Not the best drama ever. But I'll rank with my heart and guts.
Cons.
First episodes were really awkward. A lot of overacting, bad (I mean BAD) special effects) unrealistic interactions between the characters. For instance, Ha-na falling for a Joker-like grin, some kind of creepy contraction of Robin's face. An d how they flirt, so fake. I felt like dropping the whole thing right away, but after watching so many K-dramas, I knew better. And I was handsomely rewarded.
Pros.
Not many side stories. I hate it when side stories take over.
I liked all the characters, even the villains, one of them acting like he belonged to a mental facility, the other one actually being a victim.
The show adresses a lot of serious matters such as what it means to be human, what it means to be alive, how it feels to witness one's own memory/identity fade away along with the right to end one's own life to preserve one's dignity.
The love story.
Well, I'm still confused. I guess it's just how one should feel when faced with such a situation. I finished watching yesterday, but I spent a lot of time thinking about it today. Throughout the whole show, I kept thinking of ways for Robin to survive. I could foresee quite acurately how the story would end. Still, I didn't want to believe it. I prayed for some miracle to happen, something like growing a clone so Robin could have his own body. Crazy, right?
I liked that Hana only loved one man. Or allowed herserlf to love only one man (let's just remember that Seo Jin was the one she confessed to, and Seo Jin was the one to propose...) At some point she does suggest she should be allowed to love them both.
I liked that Hana helped Robin get a life of his own, so he could die a man, instead of disappearing like an illusion. I liked that he left traces behind, just like any of us try to. She gave him a real life.
I felt for Robin when he started to lose his few, precious memories. This is when I cried like crazy. You know all thoses movies where a nice AI/robot's memory is deleted by some villain? Doesn't that always bring tears?
Did Robin die, or did he survive? I have no idea. Come to think of it, a person is but a set of memories and abilities. So, Robin survived? Then again, isn't self consciousness a part of being a human too? Is Robin trapped inside someone else's body? Did he leave his memories with Seo Jin and flee? He does wonder about having a soul, and there is this missing memory about the marriage...
Still. There was that final kiss. I don't know if it was meant like that, but it was way more realistic, heartfelt, deep and passionate than the other ones. Seo Jin was eager of course, he had been waiting for so long. But it felt like a conclusion that everything Robin was after all shallow and incomplete, since he was only a fragment of a person. If I were him watching, I would have felt jealous, of course, but not only that. I would have felt insignificant. If I were by his side at that very moment, I think I would have said that neither him nor SeoJin were complete before the cure. In the end, I want to think that they really merged, like in The Dark Cristal.
Cons.
First episodes were really awkward. A lot of overacting, bad (I mean BAD) special effects) unrealistic interactions between the characters. For instance, Ha-na falling for a Joker-like grin, some kind of creepy contraction of Robin's face. An d how they flirt, so fake. I felt like dropping the whole thing right away, but after watching so many K-dramas, I knew better. And I was handsomely rewarded.
Pros.
Not many side stories. I hate it when side stories take over.
I liked all the characters, even the villains, one of them acting like he belonged to a mental facility, the other one actually being a victim.
The show adresses a lot of serious matters such as what it means to be human, what it means to be alive, how it feels to witness one's own memory/identity fade away along with the right to end one's own life to preserve one's dignity.
The love story.
Well, I'm still confused. I guess it's just how one should feel when faced with such a situation. I finished watching yesterday, but I spent a lot of time thinking about it today. Throughout the whole show, I kept thinking of ways for Robin to survive. I could foresee quite acurately how the story would end. Still, I didn't want to believe it. I prayed for some miracle to happen, something like growing a clone so Robin could have his own body. Crazy, right?
I liked that Hana only loved one man. Or allowed herserlf to love only one man (let's just remember that Seo Jin was the one she confessed to, and Seo Jin was the one to propose...) At some point she does suggest she should be allowed to love them both.
I liked that Hana helped Robin get a life of his own, so he could die a man, instead of disappearing like an illusion. I liked that he left traces behind, just like any of us try to. She gave him a real life.
I felt for Robin when he started to lose his few, precious memories. This is when I cried like crazy. You know all thoses movies where a nice AI/robot's memory is deleted by some villain? Doesn't that always bring tears?
Did Robin die, or did he survive? I have no idea. Come to think of it, a person is but a set of memories and abilities. So, Robin survived? Then again, isn't self consciousness a part of being a human too? Is Robin trapped inside someone else's body? Did he leave his memories with Seo Jin and flee? He does wonder about having a soul, and there is this missing memory about the marriage...
Still. There was that final kiss. I don't know if it was meant like that, but it was way more realistic, heartfelt, deep and passionate than the other ones. Seo Jin was eager of course, he had been waiting for so long. But it felt like a conclusion that everything Robin was after all shallow and incomplete, since he was only a fragment of a person. If I were him watching, I would have felt jealous, of course, but not only that. I would have felt insignificant. If I were by his side at that very moment, I think I would have said that neither him nor SeoJin were complete before the cure. In the end, I want to think that they really merged, like in The Dark Cristal.