Tomorrow (2022)

Very lacklustre storytelling and characters

The show started off strong, but as the story progressed, I felt that the plot wasn’t consistent. The show also had a very myopic view of mental illness; it was very superficial, in my honest opinion. Mental illness is a very complex and nuanced topic, however the show treated it like something that gets cured once and for all. Unfortunately, once the show ended, it left me pretty unsatisfied, especially when it came to the backstories and history of Park Joong Gil and Goo Ryeon.

I honestly would not recommend the show to anyone. The rewatch value is also low.

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Unbelievably beautiful and heartbreaking!!

I knew what I was getting into when beginning the series, yet I wasn't prepared for it mentally. Every episode broke my heart and stitched it together. I finished the series yesterday, and couldn't sleep last night because everything was going crazy in my head. You know how it feels like you experienced everything by being there in the show, that's how I felt.

Overall, the plot, cast, acting, everything was spot on. Every character ate their role and did their best. For some, this series might feel more personal, like it did to me, but I hope you all can gain new hope of living a better life after watching Tomorrow.

In real life, no Grim Reaper is coming to save someone, so help each other, be polite and kind to everyone, and please get professional help when needed. Don't suffer alone, coz you are not alone.

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2nd Realistic Drama for me

seriously, before 2022 ended, i was planning to watch this drama, but many assignment was waiting for me!!🥹🥹

And... finally!! in february 2023, i recently watched it!!

I don't expected too much because i already saw many videos in TikTok

Tadaaa!! This drama is really incredibleee for me!!

I feel mixed feelings in every episodes, especially episodes 1, and the plot was aaaaaaaa

Really touching💞 and in every episodes has many stories which related in real life

for acting, i shouldn't doubt with (main character) Kim Hee Sun, Lee SooHyuk, Rowoon and Yoon Ji On (i recently know Yoon Ji On and woaahh his acting 👌) hehe

for soundtrack, honestly i didn't really listen so i have no comment

for story, although there many stories touched my heart,
(i don't know if this is spoiler or not)

in last episode, hmm some scene not realistic for solved the problem, but yeah, i think it doesn't really matter for the plot story, so it's okay

So overall for me 9,5/10


*note: sorry my english not really good*

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Queria poder esquecer para ve-lo novamente, amei.

Amei esse drama, história muito diferente, temas necessários de se tratar. Infelizmente me deu gatilho, mas eu entendo que são tópicos importantes a serem tratados com indivíduos e sociedade. A arte reflete a sociedade, pude ver como a saúde mental é um tópico tabu na Coreia do Sul.

O enredo do casal de ceifadores é muito bom, me prendeu muito, já dava para imaginar que seria daquela forma, porém eu gostaria que tivessem terminado juntos novamente, mas a lição da série é justamente valorizar a nossa vida e as oportunidades que ela nos dá, o final deles foi bem digno e tranquilo.

Gostei do final, foi bem divertido e deixa com um gostinho de "quero mais".

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There's no Tomorrow. It was all for Today

One of my favorite series.

I started watching it because I kept seeing the preview on Netflix and after a few minutes I fell in love with it. I devoured every episode and couldn't wait to see the next one.

The theme of death, grim reaper and the afterlife is difficult to deal with without ending up in banality or something that doesn't make the slightest sense. This series managed to treat that perfectly, treated suicide seriously and led to reflection.
The actors did a great job, managing to impersonate even the most complicated and controversial characters.

I wish I could forget it totally to be able to look at every episode and be amazed and moved every time.

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Heart-warming and heart-wrenching

Tomorrow maybe not be a perfect drama but every story told an important theme and is relevant today. It really demonstrates the reality of life. It shows the importance of life and that each person carries a story.

The cast also including our cameo’s every week did a phenomenal job, however I do wish LSH had more screen time. This drama was an emotional rollercoaster that had a solid premise with the OST and cinematography to match. The let down for me was the balance between the ‘case of the week’ plot and the overarching reaper/Jumadeung plot line. This drama would’ve been a hundred times better if it were mostly about Jumadeung politics/world-building and Ryeon and Joong-gil’s past.

Specifically, the way that RY and JG’s story was wrapped up - whilst I can appreciate the decision to not have them get together again in line with the severed threads theme, I just wish we’d been given more time to see JG regain his memories of the past and see the two of them properly get closure from one another. Ryeon and Joon-gil's story was the best part of the drama. It feels like the writers failed to make use of the amazing chemistry between KSH and LSH and its a shame that we only had two episodes devoted to them. Their story was beautiful and very tragic but meaningful with them using it to help people.

Everyone was connected to suicide and its consequences in their life. With the message of the drama, we see Ryeon had to come to peace with her own past, pains, and choices, like all of the survivors we have learned about thus far. Words can't describe the emotions we all felt while watching this series. The pain, the fear, the anger, the happiness, and the sadness when this drama ended. This drama gives more reasons to be aware of other people's feelings, but also our own. I'm glad I watched this drama

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Tomorrow was an emotional rollercoaster that I am glad that I got on. It was from the very beginning, full of lore and story to unpack and instantly had me hooked. According to statistics, Korea is the leader in suicide rates and this group of Grim Reaper's help to bring that down. Dealing with heavy topics such as sa, bullying, miscarriage, etc.. it can be draining, but rewarding to watch.

-- Spoilers Below --

Goo Ryun is one of the most bad-ass female front leads I have ever seen in a drama. The way her character is written and her backstory adds such a layer of depth and Kim Hee Sun did an amazing job putting that all on display. Her pink hair and eyeshadow sticks out and her attitude is cold, but she cares deeply and loves saving others from the Hell that she went through.. literally. When it finally came to figuring out her entire backstory, I felt for her on another level than I already did. Her committing suicide, feeling like she had no other way to end her suffering, helped so much with how she saw and dealt with the people she was trying to save. I wish that her and Park Joong-Gil had gotten together in some sense again, but it felt good with the story as to how they left it since their fate had been severed when she died.

Choi Joon-Woong was an amazing character and I loved how deep he felt his feelings and let them show. He wasn't afraid to stand up for what he thought was wrong and right, and was never hesitant to help someone in need. Although he is only in the group temporary until his life is over, I wanted him to stay there forever sadly. I know he wanted to go back to his mom and live out the rest of his life, but being with Goo Ryun and Ryung-Gu he seemed to be so happy. I feel that although he is one of the main characters, the story doesn't follow his mysteries as much as it does the other reapers and their backstory. They just use him to tell and put together the puzzle of what happened hundred of years ago for them to get there. I did love how they threw in that he himself also had lived past lives and was intertwined with both Goo Ryun and Park Joong-Gil.

Lim Ryung-Gu had to of been my favorite character besides Goo Ryun. His backstory was incredibly heartbreaking and had me sobbing the entire time. His desire to see his mom and lead her safely and happily through her lives was so incredibly sweet. I wish that he could have been a little more prominent in the first few episodes, but after his backstory he pops up a lot more. Him finally getting to tell his mom and reunite with her and apologize was heartwarming and I was so glad that after many decades he was able to get the closure that he needed to end his pain. I loved his attitude that he had for the victims, and would do anything to make sure they were safe. He takes matters into his own hands, but always looks out for his friends and coworkers like they are family. I love how close he was with Joon-Woong and Goo Ryun. Her leading him to his end and to eventually work under her definitely added to their already close bond.

I had such a hard time liking Park Joong-Gil and then I started to like him right at the last 2 episodes. He is the collector of souls.. a very cold man that hardly shows any feelings other than distrust, disgust and disdain for anything and everything that gets in his way. I had hoped that they would get to his backstory and why he felt so drawn to Goo Ryun sooner, but it ties all up at the end of the show. He has been battling nightmares.. one that has Goo Ryun in it, but through constant miscommunication between the two of them and Goo Ryun making a deal to keep it a secret from him it ends in a mess that could've been awful. He has resentment for people that take their own life, and takes this out on Goo Ryun. Forcing her to watch a car run over the woman she is trying to prevent from taking her life. While she gets her revenge and he gets her almost sent back to Hell, Joon-Woong tells him to look for himself. He eventually figures out him and Goo Ryun were married and lovers, but when she took her life it wounded his soul so badly that he was still not over it 2 reincarnations later. He helps her to save the woman and they eventually forgive each other and end it on that he finally understands the importance of their team.

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Breathtaking, emotional and beautiful

No imaginaba que este kdrama me haría sentir taaaaanto. Hubo un capítulo en especial que me hizo llorar mucho.

Me gusta demasiado que este drama hable sobre suicidio, pues es un tema que últimamente ha estado muy presente y del cual no se habla mucho.

Al principio me sacó de onda cómo hacían las intervenciones. Soy psicóloga y sentía que estaban haciendo TODO mal, hasta que el personaje de Rowoon llegó a aminorar todo.

Aún así, me habría gustado que se hablara sobre la terapia psicológica y su importancia después de haber pasado por un momento traumático como lo es el intento de suicidio.

Es un drama que enseña muchísimo, deja muchas lecciones de vida y te hace querer disfrutarla, querer ayudar a otros y tener un ojo en aquellos que tienes alrededor.

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Unique, edgy and brilliant

One of my top ten favourite kdramas from the past few years. Unforgettably sad, unforgettably funny. Also, an excellent introduction to the pressures of life in Korea, some of which are universal but some of which are unique to the history and sociological culture of the peninsula.

A fusion fantasy/scifi/healing drama about an understaffed, experimental and not very gentle team of Grim Reapers tasked with easing the pressure that Korea's high suicide rate is putting on an overcrowded Hell. A Korean Hell just for Koreans, by the way -- one of my favourite scenes has the head of the Grim Reaper Escort Team, Park Joong Gil (played by Lee Soo Hyuk), rescuing a group of Korean souls during WWII who were being stolen off to a Japanese Hell by a pair of Japanese Reapers! Euphemistically named the Risk Management Team of the Jumadeung Corporation, the Team Manager is a parolee from Hell, Koo Ryeon (played by Kim Hee Sun), who has a tough love approach to her work. For example scaring silly a van full of would-be suicides using online instructions, by driving the wrong way through traffic until they beg to be allowed to live. When this fails she uses her supernatural powers.

Her only employee is Lim Ryung Gu (played by Yun Ji On) who refuses to work more than his 8 hr shift (so rebellious in SK context!). The Jade Emperor(ess), the CEO of the squeakily antiseptic white-walled corporate Jumadeung skyscraper, decides to add a recently comatose soul wandering freely as a temporary worker to the team. Choi Jun Woong (played by Kim Seok Woo a.k.a. Rowoon) had just begged the heavens to give him an employee ID card by any means, when he fell off a Han River bridge trying to stop a suicide jumper.

The Team is alerted to each case by a 'negative energy' alert monitor app and they use a variety of scifi methods to investigate each one: entering the subject's dreams or their memories (with very Matrix-like FX), observations of their work environments along with persuasion on a personal level. Jun Woong slowly transforms Koo Ryeon's approach to suicide prevention as he matures from a bumbling and irrepressible newbie into a hugely compassionate and effective intervention agent. The absolute and pure warmth of Rowoon's performance elevates what would have been a grittily comic Reaper story into something only Korea could have produced, a full length (16 eps at 1hr ea.) clear-eyed depiction of the cascade of forces which drive a person to fear tomorrow more than death.

I stopped at over two dozen listing all of the misfortunes woven into the stories of the dozen or so individual cases the Team handles, Each crisis is developed in original ways, often with an interesting point of view. One woman feels so guilty over not believing the stories of the suffering of the Korean 'comfort women' enslaved into prostitution by the Japanese Army of WWII because her best friend was taken by them, that she contemplates taking her life, but the Team asks her to meet with another sufferer who wanted to see someone who had known their mutual friend before she passed away, and so their pain is sweetly dissolved through tears. The IMF crisis which deprived so many families of their livelihoods is seen through the eyes of a little child who only remembers a miraculous birthday, and the fried chicken event staged by the team helps to save him as an adult struggling with exam failure. The threads connecting the past with the present have seldom been so delicately indicated,

The show balances the unchanged penalty for suicide in the afterworld as a crime with deeply moving episodes portraying individual suffering which elicit compassion from the viewer. The joy of Tomorrow is two-fold; to watch Koo Ryeon stomping the bejeezus out of all the cruel and thoughtless people who torment others to make themselves feel better is exhilarating, and Rowoon's unique ability to project sincere love, care and compassion is the one true message of this beautiful show.

On my top ten best ever kdramas list as of 12/24: Goblin, Hwayugi, Because This Is My First Life, Just between Lovers; the K2, Run On, Doom at Your Service; Tomorrow, Alchemy of Souls (earliest to latest) and Mr. Plankton .

The creators of the show, the writers and the directors deserve enormous credit. Hoping to see more of their work.

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