Shinuhodo Aishite (2025)

just don’t

This show was shockingly bad. I completed it, thinking it was going to be an interesting show about love and death and it turned out to be ridiculous.

Mio has no backbone at all. no personality. no dreams. no desires. no wants. she’s a shell of a human and it’s weird how she’s supposed to be toe main character but has no drive at all whatsoever.

the ML has no charm, no charisma. I was left wondering why anyone would think he’s special. I don’t know why anyone would like him. there was no likable quality. he was controlling, he wasn’t all that attractive. he didn’t even have a personality. even the most villainous characters have a personality. it seemed like he was never home. He gave mio a shred of attention and she was willing to give her life up for him??? those drugs must’ve been EXTRA strong because I don’t know how anyone would fall for him at all.

the plot could’ve been so much better if instead of just seeing why/how he killed people, we also saw why mio loved him. there’s no emotional investment at all. but somehow women were going crazy for him???

not a good plot and the acting couldn’t make up for it.

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