I was close to giving it a 9/10 but it was a bit underwhelming and dragged out over the time skip
Tho it was 1h10min so the extra scene was a “bonus” but it wasn’t that necessary
I wouldn’t mind a second season of this plotline

Basically as a mystery and the events related to it, the writer did well
They suspected enough people with good reason and the villain did well too
Yebun was a normal person with zero “survival skills” and that was ok, it was what made this duo funny. She was a sheltered “idiot” and I was proud of her growth

There were two scenes I really enjoyed this ep, it was the “needle” scene and the bikers
I’ll only say this here but my boo suho wasn’t that good tho he was atleast better than my lovely boxer annoying 2ml or my lovely lair 1ml
I was detached to him but near the end he developed well
I might’ve not enjoyed it without a mom watch but atleast since no crime/mystery/suspense drama since 2016 appealed to me, this did well

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I was debating between 8.5 or 9 maybe even 9.5, so let me start with the good first,

High budgeted jdrama historical, I’m not too well experienced in jdrama historicals and the ones I’ve seen are always so, budget friendly to say it nicely, poorly expensed would be more accurate
not saying they weren’t good but yeah it felt like they used pocket money to make the set and outfits

Anyway, this felt nicely expansive, good setting and everything
Ml, tho I only watched one ep of the anime, he wasn’t as cold here, more like reserved out of shyness cuz he never dealt with women and he seemed well social with the guys, so ml just felt cutely naive rather a cold jerk

The bad, too much too little, so many things happened yet it still felt so rushed, not enough setting grounds, suddenly ppl wanted revenge and suddenly a new character with his whole backlog came up
The fl, dang is it a kink? I mean I get the Cinderella effect, but man this chic was a mouse
so self loathing, so much inferiority complex, yeah she had “background reasons” but it’s also the writers weird fetish

tbh I would’ve loved something like queen charlotte, there’s no reason she couldn’t have been smart cuz she studied alone, there was no need for her to be a genius but everything felt like an excuse “I’m not smart enough for you, I’m not pretty enough for you” that’s disgusting

And yeah that’s why my rating kept going down
Like I came from stories like The Awakening by Kelly Armstrong (?), and the whole setup of dumb blondes later realizing they’re the most powerful person ever, I mean we can even say Bella from Twilight. Anyway but this girl I swear I wanted to punch her so bad

And by the time one reads this for there’s no need to mark spoilers but even if she was strong, dang that girl fell so much like she was made of glass
So yeah if there’s a second season I want a drama not a movie, cuz hopefully she “grows up” and atleast becomes a zootopias Jody

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Finally zzzzzzzz
Tbh I’d have liked this more as a 12/13eper 60mins instead, I mean half the eps would end in cliffhangers that just picked up later like two annoying continuations

What I liked, fl in the past, the red shirt dad and the poor tall dude

What I hated, the kids and the time wasted on them, the villain story was stupid like even one “special” person could’ve just said “no we’re not listening to your stupid rules”, the constant back and forth between different characters and different backstories
there were flashbacks in flashbacks and suddenly a new character comes and they get a flashback too
the romance was cheap, the things that dragged out the final was stupid and literally it was as if a switch turned on and poof the years of “not doing anything” ended and bang the end is perfectly wrapped with a bow

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My dearest isn’t subbed so I thought I should wrap this off

It took me two and a half watches, and idk how long it’s been since it aired but it took that long to motivate me to watch

This is actually my kind of story especially being based on real events, the unusual friendships and the underdogs, but idk it didn’t feel too deep and emotional it felt basic and flat, no real presence to the characters and no connection
Iu is adorable and I’ve missed her in dramaland
I don’t think her movies are that well made, tho I do blame the lack of female empowerment in movies more than dramas, you literally can’t ever find female centered movies or female characters that aren’t a side pretty face

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It fell a bit short with the ending but it was a good run, I guess even if I remove 0.5 for plot and acting it’d still give a total of 10
Anyway I wouldn’t mind more tho

Clone, twin, but what if the experiments only work on already smart and perceptive kids?
Basically dr mo’s kid and “normos” won’t benefit from it?

Tbh not saying how many years ahjussi got, and technically isn’t hyeeun’s murder, self defense?
Also basically the worst part of the experiments is hyeeun, robbed of childhood and love then abandoned
Dr mo’s kid honestly just needs a caring mom
And what about the “X” people and kang hanuel, that was a really nice twist
It left too many unanswered questions
And I’m a bit sad ahjussi didn’t have any impact at the end, tho I understood the need of young hyeeun, old hyeeun also deserved to be highlighted
She got stuck in that trauma so she basically never “grew up” but she did also have major issues
And was rohee’s dad a successful experiment or was he just smart and driven by money and his dads career path

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seo hyun jin was AMAZING literally so amazing everything she did made me cry
And this was going well until the third part where it just didn’t make sense anymore
There were many things they could’ve done better and it left a “unfinished” taste

Her dad getting into an accident, her caregiver turning out to be a creep, her getting lost in the mountains, finding her way back home to again almost have those mountain idiots try to take her again, the female caregiver being so condescending.. and she was the “best”?

Like, how sad was it that she had no friends, her dad’s friends never asked about her, those mountain idiots not only didn’t wonder where she went, they didn’t care she didn’t return with them
And the dad not telling the ex, I get it but dude she wouldn’t remember saying she didn’t want them to know and of course her family would care about her, I wish they had more daughter/mom moments cuz that could’ve been as heartbreaking as the dad/daughter

Leia Mais

the middle girl is the one they called "fat", but beside that, I loved the girls, I loved ml, and it was short if one looks at it as a 10ep 1ish hour drama so things were a bit simple. 9/10 (7 for plot, 10 for the characters)

currently all my ongoings are a mom watch, beside evilive which I'm not even in the mood for, so I plan to watch G-Senjou no Anata to Watashi and The Underclass now
for the new dramas and ones to come i think i only care for vigilante so I hope i can watch everything in my OMW list❣

The last ep being one hour caught me off guard, I didn’t enjoy viki ads that wouldn’t let me lower the volume and it’d always be louder than the drama

Anyway, it kinda felt like a 10ep show, that way the bit of uneventfulness is forgiven
The good: the friendship, the characters’ individuality, the guys, especially the ml’s uwuness
the relatability, the diversity of the girls and tbh tho I related to fl, I admired their “least favorite” 3rd fl way more
I’d like to think I’m a mix of all and not as dry as the fl
I certainly have the cuteness of 2fl and the ambiance of 3fl, she was the scarlet of them

The bad: uneventful, a bit of unnecessary dragged out misunderstandings that could’ve been solved with talking, the romances all fit too easily, I am a bickering to lovers fan but I do essentially just want a relationship to be built gradually tho they did talk well but still I wanted more of their screen times together
Anyway another bad is the fat shaming of a skinny person, the others were underweight and she was normal🤦🏻‍♀️

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I’m being as generous as I can; it’d have been a 10 last year and my easy 10s but it was my 2023 resolution to stop that


So basically, nam joohyuk was a 100/10, acting, character fit, handsomeness and oozing gorgeousness
Ahjussi oppa as well did great

The shortcomings for me is the “bad guys” and the lack of overall deep buildup
It had Bloodhounds vibes but it also lacked in making up for the shortcomings, ie bromance and more character drive
It was certainly rushed, and I do have an add on filter when bad guys chitchat and nag so they made zero impact on me
Maybe it needed a bit more victim drive, ie the sadness, tension and anger of victims
Something to add a touch of humanity

Bad guys are crazy trash but wanting to punish them deprives the human connection
People need sympathy, kindness otherwise the vigilantes are just psychopaths hidden under a hero cape

Hot psychopaths but still. Also not at iPhone for turning hot into not, it must think im crazy to use hot and psychopath in the same sentence

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