Hime

One of the genres being Fantasy does not mean that the drama does not require any logic or an organized plot, if so even a child could be the writer and create a story that makes no sense. I have watched other fantasy dramas before, of course they were not realistic since it was fantasy, BUT the plot was neat, everything had a purpose. I feel that here the problem was the writer had some good ideas but no idea how to organize them and create a consistent plot, which resulted in a lot of unnecessary cases and characters that just dragged the whole missing tape case, which in the end made a lot of people feel like this drama was not about Black, Ha Ram or grim reapers but about a missing tape that took 20 years and lot of unnecessary deaths to finally be found in the last episode.

Of course everyone has his/her own opinion. A lot of people enjoyed it and were not bothered by these things. It was not my case since I am a little picky and have watched way too many good dramas so what was a masterpiece 2 years ago I now might think it is just an ok drama.

Anyway, I am glad you liked it. ^ - ^

That does have some logic and I can accept that but doesn’t change the fact that there were still a lot of plot holes. Like I said, I liked the enjoyment I got out of it but at some point I was only watching because I wanted to know what would happen to Black. Everything else didn’t matter as much to me.

Exactly. I have a love-hate relationship with this drama and its even leaning more to the hate part. I am someone who loves thrillers, mistery and suspense BUT things need to have logic, you cant just throw ridiculous plots at me and expect me to buy it. There were too many things that bothered me, one of them being what you said about Ha Ram not being able to see the shadows, like, at least in the halloween party Black was wearing a WHITE shirt, so she should have been able to see it and there were other times. When she and Man Soo got stabbed, she was stabbed twice with a large knife and Man Soo was stabbed 3-4 times if I remember right, it took like what, 2 days for them to be found? You want me to believe that 2 human beings were bleeding to death for 2 days, without eating or drinking anything and were still alive?? Some stitches and a few days at the Hospital and BAM they are all good. There were more things but I would be here all day writting about it.

Anyway, I agree with you. I feel like the writer(s) did not bother to organize the good ideas they had and ended up creating something messy and with no logic.

Let’s be honest here. The high rating is purely for the enjoyment given by the drama to the people who watched it. I enjoyed parts of it too BUT that doesn’t mean I can ignore MAJOR plot holes, like how each person and case were connected in a way that would never happen in real life, how getting stabbed 2 times or more and bleeding for a long time yet being found still alive is considered completely normal and humanly possible, and let’s not even talk about the endind. Also the amount of time spent looking for the lost tape was ridiculous. Like someone said, the drama should not be called Black but “Saga of the Lost Tape”. Or like another person said, and this is completely true, the most used sentence during the entire drama was "tape eodiseo?". No joke! I sticked with it only for Black but in the end I felt like I spent so many hours watching the story of a lost tape, which makes me feel incredible dumb and think the writers were treating us viewers as a joke.

Sure, I enjoyed it but I had to take out my brain and forget about a thing called logic while watching most of it.

If you like me enjoy thriller, suspense and mistery but need things to be realistic and to have some logic, you will probably end up having a love-hate relationship with this drama.

Anyway, and this is not a popular opinion, but this is far from being the best drama of the year like some people are saying, although not the worst (yeah, Im talking about you "The Bride of Habaek"), but definitely not the best either.

Dropped it after episode 4. I don’t know, I just couldn’t get into it and felt that watching it until the end just for the sake of finishing it would be a waste of time. I could use that time to watch something better. But then again, although I got into dramas thanks to animes and mangas, I am not really a fan of japanese dramas. Of course there are exceptions, but most things that would be acceptable for me in mangas and animes look ridiculous when acted by real people. And because of that most japanese dramas look extremely weird and the actors, as good as they are, look like they are overacting. Not trying to say japanese dramas are bad. Every person likes different things and I do like some of them but in general they stay far behind in my priority list: 1st kdramas, 2nd chinese/taiwan and then japanese/lakorns.

I don’t need to say much about this one. Story, characters, cinematography, music, everything was done very well. tvN is one of my favorite channels for a reason. When you have a regular plot and are able to make it an interesting drama that makes the viewers feel all the emotions the characters feel....well, you know what you’re doing. Also, I gotta give an honorable mention to Kitty/Woori. Cutest cat of Kdrama land.

After reading some comments and watching a certain YT video, I saved myself from another heartbreak. Goes to my list of "Not Interested".

I did not read this until after I watched the drama. I honestly did pick this for the love story and although those expectations were not properly met, I do not regret watching this. I agree the second half was less interesting than the first half but overall I still think it was worth my time.

Like a someone said above, this was not a story about romance, it was about love, yes, but mostly not the romantic type of love, it was more about friendship, loyalty and the sacrifices people sometimes make for the ones they love more than themselves.

There were 2 ships, but San could only get on one. Depending on which ship you wanted her to get on, you might love or you might hate the ending. For me, surprisingly, in the end I did not care as much for which ship she got on but how I understood the REAL meaning behind those words we heard on the first episode: "This is my story, me, who loved YOU more than myself". (might not be these exact words but thats more or less how I remember it)

Although as a romance lover I would have usually liked to see more focus on the romance, I have to say I liked how friendship (also a kind of love) and loyalty where the most important. The character development was also really good, specially one particular person that I cannot name or it would be a huge spoiler.

In the end, I cannot say I loved it as it did not have as much romance as I expected, but I cannot hate it either. And I think only people who already watched it can understand this feeling of neither loving it nor hating it. Unless you expected San to get on one ship and in the end you got it wrong and she got on the other - then you might hate it.

P.S. - I got the ship she would get on right. ^^

The romance is far from being the main focus and is very slow paced. If you want to watch it for the romance you might be disappointed. If you are watching for the story and the romance doesn’t matter that much to you, then go ahead and watch it.

I watched because of the romance and did not drop it, although I did have to fast foward a lot. Still worth since it’s a short drama. And the ending wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Still, could not give it more than 6/10, but that’s just me because I watched it for the romance. You might like it more than me.

I put it on hold like 5 times and was finally able to finish it. I think the problem is they gave us a promising plot and a few interesting first episodes that raised our expectations and then gave us like 35 episodes of normal people daily lives. I am not saying it was completely bad. They just made us believe they would feed us an extraordinary dish that we never tried before and then gave us plain rice.

This drama has too many pros and I am sure most, if not all, were already mentioned by someone else. So I will just mention 2.

1 - The acting. The actress playing the female lead and the other actors did well but I have to say that the actor playing the male lead was outstanding. Whenever he had to be serious, he would put on a serious face, when he had to be funny/silly he would definitely make you at least giggle just with his facial expressions and when he had to cry and be hurt, you would feel his suffering. I found myself crying more than once and this is not even really what would be considered a sad drama. (can’t say more without spoilers)

2 - The music. Overall the OSTs were pretty good but there was one that stood out for me: Always by Hyolyn (aka Hyorin).
I have been listening to her and her ex-group’s (SISTAR) music for around 2 years now (they are all talented but Hyorin’s voice is just incredible). And this drama gifted me another one of her songs filled with memories of the good time I had watching this.

I would say to give it a try. You probably won’t regret it.

I think he was Da Eun’s boyfriend. I remember them talking about it on the bus just before the accident happened. He was scared of visiting her in the hospital, I guess he didn’t want to accept the reality. That was why Na Bi was upset. Her friend’s boyfriend visiting her should be expected, yet he wouldn’t. Na Bi might have also had some hope that him visiting her friend would make her get better.

Not as good as I thought it would be. I couldn’t care less about the cases, except for 1 or 2, and the way they investigated and solved them was way less interesting compared to other dramas about prosecutors. It was in fact quite boring.

Only a few things made me watch it till the end and they were Han Byeol’s case (which sadly also lost me at some point), the cute little Chan and Kang Soo. Of course those were not enough for me to give this a high rating. I gave it a 6/10.

Negative comments aside I could feel the angst since episode 1 and I can only tolerate it in a small amount without it spoiling a drama for me. From what I have read and from what I watched in episode 1, I could feel there was lots of it yet to come. I also couldn’t connect with the main characters or any characters really. I just got the vibe that I would regret watching this throughout the entire 1st episode. So before I got too involved and forced myself to keep watching just to know the ending while wasting precious hours that could be used for something else, I decided to drop it.

Light and slow paced romance, which should be expected since it is 36 episodes long but I still loved the main couple. I am not sure if it was good acting or if the actors had some off screen chemistry but you can tell since episode 1 that they are completely in love with each other, those smiles they give each other can melt an iceberg...like for real.

If you don’t like slow paced romance you might find it a little boring at times. Usually I would feel that way, but like I said, I could tell they were in love with each other since episode 1 so I didn’t care much about how long it would take them to confess their feelings and start dating. (it still happened faster than a lot of other dramas)

Of course, there are always flaws, and like most chinese dramas it dragged here and there but nothing that would make me consider dropping it. My rating: 7.5/10

If you are like me and got confused by the mixed reviews and are not sure if you should watch this or not, I will try to help you without giving away too much.

1st - Don’t start this thinking this is an awesome survival drama and have high expectations, because if you do, you might drop it in the first few episodes;

2nd - Although not an awesome survival drama, it is still about "survival", so do not get too attached to the supporting characters, because if it is about surviving that means not everyone will get to live. Remember DO NOT get too attached to the supporting characters. Any of them could die the next minute unexpectedly, so always keep guessing if this or that person will get to live (don’t say I didn’t warn you);

3rd - Although some things were quite stupid and did not make sense at all, it was somehow realistic in the sense that in real life, sometimes, the bad guys get away with it and justice does not always prevail (yeah, it’s sad but that is how the world is, so keep that in mind if you decide to give this a chance);

4th - I get why so many people are mad at the ending. The last episode solved what needed to be solved (kind of), it was the ending we wanted (again, kind of) BUT those last 10 minutes of the episode can make you question if the time you spent on this was worth. Aside from all the cringe, let’s say they could have given us a better ending by simply taking one of the characters out of the picture.

Conclusion: Do I regret watching this? Not really. (although those last few minutes made me question my decision) Would I watch it again? For me it doesn’t have much re-watch value. Should you watch it? Your call. I hope the 4 points I stated above helped you decide.

Rated it 6.5/10

There are some mixed opinions about this drama. I guess I will share mine too.

I think I belong to the group of people that really enjoyed this. I was very disappointed with most of the recent kdramas: The Bride of Habaek was nothing like I expected and I fast fowarded too much and did not drop it only because I watched it as the episodes came out, if I had tried binge watching it I would have probably dropped it in the first few episodes; Reunited Worlds started interesting but soon became too focused on the characters daily life instead of focusing on the part that got us all interested in the first place, and because of that I have been putting it on hold and am stuck at episode 26; and there were more that I could add, but I would be here for too long.

Now, this one actually surprised me. I am not going to say it was perfect and had no flaws, it did, but none of them were that big that they stopped me from enjoying every episode. Personally, I am not a fan of Suzy’s acting and I am not sure if she improved her acting or if I just liked this too much because for the first time her acting did not bother me at all, and believe me, it bothered me in all of her previous dramas. I watched it in 2 days and usually when I watch so many episodes at once I have the habit of fast fowarding a lot, which did not happen with this one. Just the fact that I bothered to write my opinion about this kdrama shows how much I liked it. I have no idead what I am going to watch now. I rated it 9/10, which I have done to less than 10 dramas out of all the hundreds of dramas I have watched.

Not bad but cant say it is good either. The plot was interesting, had everything to be a great drama but I felt like the execution was not the best and things didnt make much sense at times.

With this plot they could have done something that would make me feel the thrill in each episode and crave the next but I felt like it was so poorly executed that I was bored most of the time. Only 2 or 3 episodes managed to keep me on the edge of my seat.

The ending...well, I am not going to say anything. I have so much to say but would end up giving spoilers.

I gave it a 6.5, and only because the plot more or less stood out for being different with the male lead being a "bad guy". He was cute too. ^^

Really? I just finished watching The Perfect Match, which also has cooking as part of the plot and was disappointed at the 2nd half. This one has been on hold for at least 3 months and it seems like something I would love. Thank you for letting me know that they started subbing it. You just made my day better. XD