Pretty good
I only started watrching for Ding Yuxi but the actress was also quite cute. Plot is simple and done well. Entertaining overall. Pretty bingewatchable imo. 100% recommended if you like Ding Yuxi.Music is very basic and can be cringe. The part I really like is the character development of the female lead. Its just so cute and heartwarming to see a smart female lead with some common sense.
The male lead is also predictable and cute. Don't like the second ML much but that's my personal preference.
Villain role is so well done that now I want to choke the actress to death. Supporting characters also do a really good job.
And the ending really makes sense to me. It fit the characters and felt like a good wrap for all characters.
Could've been a movie but i guess shows give more freedom of development and a good way to create mystery at the end of each episode.
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Bad direction but the story and the acting is art
Okay, the moment we hit the climax twist, I knew this was not an original script cause netflix doesnt have the balls to make something like this. It's based on a Spanish play.With that said, I think the story itself is art. I agree with others that at some points, even with just 6 episodes, it gets boring. But overall, if you think about the irony of it all, it's wonderful.
Mun Ho is basically a trash person. Lee Kang is literally a product of his own making. He has systematically been trying to destroy his own life, and Lee Kang was just a catalyst for it. Dare I say, Munho's ending would have been similar even if Lee Kang never existed. He willfully pushed his wife away, was horrible to students and his peers, and hasn't published anything in years. Obsessed with what others have, he never developed anything for himself, by himself. Always focused on the wrong things. And Lee Kang was the catalyst for him to ruin his own life.
In the end, he was addicted to Lee Kang. He was willing to go at it again, because to him, the rest of his life doesn't matter; he wants the most interesting story, and Lee Kang is that. In fact, you see Munho actually put words on paper at the end. Meaning - Lee Kang has actually liberated Mun Ho - from his job, from a wife he doesn't love, and from his writer's block.
We might hate Mun Ho or Lee Kang. But it's really a beautiful story. It looks like everything around Mun Ho was destroyed, but literally no harm has happened in the world to anyone; Mun Ho just ended up being liberated from his miserable life. And that's why he is willing to go back to Lee Kang.
Also like i'm a fucking fan of choi hyunwook now. the way this man has brilliant range, and is not scared of taking such unhinged characters needs to be studied. Hats off to the guy. Most korean actors are just pretty faces or the good ones just stick to one niche. This guy consistently blows my mind. I LOVEE HIS ASS SO MUCH
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