short and quick - lots of hot, sexual tension (which is really the ONLY reason you are watching this) - but why-o-why did they have to make the FL so dumb - like box of rocks dumb. This could have been so much better with a FL that had some brains and stopped getting herself into trouble every five secs.
Overall - this one isn't too bad. You are mostly gonna watch this for Zhang Ling He - he really is the one who carries this the most. Its quick and light and pretty easy to watch, but dont expect too much from it. FL character was just odd to me - like they couldn't decide what to do with her - make her a genius detective - but have to save her all the time (literally, by ep 12, she had already had to be saved from deathly situations 4 times). She also just had this pretty stoic face most of the time (not sure if that is because the actress is still young or if this was from director trying to make her seem overly serious) - got a bit better by the end - but not a lot of expression on her face for most it. Chemistry with ML was pretty good (not great and a bit contrived), but I did appreciate that she knew how to kiss - no dead fish kissing here! 1st drama in a long time that I didnt mind the second couple - they were actually helpful and not annoying Mysteries weren't all that exciting and most of them were just done while they sat around the table eating - so it got a bit repetitive and you will pretty much figure then out LONG before the characters do - which then just makes them draggy. Main villain wasn't all that interesting - we have seen it a bazillion time and you will mostly be annoyed by the idea that our Scooby-doo team takes FOREVER to figure it out (which, I get, thats the drama) - but when you dont have any suspense about it - it just becomes annoying as a viewer to watch.
I made it to ep 20 and then just couldn't take it any more - talk about 4 of the most unhealthy relationships - Lordy - all of them need to go find better partners. 1st and foremost - whoever thought the baby sister with the widowed friend was a good idea - should be banned from ever writing a script again. She was full-on stalker girl and everyone around her enabled her because they just dont know what to do with sisters/young women. I know c-dramas have a weird thing for romanticizing stalker behavior - but this one was pretty bad and offensive. Y'all writers out there just need to stop this narrative right now - none of it was ok and should NEVER be romanticized. Next was the main FL - just wanted to slap her silly most of the time - did not get her angst IN.THE.SLIGHTEST. had a crush on a guy for threee year - who never, once showed ANY interest in her. She won't confess - cause she is too afraid to lose the friendship - which then clearly says, his friendship is more important - yet, she cant let go. Then meets a guy who actually likes her and she is then 'torn' - like wtf?!?!? She was so immature, cowardly and indecisive - just hated her and wished he had walked away from the beginning. Just could not see what he found attractive/liked about her at all. Model friend and ML friend paring - this was just stupid - she was just negative-nancy all the time and he was a bit elf-centered. I think they at least tried the most and had the most chemistry. Married couple - they were just awful - he was the childish adult and she was a control freak
Just finished this and just have to say its just ok. Good that it was short - but too man unanswered questions - not jut the ending (although that was bad enough) ML was adorbs - look forward to seeing him in more stuff Glad that bff gives way immediately when she finds out ML has crush on her friend - usually they turn this into a horrible love triangle scenario - so grateful for that. Another HORRIBLE mom - I mean come on - suing your son so you get what you want instead of just letting him be happy - she is the worst! Uncle was annoying - just basically spent the entire series having meltdowns and either screaming or crying Another FL who has no emotional intelligence, stuck in her childhood trauma and not very bright most of the time. Gives up her dream job because she cant deal with her ex (at least she admits it and kudos for her boss for pushing her - the was the test and she failed - so doesn't deserve to be promoted). Isn't even in this job because it was her dream, was someone's dream - so that was weird. No real chemistry between leads - she kind of does the dead fish thing. Hard to imagine intimacy between lovers when the FL is not actively engaged. They also just didnt spend enough time here - they get together late in the series (which for a short drama doesn't help). Too much time spent on flashbacks - which only highlighted how clueless she was. Really hated how they dealt with ex-bf mental health issue - so could have been handled better - didn't need to make him such an asshole and not really addressing his mental health (mostly because asian culture doesn't deal with this topic very well and still seen as a taboo) - so a big FAIL on writer for this. Surprisingly draggy for only 8 episodes and an awful open ending that will leave you VERY unsatisfied.
This drama had such promise - but just failed in the end. Started off so good and then just slowly devolved into a hot mess. FL was interesting in the beginning, but as soon as she regains her sight - they just turn her into the childish character who follows him around like a puppy and sits and stares at him all the time - it was kind of weird. She never really matures or grows as a character - which makes the relationship with the ML kind of creepy at times. Situ was kind of fun - clearly someone who got stuck as a 13yrd old boy - not understanding human emotion yet, but likes a girl, but doesn't really know what to do with it. That young teenage boy who hormones are raging, but doesn't know what to do with it yet. Mr Li is just a sad character really, no that smart and blaming everyone else for his failures. Weirdly obsessed with ML - almost like a lover. Also strange relationship with Sheng (that also felt like almost lovers - clearly Sheng has a crush in Mr Li) Mr Shen was great. Only weird part here was when he did the weird teeth-bearing thing, given no fangs, it doesn't really work. I had all sorts of empathy for him that he had to deal with this young girl who was emotionally a 5yr old and his brother who was emotionally a 13yr old - he had the patience of a saint with those two! Disappointed that they tried to imply a love story with FL - she was just waaaayyyy too young. Should have strictly kept it familial - but they just couldn't help themselves in the end. Miss Jin - just a completely useless character -the spoiled, rich girl who likes the bad boy because he saved her when she was younger - confuses gratitude with love. The character served no real purpose to the story beyond a plot ploy for Mr Li - and then it doesn't really go anywhere. You could have totally not even had this character in the story and it wouldn't have made any difference. Basically just fast-forwarded through any scene she was in. Typical psycho villain lady - does the actress who played ever do anything beside evil/bad characters - she seems to have cornered the market - lol! Total crap ending - although you see it coming from a mile away - just so unsatisfying. I would love to see this redone with more mature characters and better writing. Plot holes up the whazoo and too many sequences that just didnt make sense.
Okay now to answer your questions and theories, firstly it should be understood that XY isn’t a perfct character,…
Its always the female character - always! They just generally have a hard time with female leads/characters anyway, but even more so when its a conversion from a novel. Especially strong and/or complicated women. I could guess this has a lot to do with some very deep-seated misogyny in the country
Okay now to answer your questions and theories, firstly it should be understood that XY isn’t a perfct character,…
It always makes me wonder why they choose to butcher a story so badly. Someone obviously liked the story enough to want to make it - but then they go and change its fundamentals - WHY!?!?! I hear this way too often (especially around female characters). As someone whose only experience is going to be the show (i hate reading novels online) - its just makes me mad. And i shouldnt have to go read the novel in order to get the story.
So, I didnt watch this when it first came out - I waited until season 2 was finished and then watched it all at once. Didn't read any reviews or comments until I was done. I have lots of thoughts about this drama and have to say - one of the most frustratingly, annoying drama's I have watched recently. Mostly because of the FL character.. I think the two best characters that had the most depth of character and complex were XL and CX by far and the actors who played them did a fantastic job. While lots of folks had issues with Jing - I got him - he had been betrayed and literally tortured for years by his family which is what caused him to having a hard time standing up to them. I HATED the FL (not the actress, the character) - it felt like one, long, drawn-out pity-party. If I had to hear one more time about her mom 'abandoning' her (the woman went off to war and died ffs - its not like ti was entirely intentional), she gets caught by the nine-tailed fox because she ran away from Jade Mountain because her dad was too busy and CX had been sent off to be hostage prince and dint come and she didnt want to wait anymore - not anyone's fault but her own. Had she stayed on Jade Mountain, when the change occurs, Queen Mother could have fixed up and she would have been fine. What I mostly had issue with this whole abandonment narrative is that she used it as excuse for her bad behavior. She forgives CX in 2 seconds and her dad after five minutes - both of who actually did, intentionally abandon her and yet, Jing gets drugged and manipulated and is forced to marry this other woman and she won't forgive him for decades. So the whole narrative was just inconsistent. It also didnt work for me because she had the experience of having a family - Skinny, Old Mu and Freckles who loved her, took care of her and never let her down or left her - so, to then make this character behave as if she never had this or know what it was like - didnt fit her abandonment/trust narrative. In the end, I got why she needed up with Jing - he was quiet, stable and safe for her. While the passion was clearly with XL - he was the only man of the four that she actually sought out/looked for - but, he was not safe for her - that kind of passion was too scary for her. But she clearly longed for it. CX was always just seen as a brother to her, she never views him as anything other than that. Much to his chagrin. And FL was something she was going to settle on because she thought she couldn't go any other route and it was to help her brother - but absolutely no love there at all.
So, I didnt watch this when it first came out - I waited until season 2 was finished and then watched it all at once. Didn't read any reviews or comments until I was done. I have lots of thoughts about this drama and have to say - one of the most frustratingly, annoying drama's I have watched recently. Mostly because of the FL character.. I think the two best characters that had the most depth of character and complex were XL and CX by far and the actors who played them did a fantastic job. While lots of folks had issues with Jing - I got him - he had been betrayed and literally tortured for years by his family which is what caused him to having a hard time standing up to them. I HATED the FL (not the actress, the character) - it felt like one, long, drawn-out pity-party. If I had to hear one more time about her mom 'abandoning' her (the woman went off to war and died ffs - its not like ti was entirely intentional), she gets caught by the nine-tailed fox because she ran away from Jade Mountain because her dad was too busy and CX had been sent off to be hostage prince and dint come and she didnt want to wait anymore - not anyone's fault but her own. Had she stayed on Jade Mountain, when the change occurs, Queen Mother could have fixed up and she would have been fine. What I mostly had issue with this whole abandonment narrative is that she used it as excuse for her bad behavior. She forgives CX in 2 seconds and her dad after five minutes - both of who actually did, intentionally abandon her and yet, Jing gets drugged and manipulated and is forced to marry this other woman and she won't forgive him for decades. So the whole narrative was just inconsistent. It also didnt work for me because she had the experience of having a family - Skinny, Old Mu and Freckles who loved her, took care of her and never let her down or left her - so, to then make this character behave as if she never had this or know what it was like - didnt fit her abandonment/trust narrative. In the end, I got why she needed up with Jing - he was quiet, stable and safe for her. While the passion was clearly with XL - he was the only man of the four that she actually sought out/looked for - but, he was not safe for her - that kind of passion was too scary for her. But she clearly longed for it. CX was always just seen as a brother to her, she never views him as anything other than that. Much to his chagrin. And FL was something she was going to settle on because she thought she couldn't go any other route and it was to help her brother - but absolutely no love there at all.
Starts of fun and an interesting idea - but just becomes a hot mess rather quickly. The shining star is Lee Jung Eun - her comedic timing (especially with her coworker) - was fantastic. The younger version (Miss Night) - I didnt quite get what all her angst was about - all this low self-esteem and angst just because she couldn't find a job?? There was no real childhood trauma, she had a stable growing up and supportive parents - so her low self-esteem and angst didn't track. I couldn't even get behind the feeling down because she couldn't find a job because it's pretty evident as to why - she is kind of a hot mess and kind of dumb a lot of the time. She spends a majority of this drama either crying, drunk or pouting and just feeling sorry for herself - it was not very appealing and I could quite get what the ML liked about her. The older version (Miss Day) - started out fun and spunky and then just becomes weird as she continues to try and hide who she is. TOTALLY made NO sense why she doesn't tell her family and ML - especially after she tells her bestie, Kwon and the guy who kidnapped her - each of whom totally accepted what was going on tried to help why. Why she would think then that the people who loved her the most wouldn't - just made no sense. They also drag out the ML finding out/figuring it out waaaayyy too long - only for her to kick him to the curb. This would have been more interesting if he knew way sooner and they worked together to figure out why this was happening and solved the mystery. Little to no real romance in this and when there was, didn't work that well - mostly because they spend no real time together in order to build a relationship. It felt very forced for the script.
Starts of fun and an interesting idea - but just becomes a hot mess rather quickly. The shining star is Lee Jung Eun - her comedic timing (especially with her coworker) - was fantastic. The younger version (Miss Night) - I didnt quite get what all her angst was about - all this low self-esteem and angst just because she couldn't find a job?? There was no real childhood trauma, she had a stable growing up and supportive parents - so her low self-esteem and angst didn't track. I couldn't even get behind the feeling down because she couldn't find a job because it's pretty evident as to why - she is kind of a hot mess and kind of dumb a lot of the time. She spends a majority of this drama either crying, drunk or pouting and just feeling sorry for herself - it was not very appealing and I could quite get what the ML liked about her. The older version (Miss Day) - started out fun and spunky and then just becomes weird as she continues to try and hide who she is. TOTALLY made NO sense why she doesn't tell her family and ML - especially after she tells her bestie, Kwon and the guy who kidnapped her - each of whom totally accepted what was going on tried to help why. Why she would think then that the people who loved her the most wouldn't - just made no sense. They also drag out the ML finding out/figuring it out waaaayyy too long - only for her to kick him to the curb. This would have been more interesting if he knew way sooner and they worked together to figure out why this was happening and solved the mystery. Little to no real romance in this and when there was, didn't work that well - mostly because they spend no real time together in order to build a relationship. It felt very forced for the script.
Overall, this pretty good - it's short and quick and mostly enjoyable. Ned to see Rain in more action and more romance dramas for sure! Good chemistry between leads - they got the sizzle, just dont get see too much of it. Edited very strangely, so feels bit choppy in places. Very unsatisfying ending for main couple. but happy all the villains got their comeuppance. Didnt like ending for her husband - so not necessary. TOTALLY didnt realize this was the same guy from Oh My Venus - he looks great with the long hair! Hope to see more of him as it look like he has not been in much since OMV. Character of FL was a bit strange as she doesn't do much - is just kind of there (pulls one good punch with the press conference, but not much after that - so this was disappointing - she could have been much more active in the story besides just being the damsel in distress)
I am usually one to bear through a drama once I start - but this is just bad. Boring snooze-fest. None of the characters (including leads) are very interesting. Annoying FL who lets everyone walk all over her (so far) because she is "nice", just pouts all the time - I just cant.. ML who is stiff and boring. Already calling the BS with the aunt (and that was even before I read the comments). So, super-predicatable - we have seen this drama 100's of times and done waaaay better - dont waste your time and go find something else to watch
Just finished this and let's just say my head hurts with what a hot mess this script is. There is nothing more I hate than when writers/directors think we are just stupid. I had so much second hand embarrassment for the actors (especially the first half) that their time and talents were put through this. SOOOO many plot holes and stupid plot tricks - mostly to get FL always in the middle of things) - with most of the time, just made no sense. Another female lead character that gets introduced to us as a doctor and a has martial arts skills and then rapidly devolves into a damsel-in-distress character - mostly because they just had her doing stupid shit cause she thought she could be 'helpful' or thought she was being clever and could solve stuff, just plain nosey in really dumb spots and wouldn't listen to anyone - which then ALWAYS caused her to have to be rescued. It just became too annoying after a awhile Also the weird (to me) thing they do with grown women- super childish behavior (she was a doctor and a business woman ffs - stop making her act like a 12 yr old., and yet...), super cheerful and upbeat -which never works for me given her childhood trauma - she doesn't need to be negative or super-dark, but would definitely have more edge to her and not be overly optimistic about EVERYTHING. No real chemistry between main leads - I mean they were kind of cute - but mostly a miss on this front. 2nd and third couples were way more interesting. Fight scenes were petty good But, overall, even with LYX mostly holding this up - I would not recommend this one to folks.
Wrapped this up yesterday and have to say - one of the more frustrating dramas out there and this COMPLETELY on the scriptwriter and director - just a complete and utter fail. Starts off ok - interesting concept and the quickly delves into a hot, hot mess. TOO much time spent on SML, rushed ending (even the extra episode couldn't save it as that was just one of the strangest episode that just made no sense). I could go on - but feel like some many of the reviews above have already captured what went horribly wrong with this drama. I would say you ONLY enjoy this if you want some ZLH time - otherwise, go watch something else and save yourself the frustration
FL character was just odd to me - like they couldn't decide what to do with her - make her a genius detective - but have to save her all the time (literally, by ep 12, she had already had to be saved from deathly situations 4 times). She also just had this pretty stoic face most of the time (not sure if that is because the actress is still young or if this was from director trying to make her seem overly serious) - got a bit better by the end - but not a lot of expression on her face for most it.
Chemistry with ML was pretty good (not great and a bit contrived), but I did appreciate that she knew how to kiss - no dead fish kissing here!
1st drama in a long time that I didnt mind the second couple - they were actually helpful and not annoying
Mysteries weren't all that exciting and most of them were just done while they sat around the table eating - so it got a bit repetitive and you will pretty much figure then out LONG before the characters do - which then just makes them draggy.
Main villain wasn't all that interesting - we have seen it a bazillion time and you will mostly be annoyed by the idea that our Scooby-doo team takes FOREVER to figure it out (which, I get, thats the drama) - but when you dont have any suspense about it - it just becomes annoying as a viewer to watch.
1st and foremost - whoever thought the baby sister with the widowed friend was a good idea - should be banned from ever writing a script again. She was full-on stalker girl and everyone around her enabled her because they just dont know what to do with sisters/young women. I know c-dramas have a weird thing for romanticizing stalker behavior - but this one was pretty bad and offensive. Y'all writers out there just need to stop this narrative right now - none of it was ok and should NEVER be romanticized.
Next was the main FL - just wanted to slap her silly most of the time - did not get her angst IN.THE.SLIGHTEST. had a crush on a guy for threee year - who never, once showed ANY interest in her. She won't confess - cause she is too afraid to lose the friendship - which then clearly says, his friendship is more important - yet, she cant let go. Then meets a guy who actually likes her and she is then 'torn' - like wtf?!?!? She was so immature, cowardly and indecisive - just hated her and wished he had walked away from the beginning. Just could not see what he found attractive/liked about her at all.
Model friend and ML friend paring - this was just stupid - she was just negative-nancy all the time and he was a bit elf-centered. I think they at least tried the most and had the most chemistry.
Married couple - they were just awful - he was the childish adult and she was a control freak
Good that it was short - but too man unanswered questions - not jut the ending (although that was bad enough)
ML was adorbs - look forward to seeing him in more stuff
Glad that bff gives way immediately when she finds out ML has crush on her friend - usually they turn this into a horrible love triangle scenario - so grateful for that.
Another HORRIBLE mom - I mean come on - suing your son so you get what you want instead of just letting him be happy - she is the worst!
Uncle was annoying - just basically spent the entire series having meltdowns and either screaming or crying
Another FL who has no emotional intelligence, stuck in her childhood trauma and not very bright most of the time. Gives up her dream job because she cant deal with her ex (at least she admits it and kudos for her boss for pushing her - the was the test and she failed - so doesn't deserve to be promoted). Isn't even in this job because it was her dream, was someone's dream - so that was weird.
No real chemistry between leads - she kind of does the dead fish thing. Hard to imagine intimacy between lovers when the FL is not actively engaged. They also just didnt spend enough time here - they get together late in the series (which for a short drama doesn't help). Too much time spent on flashbacks - which only highlighted how clueless she was.
Really hated how they dealt with ex-bf mental health issue - so could have been handled better - didn't need to make him such an asshole and not really addressing his mental health (mostly because asian culture doesn't deal with this topic very well and still seen as a taboo) - so a big FAIL on writer for this.
Surprisingly draggy for only 8 episodes and an awful open ending that will leave you VERY unsatisfied.
Started off so good and then just slowly devolved into a hot mess.
FL was interesting in the beginning, but as soon as she regains her sight - they just turn her into the childish character who follows him around like a puppy and sits and stares at him all the time - it was kind of weird. She never really matures or grows as a character - which makes the relationship with the ML kind of creepy at times.
Situ was kind of fun - clearly someone who got stuck as a 13yrd old boy - not understanding human emotion yet, but likes a girl, but doesn't really know what to do with it. That young teenage boy who hormones are raging, but doesn't know what to do with it yet.
Mr Li is just a sad character really, no that smart and blaming everyone else for his failures. Weirdly obsessed with ML - almost like a lover. Also strange relationship with Sheng (that also felt like almost lovers - clearly Sheng has a crush in Mr Li)
Mr Shen was great. Only weird part here was when he did the weird teeth-bearing thing, given no fangs, it doesn't really work. I had all sorts of empathy for him that he had to deal with this young girl who was emotionally a 5yr old and his brother who was emotionally a 13yr old - he had the patience of a saint with those two! Disappointed that they tried to imply a love story with FL - she was just waaaayyyy too young. Should have strictly kept it familial - but they just couldn't help themselves in the end.
Miss Jin - just a completely useless character -the spoiled, rich girl who likes the bad boy because he saved her when she was younger - confuses gratitude with love. The character served no real purpose to the story beyond a plot ploy for Mr Li - and then it doesn't really go anywhere. You could have totally not even had this character in the story and it wouldn't have made any difference. Basically just fast-forwarded through any scene she was in.
Typical psycho villain lady - does the actress who played ever do anything beside evil/bad characters - she seems to have cornered the market - lol!
Total crap ending - although you see it coming from a mile away - just so unsatisfying.
I would love to see this redone with more mature characters and better writing. Plot holes up the whazoo and too many sequences that just didnt make sense.
I hear this way too often (especially around female characters). As someone whose only experience is going to be the show (i hate reading novels online) - its just makes me mad. And i shouldnt have to go read the novel in order to get the story.
I have lots of thoughts about this drama and have to say - one of the most frustratingly, annoying drama's I have watched recently. Mostly because of the FL character..
I think the two best characters that had the most depth of character and complex were XL and CX by far and the actors who played them did a fantastic job.
While lots of folks had issues with Jing - I got him - he had been betrayed and literally tortured for years by his family which is what caused him to having a hard time standing up to them.
I HATED the FL (not the actress, the character) - it felt like one, long, drawn-out pity-party. If I had to hear one more time about her mom 'abandoning' her (the woman went off to war and died ffs - its not like ti was entirely intentional), she gets caught by the nine-tailed fox because she ran away from Jade Mountain because her dad was too busy and CX had been sent off to be hostage prince and dint come and she didnt want to wait anymore - not anyone's fault but her own. Had she stayed on Jade Mountain, when the change occurs, Queen Mother could have fixed up and she would have been fine.
What I mostly had issue with this whole abandonment narrative is that she used it as excuse for her bad behavior. She forgives CX in 2 seconds and her dad after five minutes - both of who actually did, intentionally abandon her and yet, Jing gets drugged and manipulated and is forced to marry this other woman and she won't forgive him for decades. So the whole narrative was just inconsistent.
It also didnt work for me because she had the experience of having a family - Skinny, Old Mu and Freckles who loved her, took care of her and never let her down or left her - so, to then make this character behave as if she never had this or know what it was like - didnt fit her abandonment/trust narrative.
In the end, I got why she needed up with Jing - he was quiet, stable and safe for her.
While the passion was clearly with XL - he was the only man of the four that she actually sought out/looked for - but, he was not safe for her - that kind of passion was too scary for her. But she clearly longed for it.
CX was always just seen as a brother to her, she never views him as anything other than that. Much to his chagrin.
And FL was something she was going to settle on because she thought she couldn't go any other route and it was to help her brother - but absolutely no love there at all.
I have lots of thoughts about this drama and have to say - one of the most frustratingly, annoying drama's I have watched recently. Mostly because of the FL character..
I think the two best characters that had the most depth of character and complex were XL and CX by far and the actors who played them did a fantastic job.
While lots of folks had issues with Jing - I got him - he had been betrayed and literally tortured for years by his family which is what caused him to having a hard time standing up to them.
I HATED the FL (not the actress, the character) - it felt like one, long, drawn-out pity-party. If I had to hear one more time about her mom 'abandoning' her (the woman went off to war and died ffs - its not like ti was entirely intentional), she gets caught by the nine-tailed fox because she ran away from Jade Mountain because her dad was too busy and CX had been sent off to be hostage prince and dint come and she didnt want to wait anymore - not anyone's fault but her own. Had she stayed on Jade Mountain, when the change occurs, Queen Mother could have fixed up and she would have been fine.
What I mostly had issue with this whole abandonment narrative is that she used it as excuse for her bad behavior. She forgives CX in 2 seconds and her dad after five minutes - both of who actually did, intentionally abandon her and yet, Jing gets drugged and manipulated and is forced to marry this other woman and she won't forgive him for decades. So the whole narrative was just inconsistent.
It also didnt work for me because she had the experience of having a family - Skinny, Old Mu and Freckles who loved her, took care of her and never let her down or left her - so, to then make this character behave as if she never had this or know what it was like - didnt fit her abandonment/trust narrative.
In the end, I got why she needed up with Jing - he was quiet, stable and safe for her.
While the passion was clearly with XL - he was the only man of the four that she actually sought out/looked for - but, he was not safe for her - that kind of passion was too scary for her. But she clearly longed for it.
CX was always just seen as a brother to her, she never views him as anything other than that. Much to his chagrin.
And FL was something she was going to settle on because she thought she couldn't go any other route and it was to help her brother - but absolutely no love there at all.
The shining star is Lee Jung Eun - her comedic timing (especially with her coworker) - was fantastic.
The younger version (Miss Night) - I didnt quite get what all her angst was about - all this low self-esteem and angst just because she couldn't find a job?? There was no real childhood trauma, she had a stable growing up and supportive parents - so her low self-esteem and angst didn't track. I couldn't even get behind the feeling down because she couldn't find a job because it's pretty evident as to why - she is kind of a hot mess and kind of dumb a lot of the time. She spends a majority of this drama either crying, drunk or pouting and just feeling sorry for herself - it was not very appealing and I could quite get what the ML liked about her.
The older version (Miss Day) - started out fun and spunky and then just becomes weird as she continues to try and hide who she is.
TOTALLY made NO sense why she doesn't tell her family and ML - especially after she tells her bestie, Kwon and the guy who kidnapped her - each of whom totally accepted what was going on tried to help why. Why she would think then that the people who loved her the most wouldn't - just made no sense.
They also drag out the ML finding out/figuring it out waaaayyy too long - only for her to kick him to the curb. This would have been more interesting if he knew way sooner and they worked together to figure out why this was happening and solved the mystery.
Little to no real romance in this and when there was, didn't work that well - mostly because they spend no real time together in order to build a relationship. It felt very forced for the script.
The shining star is Lee Jung Eun - her comedic timing (especially with her coworker) - was fantastic.
The younger version (Miss Night) - I didnt quite get what all her angst was about - all this low self-esteem and angst just because she couldn't find a job?? There was no real childhood trauma, she had a stable growing up and supportive parents - so her low self-esteem and angst didn't track. I couldn't even get behind the feeling down because she couldn't find a job because it's pretty evident as to why - she is kind of a hot mess and kind of dumb a lot of the time. She spends a majority of this drama either crying, drunk or pouting and just feeling sorry for herself - it was not very appealing and I could quite get what the ML liked about her.
The older version (Miss Day) - started out fun and spunky and then just becomes weird as she continues to try and hide who she is.
TOTALLY made NO sense why she doesn't tell her family and ML - especially after she tells her bestie, Kwon and the guy who kidnapped her - each of whom totally accepted what was going on tried to help why. Why she would think then that the people who loved her the most wouldn't - just made no sense.
They also drag out the ML finding out/figuring it out waaaayyy too long - only for her to kick him to the curb. This would have been more interesting if he knew way sooner and they worked together to figure out why this was happening and solved the mystery.
Little to no real romance in this and when there was, didn't work that well - mostly because they spend no real time together in order to build a relationship. It felt very forced for the script.
Edited very strangely, so feels bit choppy in places. Very unsatisfying ending for main couple. but happy all the villains got their comeuppance. Didnt like ending for her husband - so not necessary. TOTALLY didnt realize this was the same guy from Oh My Venus - he looks great with the long hair! Hope to see more of him as it look like he has not been in much since OMV. Character of FL was a bit strange as she doesn't do much - is just kind of there (pulls one good punch with the press conference, but not much after that - so this was disappointing - she could have been much more active in the story besides just being the damsel in distress)
I had so much second hand embarrassment for the actors (especially the first half) that their time and talents were put through this.
SOOOO many plot holes and stupid plot tricks - mostly to get FL always in the middle of things) - with most of the time, just made no sense.
Another female lead character that gets introduced to us as a doctor and a has martial arts skills and then rapidly devolves into a damsel-in-distress character - mostly because they just had her doing stupid shit cause she thought she could be 'helpful' or thought she was being clever and could solve stuff, just plain nosey in really dumb spots and wouldn't listen to anyone - which then ALWAYS caused her to have to be rescued. It just became too annoying after a awhile Also the weird (to me) thing they do with grown women- super childish behavior (she was a doctor and a business woman ffs - stop making her act like a 12 yr old., and yet...), super cheerful and upbeat -which never works for me given her childhood trauma - she doesn't need to be negative or super-dark, but would definitely have more edge to her and not be overly optimistic about EVERYTHING.
No real chemistry between main leads - I mean they were kind of cute - but mostly a miss on this front. 2nd and third couples were way more interesting.
Fight scenes were petty good
But, overall, even with LYX mostly holding this up - I would not recommend this one to folks.
I would say you ONLY enjoy this if you want some ZLH time - otherwise, go watch something else and save yourself the frustration