Catch Me If You Can
The notoriously heartless Grim Reaper 444 who had always prided himself for being a trueblood born Grim Reaper than the rest of the Grims who had been once humans, found himself in a pickle when the ex-human partner he had wanted to change by having him caught doing a bad job at collecting soul bailed on him in the mortal world. Forced to hunt down his partner before the Underworld enforcers come to get him for being an accomplice, 444 takes over the body of Detective Han Moogang who died after being shot in the head. As Han Moogang, 444 realized that a girl who could see grim reapers, Kang Ha Ram, is deeply into him as she thought Han Moogang had been her childhood crush, Kim Joon, back in Moojin the town where she grew up. Thus he decides to use Kang Ha Ram’s monkey love to make her identify the body that is taken over by his partner.
The show had a rather solid starting point, with the funny and mysterious Grim Reapers, the hectic and cooky Han Moogang Violent Crime team, and the mystery of Moojin Times Mall destruction that claimed hundreds of lives, seemingly intertwined with each other. The plot twists were really mindblowing especially that part with Han Moogang’s and Kim Joon’s past. Totally unexpected! They managed to hook me onto the show despite me not fancying neither main roles.
It really bugs me how frequent people are screaming and yelling at each other in this show. I hated this part in kdramas hence why i rarely choose to watch them. They seem to be constantly on anger management crises, as if there’s a great prize for those who could scream and cuss the loudest. Anyway, i didnt like 444 because he’s one of those characters who scream and yell whenever he wants. As for Kang Ha Ram, it is beyond me why would she fall for this foul-mouthed and abusive 444 as Han Moogang who constantly looks down on humans, even after she realized he was not the gentle and optimistic Kim Joon whom she had known since childhood. Rolled my eyes when she said she liked Han Moogang for who he was and not because of Kim Joon. Like for real girl? This guy screams and pushes you around like a mad dog since the past few weeks, and you fell for the few gestures where he protected you cuz he wanted to use your eyes? Good lord, this woman is hopeless. Other than being hopelessly in love with first Kim Joon and now Han Moogang, she also had the tendency to run into danger when she herself knows nothing on how to protect herself. She keeps getting saved by either Oh Mansoo or Han Moogang repeatedly.
I liked Han Moogang’s Violent Crime squad though. They were the outcasts, constantly being looked down upon as they existed as a spare team. The captain, Bong keeps getting sidelined from promotion, Na Gwangyung has anger management issues and renowned throughout the force with the nickname Mad Dog who never lets go once he (literally) bites, Oh Sotae with bladder issues who keeps taking a leak whenever he could, Park Gwinam with his hand tremor, and lastly Han Moogang who keeps throwing up whenever they got a corpse as a case. Their interactions always cracks me up. The same goes with 444’s Grim Reaper friends 007 with his stoic Joseon era straightface with an obsession for kdramas, and 416 who raps all through his conversations. Dang I love those two. It’s funny the ones that was keeping me on this show had been the supporting roles cuz I couldnt seem to like the main roles, especially when they started to hook up. I honestly ship Kang Ha Ran with Oh Mansoo more than 444. Gosh I FF everytime theyre together doing what couples do. Thank god there were not many of such scenes.
The ending is botched up real bad it created a crater in the plot. Just as I was happy that the ending didnt seem as bad as I thought, they just had to add up that 5 min useless clip of a crater that made quite a black hole to an already acceptable ending. The screenwriter must be seething when the director made that veto decision and filled in his stupid ending.
The show had a rather solid starting point, with the funny and mysterious Grim Reapers, the hectic and cooky Han Moogang Violent Crime team, and the mystery of Moojin Times Mall destruction that claimed hundreds of lives, seemingly intertwined with each other. The plot twists were really mindblowing especially that part with Han Moogang’s and Kim Joon’s past. Totally unexpected! They managed to hook me onto the show despite me not fancying neither main roles.
It really bugs me how frequent people are screaming and yelling at each other in this show. I hated this part in kdramas hence why i rarely choose to watch them. They seem to be constantly on anger management crises, as if there’s a great prize for those who could scream and cuss the loudest. Anyway, i didnt like 444 because he’s one of those characters who scream and yell whenever he wants. As for Kang Ha Ram, it is beyond me why would she fall for this foul-mouthed and abusive 444 as Han Moogang who constantly looks down on humans, even after she realized he was not the gentle and optimistic Kim Joon whom she had known since childhood. Rolled my eyes when she said she liked Han Moogang for who he was and not because of Kim Joon. Like for real girl? This guy screams and pushes you around like a mad dog since the past few weeks, and you fell for the few gestures where he protected you cuz he wanted to use your eyes? Good lord, this woman is hopeless. Other than being hopelessly in love with first Kim Joon and now Han Moogang, she also had the tendency to run into danger when she herself knows nothing on how to protect herself. She keeps getting saved by either Oh Mansoo or Han Moogang repeatedly.
I liked Han Moogang’s Violent Crime squad though. They were the outcasts, constantly being looked down upon as they existed as a spare team. The captain, Bong keeps getting sidelined from promotion, Na Gwangyung has anger management issues and renowned throughout the force with the nickname Mad Dog who never lets go once he (literally) bites, Oh Sotae with bladder issues who keeps taking a leak whenever he could, Park Gwinam with his hand tremor, and lastly Han Moogang who keeps throwing up whenever they got a corpse as a case. Their interactions always cracks me up. The same goes with 444’s Grim Reaper friends 007 with his stoic Joseon era straightface with an obsession for kdramas, and 416 who raps all through his conversations. Dang I love those two. It’s funny the ones that was keeping me on this show had been the supporting roles cuz I couldnt seem to like the main roles, especially when they started to hook up. I honestly ship Kang Ha Ran with Oh Mansoo more than 444. Gosh I FF everytime theyre together doing what couples do. Thank god there were not many of such scenes.
The ending is botched up real bad it created a crater in the plot. Just as I was happy that the ending didnt seem as bad as I thought, they just had to add up that 5 min useless clip of a crater that made quite a black hole to an already acceptable ending. The screenwriter must be seething when the director made that veto decision and filled in his stupid ending.
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