Anamarya

Storyline was a bit confusing

I had read other reviews in order to confirm to myself that i am not crazy or simply just being stuck on different scenes that have been left out and never approached again.

The acting was one of the best i have seen in a long time, especially the children. The introduction scenes in which the kids where shown in their uniforms with their respective numbers, has given us a sneak peek as to who would be the murderer in the present time.

Now, this is where i had the biggest problem with this kdrama. Mr. Baek Kang, was introduced as the head of security at that time, abusing kids and chasing them with hunting dogs.
Seong-jung, the protagonist, in the present time, had a temper and suffered from amnesia, with a couple of memories very similar to that of the events which occurred when the kids have escaped and were hiding under the floor, from the same hunting dogs.
Why would you show me the exact point of view of the victim through his memories, if throughout the series you change your mind, and decide that the one we thought was not actually Number 13? Why would you point out that he is afraid of dogs and has a hazy memory of the exact uniforms and numbers belonging to the plot, if he hasn't seen them? Huh? You can transfer memories?

As the series progressed, i figured, actually i was almost certain that seong-jung's brother (the judge) has a hand in all the murders. Around episode 13, I realised too many unreasonable twists, plot holes and changes, that tried to make the viewers confused (and in some occasions i actually was questioning myself) were kinda useless, and skipped through the rest.

Why not murder the ones who were at fault? If it were the mothers who've plotted the whole thing, it would've made more sense. Like "feel the same pain i feel losing my child". The murdered daughters were completely innocent in all of this.

Honestly speaking, it kept me up, but I'd hoped for more. More reasons as to why the first couple of murders were done the way they were, why were they (the runaway kids) not tracked after leaving the facility, why were they kept alive after the woman warned them in the forest, why couldn't the revenge be executed better, why start a plot line only to switch and decide to take another approach, etc...?

Overall, loved the acting, was dissapointed by the storytelling and writing.

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Why is it so overrated?

I had high hopes.

The story line and world building in the first episode was pretty good. Made an introduction to most of the characters and described the situation a bit in a funny, quirky, weird way.

What I didn't like.
The lack of logic/sense. I understood the obsession in the first part of the story with the exams and having good grades, but after the invasion, what made them think that any faculty would be open if their highschool was the way it was and corpses were a common occurrence?

Also the shelter thing. The logic behind the high number of alien floating bubbles was due to the high population in a certain area. If all of the adults would be somewhere chilling with no care in the world (which also didn't make any sense) , more would appear in that zone.
As well as the frequent, make no sense scenes, like the car key moment that annoyed me the most. Just grab a stick! Don't attract attention, meanwhile them starting the whole amusement park in the middle of the night while screaming....

Characters' lack of brain cells. I get that everyone is "different", young/immature and in highschool, but at some point, the situation needs to be taken into account. No one is coming to save you, and you don't have a clear picture of anything.
I also understood the anonymous votes, but why couldn't they split up? Especially all the whining that lasted until the end. If you want to go, GO! Less mouths to feed and more ammunition. No one would blame you if you decide to get your useless self away from there.

I wanted character growth, more world building and a splash of romance, but getting my favorite character killed doing useless sh*t, and whinny teenagers insted.

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I expected more

This had so much potential, especially being on Prime.

I like the FL, she was unique, with a history and plot as well as an uptight personality, but regardless still a good one.
ML on the other hand gave me multiple second hand embarrassment. Most of his actions were against her, rather than helping her, or trying to understand her. Didn't take responsibility for what he has done, and an overall idiot in serious situations. The zombie intern dude had more braincells that he had, especially in the last episode. That man i call a devoted one.
All he did was whine, complain and setting rules whithout explaining the reason those would apply in his world.

The last episode really made it seem badly scripted.

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