Somebody (2022)

Yandere and a Serial Killer?

That is a mind-blowing combo. A young man who is going around and killing people through a dating app that was designed by the our FL. They meet and perhaps it is her unique disinterest or lack of fear of his presence -- he takes an immediate interest in her after they kill a cat that was hit by a car 'together'. It's a strange scene. It draws him to her immediately. I loved this so much (I'm a weird one, what can I say?) -- and I can't say much else without ruining it, aside from the fact that it's definitely got a mature rating for a reason. I am surprised by the lackluster reviews for it.

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HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL BUT MEH..

The trailer was so well made that it’s probably the best thing about the series. Such a promising storyline with so much potential but ended up being a huge let down.

The cinematography and acting was good but that’s it.

I hated the pacing of the story. Weird and unnecessary plot lines that ended up being half baked. Most characters lacked depth (the Shaman? Samantha?) and there was not much character development of the MCs either- like I literally still know nothing about the serial killer. We get a brief flashback of how it started and a mention about potentially being abandoned but nothing else. So how was he before he started his kills?

It’s great that they included a disabled character who’s also a police officer but does she have to be made that dumb? Like, I can’t even..

There was no build up in the MCs’ love story. One moment she’s curious and attracted to him and then almost suddenly they’re deeply madly in love?? Like what?? How?? Felt very superficial..

So many episodes but so much nonsense and a lot of the important parts that should’ve been explored, just left out.

It’s almost like the main point of the story was the unnecessarily prolonged explicit scenes (which btw does not add anything to the story) and the rest are just fillers.

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It was an intense, layered, and emotionally complex show! From the very beginning, the show grabbed me with its dark, slow-burn tension and kept me on edge through all eight episodes. The cinematography and sound design were absolutely gorgeous, perfectly complementing the eerie, unsettling atmosphere. Every frame felt deliberate, and the way the series used color, lighting, and sound to highlight emotions and psychological states really pulled me in.

What I loved most was how intricate the character dynamics were. Kim Sum was fascinating to watch: calculating, observant, and morally ambiguous in a way that made me constantly second-guess her motives. Her journey through the story, from working on her app to facing Yun-Oh directly, was compelling and terrifying at the same time. There’s a thrill in watching her interact with him because you never quite know who has the upper hand or when one of them might snap. The tension between her and Gi-Eun also added so much depth, showing how different types of trauma and emotional processing can affect relationships. Gi-Eun’s obsession with Yun-Oh, combined with her desire to prove herself as a capable cop after her accident, created a constant undercurrent of anxiety.

Yun-Oh himself was chilling but magnetic. He’s one of those characters who exudes charm and danger in equal measure, and the way he manipulated and tested the people around him kept me hooked. I found myself fascinated by the psychological cat-and-mouse game between him and Sum. The series did a brilliant job of making me question whether I was rooting for justice, revenge, or something darker altogether.

The pacing, which some might call slow, worked for me. It allowed for moments of reflection, subtle foreshadowing, and building tension to an almost unbearable degree. Even the seemingly small interactions, like the way Sum reacted to her past trauma or how Yun-Oh engaged with the AI, felt loaded with meaning. The show didn’t spoon-feed; it trusted its audience to pay attention and interpret, which I deeply appreciated.


Theories:

One of my biggest takeaways was that the story isn’t just about murder or revenge, but about connection, understanding, and the twisted ways people try to find that. Kim Sum’s final act of killing Yun-Oh felt like an ultimate gesture of twisted love. Slicing his eyes first so he wouldn’t know it was her was both cruel and tender, a merciful end to someone spiraling into a darker mental state, just like the kitten she killed at the beginning. It was an eerie but consistent metaphor for ending suffering on her own terms.

I also saw Sum as a kind of vigilante, someone who carefully calculates who deserves her attention and her actions. Everything she did, like manipulating Yun-Oh, distracting him with the AI, and carefully planning his death, felt like the work of someone methodical and unflinching. She wasn’t acting out of blind vengeance; she was orchestrating events to ensure the outcome matched her own sense of justice. The parallels to a Dexter-style vigilante were impossible to ignore.

Yun-Oh’s charm and danger were central to the story, but he wasn’t omnipotent. His emotional vulnerability toward the end, when he realized that Sum understood him in a way no one else could, humanized him slightly, making his death feel both inevitable and poignant. The interactions between Sum, Yun-Oh, and Gi-Eun highlighted the show’s core theme: people’s desperate desire for connection, acceptance, and understanding, even when it leads them into dangerous territory.

Other layers fascinated me too. Gi-Eun’s obsession with Yun-Oh made sense when considering her disability, pride, and desire for validation, yet her repeated mistakes and risky decisions reflected both trauma and ego. Corporate greed and the ethical murkiness of tech companies, especially through Samantha Jung, added a contemporary social commentary layer, showing how profit often comes before human safety.

I couldn’t stop thinking about the small symbolic losses caused by Yun-Oh: Mok-Won, the general statue, Gi-Eun’s wheelchair, Sum’s AI “Somebody”... everything he touched left a mark, tangible or psychological. Even subtle details, like Sum wearing purple to indicate fear or the way the AI recordings were used to manipulate Yun-Oh, added depth.

In the end, Somebody is a psychological exploration of obsession, morality, and what people are willing to do to feel understood, validated, and in control of their own narratives.

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interesting story

like most people, i was intrigued by the trailer and decided to watch. i can’t say i was incredibly amazed but i wasn’t disappointed either.

regardless of what others ratings are saying, this series is GOOD. it’s dark and raw and the acting is freaking amazing, special shout out to KYK!!!

having said that, it is rather slow ? at times and even though there is 8 hours of it, it feels like some essential parts were missed. the fact that our ML was in love with the FL was stated quite clearly at the end but we don’t see much of him rwallg caring for her that deeply. yes, he caressed her before leaving but that was canceled out by the fact he destroyed her beloved creation. yes, he tells the Sha-man our FL is different than others but we don’t see how he’s come to appreciate her like that. the most emotion that we see him share regarding her is when he’s outside her house crying saying he wishes he met her earlier.

i really did enjoy the series. i just wish i saw more of the development towards their emotional relationship. i feel it would benefit the story, ending aside.

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why am I conflicted in wanting a killer to find love?

Finished watching this, yes I know I'm so late to the party but I honestly am so glad I gave this show a shot.
JUST WoOoow. Ok.. I'm not 100% wanting them to have a happy ending but that was a tragic & sort of a sweet twist of a love-story/horror. on one hand...i felt like I wanted them to find happiness together even though yes he is a serial killer.

add to that a cast of badass women,who definitely didn't ask permission. each of the women in this cast had their own strengths and were unapologetic in using their power to get what they set their sights on.

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a serial killer who entered the app "Somebody"

(WARNING, LONG REVIEW AHEAD!!)
so i'll really try my best to explain this drama so much since the overall story seems very interesting for me. from an dating app and love, to sexual assault and murder. I also read from an review that this drama has so much potential, most especially this drama was psychological one. But after all completing all the episodes from this drama, that how explains why this drama was complicated but at a same time, giving so much potential to viewers as well. I think this was too far from any kdramas I've watched, but this one feels like a western type of series as well.

Plot:
So it explains about a student from becoming a developer as she invented her called app AI social connecting app "Somebody" where anyone could talk and chat with each other. Well due to sum's communicating problems, she made her invention until Kim Sum was part of the team of the app. Until cases regarding the app was spreading and getting involved from a murderer slash serial killer, Yoon O. From murdering most women who get involved by the app (or like being matched). He has different identity to his personality, where he acts like what women likes, but he acts like his true self to Kim Sum, who was also a murderer. and Kim Sum as she was (kind of) responsible of the case, she get's to know Yun O untill she fell in love with a serial killer. She was so needy to love and sex and at the same time both of them were murderers to begin with. I kinda had a hard time explaining the story because it was pretty messy to begin with. Involving Yun O's story without the background story of his childhood days, and I was thinking maybe because of his trauma(?) or something bothers him that he turned to be a murderer. And with that, Kim Sum's friends got involved due to the dating app. And the problem of the story evolves the app overall that messes their lives from the beginning. So one of Kim Sum's friend who also got involved, Gi Eun as she was a detective, while Mok Won was a shaman as she senses spirits between her friend Kim Sum and her match from the app, Yun O.

And with that, the ending was hmmm very surpising for me. I really thought Kim Sum would ended up falling in love with benefits regarding love and sex with Yun O. But due to her decision making with her friends and for the safety of her colleagues as well, she killed him. And for me, I think it needs more background story of Yun O and Kim Sum and I think its not just me, but there is something really missing, that's why I rated it not a perfect rating but just a good one.

Characters and Cast:
HOOOOO this one was far exceeding so much with my expectations. I was thinking did they tried to be away from their characters because this one was far away from kdrama land haha. The characters from this story (while some of them) were hypocrite and desperate from what they like as well. I guess the characters were something that I was never expecting to be because from the plot itself, it was away from the overall story of the drama. Just the outside background of their lives. Now I'll go with the casts, especially I watched this drama because I was really interested of Kim Young Kwang's choice of drama projects after all this would be my second time watching his role from kdramas.

First of all, Kim Young Kwang acted this role FAR FAR from his previous roles especially my last kdrama that I watched with him was the secret life of my secretary. He made this role far from his career as well! but not to make myself look weird, but he really looks very attractive and all those *ehem* scenes from this drama. He need roles like this especially regarding murder or dark themed genre of kdramas to sum up everything. Kang Hae Lim, I never expected to see her change from her supporting role from Live On kdrama. She turned from her role from being a bully or a mean girl, to a desperate young adult women who seeks for love and sex. I was really surprised by her chosen projects and her acting career path as well. Both of the casts has something that gave chemistry in me. But I was thinking if they were comfortable filming "those scenes" and I saw that they were in touch on instagram since they followed each other as well. kinda sus haha. And also with the other cast, Kim Yong Ji as I a saw her from the last drama appearance of a kdrama I finished watching, The King: Eternal Monarch. But in short, she changed so much as well from this role. With the casts, the bts photos seems like they were happy with their roles and the bond they had with the production team and the actors and actresses who were involved. I'm rooting for the three of them actually.

Overall, this drama was giving me that feeling of darkness and feeling of emptiness in me, But it gave me a creepy vibe on the end haha. I was really surprised as well, but Hoping that these casts would have a greater recognition as well.
I would say this drama was only good for time kill. since I skipped some unnecessary scenes to it, but overall, it was a pretty good one. BUT not for beginners as well since it needs more patience and understanding.

but in a positive side, looking forward to the casts other projects! especially to kim young kwang <33

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Should've been either a movie or a 16-ep season

Just finished this show, first I need to note that I watched the entire series with noise cancelling headphones and 10/10 would recommend, I LOVED the soundtrack and felt it completely enhanced my entire viewing of this series. The suspense scenes especially.

It is kind of a confusing show, but that's why I give it a higher rewatch value, I feel like it deserves 2 watches to grasp the story a lot better.

Now for the title of my review; I think that they could've cut out a lot of scenes/made a lot of scenes shorter (the space 39 scene especially) and it would've done well as a movie, albeit probably a little bit more confusing. But I also believe they could've fleshed everything out so much more to stretch it to a 12 if not 16 ep series as I'm left with so many (basic) questions about the main characters. The scar on Yun O's back? What his mom actually did to him? The accident that left Gi Eun in this state, and more about her past as an officer, how she met Mok-Won, more about Sum's parents & upbringing. I could go on and on.

Anyways, still think it's worth the watch and will hopefully rewatch it in the future!

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Not for people who like typical Korean Thrillers. hide your kids, hide your wives

Come into this with an open mind. there is sex and gore but if you've seen a naked person and fake blood before, you wont die watching it. there is a skip forward button for a reason, i suggest you use it at those parts. if ur american there is less sex than grays anatomy so you'll be fine.
btw the dudes' glasses are why i gave it a lower rating, like who is the stylist because those glasses were bigger than his head??
Plot can be hard to follow for the faint-hearted romance lovers who dont understand shows with layers, respectfully.

I was gonna drop it but im glad i watched it till the end because OMG....
the ending was really good, dont listen to people who say its bad. they only watched Vincenzo and think theyre an expert in thrillers.
not gonna watch this again tho. i cant stand it horrible story building. You feel like the writers forgot about some characters at times because i cant even tell you the name of one of the main characters.

but super great u should watch :)

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Aesthetically neat, the rest? Messy is the word

At first I thought that I wanted to give a good review simply because they’re displaying a type of autistic (“asperger” is no longer a term in the diagnostic manual since bout 2013 btw) that Korean media doesn’t usually share (ones who don’t stim and such, youknow, the typical representation)..

Anyway, as the story grows, I feel like the movie is trying to communicate that instead of her being an autistic, she’s more of a ‘psychopath’ (that scene with her mom when she was younger). I understand this but I feel like many people would misinterpret this as a part of her being autistic tho it has nothing to do with her autism..

Overall, I feel like they’re prioritizing their artistic aspects. Well, their lighting, filter, storyboard, and wardrobe choice are the ones that made me wanna stick around. Also, heyyy, not a fan of Kim Yong Ji, but this hair suit her really well, she looks gorgeous.

Well, anyway..
Many plots jump wayyyy too much. I can catch up yeah, but I’m scared that I’d decode the wrong message or something… this style of script… I feel like it’s becoming a little old-fashioned… I understand that the scriptwriters were trying to reveal certain information at a certain timing, but I personally wish that they have a nicer method for it…

Some scenes, btw, just don’t add up. Overall, the characters lack of depth. They’re pretty dumb too (despite knowing the crimes happening between people from the app, they couldn’t be a little bit more cautious, what?). Plus, you can still stir people’s emotion with less duration of sex scenes, no? (Unless if the sex scenes are the actual highlight of the drama, then ok).

Ah also, I thought that the “somebody” app will have the “someone” chatbot.. I mean that’s the thing that brought Sum and Samantha together, no? Well, anyway, why would Samantha made Sum the CTO is they’re simply selling a Tinder. “Somebody” is literally “Tinder”(!?)

Idk what to say about the ending. It traumatized me the way she did that to him, I really wish I can forget that.

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Definitely something else

This for sure was an odd one. It started interesting and that is why I even continued; the whole AI/Someone theme was pretty nice but it went just downhill with hella weird ending.

Story
Story was fine, but storytelling? Or rather lack of it? Not so much. Plot depended on illogical decision made by characters is a bad storytelling. So many tropes that were abandoned and never explored and to be honest unlike other series, I am not even disappointed by this since they were pretty unimpressive. I am mainly talking about things like Gi-eun and Seom relationship, what was even their problem? It was mentioned briefly and resolved in one scene after like the shortest dialogue ever or Yuno being abandoned by his mother (it was mentioned once and never brought up again). Some dialogues were very vague. Also, whole police theme was just waste of time and brought nothing to the table. Overall, it just felt pretty flat but pacing was good (with rather abrupt ending).

Characters
The biggest fault I have with this series are totally unrelatedeble characters and their decisions. But the worst character was probably Gi-eun. She did not bring anything to the table and her decisions were the worst. Yuno was also not it, just your typical psycho. Seom was just weird and annoying at some point in the story. The only interesting character was the Shaman and only her actions were logical. Oh, yeah there was also Samantha, her role probably should have ended with being in the company, because there was almost nothing coming out of her involvement.

Acting/Cast
What saves this series is definitely acting. I think cast did great job in trying to capture that odd, eerie vibe and this is what distinguishes it from the others.

Still even great acting cannot save so-so story and badly written characters. Music was fine, I guess but nothing out of this planet. I would rate it 6. I probably only finished this because it was quite short. There is nothing making me to want go back to it. I would only recommend if you are looking for something different than your average Netflix K-drama.

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