Accept the premise, and the story might just touch you...
In order to be able to appreciate a story, I try to start by accepting the premise presented by the writer. If a story is supposed to be set in the real world, then I will judge its merit using real-world logic. But time travel and causality paradoxes are concepts that are too big for my average brain to handle, so when presented with such stories, I give real-world logic the day off.
That said and done, I actually liked this story. Its complexity was enough to hold my attention without losing me in paradoxes or pointless side characters and plots. It's certainly not the run-of-the-mill drama that we seem to be flooded with these days. Add to that the fact that the acting was done well enough to deliver the story (Choi Jae Hyeok played Kwon Jeong U in Ball Boy Tactics, so yeah on the acting...), and you have a nice bite-sized drama to enjoy while you're in between things (like appointments, or during your commute, etc.).
I DO wish for 2 things, though:
1. That someone somewhere finds this drama and fleshes it out. I feel like it has the potential to develop into a truly engaging story if given more run-time.
2. An explanation for Se Gye's deep attraction to Na Bi. I can overlook the time travel paradoxes (mostly because i don't know enough about it to question it in the first place), but attraction is a real world phenomenon, so my simple mind needs an explanation for it. It's a minor gripe, though, and the lack of it didn't necessarily compromise my experience of the story.
Total run time is about 36 minutes. I personally think it was worth the time I put into watching it.
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