Myska

Story: The story will keep you on your toes. It is packed with lies, deceit, murder, masks, self-loathing, revenge, and depravity. This drama is different from what I am used to watching, and I liked it. I also liked how every episode focused on a certain character, and in the final one, we have the mother and daughter together. It is their story and reunion.

Casting: The casting was amazing. The actors brought their characters to life.

We have three major character developments here.

Mo Mi aka mask girl. She starts as a girl with ambitions and dreams, only to have her dreams stolen because of her appearance. She transforms completely, assumes a new identity, and tries to survive. I wouldn’t call it living because I think that on the inside, she always thinks that she will get caught one day, even though she looks nothing like the person she used to be. After a series of events, she turns herself in and goes to prison. There, she tries to eat before getting eaten and succeeds, only to be deceived and lied to. She quickly realizes it and escapes. She finally makes the ultimate sacrifice, which is when I believe she found true salvation and freedom. She is a tragic figure in this story.

Mo Mi’s mother, Young Hee. Throughout the drama, we see a cold, reserved exterior that contributed to Mo Mi ending up like that. She had no one to believe in her but herself. I wish her mother had shown more affection towards her. Later, we see that she at least tried to save her granddaughter, even though she is done with her and her behavior. Her death was a way for her to repent for being the mother she was and to hope to be seen as the mother she wanted to be or the mother she knew she could be.

Kyung Ja. The mother doesn’t know when to stop and is in denial. Her son was a depraved pervert who raped Mo Mi and called that saving and protection. She saw with her own eyes what kind of life her son led, and yet she wanted to exact revenge on the person who killed her son. Sure, he was killed, and that’s bad, but is it? What are the chances of him having a real family or a girlfriend? Kyung Ja was ashamed of him when he was alive. Apart from all that, she will stop at nothing until she kills the "Mask Girl."

When the latter went to prison, she found out about her daughter, so she changed her plans and wanted to kill the girl instead—her granddaughter. It’s rather ironic when Mi-mo tells her that she would give her everything that her son wouldn’t/couldn’t, and she has to lie to her friends about it. She let rage blind her, and before she died, she managed to achieve her goal. She felt like even God was by her side. The delusion was strong with that one.

Overall: Mask Girl is a story that shows how one bad moment or decision can ruin your life. Then, it just feels like your whole life is like domino pieces waiting to fall.