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Time travel gone wrong

The world setting was done fine where it was explained that the time will stop if the FL talks about an event that happens in future. Half way through the story, this is not the case - she is able to sing a song that is not yet out in the public , she is able to explain that she is from future and many other issues with the overall screenplay. During the third time, she is even able to see the future .
It is a mix of many other time travel series like 'Some Day or One Day', 'Blue Birthday' and many other series, but I felt it doesn't have a proper story which is convincing enough. It is the same villain who is coming back again and again even though there is no issue between the protagonist and the villain. Screenplay could have been better to include the different possibilities of butterfly effect , but the whole series turned out to be a mediocre.
In case of 'Some Day or One Day', the time travel is happening via the doppelganger and not to the past of the same person so it is understandable the difference in the character and memory loss etc, but here it is the same person ; I agree that a person may have a different point of view once they mature but here it is shown as if she is a completely different person.

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Not worth the hype

The idea to re imagine the crown series characters or British monarchy in a korean setting is good , but so far the execution is a disappointment.

The hype is unreal for the following reasons:
1. Fans of IU and WooSeok
2. usual cliches of white truck, kissing scenes, male lead head over heels for an arrogant female lead.

I am not sure if WooSeok's acting is bad or the character is written such a way that it is a copy paste of 'Lovely Runner' SunJae. If you copy the scenes from LovelyRunner and place it here , you will not even understand the difference , it is that identical. Atleast in LovelyRunner , the actors looked different in different timelines. The effort they put to make these main characters to play their younger version is just 'bangs'.

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Half Baked Script

It started off well, like most of the kdramas these days, but then lost its way from 5th episode onwards.

Positives : Good acting from everyone including Park Min Young, since she could only move her lips, eyes and eyebrows, it maintained the suspense till the last episode.
Negatives: Half baked screenplay, or misleading dialogues.A cool investigating officer suddenly falls in love with suspect, yes, she is a seiren but don't make him say such cheesy dialogues. One person takes the photograph of the killer, another person has seen that person doing the act, and they all have closely interacted with the suspect, but couldn't recognize? And there are many questions which I can add - about the wine bottle and the letter from one of the victims and many other - these don't add up with the confession from the killer or his motive.

Another point which I wanted to add - when someone dies from a building after a party, why the police investigation or alibi is asked only for the FL. This same issue was there for another kdrama -Idol I, except for the killer everyone else will be asked to prove their alibi.

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Actual Boyfriend is unrealistic

I binge watched it after seeing a lot of positive reviews of it on twitter - especially the scene about how the FL reacts to SiWon's cringe worthy acts, but the actual boyfriend seemed to be more cheesy and unrealistic than the BOD device characters.

What I liked : No negative characters in this - which was refreshing, it is only the situations that makes it difficult.
The other users of BOD and their experience with the BOD characters was much more enjoyable than the FL's.

What I didnt like : the actual relationship was too cringe for me.. Who will hold their hands all the time while having food?

Did I enjoy binge watching the show? Yes. But is it worth the hype, No.

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