The Impossible Heir

로얄로더 ‧ Drama ‧ 2024
Ongoing 7/12
Anais
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 18, 2024
7 of 12 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.5
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A daunting drama

This drama really stirs different emotions in me. It is typically a story about two young men, In Ha is rich but rejected by his family and Tae Oh is poor but ambitious and intelligent, who grew up together as best friends. Initially brought together under the goal of being on top of the world but things will inevitably change when a young woman, Hye Won, comes between the two.

I'm frustrated that an actress was added to play this role, giving us a love triangle that we already know is going to end in heartbreak when we see that she deliberately chooses the one with the most money instead of the one she loves. This will not only strain the beautiful friendship between the two men, but also break their hearts individually.

In terms of chemistry, I also think the casting is bad. Hye Won has none with any of the cast. Felt like Hee Joo, Ih Na's little sister had more with Tae Oh even though he's supposed to be cold to her, which says a lot.

As for the story, it's interesting but not really very creative, rich people fighting for the succession of a huge corporation, some intrigues, childish behaviors displayed, lies. It reminds me a little of "Reborn Rich".

All this series showed me is that Lee Jae Wook should delve into more dramatic, mysterious or action roles, he's really great.

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Ongoing 5/12
aminaanzum
4 people found this review helpful
Mar 25, 2024
5 of 12 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 5.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 3.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
everything works out except for hong soju's acting🙂.
she cant showcase emotion or maybe its just her face?
the story is kinda fast moving . Hong soju's character lacks everything even chemistry with main lead. i think viewer dont want the characters to end up together.
and whats wrong with tae oh? why is he a loyal dog? why he had to be a dog in the first place? it needs explaining. His backstory is kinda missed out.
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Completed
sunny4ever
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 1, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 9.5

It is impossible not to like this drama. Don’t wait to binge this one.

The Impossible Heir Business Life Mystery Romance Drama

What Universe are people living in, who would give Impossible Heirs a very low rating? It is almost like I am asking myself “Are they looking at the same thing I am viewing?” The Story is intense, edgy, realistic and exciting, with great music and fashion. It has an unpredictable storyline and is well written. I see Impossible Heir in the top three for the season, based on its fine technical criteria and quality of the acting. The angst between the two leads is incredible. The Drama Twist sets Impossible Heirs apart from other dramas. Am I being punk’d? See if you can disregard the low scorers so that you don’t miss out on this great drama series.


A lone teenager named Han Tae-O (Lee Jae-wook, Alchemy of Souls) drifts into town. This town is where his mom is from. There is a great mystery shrouding who he really is and what are his true ambitions. He is appalled at how the whole town kowtows to the local Chaebol and his family. Han Tae-O has a run-in with the teen son of the Chaebol. The son is Kang In-Ha (K-pop from U-KISS Lee Jun-young, Weak Hero Class 2) and you have not seen this amount of testosterone hit the TV screen in a while. Nonetheless, these two eventually become friends in the weirdest way. Han Tae-O’s focus is on some unproclaimed mission. He meets a girl (Hong Su Zu), but she is not part of his master plan. However, both friends become rivals for her affection.

I am sitting in my chair viewing the first two episode saying to myself, “Oh Boy, this is really good”. The Impossible Heir is one to keep on the radar. It has just started (2024), but I am truly excited. The plot is upper level storytelling, on the order of Reborn Rich. So far Lee Jun-young is stealing the show. However, I am sure that as the meatier parts of the story unfolds Lee Jae-wook will make his acting statement. The story covers about 12-15 years of life. I will have to see how this one turns out. Clear up some head space for this drama too. You will experience lots of Head Talk. The Impossible Heir is on Hulu.

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Ongoing 6/12
SJK
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 13, 2024
6 of 12 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 6.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 3.0

FL acting ?

I don't usually have any interest in Revenge drama which has little to no romance or dramas where we have to use too much Brain but somehow this drama wasn't really bad. I have watched till ep 6 and am actually interested to find out what will happen next.

However. The female leads acting is reallyyyyy bad , no REALLY. Trust me. She literally feels like a lifeless doll. No expression just plain bland face. (👁️👄👁️ ) Almost like this ( This also seems more expressive than her) . Moreover she seems to have no chemistry with either of the ML(?) Why did both the mls even like her , I can't even figure out. They suddenly decided to like her so much one day , that's all I can understand.

Lee jae wook and other ML are great actors. They have no flaws.

This is not the best dramas I have watched but it's still smth.

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Completed
LoveSTAAA
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 3, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 8.0

IF YOU DONT WATCH IT YOURE MISSING OUT ON MAJOR FUN! IN LOVE WITH HAN TAE OHS CHARACTER ??

idk why y'all trash talking the drama but the story line was so unexpected love suprises and twists moreover the actings were upto the mark they did an amazing job the female lead could definitely get a little practice she was kinda stiff but i personally enjoyed all the suspense, the FL will kind a piss you off in the couple eps but trust me its its amazing besides it
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Completed
Yasser333
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 17, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 9.0
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Never give your full trust on someone

Lol this rating 6.8 is not related to this superb kdrama. I don't know why and what makes this drama a rating like that. For me personally it is a 9/10 overall, yes it can be 10, it is an awesome one and superb mastermind masterpiece kdrama, I really enjoy it. (the Italian accent 😅, he trys, looking like the accent of our mafia Mr Vincenzo 😎)
Some of the stories can relates to Reborn rich, big mouth, there is one I forgot its name.
The moral always show correctly, to never give your full trust to anybody, only focus on yourself.
Now I know why some were sorry for Kang hee joo, she is amazing and really pretty ✨,love her actings in all kdramas.
I won't say much but in the end after receiving the picture, and he was zooming it, and the main one concentrating and achieving successfully, after the drinks together.
They only concentrate forwards. (if you know what I willing to say about)
I really enjoy it how they plots and plans
How your mind should stay strong.
Kang!!!
Always wonderful and awesome works from the staffs, directors, actors and everyone.
Choi hee jin ✨✨ want to see more dramas of her, also main roles.

Nevertheless (not referring the kdrama 😅😅), the impossible heir, if you not yet watch it, you should! You will really enjoy it.
Don't look at this unrelated ratings to this kdrama.

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Completed
DynasticWanderer
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 3, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 3.5
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 3.5
Rewatch Value 4.0
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Only Lee Jae Wook Mattered

I watched till the end only for Lee Jae Wook. The female lead made my skin crawl, she was literally pathetic. Both acting and the part she played. Then the guy played Kang Inha. Did he think he was giving a stellar performance with his out of the blue overacting, smiles and not a bit of good looks?! Idk. Not as a villain, but I genuinely didn't like his useless overacting. The storyline wasn't well structured. Not at all. Things were vague, not explained properly, everything fell into our Jang UK's hands so easily. I know it's a 12 ep drama, but things could have been clearer. The fl's and Han Tae Ho's story felt forced and disgusting at times that I literally wanted Kangoh group's daughter to be his Girlfriend. In the last two episodes they made a hasty and cliched ending. There was everything very very predictable. Overall, I expected best performance from Lee Jae Wook and he didn't disappoint. So only him, and nothing else worked in this drama. In future, I would like to see our Jang Uk in a better, solid and prominent storyline.

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Dropped 9/12
Kaizen777
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 3, 2024
9 of 12 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 1.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 1.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Don't waste your time

This kdrama was so hard to watch like I would rather watch love alarm instead of this. The plot was so good at the starting like eating the rich but then it wasn't executed properly. The plot was so bad that even lee junyoung and lee jaewook's power duo couldn't save it. On top of that miss Hong suzu's acting was so much horrendous like girl should have just stay a model, I am sure that she is sweet person irl and she is very beautiful but she should really take some acting class or maybe action isn't her thing. This drama was so bad that I wanted to give it a 0 but I couldn't so I gave it a 1

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Ongoing 2/12
thesuperiortaste
28 people found this review helpful
Mar 3, 2024
2 of 12 episodes seen
Ongoing 18
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

Caution: VERY annoying female lead.

everything in this drama actually seems so promising EXCEPT the female lead. I have never been more aggravated by a character before. This drama would have been an 9 if not for her.

The whole time I just wanted her to LEAVE. I kept skipping every single scene she was in and I’ll tell you why.

1. She’s not attractive. She is just an average girl and there’s nothing wrong with that, BUT you expect me to believe that BOTH of them like her that much?

2. It makes NO sense that they are both chasing after her. Like I said before, she’s just average. she’s not funny, or entertaining. She’s just meh. So why would both these guys just randomly start liking her? The rich male lead literally saw her sitting on a lunch table and basically said “yup, I like her” but WHY? it’s not like she’s exceptionally stunning? She doesn’t have any special traits that make her interesting? All we know is that she’s poor? The only time she showed us some personality was when she laughed at the poor ml for hiding his boxers. And it was so corny because that’s not even funny? Like what are you laughing at.

3. There is absolutely ZERO chemistry between her and EITHER of the male leads. Like I’m sorry but I’m just not buying it. They didn’t show us a proper reason to why they both like her. Like I said before, I would get it if she was really pretty and a lot of guys just chase her, or if she had some quirky, funny, personality or just ANYTHING special, but she has none of those things.

4. The male leads will fight because of her later in the drama. You can 100% see were this is going and it’s just very stupid and unnecessary.

5. She adds NOTHING to the plot. in fact she actually ruins it. The bromance is actually enough and it’s entertaining all by itself. The female lead actually makes me want to NOT watch it anymore, rather than adding any spice.

6. The female lead is a bad actress. This doesn’t have to be a strong issue but just be aware she doesn’t know how to convey emotions using her face. This is basically her (🧍‍♀️) at all times. Her face is just expressionless and needless to say, I’m going to be cautious about her dramas in the future…

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Dropped 2/12
Lily Jhonson
12 people found this review helpful
Mar 9, 2024
2 of 12 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 2.5
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 1.5
Music 1.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Bad Acting, Uncertain Writers, and the most unnecessary Female Lead

After seeing so much h@te from the fans I decided to watch it, TBH the trailer didn't excite me enough to watch this Krdama.
I finally can understand why people don't like the FL and make reels of not liking her. Let me tell you what I observe;

1. Great Cemstry b/w the Main Male Leads: The bromance b/w the male leads, their partnership was good. But they have known each other for that long if Han Tae Oh shows a tiny interest in a girl why does Kang In Ha have to go for the same girl? he is breaking the bro code, I hate that. If writers show that much understanding b/w them why Kang In Ha don't have any sense of brotherhood?

2. Now according to writers:
Writers/Makers: Female Lead Na Hye Won had a poor background.
Me: Wow, so unique! and?
Writers: And she wanted to use Kang In Ha to gain success (she had some plans)
Me: Okay, so how would she do it?
Writers/Makers: She will approach his best friend to gain his attention.
Me: Okay then?
Writers/Makers: then both of the MLs want/like her.
Me: So, how are you going to make it?
Writers/Makers: well, it's simple.
Me: ....?
Writers/Makers: She does nothing. She just gets into trouble cuz of her mom and she needs someone's help so she goes to Kang In Ha.
Me: that's it?
Writers/Makers: yes!!
Me: ....?

I don't have any problem with the love triangle but the FL just comes out of the blue and does literally nothing and both MLs went crazy over her? hello writers! wtf? about the actress she is not good at acting, most of the time her expressions are the same, no matter the scene.

3. Kang Hee Joo: Why make her a pathetic girl who like Han Tae Oh and he doesn't give a damn. He doesn't need to like her back this is so cliché plot. We already watch this in so many Kdramas.

If the writers/makers are not going to improve then I am going to drop this Kdrama, it is not worth watching. IMO, the FL love triangle is totally unnecessary. But if they make her character like that purposefully to gain fans' attention they failed flat cuz fans are dropping this drama because of that annoying FL.

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Dropped 2/12
Evelinvyky
7 people found this review helpful
Feb 29, 2024
2 of 12 episodes seen
Dropped 3
Overall 8.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 6.5

Dont watch it unless you can’t handle annoying female leads

I really really hate the female lead shes so so annoying like i hope she will somehow die in the following episodes cause i cant stand her i hope she will really disappear or something and why the unnecessary love triangle i wanted to watch it only for the bro romance but if shes gonna be there I'm dropping it also shes the worst actress Ive ever seen no face emotion and looks to old for the male leads
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Completed
Lumi
0 people found this review helpful
Apr 5, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 4.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

A major waste of time

This was a series that had so much potential. But the script was pretty weak, the actors were amazing, except the female lead. If they had used a dummy instead of her, no one would have been able to find a difference between the two. There was a chance of this not being the typical rags to riches storyline, but the way they wrote it felt odd. There was a clear lack of build up. Honestly felt like I wasted 12 hours of my life.
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