The kdrama most similar to this is Queen of Ambition. I'm surprised it's not in the Recommendations. Instead I'm seeing my love from the star and abyss there lol.
Similarity Villainous female lead Takes advantage of ml's devotion Social climbing ML becomes the reason for her downfall (not a spoiler it's there in the mdl synopsis)
Judging from the preview Do hyeok comes off a bit psychotic in this drama adaptation which makes me think the drama might be heading towards a different ending.
Because fiction has always pushed the idea that men are rational and well mannered while women are overly emotional and do silly stuff. They are making what sells the most
I liked that outro in the last ep where they introduced everyone from the first team eliminated all the way to the winner team. The music was straight up fire 🔥🔥
My fav teams were mongolia japan and korea. They acknowledged their moments of weakness and used strategy to turn things around. Australia came across as quite arrogant i couldn't root for them in any of the games
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And the director is ahn pan seok? My expectations just went sky high
Similarity
Villainous female lead
Takes advantage of ml's devotion
Social climbing
ML becomes the reason for her downfall
(not a spoiler it's there in the mdl synopsis)
Australia came across as quite arrogant i couldn't root for them in any of the games
So true😞