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SmartBoom delivered more than I imagined.
It exceeded my expectations.
Now that I've finished the series, I can understand why it's the highest-rated series on IMDB this year. The series is genuinely interesting, at least until halfway through the narrative.
The actors are good, they have chemistry, and certainly for a first series with the couple, they did very well. But there are points to highlight.
Disconnected episodes
The episodes seem like fillers thrown in after the middle of the series, and then they make sense again at the end, but after stories that have a beginning, middle, and end in the same episode, it feels a little strange. The narrative starts well, with the couple's approach and development, then there are a few episodes that look like fillers, and then the arc of Akin's death.
If they had skipped the development arc to Akin's grandmother's death, the secondary moments are slightly uninteresting, if not unnecessary. The saeseng episode made no difference to the narrative, Akin before and Akin after are the same, he hasn't evolved AT ALL, so I ask, what's the point?
Problems totally ignored
Look, Akin was literally abused by Johnny, and they did NOTHING. He wasn't held accountable, they didn't even show Akin knowing about it, and the guy even got a “partner” in the end.
The couple's development was very good, but everything else was silly. They tried to convey feelings for his grandmother and stuff, but I didn't feel much.
I watched the series because I had already followed both the manga and the anime, so seeing the live-action series was rewarding. I liked the work more because of my affection for daketarai, I stuck with it because of the good chemistry between the actors, but after a while the narrative seemed lazy to me. But I hope to see something from the two of them again soon.
Now that I've finished the series, I can understand why it's the highest-rated series on IMDB this year. The series is genuinely interesting, at least until halfway through the narrative.
The actors are good, they have chemistry, and certainly for a first series with the couple, they did very well. But there are points to highlight.
Disconnected episodes
The episodes seem like fillers thrown in after the middle of the series, and then they make sense again at the end, but after stories that have a beginning, middle, and end in the same episode, it feels a little strange. The narrative starts well, with the couple's approach and development, then there are a few episodes that look like fillers, and then the arc of Akin's death.
If they had skipped the development arc to Akin's grandmother's death, the secondary moments are slightly uninteresting, if not unnecessary. The saeseng episode made no difference to the narrative, Akin before and Akin after are the same, he hasn't evolved AT ALL, so I ask, what's the point?
Problems totally ignored
Look, Akin was literally abused by Johnny, and they did NOTHING. He wasn't held accountable, they didn't even show Akin knowing about it, and the guy even got a “partner” in the end.
The couple's development was very good, but everything else was silly. They tried to convey feelings for his grandmother and stuff, but I didn't feel much.
I watched the series because I had already followed both the manga and the anime, so seeing the live-action series was rewarding. I liked the work more because of my affection for daketarai, I stuck with it because of the good chemistry between the actors, but after a while the narrative seemed lazy to me. But I hope to see something from the two of them again soon.
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