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I almost despise romance in crime/investigation dramas as it usually takes away from the real plot line or even completely overshadows it, as if the writer was planning to write a romance drama yet the s/he was ordered to write about thriller due to demand, but I'm kinda itching for it happen in this drama.
NGM is always playing that lone warrior type of a character which I truly love to watch as he executes it to perfection yet I wouldn't mind him taking a more emotionally(as in he interacts with others on a more humane level rather that trying to shoulder the whole world on his own)/romantically involved character now and then.
Also, as "childish" as Hye Won may be to some people I'm loving her character, aside from that ridiculous shooting the truck scene at the beginning so far as the part of the police force she's been doing her job quite appropriately and IMO Seolhyun is doing a good job portraying her, she really fits to her role.
And Jamie, she is freaking so cute, I can get a whole series about her and it would be fun, Chung Ah has a charm that makes you want to see more of her.
Also, I'm really pumped up to see more of Jamie/Jae Woong/Jung Woo trio's relationship.

I'm kinda pissed off with all that "I have to save Jiah" mantra, I get how everyone has someone dear to them which in turn effects their decisions regarding their priorities but from the stand point of a by passer I think everything was beyond unfair to normal humans.
Jiah has made her choice 600 years ago by saving her father and it was only normal that she gave up something in return. But because of Lee Yeon's obsession countless human lives were lost for the sake of preserving Jiah's life. I think, he should've faced more serious consequences of his choices. He became the sword of netherworld as a punishment yet even then he couldn't kill his brother who has slaughtered the whole village which was an obvious abuse of his position. When Lee Yeon had met Lee Rang again, Lee Rang was still a piece of sh*t who could kill a dozen people without a hitch, remember the bus accident, he f*king took their lives for nothing yet Lee Yeon did not kill him again. YET, that wolf girl who was going to marry at the beginning of the series wasn't let off despite the seeming fact that she has turned a new page in her life. Anyways, you get my point.

I think both of the leads were beyond selfish for me to actually root for their happiness yet it doesn't mean that I didn't like them. If anything their hypocrisy made them more real, likeable and which is why I actually wanted Imoogi to live as well.
He was selfish and ruthless, he wanted to sit on a throne yet was destined to crawl and I really liked him for all the filth he had inside his soul. I mean Lee Rang could get his redemption why not him. I'm not trying to justify his evil actions yet I don't condemn them either, it's weird, I don't know. He is like the darkness inside of all of us, something born out of all the unwanted parts of humanity which is scary but also pitiful to some extent. Even he had two sides to himself so who is to say that he can't start a new page in his life too.

I admire the Gatekeeper Grandma as she chose to do what her position demanded her to via killing her son's wife so I don't get why everyone ( her husband especially) is blaming her left and right. Everyone expected her to yield which is beyond unfair, absurd and annoying. She is supposedly the god that bridges to worlds, how could you expect her to govern according to your wishes. She has already tried her best in her own style yet even then Lee Yeon shamelessly asked for more time, I'm mad that she was actually going help him at the end and I'm glad that it didn't work out.

Overall I loved this drama for it's thriller almost Grim Brothers style gloomy fairytale of story telling and hated it for it's classical cliché happy ending, those people in the broadcasting station, the one in the same floor with our characters, have all died yet not even a single side character that was important to female lead was sacrificed. How unfair to those countless lives that died in vain, what a tragedy, this should've been a tragedy to our leads too not happily ever after.

This was on my plan to watch list for a long time and yesterday it suddenly came to my mind again, out of curiosity I've started the episode 1 and today I've finished the whole thing.
I could probably watch another 16 episodes or even more of this. This was just way too good, I'm not into sports dramas at all but this one had that perfect balance between a sports drama and an office one, each episode flowed like pure water and the acting, sigh, all of the actors were just perfect and the chemistry between the whole cast was on point.

This drama is a pretty fun ride with lots of inconsistences which were bearable to some extent. But one of most jarring points of this drama, aside from the plot holes, was those night scenes, all of them were shot in the most sunniest days you could find with a grayish weird filter on them to make us, viewers believe that it was actually night time. It happens in every other scene so it is super hard to ignore and truly takes away from the whole experience.

There is comment thread of " Ice_qreenm " down below, their take on this story is what I based my comment on, I just don't like white lotus type of people as if they're the purest and noblest of everyone around them. Male lead seems to fit into that category from what I gathered from the synopsis as well as comments. Also what actually put me off is the ending he got, I wouldn't mind if he actually didn't love her and behaved the way he did but it seems like he had other thoughts in his heart yet acted like he is above those filthy feelings.

I was gonna watch this for the sake of ZZ (cause she is awesome) but after reading all comments, I'm like, no, nope, not gonna happen.
If a male lead is sh*t and still it's the female lead gets the short end of the stick I just can't bring myself to walk into that hell willingly, I love watching a good anti hero or crooked characters overall, but I feel like having a heart attack whenever I see white lotus b*tches(male lead in this case), it just drives me insane.
So hard pass on this one and fingers crossed for ZZ's new drama :)

And I'm done, this dragged too much, they should've made it 11 episodes at max. I thought I'd like this one a lot but nope, despite the fact I loved the female lead and Xiao Qiao (she was so badass) a lot by the end I was simply bored out of my mind. Probably it wasn't a good idea to binge watch this, there was no real conflict nor soothing slice of life feeling that could carry the drama. But again if I were to watch this one over the course of a week to 2 weeks I'd still not make it till the end without skipping.

p.s. Male lead should stay drunk, he was at least cute like that, he is totally not my cup of tea when sober.

I'm almost done with it and gosh the male lead can just marry with his dominant hand at this point cause I don't think there is a single woman nor man that could actually put up with his bs in real life, he is a good person and a friend(sorta, kinda) but dang he is truly frustrating beyond redemption.

Believe me, I had the same type of misgivings at first but this drama manages to handle such a complex problem with a quiet satisfactory conclusion.
I just love the dynamic between Chen Yun Ru and Huang Yu Xuan, at the end they actually heal one and other, it's beyond beautiful.

I'm at ep 5 and wow, Shao Xi might be one of the best female lead I've ever seen in a school drama setting, so far I'm blown away with her character, she is honest, righteous but not stupidly brave and her being in love doesn't hinder her life(so far at least), she is just so natural and so damn likeable.

I also adore slice-of-life genre when it's done well, thank you so much for the article, now I've got a good movie to add to my watchlist<3

I'm at episode 15 and not a single episode has passed without me shedding a tear, this drama is beyond beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. I can't believe how they managed to create something so wonderful, big respect to whole drama team .
I'm a huge fan of reply series for their wonderful characterization and portrayal of familial relationships + friendship, while watching it I could feel the connection with their story despite the fact I had no inkling to such a life nor nostalgia it would carry, this drama has the same essence with reply series which is quite hard to come by. I hope that the rest of this journey can stay true to its origins.

After watching another dozen of dramas I'm back here again, this drama sooths my soul and sometimes that's all I need, a good cup of coffee and warm characters on my screen, that's all it takes to make another day just a bit better :)

I loved this drama but it made me feel all weird. I'm not sure if another version of us can still be counted as us. Do Won was basically trying replace Seo Kyung with another version of her which didn't sit that well with me.

So far so good, I'm getting Korean odyssey + Guest vibes from this, I'm loving that brown-red hair on Lee Yeon and Ji Ah is such a badass character, if they can keep up the mystery +thriller side of the plot till the end this one has the potential to become a cult material.
2020 had some good dramas so far but not exactly a great one, at least for the Korean market, hopefully this one can leave more impact than it's predecessors.

Just a passing comment... that synopsis is really... wow... it made my day XDDDD

Xue Yao is a jerk that has his own class, he is so fickle, ruthless and cruel to Chuyue that I don't even know what she sees in him.

Okay, after watching bunch of other low budget Chinese historical fantasy romance dramas I have to give to this one, it was a good ride through and through.

Last 6 episodes were full on gay, hence it usually would be censored in China, think about it, Xuanji's gender is all open for discussion and LHJD and Sifeng's interactions was about to go down that route if Xuanji never took her form back, and of course it was evident that Bailin&LHJD apparently did not happen only due to Bailin's betrayal as LHJD said that Bailin was his soulmate.

p.s. Sifeng's melodramatic looks towards LHJD was actually too much BL for my taste, as it's usually not what I go for XDD but poor LHJD, by the end I could see that he was in love with Sifeng.

In order to save Sifeng, he gave his half of the crystal heart and then choose to dissipate with Dijun to avenge himself as he could not forget his hatred.