I feel that the drama was wrapped in a satisfying way, and despite my disappointment in the last four-ish episodes,…
Also, I couldn't get a hold of Min-hwan's motivations the entire time. They're kinda flimsy. I was happy that they committed to him being more straight up villainous, but then they backtracked by trying to make us for bad for him right at the end.
I wanted to give it a 7.8 but couldn't so I gave it 7.5 I feel they dropped the ball on the spooky part after…
I believe Yeo-ri wearing the necklace when Ji-hwan died sort-of "anchored" him to the real world, leaving him unable to cross to the other side. Giving it back to him helped Ji-hwan pass on and lead to Yeo-ri being able to come back. This is just kinda my guess tho.
I feel that the drama was wrapped in a satisfying way, and despite my disappointment in the last four-ish episodes, I won't give it a bad rating. I really did enjoy the first eight-ish episodes and for that I believe the drama deserves a decent rating. It's too bad that it couldn't be 14-16 episodes, because it felt that the drama was rushed towards the end since it only had 12 eps :/
The latest two episode left something to be desired. I wonder if the drama suffered from being too short. Maybe having an extra two or four episodes would've made these episodes feel less rushed. It's also too bad that they have gotten away from my favorite part of the drama: helping the ghosts. I'm curious how the drama will be wrapped up and I hope it's at least satisfactory.
Another great and concisely written review! Completely agree about Takaishi Akari. Her facial expressions were so fun to read. I especially loved her smiling face.
I see that you felt the same way about how the story treated Martha (Mattie). In the biography I read, it did mention one razor wielding incident, but it was at a woman she was arguing with and it doesn't seem to be because of Lafcadio. I assume that's where the writers got the idea, though I still wish they had written in differently. I did really like the actress playing Martha and I was surprised that they went there at all as well.
Give Kawai Yuumi and Hara Nanoka their asadora mc roles too. They are very capable to carry such role.
In case you hadn't heard yet, I wanted to share that Kawai Yuumi will star in the 2028 asadora Honno Mokichi. She was great in Anpan so I'm looking forward to that. I also agree about Hara Nanoka. Absolutely loved her as Meiko.
Update: the subber has read my previous ranting post (see bellow) and is now apparently willing to let us watch…
I think you were just mistaken about their release schedule. They were mostly always 1-2 weeks ahead on ko-fi, and released 1 week to everywhere else. You probably just noticed because they've finished the asadora on ko-fi but are still only releasing once a week everywhere else.
P.S. Don't take this as "ranting" works. One day, you might seriously offend a subber and they might stop subbing completely, which is not the goal.
The 2000s in general is full of asadoras like this. Experimental or untested ideas, starred by lesser known actresses…
That's a great point. I know a lot more about asadoras than when I originally posted this comment. I enjoyed a lot of these asadoras just for the novelty for how different they were. Tsubasa, I think definitely suffered from being underbaked, but Tabe Mikako was a great heroine.
It felt like they brought on Eliza just for drama, which the asadora didn’t need lol. I was so disappointed that this was the role they gave Fox.
I see that you felt the same way about how the story treated Martha (Mattie). In the biography I read, it did mention one razor wielding incident, but it was at a woman she was arguing with and it doesn't seem to be because of Lafcadio. I assume that's where the writers got the idea, though I still wish they had written in differently. I did really like the actress playing Martha and I was surprised that they went there at all as well.
P.S. Don't take this as "ranting" works. One day, you might seriously offend a subber and they might stop subbing completely, which is not the goal.