Battle for Happiness

행복배틀 ‧ Drama ‧ 2023
Completed
strawgal
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Jul 13, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 6.0

Enjoyable who done it and why?

I have no idea why this has such a low rating on MDL, its a very good story that starts out with a death where the main FL tries to work who did it and why, within a backround of complicated interlinked relationships.
There are many twists and turns, it is well acted, has great production values and the script leaves to wanting to know more after every episode, I binged it in three days. I felt non of the episodes were fillers and each one added to the story.
The female charecters, even if they are perhaps flawed, each has a way of coping with their life, not always in a good way, but they are never appear passive victims. You may not like some of them but they are never boring, and you understand their choices.
The main ML and FL,s are great actors, so it makes it all believeable.
Some of the stories themes are unpleasent, so do not expect a fluffy watch, its like a modern Miss Marple, where through the FL we get to learn about the complex relationships and how lies can affect peoples lives long term,

If I had pick one hole, how on earth did she manage all that time to herself with children and a job, and the ending was nicely tied up, which is not like life, but its a drama.

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Completed
Park Min
0 people found this review helpful
May 5, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

A Capitalist Happiness

Having a plot around mothers competing on social media over whose life is the happiest is such a dystopian sad present we currently live in. The concept itself was limit testing my cringe-o-meter really hard but luckily the mystery plot took over after 2 episodes. This drama was very similar to Green Mothers' Club (2022), it started with a group of housewives/residents living in their fancy neighborhood until it turns into a mystery plot after a few episodes. The mystery itself here was limited, swinging between who's the killer and digging up the past, however, it wasn't enough to fill 16 episodes and was often stretching each event really thin. Most of the characters were trashy which made it hard to sympathize with when they were given a turn over and a resolution. For a plot around who done it mystery, usually we get a handful of suspects with good motives but in this drama most of the suspects had a weak motivation and their attempt to play innocent was rather unconvincing. One thing that bothered me was how the drama never addressed the big daughter properly after her initial introduction and purpose, which was kinda important for the narrative. In fact, most relationships between the characters were given a half-arsed follow up and resolution, leading to an unacceptable wrap up.

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Completed
MG Mayre
0 people found this review helpful
Sep 14, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 5.0
Battle for Happiness (2023) – I like how the drama’s is paced since I watched this drama for about 3 days only. It keeps popping out in my tiktok for you page and usually what I see are the side characters, that is why I find the drama still thrilling since I was not spoiled with the main plot/storyline. I was quite sure who was the murderer at the start but because of how they tried to trick me on who is the culprit, I had my doubts instead on who truly is the killer. Overall it’s a fine drama, but I was not satisfied with the little parts of the love story between the main leads.

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Ongoing 16/16
Cutie Penguin
0 people found this review helpful
Jun 8, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 7.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.5

they all fit into their roles very well

These four episodes were good and exactly according to the genres that he wrote...it has some daily routine too!
If you like these genres, you will probably like this series.
There are really good actors and they all fit into their roles very well













































































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Kdrama con soju
0 people found this review helpful
Sep 20, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
Ha sido una decepción, la verdad es que esperaba mucho más de la historia.
Vi anunciar esta serie por un programa coreano que veo y las protagonistas y la historia la verdad es que me dejaron con intriga y ganas de verla y nada más que pude, me puse a ello. Quizás tenía mis expectativas muy altas y por eso me ha decepcionado. Ojo, no digo que no me haya gustado, simplemente que esperaba más de lo que me ha ofrecido. Tampoco me ha gustado cómo han tratado a las tramas secundarias porque me ha parecido demasiado relleno como para quitar al espectador un rato de la trama principal. Y también la trama principal me ha parecido muy lenta en muchos momentos contando principalmente que se trata de un drama de misterio, por lo que esperaba tener la adrenalina más a flor de piel o al menos estar más inquieta por saber quién era el responsable ya que llegó a un punto en el que me daba bastante igual.
Aún así ha sido una buena visualización y no ha llegado a ser mucho una pérdida de tiempo.

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