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Warm fuzzy inducing romance. Well thought out time travel trope
Even though female lead is not one of my fav actresses, I keep ending up watching a good many of dramas with her in them.
I would have rated this a 9/10 except that there was a 1 year time skip at the end as well as the last 2 episodes being unnecessary , annoying & a bit of a let down warm fuzzy momentum wise. If this series suffers from anything, it's tail chasing; plot points where they revisit & rehash the same circumstances over & over. It diminishes the impact of a plot point. That complaint aside, the story moves along well. The male lead's reticence & bemused low key reaction to what happens to him is reminiscent of Star Treks' Spock. It was hard for me to see what exactly attracted him to the female lead's character, but, hey, he's a simple man from the past & she is kind AND pretty, so let's not make it complicated!? Kudos to the writers who put alot of thought into building a detailed structure of how this time travel story would work. And it mostly does. As much as I disliked episodes 15 & 16, I will admit that 16 does tidy up loose plot holes that you may have perceived (but which I did not particularly care about as this is fantasy after all). I found all the happy ending I needed at the end of episode 14 & if & when I rewatch this I will stop at the end of 14. Episode 15 is a bland slice of the characters saying "now we can relax", only to set you up for : "wait ! One more impossible plot point !" Yes, the male lead needs (?really!?) to risk everything, again AND there is a 1 year time skip (I HATE time skips with a passion !!). The biggest failure of those episodes is that 15 is bland & does not address the question we are all thinking : "what IS he going to do with his life ? He didn't bring back any more artifacts to sell, so how is he going to make a living ?" There is a second happy ending with the conclusion of episode 16, (with some steamy award worthy kisses!) but it doesn't really hit as romantic as the "1st" happy ending" at the end of episode 14. This is a case of more episodes are not always better. Still, I enjoyed this & found the male lead's character endearing. I like how they used traditional Korean instrumentals & the drama checks all the boxes for having rewatch value! [a feel good, frequently smile inducing, warm fuzzy inducing, not an abundance of violence, ends happily]
I would have rated this a 9/10 except that there was a 1 year time skip at the end as well as the last 2 episodes being unnecessary , annoying & a bit of a let down warm fuzzy momentum wise. If this series suffers from anything, it's tail chasing; plot points where they revisit & rehash the same circumstances over & over. It diminishes the impact of a plot point. That complaint aside, the story moves along well. The male lead's reticence & bemused low key reaction to what happens to him is reminiscent of Star Treks' Spock. It was hard for me to see what exactly attracted him to the female lead's character, but, hey, he's a simple man from the past & she is kind AND pretty, so let's not make it complicated!? Kudos to the writers who put alot of thought into building a detailed structure of how this time travel story would work. And it mostly does. As much as I disliked episodes 15 & 16, I will admit that 16 does tidy up loose plot holes that you may have perceived (but which I did not particularly care about as this is fantasy after all). I found all the happy ending I needed at the end of episode 14 & if & when I rewatch this I will stop at the end of 14. Episode 15 is a bland slice of the characters saying "now we can relax", only to set you up for : "wait ! One more impossible plot point !" Yes, the male lead needs (?really!?) to risk everything, again AND there is a 1 year time skip (I HATE time skips with a passion !!). The biggest failure of those episodes is that 15 is bland & does not address the question we are all thinking : "what IS he going to do with his life ? He didn't bring back any more artifacts to sell, so how is he going to make a living ?" There is a second happy ending with the conclusion of episode 16, (with some steamy award worthy kisses!) but it doesn't really hit as romantic as the "1st" happy ending" at the end of episode 14. This is a case of more episodes are not always better. Still, I enjoyed this & found the male lead's character endearing. I like how they used traditional Korean instrumentals & the drama checks all the boxes for having rewatch value! [a feel good, frequently smile inducing, warm fuzzy inducing, not an abundance of violence, ends happily]
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