacting one-on-one with Ms.Yang. THEN later, there were three angles used to focus on the detail of Yunseo fixing and dusting her shoulders off for doing hard work.

It doesn't effect my overall impression on the drama but I rather not be too dizzy when trying to watch something.

Guess you'll have to watch to find out. : )

A woman struggles in life and romancing a John Doe magically solves the problem.

Disney: Can we copystrike this drama?

That's my main problem with the plot too. It's one thing to leave to a viewer's interpretation but to leave everything unanswered for how the game works just leaves out important information. Like you can't just have some unique concept of a drama and never explain it! It was like the writer heard of a game death concept from SAO and never watched it, then proceeded to write a show about just that concept. A con for a game stuck in development is that there is no way for Jinwoo to learn about the mechanics of the game other than that you die = you become npc. In a way, we were Jinwoo too learning about this specific game but left with the same amount of information Jinwoo knew. I wish while Seju was stuck in the game they both can fight and learn more about the game together. At the start of this drama the support for this concept was also very lackluster, I almost felt childish when watching this drama. I think I've come to dislike the mystery behind the deaths because its a merge of technology and literal magic, the unexplainable kind, rather than oh there was an actual murderer killing test players or some other sci-fi way.

There are plenty things that make the drama disappointing but it is not the missing romantic happy ending and crying Heeju. Main female and male leads do NOT have to be happy together in order for a story to be considered a happy ending. Why don't you all just look at it as a happy ending for the greater population that a horrendous game that Seju created is not released to the public which could potentially end many lives like Sword Art Online did? For a constant crying Heeju, it's not poor writing. Believe or not, there are people who cry a lot. In a constant peril to worry for a man she loves and a brother she cherishes, she of course would cry. You're free to rewrite the drama without a crying Heeju. Just buy the rights from Netflix.

Some of you need to chill with the gaslighting. People only adore the brief interactions Sunny and Lee Hyuk because they were genuinely cute, not because a victim is sucking up to a criminal. If an outsider never had the context of murders and infidelity this drama had painted thus far, it would just look like two people who aren't used to each other trying to warm up. In no way was anyone being bystanders and enablers for toxic relationships and trapping a character to loving a psychopath. Stop your wokeness. It's just a drama. It's on purpose to make the viewers confused and to keep the relationship between Sunny and Lee Hyuk alive and god forbid balancing the darkness of this plotline with something more lighter. How can Sunny bring justice for her reputation and the people she trusts of Lee Hyuk ends up divorcing her? She would be cast away and secretly killed, bam, the end of the drama.

Yeah 9 years of their feelings feels very rushed. I'd prefer it if it lasted 40 years minimum.

I know right?! At one point I thought he hated her cause she got first all the damn time and he's salty about it, but now he claims to like her? Soojeong rejects Seho purely cause she's already loved someone even before he came into the picture and he went all on "You'll regret this" mode. Why he gotta do her dirty like that?

Not necessarily. He could still find Soojeong elsewhere and continue the romance. He happened to have a chance to complete his highshcool education and his first love happened to be there as his teacher, a dream he told her to pursue. The drama does much more than highlight romance in a school setting. It shows the absurdity of the education system, the struggles many Korean students face and Boksu is already doing plenty more than everyone else to break the folkway of competitiveness when it comes to education.

Sunny about to ragequit her stream but Lee Hyuk was like Hello! (◕◡◕✿) LOL

SHHHH JDLKSJLKS

Hey, Jang Nara and Choi Jinhyuk were in a drama together before but he was the second male lead. So it's highly possible for Shin Sungrok and Jang Nara to be together again. :^)

I don't think he planned for Yura to show up at the palace, but it's not like he's surprised she's alive as he never planned to kill her either. Nobody is even supposed to know he took her away to kill her or torture her. Princess Soojin and Kanghee only knew that the "Emperor has dumped Min Yura" and that was it. Whatever Wangsik/Woobin is planning, he might have discussed it with Lee Hyuk before doing anything. Possibly a truth, or a half truth with underlying secrets. Lee Hyuk trusts him after all.

I think both are possible suspects because their family will take the fall for what the grandmother was going to do reveal, and she wouldn't care because she's more like a righteous hero for exposing such crimes despite being in a family with a lot of power to cover it up. Even if the grandmother died from poisoning (that is suspected to be the Queen Dowager's doing), I think Lee Hyuk (if he was the one who stabbed the grandmother) would still be punished as he had the intent to kill. I don't think one would get away from any punishments if they ended up hurting a dead body. It's also possible queen dowager could have manipulated it again like what happened to the death of Empress Sohyun. I think the stabbing evidence is such a plot hole since they said Sunny fed the Grand Queen Dowager kimbap laced with poison but not stab her. Perhaps it's just the imperial family covering it up and only framing Sunny for her death.

Yeah, it's actually so cute. ;; If you removed the murders, the manipulation and two-facedness in the drama, you'd have a romcom of a bubbly happy-go-lucky girl trying to melt the cold heart of a serious emperor who always has to be perfect 24/7. Actually, I feel like Lee Hyuk may take a liking to Sunny but he'll also conclude that what he has done to her is far too late for any budding romance between them.

It's a little weird to ask for action stuff without the violence though.

Woah, suddenly the drama took a dark turn (which I have no problem with. hue). I could imagine the game being abandoned in the end because of it being unethical, just like what happened in Sword Art Online. I hope they can explain what happened though, at least SAO had the Nervegear which was the reason why people ****.

He looks unfamilar to me too but on my case, I haven't seen him since While You're Sleeping. I like to think they purposely softened his look and it seems his features are not defined like makeup could have done.