O Odisee Coreeană (2017)

I was immediately drawn to this series just based off of what it was about. I love the story line and how it's not all centered on the romance. There is more to the story than that. I loved how they included humor in this series because it does have darkness throughout the series. They knew how to lighten up the mood. The acting was sometimes over the top in certain scenes. I know that it was probably intentional, but I just didn't care for it. I felt that it made that part of the episode cheesy. You will know what I mean when you watch it. The casting choices themselves I felt were on point. I've seen a lot of these actors in other dramas before so it was nice to see them again in something new. I loved the music throughout the entire series. I actually ended up downloading songs from the soundtrack because you just can't get them out of your head. Overall, I would recommend this to anyone that likes these sort of dramas that have to do with spirits. I have rewatched it several times so I hope that people will give it a shot that haven't already. I give this series 9/10.

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A little boring

It started off well. The first 9 or 10 episodes were good but it became really boring after that character called Ah Sa Nyeo came.

It was also a little stretched. They could've finished it off in around 16 episodes or even less. It seemed like they wanted to make it with 20 episodes of 1 hour 20 minutes each. It became a little interesting towards the end though.

I liked Cha Seung Won's acting. He's a great actor. Son Oh Gong and Devil King Woo's bromance is what made me watch this till the end.

It's worth watching if you have a lot of patience. I won't recommend it to anybody.

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Think the presence of these strong casts took the show somewhere unexpected. Lacks the cgi magic (were they broke?) and typical love & romance charm in that of Goblin and Hotel de luna where the characters felt distant and good to look at. Korean Odyssey casts, however, were sitting right in my living with me, they have very strong and likeable individual presence, and that overpowered the re-used hunt the haunt theme of the writers that felt like Master Sun dejavu. Yet while rewatching after a year, I feel the same need to follow through with the whole series, so it's a 10 not for the cgi, ghost hunting, storyline, sweet romance or eventual and must have final plot twist, the 10 is for their star quality.

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I love every single moment up until the every end. Lee Seung GI is the best and deserved better production

















I think it's fair to say that this drama was good overall: the story is intriguing, well written for the first 10 episodes and it made me curious.
If I can say something bad about it, I'd have gone for a shorter version. 20 episodes are too many, since part of the story (expecially from episode 14) was just fillers.
I'd rather watch 10 very good episodes than 20 just for the sake of carrying it on.
The ending it's not that bad, but it's way too predictable: if you're not into open endings, just forget about this drama.
Onto the good stuff:
- Lee Seung Gi is just gold in this series, I cannot think of anybody else for the role of Son Oh Gong. Same goes for Cha Seung Won (Ma Wang) and Sung Hyuk (General Frost).
- Soundtrack is Bomb: "Let me out" is a hit, was stucked in my head for weeks, as well as "If You Were Me" and "When I Saw You".
- I loved the fact that supernatural elements, history and human nature are intertwined in the love story: it makes it really special.
- I don't particularly like Oh Yeon Seo, but i loved the first 5 episodes because of the tension between the two leads.
- Lee El (Secretary Ma) is one of the most underrated character, imho, but I loved her a lot.


I don't think I'd rewatch this, cause it's too painful now (i didn't enjoy the ending) and also because of the dragged out part (13-17), but It was definitely worth my time.

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Romanticized story of a kingdom divided cannot stand.

The romance side is the part I fell in love with… the other side of demons/monsters I could do without. That being said I loved the story development of the “monsters” relationship. In reality I know it would never happen but it was fun to humanize them a bit and allow them to grown fond of each other and even love in friendship together.
It was rather dragged out around episode 14 onwards - I'd rather watch 10 very good episodes than 20 just for the sake of carrying it on.
The ending it's not that bad, but it's way too predictable: if you're not into open endings, just forget about this drama.
Onto the good stuff:
- Lee Seung Gi is just gold in this series, I cannot think of anybody else for the role of Son Oh Gong. Same goes for Cha Seung Won (Ma Wang) and Sung Hyuk (General Frost).
- Soundtrack is Bomb: "Let me out" is a hit as well as "If You Were Me" and "When I Saw You".
I don't think I'd rewatch this, cause it's too painful now (i didn't enjoy the ending) and also because of the dragged out part (13-17)
The ending was a bit on the sad side - leaving you wanting to know if he gets her back and how he does it. That being said, as he has to go to the underworld - I think it will definitely be too dark for me liking. Will have to see if they bring our a season 2.

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A new concept of fantasy-horror (with romance) drama!

After the wave of Goblin, Scarlet... I was craving for more series which is somehow likely the same series. Never knew this drama would be that great!

Alot of people rated this negative which I can’t understand and wouldn’t be able to understand. But for sure, this is a highly rated drama just like Goblin. & Scarlet (not as same drama, but the quality of story +actors+songs itself)

You might find this confusing because there are alot of twist. So you really have to focus on the story because it wasn’t that straightforward like other series.

It’s a new concept of fantasy-horror (for me, a mystery rather than a horror) with romance. I just love how this drama was well written even it’s a romance between a human (who could see ghosts) & non-human (an evil).

Other than the story, you’d most definitely find yourself hooked with all the OSTs. All songs are amazing and perfectly made for this drama!!!

Tip, you have to finish it once you’ve started. So you won’t lose the momentum and get confuse once you get back to it.

For the ending, you’d definitely ASK FOR SEASON 2. Just like the Scarlet, it’s a CLIFF HANGING ENDING.

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Dari judul maupun sinopsis sudah diketahui akhir cerita ini. T.T
Jadi sebelumnya saya belum berani menonton drama ini.
Tapi belum lama ini saya akhirnya memberanikan diri.
Dan tahu dari episode 1 pun lee seung gi tidak mengecewakan saya dengan aktingnya. \^-^/
Walaupun 20 episode cukup panjang.
Dan beberapa bagian emosi nya terlalu banyak diulang. (Apalagi bagian mempertanyakan kesungguhan cinta) :(
Tapi Cerita ini cukup memuaskan untuk dinonton kembali. :D
Sountrack yang enak didengar dan bisa langsung memberi visual dalam bayanganku.

Apa ada season 2 untuk cerita ini ?
Kalau ada akan ku tunggu. :)

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I liked it quite a lot. The whole supernatural love/hate male friends living together and irritating each other was funny and reminded me of the relationship between the Goblin and Grim reaper. The drama began very well, but slowly made me lose interest. It's not a show that you should bingewatch, just take it easy and watch an episode a day. I skipped episodes 15-17, because I kinda got bored, but didn't want to drop it.

The acting is amazing, too bad the cgi was REALLY bad, it took away the seriousness and made me laugh.

I love the music.

I'll most likely not rewatch this, but it was nice to have seen it. I recommend watching this drama.

Judging from the ending... perhaps a part two?

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Fun and creative

I'm so glad I finished this after putting it on hold for years! This has to be one of the most creative Hong sisters drama in years. I want to pick up cdramas for some time now because they always have dramas about deities, monsters, and immortal love, while you find this rare in kdramas where it's usually supernatural- lite.

There's even a scene where it looks like it came from a xianxia (cdrama) and I wanted to watch that show! I've heard of the tale of Chinese odyssey for a long time, and I'm amazed by how the Hong sisters made that story into a modern Korean twist complete with a memorable love story.

They made me like and appreciate each of the characters. I'm first also iffy about the love potion aspect of the geumganggo, but in the end it was executed in a satisfying manner. (Slight spoilers:) What is not satisfying is that ending , but oh well kdrama writers do not want us to have nice things. I'm not as mad as others, maybe because I'm already spoiled by it, I hated how they executed the death, but I'm ok with the ending overall.

I wished Lee Seung Gi and Oh Yeon Seo have more of a sizzling chemistry, but they portrayed their characters well, esp. LSG he embodied Son Oh Gong's cranky, playful monkey really well, a twist on the bad boy falling for the good girl trope.

LSG and Cha Seung Won as Ma Wang have great chemistry tho, no wonder this is their 2nd drama. Their love hate bromance is so comical and cannot be missed. Lee Se Yeong playing as dual character really shone here.

The drama does go on a bit too long, but I don't mind hanging out with this special ragtag group of monsters. It was so much fun. When you leave the drama missing all the characters from adorable Oh Jeong to capricious Pal Gye, you know the drama has done its job well.

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I personally love the plot, but at some point the storyline gets unnecessarily dragged, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Besides the main characters, I really love the story of other side characters, like general winter and his sister summer fairy, the friendship between PK, octopus and zombie.

The casts are awesome and amazing, this is my first time watching Oh Yeon Seo but I love her in this drama. Lee Se Young also did a great job in portraying two different characters.

Although some might be disappointed with the ending, I personally think the ending is so realistic hence I'm okay with it although I did cry a river.

I would totally recommend this drama, but not if you're not into fantasy genre.

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