More raw historical kdrama
Before reading my review: I don’t usually watch historical kdramas as I’m more into crime ones. So if there’s already a kdrama out there with a similar vibe to this one, I apologize, and I’d love to hear your recommendations!I’ve had the novel on my reading list for a long time, so I decided to check it out out of curiosity. At first, I thought it would be modernized and turn into a typical kdrama full of heroes and people who can do the impossible, but I was wrong. This drama is full of humanity, the struggle to survive, the effort to fight just to have food for the next day. That whole raw feeling behind it is absolutely magical to me. I felt that this drama beautifully showed what life was like for people back then, and I really have to appreciate that. Finally, the main characters didn’t look like they’d just walked out of a hanbok rental shop, but like they’d stepped straight out of paintings from that era. Which was also really beatiful to see.
From other reviews, I understand that this definitely isn’t a story for everyone, and I also think the book portrays things a bit differently. Still, I find it a very well-made kdrama, and I think if there were more historical dramas like this one, I’d watch them more often. I’ll definitely come back to this drama once I get to the book. I really want to meet these fascinating characters again, that’s for sure.
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This kdrama just entered my top5
Past few weeks waiting for every weekend so I could watch new episodes was so much fun and even though it was only 10 episodes we went through so many stories with Unit 1 that I didn't even realize how short it is in reality!I must say that all of those stories and all of the characters were so well done made. I was bit confused by the ending but then I did little research and found out that actors of detectives of Unit 1 aren't here with us anymore so that ending made me tear up a little not gonna lie.
Anyways, I'll miss weekends with you Detective Park, Detective Kim, Detective Cho, Detective Seo and Chief Yu! I hope that in some universe you're together still investigating and catching the bad guys! I promise that one day I'll come back and spend the time rewatching this amazing drama again! Totally loved it!
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