ChiXplaining

This pretty much two dramas with the first 7 episode being a romantic melo-comedy with a sad ending followed by the final 6 epsiodes being a pychological romantic thriller with a happy ending but it is actually a very good excution so the genre shifting(similar to the many locations they go to) will keep you hooked and not annoy you. The two lead actors are the icing on the cake as they are the reason why why this has a high rewatch value for me espcailly seeing Go Youn-jung act in multiple unique personas. Kim Seon-ho role is simple but keeps us glued and is the glue in the push-pullesque chemistry. However this story did not need the Second leads to have such prominence. Their subplots where'nt just unrcessary but they were elongated and frankly with way too much screen time than what was required, although both the second leads did what's asked acting wise. This is one of the best examples of what happens when a production has way more budget than what it needs. Despite having a 9.5 level story, adding stuff for the second leads in teh screenplay dropped it all the way to 8.0. It is a huge potential wasted cause this could have been a 9.0+ rated kdrama easily, and probably an amazing and unique example of how to excute a genre switching screenplay perfectly.

Again you still get an amazing cake but its got too much cream for the cherry to sit on it. Most people are just going to skip the cream like I did in which case the last few epsiode where only 20-30 minutes long.