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maggie33This is Juhno’s new drama on Netflix. It’s short, just eight episodes. And my elbow still hurts and it took me two days to write this post, but I really wanted to tell you about this drama. Because it was amazing and I loved it. 😍
Junho is Kang Sang Ung, a public servant who gains a power of super strength based on the amount of cash he’s carrying. But that cash disappears after he used his power. Since he’s just an ordinary guy it becomes a big problem for him to maintain enough money to use his abilities to help people. But he has a wonderful girlfriend, Kim Min Suk, who is practical and efficient, and who always supports him. He also meets two other people with supernatural abilities - Byeon Ho In, a lawyer with the ability to pass through solid matter with the help of alcohol, and Bang Eun Mi, a telekinetic powered by calories. They start working together to protect their normal lives, and lives of ordinary citizens from villains who seek to destabilize the world.
This drama feels like subversion of superhero genre to me. Or maybe deconstruction would be a better term? Every superpower comes with a price, and often a steep price. And it has a limit you can’t cross, because you might lose your superpower. But it’s absolutely not dark and gloomy, as it might seems from that description. On the contrary, it’s optimistic, touching and uplifting. It made me smile a lot. And it made me cry twice. Once during the 6th episode and once during the finale.
One small minus is that the villains were rather annoying to me. Hot, yes, because Kang Ha Na and Lee Chae Min are both very hot, but so annoying that I wish that they had a bit less screentime.
But Juhno is fantastic. And Kim Hye Joon as his girlfriend is wonderful. And Kim Byung Chul as a superpowered lawyer is wonderful, too.
And yes, this drama is not perfect, and the script could be better. But I was so invested in an emotional side of things that a few logistic plot holes didn’t bother me at all.
And I loved the friendship that developed between Sang Ung and Ho In and Eun Mi. So heartwarming.
And when the final fight between the one of the main villains and Kang Sang Ung started to drag on, I was sitting there rolling my eyes a little over predictability of this all. And then there was that moment when the villain had the upper hand and he asked “Who’s going to help you now?”, since Sang Ung used all the cash he had with him. And then all those ordinary people Sang Ung was saving started to throw money at Sang Ung through their windows, and cheering him on. And I lost it. I cried and cried. I don’t care that it was cheaply sentimental and OTT. It worked for me, it was beautiful and I loved it.
Junho is Kang Sang Ung, a public servant who gains a power of super strength based on the amount of cash he’s carrying. But that cash disappears after he used his power. Since he’s just an ordinary guy it becomes a big problem for him to maintain enough money to use his abilities to help people. But he has a wonderful girlfriend, Kim Min Suk, who is practical and efficient, and who always supports him. He also meets two other people with supernatural abilities - Byeon Ho In, a lawyer with the ability to pass through solid matter with the help of alcohol, and Bang Eun Mi, a telekinetic powered by calories. They start working together to protect their normal lives, and lives of ordinary citizens from villains who seek to destabilize the world.
This drama feels like subversion of superhero genre to me. Or maybe deconstruction would be a better term? Every superpower comes with a price, and often a steep price. And it has a limit you can’t cross, because you might lose your superpower. But it’s absolutely not dark and gloomy, as it might seems from that description. On the contrary, it’s optimistic, touching and uplifting. It made me smile a lot. And it made me cry twice. Once during the 6th episode and once during the finale.
Spoilers for the ending, if you want to know if it’s happy or not.
It’s the happy ending. All the villains get punished, all the good guys live.One small minus is that the villains were rather annoying to me. Hot, yes, because Kang Ha Na and Lee Chae Min are both very hot, but so annoying that I wish that they had a bit less screentime.
But Juhno is fantastic. And Kim Hye Joon as his girlfriend is wonderful. And Kim Byung Chul as a superpowered lawyer is wonderful, too.
And yes, this drama is not perfect, and the script could be better. But I was so invested in an emotional side of things that a few logistic plot holes didn’t bother me at all.
A few things that I really liked, with major spoilers.
I was very impressed that Sang Ung told his girlfriend about his newly-acquired power. Despite his father telling him sternly “Keep it a secret and don’t tell anyone”. And Sang Ung nods, but later is all ‘nah, me and Min Suk don’t keep secrets from each other’. And he tells her instantly.And I loved the friendship that developed between Sang Ung and Ho In and Eun Mi. So heartwarming.
And when the final fight between the one of the main villains and Kang Sang Ung started to drag on, I was sitting there rolling my eyes a little over predictability of this all. And then there was that moment when the villain had the upper hand and he asked “Who’s going to help you now?”, since Sang Ung used all the cash he had with him. And then all those ordinary people Sang Ung was saving started to throw money at Sang Ung through their windows, and cheering him on. And I lost it. I cried and cried. I don’t care that it was cheaply sentimental and OTT. It worked for me, it was beautiful and I loved it.
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