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DON'T STOP

Eun Seom, Sa Ya, Ta Gon, Tanya, Taelha, You'll get blown away, with a set of more ruthless and ambitious characters, much deeper and intimate actors, there is no way you'd want to stop watching the show that might be the ultimate fantasy kdrama we have been waiting for all year and I'll give my reasons why.

After learning earlier this year that I had to say goodbye to Song and hello to Joon Gi, I can't say that I was disappointed so I spent much of my time stalking Joon Gi's Instagram where I couldn't get enough of the teasers, first looks and small scenes, lemme cut the long story short.

The execution of this drama this time round is something that I found very interesting and I have loved every bit of it, as our characters have become more mature, they have become complicated as well but don't get me wrong the story won't be confusing because I love complicated characters.

There's much more to tell.

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THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND THESE PEOPLE SAID HOLD MY CLIPBOARD

OVERVIEW:

Imagine a Korean school system where students rule through fear, teachers are afraid to intervene, principals answer to angry wealthy parents, and even police investigations vanish under political pressure. Enter Na Hwa Jin, an inspector for the Educational Rights Protection Bureau, a government agency created to tackle the chaos. Backed by Minister Choi Gang Seok and aided by deputy director Bong Geun Dae, who frequently goes undercover as a student, Hwa Jin takes on the worst cases of school corruption and abuse. Later joined by former soldier Im Han Rim, the team brings a mix of investigation, intimidation, and brutal justice to every mission. Each episode sees the ERPB storm a different school, expose systemic wrongdoing, punish the guilty, and restore order. It’s *Taxi Driver* set in Korean schools, and it’s ridiculously satisfying.

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COMMENTARY:

• Overall Impressions

The reason it never becomes repetitive or preachy is that it fundamentally understands that the problem is never just the bully. Not in a single episode. Every case peels back a different layer of the same systemic rot and what you find underneath is always something more complicated and more disturbing than a mean kid who needs to be taught a lesson.

E1 is about a politician's son who bullies with complete impunity because every adult in that building is financially terrified of his father. E2 is about a school that has essentially become a gang recruitment pipeline because nobody in authority cared enough to intervene before it got that far. E3 is about a teacher being systematically destroyed by her own student through social media manipulation while the principal negotiates a private peace deal with the perpetrator instead of protecting the victim. E4 is about a corrupt teacher quietly steering wealthy students toward exam advantages for years. E5 is about a parent who weaponized the complaint system, the very system designed to protect children, in order to torment a teacher. E6 is about teenagers who understand exactly how untouchable their minor status makes them and exploit that legal protection like it is a VIP membership card. E7 is a gambling addiction pipeline deliberately marketed to vulnerable high schoolers by loan sharks who knew exactly what they were doing. E8 is about academic pressure so suffocating that a mother was feeding her son illegal stimulants just to stay competitive. E9 is about passive exploitation dressed up as friendship. And E10 brings the entire season full circle to the murder that started everything.

TEN EPISODES, not one repeated problem. I genuinely sat back after finishing the finale and just thought about how much discipline that took and how rarely dramas actually pull that off.

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• Na Hwa-jin

Na Hwa Jin shows up to a school on his very first day, immediately hears a student make a joke about a classmate who just died, and beats him. Not a disappointed look or a firm talking-to or a carefully worded warning about appropriate behavior. He beats the student and then puts the entire class in a plank position. ON HIS FIRST DAY. I watched that scene with my mouth literally open because you are simultaneously horrified and cheering and both of those feelings are completely valid and the show knows it.

What I love about Hwa-jin is that the drama never pretends that what he does is strictly legal or straightforwardly ethical. It leans into that tension deliberately. He operates with government authority but the way he uses that authority is so creative that even his allies sometimes need a moment to process what just happened. There is a scene in E2 where he drives two students around a parking lot in a car missing a door at genuinely unreasonable speeds while they scream and beg for mercy and he looks completely unbothered. Like he is running a routine errand. That is the energy this whole show runs on.

Kim Mu-yeol is doing exactly what this role needs. Hwa-jin is not warm. He is not funny on purpose. He does not give inspirational speeches over background piano music while a student cries and realizes bullying is wrong. What he is, is terrifyingly certain of himself and absolutely relentless in a way that makes him magnetic to watch even when you are slightly concerned about his methods. Welcome to wish fulfillment drama done right.

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• Im Han-rim

Han-rim shows up in episode three. She is a former soldier. She has the scars to prove it. She introduces herself by grabbing a knife blade with her bare hand and staring a teenager off a balcony. And she operates with this cheerful, almost casual efficiency when it comes to physical confrontation that is so specific and so perfectly calibrated that I immediately sat up straighter and went "okay WHO is this woman and why is she not in everything."

The thing about Han-rim that elevates her beyond just being cool (and she is very cool, devastatingly cool, the coolest person in a drama full of people doing impressive things) is that she has a full emotional interior. She is not just competent action sequences and intimidating stares. She has a backstory with real pain in it. Her dynamic with Geun-de is warm and protective in ways that feel genuinely earned rather than manufactured. The moment in E7 where she thinks she has put him in real danger and you can see the weight of that on her face... that is not a one-dimensional character. That is someone with genuine emotional stakes and Jin Ki-joo plays every single layer of her beautifully.

If you watched this drama and somehow slept on Jin Ki-joo's performance I genuinely need you to go back and rewatch every one of her scenes because she is doing something special in this role and she deserves every bit of recognition she gets for it. I said what I said and I will not be taking questions.

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• Bong Geun-dae

P.O plays Bong Geun-dae with this very specific earnest energy that makes you feel genuinely protective of the man even though he is a government official with a full salary and a tactical team behind him. He has an important title. He is the Deputy Director of the ERPB. He is a grown adult professional with institutional authority.

And YET, every single episode this man ends up going undercover in a school and getting beaten up, or kidnapped by loan sharks, or developing a functional gambling addiction for the purposes of an investigation, or getting his cover blown in a cybercafe while Han-rim is distracted by snacks. He is perpetually in some form of danger and he handles it with such specific, hapless dignity that I was rooting for him from episode one and never stopped. The moment in episode seven where he sends a distress signal in Morse code through a criminal gang's server from inside their hideout is simultaneously the most ridiculous and most satisfying thing this drama does and I will cherish it forever.

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• Lee Gang-seok

Gang-seok is the political brain of the operation. He is the one who turns what Hwa-jin does in schools into policy and press conferences and actual systemic change. He is the reason the ERPB has real institutional teeth beyond the personal and extremely creative damage Hwa-jin inflicts. For most of the season he operates with this calm, controlled precision that makes him feel almost separate from the emotional stakes.

And then E10 happens. And Gang-seok completely loses his composure and tries to go after Gyu-cheol himself after seeing Hwa-jin's injuries and I felt it in my whole chest. Because Lee Sung-min has been quietly laying the groundwork for that moment all season. He has been calling Hwa-jin his son in the background the whole time in small subtle ways you might not even consciously register while you are watching. And then that moment arrives and suddenly the full weight of everything he has been carrying just comes through and it lands exactly right. That is what veteran actors do. They make it look effortless and it is not effortless at all.

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• Choi Ga-yun

The entire ERPB exists because Ga-yun was murdered by a student she was trying to help. And the justice system gave that student two to four years and called it sufficient. Hwa-jin lost his partner. Gang-seok lost his daughter. And the show never lets you forget either of those things but it also never hammers you over the head with grief every episode in a manipulative way. It works as an undercurrent instead, quietly explaining why these two men are as relentless as they are. Why they take cases that would exhaust anyone else. Why Hwa-jin has absolutely zero interest in meeting bullies halfway or giving anyone a comfortable exit.

And then episode ten reveals the full truth of why Gyu-cheol killed Ga-yun. And the answer is so banal and so ugly and so small that it hit me hard.

He killed her because she threw away his drugs. She was trying to save him and he murdered her because she got in the way of his business. That is it. That is the whole reason. No grand motive. No complicated backstory that recontextualizes everything. Just the most devastating kind of senselessness; a good person who was trying to help someone who did not want to be helped and paid for it with her life.

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• Standout Cases

E3 with Ye-ri is the one I keep thinking about the most. Because Ye-ri is not a traditional villain with a coherent evil plan. She is a teenager who discovered that social media gives her power and that power is addictive and she used it in increasingly destructive ways because every adult around her either enabled her or refused to confront her until the damage was already irreversible. Two teachers are destroyed. One dies. And by the end Ye-ri is not triumphant; she is cornered and desperate and holding a knife she does not actually know how to use. The show does not ask you to feel sorry for her. But it does ask you to understand how she got there and that is such a morally complicated and brave thing for a drama like this to do.

E5 made me genuinely stressed in a way I was not prepared for. The sound design choice of making U-jin's mother's constant phone messages audible to us is either genius or deliberate cruelty and I think it might be both. Ji-seon's story is devastating because it is so recognizable. A person doing a genuinely good job being slowly dismantled by one parent's relentless campaign of harassment while every system around her fails to intervene. The principal asking her to just ignore the messages because upsetting parents creates problems for the school is such a specific and believable institutional failure that I felt genuinely angry watching it.

And E8. This one is going to make parents deeply uncomfortable and honestly it should. Hyeon-min's mother is not a cartoon villain. She is not motivated by cruelty or hatred. She is motivated by the very real and crushing pressure of the South Korean academic system and the genuine belief that her son's entire future depends on his CSAT results. The show does not let that be an excuse but it also does not pretend it is not a real pressure that real parents feel. Hwa-jin making her follow the exact same sleep-deprived controlled-meal no-rest schedule she imposed on her son is the most elegant punishment in the entire season. Not a fine. Not prison. The direct lived experience of what she built for her child. And the scene where Hyeon-min finally tells her he does not want to go to medical school and she just goes completely blank, processing something she never once considered possible, is some of the best acting in the whole drama. I felt so many things watching that scene. All of them complicated.

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• Romance

The show handles this Han-rim and Geun-de romance thread with exactly the right lightness. It never becomes a main event. It never sacrifices plot for romantic moments or turns the whole drama into a will-they-won't-they exercise. But it does earn the warmth between them through consistent small details across all ten episodes that accumulate into something genuinely sweet and real.

Han-rim worrying about Geun-de's safety during undercover operations in ways she tries to disguise as professional concern. Geun-de being the one person who manages to reach her during the drug-induced fugue state in the finale. Hwa-jin clocking the whole situation from episode four and doing that very specific knowing older-brother energy about it for the rest of the season: saying nothing, just existing in the background of their interactions being aware and mildly amused. Gang-seok at Ga-yun's grave watching both of them pointedly try to ignore each other and clearly finding it somewhat hilarious.

These are good people becoming genuinely attached to each other in believable ways over time and the show respects the audience enough to let that happen organically. I appreciate that so much more than I would have appreciated manufactured tension and dramatic confessions and misunderstandings that exist only to delay the inevitable. Sometimes the best romance is the one the drama trusts you to notice without pointing at it every five minutes.

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• What Makes the ERPB Different

This show never frames the ERPB's mission as students-are-the-problem.

Ji-seon in E5 is being tormented by a parent. Hyeon-min in E8 is being harmed by his own mother. The gambling students in E7 are being deliberately targeted and addicted by loan sharks who identified vulnerable teenagers as a business opportunity and pursued them accordingly. Seong-gu in E9 is being exploited by someone he thinks is his closest friend. The ERPB protects teachers and students and parents depending entirely on who is being victimized in any given situation and that flexibility keeps the show from becoming a simple morality tale about bad kids who need discipline.


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OVERALL:

Teach You A Lesson is exactly the kind of drama that reminds you what Korean television does better than almost anyone else when everything is working the way it should. It is bold and stylish and packed with performances that make you genuinely care about what is happening on screen. It takes real social problems seriously and approaches them with actual intelligence rather than just using them as backdrop for action sequences. It delivers catharsis and satisfaction in ways that feel consistently earned. And it surprised me emotionally in ways I was completely not prepared for with an underlying story about grief and loss and what people build in the aftermath of devastating and senseless tragedy.

Is it morally complicated? Absolutely. Will it make you think? Yes. Will it also have you cheering and gasping and completely unable to stop watching? Also yes. All of those things live comfortably together in this drama and that is genuinely difficult to pull off.

The cast is phenomenal across the board. Kim Mu-yeol and Jin Ki-joo and Lee Sung-min and P.O are all doing some of the best work of their careers here and every single one of them deserves recognition for it. The writing is disciplined and smart. The pacing is excellent across all ten episodes. And the emotional core underneath all the action reveals itself slowly and hits with full force when it finally arrives.

Do not sleep on this one. The people who get it will GET IT and I genuinely think more people need to be watching and talking about this drama because it deserves so much more attention than it is getting.

I am giving this an 8.5/10.

THE SYSTEM WAS BROKEN AND THESE PEOPLE SAID NOT ON MY WATCH AND I FELT THAT DEEPLY AND PERSONALLY!!

Tysm for reading ❤️

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A Dark Story That Falls Apart Completely

This drama tries to look bold and unique, but the writing becomes extremely cruel without any real purpose. A Jin, the main girl, is written as someone who destroys everything around her. Instead of giving her depth or a believable reason for her actions, the story just makes her more selfish and stubborn as it goes on.

Jun Seo and Jae O — two genuinely good and loyal characters — end up suffering the most because of her. Their devotion is used again and again just to create more tragedy, not to build real emotional impact. Watching good characters get thrown away for shock value becomes tiring very fast.

The acting is strong, but even that cannot save a plot that chooses hopelessness over proper storytelling. The drama focuses on misery rather than meaning, and the ending only adds to the frustration.

If you dislike depressing twists, manipulative characters, or stories that hurt innocent characters for no reason, this is something you may want to avoid. There are many revenge dramas with better writing and far more satisfying arcs.

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Good graphics; Bad plot.

Tried to like this show… truly, but simply too many plot holes, inconsistent writing, strange character progression. Let’s start with the good:
- Set design - Amazing graphics, a very believable world, all the imagery/backgrounds enhance a great aesthetic. 10/10 for me .
- Music - Wonderful soundtracks throughout the show 10/10 as well.
- Acting - I’ve been a fan of both main actors, they fit the roles given and did a great job. All side actors were also perfect in their roles!
That’s it for the good parts. Now onto the writing (or lack of)
- Plot: What is even happening? The hero goes from being a victim to being the perpetrator, the FL is from the future but is involving herself in past drama like any of it would matter (since you know, the world has literally ended in 500 years), the ML never questions where the world-Turing jade went, even though he knew it was a huge harmful thing?! That’s just one example of all the ridiculous plot holes. 2/10
- Characters: The ML has Stockholm Syndrome, the FL forgets her mission every 5 minutes. Ye Bingchang is NOT different from the male lead, she’s also doing what takes (in her mind) to survive. Writers purposely make her hateable, most likely to instigate fans who they know will jump on things like that. The fox demon doesn’t need that relationship, it seems forced by writers and she’s not over her last one.
The only character I liked consistently for 40 episodes was Xiao Lin. Honest, stuck to his own principles, calm and rational. 4/10
- Ending: The less we say about it, the better. It’s not happy and for me, not worth the whole drama just to lead there 0/10
- Romance: Is there I suppose. There are some very sweet “aw” moments. But the fact that almost all relationships are toxic in a stupid way (not in an entertaining way) really undermines the romance. 5/10
- Arcs: Dream arc - why?! Just why waste multiple episodes on a strange dream that could’ve been told in 1-2 eps. The god/goddess arc is a good attempt, but confusing at times and very awkwardly written.
One positive is that the FL somehow succeeds in her mission and the world doesn’t collapse, although by the end I wanted their fictional universe to be over already. 2/10 for the flow of the story.

TLDR - Special effects, music and actors are great; but the lack of flow throughout the story, confusing plot full of holes and all the unlikeable characters with zero decision-making skills really ruined the show.
Huge budget and good acting, wasted on awful scriptwriting.

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desperately missing a compelling reason to care

Why are we getting generic dramas all year round? I was done with "my bias, my boss" and we have yet another “rom-com” that makes watching another episode feel like a chore. Is it so hard to make a rom-com where you don’t have to shut off all your senses and revert back to your 12-year-old self to enjoy it?

There’s nothing of importance going on.
Nothing that made me curious. Nothing that I wanted to see unfold.
There's no excitement to watch the leads interact.

There are two things a series can do to be worthwhile - make the plot interesting or make the characters interesting enough to compensate for the underdeveloped plot. "Extraordinary you" perfected the former. "My royal nemesis" perfected the latter. Here, it's somewhere in the middle, failing to succeed at either.

One of the biggest problems here is that there is no central conflict in the story that’s worth caring about. There is no such intrigue that a villain usually brings to the story. But that’s not the biggest thing to worry about, because the leads are nothing extraordinary themselves, as I shall talk about them below.
Here every plotline moves simultaneously, so there is no starting point to follow. It’s not convoluted, thankfully, but it’s not easy on the eye either. Consequently, it makes the pacing and direction another poorly done aspect in the story, even if it's not a big deal in the big picture.
But it’s not ALL bad.
The amnesia plot is well done. The realism is present, even though it’s notorious as an eyesore of a trope.
Now, coming onto the characters in this story. They are... flat, to put it as sweetly as I can.
The ml is supposed to be a contrasting character, intimidating and powerful while being vulnerable and sweet in front of the fl. But to my offence, all he comes across as is a reserved lover boy who happens to be a gangster or whatever he is supposed to be. I can't feel any spark when he is on screen.
And this is where the gangster ml becomes difficult to pull off. If you're going to make your romantic lead a gangster, I think you need to commit to the concept somehow. You either need genuinely compelling writing and characterization, like “Vincenzo”, or you lean completely into satire and make the absurdity itself part of the appeal. What doesn't really work for me is sitting in the middle, where “gangster” feels like an aesthetic.

The FL is better written, imo, so I don't have nearly as many complaints about her. But unfortunately, that isn’t enough to make the dynamic between two people interesting. It takes two to tango or whatever they say.

A nothing-burger drama like this won’t have strong opinions from the public. And that’s where a writer can screw themselves over.
A bad drama can at least give you something to complain about. A great drama can give you something to obsess over.
But a dud drama like this? It doesn't even inspire strong feelings within me, and ironically, that itself is inspiring a really strong feeling: ANNOYANCE.
To make matters ten times worse, there is no chemistry between the leads. Because the writer honestly didn’t even allow for that to happen.
I don’t think ill ever like a writer choosing the easy way out when it comes to forming a real connection between the leads. Relying on hundreds of plot devices all at once to speed up the romance will only result in a romance like this: shallow. When are writers getting over the ml who loves the fl for absolutely no reason other than that she’s the fl?
You can use all kinds of tropes in a romance. I'm not against clichés at all. In fact, I love romantic comedies. I've loved “Extraordinary You”, “My Royal Nemesis”, ”Kill Me, Heal Me”, “Lovely Runner”, and “Mr. Queen” to name a few. All of these shows have their flaws, and all of them rely on familiar tropes. But they compensate for those flaws with something else. Chemistry. And if not that, then they have remarkable characters, they have an interesting premise, they have an addictive plot to back it up. Here, I don’t have anything to latch onto, let alone the chemistry.
And the funny thing is I can tell the writer tried to avoid cliches. The drama seems aware of the trope it’s playing with. It relies on satirical comedy (as we saw in ep 1, the amnesia trope) and twisting the cliches. But being self-aware doesn’t mean the romance will somehow work.
Because you can't make me understand why the leads need each other. infact, they are better off by themselves.
And after two consecutive failed rom-coms from Jung hae in, I think he should prolly stick to action thrillers. Atleast there he has done some justice as an actor.

Now some might say, it’s not that deep.
Well maybe it isn’t, but I don't think asking a drama to be good at what it's trying to sell is asking for too much.
If you're selling me a relaxing, cute romantic comedy, then I want a relaxing, cute romantic comedy. Not a lullaby.
Be something atleast.
Maybe this drama gave exactly what some viewers needed. Maybe they wanted something easy to watch, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
But after watching countless dramas and movies, I've reached a point where “it's cute, just don't think about it” isn't enough for me anymore.
I don't want to shut my brain off for a drama with no substance. And I don't want to shut my heart off for a romance with no chemistry.
Give me one or the other. Ideally, give me both.
But the god-awful average is hurting my eyes.

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Brutal, merciless milieu of gangs & drug cartels. Stirring, gloomy but with soulful strings, too

What a positive surprise. For all those who are not afraid of the brutal, merciless milieu of gang wars and drug cartels: "Worst of Evil" offers intense characters with dynamic profiles, especially of the two protagonists - the rural police officer who joins a new Gangnam gang as an undercover agent, to help uncover the organized drug trade between China, South Korea and Japan, as well as the boss of that Gangnam gang.
In particular, Ji Chang-wook as Park Jun-mo alias Kwon Seung-ho puts his heart and soul as well as quite some muscles and fighting into it. Whatsoever, he is impressive. But so are the others. It´s well cast and Disney+ apparently didn't skimp on anything...
For me personally, gang stories like this one aren't really my first choice. Too much crude violence, too much highly concentrated testosterone... "Worst of Evil" is no exception. Sharp blades and baseball bats are in high demand, especially in the first half. Nicotine seemingly acts as nutrition and even the fanciest suits can't hide the fact that a lot of blood is being shed unscrupulously...

Nonetheless.
“Worst of Evil” features complex characters and highly explosive relationship dynamics that is touching, gripping and, more importantly, provides emotional substance, too.
Eventually, undercover operations are psychologically demanding. The boundaries between true and false identity are blurring. A solid compass for right and wrong can easily be lost. The reality of living the undercover life creates new truths in which even the 'false' identity becomes a ´true´ part of one's own life. Coming to terms with this obviously is not easy. The return to the old life as it was before, even less so. In the case of "Worst of Evil", these internal and external conflicts of our undercover investigator become even more difficult by the fact that his wife has a history with the gang boss that he knew nothing about. She, his wife, herself a police officer and officially not ´his´ wife in terms of the new undercover identity, is now drawn into current affairs in a way that the small special investigation team could not have foreseen.
Not to mention the fact that the drug cartels involves powerful partners, not only in South Korea, but also in China and Japan. At last, the homicide police also get involved in dealing with everyday gang activities and murder cases in Gangnam. None of those involved is squeamish whatsoever. So danger lingers everywhere. Not only fists and fights, but also intelligent, diplomatic solutions are required. High-end improvisation is on the agenda for our hero.

"Worst of Evil" is thrilling, stirring, gloomy and – despite all the blood that boils over and over again (and all the copious amounts that are spilled) – it has its soulful strings, too. It's about trust, loyalty, bromance, the relativity of 'right' and 'wrong', and ultimately the ethical question of which end justifies which means...

Is the story predictable? Well, I can't fully deny that. But in "Worst of Evil" the journey is clearly the destination - what the undercover special operation DOES with this once "mother-in-law's favorite" and how he comes to terms with it. In addition, his counterpart, the self-proclaimed, brash, brilliant gang leader, is also quite interesting. With his vita, his goals and desires, he doesn't really fit into the usual cliché and thus brings additional dynamism. In addition, several other characters in the cartel (and police) environment impress with strong profiles, too.

As I said, I was pleasantly surprised. "Worst of Evil" had me. It's pretty well made all around and has actually more to offer than just ruthless gangs and action. (Nevertheless, be prepared, it still is about the milieu of ruthless gangs...)

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It's hard to review each individual story since there are total of fifteen of them, and if I went through all it would be ridiculous. So I'm going to give an overall review of the basics, and just tell you that if you like creepy stuff, this is for you. If you like the Twilight Zone, this is definitely for you.

Each episode tells a different story of different people living in Beijing, from romance to horror to supernatural to just getting chills down your spine. It's skin-tingling and you want to look away, but for some reason I kept clicking "next episode" just to see how the writers and directors and wonderful actors would make my skin crawl again.

Each set of actors did extremely well, from musicians to psychopaths to people who have been consumed with greed, fear, or the thirst for knowledge. Since we only spend about 25-30 minutes with each story, it's hard to establish the depth of each character but Mysterious Summer somehow manages to go into what has caused each protagonist to do what they did. The antagonists are left purposefully ambiguous, to increase the mysteriousness and overall creepiness of the more horror/supernatural genres.

Of course, some stories are better than others, but a bad episode or two doesn't detract from the overall quality of the show.

And of course, each episode came with it's own music, which upped the ante or made me peek through my fingers waiting for something to jump out. It was thrilling.

Overall, a good watch if you're looking for a strange mix of psychological, romance, horror, supernatural, and clever acting (Furukawa Yuki is in it... who doesn't love that guy?)

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It's very funny.
For the novel fans, it may be necessary to place the novel first because the drama script has been modified a lot.
And see what the series wants to convey
All characters have their origins and participate in the final case. However, the series has maintained the relationship between main actor until the end. Don't worry.

The relationships of the main actors are slowly growing.
We can see from the middle of the story.
For other elements, the camera angle is very beautiful. Light, sound, dress and props are beautiful. Action and comedy scenes are really cool in the style of Jackie Chan.

The actors have good performance. KuanHung (TangFan), FuMengpo (Suizhou) and LiuYaoYuan (WangChu). They work hard for this series and they do their best. Come to support them
Please open your heart and watching this series.

love.

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Disappointment of tomorrow

I originally started watching this because I'm a HUGE fan of namtam's acting. Also when I saw the pilot my expectations were high, maybe too high.

The first few episodes of the series were good. The editing was kinda choppy but it's gmmtv so I kinda expected it.

What I liked: The casting/acting. The casting for this series was PERFECT. GIVE WHOEVER DID THE CASTING A RAISE. Sadly the acting was the only good thing abt this series...

What I didn't like: The music, editing, plot, writing... I can go on but for your sake I won't cause I don't think you'd want to read allat. I was so excited for the OST but when I heard it I almost shed a tear (Not happy tears btw). It's giving 5$ and a dream. Gmmtv really hates their actresses and they don't even try to hide it. Enough abt the music, the plot and writing was so bad that the characters and acting couldn't even save the series. They could've wrapped the series nicely in ep 8 or 9(?) but they just had to drag the plot out. Also PRIM PMO IN EP 10 AND 11 I HAD TO TAKE A LAP AROUND THE HOUSE CAUSE ATP SHE'S TRYING TO RAGEBAIT ME AND ITS WORKING, and don't even get me started on praew. STOP TRYING TO PREASSURE YOUR CRUSH/GIRLFRIEND INTO COMING OUT WHEN SHES CLEARLY NOT READY AND WHEN SHE TELLS YOU THAT SHES NOT READY DONT GET FCKING MAD YOU IMBECILE. lowk started crashing out writing this. mb chat.

ANYWAYS ONLY WATCH THIS IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO AND WANT TO FEEL SOMETHING CAUSE THE CHARACTERS BE RAGEBAITING YOU 24/7.

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If you are interested in Korean classic art and you enjoy slow-paced dramas, with just a hint of romance, this series is perfect for you.

What was good:
- The male lead (Kim Hong Do) suprised me... he looks kind of like any old "ahjussi", but in the end he was very charismatic and he depicted the character's ambivalent feelings well.
- There are many female-pretends-to-be-a-man instances in Korean dramas that are quite ridiculous, but this time the female lead (Moon Geun Young) could be mistaken for a young boy. It brought additional realism to the series.
- The romantic story arch is very slow and mostly only hinted at. Although I love dramas bursting with romance it was refreshing to still understand the characters feelings without much even going on between them (almost none of the old drama clichés).
- It was interesting to see Korean art. The series was very similar to "Goddess of fire" in that there was much attention to detail and you actually felt that the characters were painting these pictures right before your eyes.

What was not so good:
- The female lead (Moon Geun Young) is a very good actress, but I had just watched "Goddess of fire" before watching this and I was struck by the similarities of the female characters she depicted. Of course similarities in storyline would also make you feel that, but still I felt she could've have done more with her character. Still keep in mind she is one of the better drama actors, so I have higher standards for her.
- Besides the romantic story arch I was not very interested in the story. A lot of scenes were boring (although necessary) backroom discussions among nobles trying to one-up each other. This is most likely why I didn't give the series a 9.

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best of 2021, best of "romcom"

tbh I'm not a fan of romcoms, or romance genres in kdramas, and it's not because I look down on them, but they're always so repetitive, and that's why this show was so great
it had a normal meeting, normal relationship, flawed characters, crushes, heartbreaks, goodbyes, new meetings. it was not "destiny", it was not "perfect", there were no evil mother in laws, no orphans, no poor fl/rich ml, no corruption, this was a slice of life romcom~

yumi had a job, she was independent even though she easily let love "change" her values. but as time went on she learned and grew.
the "evil" 2fl was not a random force trying to break them up, there was history, reasons and conclusions
also, woong was not loved by everyone just because he was the ml xD usually the jerkest of the jerks have their own fanbase and no one can complain about their many flaws, but here people accepted it

and, the people who criticized him learned to love him and get heartbroken in the end ;) he was not bad, he was not selfish, he was naive and inexperienced just like everyone else. he had his dreams and he wished for love, he just didn't know how to balance them and that's so relatable

I'm actually sad this ended so fast, I hope s2 comes out fast ;(
I've always wanted a show where the ml wasn't set in stone, and thanks to a spoiler that was thrown at me, I know the 2nd season won't be cut and paste either xD

this, this actually is kinda like How I met Your Mother xD you don't know who the "husband" is and that's fun, not for 7 seasons, but it's fun and new


tbh, since it is seasoned and there needs to be a "finale" the last ep was meh, but I just loved the whole journey. also the ost was lit, it had gaho after all~

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I have seen the other two versions of HYD. I loved the Japanese version for it's nostalgic music and good directing but there was a lack of feeling as expected from a jdrama. Korean version was overwhelmed by feeling but LMH wasn't appealing as domyusil and overally the story was told in very unrealistic and extreme way. This version is low budget compare to the other two but the story is the best and acting is is good too I warn you that the directing is not beautiful. there's nothing fancy in this drama nothing like you used to see in Korean dramas. no beautiful angle or exteraordinary scenary.
acting is good but you should bare jerry yan for the first 3-4 episode but he improve to be a magical actor later. shan ci is the best amoung the three version and you belive that a man could crazyly fall in love with her. more side stories and charecter which gave us time to ubderstand and enjoy the story better. domioshil is a crazy lover but in a good way here. I know japanese version oguri shun was so (extraordinary) bewildering but Zhou Vic is kind and warm. then I guess you should give this a chance.
it's funny because now domyushil image in my memory has changed from Matsujun to Jerry yan.

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Not Fourever, maybe Twoever?

As someone who started watching this with a lot of hope and interest for Pond / Earth being paired together, I have to say I was truly disappointed with their half of the story as Hill/Ter. It felt very one dimensional and kind of cheap? The acting, especially from Earth, felt annoying at points. It was just too immature and kiddish feeling for me. And I think it was this sore point that didn't allow me to fully enjoy Pond's story / character either. Both of them are great actors, but I just feel like these roles were not challenging enough for them. I encourage Earth to tackle more mature scripts in the future, something that's a little more on brand with his age and level of acting.

I almost stopped watching this series, but to tell you the truth, North (Bas) was the single character that kept me going. I loved his humor and cuteness, which felt real and not overdone. And because of him, I was able to really love his and Johan's story. I think that Bas and Maxky were great together, their chemistry was palpable and I honestly just needed so much more of them.

Idk if we'll ever get another series with those two together, but I'm already sat for it if it is a possibility.

Pond's next series looks so much better fitted for him.

And again, I hope Earth one day ditches the school roles and does something different.

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HeLi mo JinYu

It is very difficult to see them altogether in a drama, so the casting itself is 10/10 for me.

In this season, all casts are so relax, joke around each other everywhere and the chemistry between them is top notch.

The script for backstory of each character is written well,set design and styling are well done and love the message given at the end of each case.
(Here,Music=the reaction effects🤣)

Case No.
1.The Blood Stained Candy(Ep 1-2)
2.The Deadly Barrage(Ep 3-4)
3.The Curse of Immortal (Ep 5-6)
4. Bewitched (Ep 7-8)
5. The Dead Notice (Ep 9-10)
6. The Truth of Death Part-1 (Ep.11-12)
7. The Truth of Death Part-2 (Ep.13-14)
8. The Mysterious Paintings of Ancient House( Ep.15- 16)
9. Death happened in Public( Ep.17-18)
10.Breaking the Fog to find the Trace
(Ep. 19-20)

Have a nice day everyone ❤️
Love you💗🤗💗

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