Take Charge of My Heart (2026)

Started out well, but…

It started out just the kind of series I was looking for—
Cute, fluffy, fun, but there were lots of holes, then some things that made no sense. What attracted me, at first was the star-power of the cast, and the intriguing storyline.

Unfortunately, along the way, the story weakened and the logistics behind everything, just didn’t seem important to anybody, anymore. Toward the end it really started losing me, but I pressed on, since I devoted so much time into it.

BoBae touched so many things that should have carried electricity—am I being too picky? IDK. But, when you get to the parts with the back-stabbing relatives, with little to no repercussions, and nothing done about a double kidnapping, attempted murders (of her brother & her, and Yoon), and the embezzlement— until after so much time passes, it just seemed absurd.

And BoBae leaving, even though she apparently couldn’t harm HoRang , even though she didn’t know whether her powers would return, or not, also made little sense.

So, cute & fluffy, just turned to absurdity in the end. Sad, because it should have been so much better.

It was a combination of, either lazy writing, or a story, that nobody cared enough about, to put more effort into making more sense, in my opinion. I wouldn’t recommend it. There so much better quality KDramas out there.

Also, my measure of a, truly, good KDrama is that it grabs your emotions, tugs at your heart, makes you cry, at some point, but that never happened for me, here. There wasn’t the range of emotion that, really, touched you. It wasn’t the actors faults, it just wasn’t there in the writing.

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Weak directing

Main leads are good, Soo Bin is great, but the directing for them, and the show overall, doesn't capcure the RomCom vibe. The shots linger for too long, the sets are a bit empty-looking, and actors are overdoing the comedic bits, which doesn't quite add up to the direction and editing the show overall has.

With faster-paced editing, or more comedic intercuts (like in Business Proposal, or Secretary Kim), it could've been one of the greats. But as it stands, it's a bit too slow, methodical, and boring, for what it tries to be. I blame directing and editing, because the script itself made sense to me, and actors did ok for what they were expected.

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