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Episode 1: A Comedy That Doesn’t Know What It’s Selling
To the Moon presents itself as a survival comedy about three broke office workers dreaming of getting rich, but from the very first episode it’s clear the show has no idea what story it wants to tell.The protagonist, played by Lee Sun Bin, lives the classic Korean office hell: screaming bosses, miserable pay, and a routine that feels like punishment. So far, familiar territory… but the show tries to mix fantasy, comedy, and social critique all at once, and the result is tonal chaos.
The narrative runs on hysteria—characters reacting with absurd intensity to trivial situations. What should feel like comedy ends up as a collective tantrum shot in fast-forward. Even when her boyfriend leaves her, the script pushes her into such over-the-top despair it borders on self-parody. And ironically, when he reappears saying marriage would be a mistake for financial reasons, the show paints him as a villain—though he’s the only one making any sense.
Then comes the “empowerment” moment: she confronts him with a song-and-dance routine in front of his car. It’s supposed to be liberation, but it looks more like a circus act with feminist slogans. To the Moon confuses healing with exhibition and strength with noise.
And just when you think it can’t sink lower, the three women run away laughing as if they’d just pulled a teenage prank—until silence hits, reminding them that despite all the chaos, their lives are still exactly the same.
The punchline? Their grand solution to misery is… investing in cryptocurrency.
To the Moon ends up being the ultimate guide to emotional stagnation: when life falls apart, throw a tantrum, sing a song, and buy crypto.
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Military Soup with XP Points
Becoming a Cooking Soldier Legend tries to mix military comedy, cooking drama, gamer fantasy, romance and supernatural mystery all at once… and never fully commits to any of them.The biggest problem is not the absurdity of the premise.
Absurd comedies can work perfectly.
The problem is that the series relies too much on gimmicks instead of personality.
Floating HUD screens, experience points, unlocked skills, mysterious crows, dramatic soup reactions… everything feels engineered to look quirky rather than naturally funny.
The main character could have worked much better as:
a rebellious but brilliant cook,
constantly breaking military rules while being tolerated because his food keeps morale alive inside the barracks.
That alone already had enough comedic potential.
Instead, the series turns him into a passive “chosen one” with videogame mechanics attached to his personality.
And yes, from episode 1 you can already predict the romantic setup:
the misunderstood outsider and the competent female commander who will slowly become the only person capable of understanding him.
Maybe some viewers will enjoy this type of light fantasy comfort show.
But personally, after two episodes, I could not find a strong enough reason to continue watching ten more.
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When Revenge Turns Into Comedy
I came in expecting a revenge story…I ended up watching a comedy.
A woman gets betrayed by her best friend—
or whatever she is at this point, it honestly doesn’t matter.
She loses everything and ends up in a psychiatric hospital.
Three years later, she’s released and arrives at an apartment
that someone has been paying for.
Of course, we’re never told who.
In no time, she’s already set up in a room with a corkboard full of photos
and red strings connecting people, planning her “master revenge,”
with super computers analyzing the stock market.
The show sells you a “mastermind”…
but never shows how she actually builds anything.
No money, no contacts, no resources…
yet she controls everything from a room with three monitors.
They even throw in the Kelly Criterion as if it could predict the market,
when it only manages risk.
That’s not intelligence… that’s math used as smoke.
A man falls from a building and is completely destroyed.
Right next to him, his phone is perfectly fine… still working.
Intact.
And the final punchline:
“sell everything… buy everything”…
and the market obeys.
This isn’t strategy…
it’s the writer moving prices.
The series follows that typical Chinese mini-story format
with instant karma and quick payoffs.
1/5 if you’re looking for logic or tension.
5/5 if you want to laugh without meaning to.
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