DramaAjumma

What's the problem with disliking or hating a fictional character? I don't understand what the issue is. As you say, everyone has a different perspective on the show so why is it a problem if one character is not liked as much as another. Or even hated. This is normal.
Rather than criticising other viewers for not sharing your views, defend your position. Go for the arguments.

For me this has nothing to do with "hating" a fictional character. The issue with Ha-na is that she is a representative of a system that is broken, inept and impotent. This is absolutely a deliberate part on the writing. Notice every time she tries to investigate a "difficult" case, really bad things occur. Consider the Udata case. She cornered Do-ki twice outside the building for the world to see. She almost lost 2 whistleblowers in said case. It isn't so much about her but about a system that goes for low hanging fruit -- picks and chooses cases they can indict. The cases that end up in the too hard basket become cold cases. Delving deeper as she tries to only sees more people getting hurt because she can't protect her informants or witnesses.
In a real enough way she is useless. And I don't meant it as an insult. She can strut her stuff, mouth off lofty cliches but the reality is that she is powerless. And it certainly doesn't help the victims if you hold to the idea that it's better to let 100 guilty men go free than put one innocent in prison. Her hands are tied by the law even when she tries because she is up against Goliaths who see themselves above the law.

Of course it's much easier for her to go after the Rainbow taxi crew because they aren't bad guys. They won't try to kill her and anyone who works alongside her. Contrary to what she thinks they are nothing like the hard core perpetrators that her office is incapable of dealing with. What Rainbow does may be illegal but it is not the same thing as what Udata or the voice phishing were doing. Just look at the deputy chief prosecutor's approach, he goes for what is easiest to "get evidence for". The guy's a lawyer not a crime fighter.

No one objects to her doing her job. The problem is that she can't do it very well.

I love the juxtaposition of the "to go or not to go" scenes. It was chuckleworthy.

I agree about the villains. They were very uni-dimensional.

Why should people have to research the writer's previous works? Each work should stand on its own and be judged accordingly.

Because the better performance in a better drama won.

He was brilliant and my pick to win.

After binge watching that nice big dump of episodes and I'm all up to date now. They certainly ramped up everything (including the romance) in these last 12 episodes. This show was a bit of dark horse to begin with no big names at the helm but doesn't it make a heck of a difference when the script is good? The thought and the detail that's gone into the storytelling has been mighty stellar. The level of complexity in each case complete with codes warms the heart of this crime buff.
It's always a breath of fresh air when a show respects the audience.

I'm not one to judge. I eat up vigilante dramas for breakfast.

Great to see Chu He get a tongue lashing from Jinyu. Good stuff. This show is consistently good. Hasn't let me down yet.

Watched this mainly for Alen. It's an uneven script but when it's good it's good. Love the leads. Yunsi and Huixin really need to grow up and move on. It's getting ridiculous.

Even though this romance doesn't have a lot of heat, it does have a place in the narrative because it is the mechanism by which Chu Chu is able to get the recognition she needs. I imagine the moral of the story is that only a man who is in love with her can help overcome the usual apparently insurmountable obstacles and attain the elusive title in an only-male profession in that era. Already we see Jinyu's impulses to protect her at great cost to himself so the pattern will in all likelihood escalate.

Yes, this show reminds me of Miss Truth too. I have fond memories of that one.

Pretty much. She's led a fairly sheltered existence out in the sticks but she has own "country smarts" though eg. confident swimmer, subsistence farming.

I find her quite adorable for the most part but there's no doubting she's simple-minded in the ways of the world. But it is the fact that she is simple-minded that is disarming to Jinyu. He doesn't mind letting her get close to him despite trying to keep secret about the "witch doctor" because she doesn't come across as being cunning.

It is unfortunate that he's written to be so unworthy. Country boy is not even in the same league as Genius Prince. Might as well be brozoned.

One can only hope.

This show was nicely populated by intelligent individuals until Chu He made his appearance. *facepalm*

A bit slow going for my liking but watching it for Seo In-guk especially.
Sorry thought he had done military service but was exempt. Hope this project works out.

It's true I think that he fell for her a while back and he's only just realised it. I also noticed that when she woke up after a nightmare and hugged him, he didn't flinch and neither did she for that matter. It was as if it was the most normal thing in the world -- that they were already a couple and he was comforting her with no thought to conventional properties.