On Nine Puzzles • Jun 4, 2025
Title Nine Puzzles Spoiler
Okay, here's my two cents: First of all, I would like to praise the production. The visual effects, Ina's outfits, often usage of different nail polishes - everything was on point (to avoid saying on fire in this moment π
). Music was wonderful for the theme! The tone of this show isn't as dark and gritty as some other thrillers (imo Mouse and Signal were much darker) even though we had completely uncensored scenes of the chopped body and a man sprawled on the pavement. This drama had more of a noir artsy vibe and I appreciate it. I hated the thought of Hansaem or Ina being the killer just for the sake of it being shocking. Either of them being the killer made zero sense to me and I don't know how they would've explained it at all. Plus, we've had way too many dramas with main lead killer trope. Her backstory was logical and fitting and her death was heartbreaking considering she chose to go the same way her mother died, at the place she lost her and she saved the most painful death for herself. Here are some thoughts: 1)I honestly think we needed one more episode. In my opinion, a few things were left unfolding behind the scenes that shouldn't have. First of all, I would've liked to see the moment Park Gyu Young's character got lost at the amusement park. How did she separate from her mom and how did she end up living in the orphanage? Then, when it comes to all the killings. I don't think we needed to see all of them happening on screen. BUT, I think we should've seen deaths of that journalist and Ina's uncle simply because we've already seen them from Ina's perspective and wrongfully been lead to believe they were committed by a man. I think those two specific murders should've been clarified to the audience. Was the man entering the building just a random passerby? He seemed too tall and wide to be Park Gyu Young in disguise π Also Ina's parents. As I assumed, after her conversation about them with Oh Cheol Jin she investigated behind the scenes and just randomly spit out that they owned some parcels on that market whatsoever. I wish we got some info about them and their deal in the whole story, including their deaths. 2)Now we can assume that the boy with darkness in his eyes was just a random young patient of Hwang In Chan π 3)A lot of people noticed the excessive usage of colour red and assumed it had some meaning. Thinking of it now it probably represents blood and is there simply for aesthetic reasons. 4)I'm really glad that they adressed Hansaem's mother living in The One City but I can't believe she didn't ask him that in the first episode ππI really enjoyed the series but I think the last two episodes were a bit rushed, which was kinda expected because we all had a lot of questions
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