Reborn rich so you could become poor again

This drama was a masterpiece until episodes 15 and 16 aired and turned it into something not even worth watching.
I know that adapting from a novel means changing things so the plot becomes more entertaining but not to the extent that it would ruin not only the journey but the whole experience as well.
the writer here tried to subvert expectations with a nonsense ending for no reason but to create controversy and inflate her own ego, and by doing so not only stabbed the novel this was based on but also tarnished what the title of the drama indicated, the main character by going back to his poor body went against what the title of the drama was indicating, "Reborn rich", everything the ML did and experienced on the journey to the end became meaningless, which means anyone who watched this drama to this point has wasted their time too.

PS:I do no recommend this drama under any circumstances and advice to avoid at all costs.

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A very good setup for what's to come

Just finished S2 and wanted to write my thoughts on it:

While not as good as S1, it had its brilliant moments too;

like the frontman actively manipulating everyone and coming out on top

Gi Hun failing to do anything even with all of that money and previous knowledge of the games

frontman's brother always being a step behind

new games that were entertaining to watch

representing an LGBT character in a way that feels natural and not forced at all, I really wanna give them props for that cuz in western media currently there is a wave of LGBT representation in movies, games and dramas which is great, the issue is that they almost always feels forced, and the characters are always defined just by their sexuality and never by who they are as a person and in S2 they did a fantastic job of creating a character that felt believable and in no way forced.

they also made Gi Hun's growth believable, usually in sequels they make the main character too much OOC, and it always feels unnatural and messes with the continuity of the story but in S2 Gi Hun and what he did with the money matches the level of intelligence he had in S1, they didn’t suddenly make him a genius, he was still a too trusting idiot that is now a little more prepared by everything he's seen in S1 and the money of course.


Criticisms: I don't have much to criticize cuz the story has yet to be finished, so I reserve judgment after I see what ending they wanna do for the whole series, as far as I'm concerned S2 did an admirable job of setting up several story lines with a major confrontation to come, so I have a lot to look forward to.

I've seen a lot of people complain and criticize S2 and compare it to S1 unfairly, and I find that to be quite premature cuz S1 had a complete and finished story to tell with a big confrontation and a major twist, it also had the 1 on 1 game that gave us the most character developments while in S2 we haven't reached that far and only have half of the story and that half is mostly setting up the climax for S3 so of course it's not gonna be as good as S1.

I'll give it a solid 8/10.

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An Incomplete mess

Finally finished this drama (it was a chore) and here's my review:6/10
The starting episodes were really promising even though they were dragging a lot, it picked up about halfway through but then crashed down super hard in the end.
The writer kept adding new plot points without resolving anything one after another and watching it gave me a feeling of incompleteness.
The Family members felt like they were added as an afterthought and were there to just pad the runtime, especially Do Hoon's brother and sister-in-law were such useless and cringe characters and added zero substance to the story.
The child actor did a semi-decent job but the whole plot revolving around her and her crush on top of being weird and creepy went nowhere and amounted to nothing, just like Grandpa's relationships; it amounted to nothing and went nowhere, it felt like it was going to go somewhere but it was just abandoned.
All in all a very weak script with some decent acting here and there by Jang Na Ra. For me, it was a 4/10 but because of Na Ra, I'm gonna increase it to a 6/10.
Also considering how much I was looking forward to this. it was a complete letdown and a total disappointment and a waste of Jang Na Ra's talent.
I forgot to add that the way they were wasting time with meaningless family stuff and ending the drama so abruptly like that felt as if there should be more episodes, it felt like I was watching a 50-episode drama and we were just starting to get into the juicy stuff.

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