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silent_whispers

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silent_whispers

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Kuzu no Honkai japanese drama review
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Kuzu no Honkai
4 people found this review helpful
by silent_whispers
Jul 31, 2017
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
So this is one that I needed time to think on. Apparently lots of time. I have very mixed feelings about this series. It's a tale of unrequited love gone very, very wrong. It went some crazy places and led me to some dark twists. Then kind of backed off from the edge. Many will be happy for the happy ending. Which is what I will call it. At least for one character for sure. At times there were very realistic looks into the characters. Such as Mugi and Hanna being able to go . . . pretty far. Then Hanna realizes that just because they are both cursed to feel unrequited love they aren't really close. There's many layers, so many messed up characters. HOWEVER. The drama introduces them but never truly pushes the envelope to its fullest potential. This drama is pretty dirty, at least dirtier than most K-drama viewers are going to be used to. So heads up. That said this isn't shockingly so if you have seen American TV. Sometimes the acting was very cheesy. Others very potent. Yoshimoto Miyu as Hana often seemed off at first, but the more episodes past she was brilliant. Especially as she confronts herself in her mind about the choices she makes. Mugi seemed to be a pretty flat character, so I don't really think the actor had much to work with. Sarii Ikegami as Ebato was truly a surprise to me. She played it so well. Oh, and the Akane character was well done. Talk about creepy smiles. Yikes! This drama captured my attention from episode 1. Sadly by the end it kind of took standard tropes to an (supposedly) unconventional tale, and instead of delivering the ending of shock. It petered up and wrapped things up pretty tamely. Which I won't lie, in the long run probably was the right choice for it. In the end this drama was both thrilling and boring. A strange thing to find myself saying after all.
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