Fun start, disappointing ending

I'll keep it real short and direct as I'm lazy to write a long review right now. And my brain is kinda exhausted.

First episode got me really hooked, the next few episodes were entertaining. However, at some point, it got bland, meh, don't know really. The acting? It was good, I guess, as I'm not an expert to criticizing that area. Although, from the beginning I was really wondering if Sarawat's character was really supposed to be, y'know, a bit bored with everything, or it's just Bright's acting.

Overall, it's not that terrible but nowhere near great either. Good to watch if you're just looking for something to pass the time. Not really something on my re-watch list.

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Perfect Thriller

I watched merely out of curiosity because a lot of people say it may be the best drama of the year. Ngl, I thought they were just exaggerating but now that I finished it, I understand that the claim isn't unfounded. It is indeed a masterpiece.
From the synopsis, you'd think there's a big chance for it to be boring because it's just going to be repetitive. It's not. I love how the show threw me straight into the story from the first episode, then maintain a good pace, enough to keep me engaged through the entire show. I was at edge most of the times while watching this; the last few cycles were specially thrilling that I had to bite my hand haha.
The leads were cute together, acting were great. I just wish we get to know more of their back story, main and support characters alike, specially Xiao He Yun and his conflict in his game company. Understandable though and it doesn't take away the fact that this is a great drama and I sure did enjoy it a lot.

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8.5/10 for me; could have rated it higher if Jung Gil had more exposure, instead of having screentime only on the last few minutes of every episode. lol.

Now kidding aside, this may be the first KDrama in a long while that I genuinely enjoyed and didn't make me feel like dropping it or that I didn't skip a lot just to get it over with. There was no character who's too arrogant or too dumb that it annoyed the hell out of me and ruined the show for me, thank god. While I did cry at some point, the drama wasn't as heavy as I thought it would be. Maybe because Joon Woong was spontaneous funny that he became the perfect comic relief, which I personally found nice.

As for the ending, I thought I was going to be underwhelmed because it felt like the last episode went fast. The closure could have been better specially for Ryeon and Jung Gil. Was I really disappointed though? Well, I guess when I saw the last scene, I just thought, 'fuck making sense out of everything'. I was just happy to see them all happy. Or more like, all it took was to see Jung Gil talking to them good naturedly for me to forget getting disappointed. It was nice seeing him loosen up in the end even if it just for a few seconds.

Overall, I'm satisfied. It really has been a while. I'm glad I gave this one a try.

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