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A bit of a let down
Okay, this is going to be long but before anyone say that my ratings is too low, I want to make it clear that I am writing this as someone who was and is a big fan of the comic weak hero.
Season 1:Not going to lie, I was pretty disappointed when I found out that weak hero live action season 1 doesn't really strictly follow the comic storyline, but then, live action usually take creative turns with orginal stories so I was kind of okay. If you watch the season 1 as someone who haven't read the comic or aren't too attached with the characters, you are going to love the show, the acting and story is amazing. But I just cound'nt stop comparing it with the original story, moreover I didn't like the fact that they changed the personalities a lot. I am specially talking about suho/stephen ahn. He was a sweet and kind person, who didn't even know how to fight, but the live action made him a fighter, that irritated me (again as a story, not comparing it with original comic, the live action is amazing). But still, even though, the characters and story was changed a bit, I love that the outcome was same. The feelings were same. However season 2, it really tested my patience.
Season 2: it was so different from the orginal comic. I know that season 1 was different from the comic too, but those changes were okay and not too much, but season 2 changes were too much.
Wolf keum/Geum seong je was less mad, he was crazy in the comic but in live action, he was toned down. His ten seconds staring rule was also not implemented well, it was not there at all actually. His encounter with sieun/gray was not very nice or exciting. I really wished they kept it same as the original.
Donald na/ Na beak jin's entry was so underwhelming. Seriously, he is the main villian somewhat, and this is the entry you gave him. Moreover, his aura was also toned down, in the comic, whenever he was on the panel, I could literally feel his aura, and the fear people around him must be feeling, but in the live action, he was just there. And where the hell was my baby Kingsley kwan. Very disappointing. It always irritated me when donald na was alone on the screen, in comic he was always with Kingsley kwan. He is basically Na's assistant.
I hated how the story was twisted a bit too much from the orginal, at some point it felt like the stories are different, only the character names are same.
Gotak/alex go was the only character that gave me peace. He was the only character close to the original comic this season.
And well I might be too much on this, but sieun looked much weaker than gray yeon. But that didn't bug me that much because I just took it as them trying to make him more believable fighting wise.
Overall, not gonna lie, this season was disappointing for me, and that was totally because they diverted too much from the orginal. The comic is one of my favourite and I have read it almost 6 times now. I loved the characters so much that I was very excited to see them in real form, but the live action ruined the experience for me.
Season 1:Not going to lie, I was pretty disappointed when I found out that weak hero live action season 1 doesn't really strictly follow the comic storyline, but then, live action usually take creative turns with orginal stories so I was kind of okay. If you watch the season 1 as someone who haven't read the comic or aren't too attached with the characters, you are going to love the show, the acting and story is amazing. But I just cound'nt stop comparing it with the original story, moreover I didn't like the fact that they changed the personalities a lot. I am specially talking about suho/stephen ahn. He was a sweet and kind person, who didn't even know how to fight, but the live action made him a fighter, that irritated me (again as a story, not comparing it with original comic, the live action is amazing). But still, even though, the characters and story was changed a bit, I love that the outcome was same. The feelings were same. However season 2, it really tested my patience.
Season 2: it was so different from the orginal comic. I know that season 1 was different from the comic too, but those changes were okay and not too much, but season 2 changes were too much.
Wolf keum/Geum seong je was less mad, he was crazy in the comic but in live action, he was toned down. His ten seconds staring rule was also not implemented well, it was not there at all actually. His encounter with sieun/gray was not very nice or exciting. I really wished they kept it same as the original.
Donald na/ Na beak jin's entry was so underwhelming. Seriously, he is the main villian somewhat, and this is the entry you gave him. Moreover, his aura was also toned down, in the comic, whenever he was on the panel, I could literally feel his aura, and the fear people around him must be feeling, but in the live action, he was just there. And where the hell was my baby Kingsley kwan. Very disappointing. It always irritated me when donald na was alone on the screen, in comic he was always with Kingsley kwan. He is basically Na's assistant.
I hated how the story was twisted a bit too much from the orginal, at some point it felt like the stories are different, only the character names are same.
Gotak/alex go was the only character that gave me peace. He was the only character close to the original comic this season.
And well I might be too much on this, but sieun looked much weaker than gray yeon. But that didn't bug me that much because I just took it as them trying to make him more believable fighting wise.
Overall, not gonna lie, this season was disappointing for me, and that was totally because they diverted too much from the orginal. The comic is one of my favourite and I have read it almost 6 times now. I loved the characters so much that I was very excited to see them in real form, but the live action ruined the experience for me.
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