scenophile

Welp, I feel like I'm the only one that didn't really love this. I love the idea behind Jeong-yo and Pi-o as character foils; the concept of one having the passion and the other having the technique and training, and the two of them NEEDING each other to play at their peak while still being rivals is SO interesting.

But I just wish that the plot went a different route. I expected us to follow the two characters through different competitions over multiple years, but they had the kidnapping plot and then a time-jump. It felt like a quick, cheap way to establish a conflict between the leads without actually showing how it would grow, gradually, between them in the high arts environment. Instead, Pi-o's mom — who was just really frustrating and not pleasant to watch and got way too much screentime — becomes the obvious villain. It's very obvious what direction the story will go in and everything sort of plays out very expectedly.

I can see why people like this; there's a lot of good angst here and the music themes are pretty interesting, especially in later episodes when they start discussing the purpose of art and who owns it. But plot-wise, I think it just wasn't quite what I was personally hoping for — something slower and more contemplative, instead of all of overdramatic plot devices.