W (2016)

What a roller coster...

This drama started really strong for me, I was enjoying it so much, the plot was intriguing, the cast was so well picked and it made me glued to the screen. However the rest of the drama was kinda disappointing, and didn´t live for my initial expectations, to be fair is not like it was bad and maybe it isn´t just my style, but the sudden plot twists and the 'backs and forth' left me annoyed and the drama became at some point all of the same, you could even prevent what was going to happen because of how predictable it was, it just gave the impression like it wasn´t well thought or planned and that the actor just did whatever it came to his mind with no logic whatsoever. Aside from that, it had the right portion of funny moments but also dramatic ones, it was an interesting idea of a story and overall worked pretty well with some gaps in the execution.

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the drama is good, i liked the acting and the general plot was really interesting. however i felt things were slightly rushed towards the end and dragged in the middle.... some of the romantic scenes were SO good, my heart fluttered and i don't even like rom-coms that much. i guess it's the lee jong suk effect. he was really good btw, whenever he expressed his emotions it felt so real and raw! he's really charming and draws you in!
about the actress playing yeon joo, i liked her, the acting was nice, didn't feel like she was going overboard when depicting an emotional scene. however, i just wished her character was somehow... idk... BETTER?? seriously disliked the fact that she didn't have much to do other than romance, doing emotional scenes and following what other characters told her to do... i don't want to be unnecessarily harsh though, bc i know this is how it works in the drama world lol.
all the other actors did an amazing job, especially oh seong moon and han seol!! they both played their roles with convinction!
the plot was really interesting, i personally never watched anything like this so it felt very original and well done!! i just wished the writing was better in some parts, but otherwise the whole story was pretty interesting and engaging. you don't feel like dropping the drama at all!!
the music was nice, not amazing, not bad... didn't LOVE it but didn't dislike it either, so it was average for me.
rewatch value? maybe no, because i don't watch the same thing again twice lol, and anyways you know all the twists, it wouldn't feel like the first time. but it is a good and engaging drama to watch, hence if you're hesitating, you should definitely give it a try!!
for me it's a 7/10!

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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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Es un drama diferente, me recuerda un poco a Die Now, en W hay 2 mundos, el real y el del comic, en Die Now también, el real y el del juego, ambos dramas son un poco confusos y pudiese decirse que interesantes, sin embargo, Die Now me gustó y W no, o sea, creo que si es bueno pero a mi como que no me gustó tanto como al resto de las personas que recomiendan mucho este drama porque les encantó. W lo vi con mi mamá, yo tenía altas expectativas de este drama, a ella le encantaron los protagonistas y la serie (incluso ahora está obsesionada con lee jon suk ),pero a mi como que no me cuadró mucho. En Die Now el protagonista va a otro mundo a salvar a su novia quién entró sin querer, en W la protagonista va al otro mundo sin querer a salvar al protagonista quien le gusta y próximamente se convertirá en su novio.
Kang Cheol se la pasaba hablando de las conexiones lógicas,¡en W no las hay!,¡todo es un caos en este drama! Es un drama confuso y enredado pero sobre todo incoherente. Nose, creo que yo esperaba algo más emocionante, o sea, si lo fue (emocionante), pero no me parece justo que el papá muriera, al final murió por culpa de su propia creación. Hubieron partes sorpresivas pero fue insuficiente (para mi). Supongo que si es un buen drama, pero aun así creo que está un poco sobrevalorado, más allá de que no me gusta lee jong suk, no me causó una gran impresión este drama. Definitivamente W es un drama único, eso no se puede negar, de hecho, felicitaciones por todo el éxito que ha tenido, pero...no se como explicarlo, tal vez merece una puntuación alta en originalidad, pero aún así no fue tan entretenido para mi.

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PLOT:It was so fresh and unexpected! I loved the idea of webtoon coming to life(and they executed it perfectly), and Lee Jong-suk(who played Kang Chul)  was the perfect casting choice to play a cartoon character. Every episode had a lot of action, very unusual(in my opinion)to this kind of KDrama.I loved seeing the same scenes we just saw in "real life" ,to then seeing them in the webtoon,it was such a nice touch.  I liked it!
THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN OUR MAIN COUPLE: Our main couple Oh Yeon-Joo(played by Han Hyo-Joo) who is the daughter of the author of the webtoon "W", and our main hero of the webtoon Kang Chul(played by Lee Jong-suk). The chemistry was there! Was it over the roof? No, but it was still there and that's important!
HOW IT ENDS(*Mild spoilers*): I expected much sadder Ending then we got, that shocked me(don't know really why). For me the ending was satisfying, I really liked the last episode. To be very honest it felt a little rushed, but still good.

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Professor Mad Dog's words were my biggest fear

Heard that this show is great and all so many times and people cried alot on this show. Finally gave it a try after watching Extraordinary You.

The drama started off really well. Like really i was intrigued by this. (happened with Extraordinary You, like it had potential but went down the hill after few eps). And this one, I say was better than that. I skipped so much in EY but not here coz the twits were good keeping you at the edge of seat but then went it started to come to an end, the show kept Playing toss the ball. It kept going in circles. Even though there was need to skip of FF in this drama still felt a bit draggy.

Story: Very good plot but came a bit boring in some parts. Felt few things were unnecessary. And obviously like their professor said that "after oh Yeon Joo came into the story it lost its essence" i thought I'd feel the same. Well, romance ruin good action, thriller or crime dramas. I was worried that this drama oy going to follow romance side after episode where she requests him to do sweet things for her. And I might drop it. So i feel the words he said. But thankfully, that wasnt the case. Romance felt off. Like we don't know how she got attached to him. She was fine and wanted to save him because she liked him despite him trying to kill his father. Thought there would be some hatred or a bit a dissatisfaction but no. And don't understand why ML fell for her? Maybe because she helped him when she was shot? Got swayed only after she saying Saranghae with no feels. FL was a bit idk... Didn't really become of fan of her character. ML's role was great then kept going up and down. Maybe if they went as per Manhwa it'd have been better than twisting and adding things to the story.

Acting : FLs actions weren't always touching. Sometimes when she cries it felt like she was 'acting'. And MLs action scenes kinda made me laugh. But rest was fine. Even his acting felt lacking sometimes. The other cat was fine.

Music : not sure about this. Didn't pay attention.

PS- The drama was good, watchable. Didn't skip much or probably not at all. Timed well. But downside was story was going in circles and sometimes felt repetitive (maybe it did). If they reduced the extra 'drama' in that maybe it'd have been and enjoyable watch. Recommended but not a re-watch type. Maybe if I watched when it Aired, my rating would have been different.

Overall a good show (probably because I didn't expect anything when I started). Recommended? Yes. But need to patient because twists make it longer.

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I decided to watch W as it still is highly rated on Viki, but also because of Lee Jong Suk. I’m writing this as I watch, but currently the first 6 episodes were the best. I’m currently on episode 9 and it’s just gotten to a weird point. Yeon Joo literally just decides to not go back to her own world to be with Kang Chul. I was expecting more from her character since she’s supposed to be a doctor. Her character in my opinion is just not as grand as I expected. As the reactions she does is just over the top too the point it gets kinda annoying as it’s something a character would do in a book, not someone who’s supposed to live in the real world. I also wish the romance between Yeon Joo and Chul didn’t happen so fast. It kinda made the show seem that it was at it’s peak at only 8 episodes. I don’t know what to expect with the last set of episodes as the storyline seems a bit messy now. However so far I like the acting for Kang Chul as it’s more realistic to a book character as he was set up that way. I think the acting for everyone except Yeon Joo fit their character perfectly.

Final thoughts after finishing:
After finishing it the drama actually made up for all the numerous flashback, repeats, and cliches. I was actually satisfied with the ending. It was a little sad, but it was for a good cause. I only wished the context of the rules between worlds was more clear. It seemed as some advantages characters had just weren’t as clear to me as I would’ve hoped. I still think the female lead lacked in performance. I think expressions were over exaggerated, but also her constant starring without saying anything bothered me. I honestly didn’t know how it would end. It ended well. I’m also satisfied how the romance was knotched down and made the drama more likeable for me. In the beginning it was just to cringe for so early in the show. Other than that I’m satisfied with the drama. However there were some parts I think were stretched out too long, I get that 16 episodes is usually the lowest for dramas, but this drama could’ve ended in about 12 episodes if things weren’t stretched out.

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Second Favorite Drama EVER

I started this show and got about an episode or so in and then I stopped to watch something else and I can't remember why. Then I sort of never went back. I jumped from drama to drama. Then suddenly I kept remembering this drama I had watched previously with an athlete who's family is murdered and he's blamed and I tried searching EVERWHERE for MONTHS and found nothing.

One day, after I'd given up my search, I saw W sitting in my unfinished list so I restarted it and instantly was like, "OMG it's been under my nose the whole time!!!" So I restarted it and it was just amazing.

Once you get a few episodes in it goes from good to great. I also love anything Lee Jong Suk is in (because I saw him in this and fell in love). lol Definitely a re-watch.

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The first k-drama i watched and the one who made me want to continue watching them.
The concept itself is intriguing, the main characters are really well acted in a way is never cringy and every episode leaves you wanting more.
But i found myself really disapointed on episode 15 and 16, the build up and tesion created from episodes before made the ending felt flat and confusing.
The best was the acting and while the writting of the main couple could have been better the chemistry between both actors was nice.
Overall i still enjoy it and even recommend it for the people who start watching dramas and want to have a good time or at least be entrainted because you defently are.

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"W" is a Kdrama with a unique storyline and creative execution. One of the central themes of the show is the blurring of boundaries between fiction and reality. What I particularly enjoyed about "W" was its fast-paced narrative and well-developed characters. The chemistry between the leads brought depth and emotion to the story, making it easy for audiences to become invested in their fates. Additionally, the show's exploration of the consequences of altering a fictional world had me on the edge of my seat, eager to see how each decision would impact the characters and their surroundings.

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