Why Am I Here

High Quality Comedy

What a hilarious show! Only two dramas with historical set ever made it to my watchlist, and this is one of it. This show has an impressive mixture of comedy and romance, in an unusual setup: Joseon era. Even with all evil plans scattering all around the palace, you still can find the comedy. There are a lot of twists as well. I also like how they potray King Cheoljong as an intelligent king disguised as a dumb man. He set up an incident, and put spies here and there. Most of the casts did an outstanding performance here. Shin Hae Sun is the only correct person to play as the queen. She played a lot of characters: Kim So Yong, Jang So Yong, and the mixtures of them both. Extraordinary job! The visual effects team also did a great job. I love the beautiful scenere of the palace, and I also love the royal wardrobes!

The comedy level is very generous and pretty consistent, but there are several episodes with no comedy at all. As other historical shows, the pace is painfully slow. There are also several plot holes. I can't understand why Queen Dowager Jo kept siding with Kim Family until the end. The original plan was to replace the queen with Lady Uibin. However after she got deposed, whoever took the reign will be from Kim Family and Queen Jo would gain no advantage. Judging by her nature, she normally would come up with another plan, especially when she had no idea about the pressure on his family by the treason letter. Lady Uibin threatened her family if they ever harmed the King. But after the King disappeared, she took no actions on them. On the day before her escape, the Queen visited Prince Yeong Pyong and Captain Hong at the prison, but nothing happened. Jang Bong Hwan lived 200 years later than the period, but he rarely used his knowledge about the history. I don't like the ending, not because they're not "together", but because how easy it was for Secretary Han.

The soundtracks are good, especially in latter episodes. The ending is visually sweet but considerably sad. The King was left with someone he didn't love. The one he loved was the eccentric (Jang) So Yong. Jang Bong Hwan was left alone in the modern days. It's worth to rewatch for the humour, but maybe the ending will stop you from doing so.

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What an excellent conservative romcom! I always love a romcom when the side stories doesn't overpower the main story. This show keeps the focus on the two main leads, it's all about their struggles, fails and get backs again. The early episodes are a bit slot. Still, they depicts the characters well as they all have a lot of struggles. No unnecessary plots needed here. No need serial killers or truck of doom; it's all about living your life and never giving up on your dreams. The mixture between romance and comedy is really well-balanced for me.

The casts are all great, and quite premium if I may say. They even made Choi Woo Sik as a guest. However, what an outstanding performance from Kim Ji Won. She was really really impressive here, her pain, sadness, joy and silliness, she eat them all. Nothing can replace her iconic aegyo, and I've never thought she could pull something like that. Also Park Seo Joon expression everytime she did it was really hilarious. His performance here was even better than him in WWWSK.

Still, there are something bothering me about this show. I really don't like that SML reconciled with SFL, she really deserved better. Even though Joo Man did everything for the sake of "reminding him of her", I don't think it's tolerable. He should've shove Ye Jin away from the beginning, he failed to create a boundary. Also he was soo self-absorbed and all he was thinking was about his pride and pride. Seol Hui was totally a better person, too good for him. Aside from that, I don't think Park Hye Ran got a proper closure. Where did she go when she had no money and rejected by everyone? She also had never fix her relationship with Dong Man.

On top of all, this show is quite lightweight and easy to enjoy!

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Waited 5 Years to Get Disappointed

This show is a massive disgrace to its prequel, I'm really pissed off! Almost every aspect in this show is messy. The previous season was at least excellently written. Why now I must turn my brain off to watch this season? Why they suddenly add unrealistic things like Yo Han's electric superpower and Fire Eel's bouncing belly?? I mean it's fine, but this type of Tom and Jerry alike jokes didn't exist in the first season!!!

The mystery itself, while is a good idea originally, is quite shallow. It's too easy for them to get from Lee Sang Yeob to Kim Hong Sik, everybody was willing to open up their mouth easily. The story is also full of plot armors, for example the aircraft door and the scam gun. Rather than complicated mystery, the storyline is full of characters that get angry without any reason and shout in every possible time. Why they're suddenly very short-tempered? Maybe the writer did this to add more comedy, but I found it's more annoying. The amount of comedy here is already a lot, too much if I may say. They inserted jokes in almost every situation, most of them are forcefully inserted dad jokes or slapsticks.

While most episode is quite poor, the final episode is worse. It's very boring and has a different vibe, and at the end of the day the bad guys didn't seem to get what they deserved. Nam Du Hun climbed to the Supreme Prosecutor Office only to do nothing but defend the accusation. He had power to do something with all three, why do nothing? This episode also full of product placements.

There aren't any proper explanation about Detective Seo from season 1 whereabouts. Hwang Chol Beom should also return since he was pleading to Father Kim back then. Even though most of the casts from previous season returned, I can't feel the chemistry that was existed back then in the first season. Maybe they were actually reluctant to do this script.

This show is more like Jackie Chan's action+comedy style. Only rewatch if you're looking for dad jokes.

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Great Comeback with Less Violence

This show is good! Compared to the prequel, I find this show storywise is better. The intensity is more consistent, and I think the "personal" case in this season is written better than its predecessor. While the previous one has a sudden change of intensity and unreasonable events during the personal case, this time they're able to maintain more the intensity and keep the reason a bit more natural. They were more dark and rogue in the previous season. Now they're less violent and seem a bit more reasonable in both the good and evil sides.

The bond between each team members is way better in this show. The "individual" cases are more interesting, and they look more prepared for every step they take on each case. And not to mention, they've got an OST for this season!

Though improving and presenting great action scenes, it's again still far from flawless, especially the storyline. First, I don't like that almost every"individual" cases they take relate to Black Sun consecutively (only Sunbaek Church does not relate), like other victims outside this network doesn't want to seek revenge. They have made the character Kim Do Gi as a "superhero" who is able to wipe everyone in a brawl since previous season, but this season they make An Go Eun becomes a "supercomputer" which I think is unecessary. Moreover the fact that Gyeong Gu and Jin Eon work somewhere and Go Eun becomes a police have zero impact to the revenge service. Also I can't see the reason why the Bishop abducts children, and why only Ha Jun survives and serves him. The appearance of "Taxi Driver No. 1" to save the group is a peak ridiculousness.

On top of that, this show is packed of actions but has less draggy plot so it's easier to enjoy.

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This is probably the slowest ever show that I've ever watched. Many people will find it boring but actually it's very calming and heartwarming. Three people around 30s with their own life hardships and problems, which somehow relate to the reality. They all have a quite "unique and personal" way to see the value of their life. The romance kicks in very slowly and mature without anything over-ecsatic. There is a great combination between great comedy and great melancholy here, a roller coaster ride of emotion spread throughout the show. I really enjoy the soundtrack because it's really fit the vibes. Although actually it's a bit confusing to see where it's going for the first three episodes, but everything is getting better from there.

The casting is really peak here. The trio really brings up their emotions about overcoming their own hardships. I can't believe that this is the first Jeon Yeo Been's main role because she's really slaying it. However I think making Lee Joo Bin appear as her character's highschool version is probably not a good idea.

Even though the characters and the plot are mature, it's quite shame that they use the cliche part when Jin Joo pushes away her feelings towards Beom Su just because of a mere rumor. I mean they should be able to communicate it well. The episode when they talks about PPL and fillers is really a filler. With such pace, putting a filler is a bit painful to watch.

On top of that, this show is really a good to watch if you're looking for something calming after a tiring day. Very recommended for rewatch.

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Bitter pill to swallow, this show is somewhat close to the situation in present, both on the celebrities and fans sides. Celebrities, influencers are all dying to draw attention as much as then can, even though they have to fake or use illegal powers to do it . They will do everything just for the sake of fan's acceptance and ensuring they don't lost any previllege they have, instantly, even though it has to cost other people's life. On the other hand, the fans are easily follow any wave that produced by the media. They hate and love, support and oppose their idol blindly, without knowing the original truth beneath. Sad truth, but that's the reality, at least for now. You object it? It's 2025, remember how much has the internet "killed" celebrities?

The production of this show itself is excellent. The scriptwriting is great, at least most part of the show. The concept of Seo A Ri narrating the story "her revenge" is totally a great idea. The visual is amazing, so glamorous. The casting are quite good, especially all the female main casts. Park Gyu Young does a quite excellent job here, Lee Chung Ah and Han Jae In as well.

Unfortunately, it does not apply the same to the whole cast. For a villain, Jeon Hyo Sung is quite disappointing. She is on fire during the earlier phase of the show when Seo A Ri is still lower than O Min Hye, but after the turntables she looks very lost. No signs of either real fear, anger, disgust or whatsoever. The male casts also aren't outstanding. I feel no chemistry at all between FL and ML. Kang Min Hyuk lacks of face expressions. Same thing applies to Park Ye Ni though. Storywise, I don't like how they wrap up the show. Why they have to use the annoying "almighty white truck" plot? Also how they track bbbfamous and who help A Ri stream's anonimity remain unclear. The revenge seems only served well for Tae Jeon, Chae Hui and Angela, others get very light compared to what they do towards A Ri. I also think A Ri's best friend, Jeong Sun, is annoying, noisy and noisy. I hate her even more than Ji Na or Yu Rang. It will be massive disadvantage if you are unable to read Korean in this show, because you'll miss out a lot of stories which are written in the news, social medias, etc.

In general, this show doesn't seem appealing at the beginning. I also don't know how I got hooked up to it but apparently I did. Watch this show if you're up for some drama.

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Slow Burn Wholesome Romance

This is such a great heartwarming and healing story. No cheesy and dragging romance at all. The characters in this story are wholesome and heal each other despite their hardships. Both Seo Ri and Woo Jin are stuck in the age of 17, one because she has no choice while the other one take it as a pain. However they go together and overcome it well. I love how the production team keeps attention to detail. For example when they let Seo Ri use the same clothes because it's the only clothes she has, or the chocolate pie that remains in Woo Jin's bag. Unfortunately the praise ends there. This is just "another wholesome show", nothing extraordinary.

On the positive side, this show is a huge showcase of the casts. The casting really fits their role, full of talents! Shin Hae Sun, Yang Se Jong, Ahn Hyo Seop, even Yoon Chan Young and Park Si Eun do an outstanding perfomance here. They have successfully sucked our spirit into a journey of emotion. Shin Hae Sun must have practiced violin for this role, hasn't she? Even in my opinion, this show is the peak performance for Ahn Hyo Seop so far (it's 2025 when I write this).

The pace of the show is extremely slow. I still able to feel the warm for so long like 10 episodes. But then comes the scene when Woo Jin prevents Seo Ri to perform at the festival with no reason. I mean after all the wholesome and tidy build up phase, yet they choose to pick a shortcut for a conflict? It's kinda frustrating because it takes the same energy to fight and explain everything he knows. This even pisses me more than when Woo Jin tries to run for the second time. While the romance pace is slow that it takes almost the whole show to bloom, the pace for the side stories are extremely fast. After Chan's competition, every good things seem to happen altogether coincidentally. It's never clear why Mi Hyun sold the house "in a hurry" while she never actually uses the money from it. She must also resents Seo Ri because she's the reason why her husband died, I don't understand why her son is close with Seo Ri. Also Chan saving Min Gyu doesn't bring any impact to the story, and the story about Ri An left hanging. There is a scene where Chan is rowing alone under the heavy rain, but his hair is dry.

The soundtracks are good in this show, both the real soundtracks and the classical pieces. This show is a good healing story to rewatch, but you have to bear the slow pace though.

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Guilty Pleasure with No Depth of Plot

Ooh this is so long, I'm putting the summary above first.

+ Extremely fluffy guilty pleasure, no malignant problems.
+ No childhood connection, serial killer, white truck, etc.
+ Good comedy.
- Nothing but guilty pleasure, lackluster and lack of depth of the story (so that 16 ep is too long).
- Over-ecsatic romance added to almost every scene.
- A bit unnatural romantic relationship build-up.
- Overly unrealistic makjangs.
- Missed out a lot of small details.
- No closure on several problems from the supporting characters.

This show is nothing but a guilty pleasure. We all expect cheesy mainstream tropes when we watch a Korean rom-coms, but this show takes it to another level. They made almost EVERY scene to be as cheesy as possible, to the point that is cringe. Everything is just cheesy scenes that even it looks like there isn't any main plot, it lacks the depth. The problems are just there to be problems and all can be solved easily. Such a guilty pleasure, but the way they serve it can't make us feel invested to the show. With this issue 12 episodes is already quite painful, and yet they made it 16. The idea of this show is very mainstream, a boss falls for his employee, but the execution isn't even a good job. Why do they name it King The Land when most of the events don't even occur in the hotel?

Character development in this show is a bit questionable. While Gu Won is becoming better person, it's questionable what Cheon Sa Rang is doing. All the time Won has been pulling cringey and pervert-ish moves when he tries to attract Sa Rang, even when they haven't been close enough such as him offering an umbrella under the rain and taking her home, as well as taking her into multiple dinners. I don't understand how could Sa Rang falls over those acts, when there is nothing really impactful happening for a change of feeling. On the other hand, Sa Rang is head over heels to Won and King The Land as well. So I can't understand why she is just alright after being exiled to a small hotel in outskirt town. She lost her lover and her dream job, there isn't any reason why she should stay! This show also features multiple problems caused by uneccessary misunderstandings, and the problems on episode 14 afterwards are just ridiculous. Fortunately the misunderstandings doesn't produce stupid decisions.

The writers focused too much on the cheesy things that they really ignore all the small details. Things are missing out here and there. I still don't understand Sa Rang's dream of working in King Hotel that she got after she visited it during childhood. She describes herself has to live from paycheck to paycheck, so how come she got to visit "the most luxurious hotel in Korea"? Won is very sensitive while talking about his mother. However No Sang Sik who has been living with him for seven years doesn't know this. The mountain rescue is the peak makjang. Won says that Sa Rang is missing and he's unable to track her phone, yet he's calling her all the time until the dusk. Judging by the height of the cliff, it's impossible for someone to survive it without any broken bones. Yet Sa Rang only gets minimal bruises and Won is able to jump over it casually, so two people survive that damn cliff. And if you look more thoroughly, Sa Rang's make up is still on point after being left for a day under the cliff, not even any dust up there. When Won is abroad for three weeks, it looks like they are totally lost contact. However apparently Sa rang sends him a picture of "a hype cafe in the town". The director of the King Guest House is ordered to sell the hotel by Ms. Gu no matter what. How can this happen because Hwa Ran has been kicked from the King Group board of director? The writer also fails to give a proper closure to Oh Pyeong Hwa's career. How come she stays there? Kang Da Eul's reconciliation with her husband is also undeserved. No proper closure on Gu's family too, especially Hwa Ran's.

There are only two good things in this show. First is YoonA, thanks to her performance for bringing smiles and other expression into this show. Second is the consistency of (slapstick-ish) comedy throughout the show, which mostly comes from the character of No Sang Sik. Without these two elements, this show would be straight going to the drop list of most audience. Jun Ho has a really stiff face expressions, but since it fits his character I couldn't complain more. The final episode would be a good sweet episode for any other show. But all the episodes precedenting it make that episode nothing special.

This show is recommended for someone who needs a guilty pleasure, so the rewatch value is high. There aren't any mainstream tropes such as childhood connection, serial killer, or The Mighty White Truck. It's really lightweight, since the storyline really lacks the depth, no malignant plot inside. But I personally wouldn't recommend it.

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How Many Whale Videos Do You Want? Yes!

What a story! The storyline is so ordinary and give us a big awareness on people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as inequality treatment towards people with disability. I personally think the overall storyline is a bit harsh for a "slice of life", but then it's maybe always this harsh for people with special condition like her. This show features different cases on almost every episode, and I like that the outcome is so ordinary and not always favorable for Young U. The strong friendship is a feature in this show, and the loveline is not overecsatic. Does it require the character an ASD to have a calmer love story?

It must be difficult for Park Eun Bin to play such "special" character, but at the end she delivers it fantastically. The other casts add a great combination to the show, especially Kang Ki Young with some silly things he often pulls. Additionally, most of the characters get a good character development.

While this show has a great highlight on the person with ASD story, it somehow takes toll on the story details. They didn't imply what is the actual beef between Han Seon Yeong and Tae Su Mi, that the former has to use Yeong U as her weapon to "attack" the latter. It is also unknown what happens to Min U that causes his change of heart. On the Children Liberation Army's case, there is a big chance to bring up more message, but they decided to skip the verdict. On the Lottery Ticket Case, Yeong U is told that Ms. Sung gets all the lottery prize amount of 1.1 billion as inheritance. This should be incorrect because her husband has spent all the lottery prize on the car which has been written off in the crash so there is nothing to inherit.

I personally think the final episode doesn't give proper closure. Young U gets a proper closure, and although vague but it's a assumable closure for Myeong Seok, Su Yeon and Min U. However it's questionable what is aftermath for Su Mi, what causes her sudden change of heart, and her relationship with Yeong U, Gwang Ho and Seon Yeong.

On the conclusion, this is a good show because it's heartwarming and has a fresh, unique concept idea.

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Another Good Romcoms Goes Wrong

Very underrated show! It's quite rare to have a romcom with well balanced romance and comedy. And even more, the balanced vibe remains consistenly thoughout most of the episodes. It takes so long for the romance to bloom, so it may frustrates some audience. Though we get appropirate amount of swoonworthy moments on the way to that point. The chemistry between Kim Jae Wook and Krystal is excellent and yet unexpected. Kim Jae Wook is really the master while talking about chemistry in romance show. This show doesn't have a childhood connection which is a massive plus point, and doesn't have stupid breakups so that's another plus point. It all goes well until at least episode 12.

The final 4 episodes look like a different show, don't know what hurt the writer's head. It's full of makjangs and unrealistic situations. The malicious events are too much, and I think the story about Na Su Yeon is not neccessary. Also No Go Jin never reveals that he doesn't have an amnesia to his employee, but his behavior at the office gradually returns to his previous state. Yet no one realizes or concerns about it. The "dress from my first love" at the beginning of the show has no impact to Go Jin. I also find out the reason Go Jin fires Sin A because "she'll leave me either" is lame.

To annoy me more, this show is full of red flag characters. Jo Jong O is of course a red flag. Baek Su Yeong takes so long to realize what she has done, even though it's very easy to see people will hurt when she left like that. Noh Go Jin is a red flag because he's heartless, doesn't care about other people, and sugarcoats it with the fact that "this all because I was heartbroken". Lee Sin A, on the other hand, is also a red flag because she always supports Go Jin's action no matter he's right or not. Even though these people "have a reason" to do it, they are more deserved to be dumped rather than pitied.

Still it's a good show for a balanced laugh and swoon!

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Bad People don't Always Do Evil Things, Good People doesn't Always Do Kind Things

It's always never easy to make a long review on a quite realistic life show, like this one. This show is very calming and heartwarming. But please note, the genre is prison so sometimes it turns really dark and malicious. This show is about bad people being put together in the same place after doing some bad things. Character development is very strong in this show: some of them are repenting, some are going worse; some deserve it, some has to unfairly experience it.

The screenplay is excellent, everything is as pure as life. There are a mix of tears, laugh, love and friendship as your normal day in life, nothing overdramatic or too ecsatic. It is very soothing that the heartwarming moments mostly involve the most evil person such as Cha Min Chul or Lifer. The whole cast, on the other hand, does an oustanding job here. Looks like they do this all effortlessly. The technique of flashbacks is really awesome.

While the screenwriting is quite impressive, it doesn't mean flawless. When the cellmates try to manipulate Je Hyeok's dream, it is later known that both Captain Yoo and him didn't take the sleeping pills. However this has zero impact to the plot, and it's still unknown what happens that night. The ending is quite unfavorable though. Je Hyeok seems to think about other cellmates while he was imprisoned, so I was expecting him to track all of his past prisonmates, but he doesn't. It's also never seen on screen, the moment with Je Hee after Je Hyeok released. The writer also suddenly forgot about Joon Ho and Je Hee relationship in the last episode.

The soundtracks are excellent. Finally, this show is highly recommended for rewatch, especially to someone who are looking for something calming after a hectic day.

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Another good show falls into a sinkhole towards the end. The show has a good start and a very promising story, but it plummets suddenly. The story is about two sworn enemy secretly fall in love with each other. I feel the story is going to be dragging and full of tense, but apparently the story is very funny and lightweight. Chemistry between Ju Ji Hoon and Jung Yu Mi is very good, but somehow I feel the chemistry between young Ji Wons (Oh Ye Ju and Hong Min Ki) is more incredible! I thought the feud between the Ji Wons was going to be evil but it's actually very funny instead.

Unfortunately the vibe switches extremely after episode 10. The comedy fades and it becomes more dark. I don't understand why the writer decided to add more than one(!) malicious premises. It should be enough with the corruption premise and Cha Ji Hye act is quite unnecessary. I don't understand what makes her qualify as SFL, Maeng Su Ah deserves this title better. Kim Hye Won also fails to build a strong character on her. The return of the sexual offender also makes the story more ridiculous.

At the end of the day, it's still a good show to enjoy, especially when you are looking for a lightweight and funny romcom.

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Great Story... but Mixed Feelings

This show gives me a mixed feelings since is a bit rollercoaster for me. The whole story is good, but at some point it's quite draggy and frustrating. The amount of comedy is less on the first half, but it's getting better as the show progressing. However I feel like the comedy is slapstick-ish, and maybe not suitable enough for 2025.

The story itself is bound to be good from the beginning: a priest who are willing to take down a whole corrupt cartel. I like the writing that every party is trying to be cautious and tactical. Even a small poke from Father Kim Hae Il can cause a distrust between the alliance. It is nice that we can see that everyone tries to make their own strategy to save their live, begin to switch alliance and even scapegoating their allies. All is a good storywriting until the writer brought character Lee Jung Gwon. Every actions that follows is just spontaneous and impulsive anger, all without any concrete plan. It loses the beauty of the writing by then. Also they should perhaps end it at 16 because the story about Lee Jung Gwon escapes from the custody and seeks for revenge is extremely draggy. How come NO ONE notices his escape? All the episodes after this event are like another show.

I have no problems with the main characters, they all great and played by a great casts. Park Gyeong Seon has a quite consistent personality. Usually, writers like to drastically switch a character personality from goofy to evil in an action comedy show. However, Gyeong Seon is quite consistently an annoying prosecutor throughout the show. Even Hwang Cheol Beom has a great personality depiction: he's smart, bad ass, determined, just extremely lack of luck. However, the writer doesn't really consistent with some other characters. The writer has forgotten that Seo Seung Ah was once a 'hip-hop girl', and Gu Dae Yeong's past trauma disappeared like dust too easily. Jung In Ki, on the other hand, is very bad as Chief Nam. He looks like only has one face expression the whole show.

The fact that Park Gyeong Seon keeps meeting the alliance members in private after being threatened several times really distrubs me. She always works in the background, but once she is needed to show in front, she always comes without any plan.

If you want some actions and comedies, this show is quite recommended. But beware because the analytical hero is slowly being replaced by a ruthless warrior.

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Cringey in A Good Way

This is your typical cheesy-cringey romantic comedy show. There are a lot of hyperbolic emotions flowing everywhere. If you don't like something like that, you may be disgusted. I watched this show in 2025, and still I found out this show is, although nothing extraordinary, written excellently. The story is about a human-allergic man who is attracted to the affection from a robot, whom turns out to be replaced by a human. Yes the story itself is already seem predictable. It's also correct that every scene in the show is pictured with excessive emotions and unrealistic events. But you follow through the story, you will find that — even the story is super unrealistic — it's neatly written.

The story strongly focused on the main leads and their own romantic developments. People and problems around them are just additional ingredients and the portion for them is quite small compared to the main leads, and I really like it. I also like how their relationship problem is based on their own struggle and never the effect of stupid external threats. The relationship problem is dragging as expected, you can even expect it from the first episode. Turns out everything is not as bad as I've expected though. This show is an example how cliche plot such as childhood relationship or serial killers are not always the solution to drive a rom-com plot. Even I find the dragging part about the company director's rivalry (yes it's a rom-com, it's gotta be dragging!) not really dragging and still bearable (I often find out old K-Drama romcoms have extremely dragging external tropes). Bold message to everyone that any technolgy may never be able to replace the presence of a person.

The characters potrayal are excellent. Chae Soo Bin plays both characters excellently. Yes, she plays two characters: Jo Ji Ah and a robot named Aji3! I can't believe she looks like a doll there. Yoo Seung Ho does a great job for playing a mentally struggled and confused man. These two actors are able to pull something great to play such an unrealistic story. And thanks to the Santa Maria Team (and the thief family), we get an excellent amount of great comedy here. Unfortunately I don't find the other characters apart from them do a good job, this includes Ji Ah's brother, Min Gyu's mansion guard as well as the foreigners.

Apart from the good story, the problem in this show might be the vibe. The first phase of the show has a very bright and joyful vibes, but after the Aji3 testing phase ended, it becomes very emotional. It isn't bad at all, but I find that the comedy quality never bounces back to the earlier state. Additionally, the pace of the show post-testing also becomes slow. Also the blue umbrella at the backseat of the car seems confusing, because who put it there at first?

I also like the soundtrack. Overall if you are looking for a joyful rom-com, this is a good choice. The story is very fluffy and lightweight and maybe a good option to end your exhausting day because Aji3 will keep telling you: You are doing good!

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Another Show Dropped into The Same Mistakes

Ok, I'm so disappointed to write this. This show is about Cheon Ji Hun, an ex-prosecutor attorney trying to win difficult cases using unusual methods. The beginning of the show is really promising, anyone could be easily attracted to it. Each case is a complete set with a great backstory and resolution. Ji Hun ocassionally pulls unique methods to solve them and it will makes you impressed. Namkoong Min shows a great talent here, playing as an eccentric attorney. The element of comedy is also great here, thanks to him and Choi Dae Hoon as the SML.

While the earlier episodes are excellent, the writer looks confuse while writing the second part of the show, especially after Ji Hun's backstory. The vibe of the show drastically changes. It becomes more emotional and overly unrealistic. The plot about Ji Hun disappearing for one year annoys me a lot. It is stupid, uneccesary and doesn't make any sense. How come does Ji Hun disappear after confronting with Cha Min Chul? As a serial killer it's more possible for him to kill Ji Hun, given a free timespan of 1 year! The disappearance also impacts to almost nothing but "fresher mind". After this incident, the vibe also changes into more makjang-superheroish. Thanks to this storyline, we have been left out some story hanging: Sa Mu Jang's backstory as the first client (he says Ji Hun helps him a lot, in what?), Ma Ri and Min Hyuk loveline, and even the presence of Min Hyuk's father looks unimpactful. Ji Hun is later elected as the Special Attorney, but they doesn't even bother to show the trial at all. The epilogue at the island is, again, unecessary as it doesn't help to bring closure (or even make the audience conclude a closure).

Again, the bad scriptwriting takes toll on Kim Ji Eun's character. I thought she will do something big when Ji Hun disappears, but somehow the writer only makes her wait helplessly. What a waste of a talent.

The soundtrack is quite great in this show, but somehow I feel it's overplayed. This show is still recommended to watch and even to rewatch, especially for the comedy and the great cases, although the ending is not favourable at all.

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