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My dearest isn’t subbed so I thought I should wrap this off

It took me two and a half watches, and idk how long it’s been since it aired but it took that long to motivate me to watch

This is actually my kind of story especially being based on real events, the unusual friendships and the underdogs, but idk it didn’t feel too deep and emotional it felt basic and flat, no real presence to the characters and no connection
Iu is adorable and I’ve missed her in dramaland
I don’t think her movies are that well made, tho I do blame the lack of female empowerment in movies more than dramas, you literally can’t ever find female centered movies or female characters that aren’t a side pretty face

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seo hyun jin was AMAZING literally so amazing everything she did made me cry
And this was going well until the third part where it just didn’t make sense anymore
There were many things they could’ve done better and it left a “unfinished” taste

Her dad getting into an accident, her caregiver turning out to be a creep, her getting lost in the mountains, finding her way back home to again almost have those mountain idiots try to take her again, the female caregiver being so condescending.. and she was the “best”?

Like, how sad was it that she had no friends, her dad’s friends never asked about her, those mountain idiots not only didn’t wonder where she went, they didn’t care she didn’t return with them
And the dad not telling the ex, I get it but dude she wouldn’t remember saying she didn’t want them to know and of course her family would care about her, I wish they had more daughter/mom moments cuz that could’ve been as heartbreaking as the dad/daughter

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I’m being as generous as I can; it’d have been a 10 last year and my easy 10s but it was my 2023 resolution to stop that


So basically, nam joohyuk was a 100/10, acting, character fit, handsomeness and oozing gorgeousness
Ahjussi oppa as well did great

The shortcomings for me is the “bad guys” and the lack of overall deep buildup
It had Bloodhounds vibes but it also lacked in making up for the shortcomings, ie bromance and more character drive
It was certainly rushed, and I do have an add on filter when bad guys chitchat and nag so they made zero impact on me
Maybe it needed a bit more victim drive, ie the sadness, tension and anger of victims
Something to add a touch of humanity

Bad guys are crazy trash but wanting to punish them deprives the human connection
People need sympathy, kindness otherwise the vigilantes are just psychopaths hidden under a hero cape

Hot psychopaths but still. Also not at iPhone for turning hot into not, it must think im crazy to use hot and psychopath in the same sentence

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The good
Soft fl x soft ml
Fl x 2fl
Getaway theme, healing and moving on
Even the bad people had soft hearts

The bad
Past trauma
Murder mystery
Angst
3rd fl and her love triangle
20 year mystery solved by randos


I’m glad they did say an old person ruined the dad’s alibi and that’s why he went to prison

Tho it’s sad the dad and son didn’t mend sooner, and the mom died… then grandma died…

And fl apologizing for those and things like the graffiti, more like she should’ve been angry and disappointed. She never healed her people pleaserness just found people that didn’t fully use her

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tbh I only watched 1ep of pt1 so I don't feel like I missed anything. which does lower it's quality, it did not need to be that long

KJW was great, tbh each "vessel" did an amazing job, I am sad I didn't see LJW's but I don't care really
idk, even if they had a "message", and yes hardships aren't as bad as you think, and no that doesn't mean your feelings of despair and crippling pain aren't real or valid.. I also don't wanna drag religion, patience is a huge deal for us, and the preciousness of the souls..
so, even if you feel pain, we endure , and yes I had depression and the things he went through before he made his decision, so those feelings aren't an exaggeration, but

this whole thing was another "message" wrapped around one big mess of overused gore, and a really complicated hilarious plot..

a psychopath, a rich spoiled brat, a scheme, hunger for money and power, the cgi.. yeah they are elements, but when woven like this, it's an eyeroll..
also, I did enjoy this cuz it had less SIG, dasom did well, but the whole character of SIG's and his acting.. any other person he went in would've been a more fun main lead
also, you can see the lack of depth and base when "death" ends up in a repeated monologue the ml was too dumb to understand.. especially when the moment he entered any of those bodies, they already "died"



non of those lives were his.. he thought he made a big sacrifice with the cop, he did make that life more fulfilling, but it was not his to sacrifice, 1, death already said he can't stop a death, so if the other cop was meant to die, both would've died.. and 2, if it was so easy, why couldn't he save his gf from a weirdly angled car in a really small road..

and thus going back to the point, everyone he went into were dead, he just gained their memories, so his mom didn't survive until age took her.. she was dead and he was punished by living in her memories and the blocked future.. so yeah she was too precious for him to "kill", and those, even if he understood a person is precious, he still did not regret those 2 last murders.. out of the 12, i guess i saw 5, so idk how hard he tried to save anyone else, tho by the cop, i'd say he never tried...


anyway, they ended it with something i hate more than sad endings.. the reset... so what? will jisu still die? will they catch the psycho ceo? would the cop hunt down the bad guys? those things happened cuz ml went into their bodies, so what? he can try his hardest to live a better more grateful life, stay by his mom, but jisu? the murders? the cop, the pyramid of evil?

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beautiful actors, cute plot, horrible execution

It repeated the same plot line as much as they’ve been repeating that one petal scene, mystery was meh, the past connection was so meh, 2ml was so annoying, this only worked on paper as an idea

basically a waste of the actors, cuz the idea was so cute, the actors were so cute, but each ep was worse and worse

Honesty is anything going on even? Beside the murder mystery, her chasing him, him denying his feelings and her being drunk? Every single ep is all those things in repeat

I mean jdy is making a cute ml, and they like each other but kdramas fear a happy couple so they keep dragging them apar

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Tbh I would’ve rated it a bit higher but idk the ending got a bit overdone

Acting: 100/10
Process: 6/10
Makjang: 8/10
Past stuff: 2/10

The drama was good, the first two eps and then 10-14 were really great
But that middle 7eps were ;/ and that’s what stopped me from rating it higher

The side murders, the side drug stuff, the long chase of whodunit for them to so easily confess like a chitchat ruined the mood


The ending with the dad being the mastermind was ;/

Like all those adult dudes did such a mess, just for the dad to come in and say he was the one cuz those “kids” were ruining his plans


I was glad and worried they’d say insurance guy was the real killer :D
And it’s so sad, dr, his 3 good friends, and the villains who used him, he was a tool that was punch around and left alone, even by his wife

So it kinda didn’t make sense for me, too makjang….

Sure jisung didn’t wanna hear him out, but he was only kicked out of school, again growing pains, but that dude, became a drug dealer to heal his daughter, after rich villain ruining his kids insurance, then inferiority complex dude goes and make him a drug dealer and his “closest friend who was jealous of this dude choosing 3 other friends and not included him”, makes those drugs and blames the 3 for not being around

Like why didn’t insurance guy help more? He didn’t have a problem making a life insurance that benefits others, but couldn’t help the daughter?
And the dude couldn’t reach out, not to apologize but to say how hard his life was? That’s sad….
And the password… that was cruel.. T_T but for them to be happy over the money was also sad… like that’s the money that the dude sold his soul for, couldn’t get the second half of the password, which was his wife’s bday, and the second being his friendship day with those 3 that abandoned him T_T

He really just wanted to heal his kid, like T_T

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I liked how the fl had her own LOOK. the dark hair and dark lipstick with the black clothes were great aesthetics
Tho I also disliked her secretary and evil dude's secretary matching a bit in the dark vibes. They had the same lipstick, same hair and same color scheme. It made it seem like a fashion style for ahjummas rather than the fl going dark for coldness and maturity. Since in her normal youth ppl didn't trust her, and insulted her she put on a facade of coldness with her fashion

Secretary was a cool fun aunt style so matching tones ruined the mood. Especially since dark lipsticks have shades, like red, orange, brown, maybe not pink. But the 3 seemed to share the same lipstick besides one ep where fl was red and aung was a bit dark pinkish hue🤣


I'm not a fan of nara but this her best work. Finally allowing her to be her age. Not insulting her age but they force the soft babyface way too much. It's not wrong to act characters her age.. tho idk if she was supposed to be 35? Since her aunt seemed 18, and the kid vr should be younger so maybe 15? Both looked easily in their natural 40s

The ml, he also didn't look 27 if kid vr was 7.. he looked again his age of 32




Anyway plot wise. I like subplots, but I hate childhood connection. Everything was way too connected.. way too dramatic traumatic for it to be solved so easily

Her mom didn't have to die.. they could've searched more.. I'd have understood more if they had the solution that was lost in a fire or something. But for them to be generations of exorcists and not have a solid resolution for egg ghost(?) Only for ml who has no background on the matter to solve it

Their ghosts and evil spirits were also too mellow. The were harmless besides a few hauntings. Even when the murderer and the big villain possessed ML, they only fought a bit and boom they were gone

I also really hated the connection.. his uncle killed. Got his nephew possessed. Ended up making the exorcist die by her daughter. And everything was solved with a few tears. He was a villain..

And that was the main problem. Her needles purified the spirits as if they were forgiven that's why big villain needed to be locked away.. but would that mean the actual evil ones didn't get punishment... most were vengeful spirits cuz they were wronged and murdered, but what about the killers
Also tripping and falling seemed like an easy way to become vengeful. There must've been atleast one in every building 🤣

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I gave s1 a 10 but this was lacking
ma dongsuk is a gem, his fight scenes are refreshing especially after the brutal villains, he comes on like a soda pop and btch slaps everyone into another dimension🤣
but that's about it, this only worked for him. the villains were all so skinny and but they don't die. ma dongsuk had 0 character development and very little screen time, he was there to fight. the villain was way too "Idc I'll kill and I won't die"
the events were meh, tho we were invested in the action and we laughed a bit, more at the ridiculousness than comedy
my favorite part was "let's split it 50/50", "who gets the 50", honestly cheese like that only works for ma dongsuk
and as mom said he was her fav part🤣

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