Reaching the peak and fall back to period idol drama's norm.
This is the funniest drama I've watched in a long while. The humor mostly aligns with mine.
Initially, the story continues to improve, gaining momentum and escalating stakes. Ultimately, I was hooked from the very first few episodes. However, halfway through, it sacrifices immersion to bring the meta trope to the forefront.
Even though it is the same old trope — transmigration, resisting destiny — this drama is metafiction on steroids, unlike other C-dramas. Unfortunately, the drama goes too far with the trope. When you keep reminding the audience that everything is a made-up story, then why should I care about anything at all? The more you push the idea that characters have medium awareness, the more you risk breaking the audience's immersion. Although this is the extraordinary element of the drama that sets it apart from others, it is the very thing that keeps the drama from being one of the greatest of all time, or at least my favorite C-drama. It completely breaks the immersion I have with the entire story.
Personally, it is normal to see this kind of trope used to kickstart the story, or at the very least, assist the plot progression by giving the upper hand to our leads. Nonetheless, it is such an unappealing idea to overuse or make the core of the plot, as it is cheap.
I was disappointed because I had very high hopes during the watch. I wanted to rate this drama 10/10, but it is totally impossible. No matter how ingenious it is to create such an engaging story (at least before the excessive metafictional awareness arc), in the end, the drama safely landed in the average C-drama territory.
I may have finally reached my C-drama fatigue or have grown out of being an avid C-drama fan after such a long journey of watching C-dramas.
Initially, the story continues to improve, gaining momentum and escalating stakes. Ultimately, I was hooked from the very first few episodes. However, halfway through, it sacrifices immersion to bring the meta trope to the forefront.
Even though it is the same old trope — transmigration, resisting destiny — this drama is metafiction on steroids, unlike other C-dramas. Unfortunately, the drama goes too far with the trope. When you keep reminding the audience that everything is a made-up story, then why should I care about anything at all? The more you push the idea that characters have medium awareness, the more you risk breaking the audience's immersion. Although this is the extraordinary element of the drama that sets it apart from others, it is the very thing that keeps the drama from being one of the greatest of all time, or at least my favorite C-drama. It completely breaks the immersion I have with the entire story.
Personally, it is normal to see this kind of trope used to kickstart the story, or at the very least, assist the plot progression by giving the upper hand to our leads. Nonetheless, it is such an unappealing idea to overuse or make the core of the plot, as it is cheap.
I was disappointed because I had very high hopes during the watch. I wanted to rate this drama 10/10, but it is totally impossible. No matter how ingenious it is to create such an engaging story (at least before the excessive metafictional awareness arc), in the end, the drama safely landed in the average C-drama territory.
I may have finally reached my C-drama fatigue or have grown out of being an avid C-drama fan after such a long journey of watching C-dramas.
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