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I don't give out a 10 score easily. well balanced drama. Female lead evolves
I probably have seen 3 or 4 dramas that I've deemed worthy of a perfect score, so this is one of the "elite"
I've watched this in 2018, then in 2020 & then again in 2025
Briefly :
Good story, good ending, good acting. I was really impressed with the good balance between drama, action, suspense, romance & light heartedness.
Sometimes it got a little too intense for me [I don't enjoy family drama & intense violence] And many episodes ended with intensity. The characters had interesting idiosyncrasies & there was good character, relationship & plot development & resolution. I almost want to say the this is the perfect drama, but there were some negatives.
For instance;
they overused/overplayed the song Eternal love. English is my first language, so I noticed that there were times when the song was playing and the sentiments of the scene were all wrong.
Also, on my 3 rewatch, I found the female lead's character to be dislikeable. it took me to almost half way through the series to warm up to her. Not sure why she only irritated me AFTER already seeing the series twice ! I can only speculate that after seeing alot more dramas , I had developed different preferences & became pickier in what the ideal female lead should be (?) I think that the writer's wrote her poorly in the first episodes but redeemed her character by having her mature & grow, becoming less selfish, etc.
It did seem that they left a bit of an opening for a sequel
**spoiler**
(I mean they they defeated the bad guys but not the next tier of bad guys that were puppeteering the whole movement so really, ARE they safe ?)
Rewatch a 4th time ? definitely !
I've watched this in 2018, then in 2020 & then again in 2025
Briefly :
Good story, good ending, good acting. I was really impressed with the good balance between drama, action, suspense, romance & light heartedness.
Sometimes it got a little too intense for me [I don't enjoy family drama & intense violence] And many episodes ended with intensity. The characters had interesting idiosyncrasies & there was good character, relationship & plot development & resolution. I almost want to say the this is the perfect drama, but there were some negatives.
For instance;
they overused/overplayed the song Eternal love. English is my first language, so I noticed that there were times when the song was playing and the sentiments of the scene were all wrong.
Also, on my 3 rewatch, I found the female lead's character to be dislikeable. it took me to almost half way through the series to warm up to her. Not sure why she only irritated me AFTER already seeing the series twice ! I can only speculate that after seeing alot more dramas , I had developed different preferences & became pickier in what the ideal female lead should be (?) I think that the writer's wrote her poorly in the first episodes but redeemed her character by having her mature & grow, becoming less selfish, etc.
It did seem that they left a bit of an opening for a sequel
**spoiler**
(I mean they they defeated the bad guys but not the next tier of bad guys that were puppeteering the whole movement so really, ARE they safe ?)
Rewatch a 4th time ? definitely !
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