The Judge from Hell

지옥에서 온 판사 ‧ Drama ‧ 2024
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✝ Oh HAIL No ✝ °4.5° °repugnant°

What the H£!!?

The 1-sentence review: The door opened and the light blinded her, the sign warned in red fiery letters: “ALL WHO ENTER HERE ABANDON ALL HOPE,” and that is the warning the potential viewer should be cautioned by.

TJFH is not remotely good.

Kang Bitna died a while back. Justitia (Goddess of Justice, though she calls herself a demon, is played by Oh Na Ra from My Mister-9.5 & Racket Boys-8.3), she screwed up that day. Even though Bitna wasn't on the docket, even though she insisted she never killed anyone, the judge had seen and heard all of /that/ before. Only murderers make it to her courtroom, so she sentenced this murderer. Then Bael, her boss, showed up and gave her a punishment for convicting an innocent woman. She must live on earth as that woman and send 10 unrepentant murderers to Hell. Bitna.2.0 (Park Shin Hye from Flower Boy Next Door-7, The Heirs-7.3, Memories of the Alhambra-7) is Justitia in Bitna's body. She's not great with kids. She does recycle, though. Bitna was a judge, so she will see some murderers. She has 1 yr. Finding 10 murderers to clear out in 12 mos won't be easy. Fortunately, there's a loophole: 1 murderer who has killed 10 people would count as 10, just as any other combo of murderers, whose the victims add up to at least 10, would. She realizes it would be great to locate some double-dippers.

TJFH is a 2024 release that is 1 season consisting of 14 70-minute episodes. It is rated 92 on AWiki, 8.6 on MDL and 7.8 on IMDb. I simply find that hard to comprehend. Forget the fact that the plot is sloppy and the romance is utterly unconvincing (in episode 11 they do have a very cute date), TJFH is loaded with gore, blood, violence - extreme violence against women and children - and it makes light of all kinds of spiritual issues that should be taken more seriously. From a technical standpoint it's better than mediocre, but not great. From an EQ-POV it's rancid. I hated this show. Just loathed it. The more I see of the Hulu K-catalog the more they seem to line up with some of the crazy rumors about them. Hulu's Korean lineup is loaded with gore, violence, bad language, and more causal sex than usual. They're trying to turn Kcountry into Hollyweird, and my eyes expatriated to east Asia to get away from that rot. Many of the Hulu shows are good, but not all of them. TJFH is not a good show. Oh HAIL no. Even the great Park Shin Hye can't resurrect this corpse.

Ms Park played the shy and tortured type early on in her career. She's amazing as an eye-rolling kick@$$ in Sisyphus-8 and this is yet a new look for her. She's confident, ruthless, decisive, and rather diabolical. Her drinks come in macabre red and black cans; when she pops them open we can almost hear: “I'm evil,” instead of the scrape of metal and the popping release of CO2.

Kim Jae Young was in 2 shows that I love enough to have already rewatched: My Secret Romance-7 & Black-9. Here, he's Han “Da” On, a cop on trial for using excessive force. This actor always looks slightly sad even when he smiles. He's self-represented. Afterall, he's innocent, so why should he use a lawyer? Even with a fool for a lawyer, Bitna acquits him. He introduces himself to her outside and thanks her, which she deflects. He hands his card to her and tells her to contact him If she ever needs assistance. She deflects that, too, telling him she'll remember his information.

In TV style, she'll need to call him mere hours later. She's been arrested! The police believe she's delusional. The unfavorable psych evaluation that dropped out of her purse might have had something to do with it. “I don't know about demons, but I'm certain God doesn't exist,” Da says to her later on. She makes sure to inform him that humans are the ones that cause the current mess that we're in. Demon or not, Da thinks she's an impeccable judge. He doesn't want to see her step down. They realize they actually have a common case together and the trial starts tomorrow.

She shocks him the next day. She lets a serial, deranged wife-beater off with a small fine. Da is incredulous. The victim is in serious danger of being murdered by this perp.

Her POA to accomplish her mission is short-sighted, but she doesn't need it to work, longterm. She needs a year. It's a mad dash to the finish line. Her strategy is to give these heinous criminals light (or no) sentences so that she can murder them when they're released. They torture people in this show. Sure, some have it coming, however, it's too much. The death penalty is one thing; torture is another.

The other perpetrators of this debacle are Kim In Kwon as Valak, Bitna's assistant; Kim Ah Young as Gremory, Bitna's other assistant; andvLee Joong Ok & Ha Kyung Min on cleanup crew. Kim Jae Hwa is the local Christian, Jung Myeong Suk. She's always inviting the judge to church regardless of the daggers the judge shoots from her eyes whenever Ms Jung is around. (The judge's assistant does decide to take a look at belief from the other end of the spectrum). We learn that Ms Lee's son was murdered a couple decades back. She almost seems demon possessed at the funeral, which we see in flashback. Ms Kim has credits dating back to 2010. She's been in alot of features including Cleaning Up, Ssanahui Sunjeong, & The Tale of Lady Ok.

Kim Young Ok (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha-8.2, Dear My Friends) plays O Mi Ja, a Hwangcheon villa resident and busybody. This actress is so cute. Her earliest credited work is from 1957. She's almost 90 and she looks like she's in her 70s. She and Park Shin Hye square off and it's glorious. Toward the end of the show she seems like she's slightly uncomfortable with her hokey lines. Yang Kyung Won from Crash Landing on You-9.1 makes an appearance as a multiple personality (DID) sufferer in eps5&6. He's unbelievable. His performance is incredible. He plays so many different roles. In Big Mouth-7.4 he's the semi-psycho in a crime family that poses as a legit one, and I'm currently watching him in Vincenzo where he is a pawn shop owner who likes to act tough. I didn't recognize him in any of these parts until I looked him up. He presents that differently each time. Oh Eui Shik makes a guest appearance. I've been a fan since Oh My Ghost-10. Everything he's in is good. The director is Park Jin Pyo of Brave Citizen, and the screenwriter, Cho I Su, is just starting out.

“If you stay near that woman you'll both die,” old lady Mi Ja warns. In the meanwhile, another demon is killed for falling in love with a human. The demons have a law enforcement agency devoted to tracking down such criminals. Bitna's totally sus, so Da is investigating her while he acts like he's helping her, while he acts to himself like he's not falling for her. Falling for him never occurs to her until it's too late. She's mystified by her rapid heartbeats and stray tears. Tensions are building.

“I realize now what it is that I have to do. To be exact, it's attaining success and wealth through marriage. I want to go into politics. I'm a great liar, shameless, selfish, hypocritical, and I like money. I think what I have what it takes to be a great politician.” So says one straightforward but ambitious character. Well, firstly, one can see how unimaginative the dialogue is, but hmmm… Maybe it's not a work of fiction🤔. I'm on board with 50% of the premise: Judges who give out light sentences to criminals who, beyond any reasonable doubt deserve more, are doing Hell's bidding.

The whole making light of demons, Hell, Satan, blood, guts, and gore didn't bother me much when I was young, but it just does now. I'm not in that cool club anymore. The world is too messed up. Crime that's been documented to have been committed by devil worshippers is horrific and the rumors of what's going on is ultra horrifying. The softening of public opinion is part of what's alleged to be their playbook. So are the makers of TJFH playing with us or playing us? I can't tell.

From the start, many things about this are uncomfortable. Supposedly, a demon is our protagonist. She's also a “goddess” but definitely from the wrong side of the divide. I hate the moral confusion of elevating bad guys like mobsters, demons, and the devil. That's just what they would want - for us to lower our resolve against evil. All of the imagery is off, too. The end of ep1 is horrific. Bitna focuses on her goal and utilizes horrific means to get it. She's already said she has no empathy for the victims. We will see where this strategy takes her: To an overabundance of violence and blood. There's long and protracted violent imagery. They juxtaposed it with lighthearted words and quirky elements, so the horrific scenes are not given proper gravity. The show's tone is just off.

The show also wanders around without structure or rules while they make light of faith, spirituality, God, Satan and angels. Perhaps what's worse is that it's a mess. It's sloppy, directionless, and incoherent. The disconnect between the show's quality and its score is so profound I wonder if Hulu is using bots.

The opening scene graphics are excellent, from the roses of blood to the inverted cross of light to the bronze statuary come to life screaming and squirming However, Hell’s courtroom isn't really ominous (it looks like the haunted playhouse) and the demon, Bael, is overdone. The filming is loaded up with upended crossees, Bael, Satan, Lucifer, walnuts, baby head sized melons getting chopped, demons, blood, gore, violence against women and children, underground passageways, subterranean lairs, and naturally, the wacko Christian - one of the worst offenders claimed to be a Christian but he gets sent to hell, while the main song lyrics croon “Please don't pray anymore “ Yet, God is said to be the master of all, in the end. Bitna says God gave them their authority. Fascinating.



QUOTES🗣

We didn't know how happy our ordinary days were.

The heavens may fall but there will be justice on earth. (On the statue at the courthouse)


IMHO〰🖍


📣5 📝4 🎭7 💓4 🦋4 🎨7 🎵/🔊7 🔚6 🤗1 ▪ 🌞3⚡5 😅1 😭5 😱5 😯3 🤢7.3 🤔4 💤0


Shazams:Crossroad, by SUNMI


Age 18+ Language: b!+ch, $h!+; Violence and bloody crime victims. Brutal violence against a woman and children. Extended violent stabbing and torture scenes. It is alittle much. Rated TV-15


Re-📺? HAIL NAW


In no particular order, here's some recommendations

〰 Getting it on with the supernatural or Mythical 〰

Alchemy of Souls-7.9,
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds-7.2,
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days-6.7,
Black-9,
The Bride of Habaek-7,
The Cursed-8.3,
Death's Game-7.8,
Flex X Cop-8.5,
The Golden Spoon-8.1,
Hotel del Luna-8.4,
A Korean Odyssey-7.2,
The Legend of the Blue Sea-7.2 (this show is marvelous except for taking a quality dip in eps 20-22)
Light Shop-8.6,
Missing: The Other Side-8.3,
My Roommate Is a Gumiho-7.9,
Mystic Pop-up Bar-8.2,
Oh My Ghost-10,
Uncanny counter S1 only °S1-8.4 S2-4,
The Wailing-8.8

〰 Crime 〰

Oldboy-9,
Tunnel-8.1;
Inspector Koo-8.4,
It's Okay Not To Be Okay-9,
K2-8,
Flower of Evil-8.9,
Awaken-8.7,
Beyond Evil-7.4,
Moving-8.5,
The Man from Nowhere-8.9,
Law School -8,
When the Camellia Blooms-8,
The Worst of Evil-7.9

〰 Hulu Catalog 〰

Big Mouth-7.4,
Blood Free-8.5,
Call It Love-8.4,
Crazy Love-7.8,
The First 1st Responders-7.8,
Flex X Cop-8.5,
The Golden Spoon-8.1,
Han River Police-7.1,
High School Return of a Gangster-7,
The Judge from Hell-4.5
The Legend of the Blue Sea-7.2 (this show is marvelous except for taking a quality dip in eps 20-22)
Light Shop-8.6,
Link: Eat, Love, Kill-6.7,
Maestra: Strings of Truth-6.8,
Moving-8.5
Pandora: Beneath the Paradise-3.9,
Parasite-9,
Revenant-7.4,
Revenge of Others-8.1,
So I Married the Anti Fan-6.8,
Uncle Samsik-8.4,
What's Wrong With Secretary Kim-6.8,
Why Her?-8,
Wonderful World-7.8,
The Worst of Evil-7.7

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ory
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Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 7.0

whats with that ending?

first of all, i wouldnt say i didnt enjoy this drama. it was interesting, and kept getting me hooked during the episodes, curious by justitia and police trying to catch the serial killer but ngl i at first, stopped watching it for a few weeks after the first episode. having justitia to kill the murderers while the police wanted to catch them, made me feel a little bit weird (?) even tho i knew it was justitia' job lol (and the fact that police didnt know the person who was killing them)

the romance wasnt bad nor good. it was okay, i wouldnt say it was unnecessary but neither necessary as some people here says. it wouldve worked any way.

i wanna talk about the ending because even tho i dont hate open endings, this was pretty open to me and i didnt like it at all, at least i wanted to see what was her choice. if she would take bael' place as his heir or lucifer' offer idk i wouldve like that.

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KapitanQuentyn
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Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

Overall average

Hi, romance enjoyer here. If you consider watching this show and count on a good combination of romance and thriller/action you are going to probably be disappointed. Show is very emotional, but these emotions usually include grief, pain and suffering more than love. Actors give great performances, however show lacks logic when it comes to reasoning of certain behaviours. I have seen shows with romance that also focus more on action/drama, like for example Healer or Mask and they were in my opinion better when it comes to combining plot with love, this one left me wanting something more, sadly.

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ingrydamor
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Overall 8.5
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Rewatch Value 7.5

merece o prêmio de melhor atriz do ano

melhor papel da park shin hye , construção de personagens incríveis, efeitos especiais maravilhosos. vale muito apena vê . tem uma mistura de tomorrow com my demon com hyena também, meu maior medo é ter final ruim igual lucro do amor 🥲 , mas a construção até episodio 8 está maravilhosa .




vale muito apena vê
pontos para considerar:

* temas polêmico
* Park shin hye de Vilã melhor coisa
* construção de personagem incrível
* muito ator famoso
* efeito especial incrível
* contraste do bem × mal
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Dropped 10/14
Elenaannu177
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Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.5

This is one of my favourite drama

I loveee this drama with all my heart as it is coming to end i am so sad like what i am gonna do now . The cast the story the music everything is perfect for me like i am obsessed with this drama and the man main lead is so handsome he is my new obsession. Everything is so good for me like the funny scenes are there the action is the mystery is there everything is good lovedd this drama
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ltspada
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Overall 9.0
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Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.5
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If you are not focused just on the romance, it is a great supernatural series

9/10 is my rating. This is a 2024 South Korean Dark Fantasy, Action Legal thriller. With 14, 60-73 minute episodes.

First I provide a unique synopsis then a review

Synopsis

Judge Kang Bit-na (Park Shin-hye) is mysteriously stanbed to death in a park and erroneously winds up before Hell’s judge, Justitia (Oh Na-ra). Justitia does not like humans nor does she feel any empathy for the murder victim who was before her by accident so she sends her to hell. This angers Bael (Shin Sun-rok), a major demon who is essentially second in charge of Hell. To punish her, Bael forces her to inhabit Kang Bit-na’s body and identify ten evil amd remorseless sinners who do not get full punishment through the justice system and send them to hell. eternal punishment. She only has one year or her existence will be snuffed out by Bael. During the course of serving as a human judge, Justitia/Bit-na encounter Han Da-on (Kim Jae-young) a violent crimes detective, who becomes suspicious of the judge when he notices many of those who appear before her meet an early demise.

Review

This was a fresh take on sins and judgements and the role of supernatural characters such as demons and angels.  It reminded me of a book series I read by Piers Anthony "Incarnations of Immortality" where every role, God, Satan, Grim Reaper were just jobs.  I found the Hell's judgement aspect of this series very interesting.  Who wouldn't like to think that those truly evil among us might experience an "eye for an eye" type punishment.   It was entertaining throughout.  Well-acted.  And ended reasonably well.  I might watch it again and highly recommend it to fans of the genre.  It's not as strong in terms of the romance but very strong as a supernatural drama. 

Spoilers

Like so many others my main critique was with the romance element.  I did not dislike that it had a romance running through it felt like an afterthought in many ways. It would have felt more integrated if the ending had not been so nebulous.  Does she love him enough to stay behind and be human or not?  I thought the chemistry was fine between the leads but it was just hard, in general, to envision someone so strongly enamored with justice being okay with a partner that is essentially a serial killer.  She was just doing her job and wasn't going after anyone that did not deserve it, but the absolute joy she exhibited in carrying out the brutal and grisly punishments was disturbing.  It was like a serial killer that found a sanctioned purpose for what they already enjoyed doing. The main guy was so good that pairing him with someone who could kill anyone in that manner was just a hard match up to buy. 

It also made no sense why she would be offered the chance to essentially send 10 to hell in exchange for becoming human.  What did it benefit hell to grant her such a thing?  She would have had to carry out her job whether or not she was rewarded.

They seemed to leave it open for there to be another season.  It ended, they were together, but it could be only temporary (three years and she is on her last year when it ends) depending on whether or not she decides to become human.  I don't like nebulous ending.  I know streaming platforms like to do that so they have the option of additional seasons if it is popular.  But it breaks what is great about South Korean shows where you know generally there will be one season.  And there isn't this open-ended decision about future seasons or not. 

#TheJudgeFromHell. #ParkShinHye #OhNaRa #ShinSunRok #KimJaeYoung

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Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

PERFEITO!!

já pode dizer que é o dorama do ano aqui na minha terra? PORQUE É O SEGUNDO MELHOR NA MINHA CASA!!

me supreendir muito com esse drama, a história é tão gostosinha quanto my demon, a diferença é que agora temos uma demonia divonica que da uma surra nos homens e manda em tudo.

a história se mantém fiel do início ao fim, envolvendo, sendo construída de forma boa e te deixando chocada com a profundidade de maldade no ser humano. E é gostosinho ver ela se apaixonando, lutando pra não ter empatia por humanos kkkkk.

enfim eu amei demais!!
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Ongoing 10/14
Ftkrt
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Oct 30, 2024
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Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
Awesome Park shin hye.😇😇😇😙😙😙😙😙😙 The judge from hell is a good drama😈😈😈😈😈No boring episode 👌👌👌
Definitely going to rewatch
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Park shin hye ate this!!!!!!! I love it!!!!!
I wish the series will be more than 14 episodes.
Pdnim can give us season 2. Not a bad idea.
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omo-omo-omo
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Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 8.0

Blockbuster Start, Slightly Lackluster Finale (still one of 2024's Best)

Supernatural merging with modern world, short length drama, one case per episode tying up to a larger storyline - these are the reasons why I started this drama. Right from the start it had me completely hooked, and the first 10 episodes were so captivating that I came on MDL weekly to discuss various theories with others. These engaging discussions made it one of the standout dramas in 2024 for me, but unfortunately, the ending didn’t quite meet my great expectations. Here’s the breakdown:

➥ BEST PARTS
✦ Story & Pace: I like crisp, engaging story telling - & this had different cases per episode while tying it to a larger story involving the main & recurring support casts. (Think: Tomorrow, Move To Heaven, Signal etc)
✦ Acting:
(1) Kang Bitna/Justicia: Park Shin Hye is usually in damsel-in-distress roles, but here she’s a savage + showing vulnerability as her character grows humane. Applauding her acting—more roles like this for her, please!
(2) Han Daon: First time seeing him, and I’m wondering why I’m only discovering this gem now! Handsome & acted with conviction. Hoping he gets the popularity he deserves (like Byeon Woo Seok overnight)—excited for his future projects!
(3) Mando, Arong, Landlady, Police Officers: Often seen in support roles, they delivered perfection even in limited screentime. Especially Kim In Kwon—been a fan since Mr Queen, what a talent.

➥ What Could Have Been Better:
The Finale Episodes 11-14:
The initial 10 episodes had set the bar so high, the scale so massive with its action, mystery that when it came to unfold in the last finale episodes - I was expecting epic battles, emotional rollercoasters, that doubt that will they have a happy ending or not? While it was good and fell into place - it felt underwhelming to the point that what was meant to be blockbuster turned out to be lackluster.

Example: Bael's forced punishments, Justicia vs Satan Battle, Gabriel's Sacrifice*, etc. felt a bit flat & rushed. Also, they did not completely reveal the fate of human Kang Bitna (did she escape Hell or no?)

➥ Overall:
The shortcomings are due to the fact that my expectations were sky-high. Otherwise this drama is great - I am definitely adding it to my Wall of Fame, and I think it is one of the best dramas of 2024. Highly Recommend to BINGE - it is a short one with mystery, action, comedy and romance - so worth the time.

P.S.: Those who know PSH would be familiar with her fish face kissing scenes. I think the ML brought on the wild side - cause that kiss in finale was ROARRRR! FIREEEE!!!!!

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kyangg
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Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.0
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One of the best K-drama so far

Where do I start? This drama kept me engage the entire time. From the cases to the killings to the judgments, it was a masterpiece. Every thing about this drama was spot on. I loved how Justisia judged based on her law and not the law of the land because we all know that the law of the land does very little justice. She punished those who needed to be punished and I loved that for her. I also loved that despite falling in love with a human, she kept to herself. She was just as cunning as the sinners. Of course, when it comes to who Satan was, it was subtle in showing us who it was but it wasn't super obvious as well. It kept me guessing among the Jung family. I mean, that Assemblyman was suspicious along with his sons. So it was interesting to keep guessing among who the Jung men were.

Let's get started with the casts.
Park Shin Hye - Justisa and Kang Bit Na: wow, is all I can. She did an AMAZING job. This is by far her best performance since she started acting at a young age. She usually plays the same character, but she showcased her range with this one. I have always been a fan of hers, but she needs to play more roles like this. The badass woman who can defend herself. Of course, she is without faults. In the beginning, she was arrogant and rude, but she eventually started to understand humans and at the end, she did what she had promised the family. Her character arc was amazing. I enjoyed her smirk and fighting.

Kim Jae Young - Han Da On: Okay, not going to lie, I have never seen any of his dramas, but I thought that he was an awesome job. He was annoying at first, wanting to catch Kang Bit Na and use human laws against her, but once he joined forces with her, he started to understand that sometimes you can't use human laws on evil. I loved how with his eyes and tears, he can move the audience and the cold hearted Kang Bit Na. He went through a lot at a young age and he again lost the one who raised him and care for him, but he still wanted to be on the side of justice. His character arc was also amazing. He grew from being a one sided officer to understanding that the law may not always be on their side but he hopes that the law can at least mend the hearts of the victims.

Kim In Kwon - Mando: he is the funniest character of the entire drama. He was really put in a dilemma and he did what he can. I have always thought that he was a perfect match to Park Shin Hye. She had been driving him crazy since 2009 (if you know what I mean). Despite the fact that he was conflicted when it came to religion, being a demon himself, he was always loyal to Kang Bit Na. He went along with her shenanigans all the while trying to protect her the best he can.

Kim Ah Young - Arong: oh boy. Where to start with her. When we first met her, she was already suspicious to me. But she played her part so well. I understand that she wanted to do anything in her power to help Justista but betraying her idol was the most ridiculous thing she can do. I mean, Justitia has already told her to leave Han Da On alone, but she just couldn't trust her idol, so she went behind her back and got her almost killed. However, I did like that they made her realize what she did was wrong and stood by Justitia side as a loyal friend.

All of the guests did an AMAZING job. They were the perfect psychopath. They played their part very well and I can see that they have range to play someone who can come off as nice but is truly evil. They all deserve medals for their part in the drama. Some of them, especially the multiple personalities actor, outshined the main casts. I mean, they were just so awesome.

So, my rating. It started off as a 10, but I took 1.5 stars out because of the second part of episodes 14. I loved how she ended up dying, and then brought back to punish Jung Tae Gyu. However, she should have been sent back to Hell to punish the sinners and murders in Hell. After learning from what she had learned in the human world, she should have used that to rightfully punish the murders and not act like she did in the episode 1, but no, she asked Bael for three years and he willingly gave it to her. I love a happy ending, but I feel that for this drama, there shouldn't be a happy ending. This is not a fairytale drama.

The thing that I loved most about episode 14 is that it circled back to episode 1 when she told the kids about justice. That was a nice touch to the drama. However, I did not like the open end ending with the choice of either staying as a human by punishing 10 more sinners or going straight to hell. I wished she wouldn't even have that chance. I loved her but as I have stated, this wasn't a fairytale drama. It was a dark drama that has romance (which I still didn't agree with). Overall, I don't mind rewatching this again.

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Rewatch Value 9.0

Park ShinHye? Demoness? Yaaassss!

The story is overall quite simple with a demon coming to earth to punish sinners aka murderers by using her powers, because she punished the wrong person in hell. Objectively stating, the thing that really attracted me to this show was how it avoided all the story cliches. Generally, the role of a mythical being is played by the ML but here it is our FL and I also liked that instead of a lawyer it is a judge. Pretty great and unique.

The story started out great with a lot of devil and blood, the romance is also very well developed. Instead of them just finding heavenly love at first sight I loved how they let there love blossom slowly. Believe it or not this show has only 1 proper kiss scene and that is at the end. And I am not complaining it was awesome. It had its own beauty. While we are on the topic. I loved the ML too. He was a sweetheart instead of the normal stoic ones we get. Now that I think of it no one was stoic in this series. Is it what I think it is? A breath of fresh air.

The story was rather short with only 14 episodes, but I still thing it could’ve done better. Till the time the story reached the end it had quite a few strands loose. Like the angel went to hell to save a ‘good’ demon. Or that the one will die curse was a lie. The writers dug the hole so deep that they themselves didn’t know how to get out. But that is just my opinion.

Even with a few strands loose this story was awesome. It was engaging, charming, a little bit confusing but it had kept me on my toes till the end.I admire them for it. I do wish the ending episode would’ve more couple moments but we all wish for things. Tbh my main issue was only with the somewhat childish ending but at least they didn’t use the cliche where the dead ML comes back to life at the last 0.25 millisecond of the last episode.

I still think adding the one will die curse was unnecessary, they could’ve just made it simpler, but come on you have to agree nothing was more satisfying then watch Bitna beating everything out of those monsters. I do think she was not portrayed to be demonic enough, she had more of a vigilante vibes then a devil from hell vibes but I digress.

Oh and one last thing I must appreciate. The AD PLACEMENT! Future dramas take inspiration! that is how you place ads in between. You put them subtly instead of pushing it in our faces!

In the end. Yes I loved it, you willl too. Yes, I will forever love this ship. Yes, I didn’t appreciate the ML enough in this summary. I hate Bael too.

Will watch it again

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14 of 14 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 5.5
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Actuaciones on point para una historia meh

La actuación es buena porque Park Shin Hye es un valor seguro. Me hace gracia que no hay casi besos porque este casadisima y tenga un hijo. Así se demuestra también que no es necesario que si o si los protagonistas tengan que besarse mucho para demostrar que son pareja y que se quieren. El chico protagonista (Kim Jae Young) me ha sorprendido mucho pues creía que no le había visto antes actuar y al parecer si le había visto antes actuar pero no es hasta ahora que me he dado cuenta de lo bien que actúa , aparte de ser un pedazo de crush. Kim Ah Young, la vi por primera siendo amiga en My Sweet Mobster, ha vuelto ha hacer una actuación impecable dándonos momentazos. Espero que pronto ya sea protagonista porque ahí nos va a dejar flipando a todos.

Respecto a la historia cae en ciertos clichés que sabes que desde el minuto uno va a caer, rollo se va a enamorar de un humano, su única sentencia buena va a ser la que dicte para su amor, los protagonistas cambiaran a las personalidades del otro, vamos que caen en ciertos tópicos y te dejan ciertas cosas sin finalizar rollo el Han Daon , se carga los videos y no le sucede nada?? Demasiado conveniente para él,no?. O que no se resuelva el asesino en serie que mata a los criminales...No hay mucha parte de la historia que me haya dejado sorprendida tal vez me ha gustado la vecina católica saber su historia y su fanatismo religioso porque venía pero siento que lo otro ha caído en los típicos clichés.
Ahora legalmente hablando, no se mucho del sistema legal de Corea pero flipo que el mismo juez que te juzga es el que tiene que investigar, a la porra la imparcialidad , vamos es que eso es un sistema acusatorio donde el juez no tiene resquicio de imparcialidad porque ha investigado el caso, porque seamos sinceros aquí la policía ni ha pinchado ni ha cortado ni vaya ni ha hecho nada. Aparte de cargarse el principio de juez imparcial, vamos en el último juez es un claro caso de recusación de juez , como puedes tener un juez que ha tenido relación con los vecinos que son víctimas así como con uno tiene una relación sentimental, normal que le deje hacer un alegato al Han Daon y bueno que luego haga esa sentencia, que si que será justa la sentencia (bueno eso depende de quien lo veas porque el crimen ya había prescrito y depende de cómo veas la institución de la cárcel y los derechos de los presos entenderás si los mismos deben tener derecho a la prescripción de sus delitos), es porque la gracia es que no es imparcial y le mete una condena de muerte (cosa que no sabía que Corea todavía tenga la pena de muerte y más siendo una democracia).
Y bueno ese lema que la justicia que no te la ha dado los cielos te la dé en la tierra , pues cariño mio siento decirte que la justicia no existe y más en un mundo capitalista que se mueve por el dinero

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