My Demon

Worth a watch, but not a rewatch

Despite My Demon being exactly the kind of drama I would usually enjoy, it ultimately didn’t meet my expectations. On paper, it has everything I like in a romance: a fantasy element, an interesting premise, and a visually appealing setup. A demon entangled with a human in a contract-based relationship has all the ingredients for something emotionally intense and engaging. And yet, while the drama works in theory, it struggles in execution. The main issue for me was the lack of emotional connection.

The female lead, Do Do-hee, feels underdeveloped, which makes it difficult to fully engage with her character. While she is presented as strong and independent, her emotional depth isn’t explored enough to make her feel real or relatable. Even though the romance is clearly meant to be the emotional core, I found it hard to become attached to it. The moments that are supposed to feel meaningful or moving don’t fully land, because the characters themselves don’t feel fleshed out enough to support that emotional weight. So the drama looks like a compelling romance, but it doesn’t fully feel like one to me. As much as I was excited for the show, in the end it just did not resonate with me much.

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Doesn't deliver on the deal

The best of the series is that Song Kang plays the part of an ethereal being (Gu Won) who can convince people in desperation to sign demon's bargain very well and handles both the emotional and humorous parts of the story compellingly and delightfully, whereas his co-lead Kim You Jung does not play a convincing 28 to 32 year old age range CEO (Do Hee) at any point in the story, with no gravitas, charisma, or authoritative aura. She is pretty miscast, the role would have been better served by an actor that's actually around that age or can play up that age. The writing for Do Hee and the show as a whole is not that much better, with her being morally repelled on things based on the needs of the writer in that moment rather than as anything that she particularly stands for consistently or confronts to change her mind. Part of the reason for this is probably because the show itself doesn't want to examine too closely how Gu Won enables a lot of evil doing in the span of a decade in exchange for taking the soul as well as damning desperate kind people to hell. It seems that he may have a choice, but that's a dangling plot thread never fully addressed. There's so many and I'll touch on some in a bit. Both the actress and writing does better for Wolshim, which would have made sense if she could have brought in a bit more of that character's strength of will into her modern day incarnation being as they are the same soul, but it doesn't happen.

There is also a lack of chemistry between Gu Won and Do Hee, which could be overcome if the characters had connection, but the writing doesn't develop that nor does it define the rules of it's supernatural world and it's stakes very well. People go to hell, but what that entails isn't explained. What was Gu Won's experience of hell? How did fisherman guy get out to reincarnate to make the same deal again and how did he become Gu Won's butler? Is the sentence in hell temporary or does it depend on the crime? Do people of all faiths go to the same hell? Or does it only apply to people in the Catholic faith? The reasoning between how the transfer of Gu Won's power to and from Do Hee occurred is also ill defined and then also did nothing with the premise of him dealing with life without his powers. It's merely an inconvenience as he still has access to it through Do Hee and he's also very financially secure with his art foundation where he also lives and also really just so the character would hold hands, but nothing more that affects Gu Won on a deeper level.

At this point, every kdrama has a serial killer plot and so does this one. I thought the ambiguity between the actual mastermind being son Do Kyung or the father Seok Min at first to be a good way to keep the sense of mystery, but they reveal who it was way too soon and Seok Min is just the stock over the top villain afterwards. It was weird how at the end of the drama they show a scene remembered by the mom Se Ra about Do Kyung and her like they were a relationship the show cared about all along, but they weren't. There were extremely extraneous sub plots that did nothing to service the story as well like the sister Soo An being extremely jealous and obsessed with Do Hee and the entire mafia that is obsessed with Gu Won. The weren't even useful in finding the other killer's identity as the police did that just fine. Ga Young's obsession with Gu Won was also really annoying more than anything. There is also nothing to build on her current relationship with Gu Won aside from being his actual stalker that even the show called out. They aren't even shown as friends but at the end it's supposed to be touching that he says goodbye to her. She tried to get his wife to take poison pills. If all these subplots weren't used to develop or parallel the main characters as people then everything is so mind numbingly surface level and wasted screentime and storytelling potential.

The ending is so frustratingly lazy. There is zero reason for Do Hee to block the shots for Gu Won. The show didn't even try to make it work by making them magic bullets that can kill a demon or something. It's just something to force Gu Won to make a decision that causes his combustion. The way he's brought back is also extremely anti-climactic. So it was because he won a deal with God, but why didn't that just immediately kick in? Why three years? Why did god have the wait three years? Everything is so arbitrary and meaningless. I initially had a slightly higher rating for this drama, but the more I think about it, the worse it really is. To end on a positive, there is one storyline that the drama actually did good on and it is Chun Sook, Do Hee's adoptive mother. The actress played the conflicting love and guilt toward Do Hee so well and the mystery of what she did had a full circle connection back to Gu Won. Her memory of seeing Gu Won collect on Do Hee's dad's deal was a great reveal. The timing of withholding and revealing this information was good too. She felt like a full person despite the shorter amount of screen time compared to the other characters. Again potential for the drama to be better is always there, but they always kept going in the opposite direction.

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light & entertaining but lacklustre finish

Song Kang, the "Netflix King" for having so many shows exclusively on this network, shows his comic talents in this story of a demon, Jeoung GuWon, who takes advantage of despair & suffering to make deals with humans willing to trade their souls for relief. A master in the human world who is used to having absolute power, he meets by chance Do Do Hee, a workaholic CEO who proves to be his nemesis. DDH is played by Kim Yoo Jung (a veteran at age 24) who gives her character a refreshing hard nosed edge, with enough depth to reveal a lost & vulnerable soul within without turning her into a caricature.

This show is infused with funny moments in spite of its very dark undertones. And although all the usual romance tropes are in play, somehow they're not annoying when you have SK to look at, & whose dramatic acting is actually decent. The storyline follows a largely predictable path but with smaller twists that aren't so obvious & keep things interesting. There's also the past lifetimes theme which is very popular in fantasy genres, showing how demons are born from pain & resentment, & tying the lead characters together over centuries. And, of course, no demon is complete without a demon hunter, but the character who I thought would be that, didn't become that. Questions of who or what constitutes evilness, whether the devil is in humanity or exists separately, are ever present. And, God is a woman, also of course, & one whom this demon serves.

In spite of the questions, Demon is not a deeply philosophical journey, but is entertaining and very binge-able until the rather lacklustre final episodes where innocents are redeemed & bad guys get their due.

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This kdrama is not a waste of time no matter what genre u like!!!

There is undoubtedly an insane amount of visual chemistry between the main leads which is a must when watching a show i mean i have seen plently where a man looks about 40 years old with a 20 year old love interest vice versa but this is not a problem here if you dont count the second ml...

the story was entertaining but not remarkable; another chaebol fight for the thrown which imo never gets old but if it isnt your thing i still say you watch it because it definitely isnt a boring one!

the romance was to die for!! my favourite k drama actress never disappoints honestly and id say he did well too but i have seen people say they have no chemistry which i strongly disagree i saw sparks flying but whatever...

if you want a romance kdrama with an abundance of plot and dramatic chaebol conflict with a lot of supernatural elements and a sprinkle of comedy? this is the one for you!!!

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Kim You Jung, estou obcecada por você

Estou encantada com a atriz Kim You Jung, uma grata surpresa conhecer ela através desse trabalho!!! Tenho que admitir que o que realmente prendeu minha atenção inicialmente a esse dorama foi a química dos protagonistas! Minha única ressalva sobre a história é que enrolaram demais no desenrolar do plot e deixaram de investir no desenvolvimento de personagens secundários!

No quesito atuação, tenho que bater palmas para a Kim You Jung, o ator que fez o Do Gyeong e o Seok min. Para mim, as cenas mais emblemáticas conta com a participação deles

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Kdrama has returned to their former self!

The Glory I bet is a great drama (albeit I never seen it), Squid Game must also be a great drama, Reborn Rich, or Again My Life, or Sweet Home, they all must be great dramas. But they all have one thing in common. The darker, more serious tone, the school bullying plots, and revenge what not. I wish for a kdrama that gives me the same gushy mushy feeling I had watching my first kdrama, Strong Girl Boong Soon. And here we have it! My Demon!! A fun, probably cliche, visually appealing romantic drama!

You gotta admit, the finger gun scene is really cool. And by words of cnetz, this movement is something C-actors might not be able to pull off without making it look cringey and greasy! The latin dance scene? even more! Such a cringe worthy scene, yet the leads were able to make it fun to watch. And can I say the ML's personality is just so much to watch? GuWan is such a drama king yet I love it so much. That's one of the best parts about him.

Also to those of you who thinks we're some immature teen or adult who never grew up, please go watch some academy winning works and dwell on this low trash. The cliche is what I enjoy about this. The cliche I feel so comfortable in. Sometimes in life, one needs a comfort zone to rest in. And if you need a break from all the tragedies and BE going on in other dramas, take a break and watch My Demon!

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A Fantastic Show for a K-Drama Newbie

Truth to be told, this is the second k-drama that I completed after Vigilante. Like everyone else here, I was attracted by the hot visual of the leads and the intriguing storyline. So, I decided to venture into this show and here we go.

If you're a veteran in K-drama, you will find this boring and cliche in every way. Nearly everyone has noticed that this show only copy paste titbits of here and there (What I mean is all sorts of fantasy K-drama that already existed before). But, to me, it's still acceptable though they need to cut those slow-motion sleeping scenes. How many scenes do we need for every single episode?

The characters are either perfect or lackluster (I can't tell for sure). Kim Yoo-jung (Do Do-hee) and Song Kang (Jeong Gu-won) did pretty well in their roles although there may be some flaws. However, there are some delulu characters in here as well. For instance, the cousin of Do Do-hee (Ju Seok-hoon) and the dancer that was hired by Jeong Gu-won (Jin Ga-young). Both of them had feelings for the leads, but unfortunately, they weren't reciprocated by the leads and became more toxic in each episode. FL's adoptive mom had a good dynamic with the FL though. I love it when they joked and teased each other. LOL!

Never paid attention to the OST but I'm sure it's a good one.

If you want to rewatch, just have a sneak peek on the clips. I don't think I can stand another 16 hours for this show. Go for it for the mystery thriller fantasy plot (not so much to make me intrigued).

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a great drama that fall aparts ...

although I am obsessed with this drama like a crazy person not just because of their looks but also because of they have more chemistry than in my chemistry book ... Story is quite different with a demon who losses his power because of FL and now if he wants to use his power he has to grab her hand , it is really funnier because he wants to hold her hand even in front of her whole company ..
but now thing are becoming repititive and story completely fell down ...there is no interest for me now ..

both leads wants to protect each other more then themselves and this is what i really like but But they are repeating this concept many times Now I even know what will happen the next time....

this story somehow reminds me of Love between fairy and devil , because in both - demons are interconnected with FL and then they have to become their bodyguard and then fall in love ..
but LBFAD is far better Because it has many interesting terms in their storyline. But this drama has nothing ....

started with 10/10 and now I'm completely disappointed and giving only4/10

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