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an amusing but sensitive look into some deep issues: tears optional but likely

(TW: suicide and suicidal ideation) first off, it's necessary to praise the production team for this one. it was a brave choice to run with given the underlying subject matter, and the politics and social considerations around the topics of certain episodes. as you start watching, this may seem like a drama that does not take itself seriously and is at risk of devolving into a tropefest featuring white trucks of doom and grim reapers. it is actually a sensitively directed series exposing some of the types of personal interactions and societal issues that drive people towards suicidal behaviours. it would have been so, so easy to see it devolve into the type of preachy PSA trap that dramas such as Death's Game fell into, but it managed to resist the easy path and feels all the more meaningful for it.

overall thoughts: manages to be light and funny but handles deep topics with the necessary gravitas and sensitivity.

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going to break a personal rule just for this

I generally don't believe in writing reviews without finishing a drama but for this I'm willing to make an exception

look, I like trash TV as much as the next person but this is basically just an illogical thing without even the merit of a Z grade vertical

it only has points out of 10 because it's compulsory, and I'll give the main cast a point each just because it hurts my cold heart that they even have their names attached

the story feels like nothing groundbreaking but serviceably tropey, yet it feels like it was scripted and directed by a team of those robots whose day job is tightening one specific screw each at an automotive factory

if you're just here for DGZ, you probably won't be quite as disappointed as 1/10 because no one delivers that hot bodyguard visual as efficiently but if you have any other needs from a drama, he has plenty of other work to get through first, pick any of his other dramas

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