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Fireworks only at the end of the day
It’s hard to sum up this series in a single sentence. It’s a good show, but it has plenty of flaws and filler that could have been avoided. Still, they don’t have a major negative impact on the overall experience, and judging by the reviews on this site, the series has definitely provoked some overly extreme reactions.
The premise was supposed to be simple, with a complex plot. What we got instead was a fairly complex premise and, unfortunately, a simple mystery, at least for 8 out of 10 episodes. Did this reversal of expectations make sense? To some extent, yes, as we get something of a reconstruction of a story about identity theft. However, the pacing suffers as a result. For 8 out of 10 episodes, there’s little sense that the finale is approaching, and viewers might start to feel like this game of cat and mouse is going to go on for 100 episodes.
Ultimately, the plot only really comes together in the final episodes, explaining what was actually going on. Even if some of the subplots ultimately didn’t make much sense.
Another important theme is the protagonist’s selective memory. Unfortunately, while I’m a fan of highly subjective storytelling, here it results in a rather straightforward narrative for most of the series, despite the complexity of the plot.
Some subplots could have been left out entirely. The series expanded the role of the police officer Sun Yong, giving him a bigger part and combining two webtoon storylines into one. Paradoxically, this made his role feel less significant. A strange creative choice.
On the positive side, the music is good, although admittedly not particularly varied. The acting is excellent, and the action scenes are decent, though they sometimes feature so many cuts that it becomes difficult to keep track of who’s even fighting whom.
Is it worth watching? Yes. It’s a decent series, but you have to keep in mind that it’s far from perfect. This isn’t a particularly cohesive mystery that keeps you hooked until the very end. The plot is pretty good, but that’s about it. If, by the end of a series, I’m left thinking “hmm, so what actually happened back there, and what was the point of it?” rather than “wow,” then perhaps the writing didn’t quite hit the mark.
I’m sure this was a difficult story to adapt and make sense of. They gave it a shot, and they only partially succeeded.
The premise was supposed to be simple, with a complex plot. What we got instead was a fairly complex premise and, unfortunately, a simple mystery, at least for 8 out of 10 episodes. Did this reversal of expectations make sense? To some extent, yes, as we get something of a reconstruction of a story about identity theft. However, the pacing suffers as a result. For 8 out of 10 episodes, there’s little sense that the finale is approaching, and viewers might start to feel like this game of cat and mouse is going to go on for 100 episodes.
Ultimately, the plot only really comes together in the final episodes, explaining what was actually going on. Even if some of the subplots ultimately didn’t make much sense.
Another important theme is the protagonist’s selective memory. Unfortunately, while I’m a fan of highly subjective storytelling, here it results in a rather straightforward narrative for most of the series, despite the complexity of the plot.
Some subplots could have been left out entirely. The series expanded the role of the police officer Sun Yong, giving him a bigger part and combining two webtoon storylines into one. Paradoxically, this made his role feel less significant. A strange creative choice.
On the positive side, the music is good, although admittedly not particularly varied. The acting is excellent, and the action scenes are decent, though they sometimes feature so many cuts that it becomes difficult to keep track of who’s even fighting whom.
Is it worth watching? Yes. It’s a decent series, but you have to keep in mind that it’s far from perfect. This isn’t a particularly cohesive mystery that keeps you hooked until the very end. The plot is pretty good, but that’s about it. If, by the end of a series, I’m left thinking “hmm, so what actually happened back there, and what was the point of it?” rather than “wow,” then perhaps the writing didn’t quite hit the mark.
I’m sure this was a difficult story to adapt and make sense of. They gave it a shot, and they only partially succeeded.
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