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Head over Heels korean drama review
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Head over Heels
47 people found this review helpful
by Beatrice
Jul 30, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
This review may contain spoilers

Sweet first love fantasy romance

I really appreciate the creature design for the ghosts, looking appropriately creepy. That's not an easy thing to pin down for either eastern nor western shows. I also like that Seong A's feelings for Gyeon U is validated as a genuine connection forms between them. His looks got her attention, but his personality and kindness towards others is what made her fall for him. They are both skilled in their respective specialties and save each other. Their romance is formed organically and they're cute together. Speaking of cute, Seong A has a very nice collection of sleepwear that makes her look like a pretty doll. A lot of the edgier outfits Bong Su prefers that seemed to be implied to be tacky looked great on her too. There is a whole implied plotline of Bong Su really connecting with his own fem side there as her look was complete with hair and make up done as well, which is all Bong Su. I like that Seong A learns to find more compassionate ways to deal with exorcisms. Their respective friendships with Ji Ho is mostly nice too. He's the one that helps them connect with the regular world of high school and I'm really glad he learns to let go of his one sided crush for his own sake. I really liked the reveal of Seong A's awful childhood and her wanting to live as a normal student was helped by Ji Ho and Gyeong U deepens his understanding of her through knowing this as well. Seong A's familial relationship with her adopted mother is really lovely as well.

Bong Su turning out to be a younger teen/pre-teen who also has a big ol crush on Seong A was a good twist in turning into a dynamic that's different than usual. He was a child spirit that died a traumatic death and used by Yeom Hwa for her own ends and once he's able to communicate in Gyeon U's body, it's immediately clear he does not have the same objectives as Yeom Hwa. His being unable to recall his name until Gyeon U was able to find it deep in Bong Su's psyche was also trauma based. I'm glad that he's able to move on at the end. That lady is the worst. I understand her grief for her child, but her utterly selfish actions throughout the years was unforgivable. She's straight up a prolific serial killer, but that's entirely ignored at the conclusion of the series. I really hate how she refused to let Gyeon U heal in his own way from her many years of psychologically and physically abusing him by getting to know her in a tiny way as a human being, just to know her real name. She is the worst and needed some bigger karmic punishment or had to do something bigger to make up for her years of evil actions instead of having the consequences of her actions canceled out by the people who cares about her. At least go to jail or something. The shaman Do Ryeong was a chaos agent helping everyone on all sides, but he wasn't doing it out of malice though his actions also enabled a lot of deaths.

Despite the really glaring omission of properly dealing with Yeom Hwa, the overall series was a good watch.
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