isaac

i haven’t read the manhwa yet and while my feelings towards this may change after i do, as somebody who knew next to nothing going into this it was insane in the best way. i love an ensemble cast and this series delivers as we get to know the true nature of the residents of green home as they’re thrust into a survival situation in which monsters, both in the literal and metaphorical sense, are a constant threat to them. i loved everyones acting in this, especially kim nam hee, song kang and of course lee do hyun to name a few. with so many characters there are of course dozens of plot lines that we switch in between simultaneously, meaning there’s never a dull moment. this coupled with the time skipping doesn’t make for the best watch for me because i tend to multitask while i watch a show, but it’s still easy to follow the events that are happening. the action scenes are definitely the selling point for this and this is also the main genre for this despite what the other tags may say, meaning the scenes are well done for the action thriller this ends up being.

i loved the development we got from some of our characters, especially hyun-su as i relate to him, but i feel more could’ve been done with them. this is what usually happens when a show tries to include so many characters at once, many of them begin to fade into the background even if they’re present in every single scene. while our cast is the key to this show as through them we explore what it really means to be human and how greed and desire changes people, this kind of gets lost in translation as we near the ending of the season. it felt as though they knew the vibe of a carnby kim work yet missed the mark as they were more focused on the action scenes and playing warriors behind them for the nth time. a lot of moments still made me cry because i’m a crybaby, but some deaths could’ve been even more impactful for sure. that being said, the use of sweet home in the final scene never fails to make me sob.

despite all this, i still really enjoy this show and its flaws (as i do with many shows if you look at any of my other ratings) because i prefer to focus on how much fun i have while watching rather than looking into all the technical aspects. i’ll leave the proper reviews to other people on this website.