Aria

Alright, I finally sat through and finished the entire drama because I hate leaving anything unfinished once I've started it. That said, there were countless moments when I wanted to hit stop and erase it from my watch history altogether. I genuinely tried to find something redeeming about it, but I came up empty-handed.

The story is simply horrible and nonsensical. By the time I reached the final episode, I still couldn't match half the characters to their names. Apparently, each character has two names, sometimes three or even four, depending on who's referring to them. How is the audience supposed to keep track of everyone, let alone stay invested in the story? And the constant jumping back and forth between the past and present only makes things more confusing and disorienting. What exactly does this fragmented timeline add to the storytelling?

And don't even get me started on the "storytellers." The entire production feels so incredibly amateurish that it's almost as if the casting directors simply walked into an acting school and picked a handful of students to fill the roles. I'm not even sure some of them have graduated yet. The drama is filled with young male actors who either wildly overact or remain practically stone-faced throughout their scenes. How are they supposed to bring a story to life like that? Some of them even give the impression that they'd rather be anywhere else. They're just standing around, looking completely disengaged and waiting for whoever has the dialogue to finish speaking before it's their turn again.

Honestly, finishing this drama felt less like reaching the end of an entertaining story and more like completing an endurance test I never signed up for.