Tomorrow Will Come... Eventually!
What a beautifully written show! At first when I heard about this show, I was very skeptical. Since its a show about suicide and as someone who snuffers from depression/anxiety and is a suicide survivor, I thought it would be a huge trigger for me, and with such a sensitive and somewhat taboo topic; they won't be able to dive into the nitty gritty aspects/details and struggles we go through. And boy was I wrong!!This show did nothing but shed light on what victims go through. And the different stories/topic touched upon was perfectly executed. I cried in some, laughed in some and even felt the anger and pain of the victim too. Being I've been there and know what it' like. I also loved how the really made it know that for a person to reach the point where they believe death is the only option, it' because they've done all they can to fix/move on from the situation and cried for help but nothing has worked. And to get to the place where death is the 'perfect escape' from whatever hell-hole their in isn't an easy decision you just wake up and choose. Trust me I know. I've been down that road more times than I 'd like to admit and I'm glad I'm still alive to tell my story.
The fact that the name is 'Tomorrow' was just a reminder even though today might feel bleak, and you don't know whether or not you have the strength to keep going, just hold on because tomorrow always comes. It may take a while but it comes eventually and tomorrow will always be better than today. But even if it isn't still fight for tomorrow because you never know what it has in store for you.
As heavy of a topic this show was, it was written beautifully and I would definitely recommend it to anyone.
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I loved loved loved each and every main character. The one who played the main Grim Reaper-don't know his name and isn't going to even try to pronounce it had a love to hate and hate to love ratio for me. I didn't know he had some fighting skills because I've never seen him in any drama that contained fighting but you could tell he loved playing a Reaper.
I loved the main ML. He was just so adorable. I never seen anything that he's been in and I loved his demeanor. I know they say you're the opposite of what you play but it seems like he's genuinely like this which is why he was perfectly cast for this role.
The other main ML who was on the Risk Management team was my favorite. I seen him in several other dramas and for some odd reason he has a way of making you love what he's in. From the other dramas I've seen him in I've never been disappointed. The slight bromance between him and the other main ML was the best. There was one episode where I did about a dozen rewinds because that scene was just hilarious. I loved those two's chemistry.
The main FL was awesome as well. I only saw her in Room No. 9 and Angry mom. I didn't realize she and the female actor who played as the director played in Room No. 9. She has some good fighting skills as well. They weren't strongly portrayed but the little that she did worked.
I can't believe they left out the dog that was cast in one of the episodes. He stole the whole episode. I immediately wanted a dog like that.
Speaking of the dog, there were several episodes that had me holding back tears. The one with the dog in it almost got me. It gave me a perspective of how animals could think.
I've read some reviews were a lot loved this drama and few that hated it. It's not for everybody because you can't please everybody.
It's a really great watch that gives one a broader aspect on how choices in your life can not only affect you but also those who are around you.
I think somewhere down the line this is a drama I could watch again. I'm coming up on my 2.5 year Korean drama anniversary and is truly thanking Korea for saving me from the tremendous bouts of boredom I endured before their dramas entered into my life!
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ONE OF THE BEST KDRAMA
I must say this drama is a masterpiece !! It is an amazing and very necessary drama, full of stories and subjects that reflect real life struggles all around the world, and it’s just remarkable how the issues were approached in every episode, the amount of attention shown to all of them, highlighted perfectly it’s importance .The cast was fantastic, and the narrative and acting were INCREDIBLE! Every single episode has deep meanings and it's soo freaking good, and the stupid controversy about V and Jungkook is really FREAKING annoying.. the ways these immature armies are reacting is really stupid cuz they ALWAYS mention that this drama is "FICTION," which means that EVERYTHING IS FICTION!!!! It's quite irritating. I mean, there are a lot of people named Kim Taehyung, and the kth's birth year is 1971, not 1997! Furthermore, the name of Jungkook was not even mentioned! Only the month of his birth. The date and year were specified, and there are a lot of individuals born on that day and year.. these so-called "armies" need to understand that the world does not revolve around bts, and they should also stop screaming that the cast should repent because they did nothing wrong. Stop making nasty comments and giving 1 stars when some of you guys DIDN'T EVEN WATCH IT! Instead of wasting your time being foolish and sensitive, do something that actually promotes bts. You guys are overly emotional and sensitive, and you're tarnishing the image of actual armies who TRULY love BTS, as well as BTS's image. As an army myself I'm really disappointed with you guys. Stop ruining a fine kdrama simply because you're sensitive, and since this drama is about mental health, it's best if you watch it since something is seriously wrong with your mental health... Seriously, I had no idea fans could be so immature, childish, and toxic.
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Get ready for emontional roller-coster
Each episode shows a separate story. Each episode introduces us to a different character and different baggage built up through years of anguish, grief, lack of understanding and many other individual situations. The drama shows how big a problem ignoring mental health can become, but at the same time it inspires hope that there is always a way out of even a hopeless situation and we don't need the presence of a "demon" for that.The message that goes with this drama is very deep, it hits hard and stays in the memory. In my opinion, one of the best dramas I've ever seen. And so far the only one I wrote about here.
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Discusses mental health theme without victim shaming
First trigger warnings: (usual kdrama) Suicide, Self harm, ED, Bulimia, School Bullying.The excerpt is accurate.
Here are things that i liked:
1. Rowoon's character has total golden retriever energy. The enthusiasm and positivity is infectious! Really liked that
2. Goo Ryeon is so endearing, tough and badass, my respect for her kept increasing after every episode. A total female role model.
3. The story has a romance sub-plot with some of its main characters, which is the most passionate, yet mature and unsappy romances that i have seen. The plot line ends on a openish ending, but seeing the nature of the romance it can be interpreted as HE.
4. lastly, the sensitivity and on point perspective that the show deals with common problems, really landed home for me.
Really enjoyable!
(not a light watch)
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A learning experience.
I read a few reviews after i watched this drama and was amazed how everyone processed it differently. I myself loved it and the cast did a wonderful job portraying there characters. The storyline was unique when Choi jun woong was involved in stopping a suicide and was accidentally injured causing him to be in a coma for either 6 months or 3yrs. He find out that he is neither dead or alive and is now a Grim Reapers for the RM team (risk management to prevent a suicide ) for 6mo. He causes problems, but also fixes them. I liked how they tried to instill that *Words" can be interpreted as helpful, hurtful and harmful . As the old sayings was "The pen is mighty than a sword" was used to instill positive thoughts and feelings, but as time went on the sword became sharper and used the pen to install harm. Sadly we live in a world that uses other malicious things like cyberbullying, IG, tweets, tiktoc etc. belittling people who they dont even know or just jump on the bandwagon to get likes. I felt that this show was trying to express how ones words and comments can be positive and instill hope. When other are negative and cause despair the complete loss or absence of hope which causes failure and pushes one to suicides. Some people are crying out to get help and other feel like a burdens to someone, but if only someone could lend an ear and listen and show them there away out. Remember if you dont have something nice to say dont say it at all.Was this review helpful to you?
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UNDERATED
This show was so good. I say it is underated because i feel alot of people dont want to watch sad things but there was alot of messages in this show that need to be shared and people need to see because people in real life go through these things or have gone through them.On a lighter note i loved rowoon's character and all the characters for that matter. I do wish there was more between miss koo and mr park. Iove their story and wish they did more with their relationship. Do i wish for a seaspn 2 yes of course in hopes rowoon can come back and join the team and i could see more relationship development. Thats wishful thinking because i know they wont make a season 2 ㅠㅠ
Needless to say JUST WATCH IT.
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A thrilling kdrama with an important message
The suicide rate in South Korea as well as in many countries in the world is alarming. So it´s courageous to do a drama about a topic so difficult and sad and make it bearable for the watcher, gripping even, at the same time. And gripping it was!"Tomorrow" basically deals with various aspects of "suicide" in little chapters. The four main characters are more or less intertwined by fate and it´s fascinating watching them and the people they try to save overcome their demons.
The show doesn´t shy away from showing unpopular themes such as "school bullying"; "eating disorders", "mental health issues", "sexual harrassment", "cyberbullying" and even sheds some light on difficult parts of the korean (and japanese) history.
I truly loved the actors portrayal of their respective parts, especially the female lead, who was a really strong female character. But also the rest of the cast was great!
I also think the show way consistently interesting till the final episode. Nothing was dragging. The ending came full circle.
Highly recommended!
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live for a better tomorrow
"What saves people is not your powers, but the weight of your words."This drama is the proof on how words can affect people so much, either in a good or bad way - they have so much impact and we often do not realise it.
This series made me rethink many of my past mistakes but also sad past moments that I went through; and i think they wrapped up some very serious issues such a good way.
What is to remember is that no matter how hard life may be, it is not the end - we have so much more to see, discover, understand, meeting new persons that will impact our life some ways. It will not always be just good moments, we may be sad, angry, mad, empty of feelings; but we will also be joyful, happy and full of hope.
Everything will get better, you just need some time and a bit of help.
This also do show that even when they helped people from committing, it does not mean they will be fine right after - they are still on the list and watched and will slowly recover and live a better life. You also get attached to each characters easily, each are unique in their own ways with different stories.
This show is definitely worth watching, prepare tissues as well - cried during each episodes.
The cast is powerful and talented
The OST has such great songs
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Not a bad watch, but has some indefinite issues and tends to favor one gender over the other.
I can't be the only one who noticed over 70% of the cases were basically "Men bad, Women good. A Man is the reason I want to kill myself because they're so terrible!"...?Can't get behind a lot of this shows logic. It was a constant pattern that felt like solely Men bashing for no reason. The first few cases were great, down to earth and problems anyone could face, but then it went downhill from there into the toilet.
**SPOILERS TO SOME DETAILS ABOUT ONE OF THE CASES**
The case about the girl being raped - The siblings fight, say hurtful things to each other because they were scared and felt guilty for what happened, blaming themselves and each other etc. and in the end it's *him* who needs to apologize to *her* and *he's* the one who gets absolutely reamed for it by the grim reaper? I understand she didn't want her name on the news and he was protesting something that could make her feel ashamed, but she acted like he tried to do absolutely nothing for her and partly blamed her incident on him. They both said extremely hurtful things, he's not without fault but neither is she. This drama catered to the idea that Women can do no wrong and if they did something bad, it was because a Man made them that way.
**END OF SPOILERS**
The grim reapers seemed more compassionate to the Woman victims than the Men. It didn't feel equal.
Due to this, the emotion it's supposed to bring out doesn't hit as deep and made me become disinterested because I knew the next story and the next was going to be a victimized Woman, blaming all her life's problems on a bad Man.
It's an okay show to a certain extent, but Joon woong is barely in it as much as you'd expect and a lot of it is boring and falls flat. Joong gil needed more exploration, sadly a wasted character with great potential.
In the end, the Soundtrack is absolutely on fire. Red light is spectacular.
Worth a watch, but I skipped a lot of filler and backstories to characters I didn't particularly take a liking to. Wasn't aware the lead was the pink haired girl, and she doesn't make that many faces throughout the drama and doesn't do her grim reaper job well at all, with little to no improvement.
Joon woong was a great grim reaper and knew what he was doing, if they'd actually let him handle any of the cases. He barely does anything but stand around. Underutilized great character.
7.5 from me.
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Getting more and more interesting..
Each episodes/story of individual repesented morale and value behind their struggles in life.I didnt know why I wiped like crazy person over the first lady story (highschool trauma). It was real good moment when ChoiJoonWoong hugged her and gave the encouragement words. That's exactly the kind of mental support we want. Without realizing, as any human being whom been stressing about life - we all actually just wanted to hear that kind of simple words. (Curious what he said? then start watching this show! Lol)
Also, there were times, I really do feel like slapping that CJW. He's just too reckless! Sigh.. but that makes his personality outstand in this show. So I'm gonna suck it up. Moreover, I can wait to find out the history of Ms. Kim's sin and death..
But well, yeah.. Is good show and worth your time :)
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now i like this kind of drama too
Firstly the cast is soo fiiine, I started watching this drama mainly becouse of Rowoon he amazed me with his acting skills for the first time in extraordinary you and this, it just felt so real. Also I really like the female lead too and her character, she has strong personality and she's also good in fighting. I loved the parts where she was fighting with the bad guys the most.Story? I really liked it and when i was thinking about watching it i had hard time choosing if i should, becouse the main reason is that i don't really like kdramas with gream reapers but this, it never made me feel bored and i was fascinated the whole time, i was waiting every week for new episodes. But i haven't watched it all yet so.....
And the only thing that it lacked was that this kdrama has only slight romance or even maybe none. its just about my preference but i think it would be better with it. Im right now on 13 and half episode so i can't really tell much but its ending in a few episodes so.
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