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I didn't get bored watching the show, it's slow paced but still interesting to watch, the show was good till last episode, but it was how it ended that caused a mixed feeling for me, I was watching a J drama before writing this review it was about a disappearance of a family whose daughter gets the help of the protag to solve the mystery, music in it was infinite times better than this show in the sense I feel the music was not used well, some parts were good some were silent some scenes the music felt weird, acting was the best part of the show, story was interesting, but focus went to side stories making the main part lost in the story of supporting characters, I liked the Japan arc & the golf company arc, but in this two cases viewers get to see how protag saved a business & failed to sell another in a way that appeased the chairman but did it need 4 episodes in the sense due to that main story was shortened & now need a season 2 to tie up all loose ends, like the daughter of the doctor who met Chairman around the first episodes where he laughed weirdly & after the show ends after credit scene we find that lady is pregnant & the man with her might be related to Chairman & even that guy was acting weird, Chairman expression when he met the female Doctor with her father was weird in the sense it also gave a sense that he might be interested in young girls & asking her to write her name in Chinese etc also felt weird but if he knows she had a relationship with someone in his family that scene is not weird, then saw that female doctor with chairman when he was hospitalized & he talks to her about his daughter that scene was not bad it was like a father talking to a woman who is around the age of her daughter about what he felt about his daughters situation then that ending with female doctor again.
Samuel Fund arc was a joke, they were everywhere but at the end will be dealt in season 2, there was another K drama around 2019 in it ML wife was in coma that situation was resolved in that season & story ends with death of one person who was guilty there was a season 2 next year & it only had this case from season 1 dealt with in season 2 another show detective drama season 1 dealt with FL family death & MLs lover death it was resolved in season 1 FL even divorced her husband in season 1 who she married because after her family's death she lived with her husband's family & she ended up marrying him, season 1 ended as if there was no need for a sequel & still there was a sequel that continued the story.
Then came Netflix dramas etc that has 6–12 episodes that ends with cliffhangers for potential sequels due to this now some shows don't conclude the story better they waste time & drag the story with lot of things, J dramas they end the story in 8–12 episodes even those I sometimes felt needed more episodes just because loved watching it.
In this drama, everything related to side stories were resolved perfectly only the main story is left open except brother's death was resolved but by the looks of it main parties might be out there like the guy or both from Samuel Fund.
I have mixed feelings after I finished this one, it's good, bad weird (music) at the same time, was there a need to push everything unresolved to season 2, I think they could have finished the story beautifully in season 1 itself & continue another story in Season 2, if the team have a plan to tell the story in Season 2 & it's well executed then after watching that my review for this show might improve else I will stick to this. Just my opinion, it's one time watch show is good but won't say it's the best.
I would say compared to this show Fixer J drama which has 3 seasons is done better, main part is resolved in each season like first season dealt with prime minister's accident & cabinet in trouble, S2 dealt with reporter from season 1 arrested for assaulting governors wife and S3 dealt with the reporter running for Governor election, protag of this series is the Fixer he is the main player he was falsely arrested and after his return he is in the midst of things that happens in all 3 seasons.
In season 1 story ends with resolving things regarding PMs accident etc, Season 2 ends with solving the case of assault & Season 3 ends with resolving election & potential sequel, but the story ended fine even without the need for a sequel Fixer telling the Reporter I will make you the Prime minister of Japan but if that drama followed this dramas style & focused on side story S1 & S2 incidents will only be resolved in S3.
I feel this story could have been resolved in this season itself & my review being like this only because of leaving everything to S2, that part felt lazy, everything was great except music & leaving everything to be resolved in next season, usually don't go this hard on any drama, I had high hopes for this one & was left disappointed, I won't be rewatching this again also won't recommend rewatching the show unless they want to check various business terms & scenarios regarding but rather than rewatching for that purpose it's best to check YouTube videos regarding M&A etc, all effort was put into making best side stories & by side stories I mean supporting character's backstory, Construction co selling arc dealt with old woman & Bium D & I CEO, Gaming co arc dealt with lead developer who is in love & his team, Japanese arc dealt with Shimizu employees, Hotel arc dealt with Chairman daughter & Golf co arc dealt with Lawyers friend etc each arc had close interaction of side characters with one of the member from team like in the Hotel arc chairman daughter interaction with Kwak Min Jeong. So story focused mainly on supporting characters & left main story to be resolved in season 2.