The plot is so over-the-top and ludicrous that initially I couldn't take this drama seriously at all. Matsuyama…
Zeni Geba is not a soap opera a soap opera is known for their exaggerated plots. A soap opera is known for it's reoccurring themes like birth secrets, and, getting revenge on someone for something that happen like 10 years ago and, not knowing your a family member of a rich person plots like that. Money Crazy is a old drama now but, it is no where near like a soap opera. On mydramalist the genre is drama, family but, for me I would call it a Psychological Thriller because, it deals with more of the mind of the character and, how they became the way they are today and, it gets you into their mindset to show you how deeply they are messed up like for example when his mother died he became obsessed with money and, how it broke him. The drama was conveying that in a psychological way to show us how broken he was to the viewers. There was no birth secrets that connected him to the Mikuni Midori's family. The only reason he knew her was because, in the first episode when he got splash by water by her family's car when they was kids. To be honest it didn't even have to be Midori's family and, her friend who he killed it just happen to be her loved ones it could've been anybody it just ended up being hers. The only reason he knew Midori was because, he got splash by water that is what connected him to her. If that drama was a soap opera his connection to her would've been that he was the son of the Mikuni family and, that his mom was the mistress and, the husband of the Mikuni family would've abandoned them and, then she met the other man named Gamagori Kenzo and, he took care of her and, her son and, then he was fired from his job by the Mikuni family and, from then on he was never the same and, became an alcoholic from the results of that but, none of the characters are connected to each other like that and, that is what makes a show a soap opera.
A lot of older Japanese drama tend to be quite dark. It's relatively unusual to come across such a dark and twisted…
Well the thing is in the Korean version they change what happened in the drama. In the Japanese one Detective Dojima/Yoo Jin Guk gave it to her it was a gift from him but, the Korean writers didn't like that idea because they didn't want no possible ideas of romance being between those two. They wanted us the viewers to only noticed Ryo/Kim Moo Young and Miwa/Baek Seung Ah falling in love. Even though Detective Dojima was never meant to be a love interest he liked her and, that was it and, that bracelet signified his unrequited love to Miwa because, he knew he could never be with her and, by taking away the part of him giving her the bracelet it just turns him into only a detective just trying to solve a case and, also just trying to protect his sister only like how they did in the Korean version. When he has more purpose than just that. There is also one more thing I want to talk about when Miwa's bracelet got broken when her fiancée got into a fight with Ryo and his friend and, the bracelet got broken during the fight that was the moment that let us the viewers learn that he had photographic memory when he fixed it after the fight was over. That was more then enough information to let us the viewers learn that he had the ability to remember things in great detail making us think he could be the murderer.
I really enjoyed watching the Japanese version of A million stars falling from the sky also aka Sora kara furu ichioku no hoshi. The drama came out in 2002 and, it was such a deep story it was one of the best Jdramas I ever watched. Then years later Korea decides to remake this drama. So I told myself I am going to watch this drama to the end. Even if this drama is bad to me so when the series was completed I watched every episode and, I didn't like this drama at all. Spoiler alert!!! As I was watching this drama I noticed in episode 4 about the murder case mystery I will talk about the Japanese one first. The Detective named Dojima went to the restaurant where Ryo worked and, he said he had some questions he wanted to ask him. First he asked about the bracelet because he noticed Ryo fixed the bracelet back in original order. Then he asked about the murdered girl's video tape collection. So after when the detective named Dojima talked about that. He told him the tapes were put back in the original sequence before the struggle. So Ryo said maybe it was done by the same person. That's when Dojima said that it was Ryo who did the crime. That's when Ryo said oh, then that's not true and, said he don't know that student at all. Then the interrogation ends and, Dojima leaves the restaurant. In the Korean version also episode 4 I noticed the detective asked Kim moo young how does it feel to have killed someone? So Kim moo young in a dramatic way stares into space and, then said it's like a fantasy. I was like what the hack! Who talks like that when they are being interrogated. That part was so silly to me I had to laugh. Then the detective said some dramatic stuff to build suspense like you was looking at yourself in the mirror. You're the killer right? When you was on the phone at the police station. So Kim moo young said Yes, I killed her in a sarcastic way. I was like who plays around like that? When they could be arrested for murder! Then Kim moo young laughed and, told him to stop watching to many dramas and, he said I wish I could say that referring to the part when he said Yes, I killed her. So he lied and, said he was talking about movies and, that part when he said it's a fantasy. Then the detective asked about the snow globes and, that idiot basically incriminated himself and, that part was so silly to me because, why did he have to tell the order of the snow globes and, then assume how she would put the new snow globe in her apartment. Then he became a suspect to the murder case. I thought to myself why did the Korean writers think that was a good idea to put that in the remake? When that never happened in the Japanese version and, I also hated how they changed the ending. The Japanese version was so much better. It was a Twisted ending while the Korean version was more dramatic and sad.
There is also another thing I want to talk about why did the Korean writers change how the character named Miwa/Baek Seung Ah got the bracelet? It was given to her by Detective Dojima/ Yoo Jin Guk. So I never understood why the Korean writers thought it would be a good idea to change that and, make Ryo/Kim Moo Young give it to her and, fixed it also. That never happened in the Japanese version. I can understand changing time and place when something happens but, the sequence of the story of what the characters did shouldn't be changed.
I really enjoyed watching the Japanese version of A million stars falling from the sky also aka Sora kara furu ichioku no hoshi. The drama came out in 2002 and, it was such a deep story it was one of the best Jdramas I ever watched. Then years later Korea decides to remake this drama. So I told myself I am going to watch this drama to the end. Even if this drama is bad to me so when the series was completed I watched every episode and, I didn't like this drama at all. Spoiler alert!!! As I was watching this drama I noticed in episode 4 about the murder case mystery I will talk about the Japanese one first. The Detective named Dojima went to the restaurant where Ryo worked and, he said he had some questions he wanted to ask him. First he asked about the bracelet because he noticed Ryo fixed the bracelet back in original order. Then he asked about the murdered girl's video tape collection. So after when the detective named Dojima talked about that. He told him the tapes were put back in the original sequence before the struggle. So Ryo said maybe it was done by the same person. That's when Dojima said that it was Ryo who did the crime. That's when Ryo said oh, then that's not true and, said he don't know that student at all. Then the interrogation ends and, Dojima leaves the restaurant. In the Korean version also episode 4 I noticed the detective asked Kim moo young how does it feel to have killed someone? So Kim moo young in a dramatic way stares into space and, then said it's like a fantasy. I was like what the hack! Who talks like that when they are being interrogated. That part was so silly to me I had to laugh. Then the detective said some dramatic stuff to build suspense like you was looking at yourself in the mirror. You're the killer right? When you was on the phone at the police station. So Kim moo young said Yes, I killed her in a sarcastic way. I was like who plays around like that? When they could be arrested for murder! Then Kim moo young laughed and, told him to stop watching to many dramas and, he said I wish I could say that referring to the part when he said Yes, I killed her. So he lied and, said he was talking about movies and, that part when he said it's a fantasy. Then the detective asked about the snow globes and, that idiot basically incriminated himself and, that part was so silly to me because, why did he have to tell the order of the snow globes and, then assume how she would put the new snow globe in her apartment. Then he became a suspect to the murder case. I thought to myself why did the Korean writers think that was a good idea to put that in the remake? When that never happened in the Japanese version and, I also hated how they changed the ending. The Japanese version was so much better. It was a Twisted ending while the Korean version was more dramatic and sad.
There is also another thing I want to talk about why did the Korean writers change how the character named Miwa/Baek Seung Ah got the bracelet? It was given to her by Detective Dojima/ Yoo Jin Guk. So I never understood why the Korean writers thought it would be a good idea to change that and, make Ryo/Kim Moo Young give it to her and, fixed it also. That never happened in the Japanese version. I can understand changing time and place when something happens but, the sequence of the story of what the characters did shouldn't be changed.
This year the K-drama called Squid Game came out and, it became number one on the Netflix charts. I read a lot about how good this drama was so I watch the drama out of curiosity to the end and, to be honest this drama is boring and predictable to me. I liked the first game red light green light and, how it showed us the viewers that the contestants was in a death game trying to win money. Then when I watched episode 2 that episode was super boring and, slow because, that episode was just a filler episode when they showed all the main characters problems and, they could have used all that was on episode 2 as flashbacks for episode 3 to show us that. When it came to the rules of the game I hated how they said if they leave only the families of the contestants that died will get the money. I said to myself that don't make any sense because, how are they going to reward the families of the dead contestants the money. That money is for the people that survive playing the games until the end. I found it funny they let the contestants have control with being able to leave the game by voting to let them think they have freedom of choice to leave when they really don't because , it was predetermined from the beginning when they was picked. When it got to the vips episode that was episode 7 I laughed when one of the extras was asking to be number one because, no one in their right mind would ask for that spot and, when I got to the last episode and, they told us the viewers why the contestants was picked I already knew the answer to that so, the conclusion didn't really shock me and, by the end when he goes to get revenge that was obvious that he would want to do that but, I said to myself how is he going to do that by himself? They're always watching him that's how he ended up in the games in the first place! They can get him any time they want and, just kill him.
As I was watching this drama I noticed in episode 4 about the murder case mystery I will talk about the Japanese one first. The Detective named Dojima went to the restaurant where Ryo worked and, he said he had some questions he wanted to ask him. First he asked about the bracelet because he noticed Ryo fixed the bracelet back in original order. Then he asked about the murdered girl's video tape collection. So after when the detective named Dojima talked about that. He told him the tapes were put back in the original sequence before the struggle. So Ryo said maybe it was done by the same person. That's when Dojima said that it was Ryo who did the crime. That's when Ryo said oh, then that's not true and, said he don't know that student at all. Then the interrogation ends and, Dojima leaves the restaurant. In the Korean version also episode 4 I noticed the detective asked Kim moo young how does it feel to have killed someone? So Kim moo young in a dramatic way stares into space and, then said it's like a fantasy. I was like what the hack! Who talks like that when they are being interrogated. That part was so silly to me I had to laugh. Then the detective said some dramatic stuff to build suspense like you was looking at yourself in the mirror. You're the killer right? When you was on the phone at the police station. So Kim moo young said Yes, I killed her in a sarcastic way. I was like who plays around like that? When they could be arrested for murder! Then Kim moo young laughed and, told him to stop watching to many dramas and, he said I wish I could say that referring to the part when he said Yes, I killed her. So he lied and, said he was talking about movies and, that part when he said it's a fantasy. Then the detective asked about the snow globes and, that idiot basically incriminated himself and, that part was so silly to me because, why did he have to tell the order of the snow globes and, then assume how she would put the new snow globe in her apartment. Then he became a suspect to the murder case. I thought to myself why did the Korean writers think that was a good idea to put that in the remake? When that never happened in the Japanese version and, I also hated how they changed the ending. The Japanese version was so much better. It was a Twisted ending while the Korean version was more dramatic and sad.
There is also another thing I want to talk about why did the Korean writers change how the character named Miwa/Baek Seung Ah got the bracelet? It was given to her by Detective Dojima/ Yoo Jin Guk. So I never understood why the Korean writers thought it would be a good idea to change that and, make Ryo/Kim Moo Young give it to her and, fixed it also. That never happened in the Japanese version. I can understand changing time and place when something happens but, the sequence of the story of what the characters did shouldn't be changed.
As I was watching this drama I noticed in episode 4 about the murder case mystery I will talk about the Japanese one first. The Detective named Dojima went to the restaurant where Ryo worked and, he said he had some questions he wanted to ask him. First he asked about the bracelet because he noticed Ryo fixed the bracelet back in original order. Then he asked about the murdered girl's video tape collection. So after when the detective named Dojima talked about that. He told him the tapes were put back in the original sequence before the struggle. So Ryo said maybe it was done by the same person. That's when Dojima said that it was Ryo who did the crime. That's when Ryo said oh, then that's not true and, said he don't know that student at all. Then the interrogation ends and, Dojima leaves the restaurant. In the Korean version also episode 4 I noticed the detective asked Kim moo young how does it feel to have killed someone? So Kim moo young in a dramatic way stares into space and, then said it's like a fantasy. I was like what the hack! Who talks like that when they are being interrogated. That part was so silly to me I had to laugh. Then the detective said some dramatic stuff to build suspense like you was looking at yourself in the mirror. You're the killer right? When you was on the phone at the police station. So Kim moo young said Yes, I killed her in a sarcastic way. I was like who plays around like that? When they could be arrested for murder! Then Kim moo young laughed and, told him to stop watching to many dramas and, he said I wish I could say that referring to the part when he said Yes, I killed her. So he lied and, said he was talking about movies and, that part when he said it's a fantasy. Then the detective asked about the snow globes and, that idiot basically incriminated himself and, that part was so silly to me because, why did he have to tell the order of the snow globes and, then assume how she would put the new snow globe in her apartment. Then he became a suspect to the murder case. I thought to myself why did the Korean writers think that was a good idea to put that in the remake? When that never happened in the Japanese version and, I also hated how they changed the ending. The Japanese version was so much better. It was a Twisted ending while the Korean version was more dramatic and sad.
There is also another thing I want to talk about why did the Korean writers change how the character named Miwa/Baek Seung Ah got the bracelet? It was given to her by Detective Dojima/ Yoo Jin Guk. So I never understood why the Korean writers thought it would be a good idea to change that and, make Ryo/Kim Moo Young give it to her and, fixed it also. That never happened in the Japanese version. I can understand changing time and place when something happens but, the sequence of the story of what the characters did shouldn't be changed.