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We have the typical hyper-competent lead with no real flaws, who somehow still gets deceived by his senior and, surprise… dies in the end. His supposed character development mostly happened off-screen. LXY repeatedly claimed that he wasn’t the same person anymore, but I honestly didn’t see any real change. I don’t understand why the writers expected viewers to root for a protagonist whose growth they never actually showed. As a result, he was very boring to me.

FDB was a cute character, but the lack of balance in his dynamic with LXY made their interactions feel flat. Their relationship was fine, just nothing memorable. And the fact that FDB got deceived by LXY more than half of the time didn’t help.

The villains were one-dimensional, and for some reason the show thought inserting an evil laugh at every turn was a good idea. After a while, it became unintentionally funny instead of threatening.

I liked DFS, but he also suffered from being written as another one-dimensional character.

The core concept wasn’t new, just a detective story, yet after three cases it became very repetitive. The writers used the same formula over and over again, and by episode 30 the story already felt complete. The pacing was draggy, and there wasn’t much narrative payoff for sticking with it.

Overall, I didn’t feel that any of the characters went through meaningful development. They simply weren’t flawed enough for growth, which again made them feel one-dimensional.
To be fair, the cases themselves were initially clever and fun, but that enjoyment faded once the structure repeated too often.

The ending didn’t leave any emotional impact on me either.

The OSTs were fine but forgettable, though I will say the cinematography was gorgeous.

All in all, a pretty disappointing watch for me, especially considering how much hype surrounded it.