Good start but went downhill

Okay I was so excited to watch this because all the high reviews seemed to praise it for the things that I like in a drama - great characters (bonus for great female characters because they are uncommon), great fight scenes, solid storyline and great cinematography.

It started off pretty good - the pace, aesthetic and the characters were really good. But around the 17-20 episode mark I just really started to lose my patience. Su Yun Luo was so good at the start - capable, calm and charismatic. But it was like once she removed her thief persona, she regressed into this completely irrational and irritating typical female character. All of a sudden she starts fainting and getting defeated by one hit. She keep harping on and on about saving her teacher to the point where she doesn't even listen. The moment he gets mentioned she brandishes her sword, even at the guy she's supposedly in love with. And don't even get me started on the martyr-like personality. Oh I don't want anyone's help but ok I'm going to endanger myself and put everyone else at risk to save me.

The plot also started getting draggy and the arcs started to feel pointless. I kept forgetting about what was supposedly happening politics-wise because of all these hidden identity arcs. It's like all of the characters have some hidden identity.

Maybe I just had too high expectations for this which is why the disappointment is so big. There's definitely some positives in the drama which have been mentioned in other more positive reviews. I'd say worth watching once but don't expect it to be Holy Grail drama level.

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Sorry to be the wet blanket amongst the high reviews but this was such a disappointing watch. I guess maybe my expectations were high considering this had a pretty high rating and the cast were pretty big names.

I think this is more suited for those who tend to prefer the romcom or melo genre but wants something a little different. I'm quite into crime or thriller type of dramas which was what I expected this to be since it was supposedly similar to Confessions.

Overall I thought this was clichéd, cheesy and just too dramatic. I'm ok with plot holes and can overlook gaps in logic but the court scenes were pretty painful to watch. The characters were so 2D and I felt like 70% of the dialogue in the show was basically trash talking.

Anyway, to each their own but if you're into dramas like Signal, Tunnel, Voice, Return, I'd probably give this a miss.

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Ok to watch on the side

Watched this purely because I wanted to watch a crime/investigation type of show with interesting cases. I didn't really mind this show but I was also treating it as a filler while I was waiting for another drama to be subbed.

The cases were okay, there were some interesting points in them. But I felt like they weren't very well explained once they catch the person. Character wise, I had higher hopes for the female cop because I liked the actress and I think she started off okay. But I think she kind of went down the typical route after a while. I also felt like the medical examiner played too big of a role in the investigations.

After each case, there's some stage performance-esque skit at the end. I think this is a love it or hate it kind of thing. Personally, I wasn't really that into it. But my biggest biggest issue with this show is the background music. I tend not to notice this a lot but in this show, it was SO jarring and really does not give off the right vibe. You'll definitely know what I mean when you hear it, it makes me think of a Western saloon and just really does not fit either the theme or situations in the show.

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