W - Two Worlds Apart (2016)

Drama fantastique bien ficelé

Ce drama qui traite du mélange entre l'univers réel et celui d'un Web Toon, même si quelques petites critiques peuvent être émises, était très sympa .

Les deux univers sont très bien mélangés, c'est logique et fluide. A aucun moment je me suis dit "Pourquoi, comment?" sauf sur l'épisode final (et ça c'est bien dommage), où là, j'avoue il m'a manqué une explication quelque part…
Les deux leads masculins et féminins sont plutôt mignons, mais la romance reste très sage. On retrouve avec plaisir Lee Jong Suk.

Les rôles secondaires sont bien présents, et bien portés, mais certains s'effacent un peu dans la deuxième partie du drama, et pareil, étant présents et vraiment attachant dans la première partie, je suis restée un peu sur ma faim.

J'avoue avoir adoré les premiers épisodes : Univers complètement nouveau, les acteurs nous emportent dans l'histoire. Mais j'avoue aussi avoir failli décroché après les épisodes 7 et 8 où j'ai même fait une pause longue avant de reprendre. Finalement, je me suis un peu "obligée" a y retourner, et surprise, à partir de l'épisode 9, j'ai complètement réadhéré à nouveau, et je suis restée accrochée jusqu'à la fin. Je ne savais jamais ce qui allait se passer, et à chaque fois j'ai été agréablement surprise par les rebondissements.

J'ai beaucoup aimé les dessins qui se sont mélangés au film, qui font référence au Web TOON, ça sort de ce qu'on voit d'habitude.

Donc au final, peut être une petite lenteur sur le milieu, un épisode final un peu "bâclé" dans le sens où tout a toujours été expliqué tout au long des épisodes, sauf là, MAIS un drama qui change et qui vaut la peine d'être vu.

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Rahh moi qui m'était promise de ne pas mettre 10/10 car la perfection n'existe pas !
Alors oui certes ce drama n'est pas parfait mais vu que c'est une critique personnelle je me permets de mettre 10 et je vais vous expliquer pourquoi (du point de vue personnel seulement).

Tout d'abord, j'ai du revisionner cette série au moins 5 fois. C'est tellement rare d'avoir une histoire dans ce genre avec dans l'idée de mélanger l'univers du manga et le monde réel. Le fait que les deux personnages aient chacun leur monde avec leur propres habitudes, amis et un background différents nous montre bien, dans un premier temps, le gap entre c'est deux mondes qui nous fait penser que les liés parait impossible, ce sont deux univers complètements différents. Pourtant ca arrive bien et de manière pour le moins brutal. L'écart entre ces deux mondes devient de plus en plus fin au fur jusqu'à nous poser cette question : qu'est-ce qui est réel et qu'est-ce qui ne l'est pas ? Les personnages des deux mondes ont des sentiments, un travail, une vie !
Les acteurs principaux et secondaires jouent vraiment bien et l'histoire est pleine de rebondissements (il y avait certaines choses que je n'avais pas vu venir).

Chacun a son propre caractères (même si je pense que certains personnages secondaires auraient mérité un peu plus d'approfondissements) et l'intrigue nous tient en halène jusqu'au bout.
Pour la fin (c'est a dire le dernier épisode) je suis un peu plus mitigé mais je ne vais pas en parler plus car c'est une critique no spoil.

Le bémol que je pourrais y ajouter, car je me dois d'être réaliste, c'est qu'il y a un court ralentissement du rythme vers le milieu-fin de la série qui pour moi nous sort un petit peu. Ca ne m'a pas personnellement dérangé car j'aime beaucoup l'histoire mais je pense que c'est bon a savoir avant de commencer la série.

En bref, c'est une série originale avec de bon acteurs et certains rebondissements inattendus ! A consommer sans modération, surtout pour ceux qui aiment la romance.

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Quand les héros traversent la frontière entre le réel et la fiction

Le principe du personnage réel entrant dans le monde fictif, ou du personnage fictif sortant du livre ou de l’écran, ce n’est pas vraiment neuf, mais ça ouvre un univers de réflexion sur le rapport entre l’auteur et ses personnages, le pouvoir qu’ils ont les uns sur les autres.
Il y a aussi dans le drama l’idée que les personnages prennent le pouvoir sur l’auteur, le webtoon se continuant par lui-même, les personnages se mettant à avoir leur autonomie de choix et de décisions.
Là dessus se greffent des enquêtes policières, des ambitions politiques, et la traditionnelle histoire d’amour (je dois dire que j’aurais eu beaucoup de mal à résister à Kang Chul, c’est le héros parfait, et c’est normal, étant le héros d’une BD ! Bon il a des choix vestimentaires discutables, mais c’est la Corée du Sud, certain type de héros ne peut pas s’habiller comme tout le monde ! )
Ce que j’admire dans le drama c’est la cohérence incroyable pour expliquer, justifier tout ce qui est justement totalement impossible et incohérent, sauf la toute fin, qui est « bien », mais là difficilement explicable, même en restant dans l’hypothèse de départ de l’histoire.
Je n’ai pas fait attention à la BO, donc elle est bonne pour moi. Les acteurs sont bons, même si j’aimerais voir de temps en temps un pli, une ride d’expression sur le visage si (trop) lisse de Lee Jong Suk.
je recommande donc, si vous pouvez accepter l’idée de départ !

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W Two Worlds Apart. Ce drama est un de ceux qui m'a fait ressentir le plus d'émotions différentes. J'étais triste, perdue, soulagée, heureuse, frustrée, angoissée. Je pense qu'il n'y a pas une émotion par laquelle je ne sois pas passée. Sérieusement c'est riche en émotion comme drama. Si vous aimez les dramas calmes c'est pas pour vous. Pareil : si vous aimez pas la science fiction et l'idée de voyage interdimensionnels passez votre chemin parce que l'intrigue est complètement barrée.

Parlons-en d'ailleurs du scénario : En gros il y a une fille qui est médecin dont le père écrit une webtoon hyper connue. Un jour son père disparait alors qu'il était en train d'écrire le dernier tome (ou livre je sais pas comment on dit). Elle essaie de voir ce qui s'est passé et ce fait aspirer dans l'univers fictif créé par son père. Elle rencontre alors le héros de l'histoire imaginée par son père. Ce héros lui essaie de comprendre qui est cette fille qu'il vient de rencontrer et se trimballe tout le passé fictif imaginé par son père (y a genre 20 tomes). En gros c'est une histoire de voyages entre ces deux mondes : la fiction et la réalité. Les deux personnages qui s'attachent l'un à l'autre mais qui commence à mélanger les deux mondes. Qu'est ce qui arrive quand une personne réel arrive dans un monde fictif et vice versa. En gros il se passe beaucoup de trucs. GENRE VRAIMENT BEAUCOUP ! Je vous préviens les voyages entre les deux mondes ça retourne le cerveau. On en vient à perdre le fil entre réel et fiction mais à mon avis c'est le but même du drama : de gommer la frontière entre réel et irréel. Et dans ce cas c'est plutôt bien réussi. Il faut s'accrocher et tout fini par se démêler.

Les personnages : ok alors j'aime vraiment beaucoup trop l'acteur Lee Jong Suk que j'ai aperçu dans d'autres dramas (il joue le lead role dans Pinocchio). Je l'avais aimé dans Pinocchio parce que c'es ton bon acteur et je confirme mon impression. Deux rôles de personnage torturé et ça lui réussit. Le personnage intéressant du drama c'est lui. Comment il lutte pour prendre le contrôle de l'histoire dont il est le héros et pour rester en vie malgré l'opposition de l'auteur qui incarne alors le méchant de l'histoire. Sa réaction lorsqu'il réalise qu'il est dans le monde de la fiction et son combat intérieur lorsque que les deux mondes commencent à se mélanger et que ses actes ont des implications dans les deux mondes. Ce personnage est beau. Il est touchant (c'est fou je dis toujours les mêmes trucs à chaque fois). Non mais lui il a la fois doux et aimant et torturé. Il essaie de faire de son mieux et il se débat comme il peut avec tout ce qui lui arrive et on aime. Le personnage de la fille est intéressant aussi mais clairement c'est lui qui fait la magie. Mais l'alchimie entre les deux est bonne. Mon petit coeur de romantique a été largement satisfait par les nombreuses scènes entre les deux. D'ailleurs les personnages s'embrassent relativement beaucoup dans ce drama comparés à d'autres. Un autre truc que j'ai vraiment aimé c'est le méchant de l'histoire et sa personnification et tout le contexte qui va autour de son existence et du mystère qui l'enveloppe. Pour une fois on a un méchant qui est plutôt complexe et qui essaie lui aussi de survivre et de suivre les plans qui ont été prévus pour lui par l'auteur et enfin par lui même. Chacun d'eux lutte pour sa propre survie. Le drama parle de comment les choses peuvent échapper à notre contrôle. C'est clairement une fiction donc il n'y a pas de grande thématique sociétale à débattre mais on peut quand même se poser des questions sur la fiction en elle même. Et si les personnages de fiction avaient conscience d'eux même ?

J'ai aimé la fin. Non j'ai adoré la fin pour je pensais détester mais non j'ai adoré. C'était une belle fin et plutôt logique si on y pense. Il n'aurait pas pu y en avoir d'autre puisqu'on parle de réel et de fiction. Cette fin était juste ... En vrai c'était dur mais ça valait le coup franchement. Moi j'aime les fins comme ça.

Bon j'arrête ici mon avis qui n'est pas informatif, je vous laisse vous faire retourner le cerveau mais accrochez vous, préparez des mouchoirs et vous verrez : ça en vaut la peine !

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Ah, W. How I was looking forward to writing this review.

W was certainly one of the most anticipated dramas of the season, and for good reason: a creative storyline paired with an exemplary leading cast. I, like many others, was captivated by the idea of a webtoon coming to life. And Lee Jong Suk? Huehue. Say no more.

The writers of the show crafted a plot that is bound to keep you on your toes and send your brain into overdrive. It’s not the most intelligent story I’ve seen. At times it's confusing and borders on being nonsensical, but it’s logical enough to make it worth watching. W is especially intriguing because of its unpredictability - even if you grow used to the plot, each new problem creates an addicting mystery. You become determined to understand exactly what will happen next.

While I enjoyed W and the anxiety its suspense caused me, this drama is not perfect. A show amazing in concept, it fails to deliver in some of the most important aspects.

One thing I found particularly problematic was the romance. Some might disagree, but I found Kang Chul and Yeon Joo’s loveline to be one of the most poorly-written in any K-drama I’ve seen. I’ll admit that there was incredible potential in their relationship. However, the writers never give you any reason to like this couple except that they just are a couple - it’s the unspoken drama rule that because they’re the main characters, they have to be together. Fair enough, but that doesn’t get my heart racing.

Is the romance necessary? Yes - to an extent. Love is the easiest way to connect the two main characters. But trust me; that romance sucks badly. In the beginning episodes, you find it cute. What’s not adorable about a cool guy who’s curious about this ditzy girl? Then, you suddenly hit the point of doubt: but…but why, though? Why are they together? How? Sadly, there is no satisfying answer to these questions.

Yet, as much of a letdown as the romance was, what ultimately kept me from giving this show a higher score was its characters.

I have a burning passion for well-written characters, and I thought W would be the perfect drama to see it being done. The idea of the story is that the boundaries between reality and fiction are blurred, causing a mere created character to act and feel as a real human does. What we viewers deserve out of such a concept are heart-wrenching characters whose personalities you could find within a human in this world; who would persuade you that creations are self-aware. But disappointingly, nearly every single one of W’s characters are dull.

Strangely enough, the best example is Kang Chul. Our main character happens to be perfect. That sounds great! He’s rich, goodlooking, with an incredible sense of justice (this is where I swoon). He wants desperately to live, and you feel for him because…well, he’s not just a webtoon character; he’s a human being goddammit! Look at his perfect skin. And his eyes (oh his eyes). Also his backstory is so sad! But there’s something sadder than his backstory - his personality, which is as two-dimensional as the lines that were drawn to create him.

I’ve seen a lot of people share the same justification for why he has no real flaws: he’s a webtoon character, thus not real, thus does not have to be bound by the unspoken law that all people are imperfect. Fine; that makes sense. But isn’t that ironic? His whole gist is that he’s a human being. Where does he come off claiming such a thing if he’s so flawless? You’ll begrudgingly accept this character because of Lee Jong Suk, but that’ll be the extent of it.

And, the side characters are just that - side characters. Oh, sure, they exist. Yet I never really cared about them. Most of the time, they were convenient plot devices, not people. (I’ll say that I did very much like the role of Yeon Joo’s father - out of everyone, he feels the most realistic.)

If this were any other drama, I would let this go. I understand that a show can’t have everything, and characters are often the afterthought in the face of such a complex plot. However, I want to make it clear that if the writers are going to create a show based around the idea that these webtoon characters seem human, then they have to create characters that are human, and as a result, elicit my empathy. By the end, I should have been setting up a shrine in my house and counting prayer beads in hopes that they all get a happy ending! Uh…maybe that’s an exaggeration. But do you get me?

I know this review sounds bad, but I do want to get across that altogether, I did have a good time with W. Doesn’t sound like it, but it’s true! Its problems may be obvious, yet its strengths are enough to keep you going.

Its control over suspense had me hiding behind my hands at certain parts. And the cast itself is great - particularly the actor portraying Yeon Joo’s father; I cried womanly tears for you, sir. I’ve never watched Han Hyo Joo on screen before, but I did enjoy her role and thought she did a pretty good job with her character. I will also again emphasize my love for Lee Jong Suk: those emotive eyes. Gah. Almost made me like Kang Chul.

I recommend you to watch this drama, but simultaneously caution yourself against the blinding hype that it received. The end product of this show was nothing near to the perfection that I expected it to have, but it also wasn’t anything close to being bad.

Don’t expect a masterpiece. Watch it; have fun with it!

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W had a great idea for a good story, but failed to make it till the very end. Somewhere between the second and the third episode, the drama reached its peak. The story is quite interesting and unique, so kudos for that. Plus the romance was okay, a little weak though, and the performances very good, as the actors had to work with the whole fantasy world, action scenes and of course the exchange of worlds. However what ruined the drama for me were the flash backs. There were so many!! Except from the first five minutes, that were a recap of the whole series so far, which is kind of understandable, the back and forth-s were too tiring. And they were repeated constantly, which was annoying. Finally, the twists were interesting and entertaining the first time around, but the drama seemed to have actually ended at the ninth episode, and so the rest of them were just repeating the same twists over and over. In addition, I would have liked for the whole two worlds universe to had been explained better. So 4 out of 10.

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When I was little, I wished I was born a cartoon character or that I'll magically find myself inside my favorite story under the influence of an uncanny occurrence. Along came W with the scenario of my dreams and mostly ruined it.


But I learned my lesson: "Entering a cartoon is no child play!" It's not a messy writer's mission either.


Here's the problem: W aspired to be a lot of things: a mind-blowing, thought-provoking fantasy, a boundary-breaking love story, a thriller and a creeper, and perhaps a journey of finding oneself...


Unfortunately, it failed on most fronts, but I'm not surprised. First and foremost, we have to accredit the writer for tackling such fresh premise and attempting to explore the themes of creator/creation and free-will/predestination in such a creative way. However, unlike her previous works the writer failed to create clear and sound rules governing the travel between these two worlds. You might scream: "But, it's a FANTASY!" Then, I'll scream back: "Even fantasy has to have solid rules; otherwise, it's magical realism or Deus ex Machina conveniently controlling events."


It's hard to highlight this part without giving up the story. One might claim that the rules of entering/leaving the world were clear from the beginning. It's not true, though! We were never told why and how Yoon Joo was going in when the tablet wasn't involved. Then, there's the fact that the rules changed over and over again! They worked only when it was appropriate for the narrative. Many times, major dangers could've been avoided by simply using the rules. In all honesty, I have attempted to rationalize the show's plot more than once; I always ended up with a severe headache. It's either the plot is a collection of holes bridged by Deus ex Machina or I'm too stupid to get it.


But I could've still enjoyed the show, lapses of logic and all, had the writer tried to make her characters realistic. Isn't it ironic that the writer who criticized other drama writers for resorting to cliches to move their stories, didn't bother to give her own characters identities of their own?!


Take Yoon Joo for example. What is she other than the love interest? What do we know about her other than she'll do anything to be with Chul? For the love of God, the girl had cotton candy for brains and I was supposed to believe that she's a surgical intern. Yoon Joo was willing to desert her ENTIRE universe so she can play romance of the day with her fictional crush. How am I supposed to respect her? I'm a fangirl, mind you! But I still can tell the difference between fangirling and falling in love. The writer and Yoon Joo obviously couldn't. If I were to believe that Yoon Joo fell for Chul because he's her forever crush, why did he fall for her (over and over again)? There was a painful lack of buildup for that romance. The show ended and I was still wondering: Why were those two a couple? Why the hell I'm supposed to root for them?


They might've been cute together. But that was all they ever were!


Then, there was Chul. His life, his whole existence was a tragedy but he was a protagonist who had free-will in a predestined world. In his journey of finding himself, Kang Chul was supposed to prove his humanity. Curiously enough, I found his reactions to the world and to everything to be human in the first half of the story. However, the more he approaches the real world, the more he becomes robotic. Ultimately, he became so bland it was dull to watch him, much less to care for him. (again it's hard to explain without spoiling).


The most interesting and the only well-acted character was Oh Song Moon. I want to take a moment to applaud the acting. The levels of darkness and petty he fell into were very well acted. Unfortunately, the depth of this character was never fathomed. He was shoved away in favor of the stupid never-was-romance. His relationship with his daughter, his fears, his failures, his love were all thrown down the drain. He became a walking plot-device himself.


The acting in the show was uneven. Kim Eui Seong did wonders with his characters where Han Hyo Joo moves around with 3 annoying facial expressions (maybe four if you count her sleeping face :P). W certainly uncovered Lee Jong Suk's acting limitations. He fairs well in cute and playboy, but other than some particular scenes, his acting grew cumbersome to watch, even cringe-worthy at the end. Those crying scenes anyone?!


A shout out to Crazy Dog and Soo Bong: those two were my rays of the sunshine in the dark! Crazy Dog spoke my mind and Soo Bong was the only one who played bewilderment and every other shocked emotion well.



In short, visually captivating, definitely mind-boggling and occasionally a bit creepy, W might have started with a promise but ended with a letdown. Watch it if you're a fan of the actors or of twisty-twisted plots that leave you with more questions than answers, but don't expect any character to come off as human.

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This is my second review on here. My first one was for D-Day which is another great drama just like this one and just like D-Day this drama has a unique story/plot that is original and has not been done before as a drama.

For me this drama was amazing from the very start to the finish. The reason I added this drama to my watch list and started watching right when the first episode aired was because of the cast. I am big fan of Lee Jong Suk and I do like Han Hyo Joo. Lee Jong Suk is also my favorite Korean actor and when I heard that he was going to star in a new drama I had to watch it and I am so glad I did.

This drama did not disappoint me at all. I will say that there were a few things in the drama that could have been better but overall this drama does deserve a 10. This drama is one of the best dramas of this year that I have watched and I am so glad Lee Jong Suk was in it. He just ends up picking really great dramas to star in. In my opinion not only is this drama one of the best this year it is now one of my favorites of all time.

Story

The story/plot of this drama is so unique and to my knowledge has not been done before in a Korean drama. I loved that it was about webtoons and in particular about one where Lee Jong Suk was the main character. You cannot go wrong with having him as the main character. If the webtoon of this drama was real I would defiantly be reading it as it is the kind of story I would love. I like the concept that the main female character was able to enter the webtoon world of W. That in its self was not as unique as I have seen characters enter the world of the book they are reading before. But this one was so different in the sense that she ended up playing a part in it. I also like that this drama was not so easy to predict what was going to happen next. With most dramas you can kind of predict what could happen next but with this drama you could not. This just made it even more interesting and hard to wait for the next episode to see what would happen. As I said earlier there were a few things in the drama that could have been better or explained better so that is why the story get a 9.5 and not a 10 like the rest. I can’t really say what those things are because I would be spoiling it for you and I don’t want to do that.

Acting/Cast

The cast for this drama was so perfect. I don’t think I could see anyone else playing those characters. They all did a great job. Especially Lee Jong Suk and Han Hyo Joo. Last time I saw Lee Jong Suk was in the drama Pinocchio so it was great to have him back in a new drama and the same goes for Han Hyo Joo. It has been a number of years since she was last in a drama. She has done some movies recently but it was nice to see her back and paired with Lee Jong Suk. I think they had great chemistry together and it showed on the screen.

The other actors also did a great job and played their characters very well. I especially loved both Lee Shi Eon who played the webtoon artist assistant and Heo Jeong Do who played the professor doctor. Both of them brought some comedy to the drama which was nice to have. Also can't forget Kim Eui Seong who played Han Hyo Joo’s father and the webtoon artist. I have seen him before in other roles and he did such an amazing job playing his character in this drama.

Music

The music in this drama was so good, whether it was the OST songs that had lyrics in them or the instrumental Score/BGM. This drama had 9 songs that had music and lyrics and I loved every single one of them. My favorite of them all was the first one to be released which is ‘Where Are You’ by Jung Joon Young. I love this song and Jung Joon Young voice as he is such an amazing singer. The other ones I liked the best were ‘In the Illusion’ by Basick & Inkey and ‘You And Me’ by An Hyun Jung. Also one of the best parts about the music was the instrumental Score/BGM soundtrack for the drama. It was amazing to listen to and scored so perfect for the drama. So in all the music is really good and I have already bought all 9 of the OST songs that were released. I also plan to download the whole soundtrack once it’s available on iTunes. I know it is officially out right now and is 2 CDs but iTunes does not have it up yet. I will possibly buy the physical soundtrack as well once that is released. That is how much I just loved the soundtrack.

Rewatch Value

The rewatch value of this drama is so high for me. This is a drama that I would defiantly rewatch from start to finish a bunch of times. I will probably watch it again very soon and this time introduce it to a friend. Since I watched this drama by myself it would be a great drama to watch with a friend or friends. I told a friend of mine that she needs to watch this drama and she has added it to her list so it would be nice to watch it again with her. Also if this drama comes out on DVD with English subs I will defiantly be buying it.

I highly recommend this unique suspenseful fantasy romantic drama as everything about it was so good. All that is left to say is if you are reading this and trying to decide if you should watch this what are you doing. Go watch it now. It is a must watch drama that should not be missed. One of the best dramas of 2016.

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W can’t be accused of setting the bar low. It attempts to tell a compelling, tightly crafted story while simultaneously deconstructing the narrative tropes that drive such plots. At first, it pulls it off, pairing sly meta-commentary with unpredictable twists as characters defiantly refuse to follow their creator’s whims. However, as the story within the story goes off the rails, it becomes increasingly difficult for the “real” story to stay on track as well. By depriving itself of the traditional payoffs provided by standard dramatic structure, the show ironically defaults to the same hackneyed conventions it’s mocking (Deaths that aren’t actually deaths! Amnesia! It’s all a dream!).

What starts as an engaging meditation on how artistic works can take on a life of their own devolves into a jumble of incomprehensible rules and mangled timelines. The bigger thematic ideas get lost as you sense the actual writer struggling every bit as much as her cartoonist antihero to give her work an ending. And unfortunately, just like him, she can’t seal the deal. In a world where everyone can magically draw (or write) themselves out of difficulty, the act of creation gets reduced to expediency, not art. The fans within the show know something’s gone awry, but, alas, the fans in the “real”, real world are left hanging too. As a metaphor for how stories slip away from their authors, this one turns out to be a bit too apt.

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I have rated it 5,5, because i have high expectation. I am not comparing this with other k-dramas or asian dramas. I am comparing this with american productions or japanese tv serial. The story itself is ridiculous. It is a fantasy, i get it, but the logic in this drama is so below expectation that i feel the writer was treating me like an idiot to watch this.

The rules keep changing. Like can go back and forth between two worlds but how? Sometimes tru tablet sometimes just go in and out like that. Then killer can go in and out anytime he likes without tablet, But when tablet is not working it's safe, killer cannot go out anymore. Sometimes can go to airplanes too. What the hell? Is it me who fails to understand the logic behind this utterfly crap master piece or everyone also feels the same?

Don't even start to talk about the awkward romance. It's the most ridiculously cheap cheesy romance i have ever seen in my entire life. Or maybe i haven't found other idiot drama as comparisson. I don't know. I have high standard for movie / anime / tv show, this one is the most overrated drama so far. I watched it because of the hype. Ahh i won't ever trust the hype anymore. Wasted my time to watch this.

I feel like getting cheated by the seller (writer). The sales person tried to sell me a fruit with nice packaging, promising sweet taste. The first bite was good, really sweet and tasty only to discover after i bite more the fruit is rotten inside with all the worms squirming inside of the fruit. Yuck! That's how i feel when i watch W. Such a letdown.

What a BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT !!!

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At the beginning, there was much expectation.
"W," one muttered. "Why is the show called W?"
The other snapped their fingers. "W sounds exactly like 'Double U' - Double universe. Get it?"
"Clever!" came the reply.

........Except it was not.
Oh, it tried to be. From the offset, rules were made, broken and shaped into something else entirely. This constant shift in dynamics between real world and manwha world kept us on our toes. But two flaws held it back.

One - All of the characters in both worlds were flat. All of them. Except maybe one, but more on Oh Seong Moo later. Kang Chul was particularly tragic. To become self-aware of his own cartoon status, to gain a strong purpose to kill the creator - but then being reduced to nothing more than being Yeon Joo's chew-toy. She wanted romance, and romance was to be had! The plot would've been more interesting if he'd objected to his secondary creator's will (especially in the second half, when he had no recollections of their "romance") and resented her throughout. Muhahahaha. You can tell how sick I was of every romantic scene between them. Every-time manwha world tried to insert conflict, namely by having the killer after them, the end-goal was for their insipid reunion, that I stopped caring by episode 5. Seriously.

Yeon Joo. Man, I had major issues with this character. As I said to a fellow MDLer..."In the latter episodes, just to be walking around in pretty dresses, doing nothing but sleep and talk with Kang Chul - how is that inspirational? A woman with that much brains, will always seek for extra stimulation, not just be relegated to "Barbie" territory with fluff in her brains. Why make her a doctor in the first place? Just make her anything, if it doesn't matter so much."

I still stand by those words.

Lee Jong Suk and Han Hyo Joo's acting left a lot to be desired. They tried their best, excelling in certain points, but I was convinced by neither character in the end.

Oh Seong Moo/Hang Sang Hoon was a character portrayed well, by the actor, which is why he's my favourite, closely followed by Crazy Dog, who voiced every frustration with W's turns - he even voiced a fantastic thought. "Even though I hated the beginning, I must be respectful of the final episode"...and then, "That's it?"
Lastly Su-Bongah because he spent the majority of the episodes frightened out of his wits.

In some ways, the reason why I'm giving a high score of 6.5 is purely because the show tried something new and had an exciting soundtrack. My most appreciated scene in the show, was when Seol Hee was fading and drew attention to herself. Her will to survive was stronger, than the will of the show! And she wasn't even self-aware like Kang Chul. The only (truly) impressive dimension I saw.

Also the ending? More questions raised, than answered.

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