Playing Ep 01

What people are saying

• BraveShen53

  Overall 3

  Story 6,  Acting 6,  Music 5,  Rewatch Value 2

  As a connoisseur of plot progressions and character arcs, it's with a somewhat heavy heart that I confess a recent series has left me wanting. As the narrative tapestry unfurled, I clung to the hope that the promised twist would elevate the tale to new heights. Imagine, then, the chagrin when the much-anticipated climax buckled under the weight of its own ambition.
  
  One prides oneself on being able to envisage a spectrum of finales, but to be presented with such a denouement that not only defies...

  expectation but logic is quite another matter. It's a curious thing, when the denizens of a world we've invested in suddenly make a parade of decisions that seem alien to the very essence that drew us to them.
  
  At the helm of this ship of folly is our lead – the protagonist whose quest for vengeance had myriad possible paths. Yet, the path chosen was one shrouded in an obfuscating mist, leaving me to wonder at the possibility of a lighthouse unseen. Meanwhile, the satellite characters, engaged in their own emotional odysseys, appeared to have neglected any semblance of self-preservation or wisdom.
  
  In crafting a narrative, there's a delicate balance between subverting expectations and satisfying them. On this occasion, it seems the scales have tipped in unfavor of coherence, and even as the curtain falls, one finds oneself wrestling with a tangle of motivations that escaped satisfying clarification.