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My first ever rant review-I couldn't take any more after episode 18
This has to be one of the worst kdramas I've seen in years. Terrible writing, poor casting, boring directing. Everything was terrible except Lomon being pretty, but I actually care about shows being good quality.
Characters
The absolute worst travesty a story can have is bad characters. Terrible plots can be elevated and made worth-while if you care about the characters. But I didn't like a single character here. The FL is a vile human being. She's not a "strong and woman," she's evil. Having flawed or morally gray characters can allow for dynamic personalities and character growth, but the FL is not morally gray, she's evil.
Her list of evils as of episode 18:
-She disrespects, degrades, and looks down upon anyone that works underneath her. SO MANY INSTANCES of her treating each character like a bug that she can step on to get her power back.
-Commits multiple instances of workplace harassment/power harassment
-Abuses her position by firing a worker for personal grudges
-ANIMAL CRUELTY. She helps a company cover up major amounts of animal cruelty, manipulates the ML who values animal safety to gather dirt, then fires him when she's done using him. Huhhhh??? We're talking thousands upon thousands of bunnies tortured for testing. The ML is an animal rights activist which she uses to gain a multi-million deal. Greed for money and power trumps any basic human empathy.
The ML is inconsistent where he values ethics and morals like a personality trait until it's no longer meaningful for the plot. All the side characters were stereotypes and boring. The antagonists were bland and un-intimidating.
Writing
This plot tried to tackle romance, comedy, thriller, and business. It managed to do none of those. The romance makes zero sense. The FL doesn't have a single empathy or kindness bone in her body. The ML has no reason to have feelings for someone that goes against all of his morals and ethics, plus tried to fire him over those. There's zero development to bring them closer and it felt like whiplash when suddenly they had feelings. They have zero reasons to like each other?? She hates him because he exists and isn't her. He shouldn't like her because she goes against everything he believes in, plus has been evil specifically to him. It's not like they built a comradere through the body swap, they still hated each other the whole time until suddenly they didn't.
The comedy felt out of place and a lot of it was at the detriment to the attempted thriller aspects. The FL was almost murdered; that's an extremely interesting plot. But... it went nowhere. I didn't feel any sense of suspense, fear for the FL's safety, nor fear from the mysterious killer. The show is mostly business with sprinkled romantic moments that have no footing alongside misplaced elements of thriller that emit zero fear. They couldn't even manage the business aspects right. Why were none of the workers doing risk assessments, conducting proper research, or even reviewing contracts?
What was the point of role reversal leads if they were going to body swap? Having a strong and overbearing FL is a breath of fresh air. Having an energetic, naive, and strong sense of justice ML is rare. Why have unique traits that are typically left for their counterparts only to have them body swap and make it all go away? I love strong FLs and sweetheart MLs, why write that to throw it away?
One final element. I only semi-liked Na Eon when she was in Eun-Ho's body. Lomon played the character as more of bold and assured character (but was still a terrible human being). When Na Eon was played by Ji Eun, she didn't feel confident, she felt arrogant and condescending. The eyes were the main problem; her eyes didn't look hard they looked condescending. Ji Eun should stick to comedy and lighter roles. Lomon on the other hand felt very awkward and unnatural when he played Eun-Ho. There were moments, it worked, especially towards the end. But for the most part, he just did not feel right for the character. He's way better at intense and dramatic roles.
I doubt anyone will actually read this, I just wanted to vent because what in the world was this terrible show? Why are there so many good reviews? Why were there so many inconsistencies in the writing of each plot-point and the very leads of the show?
Characters
The absolute worst travesty a story can have is bad characters. Terrible plots can be elevated and made worth-while if you care about the characters. But I didn't like a single character here. The FL is a vile human being. She's not a "strong and woman," she's evil. Having flawed or morally gray characters can allow for dynamic personalities and character growth, but the FL is not morally gray, she's evil.
Her list of evils as of episode 18:
-She disrespects, degrades, and looks down upon anyone that works underneath her. SO MANY INSTANCES of her treating each character like a bug that she can step on to get her power back.
-Commits multiple instances of workplace harassment/power harassment
-Abuses her position by firing a worker for personal grudges
-ANIMAL CRUELTY. She helps a company cover up major amounts of animal cruelty, manipulates the ML who values animal safety to gather dirt, then fires him when she's done using him. Huhhhh??? We're talking thousands upon thousands of bunnies tortured for testing. The ML is an animal rights activist which she uses to gain a multi-million deal. Greed for money and power trumps any basic human empathy.
The ML is inconsistent where he values ethics and morals like a personality trait until it's no longer meaningful for the plot. All the side characters were stereotypes and boring. The antagonists were bland and un-intimidating.
Writing
This plot tried to tackle romance, comedy, thriller, and business. It managed to do none of those. The romance makes zero sense. The FL doesn't have a single empathy or kindness bone in her body. The ML has no reason to have feelings for someone that goes against all of his morals and ethics, plus tried to fire him over those. There's zero development to bring them closer and it felt like whiplash when suddenly they had feelings. They have zero reasons to like each other?? She hates him because he exists and isn't her. He shouldn't like her because she goes against everything he believes in, plus has been evil specifically to him. It's not like they built a comradere through the body swap, they still hated each other the whole time until suddenly they didn't.
The comedy felt out of place and a lot of it was at the detriment to the attempted thriller aspects. The FL was almost murdered; that's an extremely interesting plot. But... it went nowhere. I didn't feel any sense of suspense, fear for the FL's safety, nor fear from the mysterious killer. The show is mostly business with sprinkled romantic moments that have no footing alongside misplaced elements of thriller that emit zero fear. They couldn't even manage the business aspects right. Why were none of the workers doing risk assessments, conducting proper research, or even reviewing contracts?
What was the point of role reversal leads if they were going to body swap? Having a strong and overbearing FL is a breath of fresh air. Having an energetic, naive, and strong sense of justice ML is rare. Why have unique traits that are typically left for their counterparts only to have them body swap and make it all go away? I love strong FLs and sweetheart MLs, why write that to throw it away?
One final element. I only semi-liked Na Eon when she was in Eun-Ho's body. Lomon played the character as more of bold and assured character (but was still a terrible human being). When Na Eon was played by Ji Eun, she didn't feel confident, she felt arrogant and condescending. The eyes were the main problem; her eyes didn't look hard they looked condescending. Ji Eun should stick to comedy and lighter roles. Lomon on the other hand felt very awkward and unnatural when he played Eun-Ho. There were moments, it worked, especially towards the end. But for the most part, he just did not feel right for the character. He's way better at intense and dramatic roles.
I doubt anyone will actually read this, I just wanted to vent because what in the world was this terrible show? Why are there so many good reviews? Why were there so many inconsistencies in the writing of each plot-point and the very leads of the show?
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