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Disappointing story-telling, meant to be a casual watch
The story seems to be meant to surprise, with unexpected twists and turns.
I came in expecting a chess game of calculation and deceit, but towards some point it became all about "Surprise, I did this beforehand, you didn't see it coming!" and "Oh yeah, I got something better!"... There's no buildup to each move. For example, when the bomb was planted in the car, no clues that there was a bomb or why the character would think to plant the bomb. Or when things are caught on camera, there's no build-up to each character's thought process to placing a hidden camera, just suddenly "Oh, I've got footage of this and this happening, here's the evidence-".
I suppose it might have something to do with the source material being a manga. There's no writing to what each character plots that much, and more focused on the action.
The cariacature of each character is also overly done, for example the Mido boss, he is shown to be a very exaggerated character that only belongs in manga. The villain girl is an interesting baby-face villain, which I disagree with the other reviews that it can't be made to work, but the story feels lacking to show any more cunningness or plotting.
The acting I think was good by the main girl. The first episode also built up a lot of suspense, from the way the housekeeper was calm and composed yet seemed to be scheming something. But unfortunately, it gave way to a whole lot of nothing. All I do note is how she has a lot of time and measure to open up a freaking visualizer for a map of the character relationship diagram, but no serious planning or plotting being done, just for flair only.
Watchable for laughs, but not for a serious drama. Maybe it's actually a drama comedy in how they act so exaggeratedly.
I came in expecting a chess game of calculation and deceit, but towards some point it became all about "Surprise, I did this beforehand, you didn't see it coming!" and "Oh yeah, I got something better!"... There's no buildup to each move. For example, when the bomb was planted in the car, no clues that there was a bomb or why the character would think to plant the bomb. Or when things are caught on camera, there's no build-up to each character's thought process to placing a hidden camera, just suddenly "Oh, I've got footage of this and this happening, here's the evidence-".
I suppose it might have something to do with the source material being a manga. There's no writing to what each character plots that much, and more focused on the action.
The cariacature of each character is also overly done, for example the Mido boss, he is shown to be a very exaggerated character that only belongs in manga. The villain girl is an interesting baby-face villain, which I disagree with the other reviews that it can't be made to work, but the story feels lacking to show any more cunningness or plotting.
The acting I think was good by the main girl. The first episode also built up a lot of suspense, from the way the housekeeper was calm and composed yet seemed to be scheming something. But unfortunately, it gave way to a whole lot of nothing. All I do note is how she has a lot of time and measure to open up a freaking visualizer for a map of the character relationship diagram, but no serious planning or plotting being done, just for flair only.
Watchable for laughs, but not for a serious drama. Maybe it's actually a drama comedy in how they act so exaggeratedly.
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