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Talked up too Much
This will be all over the place just fyi.
I had high expectations going in due to other people's tendency to exaggerate in their reviews and comments. This series didn't have a long list of sins that make it completely unwatchable like some but it just wasn't very good.
The tone was all over the place. It gad me really wondering what the heck was going on at the beginning. Since it seemed a little too light and silly but that could have just been Mr. Monkey. It didn't really fit with what I expected from the synopsis and the title. But then they get kidnapped and I'm like, okay here we go, it'll get darker form here since this is surely the beginning of how police man gets 'trapped' in the underworld. But then it's resolved by the end of the episode. There is nothing keeping him involved with the Mob besides his feelings and own stubbornness.
Also when it comes to the main couple, there is a lot that could have been there and probably should have been. Their off screen history leaves a lot of room to work with which they use none of. Everything past is only implied but they also somehow make it feel like there was nothing else there to see. Some of the intimacy was handled pretty well but the rest is awkward. I'm coming here from Jack & Joker though so my standards have risen significantly.
Mob guy actually almost gets a fully fleshed out character, or at least a backstory. His acting is pretty good. You can always tell how he feels and it hits. Monkey man doesn't have a past or much personality, just a motivation and some over acting.
A lot of people didn't like the sister's side plot romance. I did, I thought it was interesting. The feelings were there, it felt natural, a little taboo, conflicting but sweet. The concept and actors probably could have been their own series.
The music doesn't get much of a rank because I don't remember it at all and I finished watching last night.
It gets a 0 for rewatch because it simply does not make the cut for how top tier something needs to be to make me rewatch it. I typically don't rewatch things.
I had high expectations going in due to other people's tendency to exaggerate in their reviews and comments. This series didn't have a long list of sins that make it completely unwatchable like some but it just wasn't very good.
The tone was all over the place. It gad me really wondering what the heck was going on at the beginning. Since it seemed a little too light and silly but that could have just been Mr. Monkey. It didn't really fit with what I expected from the synopsis and the title. But then they get kidnapped and I'm like, okay here we go, it'll get darker form here since this is surely the beginning of how police man gets 'trapped' in the underworld. But then it's resolved by the end of the episode. There is nothing keeping him involved with the Mob besides his feelings and own stubbornness.
Also when it comes to the main couple, there is a lot that could have been there and probably should have been. Their off screen history leaves a lot of room to work with which they use none of. Everything past is only implied but they also somehow make it feel like there was nothing else there to see. Some of the intimacy was handled pretty well but the rest is awkward. I'm coming here from Jack & Joker though so my standards have risen significantly.
Mob guy actually almost gets a fully fleshed out character, or at least a backstory. His acting is pretty good. You can always tell how he feels and it hits. Monkey man doesn't have a past or much personality, just a motivation and some over acting.
A lot of people didn't like the sister's side plot romance. I did, I thought it was interesting. The feelings were there, it felt natural, a little taboo, conflicting but sweet. The concept and actors probably could have been their own series.
The music doesn't get much of a rank because I don't remember it at all and I finished watching last night.
It gets a 0 for rewatch because it simply does not make the cut for how top tier something needs to be to make me rewatch it. I typically don't rewatch things.
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