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Brilliant Acting, Morally Draining Storyline
I kind of enjoyed Dear X… but only to a certain point.
The acting was the first thing that drew me in. Everyone delivered, and Kim Yoo-jung completely owned her role as Baek Ah Jin. No weak links anywhere. Honestly, the performances alone kept me watching even when the story got heavy.
Since Ah-jin doesn’t experience emotions like most people, I tried watching the drama “logically” to understand her choices. It worked in the beginning, but eventually my emotions caught up and started influencing how I felt about everything.
At first, I didn’t feel bad about her getting back at Seung-hee because Seung-hee did start the mess. Ah-jin seeing through her and fighting back made sense. But once the story shifted to murder plotting and framing innocent people, that’s where it lost me. I understood why Ah-jin became who she is. The trauma, the toxic relationships, the transactional view of love... but morally, I couldn’t follow her anymore. That was my breaking point with the plot.
The ending was a lot too. I’d grown attached to certain characters, so watching how everything wrapped up hit harder than I expected. Even so, I get why the drama chose an uncompromising ending; it stayed true to its tone and to the character they built.
Overall, Dear X is incredibly well-acted and definitely memorable, but it’s also emotionally draining. I appreciated the craft, even though I couldn’t agree with every direction the story took.
The acting was the first thing that drew me in. Everyone delivered, and Kim Yoo-jung completely owned her role as Baek Ah Jin. No weak links anywhere. Honestly, the performances alone kept me watching even when the story got heavy.
Since Ah-jin doesn’t experience emotions like most people, I tried watching the drama “logically” to understand her choices. It worked in the beginning, but eventually my emotions caught up and started influencing how I felt about everything.
At first, I didn’t feel bad about her getting back at Seung-hee because Seung-hee did start the mess. Ah-jin seeing through her and fighting back made sense. But once the story shifted to murder plotting and framing innocent people, that’s where it lost me. I understood why Ah-jin became who she is. The trauma, the toxic relationships, the transactional view of love... but morally, I couldn’t follow her anymore. That was my breaking point with the plot.
The ending was a lot too. I’d grown attached to certain characters, so watching how everything wrapped up hit harder than I expected. Even so, I get why the drama chose an uncompromising ending; it stayed true to its tone and to the character they built.
Overall, Dear X is incredibly well-acted and definitely memorable, but it’s also emotionally draining. I appreciated the craft, even though I couldn’t agree with every direction the story took.
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