Forced sadness that just doesn’t work
If not for Hyeri I would have stopped watching this. She has very little chemistry with the male lead. He basically has the same dull sad look on his face throughout the series. The first 5 episodes were fun then it is all downhill from there. I get that funeral scenes should be sad situations but it all just feels very forced and not real. Hyrei of course steals every scene she is in. I just wish the male lead was a better actor by the end I couldn’t stand his face.Was this review helpful to you?
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Great Series and Storyline
The plot kinda reminded me of Hotel del Luna. But can I just say that... The chemistry is insane!It's also amazing how all the people Dong Joo helped is somehow related to her birth story. I love how they tied it all up creatively in the end. It's actually a surprising and genius move! So heartwarming!
If you guys thought all the episodes are tearjerkers, the last one will definitely break your heart so bad. Though, I did kinda forsee it, it was still so painful to watch. The actors did such a great job at portraying the characters that they were able to built viewer attachment.
I feel that the only thing the story felt short on, especially around the ending, is the romance aspect. Tae Hee and Dong Joo's ending could've been written and portrayed so much better after all the build up they did. Don't get me wrong, I love how mature their relationship is and how they are each others rock; as seen when both of them encountered very difficult moments in their lives. I love how their presence is silent and yet very unwavering. But towards the end, I just truly wished they showed more scenes of the two of them being together more (?), whether it be just silently bonding or what. I just feel robbed of that moment wherein it's just them. But that's just me.
The murder mystery part was also humanely written. The choices Hae Ahn did was always because he wanted a good life, a life far from his childhood. Sadly, he was too blinded by it that it changed him. But I'm glad he showed remorse towards the end and did the right thing.
Lastly, can we give props to Vincent and Uncle Priest. Their interactions and screentime were always pleasurable to watch and also helped carry the show. They're humorous and yet also full of love. Ahhh~ such amazing people to have in one's life.
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Most Heartwarming drama ever ?
It's the most Heartwarming and healing drama I have ever seen which is ironic because it's about the last moments of someone's life before their death but still it touched my soul. the story was perfectly written but was a little bit complicated.The main villain at the end was shocking didn't expect as well as what happened in the last episode was too heart wrenching too I was literally crying when I saw that 😭. The episode of the apple mother was also so sad 😢 for the lady as well as his husband. after so many hardships they were finally were having their happy family after craving for it for many years was too heartwrenching 😭. But some were healing too where the teenage girl now was free of her problems and the most sad was how the little girl who slept with so many dreams of Tomorrow couldn't be able to fulfill them.
The acting was good FL was good in this and saw this drama after seeing her in my roommate is a gumiho 💗. The ML was also good it was my first time watching his drama 💗.
In conclusion loved it the story,how it was so nicely portrayed finishing all the arcs and not leaving and mystery, the acting, the production. But i wanted to know more about the third friend of the FL she was shown less but overall it was a good drama 👍🏻💗
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Relationship handbook or how they should be!
Finally, I managed to finish this even though it took me longer than I intended. The reason? This drama is a rollercoaster ride but not in a good sense. It starts slowly with annoying main characters. So annoying, I almost dropped it but since I promised to watch it I persevered. After the episode 6 it suddenly gets better, more exciting and faster only to slow down a few episodes later turning into a boring mess. It picks up again towards the ending when it became necessary to give resolution to different storylines.This is a love story between a doctor and a funeral director. The doctor has abandoned doctoring because of a personal tragedy (death of a brother) and the funeral director needs to earn some money to ease the burden on her father. But she has a magic touch: when she touches a dead person, they wake up and get to have a last wish granted. After the initial scare, she takes care of 21 wishes she was supposed to get. We discover in the last episode the connection between these 21 people and the funeral director with a magic touch. The drama deals with relationships and what do they mean: family, friends, coworkers, religion and how they help us deal with life and death situations, what is acceptable and how we are perceived by people around us, both known and unknown and how we deal with that!
I liked the story, the fantasy element was original. I liked the overall optimistic outlook on human nature: the vast majority of people are nice and kind and really good. I often wonder if they really are or should this as well be counted under the fantasy element (my cynicism is showing!!)?
After my initial annoyance with the leads: I found the FL brazen and rude and the ML a spineless wimp, they grew on me and were really good together. Their relationship managed to avoid those pesky misunderstandings, influence of a toxic ex and last episode break up only to meet after a time skip! So surprising for a K drama!It was not all smooth sailing but it moved nicely forward without being boring! Well done!
There were some amazing support characters the best of which were two uncles: a single man with a funny haircut and a priest! Their bromance and the banter, verging on a BL, were really funny. Only that makes this drama worth the watch! And of course there is the funeral director's best friend with a crush on her boss, slowly pursuing him, making sweet faces and rolling shyly her eyer until he succumbed. Cute! By the way, why isn't Tae In Ho getting better and bigger roles? He deserves much better than the endless string of support and guest roles!
The music was lovely, the songs were appropriately sweet and slow with enough emotions considering the subject matter.
Now that I think of it, this seems to be another entry in the list of dramas dealing with recently deceased and their wishes and last moments (Tomorrow, Move To Heaven etc.) I must have sen others as well! I wonder why are there often such dramas coming from Korea! I do not remember watching as many western shows with such theme (Pushing Daisies, I Zombie...were mostly comedies!). The comedy here is just to give you a breather between serious scenes! The balance between serious and funny was perfectly attained!
I don't like the drama poster: already seen elsewhere and therefore not really attracting attention: so much so I almost missed this drama! Which was an OK watch but I will never rewatch it since it is not bingeable and it did not strike me as memorable!
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I just couldn't patiently go through the last 4 episodes...
The first 8 episodes were pretty good... I enjoyed watching and understanding "what would you want to say or do before disappearing from this world?" This drama WILL make you tear up!! And that alone deserves a 7/10.Unfortunately, the story was lacking some in depth romance and focus... I couldn't understand the story about the pregnant/apple mom... She was murdered? But then this pregnant lady did not care about finding the murderer??! I mean isn't it the first thing you would share to capture the bad guy? To have closure before leaving the world?? I kept waiting for this case to return and have closure but nothing.
The friend turned out to be the evil one but why suddenly so heartless to the FL trying to strangle/kill her?? And then later give her the Micro SD card evidence to prove that he is not a "horrible" person because he actually might turn himself in one day?? Wow. I was somewhat lost like one scene making him evil but then another scene trying to show he's actually not that bad??
I felt asleep and tried so hard to stay awake just to finish the last few episodes but I got so impatient and pretty much fast-fowarded everything to get it over with. Yep, I even didn't care about the death of the FL dad. Fast fowarded the whole entire speech too. It's like this scene was forced to be added to the end of the story just so you can tear up again... But I just didn't care after feeling confused and dissatisfied with many of the dying cases...
And the romance...just not very satisfying... Don't really know what is it that is missing... The kiss scene was alright... No bed scene... Somewhat felt like high school couple... But then, they were supposed to be older? He is a doctor, like 30 years old?? Aaah.... Not very fun to watch for me... So, 7/10...
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A Clean Finish
This show was a surprise for me. This is my first time ever hearing about this K-drama but I was pleasantly surprised! I think all the actors were great they all had great chemistry together and felt very genuine. I have a few issues with some of the content matter and how it was talked about but I think as a whole with it dealing with religion to me it didn't feel like it was too much or not related to the story or the characters. I thought that this drama had a really solid finish there I think the ending felt a little distant from what happened but is such a small part of the ending it didn't really affect the plot for me. I cried a lot but I think I needed a good cry lol.Was this review helpful to you?
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So much better than I expected
The bit about granting dead people their final requests was a little reminiscent of Hotel Del Luna, but objectively, this series was all around better. Except for in the OST category, there Hotel Del Luna takes the prize.One of my absolute favorite things was all the little hints sprinkled throughout that suggested Hae Ahn was not the happy-go-lucky, talk-a-mile-a-minute guy he seemed like. How, very slowly, glimpses of his darker side started to come out, making me feel more and more wary of him as the episodes went on, so by the time the big reveal was unveiled, it didn't feel like something out of the blue, but something the show had been building towards all along. The puzzle pieces were there all along, we just needed to put them together.
I also ended up tearing up a lot more than I'd first expected. The show didn't shy away from how brutal, traumatizing and devastating it can be to lose a loved one. And the actors were all so genuine in their grief that it was hard not to cry alongside them during some of the saddest storylines. Just keep in mind to have tissues handy.
The uncles were amazing and a big source of laughs. I loved seeing how invested they were in the relationship of their niece and nephew.
Honestly, I think all the different plots were wonderfully woven together from the little boy that started it all, and how closely tied Tae Hee's story was to Hae Ahn, but also how Joon Ho was the tie between Tae Hee and Dong Joo. Then, all the emotional trauma and guilt tied up in the woman Tae Hee had dated for 10 years only to not be able to even look at her after his little brother's death. I'm a little disappointed he was never actually honest with her about that. Maybe if she'd known why he'd walked away, she would have understood and been able to let him go. And, perhaps most importantly, how it all came down to Dong Joo granting wishes for the selfless people that'd helped saved others in the fire that ended up causing her mom's death.
The writers really did an amazing job with this one, and the cast truly made it justice by giving top notch performances. I'm so glad I stumbled upon it!
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Its not melodrama! its supernatural romance story
For long time was delaying this drama for fear of tearjerker.But whoever wrote synopsis and reviews before was total ****.
Story goes around death of peoples, cause main female lead is funeral director which can see ghost of her clients.
Story is mainly about how female lead tries to sort out lives of her clients or rather I would say .... to fulfil their last wish.
Now for romance part its basic story about how two hurt souls meet and heals each other. Well done on this drama.
It got few depressing parts but still its very good romance drama.
8,5/10 - above average drama little off from peak one.
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Try it for yourself before making judgments
I went into this show with spoilers. I knew what was going to happen and I knew how it would end.I'm one of THOSE people.
That being said, after reading multiple reviews about this show I was sad to find that many say "don't watch it". They point out all the flaws and none of the good points. Does it have flaws? Yes; why is she a former athlete? What got her into the funeral gig? Why all the deaths but not a lot of explanation/follow through? None of these questions are really answered. Especially one really sad death involving apparent murder/suicide.
However, I thoroughly enjoyed this drama. The ML /FL were great and the romance was sweet and even though there was an annoying ex involved at one point, it made sense to me that they be there. The side characters were just what they were meant to be, funny or serious, family, friends, shoulders to lean on. This drama showed depression and growth of a character to have a past and move forward out of it. You'll read that the worst episodes are the final 4. Yes, they suck, but if you go into it blind, they suck because of the shock factor. If you pay attention, it all really makes sense. The final death especially. The mission she had to complete had to end. Of course with the death of a beloved character. How else could she move on in her own personal life? While it was incredibly sad, it was perfect in my opinion. The final death makes sense to me. So does the "villian".
Again, maybe because of the shock value people didn't understand......I got it. It absolutely made sense to me who the villian was and why. The acting was on point as well...do all psychopaths seem like psychopaths at first glance? Are they actually crazy or is there an upbringing that contributes to it. Watch the show and see for yourselves. If you do and you still hate it, fine, that's your choice. But please, give it a chance with all I've said kept in mind.
9 out of 10 for a few storyline glitches.
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Not my type.
I dropped it a few months ago and I was pretty sure I dropped it by the firsts episodes, how much surprised I was when I found out that I watched 14 episodes by december 2022 and I don’t remember nothing cuase it wasn't that mesmerized for me.Guess was a good plot and the cast was a good choice too, it's Hyeri here and I love her so much, but this drama it just not my type adding the fact I didn't understand so much... gonna finish the two episodes remaining, but it was just a basic drama for me but if you are looking for a drama just for spend some time, maybe its for u.
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I dropped it because I felt it was kind of boring
it's okay..but I dropped it.. because it wasn't my cup of tea..the progress of the story was quite slow..but Hyeri is my favorite actress❤️I love her❤️still the drama wasn't really my cup of tea..
about music..I haven't really listened to them..but I'll..
as I dropped it I won't watch it again..
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Funeral is the last proper goodbye to the deceased which they long for.
To what i can figure out is this is one of the best kdrama of 2022 andone of the best healing kdrama of all times.I love the concept ,it is not new but it is different .Death is horrifying and terrible for anyone but the creation of healing sentiment changed the overview of death.No one is evil here even though they showed 2nd ML as a villanous creature they also justified it along with remorse he had for what he did.2nd FL is not annoying because it is natural to have feelings for someone you shared a 10 year relationship with.1st ML is not a coward and the reason of him breaking up and not telling the reason is also justified.1FL is my go-to character and I loved her for her emotions actually for everything.Through this drama i felt many different kinds of feelings and all at once.I cried and was happy and touched in every episodes.I felt anger,sadness,regret,happiness,peace whenever I went through the funerals.It was a great romantic a,healing and slice-of-life dramsWas this review helpful to you?
