echo

I waited for this drama with deep anticipation as a fan of the Hong Sisters. What I LOVE about them is their capacity to create rich fantastical world for their characters to occupy, full of metaphor and meaning. In this instance, the psychological inner world of Mu Hui took that place in the narrative, inside of an otherwise very mundane world. This psychological landscape, however, was neither innovative, fantastical, rich, and neither did it lean on realism. While it added depth to our FL, there was nothing that could not have been accomplished through character development in the otherwise real world. Further, it felt incomplete in what it aimed to accomplish, relying on an external plot at the end of the 12th episode that we never find out how it ended. It feels to me like this time the Hobg Sisters tried to play it safe for the international Netflix audience and neither achieved their usual artistic brilliance, nor psychological intrigue. I am certainly disappointed.

Positive points for Go Youn Jung wonderful, bright portrayal of our Mu Hui. Fukushima Sota as Hiro also brought in a wonderful arc to his character portrayal. Kim Seon Ho as Ho Jin did excellent work with the language, but it was average or even below average performance. I did like the chemistry of our leads, however, it was sweet.

Worth watching if you’re a Hong Sisters fan so you may form your own opinion, but it’s not brilliant, merely safe.