It's an enjoyable drama, but quite confusing. It is certainly not a mindblowingly good drama, but it is quite good (7-7,5). The ending is a big plus for me. They didn't rush it and took their time to finish the story of the drama with a satisfying ending of the characters. Many dramas, after all, make the mistake of wrapping up the ending in 5 minutes.
Spoilers from here onwards. What has been so confusing, you might wonder. The chaebol antagonist kills the driver early in the drama on top of hitting the ML friend in a hit-and-run. He shows no remorse. 9 years time jump shows that he serves 9 years in prison, really?? Later on in the drama the wife of the driver he killed didn't even recognize him even though he looked the exact same. Really?? With all the fate changes between the ML and his best friend, the ripple effects become confusing, which makes sense, but writers have a task here to think very carefully of limiting confusion and getting the details right. They didn't manage to do so.
The FL intends to make things right by helping her unintented victims. What does she do, she forces some CEO to give the victim a building and keeps the money she received for her services. That's basically theft. How is this right? The drama suggests that fate is ultimate and nothing should be done to change it. The gumiho's are supposed to do good deeds for humans, which changes their fate, but are at the same time attacked by the gods if they change human's fate. How does this make sense? The time jump in the ending, was that really necessary?
It certainly was an enjoyable drama. I like the actors and their chemistry was there. The drama has a great premise and the overall story is great. I definitely like the ending, because they didn't rush it and took their time for it. Most dramas tend to be ruined because they wrap up the ending in the last 5-10 minutes, but this one luckily didn't.
I was, on the other hand, kind of surprised by a few things, to the point of being disappointed. There was very little to no court room/lawyer scenes. The investigation into the murder also takes a long time to start. By the end of ep4, very little happened from an investigative perspective. This drama pretends to be a mix of mystery investigate courtroom romance, but that is not what I have seen. The romance takes a long time to develop. The investigative part is good, but takes a while before it actually starts. I expected to see many courtroom scenes, and I have been completely fooled as there weren't many.
It was a solid good drama nonetheless, and I would give it an 8 - 8,5.
The last few (1/2) episodes remind me so much of 'dynamite kiss'. Excellent drama with a great premise, but a disappointing ending. Storyline doesn't finish well for not 1 or 2 but even more characters. Why do writers consistently choose to write such endings? Its not like an ending like this is unique for kdramas in general
The story has reached a point into a direction where taking down the king has pretty much become inevitable. I really do hope that the writers will see this storyline through till the end and not change it into a different direction.
This is quite a good drama so far so hopefully the last few episodes are not going to be dissappointing.
I watched the first 4 episodes and I got quite annoyed. Its supposed to be a romantic drama with a supposed happy ending, but is this drama really either of this? Romance implies equality in a relationship, but the ML seems more like a servant, or a dog loyal to their boss, blindly following around the FL, waiting for her, accepting every kind of crap behaviour she does. The FL is fully aware of this and exploits the ML. How can an expected happy ending in this drama actually be a happy ending, given what we know now about their past and present relationship dynamics?? If they dont end up together, the drama as a romantic drama kind of failed, but if they do end up together, is that really better?
My, my! Just add every annoying cliche, and voilà. The drama is ruined. It had such a promising beginning. I'm…
Exactly. What a disappointing ending. When I read the story before this show aired, I thought: this could be one of the best romantic dramas ever made...
Spoilers from here onwards.
What has been so confusing, you might wonder. The chaebol antagonist kills the driver early in the drama on top of hitting the ML friend in a hit-and-run. He shows no remorse. 9 years time jump shows that he serves 9 years in prison, really?? Later on in the drama the wife of the driver he killed didn't even recognize him even though he looked the exact same. Really?? With all the fate changes between the ML and his best friend, the ripple effects become confusing, which makes sense, but writers have a task here to think very carefully of limiting confusion and getting the details right. They didn't manage to do so.
The FL intends to make things right by helping her unintented victims. What does she do, she forces some CEO to give the victim a building and keeps the money she received for her services. That's basically theft. How is this right?
The drama suggests that fate is ultimate and nothing should be done to change it. The gumiho's are supposed to do good deeds for humans, which changes their fate, but are at the same time attacked by the gods if they change human's fate. How does this make sense?
The time jump in the ending, was that really necessary?
I was, on the other hand, kind of surprised by a few things, to the point of being disappointed. There was very little to no court room/lawyer scenes. The investigation into the murder also takes a long time to start. By the end of ep4, very little happened from an investigative perspective. This drama pretends to be a mix of mystery investigate courtroom romance, but that is not what I have seen. The romance takes a long time to develop. The investigative part is good, but takes a while before it actually starts. I expected to see many courtroom scenes, and I have been completely fooled as there weren't many.
It was a solid good drama nonetheless, and I would give it an 8 - 8,5.
Why do writers consistently choose to write such endings? Its not like an ending like this is unique for kdramas in general
This is quite a good drama so far so hopefully the last few episodes are not going to be dissappointing.
Romance implies equality in a relationship, but the ML seems more like a servant, or a dog loyal to their boss, blindly following around the FL, waiting for her, accepting every kind of crap behaviour she does. The FL is fully aware of this and exploits the ML.
How can an expected happy ending in this drama actually be a happy ending, given what we know now about their past and present relationship dynamics?? If they dont end up together, the drama as a romantic drama kind of failed, but if they do end up together, is that really better?