Alochiii

For a show that laid its foundation on the topic of suicide, the show dived quite…shallowly into it. I know it's not a psychological drama, so I didn’t expect it to explore the psychology of the person trying to kill themself but still I would have appreciated it still considering the show is literally all about that moment of indecision. It showed the whys of how each character ended up in those situations and the reapers—with effort—talked them out of it. That was sort of it.

It is a heavy topic; and to explore it without the show becoming too dark is difficult, so I am not disappointed about that. I just felt it should have been explored in a little bit more detail.

The show did a good job showcasing how words can transform people, but it quickly moved on from dialogue to action. And talking about action, I wish they just didn’t do it—I don’t think the show really needed the action sequences when they were not long enough to be worthwhile nor executed well enough to be satisfactory. Instead I would have appreciated it more if they explored their powers more, they can literally stop time, so instead of pow pows I wanted more superpower battles. Maybe it was a lack of budget or maybe the writers didn’t want to explore it, I don’t know, regardless, they did good whatever they were trying to do, albeit it was all subpar.

The dialogues shared the same energy as the action, they were unflattering but moreover utterly lackluster. At times whole exchanges felt like they bore no life, and that's on the writers, because they did write good scenes so why did their dialogues fall short is perplexing. Apart from the dialogues some of the character reactions were also a bit confusing. I think they should have had the actors talk their lines rather than perform it.

If i had to specify a scene that felt over the top then the one about the war veteran would be it. I completely understand the sentiment, veterans do deserve the best because they fought to protect their country but, how they did it felt a bit excessive. It was a moment of immense respect—and it begets the question, do they do it for all veterans?

On the other hand, what was executed quite lovely was the sequence with the comfort women. The Japanese were sort of comical villains but I totally get it—I too am from a former colony and we portray the Brits like that too. Koo Ryeon's past was also executed well.

There were a lot more that I noticed but I forgot them all lol.
Something I really liked was the fashion.

I am unfamiliar with the source material so maybe the writers followed or tried to follow it to the dot and came short. It's still a great show, just could have been way better.

Anyways, that's it. Ciao.
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