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I would not say I am biased (at least I wasn’t until now) or I would not have kept watching as soon I saw the actress. After this drama, I am starting to get the feeling that the actress does not pick great dramas. I liked some of her dramas but did not love any of them, like something was missing from the plot. So I guess I was not biased before but might be from now on after watching so many dramas that were ok but not great.

But yeah, what really bothered me was not the actress, it was the character. For a 2023 drama the way her character was written left much to be desired. The way the FL behaved and a lot of her decisions made me question her intelligence or why the ML even fell for her, spells and curses aside. I just wish her character was better written, she is the FL after all. It is hard to explain but it was just the way I felt. She also wasn’t the only character that could have been written better, but oh well.

Overall, it was still a good drama, I rated it 7 which for me means a drama I might re-watch. 9 is the higher rating I have given a drama and only 6 out of thousands I have watched got this rating. ^^'

No problem. I like discussing dramas I enjoyed and this was definitely one of those.

They were not really his targets, just his toys. He met Ma Tae Wa abroad and decided he wanted to "mentor" him, in other words make him feel all powerful when in reality Dex was pulling all the strings.

Dex enjoyed caos and manipulating other people into causing caos was fun to him. Once he was done playing with them or they became people who could bring him down, he got rid of them. He killed the father to give the son a false sense of control and then killed the son when he became arrogant and also because he did not need him anymore. He kept him alive just long enough to bring the ML into his trap.

I believe that he might have wanted to "mentor" Seol too, he was even willing to die for it, that is how insane he is. Turning someone who used her hands to save lives into someone who takes lives would be the ultimate prize to him.

First few episodes were interesting then it felt like it was plotless then near the end it recovered. Rowoon carried this on his back. The FL was so badly written.

The actress has played the FL on some high rated dramas but for some reason I personally have rated all those (the ones I watched) below average - 7 or under. This one was probably the one I rated highest and I rated it 7. I might have to start avoiding the dramas where she plays the FL. ^^'

Psycopaths do not need a reason to kill. They do it for fun. My guess is he killed his "sister" because he did not want to share their parents attention with her, specially considering she was the biological kid while he was adopted. And from then on, and just like he said himself, he started playing "God" by taking people’s lives because he felt powerfull doing it.

Although I think season 2 wrapped up things nicely and there is "no need" for more seasons, I would gladly watch a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 20th season. I think that says it all. ^^

Forget the drama poster, forget the synopsis, watch this as Luo Qi Qi’s journey, maybe you will feel less disappointed.

I liked the first few episodes, maybe until episode 10 or so and then the drama just felt like a bunch of nothing to me. This is basically about the FL’s life and I know this is supposed to be a realistic youth drama but damn, her life is more boring than mine. I was expecting a time skip at some point or something but the drama was mostly about her studying to become the best student while stuff happened around her. I related to her in some ways at first but that was about it. The drama lost me along the way.

Same. I started watching dramas around 2010 and I am a picky person by nature. I have watched all kinds of dramas from fluffy romanctic dramas to full of gore zombie dramas. What I want is a well-written drama where it is obvious the writers know exactly where they want to go with the plot. This was definitely not one of those.

Glad I found someone who shares the same opinion in a comment section full of only positive things to say about this drama. ^^'

This will be an unpopular opinion but this is not underrated at all, in fact the rating is way too high for what this drama has to offer.

The first half or so the drama was more on the comedy side and considering the whole seeing memories by touching someone’s butt, it made sense. But the second half went full on criminal drama...the problem is I have been watching dramas for over 10 years and am a huge fan of criminal stuff, and as a criminal drama this was bad. Sure, they kept you guessing who the killer was BUT what is the point of that if what they give us as the wrap up is full of loose ends? The ending was also pretty lame. Sorry if you enjoyed it and feel offended by this comment, but I really cannot stand writers who dont know where they wanna go with a plot.

This could have been a good romantic comedy, this could have been a great crime/thriller, but because the writer decided to make a soup with a bunch of genres, it was neither.

Sure, I enjoyed some parts of it, mainly the first half (me being a crime fan, that says a lot), but the overall experience was average and if I could go back in time I would probably choose to spend the time I wasted watching this watching a different drama.

Well, that was my opinion, an unpopular one it seems. ^^'

Yikes, after reading about his controversy it made him seem very similar to his character in Somebody, except for the serial killer part. He does not even see people as humans if he judges them based on their looks. I won’t be able to watch him in any romantic drama when I know now what is going through his mind when he looks at the people working with him, including staff working on the set.

Imagine a drama that gives us a proper kiss the night before the leads marry. Yeah, they definitely messed up. If they focused on developing their romance and raising the baby it would have been a lot more interesting.

Compared to most dramas airing around the same time, this one was pretty nice. Not amazing or anything but pretty entertaining with a female lead that is not the usual weak clumsy needs saving all the time. In fact, she is manlier than the male lead. ^^'

Unfortunately, the subs are pretty bad. I watched with portuguese subs that were a little better than the english subs but were still not up to my usual standards. The fact that I even finished it when I am usually unable to stand bad subs says a lot about how much I wanted to watch it.

I am pretty sure the bad subs contributed to the rating. With good subs this would probably have a rating of 8 or above.

I don’t even remember that, might have skipped that scene like I did so many others. ^^'

Yeah, I read it too. It makes sense. I would still like a second season. There are enough things left unresolved to justify a continuation but at the same time if there isn’t one, it is not the worst open ending I have seen. It felt like it was done intentionally, either to open the way for a second season or to cause mixed reactions so people would keep talking about the drama even after it’s over.

MDL comments are not always accurate, but, please, for your own sake, believe the comments on this one.

The main leads are roomates, there is no chemistry between them, I think they do not even kiss once for the entire drama.

The plot and character development are one of the worst I have seen for this kind of drama.

The female lead is pregnant but they never even bothered to give her a pregnant belly, she is looking thinner than ever for over half of the drama and then they just throw in a time jump and she is giving birth. If they did not mention it here and there I would even forget she was pregnant at all.

There is so much I could say about this one but to sum it up this is just a REAL WASTE OF TIME, no pun intended. ^^'

I am glad you enjoyed both.

I have a hard time enjoying remakes or dramas that have very similar plots, specially if I watch them the same year. The one I watch first will always be at an advantage since the plot is new to me.

I did enjoy some things about this version but it somehow felt off to me. The way the story was told felt old, like a drama from 2010, and compared to Truth or Dare this one felt like they had a lower budget.

Overall, it was an enjoyable watch.

I suspected the killer from like episode 3 and halfway through created a theory about the motive, which my sister said, nah, no way, but then in episode 13 she started noticing some things and started thinking I was onto something and turned out I was right. ^^'

Still for at least the first half of the drama I kept second guessing my theories so the writers were able to keep me entertained.

My only complaint is how they dedicated 2 entire episodes for the wrap up. Half an episode, maybe 1 episode is more than enough to wrap up after the big reveal, yet they decided to go for 2 episodes. Even marketing wise, after watching episode 14, people probably were not even excited for the last week episodes so I imagine it impacted viewership.

This would have been a great 12 episode drama, 16 might have been a stretch.

Yes.

Oh, so you haven’t finished it yet. Good thing I did not share any spoiler. ^^'

Let me know how you feel once you finish watching, we will join the Wufeng sect together. Last resort, we kidnap the director and actors and make them film the second season.